Yang Chao made the army stand still, brought a few personal soldiers, and walked straight to the crowd.

    At this time, Wang Pu was on the right, many men were on the left, and Zhao Kang was lined up in front of the crowd.

    Yang Chao surpassed Zhao Kang, stood on the strongest side of the team, and looked at the nervous people.

     shouted loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, we are Huai'an Shidu waved his soldiers and horses to rescue Haizhou!" ”

    But seeing that the people are still very nervous.

    Yang Chao continued: "Our Ming army, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty! ”

     As a result, the people were still nervous, Yang Chao thought that in the eyes of the people, probably the army of the Ming Dynasty was no different from the army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the army of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong was no different in style.

    Yang Chao couldn't help but be depressed, and still shouted loudly: "We are here to protect you, everyone rest assured!" ”

    At this time, an old man walked out tremblingly, knelt in front of the army, and said boldly: "Xiao Ke is a salt household in Bian Jiapu, and his family has family assets, so Xiao Ke is willing to work in the army." How can it be looted by thieves, Xiao Ke has never carried cash, if you can trust it, you can go home with Xiao Ke, and I am willing to raise a thousand gold thanks! I hope that all the soldiers will not hurt you folks. ”

     This old man was able to survive, it was not easy, he called himself a salt household, there are three main types of household registration in the Ming Dynasty, civilian households, military households and artisan households, but in the coastal salt-making areas, there are salt households, stove households, but salt households, stove households belong to the craftsman households.

    Salt households and stove households both refer to people who are engaged in making salt, in fact, it is the same meaning, but different places have different names, different periods of the name of the Yellow Book registration is different, according to the system of the early Ming Dynasty, their taxes are paid salt.

    Bian Jiapu is close to the west side of Haizhou City. It was a large salt farm, so it was inhabited by many salt farmers, some of whom were doing well. He also sells salt, but in fact, he has already transformed into a salt merchant.

    This old man is obviously such a salt farmer.

    Yang Chao went over to help the old man.

      said with a pleasant face: "Uncle." We were originally the Xinjiang Estuary Water Battalion, King Qin went north to return to the Cao Governor, we are the king's teacher, we dare not disturb the people, so we will not bother the old man and the army! ”

    Yang Chao helped the old man, and at the same time said that his army would not attack the people, the old man stood up, but the other people knelt down in twos and threes.

    Yang Chao shouted: "Everyone, get up! ”

    But no one got up.

    Yang Chao didn't want to help one by one. called Li Liang, a personal soldier, to go to the river to call Huang Fengfu and others, and at the same time let the boatman unload the boat, while Yang Chao talked to the old man.

     I heard from the old man that the nearby Dongyu has been coming for more than 20 days, and has not attacked the city, but has only plundered nearby, and it is impossible to say how many people there are, but there will never be only twenty or thirty people.

    This information proves that there were other captives nearby, and he killed one or two dozen captives. It was impossible for the captives not to retaliate, and it was still very unsafe outside the city at this time.

    It's better to enter the city, against the city wall. He has more than 600 soldiers who have experienced the battle array, even if there are 1,000 captives, Yang Chao is confident to defend the city.

    Soon Huang Fengfu came over, and Yang Chao asked him to pacify the people.

    Yang Chao himself walked to the city gate.

    At this time, the city wall was already full of soldiers from Haizhou City, but none of them just fired an arrow or shot an arrow at the captives, so they watched Yang Chao's army and the captives fight so steadily, of course, the results of the battle made them dumbfounded, and the captives were under Yang Chao's excellent birds. It seems so vulnerable.

    "Haizhou Zhizhou is here?" ”

    Yang Chao shouted loudly towards the city, he wanted to communicate with the governor of Haizhou. I hope I can go into the city.

    But soon a middle-aged man who looked like a scribe climbed on the battlements and replied.

    "Lord Zhizhou is in the government, and this strong man has something to tell you." It's the master below! ”

     It turned out to be the master of Zhizhou, so it was the same as him.

    Yang Chao shouted: "This official is the general manager under the command of Shi Du, and he was ordered to come to the rescue of Haizhou. ”

    Yang Chao said and took out the letter from his arms, and at this time Li Liang also brought Jiang Yang, a hundred households in Haizhou.

    Haizhou City is in front of him, Jiang Yang is in a very complicated mood, he has just witnessed everything on the boat, and he has been completely impressed by Yang Chao's soldiers.

     arrived in front of Yang Chao and was respectful.

    "You came just in time, Jiang Baihu, tell the city, we are reinforcements, let them open the city gate!" ”

    Yang Chao just finished shouting, no one in the city answered, Yang Chao thought that the other party didn't believe it.

    Jiang Yang bowed, and immediately stepped forward and shouted: "I am Jiang Yang of one hundred households in the East China Sea, open the city gate quickly!" ”

    At this time, most of the soldiers in the city were guards in the East China Sea, so many people recognized Jiang Yang, and it was reasonable to prove the identity of the reinforcements, but the city still did not open the city gate.

     The master began to speak at this time: "My lord, it's not that the villain can't trust you, it's just that the captives are cunning and don't dare to do it." We can ask Jiang Baihu to come up, you give him the letter and the text, and wait for Lord Zhizhou to read it and make a decision! ”

    Yang Chao thought that their worries were also reasonable, many fortified cities in Liaodong were deceived by Nurhachi, and they all used fine work to open the city gates from the inside, otherwise with only bows and arrows and single swords, it would be impossible to contribute to fortified cities like Fushun and Liaoyang at the beginning.

