The setting sun is like blood, and the setting sun is molten gold.
The city of Shenyang looked miserable under the setting sun.
The once prosperous city of Shenyang is now devastated and riddled with holes. Everywhere is charred and black with a little smoke rising. These are the traces of the Ming Dynasty soldiers who destroyed the city after being set on fire by Jiannu.
When it came to putting out fires, Sergeant Daming was very violent and used palm thunder to smash out isolation zones one after another.
Teams of sergeants were shuttled back and forth, carrying corpses one after another out of the city.
On the city gate tower, Chongzhen held the parapet with both hands. Looking at the remaining expressions on the faces of the corpses, he could infer the psychological state of these corpses before they died.
Some people's faces were full of pleading, as if they were begging Jian Nu to let him go;
Someone was full of fear and seemed to be asking Jiannu why he wanted to kill him:
Some people had stern faces and multiple wounds on their bodies, as if they had fought with Jiannu before they died;
Some women fell to the ground naked, with pleading and fear in their eyes, and were humiliated before they died;
Some people's faces were full of reluctance, which seemed to indicate that the army had already attacked the city and was about to return to the Ming Dynasty, but now they were dead;
Some people's faces were full of joy and ruthlessness. Most of the people with such expressions were the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. They fought for the people and the country.
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"Come here, tell Yuan Aiqing that the bodies of the fallen soldiers should be placed outside the city first. Don't deal with them until tomorrow!"
Fang Jun responded in a low voice and slowly retreated.
In the city, Yuan Chonghuan gathered the people on the streets that were cleared by the sergeants.
"I am summoning you all for two things. First, to find the people who participated in the recruitment of slaves to assist in the defense. Second, to find out who took advantage of the chaos of war to take away the gold, silver and jewels piled up outside the inner city gate."
"I urge you to take the initiative to stand up and hand it over. Otherwise, when the officials find out, you will be charged with treason. This is to punish the Nine Clans.
If you hand it over now, there may be nothing wrong with it. You can decide for yourself what is more important or less important.
I will personally take action after Youshi, and those found out will be put to death directly. Anyone who knows and fails to report will be punished with the same crime! Please take your time and weigh it! "
"Everyone should also know that when Shumulu Yangguli was giving a lecture, a giant arrow was shot out of the city. You guessed it right, it was the Jin Yiwei who sneaked into the city!"
"Oh, by the way, my name is Yuan Chonghuan. Yes, you heard me right. He is the former Liaoxi Economic Strategy and the first left-hand envoy of the Liaodong Chengxuan Administration Secretary!
The person next to me is Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty, and the other person is the first person tortured by the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty, and the gangster butcher Ren Peng was sent to thousands of households! "
After saying this, Yuan Chonghuan left this street and went to the next street.
The streets were left full of shocked people.
Who is Yuan Chonghuan? That was the butcher of Liaoxi, killing people like hemp!
Who is Li Ruolian? The controller of the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty monitored the world, and the presence of fear among all officials was pervasive;
Who is Ren Peng? The first person tortured in the Ming Dynasty, the creator of eighteen kinds of torture in prison, no one could withstand his interrogation!
The people who had just participated in the recruitment and were still alive and the people who had taken advantage of the situation were shivering all over and peed their pants. None of the three people were easy to mess with.
They don't think they can escape the scrutiny of these three.
In just a few seconds, a commoner who had committed two crimes walked towards the designated place as if he had lost his soul.
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On the other side, more than a thousand sergeants, led by the Jin Yiwei who sneaked into the city, rushed into the houses of the slave-building nobles. In terms of mechanisms and secret rooms, no one could compare with the Jin Yiwei.
Secret rooms, cellars, and secret compartments were searched one after another, and boxes of gold, silver, and jewelry were brought out.
During this period, dozens of fights took place, and as Yuan Keli guessed, someone was hiding in the secret room.
I thought I could escape, but now I have become a turtle in a urn.
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Tens of thousands of soldiers were shuttled through the city, each performing their duties.
It lasted until Chen time the next day before all the corpses in Shenyang City were cleaned up and piled outside the city.
And in the city, there are white cloths hanging everywhere
"Your Majesty, the casualty statistics are out!"
Chongzhen's hand holding the teacup suddenly froze, and he whispered: "Nian!"
"Your Majesty, 12,300 regular Jiannu soldiers died, more than 17,110 nobles and servants died, and 34,800 ordinary Jiannu bannermen died, a total of more than 64,000 people. , captured more than 1,200 people alive."
"In addition... Huang Taiji's concubines all burned themselves to death! Qingning Palace, Guanju Palace and other palaces were all burned down."
"Humph, it's an advantage for them!"
Chongzhen snorted coldly: "What are our casualties?"
"Your Majesty, our army has 5,645 killed and 3,963 injured, including 604 seriously injured. After treatment, their lives are not in danger for now!"
"Where are the civilian casualties?"
"More than 46,300 civilians died and more than 5,200 were injured, including more than 1,700 seriously injured. The accompanying military doctor estimated that at least 30% of them would die.
Mainly because these people didn't know how to dodge and the slaves were so cruel that the wounds were all on major veins and they lost too much blood! "
"According to the registration list, there are more than 4,500 people who participated in the recruitment of slaves, and more than 2,200 people are still alive. There are more than 800 people who took advantage of the chaos to take gold and silver, and more than 400 people are still alive.
There must be some who slipped through the net and were lucky enough not to come forward. I think it is not appropriate to use interrogation methods to avoid increasing panic!
When the time comes, those who are jealous and unbalanced will naturally report to the government!
It’s human nature to not see the good in others! "
"This matter is based on what Yuan Aiqing said!"
Chongzhen nodded and then asked: "Where are these people?"
"They are all detained outside the city!"
"Bring them all to the bodies of the fallen!"
Chongzhen said in a deep voice, then stood up and walked towards the outside of the tent, the coldness on his face slowly gathering.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Chongzhen led a group of people to the place where the corpses of the fallen soldiers were stored. Rows of corpses covered with wounds came into view.
Looking at the young faces and the soldiers maintaining this fighting posture, Chongzhen's heart ached.
Looking at the nearly 3,000 people standing around, Chongzhen's anger surged instantly and he shouted angrily: "Kneel down!"
The sound of rage echoed in the open space, and some people who were already trembling fell to their knees, causing a chain reaction.
In just two breaths, they all knelt down, covering a large area of darkness.
"Open your eyes and look. The people lying on the ground are all soldiers who died in the battle to save the people of Shenyang City.
When I went to the north to conquer the Jian Nu, I surrounded and killed 430,000 people from the Jian Nu Allied Forces, but only over 20,000 of them were killed. However, in your city of Shenyang, nearly 6,000 were killed.
As citizens of the Ming Dynasty, you actually dared to help build slaves and defend the city for money, and some people took advantage of the chaos to take gold, silver and jewelry. Where is your conscience?
You betrayed them, but they still saved you,
At the most petty level, you are money-minded and snobs; at the most extreme level, you are collaborating with the enemy and treason against the country, and committing crimes against the nine tribes. "
"Do you think I can't find you in the chaos? Do you think the law does not punish everyone?"
"Congratulations, you all thought wrong!"
