Chapter Thirty-Four: It's Gratifying to Be Captured Alive, and Five Punishments to Punishment!
The town of Little Compass, on top of a makeshift city wall.
Looking at the chaotic battlefield, Zhu Houxi was also a little surprised.
He had no low expectations for the combat effectiveness of the Qing army's Shang Kexi Division, thinking that it would be a very difficult battle, but after he only heard a burst of gunfire like bursting beans in Xiaoluopan Town, he completely lost the shouts of battle, leaving only one crying father and shouting mother's 'Our army is defeated'.
The Qing army can be described as defeated.
Under this wisp of dust and smoke, not even the artillery of the accompanying army was fired, and the battle was won so easily.
Next, a group of 3,000 cavalry that was originally hidden around the town and planned to rush out when the battle was hot was completely useless at the moment, so they could only disperse and take seven or eight cavalry as a unit to go all over the mountains to capture prisoners and kill the Qing army who wanted to resist.
Shang Kexi, that's all?
Zhu Houxi shook his head, feeling that he had overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Qing army a little.
The combat effectiveness of the Qing army mainly revolves around the children of the Eight Banners, and the Eight Banners can be fought because they are related to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the country, which is equivalent to the clans and nobles of the Ming Dynasty, but they need to go into battle every day, coupled with the difficult living environment, they can naturally burst out with combat effectiveness that the ordinary Ming army cannot match.
Therefore, their number is not much compared to the Ming army, which is often hundreds of thousands, less than 100,000.
And each of the Eight Banners is equipped with a sufficient number of coated minions, these coated minions charge ahead, after consuming the energy of the enemy, under the roar of artillery, the children of the Eight Banners are dispatched, plus the Ming Army's salary is in arrears all year round, and the sergeant's desire to fight is not high, coupled with the strong combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners, there will naturally be an 'invincible Eight Banners children' situation.
During this period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, anyone who could cut off dozens of Jiannu heads could be called a great victory.
And after seeing that he won the victory so easily, Wu Xiang's old face was instantly like a blooming chrysanthemum, and he immediately complimented Zhu Houxi:
"Your Majesty, General Yu has won a great victory! General Yu really deserves to be a famous general of our dynasty, and he actually rode into battle alone, such bravery, who in the world can be the enemy? But all of this is all thanks to His Majesty's clever calculation, and he will bury this Jiannu in a strategic way! ”
And after hearing Wu Xiang's words, Zhu Houxi didn't want to deal with this person at all, and Wu Xiang was snubbed again, but he was not annoyed, but he bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, in the Guanning army of the rebel, there are many old ministers who used to be old ministers, and they are loyal to the rebels at the behest of the old ministers, and the old ministers are willing to plot against the Guanning army for Your Majesty, so that there will be chaos in their army!" ”
"However, if there is someone who can kill the slave builder anyway, I will not only pardon him for his innocence, but increase his official ranking."
When Zhu Houxi heard this, he nodded, and said indifferently: "But this does not include your rebel Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui's crime is unforgivable!" ”
For the generals of the Guanning Army who were coerced by Wu Sangui, Zhu Houxi can open the net, if he can really set things right, and he can stab Dolgon from behind, then Zhu Houxi will not hesitate to seal and reward.
But for Wu Sangui and other big traitors, the crime is unforgivable!
"No!"
Wu Xiang's expression was awe-inspiring, and he was also very resentful of this second son in his heart, wishing that Zhu Houxi would behead him, so as not to disgrace the family.
Yes, Wu Xiang before was still dreaming of advancing and retreating freely.
Today's Wu Xiang is already a pure loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!
The main thing is one hand, loyalty! Honest!
At this moment, Yu Dayou, whose battle armor was damaged and covered in blood, hurriedly arrived from outside the town with dozens of elite soldiers, but saw Yu Dayou personally escorting a man in his forties, shaving money rat braids, and wearing a blue flag armor made of imitation of the border army of the Ming Dynasty.
The man was extremely embarrassed, his whole body was also covered with blood stains, a large cut had been made on his breastplate, and his entire arm was presented in an extremely twisted posture, and I am afraid that the whole arm was broken.
