1399 Hostage Exchange
If the Qing army had not relied on the large number of people to rob a lot of food, they would have gone hungry that night! After counting, Qing army officers found that they only had enough food for two days! This was because they had just received a batch of food two days ago, otherwise they would not be able to supply it for three consecutive days!
By the afternoon, the artillery bombardment of Shandong soldiers finally stopped! As soon as the Qing army officers breathed a sigh of relief, another bad news came!
The sentry reported to him that a large number of ordinary people gathered in front of the army. It seemed that there were as many as two or three thousand people. Judging from the dress and speaking, they were all full of people!
When the Qing army officer heard this news, his head immediately buzzed! The first thing he thought of was to drive the people to attack the city!
The Qing army did a lot of things in this! When they drove the people of the Ming Dynasty to attack their own cities, they were happy! Especially when they saw the Ming army had to shoot arrows to kill the people who rushed up, they would even laugh happily!
But today, the people who were driven away to the city walls were their own people, and he realized that this feeling was not good! Especially he also knew that Jiajun, who had many soldiers, lived around, and maybe among the crowd below!
If he ordered an arrow at his compatriots, would the people below take action? He didn't even know whether he would kill him! So the Qing army officers were confused for a moment!
At this time, the Qing army officer hurriedly ran to the city wall and looked out. Sure enough, more than 2,000 people were staring at the dragon outside the range of the bow and arrow! These people were men, women, young and old, and even women holding children! Seeing that they were dressed up all over! This made him feel cold!
Just when the Qing army officer was at a loss, a cavalry ran out of the Shandong soldiers opposite him. He ran to the city and shouted loudly to the top of the city: "If you speak inside, you can agree! My general has something to do!"
The Qing army officer hesitated for a moment and shouted loudly: "I am Ezhen Taqimu, Gushan, the Qing Dynasty! You have anything to say!"
The cavalry under the city said, "My commander said, let me tell you two things! The first thing is that you can still survive if you surrender now! Is it asking if you surrender or not?"
Taqimu said loudly without hesitation: "
Our Qing Dynasty is all warriors, how could we surrender to you Ming people? I would like to advise you to withdraw your troops as soon as possible! Otherwise, when my prince leads his troops, you will die without a place to bury!"
The cavalry under the city sneered and said, "Okay, don't surrender, right? Let's talk about the second thing now. Now we have captured more than 2,000 Manchus here. We originally wanted to drive them to attack the city, but my general has a good life and is willing to return these people to you! But you have to exchange all the Han people in the city!"
Taqimu was overjoyed when he heard this! Even the Qing soldiers beside him breathed a sigh of relief! Taqimu felt that the Ming army officer opposite was a pedantic and was unwilling to do something like driving the people to attack the city! With such a person commanding, he might be able to stick to the prince until the arrival of the prince! Anyway, the news has been sent, and it won't take long! As long as you persist, just hold on!
At that moment, Taqimu shouted: "Okay, let's agree. But how can I change this person?"
The cavalry said, "If you send all the Han people out, we will hand over the city."
Taqimu thought about it and said, "Our sides can send up to 200 people, so there can be no more. Otherwise, I'm afraid you will attack in the chaos!"
The cavalry laughed and said, "Where can a small city stop our thousands of troops! Just do what you said!"
Then the two sides discussed the details and made arrangements. After a while, the Qing army indeed sent out more than a thousand Han people in the city.
This is not something that Liu Pei can do, knowing that there are Han slaves in the city. You should know that the Qing army entered the pass several times, and they occupied a large amount of land outside the pass, so the Han people under their actual control were far more than the Manchus!
Although this Daling River Fort is a military city, there must be Han slaves inside! In order to prevent them from dying from the war, it is better to use the Manchu people to exchange them out.
Both sides held people to stand still, and a person came out of the Qing army and shouted: "We must first see if the person on the other side is ours?"
The person on the opposite side waved casually and signaled him to come up and test it. The Qing soldier was brave and walked towards him with forty people.
As soon as he approached the crowd, the people called for them to rush to call them
He cried and wanted the Qing army to rescue them! Then they were beaten by the guards and then they became quiet.
The Qing army officers quickly verified that there was no detailed work of the Ming army in the team. Even if there were, they would just go to the city to check slowly! Anyway, these people are from the villagers, and they all know each other, and those who get into the new will definitely know!
As for Shandong, the inspection is even simpler! When you see these Han people all have pale faces and thin skin and ragged clothes, you will know that they must have suffered all the tortures on weekdays!
Anyone who eats better or does less work on weekdays will not look like the withered look in front of him! So both sides exchanged their hostages very happily!
These Han people returned to the camp and were frightened at the beginning. When they heard that they were taken back by the Ming Dynasty and did not have to be slaves in the future, they burst into tears! They kept telling the soldiers around them about their miserable experiences and their relatives! They heard that these soldiers were all indignant and were ready to fight against the Qing army!
Liu Pei did not go over to comfort these people who were slaves. Because his identity at this time no longer allowed him to do so. But he still pointed at these and said, "Did you see it? How miserable their lives! Their property was taken away, their family was humiliated, killed, and they were beaten to slaves! Although there were government reasons, their own non-resistance was also one of the reasons! The ancestors told us thousands of years ago that if they were not my race, their hearts would be different! But they put their comfort in the hands of aliens, so they were all blamed for their own consequences! You must know that their own life will be decided by themselves!"
The many officers around Liu Pei were still very sympathetic to these people. When they heard Liu Pei's words, they began to think deeply. At this time, they couldn't help but think of the debate between China and the barbarians that Liu Pei had always emphasized, and each of them had some understanding.
Chapter completed!