Han’s Son is Not a Slave

At the end of the letter of persuasion to surrender, a list was listed one after another, but it was the list of Chinese military officials in Nanning City, from the prefect to the commander-in-chief, and all of them were registered. There are no less than a hundred names written in densely written small capital letters. I don't know how much effort it took for the Taiping army to grasp the details of Nanning City so clearly from the captured Qing army's mouth.

This list surprised the Qing army, but what shocked them even more was that the list issued by the Ming army not only wiped out all the officials of Nanning City, but also marked the place of origin in detail after each name.

What is the purpose of marking the place of origin?

The Qing army was all dumbfounded. There were no fools in the officials. How could they not guess the intentions of the Ming army.

Officials from non-Guangxi nationality were not very concerned about the list, but officials from Guangxi nationality and their hometown in the Ming army-controlled area changed their faces on the spot.

The Taiping Army is using their whole family to threaten them, no, it is using their family to threaten them!

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After a few officials from Guangdong and Guangxi were shocked, their first thought was to surrender quickly. They dared not bet on whether the Taiping Army was intimidating them or really prepared to do so. They really can't afford to gamble. Besides, if we continue to defend, apart from making the battle more tragic, more dead people, and more anger of the Taiping Army, what benefit will it bring to the situation?

Officials from Guangdong and Guangxi and their families looked at each other under the Dingnan domain in Nanning, and they no longer had the courage and confidence to stick to it.

Xie Jun, the prefect of Nanning, was less courageous. When the Taiping army attacked the city, he hid in the government office, and he did not even have the courage to go up to the city. But I heard that the Taiping army made such a play of killing the whole family to force the surrender. , but he did not know where he had the courage to express his willingness to surrender to Wang Guowei on behalf of the officials in the city.

Xie Jun's courage and confidence came from those officers under the Dingnan clan who had been secretly connected. It is not only them, but also their wives, children, and children. If they don't, the entire family will be washed away by the Taiping Army. In this era, in the eyes of officials, promotion and fortune are far less important than the survival of the clan. The Taiping army really wants to kill people, but they don't even dare to think about the consequences.

Under the pressure of the main surrender officials, Wang Guowei sent people out of the city to the Taiping army camp and asked the Taiping army to send people into the city to discuss the surrender.

The deputy general of Eleven Town, Feng Zhengbo Xiong Chaozuo took the initiative to petition to enter the city as a messenger. He said that he had been driven by the Qing army like a dog for more than ten years. Today, he can finally see the Qing army being forced by the Ming army like a dog , so anyway, I have to go into the city to see the faces of the gang of clean dogs in the city. After discussing with Wang Xing, Gao Jinku believed that the Qing army in the city could not have the courage to kill the envoy of the Taiping army, so they agreed to Feng Zhengbo's request.

Xiong Chaozuo only brought two personal guards into the city. After entering the city, he found that the Qing army had organized hundreds of people to set up a sword and gun array. He couldn't help sneering, and walked past the Qing soldiers without any fear, and then came to a group of Qing soldiers. In front of the general, he slowly looked around and said to Wang Guowei, who was sitting in the center: "When will you descend? If you descend, this will open the city to welcome my army into the city. If you don't want to descend, then don't talk nonsense. Each of you depends on your ability. If you can defend it, you are considered to be very talented. If you can't defend it, then take your family to Huangquan. No wonder I didn't remind you that Guilin, Liuzhou, and Xunzhou have all been captured by my Taiping army. , you can't count on any reinforcements, so if you want to drop, drop early, don't be unhappy." After speaking, he said again: "The opening of the city in Liuzhou is half a day late, so my commander called someone. Slaughtered the entire family of the prefect Su Jin and the admiral, Xuezheng Huang Ding."

Xiong Chaozuo's voice spread far and wide, and almost everyone of the civil and military officials in Nanning who were guarding outside heard his words. He heard that Su Jin, the prefect of Liuzhou, and Huang Ding, the admiral of Xuezheng, were arrested because they opened the city late for half a day. Killing, it is really shocking.

Wang Guowei's face was ashen and extremely ugly, Xiong Chaozuo squinted at him, not afraid of his expression at all, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he sneered.

"presumptuous!"

The officer who had proposed to kill all the young men in the city saw that Xiong Chaozuo didn't care about them at all. Xiong Chaozuo was not afraid, but just watched Wang Guowei sneer. He is really not afraid, because if he is the defender of Nanning, he will never cut off the only way to survive.

Sure enough, Wang Guowei opened his mouth, but he did not intend to kill, but said: "You are so bold, you came into my city alone, and dared to humiliate this town in front of my soldiers, aren't you afraid that this town will kill you? ?"

Hearing this, Xiong Chaozuo shook his head and said, "If you kill me, none of the officials in Nanning City will be able to run away. They can't run away, and neither can their wives, children, and children. My Taiping Army has always said that one is one, and that I will kill your whole family. Never leave a single one alive! So I'd love to see thousands of heads buried with me."

Xiong Chaozuo's tone was very solemn, and he glanced at the officials as he spoke. The officials who were swept by his eyes felt chills in their hearts. Many people consciously avoided his gaze and dared not look directly at him. Even some generals around Wang Guowei felt their scalps tingle.

Wang Guowei sighed inwardly, knowing that from the very beginning of this negotiation, he was at a disadvantage and was at a disadvantage. He weakly waved his hand to signal his subordinates to take the knife away, and then put on a negotiating posture~www.NovelMTL.com~ said to Xiong Chaozuo: "This official, Ruokaicheng surrendered to your army, what will be the treatment in the future?"

The threat of the Taiping Army to kill the family has already divided officials in Nanning. Now most of them advocate surrender, and the few who still insist on not surrendering are not only family members who are not in Nanning, nor are they from Guangdong and Guangxi. Although Wang Guowei could hold on until he died, he was sure that many people in the city would not let him hold on. Most of the officials in Biyi City are from Guangxi. Who can helplessly watch their clan be uprooted by the Taiping Army, and who can helplessly watch their wives, children and children being killed.

Xiong Chaozuo was also unequivocal, saying: "Your soldiers and horses must leave the city to accept the reorganization of our army. In addition, our army will not hold you accountable for what you have done in the past, and we will ensure that all of you are safe."

Hearing the word "adaptation", Wang Guowei's heart jumped slightly, obviously hesitating. Xiong Chaozuo also understood what he was thinking, but he didn't mean to let go. Adaptation is the minimum requirement for Taiping army commander Zhou Shi to accept the surrender of the Qing army in Guangxi. The military commander's office has always been deliberately breaking the old army model of soldiers as generals. This is seen by the Taiping army, including the new towns. clear. Although the newly compiled towns still maintain their independence in the Taiping army system, the price of this independence is that the combat effectiveness is far less than that of the old Taiping army towns, and they do not have much say in politics. It is foreseeable that if Xinbianshu Town maintains this independence, the resources they can get from Zhou Shixiang will be extremely limited. (To be continued.)