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Chapter 353
At noon, the Caishikou Execution Ground was crowded with thousands of people. Because the execution ground was too large, there were 10,000 people who were about to be stabbed and the Ming soldiers who were about to be executed, plus at least [-]+ ordinary people watching the excitement. people.

Luoyang City is empty of thousands of people. Today, all the big and small shops in the city are closed, no business is done, and the small merchants and peddlers who are hawking and hawking have stopped running and shouting. All kinds of things, including merchants from all over the world, have all gathered near the execution ground. Well, the store buildings facing the street are full of people inside and out, they are going to open their eyes today, to relieve their anger, and see how these tartars were disemboweled, their lungs were ripped out, and their hearts were removed.

Five thousand Tartars were tied to the pillars. The common people gritted their teeth in hatred and poked at them. The courageous ordinary people who were close to them spat, smeared and threw dirt on the Tartars.

These Tartars are now extremely depressed, like beasts that have had their claws pulled out, they can only show their teeth and have nothing else to do. They have been detained here for more than an hour, tied to the pillars and unable to move, and their shirts were stripped , shirtless, waiting to be scolded and stabbed.

Now they have also heard that Zhu Yousong issued a decree to open their hearts at three o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, they were all cursing in their hearts. Of course, they were not scolding the emperor Zhu Yousong of the Ming Dynasty, nor were they scolding the common people for treating them like this. Instead, he scolded Tong Yangjia and Man Dahai, what kind of stupid attention is this, isn't it saying that as long as you enter the city, you will be safe?Where are our people?A general who is incompetent, exhausting thousands of troops, digging out his heart and lungs, this torture is not as pleasant as dying on the battlefield...

At this time, the three chief generals of the Tartars, Zhuo Luo, A Shan and Da Mosu, who scolded him even more fiercely, greeted Tong Yangjia's eight generations of ancestors countless times.

At this time, there were dozens of monks dotted among the common people watching the excitement, dressed in rags and carrying long bundles on their backs, and they were pushing straight forward, and the common people couldn't squeeze them, and they were squeezed to one side.

"Monks, what are you crowding for? This is a murder scene, aren't you afraid of blood splashing on your bodies?" Someone shouted.

These monks did not speak, stood with one palm on their chests, returned fierce gazes, and continued to squeeze forward.

At this time, on the second-floor tea house facing the street on the side of the execution ground, there were also a few ragged monks standing near the window. They covered the window in advance and spent 100 taels of silver. At first, the shopkeeper said no Let them cover it, he wondered, these monks in rags are quite rich, but today they don’t care how much money they give, it’s too good to see the execution ground here, we have to keep it for ourselves, today is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

After a few good words, the head monk lost his patience. This man was also fierce, showing his fierce appearance, and smashed the table with a slap. Only then did the shopkeeper realize that these poor monks could not be offended, so he picked up the money and ran away in fright.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Tong Dabao whispered a few words to his subordinates, and the monks kept nodding while looking at the execution ground below.

In order to prevent everyone from being left in the dark, Zheng Damu also arranged for a loud gong to be played on the stage and explain to everyone in a circle, about today's execution ground, what is going on with the five thousand Tartars, and what big things will happen soon punishment, the order of the execution ground, and so on.

This is the official representative's speech, and it is also the prelude to the execution. The common people listened quietly, and the huge execution ground was silent.

After all this was over, it was noon.Zheng Damu, who was sitting in the prison shed on the stage, saw that the time had come, and shouted to the people below: "The time has come, let's start the execution."

A group of two Ming soldiers carrying steel knives came to the pillars tied to the tartars. The weather was good today. Catching eyes in the sun.

But before the steel knives of these Ming soldiers could be lifted up, there were a few blasts of blares and screams, and several Ming soldiers had already been shot and fell on the stage.At the same time, a few monks jumped out of a window of the teahouse next to the execution ground and landed on the execution platform. They jumped off the Ming army who hadn't figured out what was going on, and their blood splashed on the execution platform.

There was chaos on and off the stage.There were 1000 Ming troops present who were in charge of maintaining the order of the execution ground. Seeing that someone was about to rob the execution ground, they rushed over and surrounded the execution platform with knives and guns. There were [-] Ming soldiers on the execution platform, and they also came to kill these few at this time. monk.

At this time, the monks who had squeezed to the front of the stage under the stage also started to attack. The long bundle on the back was full of steel knives and sharp blades, and they would kill anyone they saw.

The common people who watched the scene were frightened and fled in all directions. You pushed each other and trampled on each other. There were countless casualties, and the execution ground was in chaos at that time.However, the common people were much more motivated to run for their lives than to watch the excitement, and soon only Tartars, monks and Ming soldiers remained in the huge execution ground.

Zheng Damu was shocked. He didn't expect that someone would dare to rob the execution ground. When he saw that all the monks were doing the fighting, he understood that the spies of the Qing army must have sneaked in in advance by pretending to be monks. Is this okay?The court is about to be robbed, how to explain to His Majesty!

"Kill all these thieves and monks for me!" Zheng Damu shouted and pulled out his waist knife, leading his guards to kill these monks.

Of course, the common people who came to see the excitement did not run far, and there was nowhere to run at this time. They all hid in the courtyard wall, closed the door, locked the front door, and bolted the door of the house. Trembling with fright, he boldly looked out through the crack of the door and the window. At this time, the street has become a battlefield for murder.

But now, the Ming army has an absolute advantage.Zheng Damu had [-] Ming troops under his command. Although there were many Tartars, they were tied up, and there were only fifty monks.

But wars have never been determined by the number of people, and the situation is changing.Even though there are only fifty monks, all of them have extraordinary skills. As Tong Yangjia said, each one can count as ten, because this is a master who was carefully selected by them in advance, and relatively speaking, these Ming soldiers Although there are many, they are all old troops. It is not an exaggeration to call them a mob.Zhu Yousong crossed over and trained only a few thousand imperial battalions, and later several thousand white soldiers came. Except for these two armies, the combat effectiveness of the rest of the Ming army is really not flattering.

Therefore, more and more Ming troops were cut down, and many of the Tartars who were tied up on the stage have been rescued, including generals Zhuo Luo, Ashan and Damosu. First, the monks rescued the Tartars, and then the Tartars rescued the Tartars. , This chain reaction made more and more Tartars who were tied up on the stage gain freedom.

They stopped scolding Tong Yangjia and Man Dahai now, and picked up knives and guns from the ground to fight against the Ming army.

Zhuoluo, Ashan and Damosu are three powerful generals with brave fighting methods, and these Tartars are also selected in advance as the elite of the Eight Banners. Although they have no horses or bows at this time, they are also extraordinarily brave in fighting.Therefore, the three thousand Ming troops were somewhat overwhelmed. There were casualties everywhere on and off the stage, and blood flowed like rivers.

Zheng Damu chopped down several monks and Tartars, and seeing that it was not good, he quickly called in 200 archers. If there were any more, there were only these [-] people in front of him, aiming at the place where the Tartars gathered on the stage. Volley.

At that time, countless Tartars were shot by arrows and fell into a pool of blood, especially those who were tied up and had not been rescued. They became living arrow rakes. He wasn't disemboweled, but it didn't feel good to be pierced by random arrows.

However, bows and arrows are limited, and more and more Tartars were rescued. There could be hundreds of people, plus dozens of fierce "monks" headed by Tong Dabao. The situation changed, and the Ming army was blown to zero Bad.

While Zheng Damu fought hard, he ordered someone to report to Zhu Yousong.

(End of this chapter)