Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 259 Turning to Daning City

When Zhao Wen looked at Zuo Tian who had surrendered, a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"I don't worry about being empty-mouthed. How about it, you go to the Yamen to write me a letter of guarantee later. Only in this way can I feel relieved." Zhao Wen rode his horse and walked slowly towards the Yamen.

Zuo Tianshi followed behind Zhao Wen, heading towards the Yamen.

When Zhao Wen came to the Yamen, Zhao Daniu rushed back with the men who had gone to pursue him.

"My lord, the bandit who attacked Puzhou City is a man named Zhang Xianzhong. This guy is not good at fighting, but he runs very fast. I didn't catch up, but I just caught up with some fleeing bandits."

Zhao Wen nodded at Zhao Daniu, and said: "If you don't catch up, you don't catch up. One day, you will catch up with him. Now post the Anmin notice in the city, and let the people in the city settle down first.

Let's just say that the thieves have been cleared, let Zuo Tianshi write the notice, and by the way, let's see how many people are still in the city. "

When Zhao Wen walked into the Yamen, Zuo Tianshi took out his pen and ink, and first wrote a letter of guarantee for Zhao Wen to submit.

Zhao Wen looked at Zuo Tianshi's name on the document, held the letter of guarantee, and said to Zuo Tianshi: "If you dare to betray me in the future, this letter of guarantee will kill you and your family."

Zuo Tianshi said with a look of fear: "Since I surrender to the general, it means that I will not betray the general, so please rest assured, the general."

"Okay, don't talk about anything else, you hurry up and write out the refugee notice, and first put the hearts of the people in the city at ease, this is the business." Zhao Wen waved at Zuo Tianshi, and then stuffed the document into his arms.

Zuo Tianshi cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then hurriedly began to write the Anmin Notice.

Because there was only Zuo Tianshi alone, the speed of Anmin's announcement was relatively slow.

After Zuo Tianshi wrote seven or eight copies, the sun had already begun to gradually set in the west.

Zhao Wen asked Zhao Daniu to take Zuo Tianshi to the city to post Anmin notices and check the number of people in the city.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was riding on a war horse, galloping towards Daning City.

Now there are only more than 300 old soldiers and horses left behind him. As for the other soldiers, either they did not escape, or they fled halfway, or Zhao Wen's soldiers were killed.

His four adoptive sons were led by several personal guards on the horses, and followed closely behind Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong looked back and saw that there were no more pursuers behind him, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

"Where are these soldiers and horses? Why are they so powerful? The weapons in their hands are really weird." Zhang Xianzhong's face was full of bitterness.

In just two or three rounds, my soldiers and horses were beaten badly by those weird soldiers and horses. I didn't even touch the corners of their clothes, so I was defeated like this.

This situation is even more shocking than when he himself first started rebelling.At least when the rebellion just started, even if you encounter the imperial army, although you can't beat them, you can at least fight the official army for one or two rounds.

Now, let alone a fight, they just used that weird firearm to blow it up once, and the defenders on their side have been defeated.

If he hadn't ordered him to run early, he might have been captured by this group of people by then.

Zhang Xianzhong leaned his body tightly on the horse's back, and followed the ups and downs of the horse without listening to him.The wind blew past my ears, whistling.

After about an hour, Zhang Xianzhong stopped.

He turned around, looked at the soldiers and horses of the old battalion parked behind him, and shouted: "Brothers, we can't look for Li Zicheng in such a despicable way.

Li Zicheng looked honest and honest, but he had great ambitions in his heart.

If we go to Li Zicheng like this, there is a high chance that we will be annexed by Li Zicheng. I think we might as well go to other places to search for some people and expand our strength.Then go to Li Zicheng again, what do you think? "

"We all listen to the leader, and we will do whatever the leader tells us to do." The old battalion behind Zhang Xianzhong shouted at Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, then turned around and headed in another direction.

"My lord, the people in the city have suffered little loss, but the gentry in the city have suffered a lot. Almost all the gentry in the city have been harmed by these thieves.

In addition to the common people in the city, there were also refugees who were coerced by Zhang Xianzhong from various places.There are also about [-] to [-] refugees in this group.

And we also found the gold and silver that Zhang Xianzhong didn't have time to take away. We roughly estimated that the gold and silver were about 200 million taels.

We have pulled these gold and silver outside the yamen. "Zhao Daniu looked at Zhao Wen standing in the hall of the yamen, his face was full of excitement.

The reason why the people in the city did not receive Zhang Xianzhong's harm was because Zhang Xianzhong originally wanted to coerce these people and serve as the vanguard of his attack on the city, but before they got all these people in their hands, Zhao Wen took the entire Puzhou The city was again attacked.

Another is that these people basically have no money, and they can't find any oil or water, so the losses of the people in the city will be very small.

Zhao Wen stood up with a smile on his face, "Hahaha, this Zhang Xianzhong has a lot of money, but now it's ours.

You get all the gold and silver into the yamen, first count them, and calculate the accurate figures first. "

Zhao Wen looked at Zuo Tianshi again, "Master Zuo, now is the time to look at you, you are now recruiting some people in the city, the number does not need to be large, about two to three hundred people will do.

After these people are recruited, they will first maintain order in the city.You tell them it's not like they're free coolies, everyone gets paid. "

"My lord, in fact, we don't need to pay at all. Although the thieves have breached Puzhou City, the yamen servants in the yamen have not suffered any losses, so I think it is up to these yamen servants to maintain law and order." Zuo Tianshi He cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong and said.

For Zhang Xianzhong, these yamen servants played the same role as the common people, so the yamen servants did not suffer any losses.

Zhao Wen nodded and said: "Anyway, I will leave this matter to you. By the way, you can't just focus on the city. You should also pay attention to gathering the refugees outside the city, as well as the refugees who were coerced by Zhang Xianzhong. Make proper arrangements, and all the refugees gathered will be sent to Pingyang Mansion."

Although Zuo Tianshi didn't understand why Zhao Wen sent the people to Pingyang Mansion, he didn't ask any questions.

After Zhao Wen arranged everything properly, he asked Zhao Daniu to transport all the money to the backyard of the yamen.

Zhao Wen looked at the money piled up in the backyard of the yamen, with a smile on his face.

"Let's put the money here first. Tomorrow we will go to Daning City and Yang City. When we leave, arrange some people to stay in the yamen. Give me the money to watch over it, and at the same time, keep Zuo Tianshi under surveillance.

Although this person has taken refuge with us, he must be guarded against others. Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Daniu standing beside him, frowned and said, "The number of people doesn't need to be too many, twenty or so is enough." "

Zhao Daniu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and said loudly, "My lord, don't worry."

Zhao Wen nodded, then turned and left.

At this time in Daning City, Li Zicheng was sitting in the county office of Daning City, holding a glass of wine in his hand, looking at his subordinates sitting in the hall with drunken eyes.

"Brothers, come and drink." Li Zicheng held the wine glass, shouted, and then drank the wine in his hand.

"Haha, to be a general is to be bold." Li Zicheng's number one general Liu Zongmin roared, and then drank the wine in his hand.

At this time, Li Zicheng was following his uncle Gao Yingxiang, and his uncle Gao Yingxiang's current title was King Chuang, so Li Zicheng called himself Chuang General.

Li Zicheng said that the time when King Chuang was Gao Yingxiang died. At that time, Li Zicheng would take over Gao Yingxiang's manpower, and his strength would skyrocket.

Holding a big bowl, Li Guo stood up staggeringly, "Uncle, now we have captured Daning City, and it was our family that captured it. I see who in the 36th Battalion will dare to underestimate it in the future." we?"

Li Zicheng laughed loudly, "Haha, you're right, whoever dares to underestimate us in the future, even Huang Huhuang Chuangzi will have to obey us."

Huang Huhuang Chuangzi is Zhang Xianzhong's nickname. Although Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong know each other, they have always disagreed and neither agrees with the other.

Although these thieves seem to be kind on the surface, they do not obey anyone in private.

"Hahaha, what I'm talking about is, let's see what Huang Chuangzi has to say in the future." Li Guo laughed loudly.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. The gentry in the city must be cleaned up as soon as possible. These people are worth a lot, so we can't just let them go so easily.

