The reinforcements outside the city were only about 20,000, most of them cavalry, but there were also a small number of infantry. He also fled from Chijin City in panic, and met the Shazhou soldiers who went out of Shazhou to support him on the way to Shazhou, so he wanted to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Ming army to counterattack Chijin City again.

When the army came to the city of Chijin, he saw that the gate of the newly repaired Chijin city had just been closed, and the soldiers of the Ming army on the city wall were nervously arranged.

Three drums sounded, and five thousand Shazhou soldiers rushed towards the city of Chijin, their target was the hastily repaired city gate.

In the face of the Shazhou soldiers outside the city, the Ming army on the city wall did not seem to be in chaos, the guerrilla general Luo Rucai calmly looked at the Shazhou soldiers who shouted and rushed to the city, and when the Shazhou soldiers entered the range of bows and arrows, they broke off and drank, and the archers of the Ming army who had been waiting for the city tower showed their heads one after another, shooting arrows outside the city to shoot back.

At the same time, the ten eagle cannons placed on the tower of the castle spewed out a burst of cannon fire.

The Shazhou soldiers outside the city suddenly turned over on their backs, falling layer by layer, and the cavalry that fell first tripped the cavalry behind, and the Shazhou soldiers were in great confusion, and under the cover of the Ming army's artillery and bows and arrows, they suffered heavy losses.

The Shazhou generals who led the troops saw that they could not do anything, and hurriedly ordered them to retreat.

On the city tower, Luo Rucai ordered to stop the attack, the gate of Chijin City was opened, and Cao Bianjiao led 5,000 cavalry to rush out of Chijin City, chasing and killing the retreating Shazhou soldiers.

One face, Yeha was defeated again, leading the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Shazhou City, sticking to wait for reinforcements.

The Ming army rested for two days, and Xu Liang appointed the Hanzhong guerrilla general He Huchen as the chief general, Wanwenshan. He Renlong is the deputy general, and Cao Bianjiao is the pioneer. He led 5,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry. Supported by 30 flying eagle cannons, the artillery battalion marched towards Shazhou, the second main city of Turpan.

The troops left in Chijin City were only the 20,000 Liang troops led by Luo Rucai, and in addition, there were ten flying eagle cannons to defend it.

In Chijin City, on a temporary high platform, thousands of people from Tulupan gathered. A group of Ming soldiers guarded the area around the high platform, and the original third prince of Turpan, Cha Kexi, was spitting and shouting vigorously at the people of Turpan gathered under the stage.

"The people of Chijin City! A lot of you. You probably don't know me. I am the third son of Sutan, that is, your third prince! Today, I gathered everyone together to tell you that from now on, I, Cha Kexi, will lead the big guys and support the rule of Xu Liang, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and Lord Xu! ”

Most of the thousands of people in the audience were forcibly driven here by the Liang soldiers. As for the fate of Chijin City after the break, many people are uneasy. Even if he was forced to stay here, he still had a frightened expression, and many people did not have much sense of recognition for the hard speech of the third prince Cha Kexi on the stage.

Chakosi shouted on the stage with a dry mouth. Seeing that many people on the stage were not very interested, they carefully looked up at the side of the high platform, a three-story house. Seeing the current ruler of Chijin City by the window, Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty, looked at it with displeasure. I couldn't help but sweat and waved my arms. Cha Kexi shouted: "Fathers and fellow villagers, you have not been to Daming, but this king has been, the prosperity there is unimaginable, there is everything to eat, use, and play!" Lord Xu Liang has spoken, and he wants to build our Chijin City into a city as beautiful and rich as the Ming Dynasty! Folks, the Ming army defeated the old city lord Yeha and stationed in Chijin City, but don't be afraid, the Ming army is a disciplined army and will not harm your ......"

On the third floor, Xu Liang left the window, walked back to the house, and sat down. The tax collector raised Luo Baiguan and said suspiciously: "My lord, I see that the people below do not agree with Cha Kexi's speech, is it really useful for Cha Kexi to say this?" ”

Xu Liang took a sip of tea and said, "Our army has just occupied Chijin City, how can it be so easy to want the people here to agree!" During this period, there should always be a process. It may not be useful to say a speech once or twice, but what if you ask it to speak ten or eight times? Talk about a month, a year? If we continue to preach and preach for a long time, the people here will slowly accept us. ”

"Then do you want to set up more venues and arrange more people to speak?" Luo Baiguan seemed to understand what Xu Liang meant, and suggested.

