Without further ado, after receiving the order, Zhao led the army and went to defend Santunying City. Only when he arrived at Santunying did Zhao led the army to realize how much pressure he was facing.
The Jurchens are led by Duduo himself. These fourteen Baylors are fierce and ruthless in battle. The Black Bear Battalion under their command is composed of the most elite warriors in the clan.
Duduo knew that the cost of storming the Santun camp would be very high, so he did not rush to attack. Instead, he sent people to spread out and continue to attack. If they could attack, they would attack, and if they could not, they would return. In short, the attack could not stop.
It must be carried out continuously. The trick used by Duduo is a typical tactic of exhausting troops. The Jurchens will attack if they can, and come back if they can't. However, as Ming soldiers guarding the city, they cannot do this, regardless of the Jurchens.
Whether they really try their best to attack the city or not, they have to devote 100% of their energy to deal with it.
At first they didn't think it was anything, but after going back and forth like this for seven or eight times, the Ming army on the top of the city finally couldn't bear it anymore. Looking at the Jurchens who were slowly retreating again, they yelled, "What on earth do these barbarians want to do?"
, can’t it be simpler?”
The defender of the city is the passive party at any time. If possible, no one is willing to defend the city blindly. This back and forth tortured the Ming army until the evening, and the siege did not stop until the evening, but at this time the defenders
The soldiers were already exhausted and overwhelmed.
When the order to rest came, many soldiers took a rest against the city wall no matter how cold it was. But as for Duduo, at this time, he did not sit in the tent and eat as Zhao Shujiao imagined, but faced
There were more than a dozen generals in the tent making arrangements in strict detail.
"In a moment, when the king's sounding arrows rise, you must throw all the rockets and other flammable objects in your hands into the Santun Camp City. Remember, don't save, you must complete this in the shortest possible time, and wait until the city is on fire.
, attack Santunying City from all sides. If we can’t take down Santunying City Wall within two hours, you won’t have to come back. At least you will die on the top of the city, and King Khan will treat your family well.”
Duduo's eyes were blazing, and all the generals were stunned. The fourth prince was about to start a decisive battle. Most of the dozen or so generals had contact with Duduo. This fourth prince could do what he said, and in terms of theory
His decisiveness is definitely not much worse than that of King Khan.
No one wanted to die, so the best result was to capture Santun Yingcheng. As night fell, just after two o'clock in the morning, a loud arrow suddenly shot up into the sky, with a pale red flame trailing a long tail in the sky.
Blooming, Zhao led his teachings on patrol at the top of the city. After seeing the loud arrow, he was startled, and then shouted loudly, "Quick, get up, the Jurchen barbarians are attacking the city."
As soon as the shouts came out, the Ming army on the city was stunned. Their eyes were fixed on the sky, where countless flames were burning, like a beautiful meteor shower. Unfortunately, this was not a meteor shower, but a rocket.
The rain of arrows continued to fall, accompanied by crackling sounds. The strong smell of alcohol flowed out of the broken clay pots, and the rockets were immediately ignited after being contaminated. Countless rockets bypassed the city wall and flew directly into the city.
Santunying City is a typical small northern town. Most of the buildings in the city are supported by wood. When the rockets were hit, a fire quickly broke out. Now it is the middle of winter, and the northwest wind is blowing. The fire borrows the power of the wind, and the wind helps the fire. In the blink of an eye,
In a matter of seconds, the small Santun Camp City turned into a city of fire. Many people left their houses and worked hard to put out the fire, but how could it be so easy to extinguish the fire with dry wood? I don’t know how many people were burned to death at home.
In short, no one expected that the Jurchens would be so extravagant.
Arrow rain has always been the offensive weapon that the Northern Shanxi Army is proud of, but now the Jurchens are using it, it is equally powerful. In order to capture the Santun Camp City, Duduo began to prepare arrows as early as two days ago, and
A simple trebuchet for throwing clay pots. Under his strict order, all the commanders and generals under his command poured into Santun Camp City in just half a stick of incense.
A sparrow is not scary, but what does it feel like when sparrows cover the sky and the sun, and there are as many as ants? This is how the soldiers and civilians of Santun Yingcheng feel now. They are stunned and frightened by the arrows that cover the sky and the sun.
Lived.
This is the effect Duduo wants, to use thunderous means to shock the Ming army, and then take the opportunity to achieve a breakthrough in the shortest time. The sea of fire is burning, the sound of horns is heard, and tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers rush towards Santun Camp City from all directions. This
A different time before, the Jurchens had invested almost half of their troops, and their overwhelming momentum seemed to be able to push down the fragile city wall in an instant. Many Ming troops were either busy putting out the fire, or they had not yet recovered from the shock.
