46. Ningxia is in turmoil
The failure of the rebellion was a foregone conclusion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Thirteen main generals of the rebels, thirty-eight junior officers, none of them were captured alive, and the Ming army who was killed with red eyes and murderous spirit killed the crazy Ming army in the most tyrannical means, and the 50,000 Ming army except for a few reserves kept vigilant under the suppression of Ye Mengxiong and hunted the rebels who escaped from the city, and more than 30,000 people of the main combat force all entered the city to participate in the battle, and every street and every house in the city could become a battlefield for the two armies to fight.
The number of rebels is insufficient, the morale is not enough, only the Ming army was defeated, for example, more than 100 rebels trapped in the General Military Mansion were bombarded by Xiao Ruhui's war artillery, and the entire General Military Mansion was about to be bombarded before a few escaped, and then they were swept up by the Ming army and cut into minced meat, and the rebels in the other official offices were also killed.
In the killing, the tyranny of people was undoubtedly revealed, and many innocent people and innocent officials were also killed as rebels, and according to later statistics, the total number of people was no more than 23,000 rebel groups, but more than 36,000 people were killed.
13,000 unknown people died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Ming army, just because they did not hide in the house, or hid in the house where they should not be hiding, so their heads were counted as the first rank of the rebels, and no one expressed their dissatisfaction, and no one stopped them, including Ye Mengxiong and Mei Guozhen, everyone tacitly claimed that these people were rebels.
Therefore, the Ming army will not be responsible for the death of these people, at most they will only give some compensation according to the standard, because they have just put down a big rebellion that is enough to shake the imperial court, and they are all great heroes.
Xiao Ruxun led his troops to attack Qingwangfu, Qingwangfu was entrenched by a group of rebels, and Xiao Ruxun was willing to surrender only if he guaranteed their lives, and Xiao Ruxun, who was more or less affected by the tyrannical murderous atmosphere, directly ordered the bombardment of Qingwangfu, blasted the door of Qingwangfu open, killed Gong Zhi, the deputy general of the rebels entrenched in it, and killed all 203 rebels, leaving no one.
Later, Xiao Ruxun rescued the officials of the Qingwang Mansion and Gong E, who were controlled by the rebels, but the soldiers who were about to go crazy began to be restless, because they had suppressed it for too long, and as a result, they began to be restless when they saw Gong E's white flesh - Wei Xuezeng and Ye Mengxiong were strict in governing the army and were not allowed to bring camp skills.
So, the strong soldiers who had been holding back for more than two months urgently needed to vent, and at that time, Gong E's cry made Xiao Ruxun recover his consciousness in time, rushed forward and kicked over the red-eyed soldier who was about to explode Gong E, and angrily scolded the group of soldiers, which was able to control the tyrannical murderous spirit of the soldiers.
Then, in the process of rescuing them, Xiao Ruxun got an unexpected news from the old man in King Qing's Mansion - although Princess Qing committed suicide and died, the prince of King Qing did not die, he was hidden in the cellar by Princess Qing, and was later secretly rescued at night and hid in the secret room to be supported by everyone, just waiting for the court rescuers to rescue King Qing and keep the only bloodline of King Qing.
This credit fell from the sky and smashed on Xiao Ruxun's head, Xiao Ruxun immediately led his troops to find the secret room, and protected the seven-year-old Qingwang prince Zhu Shuaizin, until he brought it back to the camp and handed it over to Ye Mengxiong.
Killed into the city in the early morning, to the afternoon, the resistance of the rebels in the city was completely suppressed, to the evening, when the remnant sun was like blood, the rebellion of Bibai was completely quelled, one of the three major expeditions of Wanli, the battle of Ningxia ended with a complete victory of the Ming army, according to the results of the statistics a few days later, the battle of the Ming army killed more than 5,400 people, wounded more than 20,000 people, most of them survived, and the final death toll was around 6,000.
The rebels were killed more than 50,000 before and after, and the heads were piled up as high as several mountains, one of which was built by the Ming army into a Jingguan as far as the Great Wall, which was more than ten meters high, showing off their strength to the Outer Mongolians, and deterring them from entering the Kou.
