The first thousand one hundred and seventy-five chapters
For the gentry and people in Yongqiu City, this day brought about a huge change.
Since the rebels entered the city, their peaceful and stable days have gone forever. Whether it is aristocratic or common people, they have to worry about whether the rebels would break into the door, grab things or even rob people every day. Even if Yongqiu City changed its ownership and such a military force known as the righteous army entered the city, some people could not help but worry that these generals and soldiers, who were not the serious official army of the court, would act the same as the rebels. However, since the content of the notices posted throughout the city gradually spread around the city, the people in the city temporarily threw away this group and ran around to tell each other, and finally all gathered in front of the Yongqiu County Party.
Because there are more than a hundred rebel soldiers tied here to show everyone's body or are in a mess, some of which have scars and blood, but all the faces are cleaned. According to the notice posted before, as long as the rebels who have serious bad deeds such as murder and rape are identified by the people of Yongqiu, they will be killed without mercy once they are verified.
After the initial silence, a shorter and thin old man finally came out with a crutch, pointed to a monkey-faced person among the rebels, and said in a crying voice: "It's him, he and several others killed my son and raped my daughter. I pity my daughter was only fourteen years old. She committed suicide afterwards, you beasts."
As the old man Yushou sat down on the ground, howling and cried, the other people who were hesitant just now were suddenly indignant. Some hurriedly looked for their enemies among the rebels tied up and displayed, while some recognized the people early were pointing at the people and cursing. In the evening, after identification, they reported to the list in front of Princess Gu'an, with more than fifty people written in a dense manner, which actually accounted for half of all the surrendered rebels. Xue Song, who had been brought here, listened to the report, although he was trying to calm down on his face, his heart was already filled with cheers.
Princess Gu'an really wants to kill the surrendered army? She is not afraid of the remaining surrendered army mutiny, or that these rebels will not make any trouble, so she is not afraid of no one in the future when they fight again?
"After that, it was a group of traitors, who were so despicable and shameless. Take my cloak and I went to see the elders of Yongqiu in person." After giving the order, Princess Gu'an glanced at Xue Song again, and then said lightly, "Take him along with him and listen to what the people of Yongqiu say."
Xue Song's hands were tied tightly by cow tendons. At this moment, he heard that Princess Gu'an did not even let him go, and he felt deeply regretful of his previous choice to surrender for the first time. But his thigh was injured, he had never eaten anything, and was tired and hungry, so how could he compare to the two left and right old soldiers who were watching him firmly? So he was lifted out involuntarily. When facing thousands of people outside the Yongqiu County Party, his pupils shrank violently and were unconsciously unconsciously, and he was uneasy.
That feeling was like he was in front of An Lushan
The sun sets and the sky is already dark, but as Princess Gu'an comes out, the soldiers accompanying him tilt high torches, and then illuminates the front of the county hall again. The Princess Gu'an, surrounded by them, was wearing a fiery red cloak. Such a color is simply a target on the battlefield, but it looks particularly eye-catching on such a night, which gradually suppresses the noise in the crowd.
Until there was no more noise around, Princess Gu'an said: "The rebels who have been suing Yongqiu just now have all been summed up here. To be honest, after seeing this, I was so angry that I wanted to pull my sword and kill people myself. I really couldn't believe how could there be so many unscrupulous dogs in the world.
In the dusk of dusk, her voice, which was not very loud, seemed to have an extremely penetrating power: "Today, people have always advised me that killing and surrendering is an unkind and unjust act. But if anyone with a little conscience would not burn, kill, loot, and send orders to you. The fifty-four people on this list will be killed without any slightest."
An objection voice suddenly came from the side: "Lord, what if someone in the court accuses the killing and surrendering in a day..."
"What qualifications are there to accuse me of the imperial government that cannot protect the people under the rule? This is not a killing surrender, but just pacifying the hearts of the people. If the court blames the court, I will bear it alone. Princess Gu'an of the Tang Dynasty, although I am just a woman, I will never tolerate these bad apples continuing to harm the people."
Kill fifty-four people at once and they were surrendered prisoners
Although some soldiers couldn't help but hesitate, more volunteer soldiers did not hesitate much and stepped forward to push the people who had been identified before and kneeled down. The crowd onlookers were dead at first, but gradually some of the victims were yelling to thank the Lord for being fair, and knelt down with a crying voice. Such actions infected one person after another. In the end, none of the others stood up except for the hundreds of victims.
Facing this scene, Princess Gu'an felt mixed feelings. She didn't say anything else, and raised her hand and made a crisp and neat gesture. Soon, with a shrill cry, the first head fell to the ground, followed by the second and third... Although some soldiers who executed the executioners had never cut their heads before, after one knife, the prisoner screamed again and again but was not dead. However, if the second and third swords were added, or if the people next to her came to help, they could always make up for the small mistakes. After all the more than 50 rebels with bad records were sentenced, the people kneeling on the ground suddenly burst into a long-depressed cheer.
