As soon as the person surnamed Aixin Jueluo came, he was different from Kong Sizhen. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Leer Jin ordered to go down and let the Qing soldiers go to the surrounding villages and towns to arrest people, whether they are young or strong, women and children, old and weak, all of them are arrested!

The suburbs of Kaiping County, which is very close to Xinhui, is a small village by the river, the villagers who have lived here for generations have made a living by farming and fishing, although the life is not rich, but these people are still very happy, with fertile land, relying on the Tanjiang River, which is rich in aquatic resources, after the people pay the rent and taxes, they can at least ensure that they are full, and they can also eat some fish and shrimp to supplement nutrition.

Zhuang Hucheng is the son-in-law in this small village. In fact, he was originally an auxiliary soldier of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and later Li Dingguo's soldiers were defeated and retreated to Yungui, he failed to run away, and when the Qing army came, he surrendered on his knees and became an auxiliary soldier of the Qing army.

Later, the Qing court put down the war in Guangdong, and the court began to reduce the number of troops that were still gratifying. Shang Kexi, who was loyal to the imperial court, was the first to cut these auxiliaries. So Zhuang Hucheng quit the army and stayed as a shunmin. Then, the war seemed to be over, and they, the auxiliaries who were originally from the common people, thought that they would be able to live a peaceful life now.

Because Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao slaughtered the city in Guangzhou, after the massacre, Guangzhou became an empty ghost city, so Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao transferred a group of people from the villages around Guangzhou to fill in Guangzhou, and the surrounding countryside was empty at once.

With fewer people and more land, the price of land rent has dropped, and those who have not run away, these reduced auxiliaries can just rent land and raise their families.

Shang Kexi didn't bother those Nanming soldiers who surrendered anymore, others were willing to be farmers, so why bother? The population of Guangdong has been killed too much by Shang Kexi, and he does not dare to kill all the people, they are all killed, who will farm for himself, who will pay taxes?

Unlike Wu Sangui's reduction of troops, Shang Kexi is truly loyal to the imperial court! With the reduced number of troops, he became a real peasant. But Wu Sangui contained evil intentions, and all the troops he had reduced had unknowingly become military households! The Pingxi royal palace gave them land for cultivation free of charge. Wu Sangui's army farmed the land on weekdays and handed over half of the harvest to Wu Sangui, but they still had to maintain military training, and secretly they still had the establishment of the army. Because of this, Wu Sangui rebelled later, and these military tunhu became the Great Zhou Army.

Of course, Zhuang Hucheng, who was under Shang Kexi's jurisdiction, did not have such good treatment, and Shang Kexi, who sincerely worked for the imperial court, really turned all the soldiers who had been cut down into peasants, and they could only rent land in the local area, pay rent to the landlord, and bear the taxes of the vassal kings and the imperial court.

Although on the surface, the landlords paid the taxes, the landlords always tried to pass on the burden to the peasants.

Fortunately, the land in the Kaiping area is fertile and there are aquatic resources in the river, so he bears high taxes and rents, and Zhuang Hucheng will not starve to death. Later, a small landowner in the local village took a fancy to his strong body and recruited him as a son-in-law. A few years later, the old man died, and Zhuang Hucheng lived with his wife and a pair of children.

Now Zhuang Hucheng has a very good life, his family has more than 20 acres of land, all of which are rented to others, but he himself has a fishing boat, goes to the river to fish every day, and his wife raises a few pigs at home. The annual income, in addition to paying taxes, can also allow the family to live a worry-free life.

That morning, Zhuang Hucheng was about to leave his house and get on his fishing boat to go fishing on the river, when he heard a noise outside the village.

"What's going on? Could it be that the thieves have come here? Zhuang Hucheng was taken aback. It was not easy for them to have a few years of peace, but they didn't want to fight anymore. Although I heard that Haikou has gone to Xinhui, I heard that Haikou is not interested in ordinary small villages, as long as Haikou does not come, he changes the magistrate, whether it is Haikou's official or the official of the imperial court, anyway, these ordinary people just pay taxes, as long as they don't come to conscription.

These villagers who have been soldiers are most afraid that even if they are conscripted and go to the battlefield, they will die for life.

The village was outside, and the voice of the Qing soldiers sounded, and what Zhuang Hucheng was most afraid of still happened.