This strategy was quite effective, and for a long time later, the cavalry on the steppe did not dare to approach that section of the Great Wall, and the Jingguan was rumored by the Mongols to be a ghost, as long as you see it, you will die, but the grassland children cry at night.
The bloody sunset glow sprinkled on the city of Ningxia, and the sporadic fighting ended completely, and on the evening of the 22nd, there was not even a single rebel army in the city of Ningxia who resisted.
About one-third of the town of Ningxia was destroyed, full of devastation, blood stains everywhere, dead people everywhere, crying everywhere, some women crying with mutilated bodies, some men crying with disheveled women, and some children crying with their parents' corpses, and the whole Ningxia city is crying.
In the end, only more than 300 rebels were surrendered, used as slaves and distributed to mines, the rest were all killed, and none of the leaders of the rebellion were alive, setting a record for the Ming army to quell the rebellion completely since the founding of the country, and the next day, at noon on April 23, the officials who arrived in Ningxia City to announce the latest holy decree were stunned.
The internal official saw that the generals and colonels who were covered in blood and murderous and piled up with mountains of heads, even urinated, couldn't say a word, made a joke about the boss, and was despised by Mei Guozhen to the end, it is said that the internal official died of a violent illness shortly after returning to the capital, and even frightened many internal officials who did not dare to go to the border to announce the decree.
Xiao Ruxun, who had completely regained his senses, led the troops to inspect the city wall to rectify the order, and then ordered all residents not to go out of the house without notice, and the food would be distributed by the government at the designated place every day, and only one person was allowed to receive it.
At the same time, Xiao Ruxun was afraid that after the city was broken, the soldiers were beastly and ordered, and all the soldiers who participated in the killing of the enemy in the city were ordered to withdraw from the city and return to the barracks.
That day, just in the morning, Xiao Ruxun ordered to behead twenty-four lawbreakers in a row, and finally controlled the situation that was almost out of control, and did his best to protect the order of the city and the safety of the people.
The emperor's new decree was ten days ago, ordering Ye Mengxiong to take over the position of governor of the three sides, Wei Xuezeng was dismissed from his post and investigated, and the internal officials took the brocade guards back to the capital to investigate, and the rest of the people remained unchanged, within three months, that is, by the end of July, the city was broken, otherwise everyone would be punished together.
When the holy decree arrived, everyone had already exceeded the target, so they asked the meritorious army newspaper and Mei Guozhen's recital to be sent to the capital for 800 miles in an expedited manner.
After the end of the battle, the exhausted soldiers also began to rest, after the victory of the war, it stands to reason that the commander is to reward the sergeants, but this time the soldiers who consumed a lot of energy even slept for two days and two nights before waking up, still sore and sluggish, so they had to postpone some.
After the end of the war to the emperor's reward decree before the arrival of this interlude, the soldiers are resting, this is also a rare rest day, no need to go out to drill and training, about a few days, the soldiers gathered together in twos and threes to hang out and chat, fart and bask in the sun, everyone said, this time the battle, it was really crazy, the hands of killing and killing were soft, and the hands of cutting off heads were also soft.
After the remnants of the blasted city wall were cleaned up, everyone saw a terrifying pit, and they trembled, and looked at Xiao Ruxun with a lot of awe.
After the end of the war, Xiao Ruxun became the most authoritative general in the entire army, not only the sergeants were in awe, the generals admired, and even the bosses seemed to pay more attention to Xiao Ruxun.
Ma Gui expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that he had never been accepted and treated well by the literati.
Xiao Ruxun, who was in a good mood, analyzed Ma Gui.
You see, first of all, I have contributed a strategy to make the army win, and I am a great hero, and I naturally have the conditions to be valued; Then, I am the son-in-law of the former military department Shangshu, and I am my own person in the eyes of these generals; Then, I was young, and they saw me as a manufactur. Also, I have a literary name, I am not illiterate, I am not a big boss, I also write well; Finally, I am handsome and have the demeanor of a Confucian general, which is also the most important point, and you are too ugly.
Ma Gui looked at Xiao Ruxun with very subtle eyes for a long time, and when he returned to the barracks, he asked his subordinates to find a mirror for himself, and began to wonder where he looked ugly in the mirror.