Chapter 868: Return to Nanjing
"If you don't leave a mouth alive, you will be killed!"
Li Xin's order made Yao Qisheng beside him shake all over his body, and an inexplicable chill surged up from the soles of his feet and rushed straight to his head. This town captive looks calm, but the ruthlessness is by no means what ordinary people may imagine. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes today, how could you believe that all these thousands of wouldn't have been killed.
"Do you have anything to say?"
After ordering his soldiers to leave, Li Xin's gaze swept to Yao Qisheng beside him. The cold gaze deepened, and immediately made Yao Qisheng sit on pins and needles, and his mouth was dry. But he didn't want to say anything against his will, so he had the courage to question: "These Japanese are not all Japanese people, but also my Chinese people......
Li Xin coldly interrupted him.
"Aiding and abusing is even more hateful, they colluded with the Japanese to cause trouble to our people, and they have long since cut themselves off from their ancestors, if they are not severely punished, I am afraid that there will be people who are lucky to follow one after another!"
Li Xin was indeed surprised to find the formation of Japanese pirates near Nanjing, and he did not believe that it was entirely caused by the negligence of the magistrates, and it was obvious what kind of dirty business was behind it. Therefore, he must use thunderous means to warn all those who hide in the shadows and wait for the opportunity to bite the Three Guards with ill intentions, if they dare to collude with the Japanese Guards, then there is only one end.
Li Xin's rhetoric did not convince Yao Qisheng, if these people were willing to surrender, they could naturally screen the prisoners and place them appropriately, and kill all these people without screening, then there would be discord in Tianli.
What made Yao Qisheng even more unacceptable was that Li Xin actually ordered all the heads of the Japanese to be loaded into trucks and transported to Nanjing overnight.
He didn't know what Li Xin was planning, but he felt a cold anger from this young marquis, maybe Nanjing would face a bloody storm.
The combat effectiveness of the Japanese is not as strong as the legend, just the local regimental training in Longtan County beat them to the point that they lost their armor, which surprised Yao Qisheng, and the Three Guards were only responsible for cleaning up the remnants of the enemy, and then cutting off the heads of these ineffective captives one by one.
Unlike Yao Qisheng, Tagawa Emon, who was a Japanese man, did not furrow his eyebrows much, and watched silently as these compatriots were cut off one by one. He even followed his soldiers to load the cart with a bloody and disgusting hideous head. And Tagawa Emon does not seem to have half pity and awe for the remains of his compatriots, kicking and trampling, which is jaw-dropping.
Yao Qisheng He had seen such a tragic scene, lying on the side of the road and almost vomiting his intestines.
It wasn't until he vomited all the sour water in his stomach that he straightened up painfully and blamed Tagawa Emon with a puzzled face.
"These were your countrymen, don't you sympathize with them at all?"
Tagawaemon replied indifferently: "The Yamato nation only admires the victors, these people have shamefully failed, and naturally they are innocent of death, and they are not worthy of being my compatriots!" ”
After all, Yao Qisheng was a young man with strong blood, and he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and scolded: "Aren't you also a loser? Why don't you die? ”
A sentence pierced Tagawa Emon's soft underbelly, and the fire of excitement that had flickered in his eyes was extinguished in an instant. Yes, he's also a shameful loser, and he's no longer worthy of living in this world. But when the sharp sword pierced the skin of his abdomen, the heart-piercing pain filled him with an inexplicable fear of death. This fear goes far beyond the pain of losing a male root.
It was only at this moment that Tagawa Emon realized that being a true samurai was not an easy task to achieve, and he was easily defeated in the face of death.
He didn't want to refute at all, his confused eyes widened, and he stared vacantly at the young man who accused him. But to Yao Qisheng's surprise, he quickly said unbelievable words.
"Keeping a broken body and serving the great and heroic marquis, it is enough to wash away all the shame on your body!"
At the same time, Tagawaemon's eyes were burning again.
Crazy, this person is a brazen person who has never been seen before, if not a madman.
Yao Qisheng was no longer interested in dealing with his subordinates, who had extremely strange behaviors and thoughts, and in his opinion, this person may have been stimulated by castration and had become insane.
The march of the Three Guards was very fast, and when the sky was about to lighten, Yao Qisheng could already vaguely see the outer city wall of Nanjing not far away. This is not the first time he has come to Nanjing, but when he revisits this majestic city today, it reveals an indescribable strangeness and majesty.
The officials of Nanjing did not welcome the Marquis of Zhenyu outside the Shangyuanmen Wharf, and the grand welcome ceremony cheapened the Hongmao Fan named Wallace in vain, and the Hongmaofan cheekily accepted the grand welcome of the officials of Nanjing, and kept silent about the whereabouts of the Marquis of Zhenyu.
Therefore, this welcoming ceremony also ended hastily in the midst of a lot of discussions, everyone was privately speculating about the whereabouts of the Marquis of Zhenju, and people were also aware of the uncertainties in the attitude of the Marquis of Zhen. At the same time, the feeling of mountain rain is about to come seems to envelop the entire city of Nanjing in an instant.
