Nanming Yiming

Chapter 95 Xiao Qiyuan commits suicide (for subscription support)
Hangzhou Mancheng is the first large-scale Mancheng built by the Eight Banners in the south of the Yangtze River. Although the construction of the Mancheng is actually different from the northern "enclosure" in form, it is essentially the Eight Banners used to exploit Han people and wealthy households. tool.

Because it is close to the West Lake, it used to be a gathering place for the wealthy in the Ming Dynasty, and it can be described as the "golden location" of Hangzhou City.In order to build a full city, the Eight Banners forcibly demolished houses and relocated people here, causing a large number of people to be displaced.It also hinders the main passages for Hangzhou residents to go to Gushan and West Lake, and has a great impact on the local economy and people's livelihood.

Not only that, the Eight Banners who settled down quickly took advantage of their own advantages to occupy people's property and engage in usury activities.People who could not repay usury loans in time were forcibly taken away as their own domestic slaves, and the Hangzhou government could do nothing about it.

When Hangzhou Mancheng was first built, any Han people were forbidden to enter and pass through, but with the vigorous development of the usury business, the business acumen of these Eight Banners lords has gradually been stimulated.So Mancheng gradually allowed ordinary merchants and people to pass through, of course, the premise is that they have to pay a lot of "tolls".

In addition to thousands of family members of the Eight Banners in the whole city of Hangzhou, there are also many wrapped house slaves.However, as the entire army of the Eight Banners in Hangzhou was annihilated, only a few hundred Eight Banners, old and weak, took up arms and guarded the city.

As the old Eight Banners in the Nurhachi period, Lu Dahai used to be Niulu Zhangjing of the Zhenghong Banner.Now Hangzhou is full of dragons and dragons without a leader, and he who has the most seniority is elected to command this group of old and weak women and children.

However, as the owner of Hangzhou Mancheng, these Eight Banners are still "donkeys will not fall", if the Ming army was not in a hurry to besiege, Lu Dahai would not even allow Hangzhou's green battalion to enter Mancheng.He told Xiao Qiyuan that everyone in the Eight Banners is proficient in bows and horses, and if necessary, even the old, weak, women and children can take up arms to defend the city.

At this time, Lu Dahai's subordinates were only hundreds of children in their early 10s and elderly people over 60 years old.But as the proud Eight Banners of Manchuria, they still cannot accept the reality that they need the Green Camp to help guard the city.

Lu Dahai made things difficult for Hou Qianhai's department in every possible way. He not only called him a slave in person, but also kept withholding supplies that should be distributed to the green camp. Hou Qianhai was furious.

So when faced with the olive branch thrown by the Ming army, Hou Qianhai readily accepted it.

Hou Qianhai directly opened the Qiantang Gate and put the Chongming Camp into Mancheng.However, Lu Shanhai had already received Qian Mo's order that the Chongming Battalion was only responsible for occupying the gates of the city, and would not participate in the massacre of the families of the Eight Banners in the city.

On the one hand, the reputation of massacring women and children is not good, and Qian Mo didn't want Lu Shanhai to get this "notoriety".

More importantly, Qian Mo is short of troops now, and needs to quickly absorb a large number of surrendered troops from the Qing army. Hou Qianhai slaughtered the whole city, so naturally he stood by Qian Mo completely, so that Qian Mo could use him with confidence and boldly.

Since Zhang Tianlu, the admiral of the south of the Yangtze River, was killed by his subordinates before, Hou Qianhai was the first military general of the Qing army to formally surrender to Qian Mo, and this person did not have too many blood debts from the Han people. Naturally, Qian Mo wanted to be promoted and reused. all at once.

Although his calf was injured before and his mobility was limited, Hou Qianhai also understood the importance of winning the "Certificate of Honor" of Mancheng, so he personally directed the massacre against the family members of the Eight Banners.

Hou Qianhai led people into the general's office in the southwest corner of the city, killing anyone he saw.

After all, Lu Dahai was old and had already fallen asleep at this time, but he was vigilant as soon as he heard the shouts of killing outside, he quickly got up, picked up his saber and rushed into the courtyard.

I could only hear screams everywhere in the yard. Those slaves in coats had knelt and surrendered long ago, and the remaining women and children were being hacked to death by these "dog slaves".A manchurian boy in his early ten years slashed at a green battalion soldier with a knife, and was instantly pierced through the chest by two spears.

Lu Dahai was furious. The 60-year-old man rushed towards the two Green Battalion soldiers like the wind under his feet.I saw him holding the opponent's spear, raised his hand, and chopped down the soldier directly with a knife.Then he quickly dodged another soldier's spear, got up and slashed at him.

At this time, he felt as if he was several decades younger again, with inexhaustible strength.How can these cowardly Han people stop themselves, a warrior of the Eight Banners?In a blink of an eye, 4 or 5 green battalion soldiers were beheaded by him.

Suddenly there was a "bang" sound, and his calf was hit by the firecracker. He had to kneel down on one knee, and the nearby Green Camp took the opportunity to put a knife and gun on his neck.

Unwilling to be humiliated, Lu Dahai still propped himself up on the ground with a knife and tried to stand up. He could not kneel down to these Han "dog slaves".So a soldier pierced his other leg with a spear, forcing him to his knees.

At this time, Lu Dahai didn't care about the pain in his leg, struggling desperately like a mad beast, his gray braid and blood stains all over his face made him look particularly ferocious.

Seeing Hou Qianhai, he cursed even more: "Hou Qianhai, you dog slave, you dare to make trouble, you will die a bad death."

Seeing Lu Dahai's panic-stricken look, Hou Qianhai was not angry, and said, "Come here, bring me this old tartar's son of a bitch."

I saw Lu Dahai's 7-year-old grandson being dragged over by a Green Battalion soldier by his braids.The green battalion soldier was still cursing and said: "The wolf cub who is not familiar with him actually bit my uncle. If it wasn't for the chief soldier who wanted to live, I would have killed him a long time ago."

Lu Dahai's two sons and several older grandsons had all died in battle before, and this little grandson was his only thought.

At this time Hou Qianhai said with a smile: "You damn old tartar, as long as you call me 'master' and say 'slave should die', I will give you and me a happy death."

"Did you see that pot? Otherwise, I'll cook this little brat in front of you."

In fact, Lu Dahai is not unfamiliar with this scene. From Liaodong to the Central Plains, and then to Jiangnan, he has tortured and killed Han people countless times and treated them as slaves.

In his eyes, this is a matter of course. This group of "Han dogs" should be born to be slaves of the Manchus, but when this "naturalness" manifests itself in him, he cannot accept it.

In fact, Lu Dahai's heart had already started to collapse. He really wanted to ask for mercy, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't speak them again.

At this moment, he could only look at Hou Qianhai with pleading eyes, hoping that this former slave could show him some mercy, so that his little grandson could die happily.

It's just that he has seen too many begging eyes like this before, but how has he ever given those people even a trace of pity?

Maybe this is the reincarnation of heaven, and the retribution is not good.

He no longer had the courage to look any further, so he had to silently close his eyes and accept the punishment from heaven.

Suddenly there was a "bang" sound, and his little grandson was directly shot dead by Huang Bao.

Huang Bao said: "Master Qian Mo, governor of Suhu Lake in the Ming Dynasty, issued an order: the family members of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia in the whole city of Hangzhou will be executed, and the rest will be escorted to work in Tianmu Mountain. Robbing people's wealth, offenders will be killed without mercy."

"I also hope that General Hou will restrain his subordinates and not violate Governor Qian's orders."

Now that he was angry enough, Hou Qianhai was in no mood to play with Lu Dahai any longer, so he chopped off his head with a knife, and ordered all the family members of the Eight Banners in the city to be executed.

It has to be said that these Tartars are barbaric by nature, even the old and weak women and children have some combat power. On the premise that the Ming army wiped out the Tartars all over the city wall, the Green Camp massacred these old and weak women and children and killed dozens of people.

Before dawn, the Ming army successively captured other city gates in Hangzhou, as well as gunpowder bureau, manufacturing bureau, Hangzhou governor's office and other important places.

Most of the other sects were young men temporarily recruited by Xiao Qiyuan, and they quickly surrendered without much resistance.Only the Qing army at Wulin Gate was the main force under Xiao Qiyuan's command. When the guards saw that the Ming army was directly attacking Wulin Gate from the walls on both sides and inside the city, they concluded that Hangzhou City had fallen.He simply abandoned the city gate and led hundreds of people to escape directly from Hangzhou City.

Fortunately, Qian'an's Jiaxing camp was equipped with war horses, quickly caught up with them and intercepted them, and wiped out this part of the Qing army by the Guxin River.

At this time, except for Xiao Yuanshan who led less than 1500 remnants trapped on Mount Wu in Hangzhou, the entire Hangzhou had been occupied by the Ming army.

Wushan is located in the southwest corner of Hangzhou City. The mountains are rolling and undulating, with the Qiantang River on the left and the West Lake on the right. It is composed of Baoyue, Emei, Qianshan, Ziyang, Qibao, Yunju and other hills.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Yue competed for land, so it was named Wushan; because of Wu Zixu, Wu was falsely named Wu, so there was a Zixu temple on the mountain, so it was called Xushan; in the Wuyue Kingdom of the Five Dynasties, there was a Chenghuang Temple on the mountain, also known as Chenghuang Mountain; At that time, it was often called Qingshan, but now it is commonly called Wushan.

Its east, north, and northwest overlook the streets and streets, and the south can overlook the Qiantang River and Pingchou on both sides. Wushan Mountain still has a sense of transcendence, and can fully grasp the victories of Hangzhou river, mountain, lake, and city. It is a famous scenic spot in Hangzhou. .

Gu Yanwu sighed: "There are many Taoist temples and historical sites on Mount Wu. It's a pity to become a battlefield. Is Xiao Qiyuan really determined to fight to the end?"

Huang Yu said: "Xiao Qiyuan has already refused to surrender, now we can only attack the mountain by force."

Qian Mo said: "It seems that Xiao Qiyuan is terribly disappointed in us, and he has to use the strategy of 'thinking about it'. It's a pity we don't have time, and the reinforcements from Fujian will arrive in Hangzhou in 2 days, otherwise we can still accompany Xiao Qiyuan play a little longer."

"Brothers' lives are the most precious, first seize the artillery position of the Qing army on the southern hill. Then directly turn the muzzle of the cannon and bombard Xiao Qiyuan, there is no need to have any scruples."

At this time, although there were still 10 red cannons on the artillery positions of the Qing army, the Ming army was already close at hand, and the red cannons with an extremely slow rate of fire were almost useless.

The Ming army set up a portable tiger squatting cannon, aiming at the Qing army on the artillery position was a cannon fire, and the Qing army could not shoot at close-range targets at all.

Before the charging Ming army rushed to the position, the 500 Qing troops above surrendered directly.

Qian Mo really didn't like these red cannons of the Qing army, but they could be used to deal with Xiao Qiyuan right now.

The surrendered gunners of the Qing army, under the command of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, began to turn the cannons, preparing to bombard the Chenghuang Pavilion.

The Chenghuang Pavilion was first built in the Southern Song Dynasty, with bucket arches and flying eaves, it stands on the top of Wushan Mountain like a fairy mountain, and is one of the iconic landscapes of Hangzhou.

Xiao Qiyuan's base camp was set up on the Chenghuang Pavilion of the Chenghuang Temple.

Although Wushan itself is not high, after all, it was very difficult for the Ming army to feint all the way along the mountain road.

As long as the Qing army threw a few rolling logs down the mountain road, it could knock down a large area of ​​the Ming army.

Although the Lumi blunderbuss had an advantage in range, the Ming army still couldn't attack, and instead suffered hundreds of casualties.

Fortunately, those who opened the way ahead with their large shields were all Qing soldiers who surrendered, and the Shenji Battalion just hid behind and shot.

Lu Shanhai said: "It would be great if the Iron Armored Army from the Jingnan Battalion were here, and we could go up the mountain with the heavy armored infantry."

So Qian Mo ordered Huang Yu to pull all the tiger squatting cannons from the artillery positions of the Qing army. Although it took some time, the cannons had to be used to open the way.

After all, Qian Mo, the Qing army who surrendered, was also used for recruitment, so sacrificing in vain here doesn't make much sense.

This kind of Mountain Land Rover squat gun is the only gun that can be transported after being disassembled. Other artillery is really inconvenient to transport.

But at this time, the red cannon had adjusted its muzzle, so it began to shoot towards the Chenghuang Pavilion in the distance.

Although the distance is several kilometers, but fortunately the target is big enough, there are still some red-clothed cannons hitting Chenghuang Pavilion, but these red-clothed cannons are not equipped with flowering bullets, and the lethality of solid bullets can only rely on blind cats to kill rats up.

The bombardment lasted for nearly an hour, and caused some disturbances to the Qing army. In fact, not many people were killed in the bombing. On the contrary, many holes were smashed into the Chenghuang Pavilion.

Qian who put down the binoculars silently motioned for the cannon in red to stop firing.

Fortunately, at this time, more than 10 tiger squatting guns have all been shipped over.It is better to use this kind of modified "mortar" to hit these close-range targets in the mountains.

Although the caliber of the tiger squatting gun is relatively small, the power of the blooming bullet is much stronger than that of the solid bullet. After a while, the Qing army who was standing high and defending was blown away.

The Ming army once again took advantage of the chaos to attack the mountain. Finally, after paying the price of hundreds of casualties, the Ming army successfully killed the Chenghuang Temple and fought hand-to-hand with the Qing army.

At this time, the Qing army had no fighting spirit and was constantly beheaded by the Ming army. Finally, some people began to put down their weapons and kneel down to surrender, and then more Qing troops stopped resisting. Hundreds of disabled soldiers retreated into the Chenghuang Pavilion.

At this time, Huang Yu asked Qian Mo if he wanted to directly bombard Chenghuang Pavilion, but Qian Mo waved his hand and said, "Give Xiao Qiyuan another chance to surrender!"

Seeing Zuo Shuxun retreating in, Xiao Qiyuan knew that he should go on the road.He also knew that Qian Mo's final persuasion to surrender was not to surrender himself, but to show the surrender to the Qing army.

Looking at these loyal subordinates, Xiao Qiyuan said: "Mr. Zuo Qian, after I die, go out and surrender to the Ming army."

Everyone knelt down and shouted: "Your Excellency!"

Xiao Qiyuan kowtowed to the north and said: "The minister Xiao Qiyuan has owed the emperor's kindness, and the only way to apologize is to die!"

When Zuo Shuxun went up to check again, he found that Xiao Qiyuan had committed suicide by taking poison, so he went out of the Chenghuang Pavilion and surrendered to the Ming army.

Qian Mo said that he would find a geomantic treasure for Xiao Qiyuan to hide him on Mount Wu.

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