"Grand Army Gate! It's not that I'm greedy for life and fear of death, it's actually the Northern Pirates who have some evil skills! The brothers were still two hundred steps away from their camp. Suddenly, the Northern Pirates did something, and the surrounding area suddenly became bright as daylight. The brothers were all panicked and confused. The general cannot see where the thief is! In the blink of an eye, we will have a lot of casualties!"
After the Qing army failed in the night attack and fled back to the city, the team leader and assistant leader who luckily escaped fell to the ground and cried loudly when they saw Duerjia.
The deputy commander and the other six assistant leaders who were present did not say anything. They all saw the bright light that suddenly lit up on the Beihai Navy position earlier. The ultra-high brightness instantly turned the blinding night into day, and the city wall was completely destroyed. All the defenders were frightened. The most terrible thing is that the dazzling light will keep flashing, and anyone who comes close will be blinded.
Well, none of the Qiqihar generals, including Duerjia, had ever seen the powerful flashlight of the Northern Navy with their own eyes. The defeat in Fuldan City took place during the day, and when Durga was captured at the Mongolian River Station, the Northern Navy had not yet used this thing.
Although the Jilin side had mentioned this in the military newspaper, saying that the Beihai pirates could do this at night and had the ability to "reverse yin and yang", the Qing army in Qiqihar had not yet "enjoyed" it.
At this time, the flickering candlelight on the handsome desk reflected on Duerjia's expressionless face, which also flickered and dimmed, making it look strangely ferocious. He sat motionless and waited until the leader finished speaking before asking, "Where are your people?"
"Go back to the army gate, we only have thirty muskets, we can't stop..."
Duerjia chuckled, like a night owl on a branch at night, stood up and walked to the leader, and said calmly: "So you escaped back?"
"Grand Army Gate, spare your life!" The leader already sensed that something was wrong. He crawled on his knees and took two steps while still trying to defend himself. Duerjia pulled out the knife from the waist of the soldier behind him and stabbed it with his hand. The sharp long knife had already penetrated his chest. When he entered, he kicked his foot and pulled out the knife. The assistant leader was already bleeding profusely and fell to the ground with a "plop".
The deputy commander and the other seven assistant commanders, the naval battalion commander, and the firearms officer in the commander's tent were all shocked and backed away. They didn't expect that Duerjia, who usually looked like a harmless old cat, would actually take action. So cruel.
"Whoever dares to desert the battlefield again will set an example!"
A soldier stepped forward and breathed, then turned to Duerjia and shook his head.
"Take him out and bury him alive."
After a while, the deputy commander of Qiqihar said in a low voice: "Junmen, why don't you summon the shamans in the city to do this, and then use the black dog's bloody feces and urine to break it?"
Duerjia smiled faintly after hearing this, feeling very disapproving in his heart. He didn't believe these nonsense. To be honest, Duerjia felt that the failure of the sneak attack was nothing. Although the opponent's "magic" made it impossible to accurately determine the number of enemy troops, more than 700 people could escape from 1,500 people. In addition, based on the situation that the North Navy did not launch a pursuit, he felt that There were only 200 people in the Beihai Navy outside the south gate.
Don't forget, this guy saw with his own eyes how thousands of Eight Banners Mongolian cavalry were wiped out in ashes on the battlefield of Fuldan City. Seven hundred people are nothing!
He stood up and walked to the large sand table in the commander's tent. He glanced at it for a long time with his hands behind his back and a gloomy face. All the officers present were silent, waiting for his order.
Duerjia knew very well that she didn't have much time left for herself. Fortunately, the soldiers and civilians in the city had never seen the Northern Navy's gunfire during the day. Otherwise, the morale of the soldiers would have been completely lost, and he would have ended up committing suicide.
Since you can’t fight at night, fight during the day, and it’s better to fight early than late.
After a while, Duerjia's slightly hoarse voice sounded in the commander's tent: "This battle is not easy to fight, and it cannot be delayed. Today is different from the past. To tell you the truth, regardless of the strength of the troops in the city In addition, there are tens of thousands of young people, but as long as the large group of people behind the Northern Pirates comes soon, it is useless to double the number of troops! He is intimidating and I can only wait for death if he stays in the city. I want a safe way to fight It’s simply impossible, we can only use our lives to fight our way out! We’ll make plans when we get to Hulan City!”
"I will obey the orders of the Grand Army Gate! Please arrange the strategy for the Grand Army Gate!"
Duerjia nodded, said "hmm" in his nose, and said to Deputy Dutong: "The method you just mentioned is not bad, I will leave this matter to you!"