    So Yang Chao handed over the letter to Jiang Yang, watched Jiang Yang hurriedly run under the city wall, and put down a rope on the city, Jiang Yang tied his waist and was pulled up by the soldiers in the city.

    Yang Chao was waiting outside the city, counting the results of the battle.

      has just killed a lot of captives, and his own soldiers are cutting off their heads one by one.

    Suddenly a pro-soldier shouted: "This one is still alive!" ”

    The soldiers were quite excited, he had never seen a Tartar before, but this time he did, but all of them were killed, and all the people he saw were dead, and he suddenly found a living one, and he was inevitably excited.

    Yang Chao also heard the news.

    "Leave a live mouth! ”

    Soon the living captive was brought over, and it turned out to be the child, who was robbed and knocked unconscious, but he did not die.

    It's strange to be hit by a bird at such a close distance, how can you not die.

     After examination, it was found that the boy was very lucky, the bird shot his horse to death, and then hit him with a knife, and the knife slapped him in the face, which knocked him unconscious, so he lived.

    These are not tried, because Erkh Ullahula is yelling and no one can understand what he says.

     were all written on his face, with a knife-shaped mark on his face and a flattened nose.

    "It's so ugly, you won't find a daughter-in-law in the next generation!" ”

    Yang Chao saw the appearance of the little captive soldier, and he actually thought of this in his heart, and then waved his hand to let people go down, this captive soldier does not understand Chinese, and no one on his side understands Manchu, so he can't communicate at all.

    After counting, a total of 17 captives were killed, and eight horses were captured, and there were 10 dead horses and wounded horses, all of which were slaughtered, boiled and eaten meat, and the boiled horse meat was stained with sea salt in the warehouse, and there was a special taste in a big gulp.

    The supplies on the ship have been unloaded and piled on the dock.

    A lot of supplies were intended to be sent into the city, especially those artillery, which could only play a final role if they were placed on the city walls.

    But the gates never opened, and no news came.

    At this time, the old man carefully asked Yang Chao if he could go home, but at this time, he still couldn't let go of his family business.

    Yang Chao was not at ease, and persuaded him to stay here, in case he met a captive, but no one saved him.

    The old man said that he had a family, and sure enough, he called five strong men, no wonder an old man could get here, it seems that there were guards, so he was not shot by the captives.

    Yang Chao still didn't recommend him to go back, but if he insisted, Yang Chao didn't force him to stay.

    The old man thanked him and left.

     waited for an hour, the city gate still did not open, and finally saw a wooden frame hanging from the city gate, and a person inside.

    The person was Jiang Yang, and he told Yang Chao with a bitter face that Haizhou Zhizhou did not agree to open the door.

    Haizhou Zhizhou quoted the ancestral system, the guest army was not allowed to enter the city, and Yang Chao was required to camp outside the city.

    As for the supply of Haizhou, the governor said that it could be dialed down on the next day.

     The guest army is not allowed to enter the city, and the supplies of the guest army are distributed every other day, which is the ancestral system.

    Yang Chao was very angry, he also knew the ancestral system, but he was afraid of this, so he was willing to come even if Shi Kefa asked for letters and writings.

     originally thought that with a letter from a big man like Shi Kefa, the Haizhou government would sell some face, and he hurriedly put them in.

    Yang Chao is confident that he will defend the city with his hundreds of troops, even if there are one or two thousand captives, he is confident that he can defend it.

    If it was a field battle, Yang Chao did not dare to guarantee the fate of his recruits before the cavalry charge.

    The last thing that happened happened at this time, Yang Chao really didn't have any good way but to sneer, did he go to attack the city by himself.

      spread his hands and pretended to be chic, and patted Jiang Yang's shoulder.

    "Lord Jiang, you dare to go out of the city!" ”

    Jiang Yang has a hundred households, but he didn't expect to be willing to go out of the city, this is the only place that makes Yang Chao happy.

    Jiang Yang smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry Lord Yang, it was the lower official who invited the adult to come, but he couldn't let the adult enter the city, the lower official is ashamed, and he is willing to advance and retreat with Lord Yang!" ”

    Yang Chao smiled: "Is this righteousness? ”

    Jiang Yang felt guilty.

     But Yang Chao secretly admired in his heart, this is a person with discipline, at least self-esteem, Yang Chao is not polite, he left Jiang Yang, there is such a snake in the ground, if you need to deal with Haizhou Mansion in the future, there is still room for it.

    Since you can't enter the city, you can only deploy defenses outside the city.

    Yang Chao has already investigated the situation on the wharf, there are two rows of houses, all of which are brick houses, most of which are government warehouses, and there is still a large amount of salt that has not had time to be transferred.

    When the Dongyu attacked, they either couldn't get it, or they didn't want to take it, maybe they thought it was already in their pocket, so they put it here for the time being, anyway, the salt in several warehouses was intact.

    In addition to salt, there are very few other goods, Haizhou is Yanpu, the main production is salt, foreign merchants come here mainly to sell salt, other goods can be ignored. (To be continued)