One hundred and fortieth chapters Dingyuan battle fourteen
After the order to leave the city was issued, Gulihe City fell into panic. Everyone's hearts were filled with a layer of darkness. The fear of death came to these residents who had narrowly escaped death again an hour later. [ ] Some of them have not yet recovered.
, the residents whose lungs were choked by the thick smoke couldn't help coughing, and struggled to ask the people around them what happened. The residents whose family members had died slumped there, holding the bodies of their relatives, and stayed there.
There was not a single tear in their empty eyes, and they ignored the noise around them. They just stared blankly...
The disaster came so quickly that the deceased relatives did not even have time to leave a will, and were just taken away by the devil. Father, mother, wife, husband, son, daughter... Each cold corpse represents a broken family.
Despair and fear spread throughout the city.
They have already taken the lives of their loved ones, are they going to take our lives too!
Let all the men gather outside the city. No matter how stupid you are, you will understand what is going to happen.
The angry residents began to roar at the soldiers holding swords. As the women screamed and cursed, the men began to hide in all directions. Children and babies were also held tightly by their parents. No matter how threatened the soldiers were, they would not
I am willing to let my children go out of town.
The panic scene made some elderly residents couldn't help but think of the situation when the Russians first came here thirty years ago. What happened then was so similar to what they saw before them.
The Qing people want to kill all our men!
The residents of the city chose to resist, but when the streets and alleys were blocked by the Qing people and the soldiers began to kick in the doors from house to house, the resistance seemed insignificant, especially when the roar of several fire guns and the sound of women's voices were heard in the dark night.
After the screams, the city fell into silence again.
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"Oh, my God, these barbarians, they broke their promise!"
After hearing the sound of gunfire in the city, Tokolosky's face twisted in pain, and he shouted angrily at the Qing soldiers: "You can't do this, you can't kill the innocent residents, the emperor will not let it go."
Yours!"
"You will go to hell!"
"Brave soldiers, we cannot just watch our compatriots being killed, we must resist!"
"If they want to kill, let us bear it!"
Tokoloski seemed to be crazy and called on the Musketeers to resist Guan Ning's army, but to his disappointment, no one stood up to respond to him. All he saw were indifferent eyes, and even sneering eyes, which seemed to
He told him affectionately: Tokolosky, don’t be stupid, we no longer have the ability to resist.
"Tokolosky, please save it, we have no weapons anymore."
Vasilsky looked at Tokolowski with a mocking look on his face: "The Qing people did not say they wanted to kill us, you can't ask us to do stupid things!"
"Master City Guard, you gave the order to surrender. Now, what the Qing people want to do has nothing to do with us."
"If they want to be devils, the Imperial Capital can't stop them."
"No!"
Listening to those indifferent words, Tokolowski collapsed. He fell to his knees as if he was electrocuted, hit his head heavily on the ground, and hammered hard with both hands. His voice was so choked that he could no longer hear what he was saying.
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Strangely, the soldiers in charge did not stop the actions of these Rakshasa captives. They stood there as if in a lively manner, looking at the tall Rakshasa commander and a woman lying on the ground crying.
Among all the indifferent and affectionate eyes, only A Leer shed tears to comfort her master. The young man also understood his master's pain, but he was powerless and could only make his master feel as good as possible.
"Master... don't be sad... Ale'er will always be by your side..."
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"What are the Rakshasa people calling?"
At the top of the city, Qi Zhuang wondered what the Rakshasa prisoners were arguing about. Zuo Mingnan, who was standing behind him, heard this and called an Ewenki translator and asked him what the Rakshasa people were doing. The Ewenki translator listened for a while and said,
He honestly reported everything he heard. After listening to what he said, Zuo Mingnan walked to Qi Zhuang and said, "Returning to Qianhu, the commander of the Rakshasa people is asking his soldiers to rise up against us." There was a pause.
After a pause, he said somewhat funny: "It's just that none of his subordinates listened to him."
"Resist?" Qi Zhuang was stunned after hearing this: "Why are they resisting?"
