Section I
When the war in the inner city slowly calmed down, the whole city fell into an eerie silence, Lin Feng and his team seized the time to catch their breath and replenish their exhausted physical strength, while the common people silently prayed for an unknown fate. On this night, the various gods of heaven received huge amounts of incense on earth.
The heavy rain stopped at dawn.
After counting, in last night's sneak attack, Lin Feng's army lost more than 400 people killed and about 600 wounded, most of them were slightly wounded, and nearly one-fifth of the combat attrition was made.
After the battle, Lin Feng immediately fulfilled his promise, and all the soldiers who participated in the battle and survived were rewarded with five hundred taels of silver each, and at the same time, these soldiers from peasant backgrounds were also given the most serious promise, they would get the land in the royal inheritance - and then the title deeds stamped with bright red seals were also issued, and everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that overnight, they had become among the upper class and became the landlord class representing the advanced productive forces. In addition, this team has also been greatly expanded, although it lost a lot of troops last night, but the number of ruffians and hooligans that have been incorporated is obviously more, and by the last count, Lin Feng's army has reached nearly seven thousand people at this time.
On this morning, the people of the capital saw a strange scene, countless court officials were embarrassed and escorted on the street by soldiers, judging from their remaining clothes, many people's level was quite high, among them, there were many people wearing yellow belts of the prince Baylor and the like, and there were countless other royal relatives on the side, in this super gorgeous lineup, those scholars and scholars of Shangshu Shilang and the like have become relatively small officials, these former figures are really miserable today, Most of the capes were pale, and many even walked barefoot.
After the initial shock, people suddenly found that the soldiers next to them actually lost their braids, under this unexpected discovery, the original widely circulated "trouble" and "Qingjun side" remarks lost the market, just when people were vaguely aware of the truth of the fall of the empire, Kangxi's head appeared in powder after being carefully decorated - in fact, the vast majority of people do not know the emperor's face, out of the consideration of popularization, Lin Feng hung a lot of things used by the emperor next to the head to prove, When the common people confirmed that the emperor had been beheaded, there was a collective fear, and then the entire capital fell back into chaos.
It was in this chaotic atmosphere that the large-scale beheading campaign officially began. As a rule, the execution of so many people should generally be held in the wilderness on the outskirts of the city, and some grand ceremonies must be held in advance, such as sacrificing to heaven and earth to declare guilt or something, but due to the serious lack of experience of the organizers, this common sense was ignored, Lin Feng was misled by the horror legend of Beijing's vegetable market, and other subordinates thought that Lin Feng wanted to use these people's heads to scare the people and achieve the goal of Liwei, so the result was that these poor people would bid farewell to the world on the busiest street in Beijing.
The vast majority of these criminals are the upper echelons of the Eight Banners, and a large part of them are from the Aixin Jueluo family, and it is too easy to hunt them down after the capture of Beijing, because the Zongren Mansion that manages the royal family is extremely responsible for recording the information of all the members in detail, and according to these lists, the arrest team did not take much effort to wipe them out, judging from the book, except for Prince An Yue Le, Prince Kang Jieshu and Prince Jian Rabu who are far away in Jiangxi, Fujian and Jiangning, the men of the Aixin Jueluo family are now gathered here to be beheaded, And the other funeral goods are famous nobles such as the Niu Gulu clan and the Guarga clan.
In order to put a fig leaf on this political massacre and find a commanding heights from the moral point of view, Lin Feng and several of his subordinates racked their brains, fortunately, the Eight Banners really did a lot of bad things back then, and these bad deeds were quickly moved out, according to the original information that the officials were seized, the people who played the massacre in Yangzhou, Jiading and Jiangyin and other places were confirmed one by one, so their family was also found this time, and they were honored to stand on a step with the royal nobles.
What has to be said here is that the people of Jingshi do have an extraordinary ability to accept it, and Lin Feng, who was watching from a high place, quickly discovered this ridiculous phenomenon. The people of Beijing have a very interesting hobby, that is, they like to be lively very much, and when they watch the excitement, they are easy to bring themselves into a state of excitement, for this earth-shattering change, they are first in a panic, but suddenly saw such a large group of big people being collectively killed and quickly forgot the uneasiness of the right talent, and the collective excitement, Lin Feng first wondered for a while, and then immediately woke up, in the end, it is not the first time that the people of Beijing have done this, it was like this when Yuan Chonghuan was killed, Later, it was the same for the six gentlemen who killed Wushu, in short, it was one of their great hobbies to watch others kill their heads, looking at the crowd below who couldn't stop shouting and laughing Lin Feng suddenly remembered the football game in the later generations.
