Yan Hong also ordered Han Chunting to send the local guards to guard the four gates strictly, and if there was a real change, it would be better to defend the city. As for how to arrest Geng Shaoquan, let's discuss it again. and transferred all the surplus people in the city to the prefect's yamen. He took Jiangan and others to the second hall of the prefect's yamen and used it as a temporary interrogation room.

After a while, I saw Shao An and a few brocade clothes carrying seventeen or eighteen people to the hall. But today, I was directly ordered to break my tendons and tendons, and I became a waste, how can I get it hard?

Yan Hong hated them for hurting Xia Zisu, and asked directly, "Which one is your leader?" ”

One of them replied weakly, "It's me." As soon as the words fell, Yan Hong slapped the wooden voice and said, "Come on, pull this guy down and kill him." The Jinyi guards were all cramps and did not frown, and when they heard the commander's order, they immediately dragged the man to the courtyard. Then came a burst of whipping and incessant screams. After about two pillars of incense, the screams gradually stopped. The other captives were all the color of the earth.

Yan Hong raised his eyebrows and asked again, "Who else is the leader here?" "The rest of the people, I have never seen this kind of trial in my life, looking at this situation, where do you care about the confession in your mouth, you are caught and killed one by one. At the moment, they all kept silent.

Yan Hong paused for a moment, saw that no one answered, and sneered: "It turns out that the head is gone, what can a group of pawns know?" Come on, drag them all out of the gang for me, and unload them all in eight pieces! ”

The rest of the people were completely frightened and lost their temper at this time, and they all said: "Sir, spare your life!" Spare your life! I know the way, I know the way. ”

"Sir. Don't listen to him. I know a lot about this. ”

"No, sir. I'm a three-in-command, and I know more about it. ”

This time the crowd was enthusiastic, and the confession was quickly sorted out. It turned out that this group of people was originally a group of water thieves from Wenzhou, who worked part-time to do some killer work, and they had some skills in their hands. They were ruthless, and colluded with Li Wenxiu, the head of the Shaoxing Chamber of Commerce, to work together to do some black work in private. Recently, Li Wenxiu sent people to Wenzhou to negotiate and asked them to go to Taizhou to make a deal. Helped Geng Shaoquan, the local leader of Lianyong. Murder and arson. As long as a human head is cut off, fifty taels of silver will be given. As soon as he made a move, he was given a fixed sum of eight hundred taels. This group of people thought, killing people and setting fires, that's the business, why not. Immediately gladly came.

As a result, this group of people arrived in Taizhou, and waited in the tea shed for a long time without waiting for the connector, which was already a fire. Another official came to inquire, so he naturally started to use his knife. Those officials are their opponents, right now. But a woman in purple appeared, injuring several of her own people. Thanks to his own leader's knife skills. Dismantled a few tricks with the other party. Several minions also took the opportunity to besiege. The woman didn't seem to be very convenient, and when she moved, she was a step slower to react and was slashed in the shoulder. If it weren't for the bald donkey of Tiantai Temple who was traveling with him, the head of the house would have taken down the little lady and handed it over to everyone to be happy.

When Yan Hong heard this, his heart was shocked. Damn, this matter seems to be a bit troublesome, according to the day, before he arrived in Taizhou, Li Wenxiu sent someone to notify this group of thieves to enter Taizhou to help Geng Shaoquan. In other words, Geng Shaoquan's mutiny this time was not because he was punished with his own cane, but because of a premeditated act. This Geng Shaoquan is a local, and it is impossible for him to run away after reversing. If a single person can run, where will the whole clan run?

So what is Geng Shaoquan's purpose in doing this? Could it be that you want to cut the land and rebel? But as long as his brain has not been patted by the door, he knows that with his thousands of brave battalions, even if they all follow him, what kind of storm can they make? And the Li family participated in this matter, what collusion did they have with Geng Shaoquan, and to what extent did they collude with each other? Also, where did Xia Zisu go?

While Yan Hong was pondering, another person ran in from outside, shouting, "Oh no, Master Qincha, the widow has entered the city." Please dodge quickly. ”

Yan Hong saw that it was the commander Han Chunting who broke in, and he hurriedly asked, "The Japanese invaded the city?" Where does this begin? Didn't I tell you to keep the four gates? Isn't there a cannon in your city, and I didn't even hear the sound of the cannon when the Japanese invaded the city. ”

Han Chunting said: "Qin Cha run away, Geng Dalang is really a widow, he took the real widow into the city, Linhai Zhixian Zhang Qi has been martyred, I am afraid that the widows will be killed here." It's not too late to ask these questions when it's safe to do so. ”

Yan Hong originally wanted to find a big hat for Geng Shaoquan to buckle on his head, but he didn't expect that his framing would become a real thing, and the other party would really be a fool of himself, and he launched it before him. So how to deal with it at this time is a key question.

Honestly, if you want to go, it's totally fine. There were one hundred Zhejiang soldiers of Qi Jiguang by his side, as well as one hundred and ten brocade guards, and hundreds of muskets, and they immediately broke through, and the rebels couldn't keep themselves. But if you leave at this time, Taizhou will be lost, and Qi Laohu's side, when he learned that Taizhou was lost, the army's morale was weakened, and he was afraid that he would suffer a big loss.

You must know that Yan Hong's abacus is mainly in the southeast, whether it is to open the sea and trade and make money for the Son of Heaven; Or communicate with overseas relations, so as to facilitate the oil under the feet, it is necessary to open the sea to trade and recruit Wang Zhi. If it is really because of the chaos here in Taizhou, Qi Jiguang lost the battle, then the southeast is a mess, and since then, the battles have been continuous, and the soldiers have been fighting endlessly, so don't dream of opening the sea or something.

