After Zhu Dashan cut two Qin cha alive in the government prison, the thirteen Zhenghuang Banner cavalry who were cut off from the back road had no choice but to join the Fuming battalion. was directly handed over to Lin Zhuang by Zhu Dashan, and asked him to take these cavalry to hand over the soldiers of the Fuming Battalion to ride horses and shoot arrows.

Those people who were imprisoned in the government prison were also forcibly conscripted into the Restoration Camp by Zhu Dashan. It is just that some unusable old people and people with disabilities have been relocated to the south for resettlement, and the former Restoration Battalion was all recruited in the south, which is a big blow to the population in the south.

Now these people are directly resettled in the south, and most of the injured in the previous attack on Boryeong have also been sent back to the south, and only those who are so disabled that they are really unable to take care of themselves will stay in Boryeong and be raised by the Restoration Camp.

After being chopped alive at the scene of Zhu Dashan, all the people who were imprisoned in the government were handed over to Zhou Dazhu for training muskets. After seeing the cruelty of the live chopping cha, these people did train much faster than the previous surrenders and newly recruited soldiers, after all, under such a terrible punishment and high pressure, all of them tried their best to complete the training things. Zhu Dashan was very satisfied after reading it, and after being able to train like this for a few days, not to mention how well firearms can be used, at least there will be no problems with military discipline.

It is said that Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia set off from Boryeong in the afternoon with a thousand people, and the two did not dare to delay. urged the team to rush to Cangxi, and finally arrived at Cangxi when it was completely dark. After arriving in Cangxi, Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia asked the troops to attack overnight.

Cangxi County is only thirty miles away from Baoning Mansion, and Pei Ying, the county commander of Cangxi County, saw the flames in the direction of Baoning last night, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing. The frightened county commander stayed awake all night, and called the county warden Chen Fuyi early this morning to organize people to do a good job in the defense of the county. Chen Fuyi didn't go to prepare but complained to Pei Ying, and said: "Lord County, now we have a total of 30 people in Cangxi County, and the total population of the city is 1,500 people, and there are only 400 young people. How can you let me defend the city, please ask the county to be merciful and leave some seeds for Cangxi County. ”

Pei Ying, the county commander, also knew that Chen Fuyi was afraid that the Ming army would loot the people to vent his anger when the time came, but he thought of the Qing court's punishment for losing land and surrendering. Still ruthlessly said: "If the people die, they can still move from other places, but if you and I lose the county seat, and the law of the country wants to kill me, I will kill you first." Let's defend the city. ”

Chen Fuyi mobilized all the people in the county to participate in the defense of the city, and he just went home to wash his feet after a busy day during the day, and was about to rest. Then he heard a whole shout of killing, and hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out to see, and the sound came from the city gate.

Chen Fuyi saw that Pei Ying, the magistrate, ran out without wearing his clothes, Chen Fuyi and Pei Ying dared to go to the city gate together, and only halfway to the halfway saw the people who had only gone to the city wall in the afternoon, and ran to the city like crazy. He was followed by a troop of soldiers and horses in pursuit.

Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia came out of Baoning and arrested a few spies who came to inquire about the military situation along the way, but the interrogation was sent by Cangxi County. These spies don't have horses, and there are a few horses in Gou Xingwang's team for scouts, how can two legs outrun four legs. So none of the spies sent by Cangxi County escaped. Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia both thought that they couldn't give Cangxi County time, for fear that the longer it dragged on, the more difficult it would be for the city to fight. So as soon as he arrived in Cangxi County, he launched an attack, although Pei Ying arranged a defense, but the spies sent did not come back, and he didn't expect the army attacking Baoning to attack Cangxi so soon. Therefore, there were only a few people patrolling the city, and there were not many people. These patrols saw the Ming army coming out of the dark as if they had seen a ghost, and when they saw the Ming army menacing, they hurriedly sounded the gong to warn, but no one dared to step forward to stop the Ming army from attacking the city.

Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia only carried some ladders and simple climbing tools, if the people on the wall of Cangxi County dared to step forward to block it, the Fuming Battalion would really not be able to attack. However, these people were only forcibly requisitioned on the city wall in the afternoon, and they saw more than 100 people in the distance pulling bows and arrows and preparing to shoot arrows at the city. In fact, these archers are just pretending, there are only a dozen or so people in them who can shoot arrows, but the city wall does not know, none of these people dare to move, and suddenly a few arrows shoot up the city wall, and the people run down the city wall one after another as soon as they shout.

