The sun set for the last moments, and smoke rose over the village.

The peasants dragged their hoes back to the village, their wives ready and waiting for them.

At the entrance of the village, more than a dozen naughty children were running around, making trouble, and everything was so harmonious.

Suddenly, a playful child was stunned and stared blankly at the outside of the village, so more children looked out of the village.

"What's wrong?" A villager looked back and immediately exclaimed: "The Qing soldiers are coming, close the gate quickly!" ”

In the war-torn north, in order to prevent thieves and thieves, each village will build a wall and dig a trench to protect the village. However, the wall is completely rammed earth, which is just a foot high, and it can be used to prevent thieves, but it is really difficult to prevent the vicious Eight Banners.

The villagers shouted for the children to retreat into the wall, and several villagers went to close the gate. However, before the gate could be closed, more than a dozen feathered arrows were fired, and the villagers who closed the door screamed and fell in a pool of blood.

"Wow......." the children cried.

Without waiting for the villagers to react, more than 200 Eight Banner soldiers rushed into the village. Suddenly there were cries and shouts, and these Eight Banner soldiers who had fled all the way didn't care if they were ordinary people, their eyes were red one by one, killing wantonly, venting the depression in their hearts caused by the defeat.

If it is said that after the Qing soldiers just occupied the city of Beijing, in order to seize the world, the Qing court issued an order not to kill the people at will, and now that the army has been defeated and cannot gain a foothold in the pass, how can these Eight Banner soldiers still regard the people as the people of the Qing Dynasty?

One by one, the Eight Banners rushed into the homes of the people and began to kill and commit adultery, whether they rose up to resist or knelt on the ground and begged, as long as the man could not escape the fate of being killed. Then there is adultery and plunder......

As night fell, the cries in the village had disappeared, but in their place there were corpses everywhere. After venting their beastly desires, the soldiers of the Eight Banners ate the meals prepared by the villagers, sent a few soldiers to guard the gate of the village, and then lay on the bed and fell asleep.

As soon as it was dark on the second day, Niu Lu, the soldier of the Eight Banners, called all his subordinates, and after eating, he immediately left the village and headed north.

It wasn't until noon that a group of Ming cavalry arrived at the stockade, and what they saw was corpses all over the ground, and there was no one alive in the whole village.

"Full Tartar of Dog Day!" The leading officer scolded fiercely, this was the third such village he had seen.

"What are we going to do?" A soldier asked.

"Leave a few people to bury the corpses, and the others will chase after me, I will definitely catch up with this group of Tartars before dark, and Lao Tzu will peel them and cramp!"

The Eight Banners were divided into small groups and abandoned the official route and fled to the north, which brought great difficulties to the pursuit.

According to the order of the King of Qi, Xu Qingtian and other generals led troops to occupy various towns, and then sent cavalry to search, and after discovering the traces of the Eight Banners, they sent troops from the nearest towns to strangle, and this cavalry was responsible for exploring the traces of the Eight Banners.

In the county seat of Enxian County, Xu Qingtian sat in the county hall, and the scribe and official Zuo were busy in the hall, and all kinds of news were sent over like a stream.

Two days ago, Xu Qingtian led his troops to capture Enxian, killed the county commander appointed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, appointed the surrendered lord Bo as the acting county commander, and began to deploy the encirclement and suppression of the Eight Banners.

He first sent all the soldiers in the county to lead the way, and went to the countryside to publicize the news of the defeat of the Qing soldiers and the flight of the remnants of the army to the north.

Then deploy troops at the main roads in the county, and once the traces of Manchu are found, the troops everywhere immediately go to encircle and suppress. And Yu Feng and Wu Sangui's Qing soldiers were divided into several divisions, cooperating with Xu Qingtian's generals to find traces of Manchu.

In order to deal with the Manchurian who scattered and fled in part of Dolgon, Chen Yue sent 40,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, which can be described as a bloody investment. Because he knew that if one more Manchu was eliminated here, the national strength of the Manchu Qing would be weakened by one point, and the Manchu who fled in the wilderness would be much easier to deal with than in normal times.

When the government and the soldiers of the Ming army went to the villages, many villagers did not think so at first, anyway, they were the people, no matter who was the imperial court, they would inevitably pay the imperial grain tax, why did the Qing soldiers kill themselves?

After all, the Manchus have occupied the north for two or three years, and many people are also used to living under the rule of the Manchus, except for shaving their heads and braids, they are not much different from the Ming Dynasty. In the past few years, there has been no massacre of civilians by Qing soldiers.

But soon, when the news came that many villages had been slaughtered and all the villagers had been killed, the villages that had not yet been crossed by the Eight Banners suddenly panicked, as if the situation of the Eight Banners soldiers entering the customs and looting a few years ago had reappeared. In the several robberies after the Qing soldiers, Shandong was the hardest hit area by the Qing soldiers, and countless people were displaced, and their vitality has not yet recovered.

