The foreign bandit Kou came so quickly, which really frightened Jia Yundong and Wang Liansheng. When they climbed to the top www.biquge.info of the city and saw the momentum of the thieves with their own eyes, they were even more surprised.

"How did this thief become different from before?" After reading it, the two of them had such an idea in their hearts almost at the same time.

In the past, foreign bandits could be regarded as a real rabble, rushing up when they plundered, and scattered in a hurry when they encountered a strong enemy. Although there are many people, there are not many rules for action, and there is no need to talk about formations, flags, etc. The regular army of the economic system is up to them, and it is not difficult to defeat ten with one. Not long ago, Wang Liansheng personally led hundreds of green battalion soldiers under his command to drive several times the number of foreign bandits into the mountains.

And today, look at these thieves in front of you, the formation is tight, the banner is like a forest, and many thieves and thieves in the front row are still wearing complete sets of brand-new armor, and the weapons in their hands are also more neat. Let's not talk about the real combat power, just looking at the battle, it is not comparable to the rabble of the previous one.

"What's that?" Jia Yundong pointed to a certain place in the thief formation, and the shock on his face became more and more intense.

Wang Liansheng looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that the first few rows of the thieves' central array slowly divided to both sides and made way for a passage. The group rode out of the passage and stopped a stone's throw from the city walls, looking at the castle in a big way.

After just one glance, Wang Liansheng's mouth opened wider than Jia Yundong. Because among the group, several of the leaders were wearing red official uniforms and black gauze hats.

Since the Ming Dynasty's forces completely withdrew from Henan a few years ago, this kind of Ming official's dress has once again appeared on the land of Henan in broad daylight. What this means, Jia Yundong and Wang Liansheng are clear in their hearts. On a cold day, sweat instantly poured out of his forehead.

At this moment, the line of Ming officials on the opposite side began to speak, and every time they spoke, a group of loud people next to them repeated in unison, sending their voices to the city. They first reported to their homes, led by the "Governor of Henan in Daming", followed by the "Political Envoy of Zuobu" and the "Governor of Henan...... Even "Dengfeng Zhi County" is also impressively listed.

At this time, Jia Yundong no longer cared about the embarrassment of being robbed of his official position, listening to these famous official titles, he almost had a feeling of fainting.

If it's just bandits and bandits, it's nothing. If it has not been completely pacified today, where can there not be a few thieves who rob homes and houses? The imperial court will not cut off the heads of magistrates just because of this. But if there are a large number of forces to restore the Ming in the territory that has been returned to the imperial court, what kind of responsibility the magistrate needs to bear, Jia Yundong is clear.

took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his forehead, Jia Yundong looked at Wang Liansheng beside him: "Wang Shoubei, can you lead the troops to attack and repel this group of thieves?" ”

Wang Liansheng just closed his wide mouth, and when he heard this, he greeted Jia Yundong's ancestors in his heart on the spot, but it was not easy to show it on the surface, so he just shook his head: "This....... The subordinate is only afraid that he will not be able to do it. At present, there are nearly 10,000 thieves outside the city, and looking at the formation, it is definitely not the kind of rabble that it used to be. There are only a few hundred soldiers under the subordinates, and they are afraid that they will hit the stone with an egg. At that time, it will not hurt to sacrifice his life for the country, but once the thieves take the opportunity to take the city, won't the innocent people in the city suffer? ”

"But not long ago, didn't you fight back against the thieves who were ten times your size?"

"This time and that time." Wang Liansheng held back the impatience in his heart and explained, "And the lower officials suspect that the thieves deliberately showed weakness that day to paralyze us carelessly, and this is what we did today." If we go out to attack, won't we just fall into the way of thieves? ”

"That'...... How's that good? ”

"Master Jia doesn't have to worry. Although there were many thieves, the lower officials saw that they did not have large equipment for siege in their array, so they should lack the means to break the city. Now that there are hundreds of warlords in the city, and there are hundreds of thieves in the city, it should not be difficult for me to recruit some men among the people and hold the city for some time. Now, Prince Zheng's army is resting in Kaifeng, and it shouldn't be long before he arrives after learning the news. As long as the soldiers of the Eight Banners come, even 100,000 thieves will not be able to set off the storm. ”

"Yes, yes, what Wang Shoubei said is extremely true, this official almost missed a big thing." As soon as he heard the words of the Eight Banners soldier, Jia Yundong immediately had confidence again.

