Chapter Ninety-One: Blood Sacrifice

"Li Shuai, let's go, if you don't leave, you won't have a chance!"

Yesterday's unfinished offensive of the Ming army, as well as the situation in the city after the Ming army retreated, all of these were in Hu Quancai's eyes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 However, Hong Chengchou doesn't have much energy to spread now, so he has to do it.

Now, the east city gate has collapsed, and Hu Quancai, who is in the west city, saw from afar that the routed soldiers in the city had begun to pour here, and hurriedly dragged Li Benshen and whispered to him. After all, he is a civil official, and it is still extremely difficult to escape, and now he has a military general, accompanied by a large team of personal soldiers, family members and sharp pawns, and the chances of survival will be greater.

However, at this moment, Li Benshen did not respond to him immediately, but just looked intently at the east of the city. It wasn't until a moment later that Hu Quan was already impatient, and he sighed, as if he had done his last hand to defend the imperial city and Hong Chengchou, before he opened the west city gate and took the belt away.

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When the army entered, the Qing army, which was already in chaos, completely collapsed, either kneeling on the ground and asking for surrender, or running to the other three gates of Guangxin City, in a vain attempt to escape from this dead land.

After the Ming army entered the city, the troops followed the pre-formulated plan to kill the city walls, yamen, warehouses and military camps, and even the military judge led the brigade of pacification soldiers to inspect the whole city to maintain military discipline. And the work of chasing and killing the Qing army in the city was handed over to the captives who attacked the city with the Ming army, which was the best moment for them to get the chance to return home, and naturally they would not miss it easily.

Just when the siege battle entered the most critical moment, Liu Fangming had no choice but to lead a brigade of cavalry to attack the flank of the Ming army, in a vain attempt to share the pressure for the defenders, but was quickly defeated by Wu Dengke and Li Ruixin. When the city gate fell, he led the remnants of his army to the northwest, but did not enter the strong fortress - the fortress was so big, there were already 3,000 troops stationed in it, and too many people would have starved to death first.

The army rushed in, and with the control of the Ming army in various important places, the entire Fucheng was also changed, and all that remained was the search for the remnants of the Qing army in the city and the pursuit of the Qing army that fled from the city.

"Send someone to persuade you to surrender outside the fortress, ask again, and tell Bu Shilong that the marshal will not wait for the expiration date."

With the fall of Fucheng and Liu Fangming's escape, the fortress became a lonely city, and it was inevitable to persuade it to surrender with the power of a great victory. However, the defenders of the fortress did not intend to accept this kindness.

"I asked the troops attacking the northern city wall, and they heard from some of the captured prisoners that Liu Guangbi, the governor of the Tatar Jiangxi Province, and some other Qing generals had fled into the fortress......

There are two parapets between the fortress and the fortress to strengthen its defenses, and this is how they escaped from the castle when the city was broken, but whether they will use the fortress as a springboard to escape is a huge question.

"The order goes down, the guards and the second battalion of Chun'an do not need to enter the city, and block the north and east sides of the fortress; The Nantang battalion went out of the city from the west gate of the city, and went north to block the road of the Tartars to the west, and the guards set out to search first, so as not to let the thieves escape. ”

"The last general will obey."

Aside from these three battalions, Chen Wen still had six battalions in his hands plus more than 2,000 infantry who had not yet been organized into combat battalions, but he did not intend to let them wait here for this large army.

Now the Manchu Qing Dynasty's mobile forces in Jiangxi have almost been swept away, and in addition to the 2,000 green battalions in Yuanzhou Prefecture, each prefecture only has a few hundred green battalions, and they must be stationed in various counties and floods. In addition, the only people who could pose a threat to the Ming army were the 3,000 people in Fubiao in Jiangxi and the 1,500 green battalions and 5,000 green battalions in Fubiao and Zhenbiao in Southern Jiangxi. The core area around Poyang Lake in Jiangxi can already be called an undefended area, so it is natural to take it down as soon as possible to prevent changes.

"Li Ruixin, Lou Jiye."

