Seeing the Qing army leaving corpses all over the ground and returning to their formation like a tide, Shang Yi said with a smile: "At this time, it's time for the Qing army to withdraw. I don't believe it. I suffered like this twice.
After such a blow, the Qing army still dares to attack again!"
At this moment, a knight flew out from the Qing army's formation and rushed towards the gate. At the same time, he raised his hands to indicate that he had no weapons. When Shang Yi saw this, he also ordered the gatekeepers not to fire arrows.
Shoot and see what he has to say.
The man stopped his horse in front of the moat to protect the city and shouted to the city: "Listen to the Ming army in the city, my brother-in-law and Beizi admire your courage in defending the city and do not want to attack Muling again.
Guan, as long as you allow us to take away the bodies of the Qing warriors, we will immediately withdraw our troops and not attack Guan City. At the same time, we will also hand over the corpses of the people who died just now to you for burial. Do you agree?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the city. The Qing army finally became timid and did not dare to attack the city again. Shang Yi stood on the tower and said: "Go back and tell Turge and Bolo. Let them
Release all the remaining people who were caught by you, and I will ask you to take back the corpses. If you don’t release them, then I will cut off the heads of these corpses and take them to ask for credit."
The messenger said: "Okay, please wait a moment, I will reply to the consort and Beizi, and then make a decision."
After the messenger conveyed the conditions proposed by Shang Yi to Turge and Bolo, Bolo was about to get angry again, but Turge stopped him. Turge thought for a while, although there are still more than 2,000 civilians in the army, but
Compared with the total number of civilians captured by the Qing army this time, it was only insignificant, but recovering the bodies of the soldiers who died in battle, especially those of the Eight Banners soldiers, was of great significance. It was still cost-effective to exchange the civilians for the corpses.
, so he ordered a message to be sent back to the city and accepted Shang Yi's conditions.
After the Qing army recovered the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle, the messenger told Turge and Bolo that it turned out that Shang Yi had also put forward a condition. If the Qing army handed over one hundred thousand taels of silver, then he would promise to withdraw from the Qing army.
Do not attack the Qing army on the way.
After Turge heard this, he couldn't help but snorted and said: "Ignore him. If Shang Yi really dares to chase him out, see how I can deal with him."
His words resonated with the generals of the Qing army. Although they did not dare to continue to attack the city, if the Mu Ling army really dared to go out of the city to pursue, the Qing army would not be afraid when they arrived, because the myth of the Qing army's invincibility in the field still existed.
Therefore, the generals of the Qing Army firmly believed that if the Muling Army dared to leave the city to pursue them, they would be able to defeat them. Many generals even hoped that the Muling Army would chase them out and give themselves a chance.
Opportunity to tone.
After withdrawing his troops and returning to camp, Turge counted the troops. This time he attacked Muling Pass. In addition to the troops lost in the ambush in the early stage, the casualties of the entire army reached more than 3,500, including Manchu Eight Banner armored soldiers and auxiliary troops.
There were nearly 400 people. Most of them died in today's siege. There were more than 600 wounded soldiers, and more than half of them were seriously injured and had difficulty walking or relying on their own strength.
Ability to ride a horse.
If we add the men and horses who died in the early battles in Luntai, then the Qing army lost a total of more than 6,000 people in order to attack Muling Pass, of which the number of armored soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of the Eight Banners was more than 600.
After calculating the number, Turge and Bolo couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. They didn't expect that a small Muling Pass would consume so much of the Qing Army's troops. If they had to attack Muling Pass by force, they would probably lose money.
Twenty to thirty thousand troops would be enough. At this time, Bolo had to admit that Turg's order to withdraw his troops on the battlefield was a correct decision. If the fight continued, he didn't know how many men and horses would be lost. For the sake of a city that was both strategic and tactical
Mulinguan Pass, which has little value, is indeed not worth it.
Because they had been attacking the pass for a day today, it was getting late, and the soldiers had been tired all day. It was definitely impossible to retreat overnight. Anyway, the Qing army was not afraid of the Muling army coming out of the city to pursue them, so Turge and Bolo also decided to go first.
Rest overnight and set up camp again early tomorrow morning.
In the evening, after Turge and Bolo had finished handling their affairs, Bolo said, "Sir, do you think what Shang Yi said about pursuing us while we were retreating was true?"
Turge said calmly; "Whether it is true or not, we just need to be prepared to be attacked. But to be honest, I am not worried about the Muling Army chasing us from behind, but I am worried that they will attack us from both sides."
The attacks on us in the mountains and forests, although they are just harassment attacks, are indeed very troublesome!"
Bolo thought of the attacks he encountered during the march, and he couldn't help but feel frightened. He said, "What I said is right. It seems that our return this time will not be easy!"
After the Muling Army withdrew its troops and returned to the city, the people in the city naturally cheered, because the Muling Army once again defeated the Qing army, saved Guancheng, and itself. However, due to this battle, the Muling Army fired its own artillery.
