Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 145 Execution in the Downtown
"Since Echina and others have already surrendered, there is no need for the remaining people to exist. Push them to the execution ground and let them kneel in a row with Han Guang."

In order to execute these rebels, Zhu Cihong deliberately chose a good place for them, that is, the intersection of the north-south and east-west roads in Fengqiu County.

It was originally the busiest and bustling place in this small town of Fengqiu County. In order to frighten the people in the countryside and show off his martial arts, Zhu Cihong specially ordered people to call all the gentry and landlords from the nearby villages.

In fact, even if Zhu Cihong didn't call people over, the common people would come to watch on their own initiative. After all, beheadings are rare, let alone beheading so many Tatar officials at once.

For the ancients, this is no less than the four modern kings going to a small place to hold a concert.

"Quiet, stay away." Two teams of armored warriors holding gongs and drums drove away the people on the road to make way for Zhu Cixiang.

Immediately after him was the big Han general who opened the way and escorted Zhu Cihong, and behind Zhu Cihong's imperial escort were Echina and others.

Came to a table that had just been set up, and it was full of military and political officials from Zhu Cihong's dynasty, such as Qian Qianyi, a scholar of the Diange University, Qian Qianyi, the second assistant of the cabinet, Ma Wenlong, Dali Minister of Dali Temple, and Si Yancha, the inspector of Henan Province. Make Shen Liangru.

"It's almost time, Your Majesty, it's time to carry out the execution." Dali Temple Minister Ma Wenlong saw that the executioner on the execution platform was already in place, so he came to Zhu Cihong and bowed and said.

"Except for Han Guang and Tong Mengchun, the two Jia La E Zhen, the rest will be executed immediately. By the way, one hour is enough for the three of them."

Although Ling Chi's execution is the most relieving, but a group of people screaming on the execution platform, the scene is too intrusive, and besides, Zhu Cihong doesn't have so many Ling Chi experts now, they are all in the capital, so I just I can focus on Tong Mengchun and Han Guang.

Who made the three of them special, one traitor and two senior officials.

"Kill, kill!"

"Behead! Behead their dogs!"

The people under the execution platform shouted excitedly. When they thought about the exciting scene of beheading next, they couldn't help themselves with excitement.

Some people even danced and cheered for the death of these Tartar officials.

"Execution!" After receiving an affirmative reply from Dali Temple Minister Ma Wenlong, Shen Liangru, the procurator of the Henan Procuratorate, stood on the execution platform and gave orders to the executioners who were holding ghost-headed swords.

More than a dozen large knives fell together without muddling. The strong executioner did not stop after beheading the heads of these Tartars with the big knives. They didn't stop until the blades penetrated into the wooden floor of the execution platform. .

Under such vigorous hacking, the heads of those Tartars would naturally roll to the ground. Several guards guarding the execution ground stepped forward to collect these heads, but some of them rolled so fast that they rolled directly onto the ground. Off stage.

Rolled into the crowd of onlookers, a few men who were close saw the head rolled to their feet.

There was no trace of fear, but excitedly held the head and said, "The Tartar's head rolled to me. It seems that I am lucky, and this head should be given to me."

"It obviously rolled to my feet, so I should give it to me." A strong man also wanted this head, so he stepped forward to snatch it from him.

"No, it's mine."

While the two men were fighting for the head, a young man took the opportunity to get between them, wiped the neck of the head with a handkerchief, and then started sucking it.

Because he felt that the blood of these strong alien warriors must contain power, just like eating pig blood and cow blood can make people strong.

The people around were not surprised when they saw the actions of these people, let alone panic, as if the real head of the Tatar Niulu was just a ball to them.

Because they were from the Central Plains, and the ones who were cut off were Tartars, it had nothing to do with them. Naturally, they would not have any fear of how these Tartars died.

"The executioner has begun to languishi, and the time limit is one hour."

After the heads were chopped off, it was Han Guang's turn and the three of them.

As Ling Chi is a difficult execution method, no one in a small place like Fengqiu knows it. Only these three executioners in charge of execution were brought by Zhu Cihong from Jinling.

As the accompanying capital of the empire, Jinling has a high political status. Naturally, many people would die for political reasons. These executioners honed their skills in Jinling.

Judging from their experience, if you want to keep the prisoner conscious while lingering, you should not be too harsh. When slicing the flesh, you should focus on the limbs, because the torso has important organs.

If one fails to cut the organ, then the prisoner will die on the spot, and the execution will not be successful. At that time, these executioners will be the unlucky ones.

However, Zhu Cihong set a time limit of one hour, so they could only cut off the non-essential parts of the flesh as soon as possible, and when the time was almost up, they would give Han Guang and the others a good time.

"Ouch!" Han Guang, as a civil servant, couldn't bear the pain of eating. He shouted as soon as the executioner's knife cut off the first piece of meat.

"I want to buy his meat, Brother Executioner, I have silver, so I want to buy his meat." Just when Han Guang's first piece of flesh fell on the execution platform, someone in the audience wanted to buy meat with silver.

"My relatives are from Dawang Village. They were all killed by these beasts. I don't eat his meat. It's hard to explain the hatred in my heart!"

"We want to eat too, Brother Executioner, please give us their meat, and we will pay for it."

Accompanied by the cries of the crowd, countless copper plates, banknotes, and broken silver were thrown onto the execution platform.

Cannibalism has always been a horrifying event in China, a highly civilized country, but it was not a big deal in the late Ming Dynasty, when morality collapsed and order collapsed.

A few years ago Henan, Shaanxi and other places were hit by disasters, and the people had no crops, and the government was pressing for collection, so everyone ate human flesh.

At first, they only ate the meat of those who had died of starvation or illness. Later, when food became more scarce and the famine became more serious, they changed their bodies to eat.

In the end, it even developed to the point where people had just walked out of the town, and someone behind the city gate grabbed the passer-by to cook meat in a pot, and even the firewood for the pot was the bones of the dead.

The hungry people chewed human bones even more cleanly than vultures and maggots. All kinds of scavengers waited around the hungry people for a long time, but in the end they couldn't even get a bone.

Not to mention the people at the bottom of the empire, that is Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, who was executed at Ling Chi and preached to the Nine Sides. Every time the executioner cut off a piece of meat, the common people rushed to buy his meat.

(End of this chapter)