Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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The less than three-foot walls of the Great Golden Gate are all made of pure green bricks and glutinous rice, so strong that it almost catches up with concrete!

Sun Sike placed dozens of shotgun soldiers and two mighty general cannons on it.

In addition, a few bamboo ladders were set up on the north side of the Golden Gate - so that the people deployed on the top of the Golden Gate can quickly go down to avoid bombs when they are bombarded by the enemy.After the enemy finishes shooting, he can quickly climb up and continue firing.

The three gate openings of the Great Golden Gate were all transformed into firepower points, parapets were erected, mother and child cannons were mounted, and twenty or thirty fully armed shotgun soldiers were stuffed in each opening.

On the south side of Dajinmen, a large area of ​​trees was cut down, and two trenches were dug, three layers of horses were placed, and a fence was erected!

Behind the Great Golden Gate, Sun Sike had another semi-circular trench dug to connect it with the Great Golden Gate, and a fence was erected behind the trench and a parapet was piled up.

In this defensive circle composed of ditches, fences, and parapets, Sun Sike placed another half-leading soldier.Plus the defenders on the Great Golden Gate and inside the gate.Here in Dajinmen, Sun Sike released a total of two assistant leaders, about 600 people.

And just over 30 feet away from the fortress of Dajinmen, there is the Sifang City where the monument of Zhu Yuanzhang's feats and virtues is placed. This square stone fortress was also transformed into a stronghold for garrison defense by Sun Sike. They deployed two army leaders, mounted artillery, and connected with Dajinmen, forming the first line of defense of Zijinshan Jiangnan Camp.

The line of defense has already been repaired!

The defenders are also ready to fight!

And the Ming army of more than 1 people also occupied the Xiaoling Acropolis at the foot of Zijin Mountain a few days ago, and arrived with these Ming troops, as well as Zhu Heqi's "Da Ming Jian Guo" flag.

At that time, Sun Sike thought that Zhu Heqi would rush to save his ancestors immediately, so he immediately led his soldiers to carry the coffin to the Golden Gate.

Oh, the one lying in that coffin was not Zhu Yuanzhang, but an empty coffin—Sun Sike lay in it after he was going to die in battle.

This is called carrying the coffin to fight!

However, Sun Sike waited here for several days in a row at the Golden Gate, but he didn't wait for the opportunity to lie in that coffin.

Because Zhu Heqi's army didn't move after they arrived at the Xiaoling Guard, they didn't come to attack Zijin Mountain, and they didn't enter the inner city of Jiangning. Mausoleum and Ming Dongling.

Although Zhu Heqi couldn't come up, Sun Sike didn't dare to take it lightly, he still stood on the front line of Dajinmen-Sifang City, and asked his own coffin to be moved into Sifang City, and put it together with the monument of divine merit and virtue.

Right now, he is sitting on the coffin board with Zu Zepu, drinking some wine, talking about the youthful years outside the customs... In a blink of an eye, everyone will be middle-aged!

And the Qing Dynasty, which they were loyal to, also showed a little sign of decline, which is really amazing!

"Fortunately, I have a Holy Master in the Qing Dynasty. Although I have encountered a strong enemy, there is hope for ZTE. Those of us who are slaves have met once from the dragon to enter the customs, and then met the Holy Lord ZTE again. This life is really not in vain. ah!"

It is Zu Zepu who is "doing not waste this life", and the imperial edict of Kangxi to kill him is in Sun Sike's arms.But Sun Sike felt that he should be given a chance to serve the Qing Dynasty... So he didn't kill Zu Zepu for the time being, and took him to the front line together.

He also thought about letting Zu Zepu lead the charge when the Ming army came up, so that he could die well.

With such a friend, Zu Zepu can really smile!

"Report..." A long "report" sound spread into Sifang City.