I don't know who started it. Long live the Lord's cry resounded through the sky, and Xue Song, who was escorted there under the fire, felt his face pale. He was not afraid of killing people. He killed more than fifty people on the battlefield. What he was afraid of was Princess Gu'an, who was absolutely not like a woman, and he thought that Li You outside the city was almost wiped out. After the volunteers entered the city, the rebels in the city were almost wiped out. The more than a hundred people who surrendered in the end could at least be safe, so he left a team that could make a comeback. But he didn't expect Princess Gu'an to be so ruthless.
"This is Xue Song, the chief rebel general who guards Yongqiu City. He told me before that he is Xue Rengui's grandson, Xue Chuyu's son, and Zhongliang's descendants. Now, please tell me that after guarding Yongqiu City, he has the bad record of bullying men and women, burning, killing and looting? If so, my three-foot Qingfeng is also not ruthless."
Princess Gu'an looked at Xue Song. Seeing that his face was paler than before, she couldn't help but sneer in her heart. Sure enough, Xue Song was sent to Kaifeng City temporarily. Few people in Yongqiu City knew his background and were intimidated by the names of the Xue family father and son. Besides being the main general, Xue Song himself did not have any serious crimes such as murder and rape. Except for a few old scholars who scolded him for embarrassing the Xue family, there was nothing else. But even so, Xue Song's face turned from white to purple in a moment, and he wanted to find a crack in the ground to drill down.
Knowing that this scene today had enough stimulation to Xue Song, Princess Gu'an waved her hand and said lightly: "Since Xue Song has no bad deeds, I will spare him for the time being. I cleaned up Yu Jing in front of the county party committee and dragged all the bodies out and buried. Although they were rebels, they were originally Tang people, so they were not needed to beheaded. Only these heads that had just landed are my warnings. If the volunteers violated military orders and harassed the people, they would be dealt with by military law and would never be spared."
As the soldiers of the Volunteer Army gradually began to clear the scene, and at the same time promised to gradually start to send back the seized property and to ease the food to comfort the people, while the people dispersed, the original little confidence suddenly turned into deep respect and trust. No one cared about the Princess Gu'an, but the surname Xin, no one cared about her just a county lord's illegitimate daughter, and no royal bloodline. This princess's name was only exchanged for marrying two generations of Xi Wang. What people care about was her stimulating words, her courageous determination to seize Yongqiu, and her decisive and fierce means of killing at this moment
Maybe the Tang Dynasty...is still helpful
Back in the county party, sitting down in the study that was once occupied by Xue Song, Princess Gu'an waved her hand and refused to feed now, and ordered Xue Song to be taken in. When the dejected rebel general was pushed into the room, she said word by word: "I am the Princess of the Tang Dynasty. You are just a rebel general who lost a lot. Are your knees so hard?"
The last time Xue Song saw Princess Gu'an here, he stood up and didn't kneel. But just saw more than fifty heads falling to the ground, Princess Gu'an asked this coldly again. He felt a little thrilled. Even if he was unwilling to accept it, he could only kneel down slowly.
Seeing that although he was not tied up, his hands were still tied tightly. Princess Gu'an held the handrail with one hand and glanced at Xue Song for a long time, but did not speak. After a while, when she was about to speak, a personal soldier from outside suddenly rushed in.
"Your Lord, General Hu and the others are back"
"How many people have come back? How do they look like? Hurry up, bring people to see me... No, I'll go to greet them in person."
Princess Gu'an said these words like a cannon, but she never cared about Xue Song. She rushed out of the door in a hurry. The two old soldiers who escorted Xue Song over looked at each other and chased them out. Faced with such a scene that no one cared about, Xue Song, who had suffered countless blows in recent days, felt regret and hatred in his heart. For the first time, she had the idea of not being able to die in battle. Princess Gu'an was not there. He didn't want to continue to maintain such a kneeling posture. He moved his body slightly and sat cross-legged on the ground.
He was hungry and didn't know how long he had been waiting, but a noise came from the outside. He raised his ears and listened carefully, feeling that it seemed as if many people were laughing and laughing. When he turned to look, he saw that the door behind him was pushed open. The first person who entered the door was not Princess Gu'an, but a veteran with a deep blood mark on his face and blood everywhere. When the veteran stepped over the threshold, he just looked at him in surprise, and then said to the people behind him awkwardly: "Master, I can't bear such courtesy."
"You can certainly afford to have almost all the two thousand reinforcements from Tian Chengsi."
Chapter completed!