Outside the city, the line of Ming officials had already reported their identities and ranks, and someone was reading out a text. The article cites classics and is magnificent, to the effect that the Ming Dynasty has entered Henan, Nanyang and other places have been decided, and the Manchu lackeys in the city hurried out of the city to surrender. The army did not immediately attack the city, not because of pity for the lives of you lackeys, but because it was concerned that the innocent people in the city would be implicated. As long as you surrender, everything is easy to say, and the Ming court will not be guilty of your crimes, and let you stay in office as you are. If you are obsessed with it, when the army enters the city, you and your families will not only die without a place to be buried, but will also be left with a stench for thousands of years.

"Drive out the Tartars! Recover the Central Plains! ”

"Drive out the Tartars!! Recover the Central Plains!! ”

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As soon as the text was finished, an earth-shattering shout erupted in the formation of the "Daming King Division".

At this time, Jia Yundong was even more convinced that this was by no means something that ordinary bandits and bandits could do, and there must be remnants of the Ming Dynasty in the south planning behind the scenes. Although "entering Henan", "depending on the transmission" and so on are not credible, if this wave of vision restoration appears in many prefectures and counties in Henan, it will definitely be enough to shake the Jingshi as well.

"The king is guarded, the food of the king is divided into the king's worries, and now, we have no choice, only to guard the city for the court, so as not to lose the duty of the courtiers." Although Jia Yundong's face is still very close to the color of loess, he really has no second way to choose, so he can only bite the bullet.

The "Daming King Division" outside the city soon ran out of patience and began to wave their troops to attack the city. The momentum was so great that the heavens and the earth shook.

But as Wang Liansheng said, this "Ming King Division" lacks special siege equipment, and there is no good strategy for breaking the city. And, although it looks decent, the actual combat effectiveness is not very good. The babbling attack lasted for a morning, but it did not pose much threat to the green battalion soldiers and people defending the city.

As the battle progressed, Wang Liansheng's originally anxious heart gradually calmed down, and almost all of his previous nervousness and fear turned into disdain. If it weren't for the fear of being taken advantage of the opportunity, he would even want to take the initiative to lead the troops to attack.

A whole day has passed, and the county seat of Dengfeng is still in the hands of the green battalion soldiers and the people. In the evening, when the foreign bandits outside the city had rested, the messengers selected by Jia Yundong finally saw the gap and broke out, and went to Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion respectively to report the news.

Seeing that the thieves had never been able to pose a threat to the city defense, and the messenger had successfully broken through, Jia Yundong's hanging heart finally fell back into his stomach, twisting his beard and laughing: "Hahaha, the thief Kou Qianqian has poor donkey skills." As soon as Prince Zheng's army arrives, these young people will inevitably be in a different place! ”

Of course, Master Jia has this self-confidence, since he defected to the Qing Dynasty, he has seen too many anti-Qing forces collapse and jump under the suppression of the Eight Banners, and I believe that this time is no exception.

In the evening, Wang Liansheng inspected the defense of his green battalion soldiers and Minzhuang, and went to rest without finding any mistakes. Because he was in a special period, he did not go back to his house in the city to rest, so he rested in the West Gate Tower. In the middle of the night, I was suddenly awakened by a commotion.

"Oh no, it's out of the water! Walk the water! ”

Wang Lian rose to his feet, looked out the window, and sure enough, he saw smoke in a certain part of the city, and half of the night sky was red by firelight.

