Kill all the surrendered soldiers? After hearing this, everyone was shocked.

When the officers and soldiers chase and kill bandits, they often kill them all.

It has become a common practice for officers and soldiers to massacre prisoners and kill good people and make achievements. Why do they dare to do this? It is because they bully the weak, and these people have no ability to retaliate at all. Like Jiannu, they dare not do this.

Especially now, the Liu family army is strong and stronger than them. It also controls tens of millions of people in several provinces of the Ming Dynasty. If the official army slaughtered their soldiers in large numbers and angered them, and they took great revenge, what should this be?

Many of Zhu Xieyuan's army were from Jiangnan and Huguang. Their hometown was within the control of the Chinese army. What if the Chinese army retaliated against them? So the lieutenant generals dissuaded them one after another.

Qin Liangyu said: "Master! Since ancient times, killing prisoners is not auspicious, so you should be careful."

Some people also said: "Liu thief occupied several provinces and took tens of millions of people as hostages, and he could exchange hostages with him."

In short, his men opposed Zhu Xieyuan's massacre of these prisoners of war. Some of them were worried about the revenge of the Chinese army, and some of them wanted to exchange hostages with the Chinese army.

Especially the officers and generals from Huguang and Jiangnan areas were worried that once they angered the Chinese army and slashed and killed them in their hometowns, it was a pain they could not bear.

Zhu Xieyuan sneered, and he said, "What is the ominous killing of prisoners? All retribution will fall on me, Zhu. The rebels who are planning to usurp the throne should be executed on the spot and kill the nine clans to face the eyes. Why don't you dare to kill Liu thief? Are you thinking that everything will be left for the front line and meet again in the future? For some old men, the Ming Dynasty is over, it's just a change of masters. Today, Zhu makes an oath here that Zhu and the thief are incompatible."

Since Zhu Xieyuan insisted on being strong, no one else could do anything about it. Zhu Jieyuan was originally a very strong person. He had a very high position in the army and no one dared to disobey. Even Qin Liangyu, who had the highest status among the generals, had always been obedient to the tune and not the Xuan, dared not say it, let alone other people.

Moreover, Zhu Keyuan cursed and pointed out that if these people do not kill prisoners, they have ulterior motives and their crimes should be punished.

After saying this, no one dared to object to Zhu Xieyuan. He ordered on the spot to behead all the more than 4,000 Chinese troops, and all the heads were piled up at the foot of Dongshan outside Yiling City to set up Jingguan three miles at the foot of Dongshan, and erected a huge stone tablet as evidence: Zhu Xieyuan killed all the Chinese dogs here.

Once this order was issued, it shocked the generals again. If they killed the enemy, they would cut off their heads and set up Jingguan to commemorate them. This was actually quite perverted and tyrannical behavior, and the historian must criticize them.

What they were even more afraid of was the revenge of the Chinese army. The Chinese army was stronger than them and controlled so much territory. If they were so crazy, it would turn into a massacre and the number of people was rolling.

Some relevant generals pointed out: "How to deal with the re-survey of the Ministry of War with the head of the capital?"

In the Ming Dynasty, if you use a head to count military merits, the Ministry of War will not admit it and will not give you money.

Zhu Xieyuan said proudly: "I said that it is as much as it is, and there is no need to re-examine it!"

Looking at the Ming Dynasty, only Zhu Xieyuan has such confidence. He was originally the title of Minister of War, his qualifications were higher than Yang Sichang, and he also had military achievements. If the other party dared to make things difficult for him, he would deal with him.

The Southwest Army was able to win and maintain strong strength in the fight against the She'an Rebellion. This is because Zhu Xieyuan was upright and strict in his military management. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, all the troops were corrupt and paid. Only the Southwest Army controlled by him could issue military calls on time, and with the gains on the battlefield, they made up for their expenditures. Therefore, the Southwest Army was a combat-ready army.

Zhu Xieyuan insisted so much that the generals were not allowed to disobey. He immediately went out to take out the law enforcement team and pulled out the surrendered Chinese troops, and chopped off the heads on the spot.

This scared all the surrendered officers and soldiers. They thought that after surrender, they could save their lives no matter what, and maybe they could join the official army.

This is the case with the Chinese army. The Chinese army treats prisoners preferentially. As long as the other party surrenders, they will let the other party go and pay travel expenses. If they are willing to join their army, they can still do the same job. This makes the Chinese army believe that this is the case in the world. If they surrender at a critical moment of life and death, they can save their lives.

Who knew that the court was so vicious that they chopped off their heads on the spot, which made these people so angry that they curse. Some of them knelt down, kowtowed and begged for mercy, and some of them cursed.

However, no matter whether they were scolding or begging for mercy, the government army was ruthless and directly pushed these people out and chopped them down.

