Early the next morning, the meeting was held again. This time, the results were quickly obtained. In order to facilitate the withdrawal of the troops in the future, Lei Ren was ordered to move the troops, old and young, to Qingyuan County. The army pretended to attack Taiyuan Prefecture and confronted the officers and soldiers.
, buying time for the family members to evacuate to Qingyuan.
Even so, there is not much time left for Wang Jiayin and others.
Because one day later, the border troops of Datong Prefecture and Xuan Prefecture will be assembled, and the officers and soldiers will definitely launch a counterattack by then. With our own combat power, it is really difficult to block the counterattack of the border troops.
Wang Jiayin and Wu Yangui ordered all ministries to prepare for a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers near Taiyuan Mansion. At this time, Hou Shilu and Man Gui also officially joined forces.
Man Gui looked at the map on the table and said gruffly: "We have received news now that the rebels have launched a new round of attack on Taiyuan Prefecture, and the attack is very powerful."
Hou Shilu held his chin and thought for a moment, then turned around and asked, "What's going on in the direction of Qingyuan and Wenshui?"
"There is no news yet, Lao Hou, do you have other ideas?"
"Well, General Manchu, do you think that after we defeated Gao Yingxiang's troops, the rebels would still dare to think about Taiyuan Prefecture? Even if they succeed in taking Taiyuan City, what will happen? By then our army will besiege the city, and they will have no choice but to
Trapped in an isolated city."
"So, I think these thieves are trying to feint a shot and escape!"
Mangui couldn't help but raised his head and laughed, rolled his eyes and said: "Escape? Lao Hou, it's not that I look down on that group of people. They brought their families with them, old and young. Even if we let them escape for two days, we can catch up with them."
Escape, hey, I’m still afraid that they won’t escape!”
It's not that Mangui is too arrogant, it's just the fact.
If the thieves and soldiers fled, they would be chased and killed by the officers and soldiers. But if they did not escape, that would not be justified. Hou Shilu still insisted on his judgment, but he could not figure out what the thieves and soldiers would do specifically.
.....
Since they didn't know the bandit's next plan, Mangui and Hou Shilu didn't discuss the outcome. They could only follow the planned plan and slowly advance to the south of Taiyuan Prefecture.
Tie Mo, who had nothing to do, was lying under a big willow tree with Hei Yunlong and Li Jiasheng to enjoy the cool air, chatting about the situation in Taiyuan Prefecture.
"Lao Li, do you have any ideas for today's discussion?"
Li Jiasheng turned his head to the side, dug his ears, and said disapprovingly: "What can you think of? Anyway, we are not going to fight. What, what do you think, Brother Yunlong?"
Heiyunlong rolled his eyelids and said distressedly: "Of course I know how to fight. What I'm asking is how to fight. Come on, it's useless to ask you. Hey, Brother Tie, tell me what you think."
Tie Mo scratched his belly and said with a smile: "I don't have much idea, but Mr. Hou is right about one thing. These thieves obviously want to run away. I'm just surprised. They know they can't escape quickly with their family.
Why do you still do this?”
"However, these things don't seem to have anything to do with us. As long as we use the cavalry to go south and send troops to Taigu County to choke the thieves from going south, it will be enough for the thieves to drink from a pot!"
Li Jiasheng suddenly became interested, turned over and said anxiously: "Brother Xian, do you mean to say that brother will have something to do soon?"
"It's close to ten, I guess there will be an order soon."
Sure enough, not long after the three of them finished chatting, Hou Shilu personally issued an order. He ordered Li Jiasheng's troops to rush to Taigu County as quickly as possible. At the same time, Tie Mo and Hei Yunlong's troops were stationed in Xugou to prevent thieves.
The army was defeated and fled to the southeast.
...
Qingyuan County is located southwest of Taiyuan City. It is a small city with a population of less than 10,000 people.
At first, no one cared about this small town. There was nothing big here and there were few products. Wang Jiayin’s troops had no interest in it at all. However, at the end of the day, a rebel army arrived in a mighty manner.
Under Qingyuan City.
Qingyuan County Magistrate Ling Man led his government officials and Minzhuang to resist desperately, but the Qingyuan city wall was short and broken. In less than half an hour, the bandits invaded the city.
When the rebels entered the city, Qingyuan was suddenly a sea of fire. The county magistrate Ling Man was shot to death at the gate of the county government office, and his family members were slaughtered. Perhaps due to long-term suppression, or due to successive defeats, the rebels burned, killed and looted after entering the city.
Especially for those women, they all suffered.
On this day, Qingyuan City became a hell, filled with the cries of women and the angry curses of the people. However, what greeted them was all kinds of beastly acts and the brutal killings of the "rebels".
When evening fell, Qingyuan City regained its tranquility. Nine out of ten houses in the city were almost completely slaughtered and all their belongings were looted.
The city gates opened wide, and many men, women, old and children began to slowly enter Qingyuan City. These people were countless family members accompanying the army.
Lei Ren stood at the top of the city, looking at the endless crowd of people with a complex look on his brows.
He is ruthless and inhumane. He never thought that one day, these qualities would be the reason why he would be reused.
Night soon fell. The county government office had already been occupied by the rebels. An old man was half asleep when he was bitten by mosquitoes and woke up. He scratched the red envelope on his leg, got up and came to the yard.
Yawning, I estimated the time. It was probably the worst time now.
After getting some water from the well and flushing his face, he felt much more energetic. Just when the old man was about to go back to take care of his grandson, he heard a strange noise in his ears.
Turning around to look around, he saw several figures moving slowly under the west wall. The old man immediately became alert, and he boldly shouted, "Who is there?"
At this time, an exclamation came from the other side, "No, we've been discovered. Hurry, act as planned."
Those people rushed over, and under the moonlight, I finally saw their clothes clearly. Black armor, steel knives, and cloth boots.
The old man's eyes widened, he turned around and ran inside, shouting loudly as he ran: "Wake up quickly, the officers and soldiers are coming to kill...the officers and soldiers are coming to kill..."
The old man shouted twice, then was chopped down to the ground with a steel knife, and became silent for an instant.
Soon, there were pitiful wails in the county government office, and the houses were on fire. The south wind blew, and the fire became bigger and bigger. Before long, the wails resounded throughout Qingyuan City, and the fire spread, burning the small town to the ground.
A piece of rubble and ashes.
Due to the sudden incident, many people were killed, but more people were swallowed up by fire in their dreams. When they wanted to escape, they found that there was fire all around and killing knives and guns were everywhere.
A fire and a massacre lasted from the Chou period to the beginning of the Mao period. Faced with the ruthless and brutal killing, more than 40,000 people, young and old, and women had no power to resist.
At dawn, less than a thousand people fled outside the city, and the rest were all buried in this sad little town.
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On the sixth day of the eighth month of the first year of Chongzhen, officers and soldiers attacked Qingyuan City at night and committed the atrocities of killing good people and taking credit for their merits, massacring more than 40,000 men, women, old and children.