Chapter Twenty-Four: Surrender

On the 2nd day of the first month of April, Wu Junzhen hurriedly woke up the soldiers of the Ming army and led them to escort the thieves to the county hall. Wu Junzhen replied: "The last general is Tongguan Wei Qian. ”

Knowing that it was the arrival of the Ming Zheng Liupin military general, Ming Changqing Zhixian hurriedly came over and saluted, "Oops! The lower officials don't know that it is Mr. Qian's arrival that is far away, and he asks Mr. Qian to atone for his sins! ”

But Wu Junzhen politely helped him up to see how he interrogated the thieves in the hall, and Ming Changqing Zhixian asked, "Bold thief, who ordered you to steal?" If you don't invite the truth, this official will definitely disembowel you. At this moment, Ma Wei, who was watching under the lobby, was holding three rock sugar gourds and two sugar paintings in his hands, and he was also eating a Poria cake in his mouth.

He looked at the magistrate and the county trial, and the thief couldn't bear it anymore, so he said, "The little one didn't want to steal that son's pocket, but that son has a special fragrance?" ”

Ming Changqing Zhixian shook his head helplessly after hearing this, and scolded: "Okay! Are you not only daring, but also perverted? Someone's coming! Dragged down to the official and dragged to the West Market in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he was immediately hanged to show the public. Seeing the discerning appearance of the magistrate, Wu Junzhen praised him with a fist and then took his leave.

Ma Wei, who looked confused, was still eating, and when he saw that the case was over, he walked over to Wu Junzhen in disappointment and said, "Brother Wu, I haven't seen enough!" How did this end up? And Wu Junzhen looked at him and said, "Let's talk about it after eating what you have in hand!" ”

At this moment, the cavalry of the two banners of the Karaqin Daluhua Red Belt in Southern Mongolia came, and the city of Leling County in the plain area asked the Karaqin artillery men to set up ten mortar cannons, and let the Karaqin archers scatter nearby, ordering the Karaqin cavalry to prepare.

When the Ming army in Leling County saw that there was an enemy attacking in the distance, the soldiers were startled and hurriedly ran to report to the Ming Leling Zhi County: Qin Wensheng.

Who knew that the county magistrate, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, learned that a strong enemy was coming, and directly said, "Hurry, go and open the city gate!" What are you still doing? Just wait for them to enter the city and send them away with some food and supplies, don't anger them, or the city will be broken and innocent people will be hurt! "In fact, the magistrate wanted to surrender and save their lives.

However, outside the city, the Mongol Karaqin Daru Huachi shouted without knowing it, "Mongolian: Prepare to attack." "But you don't want the gates to be opened suddenly? The cavalry of the Karaqin Two Banners was very surprised! They didn't dare to approach the city gate easily, they were afraid that this was an empty city plan? Karaqin Daru Huachi grabbed the Manchu translator next to him and said, "Mongolian: Go and see what's going on?" ”

But the timid Manchu translator didn't dare to step forward easily, and suddenly a Ming army came out of the city gate? I saw that this Ming army did not arrange a formation but lined up in two teams, and one of the generals was escorted by soldiers, and the Manchu translator walked over slowly, it turned out to be the captain of Ming Zhongwu: Shen Bige, this person was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, he didn't want the Zhixian to surrender to the enemy, so he persuaded the Zhixian, but he didn't expect the Zhixian to actually kidnap him and prepare to surrender.

At this time, the Manchu interpreter stepped forward and asked, "Lord Zhixian, what is the intention of this?" Unexpectedly, the magistrate of Mingle Ling lowered his head and saluted and said: "Daming Leling magistrate welcomes the arrival of the envoy." Captain Ming Zhongwu, who was watching from the side, said angrily, "Phew, dog officer! As an official of the imperial court, you surrendered to Jiannu Tartars! Aren't you afraid of being accused of being a traitor? ”

But the angry Mingle Lingzhi County immediately punched Captain Mingzhong in the stomach and scolded, "Shut your mouth, maybe this official can spare your life?" Otherwise, don't blame the official for being ruthless. ”

So the Manchu translator brought the Karaqin cavalry behind him into the city with the Manchu Dora Rao Yu Beile, and the frightened magistrate kept kneeling at the gate of the city and did not move, and the Karaqin Daru Huachi was not interested in these officials! Instead, he was interested in the silver and women in the city, and he was very excited to lead the cavalry of the Second Banner into the city to rob everywhere.

At this moment, the Manchu Dynasty Doro Rao Yu Beile walked to the gate of the city and asked, "Jurchen language: How many materials are there in this Zhixian county?" The Manchu interpreter said to the magistrate, "How much grain, horses, and equipment are there in the city?" ”

Mingle Lingxian hurriedly raised his head and replied, "There are 80 stones of grain, 200 horses, and not many instruments, about 7 bundles?" "The Manchu Dora Rao Yu Beile instructed the Manchu Iron Pigeon to be responsible for carrying the grain and equipment, and then set fire to the county seat and evacuated, knowing that there was no way to live, the Mingle Ling Zhi County asked the Manchu Dora Rao Yu Belle to take him in, and led the march together, in fact, he wanted to get benefits.

