The news that Xu Hongru had been killed immediately spread throughout Wenzhou City.

Looking back at the corpse of Xu Hongru who was hanging high on the flagpole, the White Lotus disciples were all terrified, while the morale of the officers and soldiers was high.

In the blink of an eye, the White Lotus Sect disciples who were still resisting to the death had already lost their fighting spirit, and they all laid down their weapons and raised their hands in surrender.

The first to break through the city defense was Zou Weilian, the governor of Fujian. He was on the front line in the south of the city, and discussed an alternate attack with Zhang Yandeng, the governor of Zhejiang, and when the news of Xu Hongru's death came, it happened to be his turn to attack, so that his good luck took the lead and took the lead in Wenzhou City.

Zhang Yandeng had some discord with Zou Weilian, and seeing that he had succeeded, he naturally couldn't let him be left alone, so he quickly ordered his subordinate sergeants who had not yet finished recuperating to charge forward quickly, killing a lot of the White Lotus Sect who had already surrendered.

North of Wenzhou.

Because Zhou Xiuying set a fire inside the city gate before going to meet Xu Hongru, the fire was still in the ascendant. Therefore, although the White Lotus Sect in the city gave up resistance, the Nanjing garrison that mainly attacked the north of the city still spent a lot of time and a lot of effort to extinguish the sky-high flames and follow into the city.

The city of Wenzhou, which was under the pressure of the army, was finally attacked by the Ming army after being besieged for ten days. The White Lotus cultists in the city also gave up resistance, and those who died were certainly dead, and those who surrendered were also tied up by pointing fingers and escorted to the open space outside the city to be guarded.

The Ming army is divided into many parts, the organization is slightly chaotic, but after all, it is a large number of people, after attacking the city for more than an hour, it will control the city of Wenzhou up and down, the bell tower, drum tower, city wall, street and other key places have been occupied by the Ming army.

Among these key places, the most important thing is the Wenzhou prefect's yamen, but it is not controlled by the officials and soldiers who have entered the city, and they naturally can't get their hands on the flagpole with Xu Hongru hanging on it. You must know that Xu Hongru is the initiator of this White Lotus Sect rebellion, and by controlling his corpse in his hands, he has the capital to seek credit - at this point, Xu Hongru's thin corpse with no flesh is equivalent to real money!

Those generals who coveted the first merit of counterinsurgency did not want to take this credit, but because Xu Hongru's corpse, the flagpole hanging on the corpse, and the prefect's yamen where the flagpole was located were all in the hands of the Ming Wu Army, the White Pole Soldiers, and the Jingshi Battalion under Ji Qingwen's department.

And Ji Qingwen is a difficult person to deal with.

In this way, the officials and soldiers of the various ministries who coveted the merits had unknowingly surrounded the courtyard of the Wenzhou prefect's yamen, as if the resistance in the courtyard had not stopped.

Nanjing garrison commander Xun Gui, sincerity Bo Liu Kongzhao, when he came to report that Wenzhou City was all under the control of the official army, then with the pride of the victor, under the escort of countless personal soldiers, calmly came to Wenzhou from outside the city.

As soon as he entered the city, relying on the last rays of sunlight radiating from the western horizon, he looked up and saw a corpse hanging high above the flagpole of the prefect's yamen, so he stretched out his hand and asked, "Then, is it Xu Hongru's corpse?" ”

Zhang Yandeng, the governor of Zhejiang, greeted him and replied in person: "Lord Hui, that's right, that is Xu Hongru's corpse." It's just that Xu Hongru was killed by Ji Qingwen, and now he is hanging in the prefect's yamen controlled by Ji Qingwen, and we can't get closer, so we haven't verified our identity yet. ”

Liu Kongzhao was still immersed in the joy of victory, waved his hand nonchalantly, and enlightened Zhang Yandeng: "Lord Zhang doesn't have to be impatient. Lord Ji is such a temper, but he is still effective. Go, my face, he always has to give some. Let's go to the yamen and have a look. ”

After that, Liu Kongzhao took a group of people and others to slowly walk to the yamen of the Wenzhou prefect, not forgetting to inspect the ruins on both sides of the street, and from time to time to give some dispensable instructions.