A Qing army officer riding an inferior horse led a dozen green battalion soldiers into the village. The horsewhip in the hand of the Qing army officer pointed towards the village: "Go in, see the young and strong, regardless of men and women, take them all!" Also, it's not that the old man who can't walk can also be taken away! Half a child, little girl, take them all! ”

Seeing the Qing soldiers enter the village, Zhuang Hucheng was startled, he wanted to avoid the Qing soldiers, but who knew that the two Qing soldiers walked straight in front of him.

"Master Jun, the villain still has to go fishing on the river, I don't know what the master commands?" Zhuang Hucheng bent down on his knees, and tried his best to squeeze out a smile on his face.

The two Qing soldiers didn't talk nonsense with him at all, but said directly: "You, follow us!" Our prince wants to be conscripted! ”

Zhuang Hucheng immediately weakened his knees, knelt on the ground, and begged bitterly: "Two military masters, the villain still has a wife and a pair of children at home, if the villain dies on the battlefield, they will have no one to take care of it!" I hope the two military masters will be gracious! ”

The woman heard the commotion and rushed out with her thirteen-year-old daughter and five-year-old son.

"Master Jun, I beg you, let our man go! There is only one man in our family, if there is no him, how can the three of us live! The woman fell to her knees and pleaded.

The Qing army officer on a horse stepped forward, looked at the woman, and nodded to the soldiers: "This woman is still quite strong!" At least half a man! And this little girl, who also looks like she has a bit of strength! It can be used as a half-sized child! The prince said that as long as you can do things, you won't waste food in vain, take them all! ”

"Wow!" The two Qing soldiers fought a thousand and turned around to take the woman and the little girl away.

Zhuang Hucheng watched his wife and daughter being tied up, and he wanted to snatch the Qing soldier's knife to resist, but he couldn't muster the courage at all.

"Mother! Sister! The five-year-old son cried and cried to pull his mother and sister, but was kicked away by the Qing soldiers.

"Fuck off! Don't bother Lao Tzu! Qing Bing kicked the little boy away. Such a small child, after being dragged to the barracks, will not play any role at all. Prince Leerjin is a good person who is charitable, and he will not do that kind of thing to expel women and children, the old and weak, and attack the city, such a child is naturally useless.

In the small village that was peaceful on weekdays, there was already a cry at this time, not only all the young and strong men were captured by the Qing soldiers, but even the young and sturdy women, middle-aged men in their forties and fifties, middle-aged women with some strength, twelve or thirteen years old, little girls, all the Qing soldiers were tied up, and even some old men who looked strong did not let go. Not only that, but the Qing army also looted all the food and valuable things in the village.

What chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and sheep, donkeys, and buffaloes were also driven out by the Qing soldiers.

"Well done!" An officer who looked like a thousand commanders of the Green Battalion came over on a short horse, and came to the officer who looked like a general, "Take away all the people in this village who can be used!" After defeating Haikou, the prince has a lot of rewards! ”

The Qing army escorted the young and strong women, children, old and weak, and carried away with the looted grain and livestock, leaving only a small village with a cry that shook the sky.

In the small village, all the people who were able to work were taken away, and there were only a few young children, a gray-haired old lady, and an old man who was too old to walk. What's even more hateful is that the food and livestock have been robbed, how can these people who are left without the ability to work live?

It is conceivable that most of these people will starve to death, and only a few will survive.

Zhuang Hucheng, who was escorted by the Qing soldiers, watched his wife and daughter being taken away, even the livestock and poultry raised at home were gone, and all the food was empty, and then thinking of his young son, I don't know how he would live, thinking of this, Zhuang Hucheng couldn't help crying.

"Cry what cry!" A Qing soldier whipped him with a whip.

All the surrounding villages were looted by Leerjin's soldiers, and all those who could be captured were captured, and grain, livestock, and poultry were taken to the Qing army barracks.

Although Kong Sizhen said that there was no problem with her loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, she still couldn't bear to do so, so she quietly pulled Le Erjin aside: "Lord Wang, the Qing Dynasty has won the world, and these people are also the people of the Qing Dynasty. Now that the Qing Dynasty is orthodox in the world, I am afraid it is inappropriate to treat the people who have not disobeyed in this way, right? ”

"Eldest princess, Xiao Wang didn't use women, children, old and weak to send them to death!" Le Erjin's reply was very polite. He is Dai Shan's grandson, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji are equals, but Kong Sizhen is the same generation as Huang Taiji's son Fu Lin, so Le Erjin is a generation lower than Kong Sizhen in terms of generation, and he still respects Kong Sizhen.

