Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 897 Yangquan Attack and Defense 4
A shrill cry came from a distance, getting closer and closer.

He Sui, who was inspecting the defense on the city wall, suddenly turned away, frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

The deputy general set up his binoculars and looked over there, his brows also frowned: "Many ordinary people! Many ordinary people have been driven here!"

He Suipi grabbed the binoculars and took a look. Sure enough, thousands of people were being driven towards this side by the horsewhip of the Mongolian cavalry. Most of them have black hands and feet, and they walk staggeringly -- it's not that they don't care about hygiene and don't bother to wash their hands, it's because they are cold.It was freezing cold, and the Mongolian cavalry robbed all the cotton coats that could keep out the cold, leaving them with thin clothes. It is strange that they did not get frostbite after walking so far!He was a little confused: "Why did the Tartars catch so many people here? Filling trenches? Seeing that the people are so cold, even if they force them with knives, I'm afraid they won't have the strength to carry a sandbag?"

The deputy general said with a solemn expression, "I'm afraid there is nothing good! Report to Lord Hou!"

He Sui was a little disapproving: "Master Hou has been tired enough these days, so there is no need to bother him with such a trivial matter? If those ordinary people really want to come to fill the trench, just shoot them back with random arrows!"

The deputy general was anxious: "My lord, the most important thing for Lord Hou is the people! Do you still remember that the first thing he did when he returned to Yangquan was to send out all the cavalry on hand to protect the people in the surrounding villages and towns from evacuating? At that time, the Tartars They may come at any time, the cavalry is the lifeline, if it is another one, they will definitely hold it in their hands, lest others will take away a little bit, but he threw them all out without hesitation, even if a fierce battle broke out with the Tartar sentry cavalry He will not hesitate to lose dozens of people, which shows how much he values ​​the common people!"

Only then did He Sui react and said: "Yes, yes, yes, report to the Marquis quickly!"

Yang Menglong was having dinner with the red lady, when he heard the news, his complexion changed immediately, he left his job and ran up the city wall in a hurry.Now you can see clearly without a telescope. A large number of civilians were driven into the Mongolian army camp like sheep, and then began to form groups, a group for the elderly, a group for children, and a group for women.Although Yang Menglong had tried his best to evacuate the people in the surrounding villages and towns before the war, there were too few people he could evacuate due to the overwhelming enemy army, and the evacuation work was not done thoroughly. They left their hometown, and now they have all been arrested. Roughly counting, at least a few thousand people!
The red lady asked with a murderous look on her face, "What are these heartless Tartars trying to do by capturing so many helpless people?"

He Sui also said: "That's right, these people can't even walk steadily. It is absolutely impossible for them to fill in trenches and attack the city with ants. What are the Tartars trying to do?"

Yang Menglong clenched his fists loudly: "These ordinary people can't fill trenches and attack the city, but they can consume our arrows, bullets, and shells, and they can trample on the landmines we planted!"

He Sui muttered: "We have plenty of arrows, bullets and bullets. Have they exhausted them all?"

Yang Menglong turned back eagerly: "There are plenty of arrows and bullets, so what about courage? What about determination? When these villagers died in batches under the sharp arrows and bullets they shot, how much courage do you still have to continue to shoot arrows and shoot? How much courage do you have to keep shooting them on the spot?"

He Sui turned around in horror, only to find that the officers and soldiers guarding the city were already in confusion. Many soldiers were trying their best to look over there. Some shouted: "That one looks like my father!" Another one shouted: "Mom! That's my mother!" Someone said Then they put their heads in their hands and cried bitterly. It was obvious that they were sure that their relatives were in the hands of the Tatars, but they were powerless to do anything. They could only watch their relatives die at the hands of the Tatars, and even had to kill them themselves! More than 300 years ago, when the Mongols were attacking in all directions, every time they attacked a city, they would drive foreign people away to withstand the fiercest firepower of the defenders, and send them batch by batch within the range of the defenders' bows and crossbows. If the defenders If you become soft-hearted and unable to take action, the defense line will inevitably be overrun by these crazy people, and eventually the whole city will fall. Even if the defenders are as stone-hearted and unmoved, shooting all these people will probably not be a good idea. Arrow The branches, cannons, rocks, and physical strength were greatly consumed. The most terrible thing was to see large numbers of his own people dying in front of him. Among them may be his own relatives. It is impossible for the soldiers not to have a trace of emotion in their hearts!Their morale and will will be slowly exhausted in this one-sided massacre, and their resentment towards the general will gradually accumulate and eventually explode!As a result, even if the city is defended, it will become an isolated city - yes, for dozens or hundreds of miles outside the city, there are only corpses and no human habitation, and the people's morale and morale have fallen to the bottom. , the war potential was exhausted, and it was difficult to survive the next Mongol attack.This is the famous "Hasha'er" tactic, which can be called the cruelest and most vicious tactic!

Now, facing Yang Menglong's impregnable defense, Aobai resorted to this notorious tactic without hesitation.From such a distance, Yang Menglong seemed to be able to hear his sneer: "Don't you love the common people very much? Now I want to see, is Yangquan City more important to you, or these thousands of ordinary people?"

