"Surrender?"

Chen Wu had already guessed Wu Juncai's intention, and laughed when he heard this: "Yes, go back and tell the city guard of Yuyang, and order the soldiers to open the city and surrender, and the general agreed." ”

The meaning revealed in the words made Wu Juncai anxious, he didn't know whether Chen Wu didn't expect it or said it on purpose, and couldn't help but say: "Lord Cheng Shou means that the general must guarantee ......"

He was about to say the conditions that had been agreed in advance, and he didn't want to be directly interrupted by Chen Wu.

Without any room for negotiation, Chen Wu said the only request with an unquestionable attitude.

"Unconditional surrender!"

If Ling Jie's fifteen hundred cavalry hadn't arrived, and the Yuyang City Guards wanted to surrender, Chen Wu might have a good talk with him. But now, only 300 men and horses of Ling Jie's army were left and fled, and the troops in Yuyang City were also insufficient. In this case, Yuyang City Guard even tried to negotiate terms with him?

For the current Taiping army, it is no longer difficult to capture Yuyang City, it is nothing more than to pay some more sacrifices - and this sacrifice is completely within the tolerance of the Taiping army!

With an absolute advantage, Chen Wu had no reason to make concessions to Zai's opponent. As for what conditions Yuyang City Guard wanted to propose, Chen Wu was actually very clear, it was nothing more than worrying about his own power and wealth. There is no need to say these things to Yuyang City Guard, and Chen Wu will naturally give them after surrendering, so as to set an example for other Songjiang officials. However, it's one thing to give it yourself, and Yuyang City Shou tries to use this as a negotiation condition, absolutely not!

The nature of the two is completely different.

Chen Wu's strength made Wu Juncai's face pale. It's only April now, and the placket behind his back is already soaked with beads of sweat, and he doesn't know how to answer. If you continue to persevere, God knows if it will anger Chen Wu, and directly drag him out and cut him down. If the negotiation fails, how should I explain to the city guard when I go back?

Seeing that Wu Juncai was still hesitating, Chen Wu gave him an ultimatum.

"The current situation, presumably you Yuyang is also clear. Don't be lucky, Ben will leave the words here, as long as it costs nothing, it will take two more days at most to break through Yuyang. At that time, anyone who goes against the Taiping Army will be killed by the house, don't blame the general for not saying anything in front! ”

This murderous warning dispelled Wu Juncai's thoughts.

Although this was the worst-case scenario expected, the shape could no longer allow him to say a word, so he could only agree as if he was mourning.

"Go back and tell the Yuyang City Guard, you only have two hours to think about it. If you don't open the city before the sun sets, don't blame Ben for being unkind. ”

………

The time came to five o'clock in the afternoon.

In Yuyang City, which was originally quiet, the sound of shouting and killing suddenly broke out. After a short but fierce battle, more than a dozen corpses were dragged out, and the remaining civil and military officials and soldiers who insisted on refusing to surrender had to change their minds. A quarter of an hour later, the closed gates of Yuyang Mansion City were opened.

The cheers immediately resounded through the camp of the Taiping army.

Although everyone firmly believed that they could capture Yuyang lightly, even if it was a conservative estimate, the Taiping army would have suffered hundreds more casualties. It is naturally best to be able to take Yuyang Mansion without a fight, and a prefecture city takes the initiative to open the city and surrender, and its symbolic significance is immeasurable!

Amid this cheer, the hundreds of surviving city defense battalions took off their armor and weapons, and lined up to go out of the city to surrender.

The Taiping army did not embarrass these enemies who were still fighting to the death at noon. After seizing the weapons, they sent people to temporarily imprison them in a corner of the Taiping army's camp.

In order to appease people's hearts, dinner was also arranged according to the food standards of the Taiping Army.

This move greatly resolved the uneasiness of the city defense battalion to surrender troops. Although the military rations for a few hundred people are not much, they are worth one after all. If the Taiping army wanted to kill them, there was no need to waste it.

As for the thousands of people recruited, except for some who escaped by taking advantage of the chaos, the rest also became prisoners of the Taiping army in anxiety. These pre-screened people by the officers and soldiers are the most suitable potential sources of soldiers. With a little training, you can make a good recruit. The Taiping army did not mistreat these prisoners, who might later become comrades. In addition to being more severe, it is better to be vaguely better for them than for the surrender of the city defense battalion.

After solving the military strength in Yuyang City, the army of the Taiping Army immediately marched into Yuyang Mansion City.

Having captured so many cities in Taiping County before, the Taiping army was familiar with this kind of thing. With the cooperation of Yuyang Mansion, the Taiping Jun Shun took over the important departments of the Four Gates, the Treasury and the Castle Guard. In order to prevent chaos in the city, some people took advantage of the fire to loot, Chen Wu divided five brigades, set up sentry posts at various traffic chokepoints in the city, and opened a week-long curfew.

Relying on all kinds of orderly arrangements, the change of ownership of Yuyang Mansion should have caused huge fluctuations and chaos, but before late at night, the situation in various parts of the city had been initially grasped by the Taiping army.