When he approached the yamen, Liu Kongzhao looked at the flagpole again, and saw that Xu Hongru hanging on the flagpole was dry and thin, and his face was extremely gray, and he seemed to have been dead for a long time, so he asked: "Governor Zhang, you didn't inspect it closely, so did you ask the White Lotus Sect and ask them if the one hanging on the flagpole is really Xu Hongru?" ”

Zhang Yandeng patted his head and replied, "Ah, fortunately, Lord Liu reminded me, otherwise I would have really forgotten about this stubble." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yandeng beckoned a few of his subordinates to bring in two White Lotus Sect captives who were still clear-minded, and after being beaten and questioned, they really admitted that the one hanging on it was the White Lotus Sect Leader Xu Hongru himself.

Liu Kongzhao listened, nodded, and led the team to the yamen again.

There were four sergeants standing at the entrance of the yamen on the left and right—two each of the Ming Wujun and the White Pole Soldiers, and when they saw a large group of men and horses coming in front of them, they immediately stepped forward half a step forward and shouted, "Who is coming?" Please inform me of your name! ”

Liu Kongzhao's guards stepped forward and shouted, "Are you blind?" Sincerity Count Liu arrived, don't dodge it quickly, let us Liu Jue go in! ”

Who knew that these soldiers were not frightened by his arrogance at all, and replied coldly: "If you have something to say, why bother to hurt people?" Since it is Lord Liu who is here, please wait here, and let me wait for the report. ”

That family member was accustomed to acting as a prestige in the Sincerity Uncle's Mansion, and when he heard it, he was moved and scolded: "You are not only blind, but also deaf!" Didn't you hear what I said? It's sincerity, Lord Liu, who is here! Don't flash to open the road yet! ”

The corners of the soldiers of the Ming Wu Army raised the corners of their mouths and said: "Lord Ji's military order is like a mountain, and now martial law is being imposed here, without his old man's order, it is even a rabbit hair, and it can't be put in!" However, since it is Lord Liu who is here, please ask Lord Liu to wait here for a while, Lord Ji has been informed, and he will definitely come to greet him in person. ”

After the young people from all over the country were selected and recruited to join the Ming Wu Army, in addition to practicing martial arts and training formations, they also followed Li Yan to learn some literature and ink and know some etiquette, so this Ming Wu soldier was not humble or arrogant in his speech, and he was justified.

But the family member of the Sincere Bofu he faced was not a reasonable person, and when he saw the big-headed soldier in front of him preventing him from contradicting him again and again, he was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped the face of the soldier of the Ming Wu Army.

The soldiers of the Ming Wu Army were all strong in martial arts, and when they saw him raise their hands to fight, they turned their heads to the side without hesitation, dodging the slap, and then raised the musket in their hands, directly on the man's head, and shouted: "What are you doing?" Tired of being alive? Want to get a taste of the power of musket bullets? ”

That family Ding had also heard about the power of the Ming Wu army's musket, and his legs suddenly got wet, and he said: "These brothers, there is something to say, there is something to say, don't be impulsive!" ”

As he spoke, he raised his eyes to look around, and saw that on the high wall of the prefect's yamen opposite, countless muskets suddenly appeared at some point, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at him.

Liu Kongzhao took a real look at what happened later, and thought: Ji Qingwen, this kid is difficult to deal with, and even the soldiers he brought out are not good.

But now Xu Hongru's body is still in Ji Qingwen's hands, and with this corpse, he can make his first contribution to the emperor and the court, so now is not the time to offend Ji Qingwen.

So Lord Liu took a few steps forward, slapped him hard in the face of the family who had lost people, and scolded: "You kid is not angry and talks nonsense, now you know that you are powerful, right?" Go back and see how I clean you up! ”

As he spoke, he said to the soldiers of the Ming Wu Army: "This brother, I bother you to take a trip, so I said that I am Liu Kongzhao here, please come out to greet you, so as not to misunderstand." ”

With that, Liu Kongzhao took out a silver ticket worth ten taels from his sleeve and stuffed it into the sergeant's hand.

There is an article in the military order of the Ming Wu Army: If there is an urgent matter and lack of money, although he opens his mouth to borrow it from Ji Qingwen temporarily, he cannot take a penny of ill-gotten gains, let alone rob the people's property - violators will be expelled from the team at the least, and beheaded on the spot to show the public.

Therefore, in the face of the silver ticket handed over by Lord Liu, the soldier of the Ming Wu Army only glanced at it, then retracted his hand and refused: "Lord Liu has arrived, and the villain will naturally go to report to Lord Ji, but this silver ticket, please take it." ”

As he spoke, he turned around, said a few words to the three sergeants who were guarding the door with him, and walked quickly into the gate of the prefect's yamen.