"The last general!"

In the east gate of Guangxin Fucheng, he had just entered Fucheng, and before he could catch his breath, Chen Wen began to arrange the next combat mission. In this regard, all the generals under his command are eager to try, because of the previous many military discussions, they now have a good understanding of the situation in the southeast battlefield, and naturally they also know that the peach in Jiangxi can be picked now just by stretching out their hands.

"The two of you led the Iron Cavalry Battalion and the Flying Bear Battalion to the west and took Nanchang for Ben Shuai. After recovering Nanchang, Li Ruixin waited for reinforcements and cleared several nearby prefectures and counties by the way. Lou Jiye commanded the army to the north, recovering Jiujiang Fucheng, Nanhuzui and the mouth of the lake on the opposite bank as soon as possible, and tightened the mouth of Poyang Lake for me. ”

Jiangxi Province has three important areas for defense, one is the provincial capital Nanchang, the second is Nanjiang in the south of Jiangxi, and the third is Jiujiang, which guards the mouth of Poyang Lake and can play a role in cutting off the Yangtze River. The Jiujiang River is north of Nanchang, which is also on the west bank of Poyang Lake.

"The last will obey."

The two bowed, and then retreated, waiting for the end of the military discussion, so that they could coordinate the details of food and grass with the staff of the army.

"Wu Dengke"

"The last general!"

"You lead the Lishui camp and Yiwu camp to follow up after a day of rest and rush to Nanchang."

The second battalion of the Iron Cavalry and the Flying Bear had strong mobility, but the strength was too thin, so Chen Wen asked Wu Dengke to follow up with two battalions, and after arriving in Nanchang, he could start sweeping the Qing army-occupied areas with this provincial capital as the center.

"The last will obey."

"Zhang Zisheng, An Youfu."

"The last general!"

"After the two of you rest for two days, lead the Yushan battalion and the Shentang battalion to attack the Fuzhou capital city, and after taking it, wait for the follow-up order."

Fuzhou Mansion is located west of Guangxin Mansion and southeast of Nanchang, and holding it here can provide the least shelter for these two key points of the Ming army's heavy troops.

Zhang Zisheng is the head snake in Jiangxi, and he can return to Jiangxi this time, and he is naturally the most excited among the generals. The Shentang battalion led by An Youfu is the strongest combat effectiveness among the battalions of the Ming army in Zhejiang, and with the cooperation of the Shentang battalion, the Yushan battalion will naturally be able to better complete the established strategic tasks.

"The last will obey."

There were 20,000 soldiers in his hands alone, but Chen Wen did not have such an appetite for scattering all the troops in one go and scattering them to various prefectures and counties to swallow the whole of Jiangxi. Especially now the fortress in the north of Guangxinfu is still there, and the battalions of the Ming army are more or less damaged in this series of battles, first connect Guangxinfu to Nanchang in a straight line, sweep the core area of Poyang Lake around Jiangxi, and then go south more safely. Anyway, the Manchus didn't have any troops in the southeast that could rush to their aid.

"Gentlemen, this summer, the whole province of Jiangxi will be restored!"

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The Ming army's clean-up work was carried out at the fastest speed, assisted by the military judge or the pacification soldiers, the Ming army of the brigade entered the squares, and the staff of the army wrote the notice of the people, posted it everywhere, and then brought the officials in the city, Li Zheng and others to assist the Ming army and the people.

The Qing army in Fucheng was basically the elite of the green battalion drawn from the north, and while enhancing its combat effectiveness, there was also a great contradiction between it and the locals. Stealing chickens and dogs, forcibly seizing and robbing, and even forcibly robbing people's daughters, especially in the blockade and relocation work carried out by Hong Chengchou on the orders of the Yamen, they even wantonly slaughtered the local people.

The contradictions between the soldiers and the people here were extremely deep, and the Qing army was originally strong, and the people had no choice but to endure it. Now that the Ming army has entered the city, it is considered to be revenge and revenge.

