Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 310
Xuzhou.

A group of young people from Xia Town came to join the army.

"We blew up the gunpowder and cannons of the traitor Kong Youde in the middle of the night before yesterday. We blew up tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder and destroyed hundreds of cannons..."

These young people paddled over from Weishan Lake for a day and a night. At this moment, they were in a state of smoky confusion, but all of them had red eyes and high spirits.

"Those fake Tartars have gone too far. They do things that anger and resent the world. It is unforgivable."

These people are all young people, the youngest is only 12 years old, and the oldest is only 26 years old. They are all descendants of Xiazhen, some are from the Zhang family, some are from the Jin family, and many are from the Zhang family and the Jin family. People who have nothing to do with it, but the puppet Tartars executed those Xia Town folks in front of the city gate yesterday, their behavior was too bad.

Especially for the Jin family, it made these young people full of righteous indignation.

The Zhang family is a well-known family in Xia Town, and the Jin family is also a good housewife who caresses her husband and educates her children. To be insulted like this, not only the Zhang and Jin families are insulted, but also the entire Xia Town, and even the Tartars' treatment of the Han people. Insult trampled.

Hearing the news, Zhang Dapeng from Banner Town came to meet them. This guy was originally from the Banner Battalion, and he was punished for sleeping with widows. Appreciated by the prison country, he was transferred to Habayashi for a period of time and entered the army training camp.

After being taught and instructed by Jian Guo himself, he returned to the Banner Bearer Battalion, but he has already become a team leader. As a student of Jian Guo, he didn't serve as captain for long, and was soon promoted to battalion deputy.

"I seem to have seen you when I went to Xia Town before?" Zhang Dapeng looked at the young people in front of him.

A young man surnamed Zhang said, "When you came to Xia Town earlier, we helped demolish the city gate and destroy the pier, and then we left together with you, but after my uncle and the others said they didn't want to leave, they changed their minds, so I had to stay with the elders. Next. Who would have thought that those fake Tartars would be so inhuman," Zhang Qincheng was heartbroken when he said this.

Several other young people also said, "We regret it very much now,"

"Did you really burn Kong Youde's gunpowder and artillery?" Zhang Dapeng was a little suspicious.

"If the general is suspicious, we can take you back to Xia Town to investigate. We only wanted to cause some damage. We really didn't expect such a good result, and it was beyond our expectations. The fake Tartars surrounded the gunpowder Together, this gives us a chance."

After listening to them carefully, Zhang Dapeng basically believed it, because the Ming army rushed into Xia Town, transported away the money, grain and supplies, demolished the four gates and several sections of the city wall, and even destroyed the pier.

After Kong Youde came a step late, he dared not camp outside the city, but after the wharf was destroyed, it took a lot of effort to transport the artillery, gunpowder, supplies, etc. into the city. The guns, artillery, and gunpowder are all centralized and guarded together.

However, the youths in Xia Town who wanted revenge still found an opportunity. They helped the Qing army haul cannons and gunpowder until very late.

It worked better than planned.

The gunpowder exploded, and it exploded in a row, detonating all the gunpowder carts carried by Kong You's German army, and also blowing up the cannons. Even the power of the gunpowder destroyed two artillery battalions, startled many horses, and brought Most of the food and grass were also destroyed.

If Kong Youde's [-] soldiers were not very elite, the big explosion last night would have ruined the camp long ago.

It's a pity that the Ming army had already withdrawn from Xia Town. If the Ming army had killed them outside Xia Town last night, Kong Youde would have to confess to Xia Town.

"It's really a pity."

Zhang Dapeng couldn't help but stamp his feet when he heard this.

He hurriedly took people to meet several general officers stationed in Xuzhou City. Zhang Quan, Shen Wenzhong, Zhu Shengli and others couldn't believe it.

Zhu Shengli personally asked Zhang Dapeng to take those young people to Xiazhen to investigate. After two hundred miles, they galloped there on horseback. After a fast day, they finally arrived at Xiazhen.

It turned out that Xia Town was completely destroyed.

Only ruins remained.

A deserted empty city.

There is no one left.

The excited Xia Town youths took a closer look, and they all fell off their horses, crying bitterly.

On the ruins of Xia Town, there are corpses of common people everywhere.

Kong Youde left, and he slaughtered Xia Zhen before leaving.

Although Xia Town only had about [-]% of the normal population at this time, as a commercial and canal town, Kong Youde still killed tens of thousands of people after a day of massacres.

He killed all the living beings in Xiazhen in revenge for his raging anger.

Although he believed that it was the Ming army who attacked him, he couldn't find the Ming army, and he didn't dare to go to Xuzhou again. Instead, he vented his anger on the people of Xia Town.

Blood slaughtered the whole town.

Then he withdrew back to Nanyang Town with a bit of unwillingness.

His 1000 elite troops came all the way from the south of Liaoyang. Without a single battle, they had already destroyed the elite artillery battalion, and the cavalry was also seriously frightened. The most important thing was that Xiazhen not only failed to replenish food and supplies, but also destroyed the already existing Almost all of the few supplies were lost, and many war horses and draft horses ran away, and more than [-] soldiers were killed or injured.

This is simply a useless battle that has never been fought.

Kong Youde believed that the elites of the Ming army were ambushing nearby, and they might come back at any time, so he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy any longer, so he hurriedly withdrew back to Nanyang Town. Tai and others reported and asked for help, hoping that they could go south immediately for reinforcements, and at the same time send him money and food in time.

"These damned Tartars!"

Zhang Dapeng was also stunned when he saw Xia Zhen's appearance. He just came here a few days ago. Although the canal was closed at that time, it was still quite lively. They mobilized the people to go south, and let those who didn't want to go go to the countryside for a while. , Countless people left the city in mighty force, but there were still many people in the city.

But now, except for the crows circling all over the sky, some mice with red eyes, and wild dogs, there is no living person to be seen here.

"Dehumanizing!"

Zhu Shengli rode on the horse and patrolled the entire city in silence.

He was a child who grew up in the army, but he fought many tough battles at a young age, and saw many tragic post-war scenes, but now the inhumane massacre here, the behavior that even the elderly and children are not spared, still makes people feel sad. He was silent and angry.

"We will definitely remember this bloody account."

He jumped off his horse and began to bury the corpses. A dozen Qingqi began to gallop away in all directions. They were going to report to Xuzhou, and at the same time to report to the nearby people, asking them to help bury the corpses of the victims in Xia Town.

With so many corpses, if they are not buried in time, there is a high possibility of plague.

In the last years of Chongzhen, the plague that was rampant in the north had not completely subsided, and everyone was very afraid of the epidemic.

Zhang Dapeng gritted his teeth, "When I see Tartars in the future, I will kill them one by one, and never take them prisoner!"

(End of this chapter)