Chapter 433: Zhou Peigong's Death
Ao Bai already had two gunshot wounds on his body that had been stabbed by the hook and sickle, a wound that was pulled out when the hook and sickle was dragged back, as well as multiple arrow wounds and two knife wounds, all the upper and lower clothes and armor were dyed red, his face, beard and braid were stained with blood, and there was a feather arrow on his leg. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info it seems that Ao Bai's injuries are not light. Because of the injury to his leg, Ao Bai was no longer able to stand firmly, and he held a long knife in both hands, and supported the ground with the knife so that he would not fall.
"Hahaha!" Ao Bai laughed, "The old man is already scarred and has no strength to fight again!" Today, when you wait for a random person to come up, the old man will never fight back, let you take the head of the old man! ”
Seeing Ao Bai like this, Cai Jiuyi, Ma Chaoxing, Wang [Fu] Chen and others, who were planning to fight with Ao Bai just now, were suddenly disappointed. If you go head-to-head at this time, wouldn't it be bullying? But it is impossible to let Ao Bai let him heal his injuries, and if he lets go of Ao Bai, it is not to let the tiger return to the mountain.
Who knows, Ao Bai shouted loudly: "Who will kill me!" The old man poked his neck! ”
Cai Jiuyi stepped forward, arched his hand and said, "Old general!" Although you and I are our own masters, the old man admires the old general as a hero. Old general, if you are willing to surrender and use it for my Ming Dynasty, the old man guarantees that the prince will reuse the old general! There are also many Manchurian heroes who serve the prince, and I hope the old general will think about it! ”
Wang Xinyu did have a lot of Manchurian soldiers and Mongolian soldiers under his command, and the people of those years did not have much national consciousness, and the real national consciousness was introduced from the West. During the Song and Ming dynasties, the so-called allegiance to Huaxia or to the Hu people was just a matter of which monarch was chosen. If it weren't for the Qing Dynasty's shaving of hair and making it easy to wear, it would not have caused a strong backlash from the Han people, and it would not have been possible to provide excellent counterattack materials for Wang Xinyu's Huayi distinction later, so that the Hu and Han people could be so clearly distinguished.
If they are all like Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, wearing Han clothes and wearing Han crowns, and turning Hu people into Huaxia, then how can the Han people in the south resist so fiercely.
Nowadays, although Wang Xinyu's Huayi distinction has inspired the national consciousness of the Han people in the south, in this era, most people still do not have much national consciousness. And Aobai was an important minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if Aobai could surrender, it would be a heavy blow to the Manchu rulers.
"Loyal ministers don't care about the two masters! Masters don't need to say any more! The old man has decided to be loyal to the emperor! Please do it! Ao Bai rejected Cai Jiuyi's persuasion.
"Old general, the emperor in the north seems to be very distrustful of you, why does the old general still work for him?" Cai Jiuyi sighed, shook her head and said.
"Although the emperor is unkind, the old man can't be disloyal! Since the handsome man refuses to do it, the old man will do it himself! Ao Bai said, suddenly pulled out the knife from the ground, held the knife in both hands, wiped it on his neck, a blood splattered out, Ao Bai slowly fell down, with a smile on his face.
Ao Bai was defeated and committed suicide. The remaining Qing troops in Wuchang City all laid down their arms and surrendered, and the decisive battle of Huguang ended in a complete victory for the Ming army. After the decisive battle of Huguang, the main force of the Qing army suffered heavy losses, the Huguang New Army and the Eight Banners New Army were disabled, including the auxiliary soldiers and the people, a total of more than 300,000 Qing troops were annihilated before and after, the loss of grain, grass, money, weapons and baggage is countless, the Qing court spent a lot of money to build a variety of new artillery, but also almost lost, most of the artillery fell into the hands of the Ming army intact, only a few were destroyed in the artillery battle.
