Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 200 The Great Victory Teng Jiao Was Shocked

In the government office of Yuezhou City, Wang Yanduan sat on the lobby, and the two sides were immediately filled with soldiers, looking murderous.

Ma Jiaolin and his three thousand households happily escorted Zu Kefa, who was tied up by five flowers, to the hall to pay their respects. "This thief wanted to fight against our soldiers of tomorrow, but now he was captured by the last general and others, and brought him to be sent down by the Duke."

Hearing the words, Wang Yan glanced at Zu Kefa and said: "Your father ran out of food and aid back then, and fell into exhaustion. He did not intend to betray the country. You are a son, and you should learn from your father. Even if you lose your morals, you will be a minister of the Qing court You didn’t lead troops to the south either. However, you disregarded your father’s wishes and did harm to the subjects of the old country. Now you are in the hands of the governor, what can you say?”

After hearing Wang Yan's words, Zu Kefa said angrily: "Moti, that old man, I treat him like a father, when did he really treat me? In the battle of Dalinghe, he sent me to the Qing camp as a hostage. He promised to vote Jinzhou into the Great Khan, but after he returned to Jin, he immediately organized troops to defend the city, completely ignoring that he was still trapped in the Qing army camp, did he treat him as his son? If it weren't for the generosity of the Khan, he would have been beheaded so early! There is no other way to say that a certain person was caught by mistake today, but it depends on how he is dealt with!"

Hearing his words, Wang Yan frowned, and he couldn't help thinking of a couplet made by people at the time, "One generation of famous generals, according to the outside of the pass, received inside the pass, can be said to be loyal back and forth; There are no people inside and out.”

Wang Yan didn't want to comment on what kind of person Zu Dashou was and his relationship with Zu Kefa.

Wang Yan originally had a hint of saying that surrendering to the ancestors is legal, so he wanted to hear his self-defense, but he didn't expect that he had the Qing court in his heart, and it was impossible to surrender, so he couldn't help sighing slightly, "In this case, the governor Seeing that you are still stubborn, let's leave a whole body!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Yan waved his hand, and two soldiers rushed out, dragged him to the outside of the Yamen, directly died of exhaustion with bowstrings, and then rolled up the straw mat and buried him outside the city.

Ma Jiaolin and the others saw that Wang Yan had dealt with Zu Kefa, and waited for their reward with smiles all over their faces.

Thinking in their hearts, the responsibility for losing Yuezhou is not all on them. They just didn't flee south with Ma Jinzhong and others, but they made a lot of effort to regain Yuezhou, so in calculation, the merit is greater than the fault. little bit.

Wang Yan looked at the four people, but felt disgusted in his heart. In his opinion, Ma Jinzhong and others fled south, which at least indicated that they did not want to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, while Ma Jiaolin did not follow south, but it showed that he saw the city of Yuezhou empty and followed Stay and use Yuezhou to offer the speculative nature of the Qing court.

How could Wang Yan appoint such a person, if he hadn't promised to the green battalion in the city before, as long as the city is opened, the past will be forgotten, and he had ordered the soldiers to push Ma Jiaolin and others out to directly question and kill them.

At this time, Wang Yan glanced at the few people who were expecting in his eyes, but suddenly shouted, "Take them all!"

The soldiers standing on both sides of the hall immediately rushed forward upon hearing the order, and held the four of them down. After the four of them were stunned for a while, their expressions immediately changed, and they struggled to say: "Duke, you are innocent, you have meritorious service." The imperial court!"

"Take off the armor and knives." Wang Yan ignored the four of them, but directed the armor in the hall.

For a moment, the four of them were stripped down to only one piece of underwear among the soldiers. Ma Jiaolin felt extremely humiliated by this, and shouted repeatedly: "Someone has merit~someone refuses to accept~"

Seeing that the soldiers had been stripped off, Wang Yan looked at the four of them coldly and said: "For those who betray the Lord and seek glory, are capricious, and have no faith, the governor wants to kill them directly with sticks, but the governor keeps his word, as long as he opens the city Surrender can save you from death. Now that the merits and demerits are equal, the governor will remove your ranks and find your own way of life!"

Hearing the words, Ma Jiaolin and the others turned pale for a while, but they didn't struggle anymore, their bodies slumped for a while, like mud, they were dragged outside the yamen by the soldiers.

