On May 20, 1645, the city of Yangzhou was destroyed, and the angry Qing army began to slaughter the city. A couple is hiding in a haystack in a remote clearing, and the man keeps putting his arms around his wife and saying, "I will protect you even if I fight to the death!" "They were fed by the little dry food they brought with them when they fled, and they didn't dare to go out for half a step.
I don't know how many days later, a group of Qing soldiers rode to this clearing. They may have sensed something strange, and one of the bearded qing soldiers in the lead got off his horse with a knife, and then signaled the other qing soldiers to search the grass stacks in the open space.
Soon, the couple was searched out by this group of Qing soldiers. The man was already frightened and weak at this time, while his wife was dragged by several qing soldiers to the back of another haystack and insulted.
Later, the bearded soldier may still be "unfinished", he smiled and said that he wanted to "play a game" with this poor couple. The content of the game is: let the husband and wife play by themselves, the winner can survive, and the loser immediately beheads.
Hu Ziqingbing said that there are two ways to play the game: one is that the husband and wife are running, and there is a grass pile 100 meters away, and whoever runs first can live. (A few Qing soldiers next to the grass pile will guard in advance)
The second way of playing is that the husband and wife compete to kick the shuttlecock, and whoever kicks 100 first can live.
Obviously, the content of this contest doesn't really matter at all! Qing Bing just wanted to see how the couple would choose, because the way of the game had already decided whether the man lived or the woman lived.
Bearded Qingbing said to let the husband and wife discuss how to choose first, but before the bearded Soldier could finish speaking, the man rushed to say that he wanted to "race and run", because the man knew that he could definitely beat his wife.
Yes, the woman is insulted, and the man actually feels sorry for the woman who has just vowed to love her for the rest of her life. The woman did not speak at this time, she just looked at her man with a wooden look, and her eyes were full of anger and confusion.
She didn't believe that this man who had just sworn to protect her would be such a face now.
After Bearded Qingbing looked at this poor couple, a strange smile also appeared on his face. Suddenly, a Qing soldier rushed to the horse to report all the way: "The general has an order, seal the sword!" ”
At this time, the man smiled happily, "The Qing army ordered the sealing of the knife, and he will not die!" ”
But who knew that bearded Qingbing suddenly walked towards the man with a knife in a menacing manner, and the man couldn't help but shout when he looked at the other party's position: "Didn't you say that you wanted to seal the knife?" What do you want? ”
As soon as the man's voice fell, the bearded Soldier had already slashed down, and the man fell to the ground without a word. Then Hu Ziqing also spit at the man's corpse and said, "Yes, the order to seal the knife has already been issued, but it does not include you." ”
Author: World War II "War Story" novel