Nothing to think about.
If Wang Wu, who was walking in front of the crowd, had an idea in mind, it would be one word - Go!
There was no way out for him.
If you go in, you still have a one-in-a-thousand chance.
If you retreat, even if you can save one life, you will lose the power to stir up the storm, and you will be like a walking zombie for the rest of your life.
Instead of being a bystander when San Francisco rises up its troops, it is better to fight to the death and turn him upside down!
The surrender of Dang Shousu and Ta Tianbao to the Qing Dynasty did indeed have catastrophic consequences for the current anti-Qing situation that was about to collapse, because compared with Wang Guangxing, Fuping Bohe Daoning and others who were not from the Shun Army, they were both in Laoshun. The status in the military and the titles awarded by the Ming Dynasty were comparable to those of Liu Tichun and Li Laiheng.
To put it more vividly, Dang and Ta were the two theater commanders of the war of resistance in later generations.
Such an important figure also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. One can imagine the bad impact it had on the Ming army that was still resisting!
But, so what?
There are no big people, there are little people!
Looking at the hundreds of warriors who were silently following behind him and who were determined to die and not have their names passed down to future generations after their death, although Wang Wu's chest felt very heavy, the blood and fighting spirit in his chest had not weakened at all.
With the successful example of capturing four Qing troops alive, Wang Wu still arranged for Xu Lin to lead people to open the way ahead.
They were instructed to make a sneak attack if they encountered a Qing army that was smaller than them, and to wait for a large group of troops to come over and deal with it if they encountered a Qing army that was larger than them, and never act recklessly.
After the team arrived at Daping, Wang Wu originally planned to rest here for half an hour. However, seeing that all the houses built by the Ming army here were set on fire by the Qing army, he ordered to continue moving eastward.
Cao Diwei, who was leading people to search for useful supplies in the ruins, asked Wang Wu to come over.
"What did you find?"
Wang Wu came to the two burned-out houses with only tiles left where Cao Diwei and others were, thinking that Cao Diwei had found something good, so he invited himself over.
Cao Diwei did not answer, but pointed to the ruins and whispered: "Sir, you can see for yourself."
"What?"
Wang Wu looked curiously at the ruins. At this sight, he was suddenly stunned.
Within sight were dozens of corpses that had been burned to charcoal.
There were male corpses, female corpses, and the corpses of young children.
Gou Sheng walked in and looked for a while, then came out and said in a low voice: "There are no signs of injury on the body."
Hearing this, Wang Wu frowned slightly.
There were no signs of injuries, indicating that these people were locked in a house and burned alive.
Several corpses near the window that seemed to be struggling out verified this conjecture.
"Damn it, Qing Gou was too shady. He just killed our people. What's wrong with women and children!"
Cao Diwei gritted his teeth, and Gou Sheng also looked angry.
"Walk!"
Wang Wu didn't say any harsh words, nor did he ask anyone to restrain the corpses. He just turned around silently and continued heading east.
As the team advanced, more and more massacre scenes appeared in front of the Ming army.
There are even "zombies" that have been killed and frozen hard on both sides of the road.
Except for a small number of Ming troops, most of them were nearby people.
The two larger stockades they passed along the way were full of dead people. After killing the people, the Qing army didn't even bother to set fire to them, and allowed the corpses to freeze into ice corpses at low temperatures.
These horrific scenes made everyone in the Ming army indignant. Everyone was filled with anger, and the entire team became increasingly silent.
Wang Wu remained expressionless.
When he arrived at the next massacre site, his cheeks began to twitch unconsciously.
Within sight was a village that was still smoking.
At the gate of the village, hundreds of female corpses were hung by Qing troops from nearby trees with ropes.
The bodies were not covered with clothing.
Strips of frozen blood stretched from the body's lower body to its ankles.
The female corpses had wooden tags tied with ropes around their necks.
Some of them say "bandit woman", some say "thief girl", and some say "those who collaborate with thieves will die".
Hundreds of female corpses were just swaying in the trees with the cold wind.
Underneath the long hair are frighteningly white faces.
Buried in the ruins not far away are their fathers, husbands, children...
It was obvious that the Qing army that invaded Laomukong was massacring the families of the Ming army and innocent local people in an organized and planned manner.
Curses sounded behind Wang Wu, and the Ming army soldiers who had endured the whole journey could no longer suppress their inner anger.
Some clenched their fists and stared angrily, some couldn't help shouting to the sky, some couldn't stop tears from falling, some had their lips bitten...
Tian Wen silently walked to Wang Wu: "Captain, should you put them down?"
"Can they survive if you put them down?"
Wang Wu closed his eyes to calm his heart. After taking a dozen breaths, he suddenly opened his eyes and raised his hands to everyone: "Blood debt must be paid with blood, follow me!"
