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

Wang Ze did not stop for a moment, and after taking Shuozhou, he first captured Yingzhou, and then attacked Hunyuan Prefecture.

Then go south to Liankelingqiu and Guangchang counties, and then go north to capture Guangling County.

Now in front of him is only the last state in Datong Province, Ulju.

Ulzhou belongs to Datong Province and has jurisdiction over Guangchang County, Guangling County and Lingqiu County.

When Wang Zezhi captured Hunyuan Prefecture, the governor of Ulzhou ordered Guangchang County, Guangling County, and Lingqiu County to clear the walls and concentrate all his forces in Ulzhou, and he planned to fight to the death with Wang Zezhi.

If that's all it takes, the Ulzhou Zhizhou actually pulled the people of the three counties up.

He intended for the people to fight to the death with him.

"Ulju can't be stormed, there are too many people.

He cut off their water first, and prevented them from going out of the city to get water, and blocked the canal that came into the city, so that they would have no water to drink.

Then surround Ulzhou, let them have no food to eat, block their sentinels, and prevent them from leaking the news.

Ordered the logistics troops and the construction corps to come quickly, we are going to fight a protracted war, and Ulzhou must be consumed. ”

"Order."

The herald was ordered to pass the order and went.

Wang Zezhi walked around the tent, thinking about it, but he couldn't make a decision to bombard the people.

"My lord, someone sent this." Just when Wang Zezhi was hesitating, Bai Zhangtang came in to report.

Wang Zezhi looked at the two letters he presented and was a little puzzled.

The envelope was not written for whom, and Wang Zezhi couldn't guess what would be in it.

"Where did it come from?"

"It's a lot like the master from last time." Bai Zhangtang said uncertainly.

Wang Zezhi frowned a little puzzled, if he met a master once, it might be an accident, and the two encounters were not an accident, but someone deliberately did it.

Wang Zezhi ordered Bai Zhangtang to open the envelope, he was worried that there was something unclean hidden in the envelope, such as poison powder and the like.

Bai Zhangtang opened the envelope, and the general content of the letter was that Wang Zezhi, the chief soldier of Shanxi, was going to collect business taxes privately, and told merchants in Shanxi to be careful.

At the end of the letter there is a small private seal, one is Changqing, and the other is a jade rope.

Wang Zezhi touched his chin and began to recall, it is not for nothing that there are people who call these two names in the court.

There were exactly two of them, but not their names, but their characters.

Wen Tiren, the word Changqing, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and the third rank of the imperial court.

Zhou Yanru, the word jade rope, a scholar of Dongge University, and a five-grade official of the imperial court.

Wang Zezhi couldn't understand why these two goods couldn't get along with him.

Although neither of them is a good thing, he thinks he has not provoked these two.

Thinking about it carefully, there is only one possibility, that is, there is some shady transaction between these two people and some businessmen, and among the seventy-four squires of Datong Mansion who Wang Zezhi privately beheaded, there must be someone who has something to do with them.

Otherwise, I really can't figure out why these two people would mess with him.

After figuring out the key, Wang Zezhi began to fight back.

Gifts are still exchanged, you mess with me, I can't say anything if I don't return the salute.

Wang Zezhi laughed and ordered someone to take the city defense map of Datong Mansion that Baizhangtang had robbed, and cut this map into two parts.

From these two letters, the two of them and their private seals were pasted and put in their envelopes.

Doing this well, Wang Zezhi's mind flashed, and he felt that Ulzhou might be able to break through without attacking.

He had already read the confessions of the big bosses who had interrogated him, and a businessman named Fan Ming had gathered a group of businessmen to deliver supplies to Houjin.

These merchants were not only Shanxi merchants, but also merchants from Shandong, Hedong, Hexi, Suzhou and Hangzhou.

It just so happened that Wang Zezhi had letters exchanged between officials and these businessmen, although their letters were written about some romantic affairs, but no one knew whether they used code words?

