Chapter 272: Forced out of the horse
"This town is here, say no to everyone!"
In the stunned eyes of everyone, Wang Zheng, the chief soldier of Shandong, slowly lowered his body.
No matter what the people around him think, what happened today is completely because of his personal carelessness, and dozens of families are separated because of himself.
In the face of everyone's discussions, Wang Zheng continued:
"You don't have to be afraid, identify the murderous and deceptive mongrels among them, and the town and the 'deputy' of Qiu will be in charge of everyone, right, Deputy General Qiu."
After speaking, Wang Zheng looked over lightly, even though Qiu Lei had seen blood in battle, but he still couldn't help but be startled by this naked gaze like a wild wolf.
After reacting, Qiu Lei was not to be outdone, but what he said was diametrically opposite.
"What Mr. Wang said is extremely... Ben Jiang's body suddenly felt a little unwell, and it was inconvenient to accompany him, so he confessed! ”
After speaking, he entered the city in a hurry with dozens of family members who did not return, and when he saw this scene, Wang Zheng snorted coldly, turned around and shouted:
"Dengzhou battalion soldiers, behead these ruffians to show the public!"
"Obey!"
In the end, the bloody heads of the hundreds of vicious people identified by the people were hung on the city wall, and the remaining half were scattered and sent to various places for "labor reform".
On December 22, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, 5,000 soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion stepped into Licheng, the seat of Shandong Province, through the south gate under the fearful eyes of the soldiers and horses of the Qiu Department.
Stepping on the bluestone avenue in the city, such a distinctive army with a strict appearance and sharp armor has attracted the close attention of the military and civilian gentry in the city.
The soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion looked at the street scene silently while marching, why is this so-called provincial seat so dilapidated?
That's right, compared with Penglai, which has developed rapidly for several years under the rule of Wang Zheng, the city walls inside and outside the city have fallen into disrepair, most of the houses have been burned down to a greater or lesser extent, and even some yamen at all levels have lost their majesty.
Countless ragged refugees and homeless people watched the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion walk in front of them.
The streets were full of feces and urine, the smell was incredible, and there were even silent corpses lying in a corner that were rotting and stinking, but despite this, no one cared about them.
In fact, there was already a yamen dedicated to cleaning up the streets in the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty, and in the current Chongzhen period, this yamen has become an ornament.
In fact, I don't blame those officials, not to mention that they are in arrears for many years, and in this era of soaring prices, there is simply not enough food and clothing, and it is this kind of rough work, who wants to do it?
After entering the south gate, Wang Zheng did not rush to participate in the reception banquet, but took the soldiers around Sanmen, so that the people of the city could see the military appearance and military posture of the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion, and then took over the defense of Sanmen.
The Dengzhou battalion received the whole city with such fanfare, which would naturally cause the dissatisfaction of the garrison generals of the Qiu Department.
But after the commander of the north gate was hacked to death by Dong Youyin and hung his head on the city wall, this voice never appeared again.
The news spread quickly, and the people in the city heard that the Dengzhou battalion, which beheaded 3,000 Jiannu and pacified the chaos of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, came to Licheng, and they all came to see the excitement.
Soon, the market near Dengzhou Camp was even more crowded.
The people clearly saw that behind several generals with tigers and bears, the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion marched in a queue, with iron armor and steel guns.
Due to the cutting off of hundreds of heads outside the city, many soldiers had crimson blood stains on their weapons and bodies, and the momentum of the Dengzhou camp shocked the crowd of onlookers.
At first, except for the neat footsteps of the Dengzhou camp, there was silence everywhere, and suddenly, a voice shouted:
"Hero!"
The voice was like a command, and the crowd of onlookers raised their fists and shouted:
"Hero!"
"Kill the Tartar Rebellion Denglai Hero!!"
The cheers and the firm footsteps of the Dengzhou camp resounded over Licheng, and these people have all lived in fear since the entry of the Dongju last year.
Whether it is an official army, a rogue, or a hateful Tartar, any entry into the city is a disaster for the poor people like them, and they have witnessed many achievements and deeds of the Shandong official army.
Years of high mental tension have made many women and children with low tolerance almost insane, crazy or stupid, but today, there is finally an official army in Shandong that has not disappointed them.
Maybe this is a way for the people to vent their emotions, and the shouts even gradually cover up the footsteps of the soldiers in the Dengzhou battalion.
With the appearance of a banner with the words "Shandong General Soldier Wang Zheng" in front of everyone's eyes, this boiling reached its peak, and the soldiers almost couldn't hear anything, relying on their intuition to follow the queue.
Wang Zheng rode a tall horse and walked slowly into the main street of Licheng, although he kept saluting the people around him with his fists, but he did not have a smile on his face from beginning to end.
"Youyin, you see, since the incident outside the city, the head town has been tightened." Gao Liang pouted in front of him, and while speaking loudly, his expression was filled with awe.
Dong Youyin's injury last time has been healed for almost ten days, and when he heard Gao Liang's words, he also said "um", and shouted as he walked:
"Sojo must have blamed himself for everything."
Deng Heizi saw the civil and military officials who were greeted by a vote outside the Shandong General Town, knocked Dong Youyin with his elbow, and said with a wink:
"Don't talk about it, it's time for the show."
The three of them were talking, and the two of them came to the front surrounded by a cadre of officials, Wang Zheng raised his eyes and looked at the two, knowing that the one with a pair of scissors was the current governor of Shandong, Yan Jizu, and the remaining one who looked quite white and tender must be Liu Yunzhong, the supervisor of Shandong.
Speaking of which, although he was not impressed by Yan Jizu, Liu Yunzhong was the protégé of Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, and it was reasonable for Wang Zheng to pay more attention to this eunuch.
Wengui and Wu are cheap, Wang Zheng stepped forward immediately, smiled and hugged his fists:
"It turned out to be Futai and the prison army, and it was really an honor to be greeted like this."
Yan Jizu also looked Wang Zheng up and down, and then laughed:
"What a brave champion of the three armies of Wang Zheng, a good collection of the world's brave Dengzhou battalion, it is better to see than to hear, Benfu watched with his own eyes today, only to know that today's saint is praised!"
Wang Zheng's face did not change, and he turned sideways slightly and said:
"Yan Futai has won the award, he is loyal to the monarch and serves the country, and after he dies, it is the duty of my generation of soldiers."
At this time, Liu Yunzhong, the prison guard, who finally found a gap to interject, laughed sharply a few times and said:
"Not afraid of strong enemies, not arrogant, the emperor needs a general like Wang Zongzhen, if you can have more, why not worry about the peace in the world~"
These two are such praise and praise for Wang Zheng, and the surrounding officials at all levels naturally echo each other, and they want to blow Wang Zheng's praise to the sky.