scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 351 I Can't Help My Child

"Go away! Go away! One more step closer, I will kill this full dog with one knife!"

Roaring with red eyes, Hong Xiguan placed it on Mingzhu's neck, and carefully passed through the encirclement of Mingzhu's servants. Ding's servants in Mingfu were afraid that Hong Xiguan would hurt Mingzhu, so they didn't dare to stop him, so they could only yell. He threatened and reprimanded Hong Xiguan, forcing Hong Xiguan to let him go. While being threatened by Hong Xiguan, he slowly backed down, and watched Hong Xiguan hold Mingzhu out of the siege, and then followed him.

At this time, the street outside the gate of the Ming Mansion was already brightly lit and crowded with people. Yamen servants, officials and patrolling soldiers who heard the explosion rushed in groups with torches; Uncle Tong Guowei heard the explosion, learned the lesson of Yang Qilong's rebellion, and quickly made arrangements. While arranging heavy troops to strengthen the defense of the Nine Gates, he personally led hundreds of elite soldiers to check the situation; The Miqing Qianfeng Battalion and Shanpu Battalion within the area also quickly dispatched emergency teams to Longhua Temple, fearing that the nighttime explosion would be a prelude to the Yang Qilong Rebellion.

"Boom! Boom!" Two more explosions sounded outside the gate of the Ming Mansion, blocking the gates in front of the government servants and spectators, flying blood and blood, crying ghosts and howling wolves, scrambling for the first place. He rushed out of the gate of the Ming Mansion two steps at a time, and when the members of the Ming Mansion rushed out of the gate, two men in black jumped off the roof of the Ming Mansion Gate, and swung their knives to cut off the servants of the Ming Mansion to protect Hong Xiguan and Mingzhu. He yelled: "Go back, or your master will be cut off!"

"Why the two of you?" Hong Xiguan asked in a low voice to the two companions who belonged to the Tiandihui: "Where's Yuan Jinwei? Why didn't you see him?"

"I don't know, we haven't seen him since he threw a grenade to call the police just now." A member of the Heaven and Earth Congregation replied in a low voice.Another Tiandihui congregation contemptuously said: "It must be because of the bad situation and ran away. His brother-in-law is Xiao Erlang, the captain of the general's personal army. He has nepotism and has a bright future. Of course, he cherishes his life more than us."

"It's fine for him to run away, but his skills are not good enough. If he stays, he will cause us trouble." Hong Xiguan didn't think about other things. Instead, he was a little thankful that Yuan Jinwei, who was the least skilled among the four of us, escaped early. Did not stay to pull back.At that moment, Officer Hong Xi pulled Mingzhu again, and shouted to his two companions in a low voice: "Go to Deshengmen, take this Mangou as a hostage, and force the Mangou of Deshengmen to open the door."

The two Tiandihui congregations agreed to quickly protect Hong Xiguan, and while taking Mingzhu as a hostage to open the way, they retreated to the nearest Deshengmen.But before going very far, Hong Xiguan and others realized that they were thinking too beautifully. The Qing army, government servants and official servants affiliated to various yamen came here in an endless stream, and the people near Longhua Temple The streets and alleys of the city were completely blocked, and Hong Xiguan, Mingzhu and others were surrounded heavily. No matter how Hong Xiguan and others threatened Mingzhu's life, they refused to give way. They just blocked the road with knives, guns, bows and arrows. Arrows were fired at random, shooting Hong Xiguan, the three officials and Mingzhu into briquettes.

"Tell the dogs to make way!" Hong Xiguan kicked Mingzhu and shouted, "Tell them to make way, or I will cut off one of your ears right away!"

"Hong Zhuangshi, it's useless even if you cut off my two ears." Mingzhu replied with a wry smile, "They are either the infantry commanding the yamen or the vanguard battalion. They don't obey my command at all, and I have no right to order them to make way. .”

