Chapter 88

In the eastern sky, the fiery morning glow is as enthusiastic as a mountain, and the waves are churning. After a night of tranquility, the city of Changzhou once again resumed its previous liveliness, compared to a few days when the city gate was closed, at this time the gate of Changzhou, which had been closed for a month, had been opened, and the traders had entered the Songjiang City, as if the chaos had gone away a few days ago.

However, even so, when the traders enter the city, they will still be interrogated by the soldiers, in fact, the opening of the city is also a last resort, if it is not because after the closure of the city, people in the city have begun to starve to death, resulting in the confusion of the people's brave army, as the prefect of Changzhou, Cui Zongtai will not open the city gate.

For Cui Zongtai, as a banner man, he doesn't care about the life or death of the Han people at all, although he is also a Han army banner and a Han person, but for him as a Fengtian person, he believes that he is a flag man, for him, the life and death of the people of Changzhou City are not more important to defend Changzhou for the imperial court, but after the garrison soldiers were transferred to Nanjing, he knew very well that he had to rely on the Han people to defend the city.

Therefore, after a month of the closure of the city, after hundreds of people in the city starved to death because of the lack of food at home, in the face of the military spirit that began to fluctuate, knowing that most of the townspeople were worried about the safety of their families in the city, after learning that the Jiangyin "thieves" had sent troops to Changshu, although he was still a little unwilling, Cui Zongtai was still forced to order the city gate to be opened. However, out of prudence, he ordered that only the east gate and the great south gate be opened, and that the other gates remain closed.

"I hope Changshu County can last a few days!"

Looking at the map, Cui Zongtai thought in his heart, it has been so long since the calculation of the days, and the reinforcements of the imperial court should be coming soon, as long as it lasts a few more days, this Changzhou City will naturally have no worries.

"Hmph, it's nothing more than a rabbit's tail......"

Thinking like this in his heart, Cui Zongtai picked up a notice, this is a notice distributed by the Jiangyin garrison in the name of Zheng Chenggong, although this notice came in a few days ago, but he was the only one in Changzhou City who saw this notice.

"This domain advocates righteousness in heaven, punishes and hangs the people, pro-unification masters, and takes Nanjing first. Born in fire and water, the prestige of the Han Dynasty officials. The civil and military generals of the pseudo-bureau are all the sons of the Ming Dynasty, and they are poor and humiliated, and they are entrusted to the court, and they would rather not forbear! Huayi's distinction is very clear, and the goodness of loyalty and filial piety is at ease. Take revenge on the snow, how can you wait for a different time; Returning to the right and reversing the evil is today.

Those who return with all the province will not hesitate to divide the soil; Those who return with one town and one town will be determined and disciplined. or lead the troops, then according to their number and merit promotion; or come cleanly, then they will be exceeded by the measure of their duties. If the Mongols, Jurchens, etc., are rewarded by the state, they are not the same category, and they are regarded as one body. The name of the eternal merit is fought for in an instant. The teacher will not raise again, and the time will not come again......"

"Ridiculous!"

Throwing the notice on the table, Cui Zongtai once again took out a piece of paper, which listed the names of some people, including local gentry in Changzhou and Han officials.

"What the lord said is extremely true!"

Li Cunpu, who was standing on the side, hurriedly echoed.

"Absurd!"

As the master, Li Cunpu is still the same as in the past, and continues to follow the words of the prefect.

"This Zheng thief is extremely arrogant, and let him be rampant, wait until the imperial army kills, and see how long he can be rampant! At that time, I will have to scrape this Zheng thief father and son with a thousand knives! ”

Master's words were heard in Cui Zongtai's ears, making him smile and say,

"His surname Zheng has a good calculation, Lao Tzu has lowered the Qing, his son is anti-Qing, the eggs are not put into a cage, and after the Zheng thief is destroyed this time, the government will write to the court to behead Zheng Zhilong!"

As he spoke, Cui Zongtai comforted the master in front of him who had been with him for many years,

"Yuncheng, you have been running around with the master and me all these years, and I have seen the credit and hard work in my eyes, after repelling the Zheng thief this time, I will recommend you to be released as an official,"

"Ahh

Cui Zongtai's words made Li Cunpu quickly kneel down and kowtow and said/

"Thank you, the big man, the big man will not forget the grace of the big man!"

Cui Zongtai was very satisfied with the performance of the master, he nodded slightly, looked at Li Cunpu who was kneeling on the ground and said.

"Master, do you remember my kindness, it doesn't matter, as long as you are good at doing errands for the court and loyal to the emperor, you will be worthy of my lord......"

"Big lord, big lord, it's a big deal, it's a big deal......

Suddenly, the urgent sound of a soldier outside the door interrupted Choi Jong-tae's words.

"What kind of system is it to be flustered!"

The urgent sound of being beaten by the pawn made Cui Zongtai, who was originally soliciting people's hearts, feel annoyed, and when he went out, he was even more reprimanded.

"Say, what's so flustered?"

"Return, go back to the eldest master, Master Yan of Zhutang sent someone to send a message, saying that there is a large group of men and horses of the Ming army, and they are killing towards Changzhou!"

The pawn's reply made Cui Zongtai stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to exit and order the city gate to be closed, the master on the side reminded.

"Master, be careful of deception!"

Fraud?

Li Cunpu's reminder Cui Zongtai raised his eyebrows, and looked at him with some puzzlement.

"What do you mean by this?"

"Master, although this Zhutang is on the way to Changzhou, it is not on the road from Jiangyin to Changzhou, if the news brought by this Lord Yan is wrong, the lord will close the city gate, and when the time comes, I am afraid that it will cause some chaos in the city!"

Listening to Li Cunpu's warning, Choi Jong-tae immediately realized the problem.

If the gates of the city are closed in such a bold way, how will the people who have not bought food be instigated to take advantage of the chaos when the time comes? Perhaps, this is the suspicious plan of the Jiangyin thieves, they are the suspicious soldiers who let themselves close the city gate in a hurry, thus causing chaos in the city!

"Yuncheng, then, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

When encountering problems, there is a master, and for a flag man like Cui Zongtai, who is a local official, they almost habitually throw the problem to the master to deal with, especially when they encounter problems.

"It's easy to do, when the adults posted the notice yesterday, they said that the people in the city planned to open the city for five days, but I didn't say how long the city opened every day, this day has opened the city for three hours, then we will open for five hours today, even if the thieves in Jiangyin put on their wings, two hours are difficult for us here, not to mention two hours, that is, two days, it is estimated that we don't think of this, as for tomorrow, the city gate will only be open for three hours, and the day after tomorrow, it will only be open for one hour, and in the next few days, it will only be open for one hour a day, As long as there are still some thoughts, as long as the gates of this city are open, they will be able to buy food, and the people in this city will naturally not be in turmoil."

Looking at the thoughtful prefect, Li Cunpu continued to persuade.

"And the eldest lord can also send out a scout, not to patrol around. Even if they really fly to Changzhou City, when the jack box falls, it is just a suck of effort, so why bother adults! ”

Without waiting for the prefect to make a decision, Li Cunpu said in an accentuated tone.

"My lord, if this is really a suspicious plan of the thieves, if we close the city gate, then there may be a big mess......"

"What Yuncheng said is extremely true!"

Cui Zongtai, who had been convinced, nodded and said.

"We can't fall for the tricks of these Southern Barbarians, yes, this matter, just do it according to Yuncheng's idea, hum, I still don't believe it, those Southern Barbarians, is it possible to fly?"

Today is 9.18...... Remember this day, the alarm is off! May that alarm never go off again......