However, they continued to quarrel, this matter was a done deal and it was not something they could change!
What Zhu Hongyu and Zheng Chenggong decided together cannot be changed simply by changing it!
Needless to say, Zheng Chenggong’s prestige among the Zheng army!
As the Ming army's mainland offensive unfolded, Zhu Hongyu also gained unparalleled prestige with each remarkable victory.
Few people dare to raise different opinions on the things he decides!
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Wangjiapuzi Village is an ordinary Jiangnan village.
Small bridges and flowing water, cattle and shepherd boys, typical Jiangnan water town scenery!
This village was lucky to be able to survive more than ten years of wars, even though a large number of strong men from the Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty were forcibly taken away by the Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.
At least they are not extinct, right?
Under the big willow tree in the village's grain drying field, the people in Wangjiapuzi Village all had white cloths wrapped around their heads, looking sad.
A group of people gathered together, and in the middle of the crowd were two corpses covered with white cloth.
The bright red blood seeped out from under the white cloth, staining the white cloth with blood spots.
It looks quite eye-catching!
These two corpses belong to a young couple.
The couple just got married last year, and before the Chinese New Year, my wife was diagnosed with a positive pulse for three months just before the Chinese New Year.
Last night, several rebels entered the village, preparing to steal some money.
The target is this young couple!
Several rebel soldiers broke into the door and started rummaging through the boxes and cabinets looking for things.
Money, jewelry, cloth, ironware...
All valuable belongings that could be seen were put into his pockets.
At first, the young couple did not resist.
These are the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty. Which court would not grab something during the war?
If they want to rob, they can rob. It doesn't matter if they lose some money, as long as they can save their lives.
However, during the robbery, the rebel soldier fell in love with his pregnant wife.
Prepare to learn from Boss Cao and change robbing wealth to robbing sex!
This can't be tolerated!
As a result, the young couple began to resist.
However, how can an unarmed young couple be a match for the wolf-like insurgents?
A group of crazy soldiers defiled their wives in front of their husbands.
Then, the couple was brutally killed.
He even dug out the vaguely formed fetus from his wife's belly, which was extremely cruel.
Looking at the two corpses covered with white cloth in front of him, the aging old village chief sighed. His old face was full of exhaustion and helplessness. His voice paused and he spoke again.
"Wang Ping and his wife are gone, so these four houses are considered to be the last of their kind, right?"
A middle-aged man on the side nodded and said.
"Yes, patriarch. This Wang Ping is the last male of the fourth house. Now that his wife and his wife are killed, the incense of the fourth house is cut off."
The old village chief nodded and said in a sad tone.
"If that's the case, let's use the money from the clan to choose a good cemetery and give them a good burial!"
"Let's see if there is a male in the family who cannot support him. He will be adopted into the fourth family's name and the family will pool money and food to raise the child together."
"No matter what, we can't let the fourth room lose its incense!"
The old village chief's instructions were all arrangements for the aftermath, without the slightest intention of revenge.
Since the chaotic times of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they have experienced too many similar tragedies.
Even massacres of cities and villages were not something they had never experienced before.
What happened last night, now that I see it, is indeed unforgettable and painful!
But after the incident is over, it will be like that!
After experiencing too much, no matter how cruel or bloody things happened, they have become accustomed to it.
As for revenge, they don’t dare to think about it!
In troubled times, who doesn’t know that the last thing in the world to mess with is a big-headed soldier with a sword and a gun?!
Faced with the killings caused by the insurgents, the most they could do was curse.
But after the scolding is over, life still has to go on.
"Mother Xipi, in this miserable world, there is no way for people to survive!"
A villager said with a bitter look on his face and cursed.
The old village chief heard the villagers' complaints, looked over with sharp eyes, and then spoke.
"Silence, don't bring trouble to the village!"
"If we provoke another rebellion, can you afford the consequences?"
The middle-aged man next to the old village chief asked tentatively.
"Village Chief, His Highness the Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, after receiving the military supplies we sent yesterday, didn't he promise to restrain the military discipline of the army?"
"Now that there is such a thing like insurrectionary troops harming places and killing people, it might be useful if we go to His Highness the Supervisor to file a complaint, right?"
The old village chief glanced sideways at the middle-aged man, sighed, and said in a very helpless tone.
"The less trouble, the better!"
"Now that the war is approaching, the Qing and Ming Dynasties have gathered together, and a decisive battle may break out at any time."
"At this time, how could His Royal Highness, Jianguo, deal with those military masters because of us, ordinary people like you?"
"When the time comes, when we look back, how can the soldiers not come to retaliate against us?"
"Our village can no longer withstand disasters, let's all live in peace!"
The old village chief's voice was full of helplessness.
Because, these are troubled times, troubled times where people are inferior to dogs!
After the old village chief finished speaking, the villagers began to step forward, lift up the two corpses, and go to the cemetery, playing and beating.
However, just as the funeral procession arrived at the entrance of the village, a group of cavalry rushed from a distance.
Everyone in this group of cavalry is wearing armor, and the red armor is as dazzling as flames.
The horse's hooves trampled the ground, causing a rumbling vibration.
The flags are fluttering, and the tall helmets and tassels are so majestic!
A group of cavalry quickly rushed to the front of the funeral procession. The leader dismounted, took out a document from his arms, showed it to the village chief, and spoke loudly.
"His Royal Highness the Supervisor has decided to deal with the rioters who caused trouble in the place last night and invites the victims to go to the military camp grounds!"
After saying this, the cavalry captain waved his hand and gave the order.
"Everyone, please come, His Highness the Supervisor has invited you!"
The old village chief looked shocked when he heard this and waved his hands quickly.
"Don't dare, don't dare, let's forget it. It's not a big deal, how dare you worry His Highness the Labor Supervisor?"
However, the cavalry captain did not listen to what he said at all.
Semi-forcibly, he took the old village chief and the clan elders in the village to the Ming Army camp on the bank of the Yangtze River.
Those who were sent to the villages surrounding the military camp to invite people were all cavalry teams of the Liberation Army.
Under the constraints of strict military discipline, they will indeed not rob places and harm the people.
However, as a true feudal army, they always put Zhu Hongyu's orders first.
In order to complete the tasks assigned to them by Zhu Hongyu, they did not mind using force on the people.
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The old village chief and others followed the Ming army's cavalry all the way towards the Ming army's camp.
The war horses galloped, and drops of hot sweat broke out on the horses. From a distance, white mist was steaming.
Like a divine horse running out of the clouds!
On the supporting horses, the soldiers of the Ming army with bright helmets became more and more majestic.
Groups of cavalry continued to flow into the camp like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea.
At this time, the camp was equally uneasy. The assembly horn was sounded, and soldiers and horses from various units assembled according to different organizational structures towards the school grounds in the camp.
The troops stood in formation in the school grounds, row after row, row after row, directly horizontally and vertically, like tofu cubes chopped with knives and axes, extremely neat.