"Ah?" The deputy was all stunned, and then he suddenly remembered the bad idea he had just come up with.
"But I can only give you two hours. Regardless of whether it's a dog's blood or a boy's urine, as well as the shaman, everything must be ready before dawn! I've written a warrant for you. Anyone who dares to stop him will be killed immediately!"
"嗻!"
The deputy commander was not sure about his idea, but he felt that whether it worked or not, he would at least calm down the troops and boost their morale.
After the deputy commander went out, Duerjia looked around at the seven assistant leaders and other generals present, and said in a deep voice: "You should go and inform the battalions under your command now, so that they can eat and drink as soon as possible and feed the war horses. materials, and prepare dry food for ten days. Before midnight, let them put on their armor, put on their war horses and weapons, and go to the main campus in the city to stand by! Remember! Before dawn, no one is allowed to make loud noises or walk around outside the barracks. Anyone who violates this will be immediately Kill without mercy!"
Everyone said in unison: "Hey! I obey the army's orders!"
That night, the city of Qiqihar was brightly lit, and the deputy governor ordered hundreds of his men to go door to door to collect child urine and black dogs. The city was in a state of chaos and no peace. During this period, the Beihai Navy also sent out drones for reconnaissance, but looking at the chaotic scene in the picture, they didn't feel anything was wrong.
Duerjia really guessed it right. The reason why the battalion commanders of the two battalions outside the city dared to disperse their troops and block the city gates during the day was mainly because the battle ahead was going so smoothly!
Regardless of the inns along the way, or the cities of Morgan and Butha, they all surrendered on the same day as the troops arrived. Now the entire battle has become a camping exercise in the eyes of many recruits. After waking up every day, apart from eating, they will march quickly. As long as they reach the target position, set up an attack formation, and fire two more cannons, the Qing army will surrender.
In addition, the large force arrived at Talal Station, sixty miles away, yesterday afternoon, which also gave them confidence. At most, if we hold on for a day and a night, the main force will arrive.
Due to lack of manpower, the Beihai navy outside the south gate did not bother to treat the wounded Qing soldiers left on the battlefield, and only sent a platoon of soldiers to move some of the corpses away so as not to block the firing range. The strong smell of blood on the battlefield made the recruits carrying the corpses vomit.
At the same time, the hungry wolves in the wilderness and the wild dogs outside the city were also attracted by this smell, and started howling even when they were far away. After a while, pairs of green eyes began to dance in the wilderness like will-o'-the-wisps.
At five o'clock in the morning, another battalion and the regiment finally arrived after a night of rapid march, which made the two battalions breathe a long sigh of relief.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, the sun rose and the sky was bright. When the Beihai navy in various positions outside the city were busy lighting fires and having breakfast, they found some people wearing strange clothes emerging from the city wall. In the field of view of the telescope, these people wear bronze helmets and masks of different shapes, and double-breasted robes decorated with large copper buttons and bronze mirrors. They are also decorated with many shells, streamers, leather strips, copper bells and Other accessories.
Immediately afterwards, with the joint efforts of some Qing troops, a pillar almost two meters high and as thick as a bowl was erected at the top of the city, with a bloody skin hanging on it, as well as a bow, several arrows, and spears. and other weapons.
"Shaman?!"
Almost a quarter of the Northern Navy soldiers in the two battalions outside the city are from the aborigines around Heilongjiang City, including Daurs, Ewenkis, Xibes, and Oroqen people. They are too familiar with this stuff. Got it!
You must know that around Heilongjiang City, each border people's family has its own ancestral temple and wild temple, and each generation of "mokun" - that is, every village has its own shaman. From the Lunar New Year to "February 2" every year, it is the "meeting period" of the shamans. People from outside the villages and villages have to drive their cattle and sheep, bring money and various tributes to worship and ask the gods for fortune telling. There is an endless stream of people seeing doctors.
In the early years, whenever someone in the Daur area of Heilongjiang City got sick, they would think that it was their ancestors who had sinned and blamed them, so they hired shamans to perform dance rituals to treat illnesses, and at the same time, they also killed cows to offer sacrifices to the gods. It would be even more troublesome if someone in the family died. Kill cows and horses, take the skins and hang them high on pillars for sacrifice.
In the middle period of Kangxi, under the influence of some unscrupulous shamans, this bad habit spread widely in the area under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang General, and killing cattle and horses became common for a while; often all the cattle and horses in the family were killed, and the patients also died, which led to Many people fell into extreme poverty. Sabusu, who was the general of Heilongjiang at the time, also dealt with a large number of people and finally stopped the indiscriminate killing of livestock.
