Chapter 114 Epilogue
The sword in the white-armored soldiers raised high, and the cold light swept across the street, illuminating the faces of many people. However, on the street, no one, no one, whether they were young or old, avoided the dangerous cold light. They walked over and leaned over, clenched their fists tightly, bit their teeth hard, their eyes widened, and stared at Duoduo.
"Kill him, kill them, kill all these dog slaves..." Duoduo could no longer bear the huge pressure brought by these people and shouted hysterically.
The knife in the white-armored soldier's hand did not fall, because a kitchen knife cut off his arm, and bright red blood shot out, splashing Duoduo all over. Duoduo wiped off the blood beads on his face: "Dog slave, how dare you..."
"We are human beings, upright people, and people who stand up to the sky and seek revenge on you..." A group of people shouted loudly and rushed towards Duoduo at all costs.
"Kill the enemy and take revenge, kill the enemy and take revenge!" For a moment, the roars from the lower class resounded throughout this ancient city.
Duoduo rushed out of this dangerous street with blood. The price he paid was not only the deep bone-deep wound on his face, but also more than half of the loyal armored soldiers. Duoduo looked back and saw that more than 30 white armored soldiers were completely surrounded. The warriors who had been through many battles were waving their weapons and harvesting their lives in pieces. However, the angry people were sieging wildly, with kitchen knives, wooden sticks, and bricks all in battle. The people roared and shouted with all their strength. No matter men, women, old and young, their faces were distorted. They had no combat skills, and they did not care about their own safety. There was only one thing in their blood-filled eyes - revenge!
Blood and violence became everything in this street. Duoduo ran away desperately, but people rushed out of the alleys and broken houses around. Whether they were sick, weak or timid, they saw the crazy crowd on the street, and they were ignited in a moment. The resentment and resentment that had been accumulated for a long time exploded at this moment. The people randomly joined the team, shouting for revenge, and picking up tools that could be found to siege Duoduo and his ranks.
Duoduo's eyes were full of crazy people, fighting everywhere, and bloody ground. At this time, he had completely lost the majesty of the superiors and the arrogance of the invaders. He was surrounded by violent and crazy faces. Duoduo was scared, and his hands were trembling, so he could not hold the knife in his hand. In the sea of revenge, the white-armored soldiers were covered with iron and could crush a few nails, let alone, they had never dealt with such a crazy scene. Some people even chose to escape, but eventually died in the crowd.
In a moment, only Duoduo was left standing in the blood all over the ground. He trembled and forced his knife to hold the sword with both hands. He trembled and didn't know who to aim at. There were enemies around him, and it was enemies who spared no effort to kill himself!
"I recognize you, you are Duoduo, the executioner who massacred Yangzhou!" A man said coldly with a knife in his hand. His warm tongue licked the blade and ate the blood on it into his mouth. He moaned and looked at Duoduo again, and there was a hint of salivation in his eyes: "Your meat must be more delicious, right?"
"I am the descendant of the Qing Dynasty's regent, Aisin Gioro's descendant. Do you think you will scare me?" Duoduo said gritting his teeth.
The man laughed and said, "You wet your pants, the assistant!"
Duoduo looked down and saw that the urine was indeed flowing uncontrollably along the trousers, but he felt nothing because of his nervousness.
"So I've been scared for a long time." Duoduo suddenly realized a fact. The knife in his hand pressed against his chest, but no matter what, he couldn't stab it. Duoduo let out a desperate roar, and with a bang, the knife fell to the ground again.
Suddenly, he was hugged from behind, and then grabbed by a big hand and dragged into the crowd. He was immediately suppressed by the angry and crazy people. The crazy people used all means to kill them because of revenge, bite their teeth, and dig their fingers...
Duoduo's screams were louder than the other, and even the sound of cannons outside the city was much worse.
One arm was pulled out from inside, and a tall man bit it hard, his mouth was covered in blood, raised it high, and the people around him cheered and rushed over frantically, snatching and biting the arm. The people ate their flesh and sucked their blood marrow. When Wu Mu led his army into the city and arrived at the place of affairs, Duoduo left nothing except a pair of pants soaked in urine.
