"Look, what is that?" A soldier standing on a high tower on the lookout shouted loudly, pointing at the distant side of Muling Pass and the Qing army that was gradually approaching Guancheng.
In fact, he didn't need to say it. More and more soldiers of the Muling Army could see it clearly, and each of them couldn't help but change their expressions. Shang Yi could also see it clearly, and his heart didn't sink. He was most worried about it.
Things finally happened.
In the distance outside the city, I saw the Qing army forming a formation, and at the front of the formation, a row of common people clearly appeared. There were about two to three thousand people, men, women, old and young.
Yes, all of them were in ragged clothes, many of them had ropes and chains tied to their hands and feet, but they were all being carried in baskets, and some of them were holding tools like hoes and shovels in their hands, and they were slowly coming towards the top of the city.
Behind the people, there was a group of hundreds of Qing soldiers holding long spears, driving the people forward. There were also some people holding whips in their hands, beating and pushing them.
As the crowd approached the city wall, one could hear the shouts and curses of the Qing soldiers and the cries and shouts of the people. At this time, on the top of the city, the faces of the soldiers of the Muling Army turned livid.
When they got up, many people's bodies couldn't help but start to tremble.
However, Shang Yi had already been mentally prepared for this kind of scene, so he quickly returned to normal. He waved over Zhou Shaohuan and gave a few instructions in his ear. Zhou Shaohuan led some soldiers down to the city.
, Shang Yicai loudly said to everyone: "Brothers, you have all seen it, the Tatars are a group of heartless beasts, and they can do anything. If Muling Pass is breached, the gate will be destroyed."
The people in the city, your families, and fellow villagers will end up like this, do you understand?"
At this time, the common people were driven by the Qing army across the first trench and approached the first low wall. Under the pressure of the Qing army, they cried and shouted to the top of the city: "Soldiers! We can't
You are all ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty. You must do your best and don't shoot arrows and fire cannons!"
"We don't want to do this either! But if we are forced by the Tatars, you must not kill us."
"Military men in the city! Please don't shoot arrows and fire cannons! I'll save you."
What they said was local. They were obviously people captured by the Qing army from Yishui County. They were now driven to lead the Qing army and remove obstacles. The Qing soldiers who drove them did not stop the people from shouting,
He just intimidated them, took shovels, hoes and other tools and started to remove the earth wall.
On the top of the city, the soldiers of Muling Army were all furious with anger. Many of them stood on the battlements and yelled at the city: "Tatars like dogs, if you have the ability, come over and fight me to the death.
What kind of ability do you have if you grab fellow villagers to support you?"
"I'm going to fuck you, you damn Tatar. If you can, come here by yourself. I'll be waiting for you right here."
But Tang Zhen said: "No, if this continues, in a few days, the earthen walls and trenches will be filled in, and then the Tatars will be able to attack the city with unscrupulous shield carts.
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At this time, Shang Yi Yi Jing completely regained his composure and said: "Not only that, but when the Tatars officially attack the city, they will also drive these people to attack the city again."
The other generals also looked at each other in confusion, all focusing on Shang Yi, obviously hoping that he could find a way to resolve this threat and save these people at the same time.
At this time, Zhou Shaohuan stepped up to the top of the city again and said, "My lord, I have brought you all."
In the Qing army's formation, Turge and Bolo stood side by side, with proud smiles on their faces.
After yesterday's test attack and artillery battle failed, Turg and Bolo returned to the camp and immediately began to discuss how to fight tomorrow's battle. Obviously at this point, the Qing army had no other choice but to attack by force. But in Mu
The three low walls in front of Lingguan City are very obstructive. Although the low walls are not high, they can just block the advance of the shield chariot. Without the cover of the shield chariot, the Qing soldiers will suffer heavy losses when approaching the city wall.
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And they also saw clearly yesterday that the city wall of Mulingguan was a nearly double-row structure. Even if the Han army was allowed to bear this loss and was close to the city wall, it still could not stop the firing of artillery and firecrackers. Therefore, they wanted to capture Mu Linguan.
Lingguan, we must first find a way to demolish these three low walls.
So Turg and Bolo came up with the method of driving the people to remove obstacles. In fact, this method was not original to them. It was often used by the Qing army. Once they encountered entangled Ming troops or fortified cities,
Most of the Qing army would drive the common people to cover in front of the army, which made the Ming army distracted and timid in fighting. However, later on, the Ming army's strength deteriorated, and the Qing army gradually did not use this method and could be easily defeated.
After the Ming army came to power, they gradually used it less or even no longer.
But the current Muling Pass is undoubtedly a strong city, so Turge and Bolo came up with this method to control the Han with the Han. This time the Qing army came to attack Muling Pass and brought five to six thousand people with them.