During this period of time, the people of Yuezhou, because Ma Jiaolin sacrificed to the city, suffered from hair shaving, and many of his family's assets were robbed, and those who were harmed by the Qing soldiers hated him deeply.

When Wang Yan entered the city today, he first took control of the green battalion in the city, and then killed the rebels in the street. He did nothing to the people, and made the people of Yuezhou feel relieved.

The gentry and elders in the city went to the government yamen to pay a visit to Wang Yan and thank the officers and soldiers for their love for the people. Strangled to death, and now I saw Ma Jiaolin and the other four were thrown out by the soldiers, I don't know who was brave enough to throw the rubble first, and the people behind couldn't control it, they rushed up and beat the four to death alive.

In the city of Changsha, in the Governor's Mansion, following the defeat of Jingzhou, He Tengjiao began to get busy, one report after another from all over Hunan made him almost go crazy.

Du Yinxi's and Li Guo's letters of appeal for help were urging him to send troops day after day, and after Changde missed, the various government offices in the south also repeatedly reported, asking how to deal with the Qing army's southern invaders.

He Tengjiao didn't expect the situation to deteriorate to such an extent all of a sudden, especially that Du Yinxi and Li Guobu were at stake, which made him extremely uneasy.

He originally wanted to suppress Duyinxi, but when Duyinxi was about to be destroyed, he felt the importance of Duyinxi, and realized that once he lost the Duyinxi tribe in northern Hunan, he would be alone in Changsha.

Of course, even though He Tengjiao regretted it in his heart, he didn't intend to send troops to rescue him.

In his view, since the defeat was irretrievable, and he could not defeat the Qing army with his troops, he simply threw away his car to protect the commander, and the most important thing was to defend Changsha.

Apart from the battle in northern Hunan, what He Tengjiao was most concerned about was Wang Yanbei's progress after he went to the north, and his mood also fluctuated with the constant reports.

The first report said that Wang Yan led the troops to the Xinqiang River and crossed to the north bank with the help of Man Dazhuang.

He Tengjiao was very disapproving of Wang Yanzhen leading 4000 troops to attack Yuezhou, but he was very angry that Man Dazhuang, who was supposed to go south, was still stationed at the new wall.

Man Dazhuang is a member of Zhang Kuang, and Zhang Kuang was single-handedly pulled up by him. Now Man Dazhuang actually went to help Wang Yan, which made He Tengjiao feel deeply betrayed.

The second report said that Zu Kefa, the defender of Yuezhou in the Qing court, sent [-] troops to meet Wang Yan head-on.

This made He Tengjiao feel very complicated. He neither wanted the Ming army to be defeated, nor did he want Wang Yan to win, but for him, there was no suspense in the outcome of [-] against [-]. There is also a great possibility of killing the field.

For a while, He Tengjiao had already written a sad memorial to report to His Majesty Longwu. Wang Shiheng refused to listen to his advice and insisted on sending troops, and finally died unyielding by the Xinqiang River. He even wrote a memorial for Wang Yan, preparing to Wang Yan's clothes were buried thickly in Changsha.

However, the third memorial and Wang Yan's success came soon after.

Wang Yan not only defeated Zu Kefa's [-] Qing army, but also approached the city and was about to take down Yuezhou. This made He Tengjiao feel uncomfortable as if he had eaten a handful of flies.

His first reaction was that Wang Yan lied about his military exploits, because he often does this. A small victory is a big victory, a big defeat is a slight setback, and a small defeat is evenly matched. To him, this is simply easy. .

Only this time, the people he sent to monitor were also described in the report. He Tengjiao, who did not give up, asked the generals from the army who had fought against the Qing soldiers to inspect the head sent by Wang Yan.

Outside the Governor's Mansion, dozens of large carts almost filled the street, and each cart was filled with baskets of human heads. He Tengjiao didn't expect this scene, and suddenly his feet softened.

The people in Changsha City also gathered around to watch from a distance, but their faces turned pale with fright.

When the generals who came to identify them saw it, their jaws dropped in shock. These were all genuine heads, and their impact and courage would frighten even the most courageous.

Several generals endured the shock in their hearts and checked the carts. The five thousand heads were indeed heads that had been shaved for a long time, and they were not freshly shaved heads to pretend to be meritorious.

Man Dazhuang, who was in charge of escorting the heads, looked at the expressions of the people, and his face was full of pride. When he saw an acquaintance, he said, "Did you see, one thousand of them were obtained by a certain army!"

(End of this chapter)