The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 259 The Gaozhou Tragedy!

The general of the Qing army sent by Shang Kexi this time is Shang Kexi's second son, Shang Zhixiao.

Shang Zhixiao attached great importance to this expedition, and he rode on horseback several times in person, urging the army to hurry.

Shang Zhixin died, counting according to the order, he should take over the position of Prince Pingnan's son.

However, Shang Kexi also showed a considerable preference for Shang Zhijie.

This matter is not certain!
Shang Kexi ordered Shang Zhixiao to lead the army to go out this time. In Shang Zhixiao's eyes, that was Shang Kexi's test for him.

As if he was able to make military exploits this time, and even avenge Shang Zhixin.

Then his position as Prince Pingnan's son is likely to be stable.

I believe that Shang Kexi will write a letter to the imperial court soon, please make the second son's filial piety as the eldest son!
Therefore, there is no room for Shangzhi's filial piety to be ignored.

There were bursts of screams and wails from Gaozhou City behind him, thick smoke billowed, and flames continued to spread.

The people in the city wailed, screamed, and despaired to the extreme!
This is the Qing army "repairing"!
The long and rapid march made the Qing army full of exhaustion and hostility, and the morale of the army was affected to a certain extent.

It's like a sharp knife that has been dusty for a long time, only by drinking blood can it regain its sharpness!

So, there is this trimming!

The army marched outside the city of Gaozhou, and the prefect of Gaozhou received an order in advance to bring the gentry of Gaozhou to eat pots of oatmeal to welcome the king.

However, what the gentry in Gaozhou didn't expect was that what they got was not the praise and reward of Wang Shi when they greeted the king with a pot of rice.

It's a butcher's knife from the Qing army!

The gate of Gaozhou city was opened, and the cavalry of the Qing army rushed into the city on horseback, cutting down anyone they saw and looting anything they saw.

Many women have also suffered!

Be particular about it, and know how to drag people to corners to do errands.

If you don't pay attention to it, you will bully women in the street, and even enthusiastically call people to watch, inviting people you know to do multiplayer sports.

The entire city of Gaozhou was full of screams and wailing!

Shang Zhixiao didn't care about this, but Ma Wengui, the prefect of Gaozhou, looked extremely ugly.

It's not that he pities the people of Gaozhou, but if the people of Gaozhou are killed by the Eight Banners soldiers, what kind of people will he rule as a local official?

Manage a group of ghosts? !
"My son, please take pity on the people of Gaozhou, and restrain the rebels!"

Ma Wengui asked.

A title of son of the eldest son touched Shang Zhixiao's heart.

But in the face of Ma Wengui's request, Shang Zhixiao didn't care at all.

"The army has been marching for a long time, tired up and down, and needs to be repaired!"

"The Qing Dynasty will remember the people of Gaozhou!"

Ma Wengui said with an extremely ugly face.

"Isn't His Royal Highness afraid that I will impeach you?"

"This Gaozhou is the state capital of my Qing Dynasty, not the state capital of Ming thieves!"

"The people in Gaozhou are also the obedient citizens of my Qing Dynasty, not the rebels of the Ming thieves!"

"His Royal Highness slaughtered the people like this, isn't he afraid of the scandal of scholars?"

Shang Zhixiao was threatened, and said in a very unhappy mood.

"Hehe, so what?"

"My father killed millions of people in Guangdong, isn't he still the King Pingnan of the Qing Dynasty?"

"What the Qing Dynasty wanted was the land of the Central Plains, not the population of the Central Plains."

"Believe it or not, even if my royal father slaughters Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty again now, the court will at most just give an order."

"Do you think the imperial court cares about the population of a mere Gaozhou?"

What Shang Zhixiao said made Ma Wengui feel cold sweat running down his back.

Yes, when did the Qing Dynasty take the lives of the Han people seriously? !

When speaking, Shang Zhixiao's eyes were full of contempt and mockery.

……

The massacre in Gaozhou lasted for a whole day, and the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army were tired of tossing and resting, and Gaozhou City returned to calm.

However, Gaozhou City at this time has long been turned into ruins!
There are ruins and ruins everywhere, as well as traces of the fire.

The streets are full of dead bodies in various shapes!
Many families were all extinct, even the prominent landlords and gentry in the city were no exception.

The yamen servants walked tremblingly on the street, posting notices of Anmin, carrying buckets to extinguish the fire, and confining the corpses in the city.

At this time, Gaozhou City is like a ghost town!
The Qing army recuperated in Gaozhou for two or three days, then gathered the surviving people in Gaozhou city, drove them away towards the Leizhou Peninsula.

Shang Zhixiao said proudly to Xu Tai beside him.

"Mr. Xu, I have heard that Ming thieves have sharp firearms. I, the Qing Dynasty, failed to carry firearms in this raid, let alone make a shield chariot in time."

"Right now, we can only use these lowly Han people as cannon fodder!"

Xu Tai is Shang Zhixiao's own person, so Shang Zhixiao has no scruples to call himself the son in front of Xu Tai.

Xu Tai stroked his chin and spoke.

"Your Highness is indeed intelligent, and the aspect of marching and fighting is deeply taught by the prince!"

Shang Zhixiao raised his head and laughed loudly.

"Haha, that's natural!"

Xu Tai knew Shang Zhixiao's character too well, so he said flatteringly.

"I just don't know why His Royal Highness arrested those old people when he caught cannon fodder?"

"Those old people are very weak, isn't it a burden to carry them?"

Shang Zhixiao said proudly.

"Sir, I don't know something, this son has already planned for it."

With a sinister smile, Shang Zhixiao continued to speak.

"When our army marches halfway, these old things can't move anymore, then drag them out and kill them!"

"Just to deter other cannon fodder!"

Xu Tai opened his mouth and continued to flatter.

"His Royal Highness is indeed brilliant!"

……

More than [-] days have passed since the Restoration Army occupied Leizhou.

In the past 20 days, all the people who could migrate in the entire Leizhou Peninsula have been migrated away.

The Restoration Army also built a simple fortification outside Leizhou City!

Twenty or thirty miles from Leizhou City to the sea, several longitudinal trenches were dug by the Restoration Army.

The trenches are connected by traffic trenches, and large and small traps are set in the open space between the trenches, such as tripping ropes and horse pits.

The entire defense line is full of turrets and infantry fire points that can form crossfire!

To put it bluntly, it means that preparations have been made to build a fort by the seaside of Leizhou.

When the cement deployed from Luzon and other places is in place, the fortress will be built, and these trenches, forts, firepower points and other surface buildings will be added.

A fortress that is difficult to conquer will appear outside Leizhou City!

Now that the recovery army's strength is insufficient, Zhu Hongyu's idea is still to avoid large-scale decisive battles with the Qing army in the absence of superior strength.

Inserting nails and building fortresses along the coast, attracting the Qing army to attack, and training troops with battles are Zhu Hongyu's specific methods!
Zhu Hongyu stood at the head of Leizhou city, looking towards the direction of the mainland.

All he can do now is to continue to block the Qing army along the coast, swear his existence, and show that he will never be partial.

But when will the real Northern Expedition start, and when will it be possible to achieve what the slogan said:
"Expel the Tartars, restore China, rebuild Ming Dynasty, and revive China!"

Zhu Hongyu didn't know either!
(End of this chapter)