"It's useless. Preaching this kind of thing is not something that can be done by grabbing random people. Xu Liang shook his head and said: "No matter what Cha Kexi said, he was once the third prince of Tulupan, and his identity is there, and it is most suitable for him to preach it." ”

Luo Baiguan nodded slowly as if he didn't understand.

There was a sound of footsteps going upstairs, Xu Liang and Luo Baiguan looked over, and saw that Luo Rucai had gone up to the third floor and walked to Xu Liang's side, his face was unhappy, "My lord, seven more Liang soldiers have been killed today." It seems that there are still many people in Chijin City who are secretly against us. ”

For this situation, Xu Liang was expected. After all, it must be the new city that has just been occupied, and there are still some forces left behind by the original city lord in the city. It's not so easy to get rid of it in one fell swoop.

Xu Liang frowned and asked, "I asked you to send a battalion of troops out to form the Chijin City Lord's Mansion, how are you prepared?" ”

Luo Rucai's face was embarrassed, and he said to Xu Liang in embarrassment: "My lord, there is no problem in terms of manpower, but even if the City Lord's Mansion is formed, it is difficult to carry out the work in the short term only by relying on the Ming soldiers we brought. ”

Xu Liang looked at Luo Rucai and encouraged: "Luo Rucai, you will be the person who wants to be the lord of Chijin City in the future, and you can't be intimidated by the slightest difficulty in front of you." The language barrier is indeed a problem, but since Chijin City belongs to us, we must try to unify the language. All academies and schools in Chijin City must be taught in Chinese. In addition, it is not possible to govern Chijin City by relying on the army alone, we have to contact the local people in Chijin, make good use of them, and help govern Chijin City. ”

Luo Rucai said embarrassedly: "My lord, Chijin City is one of the few big cities in Tulupan, although the Tulupan people here have been temporarily conquered by us, but they are definitely unwilling to accept us in their hearts, and they want to use the Tulupan people to govern Chijin City." The subordinates thought that it was very difficult. Besides, these people know people and faces, but they don't know their hearts. No one can guarantee whether they are sincere or not. ”

Luo Rucai suggested: "My lord, do you want to transfer a group of civil officials from Shaanxi?" General Luo's side. It is indeed in urgent need of civilian assistance. ”

In terms of arranging who would govern Chijin City on his behalf, Xu Liang thought about it for a long time before deciding that it was Luo Rucai. But Luo Rucai is a person with first-class martial arts and the ability to lead troops, but he lacks some in governing the city. Xu Liang had already sent an order back to Shaanxi to ask Wang Qinian, who participated in politics, to select a group of academy students to be sent to Chijin City to enrich the city lord's mansion, but this also took time.

Xu Liang said: "Far water can't quench your thirst!" To solve these problems, we have to start from Chijin City itself. The people of Tulupan in Chijin City. In my opinion, it is by no means monolithic, most people may still support Turpan Sutan, but there are also those who are not satisfied with Sutan's rule, especially those who have been suppressed by Turpan, are the objects we can use. Also, I see that there are also a small number of Han people in this Chijin City, and these Han people have a low status here and suffer a lot. It will be a big help for us to make good use of these people. ”

Xu Liang's words made Luo Rucai and Luo Baiguan nod again and again. Xu Liang got up and said solemnly to the two: "Luo Baiguan." You have arranged for a large number of posters to be put up in Chijin City and the six smaller cities around Chijin to recruit those who are willing to be loyal to us. In addition, he managed to contact the Han Chinese and the Turpan people who were attacked by the former city lord Yeha. Recruit these people as much as you can. ”

Luo Baiguan got up and said, "Yes, my subordinates will arrange it." ”

Xu Liang turned to look at Luo Rucai again. His face was cold, and there was no lack of ruthlessness in his tone: "The strength of the city defense battalion in the main city of Chijin and the six small cities must be prepared as soon as possible!" We must firmly grasp the six small cities of Chijin City and Zhou in our hands. Those who dare to assassinate my Ming soldiers. Once caught, the Nine Clans will be punished! This kind of thing must not be soft! ”

"Yes." Luo Rucai solemnly responded.

Xu Liang thought for a while, and then ordered in a deep voice: "The six small cities will wait until the academy students in Shaanxi have arrived, but the safety of this Chijin main city must be done in advance." From now on, the whole city of Chijin City will be under martial law, and in the name of the city lord's mansion, the permanent population in Chijin City will be thoroughly investigated from house to house, registered, and issued residence permits! In addition, while thoroughly checking the population, collect weapons such as swords, guns, and swords that are found! ”

Xu Liang ordered it like this, and Chijin City ushered in a big investigation. He Huchen attacked Shazhou and took away 40,000 soldiers and horses, and the Liang army that stayed in Chijin City also had nearly 20,000 people, in addition to 10,000 people to defend the city, Luo Rucai sent 8,000 people to conduct a big inventory of the entire Chijin City.

