Chapter 909 Some of the Tartars surrendered voluntarily!

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"grown ups!"

"grown ups!"

Seeing Zhang Zhun arrive, Zhou Yanyu and Li Yang both came up and stood attentively saluted.

Although it was still early spring, both of them were already wearing summer clothes. It can be seen that they had worked hard along the way. When they appeared in front of Zhang Zhun, their military uniforms were soaked in sweat and tightly pressed against their bodies.

"How are the casualties in the troops?"

After Zhang Zhun raised his hand to return the greeting, he asked with concern.

"The casualties are not big, I'm just a little tired, I've been struggling with the Tartars all the way, which is a big deal! The Tartars are also very cunning, and they come every night to harass them, causing the whistle to keep firing guns. Some soldiers are not used to it and can't sleep when they hear the gunshots. As a result, they don't have to sleep all night."

Zhou Yanyu replied cautiously.

"Some new soldiers are more nervous. They can't sleep at night, and are not energetic during the day and are always dozing off. When they set out from Jinzhouwei, this situation is very common. Now that time has been long, everyone has gradually adapted and the situation has improved a lot."

Li Yang said bluntly.

"The closer we get to Liaoyang and Chenyang, the more powerful the Tartars' struggle will be. If we want to copy the Tartars' nests, the Tartars will inevitably try their best to attack and counterattack madly. The smaller the area controlled by the Tartars, the more concentrated the troops will be. You must be mentally prepared for this."

"We must repeatedly remind the soldiers below that the closer they are to Liaoyang and Chenyang, the more they cannot relax. This is the land of the Tartars. The Tartars have many innate advantages. If they are not careful, we will be deceived and suffer losses. We are suffering for the time being, with the purpose of this being to annihilate the Tartars in full and we will not have to endure hardships in the future."

Zhang Zhunyu said earnestly.

“We will pay attention.”

Zhou Yanyu and Li Yang both stood attentively and answered.

Zhang Zhun nodded and walked into the deep well with the two, carefully checking the traces of the battle.

When they entered the city, the prisoners were taken out. Most of these prisoners were rebels of the Ming army, namely the Han army flags called by the Tatars, and a small number were Korean servants. They looked arrogant in the past, but today they looked completely distraught dogs. They all had their heads hanging down and had no energy at all.

Perhaps because of Zhang Jun's personal influence, the Hu Ben Army hated the traitors and the two Korean Tatars. Of course, they would not receive any good treatment after catching these guys. The military orders and regulations of the Hu Ben Army clearly stipulate that no prisoners cannot be beaten or scolded. However, for the Tartars, traitors, and the two Korean Tatars, that is another matter.

Some Hu Ben Army soldiers were escorting the prisoners out, and some were walking slowly. Hu Ben Army soldiers went up with a gun and gave them mercilessly. Sometimes they directly smashed the other party to the ground. The prisoners were already numb. After being knocked down, they hurriedly staggered and continued to run with the captive army.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Zhun couldn't help but shake his head. These guys who are not bloody deserve to be taught a lesson. As long as they still have a little bloody nature and a little backbone, they will not fall to the point where they are today. It seems that even if they are alive, what's the point? They have been like this in numbness all their lives?

It can be imagined that most of the rebels had lived like years in the past. Since the Tartars failed in the battle in Northern Zhili, their situation can be said to be declining. Obviously, there is definitely no way out to follow the Tartars. However, it is impossible to turn back. The Ming Dynasty hated traitors very much, and it was definitely not just Zhang Zhun and the Hu Ben Army.

Kong Youde was naive at the beginning and thought that with his own tongue, he could get a way out in the court. As a result, Chongzhen did not give him any chance at all, so he ordered him to be smashed into pieces. It can be seen that Zhang Zhun and Chongzhen were definitely in common - they were absolutely not ruthless to traitors.

Especially in this winter, in the cold cold, the rebels who were short of food and clothing finally completely gave up their fantasies about the Tartars. If conditions permit, the Tartars might take care of the Han army flag. However, when the supplies are insufficient, the Tartars would never pay attention to the life and death of the Han people. They could not even care about their own people, so how could they still have the heart to care about these traitors?

