Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1145
In the fourth year of Ming rule, on September [-]th, Jiang Xiang rushed from Datong to Taiyuan in only four days.

The Qing army in Shanxi was unprepared, and the city of Taiyuan was destroyed. Only a few officials, such as Cai Yinggui, escaped from the southern city.

So far, the Shanxi governor, the chief envoy, the procuratorate, the three chiefs in charge of military affairs, civil affairs, and punishment, and the government officials, only one procurator Cai Yinggui fled to Fenzhou. The command system of the Qing court in Shanxi was almost taken over by Jiang Xiang. , into a state of leaderless dragons.

Taiyuan has been in the hands of the Qing army for ten years since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

Although the Qing court extorted violently and killed wantonly, it ended the long-term scuffle caused by Mingshun in the north and brought Taiyuan ten years of stability.

Taiyuan City, which has not experienced war for nearly ten years, is now in chaos and killing. Blood is flowing on the streets, and wailing is spreading in the city.

The cold autumn rain in the sky gave the officers and soldiers of Datong a good cover. Most of the defenders in the city hid in the barracks. Before they could react, the officers and soldiers of Datong had already entered the city.

In front of the governor's office, a group of bald, braided, and black horseshoe-sleeved officials of the Qing court were escorted to the street outside the governor's office, kneeling in the rain, their faces pale, Many people trembled and sobbed in the rain.

The rain wet their official robes and wet their faces, and they all lowered their heads and dared not look up.

The chief envoy Zhu Shichang next to him was dragged into the middle by soldiers wearing coir raincoats like a dead dog. An officer of a thousand households stood behind him, holding a seedling knife in both hands and raising it high, with his feet slightly spread, pointing at the back of Zhu Shichang's neck. After drawing a stroke, his face suddenly became serious, he raised the knife above his head, and then swung it down suddenly.

Kneeling officials of the Qing Dynasty heard the muffled sound of a war knife beheading their heads, and their bodies couldn't help shaking, and many people's urine came out in fright.

They saw Zhu Shichang's head rolling down on the street, and his headless body sprayed a half-foot-high blood mist from the broken neck, and then fell down. The blood mixed with the rain, and the street was immediately scarlet.

Chief envoy!A high-ranking official, a senior member of the second rank in the Qing Dynasty, kill as soon as he says!

Qianhu chopped off Zhu Shichang's head, and the soldiers immediately got out of the kneeling upright officials, and this person was like mud, crying with tears flowing down his face.

"Crack!" There was another crisp sound of beheading, and the head rolled into the rainwater. Blood flowed down the drains on both sides of the street, dyeing the whole street scarlet.

Qianhu's face was splattered with blood, holding a bloody saber, his whole body was like a demon, and he shouted sharply, "Next!"

The killing was not just in front of the yamen of the chief envoy, the governor's yamen, the inspector's yamen, and the prefect's yamen in Taiyuan were all performing the same scene.

Compared with it, the place where the Eight Banners were stationed was more bloody. The mournful wailing, the howling of women, the crying of old people and children were intertwined into a cruel movement.

Karma, bad luck.

The door of a family of bannermen was kicked open, and more than a dozen soldiers from Datong Town rushed into the courtyard, hacking the elderly, men, and children to death in the courtyard, and the woman was dragged into the house, howling for a while, but there was no sound.

In the entire city, all the officials and family members of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were killed. Except for the family members of more than 300 people under Wu Erniu who were stationed in the Eight Banners, all the rest were slaughtered.

Some Manchus and Banners escaped by bribing the Han people in the city with gold and silver and hiding in their homes.

After the soldiers of Datong Town entered the city, they killed the Qing army who came out of the barracks, and went to the city to slaughter the family members of the Eight Banners, including the officials of various yamen, and even killed many people in the city, and many shops were looted. .

Jiang Xiang hoped to have a complete Taiyuan. He saw that if he continued to kill, the soldiers might be red-eyed, and Taiyuan would be destroyed. He hurriedly sent an order to prohibit further killing, and the city gradually quieted down.

Datong Town is considered to be the only well-preserved town among the nine border armies of the Ming Dynasty. Rivers of blood flowed and corpses littered the field. If Jiang Xiang hadn't ordered it early, the people who stayed at home and dared not show their faces would also have been slaughtered.

When Jiang Xiang entered the city, the soldiers had actually done some cleaning up, but when Jiang Xiang walked to the front of the chief envoy's yamen, what caught his eyes was still bloodstains all over the ground and piles of corpses. The blood on the street almost covered his insteps, and he just took one step at a time to enter the yamen with thick blood, and then summoned all the generals to see him.

Not long after, the generals scattered in the city, wearing blood-stained armor, came to the Yamen one after another.

Jiang Xiang looked at the many generals with excited faces, and said in a deep voice, "Tell me about the gains!"

"Commander, we have developed!" Gao Ding was full of excitement, and stepped forward to report: "The military equipment and food in the city have been sealed up, and there is no specific number for now, but in the end, there will be one granary after another in the city, and there will be at least 70 million shi of grain. .”

When the generals who were only interested in killing people heard this, they cheered up one after another. There is so much food, enough for them to eat for a long time.

"Where are the silver and the captives?" Jiang Xiang hurriedly asked again.

To be the leader of the anti-Qing alliance in Shanxi, besides the natural strength, he also needs food and money to command the rebels below and let everyone obey his orders.

"The 2000 defenders in the city, the brothers confiscated them, killed half of them, captured more than 80 people, and hacked all the 100 banners to death." Gao Ding continued to reply with a smile, "There are only [-] taels in the warehouse, but If you copy it in the homes of those honest officials, you can get at least more than [-] million yuan!"

Jiang Xiang felt confident when she heard this, and she didn't expect to gain so much.

In order to fight against the Ming Dynasty, the Qing court raised grain and pay in Shanxi, which not only created an incident for him, but also laid the foundation of public opinion. The money and grain collected were also used to make a wedding dress for him. He couldn't help thinking, if Dorgon knew, I don't know if I will vomit blood and die in anger.

"Very good!" Jiang Xiang nodded, and then ordered: "At the moment, you first post the Anmin notice to restore the continuation of Taiyuan, and then copy it every family!"

Speaking here, Jiang Xiang paused for a moment, and then said to Gao Ding: "You let your deployment take a rest overnight, and after breakfast tomorrow morning, immediately lead 5000 troops south to catch Cai Yinggui, and copy Jiexiu Fan's house by the way. The Wang family of Lingshi, we can't let them catch their breath in Jinnan!"

According to the police, Cai Yinggui ran towards Fenzhou, which is the home of the eight imperial merchants Fan and Wang. They have strong financial resources. If they colluded with Cai Yinggui, the Qing army could accumulate a force in Fenzhou. Jiang Xiang would not allow this The situation arises.

"The general understands!" As soon as Gao Ding heard that he was going to copy Fan Wang's family, Gao Ding's eyes lit up and he clasped his fists excitedly.

(End of this chapter)