Meritorious service will be rewarded, and fault will be punished.

What Chen Wu is doing now is far from these eight words, and a perfect system has not yet been formed in the Righteous Army, but he must at least take this opportunity to let this sentence sprout in the hearts of the Righteous Army soldiers first. In this way, when they want to disobey military orders in the future, they will weigh it carefully.

"General Xie's reward!"

Chen Wu's actions had an unimaginable effect. Not only did the other rebel soldiers agree to their promises, but also surprised Ning Gui, who reported the news. After excitedly taking the jade and jade wrench, Ning Gui loudly expressed his gratitude and loyalty, and it took a while to remember his duty, and carried Chen Jinhui's head to the dust on the horse.

If it is said that Ning Gui's previous act of reporting the news was more out of awe, he was afraid that Chen Wu and Dian Yong would blame him afterwards. Now, Ning Gui has been bought loyal by Chen Wu's little tricks, and he is twice as active in doing things!

Seeing Ning Gui leave, Chen Wu began to deal with the aftermath of the East City Gate.

The side doors were opened, re-closed at his command. All the Yicheng people who were unwilling to stay near the East City Gate were forcibly dispersed by the righteous army. After stabbing several people one after another, the men who insisted on leaving the city lost their courage and dispersed. The gold coins that Chen Jinhui had secretly released and collected were also included in the treasury of the Righteous Army. Although they were reluctant in their hearts, Chen Jinhui's body was in front of them, and no one dared to complain anymore.

Not only the East City Gate, but soon after, the defenders of the other three city gates were also frightened by the rumored Chen Jinhui's head.

After proving it to them with their lives one after another, these people finally realized what it meant to be a mountain of military orders, and no one dared to joke with Chen Wu's orders.

After temporarily resolving this sudden incident, Chen Wu personally inspected the four gates with some anxiety. By the time I confirmed that there were no problems with all the departments and returned to the county office, it was already dark for almost an hour. During this time, the rebels who occupied the grain depot had already broken open the gate and copied nearly 10,000 stone of grain from it, which was really piled up as high as a hill. Although it is far from the "200,000 stone disaster relief grain" boasted before the siege, it is enough to dazzle the eyes of the righteous army guarding the grain depot.

With so much food, if the Yicheng government took out a part of the disaster relief early, even if it was only a little action, it would be much more difficult for Chen Wu to incite the people of Changshan Town to revolt. It's a pity that the uncles of the government didn't pay attention to the idea of the grass people's life and death, so that after the city was broken, all these grains were cheaper than Chen Wu.

At the beginning of the uprising, because the rebel army had not even pulled up the structure, and almost all of his subordinates were from Changshan Town, Chen Wu had to burn grain to blame the government to arouse the hatred of the rebel soldiers. But now, Yicheng has been defeated, and they have no way to retreat, so they can only move forward with an iron heart, and Chen Wu has no need to do such a wasteful thing. At present, these grains will undoubtedly become the biggest capital of his rebellion.

In order to fulfill his promise, after counting the grain in stock, he immediately ordered the people of the women's battalion to start cooking and feeding the rebels.

A large cauldron quickly opened and the fragrant white rice was boiled. When the entire Yicheng fell into a chaotic and cruel nightmare, the Taiping Righteous Army ushered in the best night since the incident. Truckloads of rice in bamboo baskets were successively sent to the hands of the departments stationed at Simen and the city defense camp under the escort of the rebels, and their news was brought back to summarize. Along the way, although it was inevitable to encounter trouble, in front of these rebels who were all armed with spears, even if they were crazy ruffians, they did not dare to use any crooked brains.

This time, it's really unlimited!

The cart that could transport hundreds of kilograms of rice lightly transported more than a dozen carts before and after, which was not enough for these rebel soldiers to eat. The official infantry and volunteer battalions were okay, and those ordinary volunteers who had been hungry for a long time were not afraid of being choked to death, so they directly surrounded them and began to rob them like crazy. Finally, they still remembered the threat of military regulations, and knew to line up to receive food under the escort of the rebels wielding military sticks.

