The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 708
Looking at those prison cars, Zhang Jiayu couldn't help wondering: "What is the purpose of your Majesty bringing these thieves here?"

Zhu Linmi didn't answer but instead asked, "Yuanzi, do you know why Jianlu is so good at killing?"

Without even thinking about it, Zhang Jiayu cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the barbarians are evil by nature, and they are not good at teaching, so..."

"No," Zhu Linmi raised her hand to interrupt him, and said in a deep voice, "It's just because they are timid."

"Cowardly?" Zhang Jiayu, such a smart person, also knew everything, nodded and said in admiration, "Your Majesty! The Tartars are always afraid of the Ming Dynasty like a dragon and a tiger, and they don't want to encounter chaos in the Ming Dynasty, so that they can get their hands on the Central Plains, but they are always afraid in their hearts. I regained my strength. So Ilu had no choice but to exhaust me, weaken me, and slaughter me, in order to make China a slave forever and never turn over!"

"That's right." Zhu Linmi pointed to Yangzhou City, her voice was cold, "You see the thieves in the city seem vicious, but in fact they are all silent, I don't know when we will enter the city to take their heads.

"And the methods Jianlu used to deal with us are what they themselves fear the most."

Zhang Jiayu looked at the prison cars again, "What does His Majesty mean?"

"The heads of these high-ranking officials are more effective than dozens of heavy artillery pieces. You only need to act like this..."

Soon, a mourning hall was set up outside the east gate of Yangzhou City, in which stood dozens of large banners three feet high, with names written in thick ink on them: Jiao Lian, Li Ying, Niu Tongji, Ding Zhi, Shi Yushu... ...all were generals of the Ming army who died in the battle against Jianlu.

All the prisoners in the city were amazed all the time, they gathered on the east side of the city, looked down and looked down.

Not long after, a prison cart was dragged to the west side of the mourning hall, only one mile away from the top of the city. Dozens of soldiers from the Ming army shouted loudly, "The thieves are so powerful, they are heinous, and they will be punished to the public."

Immediately on the city, a Jianlu officer watched with binoculars, and was shocked at the moment. The person bound under the city was indeed the fifth son of Huang Taiji, Wang Shuosai of Chengze County!
Then the executioner pressed Shuo Sai on the guillotine, spit into the palm of his hand twice, raised his knife neatly and shouted, "Kill!"

The light of the knife flashed, but the executioner's knife technique was not crisp and sharp at all, it seemed to be cut crookedly.

Half of Shuosai's neck and the entire right shoulder were bloody, and the screams soared to the sky, which could be heard clearly from above the city of Yangzhou.

The executioner was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly made a gesture to take a look. The ghost knife was raised high and suddenly fell down.

Another more miserable cry came out, this time from the left shoulder and the other half of the neck...

All the captive soldiers in Yangzhou City could not help but feel their necks shivering. It was Lord Baylor of the Qing Dynasty who was aloof in the past.

Seven out of ten have weak legs, and even the timid ones have already peed their pants.

Until the fifth cut, the executioner finally got it right, and Shuosai fell to the ground with his head grunting.The soldiers of the Qing army on the top of the city couldn't help swallowing and spitting.

A soldier of the Ming army picked up the head, put it in a wooden box, strode out of the city gate without fear, put down the head, and left calmly.

During the whole process, none of the captive soldiers had the idea of ​​firing arrows and guns.

Someone in the city sat in a basket and hung it down with a rope, picked up the wooden box containing the human head, and returned to the city in a hurry.

Obai heard the news and rushed over, opened the box to look at it, although he already knew it was the head of Shuosai, but the moment he actually saw it, his heart twitched.

"General, there seems to be a piece of paper." The general beside him pointed to the wooden box to remind him.

Obai unfolded the paper and looked at it carefully, only to see that it said: You have been besieged to death, and there is absolutely no reinforcements to come.Let you wait for the city to beg for peace, or you can live.Otherwise, the heavy artillery will arrive in two days, and all the ghosts and ghosts in the city will be like a fortress!
He hurriedly tore up the paper, but suddenly heard the Ming army outside the city shout out the content on the paper.

He raised his eyes and saw that all the soldiers under his command were pale and terrified.

"Bastard!" He shouted, "Those who are afraid of war, kill without mercy!"

The captive soldiers dispersed obediently.Unexpectedly, half an hour later, the same scene was staged again at the south gate of Yangzhou City. This time, it was Suksaha who sacrificed the knife.

Obai was afraid that the Ming army would take the opportunity to attack the city, so he didn't dare to withdraw the soldiers at the top of the city. He could only let them watch as the minister of the bodyguard under the white flag under the city was hacked six times without haste. Annoyed.

Then someone sent the bloody head.

Another half an hour later, the west gate of Yangzhou opened and chopped up the forehead of Qinggu Mountain, Yiergenjueluo'a Mountain.

In this way, until it was completely dark, twelve high-ranking Jianlu officials were executed in public.

Those Qing clansmen, or generals who had been famous for a long time were slaughtered with one knife, and then their heads were sent to the city.The defenders in Yangzhou City have long been mourned and panicked.

"Brother, we are Han Chinese after all. If we contribute to the city, we may be able to live in peace for the rest of our lives."

An officer from the Shandong Green Camp next to him nodded and said, "Li Qi is always right! Even Shuosai, Ashan and others have been killed. When the city is destroyed, we will definitely not be able to live..."

"Brother, the vicinity of Yangzhou has been burned to the ground. Dorgon's main force has withdrawn to the north of the Huaihe River. He will never come to reinforce us!"

"That's right, brother, we don't need to be buried with Obai."

"Brother, don't hesitate, the lives of hundreds of brothers are all up to you."

The leader, the chief executive surnamed Zheng, pondered for a long time, and the bloody scenes in the city during the day came to mind. He finally held down the handle of the knife and stood up, "Damn, it's done!"

Just after midnight, more than 200 soldiers of the Lu army, led by Zheng Shi, killed the Manchus who supervised the army, without lighting the torches all the way, and came to the east gate of Yangzhou in the dark.

Mrs. Zheng was about to order to attack the Jianzhou soldiers guarding the gate, but suddenly heard the sound of killing, a group of people rushed into the Wengcheng, and fought with the Xianglan Banner soldiers.

Some subordinates recognized the team, "Brother, it seems to be Zhang Baizong's people."

Zheng's eyes lit up, and he called out, "Brothers, come on!"

However, he himself brought more than 20 confidantes, took advantage of the random groping to the city gate, quickly took off the gate bar, pushed open a gap, and rushed towards the Ming army camp with all his might.

At night, all four gates of Yangzhou were opened, and there were more than 2000 Qing soldiers who escaped from the city, including some Jianzhou soldiers.

Zhang Jiayu had already ambushed people and horses at each gate according to the plan, and immediately rushed into the city with the south gate as the main one. After a burst of artillery bombardment, the captive soldiers guarding the city scattered like birds and beasts, without any will to resist.

At Yinshi, Ma Wenhu's department fought with Obai's personal soldiers outside the chief envoy's Yamen for a while, beheading 130 captive soldiers including Obai.This is also the most intense confrontation in the entire Yangzhou city.

At this point, the battle to regain Yangzhou was over, and less than seven hours had passed since Shuosai was beheaded.

Who said that Jianlu was brave and good at fighting?It's just that they haven't met anyone who is more ruthless than them!

(End of this chapter)