The soldiers of the Fuming Battalion who climbed the city wall hurriedly opened the city gate, and Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia led people directly into the county seat. The two of them asked them to lead troops to clear the enemies in the city, and they led people to chase the people in front of them to the county office.

Halfway through, I found two people standing on the side of the street, and the two of them looked at the soldiers of the Restoration Camp motionlessly, and Min Zhuang ran past the two of them and didn't find them. Gou Xingwang stepped forward and said: "Two, go home quickly, now our Fuming Battalion has attacked the city, and the soldiers of the Fuming Battalion will not kill civilians, but the Qing troops will disperse, and you will be killed at that time." At this time, the two came back to their senses, and Chen Fuyi said cautiously: "The army of the Ming Dynasty really doesn't kill civilians?" ”

Lin Kejia said with a smile: "Of course, our Restoration Camp is the righteous army of the Ming Dynasty, just to drive away the brutal Tartars and not kill civilians." When Chen Fuyi heard this, he knelt down directly and said, "I surrender, I surrender." Lin Kejia saw that he just said a word, and this person knelt directly on the ground and shouted surrender, and asked, "Who are you?" You're going to surrender. Chen Fuyi hurriedly said: "I am the warden of Cangxi County, and I surrender." Then he pointed to Pei Ying and said: "He is Pei Ying, the magistrate of Cangxi County, and he asked people to go to the city to resist their heavenly soldiers, and it is none of my business." ”

Pei Ying originally stood aside and wanted to get through the pass, but as soon as Chen Fuyi shouted, the Ming army stopped a few people. Now repeating that he surrendered not to mention, but also putting all the responsibility for resisting Wang Shi on himself, is this still necessary? Seeing that he couldn't hide, the Ming army listened to Chen Fuyi's words and someone came forward to arrest him. Pei Ying couldn't care about the national law of the Qing Dynasty at this time, so he knelt on the ground and shouted: "I also surrender, the matter of defending the city was done by Chen Fuyi, and I didn't arrange it." Chen Fuyi saw that Pei Ying didn't recognize it now, and hurriedly said: "It was you who gave the order, and I did it."

Gou Xingwang shirked his responsibility when he saw the two of them on the scene, and couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous, and said, "I don't care which of you arranged it or who did it." How many Qing soldiers are there in the city now? Chen Fuyi hurriedly said: "There are no Tartars in the city, and there are only thirty servants in the city." These are the people I recruited in the afternoon. ”

When Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia heard this, they were overjoyed. Gou Xingwang said: "Okay, we accept the surrender of the two of you, and now go to appease the people, so that the people and Zhuang can lay down their weapons and surrender." If we find out if there are people and servants who have not come to surrender, you may not be able to save your heads. Chen Fuyi and Pei Ying hurriedly got up to gather the strong men, and Gou Xingwang sent people to follow the two.

Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia took people directly to the county office, and Gou Xingwang asked the officers of the county government to know that there was no school in Cangxi County, so they asked the soldiers of the Fuming Battalion to rest directly on the street and were not allowed to enter the houses to disturb the people. When the Restoration Battalion was established, this was supported by everyone, because the Restoration Battalion was composed of farmers at that time, and everyone was afraid of the officers and soldiers. If Zhu Dashan hadn't decided on this article, the Restoration Camp might have been like the displaced people in history, and in turn would have been merciless in robbing the people. But Zhu Dashan set this rule at the beginning of the establishment of the Restoration Camp, and everyone agreed with it.

Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia also thought about rushing overnight, but now the team is not just from the southern county, it is all their own people, and now there are many surrenders, and there are also many recruits recruited in Baoning. After coming out of Baoning, the mountains on this road are becoming more and more precipitous, and Cangxi Road Jianzhou is not available overnight. So as soon as the two discussed, they asked the team to rest in Cangxi for one night first, and then leave tomorrow.

The two didn't wait long in the county office, and Chen Fuyi and Pei Ying came to the county government with Minzhuang and the messengers. Gou Xingwang wanted to dismiss all these people, Lin Kejia said: "No, now Cangxi County is full of former officials, we have to leave tomorrow, and it is impossible to leave many people here, if we leave, they will suddenly cut us off." If Jianzhou doesn't do it for a while, we will definitely die. Gou Xingwang hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?" Kill them all? Lin Kejia said: "It's not okay to kill it, killing it will arouse public anger." It's better to bring all of them with the army, anyway, we didn't bring a small amount of food when we came out of Boryeong, so let them carry some food for us. One is to reduce the inventory in Cangxi County, beware of them cutting off our back road, and they won't last long when we turn back. ”

Gou Xingwang said: "Okay, just do it." Gou Xingwang then called Pei Ying and asked him to take out the grain from the treasury as military food.

