Hao Xiaozhong knew very well that Xuanhua had been besieged by rebels for more than a month, and the biggest enemy he defended the city was not the rebels outside the city, but the unstable hearts of the troops in the city, who were prone to traitors.

This Jiang Xiang uprising soon spread to the whole of Shanxi, and tens of thousands of thieves in Xuanfu and other places flocked to respond to Jiang Xiang, which shows that the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is not stable and unpopular.

If there is a military deterrent, the advantages of the Qing Dynasty are there, and the people in the city will naturally not have other thoughts, but now that the Qing Dynasty is not as good as before, and Xuanhua City has been besieged for another month, it is difficult to say whether there will be anyone in the city to rebel.

Although Fan Yongdou and others offered money and food, rewarded the recruits to defend the city, and gave double salaries to the soldiers of the green battalion, although the silver was good, they had to spend their lives.

Therefore, Hao Xiaozhong was still very worried about the people in the city, so he asked Fan Yongdou, who was already regarded as a fat sheep by the rebels, to organize people to patrol the city and monitor the big households in the city to prevent them from collaborating with the enemy.

But Fan Yongdou didn't expect that he didn't react when he monitored these big households, but Geng Lian, who fled from Datong to Xuanhua, suddenly reversed.

Who would have thought that Governor Geng, who had just been commended by the regent Dolgon and promoted to the rank of prefect of Xuanda, would take the lead in opening the east gate and letting the rebels into the city?

After Geng Lian gave Ning Wan a surprise, he gave Fan Yongdou a huge surprise, which made them extremely unexpected and bitter.

Jiang Youguang received the secret letter shot from the city, and he was very surprised after reading it, but he thought about it carefully and was relieved.

At the same time, Geng Lian's gang slipped away first because he was afraid of death, and as a result, Ning Wan couldn't get out of the city and was killed to sacrifice the flag. This kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, it is reasonable to sell a few more people and sacrifice Xuanhua City.

Moreover, Jiang Youguang didn't want to retreat to Datong in disgrace, even if there was no letter from Geng Liao, he would attack Xuanhua again, so after receiving the letter, he immediately decided to attack the city.

Hao Xiaozhong listened to Fan Yongdou's words, and immediately felt frightened, and there were countless sentences in his heart, and he wanted to kill Geng Liao alive, but the east gate was opened, and the rebels had already entered the city, and if he didn't leave, he could only be tied up and invited to reward.

"Master Fan, gather the elite quickly, and break through with me!" Hao Xiaozhong hated his teeth, and pulled Fan Yongdou and said urgently.

Just when the east gate was opened and thousands of Datong elite soldiers poured into the city, the rebels also climbed to the top of the city on a large scale.

Hearing the news that Datong's elite soldiers entered the city, the Qing army in the city who was inspired by money to defend the city, as well as the young and strong who helped the battle, immediately collapsed, and many people hurriedly put down their weapons and hid in private houses.

It's just that the defenders have collapsed, the command is unknown, the rout is crowded at the city gate, Hao Xiaozhong rushed to kill several times, and he couldn't come out, and finally the war horse was stabbed to death by a spear, and the people were captured by Chen Du.

Because of assisting the Qing army to defend the city, and learning that his hometown had been copied by Jiang Xiang, Wang Dengku, Wang Dayu, Huang Dafa and others in the eight imperial merchants, knew that they could not survive, closed the door of the mansion and took the concubine to set fire to themselves, Fan Yongdou and others saw that they couldn't rush out, so they cut their braids, wrapped their headscarves, and pretended to be the rebels, wanting to fish in troubled waters, but after all, they were captured by the rebels.

The city gate opened, Jiang Youguang rode into the city, Geng Liao stood by the city gate, saw him come in, immediately greeted him with a smile, helped Jiang Youguang hold the reins with one hand, and flattered: "The general Shenwei is the world, sweeping the land of one government and two states, and now Xuanhua will surrender and attack Beijing to recover the old capital, and it is not a problem!" ”

Jiang Youguang glanced at Geng Lian and despised this person from the bottom of his heart, but he was in a good mood today, and said with a smug smile: "Lord Geng's meritorious service this time is not small, if he attacks the Beijing Division, he will take you as the forerunner!" ”

Geng Liao was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed: "The subordinate has thanked the general for his attention, and is willing to move forward for the general!" ”

Jiang Youguang smiled, and then rushed into the city.

After a short time, he summoned the people to discuss the temporary festival hall in the future, Chen Du came first, he led Wang Dou to Jiang Youguang, and proudly arched his hand: "Four generals, bring the first subordinate to the city!" He glanced at the other leaders of the rebel army who came over in the hall, and said with a smile: "In addition, the enemy general Hao Xiaozhong was also captured by his humble post and is now being detained outside the office. ”

Jiang Youguang laughed when he heard this, "Chen Shoubei has made a great contribution this time!" ”

first landed in the city, and then captured Hao Xiaozhong, and half of the credit was about to fall on him.

"Don't dare! This is all well commanded by the four generals! Chen Du didn't dare, but there was a smile on his face.

