Chapter 59: The Massacre of Henan

Qian Qianyi seemed to hear Luo Yulong's words, and immediately said: "Although the minister has a personal grudge with Zheng Guogong, but His Royal Highness knows the grace of the encounter, and the minister will not act selfishly, the reason why the minister does not want Zheng Guogong to be the privy councillor is not because of anything else, it is the battle of Xiangyang." ”

"The battle of Xiangyang, although it was difficult. But it was a winning battle. ”

"In this battle, there were more than 300,000 people under the command of Zheng Guogong, all of whom were the elite of our Xia army. Now that he has entered Beijing with the aftermath of a great victory, how can His Highness control him? ”

Qian Qianyi's words made Luo Yulong's heart jump suddenly.

He had never thought about it like this, but now that he thought about it, he had to admit that what Qian Qianyi said was not too much to worry about.

The soldiers below are most admired by generals who can win battles, and Luo Rucai's illness can't be hidden for long. At that time, Zhang Xuan's prestige will reach a higher level, and at this moment, let Zhang Xuan, the prime minister of Great Xia, and the Privy Council, Zhang Xuan will definitely be able to sit firmly in this position.

But Luo Yulong needs a privy councillor who can sit firmly?

This question still needs to be considered.

Luo Yulong waved his hand and said, "Today, let's stop here." ”

Qian Qianyi also knew the way to stop, and if he talked too much, it was estimated that it would be counterproductive, so he immediately got up and went down.

Luo Yulong immediately sent messengers to go in all directions, and at this moment he wanted to gather all the generals on the Cao Ying side. After all, Luo Rucai's funeral, and the subsequent enthronement ceremony of Luo Yulong, was the time when the Great Xia regime was handed over, and it was best for these weighty people to come. Show their attitude.

Luo Yulong was still a little hesitant about Zhang Xuan's placement. Said secretly: "After Zhang Xuan comes back, let's talk about it." ”

It's just that when Luo Yulong's messenger came to Xiangyang to find Zhang Xuan, he pounced. Zhang Xuan is no longer in Xiangyang.

He had hurried north.

Zhang Xuan didn't have many people, just 20,000 cavalry, and these 20,000 cavalry gathered the elite of the various departments.

Zhang Xuan didn't want to appear in Henan, it's not that Zhang Xuan has any prejudice against Henan, it's purely unnecessary, after all, Luo Rucai's body, he also knows, maybe when, Zhang Xuan will go to the funeral.

At this time, how could he go north.

It's just that soon the news from the north made him unable to sit still.

Zhang Xuan has always known that Dongyu is not a good thing, and the tyranny and cruelty of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have never been disguised.

It's just that Zhang Xuan never expected that he would be so cruel and vicious.

Originally, the war had come to this point, and Zhang Xuan just wanted to make a send-off pursuit, but then news came that Yuan Shizhong's troops were defeated and suffered heavy losses, and Yuan Shizhong only took more than 10,000 remnants to retreat to Xinyang.

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, his order to Yuan Shizhong was very clear, that is, to keep a distance from the Qing army and send them away. How could Yuan Shizhong suddenly make such a simple mistake. But soon, Zhang Xuan knew why.

Because of the Holocaust.

After the Qing army withdrew from Nanyang, the speed of the march was not fast, and wherever they passed, they killed people on sight, slaughtered villages into white ground, filled wells with corpses, and even blocked rivers. Everywhere I went, there were almost no living people.

That is, after getting this news, Yuan Shizhong took the initiative to launch an attack on the Qing army even if he knew that he was not an opponent. He was then defeated.

Zhang Xuan suddenly couldn't sit still.

Regardless of the dissuasion from the top and bottom, he fought with the Qing army on the plain. Xia Jun has no chance of winning yet. But Zhang Xuan still couldn't help but lead people north.

There is no other reason, he is from Henan, Runing, Linying, are very important places for him. And how could he ignore it?

It's just that messaging takes time.

In fact, when Zhang Xuan received the news, he knew that it was too late.

Sure enough, as soon as I entered the territory of Henan, I saw a lot of traces of killing. Many wild dogs, and even rabbits, are openly eating human corpses. That kind of grandiose feeling, not hiding or avoiding, made people feel chills in their hearts, Zhang Xuan immediately ordered all departments to drive out the beasts and bury the people on the spot.

