Ji'an Prefecture in western Ganxi was called Luling in ancient times, and it was a place with a strong literary style. Nearly 3,000 Jinshi were produced in Ji'an, and as the top scholar and role model, there were more than 50 people in Tanhua, and they were known as "Three thousand Jinshis were the best in China, and their articles were full of flowers". Among them, the imperial examination stories such as "Nine Jinshis in one family, the top scholar of father and son, the top scholar of uncle and nephew, the second scholar of the uncle and nephew, the second scholar of the river, the top scholar of five miles, the top scholar of five sons, the ten ministers of ten miles, and the two ministers of a hundred steps" were widely circulated by later generations.

Ji'an's literary style is prevalent, and there are many celebrities. For example, Ouyang Xiu, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, Prime Minister Wen Tianxiang and Wen, one of the three heroes of the late Song Dynasties, Xie Jin, a great talent in the early Ming Dynasty, Yang Shiqi, the chief assistant of the four dynasties, Luo Qinshun, the "Jiangyou Confucian Confucianism" who could compete with Wang Yangming in Confucianism in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and Zou Yuanbiao, one of the three kings of the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty, all came from this.

Youdao is a brilliant person. This is one and two, two and one thing, and many people have been born, and this place should be the place where the world is rich and beautiful. Unfortunately, at this moment, this Ji'an Mansion, which is like a purgatory on earth, is no longer related to these praises.

In the city of the city, when you go north to the county school, you must pass a brick-built arch bridge called the Zhuangyuan Bridge. There is a Confucius Temple built in the county school. During the scientific examination, many scholars will pass through this bridge to pay homage to Confucius. It is said that Wen Tianxiang was no exception during the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, later generations renamed this bridge to the Zhuangyuan Bridge, leaving behind a tradition. Whenever a Ji'an person won the Zhuangyuan Bridge, he would go through this bridge to pay homage to Confucius when he returned home. Local officials and civilians would also welcome him here.

However, today in the seventh year of Yongli, not only did the top scholar lose the top scholar on the bridge, but even the style of writing advocated here is gone.

“c!”

A Qing army in a gray-blue green camp uniform cut down a young man dressed in Confucian scholar on the bridge. Seeing that he was still struggling to climb to the north of the bridge, the Qing army stepped on the blood-soaked back of the Confucian scholar, and raised his hand and slashed the Confucian scholar's neck.

After this knife, the Confucian scholar had no movement, but his eyes were still looking towards the direction of the county school, as if the Confucius Temple there could bring him back to life.

After turning over the Confucian scholar's body, the Qing army threw down his waist and began to search for the silver coins hidden in his clothes. After a while, the Qing army only found a ingot of silver, a jade pendant and some scattered copper coins, and then spit a mouthful of saliva on the Confucian scholar's body with an indignant face.

"Bah, I dressed like a pretty man, it turned out to be a poor man and wasted my time."

As he said that, the Qing army cut off the Confucian scholar's ears and stuffed them into a bag dripping blood on his waist. Then he turned to the direction he had just run, leaving only the blood splashed on the red wall of Confucian scholar dripping down the wall, as if it was seeping out of the wall.

Half a month ago, after a period of rest and expansion, Jingbiao Zhongzhen and Jiangxi Admiral Biao Battalion heading west from Nanchang, quickly surrounded the Yunxiaoshan Anti-Qing Rebel Army entrenched in Ji'an Prefecture. Since Jingbiao Zhongzhen recently expanded the recruits of two battalions, the Extra Biao Battalion suffered another defeat a few months ago, with too many new recruits and severe combat effectiveness, so that the capital city was captured last night.

The leader of the Anti-Qing Rebel Army of Yunxiaoshan, which was entrenched in western Jiangxi, was killed in battle, while another leader, Liu Jing, broke through the encirclement and fled to the old nest of Yunxiaoshan.

