"Throw down your sword and come over one by one holding your head!"
The Liaodong Army was experienced in surrendering. Several generals commanded soldiers to block the entrances of various streets and shout to the rebels in the encirclement. At the same time, they closely monitored the rebels to guard against the possibility of breaking out at any time.
Condition.
The rebels had already stopped fighting each other. Weiyun wanted to encourage his subordinates to break out, but at this time, no one was willing to listen to his command. In normal times, he was a general and had the power to kill and kill his opponents. But now, he and others
They are all criminals waiting to be dealt with. Everyone avoids him, so how can they fight together with him?
The rebel officers and soldiers walked toward the Ming army one by one. They followed the Ming army's instructions and first threw out the weapons in their hands. Then they held their heads in their hands and slowly walked to the Ming army. They obediently waited for the other side to use ropes to restrain them.
Tie it up yourself, then push it aside to wait for orders.
"Come one by one, don't rush!"
"As for you, why are you in a hurry? It will be your turn!"
"Don't run away, you won't listen anymore, right?"
"Blast!" For those rebels who insist on surrendering, either because they are deaf or because they are awkward, the best order is to be shot by the musketeers. The gunmen of Kanyu Camp stood on the ridge of the roof, with a wide field of vision, and the entire surrender
The scene can be clearly seen. They stared at the rebels below with their guns in hand. If they encountered anyone who was disobedient, they would raise their hands and shoot them. As for where to hit, it depends on the character of the person involved.
"General Zu, this is the head of the traitor Liu Dongyang. Forgive me for being incompetent. I wanted to take Kuai Bai's head, but I encountered Kuai Bai's men on a narrow road and failed to make any contribution."
Xu Chao, Liu Chuanbai, Zhang Wenxu and others held Liu Dongyang's head and knelt in front of Zu Chengxun, waiting for his fate.
"Why don't you capture Liu Dongyang alive? There are so many of you, it's not difficult to capture him alive, right?" Zu Chengxun ordered his men to put away the heads and scolded Xu Chao and others.
"This... the main reason is that Liu Ni resisted arrest, so we had to strike first." Xu Chao explained.
In fact, the thoughts of Xu Chao and others were not that simple. Under the circumstances at that time, Liu Dongyang already had the intention to surrender, but he just had not had time to say it out. Of course Xu Chao and others would not allow Liu Dongyang to surrender voluntarily and kill Liu Dongyang.
They had discussed the strategy in advance. Because if Liu Dongyang surrendered voluntarily, the merits of Xu Chao and others would not be shown. Liu Chuanbai had already received instructions from Ye Mengxiong, that is, Liu Dongyang was bound to die. They could kill them through
Liu Dongyang came to exonerate himself.
"So, where is Kuaibai now?" Zu Chengxun asked.
"I don't know." Xu Chao said. He glanced at Kuaiyun who was protected by several guards. He pointed with his hand and said to Zu Chengxun: "General Zu, look at that. That's
Kuai Bai’s adopted son Kuai Yun, he must know Kuai Bai’s whereabouts.”
"Capture him alive." Zu Chengxun ordered.
"This..." Xu Chao hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind. He turned around, picked up a big knife, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to capture Kuaiyun!"
Liu Chuanbai, Zhang Wenxu and others also knew that this was an opportunity to clear their name. They quickly called their own soldiers to follow them.
Weiyun stood at a street corner with only five or six guards left around him. When he saw Xu Chao and others approaching with murderous intent, he shouted inwardly: "What are you going to do!"
"General Wei, General Zu of the Ming Army has something to ask you, and asked our brothers to come and invite you over." Xu Chao said.
"Do you want to take credit for me?" Kuiyun asked.
Xu Chaodao: "General Wei, do you still want to resist?"
"Who wants to resist? This general... originally planned to submit to the imperial court." Kuaiyun said boldly.
"Then let's go, General Zu is still waiting for you." Xu Chao said, but the sword in his hand remained ready to attack.
"General Zu, I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender!" Kuiyun shouted to Zu Chengxun at the top of his lungs. He was really afraid that Xu Chao would use him to resist arrest and kill him as a gift, so he quickly declared himself to Zu Chengxun
attitude in order to let Zu Chengxun protect his safety.
"Xu Chao, don't hurt him. Bring him here." Of course Zu Chengxun understood the purpose of Kuai Yun's shouting. He sneered in his heart, but still gave Xu Chao the order.
Xu Chao and others were very sorry, but now that Zu Chengxun had spoken, they were inconvenient to touch Kuai Yun. They just escorted Kuai Yun to Zu Chengxun with a knife, then threw away the knife and knelt aside.
After knowing that his safety was guaranteed, Kuaiyun also threw away the knife, knelt down and kowtowed to Zu Chengxun. Zu Chengxun asked: "Are you Kuaiyun?"
"The guilty party is none other than Kuaiyun." Kuaiyun replied.
"What's the purpose of Kuaibai asking you to bring troops here?" Zu Chengxun asked.
Kuaiyun said: "Kaibai, let me surround Liu Dongyang's general military mansion, kill Liu Dongyang, and sacrifice his head to avenge his crime."
"Do you know where Kuai Bai is now?" Zu Chengxun asked.
"My foster father...ah, no, the traitor Kuai Bai is in the house now." Kuai Yun said.
"How many people are there in the Kuaibai Mansion?" Zu Chengxun asked again.
Kuaiyun said: "There are still three thousand people in the mansion, mainly Cangtou soldiers."
"There are still three thousand Cangtou troops?" Zu Chengxun thought, "Aren't these the elites you brought with you?"
