Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 528 Zu Dashou After Knowing His Son Was Arrested

Zu Zepu couldn't help being shocked, he didn't expect that these officials of the Ming court would directly kill him without talking about any scenes.

This is completely inconsistent with what he thinks of the scene.

His ancestor Zepu originally thought that these Ming court officials would treat him differently from ordinary captives because he was the son of Zu Dashou.

Even, he himself has recommended himself in the hope that he can atone for his crime by persuading his father to surrender.

But Zu Zepu didn't expect that the official of the Ming court didn't care about his suggestion, and directly chose to execute himself Ling Chi.

As soon as Zhang Huangyan's words fell, Zu Zepu was stunned and then shouted loudly: "My lord, please think again, my father is still deploying heavy troops in the front guards of Guangning and Shanhaiguan, you must fight hard." If you can’t get over it, I beg you, please spare the little dog’s life first, and the little one will promise to persuade my father to surrender.”

"Zu Zepu, I want you to understand. Don't talk about one ancestor's birthday, even ten ancestors' birthdays. My Ming Dynasty guards are not afraid now. I know how many backgrounds you have in western Liaoning. I know better than you. , if your father has the intention of repenting, the only way to atone for his sin now is to immediately lead troops into the city of Beijing to capture Shunzhi alive, and then come before this official to plead guilty!"

Zhang Huangyan said with a faint smile: "They have become slaves, and they still take themselves seriously."

"Woo, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die!"

Zu Zepu was pulled out, and he kept crying all the way,
When he was executed, he threatened loudly that his father would protect him for revenge, begged Emperor Zhu Youjian of Ming Dynasty to spare his life, and scolded his father Zu Dashou for not surrendering to the Qing Dynasty.

After shouting for a whole day, Zu Zepu stopped shouting and was executed by Ling Chi.

……

Here, Zu Dashou didn't know that his son Zu Zepu and the two thousand Ding Jingqi had been wiped out by the guards.

At this time, Zu Dashou was still playing with the sword in his hand proudly, and said with a disdainful smile: "Chongzhen, Chongzhen, Zu did not expect that your Ming army would have such ability to fight outside the pass, but soon you will You know, as long as my ancestor is here, you will never even think about breaking into Shanhaiguan!"

"Report!"

At this time, the sound of horseshoes came from outside.

Zu Dashou hurriedly shouted: "It's the good news from Caozhuang Station? Bring him in quickly!"

Soon, a soldier of the Qing army knelt down in front of Zu Dashou in a panic: "My lord, it's all gone. The Caozhuang Station is gone. The Ming army's artillery fire is too fierce. I don't know what artillery they used. In the blink of an eye, the whole thing is gone." Caozhuang Station was blown up, and everyone outside died!"

The soldier of the Qing army burst into tears after he finished speaking, his mood was obviously disturbed, the artillery bombardment of the guards had brought him too much shock, and he still couldn't completely get out of the shock.

Zu Dashou's prepared smile also froze, he couldn't believe what he heard was true.

Therefore, Zu Dashou couldn't help squatting down, grabbed the Qing army soldier's skirt, and stared at him viciously:
"Are you saying that everything is false? How could it be so? Tell the old man, how could it be like this! Caozhuang post was blocked by Xingshui, and the old man also placed twenty red cannons there. His Ming army There are cannons, are the cannons in your hands fire sticks, ah!"

Zu Dashou shouted angrily, his face turned ferocious, wishing he could eat the soldiers of the Qing army who came to report the news.

The soldier of the Qing army couldn't help but trembled in fright, and nodded his head like a pounding garlic:
"I dare not lie to the master, it is true, it is true, our cannons in red also fired, but the cannons of the Ming army were not as powerful nor as accurate as theirs, and they were not as fast. Just after one round was fired and before they had time to change the cannon, they fired several rounds in a row, blowing up our entire Caozhuang post, and many of us didn’t escape. The slaves were going to Xiaotuanbao Racecourse It was a lucky escape.”

"go away!"

Zu Dashou was furious. As soon as the Qing soldier finished speaking, he kicked the Qing soldier aside.

But immediately, Zu Dashou suddenly remembered that he had sent Zu Zepu to lead the cavalry to Caozhuang Post, and hurriedly called the Qing soldier over: "Did you meet the second master on the way?"

Zu Zepu is the second son of Zu Dashou, and he is called the second master in his ancestor's family.

Now, when Zu Dashou asked such a question, the soldier of the Qing army quickly shook his head without even thinking about it: "No, the young one came back from Xiaotuanbao, and he didn't meet the second master."

"Hurry up and look for it immediately, go to Caozhuang Station to stop your second master, and let him come back quickly!"

Zu Dashou roared angrily, and the soldiers of the Qing army hurriedly agreed to go out. It took about a quarter of an hour for Zu Dashou to calm down a little, and he couldn't help but secretly questioned: "Is the artillery of the Ming army really so powerful?"

"Report!"

At this time, suddenly, there was another shout and hurried hoofbeats outside.

Zu Dashou couldn't help but trembled, and stood up in shock from the newly recovered composure, and even became a little dizzy because he got up too quickly, so he couldn't help but hold his forehead: "What happened again?"

"Master, it's not good! Second Master, Second Master's people brought back news that our two thousand family members were wiped out, and Second Master was also captured alive by the Ming army!"

The servant who came to report the news knelt down in front of Zu Dashou after speaking.

But Zu Dashou sat directly on the ground, didn't say a word for a long time, and after a while, he muttered to himself: "Oh my god, how did this happen, how did this result!"

Zu Dashou's head is a mess now, he doesn't even know how to save his son who has fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

"My lord, Zhang Shenyan, the new governor of Liaodong, asks for an audience."

When Zu Dashou heard Zhang Shenyan's visit, he only waved his hand: "Let him wait in the west hall."

Suddenly, as soon as Zu Dashou saw Zhang Shenyan, Zhang Shenyan took the initiative to ask: "Excuse me, I just heard that the second son of your mansion has been captured by the Ming army, and Caozhuang Post has also been occupied by the Ming army. thing."

Zu Dashou nodded, and said very dejectedly: "I underestimated the enemy, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect the Ming army to be so powerful."

"It's not just that the commander-in-chief didn't expect it, nor did the lower official, but now the lower official has a way to save the second son's life."

Zhang Shenyan got a chance to follow Zu Dashou out of customs by bribing the nobles of the Qing Dynasty, but he didn't expect the Ming army to make such rapid progress. The road to survival, and Zu Dashou is undoubtedly an opportunity for him to survive again, so he chose to meet Zu Dashou.

(End of this chapter)