Chapter 587: Aftermath
On the empty flat land outside Beiping City, the remaining hundreds of thousands of real rebels quietly waited for the arrival of death. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info They were still holding on to the hope that Tang Ming would continue to shout again and would spare their lives. But after such a long time, there was no sound, and gradually a bad premonition appeared in everyone's hearts.
As if to confirm everyone's hunch, hot air balloons in the air began to surround them, and it was clear that the killing was about to begin.
The rebels were no longer calm, and everyone knew that once the hot air balloon really surrounded them, none of them would be able to escape.
As a soldier on the battlefield, death is not terrible for them, what they are afraid of is that they can't do anything, so they die like this.
After a moment of tranquility on the battlefield, suddenly, hundreds of thousands of rebels began to riot, and there were no eggs under the nest. As soon as the hot air balloon started attacking, no one could escape, and everyone began to rush out in all directions. Their only belief at the moment is to run away from the hot air balloon overhead.
This time, the rebels were preparing to attack the city, so no one was riding horses, and naturally ran over the hot air balloon on only two legs.
Zhu Neng even had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, the way these rebels scattered and fled was nothing more than a struggle before death in his eyes.
On the surface, Zhu Neng looks ruthless, but if you look closely, you can see the reluctance from the depths of his eyes.
These rebels who fled in all directions did not kill their crimes, but the emperor wanted to use them to establish authority, and hundreds of thousands of lives of good sons and daughters of the Ming Dynasty were buried in this way.
He felt a deep pity, but as a courtier, he couldn't say anything, and the pain could only hurt in his heart. The hot air balloon quickly formed an encirclement, and the adjutant general hesitated for a moment, but still said to Zhu Nengyu: "General, everything is ready, please give the order!" ”
"Kill!"
Zhu Neng coldly dropped the word.
Without any words, the adjutant turned around and ordered the standard-bearer to give the order.
"Bang, bang......"
The incendiary bomb shattered directly on the ground, and the sparks flew everywhere and ignited a raging fire at the same time, and the screams immediately resounded outside the entire Beiping City.
At this moment, the incendiary bombs were thrown at the location of the rebels without any restraint, and under the order of Zhu Gaochi. In an instant, more than 100,000 people were surrounded in a sea of fire, and less than 1,000 people were lucky enough to escape.
But as soon as they escaped from the sea of fire, they immediately ran into the sharpshooter battalion ambushed on the periphery, and none of the more than a thousand people survived, and all of them were easily dealt with by the dogs.
An official rebellion, after two months of vigorous action, was finally completely dismantled today. Those who were lucky enough to escape were surrounded by raging fire in an instant when they saw the hundreds of thousands of rebels. In addition to being afraid, they also began to be grateful to Tang Minglai.
They all knew that it was because of Tang Ming's shouting just now that they avoided the fate of being buried in the fire.
After confirming that all the rebels were dead, Zhu Gaochi ordered him to return to the palace.
The fire was still burning, and the smell of fire oil mixed with the pungent smell of burnt paste permeated the sky over the entire Beiping City.
The fire continued until the evening of the same day, and the charred corpses were scattered all over the ground, but fortunately the surviving army of civilians helped to clean up the entire battlefield before dawn.
That night, Zhu Gaochi called Tang Ming to the imperial study, and the two didn't know what they were talking about inside, until dawn, when they saw Tang Ming leave in a hurry.
Zhu Gaochi then ordered to meet many officials, all of whom were assigned tasks, and finally went to rest with dark circles under his eyes.
Although the rebels were wiped out, there were many problems left behind, and the whole south was already very dilapidated after this uproar. Many towns have reached the point of desertion, and everything from law and order to the required law enforcement officers, as well as officials, are urgently needed.
However, Zhu Gaochi didn't care about these people who were still left outside Beiping City, he had already handed over half of the number to Tang Ming to arrange. The rest will be sent back to the south to settle down, and at this time, Zhu Gaochi also realized that after moving the capital to Beiping, his control over the south was too thin.
Taking this opportunity, he can change officials in large numbers and install officials who are loyal to him in the south, and he will not break or stand, and the current situation has greatly facilitated Zhu Gaochi's work.
Tang Ming was on the city gate tower at the moment, looking at the huge camp that had been temporarily set up outside the city, he suddenly felt a little headache. Nearly 800,000 people stayed here, and he had to send half of them to Luzon or the islands.
This is definitely a huge project, and the repatriation of personnel is not a troublesome matter, at most it is just the length of time. But Zhu Gaochi only gave him ten days, and after ten days, he had to transfer half of the people out of Beiping.
The eating, drinking, and sleeping of 400,000 people all pressed on Tang Ming's shoulders at once, which was almost the sum of the people on his Ryukyu Island and Jeju Island. The food that these people need every day alone is enough for him to have a headache, and these should have come from Zhu Gaochi, the emperor.
But last night, the two of them were in the imperial study because of this matter, and they discussed all night, and finally decided with a word of mahjong.
The dog has been standing here with Tang Ming for a long time, and he has never understood what the prince has to worry about, after all, these people are sent to other places. Isn't it on his Ryukyu Island and Jeju Island, where he can just send people over and get some food, is it necessary to think so much about these people?
"Lord Wang, General Fei has arrived in Tianjin, the ship and hot air balloon have been prepared, should we start sending them away?"
Tang Ming sighed secretly in his heart, nodded and said, "Then let's start, tell Fei Xin, take care of the personal safety of the people, don't fill the boat just because you are in a hurry to send people away, safety first!" ”
Although the dog was still puzzled, he didn't ask any more, he would do whatever the prince said, and now he has understood these little truths about how to behave in the world.
Tang Ming didn't close a glance all night last night, this would also be a dilemma, and after letting the dog go down to do something, he went directly back to the palace of the prince.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he was told by the eunuch guarding the door that the emperor was also here, and Tang Ming, who was about to leave as soon as he turned around, was told that the emperor was resting inside.
He hesitated for a moment, raised his feet and entered the prince's mansion, there were more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs guarding the door of the master bedroom, and it was obvious that Zhu Gaochi was inside. Tang Ming didn't want to see him at all, so he bypassed it first, casually found a room that seemed to be unoccupied, and then closed the door and slept soundly. He was so sleepy that he didn't pay much attention to the things in the room, so he lay down on the bed and fell asleep with his eyes closed. (To be continued.) )