Both Liu Kan and Liu Yufei consider themselves the founders of the Kingdom of Heaven.
The kingdom of heaven that the two people long for is essentially incompatible with each other. What's more terrible is that there are a large number of followers behind them. Regardless of whether they are willing or not, the war can only continue without end.
After Yunmeng was defeated, the anti-rebellion army continued to advance northwest, and Xiangyang became the next target of attack.
Before Emperor Guangde arrived in Xiangyang, large armies were already gathering around this ancient city. Deng Changxiong assembled a regiment of more than 50,000 people in the east of Xiangyang. The troops stationed in Xinyang and Nanyang also began to attack from north to south to contain the rebel flanks.
Liu Kan sent Li Juying, the chief internal affairs officer, to inform Deng Changxiong that other preparations needed to be made before the army attacked Xiangyang.
The so-called preparation is to execute all the traitors who participated in the rebellion before the battle of Xiangyang.
On the third day when the anti-rebellion army surrounded Xiangyang, Li Juying led a group of retinues and escorted hundreds of rebel family members to Nanzhang.
Nanzhang is where Deng Changxiong's Chinese Army's headquarters is located. When Eunuch Li arrived in Nanzhang, Wang Division had just recaptured the county. Wang Division and the rebels fought a small but bloody battle here.
At this time, wisps of green smoke were rising everywhere in the city, flames were rising on the roofs of some houses, unclaimed corpses were everywhere in the streets, and the moat was stained black with human blood. Some surviving monks and Taoists were knocking wooden fish and walking away. Stop and go and perform errands at the east gate where most people died.
A group of soldiers opened the way in front and killed the injured rebels on the ground one by one.
Manager Li's carriage was surrounded by soldiers and rumbled through Nanzhang Street.
Screams and shouts were heard in his ears. Li Juying opened the curtains and glanced out the window. He turned a blind eye to the dead bodies on the roadside. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a rebel soldier at the end of the alley not far away from him. Three or four soldiers were being killed. The soldiers surrounded them, but the rebels were still resisting with all their strength. More and more soldiers were surrounding them. Perhaps they were worried that the poor rats would bite the cats. The soldiers took two steps back one after another, and took off the bayonets on the front of their rifles. Aim your gun at the wounded, out-of-ammunition, and cornered rebel.
Li Juying showed a contemptuous smile:
"The mantis is using his arms as a cart, and he is underestimating his own capabilities! Such stubborn people should be sent to the mines to dig!"
After closing the curtains, the carriage continued to move forward, and soon there was a burst of intensive gunfire behind them.
Emperor Guangde's strategy for fighting the rebellion was very clear. To put it simply, it was to kill all the people involved in the rebellion. Except for those who voluntarily surrendered and woke up, all the others who had any involvement with the rebels would be executed. .
Liu Kan's edict actually acquiesced to the massacre of the city by various regiments.
Although the Qi army had strict military discipline, they soon discovered that this time the rebellion was different from the past. In addition to dealing with the rebels who refused to give up any ground, the people in the various states were also willing to act as the rebels' eyes and ears, and some people even took the initiative to participate. Defend the city.
Therefore, the best solution is to deal with all the state capitals that participated in the rebellion. After the city is broken, all the people in the city, regardless of age, are slaughtered.
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A prison car squeaked across the suspension bridge and entered Nanzhang City. The person detained in the prison car was Lin Zhenyu's mother, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who was held hostage by the imperial court.
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[In view of the general environment,
Chiyoko Fujiwara is over forty this year, and her black temples are already covered with silver threads. Her youth and beauty are all leaving this mixed-race beauty.
Over the years, Chiyoko has experienced a series of blows including the death of her husband in battle and the murder of her brother.
Now, her son Lin Zhenyu will most likely die before her. This is probably what the saying goes, as a white-haired man sends a black-haired ghost.
Fortunately, Chiyoko's life as a hostage is coming to an end, and she will soon be truly free.
Freedom is not because the emperor is merciful and decides to let this mixed-race woman live, but to go to another world to reunite with her husband.
Chiyoko's prison van was wrapped with a layer of black cloth, and the prisoners could not be seen from the outside. I don't know what the considerations were for doing this. After all, there were very few living people in Nanzhang City now.
The prison car walked around the streets and alleys, and finally stopped in front of the gate of the county government office. The county government office is now
Deng Changxiong's Chinese army tent.
Eunuch Li shouted in front of him, and surrounded by a group of eunuchs, he came to the thief-conquering marshal.
Deng Changxiong sat in the seat where the Nanzhang County Magistrate sat with a sad look on his face, with battalion officers and training officers sitting on both sides of him.
