In the early morning of the eighth day of the siege of Changping, a hurried knock sounded outside the largest silk shop in the city, and a group of soldiers with torches surrounded the courtyard behind the door. We are not bad people, we are soldiers in the regimental training battalion, we want to chat with the owner, we are organized and disciplined, we will never take a stitch from the people, hurry up and open the door, fellow! If you don't open the door again, the brothers are not patient, so they shoot and break in? ”

The same scene happened at the door of all the nobles in Changping, including the military commanders, the head of the household, the judges, the imperial merchants, the squires, etc., and the whole Changping city was lit with fires and dogs barked......

After a while, there was a reaction in the courtyard, the torches were lit inside, Wan Guoquan, the owner of Wantong Shop, was awakened by the loud knocking on the door, and when he heard the commotion outside, he pushed away the concubine in his arms, and at this moment, a maid ran in and reported that the courtyard was surrounded by soldiers from the regimental training camp, and there was a bold job through the crack in the door, and he saw that all the soldiers outside were armed with weapons, and he didn't know what was going on.

Wan Guoquan was frightened after hearing it, the imperial army besieged the city two days ago, but there were heavy casualties under the counterattack of the regimental training camp, and it has stopped a little in the past few days, but the regimental training camp was stationed in Changping before it never disturbed the people, and it was not dawn yet, which one was sung?

Wan Guoquan can't help it, the rebels occupy the city, although he is an imperial businessman, he has to bow his head, and he is not an imperial businessman, but he is just an old man who has been snubbed by Emperor Chongzhen for a long time, and he has the name of an imperial businessman. There is not a single point missing from the dots that should be spotted everywhere, and since the regimental training camp has been reversed, these shops have not dared to open their doors to do business. Just closed the door and prayed silently, the imperial army hurriedly quelled the turmoil, but the Ming army was not angry, and Changping, which was occupied by thousands of people, could not be defeated for several days, which made many people in the city who were looking forward to the early suppression of the rebellion by the imperial court and the prince extremely depressed.

Wan Guoquan looked at his concubine for the last time with desperate eyes, and went to open the door tragically, his mind full of what he heard. After being ravaged by deserters and bandits, I didn't expect that I would do business in the Gyeonggi area one day.

Soon, Wan Guoquan's wife also heard the news. With his two children crying and shouting, pulling and not letting Wan Guoquan open the door, the whole yard was in chaos.

"Folks, folks, open the door? We're not bad people......"

The soldiers outside the door were visibly impatient. Knock on the door loudly.

Wan Guoquan got his wife, concubines, and children to the wing room and locked them up. Only then did they turn around and open the door step by step, and those guys were so frightened that they hid, who knows what the rebels will do?

The door squeaked open, and a large group of people immediately poured in, Wan Guoquan's face turned pale with fright, fortunately, these soldiers rushed in and did not punch or kick him, but the bright knives and guns on their bodies made Wan Guoquan tremble and almost couldn't stand.

A man who looked like an officer walked up to Wan Guoquan. He smiled kindly at him, and Wan Guoquan's crotch tightened. He felt that the soldier's smile was simply a talisman for Hades.

"Fellow, hehe, you've finally opened the door!" The officer slapped Wan Guoquan on the shoulder with a big grin.

Wan Guoquan couldn't hold back his pee, and his crotch was wet.

"Fellow, you've finally opened the door. Brothers, move away except for the needle and thread! Yo, fellow, how many daughters do you have? When the officer finished speaking, the soldiers behind him burst into laughter.

"Grandpa Jun, Grandpa Jun!" Wan Guoquan couldn't hold back any longer, knelt down with a plop, and cried continuously: "Grandpa Jun, please Jun Grandpa, as long as Grandpa Jun likes something, just move away, the little girl is only eight years old, please let the little girl go......"

Wan Guoquan burst into tears, and kept kowtowing to these soldiers, but he didn't react quietly for a long time, Wan Guoquan restrained his crying, and looked up a little confused, those soldiers didn't know why, the mocking expression just now was gone, replaced by silence.

