I have a cornucopia

Chapter 158 Great Good Man
After tearing apart the last general, Yang Feng took off Li Guoying and Xu Yong.

Of course, both were dead.

Given Yang Feng's level of activity, their arms would have been torn apart long ago. If his triangular pyramids weren't actually equipped with hooks, they wouldn't have been able to hang on for so long. Yang Feng casually threw them to the ground and then raised his feet. Stepping on their twisted faces, trampling their heads into the dirt...

"Throw them all here. From now on, they can be trampled over by cars and horses. Let the world see the consequences of treason."

Yang Feng said.

Then he looked around.

The soldiers knelt before him again without hesitation.

This time I was just scared.

This violent style of painting is completely inhuman. Even those legendary warriors are much inferior. They can already be regarded as gods and demons. Looking at the blood red body with a few bits and pieces hanging on it, standing on the ground looks like a scene from an American blood plasma horror movie. Yang Shaobao inside, at this moment these can be regarded as arrogant soldiers, and even many scum and scum, only trembling from the bottom of his heart is left.

Of course, this is what Yang Feng wants.

It's just to defend the city anyway.

Of course, the former Wuchang Guard Palm Commander was among the generals who were torn apart by him.

The latter answered quickly.

"Subordinates obey orders!"

He was not prepared to go out and fight Dorgon.

"Everyone, get up and follow me from now on. You will receive the same military pay as my subordinates.

The real purpose of his cruelty was to shock them.

Hongguang gave them a lot, but in the end they betrayed without hesitation. On the contrary, I, the Qing Dynasty, gave them less, but I, the Qing Dynasty, gained their allegiance by massacring the city. Since Yang Feng could not massacre the city, let him Let them see the brutality.

Immediately afterwards, they returned to Wushengmen under the leadership of their respective officers. Yang Feng only killed the main generals. The middle and lower-level officers were all there. Anyway, he came alone, and it was impossible to appoint new generals to defeat them, and Time doesn't allow it, so just continue to be commanded by these middle- and lower-level officers.

These are all cheap bones.

The actual strength of Zuo Liangyu's men should be more than 100,000, and he brought 30,000 to Nanjing. Although most of these 30,000 were actually ordinary Ming troops. In addition, Ma Jinzhong, Hui Deng, and Wang Yuncheng were not present under his command. here.

"Back to the capital hall, the little Wuchang Wei hereditary family Liu Sheng."

This guy doesn't belong to the elite.

From now on, you have to do whatever I want you to do, and you can’t do anything I don’t allow you to do. In war, I want you to die, and you have to die too, but after you die, your wives and children will not be able to do it. If I raise you, your descendants will also be prosperous and wealthy. Those of you who have no wives and children, I will allocate women to you; those of you who have no fields, I will allocate fields to you, and I will not deduct a penny of your military pay, let alone let you go hungry.

But Yang Feng called the tea server.

Now you can gather in the city and gather at the Prince of Chu's Mansion according to the previous arrangements. "

he asked.

Ma Jinzhong and Prime Minister Hui Deng were originally just former bandits who had taken refuge with him. Of course, they all brought their own direct descendants, including Wang Guangen, who also had their own stations. Wang Yuncheng refused to follow Zuo Mengeng to welcome Master Wang, so he brought them with him. He ran away with his direct relatives. It is estimated that he was looking for He Tengjiao. The latter should have gone to Yuezhou after escaping from Wuchang, so Wang Yuncheng should have gone to Yuezhou, Prime Minister Hui Deng was in Jingzhou, and Ma Jinzhong went to look for him after he withdrew from Chengtian. At this time, there should be these thousands of elites in Wuchang City, plus 40,000 to 50,000 miscellaneous soldiers, including the soldiers who could originally be gathered by various guards in Wuchang and surrounding areas. It is obvious that Liu Sheng is one of the miscellaneous men.

The soldiers shouted.

……

This is also an important reason why the chieftains became more and more powerful in the Ming Dynasty.

There are chieftains next to Huguang. If you go to the chieftains, the local officials will not dare to interfere.

Patience is useless.

But you must also abide by my rules. I don’t care what you did in the past. You are not allowed to rob people or bully women in the future.

Anyone who violates this will be killed by me.

At this time, there were not many young and strong military households in the local guard posts.

A few hundred is common.

All gone.

Hongguang fed their appetites more and more.

Yang Feng said.

For example, during the She'an Rebellion, a large number of the generals who followed She Chongming were Han Chinese, and several of them were the escaped military households of Yongning Guards. Although Yongning Guards and She Chongming's Yongning Xuanfu Siguan Yamen were in the same city, there was a Yongning River between them. But the commanders of Yongning Guard never dared to go to She Chongming's important people.

There are also a large number of fugitive military households inside.

Incentives will only increase their appetite.

Yang Feng said.

