The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 779
The traitor Sheng Zhong was the second-class lieutenant general of the Qing Dynasty. Although he was named loyal, he never knew what loyalty was?

He took the lead in shouting: "Brothers, don't kill each other. I won't let everyone die. Now I take the initiative to lead everyone to surrender to the 'Red Banner Army'."

Liu Shiying, Chen Bianwu and others came to their senses and shouted together: "I ordered all the defenders to put down their weapons and wait for the 'Red Banner Army' to accept their surrender."

Their voices actually sent themselves to the point of no return, because the chaos outside could not hear them, and the servants and soldiers inside lost their fighting spirit when they heard it, and they all began to throw their weapons on the ground.

The rebel army only clamored to kill all the senior officers, but not all the servants, so of course the servants had no need to fight stubbornly, and they all followed the crowd and prepared to surrender.

At this moment, a group of red-eyed rebels rushed into King Gongsun's Xingyuan. When they saw Liu Shiying and other generals, they couldn't help but stab, knife, and axe, "Don't, don't, brothers, I am ready to surrender just like you. ah!……"

The vicious-looking Chief Banner Officer chopped off Sheng Zhong's head with an axe, and didn't care about the blood spraying on his head and face, and said viciously:

"Dog thing, it's too late to surrender now! Why did you go early? Brothers, kill all the senior officers, leave no one above the general, and their servants dare to kill Wushe with us, kill... "

A small flag official who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to avenge his personal revenge shouted: "Where is that fellow Kong Laosan? Don't let that bastard run away. A few days ago, I was whipped by him more than a dozen times. Today, I want him to look good." .”

Seeing the ferocious fire here, another chief banner officer yelled: "Brothers, when General Zhenglu takes over Pyongyang City, don't let this place become a sea of ​​flames. Quickly follow this officer to put out the fire."

When Kong Laosan heard that the rebel army was not going to let him go, he was completely desperate.

He has self-knowledge, he has done too many evil things in the past, and he has often had grudges with soldiers, low-level military officers, and civil officials, and he will definitely die in their hands now.

He hissed, "King Gongshun, I'm here to accompany you!" He crashed into the flames and was soon engulfed by the raging fire...

Seeing this, the other servants became even more despondent, sitting on the ground slumped and resigned to their fate.

After Mao Chenglu, Shang Keyi, Zhang Geng and others led their troops into the city, they found that there was no established resistance here, and there were wolves running everywhere. The Qing troops they saw were without exception raised their hands and knelt on the ground to beg for surrender.

They had no horses, so they could only trot all the way to the center of the city. A dozen surrendered Qing soldiers took the initiative to lead them in the direction of King Xingyuan of Gongshun.

"I'm Mao Da Mao Chenglu from Dongjiang Town. Are there any old people from Dongjiang Town here? You can send a message to Kong Youde's grandson. I want to fight alone with him."

Many subordinates also yelled loudly: "Gusun Kong Youde, come out quickly, Mao Da has come to settle accounts with you!"

The fierce-looking Chief Banner Officer was really from the old Dongjiang Town, but he was not treated by Kong Youde's servant, Kong Laosan, who held the rank of second-class general, and he was only a Chief Banner Officer after so many years.

Therefore, he hated the senior officers in his heart and clamored to kill them all.

At this moment, he heard the shout of the "Red Banner Army" and rushed out to greet him, and knelt down and cried loudly from afar. He didn't know whether he saw Mao Chenglu's true feelings or whether it was mostly a performance.

He said: "General Mao, there are tens of thousands of small cars. You trained the young ones when they first joined the army. At that time, the young ones were the ones who received the most whips from you."

Nearly ten years have passed, how can Mao Chenglu remember a teenage pawn back then, but looking at Che Wanqian's face vaguely familiar, he shouted and asked: "I want to ask you, where did Kong Youde go? "

Che Wanwan said: "General, Kong Youde knew he was doomed and set himself on fire. Now many brothers are fighting the fire, in order to allow the 'Red Banner Army' to accept a complete Pyongyang City."

Shang Keyi and Mao Chenglu were immediately discouraged, and Mao Chenglu scolded: "Self-immolation? Damn, this guy is too cowardly. He dared to fight against the 'Red Banner Army' but didn't dare to fight to the end. Pooh!"

Zhang Geng rushed forward from behind anxiously and asked, "Which of you saw Kong Youde self-immolate with his own eyes?"

A Han man dressed as a servant trembled and said, "Young man, I saw the obedience with my own eyes, no, no, I saw that Kong Youde shut himself in the house for a short time, the fire rose to a high level, and later the head of the household, General Kong Laosan, rushed in too. buried."

Zhang Geng was still fantasizing about cutting Kong Youde into pieces, but who would have thought that the boy chose to commit suicide directly compared to Geng Zhongming's bachelor.

He was still furious, and saluted Mao Chenglu: "General Mao, please order me to stay in the fire and find the bodies of Kong Youde and Kong Laosan, so as to prevent him from escaping by using the golden cicada to escape."

Mao Chenglu thought it made sense, and asked the servant again: "Are you sure that only Kong Youde and Kong Laosan were burned to death inside?"

"I can assure you that in broad daylight, other people will stay far away from the fire, and no one will be burned to death."

Mao Chenglu said to Zhang Geng: "You have to search carefully after the fire has completely cooled down. That kid Kong Youde is indeed very tricky. It is not ruled out that there is an escape route such as a secret passage in the room."

Zhang Geng is an educated young military officer of the academic school, with a flexible mind and full of wit, he said:

"General Mao, please rest assured. After clearing this place, I will command hundreds of people to dig the ground three feet. You will know if there is a tunnel or not."

Shang Keyi praised: "Good idea, if there is a real tunnel, as long as you find the tunnel entrance, that kid Kong Youde still can't escape."

At this time, Che Wanwan replied again: "General Mao, General Shang, the Han army in Pyongyang, and the Koryo soldiers all hated those generals who helped the evildoers.

When the city was in chaos, military officers above the general level were chopped down one after another. Here, deputy generals Liu Shiying, Sheng Zhong, Chen Bianwu, generals Fang Xianke, Liu Wuyuan, etc. were chopped down by defected brothers. "

Mao Chenglu said loudly: "Well done, a group of traitors dared to fight against the general who conquered the captives. There is more than enough to die! Come on! Deliver the order of the official, search for the traitors in the whole city, and bring all the senior officials here to resist Those who kill without mercy!"

Mao Chenglu knew that the "Red Banner Army" was full of talents, and the generals of the Qing army who had been admitted to defect might need to be reassigned to official positions. He decided to kill the generals for the generals, so as not to upset the generals when there were too many traitor generals.

Shang Keyi immediately understood Mao Chenglu's meaning, and said, "General Mao, let's split up and take over the lower-level officers and soldiers as much as possible. If we find out that the Qing army generals who are determined to commit traitors to the end will be shot and killed."

(End of this chapter)