Anti Qing

Chapter 124 Ding Yunyang

On the wall, artillery fire flew, gravel splashed down, and accompanied by a loud cry of grief, the last gate of Yunyang, which had rejected Dashun for several years, collapsed.

Immediately there was a loud shout of killing, and the Dashun army in black arrow suits drowned the Ming army in red armor like a tide.

Looking at the soldiers of the Ming army fighting at the top of the city, Li Zijing turned around silently. This was the last respect he could give to these heroes who defended their homeland with their lives.

— let them die like a true hero.

I don't know how long it took, maybe it took a stick of incense, a cup of tea, or maybe an hour, when the black front battalion banner was inserted above the grain depot, the shouts of killing suddenly stopped.

Li Zijing looked down at the blood-stained Yanling Saber, knowing in his heart that everything was over.

The sound of footsteps came from far to near, and a stretcher was solemnly carried in front of Li Zijing. Lying on the stretcher was Gao Doushu whose robes were stained red with blood.

Gao Doushu was still holding the knife tightly in his hand, his eyes were wide open with anger.

Around, several wounded ex-battalion officers always gathered around, panting, looking at the corpse on the stretcher with admiration in their eyes.

"A rich burial."

"Bury the soldiers of the Ming army and my former battalion who died here, and erect a monument."

Li Zijing sighed, stretched out his rough palm full of small scars from holding the knife for a long time, and gently stroked Gao Doushu's eyes.

Li Zijing took off his hat and looked around.

This Yunyang City, after four consecutive days of bloody offensive and defensive battles, although Dashun took the whole city, the city was already riddled with holes.

Li Zijing's actions were deeply imprinted in the minds of the surrounding Dashun soldiers. The expressions in their eyes were extremely complicated, but more determined.

Everyone gathered around Li Zijing, waiting for the next order.

At this time, the fighting in the whole city was basically over, and the reinforcements sent by Wang Guangen had also been ambushed by Li Zijing, and the overall situation in Yunyang was settled.

The smooth end of the Yunyang war also marked that Li Zijing relieved Xiangyang's worries about the future and established a complete foothold in Huguang.

Li Zijing walked slowly into the grain depot, it was only a small place, but every step he took, he had to step over several corpses, which were criss-crossed and collapsed together.

Many corpses were beyond recognition. Li Zijing glanced over and saw that there was a Ming army general whose name he didn't even know, whose armor had been hacked to pieces.

The tattered flag of Ming Dynasty was still on the ground, and was allowed to be trampled by the soldiers of the former battalion who entered the city.

Among the soldiers who fell on the ground, some shouted to die for the Ming Dynasty, and some raised the banner of Dashun to serve as pioneers for the new world.

There is no right or wrong in this war, and there is no need to choose a side that represents justice or evil. Every corpse that falls on the ground is a hero in life.

The soldiers of Dashun were all used to seeing the landlords oppressing the common people by their tyrannical powers. When they raised the banner of rebellion, they had a yearning for a new world in their hearts.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are a true portrayal of the glory of the Ming Dynasty, a dynasty that has perished.

Just like what Li Zicheng said when he swore an oath in Xi'an in the 17th year of Chongzhen, "The emperor is not very dark, isolated but has a lot of troubles; ministers do their best, and they are less loyal than the party and the public."

The meaning of this sentence also coincides with what Emperor Chongzhen Meishan said when he died for his country, "I am not the king of a subjugated country, all my ministers are the ministers of a subjugated country".

Perhaps even Li Zicheng felt that Emperor Chongzhen was really a tragic emperor. As the leader of the rebel army, it was really strange that he felt sympathy for the former emperor.

Now Li Zijing finally understood that it was never the Ming court that Dashun rebelled against, but the powerful landlords, officials and chaebols in the Ming court who oppressed the fish and meat people.

What Dashun represents is the interests of ordinary people in this world, and because of this, it will be jointly suppressed by all other forces.

In the end, Dashun's new dynasty was a flash in the pan, and became a dream that had been in the hearts of the people in the late Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.

Li Zijing stood on the grain depot, which was where Gao Doushu was not long ago, and looked at the city of Yunyang, where the flames of war were everywhere, and those surviving people who walked out of the houses with their heads in their arms, their faces full of fear, realized the value of being in his position without thinking about it. Hateful.

