Chapter 91: Cutting Braids and Killing Tartars
The first to arrive in the outer city of Jingzhou was the baggage battalion brought by Xu Deyi, dumb Zhu San and others, although the whole battalion only had dozens of carriages, but the whole battalion arrived at Anlanmen from Shashi in just over half an hour.
You must know that Shashi is more than 30 miles away from Jingzhou!
The speed was so fast that if Xu Jingzhong, the garrison of the left battalion who stayed behind in Anlan Gate, hadn't seen the blue flag of the baggage battalion from a distance, he would have thought that it was the reinforcements transferred from the Tartars all over the city.
"Open the door, open the door!"
The arrival of his own soldiers and horses made Xu Jingzhong, who had no choice but to stay behind to control the city gate, and couldn't wait for someone to open the city gate and run down the city wall as soon as possible.
The city gate was specially ordered to be closed when Zhao Jinzhong, the commander of the left battalion, led his troops to Mancheng.
It was said that it was to prevent Xiaoxiao from outside the city from entering the city, but in fact, the general who led the troops to the boundary gate was worried that if there was a real fight, there would be a Tartar who would escape and report the news.
In that case, it won't be long before Jingzhou will be under the city by Qing soldiers.
Therefore, it can be delayed for a while.
Even this former Wushan Orion doesn't know why his head has to be hard with the Tartar.
Anyway, if you can do it first, you can't go wrong.
If you really can't keep Jingzhou, it's a big deal to go back to Xishan.
After the city gate was opened, the soldiers of the baggage battalion who came from Shashi immediately poured in, and went straight to the city under the guidance of the banner.
Commander Xu Deyi asked Xu Jingyi, who was standing by the city gate, where their commander Zhao went.
"Back to Commander Xu, my Commander Zhao was ordered by the general to besiege the Tartars in the city!"
Xu Jingzhong said it extremely simply and with great certainty.
Because, that's what he knows.
Siege of the Tartars?
Xu Deyi and the mute Zhu San glanced at each other and nodded to each other: The order is right, it's really going on!
The dumb and excited "Abba Aba" was flushed and extremely excited.
He didn't want to leave such an ugly rat's tail on the back of his head.
Xu Deyi even waved his knife and shouted at the officers and soldiers who were entering the city: "Kill into the city, the chickens and dogs will not be left, everyone will share the money, and everyone will share the girls!" ”
Don't mention a sentence of family and country righteousness, not a sentence of revenge and blood hatred, not to mention what the Tartars did when they occupied China, and they didn't mention anything about ruining their clothes and civilization.
The reason why this is so is that this commander from the old Shun army thinks that it is not interesting to talk to his subordinates, so it is better to say something real.
There was no way, because eight out of ten of the 3,000 men under his command had surrendered to the Qing army.
It really doesn't matter if the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty has braids on the back of the head.
"Kill the city, no chickens and dogs will be left!"
After listening to the words of the commander, it was like beating the blood of chickens, and the team of 3,000 captives and people was like a long snake spitting out letters and "swimming" towards the city.
The momentum set off near Anlan Gate was like an army of 100,000.
Such a scene made Xu Jingzhong, who was also from the old Shun army, also enthusiastic about it, and pulled the braid at the back of his head, shouting: "Braid, I'll keep his mother's braid!" ”
With a wave of the long knife, the braid, which had not grown much, immediately fell to the ground.
"Abaaba!"
Seeing this, the dumb man was also hot-blooded, and he did not hesitate to cut off his braids with a knife.
The slogan of not leaving chickens and dogs has also instantly become a braided and tartar!
Spurred on by this slogan, 3,000 "rabble" have poured into the city.
Then the water battalion soldiers who came without a flag also rushed towards the city like a pack of wolves, and the artillery battalion with the blue flag was the last to arrive, and the artillery trucks drove into the city one after another, and the first to see that the front was densely packed with people, so they simply unloaded the truck on the spot and began to lay up the artillery position.
The muzzles of the guns were all aimed at the city ahead
Wang Wu was ignorant of the explosive consequences of the subtle differences in the military orders conveyed by the officers and soldiers of his department, and at this time he was "discussing" with the Jingzhou general Babur and others on how to resolve the conflict between the two sides.
