Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2123 Capture Wuzhou
Luo Yangming survived the extreme torment until dawn - his family members still stayed in the house, although Wen Tietou and his fellows looked after them, they were weak after all, and it would be unimaginable if they were hit by a rebellion.

Although it has only been four or five days since Fubo's army arrived at the city, it seems like half a lifetime has passed.

He wanted to send people to pick up his family several times, but the streets were in chaos, and he was worried that accidents would happen on the way, so he might as well hide behind closed doors at home, where there are mostly rice shops, although the target is big, but the guild also has young adults on guard.

Seeing the twilight of the sky, the sound of rumbling cannons came from outside the north and south cities of Wuzhou, Luo Yangming couldn't help but cheered up - the city was under attack!

Signal rockets of various colors streaked across the sky from time to time, in Luo Yangming's eyes, they were as beautiful as festival fireworks. He didn't care to look any further, and quickly climbed down from the roof to report to the directors of the Rice Grain Association in the hall.

"The Australians have begun to attack the city. In less than half a day, this Wuzhou will be under the control of the Great Song Dynasty!" Luo Yangming said with dancing.

The dull and depressed faces of the directors of the Rice Grain Association suddenly relaxed.They had been worried for a few days, and now they heard that the Australians were about to enter the city. This lawless day was finally coming to an end, and most of the lives of everyone could be saved.The breakfast brought by the servants had been left on the table and no one cared about it, but suddenly it was full of people, and some people were yelling at their servants for "having no eyesight" and not knowing how to "reheat the porridge".

Luo Yangming saw that this group of businessmen began to play awe-inspiring and put on airs to the servants again, so he knew that they felt confident again.However, right now is not the time to relax. There are a lot of rebellious troops in the city, and jumping over the wall in a hurry can cause a lot of damage.

However, Master Qiao, the leader of the meeting, has his own rules. On the one hand, he sent people out to contact the strong men and local soldiers everywhere, asking them to "defend their own areas" and "protect the country and the people". Send envoys to see General Xunwu Zuo, the highest commander in the city.

It was absolutely a last resort for this general to remain in the city, because Wuzhou was his defense zone.Once the court is lost, he must be held accountable, and his family will be harmed. Most of the generals of the Ming army are hereditary officers from the guards. In fact, they are small feudal lords. The interests of the family are closely related to him, so He has to stick to the end for reason and reason, and die in the city with his own body.

So the envoy sent by Master Qiao is a "dead man" - because the other party is likely to kill the envoy directly out of the determination of "the Han and the thief are not equal".

What Master Qiao asked the envoy to bring was very simple: as long as he immediately ordered his subordinates to open the city and surrender, and restrain the troops.After surrendering, he immediately offered 2 taels of silver as a reward, and another gift of 3000 taels of silver to him personally.The Australians will also mediate for him to ensure his safety.

After sending the envoys away, Master Qiao called Luo Yangming aside again, and asked him in a low voice if he had any acquaintances in the Australian army?

Naturally, Luo Yangming did not dare to disclose his identity, so he said that he had always been in contact with Dachang, and this time he heard that Dachang was helping the Australians to supply military rice, so maybe there were acquaintances in the Fubo army.

"So there are no reliable acquaintances?" Master Qiao's eyes showed doubts.

"Although I don't have any acquaintances, the Fubo Army has always been strict in military discipline. Naturally, someone will come to contact you. Master Qiao doesn't need to worry too much..." Seeing that Master Qiao didn't feel relieved, he had to add, "I have a relationship with you here. As long as the 'authorization certificate' of the Dachang transaction is shown, it is probably not a problem to ask the person in charge..."

After saying that he has "credentials", Master Qiao's expression became a little more relaxed.He has lived in Wuzhou for a long time. Although he has heard of the name of Australians and used Australian products, he lacks an intuitive understanding of the behavior of "kun thieves". Misfortune is coming!

Fortunately, there is such a "tong Kun" character as Luo Yangming.Master Qiao felt somewhat dependent.Then he told Luo Yangming about the "reward" negotiated by the gentry and merchants in the city, roughly how much "reward" was for each soldier, how much for each officer, and how much for the chief general.He also asked Luo Yangming whether the "price" was appropriate—of course, he would have to ask "Brother Luo" to contact him...

Luo Yangming was secretly amused, but these money and food should not be for nothing, and there is no need for him to save money for the old rich, and the army came from afar, so it is not without a small amount of income.Now that he expressed his willingness to "contact", Master Qiao was relieved.

After Dayunmen broke the city, the last organized resistance of the Ming army in the city completely collapsed.After the few elites with the personal soldiers under the command of General Xunwu as the core failed to counterattack Dayunmen several times, the army basically collapsed.As for the rebellious soldiers who were doing evil in the city and intending to take advantage of the fire to loot, at this moment Gengshi fell into the final madness, the establishment completely collapsed, and the rebel soldiers set fire and looted everywhere.The city was in total chaos.