In order to shock the local area, to reward soldiers, and to allow the new recruits to see blood so as to form combat effectiveness faster, Zhang Yong, the admiral of Biaozhong Town, and Liu Guangbi, the admiral of Jiangxi, decided to slaughter Ji'an in three days, and it started from early this morning.

On the west side of Zhuangyuan Bridge is the Tashui Bridge, which means "there is a tower, water, and a bridge" near. The bridge is the Zhuangyuan Bridge, the water is a stream passing through the city, and the tower is the Xizi Tower not far from the two bridges.

The so-called "Pictures of Pictures, also known as "Pictures of Pictures", is a place specially used to burn paper with characters, and is one of the ways in which the ancients respected and cherished paper. The opening poem of the "Erkewered Surprise" by the novelist Ling Mengchu in the late Ming Dynasty once wrote: "The scriptures in the world are the same. Those who see them must put them in the fire, or place them in a long and pure place, and their natural blessings will be endless." This is the expression of the concept of "Pictures of Pictures" in the text.

In front of the Xizima, a group of Qing troops were driving a group of women toward Jiahemen in the distance. There is Yuecheng in Jiahemen, which is now the garrison for the Qing army to detain the women they have obtained before reselling them.

The deep sobs that were suppressed due to the pressure were accompanied by the Qing army's laughter. Suddenly, a woman seemed to tripped by the broken arm of a corpse on the side of the road, fell to the ground and made even louder crying.

Hearing this noise, the officer in charge rushed over in three steps, drawing his sword to chop the woman.

"Leave people under the knife."

The officer holding the knife was stunned at first, then turned around and saw another familiar officer. "Damn, why are you still keeping someone under the knife?"

"Come on, my aunt is still serving my mother in her hometown in Shaanxi."

"Then why do you do so much nonsense?"

"Aren't you going to kill this little girl? You just happened to get the new recruits assigned by me."

"c, there are so many in the city, but I can't grab it?"

"Your brother robbed all the people in this yard. Those who have personal military camps in the deep courtyard watched them, but they didn't let them in. Didn't you see this? It's just right?"

The massacre of the city was not done casually when you were killed. According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, different areas were allocated according to the size of military merits in this battle. Crossing the border was violated by military law, but they could be done at will in the place where they were assigned.

This Qing army was mostly assigned to the deep courtyards and courtyards, which was a great place under normal circumstances. The children they snatched were much stronger than those where ordinary people live, which was a world of difference. But if there were a senior officer who had sent someone to target, the lower-level officers and soldiers could not move, which was also one of the unspoken rules of the city massacre.

"Then it'll be cheaper."

Hearing this, the officer later bowed his hand, kicked a veteran's p-thigh, and shouted loudly: "Didn't you just become a soldier after committing a flower case? Hurry up and open your eyes to these little dolls who have not grown all their hair."

"Abide by the order!"

As he said that, the veteran rushed over and instructed the recruits to hold the woman's hands and feet. While he took off the woman's clothes, he laughed and scolded in dirty words, completely ignoring the blood and stench of the corpses in front of the pyramid, as well as the blood flowing on the ground.

At this time, the Qing army escorted those women was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they let the women listen to the screams and cries, and look at the scene in front of them in moral degradation, so as to warn them that as long as they dare to resist, this is the end!

"Beasts, these are a bunch of beasts!"

On a small building in a deep courtyard in the distance, an old man looked at the scenes of tragic massacres in the city, his heart full of grief and anger was beyond words.

"Dad, my son has sent someone to give money to the Mr. Zhang, and he also said he would become an official. Mr. Zhang specially sent his personal soldiers, so there will be no trouble in our family."

Hearing this, the old man turned around and kicked the middle-aged Confucian scholar wearing Taoist robe behind him.

"You are a son, I don't have you, my son!"

As he said that, the old man walked towards the stairs where he climbed the stairs. Seeing this, the middle-aged Confucian scholar hurriedly walked over, hugged one of his father's thighs, and cried, "Dad, the Qiu Ba outside has been red from his eyes, so you must not go out."

"I am seventy-year-old, I only need one death!"

