733 Last Stand

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Finally, Li Zixiao sent people to spread the word to those people, which also had an effect.

At this time, the hungry people were no longer in a hurry to leave Shouzhang City, they hoped to have a full meal in the city tonight, sleep well, and leave tomorrow.

In this way, Li Zixiao temporarily stabilized the hearts of the vast majority of the people in the city.

"Villain Kou Hai, Zhang Da...... Meet Lord Lee. ”

After nightfall, in the north and east of the city, where order was first restored, more than a dozen Jiabao chiefs elected by tens of thousands of people also rushed to meet Li Zixiao.

"Everyone, please."

These Kabao chiefs who were elected by the people were all influential and authoritative among those people.

These people were originally some grassroots officials, benevolent businessmen, or some respected old men.

Immediately, Li Zixiao told these armor commanders what he meant, and temporarily granted them official positions.

It is hoped that they can maintain order among their people, and select trustworthy and reliable young men to form a militia and obey their orders.

For Li Zixiao to make such a request on behalf of the imperial court at this time, these armor captains are very happy, and no one does not like to be an official.

"The villain is willing to share the worries of the lord."

"Good. After you go back, the most important thing is to maintain order first, and let those who still have armor in their possession hand over their weapons.

Half an hour later, Benjue will send someone to bring a batch of grain, and let you have a good meal tonight.

Then, from among the young and strong men under his command, each fort commander selected a militia of men ranging from 500 to 1,000 to assist our officers and men in maintaining order.

Never allow anything to happen again, otherwise you won't be merciless by Benjue's men. ”

Li Zixiao finally said coldly.

After sending off these armor chiefs in the east and north districts, the armor chiefs elected in the west and south districts also arrived.

At this time, due to the fact that some mobs in the west and north of the city area had seized the courtyard where the Tartars had stored gold and silver before, resisting the soldiers of the White Dragon Army, the battle there was not over.

However, these mobs who saw the money were also locked in several courtyards, and the vast majority of the people outside had been controlled by the White Dragon Army and restored order.

Li Zixiao and his nearly 4,000 soldiers of the White Dragon Army spent one night completely restoring order in Shouzhang City and regaining control of more than 100,000 people.

They captured three places overnight, and the courtyards where the Tartars stored gold and silver, which were seized by the mob of seven or eight hundred, and took control of most of the money and food that the Tartars had plundered.

At the same time, after dawn, in addition to nearly 4,000 officers and soldiers of the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao's subordinates also had more than 8,000 militiamen selected overnight.

Of course, these militiamen who were elected overnight were actually a group of young people.

The White Dragon Army defeated the Tartars in succession, seized a lot of weapons, and also confiscated most of the weapons in the hands of the people in the city, and redistributed them to these militias.

After a busy night, Li Zixiao and his officers and soldiers of the White Dragon Army finally took turns to rest for half the night in the second half of the night to replenish their spirits.

And this night, it was extremely unquiet outside Shouzhang City.

The thousands of Tartar cavalry who were defeated by the White Dragon Army during the day and driven out of the city soon made contact with the Tartar general Guye, who was looking for Duoduo outside.

"What, Shou Zhangcheng is lost, you deserve to die!"

Sure enough, after hearing the bad news, Gu Ye was furious and beheaded three Tartar generals who were responsible for defending the city.

The angry Guye roared again and again, and it took a long time to vent before he calmed down.

At this time, Gu Ye felt a sense of despair, so far they had not found Duoduo, and now Shouzhang City was captured by the White Dragon Army again.

They lost more than 120,000 people in the city, as well as millions of taels or tens of thousands of stones of grain, which were the results of their sweep of more than a dozen county towns in the past half a month!

Now, it's all gone, and it's all cheaper Li Zixiao.

"Kurji, you immediately lead 3,000 cavalry, return to Shouzhang City, keep an eye on Li Zixiao's men and horses in the city, and do not allow them to leave with the people and money and food.

In Shouzhang City, there are 120,000 people, and there are dozens of carts of money and grain, and it takes a lot of time for them to transport them all.

Ben Jiang then sent someone to contact Prince Rui, so that Prince Rui's men and horses could rush to Shouzhang as soon as possible, and Li Zixiao must not be allowed to take away the people and money and food in Shouzhang City, which are ours.

Ben will continue to bring people, expand the scope of search, and be sure to find the prince. ”

Gu Ye commanded with a cold face at a Tartar general.

