Chapter 268 Thousands of people killed

The artillery twisted thread was burning "chichi". The force of the spark made the lead jump gently on the dark artillery barrel. He Bingwen looked at the central army coming from the canyon with regret. At this glance, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and said in a lost voice: "Xuanhuang Group Dragon Flag?"

The second army in the canyon was coming towards the entrance of the valley. The officers and soldiers were full of swords and guns, and the flags were rolled up. However, although a large flag in the middle was crooked to avoid the branches and the flag was low due to the lack of wind, the bright yellow flag and the faintly exposed dragon claws were clearly the Xuanhuang Emperor's Dragon Banner that the emperor and the imperial envoy could carry when they were on patrol, and they were given their great authority.

He Bingwen was shocked and immediately shouted: "Extinguish the line of fire, no fire is allowed!"

He Bingwen said that, he had already jumped over, and his waist knife was swung out in the air, slashing on the cannon with a "kneel" sound, sparking, and half-cutting fell into the grass, still burning "chichi".

He Bingwen was shocked and sweated coldly, shouting loudly: "Don't move, see clearly, they... How come they have the Emperor's Dragon Banner?"

These soldiers had never seen the Dragon Flag of Emperors in their lifetime, but they didn't know what the guerrilla general was saying. The gunners looked around in shock, holding the fire note. The crossbowman had already put the strings of the hard crossbow and pressed his fingers on the board machine. Hearing the order of the adults, subconsciously pushing the arrow to the sky, and he was confused and wondering what had happened.

When Jing Li saw that it was about to reveal his body, he hurriedly said, "The Japanese pirates are about to walk out of the valley. Do you dare to wince in fear? Fire the fire immediately, do you hear that, and you will disobey the military order and behead them all!"

Brother Yan Hu rushed to another cannon, snatched the torch from the soldiers, and ignited the lead. He Bingwen became suspicious as soon as he saw it. Even if the Japanese pirates captured a large number of official clothes and weapons from Jinhua, they had no chance of getting the Emperor Xuanlong Banner.

Now there is only one imperial envoy on the six coastal provinces, that is, Lord Yangling. Other imperial envoys who have been to Jiangnan have to hand over this banner when they return to Beijing. Where did the Emperor's Dragon Banner come from? They are so panicked, as if they are worried that the Japanese pirates will escape?

He Bingwen said sternly: "Stop!" He threw his backhand and swung the steel knife in his hand out with a slight blow. This knife was determined to stop it, but he did not want to hurt anyone, so he shot at the front of Yan Hudi. The steel knife passed by, and half of the ground was penetrated into the ground. The handle of the knife trembled slightly, which scared Yan Hudi to take a step back, and he staggered and almost fell.

He Bingwen rushed over. A personal soldier next to him felt a lighter on his waist. He Bingwen had his sword held in his hand. He Bingwen held the sword as his chest, protecting the cannon, and shouted with a mighty voice: "What are you doing? The army at the foot of the mountain holds the Dragon Banner of the Emperor. I need to find out to distinguish the enemy and friends. Who dares to act rashly?"

He swept away Jing Li and others and said singly: "I want to check carefully. If the people at the foot of the mountain are really Japanese pirates, I will immediately pursue the Japanese pirates in the front team immediately and will never allow them to disturb Fujian. But at this moment, the enemy and I are not clear, so I must not act rashly. I am sorry, please watch them!"

With the order, the personal soldiers beside him "choked" and unsheathed the steel knife, and scattered a semicircle and surrounded Jing Li and others. He Bingwen turned around and said, "Notify the rear team to gather. Stop the central army from escaping, immediately..."

He was just instructing that Jing Li was already sweating: Once He Bingwen contacted the mountain, the truth would be revealed, and then the disaster of his life would be about to come. He could only kill He Bingwen and try to control the army in his place to fight for life and death."

Thinking of this, Jing Li took off his sword from his ribs and threw it to the generals beside him. He walked towards He Bingwen with a sneer and said, "Hmph! I am just afraid that the Japanese pirates will escape from the ambush. You are so timid. After you go back, I will report to Lord Ruan and Admiral Zhou!"

He had no weapons in his hand. And although he was not in charge, he was a general and his official position was higher than that of He Bingwen. Those personal soldiers only moved the blades with him and did not dare to force him too much. Jing Li walked to He Bingwen two steps away, and suddenly accelerated his steps and rushed over. A bright short blade also touched out from his sleeve, shouting, "He Bingwen was afraid of fighting in the battle, and was ordered by Lord Ruan to kill!"