God came, and the Jurchens took advantage of this opportunity and rushed to the city wall of Santunying. As the number of Jurchens on the city wall increased, the advantage of the Ming army disappeared.
The fighting continued at the top of the city, but the Ming army could not stop the crazy Jurchen soldiers at all. Duduo gave his generals high pressure, and these commanders and centurions would pour the pressure on the Jurchen soldiers under them. Everyone knows that this
The battle cannot be defeated, and the three camps must be captured. Anyone who retreats will be killed. Now the supervisory team is waiting outside the city. Anyone who dares to pull down the city wall will be shot immediately.
The Jurchens did not want to die. They attacked the four city walls like madmen. Countless Ming soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and the city walls collapsed inch by inch. Zhao Shujiao kept slashing with a steel knife. He was almost exhausted and looked at the fire in the city.
, and the crumbling city wall. He knew very well that Santun Camp could not hold it anymore.
"Evacuate, everyone evacuate to the county government office. Zhao Sheng, go and tell the people in the city that if you want to protect your homeland, pick up the weapons in your hands and drive out these Jurchen barbarians who are killing people and setting fires." Zhao Zhijiao roared angrily, and his left arm returned
He was dripping with blood, and his expression was stern, with an indescribable cruelty. If the Jurchens don't want three camps, then let the Jurchen barbarians know how powerful the army and people of the Song Dynasty are. The people are a mob, but they are an angry group.
The ragtag crowd will still condense into a terrifying fighting force.
When the Ming army came calling all over the city, the people in the city were angry. Many young and strong men gave up fighting the fire and joined the Ming army with hoes and shovels. The Jurchens captured the four walls of the city, but they never dreamed of wanting those three camps.
The streets are more difficult than occupying the city wall. You never know where the next danger will come from. It may be seemingly harmless people or low haystacks.
Many Jurchens were beaten to death by the people of Santun Camp. Later, Duduo was angered and ordered the city to be burned down. No matter men, women, old or young, no one was spared. All the Jurchens who could be killed were killed. Duduo's order provided the Jurchens with
It is convenient, but it also makes the people of Santunying more united.
Originally, according to the plan, the Three Tun Camps should be captured within two hours, but after three hours of fighting, at midnight, they still could not capture all the San Tun Camps. Several captains stood nearby with disgraced faces, and Duduo was not surprised.
Instead, they asked solemnly, "Who is the guard of this city?"
"Going back to Mr. Beile, it is found that the person in charge of the defense of the three camps is the famous Liaodong general Zhao Lijiao." A captain replied with some shame. Duduo frowned, "But Zhao Lijiao who guarded Jizhou in the past few years?"
If not that Zhao Ledjiao, who else could he be? For the first time, Duduo had doubts about Dorgon's plan. One Zhao Ledjiao could lead the soldiers and civilians of Santun Camp to exert such a powerful combat effectiveness, so what about the others?
What about the local Han people? Maybe Thirteenth Brother is really wrong. The Han people are not as cowardly and bullyable as he imagined. It's just that these Han people need a tiger.
Santunying County Government has long become dilapidated. Looking at the west, there is a hint of fish belly whiteness, but the dawn of the Santunying soldiers and civilians has not arrived. At this moment, what greets them is darkness. War is a confrontation between the strong and the weak.
The strong will always survive. The soldiers and civilians of the Santun camp suffered countless casualties. Now there are less than a hundred people left with Zhao Shujiao. Even Zhao Shujiao himself is scarred. Sitting on the threshold of the county government office, Zhao Shujiao leaned closely against him.
Holding the gate, otherwise, he would never have been able to sit still. His legs kept shaking, and his hands had no strength at all. The shouts of death were getting closer and closer, and finally, Jurchen soldiers surrounded the gate of the county government office.
Looking at Zhao Shujiao in front of him, Duduo had some words stuck in his throat. Is this ordinary old man in front of him blocking tens of thousands of Jurchen warriors for six hours? How many Zhao Shujiao are there in the great Ming Dynasty?
If there were a hundred Zhao Lijiao, how much harm would it bring to the Qing Dynasty? Maybe we should really thank this mediocre Ming court. If it weren't for this court, people like Zhao Lijiao would have been reused once.
"General Zhao, I admire you. You are a hero among the Han people. You have done everything you can. Now, surrender. I promise you that as long as General Zhao surrenders, I will give you a good word in front of my brother.
, high-ranking officials and generous salaries, let General Zhao choose."
