"The clear dog has fallen, the clear dog has fallen" Xinxing Town was full of Taiping troops cheering for victory, and this one-sided battle did not last long, probably less than half an hour, except for the hand-to-hand combat at the entrance of the town and the subsequent siege of Li Mansion, there was no fighting in the rest of the town, and the only bloodshed was the unintentional death and wounding of the townspeople during the hunt for the Qing army.
As the cheers of "Qing Dog Descended" reached the ears of every emerging people, they finally knew that it was the soldiers and horses of the Southern Ming Yongli who were called, but most of the people were not happy because it was the Ming army that came, but were even more uneasy.
Many people subconsciously think of a scene that happened in the town just a few months ago, after the Ming army withdrew, hundreds of Qing troops surrounded the town, drove all the men in the town to the mass grave in the east, and then killed people.
As heads were cut off, the number of men in the town dropped dramatically from 3,000 to 700.
Those who joined the Ming army or were dragged by the master were all killed, and the total number of corpses buried afterwards was no less than 2,000.
If it weren't for Xinxing's location in a key transportation area, it has absorbed many displaced people in the vicinity in the past few months, but I am afraid that this thousand-year-old town would have long been out of population and in ruins.
"How this can be good, how can this be good" Li Laoquan sat on the steps in front of his house like a lost soul, looking at the black-clothed soldiers who cheered for the victory and muttered to himself, and his wife leaned against the door with a worried face.
Halfway, Li Laoquan took a long breath, then got up and walked to the east.
The area where the Li family is located has been searched by the Taiping camp, so the people are not forbidden to move, but they are not allowed to leave the town.
"The head of the house, the war is in chaos, what do you do" "Discuss with Master Song and them, otherwise this town is afraid that it will suffer a big disaster."
The remnants of the Green Battalion, led by General Zhao Shiyu, walked out of the gate in turn, discarded their swords and weapons on the ground under the orders of the Taiping Army, and then stood in a column waiting for the Taiping Battalion to fall.
In the face of the swords and guns of the Taiping camp, the captives inevitably panicked, and the taste of waiting for the Hou to fall was particularly uncomfortable, the soldiers were fine, but the soldiers were tortured, lest the Ming army would take them to the knife.
When handing over the saber, Zhao Shiyu did not forget to claim that he did not surrender but anyway, anyway, the evidence is that he tied up a banner man, and this flag man is still a big man in the pseudo-Qing Jingnan Palace.
In order to elevate himself, and to prove his facts and sincerity anyway, Zhao Shiyu repeatedly emphasized to Peng Dazhu, the general banner of the prisoners, that he was tying up a big man, and repeatedly asked to meet the top general of the Ming army in order to get fair treatment.
What is not right anyway, for Zhao Shiyu's request, Peng Dazhu ignored it at first, and even felt funny when he heard it, you can't fight and hide, you can't hide before surrendering, what kind of thing is this However, the other party couldn't help but say that he had tied up a big man in Jingnan Palace, and he was still a flag man, and gradually, Peng Dazhu was also interested and ordered someone to bring the so-called big man over.
Xiang Er was silent when he was brought over, no matter how Peng Dazhu scolded, he just gritted his teeth and didn't squeak.
However, the more he was like this, Peng Dazhu really believed that he was a "big man", and sent someone to report the situation to Zhou Shixiang, who was inspecting the town.
Xiong Yingfu and they were all tied together, and no one dared to get close to Xiang Er, and they didn't even dare to look at this steward of Jingnan Palace, all of them were thinking about how to pick up their old lives from the hands of the Ming army.
When Peng Dazhu's men found Zhou Shixiang, Zhou Shixiang was meeting with representatives of the people of Xinxing Town, and several foreign men who claimed to be local gentry.
Zhou Shixiang originally didn't want to see these gentry, but after thinking about it, he had just arrived and didn't know much about the situation in this place, so he had to get some information from these people, and by the way, see if these people could help the Taiping camp.
Moreover, when the people ask to see the officials, they must deal with this thousand-year-old drama, so as not to say that the Taiping camp has chilled the hearts of the people.
There are grievances, there are grievances, and they are the real generals of the Ming Dynasty, and the fake thousand households always have to preside over justice for the people, if they can exchange a few heads of the green battalion soldiers for the full support of these people for the Taiping camp, then this deal is naturally a good deal.
