Anba finally understood why the Manchu Qing Dynasty always suffered defeats, but the Datong Army always won.
He was marching with the army as a guide, and he was so hungry that his heart was close to his back. Not to mention going into battle, he felt a little dizzy while walking. He only gnawed some grass roots today.
"General," Anba suggested, "why don't we raid the outside of the city first and get some food to fill our stomachs. It is too difficult to attack the city directly. The soldiers are almost fainting from hunger. Once they fail to attack the city, they will probably be wiped out." ."
Yang Zhenqing is a lunatic and doesn't want to retreat at all: "Soldiers are very fast. Since it is a surprise attack, let's hit its vital points directly. After getting food outside the city and making a big noise, how can we attack the city with the defense inside? And..." Yang Zhenqing suddenly laughed. , "I trust the craftsmen in the city."
Anba's belly was empty, and he felt guilty at the moment. He proposed a surprise attack. Wasn't it such a surprise attack that allowed a group of hungry soldiers to attack the city at night?
In the darkness, countless torches gradually lit up.
They would rather not bring so much dry food, but also bring enough weapons and kindling materials.
Hetuala was the early capital of Hou Jin Dynasty, and its area was not as large as that of Sarhu City after its expansion.
The Aixinjueluo family lives in the inner city, which is also the so-called royal city or imperial city.
On the north side of the outer city, all craftsmen, mostly Han craftsmen, lived. On the other three sides of the outer city, Manchu nobles, merchants and Han officials lived.
Outside the city, ordinary soldiers and their families of the Eight Banners Army lived.
There used to be Han people outside the city, but they have fled one after another in the past two years, and not many Han people can be seen anymore.
Countless torches were lit, and the Tatar soldiers guarding the city soon discovered the troops and quickly blew their trumpets to give a warning.
The city was in chaos, and we had no idea what was going on, let alone where the enemy came from.
Yang Zhenqing led his soldiers and rushed to the residential area outside the city with torches. The Eight Banners soldiers who lived here were either defending in the city or followed Suohun to the south to block the attack. The remaining people in the settlement were all Eight Banners family members.
In fact, there are not even many young and strong people, and those who can fight are all recruited. More than 90% of the people here are old, weak, women and children.
"Don't look for food, light a fire quickly!" Yang Zhenqing reiterated the military order while running.
The Datong army, all hungry, actually only set fire to the house instead of rushing into the house to find food. In an instant, fire broke out outside the city, and countless Tatars, old and weak, ran away crying.
There were only a few hundred Tatar defenders left on the city wall, staring dumbfounded at the fire outside the city.
Their family members were all outside the city, and they didn't know whether they were burned to death. Anyway, their house was definitely gone.
The city guard general is called Solga, the younger brother of Erke Daiqing.
Solga yelled: "Close the city gate tightly and don't go out to put out the fire!"
This order made the Tatar soldiers stationed on the outer city wall extremely angry.
What is burning outside is their home and their family.
As for nobles like Solga, all their families are in the city. Even if the outside of the city is burned down, the nobles will not suffer any losses.
Even more disgusting is the royal family!
The people with the surname Aixinjueluo all lived in the inner city. After the warning horn sounded, the soldiers in the inner city did not come out at all.
Instead, all energy was devoted to defending the inner city wall.
It's so ridiculous that there are only a thousand defenders left in the entire Hetuala.
Half of them were Eight Banners troops who lived outside the city. They were not allowed to go out or rescue their families, so they could only stick to the outer city wall.
Half of them are Eight Banners soldiers who live in the outer city. They are not allowed to go out and can only protect the Aixinjueluo family in the inner city.
Fan Wencheng was awakened by the sound of the trumpet. He dressed under the service of his concubine, and called the housekeeper to ask: "But the Nanmanzi are coming to kill?"
The housekeeper replied: "I don't know. It's very chaotic outside. Many people are asking for news."
Suddenly, there was a noise in the servants' courtyard.
Fan Wencheng felt something was wrong, so he went to check it out in person. He only heard a domestic slave shouting: "I am sent by Emperor Zhao of Nanjing. The heavenly troops from Datong have arrived. Han brothers and sisters, please don't want to be buried with the Tatars. Come with me and set fire to it."
Room,
Everyone can be rewarded for their meritorious service, and everyone can divide their land and become a landlord!"
Fan Wencheng was shocked and asked: "Who is this person?"
The housekeeper said: "I bought it last year."
Fan Wencheng suddenly remembered the human trade at Guandi Temple. There were too many escaped slaves in the past two years, so he could only buy back slaves to supplement them, fearing that countless craftsmen would sneak in.
Maybe those merchants who buy and sell people have secretly taken refuge in the Datong imperial court!
"Get it for me quickly!" Fan Wencheng shouted.
Datong Xizuo was also shouting: "Burn down the house to make meritorious service, and everyone will become a landlord!"
Just outside the city is the Datong Army. As long as they set fire to the house, they can divide the land and become landlords. How to choose, the domestic slaves know very clearly.
Just as the house slaves were going to light the fire, the craftsman shouted again: "Capture Fan Wencheng alive and reward him with twenty taels of silver!"
"Run!"
Fan Wencheng was so frightened that he ran away without even caring about his wife and children. He wanted to flee to the inner city for refuge.
The same situation happened in many places in the city, even in the mansions of Manchu nobles, and people were working as slaves.