A high-ranking official and a generous salary are really tempting. Zhao Shujiao doesn't want to be hypocritical. When he entered the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, he just wanted to find a wife and a son and become a famous general. But what can he do if he encounters a court like today?
There are some complaints, but he is a Han and a dignified Ming man, how can he surrender to the barbarians?
"Hey, Barbarian, don't say more. If you lose, you will die. I should have died in Jizhou long ago, but now I have earned it. Hero? Barbarian, do you know what a hero is? If I
You are a hero. You cannot cross an inch of the Three Tun Camps, so I am not a hero. I have a hero in the Ming Dynasty, and that is my Iron Governor. Barbarians, don’t be arrogant, the Iron Governor will not let you go."
Barbarian? Duoduo's eyes became extremely cold. What he hated most in his life was being called a barbarian. The Jurchens were warriors, not barbarians. Zhao Lijiao, why did this old guy mention Tiemo? The most painful memory in this life
It was given by Tie Mo.
With a wave of their hands, several Jin soldiers moved forward, raised their knives, and cut off Zhao Lijiao's head. At this point, Santun camp fell, and all the soldiers and civilians of Santun camp were killed, and no one was spared.
When Santun camp fell, Tie Mo was sitting in the courtyard feeling the cold wind. He wanted to tell Zhao Zhijiao that he, Zhao, was not a hero, and there were no heroes in the Ming Dynasty, because heroes often ended up very miserable.
miserable.
The years are silent, the Tianshan Mountains are singing loudly, the heroes are at their end, and there is nothingness.
Lonely with fireworks, lonely at home, this eleventh year of Chongzhen was so difficult for every Ming Dynasty citizen. When the Santun camp was broken, could Jizhou be saved? Liang Shizhong sat alone in the hall, his room
The door is open, and the courtyard is full of desolate scenery. Just like Liang Shizhong himself, he looks tired and decadent. The majestic Jizhou city in the past is no longer peaceful. The people in the mansion are running around like headless flies carrying their burdens. Santun
The camp is broken, the Jurchens have arrived at Hanerzhuang, and they may attack Jizhou tomorrow.
Many people in the house took away their belongings and fled for their lives. Liang Shizhong turned a deaf ear to this, as if he had not seen all this. Why bother to stop the people from escaping? In fact, Liang Shizhong also knew very well that as long as the Jurchens came over, Jizhou would definitely
If you can't defend it, Hebei soldiers and horses are now either dead on the banks of the Xiaohuang River or in the Santun Camp. The remaining old, weak, sick and disabled are of no use at all. You want to rely on the only 3,000 people in Jizhou to hold back tens of thousands.
Jurchen cavalry? That is simply a fool’s dream, harder than a rooster laying an egg.
The house has become like this. Liang Shizhong doesn't care about it, but Mrs. Qian cannot ignore it. Mrs. Qian is indeed Qian Qianyi's daughter. This love of money is better than the skill. She has been arguing with the people for a long time, but the effect is very small.
The servants in Guang Mansion ran away, and even the guards wanted to escape. Who would listen to Mrs. Qian?
Feeling angry, Mrs. Qian came to the living room angrily. When she saw Liang Shizhong sitting motionless in the chair, she immediately raised her thick eyebrows with anger, "You are so incompetent, you are no longer a man. There is chaos in the house."
No matter what happens, you don’t care!”
There was no respect for her husband from a wife in Mrs. Qian's words. It was more like giving an order to a domestic servant. She thought that Liang Shizhong would come over to please her as usual. Who would have thought that Liang Shizhong listened and just looked up and saw nothing.
She didn't say anything, but snorted. Mrs. Qian was used to being domineering, but she didn't notice the difference in Liang Shizhong today. She pinched her waist and yelled at Liang Shizhong, "Are you deaf or stupid? You didn't listen."
Do you want me to speak?"
"I heard that, do you still want to stop those people? You can also go and clean up. We will have to leave Jizhou soon!" Liang Shizhong's tone was light and a little dignified. This was the first time in front of Mrs. Qian.
Liang Taishu's majesty was revealed, as if he had changed into a different person. Mrs. Qian was very confused and opened her mouth slightly, "What are you talking about? Why are you talking to me like this?"
"What, you didn't hear clearly? Go pack your things quickly and leave Jizhou soon. If you want to die in Jizhou, Liang doesn't care." Liang Shizhong spoke coldly. He really didn't know how much feelings he had for this lady.
I understand, but when it comes to resentment, it is definitely indispensable. I have been suppressed by a shrew for so many years.
But after all, they were a couple, and Liang Shizhong could not abandon his wife. Although Cai was not very good, it was thanks to her that he was where he was today over the years.