Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 15 Entering Tongzhou

At this time, people from the rivers and lakes came and went the most in Zhuozhou City, among whom were not only spies from the imperial court, but also local hooligans who came from all over to join the army.

The first thing they want to vote for is the Shenwu Army of the White Lotus Sect, but they only found out after they entered the city. People are now holding a ceremony to worship the sky in the north of the city, and they are preparing to send troops to attack Bei Jing.

Today is also the day when the White Lotus Sect took over Zhuozhou City from Zhu Gan. A few days ago, the Military Law Department under the command of Yu Song was pulling people everywhere in the city. He was caught in the prison, and after being interrogated, once he was convicted, his head was directly beheaded and hung at the gate of the city.

Now that Zhu Gan led the army to leave, many people in the city breathed a sigh of relief, but it also made the common people feel a little bit reluctant. Zhu Gan's army was stationed in the city. , and even occasionally distribute relief food.

Outside the city, banners were flying, and two thousand red-clothed soldiers stood in twenty square formations. From recruitment to training, in just two days, a rough prototype was formed. This was due to the high literacy rate in the army. Although their physical fitness is generally a bit poor, they have a strong sense of discipline anyway.

Although it was rumored that it was the White Lotus Sect who captured Zhuozhou City, the senior officials of the White Lotus Sect were not optimistic about the uprising here, and would soon be extinguished by the three major battalions of the capital, so many backbones came, but the eight guardians were still only Xu Mao and Yang Ling, and at this time the differences between the two are getting bigger and bigger.

Yang Ling advocated going north with the army to attack the city of Beijing, but Xu Mao clearly opposed it, and did not save Yang Ling's face at all. His domineering behavior, after entering the city, ordered his soldiers to plunder the people in the city, which can be seen Ordinary, but Zhu Gan didn't give him good fruit to eat. All offenders were arrested and made public.

Xu Mao stood on the top of the city, looked at the army formation below, and said with a sneer, "It's just some showmanship, what kind of battle can a talented soldier fight, it's a good thing if you don't pee your pants on the battlefield."

Yang Ling was dressed in blue and her skirt was ethereal. She turned her eyes to look at Xu Mao. If it hadn't been for the guy underneath who betrayed her, she would be able to do things like coercing the emperor to order the world, but now everyone in the White Lotus Sect regards her as a His accomplice is simply not human inside and out.

In this situation, she didn't dare to mention the matter of marching into Beijing again, and could only watch the great opportunity slip away from her eyes. All this was caused by the guy below. Betrayed.

At this time, Zhu Gan, who was hated by Yang Ling, was standing under the city. Regarding the composition of the twenty small square formations, it might seem to others that he was in a hurry, but in Zhu Gan's eyes, this even I can't meet one percent of what I asked for, but there is no way to do it. Who makes the training time short!

"Pull them up." Zhu Gan was also wearing a red round collar and straight gown, with an Qiushui Yanling sword hanging from his waist, standing on the temporary general pointing platform, he was quite high-spirited to point out the country.

As soon as Zhu Gan's words came out, the crowd immediately cheered and saw soldiers pressing down a long line of criminals. These were all officials, big and small, in the city of Zhuozhou. Except for Yu Tai, the people reported their confessions. , All of them have been convicted of several crimes such as corruption and murder. The crimes can be described as countless, and each of them is enough to cut them into pieces.

The first one to be taken up is naturally Zhizhou, and the second is Tongzhi. Counting down one by one, the high-ranking officials and gentlemen in ordinary days are now like plucked roosters, with disheveled clothes, bowed heads, and gloomy eyes. Kneeling down, not to mention the hearts of the people.

"Kill these dog officials."

"I'll pay five taels of silver to buy their meat. Just like Yuan Chonghuan, the dog thief, taste their meat to see if it's sour."

"Yuan Chonghuan has been dead for several years! Back then, he chased the Tartars and ran after him, but he didn't do anything. But once the Tartars left, he recovered several cities and cities, which made our people suffer. At that time, the capital The complaints from the surrounding people are about to turn the sky upside down, now that the Tatars still enter the customs, they are finished without seeing Daming, so General Cao still won’t guard Xuanda?"

"Isn't Daming about to die? I didn't see that Prince Fu's son came here."

"Shh! Shut up, we just need to take care of ourselves, the most we can do is change the emperor, and there are still people collecting taxes from above."

Zhu Gan saw that when the time came, of course the whole set of the play would be done, so he took out the false edict he had made temporarily, and read it aloud: "By God, the emperor's edict said: I have not accepted loyal words, which has caused my words to be obscured and flattering the public." , sycophantic dictatorship, corrupt officials get their ambitions. Taxation exhausts the wealth of the people... When thinking about the difficulties of Taizu's entrepreneurship, all my Ming men, regardless of nobles and commoners, martyrs who combine loyalty and righteousness, accept the division of the four seas and kings, and lead the troops of the world's vassals Qin Wang, soldiers enter the capital, annihilate the traitor party, and secure our country!"

In the eyes of a sensible person, this edict is complete nonsense, but there are always some people who like to lie to their ears, not only the common people, but also some officials, so this kind of cutscene is useful, and Zhu Gan will not be so pedantic .