This time, the cannon was a real Hongyi cannon, and when this mighty guy appeared, the scene immediately became more excited, and people felt very lucky to be lucky to participate in this grand event. With a few roars, the executioners on the court brandished twenty-five pounds of ghost head broadswords, and began to cut off their heads with a click, surprisingly these important people of the Qing Dynasty did not have a heroic hero, the descendants of the Eight Banners of the former Jin Ge Iron Horse may have been spoiled by the drunken beauty, and no one struggled to stand up and shouted Twenty years later, in fact, these princes Baylor's heads were cut off and still maintained a look of surprise and stunned, when the first batch of heads rolled to the ground, When the blood was splashed, the street was unexpectedly cold, and after a while, there were hesitant whispers of applause.
Some of the judicial personnel who were executed this time were the officials and petty officials who surrendered to the Shuntian Mansion, and most of the others were the underworld in the capital that was incorporated last night, and most of these people were originally people who relied on their fists to eat on the streets of Beijing, and according to the elegant words, they were out-and-out lumpenproletariat, so at this time they showed extraordinary revolution, in order to show a hand in front of the new master, many people expressed their hatred for the Manchus and the Qing Dynasty, and asked to go into battle as executioners. In the end, their fierce performance deeply moved Lin Feng's subordinates, but while sighing at their bravery, they were inevitably a little confused, how did they survive all these years under the rule of the Manchu Dynasty?
Such a large-scale massacre has obviously not occurred for many years, and soon the adult men of the royal family and nobles were cut to the ground, and then those poor women and children appeared-although Lin Feng had argued on this issue, but he had to lose under the shocked and stunned eyes of his various subordinates, and it was only at this time that Lin Feng deeply understood that the so-called full slaughter was not a joke mantra, let alone just a threat, When these innocent women and children were massacred in large numbers under the pretext of righteousness and brightness, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became very solemn and solemn, and even the most lively Beijingers closed their mouths, and for a time at the gathering of tens of millions of people could only hear the helpless sobbing of women and the frightened cries of children.
At this time, Lin Feng also had to sigh heavily, no matter what the reason, no matter how helpless, Lin Feng, along with everything that happened today, will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever.
According to Lin Feng's understanding, everything that happens today will bring unparalleled heavy losses to future generations of China, first of all, the long braids that represent the glorious image of all Chinese are likely to be gone, and secondly, the "Tang costume" and "cheongsam" that symbolize the Chinese nation and are full of ethnic minority flavors are also likely to disappear, in addition, what crosstalk, Peking opera and other national treasures do not know whether they will appear, but this is not the heaviest blow, and what makes those big figures in later generations sad is that The Qing court opera, which represents the pinnacle of China's performing arts, has since lost its possibility, and the great merry emperor no longer has the opportunity to go down to the south of the Yangtze River.
When the people of Beijing have not recovered from the bloody just now, Zhou Peigong, who presided over the work of Shuntianfu, launched a conscription campaign with lightning speed, although the activities of catching strong men were relatively hasty, but it was not completely unprepared, at the request of Zhou Peigong, dozens of Hongyi cannons were erected at various commanding heights in the capital, and the swarthy muzzles were aimed at various residential areas, and countless soldiers were also ready to go, if the people of Beijing dared to resist the tyranny, they would be ruthlessly suppressed immediately.
Judging from the later situation, Lin Feng and his subordinates were indeed too pessimistic about this incident, and the reaction of the people of Jingshi was much kinder than expected, and in Lin Feng's opinion, the very rough and barbaric conscription methods fell in the eyes of the people, but they were unexpectedly soft, and even had a little warm feeling.
The general process is like this, first Zhou Peigong led a group of people to a community, summoned the local personnel to read the latest order, and then those officials and soldiers entered the houses under the leadership of the local personnel, first pulled out steel knives for a gruesome intimidation, and then immediately took out a few sacks of grain and a hundred taels of white silver, and ordered the strong man to make a choice immediately, of course, in this case, the vast majority of people naturally chose to serve the country with loyalty.
