Although Li Dingguo and the others have disappeared, Huang Degong and Zhang Limin did not dare to send people down to check the situation, on the contrary, the entire Tongcheng has entered the highest state of alert, whether it is Huang Degong or Zhang Limin, they have not slept all night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info finally the jade rabbit fell westward, the golden crow rose east, and finally waited until dawn.

"Look at the other side, it seems that there is really no one, there is no movement at all." Zhang Limin said, "I don't know what conspiracy they are engaged in." ”

"Shall we send a few people down to have a look." Huang Degong said, "Why don't we get a few people out and check on the enemy's camp." ”

So the two promised a reward of up to ten taels of silver each, and recruited twenty so-called daredevils. Lower them from the city wall with a rope, let them go down to have a look, and bring back Liu Liangzuo's bones by the way. The men went down the rope, and after a long time, they came back one after another, and according to them, the camp was empty.

"Looks like those rogues are really gone." Huang Degong said, "Zhang Zhixian, do you think you can open the city gate?" ”

"Huang Shuai, Xia Guan thinks it's better for us to wait. Anyway, there is enough food in the city, and there is no hurry to eat in this hour and a half. It's better to wait a few more days to keep it stable. For now, let's send Liu Shuai's remains back first. ”

"Well, that's really important." Huang Degong also nodded.

Huang Degong didn't know that in the original history, when Jianxin went south, he escorted Emperor Hongguang to fight and retreat, and in the end, it was Liu Liangzuo, who was betrayed and became a traitor, who stabbed him in the back and committed suicide in defeat. So at this time, he really has some sadness for Liu Liangzuo's death, of course, sympathy is sympathy, but he will definitely take the opportunity to swallow some of the power that originally belonged to Liu Liangzuo. Liu Liangzuo also has a son named Liu Zehan, so of course the family members left by Liu Liangzuo still have to follow his son. In my Ming Dynasty, generals are basically hereditary. But his son hadn't performed too well before, so it was definitely impossible to get the position of chief soldier directly. Of course, relying on the land left by his father and the rest of the family, he must have climbed up more easily than ordinary people in the army, but now, at most, he has kept those families and land. As for those soldiers, Huang Degong can get a lot of them.

In addition to dividing some of Liu Liangzuo's soldiers, what is more important is the question of responsibility for the defeat in the previous battle. If Liu Liangzuo hadn't died, then they would have easily covered up their defeat. Because the city was not lost anyway, as for how many soldiers were killed in the battle, it was not up to them to say. Anyway, the soldiers were recruited by themselves, and the imperial court did not know exactly how many there were.

However, now, a general soldier has died, and this matter is a little more troublesome, but it is not completely inoperable. For example, it was claimed that the thief army was strong, the officers and soldiers fought bravely, and the two general soldiers took the lead and fought hard, but it was a pity that Liu was unfortunately ambushed when pursuing the enemy army, and finally died. However, under his inspiration, the officers and soldiers fought more bravely and firmly, and finally defeated the rogues, who suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw from the siege. It can even be added such as killing the leader of the Liukou, so-and-so, and killing the chief of the Liukou with a cannon, the whole army of the Liukou is crying, wrapping his body in a yellow silk cloth or something, what if he really encounters someone who has a headache and brain fever? Of course, if you want to cover up your failures in this way, you must get the help of local officials. But it's not that hard. After all, it doesn't hurt for Zhang Limin to blow the credit a little bigger.

Huang Degong and Zhang Limin packed up Liu Liangzuo's body together, sent it to Liu Liangzuo's son, and then comforted his son, and when he came out, it was already dusk.

"Lord Zhang, the battle here, how to deal with the aftermath, there are still some things in the end, I want to discuss with my lord." When he went out, Huang Degong did not immediately go home, but said to Zhang Limin like this.

"I was about to discuss this matter with Huang Huangshuai." Zhang Limin also said.

The two went to Zhang Limin's yamen together, and after some friendly consultations, the two sides reached a broad consensus on many major issues and reached a general consensus. In the end, Zhang Limin was very satisfied with Huang Degong to the door of the yamen, and when they were leaving, Zhang Limin suddenly said: "This killed bandit leader needs to have a loud bandit number." Does Huang Shuai know the bandit numbers of those bandit leaders? ”

"One of them seems to be called 'Flying on the Grass' and the other is called 'Sai Tai Sui'." Huang Degong said.

"Not good, not good." Zhang Limin shook his head and said, "Huang Shuai, this first bandit is a thief or something, where is the momentum of a thief." As for the one in the back, he looks like a street thug. ”

"Then it's called 'Drill Monkey', 'Two-Headed Snake' or something?" Huang Degong said with a frown.

"This one is getting worse and worse." Zhang Limin continued to shake his head.

"Otherwise, this bandit or something, let's trouble Lord Zhang to think of two." Huang Degong saw that the few he mentioned were all rejected, so he said so.

