Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The tragic scene of Qiu Lei being killed immediately frightened Shandong Wenwu at the gate of the city so that his face turned pale.Their first reaction was: "Could it be that Mr. Wu is going to rebel?" A few timid ones were so soft that they fell to the ground, and their crotches were wet.

Wu Shigong looked fierce, holding a bloody ax and spear, and stepped on Qiu Lei's corpse with his right foot.He looked around and said, "Hmph! It's so close, don't come to rescue. Since you are as cowardly as a mouse and afraid of death, let's die!" Then Wu Shigong stared at the people around him one by one.

Under Wu Shigong's piercing gaze, everyone around him was avoiding and trying to hide behind others, even Qiu Lei's personal soldiers did not dare to step forward.I don't know who started it first, but they knelt down on the ground with a "bang", so everyone knelt down one after another like dumpling, and buried their heads deeply on the ground.They really dare not look at the murderous Wu Shigong and his army anymore!

Wu Shigong turned his head, smiled slightly at the magistrate of Dezhou who was hiding behind Yan Jizu, and said, "Didn't you prepare a banquet in the city? Then go!" After speaking, Wu Shigong held his head high and knelt on both sides Among the fallen crowd, he strode towards the city.

And far away from the city gate, the assembled Runing Army brigade was running towards the city gate.They want to drive all Qiu Lei's troops out of the city of Dezhou, and send the wounded of the Runing Army to Dezhou to recuperate.

Ever since the Runing Army became an army, every time there was a big battle, nine times out of ten they would fight alone, especially for the two times Qin Wang, Wu Shigong didn't feel like he was fighting in the territory of Ming Dynasty at all, as if he was in an enemy-occupied area.No logistics, no rescue, no eyes and ears, no food and grass.This made Wu Shigong could bear it long ago.

Coupled with the heavy casualties of the Runing Army this time, Wu Shigong couldn't hold back his breath long ago and wanted to find a way to vent it.Just at this time, Qiu Lei came to the door automatically, Wu Shigong of course took him as the object of venting, he deserved it.

Of course Wu Shigong knew that his behavior was too shocking, but at this moment he couldn't control so much, and who in the court could control him?So he cut it off.

After venting.Wu Shigong's mood has indeed improved a lot.That night, he had a rare good night's sleep and completely eliminated the fatigue of the day. [

But the next day, as soon as Wu Shigong went out, he found a commotion at the door, and saw an old nun being stopped by his own soldiers, and they were still arguing about something.And there is a circle of people watching the fun around.

Wu Shigong hurriedly asked Chi Ming to inquire.After a while, Chi Ming came back and whispered in Wu Shigong's ear, "My lord, the teacher said: One of us insulted a woman in Dezhou city."

"Check!" Wu Shigong frowned all of a sudden.Finally, some good moods disappeared.Then, Wu Shigong walked up to the old nun, bowed and said: "Master! My official promise: If it is true, I will reply to the teacher within three days. Do you think so?"

"Amitabha! Thank you, my lord!" The teacher also bowed with palms together, quite satisfied with Wu Shigong's answer.

"Peng Yong! You have been with me for eight or nine years. You joined the Runing Army at the same time as Dashan. I watched you enter the personal army, watched you be sent down to become a battalion commander, and taught you how to fight. You I came up with the name. You tell me! Why did you do that?" At the end, Wu Shigong almost roared.

Chi Ming's investigation was also vigorous and resolute, and it didn't take long for the person who insulted the woman to be arrested.But the captured Peng Yong and Wu Shigong not only knew each other, but he was also a confidant of Wu Shigong who had been in the personal army, which made Wu Shigong very angry.

"My lord! Uh-!" Peng Yong said while crying. "The monkey is dead, and Ziming is dead. The younger one went to see Fengzi and Erhei a few days ago. Fengzi is dying, and Erhei is disabled even if he recovers. Last night, the little one was obsessed with ghosts and met a woman." She winked at the little one, and the little one followed her into the house. Didn't expect that she became a family! My lord! The little one should be damned, it's an embarrassment for the adults. But the little ones are afraid when they think of Ziming and Fengzi! The little ones are afraid to be like them!"

"Then you're going to touch a woman?" Wu Shigong kicked Peng Yong to the ground with a resentful kick.Then he picked up a chair and slammed it on the ground until it smashed to pieces.Then he rushed out of the house without looking back.

In fact, Wu Shigong was holding back tears at this time.That battle was so cruel that it left a shadow in the hearts of many soldiers.According to the current words.In fact, Peng Yong already had psychological problems, so Wu Shigong felt quite sad.

Seeing Wu Shigong leaving the house, He Fei and Chu Ge who were waiting at the door immediately surrounded him.They all begged for mercy:

"My lord! Peng Yong has done a lot of merit, give him a chance to make up for it!"

"My lord! It's enough to be dismissed. I have also inquired about it. That woman is a broken shoe. Give her family some money and get rid of it!"

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In the Runing Army, there are three iron rules: one is not to be a deserter; the other is not to surrender to the enemy; the third is not to insult civilian women.As long as he violated the iron law, not only would he be executed without mercy, but his family members would also be implicated, so these officers wanted Wu Shigong to hold him high.

