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Chapter 185: Innocent Killing and Prisoners (Part 2)

Zhu Youcheng did not answer, snapped his fingers, and two Jinyiwei came in. They carried a coffin. {Zhu Youcheng accused Emperor Tianqi, then walked to the coffin and prayed softly: "Magistrate Hu, you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. After your death, you should have been with Qingshan. However, the officials of the Ming Dynasty do not know how cruel the rioters are, so they had to invite you. Please temporarily stop going to the Ming Dynasty's Heroes Temple to accept the admiration of all the people, and let the nobles pay tribute to your face first."

After the prayer, Zhu Youcheng turned to face the officials and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the body in this coffin is the magistrate of Nanpi. After the rioters captured Nanpi, Hu County Magistrate fell into the hands of the bandits, bravely and unyielding, and sacrificed his life for justice. After the bandits killed him, they also marinated him with lime and hung it on the gate of Nanpi County, trying to use brutal means to intimidate our Ming officials. Fortunately, the bandits used lime, so we could know what kind of inhuman abuse Hu had suffered during his lifetime."

Emperor Tianqi nodded and signaled the officials to go to the coffin one by one to pay tribute to the remains of County Magistrate Hu.

The officials are not young anymore, and have seen many dead people more or less, but when they see the body of Magistrate Hu's body, their faces change drastically. Some officials have turned pale; some are trembling all over; some are simply lying on the ground; some are holding back the discomfort, leaving the coffin, holding the pillar and retching.

Emperor Tianqi left the Jade Territory and was preparing to commemorate Hu County Magistrate. He was very curious about what he had become, and actually made a group of handsome old men with gentleness and kindness become like this. By the way, since ancient times, people who have been talented and beautiful in the imperial examinations have been able to achieve good rankings. A group of handsome young men have worked hard to get a job, and have endured the temple, and have become a handsome old man. When discussing affairs with Emperor Tianqi, they always look hypocritical and unscathing. Emperor Tianqi often thinks with malicious intentions, if they throw firecrackers at their feet, what expression will they pretend to be serious when they run away?

Zhu Youcheng stepped forward, stopped Emperor Tianqi, and whispered: "Magistrate Hu died tragically, so the emperor should not watch it, so as not to lose his composure."

Emperor Tianqi firmly pushed Zhu Youcheng away and said, "I am on behalf of the heavenly herders and the people suffer. How can I ignore it?"

Emperor Tianqi walked to the edge of the coffin and looked at it. He shook his whole body and then became furious and said, "There are those who impeached Zhu Youcheng to kill prisoners, and they are punished the same as the bandits! What crime did the County Magistrate Hu have? He died so miserably. If I were present, I would cut the prisoners alive on the spot. Zhu Youcheng just executed them with an iron spear, which was too cheap for them."

Emperor Tianqi walked back to the jade seat with a heavy face. Before he could sit down, a censor jumped out again and said, "I want to impeach Zhu Youcheng!"

Emperor Tianqi sat down and said coldly: "Do you want to be the same as the bandit leader who is not called anything?"

Emperor Tianqi has regarded not being stuck in mud as a dead person, so how could he bother to remember his bandit name? So when he mentioned him, he had to use "nothing" instead.

The censor knelt down and said, "I dare not. I just saw the body of Magistrate Hu, and I was also full of righteous indignation. I supported the emperor's decision very much. The so-called elimination of evil and the perpetrators are not punished severely and strictly, how can I return a bright blue sky in Cangzhou?"

"Then you impeach Zhu Youcheng again..."

"I impeached Zhu Youcheng for lie to report his military achievements, and may even kill Liang and make achievements!"

"Why do you say this?"

