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Chapter 35: Breaking into a dead city full of corpses

Yue Tou wanted to find out how many enemies there were, so he climbed up and looked at it. He saw the battle outside the East City, and the sound of metal fighting was endless. There was no fierce battle in the other gates, nor did the sound of metal fighting. It was just that the sound of shouting came from all directions outside the city, the sound of drums and gongs and firecrackers were never stopped.

Yue Tuo observed for a long time, and he kept thinking. Because there was fog, if there was no heavy fog, he could judge how many enemy troops were coming. Just seeing the fire and the sound of rushing and shouting also helped his judgment and analysis.

Based on everything, Yue Tuo came to the conclusion: "I think this army is not large, so they can only concentrate their troops and horses to break out of my east city. I think they will break into Jinan City soon! Okay! I will fight them to death in Jinan City! Anyway, this Jinan City has become a ghost city, and there are not many of them, so I dare to conclude that the Ming army can only be 3,000! This Ming army is a genius! Which figure in the Ming army dares to invade my heroic Qing army with 3,000 people!"

Yue Tuo pointed outside the city, "As for the shouting outside the city, maybe the Ming army found the people and asked them to cheer. Otherwise, how could there be only shouting without any impact? Moreover, the shouting was messy. If the soldiers shouted, even if the Ming army was negligent in training, it would be orderly and would not be as chaotic as it is now! One conclusion - the people!"

Yue Tuo made a good judgment, but he overestimated the number of people.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Yue Tuo's mind: "Zhang Biwu!" Yes! It's him! During the Battle of Jiazhuang, he could not kill Zhang Biwu, he was not dead, so it was not surprising that he led his army to attack now! This man is so brave! Besides, he is determined to take revenge! Zhang Biwu came in person, it's really a pie from the sky! You must kill him! Put his head in front of Huang Taiji's imperial case!

Yue Tou suddenly felt extremely excited. He hoped that it was Zhang Biwu because he had always wanted to kill Zhang Biwu. He could not kill Zhang Biwu when he was in Jiazhuang, so he was very angry. Now that God has given him another chance, he certainly doesn't want to miss it!

"It's Zhang Biwu! It must be him!" Just as Yue Tuo was muttering, "Report! It's not good!" A marquis rushed up, "Mazhan, the Duke of the Supplementary Kingdom, was killed by Zhang Biwu!"

"What!" Yue Tuo was shocked, "Sixth brother!" Yue Tuo would rather Hou Qifei report the news was fake, not real.

Wakda pointed at Hou Qi and glared and said, "Say it again! If there is any deception in your words, not only will you be killed, but your family will not be slaves!"

Hou Qi reported according to the truth: "The enemy shouted that Duke Fu Guo was killed by Zhang Biwu! The personal soldiers who escaped from Fu Guo Duke also returned. Duke Fu Guo was indeed stabbed by an enemy general with a shot! The enemy shouted "Mazhan was killed by Zhang Biwu!" As such, our army's morale was shaken!"

"Crack!" Yue Tuo's hand bones were pinching, and he was extremely angry! He roared to the sky! "Zhang Biwu! The last time the Jiazhuang battle made you cheat me and let you escape. This time I will not let you escape! I must kill you!"

At this time, "100,000 Pixiu and 100,000 hearts! One hundred thousand brothers will take revenge!" The shouts were heard and never stopped.

"Avenge? It's me who takes revenge! If you can't kill you, Zhang Biwu, to sacrifice to the spirit of the sixth brother in heaven! I, Yue Tuo, will not survive!" Yue Tuo shouted.

When Wakda heard this, he suddenly had an ominous premonition: "Brother..." He didn't want Yue Tuo to say such an ominous thing. He had just lost his sixth brother, Mazhan, and he couldn't lose his elder brother again!

Another Hou Qi came to report: "Report! Now our army's morale is in chaos! First of all, the soldiers on both wings of Han have begun to be defeated, and the defeat of our Eight Banners soldiers is not so serious!"

Yue Tuo spoke out: "Kill! He dared to retreat and scatter and killed without mercy! No matter whether he was the two wings of Han or the children of the Eight Banners, it would be merciless to escape the enemy on the battlefield! He ordered the entire army to fight the enemy. The total number of enemy troops was no more than 3,000, and we can kill them all!"

As soon as Yue Tuo finished speaking, he immediately went over and kicked the messenger beside him and shouted: "What are you still stunned? Why don't you get out of here and send me the messenger!"

"Yes!" Many messengers immediately jumped on their horses and sent orders to our army from all directions.

Yue Tuo also went there himself. When he heard the name Zhang Biwu, he was crazy. He couldn't do it himself! He had to kill Zhang Biwu!

Wu Xun, who was a personal general of Yue Tuo, stepped forward and said, "No! Master, you must be careful! Zhang Biwu is a man with extraordinary courage! Offended the Holy Charge and broke through the blockade of our army and the encirclement of Prince Yu with a weak army. It can be seen that this man is very capable! It is better to hand it over to the general and let the general capture him! Master, you only need to be in charge of the central army!"