"Dad, now the whole city is in the hands of Shuai Zhang and Shuai Liu. Your son is unfaithful and unfilial. You just think that it is a pity for your grandson. Don't go out."

As soon as the words came to my ears, the old man was stunned. After a moment, tears flowed all over his body.

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Outside the city, in the Duchenghuang Temple near Yonghefang, this is already the headquarters of Zhang Yong, the admiral of the Biaozhong Town.

The massacre of the city had been assigned long ago, and the dirty work was naturally done by those middle and low-level officers and soldiers. Zhang Yonggui was the admiral, so he naturally did not go to the massacre of the city in person. Moreover, when this attack on Ji'an, Hong Chengchou had already ordered that the local scholars should give their kindness and power. Zhang Yong was a long time ago, so he knew that he should do the power, and the kindness came from the best. Only in this way could the gentry of Ji'an be used by the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Yong, the admiral of Jingbiaozhong Town, was named Feixiong, and was from Xianning, Shaanxi. He was the deputy general during the Ming Dynasty. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he first followed Meng Qiaofang to pacify the remaining troops of the Dashun Army in the northwest, suppressed Milayin, and Ding Guodong's uprising against the Qing Dynasty. After Hong Chengchou established the Changsha Shogunate, he transferred him to the admiral of Jingbiaoyou Town with "Zhang Yong and his wise and brave, with his troops as a strong horse". He was appointed as the admiral of Jingbiao Youzhen, defended Huguang and pacified the southwest. Then he returned to Gansu after destroying the Ming army in the southwest to be responsible for local military affairs. During the Three Feudal Rebellion, Zhang Yong was defeated by *******, Wu Zhimao, and was the first of the four generals of Hexi who made a name for himself in the Three Feudal Rebellion. He was the most famous green camp general in the early Qing Dynasty.

During this period, due to the deterioration of the situation in the southeast, Hong Chengchou was appointed as the Southeast Administration and asked to transfer Zhang Yong and his troops to Jiangxi to strengthen the strength of the Qing army in Jiangxi. However, because he set out from Gansu and went south, he failed to catch up with the capital of the four provinces to suppress the Qing army. Now it is just for Hong Chengchou to pacify the anti-Qing rebel army in western Jiangxi.

"Master, the last general has been sent to the end and will not be taken away at night, and will be hung behind the guy Liu Jing. After the massacre of the city is over, we can quell this band of bandits in one fell swoop."

The speaker is named Wang Jinbao. He was also one of the four generals in Hexi in later generations, but at this moment he was still Zhang Yong's subordinate, just a guard. Zhang Yong has always looked at this general differently. This time, Gansu's bidding was upgraded to Jingbiao Zhongzhen, and the organization was expanded to 5,000 people. He was planning to use this matter to ask for merit and promotion for him.

Hearing what Wang Jinbao said, Zhang Yong nodded. This time he attacked Ji'an to pacify the anti-Qing armed forces in western Gansu. Only with this, Jiangxi Governor Cai Shiying could let go of farming here to restore people's livelihood. This was the decision of Hong Chengchou and Cai Shiying, so Zhang Yong naturally had to follow the orders.

"Xiangwu, this matter is happening, I will compete for a battalion of guerrilla positions for you."

Hearing this, Wang Jinbao quickly got up and bowed to the ground. "The great hero of the general, I will never forget it."

"This matter is the general and I want to ask Hong Jinglei for his appointment. It is not too late to pray again when the matter is completed. Get up quickly and let the people from the Extra Biao Camp see it. It should be said that there are too many rules in our Ganzhou Green Camp."

It is not difficult for Zhang Yong to completely eliminate the rebel army in the anti-Qing Mountains of Yunxiao Mountain and then ask for an order from Hong Chengchou. The elite troops of that rebel army were gone, and the battle would be like a destruction. As for Hong Chengchou, he should not refute his face. He helped Wang Jinbao up, and the two sat down again, and began to talk about military affairs here.