Sun Sike looked back, and it turned out that it was a Goshha he had sent to Dajinmen.I saw Nagoshha rushing to the front, and after saluting a thousand salutes, he said loudly: "Report to the Minister in charge, the rebels of Xiaolingwei have made a big move!"

"Okay!" Sun Sike stood up immediately, and gave Zu Zepu a meaningful look - the time for you to smile at Jiuquan is coming soon!

After withdrawing his eyes from Zu Zepu's face, he quickly walked out of Sifang City, and said to the Goshhamen who were guarding outside: "Order the fifth and sixth leaders to go to the sides of the Shinto to stand by! Order the artillery team of Sun Quan's tomb to prepare to fire!

Tell the brothers guarding Dajinmen and Sifang City that everyone must settle down, and the minister in charge will supervise the battle in front of the battle.The rebels can't rush up... The manager has already placed 24 mighty general cannons on Sun Quan's grave, and he also killed those rebels!Inform all the assistant leaders that I am in charge of the military order, and those who take a step back will be decisive! "

After saying this, he turned his head to Zu Zepu and said, "Let's go and have a look!"

Zu Zepu nodded, "Okay, then go and have a look."

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Sun Sike and Zu Zepu soon arrived at the Golden Gate, and instead of daring to climb up, they got into a door opening of the Golden Gate, lying behind a sandbag and looking around with binoculars.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

As soon as the two men raised the binoculars, they heard someone beating gongs and drums.The two of them hurriedly followed the sound of gongs and drums, only to see that from Xiamafang there were many peasants beating gongs and drums while pushing carts, and there were many shiny silver things on those carts... It looked very annoying. The way people like it.

"This is silver!" Zu Zepu recognized it right away, "You minister! That's silver! The third grandson of Zhu should be trying to buy us with silver!"

"It's buying me! No one!" Sun Sike said in his heart, "I'm not as greedy as you, I won't surrender!"

Just as he was thinking of this, the peasants pushing the silver carts had already stopped moving forward—not daring to go any further, the Xiamafang was only more than one mile away from the Golden Gate, and they would be shot if they went any further.

The civilian husbands who had stopped advancing all hid behind the silver car and shouted loudly: "Don't shoot, we are the people, we are not the Ming army... We are here to redeem the ancestral grave for the third grandson of Zhu! The six mansions in the south of the Yangtze River The gentry and wealthy businessman knew that the third grandson was filial, so he pooled more than 100 million taels of silver to help him redeem his ancestral grave!"

"As long as you hand over the ancestral grave of the third grandson and submit to Daming, the money will be yours!"

"General Sun listened, the third grandson knows that you are a good man, so he is willing to offer a governor, 20 taels of silver, and an earl to invite you down the mountain!"

"General Sun, hurry down the mountain!"

"Chen!" Zu Zepu couldn't bear it anymore when he heard this, "The third grandson has given a lot, but the court can't give that much, you see..."

"What are you looking at?" Sun Sike immediately glared at Zu Zepu, then opened his throat and shouted, "I, Sun Sike, was born as a member of the Qing Dynasty, and died as a ghost of the Qing Dynasty!"

The peasants at Xiamafang were stunned for a while, and then shouted in unison: "The Qing soldiers on the mountain listened, and the third grandson said that as long as you are willing to go down the mountain, no matter who it is, each person will reward you with ten catties of silver... But your military pay for ten years!

When it gets dark, go down the mountain... After coming down the mountain, you can go to Xiaoling Acropolis to receive the reward, ten catties of silver per person!A full ten catties! "

"The Qing soldiers on the mountain have listened. If you don't go down the mountain tonight, the cannons of the third grandson will bombard Dajinmen, Sifang City and Sun Quan's tomb tomorrow morning!"

Sun Sike laughed loudly, "This is Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb. Shouldn't he be the filial son and grandson of Zhu Heqi?"

"The third grandson said that the gate of the ancestral tomb is not a tomb...Sun Quan's tomb has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, it can all be blown up!"

Chapter 416 The gate of the ancestral grave is not a grave!

