In the second year of Chongzhen, the first day of June.

An elite iron cavalry began to sweep through the cities of the four states and seven counties in Datong Prefecture.

Datong County, the closest to Datong Prefecture, bore the brunt of the attack and was surrounded by Wang Zezhi with 10,000 iron horsemen.

"Who's coming?"

"I am the chief soldier of Shanxi, the general of the dragon and tiger, the deputy Qianhu of Jinyiwei, Wang Zezhi, you and other collaborators with the enemy and treason, the crime is unforgivable, quickly open the city gate, spare the lives of the nine clans, otherwise, when the city is broken, the nine clans will not be protected."

Wang Zezhi stood in the distance of the county seat, holding a big horn rolled up with paper and shouting loudly.

"Phew, who doesn't know that your martial arts position is a guerrilla in Yanmen Pass, and you want to trick us into opening the city, but there are no gates, so you will come to attack the city."

The generals defending the city stood on the city wall without fear and shouted arrogantly.

"I've never seen such a brazen request, come on, order the artillery battalion, smash them."

After Wang Zezhi ordered Li Hua to lead 1,000 elite garrisons to garrison the guerrilla battalion, he transferred the artillery battalion and the infantry and shield soldiers to protect them, forming a strong army combining cavalry and artillery.

Wang Zezhi believed that no county town could survive under the bombardment of a hundred red-coated cannons.

After Wang Ze gave the order, the artillery battalion pushed a hundred red-coated cannons to the high ground, and began to bombard them in turns, taking ten guns as a unit.

Ten guns fired a salvo, and the heavy cannons of the red-coated cannons bombarded the battlements, shattering the masonry on the battlements, castrating unabated, and smashing the soldiers hiding behind the battlements.

The soldier died before he could scream.

The man hiding beside the soldier was pierced by the brick and stone shards, let out a terrible scream, and rolled on the ground bleeding all over.

In the consciousness of the general defending the city, it is necessary to pay a heavy price for storming the city, and he feels that with the 10,000 people in the hands of Wang Zezhi, he will not be able to defeat the county seat with high city and deep pools.

This is also the source of his confidence.

But what he didn't expect was that Wang Zezhi did not order the soldiers to attack at all, but bombarded them remotely with red-coated cannons.

Hundreds of red-clothed cannons, after a round of bombardment, Wang Zezhi looked at the city wall of Datong County that was bombed, and plucked his ears with his little finger.

"Read." Wang Zezhi said a word domineeringly, and the herald rode to Datong City to announce it.

"The garrison of Datong County, the magistrate of Datong County, colluded with the squires and wealthy businessmen, raised prices, betrayed the enemy, and the general army of Shanxi and the deputy of the Jinyi Guard, Wang Zezhi, was ordered to arrest such a person who has brought disaster to the country and the people, and you need to focus on the court and society, and work together to take the traitor, if you are still stubborn, you will be punished with the crime of complicity!

Treason against the enemy is a great sin for the nine clans, give you half an hour, and after half an hour, if you don't go out of the city to surrender, when the city is broken, you will wait for the day when the nine clans are destroyed. ”

The herald was finished, closed the proclamation and rode back.

Wang Zezhi ordered Yu Zhong to set off a firework for secret contact, and then began to wait silently.

In Datong County, some hidden spies immediately took action after seeing the fireworks.

"Those officials are greedy for our salaries, so we haven't been paid for months.

Now they are traitorous to the enemy, and outside the city is the Shanxi General Army, this person is the emperor's Jinyi Guard, the deputy Qianhu, so it is right that our garrison and the county governor are treasonous.

We can't follow such a group of people to death, when the city is broken, our nine clans will be implicated. ”

"Yes, there are so many red-coated cannons, I have never seen them in my life, you see that the city walls have collapsed, I don't think we can hold it for even a day."

"Let's do the opposite, let's catch this dog, and if you catch him, you may be able to get some reward, and if you don't pay for a few months, the birds will fade out of Lao Tzu's mouth."

A few spies lurking in the garrison pulled some familiar soldiers and whispered.

At the same time, there were also several secret spies among the officials and helpers in Datong County.

