Chapter 8 The Killer
Wu Sangui narrowed his eyes and looked at the Ming army at the top of Kunming City, suppressing the joy in his heart.
Zhu Youlang and Li Dingguo actually felt that they could defend Kunming and did not escape early.
It's so ridiculous.
Since the Qing army attacked Guizhou, it has been invincible and has not suffered any major challenges.
Now that they have just switched the Guizhou battlefield to the Yunnan battlefield, do they think they can defend it with just one city?
However, the siege battle is always at a disadvantage for the siege. Wu Sangui and Zhao Butai are both aware of this. They don’t want to use their elite troops to waste their lives. Instead, they send green camp soldiers to eliminate the Ming army’s defense resources.
Compared with the old Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Eight Banners soldiers, the Green Camp soldiers need as many as possible, and one batch of them will be cut and another.
These green camp soldiers were originally Ming troops, but now they have transformed into Qing troops. In order to show their loyalty, they rushed towards Kunming City without hesitation.
They are numerous and look like ants from the top of the city.
"Hmph, a group of shameless scum!"
Zhu Youlang gave these green camp soldiers a contemptuous evaluation.
In Zhu Youlang's impression, the Green Camp soldiers were just a group of guys with milk and mothers. The Ming army was powerful and they were Ming army, and the Qing army was powerful and they were Qing army.
There was even a ridiculous situation where the same army repeatedly jumped.
It’s really a big king’s flag that changes on the city wall, loyalty, filial piety, integrity, justice and righteousness are nothing in their eyes!
"Your Majesty, many of these troops are the former defenders of Guizhou, and they have a good understanding of our army's strength and defense."
Li Dingguo explained carefully.
He actually felt a little guilty.
If he and Sun Kewang had not met each other, Sun Kewang would not have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after defeat.
If Sun Ke hoped that if he did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army would not have been so familiar with the Ming army's defense situation in Guizhou and even Yunnan.
The reason why the Qing army was invincible in the battlefields in Guizhou was that Sun Kewang's intelligence was crucial.
Sun Kewang even wrote a letter to the generals of the Ming army in Guizhou to persuade them to surrender, promising them to make great profits.
Many of these people were once Sun Kewang's subordinates. After Sun Kewang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, they were even more optimistic about the Ming court. They thought of surrendering with fame and fortune.
When Zhu Youlang saw Li Dingguo showing shame on his face and knew that he was blaming himself, he comforted him: "I understand what the King of Jin means, but one person does things, and everyone should be responsible for what he does. I don't want to do it too much because of Sun Kewang's surrender to the Qing Dynasty."
Li Dingguo said that, but he never thought that the emperor would say such a thing, and he was very surprised.
In this era, everyone has their own loyalty chain.
For example, Li Dingguo's loyalty chain is to Emperor Yongli.
Bai Wenxuan and others were talking about Li Dingguo.
This loyalty relationship is very strict and rarely goes beyond the level.
Therefore, after Sun Kewang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the generals who were originally loyal to Sun Kewang surrendered without hesitation.
And are these surrendered generals have no connection with the Ming army in Kunming and even Yunnan?
it's out of the question.
Now His Majesty the Emperor openly stated that he seemed to be standing on his behalf, but in fact he was to appease the morale of the Ming army in Yunnan.
His Majesty the Emperor has already characterized Sun Kewang's rebellion as his personal problem, and at most he is involved in the Sun Kewang tribe who are abducted.
As for Li Dingguo's troops, who were also the former Daxi Army camp, the most elite army in the Ming court is now, His Majesty the Emperor will not pursue it.
"I, the soldiers on my behalf, thank your Majesty for your grace!"
Li Dingguo took a deep breath and said loudly.
The emperor's words completely eliminated the soldiers' concerns.
"I personally beat the drums for the soldiers!"
Zhu Youlang nodded slightly, picked up a drum hammer and started knocking.
Under the sound of drums, the Ming army soldiers became obsessed with it for a moment.
The high-ranking Emperor not only climbed the top of the city but also beat the drums in person today. This was something they didn't dare to think about at all.
Your Majesty is so brave, what reason do they have to not work for Your Majesty!
"Kill the enemy!"
"Kill the enemy!"
"Kill the enemy!"
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He Gang, the general general of the Green Camp, roared and ordered the soldiers under his command to charge.
The green camp soldiers in cotton armor rushed to the moat with wooden boards.
They wanted to use these wooden boards to build a simple floating bridge and then attack the river as soon as possible.
As long as they reach the city wall, their danger will be much smaller, and they can set up a ladder to formally attack the city.
But how could the Ming army give them a chance? The cannons roared on the top of the city and countless shells were fired at them.
"ah!"
The fragments produced by the explosion of a shell flew directly into the belly of a green camp soldier. He immediately fell to his knees and covered his stomach and wailed in pain.
What's going on with this shell? Why did it explode?
In his impression, the shells were all solid!
There are many Green Camp soldiers who think like him. Even if they are not killed by shells at the first time, they will be injured by shell fragments and eventually die due to excessive bleeding.
Mr. Qian of the Green Camp, He Gang, was also confused.
What's going on?
Does the Ming army have any big killing weapon?
Under the fierce bombardment of artillery fire, the mentality of the Qing army's vanguard army completely exploded.
Countless green camp soldiers began to throw away their helmets and armor, and turned around and ran away.
The vanguard commander Bairhetu was furious when he saw this and ordered the Eight Banners Military and Law Team to strictly guard the positions, and the Green Camp soldiers who fled back were killed without any hesitation.
puff!
With one knife, the head of a green camp soldier suddenly rolled into the mud, and blood gushed out of his neck and sprinkled three steps away.
ah!
The scene suddenly scared the deserters and looked at the Eight Banners soldiers in horror.
These flag soldiers were all burly, holding a steel knife in their hands, and they were fierce and terrifying without any emotion.
The deserters were stunned for a moment, and finally gritted their teeth and turned their heads to run towards the city wall.
Since attack is death, and escaping is death, it is better to attack, at least there is a glimmer of hope.
Even if you can't live in the end, you can stay for a while, which is better than being in a different place immediately.
Humans are such realistic creatures, and they always make choices in the face of interests.
At the same time, at the top of Kunming City, the Emperor Zhu Youlang of the Ming Dynasty was so excited that his blood was swelling by the scene in front of him.
He had made up his mind to defend Kunming. When the war really began, the sensory shock brought by the roar of artillery fire allowed him to quickly enter the role.
"Fire the fire, don't stop!"
The originally suppressed emotions burst out at this moment, and Zhu Youlang and the soldiers quickly became a group of people.
"Your Majesty has an order to fire the artillery and kill these Eastern Captains!"
"A dog thief who is accomplices of a tiger is not worthy of living in this world!"
Zhu Youlang had already taught the use of these Prussian cannons to the Ming army soldiers. For those soldiers who had used artillery, the operation method of the Prussian cannons was not bad and they could get started soon.
"It's time to serve the court, brothers, kill the enemy and serve the country!"
"Avenge your tragic brothers!"
"revenge!"
"revenge!"
"revenge!"
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Chapter completed!