It was late at night when I arrived at the county seat, except for the city wall and the county government, other buildings, including the wild goose pagoda, were pitch black, and the streets were silent.

Yi Bangcai hurriedly came out with a few subordinates and a dozen soap-clothed servants to greet him, and Chu looked around a few times and didn't see a local official, so he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

A fortified city that was so well defended was abandoned.

Before leaving Dongchang Mansion, he had carefully looked at the city's city defense map, although the county seat of Shenxian County is a plain town, but the four tall gatehouses are locked and four passes, and there is a wild goose tower in the city, a tall building that overlooks the whole city.

The outer city is dotted with arrow towers, and there are many obstacles outside the city wall, such as deer barricades, barbed wire, and moats around the city.

If the bow and arrow are fully stocked and the grain is sufficient, it can be called an easy place to defend and difficult to attack.

Such a military stronghold was actually frightened by dozens of Qing soldiers and gave up, in this way, how could the Ming Kingdom not die?!

"My lord, let's go and rest first! The brothers have been fighting for a day, let them rest. Yi Bang saw it, thinking that he was glad to reach Shen County, and couldn't help but point to the tired soldiers around him and whispered.

Chu Suifeng looked back at the large group of people behind him and nodded, and Yi Bangcai beckoned people to settle the soldiers and people.

Originally, Chu Suifeng's people were faster, and the fleeing people and defeated soldiers were constantly contained on the road, and when they arrived at the city, Chu Suifeng's troops and civilians had reached more than 20,000 people.

There were people from nearby villages, daimyos, and other places who had escaped, including the elderly, women, children, merchants, craftsmen, thieves, and so on.

Fortunately, Liu Shaowu's Xiangma was in the team, and the traitors did not dare to make it bigger, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with Chu Suifeng's hundreds of tired soldiers.

Chu went straight to the county government with the support of everyone.

In the light of torches, the streets were littered with discarded and messy debris, half-broken poles, sparsely trampled bamboo baskets, broken water tanks, and colourful laundry......

One can imagine the chaos at that time.

Chu Suifeng frowned and waved his hand back, Ding Keze ran to the horse with a torch and pulled his bridle and asked.

"My lord, what do you command?"

Chu Suifeng rode a Mongolian horse covered in green, and at this moment, he was pulled by the bridle, and he snorted and stopped.

Chu Suifeng pointed at the black rumbling city wall in the distance with a long horsewhip and said.

"Let our soldiers go to the city in four groups to take turns and select some deserters to patrol."

Liu Shaowu looked at the back and thought secretly but did not speak, he was not the other party's subordinates, he had no obligation and no need to suffer that hardship, the other party did not tell him to explain that the person in front of him understood.

Ding Keze nodded hurriedly but didn't leave, he was a veteran, and the boss didn't let him go, which meant that the other party still had something to say, so he stood still.

Sure enough, Chu Suifeng thought for a moment and then commanded.

"Let Yi Bangcai, Wu Shiyi, and the officials and officers of Shen County who did not flee immediately go to the county government for a meeting. Go ahead. ”

The other party gave a military salute very neatly, turned around and beckoned a few soldiers to scatter with a few words, Chu Suifeng bowed slightly, Ding Keze is really good at this kind of thing.

Turning around and seeing that Liu Shaowu hadn't gone to rest yet, he hugged his fist at the other party a little apologetically.

"Brother Liu, it's really hard for you to come to Shen County this time. There's nothing to do now, so go and rest. ”

Liu Shaowu stared at Liu Shaoyi, who was following Ding Keze's buttocks, and returned the salute to Chu Suifeng.

"Look at what Chu Qianhu said, this is what we should do. I'm not going to nap, I'll have a meeting with you later. ”

This is a bit thick-skinned, you are not someone else's subordinate, and you have to listen to other people's deployment arrangements.

Chu Suifeng knew that the other party was not at ease, and bowed his head slightly, and whipped the cyan horse's buttocks with a horsewhip and shouted.