Compared with the population base of millions in Beijing, the amount of conscription of 10,000 is not painful, this Lin Feng was originally going to send troops to suppress the tyranny in the end actually became a beautiful difference, after many people passed on the word of mouth, the food and silver that compensated for the loss of labor force were exaggerated a lot, and there were so many poor people in Beijing, in their eyes the temptation of these property was obviously very huge, and later many bachelors in Beijing actually moved when they heard the wind, and the forced conscription of the Shuntian Mansion government service soon became a registration point for joining the army, Under the double inspiration of silver and food, there were even many people who fought for a place to join the army, and after witnessing the lively scene later, the recruits, who were still a little reluctant, couldn't help but rejoice in their hearts and began to accept the order willingly. This unexpected gain made Zhou Peigong overjoyed, and he immediately dispatched experienced officers to strictly control the gates, and at this time the conscription rose from a quantitative requirement to a qualitative requirement.
Just when Zhou Peigong was so busy that Lin Feng had already led a large group of men out of the capital, in fact, Lin Feng's strength was really very weak at this time, in addition to his own Chinese army guards of more than 1,000 people, the other troops were temporarily incorporated stragglers, but at this time he also had to send troops, for two reasons, the first is that the Fengtai battalion stationed in the Gyeonggi stronghold must be solved, and the second Tongzhou's Caoyun grain hoarding must be held in his hands, both of which are directly related to his life and death. If he was attacked by the governor of Zhili, the consequences would naturally be unimaginable, and all Lin Feng had to lead the tired army to fight again.
From the perspective of battlefield information, this battle was extremely unfair, the Qing army in the Fengtai battalion did not know what happened to the Beijing division until now, but Lin Feng learned everything about this Qing army through the captured military documents.
The Fengtai battalion has long existed in name only at this time, or in the current situation, it only ensures the existence of the number, this army was originally an important force of the Gongwei Beijing Division, but it has become extremely weak under Kangxi's constant transfer, and now the number of soldiers in the entire battalion is only six or seven hundred, and most of them are sixteen or seven-year-old teenagers in the Eight Banners, these teenagers do not have any combat experience, and the reason why they came to the barracks is also because of the traditional customs of the Eight Banners, and they receive military training to prepare for future wars. In a sense, it is similar to the aristocratic military academy of later generations.
Despite this, but Lin Feng did not have any intention of underestimating this army, the thousands of white flag cavalry of Laita left a very deep impression on Lin Feng, the iron cavalry force is definitely not in vain, although the Eight Banners are synonymous with incompetence after the Opium War, but in this era it is still a symbol of invincibility, and sixteen or seven years old is also the age of blood and strength, the so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, if these hundreds of cavalry really go crazy, it is difficult to imagine what kind of combat effectiveness will erupt.
Therefore, Lin Feng also made a lot of preparations, in addition to carrying a large number of firearms, he also made some small arrangements, striving to solve this army without blood.
At this time, the commander of the Fengtai battalion is the Kaqibu of the Zhenghuang Banner, in general, there is nothing wrong with this, the character is honest and loyal, and he is also very cautious and cautious, but it is a pity that most of such people often have no ability, and he can sit in this position today is completely based on his background and qualifications, but Kangxi and his court did not care very much about the talent of the main general of the Fengtai battalion. Therefore, loyalty is naturally the first priority in this job requirement, and Kazib is honest and sincere, even if he kills him seventeen or eight times, he probably will not think of disobeying orders and meeting all the conditions for the post.
Last night was a dull night of thunderstorms, and he slept very well in the wind and rain, and he was in a very happy mood, but when he got up early this morning, he heard some reactionary remarks, true and false, as if to say that the direction of the Beijing division was very wrong last night, of course, everything that violated the main theme was absolutely not allowed during the war years, especially in the army, after severely reprimanding some little guys who spread rumors, Kaqib began to wonder whether to make efforts to rectify military discipline, So that these Manchurian Hara beads who don't know anything understand what a military camp is, when this idea was still in its infancy, a guard rushed into the lobby of the Chinese army, with a panicked look on his face and a very excited look.
"Newspaper-newspaper...... Adult ......"
"What's so flustered?! - Look at you, what kind of system does this look like?!! Looking at this dejected young soldier, Kazib was very angry.
