Jiang Yang entered the city.

Yang Chao was outside, and soon saw the advance of the captive soldiers, these troops were far away from Yang Chao across the river, with hundreds of people.

These captives did not try to cross the river, so they stopped far away, as if waiting for backup, while keeping an eye on Yang Chao.

At this time, the moat around Haizhou City had been dredged again, which was re-dug by the Haizhou organization, so the captives had to re-fill it if they wanted to cross the river.

Last time, the captives drove out the nearby people to fill the river, but now the people in the nearby hundreds of miles have either fled or been killed, and they can no longer be found, so if the captives want to fill the river again, they have to do it themselves.

And this pioneer does not seem to have any intention of filling the river, so they look across the river.

Yang Chao didn't attack either, he saw that the captives were very cautious, not to mention looking at each other across the river, the distance was almost five miles, even if the cannon wanted to hit them, it was not so easy, it seemed that the captives were very clear, Yang Chao had a cannon here.

The negotiations with Jiang Yang in Haizhou City have not yet yielded results, but there are more and more captives outside the city.

Soon thousands of people appeared, and there were already 300 people across the river from Yang Chao in the west of the city, and there were also hundreds of people in the north, and hundreds of people also appeared in the south, faintly surrounding Yang Chao.

There can't be many captives near Haizhou, these reinforcements are all asked for from far away, how much the captives hate Yang Chao, a thousand people actually ignored Haizhou City, but surrounded Yang Chao.

Or do they never let go of the Ming army that dared to resist them, and would rather spend so much effort to defeat the will of the Ming army that dared to resist them.

If the captives really had a strong determination to implement this strategy, Yang Chao really admired them, but his understanding of the captives was still too shallow, and he really thought that the captives would not abandon him because of the resolute determination of the captives to carry out the will to resist the Ming army.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao couldn't help but compare the Ming army at this time. It is no wonder that in the end, the Manchus were able to enter the customs and establish political power, and the execution of their army alone was far superior to that of the Ming army. Or rather not a grade, at this time as a huge empire. The army of the Ming Dynasty was completely privateized and became the private soldiers of the generals, but this plundering nomadic army was more like a national army.

So the final victory of the Manchus was a military victory, not some other bullshit.

The descriptions in the textbooks of later generations are obviously not very reliable, and Yang Chao himself doesn't believe it, at least he doesn't believe in bullshit like the general trend.

If the Chinese people welcome such a nation to rule. How cheap it must be, Yang Chao resolutely does not believe that his ancestors are such a cheap nation, and with what he has seen, heard, and touched, although the people of the Ming Dynasty are insensitive, although there is no modern standard of national consciousness, but self-respect and self-love are still there, and the court is not a court that can exchange land indemnity for survival, and it is not a court that 'uses China's material resources to tie up the favor of the country'.

Considering the high-level tactics of destroying culture like the literary prison in later generations. Yang Chao had no doubt that the captives were also strategic, that is, to inflict the most cruel punishment on those who dared to resist them. Destroying the spirit of resistance is clearly a very clever strategy.

Yang Chao also thought that after the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, they went south to the south of the Yangtze River, and they also used the slaughter of cities to deter the unconvinced places, which was also a kind of deterrent. Show everyone what it turns out to be resisting them. It's like killing all the people of Yangzhou, Jiangyin, and Guangzhou.

This means that Yang Chao has no way out. Even if he entered Haizhou City, as long as he was defeated in the end, he would definitely not be able to escape the slaughter of the captives.

"! Come on, see who kills whom! ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but think of hate, desperate, Yang Chao decided that as long as he could enter the city, the whole city would work together, and it would be impossible to hold it.

However, after Jiang Yang came back the next day, not only did he not get permission to let Yang Chao enter the city, but he inquired about the new reinforcements of the captives.

Yang Chao already has a desire to kill Haizhou Zhizhou and then be happy.

But at this time, the tiger eats the sky, there is nowhere to eat, and even the city can't enter, so how can you talk about killing.

I could only ask coldly about the situation of the captives.

"How many reinforcements are there?"

Jiang Yang said: "I'm afraid there are three thousand, coming from the north." ”

Yang Chao nodded, there can't be too many captives near Haizhou, and the total strength of the captives entering the customs is called 100,000, I'm afraid that there are only 50,000 or 60,000 who can fight, and it is impossible for the whole army to come, plus the new 3,000, the captives have already sent 4,000 to Haizhou, it should be the limit.

If there are 1,000 people, Yang Chao is not afraid, with the defense here in the warehouse, it should be more than enough to deal with 1,000 people, and even Yang Chao is not afraid of a field battle with them, 2,000 people can completely defend, 3,000 people are a little reluctant, and if there are 4,000 people, Yang Chao will have no confidence.

But if you don't have confidence, you have to defend it, because now the north, south and west are surrounded by captives, and the east is Haizhou City, and Yang Chao can't run away.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao decided that he still wanted to enter the city, as long as he entered the city, he could organize 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Haizhou, and the captives would send 10,000 people to give Yang Chao credit.

Therefore, Yang Chao immediately said to Jiang Yang: "Old man Jiang Baihu will go and talk to Kochizhou again, and tell him that if he doesn't let our army enter the city, the general will break through, and when Haizhou is surrounded by captives, everyone will have only a dead end!" ”

Who knew that Jiang Yang had just left.

The three captives on the other side of the river turned towards the river.