When the officials returned to the city, they were surprised to find that a large number of heavily armed soldiers had been sent to the inner and outer city gates, which were not heavily guarded, as if they were facing a great enemy. The return of the Marquis of Zhenyu was not enough to shock people's hearts, but the atmosphere in Nanjing City became extremely strange, as if a storm was already in sight.
Sure enough, when the sun rose again, an explosive news spread through the streets and alleys of Nanjing City along with the newspapers. The Marquis of Zhenyu annihilated thousands of Japanese in Longtan County, and finally saved the people of Nanjing from being slaughtered. People who don't know the truth let go of the hearts that have been hanging tightly, and it turns out that the ominous thing in their premonition may be the appearance of the Japanese Kou.
If it weren't for the appearance of the marquis, I am afraid that the Japanese would have carried out devastating plundering of the people near Nanjing.
People are glad that there is such a strong army as the Three Guards near Nanjing, so that the thieves will not run rampant.
"Hey! Have you heard, the heads of the Japanese in the south of the city are all built into a hill, and that scene can scare people to death! ”
"Blow it! The Marquis of Zhenyu defeated the Japanese in Longtan, how could it be time-consuming and laborious to transport the heads of the Japanese to Nanjing? ”
The news quickly reached the city of Nanjing, and it was even more unbelievable than the official release.
"If you don't see it with your own eyes, who can believe that this is true, now that the roads near Nanjing have been under martial law, it is said that there are traitors within us, and we want to catch traitors?"
"What traitor?"
Originally, it was a private conversation between two people, but the high and low voices attracted the attention of diners in the wine shop.
"Brother Tai means that there are people in the city who collude with the Japanese Kou?"
I saw that the man shook his head thoughtfully, "It's probably not bad!" Brothers and merchants, yesterday was delayed outside the city, originally could not enter the city today, but a relative who was an officer in the new army, after asking for a guarantee, had the fate to talk to you in this wine shop. ”
At this point, he paused and smugly glanced at everyone. There was indeed a burst of envious discussion in the wine shop, and now if anyone has children in the Three Guards, it is indeed an enviable thing.
Of course, this envy is based on practical benefits, first of all, if there are strong men serving in the new army, their parents and children will be exempted from forced labor, and at the same time, the three guards will pay an additional monthly allowance in addition to the salary, and the benefits in hand will naturally make people rush to it.
But this is far from enough, where every household has a child of the new army, Ying Tianfu will hang a special plaque on the lintel of his house to show the reward, with this plaque, the scoundrels and servants in the market do not even dare to make a mistake in their neighbors.
For a time, the people in the city were proud to be able to join the Three Guards, but this new army is not anyone who wants to participate in the can join, under strict screening conditions, only 12 out of 10 people meet the conditions, for a time there is a lot of Luoyang paper expensive taste, this kind of unwilling situation makes the reputation of the Three Guards thriving.
Therefore, this businessman has relatives who have served as officers in the new army, which is naturally a matter of great praise. However, some people questioned him for lying.
"You just blow nonsense, who doesn't know that the new army is strictly screened, and the children of merchants' families are not allowed to join the army!" At that time, unless there was hope to break the identity and household registration barrier after becoming rich and noble, the small people could not act arbitrarily, like the family in-laws, and the relatives of the merchants could only be merchants.
Seeing that the lie was exposed, the merchant blushed and had to admit that he did have an old acquaintance in the New Army, although he was not a relative, but the two families had a deep relationship, so he could ask someone to act as a guarantee to let him and the goods into the city.
At this point, the merchant changed his mind again.
"I'm not afraid to tell you that when I got off the checkpoint, I overheard the conversation of the general, saying that there were big people in the city who colluded with the Japanese robbers, but I am afraid that the rich and noble families in the officialdom don't know how many people want to fall to the ground!"
He doesn't know whether this is true or not, maybe the lie has been exposed, and in order to save some face, he can't say for sure. But in the wine shop, it still attracted the sound of tsk, and some people even looked forward to it excitedly: "In this way, there is no need to add many new ladies from the Shangshu Shilang family in the teaching department, this is an uncommon meat ......."
With the sound of obscene laughter, the atmosphere in the liquor store suddenly changed. The young lady of Shangshu and Shilang's family, who doesn't want to sleep for a night, and then come to boast about how bravely they fought on the bed, and the official lady begged for mercy.
The rumors in the market do not seem to be groundless, and in just one day, several officials in the ministry have been arrested and imprisoned, and their homes have been raided. However, it is still an important minister who involves more than four grades. This made the idlers waiting to see the excitement in the Goolan wine shop inevitably a little disappointed. However, the development of the situation did not last long to make them disappointed, and the first person to be brought out for public trial was the notorious Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Gao Hongtu a few days ago.