Sun Sike was speechless!

The gate of the ancestral grave is not a grave...that's right!

A gate is a door, a door is not a tomb, this door and a tomb are obviously two different things!

Therefore, Sifang City, Civil and Military Fangmen, Xiaoling Gate, Xiangdian, Fangcheng, and Minglou are not tombs. Only the underground palace, Baocheng and Baoding where Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma are buried are considered tombs.

According to this standard, Zhu Heqi's soldiers could use sugar bombs to "demolish" all the way to Fangcheng in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's grave.

Sun Sike was still not reconciled, and shouted loudly: "Then, Zhu Heqi will not be afraid of bombardment and thunder, and startle Zhu Yuanzhang who is buried in the soil?"

Immediately someone replied: "The third grandson is not afraid! The third grandson said that the emperor Taizu hated Tartars the most and loved his offspring the most. If he was alarmed and came out of the underground palace, he would definitely help the third grandson. By then, you Tartars will be dead!"

Now Sun Sike was completely speechless, Zhu Heqi had too many fallacies, and it was hard to refute.

But this is also normal, who are Zhu Hechi?The original Confucian saint!

Can Sun Sike, a warrior, compete with a Confucian sage?

After realizing that he couldn't beat Zhu and Qi with his mouth, Sun Sike was also a little annoyed, and ordered the left and right sides loudly: "Fire! Dajinmen's mother-child cannon and Weiyuan General's cannon are all fired by me. hit!"

"Whoo!"

Following a burst of "hack", the mother and child cannons placed in the three door openings of the Great Golden Gate and the two mighty general cannons on the Great Golden Gate opened fire rumblingly.

The three cannons were not very accurate, and they all missed in the first round.But the two cannons placed on the Golden Gate were very accurate, and the first round of shooting sent two flowering bombs to Xiamafang, one of which was a dud, and the other exploded, causing a large A cloud of white smoke.

However, this shell did not hit the folks who pushed the "silver cart", but those folks were still frightened by the exploding bomb, they all exclaimed, and "picked up" two pieces in a panic. Put the tin-lead alloy in their pockets and ran away... The Ming army guarding them didn't look very brave, and they also left the silver and the silver cart and ran away.

This scene was seen by Zhu Heqi standing on the Xiaoling Acropolis about two and a half miles away with a binoculars, and he couldn't help laughing: "The people in Jiangnan are still very clever, and they haven't forgotten when they run away. Picking up a few pieces of fake silver is similar to us Cantonese, and has a bright future!"

He said this in an official accent, so the group of men standing behind him in Ming Dynasty Confucian uniforms or official uniforms could understand them, and all of them showed surprised expressions.Some of the brave ones even opened their mouths to defend themselves.

"The sage who supervises the country, the silver donated by the grassroots is real!"

"The silver donated by the little old man is also true..."

"Sage in charge of the country, the grassroots did not offer fake money!"

It turns out that these people are the ones who "love Zhu Yuanzhang and Daming" the most among the six southern Jiangsu provinces.They are all big businessmen, not profiteers, but loyal businessmen, big loyal businessmen!

When Zhu Hechi was in Zhejiang, a large number of Zhejiang loyal merchants had already sent him food and money...and wrote them down in a small notebook.

In addition, when Zhuge Sanhe was fighting in Anhui, many Huizhou merchants lost their money to avoid disaster... No, it should be serving the country.

In the future, these "loyal merchants" in Anhui, Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu will be the targets of Zhu Heqi's key support in the southeast.

Zhu Heqi smiled and nodded, and said to these "loyal merchants", "I know, I know, you are all good landlords and businessmen of my Ming Dynasty, and you will not deceive people with fake money. Those fake money are exchanged by lonely families." superior.

In war, soldiers never tire of cheating, good money can't be snatched by Qing Yao... These Qing Yao are all after money, and they will come to grab it soon! "

Sun Sike and Zu Zepu were also dumbfounded.

