Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 373 The Rebellion
There are soldiers from Gansu in Yangzhou City. At this time, the army in the city is chaotic, and there are soldiers from all over the country. Those from Gansu, Sichuan, and Guizhou all retreated to the south of the Yangtze River because of the chaos in the world. This complicated situation made Yang Chao want to rectify it. There is no way to rectify it. Instead, it is better to come here in Haizhou. The organization of the people is more useful than this motley army.

There are rebellious soldiers all over the country, and they don't even understand the language. These soldiers are all in the city. Shi Kefa arranges houses for them to live in. There are conflicts between the master and the soldiers every day. Money is stolen, things are robbed, and they are beaten. , and even have their wives and daughters raped.

These Yang Chaos can only bear it, but this kind of direct rebellion must not be tolerated. It must be suppressed with heavy hands. Don't dare to be careless in the slightest. Otherwise, other troops will follow suit. I am afraid that Shi Kefa's authority will be wiped out. There is no existence, the commander has no authority, how can he command a hundred thousand troops.

Shi Kefa shook his head, and sighed very dejectedly: "If you attack and kill, it may cause internal changes!"

At this time, these people were still in the city, and they were not even in a hurry to leave the city.

But Yang Chao's attitude was firm, and he immediately called many men: "Gather the whole army, charge in armor, and wipe out the rebels in the shortest possible time! There must be no delay!"

Many men lead the way.

Yang Chao had to suppress it, and he had to do it quickly. If he couldn't suppress it, the troops in the city would be completely demoralized, and Shi Kefa would no longer be able to command the army. If he was slow, the other troops would panic, thinking that the city was in chaos.

Shi Kefa didn't even stop Yang Chao, but just let out a long sigh.

"Master Shi, please show the Announcement to the People immediately. And tell all the troops that Li Qifeng and Gao Qifeng have been killed for the rebellion. All troops are required to strictly guard against Xindi, and there must be no mistakes!"

Not only must the rebellion be suppressed quickly, but the other troops must also be informed immediately so that they know what happened so that there will be no chaos, and they will also take the opportunity to deter some of these people.

Shi Kefa just sighed, as if he had become numb to the disobedience of the military law, he acquiesced to Yang Chao's attitude of ignoring him, and let the secretariats go to write the notice.

In fact, at this time, Yang Chao still insisted on handling affairs through Shi Kefa, which was much better than other warlords.

Of course, Yang Chao had his own considerations, because Shi Kefa was the supervisor, and with his banner, he could justifiably order the entire army. Yang Chao did not overstep his authority, and tried his best to maintain Shi Kefa's authority, so that the army in the city had a nominally sole commander.

If Yang Chao overstepped his authority, he would set a bad example for the other armies, and they would follow suit, and there would be no need to fight.

So Yang Chao has to set an example, even though he has actually given up letting Shi Kefa take command, he still needs to give orders through him.

"Yang Chao, when will your reinforcements arrive?"

Shi Kefa asked.

Yang Chao shook his head: "Ten days at most, four or five days at least!"

Shi Kefa said again: "Can you send an urgent report so that he can come to help immediately?"

Yang Chao shook his head: "It's too late, the military order is the most taboo to change it overnight."

The waterway from Yangzhou to Taipingfu is thousands of miles away. At this time, the Jianghuai River and Huaihe River are in chaos, and horses and horses cannot pass quickly. If you go by water, you may not be able to reach it in ten days.

And even if it arrives, Yang Chao doesn't want to give this order. He has already agreed with Wang Pu that he can develop to Yangzhou in ten days. Once Wan Dajun arrives, there is no need to be afraid of the Qing army.

But after sticking to it for ten days, Shi Kefa had no confidence at all. In the past few days, there were bad news every day, which kept him awake at night and unable to eat every day. His hard work was almost exhausted.

Even the An Min Announcement issued was full of negative emotions, telling the people: he will do his best to defend the city and will not hurt the people!

Half an hour later, many men came back to report and pleaded guilty.

"Please punish me, my lord. The last general is incompetent and failed to wipe out the rebels!"

Yang Chao couldn't help frowning. Many of the soldiers led by the men were veterans of hundreds of battles, and they dispatched together with their own soldiers. More than 1000 elites dealt with [-] pairs of rebels, but the elites failed to wipe out all of them?

"Tell me in detail!"

Yang Chao ordered.

Many men finished talking in detail.

It turned out that after Li Qifeng led the troops to leave the Governor's Mansion, he did not leave the city in a hurry, but looted along the streets, and colluded with the Sichuan Army's Hu Shangyou and Han Shangliang's troops, and a total of tens of thousands of people went out of the city and surrendered together.

Many men had just defeated Li Qifeng's troops, only to find that the Sichuan army appeared behind them, another chaotic battle, blood stained the streets, failed to wipe out the opponent, and at least 5000 people rushed out!

"What is the damage of our army?"

After listening to the battle situation, Yang Chao also knew that many men failed to complete the task due to sudden accidents, which could be forgiven.

Many men replied: "More than ten people died in the battle, and thirty were injured."

Yang Chao nodded: "Is there any capture?"

Many men said: "Behead Li Qifeng, capture eunuch Gao Qifeng, Sichuan general Hu Shangyou, and more than a thousand soldiers from Gan and Sichuan."

Yang Chao nodded and said, "Okay! Order someone to load the head into a car and push it up the city wall for a parade along the city."

