The day after Zuo Ruo captured Xi'an, Liang Chengbao was ordered to leave Xi'an City and go to Pingliang Mansion and Qing'an Mansion to contact the rebel army.

It will not take three or four days for the news of the fall of Xi'an to spread throughout Shaanxi Province.

The riots in the city were quickly quelled, and Zuo Ruo ordered soldiers to invite some squires in Xi'an, a total of more than 200 people.

Outside the gate of the Governor's Palace, neatly lined up with soldiers, their eyes full of murder and contempt.

These men were well-known and respectable squires, but in the eyes of these soldiers, only their generals were worthy of respect.

Middle-aged or elderly, all richly dressed, walked into the gate of the Governor's Palace, although they were apprehensive, but not panicked. No matter who the owner of Xi'an City replaces, they are the eternal rulers, of course, Xi'an City changes its owner once, and they will inevitably break the fortune and eliminate the disaster.

Li Zicheng entered Xi'an City, Azig entered Xi'an City, and Zuo Ruo entered Xi'an City, all of which were the same.

The Governor's Mansion led the way with more than 200 squires into the school yard behind the palace. The middle of the school field is empty, and there are neat weapon racks around it, axes, knives and guns, and the snow is bright and neat.

It was midday, the sun was shining directly overhead, and there was a distorted heat wave on the blue brick floor.

A man dressed in the uniform of a thousand commanders-in-chief announced loudly: "General Zuo has an order, order you to wait here"

The squires looked at each other and walked to the middle of the schoolyard. It was the hottest time of the day, and their silk satin garments were soaked with sweat after a few moments.

The soldiers retreated to the shade at the entrance of the school grounds.

A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, a middle-aged man showed impatience, walked out of the queue, arched his hand to the door and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, where is General Zuo?" The sun is blazing, can I wait in the shade? ”

Mr. Qian walked over, glanced at him a few times, and suddenly said, "General Zuo is invited."

The middle-aged man didn't know what to mean, and stood there not daring to move, and several squires came over and stood behind him.

The Qianzong had fierce eyes and shouted: "The general only invited him alone, and the rest went back to the place to wait."

Two soldiers walked over, stood behind the middle-aged man who came out, and escorted him to the gate of the school field, and Mr. Qian followed behind him and left.

A quarter of an hour later, Mr. Qian came back and announced sharply: "Zheng Caiyu sold himself to be a thief, and then colluded with the Jurchens to kill the people, the Admiral has verified the evidence, the Zheng family has confiscated the family property, and Zheng Caiyu has beheaded the public at the gate of the Governor's Mansion." ”

Zheng Caiyu is the middle-aged man who was escorted out just now, the Zheng family is a Xi'an wang family, and there are two jinshi in three generations, and Zheng Caiyu himself is one of them. The thief didn't have time to rush to chase the Zheng family's guilt, and the Qing Lu treated the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty very favorably, but he didn't expect to wait for his own people, but he lost his life.

An old man was dizzy from the sun, and when he heard the news, he fell to the ground and fainted.

Mr. Qian glanced at the crowd and beckoned two soldiers to come and carry him away.

More than two hundred squires did not dare to come out, watching the old man being carried away, not knowing what his fate was.

An hour later, six or eight old and infirm squires fell to the ground and were immediately carried away by the soldiers, regardless of whether they were faint or falsely exposed to the scorching sun

After noon, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps at the gate of the school field, and a group of soldiers surrounded a Ming army general walked in.

Zuo Ruoyao arched his hand and said: "Military affairs are complicated, and you have been waiting for a long time."

Maybe it's because I've been looking forward to it for a long time, and when I saw Zuo Ruo come out after a long time, a few more people's tense heartstrings were immediately loosened and they were dazed.

Zuo Ruo said: "Wang Shi went north to drive away the Qing captives, Shaanxi will return to the Ming Dynasty from today, and now there are still some remnants of the Qing Dynasty defeated in Yan'an Prefecture, I need to recruit soldiers in Xi'an to defend the city, lack of money and food, you are all people with faces in Xi'an City, don't let me send someone to pick it up"

All the squires present breathed a sigh of relief, they still wanted money and food, but this food was not too ugly.

It is no wonder that Zuo Ruo is like this, when Li Zicheng invaded Xi'an, they were forced to donate money and food; When Azig entered Xi'an, they took the initiative to donate money and food; If Zuo Ruo didn't invite them to the government today, no one would take the initiative to provide food and grass supplies to the Great Ming Wangshi who came from afar. If Zuo Ruo is soft-hearted today, the amount of money and food in his hand will be limited.

During the Chongzhen period, these people present were deeply favored by the emperor, when Shaanxi encountered a famine, they would rather watch the hungry people evolve into thieves, and the disaster relief silver allocated by the imperial court was a drop in the bucket, and none of these people present took the initiative to lend a hand. They have always been more ruthless to their own family than to outsiders. The Ming Dynasty used literature to control the military, and they thought that the officers and soldiers of the court were like slaves.

Zuo Ruo walked across from the squires and pinched his waist with both hands.

"I am also from Shaanxi, from Jiangnan to Shaanxi, only one thing makes me feel ashamed, the people of Jiangnan are well-dressed, when I first entered this Xi'an City, I thought I had arrived in Liaodong. Someone walked into the governor's yamen with rat tails, did he want to keep his hair without a head? ”

He waved his hand and ordered the soldiers on both sides to untie the Qi knives on their waists and throw them on the ground, saying: "Take down Xi'an City today, I don't want to kill too much, I have already cut off my braids, go home now, and send the donated money and grain to the governor's yamen within three days." Those who are reluctant to cut their braids, here are knives, either cut off the head or cut off the braids. ”

He said a lot today, and after tomorrow, most of the people in Xi'an will be known as the "Left Tiger".

