Chapter 42 Extremely Shameless

Although these people can't exert much combat effectiveness, they don't care about carrying materials and repairing the wall. Among the people who came, although the farmers account for the majority, there are also some craftsmen who are blacksmiths, masons, carpenters or masons. These people were soon asked by Lu Xiangsheng to The designated place reported and quickly entered the battlefield.

To let them go to the city, it is not to let them go to war, but to be responsible for repairing the wall destroyed by cannons. The heavy artillery of the slave army is very serious to the wall. More than ten catties of bullets hit the wall, and each cannonball is a big pit. If it falls on the wall, it can immediately destroy the stack. It will definitely be greatly weakened over time. The defense ability of the city wall, so after these helpers, Lu Xiangsheng was in the middle and dispatched. During the day, the slaves destroyed some places, and at night, the people were sent to repair it. At dawn, it could be repaired. The angry Dornon and the slaves were all furious.

In addition, Yan Chongxi also discussed with Lu Xiangsheng that when Jiannu stopped attacking at night, he sent troops to cover a large number of civilians out of the customs and dug various trenches outside the gate, which spread layer by layer, so that Jiannu could not easily push the heavy siege equipment under the wall, so a large number of civilians began to sneak out of the wall at night. Either sneak out of the door, or hang them off the wall with a large number of hanging baskets, and use shovel picks overnight to dig trenches outside the wall. The trenches do not need to be too deep, but the width should be enough for a person to jump over. After a few days, layers of trenches appeared outside the closing wall, making Jiannu When attacking again, it is impossible to easily push things such as ladders and cave houses to the wall. The newly dug trenches along the way give them a headache to death. Often when they fill the trenches, the equipment they make has also been scattered by the military artillery fire.

During the day, they filled the trenches, and at night, the defenders protected the people down and dug them. At this time, the battle became a little funny. The two sides became two armies digging and filling the trenches. You and I only cared about digging and filling the trenches, and I was very busy.

Huang Taiji was in the front guard and sent someone to inquire about the siege every day. At the beginning, he didn't say much, but after a few days, Huang Taiji began to become unhappy. At first, it was cold words. Later, he simply began to send Prince Zheng Jierhalang to Dorgon and Duoduo and several Mongolian Eight Banners. He really reprimanded Gushan of Han Baqi.

At this time, Dorgan had no good way, so he crossed his heart and mobilized the army to fight again on the sixth day of May. However, in this battle, he did not let the soldiers of the Han army flag rise up, but drove nearly 10,000 Han men, women and children captured from outside the customs and let them walk at the front of the team. Everyone carried a bag of soil and forced them to open the way for the Jiannu army.

Dorgun's move is the most commonly used move against the Ming army by Jiannu. It can often not only seriously damage the morale of the defenders, but also use these Han civilians to block the cannons of the defenders and force them to dare not bombard their soldiers and horses. It can be said that it is very vicious and insidious, but also very, very bad. The face is at the extreme.

The defenders were ready for a day's defense of the city in the early morning, and all kinds of artillery were also loaded with ammunition. When the Jiannu army came to attack, they showed them in color, but they didn't expect that what appeared in front of them was the ragged Han civilians in front of their eyes, crying loudly. Heaven staggered and walked in front of a large number of Jiannu, and behind them were the Jiannu soldiers who forced them to move forward with guns and knives, and what was more hateful was that among these Jiannu soldiers and generals, many of them were actually Han people with the Han army flag. In addition, there were some Mongolian soldiers, and finally the Jiannu soldiers who supervised them. Zi's generals, supervising the battle at all levels, are obviously determined to fight a big battle.

Those people walking in front of them cried loudly as they walked. They did not want to be the target of Jiannu's arrow to break through the Shanhaiguan for Jiannu, but they had to follow Jiannu's requirements. If they don't comply, the Jiannu soldiers will immediately kill them with long guns and knives. The axe killed them. Even if they walked a little slower, they would beat them with whips. Whether they were men or women, even old people or children, they treated them like pigs and dogs, and slaughtered them mercilessly.

Some women, obviously rich and noble families, wrapped in small feet, are inconvenient to walk, and their clothes are ragged. Obviously, they have been abused by Jiannu these days, but they are still driven out by Jiannu, either carrying or holding a bag of soil, staggering forward in the crowd from time to time. Someone fell to the ground, and some children who were only a few years old cried, followed their parents and staggered helplessly. Fear grabbed everyone's hearts, but no one sympathized with them. The slave soldiers behind them just scolded blindly and kept whipping the people walking behind, and from time to time He slashed some old people, women and children who couldn't walk. Outside the whole mountain customs, it was simply a hell on earth, and the cry resounded through the sky.