As for the Korean Servant Army, there is no need to mention. In the controlled area of ​​the Great Jin Dynasty, the Korean Servant Army has the lowest status, and is even worse than that of the Han slaves. The dirtiest and tiring work is done by the Koreans. When siege, the Koreans are also responsible for transporting siege weapons. No one cares about the existence of the Koreans, just like the Koreans themselves, and they never expect to be qualified to exist.

Regarding the captured rebels and Korean prisoners, Zhang Zhun's plan was to let them mine on site in southern Liaoning. The gold, iron, coal and timber resources in Liaodong were very rich. It takes a lot of manpower to mine these resources. Letting the prisoners do such things is considered labor education.

The most needed resource for the Hu Ben Army at present is wood. As the Hu Ben Army gradually emerged in the direction of Liaoyang, more and more forests entered the control of the Hu Ben Army. In order to cut down wood, the Hu Ben Army needed a large number of loggers. Zhang Zhun's preliminary plan was to send all Han army flag prisoners and Korean prisoners to Changbai Mountain to log wood.

After entering the city, there was a bleakness inside. Shenjingdun was just a military fortress and there were no civilians. After the fierce battle, the streets were in chaos. There were a large number of enemies corpses lying on the ground, including Tartars, Han military flags, and Korean Tartars. Some of the Tiger Army soldiers were cleaning the battlefield.

Li Yang's artillery battalion performed well when siegeing the city. The shells they shot almost smashed all the buildings visible in the deep well pier. There were broken ruins everywhere, and gravel bricks were everywhere. In the large pile of debris, solid bullets shot from the thunder cannons could also be found.

Some soldiers from the artillery battalions were carrying large baskets to recycle solid bullets that could continue to be used. The solid bullets used by the artillery of the Hu Ben Army had to be transported from the distant Shandong. If the front line could be recycled and used, the logistics would reduce a lot of burden.

"Don't move!"

"stop!"

Suddenly, some *** screamed.

The guards around Zhang Zhun hurriedly raised their vigilance and stared at the surroundings with all their concentration. Their guns were aimed at any direction that might be dangerous. Lu Yidian hurriedly ran to the front to check what was going on.

Zhou Yanyu and Li Yang were also a little confused. They looked ahead, looked around, looked at me, and looked at you, and were a little surprised. Hearing the screaming in front, he probably discovered the enemy. But why are there any enemies in the deep well pier?

"Bang!"

A moment later, a gunshot came from the front.

Immediately afterwards, there were another sound of a fight, as if several people were pulling each other, and their movements were quite intense. Maybe it was because they bumped into something next to them during the pulling and fighting, and it turned out to make a buzzing sound.

Zhou Yanyu and Li Yang could no longer calm down, so they hurriedly walked up to the front and checked in person. Both of them were a little nervous, afraid that more enemies would lurk. The battlefield had been checked, and there were no living people? Why were there anyone fighting? Could it be that they were ambushing and preparing to deal with Zhang Zhun's assassin?

Zhang Zhun was not surprised at all. It seemed that he had not searched for the enemy when cleaning the battlefield. As a result, he found it at this time, so the two sides started to fight. This kind of thing is very common on the battlefield, and there is nothing strange at all. If you insist on saying that there is something strange, that is, why there is a sound of wrestling. Why don’t the soldiers in front of you shoot and solve the battle? What should you be polite to treat the Tartars?

After a while, Lu Yidian hurriedly came back and reported to Zhang Zhun: "Sir, I caught a living Tartar in front."

Zhang Zhun moved his mind slightly and said briskly: "Go and go and have a look."

When the two came to the front, they saw at a glance that in the ruins in front, a group of Tiger Army soldiers were firmly holding down a Tartar. There was no scar on the Tartar's body, but there was a lot of dust, probably brought out from the hiding place. Beside him, there was another Tartar who had been stabbed to death by the soldiers with bayonets, and blood flowed all over the floor.

Seeing Zhang Zhun arrive, the onlookers of the Tiger Army all dispersed voluntarily. Only two big and tall soldiers held down the living Tartars. Zhou Yanyu and Li Yang stood in the middle of the field and sent people to continue searching for the remaining enemies.

Zhang Zhun asked in a deep voice: "How did you catch it?"

