In Straw Hat Hutong, thousands of Manchu men, women, and children were ordered to squat in the long alley. They were not allowed to speak, raise their heads, or even cough. Even the crying of babies was strictly prohibited.
The Third Regiment was ordered to kill all the families of Manchu officials living in the area.
"Suo'etu, Alantai, Du Kejian, Keerkun..."
Behind each name represents as few as dozens or as many as hundreds of men, women, old and young.
After hearing the name of the family owner, fear and despair quickly spread among these men, women, and children. They knew that the person named walked out of this alley and never came back.
Under the threat of broadswords and spears that were almost reaching their necks, the family members of these Manchurian dignitaries had no choice but to obey the orders of the traitors, bring their families with them, help the old and the young out of the alley, and walk with heavy steps.
Take a road of no return.
After walking out of the alley, men and women were quickly separated, and screams and howls were repeated again and again. Scenes of human tragedy of wives and children being separated, and separation of flesh and blood flashed at the entrance of Straw Hat Alley.
The nerves of Xu Hai, a member of the 3rd Regiment, were already numb. The life and death in front of him made him feel numb. At first, he could not bear it, but it was hard to disobey military orders. He had to obey the orders and execute the "Slaughter Man Order". After several mechanical
After repeating the order, he now just wanted to get rid of these Manchurians quickly, because he was already very impatient.
Turning his head and glancing at the household clerk next to him, Xu Hai asked him: "How many people are there?"
When the clerk heard Xu Hai's question, he trembled instinctively. Then he quickly flipped through the list in his hand, raised his head and asked cautiously, "Sir, there are still more than thirty households."
"More than thirty households?"
Xu Hai muttered to himself, frowned slightly, and cursed secretly why there were so many.
Most of the people who live in this Straw Hat Hutong are high-ranking Manchurian officials. The number of third-rank and higher-ranking officials accounts for almost half of the imperial court. And every official family has a large group of officials, such as Xiaojiaqidingbaoyi. More than thirty households mean that at least
There are still five to six thousand people waiting to be executed. And Xu Hai only has 1,500 new recruits at his disposal. He is not very handy. This trip will take a lot of time. According to this situation, it will not be long until the execution is over.
This residential area has been cleaned up, and I'm afraid it will be daybreak.
A somewhat impatient Xu Hai waved his hand to Bai Dali, the commander-in-chief who was directing the soldiers to separate the Manchu men and women: "Bai San, tell them to move faster!"
"Yes, Baihu!"
After listening to Master Baihu's order, Bai San responded without looking back, and then began to yell at his group of recruits, urging them to move faster and take the people away quickly. Those crying voices called people
I was upset to hear it.
After more than 700 people were separated on this trip, the women were pushed aside, while the men were ordered to continue moving forward. There was an open space at the corner in front, where two groups of soldiers were waiting. If anyone can
Climb the roofs on both sides, and he will reach the open space that is already densely packed with corpses.
"Save someone under the knife!"
When the soldiers were about to drive this group of Manchu men to the slaughterhouse, several fast horses came rushing from the east. The leader screamed like thunder, as if he were going to the execution ground to save someone, which caused a commotion in the crowd, and some people were already desperate.
The Manchu man opened his eyes wide in an instant, looking expectantly at the galloping horses.
Several horsemen galloped past the crowd. When they saw Xu Hai, they immediately got off their horses. The first person ran straight to Xu Hai and shouted an order: "The commander-in-chief has an order, and the family members of the officials on the list do not need to be killed for the time being!"
"Commander's order?"
Xu Hai was excited. This was the first time he had directly received an order from the commander. He quickly took the list from the hand of the ordering soldier. However, his literacy was limited. He glanced at it and saw that there were more than a dozen names, so he handed it to
The clerk from the household department on one side asked: "Who are the officials meeting you?"
The clerk received the list and didn't dare to hesitate. He hurriedly read: "Mingzhu, the great scholar, Fulun, the minister of punishment, Xi Zhu, the commander of the infantry, Gesitai, the minister of household affairs..."
There are a total of seventeen people on the list, either a bachelor or a Manchu from the Six Ministries, or a governor of the Eight Banners Dutong Yamen, all of whom are high-ranking officials.
After hearing the names of these people, Xu Hai asked the ordering soldier with some confusion: "These are all high-ranking Tatar officials. Why doesn't the commander-in-chief execute their children?"
The messengers were the general's personal soldiers. When they came, they heard that the general had discussed with Qi Wanhu and others, so he knew some of the reasons, so he explained with a smile: "Qi Wanhu didn't know something. These high-ranking Tatar officials all followed Kangxi."
If the important ministers who came out of the customs killed their little one, then these high-ranking Tatar officials would be determined to follow Kangxi to the end. Now our Guan Ning army has occupied Beijing, and tomorrow we will support Kangxi
The prince is the emperor, so our commander-in-chief said that keeping these Tatar officials in their families would be of some use, as it would not divide the group of people under Kangxi."
"That's it." Xu Hai suddenly realized it and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll let someone pick out the people on the list." He turned around and ordered the household clerk: "Did you hear that? Pick out the officials from the list."
Come out and escort them back to their respective mansions for the time being."
After hearing this order, the clerk said with some embarrassment: "Master Hundred Households, several people on the list have been executed..."
"How many have been killed?" Xu Hai was startled, touched his shiny head, and smiled bitterly at the messengers: "Everyone, you are a step late. Several have already asked us to execute them. Can you please go back?
Send a message to the commander."
"It doesn't matter." The leading soldier said with a smile: "Since they have been killed, there is no way to remedy the situation. Just pick out the rest. I will go back and communicate with the commander later."
Xu Hai thanked you hurriedly: "Thank you very much!"
"You're welcome!" The messengers clasped their fists and smiled, then turned on their horses and returned to the palace.
Here Xu Hai asked the clerk to lead the people to drag out the children of the officials who were not executed on the list. There were thirteen families in total, and the family of Mingzhu, the most important official in Manchuria, was among the list.
When the thieves and soldiers drove him back to his house, the officials and young men burst into tears with joy. Those whose heads were not on the list were even more ashen-faced, staring blankly at those who could escape death and disappeared.
In front of their own eyes, the miracle of "saving lives under the knife" will never happen again, and there is only a dead end waiting for them.
After waiting for someone to pick them out, Xu Hai immediately shouted with an expression on his face: "Next batch!"
The little official next to him hurriedly took out the book of life and death again and read loudly: "Obai, Suk Saha, Ye Bilong..."
The first three names of these people are the four great ministers in the early years of Kangxi. Except for the young Suo'etu family who have been killed in two batches, these four great ministers will have no descendants in this life. If there is a word that can
To describe the massacre of Manchuria by Guan Ning's army in the capital, I am afraid that the word "kill them all" is most appropriate.