Separated by Zhu Houxi's distance of about thirty or forty steps, Yu Dayou immediately stopped, bowed down on one knee without hesitation, escorted the man next to him, directly broke his legs, and made him kneel in front of Zhu Houxi, and said loudly: "The last general Yu Dayou, the general of the Fubo battalion, will visit Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" ”
"I'm there."
Zhu Houxi stood with his hands in his hands, dressed in Taoist clothes fluttering like a fairy, and beside Yu Dayou, his legs were broken, and Shang Kexi, who was full of blood, was horrified.
Because of his keen discovery.
The emperor in front of him is not Chongzhen at all!
In addition, he also heard Yu Dayou report to his home!
The general who captured himself alive was actually called Yu Dayou!
Shang Kexi naturally knows what kind of person Yu Dayou is, he is a famous anti-Japanese general of the Jiajing Dynasty, and he has learned from each other with the warrior monks in the Shaolin Temple, so that the Yu family gun in one hand is the champion of the three armies!
Could it be ......
Shang Kexi's cheeks were stuck to the mud, and the small gravel made his face hurt, and he had even been ground out of blood by the gravel, but Shang Kexi also guessed the identity of this young man.
The eleventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing!
The information that the regent had received from Beijing turned out to be true!
That Chongzhen child, unexpectedly...... It is really blessed by the ancestors!
All of a sudden, Shang Kexi's heart became transparent.
No wonder their own army is vulnerable and can collapse at the first touch.
Although on the one hand, it was because he was rash against the enemy, thinking that this time the Ming army would only stick to the city as usual, and would not go out of the city to fight at all, so he would march in a hurry to camp here, waiting for the arrival of the British prince and the banner owner.
However, this group of soldiers and horses who are fighting with themselves are lined up neatly, even if they are in the camp step by step, I am afraid that they will be easily defeated!
"The last general is all thanks to His Majesty's merits, and it is still gratifying to be lucky enough to capture the thief, our army has been beheaded and captured, and the cavalry of the Shunming battalion is pursuing the rout, and there will be a battle report in the near future."
Yu Dayou said sonorously while grabbing the ugly pigtail like a rat's tail on the back of Shang Kexi's head, forcibly pulling Shang Kexi's head up, and said murderously to Zhu Houxi: "Your Majesty, how to deal with this thief?" ”
"Five punishments!"
Zhu Houxi did not hesitate and immediately ordered.
Historically, Shang Kexi went south to attack Guangdong, defeated the Ming army in Nanxiong, and then slaughtered the city. Capture Shaozhou and slaughter the city again. Shang Kexi traveled day and night, straight to Guangzhou.
And Yingde, Qingyuan, Conghua and other places fell one after another.
After the fall of Guangzhou, Shang Kexi went on a killing spree, regardless of men, women, and children, killing people when they saw them, slaughtering more than 200,000 people in Guangzhou, and in the whole of Guangdong, the number of people who died under Shang Kexi's butcher's knife exceeded 700,000!
There are only seven people left in a radius of forty miles from Guangzhou!
If it is a general like Zu Dashou, Zhu Houxi will only make him hang himself, and will not pursue too much.
And Shang Kexi, Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou, etc., all of them must be sentenced to death!
It's a pity that Su Yangzhi, a gratifying general in history, died under the volley of flintlock pistols during the second round of the Qing army's charge, which is cheaper for such brutes!
The so-called five punishments refer to cutting off hands, gouging out eyes, cutting off ears and noses, and then digging out the patella...... To put it simply, it is a simplified version of the human body, and after completing the above operations, it will be decapitated.
Hearing Zhu Houxi's words, Lu Bing on the side had not yet ordered Jinyiwei to carry out the order, and then Shang Kexi shouted: "Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life!" This king... No, no, no, the criminal has intelligence, and the criminal knows the regent's strategic arrangement for the south, Your Majesty! The guilty minister is willing to wear the crime and make meritorious service, the minister is willing to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to rebel, and the minister is willing to persuade other ...... for His Majesty"
"Lu Bing, pull down and torture the intelligence army deployment of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the south, and after the torture, they will be sentenced to five sentences!"
Zhu Houxi shook his head, showing no mercy.
Jinyiwei's edict, still need to bargain with you? It just so happens that before the five punishments, let you taste the palace punishments, needle insertions, and the like.
Although it is not in Beijing, where there is a Jinyi guard, there can be an edict everywhere!