"Fuck!" Officer Hong Xi cursed, then pushed Mingzhu forward, and yelled at the soldiers blocking the way: "Let me take care of everything, this is your full-fledged Minister of War, Mingzhu Mingzhongtang, I don't want him If I die, I will immediately give way to Lao Tzu! Now I count to three, if I don’t give way, I will cut off one of his ears! One!"

"Rebels! It's useless even if you count to three hundred!" A Qing official stood up, hid behind his shield, pointed at Hong Xi, and cursed righteously: "Ming Zhongtang is loyal to my Qing, I have long been prepared to sacrifice my life for the country at any time, and it is useless for you to hold him as a hostage! If you are smart, let Ming Zhongtang kneel and surrender immediately, otherwise, our soldiers of the Qing Dynasty will kill you immediately. Dog's life!"

"This guy, why do you seem to be so eager for me to cut off your ears?" Official Hong Xi hesitated, and couldn't help asking Mingzhu in a low voice.

"Because he is my deadly enemy, Suo'etusuo Zhongtang." Mingzhu replied helplessly.

"Fuck!" Hong Xiguan cursed again.But Suo'etu yelled over there again, "Ming Zhongtang, I have wronged you. You are willing to sacrifice your precious life for the harmony and stability of the capital of the Qing Dynasty, and for the people of the Eight Banners to live and work in peace and contentment. I admire you so much! Please! Don't worry, Suo Mou will naturally play Ming Shengshang and give you permission to bury you in a grand manner—give it to me!"

"Who dares to go up?!" Hong Xiguan yelled again. He tore off his coat, revealing the slender sandbag tied around his waist. If you dare to shoot an arrow, I will pull the fuse, and everyone will die together!"

"Dare to come here, we will die together!" The other two members of the Tiandihui also tore off their coats, revealing the explosive packs tied around their waists and chests.

"Three good explosives!" Suoetusuo Zhongtang screamed, and quickly ran back. The soldiers of the Qing army who were gradually approaching around were also scrambling to retreat. Seeing the rare opportunity, Hong Xiguan and others quickly set up the pearl and went Forward, "Go away! Go away! Otherwise, I will pull the fuse!"

"Let the arrows! Let the arrows!" Fleeing to a safe place, Suo'etu pulled the sleeve of Tong Guowei, the admiral of the Nine Gates, and urged him, "Master Tong, quickly order the arrows to be released. Only by releasing the arrows can the rebels be stopped!"

"If you shoot an arrow, Ming Zhongtang will..." Tong Guowei hesitated.

"Then you can't just watch these rebels escape from the capital, can you?" Suo'etu said angrily, "If these rebels are allowed to rob Ming Zhongtang out of Beijing, what face will our Qing court have? "

"This...." Tong Guowei hesitated again, but had no choice but to say: "Ming Zhongtang is an important minister of the court. Whether to shoot arrows or not, you have to ask for an order first. How about this? I will send people to ask for an order while continuing to surround the rebels and wait for the order Let's talk when we get there."

Hence, thousands of soldiers of the Qing army could only surround Hong Xiguan and the others while watching Hong Xiguan and the others hold them hostage and move to Deshengmen. It caused chaos in the world, and it was a good thing, this area is within the city of Mite. No matter how much disturbance Hong Xiguan and others made, it did not affect the innocent Han people in the Outer Nine Cities like Yang Qilong's chaos. common people.

"The Emperor is here!"

Seeing Hong Xiguan and others holding Mingzhu to Deshengmen Street, the eunuch's male duck's voice suddenly sounded from behind Tong Guowei's team. Immediately afterwards, Kang Mazi rode a royal horse and led a large group of imperial guards. Rushing to the front, Tong Guowei, Suo'etu and others dared not neglect them, and hurried forward to greet them. Tong Guowei quickly reminded: "Master, don't get too close. The rebels are all tied with explosives. Once they are ignited, they will burn within a radius of ten feet." I'm afraid they will all turn into powder!"