With the full cooperation of the low-level officials of the original ruling structure in the city, Li Zheng and the people throughout the whole process, the Ming army's clean-up operation was carried out quickly, and the entire city was cleaned up in just one afternoon.

A large number of Qing troops who were unable to escape from the city were imprisoned in the Ming army's prisoner camps, but these prisoners naturally could not be compared with those who assisted the Ming army in the siege of the city. The captives were now in the camp outside the city, holding a large bowl of white rice in one hand and adding vegetables from the bowl in the other. Even those wounded prisoners were able to be treated by the Ming army, of course, after the wounded of the Ming army.

This was what they deserved for the Ming army, but the new captives did not enjoy this treatment at all.

While the clean-up work is underway, the inventory is also underway. First of all, they were distinguished according to the head of the battalion to which they belonged, and those who had obvious bad deeds in the previous Yushan victory and the siege of Guangxin Mansion this time were singled out, and they were directly pulled out and cut off their heads. The rest were kept in the open space in the camp to drink the wind. In order to prevent them from making any changes at night, the Ming army even stripped off their clothes, and also let the auxiliary soldiers tie up a fence and raise a fire to monitor, which felt like treating livestock.

"I still have to follow Grandpa Guo, even Lao Jingliu is not his old man's opponent, and I don't have any fun watching Tartar come."

As one of the captives who performed well in the siege, Wei Fushun, a Gansu soldier who had just thrown a grenade off the city at first, was following a prison officer and a group of equally good captives to visit the plight of these new captives.

The night in mid-May was not very cool, especially for these green battalion soldiers drawn from the north. However, today's Ming army is under great pressure to attack the city, and they don't even have the opportunity to eat, even more so after being captured, now they are not only starving, but also drinking with their bare buttocks, which is really uncomfortable. What's more, Wei Fushun and the others heard the prison officer mention that it seemed that these unlucky people would have to live a few days of starvation.

"Yes, yes. Lao Jingluo has killed more people than we have ever seen back then, and he has to be deflated when he sees Grandpa Guo, but Grandpa Guo is still powerful. ”

Just after a full meal, watching the new captives starve and freeze, such a comparison, the happiness suddenly soared to 90,000 miles. For the Ming army he saw, he nodded even more, for fear of upsetting the Ming army and losing the superior treatment at the moment.

"This big, handsome, I want to follow Grandpa Guo, and follow Grandpa Guo to return to my hometown in the future."

"Handsome?" The prison officer turned his head and asked, "Are you calling me?" ”

"Exactly."

After Wei Fushun replied tremblingly, the prison officer shook his head: "I'm not a big marshal, in terms of position, I am the prison officer of the Shentang Battalion, but I am temporarily responsible for taking you around today and chatting with you." In terms of class, I'm the lieutenant of Zhiguo, and you probably can't stand this one, but you're not a handsome person anyway. You can call me Huang Jianjun. In addition, among my Zhejiang kings, there is only one handsome, and that is Guogong. ”

"Yes, the villain wrote it down, Huang Jianjun."

Not only this captive, but also some of the other captives were eager to try this, but many more seemed a little worried.

"We, the king of Zhejiang, are talking about rewarding meritorious service and punishing mistakes. Your performance in the siege battle has been excellent, and you have exceeded the line of forgiveness, so the charges are cleared. As for the matter of going to stay, if you have this plan, I will also tell the commander. If you are worried about your family, you can also go back, and Master Wang will never leave it difficult. But ......"

Receiving this treatment, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Ming army in Zhejiang won a big victory that was enough to rewrite the situation in the southeast, it still seemed very weak compared to such a behemoth as the Manchu Qing Dynasty today. Moreover, after all, this is Jiangxi, not the hometown of Ganshan, and the fear of becoming a ghost in a foreign land also prompts some captives to have a great temptation to return to their hometown as soon as possible.

However, when they heard this "but", their hearts immediately hung again.

Fortunately, the prison officer did not say anything to make them continue to panic, but only said that if they left, they would have to tattoo a mark on their bodies, and if they dared to do anything for the Tartars again, they would only be able to do anything dead, and they would not be tolerated.

