Chapter 6: The Demeanor of the Civil Officials of the Ming Dynasty

On the east city gate, the officers and soldiers with swords and the people in charge of the support nervously looked at the crowd in the distance. This gate, which is built against the official road, is also the shortest city wall in Huating County, because the last flood soaked for more than a month, collapsed partly, and the foundation of some wall roots is unstable. If, according to the merchants who fled back, there are traitors in the pirates, then this is the place where protection is most needed.

Huating County magistrate in the text, the word retreat, Hongzhi six years into the Shi and the first, about forty years old, to this medium county has been in office for more than four years, the judgment is judged, the official reputation is very good. To put it simply, Yu Wenzhong is a typical civil official, with a good appearance and good reputation.

Today, when he went to the head of the city, Yu took off his civilian clothes and changed into a regular dress that he wore when he was promoted to the church on weekdays. Wearing a two-beam crown, a plain silver belt, a three-color ribbon of Lian Que, and an official uniform of a cyan emu complement, he held the battlements of the city wall with one hand and looked at the figures in the distance, while listening to the report of Zhang Zhang, who had climbed to the head of the city one step earlier.

"Mr. Zhang, what's the situation ahead?" Yu County Commander spent some time making arrangements in the county office, so the first thing he did when he went to the top of the city was to learn about the latest situation. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if the news lags behind, then it is very likely that the judgment will be wrong, and it will bury the people of his city, so Yu can't be careless in the article.

Zhang Jiang saluted with his fists and said: "According to the villagers and businessmen who have fled back, these Japanese robbers landed from the seaside, and there were originally only more than ten people. Originally, I just wanted to rob some coastal villagers, but because of the heavy rains this year, many villages were destroyed, many farmers and fishermen were displaced, homeless, and some county officials were not effective in disaster relief, so some evil and traitorous people joined this small group of widows, responsible for acting as guides, and looting villages that did not suffer from floods along the road, and then they didn't know who to hear, the city wall of Huating County collapsed partially because of long-term soaking, so they went straight to our county, otherwise, The pirates generally did not come too far from the sea to attack the city. Zhang reported all the information he had collected to Yu Wenzhong.

"These Diao people, as well as those moths who can only be greedy for ink, are going to kill me in Huating County! It seems that Emperor Taizu's strategy of banning the sea is correct, he should ban maritime trade and move all the coastal people inward, so that even if the Japanese really go ashore, they will not be able to find it, and they will not be able to grab food, so they can only retreat obediently! Yu Wen scolded, and then said fiercely.

Ye Guan couldn't help but shake his head when he heard Yu County Ling say this, this is a typical headache doctor, and his feet hurt his feet. Haijiang is equivalent to their own fence, and the glamour will definitely stop and go around the perimeter of the fence, or even break through some low fences to steal chickens and dogs in the yard. If it is really in accordance with Zhu Yuanzhang's edict on the prohibition of the sea, it is equivalent to removing all the fences that were originally just made of wood, withdrawing all the chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs to their own houses, and leaving the outer courtyard to those widows, so that the widows really can't find anything in the yard to steal, and it seems that there is no problem. But I can't stand the long time without a fence, I can come if I want to, I can leave if I want, my own chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs are raised in the room, how to provide food for chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs in the already small room, chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs will not live in the room? And one day the pirates will smash open the door with knives, guns, clubs, and take everything from you. Then the loss will be even greater, and there will be no ability to fight back. In the case that I am strong and weak or evenly matched, I should keep the enemy out of the country, so as to reduce my losses.

But despite that, Ye Guan still praised Zhang for summing up the county order. The failure of the national defense strategy may be the reason for the combination of various problems, you can't just look at one aspect, almost all the people in the court agree with the sea ban, then there must be a black box that can't be moved, but Yu County's order gives him a good feeling.

Ye Guan's later generations were accustomed to hearing that the Ming Dynasty guards were collapsing at the touch of a button, and the Japanese invaders slaughtered villages and captured the state capital. I thought that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were all wine bags and rice bags, but I didn't expect that this Yu County Commander not only did not stay in his official office and wait for rescue, but also took the initiative to go to the city to obtain first-hand information, so that those county officials and general judges were responsible for the affairs of the rear. This county commander and those two generals are courageous.

