When the number of prisoners was counted, a total of more than 9,000 Qing soldiers of the Green Battalion were captured, and now Li Xiao was worried, the prisoners were also people, and they could not be killed at first, and then they were Han after all, even if they joined the Green Battalion, they were just a mouthful of food, and at most they could only be sent back to the newly built labor camp in Kunming to do hard labor for a period of time, since they could not be killed, then they could not be released, but if they were all left in the camp, they were not enough, and secondly, there were so many mouths, and the vanguard army only brought rations for 2,000 people, where could they feed these people. -

In desperation, Li Xiao had no choice but to give up the best opportunity to break into Sichuan, chose to repair on the spot, and waited for the rear army to arrive at the division, as for the food problem, it was easy to handle, 10,000 captives were only allowed to eat five yuan of rice porridge every day, neither would they starve to death easily, nor did they feed them enough to have the strength to make trouble, Li Xiao estimated that starving them for ten days and half a month should not be much of a problem.

Liangshan is an important town in the south of Sichuan, is an important passage to the Sichuan Basin, due to the capture of Yunnan by the Ming army, the whole Liangshan city is also rumored up, once the battle, the whole Liangshan has become the front line of the Qingming two armies, many rich people began to gradually withdraw to the rear, the prefect of Liangshan also began to recruit strong men to prepare for war, the city gate began to close day and night.

In the past few days, the officials have been out in all directions, beating gongs and drums and loudly praising the vicious deeds of the Ming army, slaughtering the city, capturing and plundering, and almost doing all kinds of evil, so most of the people in the city have fear of the Ming army. However, there is another image circulating in the city, in the wine shops, teahouses, and even private houses, there are leaflets stuffed through the cracks in the doors, which not only contain statements about clarifying rumors. There are also some descriptions of the three massacres in Yangzhou on the 10th of Yangzhou, calling on all Han people to stand up together and cooperate with the outside to assist the Ming army in attacking the city. The Liangshan Yamen dispatched several groups of officials to search the city for the spies who put leaflets, but unfortunately there was no inscription on the spies' faces. None of the real spies were found, but some innocent people were put in prison.

Later, the governor of the three provinces, Qiqihar, officially took office in Chengdu, and issued a message, wanting to suppress the thieves with a large army, ten days later, 30,000 Qing troops bypassed outside Liangshan City, Liangshan City was quiet, and the government was relieved, according to their previous understanding of the Southern Ming Army. As long as the Qing troops are dispatched, the Southern Ming army will definitely flee and scatter for thousands of miles. What the government was worried about was not the invasion of the Southern Ming army, but the beginning of some signs of rebellion in the city, and the officials patrolling the streets appeared. Some Han people began to smile on their faces, and their eyes seemed to be a little more fearless when they looked at the government. At night, the doors of the yamen will be painted with anti-Qing slogans, and the streets and alleys, whether they are door panels or brick walls, are carved with various anti-Qing slogans. The officials patrolling the streets were attacked by a group of civilians at the end of the alley, and when the head catcher came to the place of the incident. The attack had long since dispersed, leaving only a line of bloody anti-Qing handwriting on the ground.

Even more worrying to the local officials was that the first standard of the green battalion in the north of the country had also begun to show signs of instability, and some junior officers always went to the barracks at night to discuss something with the green battalion soldiers. During the day, they had no intention of training and patrolling, and they looked down on the Manchu officers even more coldly.

At this time, thousands of cavalry began to appear outside Liangshan City, the whole Liangshan City exploded at once, many people thought that the Ming army was killed, and they hid in the houses, the city guards of the green camp looked down, they held down the handle of the knife, and the afterglow of their eyes glanced coldly at the surrounding Eight Banners soldiers, as long as it can be confirmed that the Ming army has arrived under the city, they are ready to turn against the city at any time, and welcome the Ming army into the city.

"It's Lord Sorotu." One of the Eight Banners finally recognized the cavalry under the city, and shouted happily: "Lord Sorotu is really powerful, he defeated the Han dog so quickly, haha." ”

The soldiers of the green battalion couldn't help but have a trace of disappointment in their eyes, many people secretly looked at Wang Dechang, the general manager of the city tower, Wang Dechang was only in his thirties, a native of Liangshan, a few years ago he entered the green camp, because the family had money, and only after the upper and lower points sat on the throne of the general, the green battalion was originally just a small military attache, but the law of the early Qing Dynasty stipulated that except for special exceptions, the Han people were not allowed to be promoted to the general military attaché or above, and the Manchu officers of the green battalion were high enough, However, many people can't even speak Chinese, so most of the camp affairs are handled by these Han people.

A month ago, a cousin of Wang Dechang found him, and his cousin got straight to the point of his identity, Jinyiwei of Fusi in Daming North Town, and entered Liangshan this time to conspire with Wang Dechang to join the enemy. Wang Dechang was in a cold sweat when he heard it, he had heard about the rise of Nanming in Burma, and he couldn't imagine that now Jinyiwei had begun to infiltrate Liangshan City.