Yang Menglong slammed his fist on the wall angrily, a feeling of aggrievedness made his chest feel like he wanted to vomit.After reading the history, it is impossible for him not to know the tactics used by the nomads. At the same time, it is impossible for him not to know that once they are allowed to implement this kind of tactics, no matter what the battle is like, he will be the loser in the end!But he just has no way to crack it. The only way to crack it is to burn the flames of war to the territory of the nomads, so that they can't implement this kind of tactics, but this cracking method has already been destroyed by Zhang Fengyi and other idiots. Putting it into the sheepfold, it is impossible for the shepherd to protect his flock from harm!
The red lady understood his mood very well, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said softly: "Don't blame yourself, you have done a good job, no one can do better than you."

Yang Menglong was very anxious, and said: "It's useless to talk about it now! The Tartars are about to drive out these people and attack the city. I can't give up Yangquan for them. Doing so will kill more people! But I can't just watch them die in the city." In front of me, these are thousands of human lives, not ants, I..."

The red lady sighed: "You clearly knew what to do, but you messed up your own position. I can only say that you have been hit by Obei... Your biggest weakness is that you are too soft-hearted..." In a soft whisper, Calmly pressing on the back of Yang Menglong's neck, Yang Menglong's body shook a few times and fell down softly.The red lady held him up to prevent him from falling directly from the city wall, and then whispered in his ear: "That's right, even if you knew what to do, you wouldn't do that, otherwise you wouldn't be Yang Menglong. An Xin Get some sleep. I'll help you do the things you don't want to do and can't do!" He handed him to a soldier and said, "Master Marquis is too tired, take him down to rest."

The soldier didn't say anything, carried Yang Menglong on his back and walked down the city wall.

Watching Yang Menglong being carried away by the soldiers, the red lady's smile faded away, the tenderness on her face that could melt steel disappeared without a trace, her voice became like a rock on the top of a snow mountain, cold and hard , making people tremble: "Listen to me clearly: I know that many of those people are your relatives, your brothers and sisters of the same clan, and you also know what the Tartars want to do, so you messed up! These disintegrated soldiers may not care about anything, but they have to care about their own lives and the lives of their family members! I can understand your feelings, and I sympathize with what happened to you, but..." He stretched out his hand and pointed to the south, sternly Said: "Two hundred miles away is Zhending Mansion! After passing Zhending Mansion, five hundred miles to the south is Handan, the base of the Tianxiong Army, and five hundred miles to the north is Beijing, the heart of Ming Dynasty! Thousands of people live there. Thousands of people, they are all like you, with flesh and blood, relatives and friends, and your bounden duty is to sacrifice yourself, protect them, and defend this country! You know why the champion dragged his sick body through the wind and snow for two hundred miles , Stop you outside Yangquan City? There is no way out! You, him, and the whole country, there is no way out! One step back is the abyss! One step back is the reenactment of the Wuhuluanhua tragedy! He was so tired that he vomited blood Hurrying with all his might, he led you mobs to defend Yangquan at the end of a huge risk, just to prop up the fallen sky. As long as you step back a little, the sky on his shoulders will collapse and crush him. Shattered to pieces! You can’t bear to see your fellow villagers and even your own relatives die, so he deserves to die? Do the hundreds of millions of people behind you who support you with blood and sweat deserve to die?”

Thousands of troops and horses were silent, and the soldiers who were crying with their heads in their arms clenched their weapons and stood up, biting their lips until they bleed.

The red lady is right. Yang Menglong rushed to Yangquan at all costs when his own army was still thousands of miles away. He took great risks. The Tatars would not miss any opportunity to tear him into pieces!If they took half a step back, this unrivaled hero who stood in front of the Tatars like a steep mountain and made countless famous Tartars despair would surely die!
He can't die, if he dies, the country is over!

The red lady drew out her long knife, and said in a cold voice, "Show me some manly blood, and nail me here, even if there are rivers of blood outside the city! Want to prevent more common people from being taken hostage by Tartars, The only thing we can do is to let them know that we don't care about the life and death of the hostages, this trick is useless to us! Keep your eyes wide open, no matter whether it is a woman, a child or an old man who rushes up, kill without mercy! Must be in the shortest time Let the Tartars know in time that we don't care about the life or death of the hostages in their hands!"

Everyone clenched their fists.This order is so heartless, it is no wonder that Hong Niangzi wanted to knock Yang Menglong unconscious to seize the command power. With Yang Menglong's character, no matter what, he could not issue such an order!However, this is the only correct choice, because, as Hong Niangzi said, once Yangquan City is destroyed, it will not be [-] to [-] ordinary people who will die, but tens of millions!
This is the last line of defense to prevent the Mongolian cavalry from entering the North China Plain, and it must be defended to the end!

"Those who retreat will be cut, those who cry will be cut, those who attack without authorization will be cut, and those who falsely suggest a truce will be cut!"

Hong Niangzi's language was like a knife's edge, and every time he gave an order, the soldiers' bodies trembled slightly.He Sui didn't dare to show his air. Originally, he was quite critical of Yang Menglong bringing a girl into the battlefield, but now... my God, this aunt is probably the reincarnation of Fuhao, right?Why is he so fierce, but the murderous aura that is so thick that it can't be dispelled can overwhelm everyone?

While thinking wildly, he vaguely heard the red lady whispering in his ear: "Let the cavalry get ready, and when the time is right, they will rush out with me. If one can be saved, one..."

Surprised, suddenly realized.

No one can be truly unfeeling.

(End of this chapter)