There were at least dozens of "silver carts" parked in the Xiamafang area more than a mile away from them. Some of the silver carts had their silver boxes overturned, and the white money was scattered all over the floor!

I'm afraid there are several 10 taels of silver left in Xiamafang, right?

These rebels are too rich, right?

"There is deceit!" Sun Sike said, "There must be deceit...there must be ambushes on the Xiaoling Weicheng!"

The trees around Xiamafang were all cut down, so you can tell at a glance if there are any ambushes.But I don’t know about Xiaoling Acropolis, it’s quite a big city blocking it!

However, it is more than two miles from Xiaoling Weicheng to Xiamafang, even if there is an ambush, it is impossible to come here so quickly, right?

"Your minister... why don't you transfer the two leading soldiers over there and push the silver carts back." Zu Zepu suggested, "If you can distribute the silver to the soldiers below, you won't be afraid that they will be killed by the rebels." seduced."

Sun Sike was right when he thought about it, if the money could be snatched back and everyone shared a share, the people below should no longer have the idea of ​​defecting to the enemy.

However, he was still very cautious. He mobilized two fully armed assistant leaders to form an army formation. One in front and one behind, he carefully went out to grab the money.Moreover, he also specifically explained that one army formation was in charge of cover, and the other army formation would immediately return with a cart of silver after it was disbanded.

In addition, Sun Sike also issued a strict order: no one is allowed to hide a tael of silver, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!

Hearing that there was money to be robbed, the two assistants under Sun Sike really moved like flying, and quickly drove out through a suspension bridge on the ditch outside the Dajinmen, and formed a front and back formation while marching. The phalanx rushed towards Xiamafang.

But when the phalanx that was ordered to grab money had just disbanded and began to push the "silver cart" in twos and threes, these soldiers suddenly felt the ground trembling slightly under their feet... These soldiers quickly turned their heads to Xiaoling, which was more than two miles away. Acropolis, and then saw a large group of cavalry rushing out from behind the Xiaoling Acropolis!

These cavalrymen all wore disc helmets and breastplates, held reins in their left hand, and held a very long spear in their right hand.In the process of galloping, they divided into several clusters, and rushed towards the Qing army phalanx in the south of Xiamafang in waves.

Before those Qing soldiers could react, the Ming army's rocket bombardment began!

These rockets were placed on the walls of Xiaolingwei, aiming at Xiamafang and Dajinmen respectively.

These two places are fixed large targets, and they have been aiming at them for a long time. It is impossible for the well-trained rocket artillery of the Ming Dynasty New Army to miss them.

Dozens of rockets flew towards Xiamafang and Dajinmen with strange screams of "Qiuqiuqiu".

The landing points of these rockets were not very concentrated, but a few of them still landed around the Qing army phalanx at the top.

The air waves and shrapnel produced by the explosion of the rocket rolled over the sides of the Qing army's phalanx, and immediately "cut down" the standing Qing army...as if they were not human beings, but row upon row straw.

The rest of the Qing army immediately fell into chaos and could no longer maintain formation.

And how can a Qing army infantry leader who lost his phalanx formation withstand the assault of thousands of Ming army cavalry holding hollow spears?

Before the first shock wave of the Ming cavalry even hit it, the Qing phalanx had already disintegrated, becoming a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and was soon overwhelmed by the horseshoes of the Ming cavalry.

And the leader of the Qing army who scattered to grab money was even more powerless to resist. They all lost their weapons and ran away with "high imitation silver".

But how can two legs run faster than four?In a blink of an eye, he was overtaken by Ming army cavalry, knocked over and cut down a large area.

After breaking up Sun Sike's two assistant leaders in a row, the cavalry who suddenly came out did not call for gold to retreat, but continued to rush towards the big golden gate.

At this time, all the defenders above the Golden Gate went down to hide from the rockets, so only the Qing army guarding the three gates could shoot with shotguns.

