704 Persuasion, humiliation

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In the distance, the sound of the horse's hooves of the Tartar White Banner cavalry grew louder and louder, as if the earth was shaking under the blow of the iron hooves.

A large force of Tartar cavalry quickly galloped outside the city of Texas, and then stopped, lined up behind the two large groups of Han soldiers in front of them with white flags.

"These are Tartar cavalry, and they are the banners of the white flag, and they are the descendants of Dorgon!"

Qin Zhen stood on the city wall at this time, looked out of the city with the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and said in a deep voice.

Looking at the black pressure outside the city, there was a crowd of enemies, and the Tartar cavalry that was constantly rushing.

On the north city wall of Texas, those Ming soldiers who had never fought with the Tartars, as well as some of the officials and young men, were all frightened to the point that their faces turned a little pale at this time.

They all clenched the spears in their hands and stared nervously ahead, a nervous and excited emotion permeating their hearts.

Compared with these Ming soldiers and young soldiers, the white dragon soldiers on the city wall, even if they are city defense soldiers, are much calmer.

"Little brother, don't be afraid, don't look at the terrible position of the Tartars, in fact, that's what it is, the Tartar cavalry can't attack the city."

A White Dragon Army captain spoke kindly to a young man next to him at this time, calming his emotions.

"That's right, you don't need to watch it later, see how we clean up these dog tartars, the muskets in our hands are not vegetarians."

"I can't wait for these dog Tartars to attack the city, today I will kill ten, make a third-class merit, go back to receive the bounty, and go back to marry a daughter-in-law."

"Haha, Zhao Xiaobai, as far as your marksmanship is concerned, you better save it."

At this time, the white dragon soldiers on the city wall were talking and laughing one by one.

But though they were joking, they did not let their guard down in the slightest, and the flintlock pistols in their hands were fully loaded and ready to shoot at the orders of their superiors.

Because this was the conversation and laughter of the white dragon soldiers, the mood of the hundreds of Ming soldiers and young men around them was also a lot more relaxed.

When all the Tartar cavalry stopped, standing in line behind the white flag foot soldiers of the Han army, Qin Zhen could see more clearly with a clairvoyant mirror.

There are more than 1,000 of these Tartar white flag cavalry, each with distinct armor, and the inside of these armors is also inlaid with iron leaves to enhance their protective power.

The cotton armor of each Tartar cavalry was nailed with thick copper nails, and the chest of the general was inlaid with shiny goggles, and except for the tall iron helmet and white tassels, everyone's armor was white.

And the two major teams in front of the Tartar Zhengbai Banner cavalry, the Han Army's Zhengbai Banner Foot Soldiers, there were almost more than 5,000 people, and the number was not much, which made Qin Zhen puzzled.

"Why are there so many people here from the Tartars? Even if the Tartar army divides its troops in Cangzhou, it will take more than 20,000 people to be assigned to us along the way.

Why is there such a small number of centaurs outside the city now, is it the vanguard of the Tartars? ”

"General, my subordinates guessed that these Tatar cavalry were probably used to conquering cities one after another in the previous time, and they thought that our Dezhou City was the same as other Ming army cities.

They casually set up a position outside the city to scare and scare us, and we should surrender obediently.

The subordinates thought that if the Tartars saw that we had not yet opened the city and surrendered after a while, they would probably send someone to shout and persuade us to surrender. ”

A deputy behind Qin Zhen said to Qin Zhen with a smile at this time.

"Well, what you said makes sense, just wait, the Tartars don't attack the city, so we don't have to worry." Qin Zhen nodded and said.

Outside the city of Texas, thousands of sturdy Tartar cavalrymen with white flags were riding steadily on their horses, their faces full of arrogance.

Since they had just been galloping for a while, the horses under them were still snorting, and thick hot air was spewing from their mouths and noses.

One of the leaders looked at the Ming army who was waiting in front of him, with a cautious look on his face, and said to the people around him in Tatar language: "The defenders of this city have not yet opened the city and surrendered, is there a 'White Snake Army' stationed here?"

The prince has just given an order, let us go south to capture the city, we must be careful, there may be Li Zixiao's men and horses appear.

We need to be careful. ”

After hearing the words of this Jiala Jingzhang, a Tartar general next to him looked disdainful and said, "My lord is worried.

Even if there is a White Snake Army, let the minions of the Han army under the white flag attack the city first, as long as the minions of the Han army under the white flag break through the gate of Dezhou City.

Our cavalry rushed in, and it didn't take a stick of incense to crush them.

