The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 344: Jurchen Crimes
The war between firearms and cold weapons is a complete crushing defeat.

This scene was experienced firsthand by countless Chinese people in the flames of war thousands of years later.

When the Qing soldiers used swords and knives to fight against the foreigners' firearms and cannons, they were just as powerless and desperate as the Jurchen barbarians facing the Ming army's muskets at this moment!
If a cavalry unit is charging and chaos breaks out within it, it means they have already been defeated, and the rest of the results will be the same.

Under the command of Xu Tianci, the Beijing troops began a bloody encirclement.

Seven thousand soldiers launched an attack from all directions. No matter whether they were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy or fleeing in the chaos, they all fell in a pool of blood. No one could escape.

Until the end, the Beijing troops advanced to the Hunhe tribal base. Only the elderly, the weak, women and children were left in the rows of houses, and there were even women holding their babies.

An old Jurchen woman stood up and asked at the top of her voice: "Why? Why are you slaughtering our tribe?"

"Haven't we already paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Aren't we subjects of the Ming Dynasty? Why did you massacre our tribe?"

Seeing this scene, all the soldiers of the Beijing Army stopped fighting at the same time, and they subconsciously looked at the battlefield commander Xu Tianci.

The latter is also a headache.

Killing enemies on the battlefield and massacring women and children are two completely different concepts.

The Chinese dynasty has always been a country of etiquette and respect, and it has always advocated leniency and benevolence in dealing with foreign vassal states.

Although the Jurchen tribe was not a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it was a vassal garrison of the Ming Dynasty. In a sense, the Jurchen tribe was also a legitimate citizen of the Ming Dynasty.

The massacre of the young and strong men in the tribe just now was not a big deal for everyone.

After all, in war, it's either you die or I die.

But now, many of these well-equipped Beijing soldiers were reluctant to slaughter the unarmed elderly, the weak, women and children.

They are not butchers and executioners who love blood and love blood. They came to the Liaodong battlefield to defend their country.

But what Marquis Zhongshan wants them to do now is contrary to all this.

Xu Tianci really had a headache.

But the order from my own lord was to kill them all, leaving no one alive!

That means the Marquis wants to kill the elderly, the weak, women and children.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Tianci quietly called Chang Kuohai and asked this fool to ask the Marquis for his opinion again.

In fact, Kuohai is the Marquis's favorite general, so it won't have any impact even if he is scolded.

Chang Kuohai didn't understand what was going on, so he just obeyed the order foolishly.

However, while Xu Tianci was waiting, Chen Jizu walked over with a gloomy face.

"I don't think I need to ask the Marquis again!"

"You'd better come and see for yourself what these beasts have done!"

Xu Tianci's heart trembled, and he instinctively felt a little uneasy.

Originally they didn't quite understand why their lord had such a strong murderous intention towards the Jurchen barbarians.

But when they saw the scene clearly, the boiling murderous intent made every Beijing army soldier's eyes red.

Inside the stinking cowshed and horse stable, there were several open-air areas divided by ropes and wooden stakes. Hundreds of Han people with pale faces, thin bodies and ragged clothes were imprisoned together like animals. Right next to them, separated by a net, were piles of corpses. The soil on the ground had turned black and red due to the blood and emitted a foul odor.

Many soldiers even vomited bile when they saw this scene.

These bloody corpses, like randomly discarded goods, were pale and stiff, scattered all over the place, like a purgatory on earth!

The surviving civilians were quickly rescued, but they showed no joy or cheers at being rescued. They just walked out silently, and listened to the commands of the Beijing army soldiers numbly and dully, with lifeless and dull eyes.

Many people continued to stay inside the fence, staring blankly outside, as if that was the safest place. The Beijing soldiers endured the stench and tried to go in and pull them out. Some of them came out obediently like children, some stubbornly grabbed the wooden stakes and ropes, and refused to move, and some curled up into a ball as if they had met the most terrifying demon, shaking their heads and crying desperately, but refused to come out.

In such a purgatory-like environment, anyone would become numb and desperate!
Just by looking at this purgatory, the soldiers of the Beijing Army can imagine the mental torment they will go through every day here!
Faced with the fate of being raped and abused at any time, faced with their fellow countrymen being tortured and killed and turned into corpses piled up behind a net, such mental pressure is simply unimaginable without being there yourself.

It's good enough that they didn't completely collapse and go crazy.

Seeing this scene, all the soldiers of the Beijing Army present clenched their fists unconsciously, with red eyes.

At Xu Tianci's feet, the body of a Han girl was lying on the side of the pile of corpses. There was a big bloody hole in her chest. Her eyes were still open, looking blankly at the sky, as if she was mocking the false Ming Dynasty!
If they can’t even protect their own people, how can they be called the Celestial Empire? How can they be called the prosperous Ming Dynasty?
Xu Tianci half-knelt down, stretched out his hand tremblingly, and gently closed the girl's eyes that were still open.