Although we are rebels, we can't do without money.We must squeeze these gentry dry. "

Liu Zongmin said loudly: "General Chuang, you can leave this matter to me, Lao Liu. I am best at this kind of matter."

Liu Zongmin patted his chest, and said vowedly.

"Okay, then I will leave this matter to you." Li Zicheng put down the big bowl in his hand, pointed at Liu Zongmin and said.

Liu Zongmin cupped his hands at Li Zicheng, and then walked outside.

When the sun rose the next day, Zhao Wen headed towards Daning City with his soldiers and horses.

Daning City was neither close nor far from Puzhou City. Zhao Wen led his soldiers and horses to a place about three miles outside Daning City in about two or three hours.

Zhao Wen looked at Daning City in front of him with a binoculars, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth, "This group of thieves are not even as good as Zhang Xianzhong's generation, at least Zhang Xianzhong will leave guards on the city wall, but now this Daning There is not even a ghost on the walls of the city."

"My lord, the thieves who attacked Daning City were soldiers led by a bandit leader known as a general." Zhao Daniu stood beside Zhao Wen, and also held up a binoculars to look at Daning City in front of him.

"Crossing General Li Zicheng, you are the one who pushed Daming into the abyss. I want to see what you can do today." Zhao Wen murmured in a voice he could only hear while looking at the city wall ahead.

After a while, Zhao Wen put down the binoculars in his hand, turned around, and said to Zhao Daniu beside him, "Let the soldiers have some food, replenish their strength, and launch an attack in a quarter of an hour."

At the same time, Liu Zongmin led his troops to interrogate the gentry who had already been arrested in the Yamen prison.

Liu Zongmin held a horsewhip. He stood in a cell and beat a gentry who was hung on the wall.

"Do you want to say it? Do you want to say it? Do you want to say it?" Every time Liu Zongmin asked, he whipped the horsewhip in his hand severely on the gentry.

After a short time, this gentry was beaten badly by Liu Zongmin.There were scars all over his body, and the blood directly dyed the clothes on his body red, and the whole person kept screaming.

But Liu Zongmin didn't stop beating because of the gentry's screams. He even looked enjoying the gentry's screams.

"My family really has no money. The money has already been handed over to you. Please let me go." The gentleman screamed and begged for mercy.

Liu Zongmin sneered, "You pig and dog-like gentry are the most cunning. I don't believe that your family only has such a small amount of money. Hurry up and hand over the rest of your family's money, otherwise I won't be able to spare you."

Liu Zongmin cursed, waved the whip in his hand again, and drew it towards the gentleman.

"Clap clap clap!"

After a quarter of an hour, the gentry's screams became weaker and weaker.

Liu Zongmin looked like a dead dog, lowered his head like a gentleman, and stopped.

A minion leaned in front of the gentleman and put his hand under the gentleman's nose.

"He's dead." Minion turned around and shook his head at Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongmin looked at the gentry with their heads down, and cursed: "It's bad luck, why are you so unbeaten. Okay, throw the corpse out and get another one. If I don't squeeze these gentry dry today, my surname will not be Liu. "

At the same time, Li Guo had already gathered all the people in the city to the open space outside the yamen.

Li Guo looked at these people and pulled out the magistrate of Daning County.

Li Guo looked at the magistrate who was tied up, and shouted to the people in the open space: "The county magistrate of Daning is a stupid and corrupt official. He usually forces you to pay taxes and oppresses you, causing countless harm to you.

But don't be afraid, we are the rebels, and we are the ones who make decisions for you. Now the county magistrate's crimes have been thoroughly investigated by our rebels. Now is the time for our rebels to act on behalf of the heavens.

Come on, hang this county magistrate on the gate of the county government. "

The people looked at the county magistrate who was tied up, but there was no trace of sympathy in their eyes.

As soon as Li Guo finished speaking, several minions pulled the county magistrate towards the gate of the county government.

The county magistrate tried his best to resist, but he was still not their opponent.

Amidst the exclamations of the people, the county magistrate was hanged on the gate of the county government.

Li Guo looked at the people in the open space in front of him, and shouted: "Our rebel army is doing justice for the heavens, as long as you join our rebel army, drink heavily every day, eat meat heavily, and distribute gold in large scales, you will have a happy life."

(End of this chapter)