The cauldron outside the granary was boiled until eleven o'clock at night, and all the dry wood that could be obtained nearby was burned, which was enough to meet the needs of all the rebels.

Thousands of people let go of their bellies to eat, and the consumption is naturally huge, but the positive impact is also huge.

After a full meal, the morale of the rebels was completely high.

Conquering Yicheng with little sacrifice, coupled with Chen Wu's fulfillment of his promise to keep them fed, many rebel soldiers found that it seemed that it was also good to rebel like this. Those who were already oriented to the righteous army strengthened their faith this time. Overnight, Chen Wu's dominance over the rebels rose to a new level.

This effect was a little unexpected by Chen Wu himself.

For the first time, he felt a heartfelt embrace and prestige in the rebels, rather than the previous mixture of despair and coercion.

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With many rebel soldiers unable to sleep and more Yicheng people frightened, the long night finally passed.

The people living in Yicheng never thought that one day the city would fall into such chaos. Even the rebellion of the Smelling Fragrance Cult, which was rampant decades ago, did not cause a commotion that could reach this small city with little special features. But suddenly, it was easily attacked by a group of thieves who appeared out of nowhere.

Bloodshed, killings, rape, and all sorts of crimes were staged on this night.

This situation was not subsided until after dawn.

The rebels have finally moved!

Soon after dawn, the rebels who had occupied the grain depot began to cook food again, supplying Simen and the rebels everywhere. Along with the cart carrying rice and Ning Gui, who accompanied him, there was also an order from Chen Wu asking the various departments to pacify the neighborhoods and keep the families closed. All those who do not listen to the command should be intimidated first, and those who still do not listen can be killed on the spot.

"Resolutely obey the general's orders!"

Only half an hour later, the well-fed, high-morale rebels were in action.

Compared with these organized rebels with weapons in their hands, the ordinary people of Yicheng and those trouble-making hooligans are simply vulnerable. Although there was once a group of red-eyed ruffians gathered into a group, a group of seventy or eighty people attacked the rebels, and they almost succeeded. However, with Chen Wu's timely dispatch of manpower and the dispatch of the first brigade of the rebel army, any discontent was quickly quelled.

Dozens of splashes who dared to attack the rebels were all beheaded for public display.

Such a bloody crackdown frightened these uninformed pranksters. In the past, they were rampant in the countryside, gathering crowds to fight, and killing or injuring three or five people was already a big deal. As the news spread, dozens of people hung their heads out, and no one dared to confront the rebels and obediently returned to their respective homes.

In just one morning, order in the city was initially calmed down.

After placing the rebel sentry posts in several key locations, Chen Wu was finally able to free up his hands and clean up the big households in the city one by one.

There is no doubt that the Huai'an Chamber of Commerce is the primary target.

This chamber of commerce, which has a large scale in the Qianyuan Empire, still has some skills, and the person in charge of the Yicheng branch is also a little decisive. The horse team sent out yesterday was delayed, and there was not even a single person to report it, and they realized that the matter was probably out of their control. It just so happened that at this time, the news that the East City Gate could leave the city came, and the principals of several branches immediately made a decision, dressed up in disguise, and paid the money to leave the city before Chen Wu arrived with his troops.

At the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, only a group of executioners and employees who were ordered to stay in place remained.

Without the person in charge, Chen Wu's rebel army attacked very easily.

These guys from the Huai'an Chamber of Commerce, who relied on weapons such as courtyard walls and swords and clubs, relied on the impact of the scoundrels last night. But in the face of the large group of rebels who could be wiped out even by the official army, these guys lost confidence, and those who advocated stubborn defense and surrender quarreled, and were attacked by the rebels.

In the Chamber of Commerce, valuable golden tickets, title deeds, important accounts, etc., have been taken away by the principal, or carefully destroyed before leaving. All that remains is the payment for the goods traded this month, as well as some of the funds necessary to maintain the normal operation of the chamber of commerce. Because the gold coins were bulky and inconvenient to carry, they had no choice but to leave them to the rebels.

However, these gold and silver seem to be large enough for a large chest, but in fact they can only last for a thousand gold coins.

It was not enough for Chen Wu to honor the reward given to the rebels.