readx; With a distance of less than 100 paces, for the well-trained and battle-hardened Guanning Iron Cavalry, it was as simple as stepping across a ditch. Before the rebels could react www.biquge.info five hundred cavalry had already rushed to the city.

The rebels outside the city were supposed to welcome the "friendly forces" into the city, and they had no intention of fighting at all, and many of them did not even bring weapons. Seeing the cavalry on the opposite side suddenly charge, he was first extremely shocked, and then extremely panicked, and rushed to the suspension bridge of the moat. Originally, the defenders wanted to pull up the drawbridge, but the bottom was already a mess, and they couldn't pull it at all, and they didn't even have time to close the city gate.

At this time, the Guanning Iron Cavalry had already arrived, first launched a salvo of bows and arrows at the head of the city, and then smashed into the rebel formation. The rebels were overwhelmingly infantry, so how could they withstand the sabre-wielding cavalry? In an instant, a bloody alley was killed, and the hundred households led by the horse rushed into the city gate first, and the cavalry behind poured in like a black torrent.

These rebels were originally officers and soldiers of the local guard center, and they were pampered in peacetime, and they had not fought for many years, and their combat effectiveness was not much stronger than that of the peasants. Now that the city gate has been breached so easily, how can there be a heart to fight, let out a shout, and scatter like birds and beasts.

But they were not in the wilderness, but in the city; The walls were meant to be a defense against foreign enemies, but now they became an obstacle to escape. After the Guanning Iron Cavalry broke through the city gate, they were not in a hurry to pursue the rebels, but quickly passed through the city and quickly controlled the four city gates of Guide Province. As for the rebels in the city, they don't pay attention to it at all, anyway, they are catching turtles in the urn, and there is no way to escape.

Soon Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao also led 500 cavalry to follow, completely controlling Guide Mansion. Capture the thief and capture the king first, now that the rebel general is dead, Cao Wenzhao led the army to attack the mansion, and ordered the soldiers to shout: "The official army has arrived, and those who surrender will be spared death, and those who resist will not be killed!" ”

At this time, the rebels were leaderless, and they didn't know who they were fighting for, so they dared to use their arms as a car, either fleeing home and taking off their uniforms and hiding, or they had to kneel and beg for mercy. In less than half an hour, the rebels in the whole city had surrendered, and in addition to the dozens of people killed, the remaining more than 700 people squatted on the ground with their heads in a circle, and the scene was extremely embarrassing.

As for the government office, it is also bloodless. How dare those officials fight with the fierce and vicious Guanning Iron Cavalry, as soon as the cavalry of the brigade arrived, they immediately obediently opened the gate and welcomed Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao in.

Cao Wenzhao saw that the door was only opened by ordinary officials, and there were no officials, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is in charge now?" ”

The officials hurriedly knelt down and replied tremblingly: "Lord Hui, the original prefect has been arrested by Hong Chengchou and escorted to Xiangyang because he refused to belong to Zhu Changxun; Tongzhi ran away; These days are the general judgment in the presiding matter. ”

"Where's the general verdict?"

"Through... The verdict is gone..."

"Go find it at his house!"

Soon, the general sentence was pulled out of the house by Guan Ning Tieqi. After the simplest interrogation, Cao Wenzhao got hold of the money and food in the city, and released a number of low-level officials from the government prison who had been imprisoned for refusing to be loyal to Zhu Changxun, and several of them were Jinshi of Enke this year. The name of the highest official is Yan Ermei, who is a seventh-grade official and is only in his twenties this year. Although he was severely tortured, Yan Ermei was extremely stubborn, and the others couldn't even stand up, but he gritted his teeth, didn't let anyone help him, and walked to the hall to salute Cao Wenzhao.