"Big ...... Your Excellency," the guard shuddered, "there seems to be an enemy army outside!!" ”
Enemy? Kazib's first reaction was whether this kid was crazy, his eyes widened, "What nonsense are you talking about?!" ”
"It's true, it's really enemy troops...... They, they don't have braids!! ”
Kaqibu was taken aback, the teacup fell off his hand, and the documents on the desk were suddenly soaked in a large area, according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, people who did not have braids in the Han area could almost be considered enemies, and he suddenly became nervous, "How many of them are there?" Where is it?! ”
"Just outside the barracks......" the guard swallowed and hesitated, "they ...... They also have a lot of cannons!! ”
Because the battle line is thousands of miles away, the guard of the Fengtai battalion is not too strict, and naturally it will not send scouts back and forth as in the field state, so Lin Feng's army has not been discovered and confirmed until it comes to the front of the barracks.
Kazib had already come to the wall at this time, looking at the huge artillery not far away, his face was pale, as a senior general, he naturally recognized the red-clothed cannon, and the other party now made it clear that he was fighting rabbits as tigers, and his side was just a permanent military camp with only a few hundred people, but the other party used so many cannons, not to mention a military camp, it is estimated that it will not be very difficult to smash the walls of Beijing.
What's even more puzzling is that this army is also very strange, judging from the color of the uniform, it seems to be the official army of the imperial court, but there is no braid at the back of the head, and the army is also very chaotic, as if it has no training, saying that the enemy army is not like the enemy army, saying that it is a rogue bandit but there are so many cannons, Kazib decided to contact it first.
When the communication cavalry had just rushed out of the camp, the other party suddenly fired a volley of guns, and in a burst of white smoke, Kaqibu was terrified to find that the other party still had a large number of musket troops. Due to the long distance and not within range, the liaison soldiers were not injured, but the horses were frightened and ran backwards without listening to control. However, seeing this idea of killing and killing Kazib to give up contact, it doesn't matter what kind of army the other party is.
Lin Feng, who was riding on the horse, was scolding his military adviser at the moment, the shot just now did not get any orders, it was just the personal behavior of a soldier under Rick's command, and then this gunfire drove other equally nervous companions, and finally came a chaotic volley, the chaos of the troops was expected, but this time the method was really unbearable, because this wrong action had obviously greatly improved the fighting spirit of the other party. But this is obviously not a good time to get angry, Lin Feng shook his head helplessly, and waved his hand to give an order to his cavalry.
This small group of cavalry carried the white flag and galloped wildly, ran to the nearest place and shot a burst of arrows at the camp, seeing the other party's move Kaqib stopped his subordinates from firing back, although he had not read any books, but he still understood this traditional method of transmission, but then when he saw the documents shot by the other party, he immediately fell into a state of confusion.
To be honest, these documents are simply messy on the surface, and they can even be said to be very ridiculous, because these documents are all made of the materials of the Holy Decree - this thing Kaqibu also recognizes, the bright yellow high-grade silk cloth, the embroidery background of the golden dragon soaring, is really too high-grade goods, but the content on it is very ridiculous, the general meaning is that the pseudo-Qing has been destroyed by us (the enemy), the rebellious bandit leader Aixin Jueluo and Xuanye have been beheaded if they disobey Tianwei, and other minions of all sizes have also been exterminated. Originally, you guys should be executed together if they rebelled, but God has the virtue of a good life, and we (the enemy) are ready to give you a chance, if you surrender, you will not be held accountable for the past, but if you are willing to serve, it will be better, there will be a lot of glory and wealth, and the final ending also quotes a lot of sage words and the terminology of the art of war, in short, the grammar is very confusing.
Although this persuasion book is full of nonsense, the text is very neat, and it is a juxtaposition of Manchu and Han characters, and the tail tribe is bright red, from the emperor's jade seal to the big seal of the military department, and then to the official seal of each directly subordinate yamen, it can be said that there is simply no chapter, and it is estimated that no one has done this since Pangu opened the world.
When Kaqibu read this book of persuasion, he had a further understanding of his own situation, although his talent was not high, but he had been an official for many years, and he still had this knowledge. Now the blank decree dedicated to the emperor has been used indiscriminately like a sassafras paper, and all the seals have been stamped indiscriminately, and the things that symbolize the imperial power and the majesty of the court have all been trampled under the feet of people, then there is only one explanation, the Jingshi has fallen, and the imperial court no longer exists, thinking of this, his heart is empty, and his mind is in a trance, he doesn't know whether to be shocked or angry, and suddenly feels that everything in front of him is too ridiculous, it is unbelievable, he unconsciously pinched the waist knife, I don't know whether to scold and be a martyr for the country or go out of the camp to fight to the death with these rebellious ministers and thieves, and the whole person immediately fell into a state of sluggishness.
