Text Volume 2 Dawn Morning_Chapter 636 Siege War III
As the armoured man of the forward Niu Lu, Tulish is one of the arrows of the army at the forefront. Their Niu Lu received the task of breaking through the barricades forward, and received the promise of Melezhangjinghongnika that if they could break through all the way to the west gate of Zunhua, they could be the first to choose the property obtained from the houses on both sides.
Tulle is a young man in his early 20s, and this is only his fifth appearance today, although he has been mostly involved in the capture of wild maidens.
Although the wild men of the mountains and forests, whom they called the Wild Maidens, had no armor and most of the weapons they used were wooden sticks and arrows, they were never afraid to fight against the heavily armed Houjin army.
Even if these savages knew that the weapons in their hands would not do any harm to the heavily armed Houjin soldiers, they would frantically pounce on the Houjin troops lined up under the orders of their leaders, while screaming strangely.
Although Tulish had won several victories against the Wild Jurchens, every night he dreamed of the wild Jurchen warriors in fur and with rudimentary weapons rushing at him, he was always able to break out in a cold sweat.
Although Tulsh was well disguised, every time he fought the wild Jurchens, he felt as if he would not survive the battle. For him, such a war is simply an ordeal.
And this time, following the Great Khan to make a detour into the customs to attack the Ming Kingdom, he enjoyed the joy of battle for the first time. The armor weapons of these Ming armies were much better than those of the wild Jurchens, and they could even be compared with the most sophisticated armor weapons created by Hou Jin himself, but these Ming armies did not have the madness of the savage Jurchen warriors on the battlefield.
Whenever Tulish approached these Ming soldiers, he could see the fear in the eyes of the Ming soldiers opposite him, and he felt like a real Baturu, and this feeling made him very intoxicated.
Alone, he was able to drive hordes of Ming soldiers to flee, take their lives into his own hands, and after the war, he could also get all kinds of booty and beautiful women, which made Tulesh feel that war was actually not bad for the first time.
When Tulesh first saw the dense houses outside Zunhua City, he did not think that there would be many enemy troops here, but thought in his heart that there must be countless possessions in so many beautiful houses, and he must pick them carefully, and he could not bring some worthless things back.
When his Niu Lu was assigned the task of striker, Tulesh did not complain like the others, but felt completely excited. The militiamen, who couldn't even hold their weapons behind the barricades, looked inferior to the Ming troops they had encountered before, and Tulesh felt that even if he was alone, he could break through a barricade, not to mention that he had a companion from Niu Lu by his side.
As Niu Lu really gave the order, Tulesh, who had long been eager to try, drove his horse to rush forward. Under his control, the mount, which had been running for a while, rose lightly into the air, and was the first to cross the first barricade.
Looking down from mid-air at Tulsh, who was on horseback, he could clearly see that the militia, which had been somewhat chaotic, had now unconsciously retreated to both sides, and almost no one remembered that their task was to stand behind the barricades and block the advance of the enemy army.
No sooner had Tulsh's mount landed, and with his right hand he had slashed his long knife past the waist of a non-moving militiaman beside him.
The knife was made entirely by the force of the horse, and when Tulish had rushed through the thin line of defense, the militiaman, whom he had slashed through his waist with his knife, suddenly dropped his weapon and cried out.
Tulish looked back and saw the militiaman on his knees, desperately trying to shove back the intestines that had come out of his stomach. The militia members around him were weak when they saw this situation, and many of them dropped their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.
The Houjin cavalry following Tulish also quickly broke through the barricades at this time, and the militiamen who were still standing in place fell like cut rice.
Tulle smiled and turned his horse and drove towards the next barricade. Every time he broke through a barricade and listened to the wails of the bright men behind him, Tulesh's heart felt a little more happy.
But this intoxicating pleasure was interrupted by the roar and shouts of muskets that suddenly erupted behind him as he broke through the sixth barricade.
The cavalry of Niulu, where Tulsh was located, almost stopped charging at the sound of muskets. They looked at the clansmen they met nearby behind them, and immediately knew that they had encountered an ambush by the Ming army.
Without waiting for Niu Lu Ezhen to give the order, these cavalrymen had already begun to turn their horses' heads and prepare to rush back and forth.
At this moment, most of the Houjin cavalry knew very well that if they didn't rush back as soon as possible, when the Ming army cleaned up these clansmen behind them, they would be tantamount to being dumplings by the Ming army.
However, when they charged forward, these Houjin cavalry were like bamboos, and they were completely unstoppable. But when they were ready to turn around and rush back from the same road, they ran into great trouble.
The barricades built by these Ming troops are no more than half a person high, and as long as there is a running distance, these Houjin cavalry can easily cross it.
But when they wanted to turn around and return, they found that the Houjin cavalry, who had not crossed the sixth barricade, had arrived fine, and the Houjin cavalry, who had broken through the sixth barricade, had lost the distance to run, and it was difficult to climb over the barricade to return.
They had to rush to the seventh barricade first, and then turn around and run over the sixth. Tulesh and more than a dozen other Houjin cavalry, who were rushing in front, had to rush towards the seventh barricade and then turn back and charge.