Ming dogs are all sheep, no matter how many they are, they can only be eaten by wolves, and outliers like Li Zixiao are a minority after all. ”

After hearing the words of this Tartar general, the other Tartar cavalrymen next to him also laughed: "What your lord said makes sense.

Ming dogs are a flock of sheep, and our Qing warriors are wolves, and when the wolves are hungry, they should come to hunt the sheep.

No matter how large the number of sheep is, it can only become a delicacy in the mouths of the wolves. ”

For Dolgon's White Banner soldiers, they actually fought against Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army a few times.

Three years ago, Li Zixiao used Duo Duo's life to force Dolgon to give up attacking Jinan, so Dolgon's soldiers under the White Flag did not see the bravery of the White Dragon Army.

At the same time, a year ago, Li Zixiao crossed the sea and went out of the pass, taking advantage of the decisive battle between the Tartars and the Ming army, crisscrossing the pass, and even entering Shengjing City.

At that time, the elite of the Zhengbai Banner under Dolgon was also in a bloody battle with the main force of the Ming army in Songjin.

Therefore, at this time, although the high-level Tartars listed Li Zixiao as a key vigilance target, for those low-level Tartar soldiers, their vigilance against Li Zixiao and the White Dragon Army was much smaller.

Many soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Tartars have never fought with Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army, and even think that the reason why the White Dragon Army defeated the Tartars several times cannot be because of loopholes.

If they fought head-on, they would definitely be able to defeat the White Dragon Army.

Because they think that no matter how powerful the White Dragon Army is, they are still Han and Ming Army, even if their combat power is stronger, they will not be much stronger.

These are all deduced by those Eight Banner Tartar soldiers who have never fought against the White Dragon Army.

Their theory is also very simple, there are more sheep, and there will indeed be outliers, and some strong rams will appear.

However, no matter how strong the ram is, it is difficult to kill the wild wolf, let alone the wolf king.

"Don't be in a hurry, the prince's orders must not be disobeyed. Let's be careful and follow the rules. ”

However, the Tartar with the white flag of Jialazhangjing obeyed Dorgon's orders, and was not carried away by arrogance, and said cautiously.

"First send people to the city gate to shout and persuade the city guards to surrender, if the city defenders honestly open the city and surrender, after the city is broken, spare them from death, and give them glory and wealth.

But if they dare to resist, after the city is broken, no defenders in the city will be left, and all the generals' families will be killed. ”

This Tartar Jia Lajing Zhang said fiercely.

This is also the policy of the Tartars to go south, but if they encounter the Ming soldiers who resist the Tartar army, they will kill them all.

Even if the Ming army surrendered, they would all be beheaded and put into a Jingguan as they did in Zhuozhou City, and the family members of the guards would all be killed.

They just want to use this means to scare other generals and tell other generals that this is the end of resisting them.

After receiving the instructions of the Tatar Jiala Jingzhang, Wei Yan, a staff leader of the Han army in front of him under the White Banner, immediately sent one of his subordinates to the outside of Dezhou City.

"Don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows, I'm a messenger, and I want to talk to your general."

That Wei Yan's cronie cautiously walked to the city of Texas at this time, waving his hand and shouting at the city wall.

"General, come over and call yourself a messenger, if you don't let the soldiers shoot and kill him?"

"No, Ben Jiang wants to see, what he is going to say, maybe you guessed correctly before, this may really be sent by the Tartars to persuade Ben General."

Qin Zhen looked at the white flag soldier of the Han army under the city wall with a sneer on his face at this time, and said.

"This general Qin Zhen was ordered to guard Dezhou City, you want to see this general, what is the matter, hurry up."

Immediately, Qin Zhen poked his head out and said coldly to the white flag soldier of the Han army under the city.

"You are a guard, that's good, my general will tell you, immediately open the city and surrender, and give you glory and wealth, otherwise after the city is broken, no one will be left."

This soldier shouted at Qin Zhen with an arrogant face.

There was no arrogance just now, just now he was afraid of being accidentally injured by the city soldiers, but now he saw Qin Zhen come out.

He knew that without Qin Zhen's order, those soldiers on the city wall would not shoot him with arrows.

And he also believed that after Qin Zhen heard what he said, he would not dare to order him to be killed, because he had already done this kind of thing several times along the way.

After each shout, the defenders in the city either surrendered obediently, or were betrayed by their subordinates, killed the main general, and opened the door to surrender.

But this time, he's going to miscalculate.

"Chen Li, give me a gun."

Qin Zhen didn't reply, but instead stretched out his hand behind him and said to his deputy.

"General, give!"

