Chapter 696 Destruction (Part 2)(1/2)
After Gao Jie surrendered, he was originally under He Renlong. Zhu Cihong sent Li Shouting to help Sun Chuanting establish the Qin army, and Gao Jie was separated.
Therefore, when Gao Jie came to join forces, He Renlong did not refuse, and readily agreed, and sent Gao Jie a fire rifle soldier from Qian, which instantly gave Gao Jie confidence.
After merging Wu Sangui's Guanning Army and Jinzhou Army, Zu Kuan had nearly 10,000 soldiers. Although they still mainly used cold weapons, they could act alone.
Since this special military operation was a two-pronged policy, in addition to killing everyone, they also wanted to rob them all. The small number of people made it difficult to move, so Gao Jie was not the only one who was working together to do business.
Jin Guofeng and Mao Yuanyi brought 3,000 people. Mao Yuanyi was one of the main generals of the National Defense Army. He did not continue to team up with Jin Guofeng. In the end, the Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan troops joined Jin Guofeng's command.
There are more than 3,000 people under the command of Yang Guozhu of Xuanfu. They followed Zhu Cihong earlier and basically all use muskets. Other armies are still forming teams, and the Xuanfu army has begun to send troops.
In Chongwu Hall, Zhu Cihong began to discuss with Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and other officials about the future establishment and management of Liaodong, but found that several commanders of the National Guard Army had not left.
Zhu Cixiang was stunned for a moment:
"He Renlong, Gao Jie, Zu Kuan, Yang Guozhu, Jin Guofeng and other deputy generals have personally led the raids. Why are you still here?"
To be honest, Zhu Cixi wanted the National Protector Army to grab something. By then, other armies would be making a lot of money. However, as the biggest contributors to the recovery of Liaodong, the National Protector Army soldiers could not even drink soup. This was not
fair.
In addition, what happened today will happen again in the future. Zhu Cihong will never be merciful when dealing with some countries and races, such as island countries and those countries that have plundered China.
Of course, they would not be merciful towards the Jian slaves. In history, after the Jian slaves entered the customs, they carried out countless massacres against Ming people, and many cities were massacred.
Upon hearing the Holy Sage's inquiry, Sun Yingyuan, Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji, Cao Bianjiao, and Lu Xiangkun hurriedly raised their hands and said:
"Your Majesty, the commanders of each battalion will lead their men to dispatch. The five ministers and others have also discussed that this operation will only kill people and not loot any property, so as not to violate the Seven Kill Order of the National Protector Army..."
Zhu Cixi shook his head and said:
"False, since the National Defense Army was formed, I have been strictly controlling them. Today, Liaodong has been liberated. I let them relax for three days. The furs and ginseng of Jiannu are good. You don't need to restrain them. I believe that after three days, the soldiers will
Immediately return to the original state..."
"His Majesty……"
The five people were shocked when they heard this. They never thought that Emperor Shenwu would indulge the National Protector Army. He was indeed a little killer...
"According to the order!"
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Various ministries of the Ming Army were dispatched one after another to launch clear operations against the slaves in Shengjing City. As the Ming Army's carnival began, Shengjing City immediately began to fly and screams were heard everywhere...
Shengjing was occupied by the Manchus for more than ten years. The people living in the city were either Eight Banners nobles or Manchus or Manchurian Han people. There were very few serious Han people at this time, and the Ming army had no worries when killing people...
Although Adari was not a slave-building noble, his family had three sons and grandsons who joined the Eight Banners Army of the slave-building army. They performed meritorious service with Huang Taiji in the early stage. After returning to Shengjing, they were allotted a dozen Han slaves and more than 300 acres of land.
This time, three of the family's children and grandchildren once again followed Huang Taiji to fight in Jinzhou. At the same time, five young and strong men of appropriate age joined the army, but none of the children and grandchildren came back until the city of Shengjing was destroyed.
At this time, Adari had realized that it was very likely that all eight of his family's descendants would die on the Songjin battlefield.