When he approached with his official power, He Bingwen noticed it out of the corner of his eyes, but he never expected that he would still dare to act violently under the siege of his own soldiers. He hurriedly turned sideways in a critical moment, stabbed his backwards and stabbed his shoulders with a "crack" and stabbed them along the leaves of armor. His arms suddenly turned red.

Yan Hu and his brother were Zhou Hong's best friends, both openly as officials and secretly as thieves, and did all their consciences. Once the imperial envoy arrived in Fuzhou, their evil deeds would be difficult to cover up, and they were all enough to behead them. So when they saw Jing Li take action, they would take their weapons together and pounce on them.

Jing Li did not take He Bingwen's life with one knife, and he drew his sword and stabbed him again. He Bingwen quickly retreated. He was a veteran who had been fighting for many years on the battlefield. He was decisive in killing. He did not have so many concerns when he was alive and died. He immediately shouted: "Do an offense in front of the formation, plot to assassinate the chief general, and shoot arrows for me!"

Those archers were used to He Bingwen's military orders, and never dared to disobey the orders. At this time, they knew that these people were also high-ranking officials of the court and were not the ones they offended, but He Bingwen ordered them to subconsciously move their arms, sink and loosen their strings. This was just a matter of a moment. They thought they could not do anything, and their fingers had moved away from the strings.

The bowstring suddenly sounded, and the sharp arrows that could penetrate the heavy armor within more than twenty hundred steps made a sharp roar of wolves that broke through the wind and sharply roared, "Bang..." The bowstring trembled, and the strong arrows were like rain hitting the broken lotus, "Puff puff puff" a muffled sound of flesh piercing into the body. Jing Li was hit by four arrows in his chest, and the sharp arrows penetrated the chest, and the cluster of sharp arrows penetrated from his back, and took him back two steps and fell heavily to the ground.

Yan Hudi and others, holding a steel knife, were also covered with sharp arrows, and Yan Hudi stared at He Bingwen, and then slowly sank on the ground after a while.

By this time, He Bingwen was 90% sure that there must be something strange. He covered his bloody arm and turned his head to look down the mountain. The central army in the canyon had approached. It was definitely the full guard of ceremonies of the imperial envoy. A breeze blew, and a dark green flag was unfolded next to the dragon flag of the Emperor Xuanhuang Group, and there was a word "Yang" above it.

He Bingwen was shocked: Oh my God, is it actually... the army at the foot of the mountain?

He Bingwen was a veteran on the battlefield, so he was shocked and not panicked. He shouted in a deep voice: "Be prepared for heavy artillery, crossbow, and rock-beating. Follow my orders. Wen Baihu, fired arrows to order the troops at the foot of the mountain to stop advancing and stand by on time!"

The imperial envoy, the governor of the six provinces to suppress the Japanese, the Marquis of Weiwu, and the general of the Dragon and Tiger of the Zhuguo, Yang Ling, had arrived in Fuzhou for three days. As soon as Yang Ling arrived in Fuzhou, he moved into the yamen of the governor and took over all military and government affairs in Fujian. However, for three days, he disappeared from the Fujian military and government officials. These officials were so sad that they stayed at home and did not dare to go out. They ordered their subordinates to wander around the city and inquire about the news everywhere.

"The governor Ruan Dawen, the navy admiral Zhou Hong, the inspector Zhai Qingshan, the governor of Fuzhou Wang Feiling, and the magistrate of Fuzhou, had an affair with Japanese pirates, planned to assassinate the imperial envoy, arrested them together, and imprisoned them in prison."

"The four adults' homes were surrounded by officers and soldiers. I heard that everyone is not allowed to enter and exit."

"I heard that the guerrilla general He Bingwen has been busy these two days and has been in the imperial envoy's headquarters all day long."

"You're serious?" After hearing this news, as long as you met He Bingwen, you nodded and prepared generous gifts and flocked to He's mansion to find out the news. For a while, He's mansion was full of traffic. After hearing the news, He Guerrilla simply hid in the government office and refused to return it, which made his hometown busy all the time.

The next day, I heard that the top officials in charge of military affairs, civil affairs, civil affairs, civil strength, money, grain, and military equipment were called to the imperial envoy headquarters one by one. The bureaucrats who belonged to each rushed to the homes of these adults early to wait for the news, but these military officials from all walks of life seemed to have taken mute medicine. Once they came back from the imperial envoy headquarters, they immediately became sawn gourds. No matter how good your personal relationship was, they would just say nothing.

They just heard that as soon as the Governor entered the city, they asked Pegasus to inform the seven guards and horses in Gutian, Shunchang and Sanming areas to rush to Fuzhou at night, three days later, if they did not arrive at the early morning, they asked the Emperor to behead him.

From this news, they vaguely realized that the Governor General must have done something on the fourth day, so on the third day, all officials memorized the relevant information on military, civil affairs, taxation, legal affairs, etc. in their jurisdiction to wait for the Governor General to inquire.

Sure enough, all the officials received the order that night, and all the officials above the sixth rank in the yamen of the governor were called and reported to the rank of all the officials of the military, civil, legal, tax and other departments in the morning of the next morning.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, Yang Ling washed up early and came to the front yamen. At the middle of the night, the civil and military officials who came to wait for the audience were already blocked by the yamen.

The lobby was quiet. Yang Ling sat in front of the painting wall where the red sun was rising on the sea and the cranes were flying. The python robe and jade belt were as heavy as water.

He marched south all the way. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was not appropriate. Since he was responsible for the suppression of Japanese Japanese in six provinces, he has been in Suzhou and has never visited other provinces to command himself. Now that Fujian officials have committed such a heinous case, it is time for the thief to feel guilty. Will he be anxious to jump over the wall and rush to destroy all the evidence of the crime when he hears the news?

Moreover, the news about the Jinyiwei is just a one-sided statement. If there is no other physical evidence, would the military and political officials in a province be killed if they want to? In view of this, Yang Ling, Xiao Hengjiang, Luo Yan and other generals studied it and decided to send Han Wu and Liu Dabangcui to pretend to be Japanese pirates and then blackmail them.

Since Ruan Dawen was afraid of the Japanese pirates like a tiger, and he was eager to leave the Fujian territory early to avoid exposing his own evidence of his own land, he was very likely to be deceived, so he took them down in one fell swoop, and the people were dirty and captured. So Yang Ling ordered Liu Dabangchui to lead his personal army to the navy and join Han Wu to join the water route to Fuzhou.

Although Yang Ling thought that if Ruan Dawen and others guessed their intentions, they would definitely plan a response, but they never expected that they would dare to use their troops to murder the imperial envoy. So when the army arrived at Yueshanyu, he only saw that the terrain was dangerous and ordered the front and rear troops to distance themselves out of caution. He did not expect that they would be ambushed on the only ancient post road between the two provinces at the important pass of the Ming army and the local area.

If he hadn't saved General He Shen in the past and by mistake made him the ambush general today, even if he was fine, the thousand iron guards in front would have been wiped out under the attack of cannons, crossbows and floods.

Therefore, Yang Ling was really angry and was inexplicably transferred to all important officials from all sides in the past two days to understand the military affairs, government affairs and officials in Fujian Province. It was a corruption that exceeded his imagination. It made him even more angry. It seemed that it would be difficult to clear the decadent situation in the Fujian area without a dose of violent medicine like a storm.

Thinking of this, he looked at the silent lobby with murderous intent in his eyes and shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, come and play the drums and gather the generals! Let all officials report to the list according to their ranks!"

The war drums sounded rumbling under the hall, and two rows of neatly equipped spearmen stood straight, lined up from the lobby to the entrance of the yamen. It was solemn and quiet.

The first official to be called out was a civil servant. According to the rank of the ranks, these officials sorted out the squad and entered the lobby with fear under the gaze of two vicious officers and soldiers. There was a roll of flower list in front of Yang Ling, and one came in and picked one. Whenever he heard the name of the official who had already marked it in advance, Yang Ling said without raising his head: "Take it!"

Immediately, two small schools rushed up and held the at a loss and took the at a loss to the side room. Yang Ling then stroked the man's name with a brush. The officials standing in the lobby were all frightened. They looked at Yang Ling in awe, and then looked at his colleagues who were dragged down. He felt a sense of joy in his heart: Dead fellow Taoist. Don't die, it seems that he has already passed this level.

When all the civil servants entered the yamen of the governors, the civil servants on the left were lined up outside the lobby. Among these people, there were three or four important personnel. However, no one sat down, and everyone was respectful and did not dare to take a breath.

The military officer sued, Yang Ling waved his hand to stop him, looked at Xiao Hengjiang who was standing straight beside him, and asked in a low voice: "The seven guards have arrived? What's the situation now?"

