It was snowing heavily in Gaizhou. Mu Erfu was the deputy commander of Zhenglan Banner in Manchuria. He was responsible for commanding all the cities south of Gaizhou. He had more than a thousand bannermen and more than 5,000 Han army banners under his command.

The Qing Dynasty is dead! His Majesty the Emperor fled to Fengtian!

Mu Erfu still recalled how shocked he was when he heard the news. How could the great Qing Dynasty be destroyed? The Manchu people in the pass were not up to par and were driven back by a bunch of mud-legged people. If the ancestors who entered the pass knew

Oh, they must be so angry that they are already dead.

"Back then, our Zhenglan flag was also one of the three upper flags. If Dorgon hadn't bullied the weak and forcibly demoted the Zhenglan flag to the lower five flags, and raised the Zhengbai flag to the upper three flags, would we have been in such trouble today?"

When Mu Erfu heard this, he knew that it was his son Lamendo who was bragging. His son was neither learned nor skilled, but he always loved to show off how brave his ancestors were and how good at fighting they were.

"Yes! Yes! The young master is right. If the Zhenglan Banner is guarding the capital, how can the rebels dare to rebel? Young Master, you can lead your troops to kill them all."

"The young master is so brave that the emperor should make him a general to lead the army into the country and repeat the glory of our ancestors of the Qing Dynasty!"

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"Ahem!" Mu Erfu was angry and ashamed when he saw his son being so proud. If others heard this, not only would the relatives who had escaped from the pass become angry, but even the emperor would think that he was mocking him.

When Lamendo saw his Ama, he was like a mouse meeting an old cat. He tiptoed forward and greeted: "Ama, you are back."

Instead, Mu Erfu ordered several Han servants: "You all go down."

"Yes, sir."

When La Menduo heard this, he was so sad that his own Amma had to repair herself again.

Mu Erfu hated the iron and scolded him: "Don't joke with these slaves in the future. The people in the pass just listened to their flattery too much and relaxed their vigilance. That's why they let the mud-legged people come back. If we Manchus continue to be numb

Sooner or later, the Han people will come to our homes and steal our wives, children, gold, silver, jewelry, fields and houses, just like hundreds of years ago when our ancestors entered the customs. In the future, you should not just play for fun, but pay attention to your immediate work...

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"Ama! This Manchuria is the territory of our Manchus. Why did the Han people come here? Hum! They have occupied the pass, and they are not satisfied?" Lamendo disagreed. The Northeast has always been a bitter and cold place in the eyes of the Han people, except for the Manchus.

, Han people dare not come and live in the Northeast.

Mu Erfu reprimanded: "Childish! It is because the Han people disdain the Northeast that they will plunder brutally. If they intend to occupy the Northeast, they will implement benevolent governance. This is the custom of the Han people. Besides, our emperor will not

Just like the Han people pay tribute to their vassals, if you say the Han people are angry, will they come and attack us?"

Lamendo argued forcefully: "If we want to fight, we have to march from Shanghai Customs. We are in the hinterland..."

"What's wrong, Master! What's wrong!" The housekeeper shouted while running with a man who looked like a deputy general.

Mu Erfu frowned. The butler had been with him for more than twenty years and had always been steady. Why was he so panicked today? Something big must have happened!

"What's going on? How unbecoming is it to look so flustered!"

The deputy general stepped forward and kowtowed, and replied: "Master Dutong, we are reporting from the direction of Dalian. There is a group of Han people attacking us. It seems that they came from the sea. Please make preparations in advance."

Mu Erfu's worries finally came true, and he hurriedly asked: "How many are there?"

The deputy general lowered his head with a look of shame on his face and said: "We don't know yet, but the defenders were defeated as soon as they made contact. They only saw about two thousand people."

Mu Erfu said angrily: "Dalian's five hundred defenders collapsed at the first touch. They are really bastards. If Taizu Taizong were still here, they would have been thrown into the sea to feed the fishes."

The deputy general didn't know who Mu Erfu was scolding, whether he was throwing the Han people into the sea to feed the fish, or whether he was throwing the escaped flag men into the sea to feed the fish. He couldn't guess what the superior officer meant, and he didn't dare to interrupt casually.

Mu Erfu forced himself to calm down and asked, "Did you send someone to inquire?"

"We're gone!" the deputy general patted his chest and said, "The general has just received the news and sent people to investigate. The news will not be received until tomorrow morning at the earliest."

Mu Erfu lowered his head and took two steps and said: "No, this is a big deal and the court must be informed. Since the Han people can march from the sea, there is a large army in the direction of Shanhaiguan. It seems that the Han people are prepared to deny us Manchus a way to survive."

Already."

Lamendo shouted: "How can the Han people be so powerful? The bannermen in Dalian are all trained by Amma personally. They can deal with the Han people one to ten, how can they be defeated at the first touch? This must be..."

Lamendo wanted to think that the frontline generals must have lied about the military situation, but he immediately realized that the generals who lied about the military situation exaggerated the enemy's numbers and strength and never belittled their own side.

Mu Erfu also thought it was reasonable and said: "There must be something fishy in this. Go and call Sahe Jiesheng. I have something to ask."

The lieutenant general replied: "Sir, Sahe Jiesheng has been killed in the battle, and the only one who escaped was a foreign left-collar named Long Heduo."