This condition is reasonable, and everyone can't help but feel relieved in their hearts, and they are naturally doubly attentive to the Ming Army, especially this supervising officer, hoping that this "marshal" with the "rank of deputy lieutenant" can say a few more good words to Chen Wen. Although they couldn't figure out what this Rausch "Lieutenant Zhiguo" was.

The soldiers at the bottom were imprisoned in the open space to drink the wind, but the Manchu officials who were captured in the city of Guangxin Mansion were waiting for Chen Wen to summon them one by one in Hong Chengchou's line.

Jiangxi political envoy Huang Zhixuan.

Huang Zhongtong, the prefect of Guangxin.

Xing'an Zhi County Wu Hong Road.

Bai Guangen, the former governor of the town.

Ouchi guard, commander of the left shrimp battalion Zhang Dayuan.

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Most of the civil officials of the Nanchang shogunate and the officers of the green battalion of the Jinglubiao battalion, the Jiangxi standard and the Jiujiang town standard were captured and screened by the Ming army. It's just that Bai Guangen, Huang Zhixuan, he has no interest at all. Because these Manchu officials like demon dogs are not even a fart compared to Hong Chengchou.

This can be seen from the length of the official position, the Taibao and the prince and the prince, through the four provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian, the governor of military affairs and the management of food and salary, and the university scholar Hong Chengchou. The length of this person's official position is longer than that of several high-ranking officials and generals, and even those who don't know anything about history will probably understand that this Mr. Hong Hengjiu is Chen Wen's biggest gain in this battle.

"Mr. Hong, last year and now, you have forced me too much twice, can you feel happy?"

Hong Chengchou, who was sick and couldn't sit up, has been paralyzed on the ground since he was dragged in by the Ming army, except for the dust that his breath blows up, he can barely prove that this is a living thing, but my first hero who entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty is now like a dead corpse, and he didn't even react to Chen Wen's questioning.

However, for Chen Wen, after the former governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Chen Jin, he once again defeated the enemy, especially Hong Chengchou, who is still the strongest opponent in his life, even if he is standing up on the ground, it is useless.

"I heard that this Zhang guard seems to look down on you, but that Wang guard has always knelt and licked your old man, why don't you see him guarding with a sword this time."

Zhang Dayuan and Wang Fuchen are both internal guards arranged by Shunzhi to protect Hong Chengchou, which in fact also implies a layer of surveillance. Zhang Dayuan relied on Shunzhi as the backstage, and he was the same thing with Hong Chengchou on weekdays, while Wang Fuchen, although he was also a guard in the interior, was born as a rogue, and he was already frightened by Hong Chengchou in his early years, so he naturally worked hard to serve him. However, when Hong Chengchou's majestic figure was completely crushed by Chen Wen, this awe was also shattered at the same time.

The Ming army killed and injured the head of the city, and Wang Fuchen and Zhang Dayuan guarded it under the city wall. Who knew that just out of the city, a small group of Ming troops rushed out of the cable-laden pull, Zhang Dayuan escorted Hong Chengchou to resist, but Wang Fuchen took Hong Chengchou hostage, but was pierced through the head by an arrow by a Ming archer in the distance, and died at that time.

Hong Chengchou didn't move anymore, probably because he was used to seeing this kind of betrayal, or he didn't have the strength to say anything for such a traitor, and he was still lying on the ground panting without a mouthful, like a dead dog.

"There is a way that there are only wrong names, no wrong nicknames. Fake Lu Bu, come out with this nickname, and Fu Lin Xiaoer will also put him by your side, I Chen Wenzhen don't know if he is ignorant, or I want you to die early. ”

The verbal ridicule did not have much effect on Hong Chengchou, but when it came to Shunzhi, the idea of Zhongjun seemed to have played a role, and Hong Chengchou finally reacted, moving slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Just react.

