Daming Military Empire

Chapter 273

Dorgon, the favorite fourteenth son of Nurhachi, Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, was capable of both civil and military affairs, and extremely intelligent. He had the best chance of inheriting the Khan throne, because his biological mother was the concubine Abahai at that time, and her status was equivalent to that of the empress of Ming Dynasty. And his two brothers, Azig and Doduo, one fierce and the other cute, are not expected to be a great sweat, so many people in the tribe think that he will be a great sweat in the future.

However, his father Khan died when he was 15 years old, and his biological mother was also forced to be buried, so Khan's position was finally taken away by the starling Huang Taiji who was smarter than him.

If you can't be the master, you can only be the younger brother honestly. Fortunately, this starling is not too cruel, and he didn't kill all their brothers. Moreover, after Jianchao proclaimed himself emperor, he was also named Prince He Shuorui, which seems very nice look.

Being a little brother naturally has to run errands for others, even if you are Prince He Shuorui, you have to do errands. No, his starling gave him another mission, a dangerous one.

There are many kinds of dangerous missions, but this time is his favorite one, because Huang Taiji asked him to lead the [-] fine cavalry of the Zhengbai Banner to attack a Han village. Kill it all, burn it all, steal it all!
He likes burning, killing, looting and so on, so he came here in a hurry.

Uh, isn't it a bit outrageous that [-] elite riders use the word "sneak attack" to plunder a village? Are the people in the village all peerless masters?Of course not, the village is full of common people, at most they can pick up a hoe and kitchen knife to resist a little bit, or bite them a few times, the reason why the word 'sneak attack' is mainly because the nearby Ming army's defense is too tight up.

Sun Chengzong, the coach of the Ming army in Liaodong, is a well-known old tortoise. His defense is amazing. You can spit blood if you build a bunker. Although the village he is going to attack this time is not inside the Great Wall built by the Han people, Sun Chengzong Many small fortresses were built in that area. Once a large group of cavalry appeared, the fire would be lit in the fortress, and it would soon spread to the garrison, so their time was very tight, only about an hour at most.

This hour does not only refer to the time for burning, killing and looting, but also the time for going back and forth. That is to say, within an hour, he must rush over, burn and kill and loot everything, and then rush back!
At this time, Dorgon was standing on a small mound, using a telescope to carefully observe the situation in front of him. Behind him, under the mound, ten thousand banner men stood neatly with their horses, with wild beasts in their eyes. As long as he gives an order, these bastards will turn into real beasts!

You can faintly see the fort built by the Ming army in front of you, and it will definitely be impossible to lead the horse in a sneaky way. This old tortoise has built the fort so far away. You know, it will take at least a moment before the horse rushes to the village they are going to attack How many minutes, plus more than a quarter of an hour after returning, there is only about half an hour left for them to burn, kill and loot, which is really not enjoyable.

Dorgon cursed secretly, put down the binoculars, walked down the slope, got on the horse, then raised his right hand, raised the whip, and said loudly: "Get on the horse."

With a crash, the [-] clansmen behind him got on their horses neatly, and their movements were extremely neat. Dorgon didn't bother to say anything, so he whipped his whip on the horse's buttocks, and shouted: "Follow me."

"Boom" The sound of horseshoes was like rolling thunder, and ten thousand cavalry swarmed out from behind the mountain like a torrent. The whole earth was shaken, and thick wolf smoke soon rose from the distant fortress, and the smoke column shot straight into the sky.

Dorgon cast a disdainful glance at the fortress of the Ming army, and said in his heart: "You burn the wolf smoke, unless Sun Chengzong falls from the world, how can you stand against me, I will burn you a bigger one later!"

Time was running out, and he had to snatch away the people before the Ming army arrived, so he ignored the Ming army fortress in the distance, but directly led the army towards the Han village.

The fact that the Ming army burned the wolf smoke was not to inform the garrison, but to inform the villagers in the nearby villages. The Ming army in Liaodong had already activated the telegraph communication system. The line was still connected, so the Ming army in the fortress immediately sent a telegram to notify the garrison as soon as they found the Manchu and Qing cavalry, which was much faster than the transmission of wolf smoke.

Although the fortress and the garrison are connected to the telegraph line, the nearby villages are not connected to the telegraph line. Lighting up the wolf smoke is to notify the nearby villagers, it is dangerous, run away!
At this time, several nearby villages exploded. No matter what they were doing, all the villagers ran home, picked up the wrapped buns, picked up the children, took their wives and the elderly and ran away. How can the villagers react? So fast, where are they running in this plain area?

At this point, we have to admire Sun Chengzong’s foresight. In fact, at the beginning, he disapproved of ordinary people going outside the Great Wall to farm. However, the land in the Hetao area of ​​Liaohe River is too fertile and the area is too large to be left unused. It was such a pity, so Chen Zilong consulted with Sun Chengzong, and finally moved the civilians here. However, the Ming army also established a strict defense system.

Building the Great Wall must be realistic, because there are rivers everywhere in the Liaohetao area. You can’t even build the Great Wall on the river. If you don’t block the river, people will just find a small river to wade in. So Sun Chengzong chose to build a small fortress and use beacon smoke as a warning. At the same time, he also strictly ordered all villages to dig hiding holes in hidden places outside the gathering place. Don’t worry about anything when there is wolf smoke, just run. If you don’t run, don’t blame the court if you die. !
Dorgon's heart is hot at the moment, he hasn't done this kind of burning, killing and looting for a long time, and he hasn't tasted the taste of Han women for a long time, and now he can finally have a good time, he was so excited that he wanted to howl Call!
After rushing to the village of the Han people, Dorgon was so dumbfounded that he couldn't see a single person!Unwillingly, he ordered his subordinates to rummage in the village. They found food, clothing and even domestic animals, but they couldn't find a living person!
Seeing that time was running out, Dorgon ordered his subordinates to pull all the livestock in the village to the entrance of the village in a fit of rage, chop them up into pieces, take away the meat, and keep the heads and internal organs. After lighting up the torch, the whole village was burned to the ground, and then he led his men and rushed to the grassland with the looted property.

After several years of development in Liaodong, it can be said that there is ample food and clothing, especially in the Liaohetao area, where the land is sparsely populated and fertile, and the villagers are still very rich. Although they didn't get any gold or silver, they robbed a lot of food and clothing , talk is better than nothing.

(End of this chapter)