Looking at the Qing army that was constantly retreating and fleeing, the soldiers of the Restoration Army suddenly shouted loudly: "Rush into the city, the Qing army is defeated." Taking advantage of the gap that was blown up by gunpowder, Yang Jiafu and others also mustered up their strength to kill Zhao Tingchen. After the smoke cleared, Zhao Tingchen looked at the Qing troops fleeing in all directions, and knew that the general trend had gone.

Looking at Yang Jiafu and the others who were still rushing towards him, Zhao Tingchen pulled out his waist knife and said: "Kill yourself and be loyal to the country today, come with me if you don't want to survive in humiliation." After speaking, he didn't run away, but killed Yang Jiafu and others. The guards behind Zhao Tingchen saw Zhao Tingchen rushing out, and in desperation, they all drew their knives and killed him.

Yi Chi, the defender of the city, saw that the Ming restoration army was strong and had fled into the city. A large number of soldiers of the Restoration Army attacked the city, and some people went to open the city gates, and the Restoration Army, which had been waiting outside the city, all entered the city together when they saw this. Seeing that the city wall of Pingyuewei was breached, Zhu Youdong also breathed a sigh of relief, if he was stuck here, I am afraid that some of the Qing troops who surrendered would have some crooked thoughts.

Zhu Youdong said to Ta Tianbao and Daniel Zhang easily at this time: "Let's go, let's also go into the city to have a look." Then he took the lead and walked towards the Pingyue Acropolis. Ta Tianbao also happily followed, Daniel Zhang looked at the defeated Ping Yuewei, sighed with mixed feelings, and also followed.

When I walked under the city wall, I saw that there were many Lang Zhong of the Restoration Army, who had already begun to bandage some of the wounded under the city wall. Some of the seriously wounded were carried to the camp. Zhu Youdong heard the sound of fighting on the city wall, and went to the city wall with the guards.

Ta Tianbao and Daniel Zhang also immediately followed, and Zhu Youdong went to the city wall to find that the Fuming army had surrounded a general of the Qing army, and there were only a dozen people around the Qing general, all of whom were wounded. The Qing general also had many wounds on his body, and the clothes he was wearing now were also tattered and covered with blood. The hat on his head has long been knocked off.

When the Fuming army saw Zhu Youdong coming up, they all took the initiative to divide the two sides and made a way for Zhu Youdong to come out. Daniel Zhang, who was following Zhu Youdong, saw the man and shouted, "Lord Inspector." Zhu Youdong was stunned for a moment, looked at the Qing general and said, "You are the governor of Guizhou in the Qing court?" ”

Zhao Tingchen said proudly: "Lao Tzu Xing does not change his name, and he does not change his surname, it is Zhao Tingchen, the governor of Guizhou, who was ordered by the imperial court." Even if I, Zhao Tingchen, am martyred today, I am still upright. If you and other thieves act against heaven and disturb the place, they will be damned. If you are caught by the imperial court, you will definitely be cut by a thousand knives. ”

Zhu Youdong looked at the righteous and awe-inspiring Zhao Tingchen and said: "Being a dog can be regarded as the number one person who can do this, as a Han person, you have no mercy for the Han people, and it is even more cruel and bloody to slaughter your compatriots." If one day we drive this Manchu out of the Central Plains, we will slaughter your entire clan surnamed Zhao and avenge those compatriots who died under your sword. The surrounding Miao people also scolded angrily, shouting to kill Zhao Tingchen's entire family.

Zhao Tingchen sneered: "Bah, I am a dignified bannerman, when did I become a lowly Han dog." Just a thief, who still wants to destroy my Qing Dynasty with wild words? You just took advantage of the fact that our Qing army entered Yunnan and Guizhou was empty, and you were free in the mountains of Guizhou for a few days. As soon as my Qing Dynasty King arrives, you will be wiped out immediately. Zhu Youdong laughed angrily at Zhao Tingchen's words, and said, "Okay, then I'm going to let you take a look and see how I kill your royal master of the Qing Dynasty." ”

Zhu Youdong regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, and sure enough, he saw Zhao Tingchen showing a contemptuous smile. Zhao Tingchen was the governor of Guizhou, and if he surrendered directly, the Manchus would not let his family go, and if he did not surrender, he would die now. That's why Zhao Tingchen made a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, where did Zhao Tingchen really want to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, but he made this appearance to provoke Zhu Youdong to say this to let him continue to live. Zhu Youdong was really fooled, and said that he would let him see the fall of the Qing Dynasty with his own eyes.