Immediately, Chen Li, the deputy in the back, took a flintlock pistol loaded with ammunition from a musketeer next to him and handed it to Qin Zhen.

After Qin Zhen got the musket, he directly picked it up and aimed at the soldier of the Han army with a white flag under the city.

"Ah, don't, don't, the general spares his life!"

As a result, the city soldiers who were still arrogant and waiting for Qin Zhen to reply, when they saw Qin Zhen aiming at him with a musket, they were frightened on the spot, and they cried and shouted while waving their hands and retreating.

"Didn't you ask me to reply, I'll give you a buckshot and tell the Tartar that this is the attitude of the general, if the Tartar wants to enter the city, let him fill it with his life."

"Peng!"

After speaking, Qin Zhen directly pulled the trigger, and from fifty steps away, he accurately hit the soldier.

The soldier screamed and fell directly to the ground, bleeding and dying.

"Minggou, look for death!"

When the Tartar Jiala Jingzhang in the back saw this scene, he also let out an angry roar.

Because, Qin Zhen's shot has already explained everything, and it is impossible to persuade him to surrender.

"Send an order to Wei Yan, immediately attack the city, first find a way to blow up the city gate, I was going to kill into the city, and chop up the group of Ming dog defenders in the city."

With the order of this Tartar Jiala Jingzhang, the 5,000 Han troops lined up in front of them were under the white flag to participate in Wei Yan, and they also issued an order to attack the city.

Immediately, the Han army, which had already been prepared, was under the leadership of two leaders and began to attack Dezhou City.

Qin Zhen stood on the city wall, looked at the white flag soldiers of the Han army who began to approach the city wall, and smiled disdainfully: "The Tartars have attacked, order the brothers to prepare for battle, be sure to let them have no return." ”

As he spoke, the Han army under the city was already approaching the city wall of Texas, still with heavy armor in front, lightly armored archers in the back, and a team of soldiers carrying ladders.

Among them, there are several teams of men and horses who are particularly elite, and they hold a huge shield in their left hand, which is made of iron to protect against lead bullets.

In their right hands, they held long heavy knives, or half-moon short-handled axes, all of them fierce and vicious, and followed the cloud echelon.

Among the attacking teams of the Han army with the white flag, there were several small teams, only a dozen, half of them holding shields, and a few people in the back were holding a large sack of sackcloth.

The Eight Banners of the Han Army under the Tartars have already carried out many improvements and drills for such sieges.

While they focused on guarding against the White Dragon Musketeers, they also added a new way of attacking, which was gunpowder blasting.

At this point, the Tartars still came alive from the side of the White Dragon Army, and in their attacking team, those squads of men and horses were holding explosive bags and wanted to blow up the city gates.

After recruiting a few red hairs (referring to Westerners in general), the Tartars not only gave them more advanced artillery casting technology, but also weapons like explosive packs and iron-clad mines, which they were able to build, after all, the technical difficulty was not high.

"Hey, the Tartars have learned wisely, and the way they attack has changed."

Qin Zhen looked at the soldiers of the Han Army who were approaching outside the city, and said with a soft sigh.

"General rest assured, the Tartars outside the city don't even have cloud vehicles and artillery, and they can't suppress our firepower at all, and it's impossible to break the city."

Chen Li, who was behind, looked at the siege that the Tartars outside the city had started, and said with a smile.

It's not that the Tartars didn't bring cloud cars and artillery, in fact, there were a lot of cloud cars and artillery in the Tartar army.

The cloud chariots carrying archers and musketeers, plus artillery, were the only way for the besieging troops to suppress the defenders of the walls, and the Tartars certainly knew this.

It's just that the Tartar people who are now appearing outside Texas City are actually the same as Qin Zhen guessed, and they are not any of the main forces in the Tartar Three-Way Army.

They were merely the vanguard of the Tartar Middle Roaders, and did not come with cloud carts and artillery.

The Tartar White Banner Jia Lajing Zhang thought that he could take Dezhou City through coercion and temptation as before.

As a result, Qin Zhen directly shot the messengers they sent, which was simply contemptuous of the Tartars, slapping them in the face, and humiliating them.

In anger, the Tartar Jiala Jingzhang directly issued the order to siege the city, but in fact, this siege was not in their plan.

As he spoke, the soldiers of the Han army with a white flag at the front had already approached the outside of the city wall of Texas, a distance of one hundred and forty or fifty steps.

At this distance, the white dragon sergeants who were shooting at a high altitude could actually hit them with flintlock pistols.

However, the White Dragon soldiers, who had not yet received Qin Zhen's order at this time, could only watch as the enemy under the city approached step by step.

(End of chapter)