Chapter 672: Gaizhou Massacre
"What's wrong with the study, the whole world, it is not the king's land, this is my study, I can do whatever I want!" Ye Yingwu said disapprerovingly, but he looked down at Qiqin's pretty face, and he didn't know where to aim for a while, and his voice was immediately lowered a little, "What's more, Qin'er, the way you want to refuse and welcome it now makes a certain person really unable to control it." Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½β
"Who's that?" Qiqin said angrily.
"Shall we try it?" Ye Yingwu directly grabbed her legs, picked her up, and walked behind the screen.
Qiqin snorted softly, but did not break free, but reached out and hugged Ye Yingwu's neck.
The two of them didn't know that outside the study, Hui Niang raised her eyebrows, and said hatefully: "It's really shameless, Sister Qin'er even promised her husband γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
"Okay, I'm afraid you haven't been as reserved as Sister Qin'er, so you'd have already pounced," Lu Wanyan, who was standing behind Hui Niang, couldn't help but whisper, "Laugh in a hundred steps and take fifty steps, are you embarrassed?" β
"Sister Wanniang, you!"
Lu Wanyan shook her head with a smile, turned around and waved: "Let's send these soups back to the imperial dining room to simmer first, and put some sheep kidneys in them." β
Hui Niang's eyes widened suddenly: "You γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» you still make up for him?" β
"Isn't it possible?" Lu Wanyan's playfulness and agility seemed to be back at this time, glanced at Hui Niang, and walked directly towards the imperial dining room.
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Liaodong, Gaizhou.
"Quick, keep up with Lao Tzu!" The voices of the commanders and the leaders of the capital came and went.
The sound of horses' hooves shook the earth, and groups of Ming cavalry came from the sky, red flags hunting and dancing under the yellow clouds, and the mountains and roads on both sides retreated rapidly. At the front of many flags, swords and guns, a general flag with the character "Chen" was the general flag of Chen Pingxi, commander of the Third Brigade of the Zhenhai Navy, who was ordered to rush to the aid of Gaizhou.
The cavalry of the Zhenhai Navy was basically dispatched to follow Wang Dayong to the grassland, so now Wang Huchen spent a lot of effort in the whole army to assemble this book of 100 cavalry and hand it over to Chen Pingxi - this is also thanks to the fact that the Zhenhai Navy is in Liaodong, which was originally a place for horse production - Chen Pingxi personally led the first advance to Gaizhou, while the infantry of the Third Brigade and the two divisions of the follow-up support followed behind, and at the speed of the cavalry, even if these infantry soldiers marched quickly, they were left behind a distance of dozens of miles.
On both sides of the road leading to Gaizhou, a large number of fleeing people are hobbling north.
"The brigade commander is all from the Han family and from Bohai." A leader rushed to Chen Pingxi's side and whispered.
Chen Pingxi frowned, and raised the horsewhip in his hand; "You don't even say that Lao Tzu knows, look around here!"
The generals around them all subconsciously held their breath, there were not only people walking north on the road, but also corpses, blood stained the wild grass on the side of the road, obviously there had been a killing here, and the bloody smell in the air also silently proved all this.
"General, you have to call the shots for us!" An elderly man walked slowly under the support of several young people, and slowly knelt on the ground before he saw Chen Pingxi, although his voice was not loud, but it fell on the hearts of every Ming army general, like thunder.
"Old man, don't deserve it, don't deserve it!" Chen Pingxi quickly dismounted and helped the old man up, "I failed to arrive in Gaizhou in time to rescue you, I, Chen Pingxi, am already guilty, if the old man kneels down like this, it will be a great crime!" β
The old man's hands trembled and grabbed Chen Pingxi's arm: "Chen γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» Chen Pingxi?" Dare to ask, but General Chen, who broke through Dongning Mansion? β
Stunned for a moment, Chen Pingxi nodded solemnly: "The old man knows me? β
"The bloody battle of Dongning Mansion broke the courage of the Mongolian Tatars, who doesn't know?" The old man sighed and said, "We were originally the Han people who were taken captive by the Jurchens and went north, and they were forced for several generations, and they originally thought that our Han family's army had finally escaped, but who would have thought that there would be such a killing catastrophe today, these Jurchen Tartars killed people in the city as if they were crazy, whether it was our Han people or the Bohai people who had always followed them, they did not escape." There are too few soldiers in the city to resist, so we can only defend the city gate and cover our people to escapeγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
After a pause, the strength of the old man's hand suddenly increased, and his voice trembled more and more: "General, the people in the city are dying miserably, the general must be the master for us, these Jurchen Tartars, damn it!" Although we, the Han people in the North, were born as slaves, this life is not worth mentioning, but it is also a life, these Jurchen Tartars are crazy to kill people without blinking their eyes! β
"General!" Several people around couldn't help but scream.
The clay people still have three points of fire, not to mention these soldiers who rushed out of the sea of corpses and blood. It has always been the heads of the Jurchens under their swords and guns, when were these Jurchens allowed to kill the Han people?
