Daming Military Empire

Chapter 337 Extermination of the Nine Clans
On the road from Haiyang City to Shenglong City, a huge Ming army team is slowly moving forward. In front are 32 cavalry, with banners like forests, majestic and majestic, and [-] infantry behind. In the middle, guarded by thousands of Jinyiwei, a huge dragon chariot carried by [-] people is looming, and it is Emperor Chongzheng of the Ming Dynasty who is here in person!
At this moment, Zhu Cijiong was sitting on the dragon chariot with a livid face, not at all happy after the victory.

Shenglong City was taken down, but the Tianxiong Army was almost disabled, a total of [-] artillery, with a total of [-] infantry, a total of [-] infantry, a total of [-] cavalry, with a total of tens of thousands of casualties. The legion, the elite of the elite, was beaten so miserably when attacking a small city of Thang Long. If this situation continues, if the whole of Nanyang is to be taken down, wouldn't all the legions of Ming Dynasty be maimed!

He is not angry with the lord general Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng has tried his best. He personally led the army to attack the city, took the lead, and fought fiercely for nearly two hours. In the end, he was seriously injured and fell into a coma. What can such a brave general say? People are angry, angry with Annan Zheng.

It was because he underestimated the enemy that he made a major decision-making error. If he sent 40 troops to besiege on all sides, no matter how powerful the Annan army in Shenglong City was, it would still cause heavy casualties to the Ming army.

It was the Dutch who were too insidious and provided Annan with so many muskets and cannons, so that Daming could not make full use of his superiority in weapons and was caught off guard.

There is also the Annan Zheng family. I heard that the reason why the Annan army is so desperate is because they forced them to send a supervising team to supervise the battle. Not only did they want to kill the deserters, but they also threatened to kill the deserters' whole families.
Just as he was gnashing his teeth, thinking about how to take revenge, there were about a thousand elite cavalry slowly approaching in front of the team. Looking at the flag, it should be Cao Wenzhao, the chief general of the Guanning Army, who had come to greet him.

Sure enough, not long after, General Guan Ning rode his horse through the heavy guards of Jin Yiwei to the left side of the dragon chariot, bowed and saluted: "I am late to pick you up, please forgive me."

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said: "Wai Li, I only invited you here to ask questions, and I didn't ask you to escort me. There is no delay. How is Jiandou now?"

Cao Wenzhao beat his horse and accompanied him, and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, Mr. Lu is fine, all the bullets on his body have been taken out, there is no serious problem, it's just that it is a little inconvenient to move."

bullet?Zhu Cijiong only knew that Lu Xiangsheng was seriously injured, but he didn't know exactly how he was injured. He asked curiously, "Didn't I have someone make a steel armor for him? Didn't he wear it?"

Cao Wenzhao reported truthfully: "Master Lu wore it, but he was shot in his arms and legs, but he didn't hurt his vitals."

Zhu Cijiong asked: "Some? How much is some?"

Cao Wenzhao replied with some shame: "The emperor forgives the crime. It was too hasty at that time, and the humble officials didn't let anyone count them carefully. There are about twenty rounds."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but take a deep breath. He was still brave enough to kill the enemy with more than 20 bullets in his body. This Lu Xiangsheng is really not ordinary fierce!

At this time, Shenglong City was still in sight, and Zhu Cijiong was not in a hurry to enter the city. He turned his head and asked, "Have all the fallen soldiers been buried?"

Cao Wenzhao replied respectfully: "Back to the emperor, my minister is arranging for people to restrain themselves and check their names. The burial will not be until tomorrow at the earliest."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and sighed, "Take me to have a look."

The army began to turn to the east of the city and came to the original camp of the Tianxiong Army. At this time, all the tents had been put away, and the corpses of Ming army soldiers were lined up neatly on the ground. .

Zhu Cijiong looked at the fallen soldiers all over the ground, his face became more and more gloomy, and his desire for revenge became stronger and stronger. At this time, he happened to see an altar in the front, and many soldiers of the Ming army spontaneously came to pay homage to their comrades. The altar was full, and paper money was almost scattered all over the ground.

He got off the dragon chariot and walked slowly towards the altar. The guards accompanying him quickly dismounted from their horses and formed a wall to separate the soldiers who came to pay homage. Only then did the soldiers present realize that it was the emperor himself. Kneeling one by one, Zhu Cijiong came to the altar with a gloomy face, took out a handful of incense, and lit the candle slowly.

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly bowed to persuade him: "Your Majesty, you can't do it, they can't bear it."

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said coldly: "The dead are the greatest, what can't bear it."

After finishing speaking, he held up the incense he had lighted, bowed three times respectfully, then inserted the incense into the stove of the altar, and then picked up a handful of white paper money and sprinkled it into the sky, saying loudly: "Warrior of Ming Dynasty, all the way!" Good to go."

The soldiers of the Ming army who were kneeling around quickly returned the salute for the fallen soldiers: "Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Zhu Cijiong raised his hand and suppressed, stopped the growing shouts, turned to Cao Huachun and said, "I have ordered that the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army will be doubled in terms of food and salaries, and the pensions of the soldiers who died in battle will be doubled. Order the Ministry of War to sort out the list of the families of the soldiers who died in battle. Hand it in, and all firms in the imperial family will be hired as appropriate."

When Cao Huachun heard the words, he nodded solemnly, expressing that he remembered that it was really impossible to write the imperial decree on this occasion, so he could only write it after entering the city.

Zhu Cijiong said to Cao Wenzhao again: "Where is Jiandou now?"

Cao Wenzhao immediately replied: "Master Lu is recuperating in the city."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, turned around and returned to the dragon chariot, and then ordered to drive into the city to visit Lu Xiangsheng.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng wrapped like a zongzi, Zhu Cijiong's face became more and more gloomy. He patiently comforted Lu Xiangsheng a few words, then turned and walked out. He felt a burning anger in his heart, and he couldn't suppress it no matter what At this time, Cao Wenzhao came up to report again: "Your Majesty, Li Shenzong of the Li Dynasty after Annan has been found. Do you want to meet the Emperor?"

Zhu Cijiong said coldly: "Don't worry about this, what about the Annan Zheng family?"

Cao Wenzhao replied cautiously: "Annan Zheng's own head, Zheng Bing, and more than a dozen officials who took the lead in resisting my Da Mingwei have all been arrested. Do you want to bring them here?"

Zhu Cijiong said coldly: "Why did you bring them here? I don't want to see such rebellious officials and thieves who colluded with foreign countries to make trouble. I dragged them all to the east of the city and chopped them up to pay homage to the Ming soldiers."

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly cupped his hands and replied: "My minister obeys the order."

After all, he was about to leave, but Zhu Cijiong's eyes flashed sharply, as if he had thought of something.

He raised his hand and said, "Slow down."

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly stopped and bowed, "What orders does the emperor have?"

At this time, Zhu Cijiong's face was full of hostility, he gritted his teeth and said: "Go, lead the army to surround all the mansions of the Zheng clan in the city, arrest all the Zheng clan's relatives, and drag them to the east of the city. I cut it down, and I want to kill his nine clans!"

(End of this chapter)