Chapter 365 Leave some seeds for the Eight Banners!
Yang Jingsu, the chief envoy of Zhili, mustered up the courage to cross the canal after the war. He saw that the Zhili officers and soldiers and the Eight Banners strong forces who were attacking the east gate were resisted by the religious bandits and suffered heavy losses.
Withdraw the siege officers and soldiers to rest for a while.
Unexpectedly, before seeing Brother Shikai, the murderous military order not to retreat was issued.
Facing the persuading Lao Yang, Jia Liu said directly: "My lord, there is no need to persuade me. I brought those Eight Banners disciples under the city. Logically speaking, every casualty makes me, the leader of the team, feel extremely distressed. However, it is my bounden duty as an Eight Banners soldier to quell the chaos in the country."
, the responsibility is unshirkable, if the soldiers of the Eight Banners don’t use their lives, how can we expect the Han people of the Green Banner to use their lives!”
The attitude is resolute. We will not stop fighting until Linqing is defeated today.
Seeing this, Yang Jingsu couldn't say anything else. After all, it was Shikai, the wise brother, who was in charge of Shandong's military affairs, not him, the former governor-general of Zhili.
Until this time, the Zhili soldiers and the Eight Banners soldiers who attacked the east gate of the old city suffered heavy losses.
The Zhili soldiers suffered more than 400 casualties, and the Eight Banners soldiers also suffered about 300 casualties.
The reason for the excessive casualties of the Qing army was that in addition to the fact that the east gate was personally guarded by bandit commander Wang Jinglong, it was also reinforced by 400 leader guards led by bandit commander Wang Liang.
Wan Chaoxingzui, the commander-in-chief of Zhili, expressed his intention to retreat, but before he could give the order to withdraw the troops, a strict order from the Prime Minister and Minister of Military Affairs was issued in front of the battle.
This strict order put Wan Chaoxing in a dilemma, so he secretly sent someone to ask his immediate superior Yang Jingsu what he wanted, but was told that if the Eight Banners did not retreat, he would not be allowed to retreat, and if the Eight Banners retreated, he would be able to retreat.
He had no choice but to continue supervising the troops climbing the city while anxiously looking at the Eight Banners soldiers in the south.
Above the east gate, Wang Jinglong continued to boost morale. Under his brave command, the Qing troops under the city suffered heavy casualties.
"As expected, the Qing soldiers mainly attacked the east gate. Fortunately, I mobilized elite troops here, otherwise the old city will be destroyed!"
Wang Jinglong, who was already sweating profusely, asked Wang Liang, the commander-in-chief, to send someone to report to the leader that when the Qing army tired of attacking the city, they would attack with cavalry, otherwise the Qing army would be defeated.
Wang Liang was convinced and quickly sent people to report.
After receiving the report, Wang Lun immediately asked his righteous daughter Wu Sanniang to gather the cavalry soldiers and wait behind the city gate. He only waited for the order and rushed out of the city to kill the Qing army by surprise.
Qing artillery team by the canal.
In the name of the Prime Minister and Minister of Military Affairs, Jia Liu requested the imperial censor Asha to lead the Mongolian cavalry to supervise the formation. If any officers and soldiers retreated without authorization, they would be killed, regardless of Man or Han.
"I also inform Mr. Ah that if the thieves' cavalry leave the city, Mr. Ah will command the Mongolian cavalry to defeat them."
"嗻!"
After the soldiers went to deliver the order, Jia Liu looked at the top of his head. The sun was still very poisonous. After taking the wet towel handed by the soldiers and wiping the sweat on his forehead, he looked at Lin Sanmao who was standing aside: "You...
The second errand was done very well. I went to Yang Zhi to collect ten taels of gold."
"Thank you for the reward, sir!"
Lin Sanmao was extremely grateful. Although he didn't know why Mr. Jia asked him to secretly leak the Qing army's siege plan to the religious bandits in Linqing City, but how could he, a villain like him, guess what he was doing?
After Lin Sanmao retreated, Fan Wei opened his mouth to say something, but Master Gui raised his hand to stop him, as if he didn't want to listen to his reminder.
Here Lin Sanmao excitedly approached Mr. Yang, who was in charge of the Prime Minister's accounts.
"San Mao, you kid surrendered, you can become an official and earn money, how is that better than following the bandits of the Ever Victorious Army?"