"These are all sergeants of the Ningxia Guard, not elites." Kuaiyun replied in a confused manner. At this moment, he suddenly felt something strange. Liu Dongyang could mobilize thousands of soldiers and horses, so since Kuaibai wanted to take them
Why did Liu Dongyang ask him to bring two thousand Ningxia Guard sergeants who were not very elite, but he was reluctant to use the Cangtou Army?
"No, Kuai Bai is trying to attack the west!" Zu Chengxun thought of the problem earlier than Kuai Yun. However, he was now surrounded by thousands of rebels and could no longer spare the manpower to surround Kuai Bai Mansion.
Outside Ningxia City, several war horses galloped from the north of the city to the south of the city. The knights on the horses jumped down, and under the guidance of the guards, they came to Ye Mengxiong and reported: "Report! Kuaibai led three thousand cavalry out of the north gate.
Forced a breakout and left!"
"This traitor has really escaped!" Ye Mengxiong sighed with his fist.
Although the Ming army numbered 100,000, it was still quite difficult to completely encircle the city of Ningxia. Ye Mengxiong asked the Liaodong Army to attack the south city, while Ma Qiancheng and Xiao Ruxun attacked the east city and west city respectively, outside the north gate.
The siege force was inevitably a bit empty. It was not that Ye Mengxiong had not considered the possibility of Kuai Bai breaking through the siege, but the force was insufficient and he could not stop him even if he wanted to, so he had no choice but to let him go.
Kuaibai sent Kuaiyun to kill Liu Dongyang, with the intention of attacking in the east and attacking in the west. The Ming army besieged Ningxia City, and there was an opening in the north. Kuaibai had noticed this a long time ago. After sending Kuaiyun to leave with two thousand soldiers and horses, Kuaibai
Then together with Kuai Chengen and Tu Wenxiu, he led three thousand Cangtou troops to the north city, opened the city gates, and broke out.
There was also a part of the Liaodong Army defending outside the north city. When they saw a group of people and horses coming out of the city, they naturally stepped forward to demand a fight. They wanted to escape, but they were all cavalry with them. The horses and guns sank quickly, and the Liaodong Army could not stop them. Soon
They tore a hole open, and the large group of men and horses rushed away. The leading general had no choice but to plead guilty to Ye Mengxiong.
"Hai Bai is so brave. When he broke through, he led his most elite Cangtou Army. It is indeed not the general's fault that he was allowed to rush out." Xiao Ruxun stood aside to excuse the general of the Liaodong Army.
"What General Xiao said is that it is not easy to stop Kuai Bai from escaping." Ye Mengxiong did not embarrass the general, but looked regretful.
Chen Dao said: "Kai Bai is a Tatar. If he escapes, he will have no choice but to return to the grassland, so as not to harm our Ming Dynasty again."
Su Hao said: "He can escape in the first grade of junior high school, but he can't escape in the fifteenth grade. Even if he escapes back to the grassland, can't we chase him to the grassland and arrest him?"
Ye Mengxiong laughed and said: "To put it another way, it's easy to say that if Kuai Bai escapes into the grassland, it won't be easy to catch him back. However, what Dr. Chen said is right. If Kuai Bai goes back to the grassland, that's it."
We can no longer harm our Ming Dynasty. It is a great achievement for us to recover the city of Ningxia. Whether we can capture Kuaibai is not the most important thing."
After the governor said this, everyone felt less burdened. Li Rusong, Xiao Ruxun, Ma Qiancheng, Su Hao and others respectively commanded their teams, entered Ningxia City in several groups, and began to restore order in the city.
Liu Dongyang was killed, Xu Chao, Liu Chuanbai, Kuaiyun and others were captured. In addition, Kuaibai and others escaped, the rebels in the city were leaderless. The Ming army entered the city and did not encounter any resistance.
Wherever they go, the rebel officers and soldiers are all tied up. The only thing for Ye Mengxiong and others to worry about is how to place so many prisoners.
Dang Xin's original governor's office was cleaned up and temporarily served as Ye Mengxiong's governor's office. Generals such as Li Rusong and Xiao Ruxun were summoned to the meeting hall of the governor's office to discuss the aftermath of the Ningxia battle.
"The sergeant is innocent." Xiao Ruxun said, "The chief culprits are Kuai Bai and Liu Dongyang, and the accomplices are Xu Chao, Kuaiyun and others. As for these lower-level sergeants, they were completely coerced and should not be punished."
"Maybe we should check to see if anyone owed blood debts during the fall of Ningxia. It is inappropriate to be completely indifferent to past events," Su Hao reminded.
Xiao Ruxun said: "The reminder is correct. Xiao has asked people to arrange the prisoners according to the original organizational structure. The next step is to conduct an in-depth inquiry to see who has acted as an aide. These people must be singled out.
Severe punishment."
Ye Mengxiong said: "I promised that the culprits will be punished and no threats will be made. People like Xu Chao and Kuaiyun need to be sent back to the capital to wait for the imperial court's defeat. As for the defeated troops in the city, it is not appropriate to kill them indiscriminately to avoid re-emergence.
Provoke mutiny."
Xiao Ruxun said: "Don't worry, Governor, I will definitely not kill indiscriminately. Except for a few who are really guilty of blood debt, the rest of the guilty people will be spared their lives as much as possible. Governor Ye, look at these
Is it appropriate for criminal soldiers to go to the coal mines to dig coal to pay for their crimes?"
"Hahaha, Ji Xin originally had this idea." Ye Mengxiong said with a smile, "You are the commander-in-chief of Ningxia. I will not interfere with how to deal with your soldiers." (To be continued. If you like this
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