They served as coolies with the army, and now 3,000 people were selected from them to dig out low walls and fill in trenches. At the same time, the two also planned that once the Ming army guarding the pass could not bear to attack these people, they would attack the city during the attack.
, we must also drive these people to go together.
Now watching the common people being driven by the Qing soldiers to demolish the low wall, and listening to the cries and cries from all over the place, the two of them felt that the sound was as good as fairy music, and they couldn't help laughing at each other.
Bo Luo said: "Sir, this is really a clever plan to use the Han to control the Han. I want to see how Shang Yi can deal with it."
Turge also said: "What else can he do? I'm afraid he can only watch from the city wall. You can hear how miserable the dogs are crying. Haha, the more miserable the crying, the better."
Bolo said contemptuously: "Han dogs are useless. In fact, the number of Han people is a hundred times greater than our Manchu people. If everyone comes to resist us, I'm afraid we won't be able to invade the Central Plains so easily..."
At this moment, the laughter of the two people stopped, and their eyes were fixed on the Mulinguan city wall more than two hundred steps away, emitting incredible light.
It turned out that I saw a large group of people being marched up on the wall of Mulinguan City. Their hands and feet were fastened to a cross-shaped thick wooden stake and tied up. Although they were too far away, they couldn't see their faces clearly.
, but it can also be seen that each person's forehead hair has been shaved off, and a small money rat tail on the back of the head has been pulled up high and tied to a wooden stake.
Those who were brought up were all Qing soldiers who had been captured by the Muling Army in previous battles. Turge and Bolo looked at each other and became confused. Bolo gritted his teeth and said: "Shang Yi is going to
do what?"
At this time, Shang Yi stood on the battlements and shouted to the city: "Folks, I know that you are all forced by the Tatars. If I, Shang Yi, were just one person, I would definitely not attack you, but
..." He pointed behind him, "Now there are tens of thousands of people in Guancheng. I can't let them all fall into the hands of the Tatars like you, and then be driven by the Tatars to attack.
There are other cities and places, so now, I, Shang Yi, can only deal with you."
As he spoke, Shang Yi knelt on the wall and bowed three times to the city. Then he got up and said, "But don't worry, fellow villagers. I, Shang Yi, will definitely ask for this from the Tatars for you in my lifetime."
It’s a blood debt. Go fight the Tatars!”
As he said this, Shang Yi pulled out his pistol, pointed at the bottom of the city, and fired a shot, knocking down a commoner who was digging the earth wall. Then he turned back to the city wall and yelled: "Fire."
The gunners of the Muling Army were stunned for a moment. Although they heard Shang Yi's order, no one took action for a while. Shang Yi frowned and said sternly: "What are you still waiting for? It's hard for you to want the Qing army to attack."
Are you going to attack the city and let the people in the city suffer the same fate as them?"
Luo Yuanbin also yelled at this time: "What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up, fill the medicine, and fire the cannon? Don't you want your relatives to be like this?"
This immediately woke up the gunners, and then they remembered that most of their family members and relatives were in Muling Pass. Once the city was breached, they would end up with the same fate as the people outside the city. Therefore,
They all took action, crying and filling the gun barrels with gunpowder and iron sand, while nagging: "Folks! Don't blame us. If you want to hate us, just hate the Tatars."
At this time, Shang Yi jumped off the wall. Without saying a word, he pulled out his saber and stabbed a tied Qing soldier next to him. Then he pulled out the saber, stabbed again, pulled hard, and stabbed again. He struck every time
They were all very measured. Although the saber stabbed deeply, it would not kill the Qing soldier immediately. The Qing soldier also screamed in pain and could be heard from a distance.
The Qing soldiers under the city also heard it clearly. In the past, they were the only ones who committed violence against the Ming soldiers and the people of the Ming Dynasty. But this was the first time they saw their companions being brutally killed by the Ming army, so everyone said in their hearts.
Unable to tell what it was like, the mocking look just now disappeared, and everyone fell into silence.
But Turge and Bolo were so angry that they pointed at the top of the city and cursed: "Shang Yi, watch us break through Muling Pass and cut you into pieces." But they completely forgot about all this.
It was they themselves who started it in the first place.
After being stabbed for more than ten times, the Qing soldiers were dying. Shang Yi cut off the Qing soldiers' heads with one sword, held them in braids, raised them high on the city top, and said loudly to the people below:
"Folks, did you see it? I took the Tatar heads to see you off. You go and fight the Tatars."
The other soldiers on the city also cried and shouted to the people below: "Folks, go and fight the Tatars. We will avenge you."
At this moment, there was only a loud "boom" sound, and the cannon that Mu Ling had closed finally began to fire.