"Drive!"

The horse lifted its front hooves, barked a few times, and galloped towards the county office.

Later, more than a dozen riders of Liu Shaowu rode their horses to follow, and this group of people rushed into the county government in a puff of smoke.

It was very spacious, with lamps on the bronze candlesticks at the four corners of the room, the desks on the table were neatly arranged, and the floor was neat and clean, and it was evident that someone had cleaned it up before he came.

Chu Suifeng was also not polite and sat directly on the seat of the magistrate, and a soap-colored cotton-clothed servant next to him hurriedly took the black teapot that was steaming white, poured a cup and handed it over, and then carried the pot and waited on the side to prepare for the refill.

Chu blew the tea foam floating on it with the wind, took a sip, put down the white porcelain tea bowl, and said to the few clerks and officials standing below.

"Which of you is the head, and what is the situation now? Tell me about it. ”

Before they could speak, he said to Xie Qian and Liu Shaowu.

"You've both had a busy day, so pull up a chair and sit down for tea."

Several soap-colored cotton-clad clerks looked at each other, and one of them, a slightly older clerk, walked to the middle and bowed his head.

"Lord Qianhu, all the officials of the county have fled. There is only one criminal master left in the county government, four secretaries, and 28 servants. The situation of the Thousand Households is unknown. ”

Liu Shaowu next to him puffed a mouthful of hot tea on the ground, holding a white porcelain tea bowl and scolding in his mouth.

"Wang Ba Lamb, a few Qing soldiers came and they were strained, why didn't you run away when you were pampered and pampered on weekdays?!"

The man hung his head with a red face, and several people around him bowed their heads and kept silent after seeing Liu Shaowu's fierce appearance.

The official waiting on the side hurriedly came over to refill the water, but was impatiently pushed by Liu Shaowu, and stood next to him with some embarrassment.

Chu Suifeng didn't blame Liu Shaowu, because first, he was not his subordinate, and secondly, the other party scolded right, and this group of dog officials in the Ming Dynasty should really be scolded.

On weekdays, the corpse is inactive, and during the war, he abandoned the city and fled regardless of the people, so why shouldn't he be scolded? You can pull it over and chop it directly!

"How about the granary and the county's material reserves now, and how much population is there?" Chu Suifeng pondered for a while and asked.

The faces of several clerks became embarrassed, the other party was a military general, and the internal affairs and people's livelihood were not under the jurisdiction of the other party.

In this way, it is typical of overstepping.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and the literati always looked down on military generals.

Xie Qian saw a few people hesitating and knew the reason, so his face sank to the side and he stopped shouting.

"Look at you! What are they like?! Zhixian, Zhixian escaped! The county, the county escaped! Now thousands of households have arrived, and the military, government, and civil affairs are all listening to thousands of households! ”

After speaking, he stretched out the celadon tea bowl in his hand, and the official next to him hurriedly went over to refill the water, and after renewing, he carried it and refilled the teapot with boiling water.

The secretary reprimanded the clerk for being submissive, and the older clerk hesitated for a long time.

"The city had a population of 30,000, and 10,000 fled. The supplies and food can support the whole city for a month, silver salary, silver salary ......"

When it comes to silver salary, the bookstore really can't say anything.

When the magistrate escaped, half of it was swept away, and when the other officials fled, the other half was included, and now the Shen County Treasury has no money.

hated Liu Shaowu's teeth, the reason why he came to Shen County also had the intention of getting some silver salary, or who would help Chu Suifeng try his best to maintain order?

Now that I dare to work in vain, I was about to have a seizure, and I remembered that the kid just said that the food supplies were enough for the whole city for a year, and my eyes rolled twice and I made up my mind to ask for food and supplies.

Chu Suifeng waved his hand when he heard the sinking water behind him, and the other party consciously stepped aside.

At this time, there was a commotion outside, and Yibang Cai Ding Keze arrived with a few officers......