Chapter 157: The Squire Has a Demand

Shen Youlong rushed out in a panic and was killed by an arrow.

Most of the military and political officials were killed by the Qing army in the rout, and more than 100 people in all.

Huang Fei wanted to retreat to Zhoushan, but was caught up by the Qing army in Desheng Port, Huang Fei was hit by three arrows, first sinking his wife and more than 30 people into the water, and then jumped into the water, wanting to die for the country.

But in the end, he was captured by the Qing soldiers who rushed to scratch the hook, and after being arrested, Huang Fei kept silent, asked him and did not answer, and persuaded him not to surrender, so the Qing army broke Huang Fei's left hand.

After that, Huang Fei was tied up in Nanjing, and when he saw Hong Chengchou, he pointed at him with his right hand and scolded him.

Annoyed and angry, the Qing army broke Huang Fei's right hand again, and Huang Fei's scolding became more and more intense, and the Qing army cut off his tongue again, and Huang Fei was still hoarse. In September (that is, more than two months ago), together with Xue Quji and Tang Shirong, they were all beheaded by the Qing army outside the Shuixi Gate in Nanjing (magnificent!). Daming Water Division Huang Zongbing).

Speaking of this, Mo Zhi sighed and said: "In fact, in the first battle of Songjiang Mansion, less than 20,000 Qing troops won the city gate, and occupied Songjiang Mansion without much effort, and the generals were almost lost in the chaos. ”

There was a sigh in the room, which made Wu Zheng feel aggrieved.

"You mean, the surrendered army outside the city is the Ming army that was in Songjiang Mansion before?"

Mo Zhi nodded and said: "At least more than half of them, of course, there are also the Ming troops in Suzhou and Taihu Lake at that time, as well as other troops brought by Duoduo from Jiangning Mansion. ”

Wu Zheng's face suddenly turned cold, "How did you get in touch with them?" ”

If you want to talk about the ability to turn your face and turn your face, Wu Zheng is indeed not bad.

But this matter is indeed very serious, collusion between inside and outside, and the way to death.

Mo Zhinian could feel Wu Zheng's sudden chill, and hurriedly explained: "Lord Wu, don't misunderstand, we have no intention of colluding with Jianyu, the old man promised to the Lord that day, as long as the Tartars do not enter the city for a day, the Mo family will never return to the Qing army." ”

"Then how did you get in touch with the surrendering army outside the city?"

"Your Excellency, let me be careful. In the summer of this year, the Qing army occupied Suzhou, and in leap June, under the order of the Qing court to shave their hair, urban and rural volunteers rose everywhere, all wrapped their heads with white cloth. At that time, Liu He's general and Fushan's deputy commander-in-chief Lu Zhiyu strongly asked Wu Zhikui, deputy commander-in-chief of Wu Song, to join forces with Wu Risheng, Lu Shiqi, Zhang Shouzhi and others to attack Suzhou, and he himself brought hundreds of Dings as strikers.

But Wu Zhikui led the army to fight timidly, at that time there was a scuffle in Suzhou City, the battle was unfavorable, Lu Zhiyu led Zhou Fan and other 400 people to break into the city, from Bao'en Temple to Hulong Street. The Manchu squire Li Yanling (Li Shutai) and the governor of Jiangning, Tu Guobao, ambushed the Ming army in the city with cavalry, and Lu Zhiyu went to the middle of the Yinma Bridge to ambush him, and died in a battle with 300 men including Wang Boya, the deputy commander-in-chief. The Ming army's plan to recapture Suzhou also failed. ”

Great! The chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Zhiyu.

Sero is light and healthy, and he has always been strange. The sword rewards the grace of the king, and there is no retreat in the depths. The lone soldier fights, and the light resonates violently. When generously granted, the white rainbow ran through Wu City. The four cross poems circulating in Suzhou City are the best portrayal of Lu Zhiyu.

