Chapter 2871
For most people in this town, this encounter was a disaster. Since the leader Alin required strict confidentiality of the operation process, many people did not know that the target of the attack was the trade caravan until the moment they took action. The reward Alin promised to these people was probably that each person would receive between fifty taels and one hundred taels of silver after the deed was completed. However, before these silver rewards could be cashed in, the incident was revealed and Su Ke Saha came and ransacked the house.
After Alin robbed and killed the caravan, he also asked his subordinates not to tell their families about the incident to prevent the news from leaking out. So when the incident happened, there were still many people in the town who had no idea what had happened, and had somehow become guilty.
Most of the men in the town were on death row for participating in the robbery, and the rest were all young, old, women and children, who were still sentenced to slavery and exiled for three thousand miles. Overnight, the entire town became a prisoner and all the property was confiscated. The dream of wealth for Alin and others was shattered.
And the only lucky family in the town was the informer on this matter. The man of this family was originally one of the participants, but he suddenly fell ill before setting off. He fell off his horse a few miles out of the town. Alin didn't want to drag a sick man around, so he sent him home to recuperate. However, this time A Lin asked people to bring all the supplies and weapons provided by his family.
Later, when the family heard that other families would receive a considerable amount of silver reward, but their own family would not get a penny, they couldn't help but feel a little resentful. When he went to ask Alin again, he was naturally scolded and laughed at by his neighbors.
Later, news of Haihan's reward spread, and the informant had the opportunity to receive tens of thousands of taels of silver. Although this family did not participate in the operation, they also learned through various channels that A Lin was the main culprit in the Qingyang Fort robbery, and the silver rewards given to each family actually came from the goods they robbed.
At this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also started an internal investigation, and the news quickly spread. The family knew that if this matter was found out, the participants would inevitably be spared. Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, they might as well take the initiative to get themselves out of trouble and earn a reward at the same time.
So the family managed to obtain the stolen goods from the Qingyang Fort robbery and secretly took them to the government as evidence to expose A Lin and others. It was precisely because he saw the evidence that Suksaha was convinced that the information told by the informer was true, and led his troops to encircle and suppress the small town as quickly as possible.
Zhu Ziwu was also filled with emotion after learning the inside story. The root cause of this matter was that A Lin and others wanted to make ill-gotten gains, which led to the subsequent disaster of Xiao Qiang and the destruction of the family and clan. Although this group of people were bold and decisive, they did not consider the consequences of this matter clearly before taking action, which brought a catastrophic disaster to their tribe.
The fate of a group of people was decided. Suksaha ordered the camp to be broken up. One group of people escorted the exiled members of the tribe to the north, while the other group of people escorted the prisoners who had been convicted to the direction of Qingyang Fort. Suksaha personally led the team.
Although these people have been sentenced to death by Suk Saha, there are still particularities about where they are executed. Since the matter happened in Qingyang Fort, it should be settled there.
At the same time as setting off, Suk Saha sent out fast horses to notify the Haihan army stationed in Qingyang Fort. Also returning to Qingyang Fort with him were several Haihan officers who participated in the entire investigation process.
After listening to the report from Zhu Ziwu and others, Sun Zhen sent the news back to Shenyang via telegram and began to make notices. At the same time, he notified the caravans stranded in the local area and nearby villages, asking them to send people to "observe" this incident. This is a rare joint law enforcement operation between the two countries.
The team escorting more than 200 prisoners moved slowly and encountered heavy rain on the way. It did not arrive at Qingyang Fort until three days later. During this period, six more prisoners who had endured severe torture died on the way as their injuries worsened.
However, no one would feel sorry for their loss. For the Qing army who escorted them, the life and death of these people had been determined from the day they were exposed, but it was just a matter of a few days sooner or later. It might be better to die silently on the way than to be executed in public at Qingyang Fort. When Suksaha and his party arrived at Qingyang Fort, they saw from a distance that a large open space had been cleared along the official road outside the fort, and there were troops on duty. It goes without saying that this is the execution ground set up by the Haihan Army in advance.
The two sides have reached an agreement on the disposal of these people, so after Suk Saha and Sun Zhen met, there were not many things to negotiate. Suksaha informed Sun Zhen about the investigation process of the case and expressed that he would cooperate with Haihan in handling the aftermath.
Seventeen days after the Qingyang Fort robbery, more than two hundred prisoners involved in the robbery were all brought to justice and escorted to the temporary execution ground near Qingyang Fort.
Although Qingyang Fort is a border area, because it is one of the border trade points between the two countries, there are actually a lot of people living nearby. There are still as many as two to three thousand people who come from all over the country to watch the excitement.
Bulletin boards were erected in advance around the execution ground, and notices issued by the Haihan government were posted, explaining the causes and consequences of the case. Of course, the people who came to watch were not just here to see this announcement, but also for the collective execution. After all, except during wartime, this place has never seen such a large number of executions of prisoners.
Before the execution, Sun Zhen delivered a brief speech on behalf of Haihan officials. The general idea is that the two countries attached great importance to this vicious case. They immediately mobilized various resources to investigate the case and captured all the prisoners in the shortest possible time.
No matter which country's law it is, killing someone and stealing goods is a capital crime, and the armed guards of Haihan killed by this group of people were snatching goods from the Manchu and Qing trading houses, and their behavior almost triggered a war between the two countries. Naturally, there would be no such thing. It's just a matter of luck.
Sun Zhen announced in public that except for several principal criminals who needed to be taken to Hetuala, the capital of the Qing Dynasty, for further trial and then to the Salhu Pass for execution, all other criminals would be executed locally.
According to the agreement between the two parties, the final execution was carried out by the executioners of the Qing army, which could be regarded as allowing the Manchus to save a certain amount of face.
Immediately, a group of ten prisoners were taken to the execution ground and beheaded. Ordinary people have never seen this kind of posture. The first round of heads falling to the ground, a burst of exclamations, and some people in the crowd of onlookers fainted from fright.
However, there are also bold people who cheer while watching. It seems that their hatred for the Manchu Tatars is quite deep.
Sun Zhen had been a soldier for many years and had personally killed far more Tatars than were executed today, but he had never seen such an exciting scene of collective beheading. He turned to look at Suk Saha and saw that although the other party did not make a sound, his face was terrifyingly gloomy.
(End of chapter)