"We learned from the Ministry of War that the main battlefield of Cangzhou's victory was under the city of Cangzhou. It took only half a day to kill 3,5,124 enemies, of which 1,5,775 were killed and 1,9,349 were captured. Although the data were all in total and small, it seemed that he was invincible, but when he met me, the censor who knew the soldiers, Lord Zhu exposed himself. The so-called killing of 10,000 enemies was killed, and he lost 8,000 himself. Zhu Youcheng led more than 2,000 Jinyiwei. After a fierce battle, there were only 32 people slightly injured, of which 21 were not injured by the enemy's hands, but the musket exploded and burned his right hand. Isn't this a bit strange? Also, Zhu Youcheng was so arrogant that he said that the battle was solved in just half a day. Thirty-five thousand people were not 35,000 pigs. Take a step back and say that even if it was 35,000 pigs, can Zhu Youcheng catch it in half a day?"

Emperor Tianqi's face darkened, and the censor's statement was reasonable and evidence-based, and he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Although he was sure that Zhu Youcheng would not deceive him, what would happen if Zhu Youcheng made up a lie with good intentions to comfort him?

He pondered for a while, turned to Zhu Youcheng and asked, "How did you... do it?"

Zhu Youcheng laughed and said, "This is the biggest difference between me and this censor. I am going to fight against the rioters, not to catch pigs. When catching pigs, the censor is doing it; when fighting, I am doing it. If I release 35,000 pigs under the city of Cangzhou, I ask myself that I have no ability to catch it, maybe I have to ask the rioters to come forward. But if I release 50,000 rioters under the city of Cangzhou, I will lead 2,000 rioters under the city of Cangzhou, I will lead 2,000 rioters under the city of Cangzhou, I will be able to destroy it."

The censor's face was flushed, as if he could drip bleeding, so angry that he couldn't even speak: "You...you...yellow...yellow...yellow mouth child..."

Zhu Youcheng ignored him and continued, "My cavalry did not contact the rioters at all. Instead, once the enemy appeared within the range, they would shoot several rounds of volleys and shoot the enemy to death. When the enemy approached, our cavalry retreated, but the horse retreated, and the cavalry's muskets kept firing, which means that the soldiers of the Jinyiwei were attacking, stopping, and even retreating. With this attack method, if the Jinyiwei had major casualties, it would be really damn.

Also, I borrowed twenty cannons from the Ministry of War, and one shot would cost nearly a hundred lives. How could it be impossible to attack like this and kill more than 10,000 people in a short period of time? Let me tell you that the total number of enemies killed seems to be huge, but on average, each Jinyiwei only killed five enemies. Just five muskets can solve the problem. You must know that the rioters do not wear cotton armor. In addition, the Jinyiwei I brought has practiced muskets for three years, and each one is a sharpshooter."

An official familiar with firearms nodded. The musket's penetration ability is not strong, but if it does not have cotton armor, it will still be abused by the musket.

Zhu Youcheng continued: "What does it depend on fighting? It depends on morale. If one unit loses 10%, the morale of the unit will be greatly reduced and deserters will appear. If it reaches 20%, even the powerful troops will be defeated. Therefore, when the two armies face each other, they rarely fight to the last one soldier, which is a fiction by writers. In the real war, one side usually wins a great victory and the other side loses a great victory. In the Battle of Feishui, Xie Xuan led 80,000 Eastern Jin soldiers against Fu Jian and one million Former Qin soldiers, Xie Xuan won a great victory. How many casualties were they?"

"If you want to catch prisoners, it's even more difficult. If it's 35,000 pigs, I'll ask myself that you can't catch them within half a day. Because when the pigs escape, they run in disorder and cannot speculate on their movements at all. The defeated soldiers are different. The defeated soldiers seem to be dispersed in all directions, but in fact they still have directions, all retreating towards their nests. Where is the nest of the chaotic bandits? Nanpi County. Therefore, the Jinyiwei did not attack from all sides, but used the speed advantage of the cavalry to cut off the retreat of the chaotic bandits. Once, they couldn't win and could not escape, so they had to surrender. These rioters were scared by the powerful combat power of the Jinyiwei. They were afraid of being unhappy in surrender. Our soldiers glanced at him and they immediately tied themselves up and begged to surrender. This time, we were not even useless to capture the captives. Basically, the rioters brought their own ropes and tied themselves up. In this way, can we say that we can end the battle unhappy?" (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!

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