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Dozens of Qin soldiers knew that the final moment had come. Only by defeating the enemy in front could they win a chance of survival. Otherwise, they would be overwhelmed by the enemy several times their number. One by one, Qin Mu threw himself at the enemy, leaping forward without hesitation, shouting and roaring...
Tai Ge was probably afraid that Tushan would hold him responsible for failing to defend Jiuliancheng, so he fought very hard at this time. With him, the Niulu Zhangjing, on the front line, and the Qin army's thunder bombs failing to kill him, the Qing army, which was on the verge of collapse, was greatly encouraged. They roared like wild beasts and held on tightly.
On the other side of the city wall, the two hundred soldiers led by Lalag also rushed over desperately. The rain of arrows forced Wu Tongshan's twenty men to form a shield formation with their shields, and they hid under the shield formation and could hardly show their heads.
Lalag screamed in Jurchen, and under his command, twenty or thirty Qing soldiers risked their lives to rush towards Wu Tongshan's shield formation.
"Throw the bomb!" Wu Tongshan shouted when he saw this. There was a wound on his forehead from the sharp arrow, and his face was covered in blood. Under the firelight, he looked like a bloody man, and was extremely scary.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Nearly ten more thunder bombs exploded in succession, and the Qing army that rushed up was blown to pieces, with their hands and feet broken, and they kept howling in pain, which was more terrifying than the sound of slaughtering pigs.
The wall was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the arrows of the Qing army came whistling with strong winds. When Wu Tongshan and his men threw the bombs, there was a slight gap in the shield formation, and the arrows penetrated. There was a sound of "pu pu" entering the flesh, and screams of pain. In an instant, one person died and two were injured, and the shield formation was even more damaged... ...
"Hold on, hold on with your shield... Wei Zheng, how are you? Hold on..." Wu Tongshan was halfway through shouting when an arrow hit his left arm. The pain was so severe that he could hardly hold the shield, but he still held on with strong willpower and picked up Wei Zheng's shield from the ground to fill the gap in the shield formation.
"Use rockets, use rockets to shoot him, quick!"
"Captain Wu, there are only two rockets left..." Li Ke replied hurriedly.
"You don't care how many are left, just blast them all out, blast them all out!"
Seeing that Lalag had sent people to charge again, and this time he had obviously learned his lesson, fewer people rushed over, only about ten people, but once the enemy rushed over, it would be enough to break up their shield formation and entangle them, and then the Qing army behind them would rush up and crush them!
The only two remaining rockets were quickly launched. Chirp! Chirp! The smoke from the tail flames almost choked Wu Tongshan and his men. One of the rockets was not fired well and missed. Only one rocket exploded on the top of the city wall. Boom! A ball of fire shot up several feet high. The explosion was deafening, and the shattered limbs of the Qing army were flying in the flames. The scene was enough to make people feel thrilling.
Lalag's offensive was also stagnant, but then he found that the Qin army did not use such terrible weapons again. Under Lalag's roar, the Qing army rushed over again, in the night, in the smoke. Shadows were everywhere.
Wu Tongshan and his men could only fight and retreat, and the situation was precarious... ... ... At this moment, a horn sounded outside the city. The sound was very dull, but it had a strong penetrating power, making people feel depressed.
The Qing army that was attacking fiercely on the city wall was startled when they heard the horn sound. They all looked in the direction of Huaziwo, but saw a group of torches coming from the direction of Huaziwo and the sound of hooves that could be heard far away in the night.
"Oh no! General Tushan and his men are retreating! They're retreating!"
"Run! The Qin army is coming."
"Run, Huaziwo has been lost..."
Hearing the retreat horn, the Qing troops on the city wall became chaotic and turned around and fled. The situation changed so quickly that Li Tongshan and his men were unable to react for a while.
"What are you still standing there for? Chase them!" Wu Tongshan finally reacted after hearing An Congjun's angry roar from afar, "Chase them, chase them! The enemy has escaped!" Dozens of Qin soldiers chased hundreds of Qing soldiers so hard that they didn't even dare to look back and scrambled to escape.
Outside the south gate, Tushan and his three or four hundred remaining soldiers rushed past, not daring to stay for a moment. From the direction of Huaziwo came the earth-shaking cheers of the Qin army. To the ears of the Qing army, these cheers sounded like the screams of ghosts demanding their lives. Who dared to stop for a moment
An Congjun and his men chased the Qing army to the city gate. The Qing army seized their horses and rushed out of the city. They were unable to catch up, but seeing the Qing army being defeated and fleeing in panic, everyone could not help laughing and celebrated the hard-earned victory with cheers.
