Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 113 Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger Hongmen Banquet

After Li Yuchun led his troops into Haiyan City with Zheng Jizuo and Zhu Dagang on his arm, he couldn't wait to raise his salary.

"In three days, can you raise 5 taels of silver?"

He reached a secret agreement with Zhu Wu, the pseudo-admiral, that the redemption fee for each county was 1 taels. Because he arrived in Haiyan, he was restricted to pay the 1 taels of Haiyan's redemption silver within three days, otherwise he would attack the city.Li Yuchun suffered a great loss from Zhu Wuna, and now even mentioning this person's name feels a headache.

He also has no ability to resist now, so he can only find a way to raise money.However, he couldn't change his greedy temperament. The Ming army asked for 1 taels of redemption fee, and he directly asked for 5 taels.After leaving Hangzhou, I came all the way east, looting along the way, and robbed 10,000+ taels of silver, but I couldn't bring out the last penny, and it all fell into the hands of the Ming army in Zhujiazhuang.

Thinking about it, Li Yuchun's heart still aches. There are so many gold and silver jewelry, gold ingots, copper coins, etc., and now it is worse than when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Sizhou City. There are only five hundred brothers left. A knife, if you don't get some money, how can you do it.

Zheng Jiwu patted his chest and said, "Look out for a humble job!"

The Shiyong Battalion of Maoxiang and others originally occupied half of Haiyan City, but they had all evacuated at this time, Li Yuchun didn't dare to pursue them, but ordered the four gates to be quickly taken over and the city gates closed tightly.

"Junmen, I was isolated and helpless in the past, so I recruited more soldiers, but these soldiers are a bit too much. Now that the army is here, it is not appropriate for me to lead these soldiers. I want to transfer some of them I don’t know if it’s possible to send them to the military sect, but if the military sect dislikes these people’s lack of training and military discipline, then they will be disbanded directly in the lowly position, leaving only 1000 people.”

When Li Yuchun heard it, his heart skipped a beat.

"How much is your excess?"

"Originally, there were 5000 troops before the battle with the rebels. Later, when we fought against them, we ran away a lot. Now we still have [-] troops."

When Li Yuchun heard that he wanted to send two thousand soldiers to me, it was like sleeping on the pillow, he was overjoyed, but he had a hesitant look on his face.

"This town was ordered to come to Xie Town, Jiaxing, with [-] elite soldiers and [-] soldiers from Manchuria. We fought a few battles with the rebel army in the west, and won a complete victory. Now the various ministries are chasing Defeat the enemy."

Mr. Yan poured a glass of wine for Li Yuchun, and said cooperatively, "Commander Zheng also has good intentions, besides, he is a general and a new affiliation. If he keeps 3000 troops, it would be too much. Why don't you just go to the military gate?" First receive the 2000 troops and bring them back for training."

"All right." Li Yuchun pretended to be a little embarrassed.

"The humble post thanked the military gate."

Zheng Jiwu resigned, returned to his barracks, and summoned Zhu Dagang, "This Li thief is arrogant and ignorant, no wonder there is such a big defeat."

"It's still His Royal Highness Jian Guo, everything is within his expectations."

Zheng Jiwu nodded, that Jian Guo is indeed a god-man. They were loyal to King Yiyang of Chongming, but now they have completely switched to Jian Guo of Lu. They gave an official title and never looked after it again.

When the Chen Wu dynasty went south first, they even asked them for money and food. The Qing army was about to attack, and they sent so many letters for help, but no one paid any attention.

There is neither reinforcements nor food.

If it weren't for these, his subordinates would not have mutinied, and in the end they had no choice but to shave their hair and surrender to the Qing army.

"Take this opportunity to rectify these Qiu Ba. Remember the names of those who took the lead last time?"

Zheng Jiwu still can't forget the scene of being surrounded by rebels.

No general can forget that the majestic leader of a battalion was finally surrounded by rebels.

"I remember it all."

"Okay, go and call them, and say that I will give them a fortune, and I have recommended them to Li Junmen, let them be promoted to a higher level, and bring the headquarters to serve under Li Junmen, and invite them to come and say goodbye to the handover. "

Zhu Dagang nodded. This burly and sturdy former official was even beaten by the rebels. This matter is not so easy to pass. This time, he surrendered according to the order and sent some of his soldiers to Li Yuchun. plan.

The first strategy is to take the opportunity to arrange some of his confidant officers and soldiers to go over and mix into Li Yuchun's army.The second plan is to use Li Yuchun's knife to cut off the leaders of those rebellious soldiers who dared to mutiny Hualuan and threaten Shangguan last time.

