Zhu Dadian thought about returning to the governor's yamen, found the quartermaster to fetch water and noodles, and steamed a pot of steamed buns with his own hands.

After a small half a day's work, the huge cage drawer lid opened, the steaming steamed buns were freshly baked, Zhu Dadian personally supervised the quartermasters, and planned to plate while weighing the steamed buns, and finally the results came out, according to the price of white noodles on the market today, a steamed bun is only eight cents, Zhu Dadian couldn't help but lie about it: The price of steamed bread has risen three or four times above the expensive grain price! It's double exploitation! And speculation in extraordinary times is tantamount to taking people's lives!

Zhu Dadian ordered: The grain will be sold at the usual price, and the price will not be raised.

The foot shop posted a notice of steamed bread and five documents, and the shopkeeper was arrested for speculation, and the people began to enthusiastically buy steamed bread, rice and noodles and other staple foods. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

A group of sergeants of the imperial camp beat gongs and shouted, and passed along the street: "The military gate has an order!" For the thief to stolen no matter the stolen goods, and according to military law, all will be killed! A row of rice and noodle merchants with the sign of "illegal profiteers", the shopkeeper of the noodle shop was escorted away by the sergeants and sounded the gong, and the people all praised each other, or the military master had a way.

After all, Zhu Dadian is a person who has read the book of sages, he looked at the back of the shopkeeper in the front foot shop in the profiteer team, and he was also crying out for him in his heart.

After solving the problem of food for the people in the city, Zhu Dadian announced his determination to stick to Jiujiang in order to encourage the army and the people to fight bravely against the thieves and further stabilize the people's hearts.

Outside the governor's yamen, the imperial battalion with armor in hand holding swords, guns, swords, halberds and other weapons, lined up in two columns, starting from the gate and extending to the gate, the armor is bright, a spear is like a forest, shining in the sun.

Three cannon shots, the gate was wide open, from the gate to the lobby, it was a deep two-entry compound, a two-door in the middle, and more than a dozen guards stood outside the two gates; From the second gate to the bottom of the lobby steps, there are also two lines of guards standing on both sides of the wide stone-paved rain road.

Two large black flags are erected under the steps of the lobby, and the head of the flagpole is a sharp blade, which is the symbol of the military aircraft. This kind of flag was erected outside the door, and the military generals were not allowed to enter without the order of the commander, and the violators were punished.

Since Chongzhen, the commander's authority is not good, and military discipline has been abolished, which has become a common situation, so Zhu Dadian took the lead in correcting the old accumulated evils, and instructed his subordinates in advance to make serious arrangements to show the prestige of the governor, so that the civilian and military generals who were summoned felt that this atmosphere was very different from Yuan Jixian, and knew what to fear.

After the first cannon fired, the civil and military officers entered the Renyuan Gate one after another and waited solemnly outside the second gate. After the second cannon fire, military music was played in the second gate. Zhu Dadian was wearing a three-grade civil official uniform, a jade belt around his waist, and a black gauze hat on his head, and walked out slowly from behind the screen surrounded by a large group of officials. He sat down behind the Nanmu Gong Case, which was surrounded by a red satin brocade curtain in the center, and two young and dignified deacons stood on either side with Shang Fang's sword and the governor's seal, and all the staff members also stood solemnly on both sides.

Cheng Qiguan walked to the front of the White Tiger Hall and ponted, and the sound in the second gate was like thunder. The civil and military officers waiting outside the second gate were led by the superintendent of the military road, followed by dozens of people such as the prefect, the general army, the deputy general and the staff general.

The civil officials wore tonal uniforms according to their ranks, and the generals were neatly armoured, carrying bows and arrows and swords. According to their grades, the civil and military officials successively signed up for Zhu Dadian to pay homage, bowed and stood solemnly, waiting for instructions.

Zhu Dadian didn't give a lecture right away, and he didn't let everyone sit down. The military music stopped. The silence in the White Tiger Hall and in the courtyard was unusual. Zhu Dadian stroked his beard and swept it over to everyone with a blazing gaze. All the civil and military officials bowed their hands and held their breath, waiting for instructions. Zhu Dadian cleared his throat and began to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The rebel minister Zuo Liangyu is arrogant, trying to force the palace to commit crimes, trying to rebel, his heart is sinister, and his sin is unforgivable!

All the soldiers are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the left rebellion is coming, the time to serve the court has come, hope to wait until the time can work hard, protect my society, protect my Ming! ”

The civil and military officials below were enthusiastic and replied in unison: "Swear to fight the thief to the death and serve the court!" ”

Everyone spoke generously, tears of excitement broke down in their eyes, and the atmosphere in the solemn White Tiger Festival Hall was tragic and tense.

"The 300,000 reinforcements of the imperial court are coming in the morning and evening, everyone can rest assured!"

Zhu Dadian suddenly exaggerated the strength of the imperial court reinforcements by five or six times, and when the generals heard this, they couldn't help but increase their confidence and courage.