After five days of inventory, the results are brilliant! More than 1,000 people from unknown sources were arrested, and more than 3,000 weapons of various types were seized. Subsequently, the instructions of the city lord's mansion were also posted in the form of notices to the streets of Chijin City, and everywhere in the city gates, and things were as Xu Liang expected.

In a few days, there were as many as 400 people who were willing to work for the City Lord's Mansion. According to Xu Liang's meaning, Luo Baiguan left more than 300 people behind after a simple screening, and placed them in the city defense battalion, inspection department, arrest fast class, city lord prison and other places in the city lord's mansion.

After the re-inventory, the residents in Chijin City, in accordance with the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, took every 100 households as a square, set up one square head, two deputy people, and several militiamen. Except for Fang Zheng, who was transferred from the Liang army, the other Fang deputies and militia were all filled by people who had defected to the City Lord's Mansion in Chijin City after screening.

There are more than 20,000 people in Chijin City, and according to the geographical location and resident population, the whole Chijin City is divided into 24 squares.

More than ten days have passed, the war in Shazhou has not yet ended, but the appearance of Chijin City has changed greatly, the inspection department and the fast hunting squad with the power of the newly demarcated 24 squares in the city, have dug out more than 200 Tulupan spies lurking in the city.

For these people, Xu Liang did not have any polite meaning, directly cut off the head, and hung the head at the city gate to show the public for three days.

On the other hand, Xu Liang asked Luo Baiguan to organize that, in accordance with Shaanxi's tax law, he eliminated the tax system originally implemented in Chijin City, implemented the same tax law as in Shaanxi Province, and cleared some miscellaneous tax items, which were uniformly defined as commercial tax, local tax and customs duty, which greatly reduced the burden on the people of Chijin City. At the same time, Xu Liang strictly ordered that the garrison army should strictly enforce military discipline and not oppress the people, and once discovered, they would be severely punished.

About a month has passed, and the situation in Chijin City has finally stabilized. Prince Chakosi preached on the high platform for a month, and the whole person was tanned a lot. After Xu Liang allowed him to rest for three days, he called Cha Kexi to him again and said gently: "Cha Kexi, in the past month, you have behaved well, and this official is very satisfied. The official has decided that as long as you maintain this deferential attitude, I will not kill you. ”

When Cha Kexi heard this, he was excited, and immediately raised his hand excitedly: "Lord Xu, don't worry, Cha Kexi will definitely behave well." ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly and said, "In view of your outstanding performance, this official has decided that you don't need to preach in Chijin City for the time being. ”

When Chakoxi heard this, he became even more excited, and after a month of preaching, Chakoxi himself suspected that he was about to become mentally ill. However, in order to survive, he had no choice. Now that I heard that there is no need to preach in Chijin City, Cha Kexi is like hearing fairy music. I was about to thank Lord Xu, but I heard Xu Liang's words turn, "This official has decided to arrange for you to preach in the six small cities around Chijin City, and each small city will preach for a month!" ”

"Huh?" Cha Kexi's face suddenly fell, he wanted to cry without tears, and begged carefully: "Lord Xu, I, can I not go?" ”

Xu Liang glanced at him and said indifferently: "It's okay if you don't go." Tomorrow, I'll cut off your head and hang it on the city wall. ”

"Nope! I'll go! I'll go! Chakosi exclaimed, and immediately corrected himself. It's just that expression, like he is about to go to the execution ground.

Seeing this, Xu Liang comforted: "Cha Kexi, as long as you finish preaching in the six small cities and satisfy the official, not only will the official not kill you, but he will also appoint you with an official position to help Luo Rucai govern Chijin City." ”

Cha Kexi listened, and his expression was slightly better.

Unexpectedly, Xu Liang didn't stop talking, and said: "However, the content of your preaching, the official thinks that it should be changed slightly" Seeing Cha Kexi looking at himself suspiciously, he said in a deep voice: "Well, when preaching, you should add as much of your Lao Tzu as possible, how brutal and mediocre Sutan is!" The leaders of all parts of Turpan are so greedy and shameless, they have no bottom line in doing things, etc., in short, how ugly they are! ”

Cha Kexi looked at Xu Liang in shock, Xu Liang widened his eyes and asked, "What, it's difficult?!" ”

Chakosi no longer had the courage to resist, shook his head and muttered, "No, I, I will do my best......" (To be continued. )