Chapter 617: The stubborn resistance army is heartbroken
Within a few days.
A large moat surrounding the city has been dug outside Jinan City, and a human-high earth wall has also been erected.
"How did they do that?"
Zhang Ruxiu stood at the top of the city and looked at the miraculous siege fortifications, filled with despair.
This is the result of countless soldiers and civilians fighting side by side, but it is not that the Ming army forced the people to become civilian husbands. Even if he stood on the top of the city, he could feel the passionate and high fighting spirit under the city. There were countless people coming from all directions.
Come.
They were not forcibly recruited civilians, they came voluntarily to help build fortifications.
There are not only disaster victims, but also local people.
Many people even volunteered to help by bringing dry food, hoes, baskets and carts.
He couldn't help but recall that after he took office, he enlisted the strong men to strengthen the city defense of Jinan. As a result, the people fled everywhere, and in the end they had to forcibly capture the strong men, which caused widespread complaints.
This is the difference.
Jinan city defense repairs took almost a year, but they were not completed yet. The Ming army spent a few days digging trenches, building walls, erecting strongholds, and even building forts around Jinan.
Three days ago, the Ming army launched an artillery attack on Jinan City, which destroyed many battlements and watchtowers of Jinan City Wall, which was already in disrepair.
If the Ming army had not sent troops to follow Pancheng and storm the city, Jinan City would have been lost.
Three days flew by in an instant.
The time left by the Ming army for them to consider has come to an end.
Several cavalrymen rushed to the city, shouted to the city again to persuade them to surrender, and then shot arrows into the book.
The city defender handed the arrow book to Zhang Ruxiu who was patrolling the city.
Zhang Ruxiu saw it and was shaken several times and almost fainted. Recently, he always felt dizzy and fainted several times.
The staff supported him.
"The situation is over."
Zhang Ruxiu was extremely desperate. The Ming army sent an arrow message to tell the Qing army in the city that the Emperor of Heaven had sent troops to capture Dezhou and refused to defend Tai'an.
Li Huajing, Liang Min, Ding Weiyue and other troops also surrounded Liaocheng, Dongchang Fucheng. Only a small Qing army broke out and escaped overnight, while the rest of the Qing army surrendered.
Tan Tai of Xuzhou abandoned the city and went north. Zhang Guowei led his troops to take advantage of the situation and went north to regain Pizhou and Xuzhou. Tan Tai's troops went north in panic, and met Liu Shixun again in Xia Town. Wang Zhiren's troops ambushed the Qing army and fled north, losing countless supplies and two or three soldiers and horses.
thousand.
After escaping all the way to Yanzhou, the two roads heading north to Jinan, Tai'an and Dongchang, were captured by the Ming army, and their retreat was cut off. They had to defend Yanzhou and fight against the trapped beasts.
Xu Dingguo, Xu Anguo and Li Jiyu also led the Henan regiment to seize Damingfu, Linqing and other places.
Now Jinan has no reinforcements to wait for.
Xu Yan's Tan Tai and other legions in the south now have only more than 10,000 troops trapped in Yanzhou.
Green camps and group training in other places were basically either annihilated or surrendered.
In the whole of Shandong, only Yanzhou and Jinan are left.
The two armies are four to five hundred miles apart, but there is no chance to meet up.
Zhang Ruxiu did not doubt that this was false news. In fact, he knew very well how the Qing army in Shandong was trapped in the past two years. The reason why Tan Tai was able to defend Xuzhou for so long was not at all how powerful he was, but that the Ming army never attacked Xuzhou.
Taking the arrow book, he returned to the city and met Beizi Bohetuo, Admiral Tong Yangjia, Commander-in-Chief, Mele Zhangjing, General Soldier, Deputy General and other senior officers, as well as the Chief Envoy, the Inspector-General, the Inspector-General and so on.
"This is fake."
After Bo Hetuo read it, he tore up the arrow book and threw it into the brazier. "It's just a trick to attack the heart. If the Ming army is really capable, let him attack."
Bolo, Tu Lai and others were defeated in Zhangqiu and their entire army was wiped out. Even if more than 8,000 people surrendered, the fate would still be there. All the officers above the leadership level were executed, and those who survived were demoted to slaves and sent to prison.
Went to work as a slave in the royal mines.
Zhu Yihai had no intention of letting Manchuria go. Even if he surrendered, there would be no good outcome, so why beg for mercy?
If you stand firm and wait for help, there is always a glimmer of hope.
The generals were silent.
Everyone knew in their hearts that Tan Tai was probably defeated.
It is normal for Dezhou to fall. After all, the deputy capital Tongbo and the trustee of the Eight Banners garrisoned in Dezhou were in Jinan, and the Eight Banners garrisoned in Dezhou basically died in the battle of Zhangqiu.
There are some green battalions stationed there for regiment training. How can the enemy live in the Ming army?
Although Bolo has already asked Beijing for help, the question is, does Beijing still have troops to send? Does Beijing dare to send troops?
Even if troops were sent, they would not arrive so quickly.
The meeting ended quickly and everyone dispersed.
The next day, the Ming army came again to persuade him to surrender and fired another arrow at the book.
"If you don't surrender, build a dam to block the river and store water, and the water will flood Jinan Prefecture!"
This threat is more powerful than the artillery outside the city. As the governor of Shandong, Zhang Ruxiu certainly knows that flooding Jinan is not a problem. To the north of Jinan City is the Daqing River, and since the Yellow River took the Daqing River and entered the sea, the Daqing River has now completely become a harmful river.
, the local government was unable to build embankments and dredge due to war, so Jinan now suffers from floods several times a year.
It's autumn now, so normally there won't be major floods. But if Zhu Yihaifei builds a dam upstream of Jinan to store water, and then digs a breach, then the Yellow River water will rush down and Jinan will be submerged.
