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"what!"

There was a miserable cry, but it was three grenadiers and a tartar, who were drenched by the golden juice from above.

Under the pain, the injured grenadier was still hitting people, even as if venting his pain, he increased his strength and crazily swung his hammer.

They also wore three layers of armor, and were only partially burned. Except for the large area of ​​the face, the rest still had a chance to survive, and they might have to amputate their limbs.

Immediately, the walls on both sides of the gap crazily pushed down the stones.

These stones were obtained by demolishing houses, and there are many stone houses built of chaotic stones in the inner city.

In an instant, more than a dozen grenadiers were killed and injured by falling rocks on the spot, and a few unlucky Tartars who got too close were also smashed.

On the rest of the city walls, soldiers of Datong already climbed up to fight one after another.

For the Tartar general Murima, it was an emergency across the board at this time.His command ability is much better than that of Man Dahai's son, and he keeps dispatching reserve troops with unusual composure.

It's a pity that the troops he can mobilize are only more than 1000 Tartar soldiers, and the rest are all old and weak women and children in the city.

Facing the gap in the southern city wall that was about to collapse, Murima had no choice but to bring his own soldiers to support him.

Before Murima arrived, the Tartar defenders here were already defeated.

First bombed, then smashed by a group of strong men with hammers, and occasionally stabbed with long guns, how can the Tartar defenders withstand it?

"No retreat, retreat is death!"

Murima, who came to support him, was not the first to kill the Datong army, but hacked to death a few Tartars.

After being slashed by Murima for a while, a small number of Tartars were defeated, and followed him to fight back again.

However, the grenadiers had already occupied the gap at this time, and jumped into the city one after another, colliding with Murima's reinforcements head-on.

Mulima slashed the grenadier's shoulder with a knife, not even cutting through the first layer of armor.Then, he was hit by the hammer, narrowly avoiding the head, and was slammed on the left shoulder by the war hammer.

Even though the cotton armor counteracted the force, Murima was still in excruciating pain, feeling like the bones on her shoulder were about to shatter.

The bones are not broken, and cotton armor is more conducive to defending against blunt weapons than iron armor.

When Mulima cut the second knife, the warhammer swept over. .; He quickly leaned back, avoiding the temple, but the cheekbone was hit by the hammer.

This time the bones were really broken, half of the face collapsed, and one eyeball was smashed forward.

Murima's mind was dizzy, and her eyes were blank, but she didn't faint yet, and barely supported her body so that she didn't fall down.

"Boom!"

The third hammer swung and hit Murima on the forehead, probably all the brains inside were broken.

Murima collapsed and went to the underworld to meet his brother Aobai.

Once the Tartar general dies, the frying pan will be fried instantly here.

Some Tartars charged desperately, as if they had gone crazy.Some Tartars turned around and fled, even throwing away their weapons.

The bombers throwing Zheng who rushed in first did not continue to chase and kill them. They still remembered their mission.One after another, they fought from the inside of the city to the top of the city wall, cooperating with the friendly troops who climbed the city, and attacked the dazi on the city wall back and forth.

The enraged Datong soldiers didn't care about the old, the weak, women and children, they only knew that there were enemies in the city.

Sometimes, he didn't even care about surrendering, and continued to attack Dazi who was kneeling and begging for mercy.In this case, the military regulations are useless, and the rigid use of military laws will not be conducive to the future management of the army.

Tu Hai, who was covered in wounds, also led the soldiers to attack the city wall at this moment.This guy was even more ruthless. He led his troops to chase all the way into the city, and he would make up for the wounded Tartars who could not move.

The Tartars in the city are old and weak, women and children, and it is estimated that few of them will survive.

Chapter 694 [News from the Cossacks]

In the mountains between Suzi River and Hun River, the tribe led by Man Dahai has lost more than half of its staff.

Not all starved to death, nor all fell to death.

