One hundred and thirtieth chapters buried bones why mulberry land
The military camp outside Lintong City has now become a camp for the Dashun Army to resettle refugees from all over Guanzhong. Tens of thousands of people whose homes were destroyed have gathered in one day and one night, and they are filled with sorrow and wailing.
Hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in Chang'an City, as well as other baggage of the same size, were all burned by the fire. The summer grain harvested in Guanzhong was not left at all, and the autumn grain was due to the war in the northwest in the past month. Li Laiheng estimated that
In the end, not much was gained. This winter, Shaanxi is likely to face another unprecedentedly bleak and painful famine.
Luo Yanqing was very busy in the camp. She was running around taking care of the refugees. There were no soldiers in Cao's camp who participated in the rebellion. Seeing the desolate scene in front of them and the difficult winter that was bound to come this year, her heart was filled with guilt.
We can only do our best to devote ourselves to disaster relief.
Luo Yanqing has already provided all the military rations and tents, and Tongguan has also sent a lot of food and grass to help these refugees, but it is still a drop in the bucket and to no avail.
The refugees also looked at Cao Ying's soldiers with deep hatred. Not long after the refugees settled down, they had some conflicts with Cao Ying's soldiers. If it weren't for Luo Yanqing's efforts to appease people's hearts, coupled with his extremely high prestige,
Li Laiheng was in charge, and he was afraid that these homeless people would have already rioted.
Although the Dashun Army entered the city in time to put out the fire, Gao Ruli and Wang Liangzhi finally did not lose their conscience. When Li Laiheng attacked the city, they did not resist stubbornly, but surrendered in time and joined the Shun Army soldiers to put out the fire.
However, about three-fifths of the residential buildings in Chang'an City were still destroyed by the fire. The palaces were reduced to ruins, and the cottages were reduced to ashes. The coke with a little glow of fire was blown by the wind, and black soot floated throughout the city, entering the city.
A person can inhale a large amount of charcoal ash into his mouth and nose just by taking a breath of air.
In addition to the houses being burned down, probably no less than ten thousand Chang'an citizens were killed in the flames. The fire even burned the bodies of the victims, making it difficult for their families to distinguish them. This is a situation that Li Laiheng cannot reverse or change.
The army had no choice but to dig many more giant tombs outside Chang'an City to bury the remains of the deceased.
The fire spread, and even the city wall of Xi'an built in the early Ming Dynasty was severely damaged. Traces of burning could be seen everywhere in the ruins. Many towers were completely burned, and the passages of the city wall were filled with fly ash.
Gao Ruli and Wang Liangzhi knew that they were guilty. First, they betrayed Dashun and followed Yang Chengzu and Ji Gui caused chaos. Second, they failed to stop Ji Gui from burning Chang'an. Now they were afraid of being punished by Li Laiheng, so they all knelt in front of the city gate tremblingly.
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In front of them were two corpses that had been burned beyond recognition by the fire. One of them was wrapped in yellow cloth by Gao Ruli, and the other was abandoned on the ground.
Li Laiheng rode up to the second general and asked condescendingly:
"Are these the King of Nanyang and the lucky thief?"
Gao Ruli banged his head on the ground and kowtowed several times. As the commander-in-chief of a town in the Ming Dynasty, he was also an earl and a general after returning to Chengdu. At this time, facing Li Laiheng's questioning, he did not even dare to take a breath.
, my heart was beating fast, for fear that if there was any question in my answer, I would be punished by the King of Jin immediately.
"Jin...His Royal Highness King Jin, we found these two corpses in the official office of the Northwest Economic Envoy. One corpse still had a piece of Cao Cao's brocade robe remaining on it, and the other corpse was decorated with Ji Gui...
…Ji Thief! It comes with the jade pendant that Ji Thief often wears. And the body shape of the two really matches that of Cao Shuai and Ji Thief, so it’s probably correct.”
After Li Laiheng took two steps forward, he turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee in front of Luo Rucai's body, put one hand on the yellow cloth, and sighed softly:
"The King of Nanyang was killed by Yang Chengzu and Ji Gui. He died for the country and will definitely leave his name in the history books in the future. As for Ji Gui..."
Li Laiheng's eyes flashed coldly, and he said coldly:
"Ji Gui burned down Chang'an and ruined major events in Guanzhong. He just wanted to leave his name in history with the help of the Tatars. It's a pity... it's a pity that the Tatars will be wiped out by the Tatars sooner or later. The Tatars will not even give you a chance to be infamous for thousands of years.