After all, Zuo Liangyu's men were in a mess, and their military discipline was the worst among the Ming army. In fact, the Wuchang City behind them had been looted by them long ago, and their damage to the city was no worse than Zhang Xianzhong's. And Yang Feng had purged their generals. If he could only take over a group of arrogant generals with inducements, he would have to use the most bloody and shocking means to make them truly kneel at his feet with fear from the bottom of their hearts, just like the original Historically, it was like kneeling at the feet of the Qing army.

Including those on the city wall also hurried down.

"what's your name?"

"Now you are the garrison at Hankou. Go and gather your Wuchang guardsmen. Go to Hankou and drive all the people here. No one, one bag of grain, one livestock, one boat is allowed to be left behind. Others who are too late to take away All the supplies will be set on fire. If you can clear Hankou within two days, I will let you be the commander of the Wuchang Guards."

If a guard can have a thousand weapons left, that's a lot.

But you have to listen to me.

In addition, there are countless shack dwellers living in the high mountains south of Wuchang.

It will take at least two days for the Qing army to
This is also thanks to Ma Jinzhong. The performance of this old rebel is worthy of his original image in history.

Although he only blocked Chengtian for half a day, he abandoned Chengtian and fled to Jingzhou by boat. When he turned into the Jingnan Canal, he scuttled all the large ships that could not enter, causing the Han River to be blocked in the Shayang area. Dorgon's The fleet has been blocked. Moreover, at this time, there was a water network between Jingzhou and the Han River, and the men of Prime Minister Ma Jinzhong and Hui Deng were even harassing the Qing army from time to time. Therefore, Dorgon's original plan of going straight down the river to Hankou has been blocked, at least until this problem is solved. Unable to continue south. On the contrary, after Duduo went south from Suizhou to De'an, he was heading towards Hankou quickly, but it was useless even for him to reach Hankou, because all his men were light cavalry. In fact, nearly half of them were Mongolian cavalry. Because of the matter of Da Yu'er's sister, Duo Duo asked Duo Duo to go to Hankou. Her natal family borrowed troops, and her brother Manzhu Xili personally led 20,000 Mongolian troops to follow Duduo.

Of course, Dorgon promised to give them more land as pasture.

For example, the lower reaches of Liaohe River.

Western Liaoning.

He didn't want it anyway.

Therefore, as long as Hankou is cleared, it will be difficult for these cavalry to do anything even if they arrive.

It is indeed possible to get some boats to cross the river, but without Dorgon's fleet, it is impossible to cross the river in a large scale.

There was even a pontoon that had to be built.

it is necessary.

When Kublai Khan was so powerful, he first built a pontoon bridge between Yangluo Fort and Bailuji.

No matter how many Qing cavalry there are without floating bridges, they will not be able to fly across the Yangtze River. In fact, once Yang Feng has solved Wuchang, Dorgon's plan has failed. The basis of this plan is that Zuo Menggeng will directly welcome the Wang division. The entire plan is based on this premise.

Now that this foundation no longer exists, rationally he should retreat.

Of course, reason is useless.

After all, he couldn't afford to lose. No matter how reason told him to retreat, reality would eventually force him to move forward, even if it was a desperate move. If he couldn't get enough food to go back, he would have to kill people who had no food this winter. By the way, those who had no food survived. And this will make the gentry who have taken refuge in him intolerable, and then internal conflicts will break out. No matter what the final result is, it will seriously weaken the strength of our Qing Dynasty.

If we cannot break the situation, our Qing Dynasty will only be able to weaken in this continuous self-weakening process. Breaking.

He must break through.

He must acquire a piece of land that can supply sufficient food.

And Huguang is like this.

Huguang is familiar with it, and the world is full of it!

With this currently the most important grain-producing area, he can truly break the situation, and we, the Qing Dynasty, can truly stand firm in the pass and begin to continue to conquer.

"Shaobao, if those unruly people don't listen..."

Liu Sheng hesitated to speak.

Although Hankou is just an inspection department, it is no ordinary inspection department.

The four major merchants in the world gather together.

Hankou, Zhuxian Town, Jingdezhen, Foshan.

"Don't listen? Don't you have a knife in your hand? Anyone who dares to disobey will be shot to death. Take these pieces over and tell them that if they don't cross the river within two days, I will personally go over and let them go piece by piece here and there, especially those from Shanxi merchants. Keep an eye on me."

Yang Feng said.

Liu Sheng immediately bowed and resigned, and then went to summon his men.

He actually wanted Yang Feng to confirm for him that he could kill people. In fact, he knew very well that encountering resistance and obstruction was inevitable. Most of the Hankou merchants were Western merchants, that is, Shaanxi and Shanxi business gangs. A large part of their previous trade to the north was actually sold to Dorgon. They were not worried about Dorgon occupying Hankou. They were merchants, and Dorgon also needed them...

