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Chapter 44 Prey

Another new day passed, and Huaian was still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. However, while defending the city, Huaian City also faced major casualties. White banners were flying everywhere in the city, and almost every family was filial.

Ye Yu's men added two newcomers. These two newcomers were several years older than the original father Xi and Dad Jiang. However, Dad Xi and Dad Jiang disappeared. Brother Xi and Dad Jiang were wearing a white belt around their heads. Their father and son were killed yesterday. Their father and son soldier were fought. Yesterday, a Qing army rushed to the top of the city from the battlement they were guarding. The weapons of Brother Xi and Dad Jiang were cut off by the Qing army. If it weren't for Dad Xi and Dad Jiang's efforts to save each other, they would have died.

The war continued, and the two of them didn't even have time to grieve. They repaired the destroyed weapons again, put a incense stick in front of their father's spirit, and then climbed to the top of the city again, but there was a deep hatred in their eyes.

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The drum sound of the Qing army under the city sounded again, and the Ming army on the top of the city quickly took office, ready to deal with the next attack from the Qing army.

"What are the Tartars doing?" The new Dad Sun heard the drums getting more and more anxious. He couldn't help but look out, and immediately screamed.

When Ye Yu heard that Dad Sun seemed to have found something, he quickly looked down. When he saw that countless people were pushed out in front of the Qing army camp, these people were divided into two teams. The front team was all men, and the back team was mostly old, weak, women and children. The back team was all empty-handed. The men in the front team seemed to be holding wooden sticks and other objects. Some men were carrying ladders on their shoulders and pushing chariots in front.

Ye Yu's voice couldn't help but tremble: "Tartars... Could it be that the Tartars are trying to force these people to attack the city?"

"What, do these Tartars still have humanity?" Dad Sun asked in disbelief.

Ye Yu fell silent, and Jiang Wazi and Brother Xi's teeth were chewing. In their hearts, the Tartars killed their father, and they had long been irreconcilable enemies. Now they are driving the people to attack the city, just adding another piece of hatred.

"Ah." There was a commotion everywhere on the top of the city. Obviously, ordinary people driven by the Qing army were also found in other places.

The most used Mongols were undoubtedly the Mongols. Nurhaci even did such things in the hands of Nurhaci. Nurhaci even killed the Han people under his rule, first killing the poor and then killing the rich. In the entire Liaodong, at least millions of Han people died tragically at the hands of the Qing Dynasty. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, the Qing ruling group's policies against the Han people under his rule began to relax. In the hands of Huang Taiji, the Eight Banners of the Han Army were also established to win over the Han people. In order to capture more young and strong people to become the Manchus' coat slaves, this barbaric method of driving the people to attack the city could not be used.

Since entering the pass, the Qing army has been in a state of power and has never attacked any strong city. Even Li Zicheng took the initiative to abandon Beijing. When Duoduo went south, Dorgon also warned him that the Qing Dynasty would enter the Central Plains this time. It is inevitable that it should not kill too much. Although it was hard to attack Jinan, there were tens of thousands of Ming troops in the land of surrender. Duofeng did not think about expelling the people.

But now that Huai'an has not been able to capture many Han troops for a long time, Duoduo has been desperate and finally tore off the last layer of disguise. As long as he can capture Huai'an, what does it matter how many Han people die? Anyway, several counties under Huai'an have been taken down and as many people as possible.

As the people were forced to move forward under the swords and arrows of the Qing army, the Ming army on the top of the city just stared blankly. Many of them had just turned from people to soldiers. If they were smashing the Tartars with rolling wood and stones, there would be no problem to smash the traitor army. But the people below were all the Ming people like them. Many people might still have relatives in the city. How could they do it?

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

Just as the Ming army on the top of the city was stunned, countless arrows flew out of the crowd toward the city wall.

"Bo, borg, borg." The sound of arrows rushing into the flesh everywhere on the city. The Ming army was shot either fell backwards or just fell backwards. It fell from the city. However, it was hidden among the people. The Qing army archers took the initiative to take action.

While the Ming army was hiding in a hurry on the front of the city, countless ladders set up on the city wall. The people in the front began to climb the city under the swords wielded by the Qing army. They only held a wooden stick in their hands and had a numb face.

"Hurry, smash them down with stones." Seeing that no one took action, the officers were anxious.

"Then, that's our fellow villagers." Dad Sun and Dad Hao stopped one after another. They could not accept the use of the huge wooden rocks on the top of the city to hit their heads.

With a "clang." Jiang Wazi threw the harpoon in his hand to the ground and picked up a big stone from the ground: "I'll do it!" With a shout, he threw the big stone from the trunk, and then he heard a scream from below.

Brother Xi also threw down his weapons, picked up a stone from the ground without saying a word, and threw it down. Dad Sun stomped his feet repeatedly and shouted, "How can this be done, how can this be done?"