Because of the Ming Dynasty's rule of "using literature to control martial arts", although Cao Wen Zhaogui was the deputy chief soldier of the second grade, he did not dare to neglect Yan Ermei, the official of the seventh grade, and hurriedly ordered someone to help him sit down, hugged his fists and arched his hands: "Lord Yan is unyielding, and I will admire him." ”

Yan Ermei hurriedly got up and returned the salute, endured the pain and said: "The rebel Zhu Changxun's rebellion is unpopular, and the people everywhere are looking forward to the official army quelling the rebellion as soon as possible. It is a pity that the officers and soldiers of the guard station are afraid of the enemy like tigers, and they have no shame at all, and they either flee without a fight, or go straight to the enemy, which is really hateful. Although the students had the heart to serve the country, they were powerless and became prisoners of traitors. If it weren't for the general's divine soldiers descending from the sky, maybe one day the student would be in a different place. Now that the general has recovered and returned to Defu, he also hopes to preside over the whole prefecture and recover several surrounding counties..."

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly interrupted Yan Ermei and said: "Lord Yan doesn't know, he will have a heavy responsibility, he can't stay here for a long time, he has to start early tomorrow morning, and the surrounding prefectures and counties may not have time to recover." ”

Yan Erme said in astonishment: "This... As soon as the general leaves, if the rebels come back, won't the people of the whole city repeat the fire? ”

Cao Wenzhao was ordered to go to Nanjing for a top-secret operation, of course, he couldn't tell Yan Ermei, so he had to smile embarrassedly: "This general also has a life, and he can't help himself." At present, the officials below the prefect of the Defu Prefecture have defected or fled, and Lord Yan is already the highest-ranking civil official here, and the city defense and the people's livelihood still depend on the Lord to maintain it. In addition, the general's march was too hasty, and there was a lack of food and grass, so he asked the adults to help raise it, not much, as long as it was enough for a thousand men and horses to eat for three or four days. ”

The burden of a thousand catties fell on Yan Ermei's shoulders at once. He was originally a magistrate, responsible for the punishment of a government, but he was not familiar with the affairs of the army, horses, money and food. But he only pondered for a moment, then got up and said resolutely: "The student is deeply favored by the emperor, and it is the right thing to repay the saint with his body. Since General Cao said so, students should do their best, and we will go to the grain depot to fetch grain now! Although General Cao will open tomorrow, if the rebels come again, the students will personally go to the city to defend the city, and the people of the city will be the same enemy, and they will never let the rebels enter the city! ”

That night, Yan Ermei stayed up all night, in addition to arranging food and lodging for the Guanning Iron Cavalry and preparing military rations for the army, he also organized the government to serve Zhang Bang and the people. He felt that the rebels who had surrendered were simply unusable, so he simply recruited a group of able-bodied men from among the people to guard the city and maintain law and order. The people of Guide Province were ravaged by the rebels for nearly a month, and at this time, the official army regained the city, and they also took a reassurance, and the enthusiasm for defending their homeland was high, and many young people took the initiative to enlist, and soon pulled up a team of nearly 2,000 people. Although they have not received any training, their morale is high and their spirit is hundredfold, which is much better than those guards who are languid and only know how to bully the common people.

On the fourth watch of the second day, it was still completely dark, and Cao Wenzhao led a thousand Guanning iron horsemen to pull out. Yan Ermei personally sent him out of the city, and said goodbye firmly: "I wish General Cao a successful horse, and then set up Qixun to help the imperial court put down the rebellion as soon as possible!" ”

Cao Wenzhao saw Yan Ermei like this, and he was even more uneasy, secretly thinking that as soon as he left, Guide Mansion would face enemies on all sides, and let this weak scholar bear the heavy responsibility of defending the city, once the city was broken, the rebels would inevitably kill, and he would not be responsible?

However, on the one hand, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, on the other hand, the official army is insufficient, and there are only 1,000 Guanning iron cavalry, so they can only choose the most important task. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and bow deeply to Yan Ermei: "Thank you, Lord Yan, please take care!" Open up! Then he flew on his horse and galloped south without looking back.

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