Shi Kefa's sudden behavior startled everyone in the military tent, Chongzhen did not speak, and others did not dare to make a move.

The whole big tent was silent, and the Yangzhou officials kneeling outside the tent heard the sound inside and were anxious, but no one dared to go in to investigate.

They all trembled like chicks waiting to be slaughtered.

They took the initiative to donate the city, which is indeed meritorious, but they are indeed guilty of selling their lives for Hongguang for a year.

Nevertheless, everyone is looking forward to forgiveness, and there is a saying that the prodigal son does not change his money, and knowing his mistakes can improve greatly......

Chongzhen looked at Shi Kefa, who was in a deep coma, and was still a little surprised.

Shi Dashangshu, who has always been indecisive, actually has such a strong side.

"Shi Shangshu is guilty, and the minister is also guilty." Adjutant Stilwell stood up angrily and slammed into the post.

Boom......

Another loud bang.

Stilwell was also lying on the ground, and no one came forward to check on or heal him.

In fact, with the skills of Chongzhen and Mo Dacheng, they have the ability to stop it, but Chongzhen didn't move, intending to see how many people still have this kind of backbone, which is a reason for them to continue to serve the imperial court.

You must know that in history, the Qing soldiers, under the leadership of Duoduo, divided their troops into Bozhou and Xuzhou, and advanced southward, like a bamboo, until Yangzhou.

Shi Kefa stubbornly defended Yangzhou. Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo led their troops to flee south in the name of defending Nanjing.

Surrender generals Li Chengdong, Li Yuchun, Xu Dingguo, led the Qing soldiers and the army to the south to surround Yangzhou City, the towns and horses did not listen to Shi Kefa's dispatch, resolutely did not go to the rescue, Shi Kefa urgently ordered the soldiers and horses from all over the country to help, but there was no sound, even the Hongguang Emperor of Nanjing, was also watching the fire from the other side of the river. The lonely city of Yangzhou is in danger.

Subsequently, Li Qifeng, the chief soldier, and Gao Qifeng, the deputy envoy of the supervising army, wanted to rob Shi Kefa to surrender, but Shi Kefa reprimanded him with great righteousness, and the two of them pulled out the camp and surrendered to the Qing.

At that time, the Qing army had at least 100,000 people, and the Yangzhou garrison was only more than 10,000 people. Before the war between the two armies, the feathers galloped. Dordor sent a general to persuade him to surrender, but Dolgon sent a letter to lure him to surrender, and Scofa replied that he refused to surrender. Shi Kefa said, "I am the first assistant of the imperial court, how can I be willing to do the opposite?" Later, Duoduo personally went out and sent five letters in a row, and Shi Kefa burned them without opening them. Shi Kefa summoned the generals and said, "I swear to die with the city, but I will not fall into the hands of the enemy and die in a hurry.

Adjutant General Stilwell was indignant. Zhonglie rejoiced: "I have no children yet, you should take the same surname as my queen, I will be the wife of the book, and among your grandchildren." After that, he wrote five suicide notes in one go.

A month later, Yangzhou finally fell because it ran out of ammunition and food. Shi Kefa wanted to commit suicide with a saber, but his subordinates forcibly took the saber. Duoduo tried every means to lure him down, and Shi Kefa said categorically, "I am a minister of the court, how can I be born as a sinner for all eternity! My head can be broken, my body cannot be humiliated, I am willing to die quickly, from the first emperor to the ground", and then heroic righteousness, at the age of 45.

After the city was broken, there were many characters who died as generously as Shi Kefa. For example, the prefect of Yangzhou Ren Minyu, after the city was broken, solemnly changed into the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, sat in the lobby, waited for the enemy, and said, "This is my land, and I should die here." Or like Wu Eryan, who cut off a finger and sent a friend home, saying, "If I don't return, I can bury my finger." The city was broken, and he fell into a well. Another example is Ma Yingkui, the deputy commander-in-chief, who died in a street battle in the city......