All the defenders were stunned when they saw this scene. This was the first time they saw Jiannu driving so many Han people to attack the city. It's not that they had never seen or heard of it before, but when the matter was in front of them, everyone was shocked and a little soft-hearted. Some soldiers immediately cried, and more defenders immediately cursed angrily and scolded Jiannu's despicability.

"Grandma's! Laozi * You ancestors, if you have the ability, come to me! Rushing the people to die, is your mother's slave, the serrat, also a human? If you have the ability, let these ordinary people go and fight with me! ..." Some soldiers jumped and scolded loudly.

There was a lot of angry scolding on the first-line city gate of Shanhaiguan. Even the commanders like Lian Yan Chongxi and Wu Xiang in such a scene became a little at a loss at this time.

After all, some people were more ruthless, and immediately shouted to their general, "Fight! If you don't fight, they will approach! The people are pitiful, but who let them be born in this world? This is fate. Don't blame us for not feeling sorry for them! Military gate! Let's shoot!"

Wu Xiang didn't know what to do for a while. She just shook her head and didn't let the gunfire. However, when a large number of people were driven by Jiannu to the vicinity of the city wall, Jiannu's cannon caught fire first. With bursts of fire and smoke, it rumbling in a short time. The sound of the cannons sounded in the distance outside the gate. Heavy shells roared through the sky and hit the wall everywhere. Then a piece of broken bricks and stones were raised. Some shells were not accurate. They did not hit the wall, but fell into the crowd in front of them. Even if a blood fog was raised, the bullet The place was a mess, full of broken bodies and corpses scattered everywhere. These people who were forced before were even more panicked and began to become more chaotic. Some people couldn't stand such pressure and tried to escape back, but what was waiting for them were rows of long guns and snowy bright. The sword, the people who tried to escape back for a while, were slaughtered and a large number of corpses were poured down in front of the construction slave army.

Yan Chongxi was also thinking nervously, ordering his soldiers not to fire back with artillery. Lu Xiangsheng was even more angry, but he was also persuading Yan Chongxi not to fire back.

"Your Excellency, you can't fight without it! Once these people are allowed to rush over, our trenches will soon be filled, and Jiannu can rush to the gate effortlessly! It will be dangerous at that time! Although these people are miserable, this is their life! We really can't save them now! It's better to give them a good time!" Wang Chengping is a very hard-hearted person. Although he is also furious, he still maintains a trace of wisdom. Seeing Lu Xiangsheng repeatedly persuading Yan Chongxi not to fire, he still persuades him for the sake of war.

"No! The emperor has always loved the people like a son. How can he sit back and ignore the life and death of these people? Can't kill! Find a way and see if you can save them!" Lu Xiangsheng tried to stop him like crazy at this moment, pulling the sleeves of Yan Chongxi's robe and roaring loudly.

Yan Chongxi closed his eyes in pain. He knew very well that he could not save so many people today. If they fired cannons, it would cool their hearts to those Han people outside the customs. But if they didn't fire cannons, they would welcome the construction slaves to get close to the bottom of the wall, making the soldiers several times more. In close combat with their Jiannu, the Great Wall Pass may be broken by Jiannu if they are not careful.

Yan Chongxi is very embarrassed. As the commander-in-chief of the current army, he knows better than anyone that he is not in charge of the army. It is understandable that Lu Xiangsheng has pity for these people. After all, he is a civilian. Now he is a supervisor, not a commander-in-chief. He can think so, but he can't, because he is responsible for the outcome of this war, if he If it was Lu Xiangsheng who came to sit on the left army marshal, I guess Lu Xiangsheng would not say it so lightly, because Lu Xiangsheng had done such a thing before. When he was working for Daming to suppress bandits, most of the so-called thieves he faced were such refugees, but the different positions led to the problem. The starting point is different.

Yan Chongxi opened his eyes and took a look at the approaching slave army and groups of refugees, as well as the heavy siege equipment that slowly pushed through the slave army. He gritted his teeth and slowly raised his hand. Although Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to see the arrival of this moment, he was also a long-standing experience. The person on the scene was very clear about the difficulties of Yan Chongxi, the main general. He opened his mouth, but he closed his mouth again. In fact, he knew very well that it would be impossible not to fire a gun. Otherwise, the dead people would be many times more than at present!

Just as Yan Chongxi was about to grit his teeth and order the firing of the gun, suddenly a battalion general rushed over, knelt down on one knee and bowed his head and shouted, "Mr. The little one has a way to save some refugees!"

After hearing this, Yan Chongxi immediately shouted, "Speak quickly!"