351 Shang Kexi's death
This time, the North Korean side was bound to capture it alive, so it invested a large number of troops, regardless of casualties. And Shang Kexi's entourage at the post station was only more than 30 people in total, even if they were brave and good at fighting, it didn't take half an hour, and the remaining five people including Shang Kexi and Ban Zhifu were blocked in a room.
Groups of Korean soldiers were staring outside, Ban Zhifu peeked at the situation outside in the gap, and suddenly became a little desperate, turned to Shang Kexi and said, "Lord Wang, there is still no chance to break through!" ”
Shang Kexi himself expected it, his eyes were very red, and he didn't know if he had drunk before. At this time, he was holding a bloody knife, and suddenly laughed a little desperately: "Hahaha......"
When his men saw it, they couldn't help but be stunned, and they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him. In such a desperate situation, he was still in the mood to laugh.
Outside the room, Lin Qingye also heard Shang Kexi's laughter, so he shouted loudly outside: "Shang Kexi, I advise you to surrender obediently, maybe the governor will go around your dog's life." If you are obsessed, you will not be able to change any results. Finally, give you a stick of incense time to consider! ”
As he said this, he quietly ordered his guards to go and bring in the soldiers with hooked scythes, and in a moment he was ready to hook down the doors and windows with all his might, and then attack when there was no obstruction in his line of sight. Otherwise, if Shang Kexi is killed by mistake, I will be sorry for the request of the Governor of the Ming Dynasty to be captured alive.
Inside the house, Shang Kexi didn't care about the movement outside at all, but after laughing, his face suddenly turned pale, and he muttered to himself: "I think I am still a person who has been crisscrossing Liaodong for a lifetime, regardless of the rain of guns and arrows, the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood, I have also killed them." Even if he encountered a desperate situation, he finally turned the danger into a disaster, and even had to be named a king with a different surname by the Qing Emperor. But...... But I didn't expect that the ending of someone I was still like this! ”
Ban Zhifu saw that something was wrong, and he wanted to persuade him, but his mouth was open, but he couldn't open his mouth, because he didn't know where to persuade him!
He was thinking about it, when he saw Shang Kexi turn his head to look at him, and asked with a miserable smile: "Old class, you and I have known each other for many years, don't lie to me, the so-called death of people is just a wave of loess, and there is no underworld, right?" ”
"......" When Ban Zhifu heard this, his mouth opened again, but he still couldn't open it. But seeing that Shang Kexi had been staring at him, he had no choice but to reply: "It is said that there are gods who are three feet above their heads, but, Lord Wang, how many good people have we seen die in our lives?" And the children who do not understand the things of the world, the babbling children, who have not done any evil, but they have all been killed. It can be seen that when the gods say it, it must still be false. There are no gods, and the underworld does not exist. ”
After saying this, he himself fell silent, and his expression was gloomy.
Since deciding to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they have chosen to believe that there is no such thing as a netherworld, and that people die when they die.
However, now that he is facing a desperate situation, whether it is Shang Kexi or his Ban Zhifu himself, they actually began to worry about this matter again.
"Hahaha, that's right, that's right, how can there be a netherworld in this world!" Shang Kexi regarded his words as a lifesaver, laughing wildly and praising him, "Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, Lao Tzu is not afraid, hahaha......"
At first, he spoke loudly, but later on, his voice slowly lowered, and finally became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared.
Suddenly, Shang Kexi shook his head suddenly, and then blinked vigorously, with a hint of horror on his face, and said in a lost voice: "Dad, mother, you ...... Aren't you dead? ”
When Ban Zhifu said this, they were all stunned, and they felt a little creepy. Because they all know that Shang Kexi's parents were killed by the Qing army very early.
"Little sister, put on your clothes, don't come here, father, mother, don't come here, didn't the child set up an incense hall to worship you!" Shang Kexi said as he stepped back, "Brother, what are you doing with a knife?" I...... I surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and I was also forced, you died in battle, why did you come to me too? ”
Seeing Shang Kexi's words and deeds, his guards all showed surprise on their faces. They obviously saw that there was nothing in front of Shang Kexi, but they could see what Shang Kexi meant, as if his dead relatives had appeared, which ...... This......
Subconsciously, these guards are a little farther away. It took a while for Ban Zhifu to come back to his senses, and he hurriedly shouted at Shang Kexi: "Lord Wang, you drank too much and hallucinated, it's fake!" ”
In the previous time, Shang Kexi happened to be drinking, and he drank a lot of alcohol. Therefore, Ban Zhifu Ningyuan believed that Shang Kexi was a little drunk at this time, so his eyes were spent, not that Shang Kexi's dead relatives came out.
