If you look closely, it is densely written with the deployment of the Burmese army and the official offices in the city, the distribution of warehouses, and even the list of some important people.

Isn't this just a petition for nomination!

Zhao Quanzhong smiled. "The old man has already done the errands for him, you only need to sign and draw the pledge, and sit back and enjoy his achievements."

Sit back and enjoy it?

Although you don't read, you're not stupid. You can get these things yourself, and you still have to come to us, don't you just want to add weight to yourself? The people who felt a little tricked first stared at the anonymous names who called them, and then began to make eye contact with each other: If you don't sign, others will sign, what if others are afraid that you will leak your secrets and cut you? Who doesn't have a few thugs?

There is the prisoner's dilemma and the coercion of inviting the king into the urn, and there is detailed information and the huge benefits that can be obtained after the great tomorrow soldiers break the city.

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June 26, Zhenjiang.

After several days of fierce fighting, the south and west gates of Zhenjiang Mansion were opened by the "righteous people in the city", and an army holding high the banner of "Zhu" entered this important city on the Yangtze River.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty, like the Ming Dynasty, had the responsibility of defending the territory. In order to protect the family, and out of disfavor with Nanming's Zhongxing, the Zhenjiang prefect and Dantu Zhixian both hanged themselves in the government office. It's a pity that the two couldn't even keep their whole bodies after their deaths--- Zheng Jun's soldiers, who hated the Tartars and traitors to the core, mercilessly cut off the hemp rope tied to the beam, and cut off their heads with a knife.

The soldiers of the Zheng army walked around the city with two heads, and the Qing troops who were still resisting in the city saw that the general trend had gone, so they all dropped their weapons and raised their hands and walked out to surrender. For these illiterate soldiers, whoever they serve as soldiers is food, and a few bird guns and a few spears are worthy of the Tartar emperor in the Beijing Division.

Before the Northern Expedition, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, Zhu Chenggong reiterated ten prohibitions: no rape and abduction of women, no unauthorized destruction of private houses, no abduction of men for support (to prevent spies from poisoning food), no mixing and robbery in coastal Guishun areas, no plundering and slaughtering of cultivated cattle, and no lending of licensed merchant ships. Violators will be guilty of this crime, and the generals will not be guilty of the crime.

Therefore, the Zheng army did not plunder the whole city like the Tartars, but only occupied the official offices, warehouses and transportation arteries in the city, and forbade the residents to enter and leave at will.

Horse-drawn carts and wheelbarrows laden with grain then drove into the city, and Zheng's army erected porridge sheds at the main intersections to serve two meals of gruel a day.

The smell of rice wafted in the wind in this city that was a little hungry due to the siege, and after a while, soldiers from Nanzhili in the Zheng army shouted loudly along the street: "The country surname Ye Nian Xiaomin is hungry, and set up porridge sheds at nine intersections in the city to help the hungry people, once a day in the morning and afternoon..."

Smelling the fragrance with his nose and shouting in his ears, the hungry man, whose stomach was already rumbling, couldn't help but walk out of the house and rush to the porridge shed closest to him. After a short time, the area around the porridge shed was crowded with people, but fortunately, there were Zheng soldiers with spears to maintain order, so no one dared to move the porridge shed directly back to their own house.

It was not only the hungry people who smelled the scent, but also several mysterious people hiding in the city. The owner of the inn accepted two ingots of fifty taels of Kuping silver from them, and saw the bright muskets and spears in their hands, so they obediently agreed, and let the guys hang up the sign that was full, and carefully served these rich and lifeless masters.

"With... Master, the Yanping Army has already begun to set up a porridge shed. A man dressed as a valet returned to the inn and strode up to the second floor.

Dressed as a merchant, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Tongzhi Zhang Gongji, replied, "Since you have already started to give up porridge, it means that King Yanping has been able to control the situation. ”

"In that case, we can go to the general who leads the troops and reveal our identities..."

"Don't worry," Zhang Gongji waved his hand, "Let's not talk about whether we will encounter the spies in the Yanping army, and besides, if we come out at this time, if the Dongyu army counterattacks..."

"Master, the Yanping army is coming from the sea. The Yanping army was stronger at sea than the Tatars on land; As long as the Yanping army continued to retreat, there was only one Tartar in the lonely city of Nanjing, and it would not be able to recapture Zhenjiang Fucheng in a short time. There are dozens of us, and we are not afraid of being spies by one or two spies, not to mention that Xiamen, Kinmen, and other places in Yanping, where they are based on the sun, are isolated overseas, and it is difficult for the Tatars to send spies. ”

Zhang Gongji, who was refuted by his subordinates in person, was a little displeased, "Everyone knows that the East Captivity is well-known, if a hundred secrets are negligent, the big thing will be over!" In and out of the words, he looked loyal to the country.

"It is precisely for the sake of great events that we must quickly face the king of Yanping and hand over His Majesty's holy decree to Yanping!"

"If you want to go, you will go, but this official cannot hand over the secret decree to you!"

The quarrel between the two is getting louder and louder, and there is no sound insulation effect in the civil structure house of this era, even if it is used in the southwestern official dialect, these deafening keywords inevitably drift to the street.

There was a rush of footsteps downstairs, and a group of Zheng soldiers in iron armor quickly surrounded the inn front and back. However, the brocade guards inside were not fools, they had been prepared to resist the front and back doors, and pulled out special flintlock pistols from the straw pile.

"Listen to the people inside! You are here to talk about the surname of the country, it has been heard, if the dog Qing lackey lays down his weapon, he can avoid death! ”

Hearing the leak of his words, Zhang Gongji glared at this brainless subordinate angrily: "It's all your bad things!" ”

But Liu Xiang, a thousand households, did not relent, and waved at Zhang Gongji, "Lord Tongzhi, please forgive me for being in a hurry to obey the power!" After Liu Xiang finished speaking, he rushed down the stairs and stood in the courtyard and shouted outside the door.

"We are the secret envoys of the Great Son of Heaven, and we have come here from Yunnan to deliver a decree to the king of Yanping County. Not a Tartar! ”

"Joke, Yunnan to Zhenjiang is thousands of miles apart, and the country's surname Ye only sent troops north in June, how does Emperor Yongli know in Yunnan?" Saying that, this somewhat knowledgeable general was about to give the order for a strong attack.

With a "bang", a piece of lead hit the boss's feet. "Don't be excited, the Holy Son of Heaven was born to know, so what's so difficult about unpredictable prophets? The chief can invite a guerrilla general or above, and we are willing to be captured with our hands tied up to identify our identity. ”

"Before that, the master can surround us first."

After thinking about it, he felt that what the people inside said seemed to be quite reasonable, and he might be able to make a contribution, so he sent a personal soldier to ask for instructions.

At this moment, the sound of various musical instruments sounded in the distance.

A guard of honor armed with various flags and decorated weapons appeared far away at the end of the main road.

"The king of Yanping County, the general Zhu Che has arrived!"

The civilians on both sides of the street were driven out one by one by Zheng Jun, and they were asked to come out to welcome the king of Yanping into the city.

Hearing that it was the car of the king of Yanping County, Liu Xiangxi was overjoyed. "Master, can you let one of us come out and meet King Yanping?"

"Presumptuous! Is the king of Yanping also waiting to be seen? ”

Liu Xiang realized that he was a little anxious, but since he was a genuine angel, he couldn't be cowardly, so he puffed up his voice and shouted: "We are sent by Your Majesty to see King Yanping on behalf of Your Majesty, why not?" ”