novelaction Chapter 356 Small Cleaning
Chapter 356 Small Cleaning
Boom boom boom——
Dozens of soldiers leaned against the city wall. Instead of rushing into the village immediately, they first threw a few grenades inside. After the explosion, they rushed in despite the billowing smoke.
There were indeed nearly a hundred Zhuang soldiers with swords guarding the city gate to prevent the soldiers of the 3rd Royal Division from using tree stumps to break open the city gate and come in. However, the soldiers from the 3rd Royal Division did not bother to use tree stumps to hit the door, and directly used more than 30 soldiers to smash the door. Bundle grenades to blow up the door.
There are six grenades in a bundle, and there are hundreds of grenades in more than 30 bundles. The power of the cluster explosion can be imagined. The city gate collapsed, not to mention the lives of many Zhuang soldiers killed by the shrapnel shooting everywhere. The sound waves generated by the explosion knocked away nearly a hundred soldiers guarding the village gate. They were either killed or injured. The corpses of the wounded soldiers were lying all over the city gate.
As hundreds of soldiers rushed into the village, the frightened soldiers abandoned their weapons and surrendered. Those who dared to resist were shot and killed.
Some of the bodyguards who were former outlaws relied on their martial arts skills to hide indoors and resist. The soldiers of the Royal Third Division did not want to take the risk of being killed, so they threw grenades directly into the room, killing and wounding the people inside.
Experience is gained through actual combat.
There were also several bodyguards who relied on their superb qigong skills to jump on the roof and try to escape. However, they were called out by snipers who stood on the wall of the village and occupied the commanding heights of the village.
"Kill me."
Gao Jie entered the village surrounded by the guard company, asked the soldiers to identify the leaders and stewards, tied them up, and held them aside. Then he ordered all the surrendered village soldiers to be shot to death.
Although these Zhuang soldiers were just following orders, they caused nearly a hundred casualties to the troops and made him lose face. He vented all his anger on these Zhuang soldiers who had suffered a terrible fate.
Ping-ping-pong-pong gunfire soon rang out, and more than 300 surrendered soldiers were killed. The remaining important prisoners were escorted back to the city, and their property was seized.
Such arrest operations were carried out simultaneously in Mi County, Ju County, and Jing County under the jurisdiction of the capital. Eleven wealthy families were wiped out on the same day.
In the capital, with the help of the Beijing camp, teams of wolf-like guards ransacked homes and arrested people according to the list. The movement was so loud that the whole city was shocked. The people who didn't know what was going on couldn't help but feel nervous.
Before Jin Yiwei carried out the arrest operation, several wealthy businessmen and powerful men who were on the arrest list received secret reports from insiders and hurriedly picked up Xinruan and ran away.
However, the city gates have long been closed, and the streets are full of soldiers with live ammunition, setting up checkpoints and interrogating those who forcefully break through the checkpoints without mercy.
Several wealthy businessmen and powerful men who fled in a hurry were captured on the way. Even the few people who secretly tipped off the information were arrested on the way back. They were all middle and low-level officers in the Beijing camp.
The 100,000-strong Beijing army, which is said to be the most elite of the Ming Dynasty, is actually the fifth scum of the war. The generals who hold military power not only eat empty pay and drink the blood of the soldiers, but are also infiltrated and bribed by various forces and have become some people's lackeys.
In fact, even if the Beijing army has not been infiltrated and bribed by various forces, the annual military expenditure of one hundred thousand and five scum alone is a huge expenditure. Rather than throwing the tight military expenditure into the water, it is better to reduce them all and Limited military expenditures go to the new army.
Zhu Youjian had long had the idea of reducing the 100,000 troops in the capital, but the conditions were not yet mature and he was worried that some people would take advantage of him and the 100,000 troops in the capital would rebel and cause havoc in the capital, so he kept it secret.
Now that the conditions are ripe, by arresting some wealthy businessmen and powerful men who participated in the rebellion, a trap has been dug for some people. As a result, many people have jumped into the trap.
However, in Zhu Youjian's eyes, it could only be regarded as a small cleaning. Daming was too seriously ill and needed major surgery to cut off a lot of rotten flesh before he could be cured.
There was a lot of noise this time, and it was difficult to hide it from some people. In order to prevent those people from jumping over the wall, the Royal Guards under the command of Chang Buzhou were all transferred to the palace to strengthen their vigilance. They had already completed the change of equipment and were equipped with the most advanced DM2 rifles. Two regiments of the Royal 1st Division moved to the vicinity of the palace and were on standby.
Xu Yu led the remaining troops to set up checkpoints on all the traffic arteries in the city. Any unidentified people would be arrested. If they could not prove their identity, they would be handed over to the Jinyi Guards for interrogation.
In just two days, Jinyiwei's prison was overcrowded and had to use the military camp of the Royal First Division to detain prisoners.
All the interrogation experts in Jinyiwei were extremely busy, and even Eunuch Rong Mo, who was an interrogation expert, was seconded to help interrogate the prisoners.
Regardless of whether they confess or not, the outcome of these captured criminals is the same. They will be beheaded and displayed in public. The only difference is that they will live a more comfortable life before death, or they will continue to suffer torture and are too painful to live.