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If you want to fight a large-scale resistance war, Xinhui is a very good place. On one side, it is bordered by Yinzhou Lake, which is the downstream section of the Tanjiang River, the delta of the Pearl River system. From Mingzu Tsui in Xinhui County to the gate of Yashan, it is called Yinzhou Lake, also known as Tanjiang Drowning Valley Bay, where the river is wide, and the 5,000-ton sea ship can directly enter the city of Xinhui.

Of course, there could not be a 5,000-ton sea ship in this era, but for the Qiongzhou army with the advantage of a naval division, this deep-water river was like a tiger for the Ming army, and the Ming army's Western-style cruisers and Chinese-style Fuchuan-type gunboats could reach Xinhui to assist the Xinhui Ming army to defend the city, and the Ming army that controlled the river had convenient water transportation, and the Qing army could not besiege it. But the Ming army can fight whenever it wants, and it can go at any time if it wants to.

The Ming army repaired the Xinhui city wall, and also built a fortress on the city wall.

The cement is an eye-opener for the Xinhui people, who saw the craftsmen digging out the foundation outside the city wall, and the stones brought by ship were filled into the foundation. The craftsmen then lay planks on top of the stone, put an iron core in it, and poured a moist clay into it.

When the "wet soil" dried, it was as solid as stone, and the bastion was completed.

On the city wall, there is a fortress every hundred steps. The height of the fortress is three zhang and two feet, which is more than one zhang higher than the height of the city wall, the bottom of the fortress is solid, and the part above the city wall is hollow, and the inside is a pillbox, and there are shooting holes in the wall, and musketeers can be stationed inside; At the top of the fortress, there is a female battlement, and the platform above can be used to arrange archers.

The damaged walls were repaired, forts were placed on the city, on which twelve- and six-pounder cannons were erected, and two newly-built hexagonal rifled three-pounder guns were brought in and used as mobile artillery to deal with the Qing artillery.

Seeing the intense construction of the Ming army in Xinhui, the Xinhui people only felt afraid in their hearts, they were worried that the Ming army would not be able to hold Xinhui, and if the Qing army recaptured Xinhui, it would inevitably massacre the city on a large scale.

On the riverside, large ships docked on the docks on the shore, and the materials unloaded on the ships were piled up. Large quantities of food, gunpowder and other military supplies arrived, and empty ships were moored on the shore, as if waiting to be transported away.

The people of Xinhui stood on the shore, pointing to the empty boats and talking about it.

"This time the ship lost its cargo and unloaded it, why didn't you leave?"

"I haven't loaded my things yet, how can I go?"

"What are they going to pack? What do we have in our new club that is worth loading away? If you want food, you don't have food, and you want silver, but you don't have money. ”

"It's the pirates, they're here to grab things. Didn't you see that many people were taken away by them? It is estimated that he is being tortured, and he must be forced to ask for the buried silver! ”

"Hey! Haikou is really not a good thing! It's about the same as a tartar! It's better to let the old thief in back then. An old man with gray hair and beard and all his teeth fell out sighed.

The ships of the Ming army stopped and did not leave, and they were indeed ready to load things and leave, but what they had to load away was not goods, but people. Those Xinhui Minzhuang who had participated in the resistance to the Ming army were about to be screened out and killed a batch, and then three kills and one batch were killed, and about half of the remaining people were to be loaded onto the ship and sent away to be sent as coolies.

The screening and examination work in the city was finally completed, and in addition to the Qing soldiers of the Green Battalion who were about to be executed, the head catchers of the Xinhui people and the Yamen, the leaders of the Kuai and the Yamen, and some of the gentry and officials who were strongly clamoring to stick to the Xinhui were all screened out and imprisoned together with the Qing soldiers of the Green Battalion.

And those who took the initiative to work for the Qing court, and even did not hesitate to force their wives and children to go outside the city to be meat shields, were also selected. When the Ming army attacked the city, there were a group of women and children, old and weak, regardless of the warning of the Ming army, and regardless of the advance of the Ming army, they used their arms as a car, and lost their lives in vain.

After separate interrogation, a group of such people were found out.

"If you want to die for the Tartars, forget it! But you will give up your lives, and let your wives and children die! And it is to force them to die! Are you still considered a man in this way? People like you don't deserve to live in this world! You must be responsible for their deaths! Wang Xinyu said to these people bitterly.

