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Chapter 248 Capturing Hong Chengchou alive (Part )

A road was clear and clear. When the cavalry lined up and marched along the unobstructed road, there were four blasts in a row, and then there was the sound of gunfire like fried beans, and a burst of gunfire sounded in the woods on both sides of the night. There were no shouts of death in the fire, only the wails of the ambushed people and the neighing of horses.

Hong Chengchou, who was less than ten meters away from the detonation point, looked back and broke into a cold sweat, shouting: "Go quickly, don't stop!"

Hong Chengchou's voice did not spread far, but the cavalry around him had already taken action, and they immediately rushed forward without hesitation, surrounding Hong Chengchou.

"My lord, leave quickly!"

Hong Chengchou could tell with his toes that the cavalry rear group was finished. He sat down and the horses kept accelerating. The sound of the wind drowned out the shrill screams that could be heard behind him, as well as the gunfire from behind, to the left, and to the left.

Speed ​​up, speed up.

Getting faster and faster, Hong Chengchou had no intention of fighting back. He held the reins tightly with his left hand, and slapped the horse's butt with the whip in his right hand, and spurred the horse forward rapidly.

Li Lin hid behind the branch of a big tree, held the branch against the 81 bar, and followed the cavalrymen who suddenly accelerated to take aim, waiting patiently. There were dug horse pits, iron caltrops and tripping ropes ahead. When the front cavalry is tripped, the other cavalry will inevitably stop.

At that time, they can shoot more accurately, which can not only ensure that they do not hit the leading general, but also throw the remaining cavalry into chaos, making the battle easier.

Seeing that the first few cavalrymen did as he predicted, the cavalrymen who had no time to stop suddenly fell down. The speed of the cavalry team suddenly dropped. The cavalrymen whose legs were crushed by the fallen horses screamed and screamed, " Li Lin smiled and achieved his goal.

"Fire!"

With a strong click of his fingers, the 81 bar in his hand immediately sprayed flames and swept towards the group of cavalry. The gunfire of several soldiers in the capture group ambushing nearby also erupted at the same time. These cavalry stood upright and withstood the load of a magazine. There was no reaction to dodge the bullets, and twenty or thirty people, including men and horses, were killed instantly.

Hong Chengchou was originally in the front third of the cavalry team. After withstanding the blows of directed mines and assault rifle fire, there were only three or four cavalry left around him. At this time, he saw ambushes in front and behind him, so he quickly turned his horse around without slowing down at all. He rushed towards the mountains and woods.

After a few more shots, the few remaining soldiers fell off their horses and died on the spot.

As the gunshots got closer and closer, panicked shouts came to his ears. Just as Hong Chengchou was about to bend down and cling to the horse's neck to avoid the branches, at this moment, a subtle sound came to his ears, although it was very It was subtle, but it gave him a dangerous feeling that made his hair stand on end.

"Come down!" At this moment, a loud shout came from the tree.

Hong Chengchou lowered his head desperately. At this moment, with a whoosh, a noose grabbed his helmet and flew over, throwing it against the tree trunk next to him with a snap. His neck was also pulled back with a snap. A sharp pain from a stiff neck and a twisted neck came from him, causing his vision to go dark.

His body could no longer hold up and he fell off the horse. However, his left foot was stuck in the stirrup and he couldn't get out of it. As a result, it was hanging on the side of the horse. The continuous gunshots at close range made the horse frightened and screamed. There was a dull neighing sound, and the whole horse's head tossed back and forth, trembling violently.

"Don't shoot, use a noose." someone shouted.

Two more nooses were thrown over. These were local soldiers from the Ming Dynasty. They were used in the same way as the wild horses on the grassland. However, at this time, they were all left behind by the frightened horse. The hanging Hong Chengchou also As the horse ran violently, it swung up and down, left and right, and with a bang, more and more tree branches scraped against his legs. Fortunately, he was wearing a cloth armor and there were no puncture wounds.

But the groggy head and the severe pain in the neck were unable to dodge the bushes. Without the protection of a helmet, the thorny rose branches were like small maces. Hong Chengchou's face was covered with bloody holes, and the edges of the red verbena were sharply jagged. It was like a small saw adding traces of blood on the cheek full of blood holes.