"Company commander, are we playing big?" One soldier muttered,

The officer nodded, pulled Wan Guoquan up, and said: "Folks, don't be afraid, let's joke with you just now, that's the case, let's take the order of Lord Wu, please ask the nobles in the city to go to the General Military Mansion today to discuss things, then please ask the shopkeeper Wan to go on the road, we are an organized and disciplined army, hehe, that courtyard will not go in." ”

As soon as Wan Guoquan heard the word "on the road", he fell straight down as soon as it was dark in front of him, and a small man with him shouted in fright: "Master? Master? No good, sir! The lord is dead! ”

This misunderstanding once again triggered a chain reaction in the courtyard, Wan Guoquan's wife and concubine were worried in the wing room, and when they heard the news, they also screamed and rushed out.

The riot tossed for more than half an hour, and Wan Guoquan, who had a deep pinch mark on his upper lip, was deterred by the soldiers outside the door, and once again appeased his wife and concubine's family, and then followed the group of soldiers step by step.

At the beginning of the sun, the north street of Changping was full of the figures of the soldiers of the regimental training battalion, gathered into a large group, and there were many nobles with deep eye sockets hanging their heads and following the team, and many people on the street were pointing and pointing towards the General Military Palace, and some soldiers were holding notices and were loudly announcing the latest orders to those ordinary people who were not qualified to go to the General Military Palace.

When Wan Guoquan arrived at the hall of the General Military Palace, there were already many people gathered here, all of them were high-ranking officials and nobles who were familiar with each other, and the eunuch Wang Gonggong, the chief eunuch of the mausoleum, was holding a small eunuch, standing at the front with a trembling chin, Wan Guoquan felt that someone had secretly pulled his sleeve, he looked to the side, it turned out to be Hu Zongguo, the shopkeeper of Changping Taibai Liquor Store, and he was also standing next to the shopkeeper of Hongtu Rice Grain Store.

"All here?" Wan Guoquan wept and arched his hand at them.

"These rebels have arrested us, are they going to raid our homes or kill our heads?" Hu Zongguo's loose eyes were filled with tears.

Wan Guoquan clamped his crotch, hoping that the smell of urine would not be discovered by his peers, and just as he wanted to say something, a soldier scolded loudly: "What are you muttering about?" Hey, where are you? Shut up! ”

Wan Guoquan shrank his neck in fright. Don't dare to speak again.

Under the pressure of the bullets of the swords and guns, the hall was silent, and everyone lowered their heads like old monks. Waiting to be sentenced, although everyone is closed these days, but they still know a little about the situation in Changping, and the imperial court Wang Shi also fought several times after besieging the city, but what disappointed them was that in addition to another Ming army attacking the city wall and being beaten back, Wang Shi has not moved in the past few days. Putting on a posture of long-term siege, everyone knew that although the regimental training battalion supported 4,000 people in two battalions. But the imperial army is not the opponent of the rebels at all, the Shenshu Battalion and the Shenji Battalion were cut off after one night, not to mention that the regimental training battalion was held to the death in the city?

On the one hand, they hoped that the imperial army would be able to descend in one go. But there are contradictions in my heart. If you really want to provoke the regimental training camp, then tens of thousands of people in Changping are really burned, since the chaos is caused by the regimental training camp, these people choose to be silent very tacitly, but they didn't expect to be able to hide after all, the regimental training camp still took the initiative to find their heads, and everyone's original schadenfreude was thrown out of the clouds, and everyone was secretly thinking in their stomachs. How can we get through this?

The officials of Changping who were present also had sad faces, they never expected the regimental training camp to react so violently. Killed a thousand always and refused to forgive, is this still the world of the Ming Dynasty? The turmoil in Changping has escalated, and they can't escape the fate of being liquidated in the future, so wait and see if it doesn't work, so let's save our lives first, right?

After a while, Wu Zhongcun walked in surrounded by several generals, and the pigs and sheep present quickly peeked at him and found that there was no murderous aura on his face, so he was a little relieved.

It's just that Wu Zhongcun's words made their hearts tuss again.

Wu Zhongcun glanced at everyone, and said without guilt: "There is an urgent matter to invite you here, we are all rough people, and the nobles who lack the etiquette still look at Haihan, our regimental training camp has suffered such a big grievance, all the nobles know it, right?" ”

Everyone was crooked in their hearts, and at that moment Wang Xizhong pinched his nose and echoed: "I know, we all know."