Under the suppression of Wang Wu, the officers and soldiers of the pro-army battalion and the left, right, and center battalions who arrived later did not immediately attack the city, but respectively controlled the entrance and exit sections of the boundary gate and the boundary wall that had not yet been completely constructed.
In order to form a huge military pressure on the garrison of the Eight Banners, Babur was forced to compromise and retreat.
"The general must give an explanation to the people about this matter!"
Wang Wu was resolute and demanded that Babur must hand over the banner soldiers who had gone out of the city to kill people today, and at the same time threatened Li Wen, the prefect who had been invited by his order, to tell him what the banner soldiers had done after they came.
The prefect said that he was invited, but it was better to say that he was kidnapped.
Sandwiched between the two sides of the conflict, Li Wen wanted to be killed headlong, but in the end, he still had a little conscience, knowing that this matter was the fault of the flag man first, and then wanted to be killed by the flag soldiers, so he still stubbornly said:
"Since the garrison of the Eight Banners, the banner people and the Han people have become more and more numerous, and the lower officials have repeatedly received the people's papers, saying that the flag people are idle, forced to buy and sell, buy more things without paying or not enough money, often pick quarrels and fights, and it is even more common to cause trouble and beat the Han people when they are drunk, and the good people of the Han people suffer unspeakably."
On the opposite side, the Jingzhou general Babur's face was gloomy, and his brows were dark, so he didn't care about the misery of the Han people, but the situation became more complicated by Wang Yaowu's arrival, and at the same time, he didn't expect Wang Yaowu's soldiers to dare to attack the Eight Banners.
It is understood that more than 60 bannermen died tragically under the swords of the battalion soldiers!
And Wang Yaowu not only did not severely punish his subordinates for making trouble, but aggressively asked General Jingzhou to hand over his banners, which was simply a naked humiliation to him, and it was also an evil deed that had never been seen since the founding of this dynasty.
This is the former Jingxi general Mulima who doesn't know that he is still above him.
However, the development of the situation does not seem to be tough on him, because the green battalion soldiers of Jingzhou have surrounded the city, and they are staring at the flag soldiers in the city one by one.
If he really doesn't make friends, I'm afraid that the general in front of him, who Ao Shaobao had intended to recruit as his grandson's son-in-law, would really order an attack on the city.
He himself is not afraid of death, and he also has a heart that is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but he can't help but consider the consequences of this matter.
If the Green Battalion really attacked the city, it would not only declare the Jingzhou Green Rebellion, but also announce that the city would be ruined.
Even if the bannermen rose up to resist, what about the old people and women?
Do you want to watch them become the ghosts of the Nikanhans?
"Wang Dutong, this matter is certainly wrong with my garrison bannerman, but don't worry, I will deal with this matter impartially, anyone who makes trouble for the head and injures people with knives to death, should be beheaded and hanged according to the law, and the rest of the people will be sentenced to Ningguta as a slave in armor."
Babur swallowed his anger and made a decision, even if it would cost at least a hundred bannermen their lives.
Compared with the safety of the city, compared with the safety of the old and weak women and children, this decision is also extremely wise.
As long as he can calm the imminent crisis in front of him, he has the means to solve this bold and reckless general.
He believes that after today's incident reaches Yanjing, Ao Shaobao will not raise tigers for trouble.
Everyone can see that this Nikan surnamed Wang will be unruly and difficult to train!
If it is not eliminated as soon as possible, it will be a great calamity.
"Lord Toto,"
Jin Guansan, who has been presiding over the construction of the Mancheng Project in Jingzhou, of course knows that his new master cannot really turn against the Qing Dynasty, and this big move is nothing more than a matter of face, and it is difficult to ride a tiger.
After all, the new master had made a promise to the people of Jingzhou, and now that something has happened, if he does not come forward to uphold justice for the people, no one will believe him in the future.
I'm afraid his subordinates will also have opinions about him.
Therefore, seeing that Babur retreated and was willing to severely punish the murderer, Jin Guansan hurriedly stepped forward to build a step for both sides, hoping that the matter could be resolved peacefully and not hurt the peace of both sides.
As for who is wrong and who is right, there will be a saliva lawsuit later.
"I believe that the general will deal with it impartially, and I also believe that the imperial court will not treat the lives of my Han people as a mustard, as far as I know, the equal treatment of the banner and Han is what Emperor Taizong personally said to the Han Chen."
