Chapter 85: The Aftermath
A large number of Xingtian army poured into the city like a flood from the gap in the east and west city walls, and then poured into the streets and alleys like mercury, Xiao Tianjian was the second batch of troops to enter the city, when he set foot in Kaifeng City, he couldn't help but be shocked, for a while because of the prosperity of Kaifeng City, it was rare for him, and the other was to see the explosion point in the city wall, and the buildings within a few hundred steps were almost destroyed, forming a large piece of ruins.
Originally, Gao Mingheng ordered people to dig a deep trench in the city wall to prevent the Xingtian army from digging a hole in the ground to enter the city, but when the city wall was blown up, a large number of masonry and soil blocks overturned on the trench, and the trench was filled up at once, which did not play a role in blocking the Xingtian army at all, and almost all the officers and soldiers in the collapsed place in the city were spared, either killed on the spot, or were shocked to death, and many people were directly buried under the ruins, and the death was unbearable to see one by one.
It is precisely because of the sudden explosion that the determination to resist in the city was completely shattered, after the Xingtian army entered the city, the street fighting was not as fierce as imagined, most of the living defenders and the people directly chose to kneel and surrender, only a small part of the people chose to resist desperately, the battle was close to noon, most of the area of Kaifeng City had been controlled by the Xingtian army, only the south gate and the Zhou Wangfu were still some officers and soldiers desperately resisting, but with a large number of Xingtian army entering the city, The Musketeers had begun to assemble towards these last places of resistance.
At this time, the north gate has also been controlled by the Xingtian army, a group of defenders knew that the general trend had gone, so they took the initiative to open the city gate to surrender to the Xingtian army, more Xingtian army began to enter the city from the north gate, and at the same time brought some three-pounder guns into the city, and was urged by the officers to rush to the place where the battle was still fierce, to be responsible for the attack.
At noon, the south gate of the city was suddenly opened, and Chen Yongfu, the defender of Kaifeng, led his son Chen De with less than 2,000 remnants of the defeated generals, and finally began to break through from the south gate, giving up resistance in Kaifeng.
At this time, the sound of fierce battles and cannons in the vicinity of the Zhou Wangfu gradually stopped, and soon the news that the Zhou Wangfu was conquered by the Xingtian Army came.
Xiao Tianjian also completely relaxed at this time, what indestructible Kaifeng City, wasn't it taken down by Lao Tzu? Look at what face Chongzhen's second child still has this time.
By the afternoon, Xiao Tianjian had already moved the Shuai's Mansion to the Mansion of Kaifeng Mansion, and the various ministries began to pass on the important battle situation one after another.
Henan governor Gao Mingheng bore the brunt, after breaking the city in the west of the city, seeing that Kaifeng was not guaranteed, he found a place to hang the beam and commit suicide, the body has been found, and has been collected, for these high-ranking officials in the city, Xiao Tianjian has been ordered before the war, as far as possible to capture them alive, as for their corpses, they must not be desecrated, and they must be properly buried.
After all, there was nothing wrong with choosing to be loyal to their monarch, and their determination was admirable, and the brave should not be insulted, so after Gao Mingheng committed suicide, the body was quickly found and properly protected.
In addition to Gao Mingheng, the Xingtian Military Department also captured a lot of Henan officials, and many of them chose to commit suicide and martyrdom like Gao Mingheng.
Of course, there were also many officials who chose to surrender voluntarily after the city was broken, and these people were also temporarily retained, so that they could assist the people in the city.
As for Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, he was also captured on the spot, including the princess and the royal family in the palace, a total of more than 200 people were captured, and they were all sent to the prison in Kaifeng Mansion and imprisoned.
And in the official prison of Kaifeng Prefecture, after entering the city, there were also a lot of people detained inside, for these people, Xiao Tianjian ordered them to be released and go home, but before they were released, they also arrested a few prison guards and asked about the identities of the people inside.
But the news that came immediately afterwards made Xiao Tianjian still a little angry, although he had already warned them in advance, let them restrain their soldiers, not to harm the people after entering the city, not to smash and rob everywhere, not to insult women, but after all, there are more soldiers and ruffians among them, and there are still a lot of things that should not happen, so the guards of the Xingtian Army have suppressed them in the city, and these subordinates of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo have even clashed with the guards.
Xiao Tianjian immediately sent an order, as long as these disorderly people are found, they should be arrested, and Lao Hui is the leader, He Yilong and the others will go down to control their generals, and strictly order them that those who should be killed must not be tolerated and accommodated, and the reputation of this Xingtian Army must not be ruined by them.
After Lao Huihui heard the military order, he jumped to his feet angrily and scolded, and immediately found He Yilong, Lin Yangsheng and others, and asked them to hurry up and do this.