But the Manchu Dora Rao Yu Beile saw that he was useless, so he was about to kill him and throw him into the city, just as he pulled out his knife, Mingle Lingzhi hurriedly said, "My lord, my lord, spare my life!" Xiaguan and Xiaguan can lead the army south, oh, by the way, Xinyang County is also a relatively rich county nearby, so let the Xiaguan lead the army south, right? ”

The Manchu Qing Duoluo Rao Baylor, who wanted to end his life, saw that he still had some use value after hearing the Manchu translator's explanation, and this person was greedy for life and afraid of death, and it was easier to use, so he rewarded him with a team of Manchu soldiers and let him be (Han Army Inlaid Blue Flag Niu Lu Ezhen), after receiving the reward of Baylor, Qin Wensheng happily thanked him on the spot and asked the Manchu soldiers to bring a (red tasseled hat) to wear on their heads, and deliberately waved their majesty to walk in front to lead the way.

Introduced this batch of Jiannu and Karaqin cavalry into the Xinyang County area, and stood outside Xinyang County, the Manchu Duoluo Rao Yu Beile signaled to let the Manchu Han army inlay the blue flag Niu Lu Ezhen: Qin Wensheng, go and call for the city gate to open the Ming army to surrender.

I saw that Qin Wensheng was very happy and bowed down and said, "Huh! He seemed to have completely forgotten that he was a Ming man, and when he walked to the city, he shouted confidently, "The Ming army in the city heard that the Qing Dynasty's Belle Ye led the Manchurian army to the city, and I advise you to surrender quickly!" Otherwise, your life will not be guaranteed. ”

These words were frightened by the Ming Xinyang Qianzong in the city: Mo Shusheng, hearing his serious order to shoot the Ming army, (bang, bang, bang) a few shots to scare the traitor: Qin Wensheng, hurriedly retreated to the frightened report "Qi Qi Belle Ye, these soldiers are too tricky!" Heβ€”he doesn't listen to me! ”

The Manchu Dora Rao Yu Beile in front of him knew that it was useless to see him, so he had to command the Manchu and Mongolian army to attack the city, and after the order was issued, the Manchu Qing Zheng Blue Banner Gushan Ezhen: Wusu Hutongge, took the lead in leading the Manchu Zheng Blue Banner as the vanguard to quickly shoot at the Ming army on the city tower to break through the armor.

Then he used the Manchu Wuzhen Chaoha Fire Gun Team to shoot with bird guns and electric guns, so that the Ming army had no power to fight back, and Ming Xinyang Qianzong was shot on the spot! The Ming artillerymen were also shot a few dead! As a result, the defense of the Ming army in the city was instantly loosened.

The second team of Manchurian iron cavalry waved iron claws under the city, threw up some iron claws hooked on the wall, and some iron claws hooked the Ming soldiers down the city wall, and Manchu soldiers set up a ladder to climb the city, and the defenders of Xinyang County slashed together, soon Xinyang County also fell and was brutally killed by the Manchu and Mongolian army, men, women and children in the city fled in a panic, and the women who did not escape were basically insulted to death!

At the same time, a group of officials in Changqing County were escorting the thieves and slowly walking towards the entrance of the vegetable market, and the people along the way gritted their teeth when they saw this kind of thieves, and they picked up the eggs and vegetables in the vegetable basket and threw them over.

He was very embarrassed by the green vegetables in the thief's face, especially the egg yolk looked disgusting on his face.

I saw that the thief slowly raised his hand locked in chains, wiped the egg yolk on his face, and began to say to the official next to him, "Two officials, can you let me drink a bowl of water before I die?" Eating two steamed buns? Seeing that he was going to die anyway, the official didn't think much about it, so he immediately agreed.

An official went to the side to buy two steamed buns, and asked someone to pour a bowl of water and put it on the ground, while the thief gently raised his hand wearing a chain and said, "The official is loose?" It's too heavy to hold the bowl! ”

At this time, the officials looked at each other, and thought that this man would not dare to run away with his bare hands, so they agreed to untie the chains in their hands and give him a full meal, and after the chains were untied, the thieves moved their muscles, reached out and took a slow sip of the bowl on the ground.

Suddenly, he had an idea to use the water in the bowl and splash it directly into the eyes of one official, and the official immediately covered his eyes and wiped the water, and the thief took the opportunity to snatch the saber from the waist of the official and hacked another official to death, and the rest of the officials quickly drew their knives and shouted, "How dare the bold thief cut the official to death?" Take this man down quickly. But the thief reacted quickly, and he grabbed it, and threw the hacked corpses of the officials on the ground into the arms of the other officials, knocking them down.

However, quickly turned around and ran away in the crowd, the officials got up and hurriedly chased after them, and the thieves knew that they would definitely be caught by the officials if they ran like this, so they turned an alley and came to another street, only to find that the two people walking in front of them were very familiar? He remembered that it was the handsome boy who had stolen his pocketbag before.

The thief grabbed him by the neck without even thinking about rushing over, and just as the officials chased after him, the thief shouted, "Don't come!" I'll kill him if he moves. The handsome boy who was strangled uncomfortably beat the thief, and the maid next to him said, "Let go of my son-in-law!" ”

At this moment, the thief smiled and said, "Hehehe! Since I can't live! Then pull someone to bury with me! ”