The city of Xiangyang has fallen into complete chaos, the city is full of people who are scurrying around, some scholars and merchants, began to bury their money and property, so as not to be robbed by others, as for those scoundrels, they took the opportunity to take to the streets, or loot without scruples.

Zhang Xianzhong led the righteous army into the city, and what he saw was such a scene.

Zhang Xianzhong is a rough man, with a particularly short temper, killing people without blinking, according to his meaning, since the righteous sergeant has captured the city of Xiangyang, he must enjoy it, behind this so-called enjoyment, is to burn, kill, rape, and plunder.

Zhang Xianzhong has also done this in the past, but Liu Wenxiu often dissuaded him, especially when Li Yan assisted Li Zicheng, he wrote a lot of folk songs, which made Li Zicheng's prestige rise sharply, and Liu Wenxiu often used this example to persuade Zhang Xianzhong to treat the people well and not to kill.

Zhang Xianzhong's words let the brothers enjoy it, so that Liu Wenxiu's heart tightened, he understood the meaning of this sentence, if he could not be dissuaded in time, Xiangyang Mansion City would become a ghost city, at that time, what is the role of the righteous army to hold here, and if such a thing spreads, what will the outside world think, even if he doesn't care about the views of the Ming court, he doesn't care about the people's opinions, but compared with Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, Zhang Xianzhong's reputation is not greatly damaged.

Both the government and the county government were surrounded, and all the officials inside were tied up and escorted to the front yard and knelt on the ground.

Xiangyang Mansion has been guarded by Liu Wenxiu's righteous soldiers, but Liu Wenxiu put forward a clear request, that is, no sergeant is allowed to mess around, otherwise there will be no mercy, because of Liu Wenxiu's request, so Xiangyang Mansion City slowly calmed down, those ruffians who took advantage of the fire to rob. was punished by the sergeant of the rebel army, and he was much more honest.

Entering the palace, Zhang Xianzhong looked at the many officials kneeling on the ground and waved his hand.

"When I saw these people, I became angry, and I don't know how many people I had oppressed, so I pulled them all out and cut them down. Not a single one is left. ”

The sound of wailing and crying for help came out instantly, and Zhang Xianzhong did not blink his eyes and entered the lobby directly.

Liu Wenxiu, who was following behind, frowned slightly, if he wanted to save these officials, the possibility was not very great, but he must not let the people in the city suffer, after all, the people have no sins.

Sitting in the position of the prefect's ascension, Zhang Xianzhong laughed. With a smug face, maybe he would take Xiangyang Mansion City so quickly, but he didn't expect it, so he had to taste it.

Not long after Zhang Xianzhong sat down, a scout entered the lobby of the government and knelt on the ground to report.

"Marshal, the sergeant has surrounded the mansion of Zhu Yiming, the king of Daming Xiang, waiting for your order."

Zheng Xunrui stood up excitedly.

"How do you know it's Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang. Don't fool me. ”

"Don't dare to fool the marshal, the sergeant found the plaque at the door of the mansion. grabbed the soldiers waiting outside the door and asked clearly. ”

Zhang Xianzhong's face lit up and he spoke loudly.

"Okay, I, Zhang Xianzhong, also caught the prince of Daming, the dignified prince, hum. What is the prince, it's not at my disposal. ”

After saying this, Zhang Xianzhong thought for a moment and spoke again.

"Kill Zhu Yiming, I want the court to know. I, Zhang Xianzhong, am not easy to mess with, the court has killed so many of my brothers, this Zhu Yiming went underground to make amends for the dead brothers. ”

Seeing Liu Wenxiu standing up and preparing to speak, Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand.

"Wenxiu, don't intervene in this matter, I've already decided."

Liu Wenxiu's face is not very good, after Zhang Xianzhong entered Xiangyang Mansion City, he first killed the officials of the Yamen of the prefecture and county, and then killed Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiangyang, I don't know how many people will be killed next, you must know that there are many scholars and businessmen in Xiangyang Mansion City, if you kill these people, it will be tantamount to offending the scholars and businessmen in the world.

The rebels have done this, in exchange for the end is not to get any support, think about the Zheng family army forced to be cornered, can only enter the mountains, if it is not for the Houjin Tartar suddenly into the pass, I am afraid that the righteous army has been completely wiped out by the Zheng army, there can be no current situation.

For the future of the Righteous Army, and for the Righteous Army to get more support, Liu Wenxiu will not be silent.

"Father-in-law, the child has something to say."

"Just say anything, I know you're soft-hearted, and it's uncomfortable not to say it."

The smile on Zhang Xianzhong's face disappeared, obviously not very happy.

"The righteous father killed Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang, and killed the officials of the government and the county government, but the child did not intervene, since the father-in-law made these decisions, the child could only obey, but the child believed that the righteous soldiers must not be allowed to loot in the city of Xiangyang Mansion, so it would be difficult for the rebels to defend the city of Xiangyang Mansion."

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Liu Wenxiu, and snorted in his nose, he had already said when he entered the city, let the brothers enjoy it, if it is according to Liu Wenxiu's meaning, then it will be impossible for everyone to enjoy it.