General Gao, General Wang, it is wise for you two to take action anyway. When our army put out fires before, you and your troops were often there to assist, otherwise the number of casualties would have been estimated to be thousands or even tens of thousands more.
I will remember you... Do you understand?
As for Ji Gui... hum, his body was hung in front of the refugee camp outside the city, and the soldiers whipped him a thousand times a day until his body was completely broken into pieces, and his bones were smashed and ashes were thrown on the Wei River."
Li Laiheng's hatred for Ji Gui is now much higher than that of Yang Chengzu. Although Yang Chengzu was the instigator of Cao Ying's rebellion, Ji Gui was the real mastermind behind the scenes. What's more, Ji Gui burned down Chang'an and suddenly pushed Li Laiheng to an extreme.
In this difficult situation, if they are not careful, all of them may be buried in Guanzhong and never return to Henan and Huguang.
Crushing bones and raising ashes cannot relieve the hatred in Li Laiheng's heart.
The hateful look in King Jin's eyes frightened Gao Ruli and Wang Liangzhi, two villains who jumped repeatedly. Wang Liangzhi trembled all over when he heard Li Laiheng say the words "broken bones and scattered ashes" and couldn't control himself no matter what.
I couldn't stand it anymore, and finally I fainted on the ground from fright.
Upon seeing this, Gao Ruli kowtowed again and said:
"The King of Jin is a thousand years old! The King of Jin is a thousand years old! Even though I hid in the bandit camp, I will be punished by death even though I have my own reasons. I also hope that Your Highness, in view of my ability to put out the fire, will spare my wife and children even if I kill you."
! I was also a Yuan Cong of the late emperor back then, and I was also an old man who broke into the camp!"
Halfway through Gao Ruli begging for mercy, he burst into tears and burst into tears. As he spoke, he fell prostrate on the ground. Li Laiheng watched his performance coldly, and finally showed a warm smile and said warmly:
"I heard that in order to appease the officials and gentry of the former Ming Dynasty, Rui Chief Dorgon said, 'The careers of the officials and gentry of the previous dynasty will continue as before. Regardless of whether they are rebellious or not, those who surrender will hold the same official position.' I don't know if this is true?
"
"This...I don't know, I don't know, I really don't know!"
"Ha, General Gao is worried too much, don't be afraid." Li Laiheng came over again and tried to help Gao Ruli up. He was so frightened that Gao Ruli didn't dare to move. "General returns to Dashun, and Na Gu will also reinstate you to your original position."
how?"
"This..." Gao Ruli was a little surprised by Li Laiheng's words, but he immediately noticed the cold murderous look in Li Laiheng's eyes, and quickly denied it, "I, I... I am a thief after all, big deal.
If you have suffered a loss, why should I be reinstated? Your Highness has forgiven my capital crime, is generous and benevolent, and is far ahead of Yao and Shun. What else can I be dissatisfied with?"
"General Gao is really worrying too much. How about this? General Gao will first hand over the troops and horses to Zhang Pizhu. The general has been stationed in Guanzhong for a long time and is familiar with people and geography, so he can take charge of hosting refugees?"
After hearing this, Gao Ruli wiped away a cold sweat and carefully agreed: "But according to His Highness's instructions."
Li Laiheng also ordered Zhang Pili to collect Luo Rucai's body, saying:
"Although the King of Nanyang is from Qin, now Shaanxi has become the front line, and Yansui may fall to the Tatars at any time. With the combination of military disasters, it is not surprising that the Eight Banners soldiers will attack southern Shaanxi at any time.
Pi Fu, please send the body of King Nanyang to Henan... Alas, it has been burned like this. I will talk to Yan Qing about this matter later. You should keep the body of King Nanyang properly and send it back to Luoyang first...
...When in the future, when we return to Shaanxi, we must move the King of Nanyang back to Yan'an to bury his bones.
…There is no need to bury one’s bones in a graveyard, there are green mountains everywhere in life.”
Ancient Chang'an, which was once worshiped by all nations, may have had such a bad fate. After reaching its heyday in the Tang Dynasty, it suffered a series of misfortunes, suffering from the flames of war, disasters, and plunder by aliens. A world that once
The greatest city has become covered in dust and stained with an indescribable curse.
Dashun and Yuan Cong are all Qin people, which seems to mean that the Guanxi Dragon Vein, which has gradually declined since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, has been revived enough to control the fate of the world.
Who could have expected that the hometown of the founding father of Dashun, Meng, would suffer such a sudden catastrophe.
How will the people of Guanzhong survive this winter?