Jingde is a small city, and there is no battalion on weekdays, and the main thing to maintain in the city is a cadre of the county government, if there is anything in the county that needs to send soldiers, then the county will ask for transfer from the county to the government, otherwise there are no soldiers in the city on weekdays. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

A few days ago, Zhejiang invaded along the river, and the prefectures and counties on both sides of the Yangtze River responded one after another, and officials of all sizes could be said to have surrendered when they heard the news. Jingde is in the southwest corner of Ningguofu, far away from the Yangtze River and Fucheng, so the county magistrate Jia Zhen received the news late, and when he also decided to send someone to Zhekou to ask for surrender, the bandits under the city of Nanjing were already defeated, and Zhekou also collapsed in Tongling, so Jia Zhen became the only county in the six counties under the jurisdiction of Ningguo Mansion that did not change the banner anyway.

At present, the colleagues in Fucheng and the rest of the counties are busy redeeming themselves and washing away the suspicion of thieves, but Jia Zhen is leisurely and complacent, and even wishes that the imperial court would have a major purge in the Jiangnan officialdom, so that he Jia Zhixian can be promoted to Jia Zhifu.

But God is too blind, this front foot Zhejiang Kou has just been defeated, but the back foot Jiangxi has come to Taiping Kou. The one who sent the news didn't come back, and Jia Zhixian knew that the road was eighty percent broken, and maybe those who reported the news would have lost their lives.

After thinking about it, Jia Zhixian made up his mind that the Ming army really came to attack the city, so he paid and surrendered as he did last time the bandits came. This decision was unanimously supported by the gentry in the city, and they all said that the decision of the county was extremely wise. However, when the Jingde official gentry prepared wine and meat for the division and prepared to open the city to welcome the Ming soldiers into the city, they found that the Ming soldiers did not come to the county seat at all.

Jia Zhixian is confused, where will the Ming army go if they don't come to attack the city?

Lu Xiancheng sent a few brave messengers to ride the only few fast horses in the city to Zishan to investigate, but found that the Ming army did not stop at all, and left without even stopping at Hule Town to camp.

The local villagers explained that the army ran all the way through Hule Town, and when the soldiers passed, the Ming army did not commit any crime against the town except for capturing two people as guides. When the villagers were asked how many men and horses there were in the Ming army, they answered a variety of questions, some said thousands, some said hundreds, and some said that they only saw a few dozen people passing by.

The messengers reported the news, and Lu Xiancheng couldn't eat it accurately, I don't know why the Ming army didn't attack the city and plunder the land, but ran all the way to the northeast.

"Could it be that they want to attack the city?" Lu Xiancheng made a bold guess.

Jia Zhixian had another guess, saying that the Ming army wanted to attack Jiangning?

Lu Xiancheng slapped his thigh and said in a lost voice: "I'm afraid it's true!" ”

But even if the Ming army went to Jiangning, Jia Zhixian and Lu Xiancheng couldn't go to ventilate and report the news, and the previous batches of people who went to report the news have not come back until now, and no one in the city dares to go out anymore.

In the end, Jia Zhixian made a decision that he thought was very wise, that is, to wait and see. If the Ming army from Jiangxi really occupied Jiangning, then he would immediately change his flag anyway; If it can't be taken like the last time the pirates, then this matter will naturally be stopped. Anyway, the Ming army didn't enter Jingde City, so it's easy to operate on which side to stand on.

Lu Xiancheng also said yes, so the matter was decided. Unexpectedly, just after making up his mind, someone outside came to report, saying that the Ming army had come from outside the city.

Jia Zhixian and Lu Xiancheng were taken aback, didn't it mean that the army had passed the Purple Mountain and left? Why did the Ming army pop up again!

When I went to the city, Jia and Lu stayed there, and the Ming army did come from outside the city, but there were only a few dozen people. The Ming army officer led by him shot a letter to the city, and Jia Zhixian hurriedly opened it to see it, but there was a line of vernacular on it - "Send us some shoes and food, or we will attack the city!" ”

This request made Jia Zhixian and Lu Xiancheng stunned, and a literate official on the side smiled when he saw it, and shouted: "County Zun, this Ming army doesn't even have shoes and food, are we still afraid that they will attack the city?" I can't say that they will all be so hungry that they will lose their strength, or the county will order the little one to bring someone to capture them? ”

The words of this official made Lu Xiancheng very moved, and he was a little eager to try it for a while. Jia Zhixian said that it was inappropriate, I was afraid that it was fraud, if the Ming army had no food and clothing, how could they dare to come. Besides, I don't know how many Ming troops will come, in case the Ming army's brigade is behind, it won't cause a big disaster.

The official muttered: "Isn't the Ming army brigade gone?" ”

"What if they come back?"

Jia Zhixian glared at this reckless guy, in his opinion, the Ming army's request was not excessive, if he could get some shoes and food to send them away, it would be a cheap thing.

Lu Xiancheng thought about it, and felt that he shouldn't take the risk, and was about to ask the Ming army how many pairs of shoes they wanted, but the city screamed, indicating that the army was attacking the city.

Jia Zhixian and Lu Xiancheng were shocked again, and hurriedly looked down at the city, but saw seven or eight Ming soldiers running to the city with a few shields, and then threw something into the hole in the city gate, and quickly ran back again. Before the people in the city could react, there was a loud "boom" in the cave at the city gate, which shook people's eardrums. A puff of black smoke also rose into the air from the city gate, and the smell of gunpowder smoke was also smelled between the noses. When the people who lived not far from the city wall heard the loud noise of the city gate and ran to look at it, they found that the hole in the city gate was bright, and the heavy city gate was gone.

"The city is broken?!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, and the timid servant had already turned around and ran away.

Jia Zhixian, who got up from the ground, and his ears were still ringing murmurs, finally cleared up, but what he heard was the shout of the city being broken. While he was in distress, a voice came from outside the city.

"The gates of your city have been opened, just to make you more interesting. Now send us what we want, or we'll rush into the city and kill people!" ”

After being stunned for a few seconds, Lu Xiancheng rushed to answer the matter in front of Jia Zhi County, and then mobilized in the middle of the city, and in less than half an hour, a batch of shoes was sent out of the city. The city was already stocked with wine and food for the army, and they all moved out. Strange to say, the city gate was opened, but the Ming army outside the city really did not enter the city, but hurriedly selected shoes that fit their feet, and then sat around and ate violently, and then wiped their mouths and got up with weapons to line up, it seemed that they were really leaving.

Amitabha Buddha in Jia Zhi County, it's good to go, it's good to go. The gentry all over the city were also Qi Songqi, but one of the Ming soldiers ran out and inserted a wooden sign in front of the city gate. The sign was written in lime in a few large characters - "The city is for the people".

After the Ming army put the sign on, he said to the person who sent the things out: "Don't accept the things, there are brothers behind us who want to come over, and you will send a batch of shoes and food here every half an hour." If you do so, keep your city safe, or you will be killed!" (To be continued.) )