Chapter Thirty-Eight: This Wine Is Poisonous
Su Mo led the civil and military officials to retreat to Nanjing.
And the news of the capture of the capital quickly spread all over the world, which shocked countless rebellious righteous people.
At the same time, it also surprised Suo Etu and others who were far away in Yunnan.
In order to hurry back to the rescue, Suo Etu's attack on Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, became more fierce.
Everyone seemed to hold their breath, and hundreds of thousands of troops advanced frantically.
Soon conquered most of Yunnan, Suo Etu trapped Wu Sangui in a lonely city.
Looking at the city gate building in front of him, Suo Etu shouted: "Second battalion commander, where is your Shenwei cannon?" Pull me up! ”
The most powerful weapons of the Qing court this time are these powerful cannons, which were learned from Russia, and they are extremely powerful, and they are comparable to artifacts when used to attack cities.
It didn't take long for a group of soldiers to line up with a dozen cannons.
The muzzle of the cannon was in the direction of the roof of the city gate.
"To Lao Tzu, open the cannon, open the cannon!"
Suo Etu gave an order, and the cannon rang out.
Countless shells hit the city gates, and the defenders on it looked terrified and fled in all directions.
Especially the terrifying sound of the explosion, which can be deafening if you are not careful.
Covering up with artillery fire, Suo Etu sent troops to attack the city.
The battle raged for two days, and finally the gates were broken.
Suo Etu defeated Wu Sangui's army in Yunnan and beheaded it under his horse!
Since then, among the three feudatories, Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, has finally become history.
After resolving Wu Sangui's rebellion, Suo Etu immediately transferred his troops back to Nanjing.
When Su Mo saw Suo Etu in the imperial palace in Nanjing, his expression was shocked.
"Why are you so capable, you destroyed Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, so quickly!" Su Mo secretly vomited, but Suo Etu can't be killed casually, this guy is a relative of the emperor, the imperial court is full-fledged, and his father, the university scholar, is still his teacher and father-in-law.
In this way, Suo Etu is his eldest brother.
If such a person is punished without asking, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely not agree.
He is not like Shi Lang, after all, Shi Lang is first of all a Han person, in this era when Manchus are naturally higher than Han people, Han people like Shi Lang are very easy to be discriminated against, and there is no foundation at all, so he has begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother all these years, but no one has helped him speak, if it weren't for Su Mo's reuse of him, it is estimated that he would still be sitting on the cold bench now.
So what is the difference between the Manchus and the Han Chinese?
As soon as the Manchus were born, they would be raised by the imperial court's finances, and they would have a fixed amount of silver and grain every month, and they would not have to pay taxes or engage in labor, so the Manchus basically did not have to be disturbed by life, and they had money and leisure, so they hunted, boiled eagles, played birds, fought crickets, and had all kinds of eating, drinking, and having fun, forming a typical institutionalized rentier class.
It is precisely because the status of the Han people in the Qing Dynasty is so low that it is even unbearable to look at it directly.
As a later generation, Su Mo was moved by compassion.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be uncomfortable to be an emperor yourself?
Why rebel.
In order to give the Han people in the world a hope, so that they can turn over and become masters, and never be oppressed!
Su Mo squinted at Suo Etu, and before he could speak, the other party took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to lead the troops to recover the capital and exterminate the Divine Dragon Sect!" ”
"Lord Suo is loyal, and I am very relieved!"
Su Mo nodded, since Suo Etu's class returned to the court, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were excited, and they looked like they were about to take back the capital.
Although Su Mo is the emperor, he can't stop this general trend.
And the final foundation of the Qing Dynasty lies in this million army, if Suo Etu's army is gone, then the Qing Dynasty will no longer be able to return to the sky, and it is doomed.
No way!
I'm going to find a way to get rid of these armies.
Thinking of this, Su Mo said righteously: "The recovery of the capital this time is the top priority of my Qing Dynasty, so I decided to take the expedition in person!" ”
"The Imperial Driver?"
Suo Etu's eyes widened, it was not child's play for the emperor to lead his troops into battle.
You must know that the battlefield sword has no eyes, if something happens, what will happen then?
What's more, Su Mo had never led troops into battle, and Suo Etu was deeply skeptical that he would fight.
Of course, there was also a positive side to the emperor's leading troops into battle.
That is, it can improve the morale of the army and make the combat effectiveness increase in a straight line.
However, after seeing Su Mo's eyes that could not be refused, Suo Etu thought about it, and finally agreed with a sigh.
"Wechen obeys!"
After receiving the will, Suoetu went to dispatch the army.
Seeing this, the corners of Su Mo's mouth turned up slightly.