Mo Zhinian said this, pointed to an old man behind him and said: "My lord, this virtuous man is Lu Nancheng, the uncle of General Lu. ”

Wu Zheng solemnly arched his hand and said: "Uncle Lu is polite. ”

Lu Laocheng trembled his hands, stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Wu doesn't need to be suspicious, although the old man is reluctant to make a living, he can't do the shameless thing of colluding with the Tartars and harming our clan." Among the troops outside the city, there is my nephew Lu Zhiyu, who is Lu Zhiyu's own brother. At that time, Zhiyu was killed, he was a Chongming garrison, after the Qing army occupied the whole territory, had to surrender the Qing army, but the heart has been thinking of the hatred of the country, yesterday night, he secretly sent someone to the city to send a message, hoping that the Lord can allow him to lead the troops anyway. ”

Wu Zheng asked, "How many people are willing to do it anyway?" ”

"Back to my lord's words, it is believed that the domain has united with the other four garrisons and more than ten generals in the army, and they all have the intention of being right."

Wu Zheng thought about it, of course he wouldn't really believe in these garrisons and always have the heart to serve the country and the people, if this is the case, why surrender?

Although the Tartars have occupied Suzhou to Songjiang Mansion, they have not been around for long, and their forces are stretched thin, and their control is not so strong.

These people really have the heart to serve the country and the people, as long as they unite and raise the banner against the Qing Dynasty, no matter how there are tens of thousands of troops, it is not that the Qing army will be exterminated if they want to.

Since they had come with Dordor and had fought with their own people for three days, it was impossible for them to have a true sense of rebellion.

In Wu Zheng's view, this is a group of people who see the wind and steer the rudder, and throw it wherever the wind is blowing.

Seeing that after three days of fighting, Qingchunmen was still firmly in the hands of the Ming army, and their casualties had reached thirty percent, so they were dissatisfied with Duoduo, so they came through the domain of Lu to express their sincerity to themselves.

Of course, Wu Zheng also believes that Lu Zhiyu is sincere, this is not that Wu Zheng knows who Lu Zhiyu is, but Lu Zhiyu has the motive anyway, his brother died in battle, and his uncle is in the city, for him, the enmity of the family and the country and the attraction of family affection are enough to make him anyway, after all, even if the Ming army surrenders to the Tartars, it is also raised by the little lady, the Qing court has never really trusted the surrender army, rather than being a second dog, it is better to turn to unite with Wu Zheng, so that under the rise of one and the other, within the Hangzhou area, the Qing army will be reversed into an absolute disadvantage.

Although Wu Zheng didn't believe in their sincerity, he also thought that this was an opportunity.

In any case, it is a good thing to weaken the strength of the Tartars.

So Wu Zheng asked, "What do they want?" ”

It's a straightforward question, what do you want? This is important.

Even if they want to do it anyway, they will not let so many dozens of Hangzhou urban and rural gentry come to their faces.

Although he currently has an army of more than 10,000 people in his hands, his official position is still a thousand households, and he is not worthy of his name.

They can send people to cross the river and surrender to Zhu Yihai, according to the current situation, Zhu Yihai will definitely be generous, maybe everyone will be a general soldier, an earl or something.

did not ask Zhu Yihai, but came to ask himself for a thousand households, which is already very abnormal.

If something is abnormal, it must be a demon, and Wu Zheng will naturally not express his position easily.

Lu Nancheng groaned and said: "Lord Wu, the army outside the city has no other demands, but I just want to beg my lord to keep the establishment of various departments after the war." ”

Wu Zheng raised his eyebrows, is this still called no appeal?

Retaining the establishment of various ministries is equivalent to starting from each other.

Besides, if you surrender to your own command, you will have to pay them your military salary.

How can there be a reason why you can't have the final say when you give money?

In other words, he may be able to be a nominal governor, but I am afraid that the military order will not be issued.

Isn't this a joke, how can Wu Zheng agree?

Unless they leave Hangzhou and go to other prefectures to occupy the mountains and be self-sufficient, then the two sides can be called friendly armies and support each other.