Not good! There are thieves in the city! Wang Liansheng quickly grabbed his saber and summoned the soldiers outside the door to go to the place where the fire broke out to quell the chaos. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out of the door, his whole body was pierced by a sharp pain. He subconsciously looked down, only to see a bloody knife tip emerging from his stomach, and the chain mail on his body could not block the sharp blow. I looked back with the last bit of strength, and I only saw the cold face of the chief soldier.

Crashed to the ground, and before losing his last consciousness, Wang Liansheng saw his own soldiers cut down the other two pro-soldiers who pounced on him, and flew towards the city......

"The thieves are in town! The king is dead! ”

"The thieves are in town! The king is dead! ”

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Another panicked shout rang out near the west gate.

As Wang Liansheng did not come out to refute the rumors for a long time, the authenticity of this rumor was naturally verified, and the green battalion soldiers and Minzhuang who were defending the city suddenly became a mess.

It didn't take long for a dozen shirtless uninvited guests to rush to the west gate from somewhere in the city, rushed to the green battalion soldiers and the people, and in the darkness they felt a knife on their clothes, shouting while killing: "This guy is the thief's internal response!" ”

In less than a quarter of an hour, the green battalion soldiers and people near the city gate cave were affected by the spread of panic, screaming and fleeing in all directions. By the time the green battalion soldiers at the head of the city came down to support, the gates of the city had creaked open.

A tidal wave of shouts poured in from outside the city in an instant. This time, the thieves really entered the city.

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After dawn, the heads of Wang Liansheng and Jia Yundong were hung at the gate of the city, and many new notices were posted on the streets of the city. The date of payment is "the fourth year of Daming Longwu".

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In less than ten days, the urgent documents from all over the country were sent to Kaifeng Mansion and the desk of the governor of Henan like snowflakes.

According to the documents, in recent days, a large number of thieves have appeared in Henan, Huaiqing, Ruzhou, Nanyang, and other prefectures, and even in the western part of Kaifeng Prefecture, under the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and returning to the Ming Dynasty. They were violent, and they dared to attack the county seat or even the prefecture in broad daylight, and now Dengfeng, Jiaxian, Lushan and other places have been captured, and all the magistrates have been killed. The green battalion soldiers stationed in various places often take care of one thing and lose sight of the other, seeing that this fire against the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty is about to burn more and more. And the slogan of the thieves everywhere is also surprisingly consistent: drive out the Tartars and restore the Central Plains. Zhongxing Daming, return my rivers and mountains.

The governor of Henan was so shocked that he was sweating. In last year's Jingxiang Campaign, the most elite Henan promotion in Henan's green camp had all folded in Jingzhou, and now the province is afraid that there will not be many mobile troops to extinguish such a huge anti-Qing rebellion. In a hurry, he went directly to Jierharang, who was leading the army to temporarily rest in Kaifeng.

At the beginning of last month, on the orders of Dolgon, Zilharang led more than 13,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners from Beijing to Huguang. After arriving, he will take unified command of the Qing troops of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and other units in Hunan.

On the way south, Zilharang participated in the suppression of several popular uprisings along the way, which was already delayed for some time. At present, he has finished resting in Kaifeng, and is preparing to speed up his southward journey and arrive in Huguang as soon as possible, but unexpectedly received a request for help from the governor of Henan at this juncture.

Zilharang was a little impatient, but after reading the detailed report on the thief, he couldn't help but gasp. If it was just some bandits and robbers, he wouldn't bother to care about it. But at present, there is a surprisingly unanimous "expulsion of the Tartars and restoration of the Central Plains." Zhongxing Daming, return my rivers and mountains" made him have to attach great importance to it. If this is left unchecked, then what is the cost?

After a little weighing, Zilharang finally decided to lead his army to western Henan first, and wait for the suppression of this growing anti-Qing rebellion before heading south. Anyway, with his past experience, it won't take much time to wipe out this kind of rabble, at most it will be delayed for more than half a month.

When preparations were ready, Jierharang personally led a large army and slaughtered the mansions in western Henan.