With the arrival of the Tianlong Garrison Division, which played the leading role, tens of thousands of Songjiang troops officially marched to the capital of Changlu Mansion.

The original city guard of Changlu Mansion was born in a local family named Hong Bowen. Because of the support of the family, coupled with the marriage of the family, he served as the co-captain of the Changlu Mansion City Defense Battalion. The two sides have one article and one martial arts, and the Changlu Mansion is firmly controlled in their hands. Even the original governor of Tiannan County had to give Hong Bowen, the city guard, a little bit of thin face.

Because of this, in this place, the Hong family is like a prince of the party.

Several disobedient officials were forced to resign or dismiss, and at least six businessmen with no local roots were forcibly bought at low prices. However, there are two things that the Hong family does better. The first is to pay attention to the promotion of their own reputation, and most of the ordinary people are still relatively supportive of the Hong family. The other is that when it comes to the Tiannan Army, the Hong family never interferes. If there is a need to raise food, grass, and soldiers, they will give full support.

Relying on these two points, Hong Bowen's position has been quite stable. It is conceivable that he, who can be called the local emperor, is very resistant to the arrival of the Songjiang army.

The previous governor of Tiannan County, limited to the rules of officialdom, coupled with the local strength of the Hong family in Changlu Mansion, was inconvenient to act casually, which did not mean that the Songjiang army could not deal with him. In front of the 10,000-strong army, the more than 1,000 city defense battalions in Changlu Prefecture are not worth mentioning at all. As for some things on the political zhì, there is no restraint on the Songjiang Army, which started as a rebel.

As early as after Mo Guohao's 4,000 elites went south, Hong Bowen realized that something was wrong. After all, with great power, he was very resistant to the administrative reform led by Chen Wu before. Now that Chen Wu's army has arrived, once he has completely mastered Changlu Mansion, he will almost certainly be replaced.

Even, the mistakes committed in the past may be found out and reckoned.

Hong Bowen is really worried that he will be used by the Songjiang Army as the chicken that slaughtered the monkey!

However, worrying is worrying, absolute strength is in front of him, and Hong Bowen really can't think of any way to fight against it. I could only watch more and more Songjiang troops arrive and march towards Changlu Mansion while making preparations with both hands. The family property that had been purchased for many years began to be sold one after another, and the family members were also secretly sent away. If the Songjiang Army really showed signs of doing something to him, Hong Bowen would immediately flee.

It's a pity that the castle guard's official position is lost, but it's better than losing his life and property - at this time, it's too late to regret why he didn't cooperate with the Matsue army before.

March 13th!

10,000 Songjiang troops bypassed Zhangchun and arrived outside the city of Changlu Prefecture.

After receiving Hong Bowen's order in advance, the gate of Changlufu City was closed, and thousands of soldiers from the city defense battalion also distributed weapons and boarded the city gate.

Because of the threat of the Omanis further south, coupled with the fierce customs of the people, the soldiers of these city defense battalions still have a certain combat power. Although the tens of thousands of troops under the city gave them a lot of pressure, Hong Bowen previously said that "the Songjiang army will send people to replace them, and all the soldiers of the city defense battalion will lose their jobs", which aroused the resistance of these soldiers of the city defense battalion.

Although no one was willing to really fight the Songjiang army, no one opened the door in the face of this army in the name of Tiannan's envoy.

At a distance of five hundred paces, the army confronted the city defense battalion.

Hong Bowen stood on the side of the city gate tower, secretly observing the movements of the Songjiang army. If the Songjiang army was impatient and directly put on a siege momentum, then needless to say, Hong Bowen would definitely abandon the city and flee immediately. If there is still room for exchange, Hong Bowen feels that it is not impossible to talk about it. If he had said more good things and made a big deal of it, the new governor of Matsue might have allowed himself to continue to serve as the castle guard of Changlu Prefecture.

After all, people say that young people are easy to coax.

In the history of the previous dynasties, there were too many people who suddenly ascended to the throne at a young age, and they were fluttering and self-aggrandizing after being slightly touted. Hong Bowen felt that he could try to take advantage of this.

"Repeat, we are the army of the Governor of Songjiang and the envoy of Tiannan, Lord Chen Wu, and we have been ordered to garrison Changlufu City, please open the city immediately and let us go!"

Seeing that the defenders in the city had no intention of opening the city, Mo Guohao's personal guards shouted loudly with a team of soldiers, urging the city defense battalion of Changlu Mansion to open the city. It's just that Hong Bowen personally went to the city to supervise, and although the city defense battalion of Changlu Mansion was a little worried, he finally chose to refuse.

"We can't confirm your identity, and there is not enough space in the city to accommodate a large army, so please stay outside the city for the time being. When the city guards verify the identity of your army, they will naturally let them go. ”

This is undoubtedly a pretext.

Looking at the entire southeast of the empire, with Daqingguan in the north and Nanfeng Fortress in the south, it is impossible for other forces to enter at will. The only one who can mobilize tens of thousands of troops can be the Songjiang Army. What's more, Mo Guohao also brought a military order stamped with the Governor of Songjiang and Tiannan's Envoy Dayin. Hong Bowen has been a city guard for many years, and it is impossible to tell the difference.

