Chapter 34: Atrocities
The invasion of Chongzhen in the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty and the eighth year of the Later Jin Tiancong was the second invasion of the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty by the Later Jin.
Later, the Jin soldiers divided into four routes and broke through between June 20 and July 8.
Bad news kept coming, but it seemed that after Jiannu broke through from this side, he didn't stay long before he went straight to Xuanfu Wanquan's side.
For this result, many Dun Ding were overjoyed, Dong Ce looked coldly, and several female dependents of the Dun Ding family often secretly kowtowed and made wishes, praying that these Jian Nu were satisfied and left quickly.
Truth be told, that's normal.
From the Wanli year to the Chongzhen year, the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Dynasty fought for more than 20 years, and they were really scared, and they were frightened. After all, the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu fought for so many years, so that Jiannu went all the way from Changbai Mountain to Shanhaiguan. Except for the sneak attack of Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Dao, who won several battles in the past, he has never won a battle on the frontal battlefield! Hundreds of big battles and small battles have been fought, and they have never won, and it is not uncommon for tens of thousands of people to let dozens of vests run wild.
Up and down the Ming Dynasty, no one has ever thought that they can beat Jiannu, and what they expect is just to be able to resist a little.
Jiannu is invincible, and it has almost become an iron law recognized by the Ming Dynasty, including the military.
Now the dunding people are beginning to rejoice that the northern part of Datong Town is poor, and {one + book} read} novel ybdu Jiannu are not willing to come.
These border towns in the north of Datong seem to have become a pure land that no one has invaded.
On July 23, Dong Ce was sitting on the pier to blow the wind, and he now liked this feeling. Standing on a high place, the surroundings are unobstructed, looking far away, the heaven and the earth are high, the vast land in the north of Jin Province is extraordinarily small. He leaned lazily against the female wall, letting the wind ruffle his hair.
It's a pity that there is no wine, and you can't put the wine in the wind.
Below Li Gui is directing the families of the dunding to clean up, which is also Dong Ce's request, since he learned that Jiannu entered the prison, Dong Ce considered that there may be a period of time in the dun to hold out, so it is necessary to clean it well. The dirty mess at the bottom of the society in this era is unimaginable to later generations, Dong Ce is familiar with history books, and when he saw that scene with his own eyes, he also felt shocked.
There was garbage everywhere, sewage, feces and urine littered in the toilet, wiping it with dirt after unwielding it, almost never washing hands, almost never bathing, unkempt, not brushing teeth at all - in this day and age, being able to smile and show a mouthful of white teeth is almost a symbol of nobility.
The civilization and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the prosperous empire that was a hundred times cleaner and neater than Europe in the eyes of Westerners, belonged to the rich and the eunuchs. And it is so far away from these people at the bottom of society.
Such lifestyle habits directly lead to the frequent occurrence of diseases, especially malaria, and the backward medical conditions of this era, getting sick almost means death.
Therefore, Dong Ce has always had requirements for his subordinates in this regard, he can't control those military households, and Shi Jin must wash his hands before eating.
It has been three days since the garbage was cleaned, and now the garbage and sewage in the pier have been cleared out, and after being washed with clean water, the blue brick floor below is exposed. The whole Anxiangdun is now neat and generous, the bluestone and blue brick buildings are scattered, and the smell has also improved a lot.
Dong Ce got up, stretched, exhaled, and shouted.
It has been a month since Shi Jin came to report the news that day, and a few days ago, Zhang Han sent someone to come again and send this month's salary and rice. Same as last month, there is no change, Dong Ce still sends the rice down and leaves the silver.
The training has not been left behind, but the training location has been changed to the pier, so as not to suddenly come and withdraw to the pier, with this month's training, these Dunding's marksmanship and archery skills have grown significantly. Archery can basically be done without missing the target, but it must be within five arrows. If there is more, the arms will be out of strength, and naturally the head will be even more inaccurate. What surprised Dong Ce a little was that Wang Yu also recovered from his injury and began training, and his archery skills were on par with Zhou Zhong, and he couldn't be said to be a hundred shots, but every arrow landed in a laughing area around the bull's-eye.
This also made Dong Ce sigh, sure enough, everyone should not be underestimated, and they always have their own skills.
These dunding guns are more swift and ruthless, more powerful, and better coordinated, Dong Ce commanded like an arm.
It's been a month, and Jiannu is still nowhere to be seen, and Dong Ce is already a little impatient.