But Dad Hao took the stone from Brother Xi’s hand: “You can’t smash it, that’s your own person.”

During the argument, Dad Hao blocked his body in the city and stamped his mouth. Ye Yu was shocked and reminded: "Be careful, squat down!"

But it was too late. With a "swish!", a long arrow flew over the city and shot straight into the back of Dad Hao's neck. Dad Hao's face showed an incredible look and fell to the ground with a bang.

Dad Sun stared at Daddy Hao's body in a daze, turned his eyes red, screamed wildly, picked up a big rock and turned around and smashed it down.

"Kill!" However, the Qing army had already climbed up the city wall with the help of the Ming army's soft spirit, and cut forward with long swords in their hands. Soon, many new recruits on the city wall fell down like cutting wheat, and blood stained the entire city wall.

Niu Dashun lay under the wall of the temple, his eyes staring forward through the holes in the wall. He held a hunting bow tightly in his hand. Not far away, several blood-stained pheasants and hares were thrown aside. This should have been Niu Dashun's prey, but at this time Niu Dashun's prey was a man, a man riding on a horse and a pig tail floated behind his head.

Not far from the temple is a village. From the scale, there are about three or five hundred families. This village is called Niujia Village. Most of the more than 400 families in the village are surnamed Niu. The village with 400 households is already a large village. It is only a few miles away from the Grand Canal in Beijing. The official road passes through the entrance of the village, and it is the border between Huai'an and Yangzhou. Merchants along the way will rest in the village. In addition, the land in the village is fertile and the irrigation is convenient, so there is no need to worry about drought. The whole village is almost richer than some small towns. In fact, some people call Niujia Village Niujia Town.

At this time, the village was in a huge disaster. Hundreds of people riding horses and like pig tails on their heads suddenly appeared outside the village. Then these people broke into the villagers' homes and killed men when they saw them, not even letting go of children. Only young women would stay.

Faced with the attack of hundreds of cavalry, the entire village had no resistance. Soon, the entire village was cleared out, and the corpses of villagers were lying on the village. Although several hunters tried to resist, they had no chance. Their hunting bows could not penetrate the armor of people, but they were quickly shot into hedgehogs. In addition to more than 200 young women, there were only some livestock left in the entire village.

When Niu Dashun came back from hunting, he found that something was wrong in the village. He hid in the temple outside the village and avoided the disaster. Seeing the pig tail behind these people, although Niu Dashun had seen them for the first time, he already knew their origins. These people were undoubtedly the Tartar soldiers who were heard from merchants from south to north in the village.

I got news from the village earlier that the Tartars were attacking Huaian, but no one cared about it. Although the Tartars were terrible, Niujia Village is seventy or eighty miles away from Huaian City, which is actually under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou. Everyone is reluctant to leave this prosperous place. If there are Tartar soldiers, at most they will be able to spend food and money and sell money for peace.

Unexpectedly, the Tartars were so cruel. After such delays, more than a thousand people in the village suffered disaster. Niu Dashun stared at the Tartar at the entrance of the village. Tartars came to report to him. This Tartar must be a high-ranking official. As long as he was killed, even if he avenged the whole village, he would have no regrets in his death. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and his hunting bow could not be shot. He could only hope that when the Tartar returned, he would pass by the temple on a horse.

The Tartars stared by Niu Dashun was indeed a high-ranking official, who was so big that he could scare people on the territory of the Qing Dynasty. This person was Prince Heshuosu of the Qing Dynasty. The Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Haoge. Haoge took the Zhenglan Banner and the people of the Zhenglan Banner to attack the city without following Duoduo's words. In boredom, he took the Zhenglan Banner soldiers to rob him everywhere. Today he happened to grab Niujia Village.

Hundreds of cows, nearly a thousand fat pigs, and thousands of sheep were driven out. The war horses of various Qing soldiers were immediately hung with chickens, ducks and other poultry, and the food was piled up into several hills, and there were baskets of bloody gold and silver. All the soldiers of Zhenglan Banner smiled happily. Unexpectedly, this village would be so rich, and they admired Prince Su even more. The Han people's things were so easy to grab, so why should they suffer to attack the city?

The Qing soldiers who had just killed were even regretful. If they had known so many things, they would have kept some young and strong people. Now they only have hundreds of people, so where can they transport so many things?

Seeing these robbers transporting the things from the village one by one, Niu Dashun almost bit his teeth. He quickly laid his head on the ground, otherwise he would definitely not be able to resist rushing out like this, and he would have to die in vain.

As soon as his ears approached the ground, Niu Dashun heard a vibration. Niu Dashun was stunned. His voice came from the direction of the southwest Grand Canal, as if countless animals were running, and it seemed like a boat paddling through the water waves. Niu Dashun thought flashed. Could it be that a Tartar came again? Then he put aside this idea. No matter how many Tartars came, he did not plan to survive anyway. As long as he could kill the Tartar on the horse, it would be enough.
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