Wang Yuanya shouted for a long time, but no one responded. He turned around in surprise. The officers and soldiers behind him all turned around and ran away.
If the city was still there, they would have dared to fight. But at this time, a large area of the city wall had been occupied, and continuing to resist would really mean sacrificing their country. They didn't plan to do that yet.
Because they have no other way out as soldiers, and their military pay is always in arrears. It has been almost a year since they have been paid. Ordinarily, before going to war, according to the rules, some previous years' arrears must be repaid first, and then be paid.
Silver, double pay if war breaks out.
Now, there is nothing. The emperor was defeated and ran back to the capital. Then the Mongols and the Eight Banners came. The court did not follow the rules and wanted them to work hard. Let's just dream.
As for Mr. Wang, maybe he is a good person. However, he won the Jinshi, became an official, and received a salary. There are also various overt and covert benefits. The imperial court is sorry for these big-headed soldiers, but it does not owe these civil servants at all.
.They really received the emperor's favor. He wanted to die for his country, and the brothers raised their hands and feet to support him.
In addition to paying taxes and paying taxes, we have to do endless corvee work. Every time we open our eyes, we have to find today's food. We have not received any favor from the emperor, so we are just working for the emperor's family. We will not join in the fun.
Hurry up. My brothers won't accompany you anymore. The Qing soldiers will come to kill you too late and capture you. Even if you are loyal, it will be impossible for you.
Wang Yuanya looked around at a loss. Everyone ran away, retreating from the city wall like a tide. They ran towards the south gate. There were also some generals urging the officers and soldiers who had not yet collapsed to resist the Qing army in the streets. At this time, the east gate had been closed.
The white flag is on.
The Eight Banners poured into the city like a tide, and Zunhua could no longer hold on.
Wang Yuanya gave a wry smile and couldn't help but shed tears. He thought of how he studied as a boy, was named on the gold list in his middle age, and became a governor. He was considered a lucky one among thousands of students. He had no regrets in this life.
He turned back and looked in the direction of his hometown.
I just regret that I have the intention to kill the thief but am unable to save myself.
Even if he is unable to defend Zunhua City, he can at least maintain the integrity of a scholar-bureaucrat.
Wang Yuanya walked into the empty watchtower. The interior of the watchtower was divided into two halves, surrounded by floors composed of railings and open floors. In the middle was a patio that led directly from the bottom to the canopy.
Wang Yuanya tied the rope to the railing and put the other end around his neck. Then he bowed three times in the direction of the capital and jumped down.
There was a click, and the rope broke her neck bones under the impact. Wang Yuanya struggled for a moment and stopped moving.
At this time, the Eight Banners were extremely excited. It was the first time they had conquered such a fortified city. They did so in one morning. This made them feel as if they had trampled Ningyuan City under their feet.
At this time, the iron factory owners and mine owners who had fled into the city in the early stage took their regiments and started street fighting with the Qing army. They knew that surrendering would not bring good results, and their wealth would definitely not be protected. Among the Zunhua defenders
Most of them are rebels who were captured after the Ji Town rebellion.
When Yang Fan was in the northwest, the war was tense and the military strength was severely insufficient. Yang Fan sent Zhang Shize back to try to take the prisoners of these rebel soldiers in Ji Town to the northwest. Yang Fan said very clearly, once a thief, always a thief. They have already
I can no longer serve as a soldier.
So many people staying in Jizhen are a huge hidden danger. It is better to send them to the border. Even if they mutiny, they will harm the Hu people. But Donglin disagrees. One is hoping that Yang Fan will be defeated due to lack of troops, and the other is that Jizhen is really
There is no one left. If the emperor disbands Jizhen, they will not have a large source of drift.
At this time, these rebels who had rebelled at the beginning surrendered to the Eight Banners one after another. Some even took the Eight Banners to the grain depot, the bank depot, and the government.
The whole of Zunhua was in flames. Fighting was going on everywhere and fires were set everywhere.
Only a small area east of the river in the city is very quiet.
After the Qing army occupied all the city walls, they discovered that inside the northeast wall was a moat filled with water. By this time, the weather had begun to get warmer and the ice had begun to melt.
There is actually a high wall on the other side of the river. It is higher than the city wall of Zunhua. The city wall of Zunhua is only 11.5 meters. The tops of these walls are 15 meters high. Every fifty meters, there is a turret. Some of the walls above are covered with green.
The soldier in clothes was shooting down with his musket.
Because it was about ten meters higher than the city wall, the Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall had nowhere to hide. A large number of them fell down immediately. On the periphery of the industrial zone, all street intersections had long been blocked by roadblocks, leaving only the cement bridge.
The road next to it is just lined with barbed wire fences and horse barriers.
A large number of refugees in the city, including the elderly and the young, fled here. At present, this is the only safe place in the city. The defeated soldiers originally planned to escape from the south gate, but as soon as they rushed out of the south gate, they were shot to death by random arrows.
.The rest ran back.
In the end, the officers and soldiers fled into the governor's yamen, Zunhua county yamen, and Zunhua guard yamen, relying on high-walled compounds to make their final resistance.
In recent years, Zunhua has experienced great development in iron and steelmaking because of Yang Fan, which has brought huge wealth. At this time, these rich people and their families fled into the industrial zone one after another, and the common people followed suit.
Luo Siyuan, the head of the security team of the industrial zone, stood on the gate, looked at the people coming in like a tide, and sighed. Ordinarily he should close the door, but he really couldn't bear to do it. The industrial zone can accommodate such a large amount of people.
There are many people. Both food and drinking water are limited.
In this season, heating is still needed and coal is consumed.
Because the earliest open-hearth furnace is here. Once this kind of thing starts to heat up and make steel, it cannot be turned off easily. It can only rotate continuously, and people work in three shifts. The furnace cannot be stopped, and steel is made day and night. It is best not to disassemble this thing. So.
Yang Fan built a wall in the industrial zone, conducted military training for the workers, and stockpiled a large amount of food, gunpowder, firearms, and luggage.
This is to prevent the city of Zunhua from being destroyed and to protect our own property and people.
Huang Taiji and others entered the city from the north gate. They listened to the reports all the way. Seeing that the whole city was gradually being occupied, they couldn't restrain their joy. This showed that Baiqi was beginning to have the ability to attack fortresses.
Zunhua is the first fortified city that has been captured. In the past, when they captured big cities, they either relied on inside troops to steal the city gates, or they guarded the military seals and then went out to fight in the field. This was the first time that a fortified city was actually taken down.
The significance of this battle is very important.
Soon, another good news came. In various government offices in the city, the Ming army who resisted stubbornly surrendered.
Huang Taiji looked up to the sky and laughed, leading his men and horses straight to the governor's Yamen.
Huang Taiji sat in Wang Yuanya's lobby, feeling somewhat complacent for a moment.
"This Ji Town is known as the best town in the world, but is it just that?"
The generals and beauties below immediately sent all kinds of rainbow farts. Dorgon rolled his eyes when he heard this. Such shameless villains are really disgusting.