These people also knew that the Xingtian Army had strict military discipline, and they had said everything they should have said in advance, restricting their subordinates not to come nonsense, and to do things according to the instructions of the Xingtian Army, but when the matter came, there were still people who did not listen to them and began to come nonsense in the city, which was also tantamount to slapping them in the face, so they immediately patted their chests and promised not to tolerate and accommodate.
After a day, the situation in Kaifeng City has stabilized a lot, and the rebels of the fifth battalion of the Revolution Zuo alone have arrested more than 200 people, these people are either breaking into the homes of the people to rob, or they are secretly hiding the seized things, or they are obscene and insulting women, in short, there are all kinds of bad things, some people even copied the guys when they were discovered, and they were directly bombarded and killed on the spot by the Xingtian Army's guard supervision team.
These people Xiao Tianjian went to see it in person, and called them all to him, and asked them to claim their respective subordinates, as for how to deal with it, Xiao Tianjian only said that you can do it yourself!
Ma Yinglong, He Yilong, Lin Yangyang, He Jin and other five people were angry to death one by one, and after claiming their respective subordinates, they found that many of them were actually their cronies, and these people begged to spare their lives, and they didn't dare in the future.
But Lao Hui was the first to scold: "Before Lao Tzu entered the city, he made it clear to you bastards, and now we have been included in the Xingtian Army, and all the rules are done according to the orders of the big marshal, and you also open your eyes to see those people under the big boss, how many are like you bastards?" The ugly words Lao Tzu said in the front, and now you are begging for mercy, it's too late! Come on, kill! Give me no one left, push it out and cut it! ”
As a result, Lao Huihui's subordinates immediately pushed out the selected group of people, pressed them to the ground one by one, and beheaded them to the ground with a swing of their knives.
Although He Yilong was reluctant, but he saw that he had done it all back, if he didn't do it, Xiao Tianjian's subordinates would be wearing small shoes if he didn't do it well in the future, and I was afraid that he would not be able to mix in the Xingtianjun in the future, so he gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates to be pushed out and cut down, although one of them was even his own nephew, and he didn't show mercy.
With Lao Huihui and He Yilong taking the lead, the other three had no way to retreat, and after gritting their teeth and scolding, they ordered these subordinates to be pushed out and cut down.
The result was a great shock to these old subordinates of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution Left who had newly joined the Xingtian Army, and more than 200 heads were cut off, and they also knew that the military discipline of the Xingtian Army was not a joke, so they suddenly restrained a lot, and they no longer dared to come nonsense.
With Xiao Tianjian's order, after the siege troops took control of the situation, they immediately began to leave only a small number of soldiers and generals from each department to maintain order in the city, and a large number of soldiers and horses and surrendered troops withdrew from the city and returned to the camp outside the city to rest.
As for Chen Yongfu who escaped from the south gate, he didn't really escape, and the Xingtian army outside the city had already dug a lot of pits waiting for them, but as a result, about 2,000 rout soldiers just left the city, and they fell on their backs outside the city, and then the cavalry of the Xingtian army blocked them, and after a fight, Chen Yongfu couldn't get out, and finally had to dismount and announce his surrender, and Situ Liang took down their father and son, tied up in the city and handed over to Xiao Tianjian.
Xiao Tianjian didn't talk to the two of them, and directly asked them whether to surrender or not, and Chen Yongfu has not been against the Xingtian Army for a year or two over the years, and Chen Yongfu, as an old soldier, can also see the strength of the Xingtian Army under Xiao Tianjian, as a martial artist, he does not have the same dead-hearted eyes as Gao Mingheng and Yang Wenyue, and after thinking about it, even if he expressed his willingness to surrender, he would keep his son, and at the same time he had a wife and concubine who he had not had time to take away in the city.
As for the king of Zhou, don't look at the fact that before the city was broken, the king of Zhou paid money and people to help defend the city or something, but after he was really caught, Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, became sparse and terrible, scared that he was a fart and urine, and begged for mercy again and again, Xiao Tianjian asked him if he was willing to surrender, Zhu Gongqiao kowtowed again and again without even thinking about it, and the king of Zhou surrendered his heirs, so there was nothing to insist on, so the king of Zhou expressed his willingness to surrender to the Xingtian army.
Originally, keeping the King of Zhou's family was also a waste of food, Xiao Tianjian thought that they were useless, so he simply killed them, but he was persuaded by Li Xin, saying that keeping them was a signboard, and even the King of Zhou had surrendered to the Heavenly Army, so for many officials and royal families in the future imperial court, it was an example, it was better not to kill the King of Zhou than to kill him, after all, because the strong resistance of King Chongwang Fu had already been killed, this royal family could not really see one to kill one by one, and it was impossible to kill the surname Zhu in the world!
So after thinking about it, Xiao Tianjian still left King Zhou's family, but if they want to enjoy the good life before, it is definitely impossible, after King Zhou surrendered, he was sent by Xiao Tianjian to Lushi County to find a place to settle them, as long as they don't starve to death.
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