Chapter 689: The Qing Army Exits

The tragic scene of Qiu Lei's killing immediately frightened Shandong Wenwu at the gate of the city to turn pale. Their first reaction was: "Is this General Wu going to rebel?" "A few of the timid ones were even so soft that they were on the floor, and their crotches were wet.

Wu Shigong seemed to be a fierce god, holding a blood-dripping axe and gun, and his right foot stepped on Qiu Lei's corpse. He looked around and said, "Humph! It's close at hand, don't come to the rescue. Since you are as timid as a mouse and afraid of death, then die! Then Wu Shigong stared at the people around him one by one.

In Wu Shigong's stabbing gaze, everyone around him was dodging, and they all wanted to hide behind others, and even Qiu Lei's personal soldiers didn't dare to step forward. I don't know who started first, and fell to the ground with a "bang", so one person knelt down one after another like dumplings, and buried their heads deep in the ground. They really don't dare to look at the murderous Wu Shigong and his army anymore!

Wu Shigong turned his head, smiled at the governor of Texas, who was hiding behind Yan Jizu, and said, "Didn't you prepare a banquet in the city?" Then go for it! After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong stood tall in the crowd of kneeling on both sides, and strode towards the city.

And in the distance of the city gate, the people and horses of the Runing Army that had been assembled were running towards the city gate. They wanted to completely drive Qiu Lei's troops out of the city of Dezhou, and send the wounded of the Runing army to Texas to recuperate.

Since the formation of the Runing Army, every time there is a big war, nine times out of ten it is a lonely battle, especially the two King Qin, Wu Shigong has no feeling of fighting in the territory of the Ming Dynasty at all, as if he is in the enemy-occupied area. There is no logistics, no rescue, no eyes and ears, no food and grass, which makes Wu Shigong unbearable for a long time.

Coupled with the fact that the casualties of the Runing Army were so large this time, Wu Shigong couldn't hold back his breath for a long time and wanted to find an outlet. At this time, Qiu Lei automatically came to the door. Of course, Wu Shigong took him as the target of venting, and he deserved to be unlucky.

Of course, Wu Shigong knew that his behavior was too shocking, but at this time, he couldn't control so much, and who in the court could control him? So he'll just finish cutting it.

After venting, Wu Shigong's mood was indeed much better. That night, he had a rare good night's sleep, and the fatigue of the past day was completely eliminated.

But the next day, as soon as Wu Shigong went out, he found that there was a commotion at the door. I saw an old nun being stopped by her own soldiers, and they were still arguing about something. And there is also a circle around to watch the lively people.

Wu Shigong hurriedly asked Chi Ming to inquire, and after a while, Chi Ming came back and whispered in Wu Shigong's ear: "My lord, the master said: We have someone who insulted a woman in Texas City. ”

"Check!" Wu Shigong's brows furrowed suddenly. I finally got some good mood, and all of them disappeared. Then. Wu Shigong walked up to the old nun and saluted, "Master! The official promises: If it is true. He will reply to Shitai within three days. Do you think it's okay? ”

"Amitabha! Thank you, sir! "The master also bowed in return. I was quite satisfied with Wu Shigong's answer.

"Peng Yong! You've been following me for eight or nine years, and you joined the Runing Army at the same time as Dashan. I watched you join the pro-soldier team, watched you become a battalion commander, and taught you to fight by hand, and I gave you your name. You tell me! Would you do that? Speaking of zuihou, Wu Shigong simply roared.

Chi Ming also found out that he was also resolute. It didn't take long for the person who insulted the woman to be arrested. The Peng Yong Wu Shigong who can be caught not only knows, but he is also a close confidant of Wu Shigong who has joined the pro-army team, which makes Wu Shigong angry.

"My lord! Hmm! Peng Yong cried. While saying, "The monkey is dead, Ziming is dead, a few days ago, I went to see Fengzi and Erhei, Fengzi is about to die, and Erhei is crippled even if it is good." Last night, the little ghost was fascinated, and when she met a girl who looked at the little one, the little one went into the house with her. I didn't expect her to become a family! My lord! The little one damn it, it's a loss of face for the adult. But when they think of Ziming and Fengzi, they are afraid! I'm afraid that the little ones are the same as them! ”

"Then you're going to touch a woman?" Wu Shigong kicked Peng Yong to the ground with hatred, then picked up a chair and smashed it on the ground until it smashed the chair to pieces. Then he rushed out of the house without looking back.

In fact, Wu Shigong at this time was also holding back tears. The battle was so brutal that it left a shadow in the hearts of many soldiers. According to the current words, in fact, Peng Yong already has psychological problems, so Wu Shigong feels quite sad.

As soon as they saw Wu Shigong coming out of the house, He Fei and Zug, who were waiting at the door, immediately surrounded them. They pleaded one after another:

"My lord! Peng Yong has made a lot of contributions, give him a chance to make up for it! ”

"My lord! It's okay to be dismissed, and the little one has also inquired, that woman is a broken shoe, give her family some money to send it away! ”

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In the Runing Army, there are three iron laws: one is not to be a deserter; second, not to surrender to the enemy; Third, it is not allowed to insult the people's daughters. As long as the iron law is violated, not only will it not be spared, but also the family members will be implicated, so these officers want Wu Shigong to raise his noble hand.

