On the second day of July in the twenty-fourth year of Kangxi, the Guan Ning rebels used hundreds of cavalry to seize the north gate of our Shangyang Fort. The main force of the rebels followed, and within half an hour, the fort was occupied by the rebels.【】
I was under the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria. When the city was broken, there was chaos. The streets were full of fleeing people. No one knew what was going on. There were dozens of riders galloping from north to south, fleeing in confusion. Their momentum was like a wave, and the crowds fled for cover.
At this moment, another horseman came from the north to the south. He pulled back the reins and walked slowly. The man on the horse looked up and howled. The two soldiers in front of the horse reluctantly held the reins of the horse and left. I walked far away and recognized him.
Ma Zhizhi was the leader of Lord Laimit. After the leader fled, more than a hundred soldiers abandoned their weapons and armors and uniforms and fled for their lives. There were dozens of soldiers at the top of the city. Because they were going down to the city, they could only jump from the top of the city.
He wanted to escape, but the city wall was too high. If he jumped like this, he would only break his head and die.
When the thieves entered the city, they immediately started killing each other, causing the crowds to crowd and trample on each other. The roads were quickly blocked by the flow of people. So people jumped on the wooden planks and climbed on them in an attempt to escape from the houses. However, the wooden planks were not strong, and as soon as there were more people, they overturned.
, people fell like fallen leaves, and ten of them died; those who reached the rooftops of the people ran on the rooftops, stepping on the tiles under their feet, and there was a loud sound. The sound was like swords and halberds striking each other, and like rain and hail, echoing everywhere.
Continuously. The people in the house were shocked and came out in panic.
I saw a number of thieves suddenly coming out of the street. They were brightly dressed, armed with firearms, and black and yellow flags. They were marching from north to south, with strict steps and no disorder. I made a private calculation and thought that this was a well-disciplined and controlled army.
As for the civilians in the fort, I feel a little more at ease.
Suddenly I heard an urgent knock on the door. It turned out that the neighboring Ge Jia family was afraid of the rebels, so they made an appointment to set up a table and burn incense to welcome the rebels to show their submission and not dare to resist. Although I knew that this would not have any effect, I still
He was disloyal to the court, but for the time being, he only responded accordingly. He lined up with the Ge Jia family and other neighbors and stood in line, waiting for the rebels to arrive, but after waiting for a long time, they did not see the rebels.
So I went to the back hall of the house and peeked at the city gate. I saw that the bandit army was a little thinner than before, and they were stopping and walking. Suddenly I saw a miscellaneous group of women among the bandit soldiers, and their clothes and colors were all women of my banner. I just started
I was so frightened that I turned around and said to my wife: "If anything happens when the enemy soldiers enter the city, you should kill yourself to avoid humiliation." My wife cried and said: "Okay!" Then she cried and handed over to me and said: "I have accumulated a lot before."
I leave my private money to you. If I die, there is no possibility of me resurrecting my life forever, so what is the use of keeping this property? So take out all the money and give it to me.
At this moment, someone came in and shouted loudly: Coming! Coming! I ran out in a hurry. I saw several horses coming from the north in the distance. They all pulled the reins tightly and moved forward slowly. When they met the welcoming queue, they bowed their heads and faced them.
The people waiting below seemed to be talking about something. At this time, everyone in the castle was in danger and defending themselves, so although they were not far apart, there was no communication.
People waited anxiously for them to approach, only to realize that they were asking for money from house to house. However, they were not very demanding. If they got a little bit, they would not ask any more questions. Even if there were some who were disobedient, they would threaten them with swords, but they would not hurt anyone.
There were a number of Han criminals inside who acted as guides for the bandits, leading them to raid the city.
The thieves arrived in front of my house one after another. One of the thieves on horseback pointed at me and said to the cavalry behind: "Let him take out the money!" The thieves behind just got off their horses, but I had already fled away quickly. The thieves
So he abandoned me and ran away without caring about the horse.
The murderous cries of thieves and soldiers had resounded throughout the fort, and many bannermen did not dare to stay in the house, hiding on the roof in fear. The sound of mourning outside was heartbreaking and soul-stirring. At this time, fires broke out everywhere in the city, and those nearby were on fire.
In more than a dozen places, one could faintly hear the sounds of the injured victims groaning in pain and mourning intermittently. The misery was indescribable.
Climbing up to the roof again, I found that there were more than ten people hiding in the gutter between the roofs. Suddenly, a person climbed up the wall of the east chamber to escape, and a bandit soldier was chasing after him with a knife.
He flew out of the house, and we were there in no time. He immediately abandoned the people he was chasing and came towards us. I was so frightened that I immediately jumped off the roof. I ran for more than a hundred steps before escaping the chase. But with other family members
They are separated, and I don't know whether they are alive or dead.
At this time, a few cunning thieves were afraid that there were too many people hiding and it would be difficult to find them, so they pretended that they would not kill anyone again as a sign of tranquility. So the people who were hiding rushed out to follow them. There were more than 300 people in total, but after that
Never seen these people again.
I was confused, and suddenly I heard someone calling me. One was the two concubines who were leading Asiha. I quickly stopped them. Both of them were disheveled, naked and in a state of embarrassment. One concubine was holding another in her arms.
When the bandits discovered the baby girl, they whipped the baby with whips, snatched her away, threw her into the mud, and then drove her away.
One bandit soldier held a knife in front to guide, one bandit soldier held his hand horizontally to drive away, and one bandit soldier stood on the left and right of the team to prevent them from escaping. Three bandit soldiers drove dozens of people like dogs and sheep. If they stopped moving a little, they would
They were beaten and beaten, or killed immediately. The women were also tied with long ropes around their necks, and the ropes were hung like beads. Due to excessive panic, the women kept falling down, covered with mud, and stumbled every step. At this time, the streets were full of dirt.
I saw abandoned babies all over the ground, trampled by horse hooves or trampled by human feet, their livers and brains smeared on the ground, and the sound of crying filled the field. Passing by ditches and ponds, I saw corpses piled inside, hands and feet resting on each other, and blood flowing into the water.
It turned into colorful, and the pond was filled with corpses.
The thieves ordered the women of our banner to take off all their clothes from the outside to the inside, from head to toe. Due to the intimidation of the thieves, these women had no choice but to face each other and expose their naked bodies. They were so shy that they were in unspeakable pain. The thieves picked the women on their left sides.
They hug each other, laugh endlessly, and behave like animals. If anyone refuses to obey, they will be killed in the street.
A red-haired and green-eyed thief kidnapped a woman and entered the house, intending to rape her on the bed. The woman resisted resolutely at first, but later had to succumb to the violent coercion of the thief. After that, the woman said: "This place is so close to the street.
It's inconvenient, and you may be discovered by others, so don't stay here for a long time." The red-haired bandit soldier didn't understand, so he took her away again with gestures, and I was almost discovered in the process.
At night, when the thieves were resting, I quietly walked to the west gate. At the foot of the city wall, corpses were piled up as densely as fish scales. I tripped over corpses several times and fell into the pile of corpses, touching them. Since there were corpses everywhere, I couldn’t put my foot down.
At this point, I had to lie down and walk with my hands. When there was any disturbance, I would lie down on the ground and pretend to be a zombie. Only in this way did I have a chance to escape from the city.
This section is adapted from the historical facts of Yangzhou Ten Days.