At this time, whether it is looking for Duoduo or Shou Zhangcheng, Gu Ye cannot give up.

Otherwise, the loss of either of these two would be enough to kill him.

Therefore, when Li Zixiao restored order in the city overnight, there were already 3,000 Tatar cavalry guarding the outside of Shouzhang City.

When it was dawn the next day, the people of the city, after breakfast, gathered again at the gate of the city, shouting that they would leave the city.

This time, Li Zixiao did not break his promise, he allowed the people to go out of the city, although he knew that most of the Tartars were already ambushed outside the city.

Li Zixiao immediately asked the people to leave the city in batches every 2,000 people on the grounds that they would be given a pound of grain to each person.

For Li Zixiao's request, those people also felt that it was no problem.

"Don't blame me."

Li Zixiao stood on the city wall, looked at the first batch of 2,000 people who went out of the city, his face was guilty, and he said in a low voice.

"Whoa!"

As a result, as soon as the two thousand people left Shouzhang City, less than three miles away, a large group of Tartar cavalry rushed out from the flank, screaming and rushing towards the two thousand people.

"Tartar, run!"

These people, who had just left the city, were immediately frightened when they saw the Tartar cavalry rushing towards them, and they all turned around and ran back towards Shouzhang City.

"Rush, kill them all."

A Tartar general in the back, with a fierce light in his eyes and a strong killing intent, waved the scimitar in his hand, and led hundreds of Tartar cavalry to kill behind these fleeing people.

These Tartars were angry at this time, and they were looking for a place to vent, and these people who went out of the city became their targets.

Poof, poof!

"Ahhh

As the Tartar cavalry rushed behind the panicked fleeing civilians, their scimitars slashed, and one after another fell screaming.

"These damn tartars!"

At this time, Li Zixiao, Peng Hao and others were standing on the city wall of Shouzhang City, looking at the scene outside the city, Peng Hao clenched his fists, hammered the stone wall, and said hatefully.

At the same time, Peng Hao couldn't help but turn his head and glanced at Li Zixiao, who was calm next to him, knowing that these two thousand people were deliberately sacrificed by Li Zixiao.

It is nothing more than to use the sacrifice of these two thousand people to let the rest of the people in the city see the situation clearly.

"How can this be, the Tartars are really outside!"

"What can I do? The Tartar cavalry was guarding outside, and we couldn't go. ”

"Lord Li really didn't lie to us, the Tartars are really staying outside, fortunately we didn't leave the city, otherwise we would have died."

"We blamed the Lord for his kindness......"

Soon, the Tartar cavalry that suddenly appeared outside the city quickly slaughtered the 2,000 people who were the first to leave the city, and the cruel scene was also seen by the people waiting to leave the city in Shouzhang City.

These people were frightened one by one, very frightened, glad that they didn't go out of the city first, and grateful to Li Zixiao for stopping them from leaving the city before.

In the end, Li Zixiao used the 'bait' of the 2,000 people thrown out to successfully lure out the Tartar cavalry, and also made more people in the city stop shouting out of the city.

When the 2,000 people who had left the city were killed by the hundreds of Tartar cavalry in a short time, those Tartar cavalry quickly disappeared again.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

Soon, Li Zixiao stood up in Shouzhang City and shouted loudly at the panicked and chaotic people.

Bang bang bang!

A loud gunshot rang out, and the originally noisy crowd of people finally quieted down and looked at Li Zixiao standing on the tower of the city gate.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, you have all seen that Ben Jue has not lied to you, the Tartars are guarding outside the city, and as soon as you leave the city, you will be attacked by them.

It's a pity that Benjue has too few people in his hands, and he entered the city by surprise yesterday, but he can't protect you from the wilderness to leave safely.

Now, the safest thing for us to do is to stay in the city.

Let's rely on the city wall, the Tartars don't think it will be so easy to attack, and there is plenty of food in the city, so you don't have to worry about starvation.

After a while, Benjue will send out and mobilize the men and horses to come to our rescue, and then we will have a chance to fight off the Tartars.

Therefore, from now on, Benjue will lead his 4,000 soldiers to guard the city wall and wait for reinforcements. ”

Li Zixiao's voice was very loud and spread far away, so that more people could hear it.

When these people heard that Li Zixiao would stay in the city with them, they also showed hope one by one.

Li Zixiao's shouting undoubtedly gave these people a glimmer of hope in despair.

"Soon, more Tartars will come and try to break through the walls, and then we will be reduced to fish and slaughtered by them.