After the Ming army broke through the city, Adali gathered all the men in the family and Bao Yi, and the number reached more than fifty. He prepared to sneak attack the Ming army to avenge his children and grandchildren.
Gao Jie was attacked by a sneak attack last night, and more than a dozen members of the Adari tribe were involved. In the end, only one person was killed and escaped.
Worried that the matter would be exposed, they kept the door tightly closed after they escaped, and strictly prohibited members of the tribe from going out to avoid being accidentally killed.
"Kill, kill all the slaves..."
"Help..."
Suddenly, the Ming army's shouts of killing and the screams of Jiannu were heard outside. Then there was a loud bang, the wooden door of the house was kicked open from the outside, and a group of fully armed Ming soldiers rushed in quickly.
"What do you want to do?"
Seeing the Ming army intruding, the two Bao Yi hurriedly stepped forward to ask, but were killed by several Ming soldiers in front of them with knives. One of the Bao Yi's heads was cut off.
"Kill, leave no one alive..."
After the leader, General Qian of the Ming Army, came in, he immediately raised his sword and loudly issued orders. This person was Li Guo, the General Manager of Tianxiong Army Baoying.
After Li Guo was captured, he continued to fight with Tianxiong's army. During this period, he almost lost count of how many Jiannu he had killed in Jiannu's rear.
Compared with the authentic soldiers of the National Defense Army, as a former big bandit, Li Guo killed ordinary slaves and Baoyi without any hesitation or psychological fluctuations.
In fact, the Guan Ning Army, the Bian Zhen Ming Army, and generals like Li Guo are more suitable for massacre of the city, because they have all done this kind of thing.
The Protectorate Army was somewhat reluctant to do so, especially when it came to robbing property. Almost all the officers and soldiers of the Protectorate Army were a little timid, after all, they had never done it before.
Adali believed that the Ming Dynasty convinced people with virtue and would never care about barbarian civilians like them. As long as they did not go out, their lives would not be in danger.
Unexpectedly, after the Ming army entered, they slashed at their family members without saying a word.
"Run quickly..."
"boom……"
Adari yelled and ran away. Just as he reached the gate, a gunshot rang out and a lead bullet penetrated the back of his heart.
Adari fell to the ground suddenly after being shot. His upper body was outside the gate and one of his legs was still inside the gate.
He turned around with difficulty and looked around, only to find that Ming troops were everywhere outside, killing people. He saw with his own eyes that several of his acquaintances' neighbors had their heads disfigured...
A large number of Ming troops poured into a large courtyard in an instant. The fleeing slaves in the courtyard had nowhere to hide. No matter where they ran, they could see Ming troops carrying weapons...
In about a stick of incense, nearly a hundred members of Adali's family were killed, and Li Guo began to order his soldiers to loot the property in the courtyard.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gold, silver, jewelry, mink fur and ginseng, grain and cloth, etc., all the things of slight value were loaded into the truck. Before leaving, they took the slaves to their bodies.
Take off all valuable jewelry.
After completing the looting, they piled the corpses of the slaves outside the gate so that they could be easily shipped later. Then they went to the next house to continue looting...
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If an army did this, the slaves might unite to fight, but with an army of more than 200,000 people killing people and ransacking homes everywhere in Shengjing, the slaves could not protect themselves, so how could they care about others.
During the Ming army's operations, no major resistance was encountered. The resistance of each family had no effect at all. It would only lead to worse deaths...
This situation repeated itself every day until the evening of the third day. Most of the men who were slaves in Shengjing were eliminated, leaving mostly women.
Of course, it is impossible to kill all the slaves and leave no one alive. This situation is simply impossible. In the huge Shengjing, some slaves will always be missed.
In the future, these people will be voluntary workers and road construction workers in Daming Farm, as well as some slightly pretty women. They will reward meritorious soldiers who have not yet started a family.
