The soldier who reported the news cried and howled: "My lord, the city of Chongqing has been occupied, it has been occupied by the white pole soldiers from Kuizhou, General Zhang who defended the city has been killed in battle, the brothers have been scattered, and the villain is risking his life to rush out to report the news, my lord, hurry up and get an idea!" ”

Zeng Ying only felt that his brain was blank, and the fatigue of fighting in the city for days seemed to have surged up all at once, and his heart was in a hurry, and a sweetness rushed to his mouth along the blood vessels, and he couldn't hold back his breath, and spit out a mouthful of blood with a "wow", and the whole person softened. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

Blood sprayed the face of the soldier who reported the news, he was desperate to report the news, but he was sprayed on his face by the bloody gas, his nose was stagnant, and he fainted to the ground.

The two of them rolled into a ball, and the people present were all in chaos, and they went to help, and shouted loudly to follow the army, several veterans had experience, and quickly helped Zeng Ying to lie down on the couch, and took cold water, poured some on his face, poured it into his mouth, and finally woke Zeng Ying up quietly.

As soon as Zeng Ying opened his eyes, he saw Yang Zhan and Wang Xiang's two big heads leaning in front of him, like two hairy watermelons.

He waved his hand weakly, and shouted angrily: "Hurry, hurry, go to Zhang Xianzhong to negotiate peace, give him whatever he wants, as long as he is willing to retreat, give everything!" ”

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Outside the Futu Pass in Chongqing, Wang Huan stood on the head of the city in high spirits, watching a few white pole soldiers cut off the big flag with the word "Zeng" fluttering on the head of the city and replaced it with a banner embroidered with the word "Wang".

At this moment, Chongqing City is far less important than that of later generations, just an ordinary government in Sichuan, because it guards the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River, it is an important water pass on the Yangtze River water transport, all dynasties have set up river waterproof divisions and tax inspectors here, the wharf ships come and go, the business is developed, the merchants in the city are in groups, the rich households are piled up, and it is an important node for Sichuan business to connect with the outside world.

However, for the imperial court, Chongqing is not so important, there are many mountains and little land, there is not much output from farming, and although there are many merchants, they have not paid much tax, because they avoid getting into trouble with the notoriety of competing with the people, no emperor dares to levy commercial taxes with great fanfare, so the merchants here come and go, go east and west, and make a fortune, but in the eyes of the official, it is far less critical than the place where agriculture is developed on the Chengdu Plain, so the world is called the country of Sichuan Tianfu, just refers to Chengdu a mansion, Chongqing is in a very ordinary position.

The reason why Zeng Ying made a fortune in Chongqing was, of course, by exploiting the wealthy, but for this alone, he basically maintained the food, drink, and military salaries of tens of thousands of people, which shows that there are so many rich households in Chongqing and the breadth of wealth.

"This move of the adult can be described as a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, so Zeng Ying is afraid that he will be angry to death." Zu Bian laughed and lifted the cut "Zeng" flag into the distance.

Wang Huan smiled faintly, looked at an old man with gray hair and beard beside him, and said with sincere approval: "The success of the plan is thanks to Boss Zhang, without other clansmen as internal responses, Chongqing City is not so easy to take." ”

Zhang Laohan, a leather merchant, was flattered, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The adults have tormented the little old man, my Zhang family can settle down in Shizhu, all rely on the maintenance of the adults, not only to give my family food, but also to fund my family to reopen the door to do business, this grace is unforgettable, to serve the adults, it is my family's duty, the adults say that the little old man is ashamed." ”

He said this, but his face was flushed, and his smug look was undoubtedly revealed, Wang Huan attacked Chongqing, and his Zhang family did contribute a lot.

Leaving the dock of Baidi City, Wang Huan rushed to Chongqing non-stop, in order to hide people's eyes, 6,000 Kuizhou soldiers did not take the official road, but along the ancient plank road on the riverside, quietly came to the other side of the Jialing River, lurking in the grass by the river, until it was dark.