After the Haiyanjing mutiny last time, Zheng Jiwu and the others have actually lost control of this army, and now they want to take back control of this army.

Under the banner of Li Yuchun, Zhu Dagang quickly summoned more than thirty military officers.

Zheng Jiwu has already set up a banquet.

"Everyone, we're going to part ways soon, so I'll prepare some thin wine for you!"

Those people didn't know the truth yet, they really thought that Zheng Jiwu was just offering wine to see him off, and raised his glasses politely at the moment. They didn't have any objection to Zheng Jiwu's transfer of them to Li Yuchun's command. It's ugly, now that he's surrendered to the Qing, it's better to hang out with the vice commander-in-chief than to stay here in Haiyan and be awkward with Zheng Jiwu.

"General, I have offended you so much earlier, please forgive me!"

These military generals include former guard officers, some local tyrants, and even some rogues who were recruited halfway to flee. Because Haiyan raised the flag, they gathered together. After so many things, it was time to part.

A glass of wine is finished.

Zheng Jiwu held his cup and looked at these people, sighing.

Then the cup falls to the ground.

The sound of the glass shattering was very crisp, and everyone looked at it.

The next moment, suddenly the door was knocked open, and Zhu Dagang led the two servants to rush in, with sword and shield soldiers in front, archers behind, and arrows and crossbows.

The officers who were caught off guard were shot to the ground, and then the knife and shield hand who rushed over made up for it.

The sound of drinking and cursing, the sound of tables and chairs being overturned, and the sound of cups and bowls breaking.

After a while, silence returned.

Zheng Jiwu's face was cloudy and uncertain. He walked through the hall and looked at one after another of the guys who were dying. He gritted his teeth and said, "Dare to make troubles and threaten the superiors. This is an unforgivable crime."

"Cut off all their heads!"

Let the soldiers carry the heads of more than 30 officers and follow them to the barracks. These bloody heads really frightened many soldiers. Zheng Jiwu then announced that these people had committed rebellion and would be executed according to military regulations.And then propose to let everyone else do the same.

Finally, it was announced that they would be transferred to Li Yuchun, the deputy commander in chief, to take orders.

On one side are the heads of bloody officers, and on the other are Zheng Jiwu and his elite servants who are fully armed. The soldiers without their leaders dare not move.

Zheng Jiwu sent someone to invite Li Yuchun.

When Li Yuchun came over and saw the row of heads, he was also a little stunned, not understanding what he was doing.

"After I came back from the humble post, I summoned the 2000 officers to come forward and announce the order to lead their troops into the army, but these guys were so arrogant and domineering that they refused to execute it, and even tried to hijack the humble post. Clamoring to capture the military gate and ask for credit from the Ming army, fortunately Zhu Guerrilla took precautions and led his troops to rescue the siege in time. I was stubborn about these things, so I had to ax them all."

When Li Yuchun heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat.

Damn, this sea salt is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and I almost fell into trouble again, but fortunately, Zheng and Zhu.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Kill it, these thieves should all be killed. Check carefully, and find out who else they have as cronies, catch them and kill them."

Because of Li Yuchun's words, more than 100 people were killed.

Zheng Jiwu watched coldly, no one is innocent anyway.

The bloody smell of all killings in the school grounds filled the air, and the two battalions were completely intimidated, and officially transferred to Li Yuchun's command.

Zheng Jiwu dismissed some more, leaving 1000 troops, and he and Zhu Dagang each led a battalion of 500 people.

"Military sect, many of the military officers who caused chaos today are local wealthy and powerful households.

Li Yuchun nodded straight after hearing this, "General Zheng, you are familiar with the inside story. You draw up a list for Mr. Yan, and the town sends people to search the house and wipe out the witnesses."

Zheng Jiwu responded and immediately went to make a list.

After getting the list, Mr. Yan was a little surprised when he saw the long list of names, "There are so many, don't kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

Zheng Jiwu looked around, saw no one else around, and said, "Mr. Yan, please don't worry, these people deserve their crimes, and they deserve to die. I only beat a few kittens and puppies, but it caused my subordinates to mutiny."

"Before I was sent to captives by the order of the prison country, these people also jumped higher than anyone else, and they all shaved their hair on their own initiative. They are all traitors. There is nothing to say. I borrowed Li Thief's knife and chopped them all off. .”

"Haiyan will be stable in the future, and we can use this to get money and food."

Yan Wogong hesitated a bit, but in the end he just sighed.

