The spies sent to follow Wu Sangui reported that the Liaodong Army had been retreating eastward, directly out of the Shaanxi border, through Tongguan, into Henan, and ran out for hundreds of miles in one breath to Luoyang.

Wang Huan was a little confused at first, why Wu Sangui abandoned Tongguan and ran directly to Henan. After thinking about it, I realized that Wu Sangui must have seen the siege of Xi'an from a distance, and the unparalleled ability to break through the thunder must have left a deep impression on him, compared with Xi'an City, Tongguan in addition to the terrain is dangerous, the city defense is not as strong as Xi'an City, since Xi'an can not hold, Tongguan has no reason to hold on.

Wang Huan admired Wu Sangui so well, this person can ignore his boss and colleagues, abandon when he says he will abandon, be decisive and cold-blooded, and he is indeed a talent.

Since he ran away, Wang Huan didn't bother to chase it, and there was still a mess in Shaanxi.

The Shaanxi officials of the Qing court, except for the Jurchens, did not leave a single one, and the other officials arrested a lot, represented by Meng Qiaofang, and knelt in a large area on the square outside the yamen of the former governor who was Wang Huan.

Some soldiers with short knives removed their hats and helmets one by one, cut off their braids and shaved their hair, and shaved their heads one by one.

This was Wang Huan's idea, to imitate the bald hairstyle used to punish criminals in later generations, and shave the bald heads of these demoted officials to show the difference in their identities.

The first person to be brought in by Wang Huan for interrogation was Meng Qiaofang.

Meng Qiaofang was covered in dirt, his armor had been stripped off, and he was wearing a long shirt that had been turned out of nowhere, wrinkled and tattered and very undignified, but the others held their heads high, and they used their shoulders to swing away the guards who tried to hold his shoulders, and walked into the lobby by themselves.

Wang Huan sat on the hall, and there were some generals sitting on both sides, but not all of them, most of them were still busy outside, pacifying the people, counting prisoners, cleaning up the treasury, and so on, all of which had to be done.

Meng Qiaofang raised her head and looked at Wang Huan, not afraid, her expression was quite death-oriented.

Wang Huan squinted his eyes and didn't speak, just looked at him.

After half a ring, just when Meng Qiaofang was a little complacent that he dared to confront the main general of the Ming army as a prisoner, Wang Huan "poofed", laughed, and then looked left and right and said: "A traitor, he actually thinks he is Wen Tianxiang, isn't it ridiculous?" ”

As soon as these words came out, no matter whether they understood it or not, everyone in the hall laughed in agreement, and there was laughter for a while.

Meng Qiaofang in the laughter was a little annoyed, he straightened his waist, tried his best to tie the hemp rope to a little rickety, and stood upright, and said in a loud voice: "This governor is the governor of Shaanxi who is ordered by the imperial court!" How can you insult me? ”

Wang Huan sneered and asked, "Insulting you?" Are you Han Chinese, or are you a Jurchen? Is your so-called imperial court the court of the Han people or the court of the Eastern Emperor? ”

Meng Qiaofang glared and said: "Naturally, he is a Han person, but he is also a banner person, this governor is the Han army with a red flag Maile Ezhen, Wang Huan and the rat, don't want to use such words to me!" ”

The hall suddenly boiled, and the Kuizhou generals were furious, standing up and scolding while making a gesture to beat.

Wang Huan stopped everyone and said lightly: "Meng Qiaofang, have you forgotten who your ancestor is?" Is the red flag the parent who raised you? You are a native of Yongping Mansion in Beizhili, originally a deputy general of Hebei, and was relegated to his hometown because of mistakes, Chongzhen Emperor Taiji broke the border wall and entered the customs in the third year, and slaughtered Yongping Mansion, but you recognized the thief as your father, and took refuge in the Qing court. ”

Meng Qiaofang stood in place, his expression was indifferent, and he replied coldly: "Conscience is nothing compared to righteousness. As a courtier, each is his master, and the sword and gun have no eyes, where can he care about these things on the battlefield? How ridiculous is the kindness of a woman, a man should die as a confidant, the Ming court treats me ruthlessly, the Qing court treats me kindly, of course I want to go to the soup for the eight banners! ”

Everyone in the lobby looked at him with disgust, and their eyes were almost spewing fire, and they were murderous.