As they walked, some people deliberately left behind and hid in a ravine somewhere, planning to live in the mountains from now on.These people are all low-level Tazi soldiers, and their family members have not fled together, so they are not willing to transfer with the Manchu nobles.

Man Dahai couldn't suppress the deserters, because there were high mountains and dense forests along the way, so don't lose one or two, even if you hide hundreds or thousands, you won't be able to find them in a short while.

Going over a mountain, walking through a ravine, and then going over another mountain... This is the way the Tartars turn.

"what!"

There was a scream, and someone stumbled and rolled down the hillside.

Tartar, who had already descended, walked over to check the situation.It was found that this person had a broken arm and many bruises all over his body, so he reached out to grab the other person's food.

"Please, save some for me..." the injured Tartar begged bitterly, turning over to protect his grain bag.

Another Tartar came over, and the two of them grabbed grain together and divided the grain equally.

One after another, the Tartars passed by, and no one went to help the injured.Occasionally, a Tartar came over and saw that the soles of this person's shoes were worn out, so he turned away without any interest.

Now that the food has not been eaten, if it continues, it will not only be as simple as grabbing food.

"My lord, I hunted a wild boar!"

"Okay, there is a reward, credit!"

Another Tartar officer came over and said to Man Dahai, "My lord, follow this ravine and go northward to Mucao Ridge. Mucao Ridge is not far from Hunhe River."

Man Dahai shook his head: "Walking along the Hun River, you may encounter Nanmanzi. Choose the best mountain in front of you, and go straight to the east. I remember that near the south entrance, there is a big ditch running from east to west. That big ditch stretches for several Ten miles, it is easy to pass, and there are villages along the way, where you can get some food.

Man Dahai's decision successfully avoided the cavalry division.If he went all the way north and happened to collide with the cavalry division, Wang Tingchen would have galloped after him.

This guy has been nesting in the mountains, but the Datong cavalry is completely blinded, and he is not even sure where the tartar has gone.

Three days later, more than 6000 Tartars came to the big ditch of the Manda Sea.

This is the land under the jurisdiction of Zhengbai Banner. After Dorgon's death, it was brought under the rule of the Qing emperor by Dayuer.

Man Dahai said: "The clansmen in the villages along the way must go with them, and those who don't want to go will be killed directly!"

At this moment, they have very little food left.The Tartar soldiers rushed into the village and were ordered to take away the people of Zhengbai Banner. In fact, they found all kinds of excuses to kill and rob food. Even if they were willing to go with them, they would be hacked to death if they were not careful.

The Jianzhou Jurchens are killing and robbing their compatriots!

The cavalry division led by Wang Tingchen and the chasing dragoons searched for the enemy everywhere along the Hun River, but they couldn't even see a ghost.

"Damn it, where can the tartar go?" Wang Tingchen asked depressedly.

Wang Yaochen: "Probably still hiding in the mountains."

Wang Tingchen was both helpless and amused: "The way the Tartars hide, I'm afraid most of them will starve to death. Their food should be finished."

Wang Tingchen: "It's really hateful. I would rather starve to death than let us find meritorious service."

Damn it if they can find it, these Tartars are just going back to their old profession.In the early and middle periods of the Ming Dynasty, the Tartars were no match for the Ming army, and they migrated through the valleys in the same way. After starving to death and freezing to death, the Tartars rose again after dozens of hundreds of years of reproduction.

Weak strength has its own way of survival.

Take Vietnam for example, the Yuan Dynasty attacked three times.Every time, the capital was quickly breached. The Vietnamese civil and military leaders led the soldiers and civilians to drill the ravines, and the Vietnamese king hid in the sea by boat.When the weather was hot and they came out of the mountains to fight guerrillas, the Yuan army fell ill in large numbers because of their intolerance to the scorching heat.

It was not until the Yuan Dynasty expedition to Japan that the typhoon caused heavy losses that it gave up the fourth conquest of Vietnam.