They gathered the officials and helpers in the county seat, and quietly went to the homes of the magistrates, county officials, master books, and canons.

The artillery fire outside Datong County has just been extinguished, but the aftermath is still there.

However, in the mansion of the magistrate, he was playing peek-a-boo with his two concubines, and he was not worried that Wang Zezhi would come in.

He thinks that Wang Zezhi is at most pretentious to scare him, if he really attacks, it will be a rebellion, and rebellion is to be the enemy of the entire Ming Dynasty, he does not believe that anyone will be stupid enough to be the enemy of the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Catch the traitorous thief and kill me!"

As soon as the magistrate caught a concubine and was about to hehe, he heard shouts of killing in the courtyard.

Zhixian frowned, tore off the black cloth that covered his eyes, and walked out of the house unhappy.

"Presumptuous! You dare to come to the official's mansion to spread wild, come to someone... Oops.. Hmm..."The servants and helpers in his courtyard were slashing down the slaves who were guarding the home in the Zhixian Mansion, while looking for the figure of the Zhixian County in all directions.

What they didn't expect was that the magistrate ran out by himself.

When the group saw that Zhixian had run out, their eyes lit up, and they gave him a stuffy stick and tied him up.

At the same time as the magistrate was arrested, the county magistrate, the master book, and the canon history were also arrested.

In addition to them, the generals defending the city were also captured alive by the soldiers defending the city, and opened the city gate to Wang Zezhi.

"My lord, how to deal with the Datong County garrison?" Yang Guo asked.

"Well, send his incriminating evidence to Governor Song along with himself, and the soldiers who sacrifice the city will be rewarded, each with a reward of ten taels of silver, and if the magistrate can be arrested, the reward of the magistrate will be twenty taels of silver."

Wang Zezhi did not kill them, not because he was merciful.

He has his own plans, and he doesn't want Chongzhen to turn his face so quickly.

If he beheaded these officials privately, there would really be no room for maneuver.

However, it would be different if he sent the evidence of these people's crimes to Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, with them, and then asked him to hand them over to the imperial court for disposal.

This is for the sake of eradicating the scourge of the country.

Just like Wang Chengen told him last time, if he had asked the court and Chongzhen before he acted, then things would not have become too bad.

As soon as Wang Zezhi finished speaking, the officials and helpers in Datong County escorted the magistrate, the county officer, the main book, and the official of the history out of the city to surrender.

"Okay, I caught the righteous man of the county and rewarded twenty taels of silver, and the county magistrate, the main book, and the classic history of the people were ten taels each, and the county magistrate and others also sent their letters and incriminating evidence to Governor Song."

"Thank you, sir!"

When the officials and helpers who had caught the officials heard that there was a reward, they nodded and praised Wang Zezhi one by one.

"Ask them if they are willing to join the army, and if they are willing to join the army, they will be paid and fed." Wang Zezhi saw that there were many big men among these people, so he thought about taking them into his team.

"Yes, yes, I can't wait." The servants and helpers belong to the lower ninth class, and they are not welcomed, and no one can afford them at all.

They had long heard about the salaries and silver in Wang Zezhi's army and the fields and houses rewarded for military merits, and at this moment they heard that Wang Zezhi was willing to recruit them, and without saying a word, they expressed their willingness to enlist in the army.

Wang Zezhi nodded and ordered the recruiter to register their information and organize them into military households.

After the registration was completed, the officials and helpers who were organized into military households were incorporated into the army, set up a separate battalion, and became a part of Wang Zezhi's command.

"Big... My lord, do you think we will succeed? We want to too. A soldier guarding the city smiled innocently and asked tentatively.

"I can't ask for it." Wang Zezhi looked at these soldiers, although these people are yellow and thin, but the skeleton trained by the soldiers is still there, as long as the food keeps up, a little training is a qualified sergeant.

"Lord Xie, Lord Xie!" These soldiers were overjoyed, and the secret spies who infiltrated had already told them how good Wang Zezhi was to the soldiers under his command.

In addition to salary, there is also land and houses, and if there are enough military achievements, the daughter-in-law will help them marry.

Such a good welfare package, they have never heard of or seen it.