Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 215
The place where the standard-bearer guards were stationed was not far from the place where the prisoners were killed. After Yangpu's order was issued, [-] crossbowmen came here soon.

"You guys are here, shoot the dogs in the deep pit to death, they are about to crawl out." The Ming army Baihu who was in charge of killing these prisoners of war eagerly begged.

It was not that he was eager to kill, but that he was responsible for trapping and killing these prisoners of war. If these prisoners of war escaped, or the riot caused greater casualties to the Ming army, it would be his responsibility.

"Enclose the deep pit, line up in two teams, and approach slowly." The crossbowman Baihu didn't hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the soldiers to form a battle formation as soon as they got around the deep pit.

His order was to assist in the suppression of these prisoners of war, so naturally he could not give these prisoners of war a way out of the pit.

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"Brothers, work harder, we will climb out soon." Chen Lin cheered for the brothers behind him.

Looking up, Chen Lin found that he was only a few tens of centimeters away from the ground, and he only needed to climb a little longer to reach the ground.

Crawling and crawling, Chen Lin's fingers were filled with mud, and his palms and arms were also covered with mud, making him look like he was wearing a pair of khaki armor.

"Finally came to the ground, the air on the ground is so fresh." Chen Lin crawled on the ground to breathe in the fresh air.

A lot of people gathered in the deep pit, there was dust from the soil, and the air was filthy. Chen Lin was impatient for a long time.

At the same time, there were many people who did the same thing as Chen Lin. When the Ming army was about to kill them, they thought they would never see the ground for the rest of their lives. Now that they suddenly came to the ground, they were naturally extremely happy .

However, a few sharp-eyed people soon discovered a huge problem, that is, they were surrounded by armored crossbowmen.

"It's the crossbowmen, the Ming army is going to shoot us to death." A Wu army prisoner who was aimed at countless sharp arrows shouted hysterically.

It was only at this time that Chen Lin realized that the ground was not safe, but when he raised his head to take a good look at the situation in front of him, the arrows from the Ming army crossbowmen had already reached his throat.

The last voice he heard before he died was "Let me go, kill all these Wu army prisoners of war, drive them back to the pit, and then use the earth pit to kill them."

But in the blink of an eye, Wu Jun's prisoners of war who had just climbed to the ground were shot to death by random arrows. If they were lucky, they could lie on the ground and take a last look at the sky and the sun. Kinetic fell into the deep pit, and even hit a few unlucky comrades before dying.

But fortunately, the Ming army didn't kill them and left them alone. Instead, they pulled the ox cart and dumped a lot of loess, and buried them. As for whether there are still people alive in the deep pit, that's not their concern. within range.

Because since Zhu Cihong's order, these prisoners of war were already dead in the eyes of the Ming army.

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At night, Duduo's camp was full of people, there was not a single official here, either a prince, a general, or an admiral.

Although it was night, it was time to go to bed according to the ancients' schedule of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, but in the face of the urgent military situation, Duduo and the others had no way to sleep and could only discuss countermeasures overnight.

"Wu Sangui, why did you only come back with [-] of your [-] soldiers and horses? Your Guan Ning army doesn't look that good either." A man in thick clothes and a fleshy face said to Wu Sangui disdainfully.

He is Azig, Prince of England, who is good at fighting and has made many military exploits, but he is not very good at speaking, has no IQ and EQ, if it is not because of his surname Aixinjueluo, no matter how many military exploits he has made, If you are exhausted, you will be a real person.

"Prince Ying, it's not that the young generals shy away from fighting, and it's not that they are not good at fighting. It's really that the Ming army is extraordinary."

Wu Sangui didn't dare to pretend to be a prince in front of Azige, if Azige was offended, it would not be fun to be beaten up, even if he was beaten, he would not dare to trouble Azige.

Azig is a member of Aisin Gioro's clan. He has numerous political privileges and is protected by relatives such as Duduo, Dorgon, Fulin and Bumubutai. He wants to move within the Qing court. It is harder for him than reaching the sky.

"How could there be more than 1 people who can easily defeat your 6000 people and destroy half of your Ming army." Azig didn't believe Wu Sangui's words.

It's no wonder that, judging from the consistent performance of the Ming army in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, its combat effectiveness is getting worse and worse. From being able to compete with the Houjin army at a fifty-fifty ratio, to the end, there are no elite peasant army.

If Wu Sangui said this a few decades ago, Azige would have believed it, but now, Azige would only think that Wu Sangui was playing himself.

"Don't excuse yourself." Azig pointed at Wu Sangui's nose and cursed.

Hearing Azige's accusation, Wu Sangui was really distressed and couldn't tell. Zhu Cihong's pro-army fighting power was indeed strong, and Zhu Cihong went to battle in person.

The morale of the Ming army today is so high that it can be said that Wu Sangui has seen the most morale of the Ming army since he joined the army for decades.

"That's enough, Azig, let me ask King Pingxi." Azige would only accuse Wu Sangui and vent his dissatisfaction, but he couldn't say anything nutritious at all. Duoduo felt that he had to figure out why Wu Sangui failed in the ambush today. , or ask yourself better.

"King Pingxi, I asked you to lead 3000 troops to ambush the Ming army, but you came back defeated and lost [-] soldiers. Do you admit your mistake or not?"

After all, Wu Sangui was a general with military power in his hands, and he was crowned king by Dorgon. He had strength and status, so Duoduo's tone was more respectful and polite, not as presumptuous as Azig.

"The last general admits it." Wu Sangui didn't shirk, he was indeed responsible for today's defeat, whether it was a beating or a punishment, he admitted it.

"Then write down this mistake first, and punish it later when you have time."

Duduo said this because he didn't intend to punish Wu Sangui. As long as Wu Sangui didn't make any mistakes in the future, the matter would be over.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wu Sangui was very happy when Duduo said this.

"Now the Ming army is pressing down on the border, and the Ming emperor is here. Our situation is very bad." Now the people in front of him are all senior generals of the Qing army in Tongguan, so Duduo is not afraid of talking nonsense and causing the morale of the army to fluctuate. As a senior general, he has the awareness to control the morale of the army.

"There is Li Zicheng in the west, and Zhu Cihong in the east. If one fails, we will lose everything." Duoduo had already prepared for the worst.

Marching and fighting is not playing games. You must always prepare for the worst and control all risks that can be controlled. Only in this way can you increase your chances of winning as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)