Wherever Wu Zhongcun's eyes looked, there was a voice of sympathy.

"I know and know, the lower officials also hate Ni Pet, this villain is ambitious, arrogant, if it weren't for the siege of the army, the lower officials would definitely go to the court and ask for justice for the regimental training camp generals!"

This person should deal with it decently, so that everyone was very surprised, and when they looked at it, it turned out to be a thousand general managers of the barracks, seeing his face full of flattery, everyone was indignant, and hated how they didn't think of this, and they were robbed of the lottery by a small thousand presidents.

At that moment, the general of the barracks also said loudly: "The emperor has seen thousands of miles, as long as I can wait for me to relieve the pain and express my grievances, his old man will definitely rehabilitate the regimental training battalion."

Everyone is even more disdainful in their hearts, as a general, even the scabbard was handed over to the rebels, and you have the face to stand up.

Wu Zhongcun nodded, and said sadly: "Yes, we will definitely go to the court of the Shu Dynasty and return my regimental training camp to a fair place, but at present, the imperial army is gathered, and there is no need to be anxious about the affairs of the army, and now there is an urgent matter to discuss with the nobles, and it is not considered to discuss, but I just informed the nobles, starting today, you will hand over all the food and other materials at home, and my regimental training camp will agree to the allocation arrangement, The army besieged the city and didn't know what day it would besiege, so let's take precautions and control it in a centralized manner first. ”

Hearing Wu Zhongcun's words, the hall exploded with a buzz, and the shopkeeper Zhou of the Hongtu Rice Grain Store next to Wan Guoquan fainted directly.

Wu Zhongcun made a look, the soldiers raised their knives and guns and began to suppress, and the panic in the hall immediately calmed down.

Wu Zhongcun said murderously: "The nobles of the Dengzhou Soldiers Rebellion also know, there is no rice and grain and finally to the point of eating people, but the regimental training battalion is not a beast soldier, so I assure you that it will never come to that point, but the matter is urgent, every grain of food in the whole Changping City must be distributed by me, first to ensure the rations of the soldiers of the regimental training battalion, and then to ensure that you are not starved to death, and other living materials are also disposed of, the soldiers of the regimental training battalion have two dry meals a day, the auxiliary soldiers are dry and thin, and the other people and officials are treated equally, A gruel, if you want to be full, you can be a soldier, and those who are afraid of going to the battlefield can also join our auxiliary team, do some work to defend the city in exchange for food, in a word, if you want to survive in Changping City, everyone has to work for food, even if you can't pick it on your shoulders and lift it in your hands, you can also work with your mouth, what kind of work? Shouting out of the city, shouting that a day is considered work, do you understand? ”

Everyone was pale with a pale face, Wan Guoquan opened his mouth, crying and mourning, this is good, these bandits said that they didn't take a stitch from the people, and sure enough, they were snatched away except for the needle and thread, thinking that his eight-year-old daughter would also show up to work for these bandits in exchange for food, Wan Guoquan couldn't help but feel sad, looking for a stone pier everywhere and killing him.

"But ......"

Wu Zhongcun opened his mouth slowly: "Our family often says, there is nothing absolutely fair in this world, even in the chaotic world, many of you are in high positions, and the same year is all over the world, so let's do it, I don't want to embarrass you nobles, you all think about it after you go back, find some relationships, and find a way to go to the court for the grievances suffered by our regimental training camp, whether it is Your Majesty, the three palaces and six courts, the eunuchs of Niangniang, the six departments and nine Qings, and the old Shangshu of the pavilion, or the governors of various patrols, As long as they are willing to avenge the grievances for our regimental training camp, you don't have to do those humiliating physical work, and our soldiers will protect your family and property from infringement, how about it? ”

Zhang Zhaokun, the commander of the Changping Army, snorted coldly, and walked up a step regardless of the people around him: "Now that the army is besieging the city, how can we send Song Shu out?" ”

Wu Zhongcun said coldly: "This is our business, you nobles don't have to worry about it......" (to be continued......