Of course, the salt merchants in Yangzhou originally thought so in history.

Yang Feng then entered Wuchang.

Now he has the final say in this city.

He Tengjiao and the civil servants and military generals who were unwilling to surrender and build captives all ran away, leaving those who were waiting to welcome the king. Then he tore apart the generals, most of the civil servants, and all the surviving ones. The traitor was captured and chopped with Shang Fang's sword. There are still a few remnants of the Chu vassal, but not many. After all, Zhang Xianzhong has cleaned up very cleanly, and there are only a few officials left in the entire Wuchang City. After an inspection, Yang Feng got 4,200 elites, but not all of them were real servants. The latter totaled less than 2,000. These 4,000 were enough to go out and fight in the same number as the Qing army. . In addition, there are 48,000 miscellaneous people who will definitely lose if they go out to fight Li Zicheng in the field, including the bandits Zuo Liangyu recruited to surrender, the defeated troops, and the strong men captured. In short, they are all of this level, but they can all have one thing that is relatively good. weapons used.

Including firearms.

The Ming army really had no shortage of firearms.

Like Folangji, which costs less than ten taels of silver and comes with six medicine cartridges as a gift, the equipment is really sufficient.

A shotgun is nothing more than two or three taels of silver.

Based on the current military pay, it is only a month’s military pay for soldiers...

Of course, this refers to military pay on paper.

"The salary will be paid three months in advance to each person."

Yang Shaobao waved his hand and said.

The soldiers were instantly jubilant.

Of course, this military pay must come from the warehouses of Zuo Menggeng and others.

Zuo Mengeng was imprisoned.

He had to get through this battle first before Ling Chi could talk about it. In fact, Yang Feng was planning to take them to Nanjing so that the father and son could see each other for the last time. Otherwise, it would be difficult for Zuo Liangyu's subordinates to recognize him if he just brought his head with him. It's best to bring someone alive.

"Eat, three meals a day, every meal is dry. There must be meat every day. Even if there is no meat, there must be fish."

he shouted immediately.

The soldiers continued to cheer.

Three meals a day is enough to satisfy them. This is the kind of treatment only servants can get. Those other people who work like this only have two meals a day, and there is no guarantee that they will finish every meal.

"Shaobao, this food?"

An officer said cautiously.

"Go to the gentry in the city and tell them that before dark tomorrow, I will see 100,000 stones piled here. In addition, I will requisition all the pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks in their homes. If you go with the soldiers, you dare If you don't hand it over, you will be hacked to death. The crime will be treason. If there is not enough in the city, go to the outside of the city to requisition."

Yang Feng said.

The officer immediately beamed.

"My subordinate understands!"

He nodded hastily.

So the rumors are true, Yang Shaobao actually likes to rob the most.

Although he wouldn't let his soldiers rob him, he would rob it for his brothers, and he would share it with his brothers if he didn't want it. Who is he?

Great virtuous man!

"Did I give you what you wanted?"

Yang Feng shouted.

"Give it!"

the soldiers shouted in unison.

So their requirements are really low.

"Then it's your turn to do what I want you to do, go up to the city wall and prepare to face the enemy!"

Yang Feng said.

The soldiers immediately ran towards the city wall in confusion.

Yang Feng waved to an officer, who quickly stepped forward.

"Take your subordinates and brothers and go out and drive everyone within forty miles around Wuchang into the city. If there is no place to live, go to the palace. Anyone who disobeys or escapes will be killed. All food and livestock will be brought into the city. In addition, arrange some local people. Brother, go out and spread the news, saying that Zuo Menggeng has reached an agreement with Dorgon and Dorgon's army is about to enter Wuchang."

He said.

He wants to strengthen his walls and clear the country.

As for spreading rumors, he actually wanted to see if he could catch a few fish.

The news of his arrival in Wuchang could not spread far for the time being.

Firstly, it has only been three hours now, and secondly, everyone outside Wuchang City has been driven into the city. It is also chaotic and no one has sent messages to the outside world. Therefore, as long as everyone within the surrounding area of ​​40 miles is quickly driven into the city, that is enough. News blocked. Wuchang is surrounded by water, and the population is already very concentrated. It is easy to drive people into the city. Once the outside world thinks that Dorgon is really about to enter Wuchang, then they will definitely start to consider welcoming the king. It's not bad to catch a fish. For example, Yang Feng really wanted to see Liu Liangzuo's reaction. He deliberately refused to let him go to Nanjing. He had always wanted to get rid of people like Liu Liangzuo. If Liu Liangzuo knew that Dorgon had captured Wuchang, would he stab Ma Shiying in the back?

If Liu Liangzuo was stabbed in the back, how would Huang Degong, Gao Jie and others choose?

These warlords must be dealt with.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to fish out all these guys through this matter.

(End of this chapter)