Chapter 723

Kill all the soldiers? Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

When officers and soldiers chase down bandits, they often kill them all.

It has become a common practice for officers and soldiers to massacre prisoners and kill good people. Why do they dare to do so? It is because they hold the strong and bully the weak. These people have no ability to retaliate at all. Like treating JianNu, they dare not do so.

Liu Jiajun, in particular, is powerful and stronger than them, and controls several provinces and tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. What if the officers and soldiers massacred their soldiers on a large scale and angered them, and they retaliated on a large scale?

Many of Zhu Xieyuan's troops are from Jiangnan and Huguang. Their hometown is under the control of the Chinese army. What if the Chinese Army retaliates against them on a large scale? So the lieutenant general dissuaded one after another.

Qin Liangyu said, "marshal, killing prisoners is ominous since ancient times. We should be careful."

Someone also said, "Liu thieves occupy several provinces and take tens of millions of people as hostages. They can exchange hostages with them."

All in all, his men opposed Zhu Xieyuan's massacre of these prisoners of war. Some of them were worried about the retaliation of the Chinese army, and some wanted to exchange hostages with the Chinese army.

Especially the officers and generals from Huguang and Jiangnan areas, they are worried that once they provoke the Chinese army, they will cut and kill in their hometown, which is a pain they can't bear.

Zhu Xieyuan sneered and said: "What's the ominous meaning of killing a prisoner? All the retribution will fall on me, Zhu. The rebellious minister and traitor who planned to usurp the throne should be beheaded and killed the nine families on the spot to correct the situation. Why don't you dare to kill Liu? Do you want to stay on the front line and meet each other in the future? For some gentlemen, the end of the Ming Dynasty is just a change of master. Zhu is here today Make an oath, Zhu and the thief are at odds. "

Since Zhu Xieyuan has made a strong insistence, other people can't help it. Zhu Xieyuan is originally a very strong person. His position in the army is very high, and the generals dare not disobey. Even among the generals, Qin Liangyu, who has the highest position and always listens to the tune and doesn't listen to the propaganda, dare not say, let alone others.

Zhu Jueyuan also pointed out that these people do not kill prisoners, have ulterior motives, and their crimes should be punished.

No one dared to object to Zhu Xieyuan. He ordered that all the more than 4000 Chinese troops be beheaded on the spot. All their heads were piled up at the foot of Dongshan mountain outside Yiling City, and the Beijing temple was set up three miles away, as evidenced by a huge stone monument: Zhu Xieyuan killed all the Chinese dogs here.

Once this order came out, the generals were shocked again. They killed the enemy and had to cut off their heads to set up the Beijing Temple to commemorate it. In fact, this is a very abnormal and tyrannical behavior, and historians must denounce it in words and in writing.

What they are more afraid of is the retaliation of the Chinese army. The Chinese army is stronger than them and controls so many sites. If they are so crazy, they will become killing and rolling heads.

Some relevant generals pointed out: "how to deal with the reconnaisance of the Ministry of war by building a view of Beijing at the head level."

In Daming, however, military merit is calculated by the head. If there is no head, the military department will not admit it and will not give you money.

Zhu Xieyuan said proudly, "what I said is what I said. There is no need to re survey“

Looking at the Ming Dynasty, only Zhu Xieyuan has such confidence. He has the title of minister of the Ministry of war. He has higher qualifications than Yang Sichang and has military merit. If the other party dares to make trouble, he will be punished.

The southwest army was able to win one victory after another and maintain a strong strength in the suppression of extravagance and security. This is because Zhu Xieyuan was upright and upright, ran the army strictly and looked at the Ming Dynasty. All the armies embezzled military salaries. Only the southwest army under his control could distribute military salaries on time, and the harvest on the battlefield made up for their expenses. Therefore, the southwest army is a fighting army.

Zhu Xieyuan so insisted that all the generals were not allowed to disobey. Immediately, his law enforcement team went out to catch the surrendered Chinese troops and cut off their heads on the spot.

This frightened the surrendered officers and soldiers. They thought that after they surrendered, they could save their lives and maybe join the army.

This is the case with the Chinese army. The Chinese Army gives preferential treatment to prisoners. As long as the other party surrenders, they will let the other party go and pay for the journey. If they are willing to join their army, they can do the same job. This makes the people of the Chinese Army think that the army in the world is the same. If they surrender at the moment of life and death, they can save their lives.

Who knew that the imperial court was so cruel that they beheaded them on the spot, which made them angry. Some of them knelt down, kowtowed and begged for mercy, and some bitch scolded.

However, regardless of whether they hurled abuse or knelt down to beg for mercy, the officers and soldiers were ruthless and directly pushed these people out to kill them.