Wu Shigong closed his eyes, feeling extremely reluctant in his heart.However, these three rules are the iron laws that he personally formulated, a shackle that maintains the discipline of the Runing Army, and a foundation for the Runing Army to maintain their noble morals, so Wu Shigong will never destroy it with his own hands.But what He Fei and the others said was also right, Peng Yong had indeed made a lot of contributions, and his personal relationship with Wu Shigong was also quite good, so this made Wu Shigong extremely heartbroken. [

"Prepare him a good table of wine and food, and let him kill himself after eating! Keep the whole body and give him a good coffin. I won't go to see him anymore. When I go back, I will say that he died on the battlefield. We can only help so far. You officers should also take this as a warning and tell every soldier about this. I don’t want this to happen again.” After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong said Staggered away.Looking at Wu Shigong's back, He Fei and the others felt that Wu Shigong seemed to be a few years older.

Since then, the Runing Army has adopted such a method of dealing with convicted officers and meritorious soldiers, at least giving them a decent way to die.Although military discipline is still maintained, law enforcement is also much more humane.

Although Wu Shigong killed Qiu Lei, the general soldier of Shandong, in Dezhou, after the news reached the court, Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers still had no time to deal with the incident.Because the Qing army was still in the pass at this time.

While the Runing army was resting in Dezhou, Dorgon led the Qing army and quickly evacuated outside the customs with the captured.At the beginning, they kept trying to get as far away from Hejian Mansion as possible, but then the Qing army found that there were no other Ming troops approaching them, so the Qing army became bold again, and they still resumed their plundering activities. Instinct, swept all the way in the city passing by on the way home.

After Liu Yuliang, the first assistant, learned that the Runing army had won, he still stood still and did not dare to lead the army to confront the Qing army, which made the Qing army's looting even more reckless.

So the Qing army successfully assembled and went northward, passing through Tianjin Wei to the east. In March, the Qing army left the fortress from Qingshankou and returned safely to Liaodong.The Qing army's expedition spanned more than 2000 miles, defeated the Ming army in 57 formations, captured more than 46 counties and cities in Shandong Province, killed two governors of the Ming Dynasty and more than a hundred civil and military officials at all levels, and captured a total of [-] people and livestock. More than [-], including a prince and a county king, plundered nearly one million taels of silver and various other goods.

And their only defeat was at the hands of the Runing Army.However, the Runing Army won the battle through untold hardships, but they did not rescue a single captured Ming citizen, nor did they take back a tael of looted silver.The only thing the Runing army gained was the confidence in the victory of the Qing army.

As soon as the alarm was lifted, the Ming court began to severely punish the officials involved in the accident. Because the Qing army did a lot of harm this time, the punishment this time was more severe than ever before.And it was Yang Sichang, the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Qing Dynasty who presided over the punishment and conviction.

First of all, of course, the resignation of the first assistant Liu Yuliang, and Xue Guoguan took over as the first assistant.

After that, the crimes were divided into five categories: "defending the frontier and losing opportunities", "dilapidated cities", "lost feudal vassals", "lost commanders", and "waiting and watching", collectively called the "Five Major Acts".

Then the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment began to seriously review.After that, teams of Tiqi began to leave Beijing with the imperial decree of arrest.

It is particularly pointed out that Lu Xiangsheng, who died in the battle, had a rather bleak funeral.

Yang Sichang remembered Lu Xiangsheng's hatred wholeheartedly, and wanted to punish Lu Xiangsheng.Then Yang Sichang can impose charges of cowardice and fear of war on Lu Xiangsheng.

So Yang Sichang sent three scouts from the Ministry of War to check whether Lu Xiangsheng was killed in battle. One of them was Yu Zhenlong. He came back and told Yang Sichang: Lu Xiangsheng was really dead.

Isn't this slapping Yang Sichang in the face in public?Because Yang Sichang had already blown the wind in Emperor Chongzhen's ears, saying that Lu Xiangsheng was not dead, but he fled in fear of war.So in order to conceal it, Yang Sichang whipped Yu Zhenlong for three days and three nights, almost killing him, just to make him change his testimony.But Yu Zhenlong still stared and said: "Heaven is a god, you are in vain for a loyal minister." He refused to change his testimony even if he died.

Afterwards, the magistrate of Shunde reported Lu Xiangsheng's death, but Yang Sichang deliberately made things difficult. It was not until [-] days later that Lu Xiangsheng's body was restrained.What a heroic spirit can't rest in peace!

It can be seen from this incident that although Yang Sichang is a loyal minister and filial son, he is also somewhat capable, but his other characters are really inferior!

Relatively speaking, Gao Qiqian, whose entire army was disbanded, was safe and sound. He just lost his job and temporarily hid in the palace.

This shows how unfair this conviction is.

But Wu Shigong didn't care about these things at all. After hearing that the Qing army had left the border and waiting for Yang Rusong's two reinforcements, he started his army and prepared to leave Dezhou and return to Runing.