The war horse also suffered the same damage in these bushes, making it even more manic. However, fortunately, this sloping forest environment also caused the horse to descend quickly, and finally it fell to the ground.

At this time, Hong Chengchou didn't know how many people were ambushing him. The severe pain in his right eye and neck made him hang limply in the air. He only heard a few shouts, "Caught! Caught! Over here!"

When the two soldiers worked together to pull the reins, they finally stopped the horse and freed Hong Chengchou from this dilemma. "My eyes!" The severe pain made him tremble all over and fell limply to the ground.

Someone forcefully tore off his hands covering his right eye and tied them behind his back. Hong Chengchou fell to the ground in severe pain, trembling all over.

The medical soldier came forward to check the injury, and saw a small branch inserted deeply into Hong Chengchou's right eye. The blood mixed with tears, snot, and dust made him look very embarrassed.

"Don't move, let me take a look." The medical soldier turned on the flashlight, checked and scolded: "The idiot can run, and he dares to rush blindly on a horse in this mountain forest. Now it's better, he's blind! "

The medical soldier grabbed the small branch and pulled it out, causing Hong Chengchou to scream and pass out. The medical soldier quickly checked and said: "The neck is slightly broken, there is no obvious displacement, just fix it, it's no big problem. who is this?"

The soldiers who gathered around shook their heads, knowing that this man must be a high-ranking official based on his attire.

"Catch someone alive and ask who this person is?" Li Lin also stepped forward and said with a frown. He didn't expect this person to be so weak this time. He was actually blind in one eye and disabled, which made him feel a little bit. Somewhat imperfect. The short ambush battle was over, and the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield. After a while, they found two lucky ones and a dozen wounded among the dead. After interrogation, they learned that this official was actually Zhen's courtesy name is Yanyan, his nickname is Hengjiu, and he is a native of Yingdu, Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian: Hong Chengchou.

At this time, Li Lin, who was originally just regretful, turned into ecstasy, and slapped his thighs and cursed Hong Chengchou. This kid did too many bad things in the other world, which brought bad luck to him in this world. Originally, the three Chongzhen emperors in history In June of that year, Hong Chengchou was appointed governor of Yansui because of his meritorious service in leading troops to relieve the siege of Hancheng.

Later, Wang Zuo surrendered and rebelled again, but was killed by Hong Chengchou. As a general under Yang He in the third year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou not only vigorously encircled and suppressed, but also killed and surrendered. At that time, he killed tens of thousands of surrendered peasant soldiers, and this began His crazy journey of massacre and promotion.

By the sixth year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou had already served as the governor of the three provinces, with the title of Prince Taibao and Minister of War. He was governor of military affairs in the five provinces of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan. He became the main military commander of the Ming Dynasty in suppressing the peasant army until Chongzhen. He was captured in Songshan in the 14th year.

At first, Hong Chengchou went on a hunger strike for several days and refused to surrender. Huang Taiji sent all the people he could use to persuade him to surrender, but they were all scolded and turned back. It was not until Fan Wencheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the Puppet Qing Dynasty, went to persuade him to surrender in order to see if he had the right to surrender. The determination to die rather than surrender.

When Fan Wencheng arrived, Hong Chengchou roared loudly, but Fan Wencheng was patient and did not mention the matter of surrender. He talked with him about the past and the present, and at the same time quietly observed his words.

During the conversation, a piece of dust fell from the beam and fell on Hong Chengchou's clothes.

As Hong Chengchou spoke, he "brushed it off again and again."

Fan Wencheng calmly said goodbye and said in reply: "Chengchou is immortal. Chengchou still cherishes my robe so much, how about his body?"

As a result, Huang Taiji accepted the opinions of Fan Wencheng, Zhang Cunren and others, and paid great attention to Hong Chengchou, treating him with kindness and courtesy.

The next day (May 4th), Huang Taiji came to the Ancestral Temple in person. Hong Chengchou stood up without kneeling. Huang Taiji greeted Hong Chengchou and saw that Hong Chengchou's clothes were thin, so he immediately took off his mink fur and put it on Hong Chengchou's body.

