"Who are you? Why did you come here in the middle of the night......" The Ming army in the barracks finally made their voices.

"Bang!" He was answered by a gunshot, but the soldier was hiding in the barracks door, and the bullet did not hit him.

Most of the soldiers of the Ming army had woken up, but they were suppressed in the barracks by the rifles of the Mandate of Heaven, and they did not dare to show their heads at all, and after a quarter of an hour of stalemate, one soldier secretly poked out half of his head from the door of the barracks, and shot an arrow at the torch with all his might, and was not surprised.

With the help of the torches of the Mandate of Heaven, he seemed to see the shadowy infantry in the front row, just now he obviously used his strength to eat, but the place where the arrow landed, it was still far away from the infantry, how did the enemy's firearms shoot to the gate of the camp? Could it be that the range of the enemy's guns far exceeds the bows and arrows of the Ming army?

What kind of army is this? Are they rogues?

Such an idea soon began to ferment in the barracks of the Ming army, although it cannot be finally confirmed, but it should be eight or nine and ten!

Li Zicheng saw that the Ming army refused to leave the camp and surrender, so he asked the infantry to block the Ming army's barracks with rifles, without continuous shooting, and put a few shots from time to time, as long as the Ming army did not dare to probe.

He called Lei Wanjun again, whispered a few words, Lei Wanjun agreed, and hurriedly trotted to the place where the infantry camped in front of him, and passed on the military order of the Metropolitan Governor.

In a short time, among the infantry of the Heavenly Mandate Army, two soldiers bent their waists, carefully went out of the array, approached the barracks of the Ming army from the right side, walked three or five steps, suddenly turned around, waved their hands behind them, and the rifles of the Heavenly Mandate Army stopped shooting in an instant, taking advantage of this gap, the two quickly rushed to the barracks of the Ming army.

At this time, it was less than a hundred steps away from the gate of the Ming army barracks, just a few ups and downs, and the two had already come to the door of the barracks, squatted down, each took out a thing from his arms, and touched it with his hand for a while, before he unscrewed the fire and ignited it.

The fire was extinguished, and there was a sudden darkness in front of the barracks door, and I saw two sparks moving rapidly in the air, making a "snort" sound, and the two looked solemn, motionless like wooden stakes, and their eyes were firmly fixed on the moving sparks.

After a while, one of them suddenly said, "Ready!" But in a breath, the two of them got up suddenly, each took a step forward, threw the object in his hand into the barracks, and then turned around and ran back......

"Boom, boom!"

Two loud bangs, dull and tight, followed by silence, and just when the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven were looking forward to it, a terrible scream suddenly came from the barracks, first one and then a ......

Li Zicheng's screams were a little quieter, and he found a soldier with a particularly loud voice, and shouted to the Ming army: "We have thousands of such powder bags, and we just tried it just now, and if we don't surrender, we will even blow up the barracks......

Ming Jun's answer was only silence.

"I'll count from one to ten, and if I don't surrender, you just wait to go to the region," the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army did not pause, and their mouths had already begun to count: "One, two, three......"

Just when the count of "eight" was reached, the barracks where the gunpowder was packed just now was immediately shouted by a Ming soldier: "Don't throw, don't throw, I surrender......"

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven said in a thick voice: "Drop your weapons, hold your head in your hands, and come out of the barracks one by one, we promise not to hurt you......"

The soldiers in this barracks, as if they were training in the training ground, came out in line one by one, although there was infinite horror in their eyes, they still walked towards the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Zicheng asked his soldiers to tie them all up, and then asked them to shout in unison to the rest of the barracks.

"I'm the second baby, brothers, come out and surrender quickly, the Mandate of Heaven Army is not a rogue......"

"The Mandate of Heaven's gunpowder bag is too powerful, and it explodes a lot!"

"Brothers, you have been surrounded by thousands of Heavenly Mandate Army, if you don't surrender and anger the Heavenly Mandate Army, there is only one way to die!"

……

The infantry of the Mandate of Heaven stopped shooting for the time being, but all the muzzles of their guns were still aimed at the door of the Ming army's barracks.

Li Zicheng was impatient and was about to ask the soldiers to throw two more gunpowder packets, but he didn't expect the Ming army in the barracks next door to start surrendering......

There was a sound of "knock" footsteps from behind, and the soldiers immediately stepped forward to stop, "Who are you?" ”

"Brother, my own people," someone hurriedly said loudly, "Lord Qianhu asked us to send a message to the Metropolitan Governor......"

"Let them come!" Li Zicheng had already heard the voice of his own soldiers, although he couldn't be sure who it was, but the voice was very familiar, and it was estimated that it was a hundred household officials, chief flag officials, and the like.

The two came to Li Zicheng, quickly knelt down on their knees, and bowed to the ground, "The governor of the capital, the lord of the thousand households has taken down the county government, and the officials in the county government have all been captured......"

"Oh, where is Xiaomi now?"

Li Zicheng was overjoyed and captured the officials in the city, and he would not worry about governing Shangnan County tomorrow, as long as the magistrate and others were not extremely evil, try to let them stay in office, lest he have to find a new candidate for the magistrate.

In order to promote the laws of the Mandate of Heaven, it is necessary to rely on the government, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven, but there is no time to publicize and explain it one by one, the government is the foundation of local administration, and with the assistance of the government, such things as publicizing the Mandate of Heaven Army and distributing land can be quickly carried out throughout the county.

