Chapter Seventy-One: Sacrifice

The emperor was humiliated, and of course the people who broke into the camp were furious. Zhang Nai, who was originally a little hesitant, immediately waved his hand, and the prepared executioners escorted the wounded and captured Ming soldiers to the seaside, and without saying much, they directly pressed the people down in rows, and only waited for Li Zicheng's order to kill people.

It's just that there are quite a few chauffeurs, as well as those masters who work hard to carry them, and ordinary sailors, who are wailing and crying one by one, and their voices are shaking the sky, and they are desperately kowtowing and shouting injustice.

Seeing the situation in front of them, all the soldiers also knew that these people were wronged, and they were quite hesitant for a while. Zhang Nai couldn't, and could only wait behind Li Zicheng, planning to intercede again.

Li Zicheng was pale, and looked at the sea for a while, seeing a team of sea ships taking advantage of the wind to gradually drive towards the deep sea, if the two sides are facing each other, it means that the other side has thousands of troops, and he will also order to rush forward at this time to save the lost face and morale of his side...... But in front of him was the endless sea of water and sky, he looked at the ship where the so-called "crown prince" was located, and then turned back to Liu Zongmin and said coldly: "Jiexuan, this is the crown prince you disdain to do?" Look, they're really majestic now! However, Jiexuan, will we be afraid of this baby who is still breastfeeding? ”

Zhu Cihong's "Shaanxi Marshal" has damaged Li Zicheng, the emperor of the Shun Dynasty, and the people's hearts are very delicate, although everyone now calls Li Zicheng the emperor, and the new dynasty is also established, but whether it is Li Zicheng himself or his closest subordinates, when it comes to Chongzhen and the crown prince in front of him, he still feels that the other party is the real dragon son and phoenix grandson.

Before a country is established, this new dynasty is not right, and its words are not good.

This is naturally the deep-seated reason why Li Zicheng desperately wants to defeat the Jingshi, but unfortunately, he fell short, not to mention the full success, and was heavily damaged by the sea.

Fortunately, after all, the emperor of the new dynasty has been a commander for many years, and his open-mindedness is not comparable to ordinary people.

Sure enough, Liu Zongmin's bony eyes burst into a dazzling light, and the general, who had always been as brave as a tiger, finally became angry, he looked at the seaside, touched the steel needle-like beard on his chin, and said coldly: "Sooner or later, I will take the head of this crown prince, so that he knows the fate of the poor tongue!" ”

Li Zicheng laughed, moved his war horse, and finally turned back some face in front of his subordinates, but the things below really gave him a headache, and he needed to return to Beijing as soon as possible...... There are still a lot of aftermath matters over there, waiting for him to adjudicate in person, and now the generals and military advisors are by his side, and only one Niu Jinxing remains in the Jingshi, to be honest, he can't rest assured.

Moreover, many ceremonies to be held, originally discussed, to seize the Beijing division also to fulfill the mandate of heaven, he to enter the Beijing division from the Desheng Gate, and then shoot arrows under the Chengtian Gate, in order to show that from the north to the king's spirit, the revolution is new.

But whether to act according to the original plan now is also to be carefully considered.

As for the Ming Dynasty's demotion to generals, tens of thousands of eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were enough for him to have a headache when he thought about it. For a moment, he felt a little confused, what was originally a joyful event for the change of dynasty turned out to be the way it is now...... No matter how much you don't care about it, but the sucking energy in your heart can't be dissolved!

"Father?"

When he was about to go, Zhang Nai came to ask for instructions again, and not far behind him, there was still a Gong Yonggu who was struggling and scolding.

"What else do you ask?" Li Zicheng's heart was in chaos, like a mess, and when he saw Zhang Nai coming, he said coldly: "You don't need to return to your life, kill them all!" ”

"Back to my father, there are some boatmen and sailors, and they are extremely wronged......"

Zhang Nai was stubborn, and he was still begging for those boatmen and sailors who were really wronged.

"Okay!" Li Zicheng didn't want to hurt the face of this righteous son and the pro-army general too much, so he didn't have time to think about it for a while, waved his hand, and ordered: "These masters and waterwheels will all cut off their right hands." ”

After that, he said with a stern face: "Don't intercede for them anymore!" ”

These people are hard-working men, the livelihood of the family is on both hands, cutting off a hand, it is equivalent to cutting off the livelihood of this person and the family, not only can not make money to carry the work, the family also has to raise a disabled person...... But Zhang Nai also saw Li Zicheng's face, knowing that it was useless to say more, so he had to pause and agree, seeing Li Zicheng and others being surrounded by the cavalry, only Li Yan was passing by, his face was pale, and his eyes were full of pity, but Song Xiance was on Li Yan's side, desperately shaking his head at Li Yan, signaling him not to make a sound, so when the two main and deputy military divisions also galloped through the crowd, and Tian Jianxiu, who has always been famous for his benevolence and righteousness, was not there, these people and sailors, plus the fate of the captured Ming army, It is destined to be immutable in an instant.

"The emperor has an order, and all the Ming army prisoners are beheaded. Minfu watermill etc., go to the right hand! ”

When he arrived at the place where the people were detained, Zhang Nai frowned and sighed, and gave the order to go, so the crowd began to pull those people and sailors first, and pulled people out, one holding hands, one waving a knife, and after cutting off his right hand, he pushed it to the side, leaving him to live and die.

