Chapter 521: The Great Purge

Lushun was originally the old base of Dongjiang Town, after the Tiance Army recovered Lushun, Wang Yue called Shen Shikui over again, in this area of southern Liaoning, these people in Dongjiang Town are considered locals and are more familiar with the situation.

"General Shen, our army has just recovered Lushun, and now it has controlled the Lushun Peninsula, you take your people to cooperate with the Tiance Army to do a good job in local law and order." Wang Yue commanded.

Shen Shikui's excited body trembled slightly: "Don't worry, Lord Shaobao!" It's been five years, but I didn't expect that we would return to Lushun in Dongjiang Town one day. Thinking of those brothers who died tragically, Shen Shikui wiped the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes.

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Yaozigou is a village 20 miles outside the city of Fuzhou, there are about more than 200 households, the center of the village is a soil fence, there are 1780 people living in it, most of them are the old and weak with red flags, from the population point of view, this village is not small.

Yan Zake, who is in his fifties, is a retired veteran of the Red Flag, and it is said that he can still ride a horse and drive a bow at his age, but unfortunately he injured his leg when he went to the Ming Kingdom with the Great Khan to rob six years ago, so he had to retire.

With his military exploits and looted property, he finally became the largest landlord in Yaozigou, and most of the Han people in the village were slaves of their family.

His two sons were also very competitive, and followed their masters to fight east and west, always returning with a full load, and returning a lot of goods and slaves every year.

It's just that there has been some recession in the past two years, and the Great Khan has not led his minions to the Ming Kingdom to rob for a long time.

In this way, the two sons could not be expected to send money to the family to send slaves, and it seemed that they still had to find a way to do more work on those Han slaves, so that they could only work more to increase the harvest.

Yan Zake, who was thinking about how to squeeze the Han slaves, suddenly felt the earth tremble slightly, and he couldn't help but be stunned. The experienced Yan Zak didn't need to look to know that only when the cavalry galloped could make such a sound, which adult was coming?

Recently, the Great Khan has been recruiting troops everywhere, and everything that should be conscripted in this village has been recruited! Do you have to levy it in those Han slaves? That's really lifting these dog things, and the Han Army flag is also going to be raised.

Yan Zak was stunned there, and a clothed servant ran in, panting: "The master is not good, the Ming army, the Ming army of the brigade has surrounded the village." ”

In the early stage, the clothed slaves were transformed from Manchu civilians, who pawned their wives and children into slavery due to crime or poverty and debts, and became clothed slaves. In addition, the Khamen have been slaves for generations, and the children born to them are still slaves, also known as "sons of the family". Or the tribes snatch the population as slaves and become clothed slaves.

The clothed slaves were domestic slaves, and their status was much higher than that of Han slaves.

"Ming Army?" Yan Zak's eyes widened, and he shouted in disbelief: "You dog minion, you are telling the truth, where did the Ming army come from?" ”

The clothed servant said with a sad face: "The slave dares to deceive the master, but I can see it clearly on the fence." ”

Yan Zak stood up suddenly, limped to the courtyard with a cane, don't look lame, his movements are very neat.

"Master Yan Zake, the Ming army is here, how can this be good?" A gray-haired Manchurian old man said to Yan Zake in a panic, there are more than a dozen Manchurian families living in this enclosure, which is a bit similar to the Mancheng in the city.

Yan Zake didn't answer, but took three steps and two steps into the fence, and looked at it, isn't it the Ming army? He has fought against the Ming army a lot, although it is quite far away, the mandarin duck battle jacket is really familiar. There were quite a few of them, at least five or six hundred, and they were all cavalry.

"Let everyone copy the guys, go up the fence, stop them and wait for reinforcements!"

Yan Zak didn't look like a lame old man at this time, and his momentum looked more like a general.

All the people were soldiers, men and women, young and old, who could ride horses and open bows. However, the old and weak are the old and weak, this is an indisputable fact, and the most capable of fighting in this enclosure is actually the fifty or sixty clothed slaves who are considered young and strong.

It has been four or five days since the Tiance army occupied Lushun, Fuzhou is 200 miles away from Lushun, the villagers have not yet received news, the Qing army in Shengjing has just assembled, but the Ming army of the brigade is in Yaozigou.

These Ming troops are the soldiers and horses of Shen Shikui in Dongjiang Town, and it is Shen Shikui himself who leads the team, and it is the Tiance Army of a company that fights together.

Dongjiang Town is indeed shaking now, and the three thousand troops brought this time are all cavalry, and these war horses are all purchased from the starting point city. After the Korean Campaign, the Cheonce Army captured more than 40,000 horses, most of which were sent to Jeju Island, where they were suitable for horse breeding.

Shen Shikui's 3,000 men and horses were divided into six parts, and two battalions and six companies of the Tiance Army coordinated to carry out Wang Yue's clean-up plan.

This area of southern Liaoning was a place where Dongjiang Town and the Qing army repeatedly fought over five years ago, and it can be described as a familiar road. The planned clean-up started in Fuzhou and went all the way south to the Lushun Peninsula, targeting all the villages.

"The military master spares his life, we are Han slaves who were robbed, and we have no choice but to work for our masters!"

A man in his twenties was brought to Shen Shikui and He Xian, the company commander of the Tiance Army, who spoke the dialect of Beizhili and did not shave his hair and braids, typical Han characteristics. The Manchu shaving order was issued by Dolgon after entering the customs, and now the Han people in Liaodong basically do not shave their hair, so it is not difficult to distinguish between the Manchu and Han.

Shen Shikui looked at He Xian, He showed that he came to ask, and Shen Shikui said, "What's your name?" ”

"The little one's name is Shen Gui!"

"We are the official army of Dongjiang Town and the official army of Tiance Army in Daming, you don't have to be afraid, we don't kill Han people, but come to deal with the Tartars."

"You, you are the military master of Dongjiang Town?" Shen Gui's eyes turned red and said, "Is Dongjiang Town fighting back?" ”

Although the Tiance Army has been famous in the past two years, the information in this era is relatively closed, and many people in this small mountain village have not heard of it.

"That's right, we called back." Shen Shikui laughed and said, "Which ones are Tartars in this village?" Who are the Han Chinese? If you point it out honestly, the official will be rewarded. ”

"Master Jun, those Manchurians live in the enclosure, and the outside of the enclosure are basically Han slaves." Shen Gui's eyes turned red as he spoke, and he cried: "I and my mother were captured by the Tartars in the seventh year of Chongzhen, and many people were killed by the Tartars at that time. Last year, I didn't finish planting the field in time, so they locked me and my mother in the cowshed, and didn't give us food for three days. Damn all these Tartars! ”