The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 778 Self-immolation
Zheng Xiaowen and Gao Youmou looked at each other, smiled and remained silent, Zheng Zhihui, the chief eunuch of the army, smoothed things over and said:

"General, punishment is necessary, the commander should really understand the responsibilities he should bear, how can he take the lead by himself?
But the two generals Mao Chenglu and Shang Keyi are so loyal and brave, our family thought that a few reprimands from the generals would be fine. "

Huang Han was still angry, and said: "No, every time I hold a meeting, I will give repeated orders and repeated orders that personal heroism is not acceptable. They simply refuse to change after repeated admonitions. This time, they must be beaten with military sticks."

Zheng Zhihui knew that the two strong generals would not lose their heads, and even more knew that it was nothing for their rough skin and thick flesh to be hit with dozens of military sticks, so he stopped begging for mercy.

At this time, Liang Tingdong, who had been watching with relish through the binoculars, laughed loudly and said:
"The city of Pyongyang has been breached. This official can clearly see that two or three thousand people have already been killed on the top of the city, and half of them are gunmen.

With them killing the stubbornly resisting Qing army at the top of the city, I believe that within two moments, the South Gate of Pyongyang will be opened. "

All the civil servants were attracted, several people scrambled to watch the battlefield with the few fixed telescopes, and more people took out the distributed binoculars to look at the top of Pyongyang city.

Zhang Fengyi occupied a fixed binoculars, while he was looking at it, Nianxu shook his head and said: "Our army is united, and the soldiers are fearless. Today, we will take Pyongyang to wipe out Jiannu and recover Shenyangwei in the future, to comfort the hundreds of people who died. Thousands of soldiers and civilians."

Talking, talking, Zhang Fengyi couldn't help but wet his eyes...

Liang Tingdong said loudly: "It only takes half a day for our army to attack Pyongyang City, which is garrisoned by [-] to [-] Qing troops, and has hundreds of fire-proof guns. The general is mighty."

A group of excited civil servants responded: "The general Zhenglu is mighty!"

Mao Chenglu and Shang Kexi didn't know that General Zhenglu was gnashing his teeth and wanted to beat them.

When they climbed to the top of the city one after another, they found that the Qing troops who remained at the top of the city were all wounded who had lost their mobility. There was one exception. Although he was covered in blood, he was lucky and was not injured.

This person was of course Zhou Hongmo who was frightened crazy. He saw the soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" who kept jumping off the crenel, clapping their hands and laughing loudly, shouting: "Here we come, finally we are here, we are all here!" ,Hahaha……"

Zhou Hongmo also had dozens of servants supervising the battle at the top of the city, and half of them were killed and injured when they were under shelling. Owner.

Mao Chenglu and Shang Keyi have battled for a long time, and they have seen many people who go crazy in fright on the battlefield, and they hate this kind of hopeless thing the most.

Mao Chenglu didn't look at it carefully at all, of course he didn't know that the blood-stained master was still a lieutenant general, so he cursed:
"Disgraceful bastard, get out of the way, get out of the way." Lifting his leg, he kicked Zhou Hongmo, rolling along the road all the way to the bottom of the city.

I don't know whether Mao Chenglu kicked too hard, or Zhang Hongmo bumped into him when he rolled off the horse path. The traitor passed out.

Zhang Geng and his 30 men led by Zhang Geng were the first to climb to the top of the city. They respectively covered the sword and shield players and occupied the city gate along the horse road.

At this time, the Pyongyang defenders were defeated, and the defenders at the South Gate not only refused to fight the "Red Banner Army", but also clamored to capture Kong Youde and senior generals in exchange for rewards.

After Kong Youde hurried back to Xingyuan, he didn't issue any order, but ordered the servants and servants in the mansion to set up a banquet, drink and revel.

He thought of committing suicide because of his desperation, and decided to drink to his heart's content before he died.

Kong Youde ordered the leader of the servants, Kong Laosan, to bring more firewood to pile up in his bedroom and pour fire oil on it, and told all the servants and servants that after drinking the big wine, they all went their separate ways.

Kong Lao San has been with Kong Youde for many years, seeing that his master seems to choose to set himself on fire, he advises: "My lord, you are not afraid of death, why don't you try to surrender to the general Zhenglu?"

Kong Youde smiled bitterly and said: "I know that I will die a bad death after surrendering, so I might as well end it myself. If I do this, the family members who stay in Shengjing will still be alive. Don't worry about this king, go find your own way of life!"

Kong Youde's family of nearly a hundred people lived in Shengjing. In order to show his loyalty and avoid the suspicion of his master Chongde, he took office in North Korea alone, with only servants, maids and servants around him.

His son Kong Tingxun is only five years old, and his daughter Kong Sizhen is only three years old. Since he knows that he will die before and after, why not choose to live and die with Pyongyang and settle down with Jiannu to make a living for his children?
The guards at the south gate were Zhang Hongmo and Yang Huazheng. One died and the other went mad. Liu Shiying, Sheng Zhong, Chen Bianwu, Fang Xianke, Liu Wuyuan and other generals guarded the other three gates of Pyongyang. They were not attacked.

However, it took only half a day for the South Gate to be defeated, and King Gongshun ran away soon after the attack. The main general Zhang Hongmo was frightened crazy, and the news that Yang Huazheng was beaten to death spread throughout the city.

Liu Shiying, Chen Yuwu and others hurriedly led their family members to Gongshun Wang Xingyuan. Just as they reached the gate, they saw a fire rising several feet into the sky, and the crackling sound was mixed with the cry of many people .

They rushed into the Xingyuan to try to put out the fire. Kong Youde not only prepared a lot of firewood, but also poured fire oil in advance. He shut himself in the room and knocked over the oil lamp, and the whole camp was set on fire.

Liu Shiying grabbed the collar of Kong Laosan who was kneeling on the ground to see his master off and roared, "General Kong, what's going on? Where is King Gongshun? Could it be that he chose to set himself on fire?"

Kong Laosan cried and said: "General Liu, King Gongshun knew that he was bound to die, so he chose to kill himself in order not to harm his family. He asked me to tell the generals that everyone has their own ambitions and where the Pyongyang City Defenders will go. Listen to your respect."

The traitorous generals Liu Shiying and Chen Bianwu were immediately petrified, and Chen Bianwu scolded: "Damn, I knew why I had to do it today, and I have hurt so many brothers."

Fang Xianke said with a mournful face: "King Shun committed suicide, what shall we do? He is really harmful!"

At this time, the shouts of killing from the direction of the south gate became louder and louder, and the bang bang bang bang sound was getting closer and closer, mixed with "Brothers, you have turned your back, take Kong Youde and surrender to the 'Red Banner Army' in exchange for a beautiful Future!..."

"Kill Kong Youde, kill Liu Shiying, kill Kong's third child, and kill those high officials..."

"Brothers, wake up, we are all bitter soldiers, there is a way to survive if you defect and surrender, the worst are those who are high-ranking officials, as soon as we see it, we will cut off the general and above."

Liu Shiying, Sheng Zhong, and Chen Bianwu couldn't help trembling when they heard these shouts, and then looked at the servants and soldiers around them, as if they all had strange eyes.

(End of this chapter)