"Kill!" Zhu Gan pulled out his waist knife, and under the scorching sun, with a cold light and heat, he thrust it hard into the sky.

As soon as the killing word came out, the knife and ax hand pulled out the token from the prisoner's neck, and the ghost head knife swung down, and the heads rolled down one by one. Every time a head rolled down, the people watching the excitement below would always cheer , the sound wave was higher and higher until the last person.

"Let's go!" Zhu Gan rode on a gray donkey, and walked forward with the donkey in the lead. There was no way, there were too few horses available, so he had to use them to carry the weapons and equipment.

Zhu Gan was born in the ace special forces in his previous life, so riding a horse is no problem, but now he feels quite comfortable riding a donkey. Firstly, his injury needs to be healed slowly, and secondly, he has to build a donkey for the ones below. Good head, share the joys and sorrows.

The three major battalions of the capital, from the day when the imperial edict was issued, to the assembly for the expedition, with unprecedented efficiency, traveled a distance of sixty miles for a total of two days and two nights. It was really strange that they arrived at Zhuozhou City smoothly, but they did not meet a single person along the way. The thief in red, of course some of them don't want to meet.

The distance was less than sixty miles, and the slowest one could walk back and forth in one day. At this time, Zhu Gan's efficiency was much faster than that of the three battalions. Starting from Zhuozhou, he arrived at the foot of the capital in less than half a day.But this time, instead of wearing a red shirt, he changed into an ordinary uniform.

Looking at the prosperity near the capital, Zhu Gan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but now is not the time.

Yu Song, who was following Zhu Gan, was wearing a blue silk shirt at this time, dressed as a housekeeper, his tall and tall figure was very eye-catching, with a cold face, passers-by avoided one after another.

Zhu Gan turned his head to look at him, and said with a joke: "You are in the city of Zhuozhou, and you are merciless in killing people. Others call you a black-faced evil spirit and keep away from you. You are what I said. General, let’s look at Gao Qiang again, he laughs and laughs on weekdays, but he’s equally ruthless when he kills people, but he’s not offensive at all. Aren't you telling others that we are rebels?"

Gao Qiang immediately laughed at himself and said: "Yu Song is more than enough, not high in strength, black-faced devil, red-faced devil, humming two generals, assisting the lord, and ruling the world. Listen to how these yellow-mouthed children sing about us, it seems to be singing Just like in the big drama, we are all scholars, and now we have our own nicknames like the Peasant Army."

"This also shows the hearts of the people, doesn't it? The Ming Dynasty has been in the country for 300 years. People's minds have changed. They all think that a change will lead to a better life, so when we make a move in Zhuozhou, the world will respond. But since ancient times, the sages have said, Xing, The people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering, what we have to do is to make the people suffer as much as possible, then it will be the suffering that stands in our way." Yu Song said with a dark face.

I don't know if he kept a straight face because he joined the Red Army and didn't adapt to the things in the sage book, or because his temperament was just like that, and now he's killing people even more.

"Okay, I've seen the city of Beijing, and I should go back. One day, we will take over here, and we will be the only winners in the end. I firmly believe so." Zhu Gan shook the paper fan with a snap , walked aside, took a donkey from the hand of the guard, and after riding, a large group of people passed the city of Beijing in a mighty way. At this moment, the wheel of history began to deviate from the track due to a small vibration.

At this time, there were not many troops around the city of Beijing. Prime Minister Chen Qiyu was in charge of the military affairs of the five provinces, and Cao Wenzhao was in charge of promoting the government. Well, the city of Beijing is like a huge political cake, but it's a pity that it can only be seen but not eaten, and it doesn't have enough strength.

The goal is North Tongzhou, the starting point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. This is the most important channel for transporting supplies to the city of Beijing. Every year, there are countless ships of all sizes coming and going. There are also countless grains stored here. , a warehouse of one million rice, so much food is enough to feed the entire city of Beijing for a year.

Zhu Gan knew this very well, so he just quietly led his soldiers across Beijing and headed for Tongzhou, which is enough to see that he is a clear-headed and practical person.

However, the food in Tongzhou City is not his ultimate goal, but because there are ships here, many, many ships, enough to transport his troops to the south, he needs a foundation, and the south is just the right place, but he will not Touch it, the gentry there is powerful enough, touching it will only cause trouble for yourself.

At this moment in Tongzhou City, there were mule carts and grooms coming and going, and an army dressed in red suddenly appeared on the official road between Tongzhou and Beijing. Countless people followed, and the news came immediately When it was introduced into the city of Beijing, over a million officials and people in the city were shocked, which was even more shocking than when cavalry came here first after the civil fort was changed.

Daming is about to perish because of evil spirits!Countless people began to pack their parcels, and the literati began to write letters to King Fu. Will the battle of Jingnan be repeated again?Can there be a second Yu Shaobao who comes out to turn the tide?Who knows!

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ps: I suddenly fell ill and felt dizzy and uncomfortable. I lay in bed for a whole day. I couldn’t take it anymore this morning, so I went to the hospital for a check-up and a blood test, so I stopped changing, sorry!There is only one chapter left, but Yi Sheng will ensure that the story is wonderful.