When everyone heard this, they all turned around and followed him.
A gust of wind blew by, and the female corpse hanging on the tree turned towards the team that was rushing towards the east.
More than an hour later, the Ming army, led by Wang Wu, arrived at a fork.
Both forks lead to Laomukong, only one is closer and the other is farther.
Naturally, Wang Wu chose the nearest fork, but just as he was about to lead someone there, a woman's scream came from the distance.
The sound came from the southeast, about where the land was.
"General, I'll take someone to take a look!"
Without waiting for Wang Wu to express his opinion, Xu Lin and other "soldiers" who were leading the way ran towards the place where the sound came from.
"team leader?"
Tian Wen and Zhao Jinzhong both looked at Wang Wu.
Wang Wu nodded, and the two men immediately followed with their troops.
Wang Wu also ran over with his troops. Before he reached the place, he saw Xu Lin and others in front of him looking at the top of a cliff not far away. He couldn't help but look up.
On the top of the cliff, there was a group of people.
It's a woman!
That's where the scream that I heard just now came from.
"Fifth brother, he is one of ours!"
Gou Sheng said nervously.
Wang Wu nodded and was about to look elsewhere on the cliff when he saw a woman holding a child in her hands suddenly jump off the cliff.
The mother and son, who had lost gravity, fell straight down the cliff in front of the Ming army's sight. They rolled down the slope several times before lying there motionless.
The cliff is more than ten feet high, and there is no hope of survival!
Before the soldiers of the Ming army could utter a cry of surprise, another woman jumped up and plummeted down the cliff.
One, two...
One after another, women jumped alone, held their children in their arms, or just jumped with their children in tow.
"Don't jump, don't jump, we are here to save you!"
Gou Sheng cried until he became a tearful person.
All the soldiers of the Ming Army stared at the desperate and heroic scene on the cliff with red eyes.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of women and children on the top of the cliff flew down from the sight of the Ming army.
The top of the cliff is empty.
A flag appeared there.
Manchuria is decorated with red flags.
After discovering that all the Han women on the top of the cliff had actually jumped off, Manzhouzuo Lingyatu couldn't help but feel angry and anxious. When he caught a glimpse of a group of Han women running down the slope about half a mile away from them, he hurriedly screamed. After a shout, dozens of Manchurian armored men swarmed away, making terrifying noises as they chased, as excited as hunting wild beasts.
Yatu took the lead and went around to another place to lead people to capture the group of Han women. As soon as he went downhill, he found a group of battalion soldiers with green flags running in the distance, blocking the escape of the group of Han women.
"Sir, let us help you catch these thieves!"
Xu Lin smiled strangely and led his men forward to block the group of women who were escaping, while making strange gestures to the Manchurians who were chasing them not far away.
Bend the thumb and index finger of your left hand into a circle, and keep inserting the index finger of your right hand into the circle.
This action caused Yatu and a group of Manchu soldiers who were running over to burst into obscene laughter.
"Still trying to run!"
Xu Lin laughed wildly and led his men to stop the group of women who had finally escaped here. His soldiers stepped forward to hug the women amidst their screams, and allowed the women to beat, bite, and pinch them as they pleased. Neither let go.
When Yatu came over with the Manchu soldiers, Xu Lin's people had already controlled all the Han women, about sixty or seventy of them.
"You're fine!"
Yatu, who could speak Chinese, gave Xu Lin a thumbs up as a sign of appreciation.
"My dear, sir!"
Xu Lin hurriedly stepped forward and waved his sleeves to give Yatu a thousand dollars. This was the etiquette of the bannermen he had learned in Green Camp, and he didn't know if it was right or not.
Then he pointed to Wang Wu who was bringing people over and told Yatu that this was their Mr. Qian, who had come to reinforce Lao Mukong on the orders of deputy general Niu Wancheng.
"Send your boss Qian to come over."
Yatu didn't doubt it at all. At this moment, his mind was not on Mr. Qian of the Green Camp. Instead, he was staring at the group of men and women controlled by the camp soldiers, obviously wanting to see who was pretty.
"This is a humble job, sir!"
After Wang Wu came over, he bowed to the Manzhouzuo in front of him without moving his body, but did not kneel.
This made Yatu a little unhappy: "Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
Not to mention Xiao Xiaoqian, even the deputy general of Green Camp has no place to stand in front of him, the Manchurian leader!
Hearing this, Wang Wu actually knelt down, and then Yatu said strangely: "Why don't you have pigtails?"
Before he finished speaking, a dagger penetrated directly from his chin to his skull.
"Why do I have braids?"
Wang Wu used both hands to gouge out with force, and actually cut off half of the Manzhouzuo leader's face!