Yang Chao had already made people aim, in fact, he could already hit the three people, but seeing the strange behavior of the three people, he didn't let the gun open for the time being.

As a result, the three of them actually dismounted, and on the river bank, they put their bows and arrows and sabers on the ground, and their movements were very slow, as if they deliberately let Yang Chao see clearly.

Then the captives jumped down the river and swam in this direction.

What is this for?

Yang Chao couldn't help but wonder, are you here to surrender? Even Yang Chao himself didn't believe it.

That's where the negotiations are coming? Or rather, they came to persuade them to surrender.

Yang Chao secretly guessed in his heart.

The captives took advantage of the situation of surrounding themselves, I was afraid that they wanted to pressure themselves to surrender, but Yang Chao knew that Huang Taiji liked to surrender the Ming army very much, especially those Ming troops with combat effectiveness.

This is a strategy, as long as the Ming army is willing to surrender. The political significance for the Manchu regime was enormous, and it was clear with the shrewdness of Huang Taiji that if it relied on brutal killings. It is impossible to conquer China, but it will arouse the will of the Central Plains people to resist. If you can surrender, then it's much easier.

The three captives had already crossed the river, and Li Wuliu wanted the bird gunmen to shoot, while Wang Pu clamored to send a few people to catch them alive.

But Yang Chao strictly ordered these people to come over safely, and he wanted to see how the captives would recruit him.

Huang Fengfu was a little hesitant, feeling that it was inappropriate to do so.

The captives soon walked to the front of the warehouse, and all three were dressed in cotton armor. Two of them had a bearded face, and the middle one had no beard.

It was one of them who shouted, and it turned out to be Chinese, with a thick Beijing accent in the Ming official dialect.

"Wait for the Ming people, surrender quickly, you can avoid death!"

Yang Chao couldn't help but be curious, this person's accent was clearly a Beijing accent, which was slightly different from the Beijing dialect of later generations, but it was not much different.

Yang Chao asked rhetorically: "Who is you?" ”

The Chinese-speaking captive replied, "I am Huang Qi, the leader of the white flag!" ”

Zuo Ling is a petty official, which is the Chinese name of Niu Lu Zhangjing.

Yang Chao couldn't help asking: "Are you Han or Manchu?" ”

Huang Qi said proudly: "I am a banner man!" There is no distinction between the Manchurians. ”

Yang Chao smiled: "Dare to ask where Huang Zuoling's ancestral home is?" ”

Huang Qi's face changed slightly: "Ancestral hometown Changping!" ”

Hear here. Yang Chao has understood that this is a Ming army officer with a Manchu head, in other words. This is a traitor.

Yang Chao couldn't help sneering: "Since your ancestral home is Changping, why are you a thief?" ”

Huang Qi's face changed greatly: "The victor, the prince, the loser, the thief, now my Qing Dynasty foundation is stable, Er Ming Court is already dying, I am the Qing Dynasty hanging the people and fighting crimes, and I will eventually enter the Central Plains. ”

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing: "You are also a scholar." ”

From Huang Qi's words. Yang Chao could hear that this person had read books. But after reading so many sage books, I only read the truth of success and defeat. But I didn't have the courage to read Mencius's thousands of people, in the end, where the book is, where the truth is, and what you want to do, you still have to rely on yourself.

The so-called morality and discipline cannot be read by reading, but cultivated.

"Go back! Tell your master, let's see if we win or lose. And tell your master that even if he is the king of the Central Plains, even if he is the king and hegemon, he is still a thief. A thief is a thief, and it has nothing to do with victory or defeat. was telling him that even if there were 9,000 Huang Qi among 10,000 people, there would always be one or two who were not convinced. Go back and tell him that I, Yang Chao, is not convinced! ”

Huang Qi snorted coldly: "Stubborn! But my master is kind and will give you a way to live. Hand over the Manchurian warriors you have captured, spare you from death, and let you go! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Chao faintly felt that there was a problem in his heart, the other party cared about himself, is this the key.

Could it be that the captives he captured would be an important person?

Last time, because he captured the captive general, the captives after him fought to the death, so this time there were so many captives.

But Yang Chao couldn't ask Huang Qi directly, and he couldn't let Huang Qi know that he didn't know the identity of the captive.

Yang Chao deliberately probed: "What if I don't let it go?" ”

Huang Qi snorted: "Then you just wait to die!" ”

Yang Chao said again: "Then what if I want to let it go?" ”

Huang Qi said with a smile: "Then even if you know each other, as long as you let people go, our army will let you leave safely." ”

Yang Chao shook his head: "That's not good, I don't believe in you, I can let people go, but you have to withdraw your troops." ”

Yang Chao's meaning is obvious, that is, the captives should not only let themselves go, but also give up attacking Haizhou City.

It's not that Yang Chao really wants to make this deal with the captives, but that Yang Chao wants to test the weight of the prisoners he has caught.

Huang Qi suddenly hesitated: "This, I can't be the master, I have to repay the master to decide, you wait." ”

After speaking, he said to the two bearded men next to him in words that Yang Chao couldn't hear, and finally hugged his fists and said goodbye, and the three of them left together.

At this time, Yang Chao had already understood that he had indeed caught a big fish, for the sake of this person, the captives could give up attacking a rich city, and in the case of heavy soldiers coming to the city, they could also give up attacking, at least in Huang Qi's mind, that person's weight was equal to that of Haizhou City.

Who did Yang Chao arrest? (To be continued).