So, under the organization of the village elders, the villagers no longer work in the fields, strictly ordered all children not to go out of the village, the men took up arms on the wall to defend, always vigilant against the possible Eight Banners of rebellion, the wall is full of dry firewood, dry firewood is covered with wet grass, as long as the traces of the Eight Banners are found, they will be lit immediately, and then there will be wolf smoke to alert the distant village.

Under the organization of the government, countless villages were organized, which made it much more difficult for the Eight Banners to cross the border.

Thirty miles south of Enxian County, outside Lulou Village, looking at the low walled wall and the people waiting on the wall, Eight Banners Niulu Hadehai felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Fleeing from Linqing to Enxian, the Eight Banners soldiers of Hade Manatee for a few days were panicked like lost dogs, fleeing all the way north, and did not dare to rob the village at first, for fear of being discovered by the Ming army. It wasn't until he fled from the battlefield of Linqing far away, and saw that the Ming army was thrown away without a trace, so he put his mind at ease, repaired the next village for a night, and set off immediately the next day.

Because the regent Dolgon had an explanation, the various ministries made it their priority to escape back to Beijing as soon as possible, and there was no need to waste time by killing and looting at will. Therefore, there was no need to kill, and Hadehai was reluctant to do it, and it was only when he needed to supply food that he ordered to attack the village.

And since the first village was laid, a few days have passed, and the food carried has been eaten, and Hadhai has to give the order to attack the village in front.

But looking at the villagers waiting on the wall, as well as the wolf smoke rising above the village, Hadehai was very hesitant in his heart.

"Lord Niu Lu, can we fight or not?" One of the Eight Banners couldn't help but ask.

"Hit!" Hadhead no longer hesitated. If we can't defeat the village in front of us, everyone will be hungry tonight, and we won't have the strength to escape!

Following Hadehai's words, his Eight Banners soldiers howled and attacked the village.

In a small village, the high wall is not in their eyes.

The first to attack was more than 20 archers, standing outside the gate of the village to draw the bow and arrows, dozens of feather arrows flew to the wall, almost the arrows were missed, more than a dozen villagers were shot down from the back, and then there was a scream and shout on the wall, no one dared to show their heads.

"Up!" Ha Dehai gave an order, a dozen or so Eight Banner soldiers bent down, and more than a dozen people jumped onto them, and then stepped on their shoulders and climbed towards the wall.

The wall of the wall, which is more than a foot high, was stacked by two people to reach the top of the wall, and the Eight Banners soldiers on it climbed up the wall.

The screams sounded, and many villagers poked indiscriminately with bamboo spears and shovels, several Eight Banner soldiers were poked by the villagers and turned over and fell down, while others avoided the villagers' attacks and jumped onto the wall.

With the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners, as long as they are killed, it is naturally not something that these ordinary villagers can stop. I only heard screams and screams on the wall, and the crying was loud, but several Eight Banners soldiers attacked it, and the villagers on the wall had been killed.

It didn't take much effort for Lulou Village to be defeated. The villagers who resisted were killed.

When the Eight Banners wanted to slaughter the village, they were stopped by Ha Dehai, because the pile of wolf smoke that was still burning made him very uneasy.

"Hurry up and get some food and leave the village!" Hadsea ordered in a deep voice, at this time he didn't dare to waste his strength on senseless killing.

"Lord Niulu, let's rest in the village for one night, and then leave early tomorrow morning." A subordinate licked his face and pleaded.

Looking at the lewd faces of the Eight Banners under his command, how could Ha Dehai not know what they were thinking, and they were all paying attention to the women in the village.

"When is it, what are you still thinking about?" Hadsea scolded sharply, "Look at this pile of wolf smoke, if you wait one night, will you be able to leave tomorrow?" ”

Seeing Hadehai's anger, the other Eight Banners soldiers didn't dare to say anything more and began to look for food in the village.

Regardless of adultery, robbery and murder, after hastily searching for some dry food in the villagers' homes, the Eight Banners immediately left the village.

However, even then, it was a little late. Just as the wolf smoke had just risen, another village a few miles away had already discovered the situation. Under the organization of the village elders, while preparing for defense, he sent people to deliver letters to the inspection department several miles away.

A few miles away on the main road, there was a team of more than 1,000 soldiers, including 100 cavalrymen.

After receiving the news from the villagers, the cavalry took the lead and galloped towards Lulou Village. Not far from the village, Hade Hai led his troops out of the village and was caught up by the Ming cavalry.

It was naturally difficult for more than 100 cavalrymen to annihilate the Eight Banners, and the cavalry general did not go out to fight without authorization, while sending people to send a letter back, while falling far behind this group of Eight Banners.

Seeing the Ming army that appeared, Ha Dehai's heart sank, and when he led his men to try to attack, the group of cavalry slowly retreated, so he knew that it would be difficult to get rid of this group of cavalry.

"Lord Niulu, what should we do?" An Eight Banners soldier asked in alarm.

"Don't panic, just walk slowly." Hadhead pretended to be calm. He knew that it was basically impossible for the infantry to get rid of the cavalry, so there was no need to walk quickly, it would be too wasteful of physical strength. As long as you wait until night comes, you can escape by night.