Since Li Zijing crossed, he only wanted to save his life at first, and then he was pushed step by step to the current position that can change the situation of the world.

If you continue to only seek self-protection, how is it different from those civil servants and chaebols in the former Ming Dynasty?
The Qing army will not stop its invasion of the south, the Nanming party struggle in the south of the Yangtze River will not stop, and the aristocratic chaebols will not suddenly realize their conscience and treat the people well.

This world needs to be pushed back.

Li Zijing stood where he was, without any movement for a long time, which also made the department chief beside him very anxious.

"General, what are you thinking?"

Li Zijing's thoughts were drawn back to reality, and he shook his head slightly.

"Issuing the list to calm the people, spread the news to all the prefectures and counties on the borders of Yunyang. Gao Doushu is dead, and those who surrender will not die.

The head of the department nodded, stood still for a moment, and asked suddenly.

"What if they don't believe it?"

Li Zijing was slightly taken aback.

"You are right. Cut off Gao Doushu's head and seal it for inspection, so as to pass it on to the surrounding counties, and then bury it."

Li Zijing also knew that this was disrespectful to Gao Doushu who died for the Ming Dynasty, but it was indeed the most appropriate method.

The rhetoric that the dead are the greatest does not work here.

Li Zijing is now the hope of the entire Dashun in Huguang, and this battle is fought with all his wealth, and there is no room for sloppyness.

It was also thanks to the reminder from the head of the department that Li Zijing was full of thoughts for a while and forgot about this matter. If he remembered it later, he might delay the big event.

"what's your name?"

That department never dared to be negligent, and hastened to clap its fists.

"The last general, Tan Wen, was born in Wanxian County, Kuizhou Prefecture, Sichuan Province. He was a member of the Ming court, and later surrendered to General Liu Tichun in Xiangyang."

"Then how did it get to my subordinate?"

"Returning to the general, the last general was unwilling to stay in Xiangjing to do nothing. Hearing that the general defeated the puppet king Duoduo in Tongguan, he was like a thunderbolt, so he led his brothers Tan Hong and Tan Yi to the front camp. great merit."

Hearing this, Li Zicheng looked sideways, a little surprised.

"My former battalion appointed people based on their talents, and they were not appointed or dismissed by former officials. Why did you become a department head all the time? Who recruited you?"

Tan Wen was a little surprised, and quickly knelt down.

"It was General Liu who recommended it to Master Gu, the military adviser. Of my three brothers, only the last general is the head of the department. The rest of Tan Hong and Tan Yi all started as ordinary soldiers!"

Li Zijing nodded slightly, and when he heard that Liu Tichun personally recommended him, and the fact that the other two brothers were foreign soldiers, his face looked better.

Li Zijing raised his hand to signal him to get up, and said lightly.

"I already know about this matter. You are the first one to climb to the top of Yunyang City today. It is a top achievement. What's more, it was recommended by General Liu. I can't ignore this matter."

"However, my former battalion has its own rules. Whether you can stay in the position of department head for a long time depends on your performance."

"If virtue is not worthy, I will not give it to General Liu and the military adviser. Do you understand?"

Tan Wenru was pardoned and got up quickly.

"The last general must show his determination to live up to the general's trust!"

Li Zijing waved his hand, motioning him to go down and arrange the matter of recruiting Fuzhou County, then turned around and began to think carefully.

In fact, Li Zijing didn't care about whether the surrounding counties of Yunyang could surrender.

The reason why Gao Doushu died if he did not surrender was precisely because he was the backbone of the Yunyang Ming army. If he surrendered, he would be able to recruit the surrounding counties for Li Zijing to surrender.

If he didn't surrender, Li Zijing would use his head to subdue people's hearts. Judging from the historical situation of surrounding states and counties who heard the wind and surrendered, they would definitely surrender if they didn't know the reality of Dashun.

Of course, this kind of surrender is mostly just an expedient measure. Once Dashun is in danger of being overthrown, these states and counties will switch to another new owner.

But what Li Zijing lacked now was time. This nominal comfort was enough for him to move south to deal with Jingwu's Zuo Liangyu.

Only when Zuoying is destroyed can Dashun truly gain a foothold in Huguang.

(End of this chapter)