In fact, there is another advantage of the emperor's personal expedition, that is, the military power will be firmly in his own hands, and Suo Etu will be completely hollowed out by Su Mo at that time.
As long as he cooperates with the Divine Dragon Sect, it shouldn't be difficult to pit a wave of imperial court troops.
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The emperor drove the expedition in person.
After this news spread all over the world, all those who were ready to act and plotted against each other were extinguished.
Especially Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan.
Now among the three feudatories, the king of Pingxi has become history, and the king of Pingnan is still happy to submit to the imperial court, and now only the king of Jingnan is still resisting.
Originally, Geng Jingzhong planned to wait for King Pingxi to raise an army, and then he would rebel himself.
As a result, I didn't expect Pingxi King Wu Sangui to be so uncompetitive, and it didn't take long to be destroyed.
After the Divine Dragon Sect conquered the capital, Geng Jingzhong felt that he could do it again.
But I never expected that Suo Etu's class would return to the court.
Now that the emperor is personally on the expedition, as long as the eyes are not blind, they can understand that it is only a matter of time before the imperial court will destroy the Divine Dragon Sect.
Unless a miracle happens.
And Su Mo, who was a miracle, slowly arrived at the foot of the capital from Nanjing under the support of the army.
Looking at this Forbidden City, Su Mo felt a little emotional.
I was let out not long ago, and now I'm back.
How it feels like being on a tour.
"Your Majesty, please order your ministers to bombard the city gate with cannons, so that you can break through the capital in a very short time." Suo Etu said hurriedly.
The biggest difference between the imperial army and the Divine Dragon Sect is that they have gunpowder cannons and so on their side.
In this era, hot weapons and cold weapons are opposed.
It's clear which is weak and which is stronger!
Su Mo came back to his senses, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, the whole world is not the king's land, every brick and tile in this capital is my property, what if it is damaged by you?" ”
"What's more, when we left Beijing, many of our soldiers' families were still inside, and the guns had no eyes, what if we killed our own people?"
This was done by Su Mo on purpose, when he retreated.
He took almost nothing with him, even the families of those Eight Banners disciples were thrown into the capital.
Su Mo thought at that time that if the imperial army came over, he could let Long'er arrest these family members as hostages, and this would also make the imperial court throw a rat into a trap.
When he heard that his family members were all in the capital, sure enough, the eyes of the soldiers next to him were red one by one.
They went out to fight on the battlefield, only to be stolen from their hometown when they returned.
I can't bear this for anyone.
After hearing this, Suo Etu also knew that this method would not work, so he could only use the traditional siege method, that is, to fill it with human lives.
Before the siege of the city, Su Mo, the emperor, naturally could not sit idly by.
At this time, the army was all gathered together, and Su Mo walked to a high platform that had been set up, ready to say a few words to boost morale.
"Hello soldiers, now the Forbidden City is in front of you, and your wife, children, and mother are also in it, as long as you capture the Forbidden City, your achievements will be ...... today" Su Mo crackled and said a lot of nonsense, and then said: "You are about to go to the battlefield, today I will give you wine and drink with the soldiers of the three armies." ”
Soon a large group of eunuchs came with carts filled with jars of wine.
The leader turned out to be a small pair wearing eunuch clothes.
These drinks are all poisoned, and they were brought from the Divine Dragon Sect two days ago.
You must know that the Divine Dragon Sect is the best at using poisons, these poisons are extracted from the snake venom on Snake Island, and after drinking it, your hands and feet will be weak, even people with martial arts will not be able to exert their skills for a while, specifically refer to the episode of the Shenlong Sect rebellion in a TV series.
In order to collect so many poisons, the snakes on Snake Island are almost extinct.
Xiaoshuang deliberately sent a jar of non-poisonous wine to Su Mo, and then distributed other drinks full of poison.
"Cheers, soldiers!"
Su Mo poured a bowl of wine and drank it all, and the other soldiers and officials also learned in a similar way.
The Qing Dynasty is a nation on the horse, drinking wine is like drinking water as commonplace, plus this is the wine given by the emperor, do you dare not drink it?
After watching everyone finish drinking, Su Mo was silent in his heart.
Soon the ground began to tremble.
Originally, the Divine Dragon Sect army that was ambushed around quickly rushed over.
Seeing that the Divine Dragon Sect dared to come over and sneak attack, Suo Etu was about to lead the troops to resist, but suddenly found that his whole body was weak, and then the black-pressed soldiers standing in front of him also fell down one by one like soft-footed shrimps.
Seeing this scene, Suo Etu couldn't help but widen his eyes.
This wine ...... Poisonous!