Mu Erfu said angrily: "Then bring him here!"

The deputy general cursed himself for being confused and hurriedly went out and brought the people in.

"My subordinates Long Heduo are here to meet Lord Dutong!"

Mu Erfu didn't want to talk to a foreign left leader, so he immediately asked: "Are you sure that the Han people can defeat you with only two thousand men?"

Long Heduo opened his mouth to speak, but didn't dare.

Lamendo said proudly: "I knew there must be something wrong. The defenders must have neglected their duties. The Han people didn't react until they were in front of them, or the entire army was drunk..."

Long Heduo couldn't help but interrupt: "We discovered the Han people as soon as they came up, and we prepared for a long time to lay traps and feed the horses with armor."

Seeing that he dared to quibble, Lamendo asked: "Why are you still vulnerable? No matter how hard the Han people dare to fight, they can't compare to us Manchus. The reason why Guan Nei was defeated is because all the Han people in the world rebelled.

They win with more. If a thousand Hans fight one Manchu, they are not considered heroes. How can we, with 500 Manchus, not be able to fight with 2,000 Hans?"

For the sake of face, the Manchu nobles who fled into the Pass could not help but exaggerate, saying that all the Han people in the world were rebelling against them and that the Manchus were outnumbered. Therefore, in order to preserve their strength, they temporarily retreated outside the Pass and accumulated strength before entering the Pass.

Seeing that he couldn't hide anything, Long Heduo said hesitantly: "There are not two thousand Han people."

Mu Erfu breathed a sigh of relief and laughed and scolded: "You bastard, I know there can't be only 2,000 Han people. Do you think there are 5,000 people or 10,000 people? I won't ask any questions."

Long Heduo whispered: "There are only five hundred people!"

"What!" The three people in the hall exclaimed together, and even the servants who served looked surprised. This is incredible. You must know that the Manchus outside the pass are not like the Manchus inside the pass who only know how to fight cocks and play birds. They train to ride horses every day.

He shoots kung fu and often kills bandits, etc., and his combat power is basically the same as when he entered the pass. Moreover, Mu Erfu is very strict in running the army. His flag soldiers and horses have no worries about eating and drinking, and their bodies are nourished even more than before, so their combat power is still higher than before.

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The lieutenant general scolded: "I think you are a spy of the Han people. You came back deliberately to deceive the army. The Han people actually defeated you with 500 men. You are a fool!"

Long Heduo explained: "Two thousand people came ashore at that time, but they saw that we only had 500 people, so they also sent 500 people to fight. In the first round of our charge, nearly 300 people died, and there were several others beside us.

They used artillery to support them, sir! Their fire can reach a hundred hundred paces, but our bows and arrows can only shoot three hundred paces. Before we could rush in front of them, half of our brothers were killed or wounded, and Lord Sahejisheng was killed on the spot.

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"Musket!" Mu Erfu exclaimed in shock, "I know it is a musket. The elite troops of the Three Banners were defeated by the musket."

Seeing his father's fearful expression, Lamendo asked, "Amma, why is the musket so powerful, so accurate, and capable of shooting so far? Then our riding and shooting skills will be in vain!"

Recalling his appearance at the time, Long Heduo was still frightened and admonished: "My lord, it is better to report to the emperor as soon as possible. The Han people are not good. I guess they are at least 20,000 people!"

"More than 20,000 people!" The lieutenant asked anxiously, "How do you know? You saw it with your own eyes, there are 20,000 people!" When we gather all the men in Gaizhou, we only have more than 10,000 people. They want all of them.

How can we fight this battle if we are equipped with such muskets?"

Mu Erfu came to his senses and asked: "How do you know that there are more than 20,000 Han people? To tell you in detail, lying about military information is a capital crime!"

Long Heduo explained: "The slave looked at the numbers of the ships they were on. One was numbered twenty-two and the other was numbered eleven. There were about a thousand people in each ship, so the slave guessed that they had at least 22,000 people."

Lamendo couldn't help but nodded and echoed: "Ama, this is what the Han people like to do. I've asked about it and they have a division of 12,000 people. I think this time the Han people have at least 25,000 people. They

It’s for Fengtian.”

The deputy general's dull eyes flashed by, and he suddenly said: "Yingkou is heavily defended and has forts, but the defense in Dalian is lax. If the Han people attack from the direction of Dalian, they will have no worries and can advance vigorously, cutting off our Qing Dynasty's retreat to Korea.

The road is so ambitious!"

Mu Erfu said to himself: "Dalian was captured the day before yesterday. So now Jinzhou is finished. There is no danger to defend along the way. Gaizhou is in danger!"

Lamendo subconsciously touched his neck and saw that the head was still there. He sighed deeply. I don’t know when the Han people will cut off my head and play it with the ball. He always cuts off the heads of prisoners and plays them with his servants.

Playing.

The lieutenant general suggested in a low voice: "Sir, we should drag all the nearby bannermen to Gaizhou to avoid being massacred by the Han people. Besides, Fengtian is very close here. Maybe reinforcements will be brought first."

Lamendo echoed: "Yes, yes! Arm all the bannermen. This will not only keep the Han army from finding out, but also boost morale. As long as you persist for a few days, Fengtian will be able to get the news whether to fight or flee.
Chapter completed!