However, the sound of the Ming army's muskets was like a signal, and the militia hidden in the houses on both sides also poured into the streets, and some militiamen with firearms also appeared behind the seventh barricade and fired at the Houjin cavalry rushing towards Tulesh and others.
Although the firearms of these militiamen were not skilled enough, before they could enter the firing range, some people began to shoot anxiously, not only did they not hit a single Houjin cavalryman, but also formed a smoke belt several meters wide in front of the barricade, completely obscuring the figure of these Houjin cavalrymen.
However, the Houjin cavalry also did not have the courage to rush to the seventh barricade and then turn around, and many people rushed through half the distance of the barricade, so they pulled their horses' heads and turned over and rushed back, wanting to keep up with the large team of Ben Niu Lu as soon as possible.
These timid Houjin cavalrymen, because of the lack of running distance, many people were stuck on the sixth barricade; or the horse stumbles and falls off the horse; Or maybe the horses stopped in front of the barricades and refused to jump as they were ordered.
There was chaos in front of the sixth barricade for a while, and the militia guarding the fort, who had been frightened by these Houjin cavalry, finally felt grief after the panic when they first engaged the enemy, and looked at the fallen neighbors or fathers and sons and brothers around them.
Because of the grief of the loss of their loved ones, these people temporarily forgot the fear brought to them by the Golden Cavalry just now. After hearing the sound of the Ming army's counterattack, some of them were even more bold enough to pick up the spears discarded on the ground and poke at the Houjin cavalry, who had fallen off their horses and could not resist for a while.
Zhao Shanhe was a member of the militia stationed on the sixth barricade, and since the Zhou lord from the capital organized them together, he gave them a large number of labor tools and a batch of spears, and asked them to get all the furniture in the houses facing the street to the street, close the small alleys outside the area, and dig up the roads.
The order of this Lord Zhou immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of many large businessmen living in the city and local idlers, the former was unwilling to destroy their own property by the officials and soldiers, after all, they could hide in the city, it did not mean that they did not care about the houses outside the city.
If it was destroyed by the occupation of the Houjin, there would be nothing these big businessmen could do, after all, they had no friendship with the Jurchens. But they were not happy to let the Ming army destroy their homeland to fight against the invading army of the Later Jin.
The civil and military officials in Zunhua City, they always have something to say, since they think they can manage these officers and soldiers defending the city, they are naturally not happy that their family property is destroyed by the officials and soldiers.
Even if Houjin captured Zunhua City, they would need these big merchants to stabilize the place and support the money and grain. At that time, their possessions will basically be preserved, so why should they throw their belongings into the water?
The reason why these big merchants wanted to avoid the city was not because they were afraid of the Jurchen relatives, but because they were afraid that when they were fighting, the soldiers below would not know their identities and treat them as ordinary civilians.
As long as they survived the chaos in the early stage of the war and were able to connect with the Houjin Qingui, they would be protected by the Houjin Qingui, and the Houjin army would naturally be able to obtain local materials, money and food and levy people for the army through them.
As for the latter, these idlers are good at bullying the good, and they are good at fighting for the tiger, but letting them stand in the way and fight Houjin is going to kill them.
Zhao Shanhe is one of these idlers, following the iron arm of the boss of Xicheng. The idlers outside Zunhua City were very unhappy that they were placed outside the city and were not allowed to enter the city, and there were some equally dissatisfied businessmen who supported it, so on the morning of the 29th, there was a noisy riot of hundreds of people.
More than a dozen well-known local heroes, such as Luo Er with an iron arm and Li Qiang, a tiger sitting on the ground, blocked the west gate of Zunhua with their brothers, asking the officials in the city to open the gate and let everyone take refuge in the city, otherwise they would never obey the orders to build barricades and bullshit guarding outside the city.
Zhao Shanhe thought at that time that at this extraordinary moment, the government would not dare to provoke the people outside the city, and would have to make a little compromise. Of course, it is impossible for everyone to enter the city, and Zunhua is not Ningyuan, and it is not too crowded to put more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians into the city.
However, those who dare to take the lead in making trouble can always go into the city, and the order to build barricades or something will not be carried out too seriously.
Soon, Zhao Shanhe and the people of Zunhua, who were watching, knew that they were wrong, and they appeared at the head of the city on Wednesday and asked these heroes who were blocking the door to enter the urn city to speak.
After these more than 300 troublemakers entered the urn city, the people of Zunhua outside the city heard the roar of muskets and the shouts of the heroes.
This Zhou butcher from the capital slaughtered more than 200 heroes so unreasonably, and then escorted dozens of heroes who surrendered to life, and successively copied seventeen or eight large families outside the city, and then drove the families of these heroes out of Zunhua City, leaving them to fend for themselves outside the city.
This cruel and resolute method suddenly made the people of Zunhua, who were originally hesitant to wait and see, immediately obey all the orders issued by the government, and no one dared to jump out to make trouble. And Zhao Shanhe, who was lucky to survive, became a militia guarding the street of Ximen.