Seeing that Zhu Youdong drove everyone away directly, Tang Guozuo and the others did not achieve their goal. immediately had to be cheeky again, and wanted to plead with Zhu Youdong again. But Zhu Youdong had already turned around and returned to the yamen, and he didn't give them a chance at all. In this way, Tang Guozuo and the others had no choice but to go out of the yamen first, after all, there were other things to do in the yamen, and it was impossible for them to occupy it all the time.

After leaving the yamen, everyone look at me, and I look at you. Everyone came to ask for the title with great interest, but now they returned empty-handed, and everyone was very frustrated. It's not that they are so desperate for the title of the imperial court, but they know their own affairs, and they are doing a bad life now.

Because of their status as a great honorable person, they used to master a lot of business. By the time of the Qing Dynasty, they were nothing, without the protection of the imperial court. The large amount of family property in their hands has become fat in the eyes of other officials, and anyone who sees it wants to take a bite. What's more, there are a large number of Eight Banner generals in Nanjing, and they dare not offend these people.

Their family funds have long been hollowed out, and now it would be good to have a dilapidated house to shelter from the wind and rain, and many people are almost becoming beggars. Now that God has eyes, let the Ming Dynasty have a return to the country, which is a great joy. After the situation stabilized a little, they came out one after another.

Today, I finally borrowed a pair of clothes, dressed myself decently, and waited for Zhu Youdong to summon me. I thought that the matter of recovering the title was foolproof. When the time comes, he will be able to stand tall again, who knows that Zhu Youdong will ignore it at all. Now not only do you want to be knighted, but you also want to let them go to war.

Faced with such a situation, many people stood in front of Yingtian Yamen with sad faces. I don't know what I have to do to get back to my old life. looked at the yamen that no longer had Zhu Youdong's figure, and let them break in but didn't dare.

Suddenly, these people were waiting at the yamen, wanting to wait for Zhu Youdong to come out and go forward to plead for mercy. As for the hope of success, everyone knows that it is very slim. But he also had to wait now, because they were in the middle of nowhere.

However, after Zhu Youdong returned to the yamen, he never came out, and these people waited in front of the government until the afternoon of the next day. Suddenly, the people everywhere in Nanjing began to panic and flocked to the outside of the city, that is, in front of the former Ming Palace.

Originally, the people in Nanjing didn't care about what happened in the city, but yesterday the Restoration Army began to recruit troops in the city. Some people who are unwilling to be mediocre in their good deeds, seeing that the Restoration Army has now recovered Nanjing, suddenly have a lot of thoughts. So many people began to sign up for the army.

What they didn't expect was that the first thing they did when they joined the army was to enter the city. Originally, I thought that there must be Manchurians resisting in the city. Now let them enter the city, is to let them go to be cannon fodder to die. After all, it is all too common for recruits to be cannon fodder in the army. Who will let the veteran go up to be cannon fodder, everyone knows that the veteran is very expensive. As a result, when they entered the city, they found that this was not the case at all.

After these people entered the city, the scene of the army fighting was gone. All you can see is that the city is full of corpses. In the whole city, there were no living people, not even infant children. There were also a large number of women among the corpses, and it was clear that the women had also participated in the fighting.

Zongyang, who had come to Nanjing City to report the news, was arrested quickly, and the governor's palace of Lang Tingzuo at that time ignored their information. He didn't know what to do for a while, so he didn't leave the city immediately in order to wait for news from the governor's palace. After the Restoration Army attacked the city of Nanjing, it was too late for him to get out of the city, so he was blocked in the city.

The catch couldn't get out of the city, so he found an inn in the city to stay. The steward of the business who had come with him to report the news, of course, could not also stay at the inn, and he returned to the business himself. If it were usual, this catch would be in Nanjing City, and no one would care about him for as long as he lived.

But now that the war is in chaos, the situation is different. What's more, after the Fuming army attacked the city of Nanjing, as soon as it was dawn the next day, they began to search for the scattered Qing troops in the city. In the face of the menacing Restoration Army, if he was an ordinary trader, the innkeeper would not drive him away, but he was a fast catcher. No matter how you say it, you can be regarded as a person of half the Qing army, and the innkeeper does not dare to take risks.

Although the first time I searched, I was prevaricated by the innkeeper. But there are still Restoration Army in the back, and they are coming to search and arrest one by one. He is the identity of Zongyang's fast catcher, if it is known by the Restoration Army, it must be another right and wrong. So the inn didn't dare to take him in anymore, and no matter how much he begged, the innkeeper just didn't agree to let him stay.

The other people who lived in the inn came to let him go. Usually this official status has given him many benefits, and now it has brought him many troubles. After leaving the inn, there was nowhere to go for a while, and the city gate was still blocked by the Restoration Army, so I couldn't get out at all.

Just half an hour after leaving the inn, he was interrogated by two waves of patrols. Fortunately, he was quick and clever in this catch, and he was able to deal with it. But looking at the patrols all over the street, he didn't have a clue what to do next. Looking into the distance, the soldiers of the Restoration Army, who were in charge of clearing the city, were taking the security chief to register door-to-door, beware of Qing soldiers who had slipped through the net and hid among the people.

This catcher stands out on the street. Immediately, someone reported to the Restoration Army, and when they saw that the Restoration Army heard about him, they immediately looked at him. This catcher also knew that he couldn't hide, but walked directly towards those few Restoration Soldiers.