There are also chief soldier Liu Zhaoji, staff member He Gang, and artillery expert Chen Yujie, who either died in the street battle, or committed suicide and martyrdom. All 19 of Scofa's personal staff members were killed.

In the battle to defend Yangzhou City, the people also enthusiastically participated in the battle. Some rushed to the head of the city to repair the fortifications, some assisted the soldiers to patrol the city, and even women and children went out to collect bricks, stones, lime, and make swords, guns, bows and arrows. The retired military general Fan Outline gathered a group of aspirants to join the city defense team. In order to save her son from worrying, his mother actually crashed to death on the stone tablet.

After the city was breached, the citizens either died in battle with the Qing soldiers or committed suicide. More than 200 Yangzhou teenagers spontaneously organized themselves and ambushed the Qing army everywhere, all of whom died in battle: Zhusheng Gao Xiaozan, wrote on the placket: "Shouyang Zhi, Sui Yang Qi, no two hearts, ancient and modern are the same", hanged himself in the school palace; The doctor Chen Tianba and the painter Lu Yu did not give in to death; Countless women have committed suicide by refusing humiliation.

However, due to the brilliance of Shi Kefa, there is Yangzhou

Ten days of massacre, these loyal ministers, loyal and brave people, and students are almost unknown.

Even if Zhu Youjian came from later generations, he only knew that Shi Kefa died unyieldingly, and little was known about the deeds of others.

Now, it is time to test the loyalty.

After the ministers saw Shi Kefa and Shi Dewei "die" against the pillar, Chongzhen didn't say anything, his eyes were still cold, and his heart was even more panicked, and they all looked like they were facing the end of the world, and their faces were withered.

Ren Minyu, the prefect of Yangzhou, stood up and kowtowed solemnly, "The criminal minister was deceived by others, and he supported the new lord, the crime is unforgivable, and he is willing to be beheaded in the market to warn the world!"

Wu Eryi, Liu Zhaoji, He Gang, and Chen Yujie also solemnly bowed, saying that they were willing to die to atone for their sins.

Chongzhen still didn't say a word, he was still waiting.

In the end, more than 20 people pleaded guilty one after another.

Chongzhen's face softened slightly.

Suddenly, a sharp sound of breaking the air came.

A sharp blade suddenly shot out from the crowd in the tent and went straight to Chongzhen.

After Chongzhen read "The Rootless Tree", his eyes and ears were sensitive, and his reaction became faster, so he flashed his head sideways and dodged.

The sharp blade sneered, swept past Chongzhen's ear, pierced into the back of the dragon chair, and made a huge sound.

Seeing that Chongzhen was unharmed, Mo Dacheng breathed a sigh of relief, flew into the crowd, and walked towards one person.

The man's face did not change, and he quickly made a move and fought with Mo Dacheng.

After only five or six moves, the Assassin looked surprised and flew away.

Mo Dacheng immediately chased out, and the brocade guards also quickly dispatched to block the assassin from the military tent.

"Live!" Chongzhen drank.

Although the assassin's martial arts were good, he was no match for Mo Dacheng, and he was even more unable to resist under the siege of many brocade guards, and was quickly controlled.

"Bundle up, bundle up!" Gao Di stomped his feet and shouted, his face pale with shock.

Chongzhen glanced at Mo Dacheng with satisfaction, "It's good to know that the assassin was deliberately released and then arrested!"

Where did Mo Dacheng dare to accept the praise, and hurriedly knelt down, "The courtier's death penalty has put the emperor in danger."

The hundred officials of Yangzhou were shocked, they looked at the sharp blade on the dragon chair, and cried out in their hearts, "I was already worried about life and death, but there was an assassin, this is good, under the anger of Long Yan, there is no life."

The assassin was unarmed, and he had lost the ability to resist, and when all the brocade guards rushed up, they stomped on him, and if the emperor had an accident, everyone present would be a capital crime, so who could not be angry?

Some people even began to scan the ministers, hoping to find a flaw in their faces and find an accomplice.