With this thought in mind, Zhou Shixiang handed over the inspection to Tie Yi, who accompanied him, and ordered someone to bring those few old men over.
"What are you looking for Ben?"
Zhou Shixiang tried his best to put a smile on his face, so that the "people's representatives" in front of him could look kind.
Li Laoquan found these famous figures in the town and himself, but they were all surprised by Zhou Shixiang's youth, and they didn't know how to call him, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know who should speak first.
"Hmm" Zhou Shixiang was strange, why did these people stand and not speak Seeing that Zhou Shixiang's face was wrong, an old man with shiny braids hurriedly came forward to make a series of works to Zhou Shixiang, and then said hesitantly: "I don't know what position the general's surname is in the Ming Dynasty."
"The general's surname is Zhou Mingshixiang, and now the official is a general in Luoding, who are you?"
Zhou Shixiang looked at the old man, he was fat and fat, he was a rich and noble man at first glance, and he was very well-organized, thinking that he was a person who had been an official.
"It turned out to be General Zhou, sure enough, since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers, and the general has been serving as a general at such a young age, and his future is unlimited, unlimited."
The old man first patted Zhou Shixiang on the back, and then said carefully: "Old decay Song Yi, the former dynasty Chongzhen eleventh year palace test ranked twenty-seventh in the second list, once served as the prefect of Fuzhou, and now he is a grass man when he returns to his hometown, and General Zhou can call the old decay by name." ” "It turned out to be Lord Song, disrespectful and disrespectful" The "former dynasty" in Song Yi's mouth made Zhou Shixiang chuckle, but he quietly turned his gaze to the rest of the people, "These are them" One of the people on the left side of Song Yi hurriedly replied respectfully: "Zhou Tai, the head of the old decay original rite department, was born in the fourth year of the Apocalypse.
Another white-haired man beside him also replied: "Old decay Lin Zhengguo, Chongzhen has been in the Guangdong Township Examination for 12 years. ” Zhou Shixiang nodded, turned his gaze to the two people who were standing behind the three, and asked, "Are you two also out of office?"
When the young one of the two heard this, his face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "General Yu, in Xia Zhang'an, I am very ashamed, I can't study, and I only do some business in my hometown." ” Li Laoquan also hurriedly said: "Little Lao'er is the right person in this town, and his surname is Li Laoquan, but he doesn't dare to compare with Master Song." ” "Oh, it turns out that you two are not our Ming officials."
Zhou Shixiang glanced at Song Yi and the three of them with a smile, and suddenly his face turned cold, and he snorted: "The three of them read the sage books of my Han people, passed the imperial examination of my Han people, and became the officials of my Han people, but I don't know why they have to keep those full braids now."
"This" Song Yi and the three of them were coldly surprised by Zhou Shi's question, as if they were choked, they couldn't speak, and Zhou Tai's face was even more obviously ashamed.
Seeing this, Zhou Shixiang waved his hand: "That's it, current affairs are like this, it is no wonder that you are the emperor, the first emperor has a saying, those with braids are refugees, and those without braids are obedient to the people, and I will not embarrass you."
Say, you come to find out what is going on with this general" Author's note: The first emperor here is Emperor Longwu Zhou Shixiang changed the conversation, Song Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to say it directly, but looked at Zhou Tai and them, Zhou Tai and the others didn't dare to say this, one by one, they all had a difficult face, Song Yi saw a few words in his heart and scolded them secretly, for the life of his whole family, he couldn't care so much, and immediately said: "It's a little trivial matter and I don't dare to bother General Zhou, but I am entrusted by the villagers, but I don't dare to disobey the general."
Zhou Shixiang disliked him Luo Suo, so he interrupted him directly, and said, "What the hell is going on, it doesn't hurt to say it directly." ” "Yes, General."
Song Yi bowed slightly, "The general led his troops from afar, and we and other emerging people should be rewarded with the army, but the general came suddenly, and I didn't have time to prepare for a while, so I provoked the dissatisfaction of the general's subordinates, and the people's families should suffer some losses" Speaking of this, he didn't dare to say any more, raised his eyes to look at Zhou Shixiang, and found that the other party's face had become extremely gloomy, and he was frightened, and he didn't dare to say more. oshow7 t1706231537: