Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 258 Taking Puzhou City into the bag
"Boom boom boom."

As Zhao Wen's voice fell, several rockets exploded directly at the city gate.

In an instant, the gate of Puzhou City was blown into pieces.

"Rush me!"

Zhao Wen looked at the blasted gate, shouted, and then rushed towards the gate first.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong had withdrawn from the city wall under the protection of several personal guards.

He turned his head to look at the city gate that was blown open, and the Xuanzhen soldiers rushing towards this side outside the city gate, and hurriedly fell down and fled to the rear.

When Zhang Xianzhong fled back to Zhizhou Yamen, he looked at Zhang Dingguo and others who ran out, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick, quick, follow me quickly."

Before these youngsters could react, Zhang Xianzhong directly asked the guards behind him to carry these youngsters on their shoulders, and headed towards the backyard of the yamen.

The soldiers who ran back with Zhang Xianzhong still had his old battalion, but now there are less than 400 soldiers left.

These 400 people followed directly behind Zhang Xianzhong, heading towards the backyard of the yamen.

Near the backyard of the yamen was tethered the war horse that Zhang Xianzhong had accumulated over the years.Now these war horses are the best way for him to run.

He rushed to a war horse, quickly untied the horse's reins, jumped onto the horse, waved the whip in his hand, and fled towards the back of the Yamen.

When Zhao Wen rushed into Puzhou City, he first cleaned up the thieves who had just run down from the city wall and hadn't yet escaped.

These thieves were nothing but a mob. When they saw the soldiers and horses of Xuanzhen charging in on their horses, they knelt down on the ground and begged for mercy.

Of course, these surrendered troops, Zhao Wen, would not kill them. When the railway is built in the future, these people are just right to level the road and erect the rails.

"Surrender without killing!"

Xuanzhen's soldiers and horses rushed into the city, holding 56 and a half, pointing at the thieves who hadn't kneeled on the ground, and shouted loudly.

"Kneel down and surrender, or you will be killed without mercy."

Xuan Zhenbing directly fired a few shots into the sky, frightening the standing thieves to kneel down hastily.

Of course, there are also some vicious thieves here, and when they saw Xuanzhen's soldiers and horses rushing in, they even wanted to fight with Xuanzhen's soldiers and horses.

However, after a few loud gunshots, several thieves who were still planning to resist were directly beaten to death by 56 and a half in the hands of Xuanzhen's soldiers and horses.

The other thieves were almost scared to pee when they saw the thieves who were killed on the spot watching this scene.

"My lord, there are still some thieves on the top of the city. I will take people to clear them up."

Zhao Daniu saw that there were still figures flickering on the top of the city, and he bowed his hands to Zhao Wen, and then directly led more than 50 people towards the top of the city.

"You all give me back, or we will kill him."

A thief directly dragged Zhizhou to him, put the knife in his right hand on Zhizhou's neck, and shouted at Zhao Daniu with a vicious expression.

There are about fifty or sixty thieves behind this thieves. They raised their knives and pointed at Zhao Daniu, their faces full of madness like a desperate fight.

Zhao Daniu looked at these thieves, and smiled coldly, "Hehe, I don't know such a shit Zhizhou, so what's the point to me if you kill him?"

Holding a long knife made of high-carbon steel, Zhao Daniu walked slowly towards the thief.

The thief who dragged Zhizhou looked at Zhao Daniu who kept coming, and shouted in horror: "Don't come here, if you come here again, I will really kill him."

But Zhao Daniu would not be threatened by him at all, and he still walked slowly forward.

And the thief kept backing away because of fear.

At this time, a soldier standing behind Zhao Daniu held a 56 and a half, and pointed his gun at the thief.

The soldier's gaze passed from the rear sight to the front sight, and finally landed on the thief's forehead.

The soldier fixed his eyes on the thief, took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and then directly pulled the trigger of the 56 and a half.

After a gunshot, a large finger-thick hole appeared on the forehead of the thief who was dragging Zhizhou, and his skull was also directly blown away by a 7.62mm bullet.

A gleam appeared in Zhao Daniu's eyes, and then he swung the long knife in his hand to kill forward.

The Liu thief was a little hesitant when he was frightened by this sudden scene. When they realized it, Zhao Daniu had already dragged Zhizhou over.

Zhao Daniu pulled Zhizhou back, and he yelled at the soldiers behind him: "My lord has life, catch more people."

When Zhao Daniu yelled this sentence, the soldiers behind him rushed forward holding the 56 and a half, and at the same time kept shouting: "Kneel down and don't kill, or shoot and kill."

As the Xuanzhen soldiers approached, these surviving bandits gradually dropped their weapons on the ground.

