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Datong, General Military Mansion.

This place has been occupied by the Zhenming Army and became Lu Xiangsheng's temporary commander-in-chief's residence.

After a night of fighting for the city, Lu Xiangsheng only took full control of Datong City in the early morning and slept for about two hours with squinted eyes.

At seven or eight o'clock in the morning, I got up immediately to prepare for military affairs.

Zhou Rui happily ran in and said: "Master Commander, I just received news from Tingfeng Guard that Governor Lin will arrive in Datong City in one hour."

"Oh, the Governor is here in person. We will go to the city gate to greet him immediately." Lu Xiangsheng said as he stood up and walked out.

Lu Xiangsheng left Zhou Cong to stabilize the situation in the city, and brought Zhou Rui, Urentuya and others to the city gate to greet them.

After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, Lin Feng arrived with about a thousand personal guards. Lu Xiangsheng immediately came forward with his generals to pay tribute.

"You don't have to be polite Jiandou, it's wartime now, all etiquette is simple, let's go to the city first." Lin Feng stretched out his hand to help him up.

"Then go to the city first, sir!" Lu Xiangsheng personally led the way.

After returning to Datong General Military Mansion and sitting down in order, Lin Feng took the lead and said: "Jiandou's command of Datong was very effective this time. I heard from Feng Wei that you are almost going to take Datong City. I have nothing to do in Jiazhou. Considering that we need to make some arrangements for the subsequent occupation of Datong, I came here to take a look."

"After occupying Datong, various matters are complicated. I am worried about how to ask the governor for instructions as soon as possible. You came here in time." Lu Xiangsheng replied respectfully.

"I knew there would be no problem for Jiandou to capture Datong, so I brought Guo Zheng and Chief Li of the Logistics Department here to discuss the arrangements after capturing Datong." Lin Feng said.

"I've met the two principals!" Lu Xiangsheng and others greeted.

"I don't dare, I've seen the commander-in-chief!" the two replied.

"Jiandou, please tell us about the capture of Datong City first." Lin Feng ordered.

"Mr. Governor, in this attack on the city, we adopted a method of combining force deterrence and psychological attack. First, we concentrated artillery bombardment on the city to frighten the defenders, and then used arrows to shoot a large number of leaflets to attack the city. Sure enough, we won over the general Lu Biao of the Datong Army in the city. , Baihuguan Hong Guilin and others.

Last night, we feigned an attack at the south gate. Lu Biao and others took the opportunity to open the west gate and welcome our Zhenming Army into the city. They occupied this strong city at a very small cost. "Reported by Lu Xiangsheng.

"Very good, Jiandou is indeed both wise and brave! What is the specific result?" Lin Feng then asked.

"Sir, our preliminary statistics show that this battle resulted in the killing and wounding of about a thousand defenders and the capture of more than two thousand people. The deputy general of the Datong Army, Yang Zhenwei, stepped into the battle anyway and captured Datong Commander-in-Chief Wang Pu. Also, Lu Biao and others arrived in advance It became our internal response. Anyway, there were about seven to eight hundred officers and soldiers, and hundreds of defenders escaped from the north gate. It is estimated that the news of the fall of Datong will spread soon." Zhou Ruihui reported.

"Where are our own casualties?"

"Sir, since it was the insider who opened the city gate, our casualties were very small, less than a hundred people in total." Zhou Rui continued.

"Very good, this battle was well fought!" Lin Feng praised, and then asked: "Is the entire Datong City under control?"

"Other places have been cleaned up, and the houses of Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku, the two major Shanxi merchants in the city, have not been captured. Their yards cover a large area and are very solidly built. They are very much like a fortress in the city. If they attack hard, there will be casualties. It will be relatively large, and we are going to pull in all the artillery outside the south city gate before attacking." Zhou Cong, who was responsible for cleaning up the city, replied.

"Oh, Fan Yongdou and the traitor Shanxi merchants are also in the city, they must be beaten hard." Lin Feng had read history books and naturally knew about the Shanxi merchants' collusion with prisoners in the late Ming Dynasty. He hated these traitors deeply.

According to the "Wanquan County Chronicle" recorded in the Daoguang period: "The eight merchants were all from Shanyou and came to Zhangjiakou for trade in the late Ming Dynasty. They are: Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yongfa. The Chao Dynasty is also the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Longxing Liaozuo, and those who send people to the border trade are all the heads of these eight families."

Since the eight merchants made outstanding contributions to the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, after the Qing Dynasty established the Ding Dynasty, Emperor Shunzhi did not forget to host a banquet in the Forbidden City for the eight merchants who had established great achievements in the Central Plains, and gave them clothes and titles. Eight great imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty.

