Li Benshen's division is in the green battalion sequence, and it is an elite soldier used by the Qing court to fight in the field and assist the Eight Banners attack, not a green battalion soldier stationed in the local area.In the city, there was originally a general who was guarded, and there were more than 3,000 people stationed under him.After Man Dahai sent Li Benshen into the defense of Wujin, he took over the city wall of Wujin as the chief military officer, and the original 3,000 defenders were also assigned to him.The relationship between the forces in the southeast is intertwined, and the same is true for the prefectures and counties.Not to mention that the dynasty has been down for hundreds of years, even after decades of stability, the collusion between the local powerful officials and gentry will become very serious, turning the state and county into a society of relationships and acquaintances, and outsiders will not be able to intervene at all.After Qian Qianyi consulted with many squires of Wujin, he finally chose one person, who was the general manager of the Wujin garrison.Although he is not a big official, he has hundreds of people in his hands, and he has a reliable relationship, it is Zhou Jinyong, the nephew of Zhou Xiangrong, a squire of Wujin.Zhou Jinyong was able to be the position of thousands of generals, also because of his uncle and the Zhou clan, who spent money for him.In acquaintance and patriarchal societies, the clan pays great attention to cultivating the talents of the clan, and the clan must also be loyal to the clan.In a patriarchal society, being removed from the clan is sometimes more miserable than exile from the army.If a clansman commits a crime and is arrested by the government, the clan bosses discuss together, no matter whether you break the law or not, or what bad things you do, the first thing is definitely not to determine whether you are right or wrong, but to try to fish you out.If you betray your clan, the entire clan, the network that envelops the clan, will hate you and make it impossible for you to survive in the area.This is like Hong Chengchou, although he became the prime minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but their family could not gain a foothold in their hometown, and their parents and brothers broke with it, and finally died miserably.In the city, in Zhou Jinwu's house, he held a letter sent last night in his hand, and read it again word for word."
Mr.
Qian, Mr.
Zhou, they are here!"
A soldier reported it."
Let them in!"
Zhou Jinyong put the letter away and said in a deep voice.After a while, several officers wearing gowns, bowls and hats, and carrying swords at their waists walked in, and the first one said from afar: "Cousin, you are looking for us!"
”Several of the officers who came were Zhou Jinyong's henchmen, and some of them were his relatives, who could be regarded as reliable people, and a few of them walked through the courtyard, came to the outside of the hall, scraped the mud on their feet with wooden sticks, and then walked in.Zhou Jinyong asked them to sit down around the fire, and said in a low voice: "I asked you to come because I have something to discuss with you. ”Seeing his serious expression, Zhou Jinhai couldn't help asking, "What happened?"
”Zhou Jinyong said in a low voice: "The letter from the second uncle has ordered us to act as an internal response and open the city to the Ming army outside the city!"
”"What about the clan taking refuge in Zhao Tiebang?"
Zhou Jinhai was surprised.Zhou Jinyong nodded, and then asked: "The letter said that after the matter is completed, the original appointment will be rewarded, if there is a great merit!"
What do you guys think?
”Several officers looked around, and Zhou Jinhai lowered his voice and said, "Cousin has already decided?"
”Zhou Jinyong bowed slightly, and several people were silent for a while when they saw this, and Zhou Jinhai said: "Since the head has been decided, we will naturally obey the order."
Besides, Zhao Tie's stick is powerful, I heard the news, General Li seems to have moved, if the city is broken, we will all die. ”Another person said: "If you don't do Wujin, there are urn cities at the four gates, and the city gates are guarded by people from Li Junmen, and our brothers are all old, weak, sick and disabled, can they succeed?"
”Zhou Jinyong said: "Li Benshen is an outsider after all, but we are Wujin people, the green camp stationed in the city, the head catcher in the yamen of the state capital, and we all have friendships, I really want to do it, are you afraid of no one?"
”"In that case, let's go and contact acquaintances!"
A few of them are always a little impatient."