Xiao Hengjiang bowed and whispered: "Yes! The officers and soldiers of the seven guards were all set up camp outside the west city, and the seven camps were restrained by each other, and the army was very quiet. General He had blocked the four cities. Since the commander of the seven guards dared to enter the city calmly, it seemed that Ruan Dawen and others confessed that, except for his navy, the land guard station had a bad military discipline and corruption became a trend, he had not dared to collude with the enemy as a bandit."

Yang Ling nodded and said solemnly: "I know what I know, please tell them to come in."

As soon as Yang Ling arrived, he had already controlled the navy stationed in the nearby inland rivers. The navy officers and soldiers had giant ships and cannons, which were suitable for sea combat. Their land weapons were equipped with limited land combat capabilities. The land combat capability was extremely weak. Yang Ling sent a cavalry to raid. Several major generals of the navy were either killed in the city or in Yueshanyu, and were quickly subdued without a head.

Judging from the situation I learned in the past two days, the source of the Fujian Navy is extremely complicated. The officers and soldiers of the generals and soldiers included hereditary soldiers transferred from the garrison, bandits and water bandits who were recruited and pacified, and these monsters and monsters were mixed with them, and the military discipline of the navy was extremely corrupt.

In the past two days, the factory was tortured from Zhou Hong. The navy sometimes encountered a single sea ship on patrol at sea. The sea was vast and the world was boundless. The binding force of the court and the law on them was extremely weak. These officers and soldiers would pretend to be pirates, just rob the ship and plunder the goods, kill all crew members and throw them into the sea. Their behavior was even more brutal than that of real pirates.

Yang Ling, the generals involved in the case and the bandit soldiers involved in the slaughter of the ship, have followed the map and arrested them all. Although the generals of the Seven Guards are corrupt and incompetent, they have not committed such heinous crimes. This has greatly relieved Yang Ling. Although these officials are not good at fighting, they are going to kill them all, who will use to command those soldiers?

The cruelty of the Japanese pirates has destroyed the courage and courage of these soldiers. How can an army without morale, morale and spirit, even if the body of the soldiers is not weaker than the enemy and the weapons are not behind the enemy, how can they fight?

Use heavy punishment in troubled times! Since the Japanese pirates used blood and death to scare this army into a walking corpse, Yang Ling was about to wake them up with a bloody storm. As long as they dared to face the Japanese pirates, they dared to wave weapons at the enemy instead of turning around and running away from a distance, then they would be half successful.

Not many generals were arrested on the spot, but despite this, the ruthless measures of the governor also made the civil and military officials present feel awe-inspiring. The lobby was silent, and only Xiao Hengjiang's low voice echoed in the lobby.

Xiao Hengjiang first announced to civil and military officials that Ruan Dawen and others used military funds to bribe Japanese pirates, and murdered the imperial envoy, and the crimes involved in the officials who were just taken down. Yang Ling immediately stood up and announced the appointment and removal of officials from the province.

As the wartime governor, he had the right to appoint and remove officials at all levels of military and political jurisdiction under his jurisdiction, but these officials had the word "dai" in their ranks. They had to report to the emperor and formally appointed by the Ministry of Personnel.

The Fujian Navy was fully taken over by Han Wu and temporarily served as the admiral of the Navy. The seven guards currently summoned in the army and the three guards originally stationed in Fuzhou, the six guards currently stationed in the south, totaling six guards and five guerrilla generals. The position of Fujian's general to suppress the Japanese, He Bingwen was appointed as the general.

The Governor's Office was temporarily moved to Fujian, with Yang Ling also serving as the governor of Fujian, and appointed Liu Xun, the General Secretary of Fuzhou, as the governor.

Then, the new general He Bingwen deployed military arrangements to all the generals.

All the officials were confused by Yang Ling's drastic reforms and lightning arrangements, and could only try to absorb all the information. It actually came from the deployment instructed by the young governor.

Yang Ling's performance was too strange. He did not mention the disposal of the officials who committed the crime. He used this big move to transfer all senior officials and arrested a group of officials on the spot. Then he did not mobilize or appease the officials, and then began to issue combat orders calmly, as if all the officials were subordinates whom he had been under for many years.

Is this calmness and confidence, or careless? In short, a strange and incomprehensible imperial governor began to make the officials feel inexplicably awe and oppression.

He Bingwen announced the overall military deployment and the key arrangements of troops. The officers and soldiers of each guard need to guard and control the important military passes of the water and land, and the strategic goals that they need to complete, as well as detailed deployments such as gathering, advancing, fighting, and retreating. This busy schedule, from the sun that had not yet risen until noon, all civil and military officials were hungry, and He Bingwen had completed the deployment.

