Chapter 111 (13) We are dead

Being disturbed by Chen Xinjia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the Ming army was completely finished. The current situation is that Jinzhou, Songshan, and Ningyuan have become three isolated strongholds. Tai Chi slaughter. The worst thing was that Hong Chengchou was frightened by Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi, and hurriedly marched. The Ming army only brought three days of rations. .So Hong Chengchou hurriedly convened a meeting of cadres above the army to study how to break the enemy's blockade, survive from death, and fight a bloody way. As a result of the research, there is only one way, wait until the next day, everyone is dispatched, desperately rushing outside, if you don't believe it, you can't rush out.

On the second day, eight general officers blew their horns and led the soldiers shouting and rushed towards the trench.The ditch was so deep that the soldiers in front jumped into it with a plop. They fell half dead on the spot, and got up weeping, but they couldn't climb up after saying nothing. The soldiers were lucky, but the cavalry were the worst. The trench was eight feet deep and more than ten feet wide, and the horses fell into it with a plop, and it was difficult to get out. It's obviously not possible to jump like this, it's too stupid, let's take the ladder, let's take the ladder.

But the Qing soldiers waited for the Ming army to take the ladder.A large group of archers lined up and practiced archery with the Ming army as a live target. Hundreds of Ming soldiers were hit by arrows in their hearts and died on the spot. There was no way, they couldn't rush out, and the commanders of the eight towns came back to look at Hong Chengchou's face and see if the leader had any good ideas. What can Hong Chengchou do? Come back tomorrow. But that night, Huang Taiji was idle and came out to watch the battle, and suddenly saw the food and grass of the Ming army piled up on the other side of Tashan Mountain. Each of them ordered an arrow, and ordered each of them to take 2,000 cavalry to steal the food and grass of the Ming army quietly.

The two quietly passed by, and suddenly shouted, and rushed into the Ming army's camp. The Ming army was sleeping soundly, and when they heard the sound of killing, they jumped up and ran around barefoot, and were easily killed by the Qing soldiers. Then Badger Shishilang and Ajige quickly moved hundreds of piles of grain and grass down the mountain, and returned to the camp by the same route. When Hong Chengchou got the report, he was so angry that he almost cried. He beheaded all the battalion officials who were about to protect the grain and grass, and then held a military meeting overnight.

This was a very strange meeting. At the meeting, Zhang Ruoqi, a full-time troublemaker sent by the Minister of War, proposed a weird motion. He suggested that he return to the division immediately and return to Ningyuan to carry grain and grass.Judging from what he said, it seemed that he had full confidence in breaking out of the siege of the Qing soldiers. But others are not as optimistic as Zhang Ruoqi. Hong Chengchou said: Tomorrow is our last day. He also said: I want to tell the soldiers that we are all doomed. If we stick to this place, we will die. If we charge out, we will die. But if we charge desperately, there may still be a glimmer of life. to our own determination.

Then Hong Chengchou shook hands with the commander-in-chief of the eight towns for the final time. After dawn, who can get out alive? Take your chances. Among them, the only one who didn't want to take chances was Wu Sangui.