Originally, I received a report that this catcher was acting abnormally, and I was going to go up to investigate. As a result, the catcher came over instead, and the soldiers of the Restoration Army here immediately shouted: "Stop, what are you doing?" Today, martial law is under law in Nanjing, and everyone is not allowed to go out at will, don't you know? ”

The catcher looked at the bright knife and said busily: "Master Jun, I am not a native of Nanjing, I heard that the Restoration Army is recruiting, and I want to join the army." "Joining the army is the way that he came up with, because joining the army will not care about his identity as a fast catcher.

Don't say that he is a fast catcher, he is really a Qing soldier, as long as he is willing to join the army, the Restoration Army is also willing to be subordinate. At present, apart from this method, I really can't think of any other way. Otherwise, with the current situation, he would not be able to survive a day in Nanjing.

When the Restoration Army on the opposite side heard that he was going to join the army, they immediately slowed down. He said to the chief next to him: "Go, search him to see if he has any weapons." The chief of the security guard listened to the words of the Restoration Army, and hurriedly ran over to search the body of the fast catcher. He didn't dare to move if he was fast, and let the chief of the security guard search for him.

Originally, I heard that this person was suspicious, and many people thought that this was a Qing soldier who had slipped through the net. really caught the Qing soldiers who slipped through the net, and the people around them wanted to see what to do with the Restoration Army. Suddenly, many people stretched out their heads to watch the excitement. It's not that these people don't want to die when they see the excitement, but the main thing is that many of them have hidden some flag people in their homes.

The chief searched but found no weapons. It's just that a few taels of silver were found in the arms of this catcher, and the catcher hurriedly stopped: "This is not a weapon, why are you still robbing my silver?" ”

The chief of the security guard looked at the Restoration Army behind him and said, "You give these few taels of silver to these military masters, so that they don't kill you as a Qing soldier." Hand over these few taels of silver, and you will be able to save your life. With these few taels of silver, isn't it worth buying your life? ”

This catcher knew that at this time, only saving his life was the most important thing, and he didn't speak immediately. Seeing that the chief didn't speak, he searched for a reason. Then he returned to the people of the Restoration Army: "Master Jun, he has no weapons on him. There were only a few taels of silver, and he said that he would honor a few people and let them buy tea to eat. ”

The soldiers of the Restoration Army glanced at the security chief and took the silver from the security chief's hand. Walked up to the catcher and said, "This is your silver?" Catch Kuai didn't know what this Restoration Army meant, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, this is to honor the military master, and please ask the military master to be accommodating, I just want to join the army." ”

The Fuming Army smiled and said, "Okay, I'll let someone take you there." Looking at your appearance, it is estimated that you have nothing to do with the Qing army, and I don't embarrass you. This silver is yours, you have collected it yourself, and our Restoration Army cannot take the people's property casually. This is military discipline, and you will have to remember it in the future. After saying that, let one person take this arrest to the recruiting place quickly, and then let the security chief continue to register.

Seeing this scene, the people who originally came out to see the excitement were immediately stunned. Where in this world is there anything you don't want to see silver? In the past, if these soldiers only robbed gold, silver and jewelry, it was good not to hurt people's lives. I don't dare to be a Qing soldier or a Ming army, it's all the same.

It's just that the degree of looting is different, and the Qing army doesn't just ask for money and food. In many cases, it is a direct murder and then a complete collection of property. Now that people have taken the initiative to pay homage to the silver, the Restoration Army has all retreated. Such an army has never been seen in this world today.

Legend has it that there are also some army with strict military discipline, and it is said that they also froze to death without demolishing houses, and starved to death without stealing food. But those are all legends, such as Yue Fei's Yue family army, which was hundreds of years ago. The closer ones are the Ming Qi Jiguang Qi Shaobao, and his Qi family army could also do it back then.

But after all, no one has seen it, not to mention that now, it is directly sent to the front and not received. This is the first time I have seen it in my life, when the Qing soldiers came, they dug three feet into the ground to collect money and food.

The Restoration Army didn't care about this, turned to the stunned chief and said, "Okay, continue to register." We don't just need to register everyone exactly. Even the number of people in their family and whether anyone was a soldier in the Qing army must be clearly written. I also want to tell the people not to hide those Manchurians privately, even if they are just banner people. If it is found out afterwards, all those who cover it up will also be punished. ”

Seeing the scene just now, the chief still couldn't believe it, and he hadn't reacted yet. The people of the Restoration Army shouted a few times in a row before they came to their senses. didn't dare what the Restoration Army told him just now, so he hurriedly asked: "General, is it true that the Restoration Army is not allowed to take the people's things?" The Restoration Army replied casually: "Of course, in the military discipline of the Restoration Army, it is clearly written. ”

The chief hurriedly smiled and said, "The general is right, but we people don't know how to write the military discipline of the Restoration Army." If it weren't for today's general, how would we know this? The Fuming army said: "How can you not know, if you don't know, go outside the barracks to listen." Every morning, the Restoration Army will sing military discipline songs, how to sing in the song, how military discipline is written. ”

The chief was stunned for a moment and said, "The general is saying that what is sung in the barracks every day is the military discipline song of the Restoration Army?" Is that the three disciplines and six attentions? The soldier of the Restoration Army said: "Yes, at that time, His Highness deliberately composed a song so that we could all remember it, so that we all had to sing it." Okay, let's not talk about that now, hurry up and register the people in the people's homes. ”