Qianlong's most trusted Minister of Military and Political Affairs, Fu Heng, a first-class loyal and brave duke, led 200,000 troops to Gui Province to quell the rebellion. This news had spread throughout the country a month ago thanks to a few newspapers run by western merchants. Hundreds of millions of people were paying attention to this massive war to quell the rebellion.
Among the hundreds of millions of people, 99% of them thought that Zhu Lingye would be destroyed because Fu Heng had 200,000 people and the Yan Huang National Defense Force only had 10,000. How could they resist?
However, as the Battle of Nanning came to an end, the entire Yangtze River was in an uproar.
The 200,000-strong Qing army suffered a crushing defeat and was completely annihilated!
Fucha, Fu Heng, and a group of generals were beheaded in public, and all the Jurchen in Nan Ning City were exterminated without exception. Their heads were rolling and their corpses piled up like mountains.
Upon hearing this shocking news, the dark clouds that had been hanging over the heads of hundreds of millions of people for more than a hundred years were mostly dispelled.
The heartless Man Qing couldn't hold on any longer. After Zhu Lingye, who had occupied Gui Province, finished expanding his army, the next step should be to conquer the entire south and then go north for the decisive battle, right?
At the same time, Zhu Lingye ordered the Yanhuang National Defense Force to split into two groups to recover Yunnan and Guizhou. Wherever they went, the Han army surrendered.
Half a month, in just half a month, Gui, Dian, and Qian had completely broken away from the rule of the Qing Dynasty and were under the jurisdiction of the Yan Huang National Defense Army.
Cut the braids!
After Zhu Lingye recovered the three provinces, his first order was to cut his braids.
The order to leave the head without braids was thoroughly implemented by the National Defence Force.
The order was issued. Those who did not cut their hair within three days would be shot!
Of course, they could not cut it, but they had to register with the government and leave the three provinces immediately. From then on, they were not allowed to enter the jurisdiction of the Yan Huang National Defense Force.
90% of the commoners did not hesitate and cut their braids to join the Yan Huang National Defense Army.
Because what was the use of being blindly loyal? Would they give you food to save your life?
No!
Zhu Lingye, on the other hand, didn't have any rice or meat, but an unlimited number of sweet potatoes.
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Dian Province, Spring City.
After Ding Wei led the army to recover Dian Province, Zhu Lingye left the 1st Regiment to guard Nan Ning. He brought the Guards Regiment and Elizabeth to Spring City.
Zhu Lingye was born and raised in Spring City before he transmigrated. He was lucky enough to return to Spring City in 1760. He felt homesick.
However, as soon as he arrived in Spring City, he encountered a troublesome matter.
Someone had openly disobeyed the order!
Ever since the order to cut their braids was issued five days ago, 90% of men decisively cut their braids at the first moment. As long as there was life, there was hope. Survival was the most important thing.
The remaining 10% were diehards and loyal to the Qing Dynasty. Not only did they not cut their braids, but they also gathered 5,000 to 6,000 people in Guandu Ancient Town to prepare for a rebellion.
"We won't cut our braids, nor will we resist the rule of the National Defense Force. If you must force us to cut our braids, then please leave this place.”
"Forcing others to do something difficult is violence!"
"No, we obey the rule, so we won't cut our braids.”
"Damn it, this is forcing us to a dead end.”
Fight to the death?
Zhu Lingye, who came to patrol, frowned and rode forward. The soldiers of the National Defense Force who raised their guns and aimed at him automatically made way for him.
Scholar?
After seeing these people who wanted to fight to the death, Zhu Lingye's face darkened, and the monstrous anger in his eyes was brewing.
Most of them were wearing long robes and mandarin jackets, which was the standard for scholars.
Never in his wildest dreams would he have thought that the one who resisted the order the most was actually a scholar. What a great irony.
"I want to ask, what is the meaning of your resistance to the cutting order?”
At this time, the crowd also noticed the young man riding on the tall horse. Seeing his appearance and aura, they knew that he should be the direct descendant of Emperor Chongzhen, the Flame King Zhu Lingye.
Due to Zhu Lingye's imposing manner, everyone looked at each other for a moment. No one dared to answer.
This Zhu Lingye was not a good person. He was ruthless and cruel when dealing with the Qing army. He was not soft-hearted when he issued an order to cut the civilians. If they dared to disobey, they would be shot.
Finally, a young man took two steps forward and mustered his courage to speak loudly.
"To establish the will of heaven and earth, to establish the lives of the people, to inherit the ultimate arts of the past saints, and to create peace for all generations!”
"Studying is also to better serve the imperial court!”
Hahaha.
Zhu Lingye couldn't help but laugh when he saw his magnanimous face. His laughter was very sad, and at the same time, he felt a little sad and angry.
Generous people often follow the dog butcher generation, the most unfaithful people are scholars.
When he thought of the actions of those scholars in Donglin when the Ming Empire was about to fall, he really felt a chill in his heart towards these scholars.
"Reading is so that you don't forget to look at your ancestors, understand?”
"Shameless, you guys are really shameless!”
"You are scum, a bunch of scum!”
"Back then, Qu Yuan made suggestions for the country, but the muddle-headed and incompetent king listened to calumny. He could only sink into Miluo with grief and indignation!”
"Tao Yuanming did not bow down for five buckets of rice. He resolutely resigned and returned to his hometown. He lived a leisurely life of picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and looking at the southern mountain!”
"When Li Bai of the Great Tang wrote a poem in the Imperial Palace, he actually asked the Imperial Consort to grind the ink, the strong man to hold the boots, and finally put them on the cliff. This is the integrity of a scholar!”
"When the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the Yuan and Meng armies attacked the Yuelu Academy. Hundreds of scholars refused to submit to the brutal foreign tribes and all died heroically.”
"In the Battle of Yashan, Lu Xiufu carried the little emperor and jumped off the cliff. 100,000 soldiers and civilians jumped into the sea one after another to die for the country.”
"It's fine if you scum have no scholarly integrity, but you don't even have a backbone. You're willing to keep your disgusting money tails and kneel on the ground to call yourselves slaves!”
"Alright, since you want to be a slave, I'll satisfy you. If you can't be a slave, you can be a slave!”
Zhu Lingye didn't give these thousands of people a chance to speak.
"The National Defense Force, listen up. Arrest all of them and send them to the construction site in Gui Province. If they dare to resist, kill them without mercy!”
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