On the fifth day of May, Hong Chengchou, Kaizu Dashou and other surrendered generals formally held a surrender ceremony and bowed their heads in front of Huang Taiji.

After Hong Chengchou was surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji ordered him to be subordinate to Baoyi Niulu of Xianghuang Banner (he was promoted to the Han Army of Xianghuang Banner in 1652 at Hong Chengchou's request). On the surface, he was more courteous to him, but in fact he did not relax his guard against him. Keep them at home and not allowed to come or go at will.

In the final reign of Emperor Taiji, apart from consulting, he did not hold any official positions.

However, Hong Chengchou was not in Cao's camp but his heart was in the Han Dynasty. On April 1644, the first year of Shunzhi (10), Hong Chengchou led an army of from Rui Prince Dorgon to the south to attack the Ming Dynasty. On the th, he arrived at Liaohe and learned that The Shun army had captured Beijing, and Emperor Sizong of the Ming Dynasty committed suicide. Hong Chengchou tried his best to come up with a plan to "surprise the enemy and advance from Jizhou and Miyun near Beijing", heading straight for Beijing.

After the Qing troops entered the Pass and established Beijing, Shunzhi attached great importance to Hong Chengchou. He appointed Hong Chengchou as the Taibao of the Crown Prince, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Yushi of the Right Capital of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, using his original titles when he was in the Ming Dynasty. , became the first Han prime minister of the Qing Dynasty.

In May of the second year of Shunzhi (1645), Duoduo led his troops to capture Nanjing. Dorgon issued a "hair-shaving order", which aroused the resistance of the people in Jiangnan. When the Manchu Qing court was in crisis, Hong Chengchou replaced Duoduo and was replaced by Duoduo. He was appointed as a military scholar to appease the Southern Governor, and was given the order to act expediently to save the crisis.

In the 1653th year of Shunzhi (), hundreds of thousands of peasant rebels led by Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo surrendered to Zhu Youlang, the Ming Dynasty clan in Yunnan and Guizhou, and the resistance against the Qing Dynasty reached a new climax.

In May, Hong Chengchou, who had already served as a bachelor of the Hongwen Academy of the Imperial Academy, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, assisted in administrative affairs, and was also the chief executive of the "Records of Emperor Taizongwen of the Qing Dynasty", was appointed as "the Taibao and the Prince's Taishi". , managed the five provinces of Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou, and was the governor-general of military affairs and in charge of food and wages."

On February 1665, the fourth year of Kangxi's reign (), Hong Chengchou died in his private residence in the capital at the age of seventy-three. The Qing court gave him the posthumous title Wenxiang as a memorial gift.

But the most embarrassing thing is that although Hong Chengchou made many contributions to the Qing Dynasty by advising the Qing Dynasty, among the Han officials, Hong Chengchou was the one who made the greatest contribution and was named the first rank of the dynasty. However, in the end, he was not really accepted by the Qing Dynasty.

During the Kangxi period, Hong Chengchou was already in his seventies. With the empty title of bachelor, he was neglected and had to petition for retirement.

When an important figure like Hong Chengchou retires, it stands to reason that the court must reward him for his contributions.

However, after several discussions, Kangxi only awarded Hong Chengchou the trivial hereditary title of third-class light chariot captain. Hong Chengchou sacrificed his honor and served the Qing Dynasty for 20 years. After several wars, he guided the Qing Dynasty to a stable state, only to gain a small light chariot captain. Lieutenant, it became a joke at that time.

During the Qianlong period, Hong Chengchou's stain of "treason against the Ming Dynasty" began to cover up his achievements in "following the Qing Dynasty". Later, the Qing Dynasty included Hong Chengchou in the "Biography of the Second Officials" and considered his crimes to be the most serious. They listed him as the first of the 120 or so people. wait.

Stink forever!

(Don’t say that Hong Chengchou was not a traitor, let alone that he promoted national integration. If he had merit, how should the martyrs who died in the Anti-Japanese War deal with themselves? If the Anti-Japanese War failed, wouldn’t Wang Jingwei be the second Hong Chengchou? A historical view created by a group of idiots who think they are right. , even the logic of the textbooks is full of loopholes, which has led to the current ethnic conflicts becoming more and more acute. Alas! I hope the future will be better!)

(End of this chapter)