After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 59
Three thousand households rampaged and split the Qing army, and the militiamen also joined the battle. They attacked the Qing army that was alone and captured prisoners.

Liu Zhiqian tried his best to escape, but for some reason, the horse under his crotch was disobedient. When crossing a ditch, the horse stumbled and threw him heavily to the ground, almost fainting.

When he managed to get up, there were more and more torches around, and the rebel soldiers had already surrounded him...

At this time, Zhu Yiyuan, surrounded by soldiers, also arrived at the battlefield.

At this time, Liu Sheng's body had been put down, lying quietly on the ground, and at a glance, not only was there no good flesh on his body, but even countless bones were broken, fingers, toes, left forearm, all disappeared... just look here , Zhu Yiyuan quickly turned his head, and after a while, he had the courage to face the corpse.

It is really unimaginable, what kind of torture this teenage boy suffered before his death?
Zhu Yiyuan gritted his teeth silently, and said in a low voice: "Did you find out?"

At this time, Tan Deyu took a step forward and said in a low voice: "We captured a personal guard of Liu Zhiqian. According to his confession, after they captured Liu Sheng, they forced him to tell the entrance of the tunnel and where the villagers were hiding. If Sheng didn’t say anything, they tortured him severely. After being unconscious several times, Liu Sheng once begged for a steamed bun.”

"Steamed bun?"

"Well, Qinggou gave it to him, but Liu Sheng only took a small bite and threw it aside, saying that the steamed bun was not clean, and that his family could eat clean steamed buns every day, so he was relieved. Then Qinggou was furious, Beat him to death, and hung his body on the flagpole..."

When Tan Deyu was talking, he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. The children in the same village watched them grow up.Before going to Laiwu, I was still dancing and dancing, and when I came back in a blink of an eye, there was only a broken corpse left.

"Zhu Qian, this child's life is hard, I'm afraid he will die without eating flour made from new wheat, big steamed buns!"

Zhu Yiyuan was startled for a moment, then squatted down silently, staring at Liu Sheng's body, tears rolling down silently... It's not that he has never seen life and death, but at this moment, it seems that something surges from his heart, along with it. With eyes closed, roll down.

This teenage boy doesn't want a bright future, he doesn't look forward to a prestigious university, he doesn't want a house, a car, money... His greatest wish is nothing more than steamed buns that are almost dismissed by future generations.

Ordinary and extraordinary things, but he never got them until his death.

The difference between the two eras is just like this.

"I hope you can go to my previous life. Not only steamed buns, but also steamed buns, dumplings, hamburgers, happy water... Whatever you want, you can have it. If you don't like it, you can't eat it."

Zhu Yiyuan silently blessed in his heart, but he also had another thought, which surged up crazily, what can he do in this world?
Pull up an army, fight against the Qing army, and save China... Or let these poor people eat white flour and steamed buns, no longer hungry, not cold, and less suffering from wars.

At least Liu Sheng believed in Zhu Yiyuan's promise, and believed that following Zhu Yiyuan, he would be able to get the freedom of steamed buns.

So he would rather die than tell the real situation. He died, his family lived, his mother, brother and sister, they can enjoy steamed buns freely one day in the future. He died willingly and with a smile on his face.

"You trust me with your life, how should I repay it?"

Zhu Yiyuan sighed in his heart, and when he got up slowly, there were already soldiers of the rebel army behind him, everyone was looking at Zhu Yiyuan.

"Has Liu Zhiqian been caught?" Zhu Yiyuan said in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Catched, the brothers have already beaten him to death, if he hadn't stopped him, he would have died a long time ago." Tan Deyu snorted angrily.

Zhu Yiyuan nodded, "If you kill him now, it will be cheaper for him... What about the others?"

"Zheng Longfang was also captured. He still resisted stubbornly, and his right arm was cut off. This time, more than 2000 Qing troops were killed and more than 1000 were captured. The rest of the defeated soldiers fled in embarrassment."

After Zhu Yiyuan listened, he said in a deep voice: "Choose among the captives. All the cronies of Liu Zhiqian and others who participated in the beating of Liu Sheng will be captured. I will not accept their surrender!"

If you don't accept surrender, you will die!
They had to fight for Liu Sheng's life, and there was nothing negotiable about it.

"It's time. We have raised our troops until now, and some accounts must be settled."

Zhu Yiyuan said this resounding sentence to all the soldiers.

Three days later, in Dawen Village, Laiwu County, the former Confucius Temple has been transformed into a ancestral hall for heroes after several days of intensive reconstruction.