Duoduo's death completely ended the siege of Yangzhou. The soldiers and horses in the city, the Eight Banners of Manchuria knew that they could not survive and resisted until they died. The Green Camp officials and generals wanted to do so, but they were tied up in front of the army by their soldiers. Ding Zhuangmin Army scattered, and the gates of Yangzhou City opened wide and went down without fighting.
Li Mingxun did not expect that the Battle of Yangzhou would end so quickly, at least he did not want to do so, because the siege of Yangzhou brought huge benefits to the United States. From a political perspective, Yangzhou has become the focus of all forces in the world. The United States reached 6 at the end of July. Now four months have passed. The Qing court mobilized more than 100,000 troops to almost all the reserve forces and mobile troops, but the situation has not changed. The reputation of the United States has spread all over the world.
From an economic perspective, the United States army could control more cities by one day in Jiangnan, liquidate many gentry and officials to obtain wealth, obtain immigration and various commodities from various places. The Qing court's most important financial and taxation land has been decayed, the strength of both sides has increased and decreased, and the gap in strength is rapidly narrowing.
As the Qing court dispatched troops from the controlled area, it was a foregone conclusion that the army withdrew from the south of the Yangtze River. More than 100,000 troops gathered from north to south of the Yangtze River, and the combat power of the 6th armies in each direction was out of the sea. It was meaningless to persist. Moreover, the pressure on the navy is getting greater and greater, and control of the Yangtze River waterway is in danger.
In this Jiangnan Incident, Zhao Sandao and Gu San, the Inner River Fleet under the command of Zhao Sandao and Gu San, was supported by the base camp and allies. However, the Inner River Fleet also undertakes the most cruel combat mission. Especially after the siege of Yangzhou, the Qing army in Jiangnan was completely in a madness. The hundreds of miles from Nanjing to Chongming attacked everywhere. The Inner River Fleet was in a state of exhaustion, and once allowed the Qing army to climb 6 Chongming Island.
Moreover, in the protracted war, the Qing army was more skilled in the application of naval forces. Originally, due to the strength of the United States' water power, the Qing army entered a misunderstanding, that is, to defeat the United States' navy, they had to have ships larger than it. This led to the Qing navy blindly pursuing the size of the ship, but did not know that water combat was the real core of firepower. The warships transformed from various types of ships were vulnerable to the front of the Calais and the Gale. As the fierce battle continued, the large ships in the Qing army's navy were exhausted and had to be dominated by various types of paddle boats. However, it was found that the paddle boats could easily bypass the firepower core of the inland fleet on the narrow channel and conduct platoon battles. Although they were still immature in tactical and technical, they achieved exchange ratios far higher than before. At least the inland fleet was increasingly unable to withstand the casualties of water battles.
A large number of Gareth and Calais ships lost their losses in the battle, and the river fleet had lost absolute control over the Yangtze River channel. This was also Hong Chengchou's plan. If the river fleet in the United States could be annihilated, the 6th army would be trapped in the Great Six. After losing its maneuver, they would naturally not be able to escape.
At the end of November, the commander issued a general retreat order, and the inland fleet contracted from all directions and fully controlled the lower reaches of the Yangtze River from Yangzhou to Chongming. The first batch of people retreated were the people from Yangzhou. After the end of the Yangzhou Battle, a very credible rumor appeared in the city. The people of Yangzhou fought against the auxiliary king of Qing barbarians, ate flesh and sucked blood. When the Qing army captured Yangzhou, they would definitely massacre the city. For a time, not to mention the remaining people in Yangzhou, even the surrounding people were in danger.
Many people asked to go to sea to take refuge. The Immigration Bureau signed immigration contracts with nearly 80,000 people in Yangzhou City in ten days, which is already the vast majority of the people in Yangzhou. You should know that in the 10-day massacre in the Yangzhou year of Hongguang, Yangzhou was almost slaughtered. In two years, only 200,000 people were restored. During the siege, a large number of people were killed and Yangzhou City was almost evacuated.
In the end, Li Mingxun ordered a fire to burn Yangzhou City, burning this city that had experienced too much blood and sin. The flames covered most of the sky and illuminated the two sides of the canal. The army behind the United States Army broke through the fire blocks set up by the Qing army on one side of the canal and entered the Yangtze River channel.
Chapter completed!