The executioners in the army were not enough and tired, so they let their swords and shields roll their heads, scream and bloody.

The beheaded heads and the gains on the battlefield were enough to capture 16000 levels. Zhu Xieyuan ordered people to pile up these heads and build a huge Beijing temple. Then he ordered people to find a huge stone and engrave it: Zhu Xieyuan killed the Chinese army here!

As for the corpse, someone was going to dig a pit and bury it. In China, the deceased has always been the greatest and buried for peace.

But Zhu Xieyuan ordered: don't waste your time, throw it into the Yangtze River, and let the world know the end of the traitor. "

Zhu Zhuyuan knew that Liu Jun's navy was extremely powerful. The lower reaches of the Yangtze River were their sphere of influence. If these bodies were thrown into the river, they would float to the sphere of influence controlled by the Chinese army, which could give them a great deterrent.

It is also a strategy to frighten the enemy before fighting.

The remnant soldiers of Mao Shengli Department of the Chinese Army fled to the warship with the help of the Navy, but they were shocked. They were frightened to see that the enemy was so fierce and their means were so cruel. They knew that they were not their opponent.

The fleet commander Ziqing immediately ordered people to send the news back to Liu Zhongyong, the commander of the West Route Army, as soon as possible, so that he could be careful.

After receiving the retreating soldiers of Qingzhou division, Ziqing began to retreat again and again. Since Zhu Xieyuan's army has arrived in Yiling, they will certainly strengthen their defense in other places. Their plan to sneak into Sichuan is impossible. It will fail. They can only attack directly.

If the positive power is strong, their navy's strength is still there, but the land division has received a fatal blow and is short of troops.

The Qingzhou division, together with its servants, had nearly 20000 people, and the whole army was destroyed. This is a tragic defeat that the Chinese army has not encountered since it started. It is estimated that it will have a great impact on the whole army and change the strategic plan of the Chinese army.

This will also affect the plan of the Chinese army. What they are carrying out now is to blossom on all sides and work quickly.

Now their pride has reached its peak, and they think that with 10000 troops, they can win a province.

Mao Shengli's Qingzhou division went to Sichuan Province and was destroyed by the enemy here.

This can show that there are still many capable people in the Ming Dynasty. If Liu Jun is so proud and arrogant, he is easy to suffer a fatal blow.

Like this Yiling war, the Qingzhou division was completely destroyed, which can also explain the problem. The blow to the Chinese army is extremely huge.

It can be said that the collapse of the Qingzhou Division will bring great changes and influence to Liu Jiajun, which no one can change.

So retreat now.

Of course, Ziqing is also a cruel man. Her navy can't get ashore, and the artillery range is only five miles away, but when they retreated all the way, they baptized all the cities along the coast, shelled them, and flattened them.

The news quickly spread to Wuchang mansion. Liu Zhongyong, who was besieging Wuchang mansion, was shocked. He immediately ordered to stop all military operations, change from comprehensive siege to comprehensive siege, and mobilize more troops instead.

Liu Zhongyong knew that in the past, he could easily besiege Wuchang mansion. Now it is impossible. Zhu Xieyuan's army appeared in Yiling and will attack Xiangyang at any time. Once Xiangyang, he can directly attack Wuchang mansion, attack inside and outside, and easily destroy him.

Therefore, Liu Zhongyong immediately ordered the army to summon more civilian men and militia, let them dig a large number of HaoGou and fences, besiege Wuchang City, and then draw out mobile forces to rush to Xiangyang.

At the same time, he also passed the news to Liu Bu as quickly as possible, and formally asked Liu BU for help.

Liu Zhongyong was also a cruel man. When he took 50000 troops to the battle, he assured Liu Bu confidently and swept Huguang.

Who knows, in a short ten month period, they did win half of Huguang, but they also destroyed their elite Qingzhou division and killed General Mao Shengli.

This is an unprecedented and disastrous defeat of the Chinese army since it started.

This disastrous defeat changed their power pattern. Originally, the Chinese army was very proud, arrogant, and looked down on the Ming army. They thought that the Ming army was weak and vulnerable and could be destroyed at any time. However, if they dared to have this idea now, they would be defeated again.

Liu Zhongyong is a cautious man. Since they have suffered such a disastrous defeat, he no longer dare to be arrogant. Instead, he takes the most conservative measures to surround Wuchang without attacking, draw out mobile power and strength and rush to Xiangyang.

Liu Zhongyong knew that Xiangyang had become the key to the transaction between the two sides

Zhu Xieyuan is also a man who knows the soldiers. After winning the battle of Yiling and annihilating the Qingzhou division, he will certainly take the remaining power of a great victory and attack Xiangyang. After winning Xiangyang, he can counter attack Huguang.