With so many people, it is unlikely that they will be carefully bandaged after beheading, and it is unlikely that they can survive or die after beheading.

The palm of the beheaded ground, it looks very weird, and next, it is to behead the captured Ming army soldiers, and the Ming army also knows that it is inevitable, all of them are Tianjin Fubiao soldiers, at this time, of course, they are scolding, what ugly words are scolded, and in the end, everyone only scolded: "Let's just take the first step, the Ming prince is heroic, a few years later, you are pressed here, beheaded to avenge us." ”

Zhang Nai also heard Luo Hu say that he was very jealous of this crown prince, and he was disgusted when he heard it at this time, and when he saw Gong Yonggu sneering at him in his eyes, he was also very impatient, waved his hand, and only said: "Hurry up, all the beheadings will be reported!" ”

............ "Your Highness, this is not the case! ”

Chen Mingxia, who had been transferred to serve beside Zhu Cihong, suddenly pointed to the shore and exclaimed: "Rebellion is killing!" ”

Sure enough, in the place where everyone could see it, in an open space in the port, the intruders of the brigade pushed or pulled, pulling people to the sea, a row of knives was raised and put down, and everyone saw clearly, and saw a row of dozens of people full of blood spurting out, and people's heads rolling to the ground. And the intrusive army picked up the human head, and together with the corpse, kept throwing it into the sea.

With such a flash of light, dozens of people died, and at this time, not far away, everyone could see clearly, except for a few maritime sailors, most of them were captured Tianjin Fubiao's infantry officers and soldiers.

"Bastard, it's not human."

"Brute!"

When the generals saw it, they were furious, and then they couldn't help but scold, and Gong Xiaozu, who was serving beside Zhu Cihong, suddenly knelt down and cried: "Father! ”

When I looked again, I saw a general wearing a mountain armor and a purple flower cloak being escorted to the shore, and the general also kept struggling, and finally was pressed to the ground and beheaded with a knife.

From the body shape to the armor and cloak, most of them were Gong Yonggu, who had no news after being captured, and for a while, because Gong Xiaozu cried and fainted, Wei Yue, Wang Yuan and others also cried silently.

In the past few days, everyone has been fighting bloodily, this horse has always rushed to kill in front and back and retreated, if not, how could he be captured?

"It's a sacrifice!" Zhu Cihong was silent at first, and after half a sound, he finally said sharply: "What is said today should be forever." After returning to Nanjing, he asked his father for permission to build a loyal temple to remember the soul of loyalty! ”

Everyone was silent, but in their eyes, they were also moved. Chen Mingxia, who was standing not far away, also showed a thoughtful look in his eyes...... The prince's actions, according to his analysis and attention these days, everything must have a reason, there must be a deep meaning, the current matter, of course, there is the urgency to clean up people's hearts, but after the construction of this ancestral hall, what is the real deep meaning?

There are no powerful ministers around the prince, Chen Mingxia knows that Wu Weiye and others are just literati, and they have no real ability...... This is a good opportunity to establish yourself by the side of the prince, and it is really not to be missed...... "What His Royal Highness said is very true, after the ministers arrive in Nanjing, they will write and write about the deeds, and promote loyalty and martyrdom with the soldiers who are killed and wounded, and set the righteousness with the righteousness of the people!" ”

Zhu Cihong glanced at this young genius of the Restoration Society with appreciative eyes, who can leave a big name in history and mix with a high-ranking figure, after all, it is not ordinary, although what he says is still a clichΓ©, but in his eagerness, he can vaguely grasp the idea that he wants to promote the dead soldiers in battle, especially the idea of arousing the people's morale, it is really commendable!

Inspire the latecomers, of course, is the most important thing, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the people's hearts are lost is the most fundamental, the gentry, the army, the people, all walks of life are unwilling to serve, or in other words, most of them are unwilling to serve, there is a powerful empire, but a small tribe of 60,000 Ding finally got the world, the lesson is too profound!

But it's too early to tell.

Zhu Cihong was still hesitating, and the boss of the boat at the helm was about to come over, kneeling down and kowtowing from a distance, and said in his mouth: "His Royal Highness the Prince, there is a small boat coming in front of him, and he came with a flag, saying that the emperor was worried about His Highness in front, and sent a boat to pick up the master to the big ship in front." ”

Of course, the boss of the boat doesn't understand the rules, in fact, Chongzhen's words are an edict, if he is in the palace, he has to announce it, and ask everyone to kneel to receive it, and he can't take care of it at this time, Zhu Cihong only nodded after listening to it, and promised: "Okay, I'll take a small boat to catch up!" ”

The so-called small boat, but also dozens of people rowing, Chongzhen first but more than an hour, the sea distance is not far, after the sail and then desperately rowing, not after a while, a big brig ship is in sight.

The sea ban of the Ming Dynasty existed in name only, but the restrictions on sea ships were still very strong, and the so-called big ships were only about 600 materials, which was too far from the treasure ships that went to the West back then.

Zhu Cihong didn't care about these things at this time, he just thought in his mind: "Look for me now, but you don't know what it is?" ”

(To be continued)