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Chapter 311 Magistrate Liang, please calm down!
Liang Yizhang said: "I am just afraid that the person I see this time is not my Ming Dynasty Governor."

Yan Zekong frowned, "What do you mean by that?"

Wang Shixiu asked: "Could it be that Gong Di suspected that the Hou Governor had turned into a traitor?"

Liang Yizhang said: "Nowadays, Shangqiu and other places are surrounded by bandits and Wei thieves, and are isolated from the outside world. The man who was supposed to be in charge of the army in Jiangnan suddenly returned to Shangqiu. Don't you think it's strange?"

Only then did Yan Zekong react, "You mean Governor Hou surrendered to Wei? How is this possible?!"

The majestic Ming Dynasty governor surrendered the thieves, but Yan Zekong could not image it at all.

Liang Yizhang said nothing and entered the Hou Mansion with dozens of followers.

Yan Zekong and Wang Shixiu looked at each other, and then entered the Marquis Mansion in surprise and uncertainty...
In the living room of the main courtyard.

Officials from the Guide Mansion of the Ming Dynasty and gentry from Shangqiu gathered together, more than a dozen people in total.

The current officials are mainly Liang Yizhang, Wang Shixiu, Yan Zekong and the soldiers guarding the border; the gentry is mainly the former minister of the Ministry of Industry Zhou Tupu, the former Shanxi deputy envoy Song Quan, and the former doctor of the Ministry of Industry Shen Shi.

Hou Xun was a little overconfident. When everyone arrived, he was woken up by his servant, washed his face, drank ginseng tea, and came to see the guests.

Although some people have suspected that Hou Xun surrendered to the thieves, Hou Xun was, after all, the governor of six provinces and a second-grade border official with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

Therefore, when they saw Hou Xun appear, everyone still stood up and saluted, "I've seen the governor!"

This title made Hou Xun somewhat embarrassed, but he quickly concealed the uneasiness in his expression and waved his hand: "You are welcome, please sit down."

Everyone sat down again.

Hou Xun looked around at everyone, especially looking at Liang Yizhang a few times. Seeing that this man was only in his thirties, he couldn't help feeling that his future life was scary.

Then he started with a good draft.

"You must be curious as to why I suddenly returned to Shangqiu when I was supposed to be in Jiangnan to supervise Zuo Liangyu to suppress bandits."

Everyone else waited quietly for Hou Xun's next words. Only Liang Yizhang answered: "Yes, I am indeed very curious. I would like to ask Governor Hou to clarify his doubts."

This person holds the position of a mere county magistrate. Not only is he not afraid of the second-grade supervisor, but his aura is not weak at all, which shows how strong he is.

Hou Xun had been ups and downs in the officialdom for decades and had gone through many great battles. Naturally, he would not be suppressed by Liang Yizhang.

He said: "That's because after the Ei army moved eastward, Zuo Liangyu had hundreds of thousands of troops and did not dare to fight, so the Ei army quickly invaded Yingtian Mansion.

Subsequently, both the government and the army were defeated in two battles. Generals such as Zuo's father and son abandoned Nanjing and fled to Maoshan, where they loyal to their subordinate Hao Xiaoshou.

After several battles, 10,000+ officers and soldiers in Jiangnan, including 20 million, surrendered to the Wei army. Now all southern Zhili is owned by the Wei army.

Most of Jiangxi will be lost, and Zhejiang will also be captured by the Yi army.General Li Dingguo of the Yi army even broke through Shaozhou Prefecture and approached Guangzhou! "

When Hou Xun said these words, everyone in the hall was stunned and shocked.

They never expected that in just over two months, the general situation of the world would undergo such a huge change - the Tai army not only captured the entire southern Zhili, but also had the potential to engulf the south of the Yangtze River!

The reason why many of them stayed in Guide Mansion was because they thought which side of the imperial army in the north and south could defeat the rebels, and could detach a force to rescue them.