As soon as these words came out, it was like a natural sound, and some people hesitated to move their steps towards the gate of the governor's palace, and seeing that there were indeed no soldiers coming to stop them, they gradually quickened their pace, and finally almost trotted away.

The squire who forgot to cut his braids was unlucky, and someone stepped forward to pick up the Qi knife on the ground, held the handle of the knife and slowly pulled out the long knife.

Under the scorching sun, the sharp blade of Qi Dao was filled with a chill that penetrated through the bones.

The Qi knife is very long, and it is not easy to cut off the braid on the back of your head in your hand.

Under Zuo Ruo's gaze, those squires didn't dare to ask for help, so they put the long knife behind their heads and carefully found the right angle, carefully moving it on their hair. Someone accidentally let the sharp edge touch the scalp, and a few drops of blood fell in fear.

Two or three days later, a rebel army came to Xi'an to take refuge, and the outside of Xi'an gradually became lively.

Zuo Ruo knew that the Qing soldiers were in Yan'an Mansion, but he did not dare to order the main force to go out of the city to chase and fight, so he only waited for the rebels to come and gather in Xi'an, and sent people to contact Wang Yi of Yulinwei.

The Ming army was only 20,000 people, and the people of Shaanxi were undecided, and Azig could counterattack Xi'an from Hanzhong at any time.

20,000 soldiers and horses are more than enough to take Xi'an, and there is no problem in defending Xi'an, but it is far from enough to be used to run Shaanxi. Before sending troops, Zhai Zhe ordered Zuo Ruo to be the governor of Shaanxi after taking Xi'an City.

With the rebels who were familiar with the local terrain leading the way, the messengers of Xi'an City went to Yulinwei through Qing'an Mansion.

Seven or eight days ago, there were Mongolian cavalry activities on the north side of Yan'an Mansion, and the Qing soldiers often went to expel them, but they no longer went north these days. The Mongol cavalry heading south was the cavalry of the Amur of the Chahar Division, and they were at a loss for a moment and did not dare to act rashly.

The messenger met the Mongol cavalry north of Yan'an, and the Amur tribe often did business with the Han in Zhangjiakou, most of whom could understand Chinese, and brought the envoy into the Amur barracks.

Wang Yi is not in Yan'an Mansion, but still in Yulinwei.

Chahar is not Tumut, there is no princess to marry Zhai Zhe, and Chahar, as the suzerainty of Mongolia, has little respect for the declining Ming Dynasty.

Amur initially gave Wang Yi a face, and when the supply of grain and grass in Yulin Weizhong was exhausted, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and led his troops south to loot for military supplies.

As for Wang Yi's threat, he may be able to deceive Ezhe, but he will never be able to deceive Amur.

The Han people need the war horses of the Mongols, the Han people need the Mongols to contain the Qing captives in the grassland, and even if the Chahar people kill under the city of Xi'an, Zhai Zhe will not turn his face with the Mongols.

The scouts who had gone out on patrol returned to the camp to report that a Han envoy had been captured, and Amur was immediately alerted.

The envoys were brought into the tent, and the Mongols served mare's milk wine to the guests.

Amur asked: "Are you the messenger of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

The person who came was neither arrogant nor humble, and said: "Exactly"

"I am the Amur of Chahar, an ally of the Ming Dynasty, you are going north to find the king's envoy, unfortunately, he has just returned, if you have any news, let me tell you

The envoy did not hide it, and said: "The imperial army has captured Xi'an, and General Zuo ordered me to send a message to the royal envoy."

Amur was shocked, and finally knew why the Qing soldiers had stopped going north these days. Wang Yi did not tell him that the Ming army was heading north, and his knowledge of the war in the Central Plains was limited to the words of a few caravans.

"Has King Jin arrived in Shaanxi?"

The envoy was a little complacent, and said: "The king of Jin did not come, and it was my general Zuo Ruo who captured Xi'an." ”

Amur had heard of Zuo Ruo's name, and judging from the rumors of the Ming people, this person was overbearing and somewhat difficult to deal with. He groaned for a moment and said, "The royal envoy is naturalizing, and you go back and tell General Zuo that Chahar Amur is willing to come to visit."

The envoy's face was gloomy, and Zuo Ruo ordered him to go to Yulinwei to report the news and coordinate the Mongolian coalition army and the Ming army to cooperate in the attack on the Qing captives, but he was intercepted halfway through, and it was difficult to explain when he returned.

"Really? I still have to go to Yulinwei and his party."

"You can't trust me?" Amur's face was angry, and he said: "The road to the north is impassable, and there are many horse thieves, I am afraid that you will continue to go north and accidentally lose your life." Chahar is the lord of Mongolia, I am ordered by the Great Khan of Mongolia to go south to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, and you go back to inform General Zuo"

Zuo Ruo was worried that the messenger would be intercepted by the Qing soldiers on the road, so he did not write a letter, only a message. He listened to the meaning of Amur's words, and it was impossible to continue to let him go north, and this Amur said the same purpose of his trip. He was helpless and said: "I will go back to Xi'an City to inform General Zuo of the news, please go to the grassland to inform the royal envoy and inform him that there is a change in Shaanxi."

Amur was overjoyed and said, "Well, when you come back, I will surely ask the king's envoy to go south." ”

Wang Yi favored Tumut, and Amur knew it.

Now the Ming Dynasty has a request for Mongolia, and Mongolia also has a request for the Ming Dynasty, but if the Ming Dynasty recovers Shaanxi, Chahar's position in the alliance will decline sharply. Because, the most urgent requirement of the Ming Dynasty was the Mongol war horses, not the Mongol warriors, and in this regard, the Tumuts did no worse than the Chahars.

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