Chapter 59: The Banquet
The guards are destroyed, and the city is from below.
Next, there is one last target left for the army to enter the city, Chongwangfu.
Chongwang Zhu Youqiao, as Yin Zuochan said, is a soft egg.
Before the army besieged the mansion and the generals arrived, he had already opened the mansion to welcome the thieves, and did not resist at all, only begging the thieves to spare his life.
Yang Kai didn't take this idea, and waited until Gao Yingen came up, and then ordered people to detain and imprison him, and then drag the defenders of the mansion out and detain them separately.
Although Gao Yingen was full of energy after this battle, his cautious personality did not make him completely lose his mind, and he still remembered that the current leader of the alliance was Lao Huihui, and he was just a deputy.
The final order is to wait for the old man to come back.
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After breaking the city and winning the battle, the generals will be appeased before the people are appeased. In order to march and not lose the opportunity, Yang Kai and most of the generals have not closed their eyes for two days and one night. At noon, after the siege was over, he asked Gao Yingen for food, and the first order he gave was to start a fire and cook food.
But the amount should be discussed and controlled by yourself, not too much, hungry soldiers, not suitable for too much food, just pad the stomach.
After the meal, it is a rest, in the city of Runing Mansion, it can recruit tens of thousands of troops, because of such a large area of the school field, this "treasure land" was discovered by Chen Yuzhu for the first time, and then it was ordered by Yang Kai to occupy it, which happened to be used as a place for them to rest.
Yang Kai originally wanted to live with the generals, but after returning to the city to settle the various armies, he ordered Yang Kai to be summoned to live with the Chongwang Mansion.
On the Chongwang Mansion, there are painted beams and carved buildings.
When Yang Kai came to the hall of the welcome hall in the mansion, there was no one in the hall, and they all went to choose their own rest courtyard, waiting for a while, there was a sound outside the hall, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps, and the two maidservants heard the sound and walked out of the door to kneel and salute.
They also chose one for Yang Kai, probably because Yang Kai had gently declined the invitation of the old man to return on the grounds of the three armies, and after the latter saw him, he didn't say much, just praised him, and ordered someone to take him down to rest first.
In the room, the mirror frames, basin frames, porcelain bottles, animal tripods, all kinds of furnishings, quite stylish, refreshing.
After returning to Deng Jian and stationing in Chongwang's Mansion, he didn't make too many changes, first, he couldn't understand these dusty furnishings, and second, he didn't plan to live here for a long time, and he didn't bother to change it.
On the day of entering the city, there was no meeting, and the first task of returning to the camp to enter the city was also to settle and pacify the army, but in a different way, the activities they gathered together, Yang Kai was not invited to participate.
When I woke up, the red candles on the table were hot, a thick layer of candle tears had accumulated on the candlestick, an incense burner was burning with cyan smoke, and the door was open, and the smell of sandalwood was endless.
There were also two girls standing in the room, who looked to be no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, with cloud buns and phoenix hairpins, long shirts and skirts, green and red xia drapes, with silk shirts, colorful silks, and ear hangings, which were quite stylish.
When Yang Kai entered the Chongwang Mansion, he had seen the person wearing this kind of costume, who was a maidservant in the palace, but he was not like it, and he was sincerely afraid of being beside him.
In fact, in the late Ming Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty, most of the clothing styles, textures, and hairpins have exceeded the restrictions of the official family, and they are more expensive as the maids of the vassal kings, so it is not surprising that they are dressed like this.
The two of them saw Yang Kai wake up and wanted to come forward to serve, and from the conversation of everyone in the house, they knew about Yang Kai's various deeds, and they were hesitant in their hearts, so they stood helplessly for a moment, and for fear of provoking Yang Kai's dissatisfaction, they hurriedly knelt on the ground, did not speak, and did not dare to raise their heads.
"What are you two doing here?"
Seeing that Yang Kai was not as rude as the other masters, one of them was bold, raised his head slightly, and whispered: "Old, old man, let us serve the general, what does the general want to eat?" Soup or soup? The slave is going to make it in the kitchen. ”
"General?"
After some interrogation, I realized that it was Gao Yingen's idea, the woman he gave to Yang Kai at the beginning, after inquiring from all sides, it didn't seem to be very liked, this time I changed two young girls, who were also really clean.
After the city was broken, Lao Hui gave Yang Kai the title of General Alliance General, and the group of people could only have no opinions, so they called him like this from top to bottom, and the two maidservants were naturally commensurate with generals.
I also learned something about the activities of the old Hui Hui and their group of palms, and learned from these two people, so I learned that the time of their summary meeting after the siege was set for the banquet held at noon today.