Even other "innocent" people are strong, they are also drawn three to kill one! Since you want to help the Tartars defend the city with all your heart, you must pay for it! Wang Xinyu doesn't have time to teach them patiently at present, the current situation is not optimistic, Kong Sizhen's army is about to arrive, and he is not worried about leaving those unstable elements behind.

Not only did these people have no national consciousness, but they also firmly believed that the Ming Dynasty would be defeated and the Qing court would win. If they are left behind, once the Qing army in Guangxi comes, in order not to be retaliated by the Qing army in the future, they will definitely do something in secret, and will open the city gate and put the Qing army into the city!

To solve the hidden danger, there is not enough time, so you can only use the knife to speak.

The list of all those who were ready to be executed was listed, and this time it was a real killing, and in the entire Xinhui City, there were more than 7,000 people who were about to be executed.

"How many heads are going to be cut off at once?" Gu Yanwu, who had made a special trip to distinguish Huayi with the locals of Xinhui, was taken aback when he heard this number, "What's the difference between us and the Tartars' slaughter?" ”

Wang Xinyu replied coldly: "Kong Sizhen is about to call!" I don't feel comfortable leaving these instability in the city! If they are kept, as soon as Kong Sizhen comes, open the city gate, this domain is only a partial division here, and it is difficult to say whether it can be defended! In order to solve the troubles, we can only cut through the mess quickly! In normal times, this clan can still take some time to enlighten and educate these ignorant fools! ”

"Then you can send them all away!" Gu Yan martial arts.

"First, there are not so many boats, and second, there are so many women and children here who have died in the old and weak, and they are all killed by these people, are all those who died in vain? Someone has to pay for this! Wang Xinyu said categorically.

Gu Yanwu said: "The handsome man killed a person today, I don't know how the history books will evaluate the handsome in the future!" ”

Wang Xinyu sneered: "The history books are written by the victors!" Didn't the Tartars change our Ming history? For the Ming History case, how many scholars in Jiangnan were killed? When the Tartars are destroyed, the history books will be written by us! ”

"It's still cruel to kill so many people at once." Gu Yanwu shook his head.

Wang Xinyu pointed to the estuary in the south: "Look at the estuary in the south, there is Yashan!" In the first war of the Song and Yuan dynasties, how many Chinese sons and daughters would rather die than give in to fight against the Mengyuan Tartars! And today, the Xinhui people resisted Wang Shi for the sake of the Tartars, and forced their relatives to die! What a contrast! These foolish people have no nation or country in their hearts! ”

Gu Yanwu said: "How can the people have a country and a nation in their hearts? They can't even tell the difference between barbarians and Huaxia. ”

At that time, people had a very weak concept of nationality, even in the minds of those who were officials, the so-called patriotism was loyalty to the monarch, and the monarch was in front of the country, so it was said that the monarch was loyal to the country, and the king represented the country.

Now Wang Xinyu wants to change these outdated concepts in people's hearts, first of all, he must let the people understand that barbarians and Huaxia are completely two kinds of people, and when the barbarians want to turn Huaxia into barbarians, they must be eliminated! If the barbarians want to become Huaxia, they are willing to take the initiative to become a member of Huaxia, and we welcome them.

It is precisely because of the Manchu Dynasty's shaving of hair and ease of clothing that the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not become Han like the Xianbei people in the past, the Khitan people in the later days, and some Jurchens in the Song Dynasty. The Manchus turned China into barbarians, and even in the Republic of China, after the fall of the Manchus, they still thought about restoration all the time.

Later, the pigtail drama left so many Manchu relics for the Manchu Qing to sing praises and reverses black and white, in addition to the good deeds done by an American spy who was mixed into the ZF high-level, it is also related to the fact that the Republic of China did not clean up the Manchu legacy.

Restoring the Chinese clothes is only one aspect, the most important thing is to let the people cut off the braids in their hearts. Otherwise, the braid on the head is cut off, but the braid in the heart is still there.

The huge public trial meeting was held in Xinhui City, and the public trial venue was facing the direction of Yashan. To the south of Xinhui is Yashan, and using Yashan to warn the local people is also a way to distinguish between Huayi.

On May 16 of the Gregorian calendar, the public trial meeting was held.

Wang Xinyu was wearing a red python robe and a black wingless black gauze hat, and a group of civil and military officials around him were all wearing red official robes and hard-winged black gauze hats of the Ming Dynasty, including Yao Qisheng's father and son, who had just cut off their braids, were also dressed as Ming Dynasty officials, which seemed to make people go back to before the Tatars entered the customs.