Wang Wu accepted it when he saw it, but he proposed that the garrison of the Eight Banners should compensate the dead and injured people today, and in addition, if the registered soldiers or idle bannermen in Jingzhou went to Seoul to make trouble, they could be directly detained by the yamen at the Jingzhou and Jiangling Prefecture levels.
gave Babur face, that is, after the local people were taken, they still had to report to the garrison general for joint trial.
Babur's face was very ugly, the Qing Dynasty had set up so many cities in the Guan, and there had never been a Han official holding a flag.
When this matter spread, he, the Jingzhou general, really lost the face of old Manchuria.
But if you don't agree, then the matter will be frozen here, and it is not only the green flag that gathers all over the city, but also many Han people from other cities.
Today's indiscriminate killing of Han people by the flag soldiers has made this place like a powder keg, and a spark can be exploded.
After pondering for a moment, Tie Qing replied with a blushing face.
Seeing that the situation had eased, Li Wen couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, but he thought that he couldn't help Wang Dutong speak, so he hurriedly added: "If it is the Han people who provoke and bully, that is, it will be severely punished, and the local government will not be partial." ”
These words made Wang Wu can't help but glance at the prefect, and he didn't have a seizure, anyway, this Li Wen was about to be transferred away.
And so it was settled.
Without thinking about it, Babur suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Xu Lin, who was riding on a horse not far away and leading people to confront the banner soldiers, and said viciously: "This person shot Qin Cha, it is a heinous crime, and he must be taken down immediately and sent to Jingshi Ling Chi to be executed!" ”
Hearing this, Wang Wu couldn't help frowning, Xu Lin was a very useful person under him, and he was the commander of the pro-military camp, if he handed over the people to the Qing court for execution, he was afraid that half of the hearts of the people in the army would be scattered.
Just as he was about to find an excuse to refuse, there was an earth-shattering roar in his ears: "Cut the braid to kill the Tartars, cut the braids to kill the Tartars!" ”
What to cut braids to kill tartar?
Wang Wu was confused when he heard this roar, and his eyes immediately looked behind him, and his heart suddenly burst into a flash.
A cyan flag appeared in front of him.
Under the flag, there were soldiers who swung all kinds of weapons and rushed to the city.
"Kill the Tartars, cut the braids and kill the Tartars!"
The soldiers of the left battalion who surrounded the boundary gate heard the shouts coming from the rear, and they didn't have time to argue in detail, and the commander Zhao Jinzhong immediately drew his sword and shouted at his subordinates: "Kill in, not a single one will be left!" ”
At the same time, Zhang Tianfang, the commander of the middle battalion, suddenly raised his bow and shot it at the throat of a Manchurian leader who was glaring at him across the half-human high boundary wall, accompanied by a scream, and the leader immediately fell from his horse.
"Put!"
Hundreds of large arrows crossed the boundary wall with a "whooshing" sound and hurled towards the crowd of Eight Banners soldiers who were facing each other nervously.
Xu Lin, who was confronting the Eight Banners in the city, heard the shouting and killing, thinking that the general had given the order to do it, so he didn't hesitate at all, pulled the reins with one hand, and took the lead with a knife in the other hand and rushed towards the Eight Banners on the opposite side.
In the blink of an eye, thousands of men and horses on both sides of the banner and Han were already fighting.
"It's broken, it's really fighting!"
Seeing this scene, Jin Daotai and Li Zhifu's souls were scared away.
The latter was so anxious that he was about to ask Wang Dutong to order the soldiers to stop, but he saw that Wang Dutong suddenly rushed towards Jingzhou General Babur with an arrow step, and smashed a heavy fist on his head when the other party was still stupidly looking at the boundary gate, and then grabbed the head of Jingzhou General with his right arm, and with a roar, he turned Jingzhou General's head directly in a circle of 360 degrees.
"It's come to this, I have to do it! Passing on my military order, women and children stay, and the rest are not left. ”
After throwing the body of Babur, which had spit out his tongue, to the side, Wang Wu took the long-handled broadsword thrown by Zhang Pengyu, who was in charge of the banner of his own soldiers, and slashed Goshha to the ground with his backhand.