"What should we do?" A group of people gathered in Fuyuan again.
Bo Hetuo still burned the arrow book after reading it, "Jinan is not Luoyang and Kaifeng. Although the Yellow River was diverted to capture the Daqing River, it did not last long and the river course was not high enough. The Ming army really wanted to store water and flood the city. They themselves
The fortifications dug in the camp will be washed away by the water first. Besides, in autumn, no matter how much water there is, if he is asked to release the water, it will only flood Jinan City and not be submerged."
He was determined to fight to the end.
Zhang Ruxiu sighed helplessly.
On the third day, the Ming army came again to persuade them to surrender, but they still shot arrows into the city.
It's just that this time I shot a lot of sealing arrows, from all directions including southeast, northwest and northwest.
Although the Manchu officers supervising the city immediately sent troops to collect them, some people still hid some secretly.
"Old Wang, you know how to read. Can you tell us what this arrow book says?"
In the enemy tower on the city wall, a group of green soldiers gathered together, and Liu Lao Liu gave Lao Wang an arrow book he had secretly hidden.
"You don't want your life, you dare to hide the arrow book privately."
"Let me show you what is written. Is it true that the Ming army at the city gate wants to let us go?"
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No matter how strict Bo Hetuo's military orders were, not all the soldiers below would obey them.
The ship is going to sink, and no one wants to be buried with it.
Lao Wang had read some books before, then he became a boy, and then he was captured and became a soldier. Then the Qing army came, and he followed Shangguan and joined the Qing army and became a green camp soldier. Now he is the leader of his team, with more than ten men under him.
Liu Laoliu, a soldier, is also his deputy. This guy used to be a horse thief and he was very courageous.
He took the arrow book and looked around.
"I asked Lao Si and the others to watch from outside. If anyone comes, they will give a warning to hurry up and watch."
Lao Wang nervously scanned it quickly, read it again and again, then quickly crumpled the arrow book into a ball and returned it to Lao Liu.
"How did you say that?"
"It shows that the army has occupied Dezhou, Xuzhou, Pizhou, Dongchang, Daming, Jining, and Linqing. Now only Yanzhou City and Jinan City in Shandong are still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty."
"The Emperor of Ming Dynasty said that he would send people to build a dam upstream to block the Yellow River water. He also said that after three days, he would withdraw from the siege in the north of Jinan. He would open several holes in the long trenches and earthen walls to allow the Qing troops who did not want to surrender to evacuate.
Guaranteed not to attack.
He also said that if he was unwilling to leave but was willing to stay, he would also promise to forget the past and ensure that his life would be safe after surrender. At that time, all Mongols and Han, whether in the flag or in the coat, would receive amnesty."
"And if we resist, he will flood Jinan Mansion. After the city is broken, all those who resist will be slaves and will dig underground mines for the rest of their lives, never to see the light of day."
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A group of people were silent.
"Can blocking the river really flood Jinan City?"
"That's for sure. How many times has Licheng been flooded this year? If we continue to artificially dam the river to store water, Jinan City will definitely be flooded. Even if it is not completely submerged, it will be soaked by the water.
How can we defend the city if we can’t light a fire and have no place to live?”
"Have you ever heard that Li Zicheng flooded Kaifeng?"
"When the intruder Li Zicheng opened the seal three times, the king of Zhou offered a reward of one million yuan to defend the city. The army and the intruders fought for days. At the end of September, it rained heavily and the water in the Yellow River surged. The intruder Li Zicheng, who could not attack the city, thought
The Yellow River was dug up and the water flooded Kaifeng. However, the King of Zhou in Kaifeng City was about to run out of food and grass, so he also wanted to dig up the Yellow River and flood the army.
As a result, people and horses from both sides dug up the Yellow River almost at the same time. The government troops dug out Zhujiazhaikou, and the Chuangjun dug out Majiakou. The flood instantly submerged the city of Kaifeng and destroyed the Chuangjun camp. Both sides suffered heavy casualties.
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The Yellow River near Kaifeng is a suspended river on the ground. When heavy rains swell, the water will naturally flood the seven armies as soon as the embankment is dug, and the flood will cover the city.
Although the situation in Jinan is good, it is not much better. Next to it is the Daqing River, which is now diverted by the Yellow River and has become the main channel of the Yellow River. As long as it intercepts and digs dikes, the city of Jinan will be flooded.
"Wouldn't that also overwhelm the Ming army?"
"Are you stupid? They are outside the city and can retreat to the mountains in advance. We are in the city, where can we hide except on the roof?"
"What should we do?" Liu Laoliu and others panicked.
"Those Tatars are afraid of death and want to drag us to be buried with them, damn them."
Lao Wang was more cautious, "Keep your voice down, if anyone hears it, we will all lose our heads."
"Hurry up and think of a way. Otherwise, in three days, they will all lose their heads, or they will drown."
On this day, the Ming army continued to give archery instructions to the city of Jinan, and even used kites to bring many letters of surrender into the city. They flew all over the city. Bo and Trotsky sent people to search everywhere, but there were still many letters of surrender that fell into the city.
Soldiers, in the hands of the people.
The only two cities left in Shandong were Jinan and Yanzhou. The Ming army wanted to flood Jinan. The Ming army allowed them to surrender and promised not only to not kill them but also not to hold them accountable. After they were restored to their status as Ming subjects, the entire Jinan city soldiers, especially
It was the Green Battalion soldiers. They were training in a group, and the strong men were all restless.
Even after nightfall, Liu Laoliu and many other people began to secretly communicate among themselves.
And even the guerrilla generals in the Green Camp were actually carefully connecting and conspiring in secret.
When disaster strikes, each one flies away, who cares about the others!