"Dynamite?" Kang Mazi, who often saw this word in military intelligence newspapers, was also taken aback, and quickly reined in Yuma.Suo'etu took the opportunity to say: "Master, this is already Deshengmen Street, and it is not far to go, but it is Deshengmen. If the rebels hijack Mingzhongtang out of the capital, then my Qing court will Sweep face off."

"Then what can you do?" Kang Mazi blurted out - about the Fatty Army's envoy from the Mingzhu Secret Society and being held hostage by the Fatty's army's secret envoy, Kang Mazi had already received a secret report from the Thirteen Yamen, so Kang Mazi didn't need to ask other reasons .

"The only way is to shoot arrows and shoot all the thieves to death, but in this way, Ming Zhongtang..." Tong Guowei replied hesitantly.

"Apart from shooting arrows, is there no other way to rescue Ming Aiqing?" Kang Mazi asked, seeing Tong Guowei and the others shake their heads dejectedly, Kang Mazi closed his numb eyes, and quickly opened them again, ordering: "Protect me well!" , I’m going to go over and personally persuade you to surrender, and let the rebels release Ming Aiqing.”

"Master, it's dangerous!" Tong Guowei, Suo'etu and others screamed, but Kang Mazi didn't listen. He just got off his horse and strode forward. Suo'etu, Tong Guogang and others had no choice but to lead them personally To protect Kang Mazi, the guards brought by Kang Mazi also quickly found shields, covering Kang Mazi's whole body tightly.

Don't look at Kang Mazi's righteous and fearless face, but in fact, he stopped when he was more than ten feet away from Hong Xiguan and others, and then he brought a group of guards and officials to protect himself with his body and shields Finally, Kang Mazi raised his voice and shouted: "The rebels in front stop! Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty is here!"

"The emperor of the dog?!" Hong Xiguan and others who hated Kang Mazi so much hated him so much that they stopped in surprise and turned around.When Mingzhu turned her head and saw Kang Mazi, she was also taken aback, and blurted out in tears, "Master, why are you here? It's dangerous! Master, please go away, the traitor is strapped with explosives!"

"It's really Emperor Mangou?!" A Tiandihui congregation was so surprised that they couldn't believe their ears, they almost subconsciously rushed towards Kang Mazi with a sword, and shouted: "Emperor Mangou, take your life!"

"Fire the arrows!" Amidst the hoarse roar, the soldiers of the Qing army who had been waiting for a long time drew their bows and set up their arrows and fired their arrows at random. They immediately shot the impulsive Tiandi congregation into hedgehogs, and also frightened Hong Xiguan and the other Tiandi congregation. He had to yell, and quickly pushed Mingzhu to the front to block the arrows.

"Okay!" It wasn't until the congregation was covered with arrowheads and fell motionless in a pool of blood that Kang Mazi waved his hand to stop, and shouted at Hong Xiguan and others: "The traitor Hong Xiguan, listen to me!" Yes, I promise you now, as long as you let go of Qing Aiqing and abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I will forgive all your crimes, and you will be rewarded heavily!"

"Bah!" This was Hong Xiguan's only answer, and at the same time, Hong Xiguan secretly wondered, how could Emperor Mangou know his name?

"Emperor Mangou, listen to me!" Another Tiandihui congregation yelled: "If you want Mingzhu Mangou's life, tell your running dogs to get out of the way, open the Desheng Gate and let us out of the city! Otherwise! If that's the case, even if the old men can't take you to die together, they will also take Mingzhu Mangou to die together!"

"Bold! Dare to speak wild words in front of my lord long live!" Countless Qing officials and soldiers roared.

"What's wrong with the ravings of the old men?" Officer Hong Xi yelled while carefully looking for an opportunity to assassinate Kang Mazi: "When our General Lu Yifeng and Lord Yanping join forces to enter the capital, we still want you, the full-blooded emperor, to kill you!" Cut into pieces, cut into pieces!"

"Master, you don't need to worry about the slave!" Mingzhu cried helplessly, "The slave is incompetent. I planned to make false claims with the envoy of the rebels, and spy on some military intelligence of Lu Yifeng's rebels for the master, but was accidentally captured by the rebels. The slave should be punished." Ten thousand deaths! Please order the master to release the arrow, the slave is willing to die with the traitor!"