When Zhu Yuanzhang fought in Vietnam, the same was true for the Vietnamese. The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs led the soldiers and civilians to drill the valley, and the Vietnamese king took a boat to hide in the sea.When the weather was hot, they came out again to fight guerrillas, causing the Ming army to fall ill due to the intense heat.

It's just that even though the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, they still firmly occupied the city and did not withdraw their troops, and even sent large troops to quell the rebellion many times.

Every time the Vietnamese drill a ravine, a large number of people will starve to death!

When Man Dahai led his troops to the hometown of Wang Jiabu, they died and fled, leaving only 1 people around.Among them, it also includes the Jurchen people who were taken away along the way, otherwise he might not even be able to make up 1 people.

The former place of Wang Jiabu is in Tonghua of later generations.

The Wangjia tribe, that is, the Wanyan tribe, was conquered by Nurhachi very early.

There is a big stockade here, in which some grain is stored.Man Dahai, who had already started eating human flesh, quickly occupied the village, not only taking away all the supplies, but also taking away the people.

Next, there is no need to climb over the mountains. Follow the valley and go all the way to the northeast, and you will reach Huinan County in front of you.

Of course, Huinan County was a place name hundreds of years later. At this time, it was a remote place, very close to the place where the cavalry division attacked the city.

It is no longer the territory of the Jianzhou Jurchen, and there is no psychological burden to kill and rob food. Man Dahai plans to move all the way to Ningguta, which is the ancestral land of Aixinjueluo.When he arrived at Ninggu Tower, the weather must have been cold, and it was impossible for the Datong Army to chase him.

The border of Huinan was quickly ravaged by the Tartars, and there were sporadic Huifa Jurchens who fled to the mouth of the Meihei River to ask for help.

"Leave 3000 people to defend the city, and the rest will pursue. The Tartars are right ahead!"

Wang Tingchen was still wandering along the Hun River, and it was several days before he received any news about the Tartars.He sent messengers to gather the cavalry who were scouting along the way, and pursued towards the Huinan area as quickly as possible.

However, the Tartars began to drill the ravine again, and quickly turned to the normal mountain road.

Man Dahai escaped successfully!

When the luggage was burned, counting the old and the weak, women and children, there were 2000 Tartars around him.When he completely got rid of the pursuit of the Datong Army, there were only more than [-] people left around him, many of whom were coerced in the middle of the journey, and basically relied on cannibalism for the last part of the journey.

Snow had already begun to fall in the northeast, and Wang Tingchen stood still on his horse. In fact, his lungs were about to explode.

Suddenly, two sleds appeared in the light snow, pulled by hounds and rushed towards.

Wang Tingchen waved his right arm, and immediately some cavalry rushed up and surrounded the two sledges.

"Crackling..."

The aborigines on the sled spoke some incomprehensible words.

Wang Tingchen asked all the local guides accompanying the army to come over to check what happened, and finally found that two of them could understand.

A guide: "General, these are the Donghai Jurchens from the Huerha tribe. They usually live by the Songhua River, and they presented Dongzhu to His Majesty the Emperor of Nanjing several years ago."

Wang Tingchen nodded: "I know the Huerha tribe. They came all the way from the northeast and exchanged Dongzhu in Kaiyuan for grain and cotton cloth."

In the entire Northeast, only Kaiyuan allowed trade and mutual trade.

However, all transactions are under the control of the army, mainly using food, cloth, salt and other items to control the ethnic minorities in the north and northeast of the Liao Great Wall.The Huerha tribe is too far away, and every time they come to trade very few items, they only provide Dongzhu and fur for the Datong Army.

Wang Tingchen said: "Ask them, it's already snowing, why do they still come to trade items?"