After a long time, the sky began to dark, and the murderous banquet for the city massacre was about to enter the night. Wang Jinbao was thinking about his plan to retreat into the city to patrol. He saw a fast horse running over and entering the City God Temple and handed a confidential document to Zhang Yong.

After checking that the fire contract was indeed correct, Zhang Yong tore open the envelope and looked at it word by word. His face changed a little. It was not until a moment later that the messenger was removed and asked the personal soldiers to arrange their food and water for the return of their lives.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"You can take a look at it yourself, Xianwu."

After receiving the letter respectfully, Wang Jinbao was very grateful for Zhang Yong's attention, but after he read the letter, his face changed even more than Zhang Yong.

"Master General, we are withdrawing our troops like this. How should the bandits in western Jiangxi be pacified?"

In Hong Chengchou's letter, he asked Zhang Yong and Liu Guangbi to withdraw their troops. Liu Guangbi returned to Nanchang to train his soldiers, and Zhang Yong returned to Guangxin Mansion. The two departments dispatched elite cavalry to immediately rushed to Guangxin Mansion to report. However, once they evacuated, the remnants of the Yunxiaoshan Anti-Qing Rebel Army would have to escape the disaster, and it would be difficult to pacify them.

"The thieves in western Jiangxi are small, but they are just scabies; the bandits in Zhejiang are related to the overall situation in the southeast, which is the real trouble of the court. Now Taiwan and Wen have become enemies. If Ning and Shao are gone, there will be dangers in the places where the wealthy places such as Hangzhou Jiahu and Susongchang Town are important."

What Zhang Yong said was not ignorant of Wang Jinbao, but now he is only one step away from Quansheng. It is a lie to say that he doesn't feel sorry for him, especially since Zhang Yong has promised to be promoted after killing Liu Jing.

"There are two days left to massacre. Bei Zhi is willing to issue a military order. He leads his troops and horses to attack Yunxiao Mountain. If he does not bring back Liu Jing's head, Bei Zhi will cut off his head."

Wang Jinbao has always been brave and the one who tracked Liu Jing's night was also under Wang Jinbao's army. Zhang Yong naturally did not doubt him, but compared to Wang Jinbao, Zhang Yong needed to consider more aspects, and it was impossible for him to agree to this matter this time.

"If the order is sent, there will be another chaos in Zhejiang. Tomorrow morning, the entire army will withdraw its troops and return to the camp and seal the sword. This city will not be slaughtered."

"Master, if you are so afraid that your morale will be unstable."

"Xianwu, the strategy relies heavily on us on weekdays, so we should share our worries about the strategy. Besides, this strategy master is the butcher Hong, who is the official name Chengchou, so there is no need to go against his wishes for these two days."

When Hong Chengchou wiped out the bandits, he repeatedly surrendered. The northern provinces where the bandits were in chaos were not afraid of him. This person was extremely cruel. With Hong Chengchou's current saints and the current situation in the southeast battlefield, a little violation of military orders would inevitably lead to a sound of people falling to the ground. Moreover, with Hong Chengchou's emphasis on him, Zhang Yong, this is the time to share his worries. There is indeed no need to do anything about these two days.

As for the morale of the army, we would give generous rewards and then turn all the blame on the Ming army in Zhejiang. Anyway, it was because the Ming army in Zhejiang recovered the two prefectures of Taiwan and Wenzhou, which was caused by this result, which was not unfair.

"Divid some of the silver that the gentry in the city is respected to calm the morale of the army. By the way, tell the soldiers below that the Zhejiang bandit Chen Wen has started to cause trouble again and we cannot return to Guangxin Mansion. This time, it is considered a owed person. After the capture of Jinqu, there are all the whips that are slaughtered. All the gains belong to the soldiers, and the general will not take any of them."

"See the order." After Wang Jinbao bowed his promise, he thought for a while, and then asked Zhang Yong: "Then leave Ji'an to Liu Guangbi and the Jiangxi guys?"
Chapter completed!