After the second battalion under the command of Zhu Quanxing entered the city, while occupying the key points, they searched and seized the rebels along the way, and at the same time sent people to contact the surrendered soldiers. All Ming troops who surrendered, no matter local or guest troops, were ordered to leave the city and wait for the inspection and reorganization at the point; The strong men and strong squads in the city ordered them to guard the key points of the road, wipe out the disorderly soldiers, and dispatch the fire in pieces at any time.

Then Yang Zeng's battalion entered the city from the south of the city, searched and suppressed the rebels in the whole city with squads and platoons, and assisted the young men to put out the fire.Everything was in order, and before noon, the whole city of Wuzhou had calmed down. Although there were constant fires everywhere, no large-scale overfire was caused by timely fighting.Although some poor streets and alleys were burned down, resulting in hundreds of refugees, the wharf area along the river outside the city was relatively damaged and almost razed to the ground.But generally speaking, the damage to the whole city is not too great.

The people of Wuzhou who have been disturbed and violated, no matter rich or poor, high or low, finally ushered in a new master in fear and anxiety.However, some people can no longer see today's sunrise. The corpses of the people who died in the riots last night are still lying on the street. On the beam, the backyard was in a mess.

Zhu Mingxia didn't enter the city - Wuzhou was just a place name for him, his mission was to fight: the main force of the Ming army was not far from here.

So the job of the temporary director of the military control committee fell on Zhu Quanxing.

Zhu Quanxing entered the city on foot. Unlike other cities, Wuzhou City was opened without major damage. Several attacks and defenses around Wuzhou and arson plots in the city caused considerable damage to the city.Although Xiong Wencan's plot to burn down the city was defeated because of the efforts of the "lone wolf", the city is still not stable.Under such circumstances, it is naturally inappropriate to engage in any type of entry into the city.

The village sages in the city wanted to come to the gate of the city to "greet", but Zhu Quanxing replied "no need", and told them to go to the government office, the location of the temporary military control committee, to wait for orders.

It stands to reason that this kind of activity does not require the veterans to go out, and naturally the reception team composed of the northward cadres of the Qiongya column will be in charge, but Wuzhou's status is unusual. Traffic nodes must be well managed.

"Except for the strong team members from the firefighting association and the government and county yamen who stayed in place, the rest of the strong team in the city dispersed on the spot and went home."

"All the soldiers in the city, regardless of whether they are locals or guest troops, are all driven out of the city and accepted outside the north gate for inspection. Those who stay in the city after sunset will be punished as rioters."

"Officials of the Ming Dynasty are restricted to go to the Yamen of Cangwu County to report at sunset and wait to be dealt with. Those who hide will be punished as treason."

"All flammable items such as sulfur, gunpowder, and tung oil in the city will be moved out of the city for centralized storage."

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A series of orders were issued from the door of the temporary military control committee.The receiving work is complicated, but the Senate has gained a mature experience in receiving cities over the past few years, and there are also a few veterans among the cadres going north.After entering the city, command troops to occupy key departments, seal them up, confiscate weapons, search for rout soldiers...all the work is in order.

To save trouble, Zhu Quanxing arranged a table and map in the government office where the temporary military control committee was located, and started to arrange the defense and security work in Wuzhou.

In terms of the current situation, Wuzhou is a "front-line city" and the environment is very unfavorable.It is not only far away from the Pearl River Delta region, the core of the Tongzhi of the Senate in Guangzhou, but also located at the border of Guangdong and Guangxi.To the west is the Guangxi Ming Army Group, which still has strength.At this time, the two mountain anti-yao generals who retreated from Guangdong and the guards in the middle were gathered, and their strength was raised to another level.Although Guangxi has been poor in history, there are several grain-producing areas, and self-sufficiency is not a problem.In contrast, the Fubo Army in Wuzhou already has difficulties in supporting them because of the stretched lines of communication.To the east, from Zhaoqing to Wuzhou, there are a large number of Yaodong in the mountains along the river. Once a large-scale riot occurs, Wuzhou will become an isolated city.

Whether the second battalion is used as a sharp knife to attack Guangxi or a shield to defend Guangdong, it must first do a good job of defending Wuzhou.

The first step is naturally to figure out the current situation in Wuzhou.The most suitable candidate is naturally the "lone wolf" who sent them the signal and sent the secret letter-it stands to reason that this intelligence agent should come to the meeting quietly.

I don't know what kind of information this lone wolf can bring to him?Not only him, but Xu Xu also had a great interest in this intelligence agent in Wuzhou City.If it hadn't been for his timely actions, which destroyed Xiong Wencan's plan to burn the city, they might have to face a Wuzhou city full of fireworks and refugees all over the place.

But until now, the mysterious lone wolf still hasn't shown up.

At this time, the orderly soldiers around him came to report again: the "village sages" in this city have been waiting for a long time.

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