After communicating with the Huerha people for a while, the guide said: "General, they are here to ask for help. A group of cannibal robbers came from Beishan (outer Xing'an Mountains). The robbers came by boat with firecrackers and robbed Grain, gold and silver, forcing the Donghai Jurchen to donate fur. Those robbers,

They are all human-eating demons, killing people and eating meat when there is no food. "

Wang Tingchen fell into confusion for a moment, because he didn't know that there were Cossack robbers from Tsarist Russia in the north.

The guide said: "The Feiyaka people in the northeast have been robbed by these robbers for more than three months."

Fei Yaka, also known as Fei Yaka, lives in the lower reaches of Heilongjiang and Sakhalin Island.

The Feiyaka people belonged to the Chinese until the end of the Qing Dynasty.Until the signing of the Aihui Treaty, 60 square kilometers of land was ceded to Tsarist Russia by the Qing Dynasty.The Feiyaka people in China have since become the Nivkh people in Russia.

Historically, the Cossacks plundered the Northeast this time, but they refused to leave.Because they found the mouth of the sea along the Heilongjiang River, and wanted to build a port castle at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River.The entire lower reaches of Heilongjiang were turned into Cossack looting areas, and it was not until several years later that the Eight Banners Army and the Korean Army jointly defeated them.

Now, the Tartars are too busy to take care of themselves, so of course they will not fight the Cossacks. In this case, the Datong Army must be dispatched.

This time it was not as simple as robbery. The discovery of the Heilongjiang estuary made the Tsarist Russian government go crazy with excitement.Stepanov, who led the army to plunder Heilongjiang, was praised in Tsarist Russia as a hero who opened up new sea routes.

The Tsarist Russian government is discussing a plan to send troops, intending to build [-] ships each year in the next two years, and at the same time prepare the wood for building [-] ships.These are inland river wooden boats, used to transport troops and supplies. Tsarist Russia wants to send [-] troops to completely conquer the Heilongjiang River Basin.

In another time and space, because of the annexation of Ukraine by Tsarist Russia, it triggered a fierce conflict with Poland, and the relationship with Ottoman and Sweden deteriorated.

The plan for an expedition of three thousand troops to Heilongjiang was abandoned.

At the same time, the Cossack leader sent by Tsarist Russia to reward Stepanlov wanted to control the Cossack forces in the Heilongjiang River Basin.The two Cossack leaders broke out in internal strife, which greatly weakened the Cossacks' combat effectiveness, and it was only then that the Eight Banners Army and the Korean soldiers seized the opportunity.

Wang Tingchen said to the guide: "Tell this man that it is already snowing, and it is impossible to send troops at this time, and wait until the snow melts in spring."

Songhua River and Heilongjiang are too far away, and Wang Tingchen has no choice but to go back and ask his superiors for instructions.

In fact, he didn't take it seriously, it's just a group of robbers, why mobilize them?If the bandits don't want to leave, just send hundreds of cavalry to wipe them out.

After all, the Huerha tribe had offered Dongzhu to the emperor, so it was right to help fight the robbers.

Chapter 695 [Three Kills]

Da Yuer took the little emperor and fled in the direction of Tonghua.

It's just that Da Yu'er escaped along the river valley all the way, without having to cross mountains and ridges.Mandahai arrived in the mountainous area in the north of Tonghua, turned his way to the north to plunder, and then went around to Ninggu Pagoda.

Da Yuer left in a hurry, there were not many soldiers around, not even eunuchs and court ladies.

And run away at night, and run away as soon as you run away.At dawn, besides the little emperor, there were only two Han eunuchs by her side.

Before the Manchus entered the customs, there were real eunuchs, but no eunuchs.

After wearing it, it is to choose a loyal and obedient coat, and put it by your side after castration.Not only the emperor used eunuchs, but Manchu princes also used eunuchs. This was taught by Nurhaci to the princes to prevent their wives and concubines from giving birth to their own cubs.

Da Yuer's confidant eunuch, Yang Chengshun, is over 50 years old and has been with Da Yuer for more than ten years.