Wu Xun was a Han Chinese, and Yue Tuo was the most relied on the Han Chinese in the Qing Dynasty. There were many Han generals in his army, and he could also listen to the opinions of the Han Chinese, so Wu Xun was appointed as a relative general and was highly valued.

In Manchus, he always regarded the Han people as outsiders, unlike Yue Tuo who trusted them from the bottom of his heart, so Wu Xun was full of gratitude to Yue Tuo. He did not hesitate to repay his confidant with his death, and he would rather hand over his life to Yue Tuo.

When someone once questioned Wu Xun's betrayal of the country, Wu Xun just said: "The Ming Dynasty did not love his people, why should we still be the people of the Ming Dynasty? We still have to love the Ming Dynasty? Those who love others will always love them! Since Yue Tuo knows that I believe in me and love me, then I should also repay him in this way!"

Yue Tuo couldn't listen to the advice now. He was just thinking about killing Zhang Biwu. Yes! Only by killing Zhang Biwu is what he was eager to do!

Yue Tuo made great strides and asked the deputy general Aisin Gioro Du Du to be responsible for stabilizing the entire army. Wu Xun had to stay away from him and followed closely.

Zhang Biwu and the others fought all the way, and they rushed in from Dongcheng. As soon as they approached the city gate, they smelled a stinking smell from afar. This was the stench of rotten corpses, which was very strong! It made people feel sick.

When Zhang Biwu waited for the dead to enter Jinan City, they were shocked! Because the wide streets were full of corpses! This was a corpse road paved with corpses!

Most of the corpses of civilians, including elderly people, children, women, young and middle-aged people. Some women's bodies are even naked, and they also show signs of struggle and resistance. This shows that they were insulted during their lifetime and then killed. Perhaps they were humiliated in front of everyone!

Looking at the corpses, some of them had broken limbs and hearts, while others had their bodies cut into pieces. The deceased still maintained a look of angrily yelling, and many people still showed unyielding appearance on their faces.

There was a corpse with fists tightly clenched and held high, but he was hit by several arrows and leaned back at the door and died. The corpse on the ground stared at the big lanterns, and he was holding a kitchen knife in his hand. Perhaps he wanted to fight with the Qing soldiers with a kitchen knife during his lifetime, but a big hole was opened in his left chest and an arrow was also caught on his forehead.

The entire street and the shops on the street were dyed red with blood, and the solidified blood clots were covered with large clots on the door. The street turned directly into a bloody road.

Seeing a well in the alley again is even more unbelievable!

[Note] Because the corpse filled the well, the water of the well dried up! And it seems that most of the people who died in the well were women.

Zhang Biwu and the others couldn't help but think that in order to avoid being defiled, these women chose to jump into the well and commit suicide. However, they didn't expect that there were too many people jumping into the well. They jumped one after another and actually filled a deep well with corpses!

[Note]: The above is taken from historical materials: "The Inscriptions of the Ministry of War" in the 12th year of Chongzhen: On the second day of the first lunar month of the 12th year of Chongzhen, my father stood up to resist and scolded him, and refused to return, so that the arrows and blades were added together, and the body was broken. Until the day when the captive retreated, he gritted his teeth and angrily and scolded the thief, but he still had his words, compared with the grandmother of the time, my uncle, my brothers, sisters, and slaves, all of whom died in the flames of beacon, and his hands were broken and his heart was cut off. He was full of misery. Fortunately, I was fled back, and my mother, Hu, jumped into the well, and the body was filled with water, and my two lives were saved.

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Zhang Biwu and the others heard the sound of gongs and drums, which was the cheers of the people: "Come on! Kill the enemy! Revenge!" Yes! The people were full of excitement. Originally, they did not have hope for more than 700 people like Zhang Biwu. Now seeing their 700 people in the 50,000 army, the Qing army was defeated, and the Qing army could not organize an effective resistance.

They couldn't help but be energetic, and they were full of admiration for Zhang Biwu and his more than 700 warriors. Under their leadership, the people's confidence became more strong. Their gongs and drums were more powerful and their shouts were more powerful.

This is the source of confidence and strength to Zhang Biwu and others, letting them know that although they only have more than 700 people, there are countless people who support them standing behind them! All they can do is fight bravely! Because they want to prove that China has no cowards!

"Kill!" Zhang Biwu looked at the civilian corpse that could not see at the edge. He could only scream and rushed over first.

A large group of enemy soldiers appeared at the end of the street, and the enemy soldiers rushed over quickly. Then Yue Tuo's order sounded: "The enemy troops attacking can reach up to 3,000! You cannot be confused! If you do not obey the military order, you will escape at the battle - kill!"

Zhang Biwu smiled and said, "Brothers! Listen, we scared the enemy's courage! They thought we had more than 3,000 people, but how did they think we were only 700 people! Come on! Charge with me! Let them know the power of the Ming army! The Han people must not be careless since ancient times!"
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