At this time, all the officers and soldiers of the Fengtai battalion already knew the content of the persuasion letter, and they were shocked and immediately indignant, as the most trusted soldiers of the imperial court, their only wish now is to go out and fight with the enemy, seeing the chaotic scene in the camp, Lin Feng naturally knew what was happening, with a wave of his hand, the cannon that had been prepared for a long time immediately opened fire, and the rumbling cannon suddenly overshadowed all the noise, and the Fengtai battalion, which was extremely excited just now, immediately quieted down.
There was no break in the heavy shelling, and Lin Feng's order was very vague, one word "boom". There is no requirement to keep the shells and there is no need to target a certain place, all the places in the Fengtai battalion are within the range of the strike, and there is a dog in it that has to be beaten back to the nest when it walks, and the thousands of soldiers present were fortunate enough to visit this spectacular fireworks event, the artillery rumbled for more than an hour, and the choking gunpowder smoke drifted to a place more than ten miles away, and the places slightly closer to the artillery position were completely shrouded in a white smoke, until the sweaty Rick reported that the artillery barrels were all red and about to be scrapped, Lin Feng ordered to stop, and at the same time ordered his own soldiers to send orders to the rear team, ordering those recruits to escort the women and children of the Eight Banners in the rear team.
When the earth no longer trembled, the trembling Qing soldiers crawled out from all corners, and then they were horrified to see that the originally neat stone barracks camp wall had now been razed to the ground, and more than half of the houses that were usually repaired and sturdy had collapsed, and dozens of unlucky people were directly hit by cannons in the place where they were hiding, and their limbs were blown apart, and the appearance of blood dripping and ruined stomachs immediately made these children of the Eight Banners vomit more than once, and the original mood of hatred and hatred for the enemy had already flown to the Nine Heavens Cloud at this moment. The war turned out to be so cruel, it really meant to kill people, and it was such a tragic way to die.
It takes time for a soldier to grow up, and it takes time to adapt to war, and for these teenagers, it all came too fast, too fast to accept.
Just when these soldiers slowly stabilized from the frightened battle, they saw a terrifying scene, I don't know when, the open space in front of the two armies was full of women and children of the Eight Banners, and immediately someone saw their relatives, at this moment countless fierce-looking enemy soldiers stood beside them with snowy steel swords.
Although the officers next to him kept threatening with bullet pressure, the army was obviously uncontrollable at this time, and a terrible shout responded between heaven and earth.
"Amma...... That's my Amma......"
"E-niang...... Sister, brother ............"
According to the seized information, the family members of these soldiers, Zhou Peigong, were selected and taken to the front line of the two armies by Lin Feng. Anyway, it's already full of blood, so I don't care about it.
As one of the most revolutionary classes, these people are indeed ruthless, as soon as they heard the military order, they waved the butcher's knife in their hands mercilessly, and the family members of Kazib were the first to be pulled out, and there was no shout of one, two, or three throws not to surrender, and after loudly reporting their identities in the direction of the camp, the big knife was cut down, and the vicious and brutal posture showed that they didn't care whether Kazib was willing to surrender or not.
In an instant, the innocent man's head was in a different place, blood was flowing all over the ground, the executioner strode back, the second group of family members and women and children were pulled out again, and after the loud soldier reported his identity, he vigorously pressed down the crying and struggling hostage, and the butcher knife in his hand was swung and dropped again.
The defenders could no longer hold on, relatively speaking, these teenage boys were more passionate than adult men, and naturally cared more about family affection, the soldiers were in a crowd, several officers who tried to block were chopped to pieces by these teenagers in an instant, and one after another soldiers ran out of the camp, laid down their weapons and rushed into the crowd, hugging their relatives and crying loudly.
The morale of the army has gone, and even the officers have begun to lay down their arms, and the Fengtai battalion has lost the possibility of resistance. Kaqibu on the camp looked confused, glanced at Lin Feng from a distance, and quietly cut his carotid artery.