Gou Xingwang and the two took the army to rest in Cangxi County for one night, and the next day they left a hundred soldiers to guard Cangxi, and went to Jianzhou with other troops, taking Chen Fuyi and the two hundred people he recruited to defend the city with them. Thinking that he joined the people, the team could only advance forty miles a day.

There are one hundred and thirty miles from Cangxi Dao Jianzhou, and the two of them walked with the army for three days, and only dared to go to Jianzhou at noon on the fourth day. Since Jianzhou is far from Boryeong and Cangxi, plus the roads are rugged. Jianzhou still didn't know about the Ming army's attack, and when Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia led the army to the east gate of Jianzhou, they sent scouts to the front to report that the gate of Jianzhou was open, and there were no preparations for defending the city.

The two were afraid of being a trap, and when they went to observe it themselves, they found that not only the city gate was not closed, but even the farmers who came in and out of agriculture were endless. Jianzhou is located near the Jianmen Pass in the dangerous mountains, but because of the reason for guarding the pass, Gao Minzhan, the governor of Sichuan, has taken care of Jianzhou, and the population is more than that of Cangxi and the south. However, Jianzhou is mountainous and flat, so the farmland near Jianzhou is all in the mountains, and the people in the city are cultivating and farming in the mountains outside the city.

It's almost noon and it's mid-May, and it's hot. People who were working outside the field went home to escape the heat. The gate of the city was extremely lively, how could Gou Xingwang and Lin Kejia miss this opportunity, let the elite soldiers and Minzhuang change their clothes and pretend to be farmers, and then go to the city to mix. Seeing the soldiers mixed into the city, he hurriedly gave an order and began to capture the city gates.

The guards at the city gate suddenly saw a group of men and horses shouting and killing in the distance, and there were thousands of them. The frightened also hurriedly ran to close the city gate, and did not care about the people outside the city who had not yet entered the city. At this moment, there were more than a dozen farmers who had been carrying grain into the city just now, and they drew their knives and slashed at the guards who closed the gate.

Immediately, several guards were cut down, and the frightened people who had already entered the city hurriedly ran away. As he ran, he shouted: "Murder, murder at the city gate." "The guards on the tower of the city saw the army shouting for the siege in the distance, and urged the soldiers on the city wall to go to their posts and prepare to defend the city. Then I heard people screaming in the doorway, and others shouting for murder. knew that there were spies who had come into the city to seize the door, and hurriedly ran down the city tower with a team of people. I saw that there were only five or six soldiers guarding the city, but they didn't close it.

The guard roared angrily and led the people into the city gate and attacked the soldiers of the Restoration Battalion. There were only a dozen soldiers in the Fuming Battalion, and a few people had already been injured in the fight with the guards just now, but now when the guards led people to rush, five or six people were killed in an instant. The city gate was also closed on one side, and the remaining soldiers of the Restoration Battalion held the gate on the other side.

The guard general was also anxious, and kept scolding the guards for attacking the Restoration Camp. At this time, reinforcements arrived in the city, and the guards were overjoyed. Seeing that the people of the Restoration Camp were about to retreat through the city gate step by step, there were almost already guards who had not yet closed half of the city gate. Gou Xingwang finally led the brigade to rush into the city gate hole. Gou Xingwang waved the big knife in his hand, and his guards also rushed forward desperately, and the guards immediately couldn't hold it and retreated one after another. The soldiers behind Gou Xingwang took the opportunity to open half of the closed city gate, and the Fuming Battalion Brigade immediately rushed into the city.

The guards saw that there were too many Ming troops who rushed into the city and fled, and Gou Xingwang asked people to go up and seize the city tower, and there was no threat from the city tower. The army brought by Gou Xingwang finally rushed into the city, and the soldiers of the Fuming battalion shouted while attacking: "The 100,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty have entered the city, surrender and do not kill." After the other city gates received the news of the Ming army's siege, they sent reinforcements to the east gate, but by the time the reinforcements arrived, the Fuming battalion had all entered the city.

The soldiers of the Fuming Battalion and the reinforcements who came from all over the place immediately fought together. There were other soldiers of the Restoration Battalion who did not encounter reinforcements and killed them in the city. For a while, the entire Jianzhou was full of killings, and there were gangsters who took advantage of the fire to rob, and ruffians and hooligans were in chaos. The entire Jianzhou was suddenly engulfed in the flames of war.