However, Hadehai was destined to be disappointed, and it didn't take long for a large group of Ming infantry to chase after him and join the Ming cavalry.

Ha Dehai knew that he could not escape anymore, the total number of the Ming army was more than several times his own, and there were cavalry, and if he continued to retreat, he would have to be defeated.

So, Ha Dehai chose a slightly higher place, and more than 200 Eight Banner soldiers began to set up, waiting for the Ming army to attack. As long as you can survive until dark, there is hope of escaping.

Seeing that the Eight Banners did not move, Gao Yong, the commander of the Ming army in charge of command, ordered his subordinates to prepare for an attack. More than 1,000 Ming infantry slowly pressed towards the Eight Banners, and one hundred cavalry moved to the flank of the Eight Banners under the leadership of the cavalry general.

At a hundred and fifty paces from the Eight Banners, the sentry commander Ma Yong ordered a stop, and the Ming infantry began to regroup, a distance that was already outside the range of bows and arrows.

Just when Hadehai thought that the Ming army was about to attack, he saw that the Ming army launched several artillery pieces in the formation, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at his side.

Despicable Ming Army! Hadehai was shocked, this distance from the Ming artillery can get himself, and the bows and arrows of the Eight Banners can not reach the Ming army, but if you escape, look at the Ming cavalry cruising not far away, if once you retreat and reveal a flaw, this group of cavalry will rush over, relying on the powerful impact of the war horse to break through their own array, and the Ming infantry will take the opportunity to cover and kill, everything will be over.

Eight tiger squat cannons are placed in front of the formation, Chen Yue's army is equipped with a tiger squat cannon for each general flag, the gunners have been trained for a long time, the tiger squat cannon is quickly adjusted and placed, and then there are gunners who pour the quantitative gunpowder wrapped in oil paper into the muzzle, stab it with an iron rod and then fill in hundreds of small projectiles, and then a large projectile is pressed, the whole process is smooth and fast.

Just before Hadehai could think about what to do, the Ming army tiger squat cannon had already fired.

A series of cannon shots rang out, and countless projectiles flew towards the Eight Banners array.

"Shield!" Hadhai shouted, and the Eight Banners raised their shields in front of them, and then they felt a strong force coming, and the shields were hit with great force.

The shield blocked a batch of projectiles, but some projectiles flew into the Qing army's array through the gap in the shield, and five or six Eight Banner soldiers fell to the ground screaming.

"Kill!" After a round of artillery, the Ming soldiers rushed over. At a distance of fifty paces, the archers of the Eight Banners began to bend their bows and arrows, and one by one the feathered arrows were shot into the Ming array, and from time to time the Ming soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, but they could not stop the Ming army array from continuing to move forward.

Thirty steps, twenty steps, more and more Ming soldiers were shot down by the arrows of the Eight Banners, but the array of the Ming army continued to move forward.

Ten steps, seeing that the two sides were about to meet each other, with a whistle in the Ming army, the shield bearers of the Ming army who walked in the front put down the shield in their hands with a brush, revealing the Ming army arms behind them.

More than 200 guns fired at the same time, and the projectiles shot into the Qing army's array like a rain curtain.

At a distance of ten paces, even the shield could not stop the penetration of the high-speed flying projectiles, and in one round of shooting, at least more than fifty Eight Banner soldiers fell under the fire.

"Rush up and kill Minggou!" Ha Dehai's eyes were red, and he knew that if this situation was allowed to continue, his two hundred men would not be able to hold back a few rounds of Ming military firearms. In this case, the only way to kill and engage in melee is that the Ming army's firearms are useless.

With Ha Dehai's order, the remaining more than 100 Eight Banner soldiers immediately raised their weapons and killed the Ming army.

Then waiting for them was a row of sharp spears, facing the impact of the Eight Banners, the Ming army defended with shields, attacked with spears, and guarded the integrity of the array. In the face of the cooperation of the Ming army's pikemen and shield soldiers, the Eight Banners could not easily break through the Ming army's defenses.

"Firecrackers!" Seeing that the retreating musketeers had already been loaded with gunpowder, the sentry commander Ma Yong whistled, and more than two hundred musketeers picked up the muskets, and at the same time, the spearmen who were fighting with the Eight Banners squatted down in unison, exposing the Eight Banners to the firearms.

"Bang Bang Bang ......."

This time it was a shooting that was all within reach, and the firearm was almost on the chest of the Eight Banners, and it was difficult to miss the shot.

Niu Lu Hadehai was horrified to see that under another round of firearm shooting, there were less than fifty people under his Eight Banners who could still stand.

"Ahh A young Eight Banners soldier collapsed, threw down his weapon and turned around and ran, escaping past Hadhai's side as fast as he could. Then more Eight Banners soldiers joined the fledgling pace.

Ha Dehai did not stop it, but clenched the steel knife in his hand and killed in the direction of the Ming army's military formation.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the Ming cavalry finally moved and began to pursue the fleeing Eight Banners.

Farther away, countless figures appeared, it was the villagers of the nearby village, bravely leaving the village, cooperating with the officers and soldiers to chase and kill the hateful Eight Banners.