The other party's answer came back, and the two brigade commanders, Mo Guohao and Shi Yuanliang, immediately understood Chang Lucheng's attitude.

Not welcome, or simply hostile, but dare not refuse, want to wait and see the situation first.

"That's a good idea."

Mo Guohao sneered, he had received Chen Wu's face-to-face instruction before he came, and he had enough discretion.

The current Songjiang Army is no longer the Taiping Army of a year ago. There was the first division of the Songjiang Army that had been reorganized, and it held the Daqing Pass, and at the same time reached a tacit understanding with the famous imperial general Leji, and stabilized the Tiannan Army and the Nanfeng Fortress. In this one-third of an acre of land in Songjiang and Tiannan, it is completely possible to open your hands and feet.

In particular, with the relatively stable rear of Songjiang, Tiannan County is completely the meat on the plate.

"Command, the army is ready to attack!"

He gave the order, but after a moment's hesitation, he stopped the guards who were about to go down to give the order.

Although Chen Wu allowed him to use force, it was undoubtedly a good idea to use his own territory, not to mention that the city defense battalion of Changlu Mansion did not take action against the Songjiang army first, which proved that there was still room for exchange. In this case, launching a siege is tantamount to forcing the other party to become the enemy of the Matsue army.

If you can, you should still focus on attacking the heart, after all, the general trend and reputation are now on the side of the Songjiang Army.

After changing the previous order, the previous group of loud-voiced guards ran back to the city and began to preach.

"Our army was ordered by the Governor of Songjiang and Tiannan to settle in Changlu. If you refuse to open the city, you will disobey the king's command, and your sin will be punished. Now open the city immediately, and see that the role of colleagues can be cleared of the past, and the position of the city defense battalion may also be retained. If it is stubborn, after the army opens the city, everyone will be treated as a rebel, which is unpredictable! ”

After shouting three times in a row, there was a commotion in the city of Changlu Mansion.

The threat of the Matsue Army, that is real. Although these Matsue troops who had come from afar did not seem to have siege weapons, they were ten times as large in number, and they were indeed sent by their nominal superiors. If the Omanis hit here, the city defense battalion of Changlu Province has nothing to say, it must be desperately defending the city. But in the face of "their own people", even with Hong Bowen's order, the soldiers of the city defense battalion did not use much force.

If the only motivation to support them was the fear that after the Matsue Army took over, they would be dismissed and the defenders rearranged. But this point, with the assurances given by the Matsue army under the city, was also quickly eliminated - they did not notice that the Matsue army used the word "maybe" in the shouting.

Seeing that the Songjiang army below was becoming more and more impatient, several captains of the Changlufu City Defense Battalion couldn't stand it, and jointly found the captain and Hong Bowen at the head of the city.

No one wants to fight this inexplicable battle with the Songjiang army, not to mention that they can't win it at all.

The attitude of the Songjiang army was tough and with a little restraint. After struggling for a moment, Hong Bowen finally decided to take a risk. After all, the Hong family is a big family in Changlu Mansion, so the governor of Songjiang should have some scruples......

"Kaesong!"

He chose to gamble, and if he won the bet, his Changlu Mansion city guard would continue to be retained!

After receiving Shangguan's order, the city defense battalion of Changlu Mansion breathed a sigh of relief. Several captains shouted, and soon the closed gate was opened, and the drawbridge of the moat was slowly lowered, and there was a dull sound of smashing on the ground.

Changlu Mansion, the city is open!

The bloodless entry into Changlu Mansion made Mo Guohao a little glad that he was cautious before. With a wave of his hand, a large army quickly poured into the city and took over the entire city defense of Changlu Mansion.

Regarding the intelligence of the city guard of Changlu Prefecture, the Military Intelligence Department had already produced a report several months ago. For this first city guard after the Songjiang Army intervened in Tiannan, Chen Wu also thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to decisively kill chickens and monkeys. As for whether this would scare the other three prefectures of Tiannan County and make them take risks, Chen Wu was not only not afraid, but expected some fools to do so. In that case, the Matsue Army would be able to complete the purge and sweep away the local opposition.

After the purge, the local city defense battalion was replaced with the Tianlong Garrison Division, and then after administrative reform, it was replaced by officials who obeyed him, and Tiannan County would change hands and become a more stable place than Songjiang.

On the contrary, if compromise and gentle measures are adopted from the beginning, it will only allow the hidden dangers and bombs of Tiannan County to continue to remain, and the detonation at some point in the future will bring more trouble. You must know that the situation in Songjiang County is different from the situation in Tiannan County, and the strength of the Songjiang Army is also different when dealing with it, so it is natural to adopt different strategies.

Hong Bowen thought that the Songjiang army might negotiate with him, and even as long as he bowed his head and showed weakness, he could retain the position of the city guard of Changlu Mansion, which was undoubtedly a big mistake. If he supported the Songjiang Army early on, Chen Wu wouldn't mind giving him a position. But his previous actions made Chen Wu sentence him to death early.

After the army entered the city, they almost didn't say anything, and directly arrested Hong Bowen.

No investigation, no negotiations, no separation!

In Hong Bowen's shock and disbelief, the Songjiang army directly took over the city guard mansion in Changlu and began the most decisive purge