If we want to survive, we can only desperately hold this city and wait for reinforcements.

But unfortunately, Benjue's troops were insufficient to defend the city.

Therefore, Benjue needs more young men to take up arms, defend against the Tartars, defend the city walls, and never let the Tartars attack them. ”

Li Zixiao looked at the crowded people below and continued to shout loudly.

"Don't let the Tartars come in." The people also shouted in unison.

The ferocity of the Tartars just now, the people in the city saw it, and knew that going out of the city at this time would be death, of course they were willing to defend the city to the death, and maybe they could fight a way out.

Looking at the people who shouted loudly, Li Zixiao's slightly tired face barely showed a smile, but his eyes were still full of worry.

As for whether they can hold the beast Zhang City, Li Zixiao is really bottomless in his heart at this time.

Because Li Zixiao estimated that the main army of the Tartars led by Dolgon should be about to reach Shouzhang.

Once Dolgon's army arrived, Dolgon really went crazy and launched a strong attack on Shouzhang Castle.

With only 4,000 men and horses in Li Zixiao's hands at this time, and so many people, can they really hold the small Shouzhang City?

Basically, Li Zixiao organized those young people in the city and asked them to also go to the city to guard.

But these young people were still ordinary people one moment ago, and the next second let them pick up knives and guns to fight with the fierce Tartars, they are definitely not opponents.

At this moment, Li Zixiao suddenly discovered that he chose to raid Shouzhangcheng yesterday, but now it seems that he has become a self-defeating net.

Now, he himself is trapped in this small Shouzhang Castle and can't get out.

"I only hope that Zilong, Tianba, Wei Hong and Luo Chao will be able to lead the army as soon as possible after receiving Benjue's order!"

Li Zixiao stood on the city wall, looking at the looming Tartar cavalry in the distance outside the city, his face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice.

Immediately, Li Zixiao issued a mobilization order, recruited more young people, distributed weapons, and rapidly expanded the militia in the city from 8,000 to more than 12,000.

Immediately, Li Zixiao asked his soldiers of the White Dragon Army to defend the city with these militiamen.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also asked Du Tengfei to conduct emergency training for those militiamen who were idle, and sharpen their guns on the spot, if they are not happy, they will be light!

The rest of the people were not idle, and they began to cook using the food left in the city by the tartars.

Among these people, Li Zixiao gathered all the craftsmen and asked them to make bows and arrows, make gold juice, demolish houses, and make rolling wood and stones, ready to be used to defend the city.

At this time, Shouzhang City has become a large factory, except for some old and weak women and children, 70,000 or 80,000 people are busy everywhere.

Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army cavalry, because they came from a long distance, they did not carry flintlock pistols, only short guns that they could carry at any time.

The iron-clad mine was also small, and after two battles, it was basically depleted.

Therefore, the 4,000 cavalry of the White Dragon Army under Li Zixiao are actually really not good at defending the city at this time.

For Li Zixiao, he was trapped in Shouzhang City at this time, and if he wanted to resist the Tartar siege, the only advantage was that there were many people in his city.

But what's the use of having a lot of people, these young people who have been temporarily trained are afraid that they can't resist at all in the face of fierce and brutal tartars.

"Hey, no matter how distressed I am now, there is no turning back when I open the bow, so I can only do it hard."

In the end, Li Zixiao sighed and said.

As the saying goes: A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and it is really dangerous for Li Zixiao to stay in such a dangerous Shouzhang City at this time.

If at this time, Li Zixiao abandoned these people in the city and only led 4,000 cavalry of the White Dragon Army, he would still be able to rush out before Dolgon's army arrived.

It's just that Li Zixiao didn't choose to do this, he still chose to stay and take risks.

He wants to use the point of Shouzhang City to attract all the surrounding Tartars and have a showdown with the Tartars here.

Otherwise, the Dolgons would always take advantage of their Tartar cavalry, which is mobile and flexible, to move and fight.

There are few cavalry in the White Dragon Army, and it is estimated that there will be no more opportunities like the previous sneak attack on the Duoduo Department that crossed the river.

But once Li Zixiao can attract all the Tartars to one place and force the Tartars not to leave, then the advantage of the Tartar cavalry's mobility and flexibility will be lost.

Li Zixiao believed that after Dolgon received the news that Duoduo was missing or captured, and that Shouzhangcheng was recaptured by him and that he was in Shouzhangcheng, Dolgon would definitely not leave Shouzhangcheng easily.

"Dolgon, Ben is here for you."