When he finished shouting, he also deliberately looked out the window, and through the gap, he could clearly see that there was sunlight outside.
However, Shang Kexi suddenly fell to his knees and cried into the air: "Dad, mother, brother, little sister, I...... I also have a hard time, if I don't surrender to the Qing Dynasty, I will die, I ...... Yes...... No...... Dad, mother, don't put your head on your hands, the child is afraid, little sister, get dressed quickly, brother......"
Looking at Shang Kexi's appearance, Ban Zhifu was a little unsure. You know, the prince has always been very shrewd, he should be able to distinguish the illusory reality, right?
However, Shang Kexi is like this, as if it is true, not like a fake.
The faces of the guards had changed, they looked at each other, and retreated a little further, and they were also afraid!
"Dashuai, why are you here? No, it's not that I want to surrender, it's that they're going to kill me......"
When Ban Zhifu heard this, he knew that the handsome man in the prince's mouth meant Huanglong, who had the grace of promoting and saving his life to the prince, and was also a very important benefactor in the prince's life.
Did they know that we were going to die, so all these people came out?
Thinking like this, Ban Zhifu was also afraid, but after all, he fought on the battlefield. His ears were sharp, and suddenly he heard footsteps outside, and many people approached the room.
Suddenly, he was in a hurry and hurriedly wanted to shout "vigilance", but at this moment, a change occurred.
"No, no, no...... Don't force me to ......" Shang Kexi, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly jumped up, danced the knife in his hand, and slashed indiscriminately, and at the same time his face became hideous, and shouted loudly, "Whoever wants me to die, I want someone's life, no one can come, kill ...... Kill ......"
Shang Kexi looked like a mad tiger, his guards didn't expect it at all, and they didn't watch out for a while, and they were immediately cut down by him.
"Ghost upper body!" One of the guards suddenly shouted in fright, and then, without thinking about anything, dropped his knife, turned around and ran out the door.
But at this moment, I heard the sound of "puff puff", and the heads of the hook and sickle spears pierced the door with a cold light, just piercing the guards who ran to the door, and then the hook and sickle guns pulled back one after another, and the guards were all pulled down along with the doors and windows. In the house, the light suddenly brightened.
The occurrence of this unexpected situation made Shang Kexi, who was in frenzy, also pause, and suddenly, he went crazy again, put the knife holder on his neck with his backhand, and pulled it hard, and a stream of blood spurted out.
"Lord Wang......" Ban Zhifu saw it, but he didn't have time to stop it, and couldn't help but exclaim.
This scene also made Lin Qingye, who was commanding outside, see it, and couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that Shang Kexi would commit suicide!
He actually didn't care about Shang Kexi's life or death, but the key was that the governor of Baoding of the Ming Dynasty asked the North Korean side to capture him alive and escort him to Phi Dao. Well, this is the end of this matter.
In this case, Lin Qingye came back to his senses, and he personally pounced with his sword, but instead of rescuing Shang Kexi, his head was almost falling off, and the gods couldn't save him.
Lin Qingye's goal is that Shang Kexi's cronies get off work and capture him alive, and he can always explain a little.
And Ban Zhifu just opened his eyes wide at this time and looked at Shang Kexi's soft body that fell to the ground, and occasionally under the trembling, his whole person was stunned.
Therefore, he didn't have much defense, so Lin Qingye led someone to knock him to the ground and was successfully captured alive.
It took a lot of manpower and energy, and finally the North Korean side captured Ban Zhifu and a Shang Kexi's personal guard, and the others, including Shang Kexi, were either killed or committed suicide.
However, later, rumors slowly spread in Seoul. It is said that Shang Ke likes to do a lot of evil, and the great enemy of the family is ruined and surrenders to the enemy regardless of it, and before he dies, the king of Yama sent his dead relatives to ask for his life. ungrateful, forgetting his ancestors, and now it is estimated that he has suffered in the eighteenth layer of hell and has been punished by Lord Yama.
This rumor is said to have a nose and eyes, and some related news is getting more and more divine. Not only did it spread on the North Korean side, but later, after the North Korea sent Ban Zhifu and Xu Erxian and others as well as Shang Kexi's head to Phi Dao, it also spread on Phi Dao. In the end, even Lu Xiangsheng heard it.