At this time, he suddenly heard the rumbling sound of a trumpet, and there was a rapid and dense sound of bangzi, Dong Ce's body was shocked, Huo Ran got up, and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
There is a side pier not far from the west of Anxiang Dun, called the big flail pier, the sound came from there, and when Dong Ce looked over, a beam of wolf smoke was already rising to the sky.
"Jiannu is here!"
Dong Ce shouted towards the pier: "Jiannu is here, quickly count the number of people and see who hasn't come back yet!" ”
After speaking, he turned around, took out the cannon from the hut above the pier, first set off a cannon, then quickly lit the wolf smoke, and knocked on the cannon for a while, and the sound spread far away.
Anxiangdun's side was also in a hurry, and the wolf smoke rose straight up, delivering news to the other side piers. Soon, the south and east side piers of Anxiangdun also smoked, according to this speed, I am afraid that it will not take half an hour to spread the news to Shilipu.
In this era, the beacon is the fastest and fastest to deliver news, much faster than a galloping horse.
Moreover, the sound of cannons, bangzi, and wolf smoke is not only used to transmit messages, but also to warn the soldiers and civilians outside that once they hear the sound, they will come back immediately. The people who were working around the side piers were desperately driving their cattle to the nearest side piers, and some of them couldn't wait, so they had to give up these life-like animals with tears. Fortunately, they encounter this situation almost every year, and they are used to it.
Shi Jin and a few people also came up along the soft ladder, Zhou Zhong was born in Jizhen at night, and he didn't know how many battles he had seen, he squinted for a while, and said: "There is a cannon sound, a bunch of beacon smoke, if it is a Tartar of Chahar, the number is less than 100 people, if it is a slave, the number is less than 50 people." ”
Zhou Zhong on the side sneered and added: "The border army likes to exaggerate the number of enemies, and in my opinion, there are no more than ten Jiannu coming. ”
Dong Ce nodded noncommittally, and at this time, Li Gui below also shouted: "My lord, the gate has been closed, the drawbridge has been closed, and the people in the fort are all ......."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Su Dacheng shouting in panic: "My Hun family hasn't come back yet......"
Dong Ce's face immediately became ugly.
Su Dacheng also panicked, his body was thin and thin, and his personality was even more cowardly, holding his head, squatting on the ground and crying bitterly.
At this time, Zhou Zhong, who had the best eyes, pointed to the distance and shouted, "Jiannu is here!" ”
Everyone hurriedly looked, and sure enough, they saw smoke and dust billowing up from the northwest direction, getting bigger and bigger, and bursts of crying and screaming came, mixed with joking laughter, and strange screams like beasts. In the smoke and dust, many Ming people appeared in everyone's sight, about thirty or forty, scattered and fled in panic, and behind them, several Houjin cavalry were driving.
These people, men and women, old and young, were all full of despair, crying in panic, knowing that it was impossible to escape, but still instinctively ran forward, hoping to find a glimmer of life.
Those Houjin Tartars were not in a hurry to start, but just roared and galloped back and forth, driving these people to the side of Anxiangdun.
An old man with gray hair ran a little slower, a Houjin Tartar laughed fiercely, opened his bow and took the arrow, and with a whoosh, a thick and long heavy arrow broke through the air, and the old man fell to the ground heavily, and the heavy arrow pierced the back of his head, through the left eye, and the feathers behind the arrow were still trembling slightly.
Stimulated by this scene, those people became even more panicked, and a burst of cries broke out, and two people did not look at their feet, they tripped and fell to the ground, and they were immediately trampled to death by the Houjin cavalry, their bones were broken, and several large holes collapsed in their bodies.
Li Gui and a few people also hurriedly climbed up, fortunately, Anxiang Dun is a large side pier, and the space on the pier platform is also large, otherwise it will not be able to accommodate these many people.
Su Dacheng screamed in surprise, pointed to a woman who staggered and ran away below, and cried: "That's my Hun family, that's my Hun family......"
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and the woman in front of them who ran away was not Su Dacheng's wife, Ma? Her clothes were a little ragged and tattered, her body was covered with dust, her hair was scattered, one of her shoes had run away, and she cried, "Help me, save me......"
Su Dacheng held on to the female wall and shouted below, then turned around and cried at Dong Ce: "My lord, open the door quickly!" Let my Nahun family come in, or I'll kill the Tartars......"