Despite the difficult terrain in the mountains of Vietnam, the massacres were still horrific, villages were razed to the ground by artillery fire, many peasants were driven out in their sleep, and then rows of guns were shot, as long as they were under 40 years old, women of fertile ability were snatched away, and the next day they slept in the arms of strange men.

Why did the slaughter go so well? Because the Democratic League has a leading party, the tens of thousands of Chinese displaced people who have been incorporated have played a good role as the leading party.

There are roughly two sources of Chinese displaced people, one is the Liangguang Tiandihui uprising after the Qingying War, after the failure of the uprising, in order to escape the Qing government's suppression, a large number of Tiandihui members fled into northern Vietnam, and the Guangyitang led by Su Sanniang took a different path and chose to join the Taiping Army.

Another source was the outbreak of the Jintian Rebellion in Guangxi in 1851, which affected many people, some of whom did not want to join the Taiping Army or work for the Qing court, and chose to flee to northern Vietnam.

After several years of wandering careers, and participated in the uprising against the Nguyen Dynasty in 1854, these people were already familiar with the topography of northern Vietnam, and even knew the specific situation of some villages.

In particular, the purpose of the sweep is to rob the Vietnamese of land, wealth and women, and the displaced people have nothing, how can they not do their best?

With more than 800 miles of mountains and forests stretching for more than 800 miles in northern Vietnam, it is hard to imagine that without the help of the party leading the way, let alone completing the sweep in one month, I am afraid that three years would not be enough.

During the month-long sweep, according to incomplete statistics, a total of six cities north of the Red River in Quang An, Bac Ninh, Taiyuan, Lang Son, Tuyen Quang, and Gao Binh were slaughtered, and more than 500 famous and unknown villages and towns were slaughtered, and nearly 300,000 men were slaughtered. More than 250,000 women under the age of 40 were taken captive, after being rationed to Chinese refugees and unmarried soldiers in the army. There are still 180,000 left, temporarily in captivity. Wang Feng had other uses, and the rest of the grain and livestock were countless, about 500,000 taels of gold and about 8 million taels of silver.

On November 20, Wang Feng led the main force to appear in Hanoi, and the soldiers occupied the commanding heights, the city walls, and the roofs of the houses, and everywhere were NLD soldiers with guns. There was a tense atmosphere in the city.

Zhao Liewen, who was taken by Wang Feng's side, couldn't help but say, "Commander-in-chief, have you noticed these Vietnamese?" Most of the eyes are full of hatred, I believe that the news of the massacre of the Vietnamese north of Hanoi by our army will not come, then this hatred can only come because of the occupation of our army, you must prepare early, and later it will change! ”

"What are you going to prepare?" Lin Fengxiang said disapprovingly: "Our army has occupied the commanding heights, and we have simply slaughtered the city, and the population of Hanoi has reached five or six hundred thousand, including many old and weak women and children. Be smart, you'll be able to kill it before dark! ”

"No, you can't kill!" Wang Feng waved his hand without thinking.

"Huh?" Yang Shuijiao was puzzled: "Isn't this just a posture of slaughtering the city?" Besides, you've killed fewer Vietnamese in the past month? Although I have reservations about your indiscriminate killing of civilians. But the facts you cited are also very reasonable, the Vietnamese are difficult to naturalize, and if they are not killed, there will be endless troubles. ”

Wang Feng shook his head and said, "It only takes one order to massacre the Vietnamese in Hanoi. But after all, our forces are limited, can you guarantee that not a single person can escape? If run out a small part. I don't care if we say that the Democratic Alliance Army kills the Vietnamese and has a bad international influence. What I care about is that Vietnamese people in other places heard the news and ran to the mountains to fight guerrillas!

You have not seen the mountainous areas of Vietnam, one mountain after another, many times we have to walk through dense forests, in the north of Vietnam, we have righteous warriors and people to show us the way, but south of Hanoi, who will guide us?