Chen Wen laughed, and then said to Wu Dengke: "Brother Wu, I remember that when you were on Dalan Mountain, you seemed to have mentioned an idea, and you were laughed at by everyone at that time as a fool's dream, right?" ”

Sitting in the tent, Wu Dengke had already forgotten all about this matter, but another military general from Dalanshan still vaguely remembered.

"The last general remembers that Wu Shuai said back then that he wanted to ask Hong Chengchou if it was because the Queen Mother of Tartar slept with him."

As soon as these words came out, the hall of Xingyuan burst into laughter, but Wu Dengke was still a little embarrassed, and he couldn't see the reckless man back then.

"Since Brother Wu is embarrassed, then Ben Shuai will ask for you." As he spoke, Chen Wen walked in front of Hong Chengchou, squatted down, grabbed the white and loose braids, and lifted Hong Chengchou's head, and looked at each other.

"Phew!"

A mouthful of dark red bloodshot spit came over, but he didn't even spit out this short distance of half a meter, but hung on Hong Chengchou's chin like a broken thread, looking even more embarrassed.

"It's not a dead dog, your only remaining life is for this moment, then you are too pitiful."

Leaving Hong Chengchou, who had only one breath left, Chen Wen shouted sharply: "Do you want to know why Lao Tzu is playing you here, it's not as simple as you lowering the tartar." There are those who descend tartars, but there are few people who work as hard as you do. For the sake of Tartar, you can sell all the Han people, why can't Lao Tzu find happiness with you? ”

Sitting down again, the hall was already silent, and every general of the Ming army heard Chen Wen's anger, and they trembled one by one, and even breathed a lot more slowly.

"Did you find out?"

Hearing this, a staff member walked out and immediately replied to Chen Wen: "The words of the returning duke have been investigated, and it is indeed the order of the traitor Hong Chengchou. ”

After the city was broken today, the news that the Qing army forcibly robbed the women of the palace as military prostitutes soon reached Chen Wen's ears. Looking at the naked and scarred corpses in the Qing army camp, some were hanging from trees, some had just been fished out of wells, and some were discarded at random in the camp. This scene, I saw it there, it was Nanjing in the movie, Auschwitz, or something else, anyway, after seeing that glance, Chen Wen never wanted to watch it again, especially with the cries of those survivors who had lost their virginity.

In order to boost morale, such a tragedy can be done, the madness of this old traitor, compared to even Chen Wen's opponent back then, the former governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Chen Jin, is completely incomparable.

"Hong Chengchou, you'd better live until tomorrow, otherwise I have a way to torture your people."

Early the next morning, the identification began. Chen Wen didn't want to watch that scene at all, but those fragments that almost didn't need to be thought of in his mind kept coming to mind.

After the identification, the Nanchang Shogunate, including Hong Chengchou, and the civilian and military generals of the seven green battalions were pulled out of the city by the Ming army.

"Kyushu is the homeland of my Chinese people, and it should never be a place where jackals run rampant. There is a way to enter China, then China; When Huaxia enters Yidi, it will be Yidi. Whether the first half of the sentence is correct or not, forgive me Chen Wencai's shallow knowledge and can't be recognized, but the second half of the sentence is clearly placed in front of us, and these guys with Tartar are no longer different from beasts. ”

Pointing to the prisoners kneeling on the ground, Chen Wen shouted loudly in front of the people of the city and the tens of thousands of Ming troops: "In this world, only dead Tartars are good Tartars, and these beasts that are no doubt with Tartars are also applicable to this principle. ”

"Today, I, Chen Wen, in the name of the commander of Nanzhili, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places to aid the soldiers and horses of the waterway, specially give python jade, act cheaply, hang the seal of the general, the left army governor's mansion, the young guard and the prince Taibao, Xiu Guogong ordered: Hong Chengchou, Bai Guangen, Huang Zhixuan and the following Nanchang shogunate civil and military generals will all be executed by Ling Chi, and the rest of the evil soldiers will be beheaded to show the public, in order to comfort the souls of the innocent people who died because of Hong Chengchou in the past year!" (To be continued.) )