"It's a shame that you still know the righteousness, and if you are so stubborn, you are hopeless." Wang Huan waved his hand and said disgustedly: "Escort down, take care of it, and send it to Hanzhong tomorrow, and hand it over to Governor Wang to escort to Zhaoqing and be sent by the emperor!" ”

The two armor soldiers came up, grabbed Meng Qiaofang's shoulders and dragged them out, Meng Qiaofang didn't struggle, just opened his mouth wide and shouted: "Wang Huan!" If you are a gentleman, kill me alive, spare my sons, do not do the sins of the father to the son, what is coming at me! ”

His voice became softer and softer, gradually hidden from the outside and inaudible, and the ancestor was seated, pouting disdainfully, and sneering: "Shameless! How can you still have the face to make such a request? ”

Wang Huan smiled indifferently and said, "Leave this question to the emperor to think about, and bring the next one!" ”

The next one who passed through the hall was Huang Erxing, the governor of Shaanxi in the Qing court, who was caught when he tried to escape with Xia Guoxiang, Xia Guoxiang's soldiers and horses were scattered by Ding Guodong's cavalry, and Huang Erxing was also abandoned.

Huang Erxing was much inferior to Meng Qiaofang, and he was caught up in fear, and before Wang Huan could speak, this guy sat down on the ground, kowtowing and crying.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency! The little one was coerced by Meng Qiaofang, he was originally a Ming official, and he had an old relationship with me, and when the Tartars called, someone sent someone to my house to find me, if he didn't come out to Zhishi, he would kill me all over the house, I had no choice but to do it, my lord! ”

A handful of snot and a handful of tears, Huang Erxing almost wrote a bloody book on the spot.

After crying for a long time, Huang Erxing realized that no one seemed to ask, and he was performing alone, he raised his head in a trance, and saw Wang Huan digging his ears boringly.

Seeing that Huang Erxing stopped howling, Wang Huan took a sip of tea slowly, looked at him with a smile, and asked, "Lord Huang is familiar with the generals of the Qing army in Shaanxi?" ”

Huang Erxing listened, his heart moved, he was born in the Ming Dynasty, he was brilliant and lively, and he immediately knew two or three when he asked, and he had an idea in his head, and immediately replied: "Familiar with it, this military generals from all over Shaanxi, from south to north, from east to west, have to go through my pen one by one, whether it is the general army, or the guerrilla garrison, I can hang the name of the appearance, Lord Wang found me, but I found the right person!" ”

Wang Huan nodded, and said warmly: "I have already taken one hundred and twenty-one people in your whole family, and I will stay in the prison of Xi'an Mansion, and I will have no worries about food; The goods of thy house are filthy and soft, and they are packed up in the treasury, and they are not touched; If you can go out for a run, surrender the military generals you are familiar with, and return to the arms of my Daming, maybe your family can come out early, and your property can be returned as appropriate, if you recruit more people, the more rewards you get, if you do a good job, I can make a statement to the court, not only to exempt you from your crimes, but also to continue to be an official, are you willing? ”

Huang Erxing listened, the flesh on his face was shaking, and before Wang Huan's words were finished, he guessed what was going on, a pair of eyes were shining like night pearls, and the surprise of his desperate life made it difficult for him to control himself, and his whole body was trembling.

"Yes, yes! My lord, the sinner is willing! Huang Erxing knocked his head to the ground with a "knock knock", and shouted uncontrollably: "Please rest assured, northern Shaanxi has been occupied by General Wang Yongqiang, and the entire southern Shaanxi is the original Ming army old generals, all of them are my acquaintances, just give me a horse, within a month, I can appease the whole province for the adult, and ensure that under the power of the adult, no one dares to go against the general trend!" ”

"It's the best, Lord Huang is a great achievement!" Wang Huan leaned back on the back of the chair with a smile and sighed comfortably: "I will say good things to the court for you." ”

Then, the kneeling officials in the square, Wang Huan called in one by one, and some of the most heinous people were taken down and imprisoned, waiting to be sent to Hanzhong; Some can be used, on the condition of survival, let them go to various states and counties instead of themselves, recruit military generals and townsmen, and promise not to blame the past, as long as they surrender themselves, they can keep their net worth, otherwise when the army arrives, the chickens and dogs will not be left.

This method was learned by Wang Huan from the Qing army, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to establish an effective political power in the whole country in a short period of time, and it was a very effective method to recruit surrenders by subjugating ministers.

The whole territory of Shaanxi, without much effort, fell into the hands of the Ming court.

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