"What about the old men you are talking about? Where are you now? ”
After all, she is the maidservant girl in the vassal king's mansion, who has been serving the powerful all the year round, knows how to observe words and feelings, and after a few questions, she can probably see that Yang Kai has no malicious intentions, and his speech is smooth.
"I've drunk too much, and I should have fallen asleep by this time, so the general wants the slave to call them?"
Yang Kai waved his hand: "That's it, let them sleep, it's rare to be quiet and quiet, what time is it now?" ”
"I can't hear the change tonight, looking at the sky outside, it should be the middle of the hour, why don't you talk about it for a while?"
"Don't sleep, go get me some food."
Yang Kai wanted to ask them out, but after thinking about it, it would be cheaper for others to go out, so he simply left the two of them and asked one person to help pour water and serve food.
The room and the whole courtyard are quiet, and the incense blocks in the incense burner are delicately worked, burning with an even sound. When Yang Kai was eating, he listened carefully.
His courtyard was close to the outer wall, and the street outside was no longer as quiet as it was in the afternoon twilight, full of shouting, crying, chasing, and running.
Yang Kai had nothing to do after eating, so he asked the two maidservants to take him to the study in the palace.
Since the first generation of Chongwang has been here, it has reached the sixth generation, about geography, people's livelihood, resource output, since the past dynasties, there are many records in the study, only to know, about the city, Hoshino, territory, mountains and rivers and other information is also readily available.
These data are an important way to understand and deduce contemporary taxes, and they are also the key to Yang Kai's further grasp of Runing Mansion.
Yang Kai accepted all these materials, and asked the two maids to summon ropes, tie them up, tie them up, and run in the direction of the school.
After explaining the affairs of the army, he turned back, and it was just the time for the family to sleep peacefully for half a day and get up to attend the banquet.
This banquet was held only in the face of all the old management team identities of the peasant army. Among them, those who joined the army earlier and had more seniority sat at several tables as seniors, and a few palms sat at one table, and Yang Kai, as the youngest person who participated in the meeting, was arranged in the circle closest to the periphery.
Before the banquet began, Lao Huihui spoke first, and said: "Runing was able to break the city so easily, General Yang has made great contributions, it is worth Daqing, and now the cattle are slaughtered here to hold a banquet, which is to comfort the bravery of the army. ”
Pacification appeases the people, and chaos leads to slaughter.
On the day of the first battle, the defenders of the city went all out to defend the town, and they attacked in groups, and the casualties were indeed not small.
Fortunately, Yang Kaiqi's troops rose in time the next day, so that they could reduce casualties and break the city in one fell swoop, this sudden turn of events also washed away a lot of anger from the people, so after entering the city, they still looted for a while, and did not raise a butcher's knife to the people.
Lao Hui's words did mean to comfort the family, but when his words just fell, his eyes looked at Yang Kai: "General Yang, you have the greatest credit, tell me what you think." ”
"Don't be chaotic."
Yang Kai did not shy away from this answer, nor did he look at anyone.
"Why?"
"There are three reasons for this."
Yang Kai gently put down the dishes and chopsticks, and he openly took the idea for the chief manager as if nothing had happened, which frightened Liu Er, who was at the same table, twisted his body uneasily, and then Zhong Douxing coughed lightly.
"First, the behavior of the officials and soldiers of the defenders of the city and the intention of the generals are not the will of the people. Our army broke through the city of Runing, thousands of officers and soldiers were almost killed, and less than 1,000 surrendered people, and the grudges of blood and hatred should have been cleared.
The inhabitants of the city, since our army entered the city, have not fought at all, and have 'contributed' a lot of grain, grass, and women, which are not harmful to our army, and the slaughter of the city can be described as a heavy punishment, and those who have no merit will not be punished according to the rules of our army, and there is no reason for heavy punishment.
Second, since ancient times, it has been easy to swing a butcher's knife, but it is difficult to put it away. Our army broke through the city of Runingfu, which is only the first step in the southward battle, and there are still many cities that need to be captured later.
The disposition of our army in the city of Runing Mansion will directly affect the strength of the resistance of the inhabitants of the besieged city in the future. Since the city will be destroyed, who dare not speak up?
Finally, about King Chong. This person is greedy for life and afraid of death, and the leader of the general alliance should not be killed. Not only will they not kill, but they will also be rewarded heavily.
It is to warn the south of Runing, and even to the east of Fengyang and other prefectures, that the defenders and generals of the rebels will be killed, and those who will welcome the army in the city will be treated well.
In this way, our army will attack the city and plunder the land. ”