Because the distance is relatively long, and the cavalry of the Ming army all have breastplates for body protection, the shotgun did not cause many casualties.On the contrary, the three cannons were very powerful, knocking down seven or eight cavalrymen of the Ming army.But for thousands of cavalry, these losses are nothing.So they continued to move forward, and in the blink of an eye, they had rushed beyond the first ditch outside the Golden Gate...

Chapter 417 Your Majesty, a servant has met a local tyrant!

There are two trenches outside the Great Golden Gate, both of which are quite wide, and many sharpened wooden stakes are inserted at the bottom of the trenches.If the horse jumps with all its strength, it can also jump over, but there is a fence opposite the first trench, and there are three layers of horse rejection opposite the second trench.Therefore, the Ming army cavalry who rushed to the edge of the trench could not jump over.

However, suspension bridges were erected above these two trenches for Sun Sike's subordinates to enter and exit.Just now when Sun Sike photographed two Zuo Ling grabbing money, he lowered both suspension bridges.Now, because the infantrymen who fled back in embarrassment rushed onto the bridge deck, it was impossible to close the suspension bridge for a while.

A group of Ming army cavalry saw the opportunity, and they all rushed up with hollow lances.After driving away the fleeing Qing army infantry, they rushed up the suspension bridge in one go, and then the killing ring started!

Armed with the prestige of the iron cavalry charging into battle, they stabbed the hollow lances in their hands into the backs of the Qing infantry, and then threw two grenade hammers, causing the Qing soldiers who had escaped the suspension bridge to fall to and fro, causing heavy casualties. , It is impossible to form a resistance on the north side of the suspension bridge.After throwing the grenade hammers, these cuirassiers pulled out a real hammer and smashed it hard at the back of the head of the Qing infantrymen who were scrambling to escape the suspension bridge!

Other cavalrymen who couldn't squeeze in rushed to the edge of the trench, then got off their horses, took out their "iron fists" or flintlock guns and started shooting.

The "iron fists" were all thrown towards the suspension bridge of the second ditch, and it was not the explosive version of the "iron fist", but the "smoke fist", which "smashed out" a cloud of smoke.

The Qing soldiers who were originally guarding behind the second ditch suspension bridge should have pulled up the suspension bridge after their own defeated troops withdrew across the pontoon bridge.

But now the situation has changed suddenly. First, the suspension bridge on the first trench of our side was quickly broken by a group of unstoppable Ming cavalry, and then there was a one-sided massacre on the bridge and under the bridge-these Ming cavalry were all unstoppable. Like heavenly soldiers descending to earth, the Eight Banners White Armored Soldiers were probably just as ferocious as before, right?

Just when the soldiers of the Qing army guarding the bridge felt terrified, there was another cloud of smoke rising in front of them, and they knew that something was wrong at a glance.

Now how can they care about their own defeated army?He couldn't wait for Sun Sike's order, so he pulled up the suspension bridge on his own initiative.

After the suspension bridge was pulled up, the cavalry of the Ming army was temporarily resisted, but the defeated Qing soldiers could not retreat.

These people were not the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners back then, and most of them even raised the flag just now. Of course they were unwilling to fight to the death for Kang Mazi at this time, so they knelt down and begged for surrender.

The Ming army originally had the idea of ​​"attacking the grave as the bottom and attacking the mind as the top". Although they would not pay these captured people money, they would not kill them, but grabbed the gunners and firearms of the Qing army. Before returning to the position on the top of the Great Golden Gate, the gunmen retreated with the captured Qing soldiers.

At the same time, hundreds of Ming army infantry carrying small mortars, flintlock guns, grenade hammers and engineering shovels also moved up.After rushing to the outside of the first ditch outside the Great Golden Gate, they began to dig pits for defense.A few infantry came up with a carbine-refusing gun. After the Ming cavalry escorted the captives back, they swung the carbine-refusing gun to the outside of the suspension bridge.