Coupled with Chongzhen's suspicious nature, he would definitely not believe that these officials were just chatting with businessmen about some romantic affairs.

......

Wang Zezhi swept Datong Mansion in just three days and captured seven counties in three states.

Song Tongyin, the first inspector of Shanxi, was suspicious, and on the one hand, he strengthened the defense of Yanmen Pass and Ningwu Pass, and on the other hand, he received problematic officials and businessmen sent by Wang Zezhi.

These officials, from the Zhizhou of Wupin, to the canonical history of the non-stream, were all captured by Wang Zezhi.

Except for the Zhizhou of Shuozhou, which was bombarded and shattered and did not be sent, the one that has not been sent now is the Zhizhou of Ulzhou.

Of course, officials from the three counties of Guangchang, Guangling, and Lingqiu under the jurisdiction of Ulzhou were not arrested.

Because they received the news in advance, they all ran to Ulju.

Wang Zezhi attacked the city and plundered the land, confiscated the property of the wealthy merchants, and when Song Tongyin first heard about it, he almost vomited blood.

When he saw the evidence sent by Wang Zezhi, Song Tongyin hesitated again.

Originally, he thought that Wang Zezhi had rebelled, but what those people did was intolerable by the law of the country and by heavenly reason, and any one of them was a big crime of the Nine Clans, so he couldn't help but be imprudent.

After careful consideration, Song Tongyin first imprisoned these problematic officials and businessmen, and he was going to write an excerpt to Chongzhen and ask the emperor to decide.

After hiding in Wei Yunzhong, who was in Xuanfu, heard what Wang Zezhi had done, he praised Wang Zezhi for doing a good job.

For what these wealthy businessmen did, he had long been displeased, if it weren't for the support of the ministers of the court behind these people, Wei Yunzhong would have wanted to deal with them.

Wei Yunzhong thought carefully for a moment, but he still decided to help Wang Zeyi.

......

Wang Zezhi's lightning attacked, and everyone was stunned.

Wang Zezhi controlled most of Datong Mansion in just three days, and all the means and intrigues used by merchants against Wang Zezhi were ineffective.

On this day, the merchants in Shanxi were frightened.

After the merchants of Taiyuan and Pingyang knew that Datong Mansion had fallen and that the merchants who had participated in the price hike had been raided, they immediately restored normal prices without saying a word.

Even, a very small number of unclean businessmen spontaneously lowered their prices by 10%.

Wang Zezhi's troops outside the city of Ulzhou stopped moving for two or three days.

However, the water and food in Ulju City were cut off, and he was about to be trapped to death.

Wang Zezhi did not move, but the merchants and officials in the city were dying of fear.

At this moment, they gathered in the mansion of the governor of Ulju and had a disagreement, and some of the squires and wealthy merchants who had no problems proposed to open the city and surrender.

No matter what Wang Zezhi said, he was also the chief soldier of Shanxi, and they didn't believe that Wang Zezhi would kill innocents indiscriminately.

Another group of squires and wealthy businessmen who had allied with Pham Minh did not agree.

Officials from three counties and one state also disagreed.

The main problem now is that they are not only running out of water, but also of food.

The governor of Ulju hopes that the local squires and wealthy merchants will come up with some grain.

The local squires and wealthy merchants were unwilling.

As a result, the meeting to raise food and grass ended unhappily.

The meeting broke up, but the squires and wealthy merchants who were okay took action.

That night, they bought a soldier to defend the city and sent out their cronies with ropes.

They intended to dedicate the city.

When these people came to find Wang Zezhi, Wang Zezhi was also a little surprised.

When these people cried that the officials, gentry, and profiteers in the city wanted to steal the food from their homes, Wang Zezhi understood that these people were afraid of losing their property.

"Go back and tell your master that the gates of the city will be opened at noon tonight, and my king will promise not to move you in the slightest, if not, it will be difficult to say."