Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 233 If you don't surrender, you will go to a military court (please subscribe!)

Wu Xingzuo watched the bad news coming from below, and immediately stayed where he was, sitting on the grand master's chair, silent for a long time.

Staff member Yang Chengliang also stayed quietly aside, unable to make up his mind for a while.

Now Zhaoqing Prefecture and Foshan Town have fallen one after another, and the entire western part of Guangdong has basically fallen.

The Ming army attacked from the west and south, and they are now in a very passive situation.

In the lobby of the yamen, other officials were also silent, with serious expressions on their faces, waiting for Wu Xingzuo to speak.

At this time, a green battalion soldier hurried in.

"My lord! The bandits sent a letter of persuasion!" The Green Battalion soldier panted and handed the letter of persuasion to Wu Xingzuo's personal guard.

After Wu Xingzuo took a look, a few black lines appeared on his face.

In the end, he couldn't help but sighed, and handed the letter of persuasion to surrender to his aide, Yang Chengliang.

"This……"

Yang Chengliang frowned immediately.

The content of the envelope is that Daming wants to occupy Guangzhou Mansion peacefully and reduce civilian casualties, after all guns have no eyes.

If they accept the surrender, they will forget about the crimes they committed before, so that they can live in peace, and even the outstanding ones can continue to serve as officials in Daming.

Even their family business in Guangzhou will not be moved.

If they don't open the city gates and surrender, they can wait to go to the military court of Ming Dynasty, and the guards will list their crimes one by one and execute them Ling Chi.

Staff member Yang Chengliang was at a loss for a moment.

"What's the matter? What's in the letter?"

"Isn't it? Don't say anything, it makes us all nervous."

Seeing Yang Chengliang's appearance, many ministers became even more anxious, their faces were full of tension, and fine beads of sweat involuntarily appeared on their hands, rubbing back and forth.

In the hall, there was a noisy discussion suddenly.

Everyone wants to protect themselves.

But they never expected that the Ming army would come so fast, and they had already reached the outskirts of Guangzhou Mansion in less than half a month.

Now the soldiers are approaching the city.

All the officials below were panicked, and even many landlords ran to the countryside and hid.

Staff member Yang Chengliang sighed deeply.

"The bandits of the Ming Dynasty said that the purpose of raising troops this time was to punish the Qing Dynasty for violating the terms of the peace treaty and continuing to move borders and ban the sea, causing harm to the people."

"The Ming bandits want to occupy Guangzhou Mansion peacefully. If we don't surrender, they will take us to some military court for sentencing and execute us in a hurry."

After Yang Chengliang finished speaking.

The discussion below never stopped.

Daming's letter of persuading them to surrender completely hit them seven inches. If Daming threatened to massacre the city, the Guangzhou government would be united.
terrible!

One of them said, "Why don't we retreat first, go north, and wait until the imperial army is overwhelmed, then we will come back."

"Have you ever thought about it, if we run away, the Holy Majesty will have to strip us alive at that time."

"What do you think we should do? Surrender to these bright bandits, we will definitely lose our reputation and drag our families down!"

The discussion in the officialdom gradually turned into an uproar.

It's almost time to start.

They debated whether to surrender or flee, so two factions gradually formed, one was the surrender faction, the other was the escape faction, and there was no stick-out faction.

Seeing the cowardice of the people below, Wu Xingzuo was furious and cursed: "Have you never thought about living and dying with the Guangzhou government? What does the court want you to do?"

With this roar, all the quarrels were suppressed.

Everyone hung their heads.

Wu Xingzuo took a deep breath.

"Pass my order, the whole army is ready for battle!"

"General Wang, the city of Guangzhou depends on you!"

Wang Yongyu was born in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and was the first general of Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I am deeply favored by the Emperor, and I will go all out to protect the tranquility of Guangzhou!"

"Please, General Wang!"

After Wu Xingzuo finished speaking, he picked up his armor and asked the followers around him to help him put it on. Now he looks like a gray-haired old general.

He still holds a knife in his hand, but he is just a civil servant. Such decoration can boost the morale of soldiers.

Then the Qing soldiers let a large number of people in the city go up the city wall with swords.

And a large amount of gravel and logs were transported to the city wall, and the curfew was imposed on the streets. All the other people hid in their houses and did not dare to come out.

Under Wu Xingzuo's order, Qing soldiers, large and small, rushed into the grain shops in the city, and ransacked their homes in the name of grain collection.

The city of Guangzhou is like a hell on earth at this time.

The greed and selfishness of human nature are fully exposed at this moment, especially the low-level officials, who are exploited more fiercely, and even take away their rations for a few days.

If the people cry, the low-level officials will directly scold: "We don't need to eat? Now there is a war outside, if we don't protect you, you can live here. Now you only need a little food, and you will cry there, making trouble for the people." It's just troublemakers, a bunch of white-eyed wolves!"

Immediately, public resentment boiled over.

But at this time, more than 4 Qing troops gathered in the city, and the people dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.

The Guards' positions outside the city had formed a siege around Guangzhou City, completely encircling the place, and even the Pearl River Wharf had ten warships watching from a distance.

And the town of Foshan near Guangzhou had already been captured by Zhu Kezang when he passed by.

Foshan Town is the iron capital of Guangdong, an important town for military weapons production, and also the hometown of Su Laocheng, a master craftsman of the Ming Dynasty!

When Daming completely conquers Guangdong, Mr. Su can return home in full glory.

Zhu Kezang, Pan Aqiang and others looked at the huge map of Guangzhou's government carefully.

"This city of Guangzhou is a bit troublesome!"

Zhu Kezang looked at the map of Guangzhou and shook his head.

Today's Guangzhou city has two cities inside and outside.

It looks solid, but it is not a difficult point for the guards to attack.

The most troublesome thing for Daming in Guangzhou City is that many people in Guangzhou were driven out of the city to live because of the relocation of borders, the ban on the sea and the construction of the city.

Especially along the Pearl River in the southwest of Guangzhou City, a huge settlement has formed in that area.

Even the east, west, south, and south directions of Guangzhou City are full of residential areas, a large beach of handicraft areas and river port wharves. These areas are larger than the entire Guangzhou City.

This means, want to attack the city wall.

To get under the city walls of Guangzhou, you have to walk through the bustling streets, bustling shops and alleys in all directions.

During this period, there will be a lot of street fighting.

And with the urinating nature of the Qing Dynasty, in order to stop the attack of the Ming army, they would recklessly fire into residential areas, causing a large number of casualties of innocent people.

Zhu Kezang is also frowning at this moment.

"It's really hard to fight. If the area outside the city is ignited by fire, it will be out of control, and a large number of innocent people will be burned to death." Zhu Kezang sighed.

"Your Majesty, if these Tartars don't surrender, maybe we have to use a secret weapon!"

(End of this chapter)