Soon, he knew that this could not be done.

Because he can't do it.

He left a group of men and asked him to gather the people.

In fact, there are no more people in the local area, and they must be called from the rear. He took his men and horses and ran all the way to Runing County along the road he had from Runing to Xiangyang. Because the battle of Yuan Shizhong was fought in the north of Runing, Runing City was only recently lost to the Qing army.

Maybe it can be saved.

In the city of Runing.

The white sunlight shone into the city of Runing, and there was a chilling tranquility in the city.

Blood became the main color, spreading all the way from the streets of Runing City to Chongwangfu, which was where Zhang Xuan lived. Especially here, the Xia army put up the last resistance, layers of corpses, paved the road, and the place passed was almost impossible to get down.

Everyone walked by, leaving behind a large area of bloody footprints, and countless bloody footprints converged to make the street look like a river of blood.

Azig slowly put away the knife, the long knife in his hand was a treasure knife, I don't know how many people he killed, it was still bloody, bright as a mirror, and there was not even a gap.

"Master, the enemy will be here."

Several guards pressed a person over, this person was covered in blood, his face was covered with blood, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but a pair of eyes were extremely bright, and hatred was like fire in his eyes, Azig smiled coldly, he liked to see others looking at him like this, but he couldn't do anything about it.

"Report your name." Azig said.

"Great Xia Runing Defense Envoy Wang Du." The person who came said.

Great Xia has just been established, and the local official positions are still in a state of chaos, and the official position reported by Wang Du today is the official of Great Xia, the official of Dashun.

"Would you like to surrender?" Azig asked.

"I can't wait to drink your blood and eat your flesh, how to surrender." Wang Du gritted his teeth and said.

"Disposed of." Azig said with a wave of his hand.

"Wow." The two guards were about to crush the king.

Wang Du shouted: "I, Wang Du, am a good man, if I die, I will die, you remember, General Zhang will avenge me, I am waiting for you below." ”

"Wait." Azig heard the words "General Zhang" and said, "Who are you talking about General Zhang?" ”

Wang Du said: "Daxia Zheng Guogong Zhang Gongxuan, you can't wait for Zheng Guogong's men to be defeated. ”

Azig listened to Wang Du's words, his face changed suddenly, the battle of Dahongshan, the ambush battle in the south of Zaoyang City, Azig fought very unhappily, this was a thorn in his heart, was raised by Wang Du, he was even more annoyed, and said: "You are Zhang Xuan's subordinate." ”

"Exactly." Wang Du said: "It is the luck of Wang's life to be able to follow a great hero like Zheng Guogong. ”

"Alright, I'll give you another chance." Azig said: "If you surrender, you can say anything, but if you don't, life and death will not be up to you." ”

Wang Du said: "Since Shu Fa read the book, I know how to write the word shame. If you want to kill, you will kill, I will never dare to humiliate my family. ”

"Okay." Azig said, "You're a man. He then said to the left and right: "Pull down, and the five horses will be divided." ”

But in a moment, at the gate of the original Chongwang Mansion, the Qing army put the rope on Wang Du's body, the five horses pulled tightly, a crisp whip sounded, blood mist sprayed out, Wang Du opened his mouth to say something, but before he could say it, he was already pulled apart.

Only a scream remained. Echoing through the streets.

After killing Wang Du, Azig felt a lot more comfortable, and then someone came over to report and said: "The ten kings asked the eight kings to go north quickly, saying that Beijing is urging them." ”

Azig glanced at the visitor with some disgust, I have to say that the official is a big man who crushes people to death, although Duoduo is Azig's younger brother, but the power is above Azig, Azig also has to obey him, plus there is a good way to boost morale by letting go of killing, but this is scattered, killing and killing, and it also affects combat effectiveness.

After all, the army must be organized to be combat-ready, and if it is dispersed, it is of no use at all.

Azig felt that the heat was similar, so he came down and withdrew his troops to Xuzhou.

Just after Azig left, just one day's work, Zhang Xuan came to the south gate of Runing City with his subordinates.