The Qing army general sent by Shang Kexi this time was Shang Zhixiao, Shang Kexi's second son.
Shang Zhixiao attached great importance to this expedition and rode on horseback several times to urge the army to move quickly.
After Shang Zhixin died, according to the order of succession, he should take over the position of Prince Pingnan.
However, Shang Kexi also showed considerable preference for Shang Zhijie.
This is not certain yet!
This time Shang Kexi ordered Shang Zhixiao to lead the troops to go on an expedition. In Shang Zhixiao's eyes, this was Shang Kexi's test for him.
Just like he was able to achieve military exploits during this expedition and even avenge Shang Zhixin.
Then my position as Prince Pingnan is most likely stable.
I believe that Shang Kexi will write to the court soon, please make your second son Zhixiao the crown prince!
Therefore, there is no room for neglecting filial piety.
Behind him, there were bursts of screams and wails from Gaozhou City, thick smoke billowed, and fire continued to spread.
The people in the city were wailing, screaming, and desperate!
This is the Qing army's "repair"!
The long and rapid march made the Qing army full of fatigue and hostility, and its morale and morale were affected to a certain extent.
It's like a sharp knife that has been dusted for a long time. Only by drinking blood can it regain its sharpness!
Therefore, this revision was carried out!
The army marched outside Gaozhou City, and the Gaozhou magistrate received the order in advance and took the gentry of Gaozhou to eat pots of wine to meet the king's army.
However, what the gentry in Gaozhou didn't expect was that they would not get the praise and reward of the king when they went to welcome the king.
But the butcher knife from the Qing army!
The gates of Gaozhou City were opened, and the Qing cavalry rode into the city. They cut down people they saw and robbed things they saw.
Many women also suffered!
The more particular ones know how to drag people to corners to get things done.
If he is not careful, he will insult the woman in the street, and even happily invite people to watch, and invite acquaintances to participate in multi-person sports.
Throughout Gaozhou City, there were screams and wails everywhere!
Shang Zhixiao didn't care about this, but Ma Wengui, the prefect of Gaozhou, looked extremely ugly.
It's not that he pities the people of Gaozhou, but if all the people of Gaozhou are killed by the Eight Banners soldiers, then what kind of people will he, a local official, have to govern?
Rule over a bunch of ghosts?!
"Please, Your Majesty, have mercy on the people of Gaozhou and restrain the rebels!"
Ma Wengui asked.
The title of Crown Prince spoke to Shang Zhixiao's heart.
But facing Ma Wengui's request, Shang Zhixiao didn't take it seriously at all.
"The army has been marching for a long time. We are tired up and down and need to be repaired!"
"The Qing Dynasty will remember the people of Gaozhou!"
Ma Wengui said with an extremely ugly face.
"Your Highness, aren't you afraid that my official will impeach you?"
"Gaozhou is the capital of our Qing Dynasty, not the capital of the Ming Dynasty!"
"The people of Gaozhou are also obedient people of our Qing Dynasty, not rebels of the Ming Dynasty!"
"His Royal Highness slaughters the people like this, isn't he afraid of Shilin Qingliu Fei's opinion?"
Shang Zhixiao was threatened and said in a very unhappy mood.
"Haha, so what?"
"My father killed millions of people in Guangdong, isn't he still King Pingnan of the Qing Dynasty?"
"What the Qing Dynasty wanted was the land of the Central Plains, not the population of the Central Plains."
"Believe it or not, even if my father slaughtered Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty again, the imperial court would only issue an order at most."
"Do you think the imperial court will care about the population of Gaozhou?"
Shang Zhixiao's words made Ma Wengui feel a cold sweat running down his spine.
Yes, when did the Qing Dynasty take the lives of Han people seriously?!
When speaking, Shang Zhixiao's eyes were full of contempt and teasing.
…
The massacre in Gaozhou lasted for a whole day. The Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army took a rest after being tired, and Gaozhou City finally returned to peace.
However, at this time, Gaozhou City had already turned into ruins!
There are ruins and signs of fire everywhere.
The streets were filled with corpses in various forms of death!
The whole family of many families died, even the prominent landowners and gentry in the city were no exception.
The government officials walked tremblingly on the streets, posting notices for the safety of the people, carrying buckets to put out fires, and collect the corpses in the city.
At this time, Gaozhou City seemed like a ghost town!
The Qing army repaired in Gaozhou for two or three days, then gathered the surviving people in Gaozhou City and drove them towards the Leizhou Peninsula.
Shang Zhixiao said proudly to Xu Tai beside him.
"Mr. Xu, I have heard that the Ming thieves have sharp firearms. I, the Qing Dynasty, were unable to bring any firearms during this attack, let alone rush to make a shield chariot."
"Now we can only use these despicable Han people as cannon fodder!"
Xu Tai is Shang Zhixiao's man, so Shang Zhixiao calls himself the crown prince in front of Xu Tai without any scruples.
Xu Tai touched his chin and said.
"Your Highness is indeed smart, and he has learned from the prince in terms of marching and fighting!"
Shang Zhixiao raised his head and laughed.
"Haha, that's natural!"
Xu Tai knew Shang Zhixiao's character very well, so he started to compliment him.
"I just don't know why His Highness the Crown Prince also wanted to capture those old people when he captured cannon fodder?"
"Those old people are very weak, wouldn't it be a burden to carry them around?"
Shang Zhixiao said proudly.
"Sir, you don't know. This prince has already planned this."
With a sinister laugh, Shang Zhixiao continued.
"Wait until our army is halfway through and these old guys can no longer move, then drag them out and kill them!"
"Just enough to scare other cannon fodder!"
Xu Tai opened his mouth and continued to compliment him.
"His Royal Highness is indeed brilliant!"
…
More than twenty days have passed since the Liberation Army occupied Leizhou.
In these twenty days, all the migratory population of the entire Leizhou Peninsula has been relocated.
The Liberation Army also built a simple fortress outside Leizhou City!
For twenty or thirty miles from Leizhou City to the seaside, several longitudinal trenches were dug by the Liberation Army.
The trenches are connected by communication trenches, and large and small traps are set up in the open space between the trenches, such as horse tripping ropes, horse pits, etc.
The entire defense line is filled with forts and infantry fire points that can form crossfires!
To put it bluntly, it means preparations have been made to build a fortress on the seaside of Leizhou.
After the cement deployed from Luzon and other places is in place, the fortress will be built, and surface structures such as trenches, forts, and firepower points will be added.
An insurmountable fortress will appear outside Leizhou City!
Now that the Liberation Army has insufficient strength, Zhu Hongyu's idea is still to try to avoid a large-scale decisive battle with the Qing army in the field without superior strength.
Planting nails and building fortresses along the coast to attract Qing troops to attack and train troops through battles were Zhu Hongyu's specific methods!
Zhu Hongyu stood at the top of Leizhou City and looked towards the mainland.
All he can do now is to continue to block the Qing army along the coast, declare his existence, and show that he will never give in to peace.
But when can the real Northern Expedition begin, and when can we really achieve what the slogan says:
"Drive out the Tartars, recover China, rebuild the Ming Dynasty, and revive China!"