A team stood at attention and replied: "He raised his hand to surrender."

Zhang Zhun said a little surprised: "He saw him surrender with his own eyes?"

The team was answering affirmatively: "Yes! If he hadn't raised his hands, he would have been beaten to death by us long ago. How could he have lived until now!"

He explained in detail that the two Tartars took the initiative to surrender. They didn't know where they were hiding, and after they came out, they did not carry weapons. According to the discipline of the Hu Ben Army, enemies who took the initiative to surrender, including the Tartars, were not allowed to kill them at will. However, several soldiers could not bear it and rushed forward and stabbed one Tartar to death. The officer next to them hurriedly stopped the warriors, and saved the life of the Tartars.

Well, to be precise, it was not to save the life of this Tartar, but to not kill him on the battlefield for the time being. As for where he will be sent to or who will die in the hands of someone, there are arrangements. As for the Tartars, as long as it falls into the hands of the Hu Ben Army, you will not have a good life. The sound of the wrestling that Zhang Zhun heard was actually the sound of the internal pulling of the Hu Ben Army. The warriors who were eager to take revenge had a relatively large movement, and the officers used a lot of effort to pull them away.

"I see."

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully.

A considerable number of the soldiers of the Wei camp were young people from Northern Zhili, and there was no need to say much about their hatred for the Tartars. If these two Tartars had not raised their hands beforehand and had no weapons on them, they would have been beaten into a hornet's nest. The Tartar who was stabbed to death could only be said to be deserved. Zhang Zhun would not care about his death at all.

However, there were actually two Tartars who took the initiative to surrender, which aroused Zhang Zhun's strong interest. In his impression, the Tartars at this time were all fearless and fearless. It was basically impossible to surrender actively. The only way to capture them alive is to lose their ability to resist after they were seriously injured and lost their ability to resist. The Tartars captured by the Tiger Army were all obtained through this method.

"Does anyone understand how the Tartars speak?"

Zhang Zhun thought about it and subconsciously turned his head and shouted.

He wanted to communicate with the Tartars and understand some of the Tartars' ideas. However, it was obvious that the Tartar in front of him did not understand Chinese at all. The Hu Ben Army talked a lot next to him, but he did not react at all.

The soldiers of the Hu Ben Army around them, look at me, and look at you, and they all subconsciously shook their heads. There are not many people who know the language of the Tartars. The language of the Tartars is actually a variant of Mongolian. Unfortunately, there are no ones who know the Mongolian language among the soldiers of the Weizi Camp and the Artillery Battalion.

Finally, Li Yang was smart and found three of the prisoners of the rebels to communicate with the Tartars. These rebels were stationed in Liaodong for a long time and knew more or less about the Tartars' language. There was no problem with simple communication.

According to the results of the translators' exchanges with the Tartars, the name of this Tartar is Puda, a very ordinary name. Puda's home is in Baitashu near Shenyang, and there are several people in the house. However, all the men have died in battle. As for where they died, he is vague. Judging from the expression on his face, it should be the leader of the Great Jin Kingdom, so he didn't tell him at all, so he really doesn't know.

Before last winter came, Puda was recruited into the army. When asked about Puda's age, he said he was thirteen years old, and then fourteen years old, and finally said he was only twelve years old. As a result, the translator couldn't understand what age he was. The Tartars were tall and strong, and their development time was earlier than the Han people. Puda was probably not more than fourteen years old.

The Tartar who was stabbed to death by the Hu Ben Army soldiers was Puda's fellow villager and his family was also in Baitapu. Puda was very clear about the age of the Tartar, saying that he was only twelve years old. The soldiers opened all the fur on the Tartar and carefully checked it and found that it was indeed a twelve-year-old child. However, he was wearing the Tartar fur and a hat on his head. The angry Tiger Army soldiers could not tell his age at all.

Obviously, Huang Taiji was really at the end of his life. He was recruited by the Manchu men to the battlefield, even if the other party was a child. Such an approach would obviously be punished by heaven. However, it doesn't matter to Huang Taiji. The Great Jin Kingdom no longer exists. Does he still care about his own people?

"Sir, how do you deal with him?"

Zhou Yanyu asked Zhang Zhun for instructions.