The bright yellow dragon flag of the empire on the tower of the city gate was slowly lowered in the night.

Regarding the Taiping army's entry into the city, more than 100,000 people in Yuyang Mansion were all panicked at first. The doors of every house were closed, and some people who were not familiar with the Taiping Army and believed a lot of rumors buried valuable things in the ground in advance, and their wives and daughters also smeared black ash on their faces, and those who had cellars even hid in cellars. But until the whole night passed, there was silence in Yuyang City, and the expected chaos and cries did not appear at all.

This made many people breathe a sigh of relief and at the same time a little hard to believe.

When the sky brightened the next day, most people couldn't figure out the situation, and they still didn't dare to go out lightly, but only dared to look at the scene outside through the crack in the courtyard door. But some people who had to come out to work and earn a living had to take to the streets.

A qiē doesn't seem to be any different from the old days.

If I had to say anything, there was a vigilant group of Taiping soldiers guarding the street gate. Seeing them coming, the Taiping soldiers looked at them a few times, found nothing abnormal, and then let the people over.

There is no need to eat and take cards, nor is there a search and robbery, and even more behaved than some officials and soldiers!

This took a lot of people by surprise.

Since the armor and weapons of the Taiping army are the same as those of the official army, if they didn't know that Yuyang City defended Kaicheng and surrendered, and the Taiping bandit army took over Yuyang Mansion, they would even think that nothing happened yesterday!

This military discipline disappointed many scoundrels who tried to take advantage of the fire to rob, and also shocked the officials of Yuyang Mansion.

With a certain level of literacy, they know very well what it means for a thief army to be able to do this.

No killing, no looting, such military discipline, in the words of Jiang Taiqing, who is in charge of Yuyang culture and education, is "the plan is very big, and the plan is far"!

As various affairs gradually stabilized, not only the order of the ordinary people in the city, but also the operation of the Yuyang government itself was gradually restored. As Chen Wu personally met with Yuyang City Shou An Yi, saying that not only would he not move his position, but would be promoted in the future, the civil officials in Yuyang City had settled down a lot. Except for about one-third of the people who insisted on resigning from their official positions, or secretly hung up the seal and left without even saying hello, the remaining officials all chose to stay and continue to serve after seeing the Taiping Army's announcement that "it will continue to be the same".

For vacated positions, if there are suitable people in the Taiping Army who can fill them, they will be directly delegated. If not, the subordinates who remain will be promoted temporarily. This move has promoted many lowly officials, and even some lucky ones have been promoted two levels in a row. In addition to being elated, I couldn't help but feel a little more grateful to the Taiping Army!

If it weren't for the Taiping Army's capture of Yuyang, relying on their own efforts, I am afraid that they would not be able to do their current position in their lifetime.

In addition to this, in order to rein in and appease the people's hearts, after initially taking over Yuyang's finances and treasury, Chen Wu immediately issued a decree, because there is a shortage of manpower, and the officials of many departments have to work part-time, and all civil officials will receive double salaries in the next three months!

The news spread, and the officials in the entire Yuyang Mansion no longer had any dissatisfaction with the Taiping Army.

The kindness of the empire is good, but in the case of Yuyang being defeated, they also have to work for the thieves to make a living. Now that the Taiping Army is so generous, who is the official is not the right one. After all, those who are truly loyal to the empire have long since resigned from the seal.

The order in the city was not chaotic, and they successively took action to stabilize the political situation and restore the operation of the government. Most of the nobles in the city chose to be cautious and vigilant when the Taiping army did not act in their interests, and few of them immediately jumped out against the Taiping army—the few fools who dared to do so were directly raided by the Taiping soldiers.

As long as there is no interference from external forces, the foundation of the Taiping Army in Yuyang will gradually deepen, and eventually turn this place into its own territory!

Due to the abruptness of the Taiping army, and the fact that Songjiang County was much richer than Taiping County, after capturing Yuyang, Chen Wu, who took over Yuyang's finances, obtained an astonishing amount of wealth and materials. The grain depot of Yuyang Mansion alone has as much as 400,000 stone of grain, and the Finance Department has 2 million gold coins on its books, and countless other materials.

This is just a place, if it is the county town of Songjiang, Dengzhou......

Although he knew that Songjiang was famous for its richness before he crossed, and now that he had taken over it personally, Chen Wu was still moved by the various figures of Yuyang Mansion.

Speaking of which, I would like to thank the two city guard divisions that forced them away from Taiping County. If it weren't for them, Chen Wu would still be running Wu'an by now. Although it is also very good, Taiping County has suffered disasters twice in the past three years, and it has been messed up by Chen Wu himself, where can it be compared with Songjiang. According to the current momentum, as long as the Daqing Pass is held in his hands and Songjiang County is painstakingly operated for a few more years, the growth of the Taiping Army is just around the corner.

After a few years, when the empire was twilight, all roads were defeated, and people's hearts were in turmoil, it was the best time for the Taiping army to send troops from Songjiang to fight for the world!

Seeing that the location of the calligraphy and painting behind him was replaced with a map of Songjiang County, Chen Wu was full of pride in his heart.