So Yan Hong decided to take a gamble. The state must find a way to keep it. Besides, Xia Zisu appeared in the city, if he ran away at this time, wouldn't he miss it again? This girl is stubbornly screwing and not meeting herself, I'll take a look this time, your man is in danger, why don't you show up yet?

Thinking of this, Yan Hong gave an order: "Duh! Bold Han Chunting, losing the city gate is already a big crime, why do you want to let this official abandon the city and leave? Hurry up and gather your own soldiers, follow your own officials, and kill the widows! ”

Han Chunting didn't move on the spot, and said with a bitter face: "The last general has never raised any family." There are less than ten people left in the pro-soldiers, what is the use of these people? "This guy is also making too much money, and he can't even support his family, and he wants to rely on the battalion to fight anyway, and his troops are nothing more than transporting supplies and maintaining law and order in the rear, what do you want to do with combat effectiveness? As a result, when today's events came to an end, we could not even organize our basic combat strength.

Yan Hong didn't bother to pay attention to him, and hurriedly ordered Shao An to gather the local and accompanying Jinyi officials, and prepare for the battle with Zhejiang soldiers and horses, and distribute firearms. I also invited Yun Chuqi and Ye Zhengfei to come. This maniac in the art of war and the maniac in firearms, it's time to exert his residual heat again.

Originally, he was in the prefect's yamen, as a temporary lineman, and the guard force around him was more than 30 brocade clothes from the Beijing division and 50 brocade clothes assigned by Hu Zongxian, a total of about 80 brocade clothes. The local Jinyi guards stayed in Baihu, and the Zhejiang soldiers were also stationed in an independent camp outside the city. After Zeng Shifang's people entered the city today, Yan Hong raised the alert level, and basically concentrated the armed forces in the city, except for Geng Shaoquan Taiyong and the basic defenders of the four cities, to the prefect's yamen. This crooked blow was just right for the troops to assemble.

Now in his yamen, just talking about Jinyi Wei, there are about 80 Jinyi people in Beijing and Hangzhou, plus the local Jinyi 100 households and their subordinate military surplus and wrestlers, with about 200 troops, nearly 100 shotguns, more than 60 other variegated firearms, and the armor rate is as high as 40%. In addition, there are more than 300 people left in Taizhou Wei, but this Taizhou Wei is so deserted that the soldiers can't even make up 50, and the others are old, young, sick and disabled, and it is difficult to face the enemy. Then there are the more than 100 Zhejiang soldiers as the core troops.

Tao Zhi and Shao An held iron trumpets in their hands, shouting loudly to gather, those brocade guards were wearing armor, each holding armaments, and lined up in formation. The brocade clothes led by Jingwei and Jiang'an were also called strict formations, and the local brocade clothes were a little worse, and the team stood loosely, and many people were afraid.

In terms of the Zhejiang soldiers, Wu Weizhong's face was as usual, and he did not show the slightest nervousness or excitement, but just ordered the troops to assemble. One hundred and eight Zhejiang soldiers stood in line in an orderly manner, lined up in nine teams of mandarin duck formations, Wu Weizhong held the command flag in the center and dispatched, and the extra ten auxiliary soldiers and masters lined up behind them. Yan Hong saw that there was no change in the expressions on the faces of those Zhejiang soldiers, as if this was an ordinary training, and there was no loud noise or shouting in unison.

Seeing that the people and horses were assembled, Yun Chuqi said: "Qincha, now that the Japanese have broken through the city defense, if we defend the yamen, although there is a courtyard wall to rely on, this is not a dangerous place." And even if the Japanese invaded the city and plundered it, one would encourage the enemy's arrogance, the second would make the people miserable, and the third would be that the troops of our army still resisting in the city would be isolated and helpless, and they would inevitably all be killed. Therefore, it is better to stay here and take the initiative to kill, and first take the Japanese by surprise. If the battle is unfavorable, it is not too late to retreat or break through. ”

Yan Hong nodded and said, "Brother Yun's view is very good, you can plan how to transfer troops." Standing on the steps, holding an iron horn, he commanded loudly: "Sons, now that the Japanese have entered Taizhou, everyone will follow me and kill the thieves." The treasury in Taizhou City is full, there are a wide range of wealthy households, and the former one, the bounty is safe, and it will never be deducted. If there is a retreat, everyone can be killed! ”

The soldiers of Zhejiang and the Jinyi guards all responded loudly: "Obey the order!" Yan Hong ordered again: "Take down all the people from the Geng family clan in the team, watch them, and behead those who resist!" ”

In the rest of the local Jinyi Guard, there are a few Geng clans, but most of them have already run away. Before the few people left behind could shout out their injustice, they were arrested by the people around them and put them in prison, which can be regarded as temporarily completing the internal clean-up work of the army.

Yan Hong said again: "At the beginning of the clouds, I will give an order on behalf of Ben Qincha!" Violators will be killed! ”

Yun Chuqi arched his hand and said, "Obey!" He immediately ordered: "General Han, you lead the soldiers of the local guard, stick to the prefect's yamen, and prepare strong bows and crossbows, brick roof pillars and other things that should be defended." At the same time, flags were planted in the corners of all corners of the yamen, and the auxiliary soldiers and masters waved the flags and shouted, and the drums were beaten. In addition, we must carefully give orders from outside, and when we hear the beating of drums, our army will benefit and help in the battle. When I heard that Mingjin was Mingjin, our army retreated and retreated to the yamen to defend the palace. (To be continued......)