"This widow has no siege weapons, how could he lose his mind and go crazy and run to the county town to make trouble? What happened to Zhang Lizheng's small village? Have you been invaded by the Japanese invaders? Ye Guan's mind kept turning, thinking about why the Japanese invaders came to attack the city, and worrying about his hometown hundreds of miles away, although he only stayed there for dozens of days, but those simple villagers made Ye Guan feel very warm, he didn't want those villagers to die tragically under the sword of the Japanese invaders.

Under the gaze of everyone, the group of figures gradually became clear, and the number of people was far less than more than 100 people, and there may be as many as 200 people.

"How can there be so many widows, my people of the Ming Dynasty, who will actually help the gang to abuse and slaughter their compatriots?" Yu Xian Ling looked at the figure in the distance, his eyes were solemn, and his fists were clenched.

"Prepare the rolling stone and wood, burn the hot oil, dozens of archers listen to my orders, wait for the Japanese to come forward, then put the bow and arrow, reach the city, then release the rolling stone, start the siege, and then put the hot oil of the wood." Mr. Zhang watched the team in the distance gradually approach, and was ready for battle.

"You can't fight, that's our own people!" Just as General Zhang was about to give an order, a Ming soldier with a bow and arrow suddenly shouted.

"What?" At this time, not only Yu County Ling and Zhang Jiang, but even people like Ye Guan stared at the figure in front of him with wide eyes.

"Those wokos! Little! They captured the people of the surrounding towns and villages, and captured the people to attack the city! Mr. Zhang saw the faces and clothes of those people clearly, and immediately scolded angrily.

"No wonder the Japanese dared to attack the city, they originally held hostages in their hands, and wanted to rely on the hostages to deceive the city gates." Ye Guan also understood at this moment why the Japanese who did not have a giant siege weapon actually took the initiative to attack the county seat abnormally, looking at the dozens of Ming people who had to advance under the coercion of the Japanese invaders, and the garrison and county orders in the city were in a dilemma.

"The Ming army in the city listened, quickly open the city gate, and you can save a life, if it is stubborn, after the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left!" Said a man dressed as a widow with three or two strands of hair tied up at the back of his head.

"You traitor, traitor, are willing to use it to spy on our military aircraft and slaughter my people. I don't know if after you die, you can enter the ancestral shrine, get the tablet, what face to see your ancestors, what face to educate your future generations! Yu Wen saw that the person who came out to speak was not the one who shaved the moon head, but the fake one composed of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and he was immediately furious, standing at the head of the city and pointing at the fake one and scolding angrily.

"You corrupt officials, did you ever think that we were also the people of the Ming Dynasty during the flood? When the sea was banned, did you ever think that my family had lived by fishing for generations? You only care about your own glory and wealth, and don't think about the life and death of the people, I have become this traitor, what if I am this traitor?! The Ming Dynasty man dressed as a widow also scolded back unceremoniously.

"Traitor, traitor! Clever words are like springs, clever words are like springs! You look at the people in the city, the farmers and businessmen, the peddlers and pawns, all of them work at sunrise and rest at sunset, born and raised in Si, have you ever been a traitor? If a man with lofty ideals does not drink the water of the stolen spring, how can he lead these coveted dogs to slaughter the people for their own selfish interests! Yu Xianling's beard trembled, and he pointed at the traitor and scolded.

After hearing Yu County's angry scolding, the traitor felt that he could not shake the confidence of the soldiers defending the city, and after discussing with some real widows, he turned around and walked among the captured people, and snatched the burden that a woman was carrying.

The woman saw that the package had been robbed, and despite the obstruction of the other villagers, she begged the false widow, as if begging him for something, and the false widow was impatient, drew his waist knife, cut off the head of the woman kneeling at his lap, and then went straight to the front of the battle.

"General Gao Lai said, your short city wall can't withstand our attack, quickly open the city and surrender, and save your life, otherwise after the city is broken, all the people in the city will be like this thing!" With that, he threw the burden high into the sky, and then the real wolf who led the moon took the sword, and when the burden fell into the air, he slashed horizontally at the burden, and then saw blood splatter, and a baby who had been cut in two fell out.

Only then did everyone in the city realize that there was a baby less than a month old in the baggage, and everyone was stunned, and many of them held the swords in their hands with red eyes, eager to rush down to the city to fight those Japanese robbers, and some people were so frightened that their legs were weak, and they could barely stand on the city wall.

"Beast, beast! Even babies don't let go! Come on, wait for them to come into range, shoot me hard! Yu County's eyes widened, and he hammered the city wall in front of him fiercely, and the wings on the official's hat trembled uncontrollably under the actions of the county order.

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