Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() After entering the county seat, the Runing Battalion immediately divided into two groups, all the way quickly seized and guarded the four gates of the county seat, and all the way along the streets began to sweep the entire county seat.

In fact, the small group of cavalry who had been in a hurry to scout earlier scouted some illusions.When sweeping the county, the whole county immediately jumped up.

After Wu Shiwen and other officials and gentry fled Ningyang County, some well-informed commoners also packed up their belongings, took their families and fled in all directions.

But at this time, the refugees outside the city also got the news through the fleeing people. Facing the undefended Ningyang County, why didn't those bold refugees enter the city to participate in the feast?

With the entry of refugees into the city, coupled with the addition of the rogue Qingpi in the city, the entire Ningyang County was immediately plunged into looting and riots.Fortunately, because the big officials and gentry fled, there was no resistance when they entered the homes of those officials and gentry, so those people basically did not set any fire.Therefore, there was a situation where the reconnaissance cavalry found that the county town was pitch-black.

But after carnival most of the night, in the early morning, most of those refugees and rogue Qingpi fell asleep, so the whole county seemed quiet.

However, the entry of the Runing Battalion immediately alarmed this group of people. After they found out that it was a Ming army, they immediately ran around like headless chickens.

The soldiers of the Runing Battalion did not expect so many people to emerge from the darkness, but after a brief shock, the soldiers immediately started to act under the orders of their respective officers.

The operation of the Runing Camp is to implement martial law in the entire county, and no one is allowed to walk on the streets of the county, otherwise, they will be shot to death.After loudly shouting the order of martial law, the Runing Camp began to kill the refugees on the street along the street.

Because of the city walls in ancient times, it was impossible to build such a large city as Bei Jing and Nanjing.So in half a day, the heads of more than 500 people, those who were on the street, those who hid in the homes of fugitive officials and gentry, the refugees identified by the common people, and the local rogue Qingpi, were hung on the crenels of the city wall of Ningyang County.

After the situation in the county was stabilized, Wu Shigong immediately divided the cavalry into several teams to sweep up the refugees and bandits near the county.

After another afternoon and the next day of sweeping, the refugees and bandits near Ningyang County were basically wiped out.A total of more than 100 bandits and refugees who dared to resist were beheaded.Captured more than 800 refugees.There were also more than a dozen horses and several weapons seized.

After using such ruthless means, the security situation in Ningyang County and the surrounding areas immediately reached the level of not closing the door at night.And Wu Shigong didn't like the more than 600 heads, so Wu Shiwen accepted them bluntly. Using these heads, local officials like them can write a good article.

As for his brother, Wu Shiwen certainly wouldn't let him suffer.He immediately collected 5000 taels of silver from the gentry, and then mobilized 3000 shi of grain from the county government's official warehouse to reward the Runing camp.The soldiers of the Runing Battalion also seized more than 8000 taels of silver from the robbed refugees and rogue Qingpi.In this way, more than [-] taels of silver and five hundred shi of grain were harvested.

As for those captured refugees, Wu Shigong's Runing Camp is very experienced.They arranged these captives in an open space next to the county seat and let them camp and live there by themselves.

Then the soldiers of the Runing Battalion cooked a meal for the captives, and then announced: Those captives have all become the servants of the garrison adults.

If you don't want to be a house slave, you can leave the county town for twenty miles within one day, otherwise, you will be shot to death.However, if you stay as a slave, you will be able to eat enough in the future.

With such an arrangement, there was no need for the Runing Battalion to arrange soldiers to guard these captives, and those captives basically stayed.

In this troubled world, human life is worthless.But for Runing Camp, people are also very valuable.After the domestic slaves settled down, Wu Shigong immediately mobilized more than 500 young and strong soldiers as auxiliary soldiers of the Runing Battalion, and then stepped up basic military training for these auxiliary soldiers.

As for those children, Wu Shigong asked Chi Erwa to organize them into a children's camp.As for those women, there is no need for Wu Shigong to worry about them.Those bachelors in the Runing Camp were simply asking for their care and warmth to the single women among the slaves. They are now thinking about Wu Shigong's promise before the expedition!

Still a little old and weak, Wu Shigong is not ready to give up.Anyway, there are not many old and weak people, and it doesn't take much to feed them.In fact, the successive years of disasters have eliminated many old and weak people, so there are not many of these house slaves.

Then Wu Shiwen was not idle either.He organized the young and strong in the city, consolidated the city walls, and prepared for the chaos to invade.And Wu Shigong also sent several teams of spies to the north to keep abreast of the news of the invading army.

But God fails to fulfill one's wishes.On the third day, a messenger came from outside the city. It was the magistrate of Qufu County, a neighboring county. After receiving a Ming army from Ningyang County, he sent a messenger to order the Ming army to rescue Qufu County immediately.

When Wu Shigong heard the messenger's tone, he was so surprised that he didn't even care about getting angry.The magistrate of Qufu County was so arrogant that he dared to order Wu Shiwen, the magistrate of Ningyang County, who was on the same level as him, and himself, the Runing Mansion, to guard.

Fortunately, Wu Shigong didn't speak, because he saw Wu Shiwen, the fifth brother, respectfully accepted the order, and promised to accompany Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion to rescue Qufu County immediately.

This move almost made Wu Shigong drop his eyes.After the messenger left, Wu Shigong asked, "Who is the magistrate of Qufu County? Brother, I feel that his tone is similar to that of the emperor."

Unexpectedly, Wu Shiwen replied angrily: "The magistrate is still a little behind the emperor, but the difference is not much!"

These words startled Wu Shigong, so Wu Shigong continued to ask: "Then who is he? A relative of the emperor? But it is not impossible for the relatives of the emperor to be magistrates!"

"It's Sheng Yangong." Wu Shiwen said the answer.

"Who is Sheng Yangong?"

"Why are you so ignorant? Sheng Yangong is the direct descendant of Confucius!"

Wu Shigong suddenly understood that he was the grandson of the grandson of Confucius...Wu Shigong didn't know that Sheng Yangong was not only passed down from generation to generation, but also the county magistrate of Qufu County in the Ming Dynasty was also served by the contemporary Sheng Yangong.

The identity of Sheng Yangong is indeed not much different from that of the emperor.Moreover, in the eyes of literati, the emperor can still scold and remonstrate with him!And who would dare to scold Sheng Yangong?Do literati dare to deceive their masters and destroy their ancestors?

Then there is no other way, the rescue of Qufu County has risen to a political level, not only to rescue, but also to rescue with all our strength.

So Wu Shigong left all the infantry and artillery in Ningyang County. He himself led the personal army and all the cavalry, a total of [-] cavalry, together with Wu Shiwen, the magistrate of Ningyang County, galloped to rescue Qufu County and the descendants of Confucius.