"Hmm." Zhang Limin didn't give in, he thought for a while and said: "Xiaguan thought of two bandits, I don't know what Huang Shuai thinks?" One is called 'Decepticons' and the other is called 'Megatron...... Huang Shuai, what do you think? ”

Huang Degong felt that on such a small issue, he couldn't argue with Zhang Limin, and since Zhang Zhixian had the habit of calling up bandits for the leader of the rogue bandits, let him take it. So Huang Degong smiled and said: "Master Zhang is a great talent, this bandit does sound a lot more majestic." ”

"This bandit is majestic, so he can ask the court for credit." Zhang Limin was very proud, "But bandits are bandits, and they are blindly brave and ruthless when they take up bandits, but they don't want to live long with such bandits." ”

"Lord Zhang, these bandits, no matter what bandit name they give themselves, there is no reason for a good death. One day, he will be punished by the imperial court. Huang Degong also replied with a smile.

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After that, another three or five days passed, and there was no movement outside the city. Originally, Tongcheng and Zhongdu Fengyang could be contacted through the carrier pigeons of the Zheng family's Chamber of Commerce, but the carrier pigeon would not fly back and forth between the two places, it would only fly back to the habitual bird's nest from a strange place. Tongcheng is just a county seat, and the Zheng family doesn't have much business there, so naturally they won't raise carrier pigeons there, so the carrier pigeons that Tongcheng reported to Fengyang a few days ago were actually brought with the army. It's no problem to let these carrier pigeons send letters from Tongcheng to Fengyang, but if they want to send military information from Fengyang to Tongcheng, I'm sorry, this thing carrier pigeons really can't do. Therefore, the people in Tongcheng have never known the news that Zhang Xianzhong suffered defeat.

But even so, Zhang Limin and Huang Degong can now conclude that Zhang Xianzhong should not come back. For the people who went out of the city had confirmed that there was not a single rogue for at least a few dozen miles. So at this time, Zhang Limin finally agreed to remove the bricks blocking the city wall and open the city gate.

"But for the sake of safety, the official still thinks that it is enough to just open the east gate, and as for the other city gates, there is no hurry to open them slowly in the future." Although he agreed to open the city gate, Zhang Limin still made such a request. As for why the east gate was opened, it was probably because when the Liukou retreated that day, it seemed to be going northwest, so Zhang Limin felt that it seemed safer to open the east gate. At the very least, if the thieves want to go to the east gate, the lookout post on the north gate of the west gate may be able to spot the enemy in advance.

For the latter reason, Huang Degong does not agree with it at all. He knew that if the enemy army really wanted to attack the east gate, it would naturally go a little farther away and would not enter the field of vision of the lookout post at the north gate of the west gate. However, opening the city gate was originally his intention, and he naturally wouldn't be stupid to spend Zhang Limin's opinion.

It's just that when the city gate was blocked, it was naturally afraid that it would not be strong, and the entire city gate hole was blocked by bricks and stones removed from the houses, and now it was not easy to dismantle it, and it was a whole day of demolition, and when it was almost dark, I finally saw the outermost wooden door. Wait until tomorrow morning, in half an hour at most, and the east gate will open as usual.

Nothing has happened in the past few days, and Huang Degong and Zhang Limin will naturally not be on the city tower day and night. At this time, Huang Degong had just had dinner, and somehow suddenly remembered the horse that was snatched away by the rogue, and couldn't help but feel distressed again.

At this moment, a personal soldier suddenly came to report that the thief army had been found at the east gate.

"What?" Huang Degong was taken aback, and was about to ask carefully, when he heard a cannon sound from the east gate.

"It's all fighting?" Huang Degong hurriedly ordered his subordinates, "Hurry, hurry up and prepare the horse!" Bring me my armor! ”

When Huang Degong hurried to the east gate, he saw that Zhang Limin was already there. Now Zhang Zhixian is sweating there frantically beating drums, and the two cannons on the east gate are also constantly shooting at the city. There are also many people who are trying to fill in the bricks and stones that were originally cleared from the hole in the city gate.

"Master Zhang." Huang Degong arched his hand to Zhang Limin and asked, "How is the situation now?" ”

While asking, Huang Degong also looked towards the city. Only by this time the sun had set, and another layer of mist had risen outside the city, and it was blurry, and it was impossible to see anything clearly.

"Just now, a team of thieves and horses suddenly appeared, approaching the city, and our army fired a few shots before forcing them back. It's really dangerous......" Zhang Limin stopped his drumstick and gasped and replied.

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"Battalion commander, we just arrived at the city when we shouted a word, and the city was shot down. If it weren't for their bad craftsmanship, maybe our brothers would have been damaged. When we returned, the city was still firing cannons. Zhao Feihu reported to Gan Hui.

"Well, you've worked hard, let's go and rest first." After listening to the report, Gan Hui nodded and said. Then he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he sent the light cavalry over, originally wanted to contact the Ming army in the city, but now it seems that it scared them.