The Qing army officials who remained in Wuchang City, Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, committed suicide, Yang Maoxun, the governor of Hubei, Dong Tingen, the prefect of Wuchang, committed suicide, Zhou Peigong, who served as the leader of the Huguang gentry, was captured, Wu Dan and Huang Jiuchou, the Qing generals were killed, Gong Rongyu and Zhu Yike were captured, and other officials in Wuchang City, some committed suicide, some were killed, and some were captured.
"The prince spares his life! The villain is willing to surrender! The villain is willing to surrender! When Yang Maoxun, the governor of Hubei, was escorted to Wang Xinyu, his legs were already weak, and as soon as he was escorted into the Chinese army camp, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Zhou Peigong, who was standing on the side, sneered: "Yang Futai! If the husband dies, he will die, so why be afraid! ”
Yang Maoxun turned his head and said: "The surname is Zhou, you don't want to live, the old man doesn't want to die yet!" ”
Wang Xinyu sat on the tiger skin chair, looking at Yang Maoxun and Zhou Peigong, he knew that Zhou Peigong was a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, and this person was also extremely talented, but it was a pity that he was loyal to the Qing court. In real history, it was because of Zhou Peigong that Wu Sangui was blocked after he arrived in Wuchang. Zhou Peigong also successfully defused Wang [Fu] Chen's anti-Qing and deceived Wang [Fu] Chen to surrender, and later Kangxi treacherously killed Wang [Fu] Chen.
Since Zhou Peigong refused to surrender, he could only kill him.
"Yang Futai, are you really willing to surrender?" Wang Xinyu asked with a smile.
"Surrender! Surrender! Yang Maoxun knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
Wang Xinyu nodded to the pro-soldiers beside him, and a pro-soldier stepped forward and slashed the rope on Yang Maoxun's body with a knife.
Yang Maoxun kowtowed and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" Thank you for not killing the prince! ”
Wang Xinyu asked his soldiers to throw the knife on the ground, and then said to Yang Maoxun: "Yang Futai, if you want to show your sincerity, then pick up the knife and kill Zhou Peigong!" ”
"Huh?" Yang Maoxun, who had never killed anyone, heard this, and his face turned pale with fright and trembled.
Wang Xinyu sneered: "If you don't kill him, you will die!" ”
Yang Maoxun picked up the knife from the ground tremblingly, and beads of sweat the size of beans fell to the ground on his head. He held the knife with trembling hands and said to Zhou Peigong: "Lord Zhou, bear with it, just ...... with a knife."
Zhou Peigong angrily reprimanded: "The dog official surnamed Yang! You are an important minister of the court, and you have rebelled! If you want to kill, you will kill! Hurry up! ”
Yang Maoxun held the knife in his trembling hands, closed his eyes, and slashed it with a knife, but the knife failed to cut Zhou Peigong's neck, but it was cut on Zhou Peigong's shoulder. This steel knife made by the Dongfan Gun Factory was extremely sharp, although Yang Maoxun was powerless, but this knife cut into Zhou Peigong's shoulder, blood sprayed on Yang Maoxun's face, and Zhou Peigong let out a miserable scream in pain.
"Ahh Hearing Zhou Peigong's screams, Yang Maoxun screamed in shock, threw away the knife with both hands, turned around and ran back.
Zhou Peigong had a knife on his shoulder and rolled all over the ground, but he still scolded in his mouth: "Dog thief! Give Grandpa a Treat! ”
Yang Maoxun, who wanted to run out, was stopped, and the pro-soldier pointed to the back: "Yang Futai, Zhou Peigong is not dead yet!" Your knife is very unfavorable! ”
Yang Maoxun turned his head and saw Zhou Peigong, who had become a bloody man, his face changed in fright, and he screamed and passed out.
The soldiers walked up and pulled out the knife from Zhou Peigong's shoulder, and then the knife fell in his hand, and Zhou Peigong's body was in a different place.
Zhou Peigong's subordinate Gong Rongyu resolutely refused to surrender and was beheaded for public display. Zhu Yike chose to surrender and survived, but was sent to Africa. After Yang Maoxun surrendered, he still served as the governor of Hubei.