Naturally, Lin Feng would not let go of such a traitor and lackey. What's more, the wealth accumulated by these profiteers from their transactions with the Tatars was astronomical, which they just confiscated and used to speed up the Zhenming Army's explosion.

"Zhou Rui, please take the people to prepare for the attack on the two forts in Neiwubao, the two major profiteers. Master Lu and I will go over to check on them later," Lin Feng explained.

"Yes!" Zhou Rui took the order and left.

"Brother Jiandou, let's meet with the Datong Army brothers first, and then deal with the Datong Commander-in-Chief Wang Pu. I wonder what Brother Jiandou thinks?" Lin Feng asked.

"Everything depends on the governor!" Lu Xiangsheng's attitude was very clear. "It doesn't have to be like this. In our Zhenming Army, everyone can express their opinions during discussions. Brother Jiandou, you know this Wang Pu better. He has also followed you. Is there any value in this kind of stuff? If it has no value, just kill him. It’s over.”

"Then I'll tell you the truth. This Wang Pu is greedy for life, corrupt, and has absolutely no merit. I heard that he was colluding with those Shanxi merchants again, so I suggest he kill him." Lu Xiangsheng was very angry that Wang Pu escaped at that time. , and this person is indeed a loser, so naturally he will not speak for him.

"Okay, let's listen to Brother Jiandou's opinion. Bring that Wang Pu up first." Lin Feng ordered.

Soon, Zhou Cong came in with his deputy Yang Zhenwei, commander-in-chief Lu Biao, and hundreds of households officer Hong Guilin, escorting the embarrassed Wang Pu.

As soon as Wang Pu came in, he immediately threw himself in front of Lu Xiangsheng, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Sir, for the sake of my lowly position and having followed you to fight the Tatars, please be merciful and spare my life."

"Hmph, it's okay if you don't mention the fight against the Tatars. How can I spare you if you mention it? Because you escaped with the Datong Army and killed thousands of my Tianxiong Army brothers. You still have the nerve to beg for mercy. "Forgive me, how can you stand up to the brothers of the Tianxiong Army!" Lu Xiangsheng reprimanded angrily.

"Well, that's all what Gao Qiqian, the supervisor, and Yang Sichang from the Ministry of War meant, and I was forced to have no choice!" Wang Pu continued to argue.

"You were forced to have no choice but to collude with Shanxi merchants and pirates and secretly smuggled many weapons and grains to the northern captives. Are you also forced to have no choice?" Lu Xiangsheng continued to ask.

"This, this was all done by Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku. I, I really didn't know about it." Wang Pu also wanted to save himself.

"Tell me, what else do you know? If you can provide some valuable information, I can consider letting you die more comfortably." Lin Feng began.

"Who is this sir?" Wang Pu has never met Lin Feng, so naturally he doesn't recognize him.

"This is Governor Lin of the Zhenming Army. Please confess quickly." Zhou Cong interjected.

"Governor, spare your life! I know that Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku have been working with the captives for a long time. Their families have a lot of property. They also support many scholars. Their people are everywhere in the court, and their power is still strong, so I can't do anything to them." Wang Pu immediately changed the target of his begging for mercy.

"This information is worthless. If you drag it down, you will be executed at an early date and all your property will be confiscated." Lin Feng ordered as soon as he heard that there was nothing to add.

"Ah..." When Wang Pu heard Ling Chi's execution, he let out a scream and was so frightened that he fainted.

Two Zhenming officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward and dragged him down. There was a pool of water stains on the ground. It seemed that he had peed in fear.

After watching the ground being cleaned, Lin Feng changed his expression and said pleasantly: "Who are Lu Biao and Hong Guilin?"

Lu Biao and Hong Guilin excitedly stepped forward and raised their hands and said, "They are the two men in humble positions!"

"You two are very good. You have made great achievements in this siege. Each of you will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver first. The governor will record the merits and arrange positions based on merits later." Lin Feng ordered.

"Understood!" Zhou Cong responded.

"Thank you, Mr. Governor!" Lu Biao and the two thanked him in surprise.

"Yang Zhenwei!"

"The general is here." Yang Zhenwei stepped forward anxiously.

"You revolted on the spot, so your credit is naturally smaller than that of Lu Biao and others, but you can still be considered a person who understands current affairs. We will consider it when the time comes." Lin Feng continued.

"Yes!" Yang Zhenwei replied, his anxious heart finally relieved, at least his life was saved.

"Jiandou, do you have any other opinions?" Lin Feng asked.

"No, your Excellency handled it very appropriately." Lu Xiangsheng said with admiration.

"Now that things are over here, let's go and see how to attack the two profiteers' Wubao." Lin Feng said.

"Okay." Lu Xiangsheng stood up and replied.

(End of this chapter)