Morale is available, Zhu Dadian nodded secretly, and finally said with a murderous look on his face: "This governor is deeply favored by the emperor, entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and vows to resist thieves." Either the world has received the favor of the country, or has been recognized by the present world, and you should work together to repay Your Majesty. The first thing to do in resisting thieves is to rectify military discipline, and those who have meritorious service must be rewarded and those who are guilty must be punished. If there is a person who neglects military orders and is ineffective in combat, the governor has Shang Fangjian in it, and the deputy general and below will be cut first and then played, and the deputy general and above will be severely impeached and punished, and the loan will never be lenient! ”

The generals were shocked and did not dare to look up. All the civil and military officials present at the meeting were deeply impressed by Zhu Dadian's governor style and his speech, and they were both frightened and excited. After the lecture, Zhu Dadian swept everyone again with a dignified eye, instructed everyone to go down to rest, prepare for the battle, and then left his seat, bowed his hand to everyone slightly, and retreated to the inner courtyard surrounded by his staff. All the civil and military officials bowed down and crossed their hands to see each other, and only after he left did they withdraw solemnly from the White Tiger Hall in turn.

The next day, Zhu Dadian vigorously and resolutely assigned the task of defending the city to Zhang Tianlu, the general soldier of Wuhu, Zhang Tianfu, the general soldier of Anqing, and Huang Binqing, the general soldier of Jiujiang. A total of nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses from the three towns came, plus more than 3,000 people from the second battalion of Zhongwu Town, a total of more than 12,000 soldiers in the city, and more than 20,000 people who were temporarily organized to defend the city, totaling more than 30,000 people.

In addition to the three or four thousand people in the imperial camp as a mobile force, the rest of the horses are divided according to the 100-step method to prepare for the army, and all the city gates have the deputy general of the general army, which is divided into places to defend, and the layers are controlled, and each army has a prescribed task of fighting and defending. and moved the 100,000 stone of grain urgently escorted by the imperial court to a safe place.

In order to increase the enthusiasm of the soldiers to resist the thieves, Zhu Dadian also announced that the Son of Heaven was determined to persevere, and had awarded money and silver silk worth hundreds of thousands of taels, and thousands of silver medals for meritorious service.

When patrolling the city, Zhu Dadian not only ate in the same pot with the battalion soldiers, but also specially inquired about the clothes of each sergeant and young man, and found that many people did not have cotton jackets in half of them in the cold winter, and most of them were old, and they had been worn for many years, and the cotton wool was exposed.

After returning to the governor's yamen, he immediately issued a military order: the deep winter was bitterly cold, the soldiers were exposed, the governor was really uneasy, and he ordered the company to purchase 3,000 cotton jackets and send them to the front of the army.

As soon as this order came out, the 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, whether they were the battalions in the towns or the young and strong people, were all excited.

With a multi-pronged approach, in just over half a month, Zhu Dadian has operated Jiujiang from the inside out, and he is a capable official!

On November 26, at three o'clock, the rising sun and the murderous Jiujiang City Week finally ushered in Zuo Liangyu's army.

After taking the oath on November 20, Zuo Liangyu led the army all the way to Pimi, and it took only six days to attack the city of Jiujiang.

The left army Chen soldiers are in the north of the river, and the ships are connected to each other, covering the sky and the sun, and spreading for several miles. The swords and guns on the ship are shining, and the armor is distinct, which is magnificent.

With the arrival of the rebels, the four gates of Jiujiang City were closed, and the whole city was under martial law. Jiujiang is turning like a machine for the upcoming war.

At noon that day, a few horsemen came from the city, it was Zuo Liangyu sent to recruit envoys, the content of which needless to say, naturally the governor Zhu Dadian and others who wanted to stay in Jiujiang surrendered immediately. Without Zhu Dadian coming forward, Yan Yingyuan ordered his imperial battalion soldiers to shoot the envoy's arrows back at the head of the city. And send a word: "Phew! ”

Under Jiujiang City, Zuo Liangyu and a group of generals stood on the lookout under the banner of the Chinese army, and saw the deep ditch and high fortress, the Jiujiang City hunting with the banner and the embarrassed envoy, their faces were a little gloomy, and the originally sickly sallow face seemed to have become even more yellow.

Since ancient times, those who can succeed in rebellion often rely on the speed of the soldiers, and they are most afraid of falling into a stalemate, because once the stalemate, the sergeants of the rebel side will be cranky, and the morale of the army will drop greatly, while the court side has time to mobilize more troops to settle the judgment, and the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for the rebel side.

Zuo Liangyu never expected that in just a few days, Jiujiang City would be able to be so well guarded, with strong walls and clear fields, cutting off the food supply of the soldiers and horses under his command; Deep ditch and high fortress, without the assistance of heavy artillery clusters, with the strength of more than 30,000 soldiers and more than 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, he couldn't defeat the city in ten days and half a month if he wanted to rely on ants.

Attack the city with its troops!

Zuo Liangyu was very unwilling and decided to go to the city in person to persuade him to surrender.