Chapter 572: Hong Chengchou is captured
The military order was issued, and the Eight Banners Army finally rushed forward without hesitation.
After another half an hour of fierce fighting, the Ming army had been killed and wounded, and only a dozen family guards remained.
Rao Xun clenched the Yanling knife that had been curled in his right hand, his heart was agitated, he raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar, the Yanling knife swung quickly, and the blood between his neck shot out several feet away, and Wei'an's body fell suddenly, he would rather kill himself than die in the hands of the enemy.
More than a dozen of his guards also killed themselves with swords, lying with their generals.
Seeing that this fierce Ming general was so angry that he died, the Eight Banners Army in front still didn't dare to step forward to cut off his head, for fear that he would suddenly burst out and hurt people.
Dolgon, who was on the tower of the city, looked at it for a long time, and suddenly roared: "Why are these loyal generals of the Ming Kingdom who would rather die than surrender to my Great Qing?" ”
Since Taizu Nurhachi raised troops against the Ming Dynasty, nearly 30 years, the Eight Banners Army and the Ming Army fought no less than 100 times, several times to the south to enter the customs, encountered a large number of demoted generals, but the Ming army generals and local officials killed are countless.
It was these civilian and military generals who would rather die than surrender, and the Eight Banners Army had to completely destroy them in order to blow and destroy the will to resist the Ming Kingdom.
But as an emperor, how Dolgon wanted his courtiers to be as loyal as those men.
There was silence all around, and I walked out of the university Shi Ning and said with a reluctant smile: "Your Majesty, good birds choose trees to perch, they don't know current affairs, after all, they are the dust of history, and they are just an unknown name in the history books......"
Dorgon shouted, "Shut up, stand down!" ”
Ning Wan's face turned pale with fright in an instant, and I was as silent as a cicada, I didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly retreated.
Seeing a group of traitors around him sneaking a glimpse at him, Dolgon sighed and said, "Let's bury these loyal ministers and righteous men of the Ming Kingdom." ”
He also figured it out, if there were no traitors, fresh traitors, and Japanese traitors around him, the Qing Kingdom would not be where it is today, but I am afraid that it would still nest in the mountains to hunt and fish, outwit jackals, and slide and shovel Siberian tigers.
Dolgon sat dullly for a while, and then asked Suke Saha, the owner of the Yellow Banner, "What about the people of Hong Chengchou?" Why don't you see the capture? ”
Suke Saha hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the emperor, Hong Chengchou was rescued by the Ming general Zuo Guang first, and I don't know where to hide, the slave has already sent someone to find it." ”
Dolgon nodded, Shenyang was surrounded like an iron bucket, and there was no Ming army to break through, Hong Chengchou must still be in the city.
He opened his mouth and said: "Strictly order all the generals to capture Hong Chengchou alive, the bounty is still a thousand taels of gold, if anyone kills him, fill his life!" ”
Although the generals of the Eight Banners were dissatisfied, they quickly conveyed this military order, and sent people to shout in the city, and the whole city searched for Hong Chengchou.
At this time, Zuo Guangxian had already hid in a residential house in the south of the city with Hong Chengchou on his back, and he was accompanied by officials such as Yao Gong and Wang Sanzhen.
Unable to escape from the city, the sounds of the Qing army around him came from time to time, and the breath of despair spread in everyone's hearts, and Hong Chengchou also fell into deep despair, at this moment, he missed his wife and children at home.
He glanced at Zuo Guangxian, who was sitting next to him dozing off, this old subordinate of Hong Bing had been protecting him, and he was really tired from running all the way.
Listening to the soft sound on his side, Hong Chengchou also felt sleepy, his eyelids gradually became heavy, and he squinted slightly and fell asleep.
"Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, is here, and he was captured by me!"
A loud shout woke up everyone in the courtyard, Hong Chengchou woke up suddenly, only to feel that his neck was cold, and Yao Gong was holding a Yanling knife on his neck.
That shout not only shocked the Ming army in the courtyard, but also quickly attracted the attention of the Qing army outside.
Zuo Guang jumped up first and shouted: "The surname is Yao!" What the fuck are you doing? ”
Yao Gong held the knife, his hands trembled, he was like crazy, and shouted: "Zu Dashou didn't come, Wu Sangui didn't come, no reinforcements came, we can't run away!" I can't stand it anymore, I don't want to die, I'm going to surrender! I'm surrendering! ”
Hong Chengchou's mind was blank, he never imagined that he would be hijacked by a civil official, or Yao Gong, whom he valued more!
The other Ming soldiers had different expressions, and Mu Ran looked at the absurd scene in front of him.
Everyone heard the shouts of the Qing army, no matter who in the Ming army caught Hong Chengchou, he would be rewarded with a thousand taels, and he would be added to the rank and knighted, and he would be treated preferentially, no one expected that it would be Yao Gong who was full of the way of a saint.
"Bang!" With a bang, the courtyard gate was kicked open, and a large group of Qing troops poured in, and there was the sound of soldiers and horses moving outside.
Hong Chengchou closed his eyes tightly, letting the traitor hold him hostage, at this time he just wanted to scold: "Wu Sangui of the dog day, Zu Dashou of the dog day, you have pitted Lao Tzu so miserably!" ”
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"Your Majesty, good news, the surname Hong has been captured!"
Azig rushed into Dolgon's military tent, informed Dolgon of the process of Hong Chengchou's capture, and proposed to slaughter his head with a knife.
Dolgon shook his head resolutely and said, "He can't be killed, this person is a lamp for me to go south in the Qing Dynasty, and he must be well served." ”
Dolgon knew very well that Hong Chengchou was very familiar with the internal situation of the Ming Kingdom, not only fought with Li Zicheng for several years, but also participated in the Liaodong War, and had a deep understanding of the Tianwu Army.
Moreover, Hong Chengchou is originally a southerner, and his relations in the south are intertwined, and his prestige still exists, so he may be an ideal candidate to appease the southeast.
Azig snorted, knowing that Dolgon wanted to learn from the virtuous monarch of the Han people, he didn't dare to stop his younger brother from pretending to be forced, so he had to say: "Then kill that Yao Gong, this kind of disloyal and unrighteous shameless person, it's useless to keep it." ”
Dolgon spoke again to stop him, saying, "I will do what I say, how can I break my word?" The promised reward must be implemented, so that more Han people can take refuge in us. ”
He asked again: "Where is Hong Chengchou?" Take me to meet him. ”
"Locked up in the stable.....
On the twelfth day of the first month of the first year of Tianwu, Dolgon personally led the Eight Banners Army of 100,000 horses to continue southward, the people and horses were like a tide, the front did not see the head, the back did not see the tail, crossed the Liao River, broke Xiping Fort, and went to Jinzhou.
Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou, who were in Jinzhou, were shocked when they heard this, and even lost most of their souls, no one expected Hong Chengchou to be defeated so quickly.
Originally, the Wu Zu family planned to just watch the drama and not interfere, and wait for the Central Plains war situation to stabilize before making a choice, but now it seems that there is no drama at all.
In the face of the ultimatum issued by the Qing army envoy, after a heated discussion, the two families of Wu Zu finally reached an agreement to surrender to the Qing Dynasty represented by Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui personally wrote a copy of the book overnight, wrote all the conditions for surrender in the letter, sent someone to send it to the Qing army camp tent, and then waited anxiously for the little lover's reply like a little girl who had just fallen in love.