No, you and I are not outsiders, we are both people of the same race and brothers who share weal and gam, so I tell you that it is all right.But who to contact needs to be carefully considered.This matter should not be known by too many people, it is enough to find six or seven hundred brothers who can fight!
”"Okay, let's all listen to the head, let's talk about what to do!"
Several people were busy expressing their positions.Zhou Jinyong beckoned, asked a few people to come over, and said in a low voice: "A few of you first contact the people you think are reliable, and when I inspect tonight, I will send someone out of the city to contact Zhao Dashuai, and agree that as soon as the Ming army attacks the city, we will take the opportunity to seize the city gate anyway." ”That night, Zhou Jinyong was responsible for inspecting a section of the city wall as usual, he led a team of soldiers, and went up to the city from the steps of the city. ”Zhou Jinyong nodded, and said solemnly: "The enemy soldiers are approaching the city, and Li Junmen has an explanation, this is a matter related to the lives of you and my brother, how dare you slack off?"
”When I heard the words, I couldn't help but be in awe.At this time, Zhou Jinyong led the soldiers on the city wall, and another team of soldiers to complete the handover, the soldiers picked up the torch, walked to the city wall, Zhou Jinyong saw that there was no one around, so he immediately went to a sentence, a Qing soldier soldier, then followed the rope, fell down the city wall.On the third watch day, in the camp of the Ming army, Zhao Ming sat in the military tent, and Ding Weiyue came in with the tent and brought in a man who was wet and shivering."
The villain Zhou Jinhai was ordered to come to meet Zhao Dashuai!"
When the man entered the tent, he knelt down and saluted, and said with a shudder.Zhao Ming waved his hand, "Fetch the brazier and quilt." ”At that moment, the guards brought the brazier and put it in front of Zhou Jinhai, and the soldiers brought a quilt to wrap him.Zhao Ming asked in a deep voice, "You were sent by Zhou Jinyong?"
”Zhou Jinhai hurriedly nodded and replied: "The villain is Zhou Qian's brother, and he specially came to inform the marshal that Zhou Qian is always willing to sacrifice the city and surrender to the marshal." ”Zhou Jinhai told them all about the situation in the city and informed them of the troops they could use.Zhao Ming showed a hint of joy on his face, and immediately said: "It's inevitable that there will be many dreams at night, if the weather does not change, Ben Shuai will launch a general attack in the early morning of the day after tomorrow at the latest." ”Two days later, on December 11, early in the morning.Li Benshen, Hu Maozhen and others looked at the head of the city and ordered the soldiers to step up the repair of the city wall.In the confrontation with the Ming artillery, the Qing artillery at the head of the city has been defeated, and the city wall has also been bombarded by the Ming army, and the Ming army outside the city has gathered more and more, which has approached fifty or sixty thousand people.This made Li Benshen feel a sense of crisis, so he had to inspect the city wall almost every day."
Junmen, I'm afraid this city wall won't be able to withstand the bombardment!"
Gao Yuanzhao couldn't help but look sad when he saw the city bricks dented and peeled off, revealing the soil embryo inside.Li Benshen said calmly: "Don't worry too much, Ben Shuai got the news that the reinforcements from Xuzhou have arrived in Yangzhou, and presumably the reinforcements from Huguang and Jiangxi should also arrive."
We only need to hold out for a few more days before the crisis is resolved. ”A group of people, while talking, pressed the knife to the city, suddenly outside the city a loud "boom boom" sounded, followed by a trembling city wall, wall bricks and rubble fell, the city wall smoke and dust filled, the Ming army began to shell again.Li Benshen's face changed, he didn't dodge, but walked to the side of the city wall, exposed half of his body, and looked at the battlement, but saw a group of Ming troops pouring out of the camp gate, and suddenly frowned, and said with a gloomy face, "The enemy army is going to attack the city!"
”The Ming army was under the city for several days, all of them were only shelling, and at this time suddenly attacked the city, everyone was shocked, and hurriedly watched, and saw a large number of soldiers holding equipment out of the camp.
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