Then, he could no longer suppress the grief in his heart, and murmured with tears in his eyes: "I'm sorry, we are late, I'm sorry..."

The Beijing army soldier standing by couldn't help but turn his head away, tears welling up in his eyes.

In the cowsheds and stables, the Han people who were originally dull and numb seemed to have opened the floodgates of catharsis. Low sobs gradually sounded, and finally turned into loud wails. The miserable sound was heartbreaking. At this time, Chang Kuohai strode back and shouted as he walked: "Xu Tianci, the Marquis asked me to ask you if you don't understand what "Kill them all, leaving no one alive" means? If you don't understand, resign immediately and go back to the Ming Dynasty..."

Chang Kuohai hadn't finished speaking when his eyes instantly turned red when he saw the purgatory-like scene in front of him.

Xu Tianci stood up silently and drew the sword from his waist.

Then he walked straight towards the old Jurchen woman who had questioned him at the beginning, and dragged her to the front of this purgatory amid the latter's panicked wailing for mercy.

"Have you seen?!"

"I'm asking you if you saw it?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Tianci smashed the old Jurchen woman's face with the handle of his knife.

"How dare you ask us why we massacred your tribe?"

"Should these Han people die? Should they allow you to rape and humiliate them and become your slaves?"

The old Jurchen woman's face was covered in blood after being hit, and she shouted in horror: "No... they are not from our tribe... we didn't capture them..."

Unfortunately, in the face of ironclad facts, any explanation is pale and powerless.

Xu Tianci was too lazy to talk nonsense with these beasts. He simply grabbed the old woman's hair and chopped off her head with a knife!
Then, Xu Tianci raised his head, looked around, and threw it directly to the ground!

"Kill them all!"

"Leave no chickens or dogs behind!"

"I want these bastards to be wiped out!"

Following his order, the soldiers of the three armies, whose eyes had already turned red, no longer hesitated, drew their swords and rushed towards the elderly, the weak, women and children.

Do not!
They cannot be called "the elderly, the weak, women and children"!
These are a bunch of beasts in human skin!
Don’t they know the existence of these Han people?
No, of course they know!

They watched helplessly as these Han people were raped, abused and enslaved, but did nothing. They even thought it was natural and treated them like slaves, beating, scolding and abusing them at will!
What is the difference between these old, weak, women and children and the young and strong people in the tribe?
There is no difference!

They are all the same beasts!

It's all the same damn!

The seven thousand soldiers were so blood-thirsty that even the children were killed by the muskets.

Don't hold back at all, these beasts don't deserve to live in this world!
The battle lasted a moment, but the massacre lasted an hour.

When Tang Hao saw Xu Tianci and other generals again, almost all of them were covered in blood, especially the fool Chang Kuohai, who had a lot of flesh and bone residue on his body, which made Lord Zhongshan very sick.

Xu Tianci made the report with red eyes, and the casualties of his army in this battle were kept below fifty.

This was because the Jurchen barbarians were indeed very strong in archery. Their arrows were accurate and fierce, and they specifically shot at the face and neck. Even with the protection of armor, the soldiers still suffered casualties.

If these Jurchen barbarians had not been frightened by the muskets, the casualty figures would have been several times higher.

In addition, there were cattle, sheep, horses, and some weapons and armor captured in this battle.

Tang Hao listened quietly, and then quickly gave an order: "Notify Han Fu to send people to clean up the battlefield and send the rescued people back to Liaodong to find their families. Send these cattle and sheep back as well, and leave the horses behind. Next, we have to speed up the march!"

"According to the time, Tangmu's troops should have arrived at the Jilin Shipyard, so we must get rid of the Jianzhou Jurchens as soon as possible, then head north to join them and wipe out the Haixi Jurchens and the Wild Jurchens!"

This is a major strategic plan. Han Fu has already made preparations. The Jianzhou Jurchens are about to face their demise, and Tang Mu has arrived at the Jilin Shipyard one step ahead of time to join the Korean army. All that remains is to wipe out these Jurchen tribes one by one, or to deliberately spread the news so that these Jurchen tribes will gather together and solve the problem in one battle, once and for all.

Xu Tianci nodded and made arrangements quickly.

Zuo Yidao looked at Tang Hao and said in a deep voice: "Sir, won't you go and see those...people?"

"No!" Tang Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head. "There's no point in watching it. It will only make me more determined to kill these barbarians. That's all!"

"I have said it long ago, those who are not of my race must have different hearts, and that is the fact!"

"These Jurchen barbarians entered the Iron Age by relying on trade with the Ming Dynasty, and their lives are getting better and better. However, they are not grateful or satisfied, and they turn around to plunder and enslave the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

"This is the despicable nature of the Jurchen barbarians. They are no different from those despicable Japanese!"

Zuo Yidao nodded in agreement.

"Tianci and his friends still have too little experience, so they will question this approach."

"Once the Liaodong war is over, they will naturally grow up!"

(End of this chapter)