Zuo Mingnan smiled and said: "Because they are afraid that we will massacre them."
"Oh, I see."
Qi Zhuang glanced at a distance with a half-smile, then turned around and said: "If it hadn't been for the explanation from the division commander, I'm afraid I would really massacre the city. Now... I just want to make the city cleaner."
Qi Zhuang was right. Gulihe City was the first battle of the Dingyuan Campaign. Unexpectedly, he lost a whole team of troops. According to his previous personality, he would definitely massacre the city after breaking it. Even if he did not kill everyone, he would still have to kill everyone.
The Rakshasa people were killed, but because Zhao Qiang had given orders, he could only obey orders. And following Zhao Qiang for such a long time, he already understood Zhao Qiang's intentions. Only people are powerful, this sentence was summed up by Qi Zhuang himself.
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There are more than 2,000 male residents in the city. Excluding the elderly and children, there are nearly 1,500 young and strong men. There are residents, businessmen and their entourages who come here to do business, and some who come from far away to prepare.
The hunters who were selling furs and medicinal materials were anxiously escorted out of the city and gathered in three places. The men began to calculate how much time they had left to live.
The massacre will definitely be a massacre! No one doubts this. Now, all they can do is take another look at the world before they die. Resistance is meaningless to them, because the corpses lying on the road have told
They could only die immediately if they resisted. But what surprised them was that when they reached their destination, the massacre they imagined did not happen. On the contrary, the Qing people just asked them to sit down on the spot and not to speak loudly. A moment later.
Later, some food was even distributed.
When the food arrived, the older man subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. Food represented a good sign. If the other party wanted to kill them, there seemed to be no need to waste food.
The atmosphere of tension and fear gradually subsided a lot, but the men still didn't understand why they were asked to come outside the city.
"Send the order, the cavalry brigade and the gun brigade will escort half of the prisoners to Yask tomorrow."
"The spear brigade is responsible for guarding the Guri River. Ma sent people back to Ui City and asked the people to quickly send people to take over and open up the connection between Guri River City and Shouyi City as soon as possible. Stations along the way must be built quickly. In addition, food, gunpowder and other supplies must be provided.
The civilians and military officers will receive it as soon as possible."
"Rewards for meritorious officers and soldiers should be implemented as soon as possible, and military merit rewards should be distributed as soon as possible."
"The dead soldiers were buried on the spot, and the injured were treated as soon as possible. Similarly, corresponding military merit rewards were also distributed, and the rewards of the deceased were received by his family."
At the top of the city, after seeing that all the male residents had been gathered, Qi Zhuang issued several orders in one breath. The city of Gulihe had been decided, and he had to take people immediately to Yask to meet with the division commander. The population of the city would be in charge of the civilian population.
The same is true for statistical reception arrangements, food and other supplies. He does not need to worry about these. The Rakshasa people's firearms arsenal has been received. Except for supplements, all other items have been sealed up, waiting for the sergeant to send someone to take over. As for the Rakshasa prisoners, some of them will be taken over.
The young and strong men were taken to Yask to supplement the army's casualties. The spear brigade was left responsible for guarding Guri River City and related handovers with Shouyi City.
Qi Zhuang's order was quickly conveyed. Zuo Mingnan did not have to move with the army tomorrow. Instead, he would sit in Gulihe City and wait for Shouyi City to take over the place before leading his troops to rendezvous in Yask. After Qi Zhuang gave the order,
He then said: "Qianhu, what should we do about military discipline?"
"Military discipline issue?"
Qi Zhuang was startled, and then he thought that Zuo Mingnan was saying that after entering the city today, dozens of sergeants did some random things in the city, and there were more than a dozen Han army criminals inside. This question gave him a headache, and after thinking about it,
He waved his hand and said, "You go ahead and catch a few of them when needed. I'll make unified arrangements after I see the division commander."
"good."
The issue of military discipline is a major matter. As the territory and population increase, Guan Ning's army will encounter more and more similar problems. However, when using troops now, it is not suitable to be too disciplined, otherwise it will easily lose military morale.