"Then what's the use of you arresting so many women and children, the old and weak?" Kong Sizhen asked.

Leerjin arched his hand towards the north and replied: "We have pushed the young and strong to the front to attack the city, the women and children can build siege weapons, transport food in the back, and carry dirt and sandbags behind the young and strong!" As long as 10,000 people work together, Yuliang Road can be completed quickly! Our army will be able to kill Wang Yi in a few days to repay the emperor's kindness! ”

"But this is the territory of King Pingnan, you have robbed all the grain and livestock here, what will happen to the tax revenue of the court this year? Who will feed the soldiers of the king of Pingnan? Kong Sizhen asked.

Le Erjin sneered: "King Pingnan is about to be defeated!" What are you doing with all this food and livestock? Who is taxed to? Isn't it left to Haikou? If he can defeat the Haikou, this king will naturally exempt the court from paying taxes for three years! If we are defeated, we will take away these food and livestock, so that we will not leave them to the pirates! ”

"But if this battle continues, I'm afraid the young and strong will die! When they die, who will feed these women and children? You've robbed them of all their food and livestock! I am afraid that women and children will not live long in their old age and infirmity. Kong Sizhen was a little unbearable.

Kong Sizhen knows the situation in Sichuan, and Sichuan has been in turmoil for many years because of Zhang Xianzhong's entry into Sichuan. The Manchu Qing slandered Zhang Xianzhong for massacring Sichuan, which was actually all rumors. However, in fact, whether it was Zhang Xianzhong or the Ming army, or the Manchu Qing Dynasty who later entered Sichuan, a large number of local young people were recruited into the army.

After more than 20 years of continuous fighting, not to mention the young and strong men in their twenties and thirties, even the old men in their forties and fifties, and the half-grown sons of twelve or thirteen years old have all died, and the remaining women and children are old and weak, and those who have escaped from the dead have fled with their young sons, and those who have survived by luck have taken their young sons into the mountains and forests, just because they are worried that the warring parties will take away the half-eldest sons that they have managed to pull with great difficulty.

Therefore, if all the young and strong people in western Guangdong are wiped out, it is impossible for these women and children to survive.

It's just that if you don't use this trick now, it seems that there is no way to win Xinhui, and in the end, out of loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, Kong Sizhen still didn't say anything, and acquiesced in Leerjin's siege technique.

At the head of Xinhui City, Wang Xinyu, who was standing at the head of the city, saw that the Qing army had captured a large number of women, children, old and weak, and said very angrily: "The Tartars are going to use this trick again!" Drive women and children, old and weak, to build Yuliang Road! It's despicable and shameless! ”

Yao Qisheng also saw that the Qing army didn't know where to capture a lot of young people, and more women, children, old and weak, were all sent to the barracks. Although Yao Qisheng couldn't bear to fight for a while, if he wanted to shoot at those women, children, old and weak, he also knew that in order to become a great weapon, he could not have the kindness of a woman. This account is finally being counted on the head of the Tartars.

However, the Qing army did not directly drive women and children to attack the city, but indirectly used women and children to attack the city: after these women and children were imprisoned in the Qing army camp, they followed the auxiliaries and young men to cut down wood, build siege weapons, fill sandbags, and build shield carts. There were also women, children, elderly and infirm, who were assigned to the rear to carry food.

And those young men who were captured were gathered together for simple training and turned them into auxiliaries. When it was time to attack the city, the first thing to do was to use these young and strong newly formed auxiliaries to push the shield cart to build the Yuliang Road.

"There are many people, and it's quite fast to build siege weapons!" Le Erjin watched with satisfaction as the women, the half-old man, the half-old man, and the teenage girl were chopping wood and building shield carts under the command of the craftsmen. After all, there are a lot of people, and the speed of crafting siege weapons is quite fast.

Women in the countryside are generally Tianzu, and women who do farm work are actually used by at least half of the men, and they are also important laborers in the family, how can they wrap their feet? So these women are quite efficient. And the Qing army is also very fair, women are used as half men, and they are half-fed every day.

In addition, the Qing army gave them propaganda, as long as you defeat the Xinhui and defeat the Haikou, you can go home to take care of your young children and take care of your elderly in-laws.

However, most of the women, even their fathers-in-law, have been arrested, and those who are still strong old men can still work. There are only mothers-in-law and young children left in the house, and I don't know how they are doing now.

There were so many people doing things, but in five days, two thousand shield carts were built, as well as other siege weapons. (To be continued.) )