After Beihai Town occupied Heilongjiang City, it did not prohibit folk sacrificial activities during festivals. It only summoned the shamans from surrounding villages to the military control committee and strictly ordered them not to extort people's money or take too much. Anyone who violated the rules would be sent to the railway station. Go to the construction site to build roads.
In addition, during the process of land reform and land distribution, there was a very important principle that family members should not seek help from the shaman when they were sick. They had to go to a clinic for treatment first. Otherwise, once discovered, the first time would be criticism and education, and the second time the whole village would be summoned. Hold a collective criticism meeting.
A ban alone was not enough. Various methods were used, such as loudspeaker broadcasts and opening schools to educate children and recruits. However, the most effective method was Hong Tao's policy of sending medical teams to the countryside, which achieved unexpected results.
Generally speaking, people who can be shamans are almost all weak and sickly people. These people must be enlightened by the previous generation of shamans, and only with the consent of themselves and their families can they "become full". However, with the spread of medical teams going to the countryside, many diseases considered incurable by border residents have been treated. The shamans were frustrated to find that the magic they had danced for three days was often not as effective as someone else's medicine.
With these methods, the Daur and other ethnic soldiers in the army no longer have awe of the Shaman Tiao God, so they all looked down upon the Qiqihar Qing army's actions.
At this time, it was like thunder rolling over the city wall. More than a dozen large drums were beaten one after another. A dozen shamans summoned by the Qing army began to shake the sacred bells with their hands, shaking their whole bodies, and sang "Yegeye". At the same time, more than two thousand men, women, and children gathered behind these shamans. They either beat the drums in their hands or howled along with the shamans' singing.
All of a sudden, there were noisy sounds on the walls of Qiqihar. People who didn't know it thought it was a temple fair.
"What the hell is the Qing army doing?!"
The group leader who was having breakfast muttered something, and then sent a drone, intending to go over and take a look. Unexpectedly, Duerjia had already prepared. Early in the morning, he sent a dozen or so good-looking Qing troops to lookout on the oar tower. Although he didn't understand the purpose of the black and white "strange birds" released by the Beihai Navy, based on years of experience in fighting with the opponent, he judged that those things were most likely "evil things" such as clairvoyance and ears. .
"The strange bird of the Northern Pirates is flying over again! Shoot the arrow quickly!"
After hearing the news, a Sauron soldier immediately raised his bow and nocked an arrow. With a sound of "咻~~~", the sounding arrow with a bone whistle whizzed away in the direction of the school grounds in the city.
"Display the flag! Sound the conch! Everyone mount their horses! Let the infantry set off towards Nanxunmen!"
Following Duerjia's order, the captain of the soldiers on the general stage immediately waved a gold-stained flag in his hand; then, the whimpering and desolate conch horn sounded, and more than two thousand cavalrymen who had been waiting for a long time on the school grounds started to rush. Astride the war horse. On the streets surrounding the school grounds, Qing infantry armed with weapons also began to march toward the south gate.
At this moment, for the three thousand Northern Navy soldiers outside the city, what filled their ears was almost all the loud chanting of shamans and the rumbling of drums. However, in the foxhole at the forefront, a Daur soldier who had been a Qing soldier still heard an unusual sound from the noise.
"Company Commander, something is wrong in the city! Listen, someone is blowing the conch horn!"
The company commander listened for a while, and his face gradually became solemn. The Qing army's blowing of the conch horn was usually a prelude to an attack. He immediately said to the signal soldiers around him: "Report to the battalion headquarters immediately, and everyone is ready for battle!"
A shrill whistle immediately sounded on the battlefield, and all the soldiers dropped what they were holding, grabbed their guns and jumped into the foxholes. At the same time, the drone footage transmitted back from the regiment headquarters shocked the regiment commander and several staff officers in the tent.
The regiment commander suddenly shouted: "Ask the third battalion to immediately send two companies to the south position, and ask the guard platoon to go to the third battalion's position! Move quickly! The first battalion is ready to support the third battalion at any time! Order the mortar company Be on standby immediately and aim at the south gate! Follow my orders!"
The Nanxun Gate of Qiqihar City was slowly opened, and more than 4,000 Qing troops armed with bows, arrows, spears, or steel knives and shields poured out like a tide.
"Tum!"
As a loud noise sounded from the city tower, thick white smoke came out of the cannon after firing, and a shout suddenly broke out in front of the Qing army leaving the city: "Kill!"
Boom~~~The dark Qing army pressed forward like a tide. At this time, on the city wall, the chants of the shamans became louder and louder, and the sacred drums in their hands were beaten faster and faster.
(End of chapter)
