Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 187 Without suffering from others

"My condolences!" Jiang Zhenghai sighed. He wanted to persuade Xing Honghai, but in the end he just said "My condolences."

"What else can we do if we don't mourn?" Xing Honghai smiled bitterly and said, "Anyone who achieves great things will have sacrifices. Even the leader had his master and best brother killed by the court.

Don't worry, I'm fine. This is what I expected. But I must take revenge, otherwise I will be wasted on living in this world."

Although Xing Honghai did not collapse, he had encountered extreme things after all, and the means he used to deal with them were equally extreme.

In addition to catching up with the fleeing officials and torturing them to death, they also carried out a large-scale massacre of officials and wealthy families in Chengdu.

When Chen Gu received the news from Chengdu, he had already led his army to Mianzhou, which is Mianyang in later generations. At that time, Mianzhou was also a direct-controlled prefecture.

All prefectures directly under the Central Government must have garrisons, but Mianzhou was built to guard the Shu Road, so it did not have as many garrisons as Luzhou and Zizhou, which were important transportation routes for cargo transportation. Mianzhou only had one thousand green camps, one-third of which were empty-staffed, one-third were old and weak, and there were only three or four hundred soldiers who could fight.

Scar chose to go around directly, while Chen Gu planned to take down Mianzhou.

Because Mianzhou is not only connected to Guangyuan County, which has Jianmen Pass, in the northeast, but also adjacent to Nanchong of Shunqing Prefecture in the east, and the Jialing River flows through Nanchong.

Therefore, if they take over Mianzhou, they will be able to spy on the eastern Sichuan region. By then, even if Fu Cha Mingliang goes down the Jialing River to Chongqing, he will have to send troops to garrison Nanchong, otherwise Chen Gu will be able to cut off the supply line going down the river from Shaanxi.

Of course, Fu Cha Mingliang could also stay in Nanchong instead of going to Chongqing, and then directly attack Mianzhou or Zizhou, in turn cutting off the Tuojiang supply line between Chen's army and Luzhou.

However, Chen Gu's supply line through Minjiang River was still open, and by the time Fu Cha Mingliang had bypassed Nanchong, Chen Gu should have recovered.

At that time, Jiangjin County will attack Chongqing from below, and confront Fu Cha Mingliang in the upper reaches in the eastern Sichuan line. The situation will be more favorable for Chen Gu.

Therefore, Mianzhou must be captured. After capturing Mianzhou, it will not only protect eastern Sichuan, but also stabilize the logistics.

But now Chen Gu felt a bit of a headache holding the letter in his hand. The letter was urgently sent by Bai Wencheng, and it talked about Xing Honghai's massacre in Chengdu City.

Xing Honghai slaughtered almost all the officials and noble families in Chengdu. Bai Wencheng described what happened in Chengdu like this: "The chaotic soldiers entered the city like wild beasts. The old and the young were beheaded, the young children were wailing, and the women were raped. The whole city of Chengdu was like hell."

As members of the same large clan, Bai Wencheng and the others could not help but feel sympathetic about the fate of the large clans in Chengdu City. It could also be said that they were more or less frightened by Xing Honghai's ruthless methods.

As a result, when Xing Honghai invited them to settle in Chengdu City, Bai Wencheng and others did not dare to go. They were really afraid that the chaotic soldiers had gone crazy and would kill them as well.

After a careful discussion with Zheng Ming, Chen Gu first issued an order to disband half of the peasant army in Chengdu City, retaining only 30,000 elite troops, and the rest were to be disbanded and return home.

Xing Honghai led his own troops and 5,000 peasant soldiers to attack Ya'an County of Yazhou Prefecture. After taking it, they stationed there to guard against the 2,000 Eight Banners soldiers of the imperial court in Dajianlu.

Feng Yuanqiao led his own troops and 5,000 peasant soldiers to sweep through several prefectures and counties west of Chengdu City, and finally stationed in Guan County of Chengmian Prefecture, which is the place of Dujiangyan in the upper reaches of Minjiang River.

Zhou Shi led his troops, plus 5,000 peasant soldiers, to attack Deyang County, and rush to join forces with Chen Gu as soon as possible.

Jiang Zhenghai led his own troops and 15,000 troops down the Minjiang River to attack Leshan, Yibin and other important cities, and finally went to Luzhou for training. As for the 2,000 young men from Zizhou that they had brought with them, they stayed in Chengdu. Bai Wencheng and others dispatched another 2,000 young men from Zizhou to Chengdu to stabilize Chengdu as soon as possible, establish a new administrative system, and let the people of Chengdu resume their lives and production as soon as possible.

At the same time, in order to intimidate the four generals of the Green Camp Army, Chen Gu temporarily suspended the attack on Mianzhou and sent the treasure hunters back to Luzhou immediately.

Take two thousand Jiangjin County Joint Defense Team and two hundred Fobao new troops, and then ask Lao Piao if he can dispatch Yunhua's special company depending on the situation, and then take these troops back to Zizhou City for garrison.

Firstly, it was to guard against Fu Cha Mingliang, and secondly, it was to intimidate the four generals of the Green Camp Army.

Although they were just peasant armies, their number reached 70,000, and they had now formed a situation of strong branches and weak trunk. If they united and needed independence, and occupied the mighty city of Chengdu, Chen Gu, under the restraint of Fu Cha Mingliang, would not be able to deal with them for a while.

At the same time, Chen Gu also arranged for Luzhou to speed up the production of armaments. If the four generals of the Green Camp Army obeyed the arrangement, Chen Gu would then re-equip their own troops to improve their combat effectiveness.

Having made up his mind, Chen Gu wrote down different orders and sent them back.

Zheng Ming picked up Bai Wencheng's letter again and read it, and sighed: "You have released a beast. Xing Honghai is a bit too radical."

Chen Gu smiled indifferently and said, "Don't advise others to be good if you haven't experienced their suffering. If you have experienced their suffering, you may not be able to be good.

Although Xing Honghai issued the order, he himself only killed the culprit who killed his family. After all, the incident in Chengdu City was caused by those disorderly soldiers.

The big clans have been developing for more than a hundred years. Over the years, how many cruel things have they done to ordinary people?

What happened in Chengdu city, after all, was nothing more than revenge of ordinary people against the big families. When there is an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.

It is better to enjoy a lifetime of happiness and finally get a knife than to be poor all your life and finally die of illness, cold and hunger, right? "

The letter was sent back by express horse and reached Xing Honghai's hands in just one day. After receiving Chen Gu's order, Xing Honghai and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the four men were separated and went their separate ways, Chen Gu did not blame them for what they did in Chengdu City. Although he did not praise them either, he assigned 5,000 peasant soldiers to each of them to increase their military strength.

It can be regarded as a disguised form of reward for them.

Xing Honghai read the letter several times, frowned and said, "It seems that our military report was just sent out this morning?"

"What's the big deal? Either the leader left someone in Chengdu, or someone from Zizhou filed a complaint!" Zhou Shi said with a smile.

"Mostly they are people from Zizhou. Bai Wencheng and his men are still staying in Zizhou without moving. Not to mention coming here in person, they haven't even sent any of their subordinates. It's obvious that they are scared." Feng Yuanqiao said with a smile.

"Haha!" Xing Honghai smiled and said, "That's good. If we get along well with Bai Wencheng and the others, I'm afraid the leader will be worried."

(End of this chapter)