In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng was born as a serious jinshi and a fierce general on the battlefield, he is a son of Confucianism and does not believe in Buddhism. Therefore, he did not believe. However, the emergence of this rumor is of great benefit to the Ming side.
After carefully inquiring about the origin of the rumors, he made a decision.
Shang Kexi's head and Xu Erxian were sent to the Beijing Division, while Ban Zhifu and the surviving guards of the day were thrown down by the Ming State Water Division on the ground in Jinzhou and put back to Jianyu.
For these things, Emperor Chongzhen basically knew about these things in advance through the eavesdropping seeds on Lu Xiangsheng, and he didn't have to wait for the messenger to arrive in Beijing.
Lu Xiangsheng captured Zhengbai Qigushan Zhenying Ordai, which was really a surprise for Emperor Chongzhen. With Turg's example, at least the use value of this Yingordai will not be low. This, for the recovery of Liaodong in the future, will definitely be of great help.
In addition, North Korea anyway, Jianyu is equivalent to one less place to suck blood. Even if he is unwilling, it will definitely take a lot of effort to do things. If Huang Taiji sends troops to reconquer Korea, Lu Xiangsheng will contain it there, and it will be useless if there are fewer soldiers. If there are too many troops, it will be another chance to conquer in person!
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen even had some expectations, I don't know how Emperor Taiji would respond?
As for the death of a traitor like Shang Kexi, it can be regarded as a worthwhile death. Lu Xiangsheng's approach made him appreciate it very much. The rumors before Shang Kexi's death should be spread more in Liaodong, so that other traitors can also listen to them, even if their traitorous heart is strong, but for the Chinese people, I believe that the power is not small.
When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he felt that it was a pity that there was no support on the Korean side. Otherwise, let Tuo fan the flames, and the effect will be even better. Not only can it incite those Han Chinese who still have a little conscience to rebel against Jianlu's rule, but it can also propagate how North Korea does not take Jianguo seriously. This matter in North Korea is a great shame for Jianyu, etc., so that Huang Taiji can be forced to make decisions on Korean affairs.
However, it would be best if these things could develop as desired. Even if it doesn't work, now that he has formed a strategic advantage over Liaodong Jianyu, Emperor Chongzhen is confident that he can quell the Liaodong Rebellion in the next few years.
Emperor Chongzhen was happy, and an attendant came to report, saying that You Fanglang Zhongwu, who had been looking for before, had come to Beijing again, and stayed at the post station, saying that he wanted to meet you.
In fact, since Wu Youke appeared in Jiangnan, Emperor Chongzhen knew the situation through Jinyiwei and had a grasp of his traces.
The flooding in the south of the Yangtze River receded, and after the follow-up epidemic prevention and disaster relief was almost there, Wu Youke went north. It was only at the beginning of the Shandong border that there were small epidemics one after another. This Wu Youke's nature is difficult to move, so he began to stay again, so it was not until the end of the year that he arrived in Jingshi.
In fact, if it was in the original history, the Ming Dynasty would still be a year of poor living.
Puzhou Mansion was hungry, the grass and trees were eaten up, the government dug a pit outside the city gate to bury the starving dead, buried and full, the hungry and had no food to fight to the pit to cut their flesh, until there were fathers and sons and couples cannibalism.
The locust plague in Yizhou, Shandong, the locusts are all over the field, the trees have no leaves, the red land is thousands of miles, and the wheat is 2,000. People dig grass roots and peel bark, father and son cannibalism, bones are vertical and horizontal, babies donate all over the road, many people erect grass bids for sale, and those who toss and turn ravines are not counted. In 1641, the spring plague followed, and more than half of the deaths occurred.
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This kind of calamity, in this plane, has been slowed down a lot.
For example, in the north, because of the opening of sea transportation, especially Shandong, the benefits will be great. The grain from the Nanyang side was continuously transported north through the Zheng family's fleet, and it was also to land in Shandong or Tianjin, so although there was still a famine, it was not a large-scale famine. Correspondingly, the epidemic caused by the death of people on a large scale has slowed down a lot, and the big epidemic has become a small epidemic.
As for the locust plague in Shandong? The rich man who had just gotten up and was rushed to hear the news bought it at a large price! The emperor said that this is delicious, and there can be fake!
What Wu Youke saw and heard all the way north to Beijing made him finally meet Emperor Chongzhen himself with longing.