Chen Pingxi carefully helped the old man up, and met the expectant eyes of the old man and the people of the Han family around him, Chen Pingxi said in a deep voice: "Old man, you have a wrong sentence. The lives of the people of my Han family have never been despicable, whether it is the people of the north or the people of the south of the Yangtze River, as long as the people of my Han family and the people of the Ming Dynasty, they will be much more noble than his Jurchens, as long as the red dragon flag is still flying under this sky, my Daming Erlang will guarantee your safety. The Jurchens killed one of our Han people, and Lao Tzu had to use the heads of ten Jurchens to compensate! β
The surrounding soldiers looked up silently and silently to the south, where smoke and dust were billowing and yellow clouds were filling the sky, and a brutal massacre might still be going on.
Without waiting for the old man to speak, Chen Pingxi Huo Ran stood up straight and said in a cold voice: "Old man, don't worry, the sins made by the Jurchen Tartars can only be washed away by blood!" β
The old man bowed solemnly to Chen Pingxi, and Chen Pingxi returned the salute without hesitation, turned around and got on the horse, while the generals around him looked at their brigade commander at the same time.
"Send someone north now, tell the brothers who follow behind, hurry up and protect the people!" Chen Pingxi said coldly, "In addition, the brothers from the two capitals were left to escort the people to the north, and the rest of the people accompanied a certain and marched to Gaizhou!" When you encounter a Jurchen Tartar, whether you commit murder or not, you don't care about killing! β
"Don't kill the Jurchen Tartars!" Several of the leaders shouted at the same time.
War horses rolled up smoke and dust, galloping in the direction of Gaizhou. And the old man slowly looked back at the Ming cavalry who had gone away, and muttered: "For hundreds of years, we, the people of the Han family who have fallen into the dust, finally have someone to protect us, and someone has fought for our worthless lives." β
"Those damned Jurchen Tartars, it's time to make them pay!" Several young people nodded, although they looked yellow and thin, but everyone's eyes were bright, "Let's flee to the north, and then join the army, and the good man will have to pick up the guy to defend our fathers and fellow villagers!" β
"Yes!" There was a sound of harmony all around.
As for Chen Pingxi, who led the light cavalry to take the lead, he didn't know what was happening behind him at this time, and the horsewhip in his hand whipped the war horse fiercely, and he rushed towards Gaizhou City first.
The blood is raging, and Gaizhou at this time can definitely be called purgatory on earth. The Jurchens who rebelled did not show the slightest mercy, whether it was the Han people, the army, the merchants, or the Bohai people who did not care who was the master, they were all burned, looted and killed by the Jurchens.
"Brothers, hold on a little longer, there are still more than a dozen people in the city who have not withdrawn!" A Ming soldier covered in blood raised his head and raised his arms and shouted loudly, he was so energetic, it was estimated that most of the blood on his body was Jurchen.
"Boss, you don't have to shout, even if the brothers all die here, you can't watch your fathers and villagers being brutalized by these Jurchen Tartars, so you better save some effort." A Ming soldier with only half of his arm left said with a smile, as if these wounds on his body were not a big deal.
"You kid!" Dutou laughed and scolded, patted him on the shoulder, looked at the hundreds of Jurchens who were shouting and rushing over on the street not far away, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and said with some regret, "If Lao Tzu has three cannons, he has to let these god-killing Jurchens taste the hardships." β
The surrounding soldiers all laughed, and they didn't seem to care about the Jurchen mob that was getting closer and closer, and one of them even said with a mocking tone: "Boss, you have said this sentence more than ten times today, and our ears are about to become calloused." It's a pity that we only have a few flying thunder cannons, but there is no explosive bag and can only be blown up, if there is artillery, that thing can't be blown up, what if it falls into the hands of these Jurchen Tartars? β
"Just you kid talk a lot!" Du Tou snorted and snorted, "These Jurchen Tartars have come up, and so many people have come, it is estimated that a few of us are going to explain here this time." β
"This Jurchen Tartar has enough money to kill ten, and the master doesn't know that he has killed dozens today, and it has long been enough." The soldier just now was still smiling, and he didn't forget to wipe his nose.
Du nodded and looked intently at the Jurchens who were getting closer and closer.
"Kill!" A Ming soldier roared and took the lead.
"Kill!" One figure after another followed closely, and their figures pulled out a thin and sparse line of defense in front of the wide city gate of Gaizhou, but it was this line of defense that gave the people in the city the chance to escape from the ascension, and it was this direction that supported Gaizhou in this corner of the sky in the blood and fire.
However, the shaking of the horse's hooves on the earth made these few Ming soldiers a little surprised, and they all looked back, and a red flag jumped out of the horizon. And a smile appeared on the faces of the people covered with blood and mud: "It's finally hereγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
Before he could finish his sentence, the wind swept back, and the Ming cavalry roared past and rushed straight through the city gate.