And as long as you don't kill him Zhao Tingchen now, who can say how big variables there will be in the future? Maybe when the Qing army defeats these Ming troops, he will be rescued again, and at that time he will still be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and he will be a loyal minister who would rather die than surrender if he is captured. So when Zhao Tingchen saw that his plan was successful, he thought: "A mere hairy boy who has not dried up is still tender when he fights with me." ”

Looking at Zhao Tingchen, who succeeded in his treacherous scheme, Zhu Youdong hated it in his heart, suddenly thought of something, and immediately said relaxedly: "Don't worry, I will let you take a good look." Then he said to the soldiers behind Zhao Tingchen: "You are all Zhao Tingchen's personal soldiers, now as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, I can surround you without dying." ”

When those pro-soldiers saw Zhu Youdong directly surrendering them, they immediately looked at each other. looked at Zhao Tingchen and then at Zhu Youdong, not knowing what to do. At this time, Zhao Tingchen didn't want to consume it, maybe he would have to rely on these pro-soldiers later. Then he said: "I am a local magistrate of the Qing Dynasty, and I should kill myself, if you want to surrender, go ahead." ”

As soon as those pro-soldiers saw Zhao Tingchen say this, they immediately threw their weapons on the ground. The soldiers of the Fuming Army immediately went up to escort these personal soldiers, and someone went to collect Zhao Tingchen's weapons, but he did not resist. With Zhu Youdong's words, Zhao Tingchen believed what this Ming army general said in public, and he himself could not regret it. If he wants to repent, it will also be a great blow to the prestige of his generals.

Zhu Youdong saw that Zhao Tingchen was captured, looked at those Zhao Tingchen's personal soldiers and said: "Since you are Governor Zhao's personal soldiers, you must be one with Governor Zhao, inseparable, and you will definitely tell Governor Zhao what you see, so what you see is the same as what Governor Zhao sees." Those pro-soldiers didn't know what Zhu Youdong was going to do, so after listening to Zhu Youdong's words, they had to say again and again: "Yes, we will definitely not deceive the governor." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, in this case, Yang Jiafu, now behead Zhao Tingchen, hang his head on the military flag, let him watch it all the time, and see how we defeated and destroyed the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qing Dynasty." "Yang Jiafu originally wanted to kill Zhao Tingchen, Zhao Tingchen just commanded the city to defend the city, but he killed a lot of soldiers of the Restoration Army. The Miao people on the side also hated Zhao Tingchen very much, but Zhu Youdong had already said that he wanted Zhao Tingchen to watch the Restoration Army destroy the Qing Army like this, which meant that Zhao Tingchen could not die for the time being.

As Zhu Youdong commanded more and more battles, and his prestige in the hearts of Miao people grew, these leaders did not dare to oppose it openly. Now after listening to Zhu Youdong's words, he suddenly became happy, and many people went up to help and escorted Zhao Tingchen to the city. Zhao Tingchen originally thought that he could live, but now when he heard that Zhu Youdong was still going to kill himself, he suddenly struggled and shouted: "You go back on your word, you can't die well." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Why did I go back on my word? In ancient times, Wu Zixu put his eyes on the capital, watching the fall of the Yue Kingdom, and today you have the governor hanging his head on the military flag, witnessing the demise of the Qing army. That's a good story. If you want to see how I destroyed the Qing army, I will hang your head on the military flag, so you can see it clearly, and besides, if your own soldiers see it with their own eyes, they will tell you. Drag it down and decapitate. After speaking, Zhu Youdong waved his hand, and immediately the soldiers of the Restoration Army dragged Zhao Tingchen away.

Zhu Youdong looked at those Zhao Tingchen's personal soldiers and said, "You have to live well, otherwise your governor will not be able to see it." After saying that, he went straight down the city wall. The soldiers of Zhao Tingchen in the back immediately said: "General rest assured, we will definitely tell Zhao Tingchen what we have seen." Then he followed the soldiers of the Restoration Army down the city wall in a proper manner.

After Zhu Youdong got off the city wall, he found that there were still many Qing troops in the city resisting, so he said to Ta Tianbao: "Let the Qing army surrender, and then pick out some of those who have committed the most heinous crimes." Ta Tianbao said: "Okay, I'll go." ”

After Ta Tianbao left, Zhu Youdong looked at Daniel Zhang and said, "General Zhang doesn't have anything to talk to me?" Daniel Zhang glanced at Zhu Youdong and said, "Hou Ye said that he laughed, Hou Ye wanted to know what he wanted to know, just ask, the last general must know everything." Zhu Youdong chuckled: "Really? Then the general told me the details of the Qing army in Guizhou today. ”

Daniel Zhang was stunned for a moment and said, "Generally speaking, there are not many garrisons in Guizhou, and the total number of troops is about 30,000, scattered all over the province, and there are only three or four thousand troops in each province. Due to the large number of Miao people in various places, these garrisons generally do not leave the city. Of course, these garrisons do not include local people. Since Guiyang is the governor's station, the governor's order has 3,000 standard camps. ”