"Wenxiu, you are always soft-hearted, what's wrong with killing a few people, is there still less people I killed, can it be said that if you kill the scholars and scholars in Xiangyang City, they can still turn the sky upside down, the brothers follow me to fight and fight, born and die, they may lose their lives at any time, take the city, let them enjoy it, what's not bad."

When Liu Wenxiu was about to speak, another voice came out.

"Father-in-law, the child doesn't think he should go on a killing spree."

This voice came from Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo is Zhang Xianzhong's favorite son, who has just turned 20 years old, is extremely fierce in battle, and has a lot of brains.

Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Wenxiu looked at Li Dingguo at the same time.

"Dingguo, I didn't expect you to say the same, so tell me the reason."

"Father-in-law, the child thinks that what the second brother said is right, the righteous army still has to guard Xiangyang Mansion City, over the years, the rebel army has been running around, suffering a lot, and finally won Xiangyang Mansion City, it is not easy, Xiangyang Mansion City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as a strong naval division is formed, the righteous army will be able to gradually control the entire Xiangyang, if it is killed at this time, the righteous army may not get much support."

Liu Wenxiu looked at Li Dingguo and nodded slightly.

Zhang Xianzhong squinted his eyes and thought for a moment.

"I can't imagine that your two brothers can agree on the same opinion, this is a good thing, I will listen to you, but there is one point, the rebel army has captured Xiangyang Mansion City, it must need to be supplied, Xiangyang Mansion has always been rich, and the rebel army has been supplied with grain and grass, so it will be able to guard here for a long time, this task, I will hand it over to you, Wenxiu is responsible, Dingguo assists, within ten days, at least one million taels of silver will be raised."

Liu Wenxiu still wanted to speak, but at this time, he saw Li Dingguo's dissuasive eyes, and the expressionless Ai Nengqi, so he didn't open his mouth in the end.

Zhang Xianzhong went to the backyard of the government to rest.

Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo walked side by side towards the outside of the mansion.

"Third brother, thank you for helping me speak."

"Second brother, I think what you said is right, otherwise I wouldn't have spoken."

"In any case, I have to thank you, but my father-in-law's request to raise a million taels of silver within ten days is too difficult, so wouldn't it be forcibly plundered."

"No need, I have a way to count the scholars and merchants in Xiangyang Mansion City, and ask them to take out the silver, and if the silver they take out meets our requirements, they can leave Xiangyang Mansion City, otherwise they will kill their entire family, and in this way, more than one million taels of silver will be raised, and I am afraid that more silver can be obtained."

Liu Wenxiu thought for a while, looked at Li Dingguo, and showed a look of surprise, this method is indeed good, spend money to buy life, presumably the scholars and businessmen in the city will spare no effort, of course, when you meet those scholars and businessmen who regard wealth as their lives, you can also kill a few, the so-called killing chickens to monkeys, with such a method, it will definitely be able to make the vast majority of scholars and businessmen take out silver, and the use of such a method is mainly aimed at scholars and businessmen, and will not affect ordinary people, Besides, the officials who had just been killed also had a lot of silver at home.

Liu Wenxiu was about to speak, but Li Dingguo spoke again.

"Second brother, you forgot Xiangwang Zhu Yiming, he doesn't know how much property he has, raid his mansion, this is a matter of course, no one will object, one million taels of silver in ten days, I will definitely be able to get it, just now I thought that the number that my father-in-law said was a little small, and my father-in-law may not have thought of it so much."

"Fourth brother, you are very thoughtful, let's operate according to this method, I'm afraid that within a few days, we will be able to get one million taels of silver, okay, we won't waste time, let's go to King Xiang's mansion first."

Two days later, Gu Junen, the representative of Li Zicheng, came to Xiangyang Fucheng, he was on behalf of Zhang Xianzhong to congratulate Zhang Xianzhong, Gu Junen originally thought that what he saw would be a bleak scene, but after entering Xiangyang Fucheng, what he saw was orderly, the people were not particularly flustered, and there were actually some shops open for business.

Seeing all this, Gu Junen's face had no expression.

congratulated Zhang Xianzhong, and after only staying for a day, Gu Junen left.

Returning to King Chuang's side Li Zicheng, Gu Junen told King Chuang with a solemn expression that he was afraid that Zhang Xianzhong already had unusual ambitions, and he did not burn and loot in Xiangyang Mansion City, which is the best proof, which shows that Zhang Xianzhong wants to manage and garrison Xiangyang Mansion City well.

Li Zicheng didn't expect such a situation, he knew Zhang Xianzhong's temper very well, and thought that Zhang Xianzhong couldn't make such a decision, at this time Gu Junen reminded him that Zhang Xianzhong couldn't make such a decision, but several of his righteous sons could make a decision, and they could make Zhang Xianzhong obey, which was not simple.

This time it was Li Zicheng's turn to worry and regret, when he asked Zhang Xianzhong to attack Xiangyang Fucheng, he didn't expect the situation in front of him, wouldn't this give Zhang Xianzhong the best foothold and could develop in a big way.

However, Gu Junen also reminded Li Zicheng that Zhang Xianzhong killed Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang, and may have caused him a lot of trouble. (To be continued......)