"Do you still have the strength to fight?" Chen Pingxi grabbed the reins of the horse in front of the head of the Ming army, and the war horse man stood up and neighed.
"I want to follow the general!" And they all held up the banners that were planted at the gates of the city.
"Okay, it's a man, kill!" Chen Pingxi laughed, and with a wave of the sword in his hand, the soldiers of the Ming army rushed towards the city like a tide, "Quickly control the city gates everywhere!" β
"No!" Several of them took the lead in agreeing and whipped their horses fiercely.
And the head of the Ming army closely followed the Ming cavalry who were attacking forward, and the red banner in his hand merged into the countless flags, forming a red tide rolling forward.
Originally, hundreds of Jurchen mobs of considerable scale suddenly changed their faces in front of this sudden Ming cavalry. Although they have fallen into madness, in the face of this row of Ming cavalry who have been killed like a sea of mountains, they still know which is stronger and which is weaker.
Arrows roared, rows of Jurchen mobs fell, while the rest finally couldn't hold on anymore and fled in all directions.
Chen Pingxi looked at the streets covered with corpses and the blood trickling under his feet, and his face turned pale. He didn't know who these corpses belonged to, but he knew very well that there must be the blood of the Han family in them.
The cold light of the saber flickered, and the head of a Jurchen mob flew into the air, and his body was still running forward desperately, until he ran seven or eight steps before stopping, and slowly knelt on the ground, but then the Ming cavalry that rushed from behind rolled up a strong wind, and the corpse was directly involved in the pool of blood.
"Brigade commander, there are more than ten corpses here, and they are all people of our Han family." A guard said, pointing to the corner.
Chen Pingxi was slightly stunned, and followed his gaze, there were men and women lying on the street corners, and their clothes were dyed red with blood. Turning over and dismounting, Chen Pingxi strode in front of these corpses, the men still had a hideous look on their faces, and several women, although they were disheveled, knew what was going on when they looked at the scissors they had inserted in their chests.
"Brigade Commander γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" Several guards gritted their teeth and gurgled, they were all killing Jurchens on the battlefield, how could they bear it when they saw their own people being so ravaged this time?
Chen Pingxi squatted down and closed the eyes of a common man, this is just a child who looks like he is only a teenager, he did not die under the enslavement of the Jurchens, nor did he die in the war of the Ming Dynasty attacking Liaodong, but he died in this riot.
"This γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" The Ming army who was in charge of guarding the city gate before looked at these corpses with wide eyes, and sighed, "Alas, just now we held the city gate, just to learn that there are still more than ten people in the city who have not withdrawn, presumably that's all, but it's a pity that it's a step late." β
The surrounding Ming soldiers were all silent, quietly looking at the corpses lying on the ground, not far from the corpses, there were many corpses of female real people, and surrounded by Jurchen corpses, there were still several corpses wearing the clothes and armor of Ming army soldiers, obviously these Ming army soldiers just now wanted to block the way of the Jurchen mob and fight for a glimmer of life for these people behind them, but unfortunately there were too few of themγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»
"Bastard!" Chen Pingxi slammed his fist on the wall next to him, "Bastard! β
At this moment, he had forgotten the physical pain, because the corpse on the street still had red blood, piercing his heart, and the pain was incomparable.
One by one, the soldiers of the Ming army stood in the wind with the smell of blood, and everyone's expression was the same hideous and terrifying.
Chen Pingxi Huo Ran stood up, his eyes swept over every cheek around him, and said in a deep voice: "In and outside the city, as long as you can see the Jurchens, there is no need to live in this world. β
After a pause, Chen Pingxi squeezed out a word from his teeth: "Kill!" β
"Kill!" All the soldiers of the Ming army turned over and mounted their horses, and the swords and guns in their hands were raised at the same time.
At this moment, Chen Pingxi did not know that the decision he made had led to the beheading of more than 20,000 Jurchens in Gaizhou, a number that had already accounted for one-tenth of the Jurchens after many wars.
And this is the beginning, with the Ming army in Gaizhou slaughter, the whole massacre to Gaizhou, the throat of the north and south of Liaodong as the starting point, crazy spread to the north and south, from the south to Lushunkou, north to Taining Mansion (now Baicheng) and Zhaozhou (now Harbin) between the white mountains and black waters, the original garrison of Liaodong Zhen Navy and its subordinate Xiang Army, rushed to support the two Huai Army and the Beiyang Fleet, the Jurchens carried out a short duration, but the bloody massacre and purge.
The hatred and resentment accumulated by the Han people against the Jurchens for a hundred years broke out at this time, which was no longer a small fight under the city of Caizhou, but a real extermination massacre, but compared with the bloody battles of the Ming army in the Northern Expedition before, this massacre just added a touch of blood to the sea of corpses and blood that the Ming Dynasty had killed.
Even with the death of all the victims, this massacre quickly disappeared from the memory of history, and the corpses of the Jurchens scattered among the white mountains and black waters eventually turned to dust, continuing to nourish this land occupied by more and more Han people who went north to open up the wasteland.