This kind of weapon is not something they can resist at all, it takes people's lives and invisibly.

Nobody wants to die, least of all these rabble.When they heard that Zhao Daniu said that they wanted to catch alive, they all gave up their resistance.

Seeing that the overall situation on the city wall had been decided, Zhao Daniu brought Zhizhou directly to Zhao Wen.

At this time, the city of Puzhou was already in chaos. After Zhao Daniu threw Zhizhou in front of Zhao Wen, he led his soldiers to the depths of Puzhou city to pay off the remaining thieves.

Zhizhou stood in front of Zhao Wen, and he looked at Zhao Wen with the expression of the rest of his life after a catastrophe.

"May I ask this general, where are you soldiers and horses? I'm afraid there are no such powerful soldiers and horses as generals in Shanxi?" Zhizhou looked at Zhao Wen who was riding a horse, and asked.

Zhao Wen rode on the horse, looking down at Zhizhou, "Are you the Zhizhou of Puzhou City?"

Zhizhou was wearing an official uniform, so his identity was not difficult to recognize.

The prefect sighed, "I am the prefect of Puzhou City."

"What's your name? How many years are left in your term? Where are you from?" Zhao Wen asked inquisitively, as if checking his household registration.

Zhizhou pondered for a moment, now he has no idea where the soldiers and horses in front of him are, but the armors on these soldiers and horses are all in the shape of the Ming Dynasty army, and these people saved him, so there is no Concealing it, he began to speak, "When I was named Zuo Tian, ​​I was from Hangzhou. I just took over as the magistrate of Puzhou this year. The term of office is more than two years to nearly three years."

Zhao Wen looked at the Zhizhou, and a bold plan gradually appeared in his mind.

"Do you want to know where I am from?" Zhao Wen looked at Zuo Tianshi with a playful face.

Zuo Tianshi looked at the armor on Zhao Wen's body and the banners of the soldiers behind him, his face was full of doubts.

Although this group of soldiers and horses carried flags, there was nothing related to identity on the flags of this group of soldiers and horses. With these things alone, Zuo Tianshi still couldn't tell Zhao Wen's identity.

Zhao Wen looked at Zuo Tian with a puzzled look on his face, and chuckled lightly: "Let me tell you the truth, I am Zhao Wen, the chief soldier of Xuan Town, and these soldiers and horses are my soldiers and horses in Xuan Town. What do you think of me? How about soldiers and horses? Are they strong?"

When Zuo Tian heard this, he was even more puzzled.Did the imperial court mobilize the soldiers and horses of Xuanzhen?
But why did the imperial court mobilize soldiers and horses from Xuanzhen?Although Xuanzhen's soldiers and horses had broken the siege of the capital before, they were only dealing with some thieves and bandits now.

Although these rogues are quite powerful, the soldiers and horses of Datong Town can wipe out these rogues and bandits. Why didn't the imperial court mobilize the soldiers and horses of Datong Town but mobilize the soldiers and horses of Xuan Town?

There is no need for the court to look far away, and I have not heard the order from the court to mobilize the frontier army. No matter how you look at it, something is wrong.

Zuo Tianshi frowned, and asked: "Did the imperial court mobilize the troops from Xuan Town? But why didn't the imperial court mobilize the troops from Datong Town and instead mobilize the troops from Xuan Town? Isn't this seeking far away?"

Zhao Wen laughed when he heard the words, "Who said it was the order of the imperial court? Although Shanxi is in chaos now, the imperial court did not send troops from other towns to suppress the bandits. I just led the troops here privately for certain things. "

As soon as Zhao Wen's words fell, Zuo Tianshi was so frightened that he threw himself to the ground. He was sweating profusely. He pointed at Zhao Wen on the horse, with a look of panic on his face, and tremblingly said: "Leading troops out without edict is treason. What do you want to do? Now the imperial court did not send your troops to suppress the bandits, but you led the troops to Shanxi privately, you are planning to rebel, you want to rebel, you want to rebel."

Before Zuo Tian could finish speaking, a long knife was directly across his neck.

"My lord, please be more polite." A personal guard stood in front of Zuo Tianshi holding a long knife, the knife in his hand lay across Zuo Tianshi's neck, his face was full of coldness.

Zuo Tianshi felt the coldness under his neck, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in a panic: "Do you want to kill people to silence them? Then you can come."

What Zuo Tianshi said was awe-inspiring, but his body was shaking non-stop.

Zhao Wen jumped off the horse and said with a smile: "Who said I want to rebel? If I want to rebel, wouldn't it be better if I kill you directly? Why should I tell you my identity?"

Zhao Wen squatted in front of Zuo Tianshi, and gently peeled off the knife lying under his neck.

"Lord Zuo, I want to ask you something, do you want to be the chief secretary of Shanxi, or the six ministers, or even the chief assistant of the cabinet? Don't you want to wear scarlet official robes all your life?" Zhao Wen When he looked at Zuo Tian, ​​his tone was full of temptation.

Zuo Tianshi's heart beat suddenly when he heard Zhao Wen's words.

Which of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty does not regard entering the cabinet as the pinnacle of life?However, there were so many civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, and there were only a few who were able to join the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister for more than 200 years.

"This general is joking, I'm just a recruiter, how can I enter the cabinet to pay homage to the Prime Minister?" Although Zuo Tianshi said so, there was still a look of longing on his face.

When Zhao Wen looked at Zuo Tian who looked yearning, he smiled and said, "Follow me, you will definitely have a place in the cabinet in the future."

"You are just a warrior, how can you guarantee that I will enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister?" Zuo Tianshi did not believe that Zhao Wen could guarantee that he would enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister.

You must know that the most basic requirement for entering the cabinet is Hanlin background, and the worst is Jinshi background.After Yingzong, I haven't heard of any juren who can enter the cabinet, and now Zuo Tianshi is just a juren, if Zuo Tianshi didn't spend a lot of money to move around, the magistrate of Puzhou might not be able to get into his hands .

Moreover, a chief soldier can control the candidates for the cabinet, and no one would believe this.

"You don't believe it? If you don't believe it, I can't help it. But, I think you should understand one thing. Do you think Puzhou city has been breached by thieves or not?" Zhao Wen stood in front of Zuo Tianshi , Said word by word.

Zuo Tianshi didn't understand Zhao Wen's meaning for a while, and looked at Zhao Wen with a confused face, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhao Wen didn't answer directly, but asked instead: "I was thinking, why have you been hung on the city wall by the thieves, why haven't you surrendered yet, is it really because you have justice in your heart, and are willing to die for the country?" heart?
I don’t think so. If you surrender, your relatives and family members in your hometown will be imprisoned by His Majesty because of you. At that time, your family members and relatives will also be cursed. Included in the biography of traitorous ministers, your descendants will not be able to take the imperial examination because of you.

I think this is the reason why you didn't surrender to the bandits. "Zhao Wen's eyes were like a sharp knife, directly piercing Zuo Tianshi's heart.

In fact, the reason why Zuo Tianshi didn't surrender to the bandits, and showed a generous attitude to die in front of the bandits, was what Zhao Wen said.

Of these officials in the late Ming Dynasty, there were very few who truly died generously for the country and the people.

Zuo Tianshi seemed to be stripped naked in front of Zhao Wen, and Zhao Wen knew all the secrets.

He looked at Zhao Wen blankly, and he really wanted to know how Zhao Wen knew what was going on in his heart.

"Actually, I think people like you are quite sad. You have been doing things conscientiously all your life, and you are afraid of making a mistake.

Especially in this situation, if you run, you will die, if you don’t run, you will die. This is death anyway. Do you think people like you are sad? "Zhao Wenwen said in a calm tone.

"What exactly do you want? What do you want me to do?" Zuo Tianshi's momentum was gradually suppressed by Zhao Wen. He looked at Zhao Wen with a trace of uneasiness on his face.

Zhao Wen chuckled, "I really don't want to do anything, I think, you can continue to be a magistrate, and you can also treat today's incident as if it never happened.

And you can cut off the heads of the thieves who died in battle in this city, and ask the court for credit.You can say that under your leadership, Puzhou City was not only guarded by you, but also defeated countless thieves.

I think that such a memorial will definitely be rewarded by His Majesty. "

"Why are you doing this? What is your purpose for doing this? It seems that you are doing this to no avail, right? I really don't understand your purpose for doing this," Zuo Tianshi frowned tightly. He looked at Zhao Wen suspiciously.

"The purpose of my doing this is very simple, that is, from now on, you have to listen to me, you have to do what I tell you to do, and you can't do what I don't let you do. Of course, follow me and do me Who won't let you lose money.

As long as you do well, money is not a problem.I think, you ran so far to become an official, maybe it's not to help the world and save the people, right?Of course, if you don't agree, I don't think you need to live anymore.

At that time, I will not only let people report the fall of Puzhou City to His Majesty, but I will also let people say that the reason why Puzhou City fell was because you colluded with the thieves. When you say that, will your family be well? Zhao Wen narrowed his eyes and looked at Zuo Tianshi.

When Zuo Tianshi listened to Zhao Wen's words, the expression on his face kept changing. After a while, Zuo Tianshi said helplessly: "I realized that I have no choice."

(End of this chapter)