Now it is a new yuan, the first day of the new year, at most two months, spring ploughing, the distribution of land, absolutely not affect spring ploughing!

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, the Lord of the Thousand Households is in the county government, and the captured officials are also imprisoned in the county government......"

Li Zicheng called Lei Wanjun over and said, "Wanjun, this side is handed over to you, end the battle as soon as possible, if the Ming army takes the initiative to surrender, don't embarrass them......"

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

Li Zicheng took a hundred soldiers, and under the guidance of those two soldiers, quickly came to the county office.

Above the main gate of the county government, there are two huge lanterns hanging, the colored paper on the periphery of the lanterns is too thick, but the light is very dark, the outlines of the two stone lions are hazy, the door is dark, I don't know if the gate has been opened, four soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army stood in the cold wind on both sides, saw Li Zicheng, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Dadu Governor!" ”

Li Zicheng raised his right hand upwards and asked them to get up, "Where is Xiaomi now?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, Lord Qianhu is interrogating the magistrate in the inner room......"

"Haha, Xiaomi is in such a hurry?" Li Zicheng pointed with his hand, and a soldier was separated from the door, guiding Li Zicheng in front.

Entering the gate of the county, I was greeted by the lobby, and there were lanterns lit under the lobby, I don't know if it was to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve, welcome the new yuan, or He Xiaomi.

The lobby is pitch black, there should be no one, Li Zicheng followed the soldiers, through the Langfang on the left, the second hall in front of the lantern is also lit, but the second hall is obviously divided into several rooms, each room door is red and bright Spring Festival couplets, and the lantern is hung on the door.

At this time, there was a noisy sound in the backyard, Li Zicheng quickened his pace, bypassed the second hall, and the sound really came from the back hall, and the soldiers pointed forward with their hands, "The governor of the capital, the Qianhu official is in that room with the lights on......"

Li Zicheng nodded, and asked the soldier who was on duty outside the door first, with only a small flag, to walk towards the brightest room indoors.

The soldiers outside the door heard the sound, turned their heads to look, and were about to ask questions, when they saw that it was Li Zicheng, they hurriedly bowed to the ground, "Governor!" ”

He Xiaomi was indoors, heard the movement outside, hurriedly pushed open the door, a strong and dazzling light, suddenly poured out of the room#, and when he saw that it was Li Zicheng, he knelt on the threshold, "Subordinates knock to see the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand, asked everyone to get up, stepped into the room in a few steps, glanced around, sat down on the main seat, and said, "Xiaomi, how is it?" ”

"Governor Dadu, this is Wu Gengxu of Shangnan Zhixian County...... He doesn't know how to lift up, and he even slanders us as rogues......"

"You are committing a rebellion, it's not a rogue...... the next man is nearly forty years old, dressed in a navy blue cotton robe, but he is straight-waisted, glaring at Li Zicheng, the expression on his face is very complicated.

Li Zicheng glanced at the mansion and said in a deep voice: "Who is the housekeeper?" ”

An old man hesitated for a while, and when he saw that the people in the house were staring at him, he had to take a step forward, "Old ...... The villain is ......"

"Very good," Li Zicheng's face was as pale as water, and said: "The county prince, the lord Bo, and the gentry in the city, the housekeeper should be familiar with them, right?" ”

"Villain ......"

"As the steward of Zhixian County, if you are not even familiar with these people's mansions, then your work is a big dereliction of responsibility," Li Zicheng looked at He Xiaomi, and said: "Xiaomi, the military camp should have been taken, you take your brothers over, leave three hundred families of soldiers to guard, and then let this butler take you to visit these people, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, don't raid the house, let alone alarm their family, just bring the family owner over!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi walked up to the housekeeper and said, "Please!" ”

"This ......" the housekeeper said, glanced at Wu Gengxu, but his feet did not move.

"Don't move, huh?" Li Zicheng said lightly: "This is the age, since you don't want to walk, it's useless to ask for a leg, cut off your left leg!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers agreed, and two of them had already pulled out their waist knives and walked towards the housekeeper step by step.

"Liukou, it's really Liukou......" Wu Gengxu was so angry that he almost couldn't stand steadily, and the housekeeper saw that the white dangling knife had been raised upwards and could fall on his left arm at any time, and he hurriedly shouted, "Slow!" Then he walked up to Wu Gengxu and knocked his head three times, "My lord, the old slave is really ...... I'm sorry......"

Wu Gengxu closed his eyes in pain, turned his face away, and didn't look at the housekeeper again, just waved his hand and asked him to leave quickly, "You didn't betray the official, you didn't live up to the official's ......"

"Wu Zhixian, right?" When He Xiaomi went out with the housekeeper, Li Zicheng looked at Wu Gengxu and said, "I don't know whose way Wu Zhixian went, he didn't know a single big character, but he came to Shangnan to serve as the magistrate?" ”

"Can't read big characters?" Wu Gengxu opened his eyes suddenly, staring at Li Zicheng, "This official is familiar with the book of sages, but he is a person who has been raised by Chongzhen for five years, how can he not read big characters?" This official just disdains the franchise, so it is now the ...... of Shangnan Zhixian County"

Li Zicheng clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Since Wu Zhixian is familiar with the book of sages, how can he not even know the word 'Liukou'?" ”