The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 82

The supple mane of the majestic Persian horse fluctuated with the wind. Zhu Linmi sat on the silver saddle and headed for Yang Tinglin's camp with her own soldiers.

Because Wanji was worried that the brigade would be easily attacked by the Qing army, he insisted on setting up the camp a little far away from Nanchang City.

In order to prevent Jin Shenghuan from going out of the city to rob food, and also to intercept enemy troops who might reinforce Nanchang, Zhu Linmei kept the Dragon Guard camp in the north of the city, only a little farther than the maximum range of the Qing army's artillery.

The season of transplanting rice seedlings is coming soon, and people along the road have begun to weed and level the land in the fields.

Even though the flames of war destroyed their lives last year, with the complete elimination of the Jiangxi bandits, they should be able to recover soon.The people of Ming Dynasty have always been the most resilient group of people, as long as their living conditions improve slightly, they can live a thriving life like weeds.

After walking to a place more than ten miles away from Yang Tinglin's residence, Zhu Linmi suddenly heard noises coming from a distance, mixed with one or two calls for help from time to time.

"A Qing army sneaked out of the city to plunder the people?" Zhu Linmi frowned, and immediately ordered Shi Lin to prepare to meet the enemy, and then sent someone back to the Dragon Guard camp to transfer troops.

Although Shi Lin felt that there would be danger, he knew that it would be impossible to persuade His Royal Highness to leave it alone if the Qing army looted him.Therefore, he only strictly ordered all the soldiers to protect His Highness carefully, and then ordered the whole company to line up.

The Dragon Guard's personal company is equipped with standard dragoons. A group of more than [-] people immediately lined up in three neat rows, guarding Zhu Linming in the middle, and raised their cavalry swords and ran towards the place where the sound was made.

The cavalry troop walked through stretches of wild grass, and a small village covered by withered bushes appeared in front of everyone.

There are nearly a hundred houses in the village, but more than half of them have been ruined and dilapidated. I don’t know how many wars they have experienced. It seems that there are still dozens of families left.

Dozens of soldiers armed with knives and guns blocked the exit of the village. The screams and wild laughter in the village were mixed together. It was obvious that some gangsters were committing crimes.

When they got closer, Zhu Linmi was about to order the whole army to attack, but suddenly found that the soldiers at the entrance of the village were wearing Ming army clothes and had not shaved their hair.

He urged his horse to get close to these people, and shouted angrily: "The bandits in the village are looting the people, what are you still doing here?!"

The soldiers of the Ming army were startled by a group of people rushing over suddenly, and they were relieved when they saw the iconic dark green Dragon Guard uniform.

A man who looked like a military officer put away his single sword, trotted over and saluted Zhu Linmi, and said with a smile on his face, "My lord, there are no bandits looting here, but our troops led a team of Qing troops." Surrounded here, it is being cleared."

"Bastard!" Zhu Linmei frowned, and there were clearly many women and children in the village's cries for help. He had vaguely guessed what was going on, and immediately shouted angrily, "Get out!"

The little officer was still sticking there like a hob, "Why, sir, do you want to share the military merits?"

There was a bang, Zhu Linmi didn't talk nonsense with him, raised the whip and knocked him to the ground, then turned her head and ordered Shi Lin: "Enter the village, anyone who obstructs him will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!"

Shi Lin raised his shining cavalry sword and said loudly: "Soldier company, advance quickly!"

More than 70 people behind him immediately shouted at the same time: "Forward!"

Where had the people blocking the village entrance seen such momentum before, their ears were buzzing, and their feet involuntarily retreated to the sides.

Surrounded by a company of personal soldiers, Zhu Linmi rode into the village on horseback, and in front of her eyes was a scene of purgatory on earth.There were dead bodies lying all over the village, and a large number of criminals broke into the houses and looted all the property, food, salt, etc., even pots, bowls, clothes and other slightly valuable things.

Whenever a villager tried to stop him a little, he would be cut to the ground with a knife.

There were also women's wailing sounds from many cottages, and it was obvious that there were still people committing adultery.

Another group of soldiers with sharp axes chopped off the heads of the corpses on the ground one by one, and stuffed them into sacks. The sacks behind each one were bulging.Looking at the skilled movements, it is obvious that he is used to this.

And these perpetrators were clearly dressed up by the Ming army, not a single Qing soldier!
Zhu Linmi drew out the spring-wheeled blunderbuss, fired the gun into the sky, and shouted angrily, "Stop it!"

The roar of the firecrackers temporarily interrupted the massacre in the village, and the soldiers who were busy doing the murder were all stunned and looked at Zhu Linming, while the fleeing people hurriedly took advantage of this gap to scatter and hide, and the screams in the village were suddenly stopped.

"Cui Datou, why did you let outsiders in? His mother's bad old man is Yaxing!" An officer with disheveled clothes and trousers came out of a house, and there were still bursts of women in the house. wailing.

The officer recruited more than ten people to approach Zhu Linmi, glanced at him, but yelled towards the entrance of the village indifferently.

"Bold! How dare you yell in front of His Majesty the King of Chenzhou!" Shi Lin pointed his cavalry sword at the man, "Don't you get off your horse and kneel down and salute?!"

The man's expression froze when he heard the words "King of Chenzhou"—Zhu Linmi usually wears the cavalry uniform of the Dragon Guards, and people who have never seen him really can't recognize him—his hands trembled, and the trousers he was holding Nearly falling, he hurriedly turned over and fell to his knees.

Seeing this, the prostitutes behind him also possessed themselves and knelt down one after another.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness King Chenzhou."

Zhu Lin's face was as cold as ice, and her voice was even more frighteningly cold, "These people who robbed the people are all yours?"

"Plundering the common people?" The officer raised his head, pretending to be surprised, "The subordinate officer is leading people to clear up the captives. There is not a single commoner here."

As he spoke, he pointed to the head of the corpse of a villager beside him, "Your Highness has clearly observed that these are Jianlu soldiers with rat tails, you can't wrong me!"

Since Nanchang Mansion was ruled by Jianlu for more than half a year, almost all the people had their hair shaved under coercion, which became "evidence" for him to clear up the bandits.

Zhu Linmei suppressed her anger, and said coldly: "Since you are a bandit soldier, show me the captured weapons."

"This……"

He was clearly looting the village, where did he get the captured weapons?
Zhu Lin's voice was sharp like a blade, "There is an edict in the Holy Spirit: Anyone who has hair will be an obedient citizen, and those who have no hair will be refugees. They are clearly refugees from the Ming Dynasty. You led your troops to plunder the people, and the military law will not tolerate it..."

"This is actually a subordinate officer who led his troops to chase a group of bandits up to this point. These people were all killed by the bandits." The officer who led the army to commit the murder still wanted to quibble.

"Shi Lin," Zhu Linmi saw with her own eyes just now, how could he let him mess around?He turned his head and ordered, "Bind up all those with blood on their hands and knives, and those with disheveled clothes, and perform Fa-rectification on the spot! The rest will be given [-] lashes!"

"Yes!"

"You, how dare you..." The officer still wanted to make his men resist, but when he saw a row of black muzzles in front of him, he immediately lost his courage.He suddenly shouted at the top of his voice, "I am under General Zhang's command, you can't kill me!"

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