Yang Zhi smiled and ordered someone to fetch two ingots of five taels of gold ingots, which were given to the young master by the Shandong general soldier not long ago.
"Of course one is in the sky and the other is on the ground. Mr. Jia treats others generously."
Lin Sanmao said his gratitude to Mr. Jia while reaching out to take the gold ingot. But as soon as he got the ingot, two people suddenly came behind him and picked him up without any explanation.
Two gold ingots also fell from his hands.
Lin Sanmao looked panicked: "Master Yang, what are you doing?"
"No, it's nothing."
Yang Zhi shook his head, picked up the two gold ingots from the ground, put them back into the box as if nothing had happened, and then waved his hand.
Two soldiers immediately dragged Lin Sanmao out of the tent. Lin Sanmao was so frightened that he kept struggling and screaming like a pig being killed.
Not long after, there was a scream.
Poor Lin Sanmao, who had only been a seventh-grade official of the Qing Dynasty for a few days, died like this.
Under the East City.
The messenger brought the military order from the Prime Minister: "Your Excellency, you are not allowed to retreat without receiving the military order!"
"good!"
After hearing this military order, Yingjitu, who was sweating profusely and covered with blood, was not dissatisfied at all. Instead, he became more courageous and urged the Eight Banners disciples to climb up the city risklessly.
The military order to kill those who failed to retreat forced the group of Eight Banners disciples from various departments in the capital to grit their teeth and fight to the death against the religious bandits in the city.
On the other side of the city gate cave, after smashing several shield carts, two Qing army shield carts finally got in, and then rammed towards the city gate with such force that the stones blocking the city gate could not hold back.
slide.
The battle for the old city has reached a critical moment.
On the south side, there are more than a dozen ladders covered with armor-clad Eight Banners soldiers. The highest ones are less than one person away from the crenels. As long as they climb up to the crenels, it is impossible to resist those religious bandits who don't even have armor.
The bandit commander Wang Jinglong discovered the emergency and hurriedly rang the big bell hanging in the center of the city gate tower.
Upon hearing the sound of the bell, dozens of elite cult bandits with their heads wrapped in white cloth and waistbands in red cloth shouted in unison, and together they pulled hard on the iron chains on their hands, and a cauldron that was burning and splashing was hoisted to the top of the crenel.
The pot was filled with golden juice mixed with feces and hot oil.
"Burn the dog to death!"
Accompanied by the shout of a Wang Lun boxing stick disciple, the cauldron immediately turned over, and the hot golden juice poured out from the crenel, making the climbing Eight Banners soldiers howl like ghosts and wolves.
The face of the first Eight Banners warrior who was doused with a hood was burned to the point of losing his skin and flesh. The face was black and red with blood, making him extremely ferocious.
"ah!"
With despair and deep pain, the warrior fell to the sky and his neck was broken on the spot.
It can be regarded as saving the incomparable pain before death.
All the Eight Banners soldiers below were burned so hard that they screamed in agony. Many of the Eight Banners soldiers had their scalps burned with golden juice and kept beating them.
Unlucky enough, the gold juice slid down his neck and he was in a hurry to take off his armor. But the more he hurried, the more confused his hands and feet became. By the time he took off his armor, his back was burnt to the point of turning the skin black and the flesh black.
Pots of gold juice were poured down, stones were thrown down one by one. The Changsheng Army was prepared with anything that could kill the Qing army, and finally whole logs were thrown down.
The wood was demolished from the houses in the city, and the longest and heaviest beams were obtained and thrown down along the city wall. If they hit the ladder, the ladder will be broken, and if it hits the people, they will fall down.
The battle situation deteriorated rapidly. Many Qing soldiers climbing the city had no choice but to jump from the ladders to avoid being poured with gold juice or being knocked down by wood and stones.
The Zhili soldiers really couldn't hold on anymore, and before the Eight Banners soldiers could retreat, they shouted and fled to the rear.
Seeing this, the soldiers of the Eight Banners paid no attention to the strict orders. Even if Yingjitu was extremely brave, they were unable to fight anymore at this time.
Seeing this, Yang Jingsu stamped his feet anxiously, took Jia Liu's hand and persuaded: "Brother Shikai, withdraw your troops! You can leave the green camp dead or alive, but you must leave some seeds for the Manchu people!"