Zhu Youdong stared at Daniel Zhang with some dissatisfaction: "I know these situations, let's talk about the current situation of the Qing army." Daniel Zhang said, "Now there is no news from Duyun's side, I don't know very well." On the Guiyang side, half a month ago, Guo Li Ai was ordered to go north to Chongqing to garrison, and fled all the way back after being defeated by you in Zunyi. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "He didn't defend Zunyi? How did you escape back to Guiyang? Daniel Zhang said: "I don't know the specific situation, Zhao Tingchen saw that Guo Li Ai gave up all the passes, and hurriedly rushed to Wujiang Pass with three thousand standard battalions to set up defenses, but the result was still a step late, and Wujiang Pass was occupied by Daming's army." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Then you should go back to Guiyang, how did you run to Pingyuewei." Daniel Zhang said a little helplessly: "Then Guo Li Ai actually guarded Guiyang in order to escape the guilt of his defeat. When Zhao Tingchen went to Wujiang Pass, he didn't bring much grain and grass, and asked Bian Sanyuan to go back to urge grain and grass, but he was framed by Guo Liai and said that he was fornicating with the Ming army and killed him on the spot. Zhao Tingchen saw that the back road was cut off, and there were a lot of defeated Ming troops in Shuixi, and he didn't dare to go with only 3,000 people, so he chose to come to Pingyuewei. I didn't expect that you had almost destroyed Duyun Mansion and other places like this, if Zhao Tingchen knew about this at that time, he would definitely rather take the risk of going to Shuixi than come to Pingyuewei. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "It's useless to say these now, do you mean that now Guiyang is occupied by Guo Liai, not only did he not provide grain and grass to Zhao Tingchen, but also killed Zhao Tingchen's general Bian Sanyuan?" Isn't this tantamount to creating an anti-Qing court? How dare he be? ”

Daniel Zhang said: "Then Guo Li Ai was originally a general of Daming Zunyi, and now that he has won Guiyang, he still doesn't sit on the ground to ask for a good price." Besides, now that most of the Qing army is in Yunnan, Guo Liai has held Guiyang, and the grain and grass of the Qing army cannot be operated, I am afraid it is very likely to agree to Guo Liai's request. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "The Qing army's grain and grass in Kunming can still support it for a while, could it be that those Eight Banners generals in the Qing army will bow their heads to Guo Liai?" A strong assault is more likely. Daniel Zhang said: "Now that the Qing army has begun to run out of grain and grass in Yunnan, it has repeatedly urged the rear to escort grain and grass to the front, otherwise now Pingyuewei will not go out to grab grain from time to time." There was no supply on the front line, and the Qing troops in these garrisons had no food and grass allocation at all. ”

Zhu Youdong thought about the current situation and said: "It seems that the current situation of the Qing army is not optimistic, since they have no grain and grass, they will inevitably increase the looting of the people." This is an opportunity for us, but we will also face the danger of running out of food and grass. What to do? Where to get this grain and grass? ”

Daniel Zhang said: "Now it is estimated that Guiyang has more grain and grass, but it is difficult for Hou Ye's troops to defeat Guiyang. Zhu Youdong said: "Guiyang? Can we go to Guiyang? ”

Just when Zhu Youdong was thinking about whether he could go to Guiyang, Yang Jiafu came over and said: "Master Hou, those surrendered Qing troops have been taken into custody, but we only found a few hundred stones of grain in Pingyuewei, which is not enough for our army for a few days." Hou Ye has to think of a way as soon as possible. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "How can it be so little? There were thousands of people before Ping Yuewei, how many days can they eat this bit of food? Yang Jiafu said: "I heard those Qing soldiers who surrendered that they all went out to grab the Miao people's things, and there was really no food, and they would catch some Miao people back." As for what to do when the Miao people came back, Yang Jiafu didn't say, but Zhu Youdong also knew, so he didn't ask immediately.

Zhu Youdong said: "You immediately ask the local Miao people to inquire about the military situation in the direction of Guiyang, and you must find out the situation in Guiyang." I also sent a messenger to Wujiang Pass in Zunyi, and I received news that the soldiers of the Levy Guard had already taken Wujiang Pass, and to see if they had any food there, and to find a way to send us some. In addition, what is the current situation of our army in Sichuan, these must be investigated. ”

Yang Jiafu said happily: "What, Qi Hou they have hit Wujiang Pass, it's great." We can get food from them. As he spoke, he happily went to arrange the matter of exploring the horses. Zhu Youdong looked at Daniel Zhang and said, "You should also rest for two days first, if you really want to attack Guiyang, you will have to contribute at that time." ”