The executioners in the army were not enough and were tired of chopping them, so they let their swords and shields chop their heads and screamed in pain, and they soared into the sky with blood.

The head cut off, coupled with the battle, was 16,000 in total. Zhu Xieyuan ordered people to pile up these heads and build a huge Jingguan. Then he ordered people to find a huge rock and carved it: Zhu Xieyuan killed all the Chinese army here!

As for the corpses, some people were originally planning to dig a hole to bury them. In China, the dead are always the most important things and the peace is buried.

But Zhu Xieyuan ordered: Don’t waste time and throw it into the Yangtze River, so that the world can know the consequences of the traitor.”

Zhu Quyuan knew that Liu's navy was extremely powerful, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River were their sphere of influence. If these corpses were thrown into the river, they would definitely float to the sphere of influence controlled by the Chinese army, which could give them a huge shock.

It is also a strategy to scare the enemy's courage first in war.

The remnants of Mao Shengli's unit of the Chinese Army fled to the warship with the support of the navy, but they were still shocked. When they saw the enemy so fierce and the methods were so cruel, they were simply scared and knew that they were not their opponents.

Fleet commander Zi Qing immediately ordered people to send the news back to Liu Zhongyong, the commander of the Western Route Army, as soon as possible, and let him be careful.

After Ziqing was reunited with the soldiers of the Qingzhou Division who were retreating, he began to retreat one after another. Since Zhu Xieyuan's army had arrived in Yiling, they would definitely strengthen their defense in other places. It was impossible for their plan to sneak attack into Sichuan. If it was about to fail, they could only attack head-on.

If there is strong force on the front, their navy's strength is still there, but the land army suffered a fatal blow and lacks troops.

The Qingzhou Division plus its servants had nearly 20,000 people, and the entire army was wiped out. This was a crushing defeat that the Chinese Army had never encountered since its rebellion. It was probably going to have a huge impact on the entire army and also changed the strategic plan of the Chinese Army.

This will also affect the plan of the Chinese Army. What they are now promoting is to blossom from all sides and work hard.

Their arrogance now has reached its peak, believing that their troops of ten thousand people can take over a province.

Mao Shengli's Qingzhou Division was for Sichuan Province, but he was defeated by the enemy and wiped out the entire army.

This shows that there are still many capable people in the Ming Dynasty who are crouching tigers, hidden dragons, and if Liu Jun is so proud and arrogant, he will easily suffer a fatal blow.

For example, in this battle of Yiling, the Qingzhou Division was wiped out, which also shows the problem. The attack on the Chinese army was extremely huge.

It can be said that the demise of the Qingzhou Division will definitely bring great changes and influence to the Liu family army, which no one can change.

So retreat immediately.

Of course Ziqing is also a ruthless person. Her navy cannot reach the shore and the cannon range is only five miles away. However, when they retreated all the way, they baptized all the cities along the coast and bombarded them once.

The news quickly reached Wuchang Prefecture. Liu Zhongyong, who was besieging Wuchang Prefecture, was shocked. He quickly ordered the cessation of all military operations, from a full siege to a full siege, and instead mobilized more troops.

Liu Zhongyong knew one thing. In the past, he could calmly besiege Wuchang Prefecture, but now it was impossible. Zhu Xieyuan's army appeared in Yiling and would attack Xiangyang at any time. With a moment of Xiangyang, he could directly attack Wuchang Prefecture, attacking inside and outside, and easily destroying him.

So Liu Zhongyong immediately ordered the troops to summon more civilians and militias, and asked them to dig a large number of ditches and fences, surround Wuchang City, and then extracted mobile forces to prepare to rush to Xiangyang.

At the same time, he also passed the news to Liu Bu as fast as possible and formally asked Liu Bu for help.

Liu Zhongyong was also a ruthless man. When he took the 50,000 army to fight, he made a confident promise to Liu Bu and swept Huguang.

Who knew that in just ten months, they did take half of Huguang, but their elite Qingzhou division was wiped out, and General Mao Shengli died.

This is an unprecedented huge defeat that the Chinese army has suffered since its invasion.

This crushing defeat changed their power structure. The Chinese army was very proud, arrogant, and looked down on the Ming army very much, thinking that the Ming army was weak and vulnerable and could be destroyed at any time, but if they dared to have such ideas now, they would be defeated again.

It even caused their army to fall into a very passive situation. Liu Zhongyong was a cautious person. Since they suffered such a crushing defeat, he no longer dared to be proud and arrogant. Instead, he took the most conservative measure to siege Wuchang Prefecture without attacking, and to draw out mobile power and strength to rush to Xiangyang.

Liu Zhongyong knew that Xiangyang had become the key to the transaction between the two parties
Chapter completed!