After weighing, Wang Dechang finally nodded, he didn't know how risky this matter was, and even implicated his own relatives, but he was still a Han after all, he was the commander of the green battalion, how arrogant and domineering the officers were, a Han general could not raise his head in front of the ordinary Eight Banners soldiers, if the Manchurian killed someone on the street, the government would not dare to take him, therefore, in Liangshan City, the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in the country harmed the people repeatedly, and every time it was a hasty loss of a few coppers to buy a thin coffin, Many people don't know about this kind of thing, but Wang Dechang knows that he walks on the street wearing a general military uniform, and there will even be unscrupulous Eight Banner soldiers who spit on him and then grow away in front of everyone, and the seeds of hatred are buried in his heart and bear fruit at the instigation of his cousin.

In a gloomy hut, my cousin spread out a list with dense small characters, and under the swaying of the candles, Wang Dechang's name, some of these names are very ordinary, and some are famous, including the huge wealth of Liangshan City, the capture of the Yamen of Liangshan City, and some officers of the Green Battalion, and even the county magistrate of Liangshan City signed his name. , Wang Dechang was a lot more determined in his heart, and he did not hesitate to add his name, and swore to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty with blood.

Soon, Wang Dechang had a new identity, Beizhen Fusi stationed in Liangshan City, Liangshan City's 100 households are Liangshan County Cheng, his main place of work is still the Green Battalion, secretly contact the soldiers of the Green Battalion against the Qing Dynasty, as long as the Ming army arrives in the city, they will turn against the city. After more than a month of operation, Wang Changde relied on the Manchurian officers of the Green Battalion to do the kung fu of shaking off his hands, and immediately won over many cronies, these people are the backbone of the anti-Qing Dynasty, they are scattered in the various barracks of the Green Battalion, and constantly inculcate anti-Qing knowledge to other people, intentionally or unintentionally, in this way, the entire Green Battalion has become a powder keg that will explode at any time, as long as the open flame of the Ming army arrives, it can explode immediately.

"Open the gates, Admiral Sorotu is back." The knights under the city spoke to the city in Manchu.

At this time, the prefect of Liangshan had already heard the wind, went up to the city tower, and squinted to the city gate. Thousands of knights flocked to the city outside the city.

The soldiers of the Green Battalion soon appeared, these cavalry of the Eight Banners were not the distinctive triumphant appearance of the banner family, all of them were gray-faced, and at the interrupted position of the knights' crowd, there was a simple carriage rattling in with wooden wheels.

Seeing this scene, the garrison of the Eight Banners Green Battalion who was surrounding the road suddenly became confused, and the Liangshan prefect stopped a Eight Banners soldier who entered the city and asked: "Lord Admiral impatiently controlled the horse sitting down: "In the carriage, let people close the city gate."

The prefect's face couldn't help but turn pale, knowing that something must have happened, so he hurriedly rushed to the carriage with his robe: "The lowly Liangshan prefect, I have seen the Admiral, the Admiral, how should the defense of this Liangshan City be arranged?" ”

A person in the car poked his head out, it was the Sichuan Governor Suo Luotu, he glanced at the prefect in disgust, his face was even paler than the prefect, obviously seriously injured, and he spat out a few breaths and said: "Close the city gate, no one is allowed to enter." Then he retracted his head back into the car.

What surprised the Liangshan garrison even more was that after this group of cavalry passed through the south gate, they continued to advance northward, as if they were in a hurry, and when they arrived at the north gate, they let people open the door and go out of the city, and went directly to the direction of Chengdu.

What's going on? Many people have shown abnormalities, and this is by no means a triumphant return, I am afraid that the army will be defeated. Thinking of this, the green battalion soldiers showed joy on their faces, in their eyes, the Eight Banners were invincible, and now that this myth had been broken, they seemed more determined in their hearts.

Wang Dechangran also thought of this, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, stepped on the official boots and pretended to command his subordinates to close the city gate, and sent additional green battalion soldiers to patrol the city, in the eyes of others, maybe he worked very hard, in fact, his small abacus is to appoint some more of his own people to squat at the city gate, as long as the Ming army arrives, his mother will directly open the door and rebel, so it is much more convenient. After everything, Wang Dechang was about to go back to the camp to rest, but nodded. This official is the soap of the county Cheng Yamen, and he is also the confidant of the county Cheng, he came to find himself, he must be the county Cheng, that is, the hundred households of the Beizhen Fusi stationed here to let him speak, so he quietly raised his hands and hummed a small song in his mouth and walked in the direction of the Yamen on East Street.

"Hehe, it seems that the Eight Banners are nothing more than that, only a few days of hard work, these dogs are still triumphantly marching to Yunnan, but now they are like lost dogs, this Liangshan City, I'm afraid there is no need for internal response, the Ming army can capture it in one go, but I don't know what the county is looking for, hey, he is a lot old, and his old legs are not moving, and he is also so enthusiastic about the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty." Wang Dechang thought to himself, and unconsciously turned a street and alley...