It is of course a lie to say that Zhu is not afraid of death, but it is impossible for Mingzhu not to say that now. Kang Mazi has arrived at the scene in person, and Hong Xiguan and others used Mingzhu as a hostage to force Kang Mazi to let him go. Even if Kang Mazi agreed, Hong Xi The officials and others kept their promises and released Mingzhu after leaving the city, so Mingzhu became a typical example of a thief who made things difficult for the master.The only way is to hurry up and yell out the words of being loyal to the country and devoting oneself to death, so that if you really die, you will not implicate your children and grandchildren.

"Arrange people to ambush outside Desheng Gate immediately, and we must capture these two rebels alive." Kang Mazi first gave Tong Guowei a low-pitched order, and then raised his voice and shouted: "Hong Xi's official rebel, you won! Caritas Qing is my pillar of the Qing Dynasty, and I am also a citizen of the Qing Dynasty. Although Lu Yifeng's dog thief asked you to hold him as a hostage, although the means are despicable, but for the love of Qing, I can promise you to let me go, but you must also promise to me , after leaving the city, I must release my Qing Mingai immediately!"

"Okay, I promise you!" Hong Xiguan replied happily.Mingzhu next to her was dumbfounded, and said to herself, master, you are too cruel, right?If you talk to this extent, if the servant does not die, he will be drowned by the saliva of all the officials in the future!
In desperation, Mingzhu had no choice but to cry: "Master, don't worry about me, slaves can't live for themselves and let the master be ridiculed by the world! Shoot arrows, shoot arrows at me, and I will die with the rebels! Master, slave I beg you--!"

"Shut up!" Hong Xiguan kicked Ming Zhu's leg, but this kick not only failed to make Ming Zhu shut up, but woke Ming Zhu up, reminding Ming Zhu of an important event. Immediately, Ming Zhu shouted again: "Master, you must not retreat from the Jiangnan battlefield! Lu Yifeng's dog thief sent these rebels to buy the slaves, just to let the slaves persuade the master to withdraw from the Jiangnan..."

"You son of a bitch, shut up for me!" Hong Xiguan was frightened out of his wits, and quickly covered Mingzhu's mouth.

"Lu Yifeng's dog thief sent someone to buy Mingzhu." Kang Mazi was taken aback, and thought to himself, "Is it because Mingzhu, a dog slave, persuaded me to retreat? Why?"

"Lu Yifeng's dog thief wants us to retreat from the Qing Dynasty?" Zhou Peigong and Tuhai next to each other also looked at each other in blank dismay. They couldn't understand why Fatty Lu wanted the Qing Dynasty to retreat now. At the same time, Tuhai and Zhou Peigong gradually had an idea in their minds "Could it be that we have unintentionally helped Lu Yifeng's dog thief? That dog thief has never traded at a loss!"

"Let's go!" Hong Xiguan was afraid that Mingzhu's words would make things wrong, so he quickly set up Mingzhu and left, "Emperor Mangou, call your dog... ah! Fuck your mother, Mangou, it's really a dog!"

"Master, you must not be fooled!" Mingzhu spat out the flesh and blood bitten from Hong Xiguan's hand, and shouted with all her strength: "Lu Yifeng's thief has already bought traitors, and he is going to persuade you to withdraw from Jiangnan and buy him time. !Master, don't be fooled...ah!"

"One more wordy word, I will kill you now!" Hong Xiguan also panicked, for fear that he would be self-defeating and miss Fatty Lu's important event, which would cause the Fatty Army to be unable to save the Taiwan Army, and even make the Fatty Army and the Taiwan Army conclude. The secret covenant to jointly attack Geng Jingzhong fell through!

In anger, Hong Xiguan simply cut off Mingzhu's ear with a single knife. As the blood spattered, Hong Xiguan shouted with bloodshot eyes: "You son of a bitch! If you talk nonsense again, I will cut your nose with one knife!"