When we are unfamiliar with the place of life, we go into the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare with the Vietnamese, how much do you think we need to pay? If we sit idly by and watch the Vietnamese flee into the mountains, then they will come out of the mountains at any time to attack us, slaughter our people, and rob our women and wealth at any time after they have gained a foothold. ”

Indeed, the mountainous areas of Vietnam are very annoying, dense forests cover the sky, fierce beasts, all kinds of snakes, be careful and can still be found in advance, but mosquitoes and poisonous insects are impossible to prevent, even if there is a leading party, many soldiers are bitten red and swollen, and it is difficult to be itchy.

If there is no leading party, they are not familiar with the terrain of the mountains, and they will suffer heavy casualties if they blindly enter the mountains to suppress bandits, but if they don't kill the Vietnamese in Hanoi, why do they put on a posture of slaughtering the city?

Zhou Xiuying thought for a while, but she really couldn't figure it out, and said dissatisfiedly: "You caused a massacre in northern Vietnam but blocked Hanoi, obviously you didn't want Hanoi to learn the news, and it also shows from the side that you didn't have the intention of massacring the Vietnamese in Hanoi, so what are you going to do, let's talk about it." ”

Wang Feng smiled slightly, suddenly puffed up his true anger, and called loudly: "Since the Han Dynasty, Vietnam has ignored the benevolence of the central government, refused to obey indoctrination, and rebelled repeatedly, and a hundred deaths are not enough to atone for their sins, but God has the virtue of a good life, although I, Wang Feng, want to skin and cramp the Vietnamese, but after all, I can't bear to attack the innocent people."

Now, I give you a glimmer of life, our army will slaughter the city in an hour, and you have an hour to flee for your life, but women under the age of forty must stay at home, and if anyone dares to take half a step out of the door, the whole family will be killed, and if you want to live, hurry up! ”

"High, sure enough, high!" Zhao Liewen suddenly clapped his hands and shouted: "There is only one hour left, the Vietnamese must be full of thoughts of fleeing for their lives, and they can't think of going into the mountains to be bandits, after all, they are not comfortable in the mountains, and there is a chance to live, and the commander-in-chief does not prohibit carrying gold and silver, try to ask who else wants to fall into the grass and become a coward, who doesn't want to seize this line of life?" The key to this plan lies in a fast word, which makes people have no time to calm down and think, the commander-in-chief's insight into human nature has reached the point of being superb, and it is difficult for Zhao to be unconvinced! ”

"Oh~~" Lin Fengxiang also suddenly realized: "The Vietnamese who escaped from Hanoi will spread all the way, under the panic, starting from Hanoi, the Vietnamese will flee south, and millions of people will pour into South Vietnam in an instant, how can the Nguyen Dynasty withstand the national strength?" From then on, the country will be plunged into turmoil and poverty, and even if the French gain South Vietnam, it will be just a mess. ”

Wang Feng nodded, turned his head and said: "Brother Xiucheng, starting tonight, you will lead the Ninth Army behind the people of Hanoi, leave a distance of about one or twenty miles, keep the pressure, kill some people when the time is right, create panic, and chase until twenty kilometers north of Shouchun to stop, along the way, if there is an opportunity to rob women's property, try to grab it as much as possible!" ”

"Yes!" Li Xiucheng excitedly saluted!

Everyone's eyes were on all parts of the city, expecting the scene of thousands of people rushing out of the house, and sure enough, after the initial silence, as if to say yes, a large group of people rushed out of the house, some on horseback, some drove cars, and some ran with their legs outstretched, gathering in the direction of the south gate of Hanoi, only one hour, who doesn't cherish it?

The defenders of Hanoi have all withdrawn after receiving the edict of Si De, and some of the Haoqiang have also retreated to Shou Chun, and those who stayed behind either naively thought that the Democratic Alliance Army would be like the previous Central Plains Dynasty, focusing on appeasing themselves, and maybe they could still mix up a half-official position, listen to the order for the time being, and then find an opportunity to overthrow the Democratic Alliance Army, or they are reluctant to leave their homes, and then decide whether to leave or stay after looking at the situation.

Both of these groups of people thought that the Democratic Alliance would treat them preferentially, but they didn't expect that the city would be slaughtered in an hour! (To be continued......)

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