But now that the thieves are swallowing up the south of the Yangtze River, and the intruders are also winning in succession in Hebei, what is the point of them holding on here?
Liang Yizhang was also shocked and almost lost his position. When he came to his senses, he immediately stood up and shouted angrily, "The Governor Hou spoke one after another of the Wei army. What he said was that the power of the Wei army was unstoppable and they intended to break our minds and wills. This is so. With bad intentions, could it be that he has fallen into trouble?!"

"That's right!" Hou Xun also stood up and said confidently: "I just surrendered!"

Although everyone had some guesses, they couldn't believe it when Hou Xunzhong admitted it and was so confident.

Yan Zekong trembled and said: "Mr. Hou, your family has been favored by the emperor, and you are the governor of the Ming Dynasty. How can you surrender to Wei?!"

Hou Xun said calmly: "The Wei army has swallowed up the south of the Yangtze River and swept the world. I don't know how many officials and gentry from the south of the Yangtze River have surrendered to the Wei Dynasty. The south is directly under the control of all the government offices in the south of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, the Zuo family, father and son, etc. abandoned Nanjing and left. At that time, rioters and civilians were causing chaos in Nanjing and killing the people. Thanks to the timely entry of the Yi army to quell the chaos, Nanjing was saved.

The Tai army was highly disciplined and had no offense with the common people. Wherever they passed, the gentry, the common people, and the gentry all lined up to welcome them.When we surrender, we are just obeying Heaven and responding to the people, so why not? ! "

Liang Yizhang pointed at Hou Xun and shouted: "I have never seen such a shameless person like you! Listen outside the hall, let me capture this traitor who betrayed his master and surrendered to the enemy!"

Liang Yizhang's personal entourage was all brought by him from his hometown. When he heard Liang Yizhang's loud shout outside the hall, he immediately drew his weapon and rushed into the hall.

But he was stopped by the servants of the Hou Mansion who had been prepared.

For a moment, tensions were rising inside and outside the living room, and the air seemed to freeze.At this time, Song Quan, the former Shanxi deputy envoy, hurriedly said: "Everyone, please do not use weapons rashly, as it will damage the harmony."

Liang Yizhang drew his sword, stared at Hou Xun with cold eyes, and said, "This brilliant man is a traitor who has surrendered to the enemy. How can we get along with him?"

As he said this, he seemed to be going forward to capture Hou Xun himself!
Since the Chongzhen reign, due to the frequent incursions of slaves from outside and the continuous wreaking of internal bandits, as long as there are conditions, many scholars will practice bows, sabers, swords and guns.

Not to mention "strong general" civil servants such as Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, there were also many other civil servants, Jinshi, and Juren who were highly armed during the Chongzhen period.

At that time, Chongzhen wanted to be a general, so he tested martial arts and military strategy after the palace examination. Liang Yizhang once jumped on his horse and bent his bow, and all three arrows shot through the target, which shows his high value for force.

Later, he came to Henan and served as the magistrate of Taikang County. After organizing and training rural soldiers and warriors, he personally led the soldiers to suppress 36 groups of local bandits in a row, killing heads in large numbers. The local bandits were frightened by the news and fled elsewhere.

At this time, Liang Yizhang drew his sword in the hall and was so murderous that even Hou Xun was so frightened that he wanted to retreat.Only because there was a chair and a wall behind him, he didn't look ugly.

Hou Xun was extremely frightened in his heart, but his mind became clearer and he shouted hurriedly: "Liang Yizhang, the current situation is that if you don't surrender to Wei, are you going to surrender to Chuang, or drag more than [-] people from Shangqiu to be buried with you in the name of your loyalty? ?!”

Hou Xun's words suddenly woke up Zhou Tupu and other Shangqiu gentry who had previously been in a theater mentality.

Obviously, if what Hou Xun said before is true, Ming Dynasty may really die.There are 10,000+ people in Shangqiu and other four cities. Can't they all be buried in the Ming Dynasty?