Zhu Yihai, the supervisor of the state, once set a standard. Under the national crisis, the people are divided into good people, refugees, and obedient people.Those who loyally supported the Ming Dynasty in the Ming ruled area were naturally good people, while those who fled their homes and fled south with their families were obedient people, and those who were forced to live in enemy-occupied areas and even had their hair shaved were refugees.

Regardless of whether they are good or obedient citizens or refugees, they are all citizens of Ming Dynasty.

But there is only one kind of person that cannot be forgiven, that is, those who take the initiative to surrender to the enemy, even lead the way for the captives, and harm the people of Ming Dynasty, and even those who work as minions to counterattack Daming, are all traitors and traitors, and we must liquidate such people of.

According to this standard, whether you shave your hair or not is actually not the point. The point is whether you were forced to surrender, or actively collaborating with the enemy, and whether you even led the way and harmed the people.

And the military officers mentioned by Zheng Jiwu, whether the gentry are powerful or powerful, are all traitors and national thieves.

"The loyal and righteous gentry in Haiyan City have basically evacuated with Mao Pijiang and the others. Some people who are vacillating are left alone, just some cowardly people. But this time, the traitors and national thieves must take the opportunity to clean up a bit."

After Zheng Jiwu's false resignation, according to the practice of the Qing Dynasty, he will remain in his original post and may even be promoted, so Haiyan is still under his control at least for the time being.

In the future, Haiyan will put up a green flag on the surface, but in fact it will be loyal to Daming.

Mr. Yan put the list in his arms, and finally said, "The traitors should be killed, but we must also give them a chance to correct their mistakes. This time, the main thing is to steal money, and try to implicate women, children, old and weak as little as possible, let alone kill innocent people indiscriminately."

"Don't worry." Zheng Jiwu agreed.

Although Haiyan is only a county seat, it is also the seat of Haining Guard. There are three salt farms in the county, so it has always been rich. There are 29 big families in Haiyan, of which 25 are hereditary military attache families, and there are four local prominent families.

In addition, there are many famous big salt merchants and big salt dealers in Haiyan City.

Although it has experienced a round of turmoil, the top salt merchants of the powerful families are basically still there.

But this time after Zheng Jiwu got Li Yuchun's order, he pulled up the tiger skin as a banner and began to clean the whole city. Invite them to a banquet.

Then at the banquet, all the people were taken down directly, and they were tortured and plundered first to ask them to hand over where the gold and silver were hidden at home, and then sent troops to search the house.

"We have already belonged to the Qing Dynasty, and we are loyal to the imperial court!"

"You must have misunderstood, we are our own people."

A group of old guys begged for mercy.

Zheng Jiwu, with a big beard, had a serious expression and murderous intent in his eyes. This young general had never thought of surrendering captives, but now he shaved his hair and left a pig tail behind his head.

Good luck tricks people, but I hate those traitors even more.

He grabbed an old traitor, pulled his pig's tail and said, "Who the hell is with you? When I raised the banner of righteousness and borrowed money and food from you, you fucking asked me to pay you 20 taels." Yinzi, I’m pissed off. Before, my soldiers robbed two chickens from your house. I arrested them and paraded them through the streets for punishment. "

"General Zheng, we have been friends and neighbors in Haiyan City for more than 200 years. I have offended you a lot before. It is my mistake. I would like to apologize to General Zheng."

"The old man is willing to pay money."

Zheng Jiwu just shook his head with a sneer, "A neighbor of more than 200 years, hahaha, the old man knows that he is a neighbor now? I want you to pay money now? If I kill you, all your money will be mine."

"Tell me, where is your money hidden?"

The old man's frightened face was as blank as a sheet of paper, "Come on, I want to see Li Junmen, I want to see Mr. Yan!"

Zheng Jiwu drew his knife, and cut off a finger of the old traitor, "It won't be of any use if you shout your throat out here, besides, I have obtained Li Junmen's consent to arrest you. "

"Old guy, do you understand now? It's Qing Dynasty who wants to kill you!"

"No, it's impossible, it's impossible!"

"Don't tell me? Then I'll cut off your fingers one by one. After cutting off your fingers, cut off your toes. After cutting off your toes, I'll cut off your hands and feet. I'll see how long you can last."

Zheng Jiwu's punishment was very simple, even inferior to the various tortures in the torture room of the county government, but those gentry and landlords had never seen this before, they were greedy for life and afraid of death, otherwise they would not have surrendered captives early.

After some torture, I basically confessed everything.

After getting the desired result, Zheng Jiwu dismissed these guys who used to be neighbors in the same city, "Chop them all up, drag them out and feed them to the dogs!"

"The traitor and national traitor only deserves this fate!"

(End of this chapter)