The next day, a pontoon bridge was built, and 10,000 Qin troops and 20,000 Korean soldiers crossed the Yalu River in a heroic and high-spirited manner.
After entering Jiuliancheng, Guerrilla Li Shi saw that the men in the city had long hair and wore Ma Gua Manchu suits. He felt unhappy when he looked left and right. He said to Ning Yuan, "Marshal Ning, look at all the men with long hair. Damn, it's annoying. Didn't Dorgon issue an order to shave people's heads? Why don't we also issue an order to cut off the braids? If you can keep the braid, you lose your head, or if you can keep your head, you lose the braid. Damn it, I don't think anyone dares to come out with a long hair and disgust people."
Li Shi's words immediately received a warm response from Tian Heng, An Congjun and others. Tian Heng said with a murderous look on his face: "Marshal Ning, give the order. Can we not let Ergon mess with us Han people... Anyway, we can't let them keep their rat tails."
An Congjun said, "Marshal Ning, when the First Emperor unified the country, didn't he also implement the same wheel gauge and writing system? How can you be a commoner of the Qin Dynasty and still have the tail of the Jiannu? I remember the King of Qin also said that we should use both soft and hard tactics to deal with the northern nomadic peoples. How...hiss...what's going on?"
Zhou Yun, the deputy chief, was annoyed by his "hissing" and blurted out, "Chinese translation."
"That's right, that's right. The King of Qin said that we should try our best to assimilate these people. Those who are unwilling to accept assimilation will sooner or later become the enemy of our Great Qin. Well, we should all be aware of the pros and cons. Remember the King of Qin's words."
Zhou Yun rolled his eyes in anger. I only said this because you hissed so hard. He said to Ning Yuan, "Marshal, we will let them cut their braids later. Marshal Ning, don't forget that Dorgon's hair-shaving order aroused resistance from countless Han people. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty would not have been defeated so quickly. Now that we have just entered Liaodong, in order to reduce resistance, it is better not to force them to cut their braids. It will not be too late to order them to cut their braids after we conquer Liaodong and stabilize the country in the future."
"What? What? We have to wait until the world is stable? This is not right, Marshal Ning. There are some things that are easier to do when the world is not yet stable. Once the world is stable, I'm afraid no one will want to create trouble. What's wrong with ordering people to cut their braids? Most of the people in Liaodong are Han Chinese. Will they resist? If they resist, are they still Han Chinese? I will chop them down with my big knife without any mercy. This is completely different from Dorgon's order to shave their heads." Li Shi, who was the first to advocate cutting the braids, said indignantly.
Ning Yuan coughed twice and said, "What are you yelling about? Is this reasonable?"
An Congjun rushed to say, "Marshal Ning, the barbarians are different from us Han people. They are afraid of power and forget gratitude. They will not fight to the death for any tradition. Marshal Ning, Liaodong is a mixed population of various ethnic groups, which is different from the Central Plains. The people of the Central Plains can use a soft strategy, but in Liaodong, we must use a hard strategy. If we don't chop off some heads, who will be afraid of us? Besides, Marshal Ning, look, let's keep the braid but not the head, or keep the head but not the braid, and return it to Dorgon. This can inspire people and boost morale!"
Ning Yuan originally favored Zhou Yun's plan, and would do something like "keep the braid but not the head" after pacifying Liaodong in the future. After listening to An Congjun's words, he felt that it made sense, and immediately said: "Okay! Let's do it this way. Post my military order. Everyone must cut off their braids and wear Hanfu instead. Anyone who dares to disobey will be punished by military law."
"Hahaha, leave this matter to me." Li Shi laughed and left quickly, as if he was afraid that Ning Yuan would go back on his word.
Originally, Zhou Yun, the deputy commander, had a great say in this matter, but all the generals were enthusiastically supportive, and the commander-in-chief Ning Yuan had also expressed his position. If Zhou Yun forcibly vetoed it, he might fall out with all the generals, which would be detrimental to future battles. He opened his mouth, but seeing that Li Shi was running very fast, he had to give up.
Soon, orders to cut off queues were posted at the gates and streets of Jiulian City. Li Shi personally led soldiers to patrol the city, shouting "Keep the queue but not the head, keep the head but not the queue". All men in the city were ordered to cut their queues immediately. If you don't, a big knife will be put on your head to cut off your rat tail. If you dare to resist, your queue will not be cut off, but your head will be cut off instead.
Suddenly, the whole city was filled with the sound of scissors snapping. What? You don't have scissors? I have a big knife, do you want it
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