"Master, this is a letter from Lu Yifeng's dog thief to buy a servant!" For the sake of his wife and children and his cousin who is a concubine in the palace, Mingzhu also went all out, and threw out the letter that had been hidden in her hand and secretly clenched into a ball. , and threw it more than a foot away, Hong Xiguan didn't expect Mingzhu to be so stubborn that he couldn't stop him, so he quickly turned the handle of the knife and knocked Mingzhu unconscious, and then shouted: "Hurry up and take the letter back!"

"Fire arrows!"

The last Tiandihui congregation flew forward, and when they grabbed the letter, Tong Guowei, the admiral of the Nine Gates who was protecting Kang Mazi, subconsciously yelled out.With an order, the archers of the Qing army fired arrows again, not only killing the congregation of that day, but also shooting many arrows at Hong Xiguan and Mingzhu. Mingzhu was also shot by several arrows and woke up in pain.

"Master, get the traitor!" Under the pain and bleeding all over her face, Mingzhu didn't know where a burst of courage came from, she hugged Hong Xiguan with her chest, and shouted: "Quick, get the thief! Get the thief!" thief!"

"Take the thief!" Countless soldiers of the Qing army rushed up, engulfing Hong Xiguan and Mingzhu like a tide in an instant.Seeing this scene, Hong Xiguan, who knew he couldn't escape, gritted his teeth and slammed the explosive bag on his waist—that is, the explosive bag specially designed by Fatty Lu to punish Han Daren. When the wire sizzled, Hong Xi Guan raised his head to the sky and roared, "Han people, kill all dogs—!"

"Boom--!"

Amid the deafening explosions, Hong Xiguan and Mingzhu were smashed to pieces at the same time, and the soldiers of the Qing army around them were also flying with flesh and blood, and died countless times. Large pieces of flesh and blood flew up, flying ten or twenty feet away, and one of them happened to land on Kang Mazi's face On, Kang Mazi's ugly pockmarked face was dyed red.But Kang Mazi didn't seem to notice it, and he was stunned for a long time before Kang Mazi murmured, "What a stubborn traitor!"

"I remembered!" Tu Hai suddenly yelled, "This Hong Xi official rebel is the same rebel who captured Prince Kang alive for Lu Yifeng's thief! No wonder it sounds so familiar...!"

It was too late when Zhou Peigong wanted to pull Tuhai, and Kang Mazi quickly turned his head and shouted at Tuhai: "You remember correctly, this rebel is the one who captured Jieshu alive back then?"

"Slave, I remember correctly." Tu Hai answered bravely: "Kang Wangye once mentioned this name, and Kang Wangye also said that this rebel was very fierce, and he punched and kicked Kang Wang many times... …”

"An important person like Lu Yifeng's dog thief must have a big conspiracy!" Kang Mazi waved his hand and shouted: "Look for it right away, and find the letter that Lu Yifeng's dog thief wrote to Ming Aiqing!"

Fortunately, before Hong Xiguan blew the explosives and died with the enemy, Fatty Lu's letter had already been caught by Hong Xiguan's companions, and it was not blown away by the shock wave generated by the explosion, so the Qing soldiers didn't take long to find it. He took the blood-soaked letter from Fatty Lu and presented it to Kang Mazi.At the same time, the four followers who accompanied Mingzhu to meet Hong Xiguan had also been escorted in front of Kang Mazi, and told Kang Mazi about the conversation between Mingzhu and Hong Xiguan.

After listening to Mingzhu's personal statement, and reading Fatty Lu's blood-stained letter, not to mention Kang Mazi, even Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong, who were resourceful and knew Fatty Lu very well, were also confused, and they thought together: "Could it be that we are inadvertently helping Lu Yifeng's dog thief by persuading the master to change the strategy of the all-out attack? Lu Yifeng's dog thief actually wants the master to stop attacking and retreat to the north than we do now?"