Li Juying pulled Zhang Taishi's chair and sat carelessly in front of Deng Changxiong. He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Commander Deng, it will be almost two months since we say goodbye to Nanjing. Your Majesty, thinking of the hardships of the commander's army, specially asked our family to come to Xiangyang first to have a look. Brothers, I heard that Duke Cheng Guo has made great achievements and even destroyed the city with the number of thieves. According to this situation, the army will soon wipe out all the thieves. I am really happy and congratulated!"
Li Juying waved her fan and tried to look heroic. All the generals looked at this ungrateful old eunuch with disdain on their faces.
"Mr. Li thanked you for the award. I wonder where your Majesty is now?"
"Your Majesty will come to Nanzhang tomorrow. Duke Cheng, Your Majesty asked us to ask you, how many days will it take to conquer Xiangyang?"
Deng Changxiong looked embarrassed: "Thanks to His Majesty's concern, everything is going well in the Huguang war. Please go back and report to the Holy One, Mr. Li, so that he does not have to worry. The Xiangyang war must be considered in the long term. After all, Xiangyang is not like Nanzhang or Yunmeng." Small town..."
After Deng Changxiong finished speaking, he gently pushed the tea forward, making a gesture of seeing off guests.
The instructor came forward to see off the guests. No matter how Li Juying was willing to leave, he came to Nanzhang this time. In addition to supervising Deng Changxiong's counterinsurgency, he also had a more important matter.
"What Duke Cheng Guo said makes sense. His Majesty said that Duke Cheng Guo is a veteran on the battlefield. All war matters must be listened to by Duke Cheng Guo. Since Duke Cheng Guo is not in a hurry, let's just bring our family's words. But here, there are still A big deal."
Deng Changxiong said quickly: "Oh? What's the matter? Father-in-law, please tell me."
Li Juying thought to herself, Deng Changxiong, you pretend to be ignorant, you have clearly seen the prison car parked at the camp gate, and you still say you don't know about it, you are really shameless.
"It's actually not a big deal,"
Li Juying clapped her hands, and soon a eunuch came in with a prisoner wearing a red prison uniform. The prisoner had chains on his hands and body, and the prison uniform was beaten to pieces with a whip.
The eunuch yelled at the prisoner to kneel down, but the prisoner was quite stubborn and insisted not to kneel down.
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The two eunuchs were about to swing their sticks to fight. Li Juying waved her hands impatiently and said carelessly: "That's all. After all, she is the wife of the Marquis of Zhennan. Such suffering makes the court look mean and unkind, and it won't sound good if it spreads. You guys Some of you, please leave first!"
After the two eunuchs retreated, Li Juying looked at the prisoner and said with a smile: "Lin Zhenyu let the eldest princess go and is still following the rebels in Yunmeng to rebel. Do you really not know about this?"
The prisoners in the prison car were silent.
"What your son is committing now is the crime of annihilating nine tribes and tarnishing the reputation of the Marquis of Zhennan. You, a foreign barbarian, have no way of raising your son, so you should be beheaded."
Hearing Li Juying mention the child, Chiyoko Fujiwara's mood changed slightly.
"Where is Zhenyu? What did you do to him? His father has a spirit in heaven and will protect him."
Li Juying waved her hand, and two eunuchs came forward and dragged Chiyoko out. Chiyoko said loudly as she walked out:
"You are betraying the Supreme Emperor and Daqi. You are the traitors! My son is not guilty!"
Li Juying spat, gritted her teeth and said, "It's in vain that Your Majesty trusted Lin Zhenyu so much to give you a house and money. I don't think you are all stubborn and ungrateful people! They deserve to be killed!"
Deng Changxiong was about to scold him, but Li Juying said before him: "Mr. Cheng Guo, don't you know that Lin Zhenyu has already surrendered to the traitor and is having sex with Liu Yufei as his daughter? Such rebellion, do you think he should be killed or not?"
Deng Changxiong was silent.
"Not only must we kill him, but we must also let the Xiangyang rebels watch and let them know what the consequences will be if they go against the imperial court!"
After Li Juying finished speaking, she turned back to look at Deng Changxiong and said word by word: "Since Duke Cheng wants to plead for her, and our family is not a hard-hearted person, let her live for a few more days. When the army attacks Xiangyang, we will kill this Chiyoko." He was taken out and beheaded under Xiangyang City for Lin Zhenyu to see with his own eyes.
look! "
Deng Changxiong shook his head gently, and the generals sitting next to him opened their eyes with anger. They only waited for the commander's order to step forward and chop the dead eunuch into pieces.
"May I ask my father-in-law, is this your intention or the Holy One's intention?"
Li Juying looked at Deng Changxiong impatiently and said, "Can we, the ministers, guess what your Majesty means? I only need to do things for Your Majesty. If Duke Cheng Guo refuses to do this for Your Majesty, let's go back home. It’s not easy to submit to the Holy Spirit. In short, this mixed-race bitch must die.”
Dream of Wuyue