Wu Shigong closed his eyes, and his heart was extremely reluctant. However, these three are the iron laws formulated by himself, a shackle that maintains the discipline of the Runing Army, and a foundation for the Runing Army to maintain a noble character, so Wu Shigong will never destroy it with his own hands. But what He Fei said was right, that Peng Yong had indeed made a lot of contributions, and his personal relationship with Wu Shigong was also quite good, so this made Wu Shigong very heartbroken.

"Prepare a table of haode food for him, and let him cut himself after eating! Leave the whole body and put a haode coffin on it. I won't look at him anymore. When he returned, he said that he had died on the battlefield. That's all we can help. And you, the officers, should take this as a warning, and tell every soldier about it. I don't want that to happen again. After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong staggered away. Looking at Wu Shigong's back, He Fei and the others felt as if Wu Shigong was a few years older.

Since then, the Runing Army has had such a method of dealing with the convicted officers and meritorious soldiers, at least giving them a decent way to die. Although military discipline is still maintained, the law enforcement is also much more humane.

Although Wu Shigong killed Qiu Lei, the general soldier of Shandong, in Dezhou, after the news reached the imperial court, Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers still could not spare their hands to deal with this incident. Because the Qing army was still in the pass at this time.

When the Runing Army was resting in Texas, Dolgon led the Qing army to evacuate to the outside of the pass with the capture at an accelerated pace. At first, they were trying to get as far away from Hejian as possible, but then the Qing army found that there was no other Ming army that came close to them, so the Qing army began to be bold again, and they still resumed their nature of looting, and swept all the way through the cities they passed on the way back.

After Liu Yuliang, the first assistant, learned that the Runing army had won, he still stood still, and did not dare to lead the army to confront the Qing army, which made the looting of the Qing army even more unscrupulous.

So the Qing army smoothly assembled northward, through Tianjin Wei to the east, in March, the Qing army from Qingshankou out of the fortress, back to Liaodong safely. The Qing army made an expedition of more than 2,000 miles, successively defeated 57 Ming troops, captured more than 50 prefectures and counties and Shandong provincial capitals, killed two governors of the Ming Dynasty and more than 100 civil and military officials at all levels, captured more than 460,000 people and livestock, including a prince and a county king, plundered nearly one million taels of silver, and countless other goods.

And their only defeat was at the hands of the Runing army. However, the victories won by the Runing army with great hardship did not save a single captured Ming civilian, nor did they recover a tael of looted silver. The only thing that the Runing army gained was the confidence in the victory of the Qing army.

As soon as the alarm was lifted, the Ming court began to severely punish the wrecked ministers, and because the Qing army was very harmful this time, the punishment was more severe than any previous time. The person who presided over the punishment and conviction was Yang Sichang, the commander-in-chief of the anti-Qing resistance.

First of all, of course, the resignation of the first assistant Liu Yuliang, and Xue Guoguan took over as the first assistant.

After that, the crimes were divided into five categories: "losing the opportunity to defend the border", "ruining the city", "losing the feudal domain", "losing the commander", and "supporting the army and waiting", collectively referred to as the "Five Major Bills".

Then the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs began to seriously review it. After that, a group of horsemen began to leave Beijing with the holy decree of arrest.

In particular, it is pointed out that Lu Xiangsheng, who died on the battlefield, has a very bleak future.

Yang Sichang remembered Lu Xiangsheng's hatred wholeheartedly, and wanted to punish Lu Xiangsheng. Then Yang Sichang can impose charges such as cowardice and fear of war on Lu Xiangsheng's head.

So Yang Sichang successively sent three scouts from the military department to check whether Lu Xiangsheng was killed in battle, one of them was named Yu Zhenlong, and he came back and told Yang Sichang: Lu Xiangsheng is really dead.

Isn't this a slap in the face of Yang Sichang in public? Because Yang Sichang had already blown the wind in the ears of Emperor Chongzhen, saying that Lu Xiangsheng was not dead, he was afraid of the battle and fled. So in order to conceal it, Yang Sichang whipped Yu Zhenlong for three days and three nights, and beat him to death, just to make him change his testimony. But Yu Zhenlong still stared at his eyes and said: "Heavenly Dao gods, loyal ministers in vain." "Death refuses to change his testimony.

After that, the Shunde prefect played Lu Xiangsheng's death, but Yang Sichang still deliberately made things difficult, and it was not until 80 days later that Lu Xiangsheng's body was collected. What a heroic soul!

From this incident, it can be seen that although Yang Sichang is a loyal and filial son, he is also very capable, but his other qualities are really a little inferior!

Relatively speaking, Gao Qiqian, who was dispersed by the whole army, was unharmed, but he lost his errand and temporarily hid in the palace.

This shows how unfair this conviction is.

But Wu Shigong didn't care about these at all, after hearing that the Qing army was out of the customs and waiting for Yang Rusong's two auxiliary reinforcements, he set off with a large army and prepared to leave Texas and return to Runing. (To be continued......)