Yang Ling raised her sleeves and asked calmly: "Did you remember all the tasks that need to be completed by the generals of each guard and the matters that civil servants need to cooperate with?"

After glanced around, the officials did not dare to speak, but nodded in unison. Yang Ling Zhanyan smiled and said, "Very good. The Japanese pirates have retreated step by step. The Japanese pirates and their families captured by us have already been defeated.

Now, the Japanese pirates in Fujian and Guangdong are at the end of their journey. As long as our soldiers are in good faith, quelling the chaos is just around the corner. Remember, the first priority of Fujian’s military and political affairs is to quell the Japanese. You guys will go back early to prepare. The seven guards’ army will set off tomorrow morning. I am in charge of Fuzhou. I am waiting to ask the court for merits and rewards for the generals!”

The Governor turned around and returned to the inner yard. The civil and military officials looked at me. I looked at you, and I was stunned for a while before scattering. The new officials took office for three fires. They did not dare to be vague about the Governor's arrangements. They mobilized the people, prepared food and fodder, and rectified the military land. They all took some gestures.

However, civil and military officials all have their own thoughts in their hearts. They roll up their arms and sleeves to play heroes. Everyone can do it. When they arrive at the front line, do they really use their strength to fight or to bluff the enemy, who can do it? In the active preparation for battle, there are pairs of waiting and watching eyes.

In the afternoon, the situation took a sharp turn. Teams of soldiers who were unsheathed from steel knives began to appear in the streets and alleys, and the houses of 128 senior civil and military officials below Ruan Dawen began to be searched. There were crying everywhere in Fuzhou City, and the families of criminals who were wearing shackles and locks were held in prison were endless.

Officials of all sizes and big cities living next to them stood in their yards and looked at them secretly, all of whom were frightened. Before evening, all kinds of rumors were heard through their families and neighbors: prisoners at all levels were exiled to the prisoners, and Yingyao sent the prisoners to the capital. A long prisoner chariot drove the Xicheng and passed through the Qigu Army Camp in a noble place and headed straight to the capital.

The next morning, the seven guards completed the troops, and the Fuzhou garrison opened the city gate and let them pass through the city and headed straight to the coastal front line. The seven guards were on their horses and suddenly found that the flat and wide bluestone road between the east and west city gates had been blocked by the yamen runners, inspectors, and the powerful people had no people on the streets. A prisoner was kneeling every few steps on both sides of the road, and a strong soldier standing with a knife standing behind him.

These prisoners knelt from both sides of the straight west gate to the east gate, with their hands tied up and cloth strips tied to their mouths. When they walked to the intersection where the four streets gathered, they suddenly saw the high platform standing on the four corners. On the kneeling were the highest military and political officials in Fujian Province: the governor Ruan Dawen, the navy admiral Zhou Hong, the inspector Zhai Qingshan, and the Fuzhou prefect Wang Feiling.

The generals and officers and soldiers couldn't help but relax and walked slowly on the street, only the sound of horse hooves and wheels were heard.

Suddenly, several officers and soldiers riding on horseback were raising arrows and galloping on the road, shouting loudly: "Tell me that the Governor General will order the prisoner to take his place and verify his true self!"

Immediately, the officers and soldiers standing behind the prisoners with a knife responded in unison: "Report to the Governor, all 1,125 death row prisoners, all of whom are verified, and wait for the order!"

The generals of the Seven Guards suddenly changed their faces, "One thousand one hundred and twenty-five death row prisoners?" Except for Hongwu, Yongle Dynasty, when did there have been such a big move? Who has had such courage? With one order, thousands of heads fell to the ground!"

Afar, three cannons sounded, and someone shouted: "Call the cannons and execute the execution! Kill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~."

The long word "博" passed by the moving army leisurely. With a "swish!" on both sides of the road, the sharp steel knives raised up together, shining out a radiant light.

More than a thousand shining arcs were slashed down, and more than a thousand blood splattered into the air. More than a thousand heads rolled down to their feet, and a strong bloody aura suddenly filled the air.

The sound of tens of thousands of soldiers taking a breath of air conditioning suddenly gathered into a "buzzing" wave of air. The commanders of the seven guards suddenly realized that Yangling's team of isolated and helpless and had no escape until death was exactly 1,125 people.

Corpse were everywhere, blood flowed into a river, and forty thousand troops rolled up their flags and walked out of the East City with one foot of blood. The fierce aura rushed straight to Jiuxiao.
Chapter completed!