Although it is a bit rudimentary, it is the best that can be done at the moment.

Since Zhu Yiyuan started his army, he has not carried out a large-scale liquidation except after entering Zichuan and eliminating a group of gentry and wealthy businessmen who had defected to the Qing court.

Right in front of this ancestral hall for heroes, Zhu Yiyuan called everyone together and dragged those damned people over one by one.

First of all, Ma Degong, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, captured Emperor Hongguang again and dedicated it to the Qing court.

According to the original history, Ma Degong would follow the Qing court and kill the rebels everywhere, and was killed by Zheng Chenggong more than ten years later.

Now his death has come early.

"As a famous general, I unfortunately fell into the hands of an unknown person. The sky has no eyes, the sky has no eyes!" Ma Degong raised his head and yelled hoarsely.

Zhu Yiyuan just smiled lightly, "Ma Degong, you don't need to sigh, it won't be long before the Qing court is destroyed, and all the people present are well-known and have a long history, much more famous than you, a traitor."

After saying this, Zhu Yiyuan said loudly to the soldiers and villagers: "This Liao led the Qing soldiers to attack Laiwu. He acted as the minion of the Qing court and harmed the people. He should be executed for his crime!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The people roared like a tidal wave, earth-shattering, and everyone wanted to kill their horses to succeed.

"Go!"

Zhu Yiyuan resolutely spit out two words, someone had dragged Ma Degong down long ago, he slashed off with a knife, and his head rolled off.

Someone then hung his head on the flagpole in front of the Hall of Martyrs.

This shameless bastard got what he deserved.

"Bring the Confucian servants!"

Everyone was stunned, and then they remembered that the rebel army defeated a group of Confucian servants as soon as they entered Laiwu, and then wiped out hundreds of Confucian servants outside Xintai City. After removing the dead, there were naturally dozens of captives left .

"As the minions of the Confucian Mansion, you have killed countless people for so many years. The crime is serious, and the heaven and the earth cannot tolerate... killing!"

This is not one person, but nearly 50 people.

Zhu Yiyuan didn't have any hesitation either, they were not qualified to hang their heads on the flagpole, they were just beheaded in unison.

Then it was the turn of the captives this time, Liu Zhiqian, Zheng Longfang, and their cronies, there were more than 300 people in total.

There was a large area of ​​darkness, Liu Zhigan's face was pale, and his whole body trembled slightly.Zheng Longfang was even more panicked and wanted to beg for mercy, but in the face of countless angry eyes, she couldn't say anything.

Being pushed in front of Zhu Yiyuan, Liu Zhiqian swallowed his mouth, and bravely said: "I am an official ordered by the imperial court, you gang of thieves, who dares to kill me?"

Who dares to kill you?
Anyone dares to kill you!
"You thing, don't talk nonsense with him, kill him quickly and avenge Liu Sheng."

Zhu Yiyuan chuckled, "Wouldn't it be too cheap to chop him up? He beat Liu Sheng so hard that he didn't have a piece of good meat. We might as well be generous and take off his human skin, peel the last straw, and hang it in front of the Ancestral Hall of Heroes."

Hearing this, the villagers cheered for a while, and a burly guy squeezed out and said excitedly: "I'm going to let me do it, I've killed pigs before, and I'm good at it!"

Zhu Yiyuan nodded with a smile, "Liu Zhiqian peeled the last grass, Zheng Longfang cut in half, and the rest of the cronies and servants will not be left behind! Anyone who invades us will have to pay the price."

"kill!"

Following Zhu Yiyuan's order, human heads rolled down one by one, gradually, the smell of blood filled the air, and the ground was stained red with blood...

Zhu Yiyuan walked slowly in front of the crowd, and said in a low voice: "Folks, Liu Sheng's tragic death, tell us that the enemy will not show mercy to us, they will only use the cruelest means to slaughter us and force us to submit!"

"We beheaded three Qing court generals today, and we will use their lives to tell the Qing court that we will never give in!" Zhu Yiyuan sternly said, "Folks, are you ready to fight the Qing court to the end?"

"Ready, ready!"

The soldiers and common people present immediately shouted loudly, responded enthusiastically, and the crowd was excited.

Zhu Yiyuan nodded, "Very good. Next, we will complete the land equalization as soon as possible. At the same time, we will elect three elders in each village. We must manage everyone and gather every bit of strength to fight and win. !"

(End of this chapter)