Even if what Hou Xun said is false, it is always true that the four cities of Shangqiu are surrounded by thieves and thieves.The invaders even announced that they would attack Shangqiu again. If they did not want to die, they would surrender to Chuang if they did not surrender to Wei.

Compared to the notorious intruder, Jiang Lei is more acceptable and has a brighter future.

Therefore, the Hou family and his son, who came here as envoys of the Yi army, must not die!

After thinking about this clearly, the Shangqiu gentry spoke out one after another.

"Zhixian Liang, you are the parent official of Shangqiu. You cannot bring the people of Shangqiu to death for your own sake!"

"The army of intruders is about to attack the city, but the court's reinforcements are nowhere to be found. Magistrate Liang doesn't think that we alone can stop 10,000+ intruders, right?"

"Please magistrate Liang calm down!"

"···"

Liang Yizhang stared at Hou Xun, wishing he could kill Hou Xun on the spot.

But he knew in his heart that what Hou Xun said was at least eight percent true - if Zuo Liangyu hadn't been defeated and Nanjing had not fallen, how could Hou Xun, the governor, have surrendered?

In addition, the intruders attacking Shangqiu again is indeed the biggest crisis in Shangqiu at present.

Without reinforcements, Shangqiu would never have been able to survive under the siege of the intruders.

But what will happen to their families if they die?
Liang Yizhang and Wang Shixiu were both from Baoding Qingyuan (Baoding Prefecture), and Yan Zekong was from Xinxian County, Shanxi Province. Referring to Chongzhen's past behavior, if it was known that they had surrendered to thieves, their relatives would probably not be able to escape.

Hou Xun was keenly aware of the change in Liang Yizhang's attitude and immediately asked: "Does Gongdi still have doubts about what I said?"

Liang Yizhang put away his sword and ordered his followers outside the hall to put away their weapons as well. Then he said, "I need to discuss some matters with Duke Hou in detail."

Although Hou Xun was afraid of Liang Yizhang's force, when he heard Liang Yizhang change his name to "Hou Gong", he knew that the persuasion to surrender was probably going to happen, so he nodded hurriedly, "Okay, follow me to the study!"

So, under the strange looks of everyone, the two went to the study together...

March 15, the 29th year of Chongzhen.

That night, the people of Shangqiu rebelled and "killed" Yan Zekong, the magistrate of Guide Prefecture, Wang Shixiu, the official in charge, Liang Yizhang, the magistrate of Shangqiu, and others.

Subsequently, the four cities of Shangqiu, Xiayi, Yucheng, and Dangshan all changed their banners almost overnight and submitted to the Wei tribe!

The first person to get the news was neither Liu Sheng, the king of Xingmei, who was far away in Nanjing, nor Chongzhen, the Ming emperor who was far away in Beijing, but Li Zicheng in Suizhou.

Because they were preparing to capture Shangqiu and other cities, the intruders had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the four cities and secretly observed the movements of each city on the outskirts of the city.

Seeing that Shangqiu and other cities had replaced the Ming Dynasty flag with a large flag with the word "崋", the invading army and the horsemen were also surprised and suspicious, so they immediately reported the matter to Li Zicheng...
　First more.

　　Judging from the sporadic historical records, Liang Yizhang is really strong in terms of military strength and military strategy, and he is very likely to be the second Lu Xiangsheng.It is a pity that in history, the three peasant armies of Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, and Yuan Shizhong attacked Shangqiu for the second time, and there was no solution at all.

　　When the city was destroyed, more than 30 family members, including Liang Yizhang's wife Zhang, died. Liang Yizhang was seriously injured and buried in a pile of dead people, but he luckily escaped.Later, he went to the south to state the military strategy, but Shi Kefa could not use it. He also saw that the Nanjing court was busy with party disputes, so he secluded himself from the world and remained an official for the rest of his life.

　　
　
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