When he spoke, the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army around him were eyeing him. As long as Zhang Zhun turned his eyes, they would tear the Tartar apart. Many of them had originally set foot on the land of Liaodong with the idea of ​​revenge. No matter what kind of Tartar it was, they would not let it go.

"Be imprisoned first."

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

This is the first Tartar captured by the Hu Ben Army, which is very valuable. Even if it is to be killed, it must be kept for later. Although it seems that he is still a child, at most less than fourteen years old. However, he is indeed a Tartar! This is the first time that the Tartars surrendered without being injured. This shows that the morale of the Tartars has begun to collapse.

After the defeat of Northern Zhili, the morale of the Tartars was not yet at the point of collapse, although quite low. They still had fantasies that they could rely on the familiar terrain of Liaodong to counterattack the attack of the Tiger Army. However, after this cold winter, the morale of the Tartars further declined and eventually collapsed.

In summer, there is a fierce attack from the Tiger Army. In winter, there is a punishment from God. If you think about it, the Tartars will collapse. The top leaders of the Great Jin Kingdom may be able to support it, but the ordinary Tartars below can no longer support it. It seems that all the men in Puda's family were dead and they have no ability to continue fighting.

Such a situation is of course a good thing for the Hu Ben Army. The more the morale of the Tartars collapses, the smoother the attack of the Hu Ben Army will be. The Hu Ben Army is now less than a thousand miles away from Liaoyang. The possibility of realization of the plan to recover Shenyang next year is getting greater and greater.

Zhou Yanyu waved his hand and asked a team to take Puda down. It can be imagined that Puda's life should be fine, but it is certain that he suffered some flesh and blood. If he hadn't seemed to be a child, most of the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army would have compassion, otherwise he would have been dismantled.

...

After resting in Shenjingdun for two days, the troops continued to attack and advance in the direction of Yulinpu. On the way of march, they were also attacked by the Tartar cavalry. Whether it was day or night, sporadic Tartar cavalry appeared. The sentries of the Tiger Army would fire guns from time to time, causing gunfire to keep sounding all day long.

Fortunately, most of the soldiers of the Tiger Army were used to this kind of fighting style. No matter how the Tatar cavalry attacked, except for the troops on duty, everyone else was sleeping. The Tatar cavalry was only a harassing nature, and it was impossible to really rush up, unless they wanted to die on their own.

Three days later, the Hu Ben Army troops arrived at Yulinpu and then launched an attack on Yulinpu. The defenders of Yulinpu naturally fought back resolutely, and the battle started soon. The entire Yulinpu front line was filled with smoke and guns and guns.

The current strategy of the Tartars is that every stronghold should consume the troops of the Hu Ben Army as much as possible and block the attacks of the Hu Ben Army as much as possible. However, they could not get any reinforcements. Therefore, the only thing they could do was to die in the entire stronghold. Of course, they had another choice, that is, surrender to the Hu Ben Army.

Yue Tuo, who was stationed in the Gaizhou Guard, did not have much force. After so many fortresses were distributed, his mobile force was basically gone. Even though he knew that the strongholds around the Gaizhou Guard were losing one by one, he was still unable to make up for the situation.

The battle against Yulinpu was still in a step-by-step and orderly manner. The cooperation between the Weizi Battalion and the Artillery Battalion was already quite skilled, almost reaching a seamless connection. Zhang Zhun was just watching the battle from behind and did not command it himself. There was no need. Zhou Yanyu and Li Yang could handle all of this scale of battle.

According to the information, the defenders of Yulinpu also had more than 100 Tartars, two thousand Han flags, and one thousand Korean minions. The only difference was that there were more Tartars who were not warriors here. Simply put, they were the Tartars' families. For some reason, some of the Tartars' families were still staying in Yulinpu and had not yet retreated to Chenyang.

For these Tartars, of course, the strategy of the Tiger Army is to kill without mercy. Unless the other party put down their weapons, raised their hands, and actively surrendered. Obviously, the Tartars in Yulinpu did not do this. So, the only thing waiting for them was death.

"Boom!"

After a loud bang, the fort gate of Yulinpu was also exploded.

"Run!"

"Kill!"
To be continued...