Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 184
The mite people are a cruel and cruel people who live outside the customs. They don't have the filial piety culture of the Han people, and they don't value relatives.

The young man didn't expect Duoduo to be so decisive, he didn't give any hope, and he didn't even care if the important rear town like Huaiqing fell.

He didn't know that the reason Doduo didn't care about Huaiqing was because Jierhalang defeated Li Jin, Dang Shousu and others in northern Shaanxi, and tens of thousands of Shun troops withdrew from northern Shaanxi to Gansu and Qinghai.

Soon, Jierhalang will be able to go south to the Guanzhong area. Even without Jierhalang, Duoduo will soon be able to defeat Li Zicheng, break through Tongguan, and enter Guanzhong.

"Then ask Lord Yu to give me some horses and some dry food, so that I can go back and return to Lord Su." The young man begged.

Now that Duduo's attitude is clear, he doesn't want to waste time here. He might as well return to Huaiqing City as soon as possible and tell Hauge the news.

"You are loyal and brave enough." Duoduo cast an appreciative look at the young man in front of him.

Loyalty and bravery are one of the most precious qualities in a person, and no matter where in the world, people admire these two qualities.

"Okay, I will meet your request, but to reward you, I will give you another ten taels of silver." After Duduo said, he asked a guard to give him what the young man asked for, and handed him two more taels of silver. .

After getting the horses and dry food from Doduo, the young man set out on the road again, and Hauge was still waiting for him to bring the news back.

The next day, in Huaiqing Fucheng, Hauge sat on a chair and sulked. He even smashed several antique vases, and several good yellow rosewood tables and chairs were smashed by him with a knife.

He never imagined that when he begged for help in a low voice, none of Duo Duo and Dorgon sent troops to help in the end. If he had known this was the case, he might as well not have written those letters.

Now that he has lost face in front of Duoduo and Dorgon, and has no reinforcements, he may be surrounded to death by the Ming army at some point, Hauge's heart is ashamed.

"Your Majesty, I just went to take a look at the city wall." Just when Hauge was slumped in a chair and sulking, Dotuan came back.

"How's the situation?" Hauge asked hastily.

He didn't know exactly how many troops Zhu Cihong had, or how many weapons he had, but one thing he was sure of was that Zhu Cihong's military strength was far stronger than his own. As long as Zhu Cihong was willing to attack by force, Huaiqing would definitely be captured.

The Qing army that can now fight against Zhu Cihong's department is probably only Duduo and Jierhalang's troops. Both of them have tens of thousands of troops under their command, and they have a complete range of horse infantry and firearms.

But they are far away in northern Shaanxi, thousands of miles away, and there are natural dangers such as the Yellow River and Taihang Mountains in between, so it may be too late even if they return to the teacher for support.

And the other one was eager to fight Li Zicheng, and couldn't spare his hand to support him, and he didn't have a good relationship with him. Even if he had time and ability, he would not come to support him.

Therefore, at this time, Hauge can only count on himself.

"It's not very good. The Ming army is making rams and ladders." Dotuan was very loyal to Hauge, and he never discounted what he said. What he said to Hauge was the actual situation.

"Today is the third day, they should prepare to attack the city." Hauge said to himself.

Since being besieged by Zhu Cihong, he no longer has the glory of the past, let alone the ambition to compete with Zhu Cihong and compete with Dorgon.

"My lord, you have to hold on. Prince Yu and Prince Zheng will soon take down Shanbei and drive Li Zicheng away. Then they will be able to rescue us."

Seeing that Hauge's mental state was not good, Dotuan encouraged him.

"We are mite people, and we have always galloped on the battlefield. When will we fight on the city wall, not to mention that our number is much smaller than the Ming army outside the city."

"To be honest, I don't have the confidence to defend Huaiqing City at all." Hauge is not a Han Chinese, and urban offensive and defensive warfare is not what he is good at. Now that he is besieged by Zhu Cihong, his fate will soon come to an end.

"It doesn't matter that we have few people. Aren't there a lot of Han Chinese in this city? Let them guard the city for us." Dotuan's eyeballs moved, and he suddenly thought of a good strategy.

Even if all the people are soldiers, they can only have 8 or 10 people at most. Now they can gather two legions of more than [-] people, all relying on foreign soldiers, the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Han Eight Banners, and the Green Battalion.

Without the help of these people, no matter how powerful the Qing army was, it would be impossible to enter the pass, and even many cities outside the pass could not be controlled.

"You mean, Green Camp?" Hauge was awakened by Dotuan.

Recruiting Han people into the Green Camp and fighting for them is a good way. Although the Green Camp's combat effectiveness is not very high, it is suitable for consumption with the Ming army. Anyway, the Ming army outside the city has no combat effectiveness except Zhu Cixi's imperial guards. Not much.

"Okay, let's organize [-] green battalions and let them defend the city." Hauge slapped the handrail suddenly and stood up.

Now that he has decided to recruit green battalion soldiers, he needs to buy uniforms, helmets, shields, knives, food, and military pay for them. If he wants to get [-] green battalion soldiers, Hauge must first solve these problems.

Fortunately, in this day and age, human life is as cheap as grass, so Hauge doesn't need to pay too much for settling in, 5 to [-] taels of silver is enough.

The most difficult thing is the weapons in your hands, the clothes on your body, and the helmet on your head. These parts must be made by craftsmen, and the equipment will cost seven or eight taels of silver at least for one person. For the wooden man who drank, Hauge had to spend 10 taels of silver.

Fortunately, Huaiqing City has a population of more than [-], and there are naturally many wealthy households. As long as these people spit out their money, then Hauge will have money.

So Haug ordered the wealthy merchants and households in the city, depending on the size of their family property and population, to donate between one thousand and five thousand taels of silver to the army within a time limit.

Hauge's fantasy was beautiful. As long as these wealthy families contributed some money, it wouldn't take long for 10 taels of silver to be collected.

Not long after Hauge's order was issued, some wealthy households who were dissatisfied with the order began to gather to discuss the matter.

In the home of Du Ruhui, a wealthy businessman in Huaiqing City, countless Huaiqing wealthy households gathered here, ranging from 20-year-olds to [-]-year-old teenagers.

"You say, this mite man is too cruel. It costs 3000 taels of silver. Isn't this killing our family?" A wealthy man who was full of food said, patting his stomach.

(End of this chapter)