Chen Xiang and the clansmen of the Zhang family who stayed in the city connected to the head, the people of both sides were together, taking advantage of the dark night and high wind, and the sentry at the head of the city was slack, they touched the city gate, killed more than ten soldiers guarding the gate, and opened the city gate before the officers and soldiers in the city reacted, Wang Huan saw that the city was on fire, and immediately led the whole army to rush into the city.

There are Zeng Ying's 2,000 men and horses left in the city, and there is a staff general, who has been very nervous in the past few days, for fear that Li Guojun and Ma will clean himself up by the way, and wait until Li Guochuan does not stop leaving, then he breathes a sigh, and indulges in lust that night, leading a group of henchmen to spend the night in the largest green building in the city, when the ancestor led people into the brothel and pulled him up from the woman's belly, this person was still drunk and shouted for another drink.

The generals are like this, not to mention the people below, the white pole soldiers of the brigade rushed into the city with iron hooves, and they didn't even encounter decent resistance, and the few knife wielders were laid down by S with a round of crossbow arrows, and the remaining soldiers were blocked at the gate of the barracks, and obediently became prisoners, and only a dozen of Zeng Ying's personal soldiers escaped and rushed to Shunqing to report the news.

This battle was fought so easily, even Zubian and Ma Xintian couldn't believe it, the huge city, tens of thousands of residents, just fell into the hands of the Kuizhou soldiers, it was incredible to think about it, the siege battle was the most difficult, and thousands of people would not die, and the government like Chongqing would not want to fight it at all.

The two looked at Wang Huan's eyes and became more and more worshipful.

Wang Huan didn't notice it, but just encouraged Old Man Zhang, asking him to organize the merchants in the city to operate as usual, and all the shops will open tomorrow.

Meng Zhiyu and Xu Tiezhu were also brought by Wang Huan, Wang Huan's energy was limited, and the governance after the city was conquered had to rely on Meng Zhiyu and Xu Tiezhu, and the two of them were enough to deal with it.

"Immediately write a notice to the people, and before the sun rises tomorrow, it will be posted all over the streets and alleys of the city, and it must be written that all Zeng Ying's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes will be abolished, and the talent business tax will be exempted for one year. It is also necessary to dismiss all the yamen officials, replace them with our people, and re-recruit the third class of Minzhuang, so that the whole of Chongqing will be firmly in our hands in the shortest possible time. Wang Huan stood solemnly at the head of the city and commanded Xu Tiezhu and Meng Zhiyu in a deep voice.

The two nodded and took the order, for how to do things, there is experience in Kuizhou, and C is much more proficient in doing it.

"Ma Xintian, you have half a month to screen the soldiers left by Zeng Ying in the city, remove those soldiers, select strong and good fighters, and then recruit those who are willing to join the army from the people and displaced people, and after three days, you must gather 5,000 people, with a little training, you must rush to Hezhou Diaoyu City in half a month and join me!" Wang Huan said to Ma Xintian again, his tone was serious and solemn.

"I will take 6,000 Kuizhou soldiers tomorrow to Diaoyu City, block Zeng Ying's army there, buy time for you, the success or failure of my Kuizhou army, in one fell swoop!"

Ma Xintian frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, if you don't take someone to Hezhou, please stay in Chongqing, you are the main general, and you can't get into danger." ”

Wang Huan shook his head: "No! This battle is extremely critical, I have to go personally, Zeng Ying is dangerous and cunning, and the soldiers are ten thousand, which is not something you can deal with. ”

Seeing that Zu Bian and Ma Xintian and others had eager expressions, he smiled again: "Water comes to cover the earth, soldiers come to block, although Zeng Ying has a lot of people, but he is a tired soldier, and Zhang Xianzhong spent a few months, and then ran back in a hurry, we don't eat them, what is the reason?" ”

(End of chapter)