Mr. Huang Sanye from Nancheng is an individual trafficker, and his backer is a commander of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
At this moment, Huang Sanye had not even put on his clothes, so he summoned his servants and subordinates. He said excitedly and inexplicably:
"Don't panic. Datong heavenly soldiers are coming outside the city. I have surrendered to Emperor Zhao a long time ago. You follow me and set fire to the houses that are missing. You can all make contributions to the new dynasty... Remember, you are not allowed to
Burn the Huang family’s house and shop!”
Fan Wencheng ran with the housekeeper and saw several houses on fire along the way. No need to ask anymore, it must be the work of the craftsmen. There are probably dozens of craftsmen in this city!
It’s over, the Qing Dynasty is over!
Arriving outside the south gate of the inner city, Fan Wencheng shouted: "Open the door quickly, I am Fan Wencheng!"
The defenders remained unmoved, fearing that Fan Wencheng would also defect to the enemy and become a spy.
But the morale of the defenders in the inner city was already at a loss. Most of their homes were in the outer city. Now not only was there a fire outside the city, but the outer city was also set on fire. Their family members were likely to be burned to death.
"Fuck your mother!"
When Fan Wencheng saw that the city gate would not open, he became angry and cursed.
As for Ning Wanwo, I am still in the casino at the moment and he has almost lost all his money.
People in the casino fled in a panic, but Ning Wanwo was very calm and even laughed at me: "Why escape?
How can you escape with a dog's life if you are going to die? I am a poor scholar in this life, and it is worth it that I can enjoy it for so many years."
Inner city, royal palace.
Dayuer got up in panic, got dressed and went to look for his son. He also called Sailer, who was responsible for the security of the inner city: "But the Nanmanzi are calling?"
Sailer replied: "Your Majesty, there are fires all over the city and outside the city. I really don't know what the situation is. It is estimated that the two generals Suohun and Erke Daiqing have been wiped out in the south. Otherwise, how could the enemy kill He
Tuala?”
"Suohun's entire army was wiped out? What...what should we do?" Da Yu'er completely lost his sense of proportion.
Seiler advised: "Queen Mother, please Your Majesty to patrol eastward. There is still room for Prince Manda and Prince Li to stay. If you don't leave, the enemy will invade!"
"Okay, let's go, let's go!" Da Yu'er said quickly.
Seiler immediately went to summon the guards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When they heard that the emperor and the queen mother were going to run away, they quickly opened the inner city gate and went to the outer city to find their families. They couldn't just protect the queen mother and emperor and escape, leaving their families here, and then
Chi’s house is almost burned down!
Facing the guards who were scattering in all directions, Seiler couldn't hold himself back at all and simply went to look for his family.
Dayu'er and her son waited in the palace for a long time, but no one came back.
In a panic, she simply left by herself, followed only by a group of sincere eunuchs and maids. Not long after leaving the palace, she met the Aixinjueluo tribe, and those guys were also fleeing with their families.
"Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are here, open the city gate quickly!"
The eunuch shouted at the north gate, and the Tatar soldiers guarding the city immediately became uproar.
Their home was burned outside the city, but they were ordered not to leave, and now the Queen Mother actually wanted to run away with the Emperor.
These low-level Eight Banners troops finally stopped obeying military orders and did not care about the emperor or queen. They rushed to leave the city wall, opened the city gate and ran out, calling the names of their families all the way.
When Dayu'er saw this, he didn't care about punishing the soldiers, and quickly escaped from the north city gate with his son.
"Captain, the north gate is open!"
"Capture the city quickly!"
Yang Zhenqing led his troops to kill the North Gate. He didn't know that Dayu'er and Shunzhi had escaped. Even if he knew, he didn't bother to pursue them after they fled far away, because his soldiers were already exhausted and hungry to the limit. He had to seize the city quickly and fill his stomach before talking.
Not long after rushing into the north city gate, a craftsman came forward to greet him: "Liao Zi No. 147, welcome the general into the city!"
Yang Zhenqing cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, brothers!"
Sezuo said: "General, there is a lot of chaos in the city. Please suppress it quickly. If you have any orders, please tell me, General."
Yang Zhenqing said: "First get some food and water. The more the better, we haven't eaten much in the past few days."
When the fire was set outside the city, several soldiers had already fainted from hunger."
"General, the Puppet Qing Internal Affairs Office must have food... By the way, there is a military camp in the city, and there must be a lot of food there!" said Hosaku.
Yang Zhenqing ordered: "You come and lead the way. I will send a few people to follow. First, go to the Tatar military camp to prepare meals."
The Datong army, all hungry, now only thinks about eating, not even maintaining law and order, let alone whether the Tatar emperor has escaped.
No one could have imagined such a crazy attack, not only the Tatars, but also the friendly forces of the Datong Army. On the other side of Sarhu, they were still besieging the city and facing off. Both sides were waiting for Mandahai to lead reinforcements before the decisive battle. Who could have expected it?
The Tatar capital disappeared inexplicably?
The news first reached Suohun, who was still leading troops to garrison the castle and block Yang Zhenqing's main force.
"What? Hetuala is gone?" Suohun thought he heard wrongly.
Erke Daiqing asked: "Where did the enemy come from?"
The Tatar who reported the news had a grimace on his face: “I don’t know where they came from, but they suddenly rushed outside the city and set fire to houses everywhere.
The outer city also caught fire for no apparent reason, and everything was in chaos. I heard that His Majesty has escaped."
Suohun and Erkedaiqing looked at each other and thought of running away. If they didn't run away, they would be attacked from both sides and be completely blocked in the ravine.