Chapter 67: Execution of the traitor

After posting notices and offering large-scale rewards, in one night, the people reported and identified more than 200 Ertars.

Such a fast efficiency made Zhu Cihong feel a little incredible, and it also reflected how much the people hated Ertar during this time.

For these more than 200 people, Zhu Cihong ordered careful screening, and he couldn't wronged a good person, let alone let go of a traitor!

After rounds of interrogation and careful investigation by Yang Qili and others who did not accept it overnight, more than 100 people were finally released. These people were mainly craftsmen and women, and they were forced to repair weapons and wash clothes for the Qing army, which can still be forgiven.

One hundred and four Ertars were finally identified in Liangxiang City, and these people all took the initiative to take refuge in Jiannu, willing to be Jiannu's lackeys, tigers, and help Jiannu oppress their own people.

The people hated these people and begged the crown prince to punish them harshly and show no mercy.

Seeing the turbulent public sentiment, Zhu Cihong immediately ordered to convene the people of the whole city to hold a trial meeting at the entrance of the Caishikou in Liangxiang Xishi.

Why did the execution choose to be carried out at Caishikou? In fact, this is an old tradition, and there is a saying in the "Book of Rites" that "the punishment is in the city and the public abandons it".

In ancient times, the western market of the city was generally a place for civilians to do business, and there was a large flow of people, and killing people here could play a good deterrent effect.

Don't think that the place where you have killed people is not easy to do business, on the contrary, after watching the execution, the people will immediately cover the blood stains with loess, and then continue to buy and sell vegetables here.

After killing people every time, the business of the vegetable market is better than usual, and Zhu Cihong also drives the economic development of Liangxiang in disguise.

In the afternoon of the same day, a group of soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion escorted 104 2 Tartars and 132 surrendered officers and soldiers to the Liangxiang Caishikou Execution Ground.

More than 200 prisoners were chained to large chains, their heads were scattered, and their heads were lowered like walking corpses, so that it was difficult to see what expressions on their faces were, and probably more fear.......

"The second Tartar must not die well!"

"Sell the country for glory, and never be reincarnated as a man!"

The crowds of onlookers on both sides of the road were cursing incessantly, and at the same time, some people smashed rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs and other filthy things at these people, and even some extremists, carrying a load of dung and throwing it on them.......

The team slowly walked towards the entrance of the vegetable market, and the eyes of all the onlookers were full of disdain, and the two Tartars were shameful and scolded by tens of thousands of people.

There is a huge temporary trial platform at the entrance of the market, and a spacious place under the high platform is the execution ground, which is surrounded by soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion like iron buckets, blocking the tide of people from the outside.

On the high platform, there are three huge crank nine dragon umbrellas, under the middle umbrella is sitting Zhu Cihong, and the generals above the guerrilla general of the Yongwei battalion stand on both sides of Zhu Cihong.

The prisoners were escorted to the execution ground one after another, and they were lined up on their knees for nearly 200 meters, each with a soldier of the Brave Guard Battalion armed with a musket.

The hundreds of people around exuded hateful eyes, it was these people, when they were taken captive by Jiannu, they robbed their property, insulted their wives and daughters, killed their own families, and they hated to eat their flesh raw, and they were all gentle with dung!

Feeling the hateful gaze around them, these two Tartars were greatly disturbed, especially when they saw a group of soldiers holding firearms appear around them, their whole bodies trembled involuntarily.

At this time, Zhu Cihong stood up and came to the front of the high platform, he looked at everyone slowly, and then said loudly: "As a Han of the Ming Dynasty, some people go to be traitors, willing to be slaves and thieves and lackeys, scourge their neighbors, and go crazy!"

Officers and soldiers are supposed to protect the people on one side, but some people do not abide by military law, harm the people, and even go to the enemy to commit treason, which is simply a heinous crime and heinous! This palace announced that all these people will be killed! Shot! Shot! Shot! ”

The people in the audience looked up at the murderous crown prince, and they were dumbfounded, and they were silent for a while.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The soldiers of the Brave Guard Battalion shouted in unison with their weapons raised, and suddenly the overwhelming sound shocked everyone.

Suddenly, tens of thousands of people around them, as if they had been ignited, like a landslide and tsunami, shouted angrily: "Kill! Kill the traitors! ”

"Kill them!"

Listening to the shouts of tens of thousands of people around them, more than 200 prisoners had earth-colored faces and trembled all over their bodies, and many of them wept bitterly and kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Zhu Cihong was not moved at all, he must not show mercy at this time, he must use iron-fisted means to kill one hundred and kill one hundred to make an example!

He shouted, "Execution! ”

Huang Degong had the loudest voice, and shouted: "Execution!" ”

Suddenly, the command in the Yongwei camp rang out: "Execution!" ”

"No, I don't want to die!"

Some of the prisoners were frightened and twisted to get up and run away, but as soon as they stood up, they were kicked to the ground by the soldiers of the Brave Guard Battalion next to them, making a posture of gnawing.

A platoon of more than 200 soldiers of the Brave Guard Battalion took a few steps back, loaded with medicine, and then aimed their firearms at the heads of the prisoners kneeling in front of them.

"Kill!"

At the sound of an order, a deafening sound sounded when the gun was fired at the same time, and the tortured people fell to the ground in a row, and a puff of smoke rose from the execution ground, and the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke came from it, which was disgusting.

The tens of thousands of people who were present to watch the execution were all frightened, feeling that their feet were weak, and no one dared to move a little, such a scene was too shocking.

Although I was a little scared, then more people felt happy.

Huang Degong, who was on the high platform, continued to order loudly: "One more shot!" ”

The more than 200 musketeers of the Yongwei battalion who were executed were filled with medicine with expressionless faces, and then shot the traitors in front of them again.

"One more shot!" Huang Degong's loud voice came from the high platform again.

"Bang ....."

The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion refilled the medicine again, and shot the traitor's body that was already spread on the ground.

In fact, a few steps apart, and it was shot from the head, at the time of the first shot, the traitors were basically executed, and many people did not understand why they made up so many shots.

Sun Yingyuan, who was next to Huang Degong, said curiously: "Old Huang, why did you order three shots!" ”

Huang Degong raised his head and said: "Because His Royal Highness just said three sentences of shooting, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince says a hundred words, I will shoot them a hundred times!" ”

Sun Yingyuan: "......."

Zhu Cihong: "......."

Everyone: "........"

This trial conference made Liangxiang City restore order in an extreme period of time, and at the same time, Zhu Cihong also won the hearts of the people.

The corpses of these traitors were finally gathered and pulled to a no-man's land outside the city, where they were piled up with licorice and burned to ashes by a fire, and there was no place to bury them.