"Hao Xiaozhong will be held first, and then he will have his own fate!" Jiang Youguang said a word, and when he saw that everyone had arrived between the words, he immediately looked around at everyone and said, "You have something to say about going to the city!" ”

Several other leaders of the rebel army glanced at Chen Du fiercely, and finally bowed down and hugged their fists, "This time it is indeed Chengbei who is one step ahead of the city!" ”

Seeing that everyone was meaningless, Jiang Youguang nodded and looked at Wang Dou, "You are the first person to go to the city today?" ”

Wang Dou hurriedly stepped forward and saluted on one knee, "Humble Wang Dou, see the four generals!" ”

Jiang Youguang looked up and down at the shrewd man who was nearly forty years old in front of him, which was different from the person he expected in advance, he thought that the first person to go to the city should be a warrior with a strong physique, but he looked at Wang Dou's attire, but he also understood why he went to the city first.

"Where are you from?" Jiang Youguang asked again, "Ben will look at your armor, it seems that you used to be an officer, I don't know what position it is?" ”

"The lowly position is the person of Xuanfu Town, Baoan Prefecture, and Shunxiang Fort, and it is also the hereditary general flag of Shunxiang Fort. After the Qing army entered the customs, the lowly post has been farming in the fort, this time the old chief responded to the four generals, and the humiliation also brought more than 20 men in the fort to accompany him! ”

Jiang Youguang nodded, the other horses are expanding too fast, what is most lacking at the moment is not people, but officers who can command non-commissioned officers, although the general banner is a petty official, but after all, he has received orthodox training, he immediately smiled and said: "Very good, your performance this time is good, Ben will not change his previous promise, and in addition, he is giving you a promotion to the next level, how about being an official of 100 households?" ”

Wang Dou was overjoyed in his heart, but he didn't take the order immediately, but glanced at Chen Du, who then said with a smile: "What are you doing in a daze, don't thank the fourth general soon!" ”

"Humble General Xie Si is rewarded!" Wang Dou hurriedly saluted.

At that moment, Jiang Youguang waved his hand to let him retreat, and then asked the generals in the hall: "How is the situation in the city?" Is the situation under control? ”

Jiang Youguang's general, He Shouzhong, who rushed into the city, immediately hugged his fists and reported: "The four generals of Huiyu, the treasury and the warehouse in the city have basically been controlled, but most of the shops in the city have been ransacked, and the city is still very chaotic and has not been completely controlled!" ”

Jiang Youguang naturally knew the reason for the chaos, it must be that after the rebels entered the city, they looted wantonly, he glanced at the leaders of the many rebels, pursed his lips and said: "In Xuanhua City, you can't let go of those who should be killed, but you can't wantonly kill either!" Before the siege of the city, the general had already made an agreement, after entering the city, the money and food obtained from the same three or seven points as the various departments, do you not collect the men and horses, let the city settle down first. ”

As he spoke, his voice suddenly became cold, and he glanced at several volunteer army leaders, "If you can't manage it, then the general will have to let people take care of it!" ”

The military discipline of the rebels is not much better than that of the bandits, and after entering the city, they must be slashing and robbing everywhere, which is unavoidable, but Jiang Youguang wants to control these rebels, and there is still a rule, otherwise the city will be robbed sparsely, and he will not be able to distribute it in the end.

And the most important point is that if the rebels are too full and have enough money and food, they may not listen to him. I'm afraid that many people will go home directly with the money to buy land and marry their mother-in-law and live their own small life, so he can't let the rebels eat too much, and at the same time he has to establish his majesty now.

Chen Du and the other leaders of the rebel army listened to Jiang Youguang's words, glanced at each other, and hurriedly clasped their fists and said, "Four generals, don't worry, we will immediately go to restrain the troops!" ”

Jiang Youguang nodded with satisfaction, "Don't worry, when the city is stable and the money and grain are counted, the general will definitely not give you less!" ”

The generals echoed and said that the four generals were fair, and Jiang Youguang then ordered: "In this case, pass on the general's order, post the list of the people, and restore order in the city, but the Manchu imperial merchants, as well as the big families who helped Hao to defend the city, must be controlled by the general, and the general will be stripped of their skins!" ”

It has long been said in the text, but whoever raises troops to resist will not be left naïve, and both men and women will be punished!

Everyone hugged their fists to receive the order, and Jiang Youguang immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Okay, everyone acts according to the order, and after the matter is over, Ben will set up a wine here for everyone tonight to celebrate!" ”

As the generals of various ministries strengthened the restraint on their subordinates, the patrolling soldiers slowly restored order in the city, the chaotic killing in Xuanhua City slowly ended, but the planned arrest slowly began in the city.

The north of Xuanhua is Zhangjiakou, an important pass for trade with the Mongols, so in addition to the eight imperial merchants in Xuanhua City, there are many other shops of Jin merchants.

Small merchants have a certain weakness, this time many people have helped the Qing army to defend the city, in addition to capturing the eight imperial merchants, the soldiers will naturally not let them go, wanting to knock out a large amount of wealth.

The city sergeants searched, and many people who hid the Qing army or helped the Qing army defend the city were searched, and Fan Yongdou was among them.

That night, Jiang Youguang was in the palace, feasting the generals, and the banquet was full of wine and music, and the atmosphere was warm.

After taking Xuanhua and Xuanda, he was completely controlled, even if the Qing troops counterattacked, he could also use the pass to block the Qing army.

After three rounds of drinking, Jiang Youguang was already a little upset, and when he was a little dizzy, he broke into the hall in a hurry, walked quickly to his ear and whispered, he suddenly had a spirit, scared to the point of no drinking, and was extremely sober.

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