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Chapter 867
Zhu Yousong did not kill prisoners, but Tartars and traitors were exceptions.

Moreover, Zhu Yousong has never been merciful to Tartars and traitors, and will never be kind to women. Even if they abandon their weapons and beg for mercy, Zhu Yousong will refuse them to surrender. Zhu Yousong has always done this in recent years Yes, this time is no exception.

The second day after Zhu Yousong arrived in Ningyuan, the soldiers of the Ming army took to the streets to publicize. The content of the publicity was that more than 1 Tartar prisoners of war would be publicly executed two days later, including 9000 traitors who surrendered to the Tartars.

This is definitely a breaking news!

In just half a day, the streets and alleys of Ningyuan were covered with notices, and more and more people gathered to watch. In addition, there were many groups of Ming soldiers patrolling the streets every day beating gongs and drums. The execution ground for the extraordinarily anecdotal event was set at Caishikou, the busiest, most spacious and popular place.

Ningyuan was originally the residential area of ​​the Han people, and it has been the inherent territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, but it has been enslaved by the Qing Dynasty in recent years.It is said that after repeated wars, the local people (mostly Liao people) should leave their homes and be displaced in order to avoid the wars, but in fact they are not.

In order to alleviate ethnic conflicts, the rulers of the Qing Tartars adopted a policy of favoring the Han people. Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Hong Chengchou and other traitors all contributed to this aspect, especially the Tartars were driven out by Zhu Yousong Outside the customs, the capital that had just moved to Beijing had to be moved back to its hometown in Shengjing. The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and the regent Dorgon vigorously promoted the policy of Sinicization, learning the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty everywhere, reducing the exclusion of Han culture, and becoming an accepted and harmonious society. Learning also changed the blind enslavement and suppression of the Han people, safeguarded some of their interests, opened courses to obtain scholars, and allowed Han people to be officials.

In this way, the population of Ningyuan City increased instead of decreasing, and the battle of Ningyuan this time lasted very short. Zhang Xianzhong's men broke through the city in just one day.

The Yantai River battle in the previous two days should also be counted, and a few days have not passed before and after.In addition, the military discipline of the Ming army was strict, and after the city was captured, it was released in time to calm the people and publicize the policy of the Ming Dynasty. Not many ordinary people went into exile to escape the war.

On the contrary, after the Ming army completely occupied Ningyuan, the common people took to the streets to celebrate the victory, which showed that they had deep feelings for Ming, and their resistance and rejection towards the barbarians had never been eliminated.

Therefore, after the Ming army was able to go down to Ningyuan, there were still more than [-] ordinary people in the city, so there was no need to worry about the absence of spectators.

Every notice was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. They looked at the notices, pointed and discussed.

There are many onlookers, but few literate people.But there are still those who have studied for a few days, and began to read aloud word by word: "... the day after tomorrow... at Caishikou... at three o'clock in the afternoon... more than 1 prisoners of the Qing Dynasty will be publicly executed... 6000 of them are Tartars. Tartars, there are still 9000 traitors...General Zhang Jingxuan personally supervises..."

Even those who read the notice were astonished, and those who listened to the notice were in an uproar, with inconceivable sighs one after another.

"Beheading more than 15000 people at once? Is it true?"

"It must be true. It is written in black and white, and it also bears the seal of General Daming. The date and date are all there. It must not be wrong."

"That's right, I don't think it's wrong. The soldiers have yelled several times in the street."

"Tartars and traitors should be killed. It's really enjoyable. I must come and see it the day after tomorrow. Brother Zhang, are you afraid?"

"What am I afraid of? I've seen a lot of dead people. People die like a lamp. It doesn't matter whether he is a Tartar or a traitor, no matter how fierce they were before, if his head is chopped off, he still has to die."

"Well, let's go together the day after tomorrow, come earlier, let's stand at the front, so we can see more clearly."

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"Who is Zhang Jingxuan?"

"Zhang Jingxuan, you don't even know, it's Zhang Xianzhong, the Great Emperor, the current King Daxi of the court."

"Really? Zhang Xianzhong also wants to come in person?"

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"How is Brother Li? It's a good thing you didn't become a soldier of the Tartars, or else you'll be caught..."

"That's right, Brother Wang, you still have the foresight. Tartars and traitors will not last long, and you can't go there no matter how much money you give. If you want to be a soldier, you should be a soldier of Ming Dynasty, and a soldier of Emperor Hongguang. Invincible, how majestic it is!"

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The crowd said everything, and they all felt that the excitement of the day after tomorrow had to be watched. Some wanted to see the killing of tartars, some wanted to see the beheading of traitors, and some wanted to see the former Daxi emperor, and now Daxi The demeanor of Wang Zhangxianzhong.

It was the day of execution.Early in the morning, the vegetable market in Ningyuan City was crowded with people.A large number of Ming troops maintained order here and set up execution grounds.

In fact, the setting of the execution ground is very simple, that is, a cordon is drawn, and the Ming army is watching here, and ordinary people watching the excitement and other irrelevant personnel are not allowed to cross this line.

It's not the same as beheading prisoners. It also needs to set up a stage, set up a prison beheading shed, and sometimes parade to show the public.None of this, keep it simple.

After the time passed, more than 1 captives from the Qing Dynasty were brought here in batches.

Until now, some people dare to believe that it is absolutely true that more than 1 Tartars and traitors will be killed here today.

In the midst of all the attention and the voices of the common people pointing and prodding, the first batch of 1000 Tatar captives, Wuhua Datiang, were escorted to the middle of the arena. At this time, their top-wearing Hualing Daqing military uniforms were all taken off, and their upper bodies were naked. The shoulders, only the long braid with the unique logo, and the half-bald head in front are their logos.

Every 500 people stand in a row along Caishi Street into two long rows, with a distance of five meters between the two rows. Let them kneel face to face, two Ming soldiers press one, and the Ming who is in charge of beheading The soldiers stood behind them.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, someone drove the pedestrians out of the way, and Zhang Xianzhong, who was fully armed, brought Li Guo, Gao Yigong and a bodyguard to appear in people's sight.

Immediately someone recognized it, the bearded one was the all-powerful Zhang Xianzhong, and then Li Guo and Gao Yigong were also recognized, these are also two well-known figures.They fought against the Ming army for many years, and then they fought against the Tartars. Now they have all surrendered to the imperial court and became high officials before Emperor Hongguang.

The crowd chatted and whispered, and turned their eyes from these Tartars to Zhang Xianzhong, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others.

At this time, it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and he lowered his big fist in the display, "Cut!"

Li Guo and Gao Yigong spoke for him, click, click, the light of the knife flickered, blood spattered, and heads rolled.

The heads of these heinous Tartars all fell to the ground, which made people happy.The timid ones closed their eyes, not daring to look any further. It was mainly women, and the children were covered by adults.

After the three batches of Tartars were cut down, the next 9000 traitors were divided into nine batches.After disposing of the corpse after chopping, the common people sighed and dispersed, telling themselves inwardly that the next eight generations were wronged as traitors!
(End of this chapter)