Chapter 375: The Exploits of the Great Qing Dynasty
A general couldn't stand it anymore and roared: "Lao Tzu has had enough, general, give the order to go out of the city, fight with Shorthair!" Sooner or later, it's better to die than to be burned alive by this ghost weather! β
"Yes, General, give the order! This is retribution, retribution can't be escaped, our ancestors have bloody hands, retribution is finally coming! β
For a while, the voices of the call for war were sporadic and not everyone was agreeing, and some people had lost the courage to fight.
Two hundred years of comfortable life, so that the banner people lost their husbands brave and bloody, not only women, but also many men are dull-eyed, trembling, they hate their identity as flag people, if it is a green camp, they can still be recruited and co-opted, but the blood comes from their parents and ancestors, what can they do!
Hangzhou General Duanchang did not answer, holding the waist knife in one hand, scanning everyone one by one, and sighed secretly, seeing that he was about to be slaughtered collectively, but not everyone had the determination to fight to the death, and the banner people were really in decline.
A few days ago, the Democratic Alliance army only besieged the city with several thousand men, but it did not rush out several times, and today it is obviously the main force, with a total strength of nearly 20,000, and the artillery has been erected, and the artillery of the Democratic Alliance Army is clear to him, the range is long, and it will explode.
For the breakout, he had no hope in his heart, but when he was dying, he pulled the back of the cushion, under the sharp guns of the Democratic Alliance Army, with the old and weak women and children who accounted for most of the whole city, and even lacked the courage to fight to the death, could he pull the cushion back? Or even if there is, how many can be pulled?
In fact, the Democratic Alliance army did not need to rush to attack, but only needed to besiege the city until evening, and at least half of the people here would be unbearable. Judging from the current situation, the Democratic Alliance Army is holding this intention. You don't even have the qualifications to fight hard, you can only be trapped alive!
"Tong Lao. Tong Lao! With a plop, an old man not far away suddenly fell down, foaming at the mouth with an iron face and a convulsion of his body, obviously suffering from heat stroke.
A soldier stretched out his hand to probe his nose, and then he was shocked and screamed sadly: "Old Tong can't do it." β
The high temperature of more than 40 degrees in the city is tense and depressed, not to mention the elderly. There are quite a few young people who are gritting their teeth and holding on.
"Plop, plop!" In a short period of time, one after another, people fell one after another, including old people, women, children, and even people in their twenties and thirties.
Duanchang's heart gave birth to a trace of sadness, and his face gradually showed a look of struggle, and it took a long time before he gritted his teeth: "Someone is coming." Open the city gate, and the official will go out of the city and surrender! β
In an instant, the city fell into a deathly silence, surrender? Everyone couldn't help but mumble to themselves.
"Your Excellency. You can't go, if you go out, where is the face of the court? How can Shorthair accept us? Another general came to his senses. Hurriedly dissuaded.
"Hey~~" Ruichang sighed heavily: "Whether you want to or not, you have to give it a try." If it falls, there may be a glimmer of life, and if it does not fall, it can only kill all of them. What kind of face is it talking about at this time? Ay! The Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the ancestors can't keep it! β
As he was speaking, Ruichang sighed again, his voice was full of thick desolation, the Democratic Alliance annihilated the British army, which was a fatal blow to the banner people, and even the British army was not an opponent, who else in the world could stop the Democratic Alliance? They vaguely saw the day when the country was ruined, and because the enemy was too strong, they lost the courage to resist.
Ruichang looked at everyone and said with a miserable smile: "Look at the old and weak women and children in the city, how many of them can hold on?" This official received the grace of the emperor, and he should be martyred to repay the grace of heaven, and this official surrendered, just to ask the people of the Democratic Alliance to show mercy, leave a way for you to live, and open the city gate quickly. β
Sure enough, no one persuaded him anymore, Ruichang was right, there was really no other way to do it except surrender.
"General, the concubine will go with you!" At this time, Hailan pulled Unashi and stood up.
Ruichang looked over, orphan and widow, Hailan is a soft and weak pretty little widow, it is easy to win people's sympathy, as for whether Hailan will be dragged into the depths of the bushes on the spot, this is not in his consideration, so he nodded.
After a while, the city gate slowly opened, Ruichang was dressed in military uniform, Hailan was holding Unahi, and walked towards the trees in the distance with heavy steps.
Nearly 10,000 eyes at the head of the city were watching them, carrying the hope of life, and the Democratic Alliance Army also noticed that someone was out of the city, although Wang Feng handed over the command of the operation to Lin Fengxiang, because he participated in the battle of Nanjing Mancheng last year, and the heroic tenacity of the banner people left a deep impression on him, and also caused heavy losses to the Taiping army, so he was not in a hurry to launch an attack, but with the goal of attrition, first show the flag people, and wait for the flag people to bear it, and then launch a general attack in one fell swoop to minimize the losses of his own army.
But at this time, the city gate was opened, and three people walked out, a man, a woman, and a little girl, which made him no longer able to make the decision, so he turned his eyes to Wang Feng and asked, "Commander-in-chief, what the hell are the banner people doing?" β
Wang Feng groaned slightly, and then said: "It should be to sacrifice the city and surrender, come and bring them over." β
"Yes!" Several soldiers rushed forward, and it didn't take long for the three of them to be brought to Wang Feng.