At the beginning of the public trial meeting, Wang Xinyu made an impassioned speech: "Yashan is just south of Xinhui. In the Battle of Yashan that year, 100,000 soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty threw themselves into the sea and were martyred, and they would rather die than surrender, how heroic and touching the tragedy of heaven and earth! That's my Huaxia fight against the barbarian Tatars for the ages! Look at today, some people resist the king for the sake of the tartars! even forced his wife and children to die, a few years ago, the fake Tartars ate human flesh in the city, but the people still helped the Tartars defend the city! Just to be able to live like a dog, what a stark contrast! ”

Gu Yanwu also said: "The cliffs and mountains of Haijiao are sloping, and they will not belong to China from now on." There is no fish belly to donate the ground, and there is ambergris? Looking at the Guanhe River is not a Han banner, blowing the sun and the moon is a beard. The boss of Chang'e has nowhere to return, and he cries osmanthus alone. ”

Facing Yashan, all the Xinhui people felt blush.

More than 10 years ago, in October of Guangzhou's resistance to the Qing Dynasty, the whole city was slaughtered, and then Xinhui was "determined by passing on olives", and there was no loyalty. After another three or four years, Li Dingguo marched east with the banner of the king of the Ming and Jin dynasties in the south, but Xinhui was full of loyalty and went all out to resist the Ming, and also left the reputation of the four filial piety martyrs of Xinhui.

Wang Xinyu said angrily: "What kind of loyalty is that? It was the men of Xinhui who were afraid of death and pushed the women out! Because of the massacre of Guangzhou, you are afraid! You would rather resist the king, even eat your own wives and daughters, but kneel on the ground and be slaves to the Tartars! In this case, I, Wang, will let you know that the knife in my hand is no blunter than the Tartar! All those who commit crimes will be punished as they deserve! ”

"What is your loyalty? Violent! You are not inspired by the benevolence of China, but you are succumbed to the oppression of the tyranny of the Tartar state. The so-called benevolence comes from Huaxia and the outbreak comes from Yiqiu, so you would rather resist Huaxia! ”

"What do you think about pushing your wives and children out to die? You are selfish, except for yourself, your family can die! Tiger poison does not eat children, you are not even as good as beasts! Yes, some people may say that cannibalism was done by Qing soldiers, but ask yourself, how many of you have not eaten human flesh? ”

At the order of this massacre, more than 7,000 people killed were Han Chinese, and Wang Xinyu was not comfortable with this. But these Han people, do they know that they are Han people? Do they think they are Han? They were frightened by the butcher's knives of the Qing army, and would rather be slaves kneeling on the ground than be Han Chinese.

Then, you can only use a knife to teach them to recognize that they are Han.

At the end of the public trial, a large number of recruits armed with steel knives stood behind the prisoners, and with an order, more than 7,000 human heads rolled to the ground.

The killing, the blood, also woke up the Xinhui people. The Xinhui people who survived were all sent on the ship and sent overseas. Wang Xinyu is not at ease to leave these hidden dangers in the city, in case the Qing soldiers come, they open the city gate, and the consequences are unimaginable.

If there is time, killing is not the best way, opening up the wisdom of the people and instilling national concepts is the solution to the fundamental problem, but everything takes time. And now the transportation capacity of the Ming army is also insufficient, and Kong Sizhen's army is only less than a hundred miles away from Xinhui! If you want to send all the more than 50,000 Xinhui people away, there are not enough ships, so you can only select a group of people who should be killed and killed.

After the ship left, Xinhui City was completely empty, and there were only 30,000 Ming troops in the city. The food here is sufficient, and with the strong fortifications, it can completely block Kong Sizhen's attack.

In fact, Shang Zhixin was also concerned about Xinhui, he heard that Kong Sizhen's army had entered Guangdong, and he was shaken, so he sent spies to Xinhui secretly, only to find that Xinhui had been occupied by the Ming army, and he also started to kill. After listening to the spies' report, Shang Zhixin was a little tilted towards the Qing court's shaking balance and once again tilted to the side of the Ming army.

"Xinhui has been occupied by the Ming army, and they have built a very strange fortress, and it is estimated that Kong Sizhen will not be able to defeat them. If we want to live, we can't follow the Tartars anymore! Shang Zhixin gathered a group of his cronies together and held a secret meeting to discuss the next step.

Li Tianzhi said: "The little prince is as kind to the humble position as a mountain, whatever the little prince says, he will do it!" ”

"What this king is worried about is only General Hahamu and a group of bannermen in Guangzhou City! But they can't beat the Ming army! Shang Zhixin said. (To be continued.) )