Then Yang Chao said to Shi Kefa: "Master Shi, please invite all the generals of the army to come and supervise and kill the rebels!"

Shi Kefa's brain was congested, and he couldn't keep up with his thinking at all. He asked doubtfully, "Who will be beheaded? But Gao Qifeng and others?"

Yang Chao's tone was cold: "Behead Gao Qifeng, Hu Shangyou, and a thousand rebels!"

Shi Kefa's eyes widened immediately: "Cut a thousand people!"

He didn't expect Yang Chao to be so vicious that he would kill thousands of prisoners.

He hesitated immediately: "The crime of killing is too serious, I'm afraid it will hurt the peace of heaven."

Yang Chao's patience had reached its limit, and he shouted: "Master Shi! How can you be so benevolent in the face of a great enemy. If you don't kill the rebels and frighten others, how can you defend the city? Please make a quick decision!"

Shi Kefa still hesitated: "Can I take him into custody first?"

Yang Chao said: "It must be cut immediately!"

Only then did Shi Kefa sigh: "That's how it is."

After speaking, he waved his hand and let his men go down to the city wall to deliver an order, calling for the general soldiers at all levels to come and watch the execution.

Hulala, nearly a hundred people came all at once, all of them are general soldiers!

At this time, the military system in the city was very chaotic, and some of them had only one or two hundred people, and they were also general officers.

The reason is that after the fall of Beijing, the Jiangbei area was almost out of control. To be honest, the civil servants in Jiangnan were worse than those in the north who surrendered to Dashun when the Dashun army came and surrendered to the Qing army when the Qing army came to surrender. The officials in Nanjing were either those who failed in the political struggle and were pushed out to Nanjing, or those who were too old to settle down. In the past, Nanjing Six Departments had always been a place for the elderly.

A very simple reason is that Shi Kefa, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing before the fall of Beijing, must not be as capable as the Minister of the Ministry of War in Beijing, otherwise he should have gone to Beijing instead of staying in Nanjing.

Such a group of civil servants, together with Fu Wang Jianguo and Zhu Cihong's ascension to the throne, during the two power changes, they only thought about fighting for power and profit, and they didn't care about rectifying defense at all. Of course, even if they cared about it, they didn't have any military capabilities.

Shi Kefa invited the Jiangbei supervisor himself, but his level is obviously not as good as Ma Shiying's.

The civilian officials' disregard and abandonment of the military have kept the Jiangbei military in the hands of the four towns for more than a year. Therefore, they appointed a large number of military officers, and even sold officials. In the case of the commander-in-chief, sometimes there are several commander-in-chiefs in one place.

One by one, the general soldiers came to the square in front of the Town God's Temple, where a temporary execution ground was set up, and the executioner was in place, and the soldiers knelt on the ground trembling, without the slightest arrogance like when they murdered and set fire to looting people.

"Masters! These are the rebels of Gao Qifeng, Li Qifeng, Hu Shangyou and others. These traitors, who eat the king's salary, don't want to share the burden of the Holy One, but plan to hijack Shi Dushi and offer a thief for reward! Master Shi ordered to kill the rebels, With the righteous military law, please be a witness!"

Yang Chao didn't say much, nothing can compare to the shock of bloodshed, to make these bastards who are terrified by the Tartars obedient, you have to be more brutal than the Tartars, and make him more fearful.

The general soldiers looked at thousands of people kneeling on the ground. This scene shocked them for no reason, but they had some doubts in their hearts. Even when it came to this matter, they didn't believe it. Shi Kefa dared to order thousands of people to be killed!

Many people couldn't help sneaking glances at Yang Chao, secretly suspecting that this might not be Shi Kefa's order, but Yang Chao's idea of ​​killing stars. They looked at Shi Kefa again, and saw Shi Kefa sitting behind the execution ground, motionless, closing his eyes. Resting their eyes, this strengthened their thoughts even more.

"Execution!"

When Yang Chao gave an order, a group of executioners slammed their butcher knives, and immediately nearly a thousand heads fell to the ground, and there were more than two hundred that were not chopped off, because the executioners were too raw and not professional.

In fact, these executioners are all part-timers, and they are all soldiers under Yang Chao. He can't stop cutting some guys with hard necks.

But these people slashed a second time without hesitation, and the head fell to the ground.In fact, the first cut can guarantee to hack these people to death. Although each of them has not been decapitated, the blood has already started to spurt. The blood pressure after the rupture of the carotid artery spurts the blood several feet away, and there is a creaking sound. , one or two people are not conspicuous, but the sound of hundreds of people splattering blood makes people feel creepy, as if the chains of impermanence are shaking.

More than 1000 people died in this way, and the faces of the soldiers who watched the execution couldn't help but change. Although they had the rank of soldiers, few of these people had actually seen blood, and even fewer had killed people, and they even watched killing people. Most were the first time, and dozens of people vomited on the spot.

However, the commanders of Gao Jie's remaining troops didn't care. Li Chengdong was even more smiling, as if he had enjoyed watching it, and Li Benshen also had a gloomy face.

At this time, there were still two people standing in the field. They had special treatment, but they were sleepy and were guarded by two executioners, and they were not executed together with the soldiers. Naturally, these two people were the leaders of the rebellion, Li Qifeng's eunuch Gao Qifeng , and Hu Shangyou, the general of the Sichuan Army.

(End of this chapter)