Wang Feng naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to squat outside to bask in the sun, the headquarters was set up under a large area of dense shade, as soon as he stepped in, Unashi wiped the sweat on his face, and exclaimed: "It's so cool, Eniang, it would be nice if you had some more water to drink." β
Everyone was stunned, even Ruichang forgot to kneel down and beg for mercy, and stood in a daze, only Hailan hurriedly pulled Unahi in fright, and reprimanded: "What nonsense, kneel down with Eniang!" β
"Why kneel?" Unahi didn't know that this could make Hailan's head and face sweat!
Yang Shuijiao couldn't bear it secretly, and beckoned: "What's your name?" Sue sΓΉ sister, sister will give you water. β
"My name is Unashi, thank you, sister." Unashi ran over like it, and Zhou Xiuying took a bottle of water and handed it over, "Unahi, drink it slowly." β
"Thank you, sister!" Unashi was really thirsty, holding the bottle and gurgling and pouring, and kept wiping his mouth.
Only then did Wang Feng set his eyes on Ruichang and Hailan, "Plop!" Thump! Ruichang and Hailan both knelt down, and Ruichang said loudly: "Ruichang, the general of Hangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, led the whole city of 8,523 to surrender to the Democratic Alliance, and Commander Wangwang accepted it. β
"Oh?" Wang Feng said lightly: "Why should I be surrendered? Don't you know that the Han Flag is incompatible? β
Duanchang gritted his teeth and said: "The villain understands, so the villain is willing to kill himself in front of the battle, and only begs Commander Wang to let the others go." β
As if hearing the funniest joke in the world, Wang Feng laughed and said, "Ruichang, what are you?" Who is qualified to negotiate terms with me? Can't I break a city without surrendering? β
Ruichang hurriedly said: "Of course, the villain is nothing in the eyes of Commander Wang, but I just want to ask Commander Wang to take care of the virtue of a good life in heaven, and let everyone in the city have a way to live, today's banner people are very different from a hundred years ago, neither too much oppression of the Han people, but also lost the enterprising heart, just to live in the world and eat, my flag people can go to the flag book, change the Han surname, just ask Commander Wang to be kind!" After saying that, he banged and kowtowed.
Wang Feng was unmoved, and sneered: "The current banner people are indeed not as good as before, but how can the blood debt of a hundred years ago be erased by your words?" Remembering to beg for mercy at this time? When your ancestors slaughtered the Han people a hundred years ago, did they ever be gracious in the face of begging for mercy? The debt of the father and the son are repaid, it is justified, the way of heaven is clear, the retribution is unpleasant, it is time to pay the blood debt and blood! β
Ruichang's face turned pale, although this result was not unexpected, he just had no way out of the city to beg for mercy, but he still took the trouble to kowtow, only hoping to impress Wang Feng with his sincerity.
Hailan, who was kneeling on the ground at the same time, also raised her head, and said with a horizontal heart: "Commander Wang, please listen to the little woman's words, it is true that the flag man is full of blood, but today's flag man is as General Rui said, corrupt and degenerate, just for a full mouthful of food, and there is no grand will, so he can no longer threaten you.
Besides, I have been in the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, the population of the world has multiplied to 400 million, and I have expanded the territory, may I ask Commander Wang, in the Ming Dynasty, whose hands were Guanwai, Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet? And to my Qing Dynasty, has belonged to China, if you talk about this merit, comparable to the Han Wu Tang Dynasty, in the future you establish a new dynasty, these four places are not inherited by you?
In addition, as you said, my banner people have slaughtered the Han people, but the Kangqian prosperous era is still vivid, throughout the ages, who can compare with Zhenguan Wenjing? To sum up, did my Qing Dynasty have any merit? If the merit and demerits are equal, how can you kill them indiscriminately? What is the difference between such an act and Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Huang Chao and others? β
Hailan stared at Wang Feng with wide eyes, with a proud and fearless look, she was out of the way, it was a death horizontal, it was better to fight!
"Hahahaha~~" Wang Feng laughed again for a long time before asking, "What a pair of sharp teeth, what is your name?" Which flag is it? What is the surname of the husband's family? β
Hailan replied: "Commander Hui Wang, the little woman Ma Jia Hailan, the Han army with the red flag, the husband's family was killed in the battle with the Fa Taiping Army two years ago, don't mention it." β
"It turned out to be two dogs." Wang Feng's eyes bloomed with a cold light, what he hated most was the Eight Banners of the Han Army, between the Manchus and the Han Dynasty, in order to compete for living space, the two sides fought each other, it was a racial dispute, there was nothing to say, it was nothing more than one side overshadowing the other side and himself, but the Eight Banners of the Han Army were different, as a Han person, he sold himself to the enemy, was willing to be a lackey, persecuted his compatriots, and the two dogs were more hateful than the big devils!
Hailan obviously heard Wang Feng's sentence of the second dog, she could probably guess what it meant, and she couldn't help but feel a little humiliated in her heart, and immediately retorted: "The ancestor has entered the flag register, what does it have to do with our descendants?" Could it be that we can retreat if we want to? β
"Phew!" Wang Feng chuckled: "When the second dog has the privilege, I heard that a few taels of silver are issued every month, I don't think you want to return at all!" (To be continued......)
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