After dinner, the Ming army began to take action again. They used almost all the carriages and oxcarts in the city to transport the corpses of the slaves in the city out of the city overnight to mine and bury them.
The task of transporting the corpses of the Jian slaves out of the city and digging deep pits for burial was not an easy one. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of them. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had more soldiers and it was finally done in one night.
For three days, Zhu Cixiang was not idle. He had been discussing the future garrison and management of Liaodong with civilian officials.
Shengjing was officially restored to Shenyang, but governing Liaodong was not a simple matter.
The land in Liaodong is fertile, but the current population is the biggest problem that Zhu Cixiang needs to solve.
Even if Zhu Cixi immigrated from the mainland, he would not leave too many slaves, otherwise they would become demons again over time.
One thing needs to be made clear. Zhu Cixiang basically killed Jiannu slaves, that is, Jianzhou Jurchens, some ethnic minorities in the Far East, Haixi Jurchens and other people who did not participate in the war. As long as they did not resist, Zhu Cixiang would not kill innocent people indiscriminately.
In the thirty-third year of Wanli, after the Ming Dynasty withdrew from the Six Forts of Kuandian, Nurhaci ordered people to plant crops in this vast area that stretched for 800 miles.
These people are the Han people who defected to Jianzhou. After the Han people cultivated grass and opened up wasteland, the cultivated land near Hetuala reached a situation where "no field is uncultivated, and even the mountains are mostly cultivated."
When the field soil is harvested, "if the field is high quality, a bushel of millet planted can yield eighty-nine shi, while if it is barren, only one shi can be harvested."
According to records in "Manwen Old Documents", in the 41st year of Wanli, "grain storage became abundant and grain depots were built", which shows that the Jurchens in Jianzhou were able to save the surplus grain at that time to deal with disaster years.
In addition, in addition to agricultural crops, economic crops have also been greatly developed. Nurhachi also issued a special notice to start raising silkworms, sowing cotton, etc.
These measures contributed to the increase in Jianzhou's agricultural economy and gave Nurhachi the confidence to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Severe drought and reduced grain production were related to the southward shift of the precipitation line. It was called by many people the biggest disaster in the north of the Ming Dynasty and "the most serious six years of the Little Ice Age."
Nurhaci made a choice:
Completely abandoning the previous policy of recruiting Han people, unswervingly defending the interests of the Jurchen nobles, requiring Han households to provide food and accommodation for the Jurchens, and the entire Han family became slaves of the Jurchens.
This measure naturally aroused resistance from the Han people.
Beginning in the second year of Tianqi, Nurhachi began to systematically eliminate the Han population, old and young.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Tianqi, Nurhachi began to issue orders to classify the Han people into those with or without valleys.
The decree stipulates that those who have six to seven gold dou of grain (one gold dou is one dou of eight liters) of grain are "people with grain."
Those who have less than six to seven gold dou, but still have livestock, "enough to survive" are also included in the number of "people with grain"; if they are not enough to survive, they are included in the number of "people without grain".
Nurhaci ordered the "grainless people" to be brought in one after another, and ordered to massacre all the "grainless people" brought there. Before his death, he even massacred some wealthy households.
This targeted policy and behavior of reducing population gave Nurhachi the title of butcher.
In the first year of Tianqi's reign, the Liao people "the public sent envoys to guard the city, but even though they cried to express their feelings, they did not move."
However, in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Liao people "all rushed to kill the thieves first to avenge their grandfather's anger."
It's not because the Liao people are fickle, but because before the first year of Tianqi, the Ming government treated the Liao people as fish and meat, and Nurhaci treated the Liao people as livestock.
Nurhaci also knew that animals had to eat grass, and officials in the Ming Dynasty only drank blood and ate meat.
After the first year of Tianqi, Nurhaci treated the Liao people as fish meat, drank their blood and ate their flesh.
However, the treatment of the Liao people in the Ming Dynasty gradually returned to that of livestock with fodder to eat with the development of farming in western Liaoning.
To be continued...