Although some civilians were killed out of necessity, it was never a pleasant thing, so the mood of the soldiers was not high.
The rescued people were temporarily placed on the playground by Zhou Shiqi, waiting for Shang Yi's disposal.
After Shang Yi took a short rest, he immediately came to the playground. However, this group of people were holding each other's hands and crying, some because they had to live from death, and more because they had lost their relatives. Celebrating with other people in the city
Forming a strong contrast.
Zhou Shiqi was leading people to maintain order here. When he saw Shang Yi coming, he immediately said: "Folks, our Mr. Qian is here. Everyone should be quiet and listen to what Mr. Qian has to say."
Shang Yi came to the crowd and said loudly: "Folks, everyone has suffered. But now that the suffering has passed, you can rest assured that Muling Pass will never be breached by the Tatars. Once you enter the pass,
, so it is safe.”
After listening to Shang Yi's words, everyone looked a little excited, and some people also had a smile on their faces. Shang Yi said again: "We have also collected all the bodies of the dead folks. Wait a moment.
You go and identify yourself. If they are your relatives, please register their names and places of origin. We accidentally killed some people on the battlefield just now, so we want to bury them together and build a temple to commemorate them."
These words immediately caused a commotion in the crowd. Several people immediately stood in front of Shang Yi and asked: "Manslaughter, is it just manslaughter to fire at us?"
This also aroused the anger of other people, and they all asked: "We are forced by the Tatars, why do you still fire on us?" "The Tatars kill us, you kill us too, you and the Tatars
What's the difference?" "Aren't you an army of the imperial court? If you don't dare to kill the Tatars, do you only dare to kill us common people?"
Seeing that everyone was a little out of control, a few soldiers came over and stood in front of Shang Yi to prevent the people from approaching. However, Shang Yi pushed them away and faced the people directly, saying: "I gave the order to fire, don't blame me."
Others. But I never regret giving such an order. If the same thing happens again, I will still order the firing."
At this moment, someone suddenly yelled: "You gave the order, I will beat you to death."
I saw a young man. He rushed to Shang Yi and punched him. How could Shang Yi let him hit him? He turned aside to let him punch him and grabbed his wrist with one hand.
He took two steps forward, and Shang Yi strangled his neck with his elbow, pulled him back two steps, and said sternly: "Look, how many people are there in this city? They all rely on Muling Pass to protect them.
If I had not ordered the artillery fire at that time and the Qing army had attacked Muling Pass, they would have suffered the same fate as you. Is this the result you hoped for?"
As he spoke, Shang Yi let go, pushed the man to the ground, pointed in a circle, and said: "And you, if I hadn't ordered the firing at that time, you would still be working as coolies in the Tatar camp now!
Can you still stand here and talk to me? What qualifications do you have to blame me?"
Other soldiers also said: "The Tatars captured you. Not only did you not resist, but you also helped the Tatars to deal with us. Now Mr. Qian has rescued you all. Not only do you not appreciate Mr. Qian's kindness,
I still blame him, if I had known this, I wouldn’t have saved you."
"In front of the Tatars, you are as honest as a sheep, but in front of your own people, you become ruthless. You are really a worthless waste."
"What's the use of being angry at Mr. Qian, and don't think about who pushed Mr. Qian to this point? It's the Tatars! If you have the ability, go find the Tatars to settle accounts, let me tell you! Mr. Qian will lead
They followed us and killed thousands of Tatars."
The group of people who had just been making noises lowered their heads unconsciously, and all their anger turned into shame.
The young man was lying on the ground coughing. After hearing these words, he burst into tears and slapped himself while crying: "I'm useless, I'm afraid of death. My elder brother took the lead to fight the Tatars. I
But I didn’t dare to go, I hid at the end and ran away, I’m so useless, I really deserve to die!”
On the top of the city just now, Shang Yi indeed saw that it was a commoner who took the lead in attacking the Qing soldiers, which triggered the great rebellion among the common people. This young man was his younger brother, and said: "Your brother is a hero, but in this situation
Under the circumstances at that time, it is normal for you to be afraid, and there is no need to blame yourself. We will go find your brother's body later and give your brother's name. We will provide your brother with a salary tablet and receive incense forever. Just live well.
Go down, I think this must be what your brother wants." Then he raised his voice: "The same goes for all of you, live well!"
The young man suddenly stood up, knelt down in front of Shang Yi, and said, "Mr. Qian, let me join the army. I will also kill the Tatars and avenge my brother." As he took the lead, everyone else knelt down and said
: "Sir, we also want to join the army, we also want to kill the Tatars, and we also want to take revenge."
Shang Yi looked at him and said, "What's your name? What's your eldest brother's name?"
The young man said: "My name is Wang Hu, and my eldest brother's name is Wang Long?"
Shang Yi nodded and said: "Okay, Wang Hu, we will arrange a place for you first, and someone will sign up for you. If you want to kill the Tatars, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."