"Get up and go back to the palace, to see the old ancestor!" After thinking for a long time, Kang Mazi stood up, ordered to drive back to the palace, and took the letter written by Fatty Lu to see the old witch of Xiaozhuang.

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There was such a commotion in the capital again, of course the old hag of Xiaozhuang got up from the bed and waited for the news in the Palace of Compassion, and when Kang Mazi, whose face was covered with blood, rushed into the Palace of Compassion, and threw When Fatty Lu's handwritten letter was presented in front of the old hag of Xiaozhuang, the old hag of Xiaozhuang couldn't help being puzzled, and said in her heart: "Could it be that the Ai family was wrong this time? Opposing the emperor to continue to attack Jiangnan is actually helping the emperor." Is Lu Yifeng a bitch doing you a favor?"

"Grandmother, don't talk too much about grandson." Kang Mazi observed his words and said to the old witch of Xiaozhuang in a deep voice: "Mingzhu has already proved with blood that he did not tell lies, and Lu Yifeng's bastard actually wants to end it temporarily more than we do. In the war in the south of the Yangtze River, half a hundred miles is half of the time, we have already traveled ninety miles, and have almost cornered Lu Yifeng's dog thief, if we give up here and don't walk the last ten miles, wouldn't it be a pity?"

The old hag of Xiaozhuang didn't answer, she was just calculating in her mind, "Why does the Lu Yifeng thief want to stop the war? It doesn't make sense? Now our Qing Dynasty has reached the end of the mountain, and only by retreating can we hope to survive. If we continue to attack in an all-round way, it will only consume With the last bit of our national strength in the Qing Dynasty, with Lu Yifeng's talent as a thief, it is impossible not to see this point? Besides, he can not prevent our Qing army from retreating and retreating across the north of the Yangtze River, so that Old thief Wu Sangui...?"

Thinking of this, Xiaozhuang's old witch's heart suddenly jumped, her face began to change greatly, and she thought: "Could it be that Lu Yifeng's dog thief has already grasped the condition of Wu Sangui's old thief, knowing that Wu Sangui's life is not long, and is planning to temporarily stabilize us Gain time and wait for the old thief Wu Sangui to die? There is a possibility that Lu Yifeng's dog thief is the grandson-in-law of the old thief Wu Sangui, and there are many strange people under his command. It is far easier to spy on the real condition of the old thief Wu Sangui than Aijia!"

"If this is the case, Lu Yifeng's bastard bought time and got over it. We negotiated with Wu Sangui for more time, and Wu Sangui died suddenly during this period. No one in the world can control it. Living in Lu Yifeng as a dog thief, wouldn’t the Ai family become the sinners of the Qing Dynasty through the ages?!”

Thinking up to this point, and carefully recalling the illness of the old traitor Wu who made the spy report carefully, the old hag of Xiaozhuang finally made up her mind, nodded reluctantly and said: "Your Majesty, maybe the Ai family made a mistake this time, you can figure it out. The Ai family no longer interferes with your counter-insurgency decisions. But the Ai family still has the same condition, you can’t lead the conquest yourself.”

"But grandma, if the son emperor doesn't personally lead the expedition, then who else can be the coach of Nanzheng?" Kang Mazi asked again: "Will you count on Yue Le, who was scared by Lu Yifeng's dog thief, or count on that lame man who is afraid of death?" Tuhai?"

Xiaozhuang was silent, and after a long time, Xiaozhuang said with difficulty: "Well, Aijia makes a concession, but you also have to agree to another condition of Aijia, you can't cross the Yellow River! You can only command counter-insurgency in the north of the Yellow River, and you can't cross the river." Yellow River."

"Can't cross the Yellow River?" Kang Mazi shouted again, thinking that the Yellow River is five or six hundred miles away from Yangzhou, and I can't pass the Yellow River, so how can I personally command and supervise the formation?

Anger turned to anger, after a second thought, Kang Mazi slapped the old witch of Xiaozhuang again, and said respectfully, "Okay, grandson agrees to grandma."

(End of this chapter)