After Yichang advanced eastward, the first state city encountered by the Ming army was Yiling Prefecture.

I thought that I could easily cheat it, but I didn't want Yiling Zhizhou Song Qian to see through the tricks of the Ming army like Lu Heng, the prefect of Yichang.

Closing the gates of the city is not fooled at all.

This made Wang Wu begin to wonder if the news had leaked, or someone had spread the news before the Ming army.

If this is the case, I am afraid that it will not be possible to rely on the identity of a Manchurian soldier to deceive all the way.

In desperation, he could only sacrifice the Yuan Infant Magic Weapon - Mulima!

Sent people to the city to directly say that the general of Jingxi and the governor of Huguang were in the hands of the Ming army, and demanded that the city be opened immediately, otherwise five Manchurian Eight Banner generals would be executed every half a pillar of incense.

"Do you think you can hold out ten or fifteen in the city this time?"

Xu Lin grinned and made a bet with Cao Diwei and Jiang Tiancheng.

"Ten of them."

Cao Diwei thinks that the Zhizhou is smaller than the prefect, so the limit of bearing is ten.

Jiang Tiancheng thought that it might be fifteen.

Not far away, the Manchurian captives who were tied with ropes were no longer struggling, and their heads were drooping, probably resigned to their fate.

Mulima is still the same dead look.

Huguang Governor Yang Maoxun was also in a stable mood.

The dog remnants were muttering: "Fifth brother, this has to be cut all the way, I'm afraid we won't have any hostages to cut before we reach Wuchang." ”

The implication is that there are so many prisoners, so it's better to save some and use them well.

"There are so many heads of iron in the world."

Wang Wu was more optimistic, and said to Gou Yu with a smile: "Yichang is an example, we only need a broken window now." ”

"Broken windows?"

The Qian Daotai on the side sounded strange and wondered, not knowing what it meant.

"What are you going to do with broken windows?"

The dog is also puzzled.

What Wang Wu wanted to say was obviously the "broken window effect" in the famous criminal psychology of later generations, but he couldn't say it directly, so he pointed to Yiling City in front of him with a horsewhip and said:

"I ask you, if this city were a house on the side of the road, and suddenly one day one of the windows of this house was broken, and no one repaired it for a long time, what do you think would become of this house in a month or two?"

Gou Yu looked at Yiling City in front of him again and again, and gave the answer: "What can it become, isn't it still a house." ”

Qian Daotai on the side shook his head and said: "The house is still this house, but this house will become dilapidated, not only the rest of the windows will be destroyed, but even the furniture in the house will be taken away...

There are even people who are anxious to urinate and use this house as a place to defecate, and it will be overgrown with weeds, which is no longer suitable for people to live in. ”

Qian Wentao's interpretation made Wang Wu can't help but look at him: "Jinshi? ”

"Jinshi."

Qian Daotai puffed up his chest proudly.

"Da Ming's?"

"Ugh"

Qian Daotai blushed and didn't say anything.

Wang Wu smiled and didn't ridicule this talented jinshi, but Lord Qian's understanding was right.

It's like putting a carriage on the road, but you open it, and it won't be long before the carriage is dismantled, and you can't even keep a wheel.

Quoting this truth to the current Huguang war situation, that is, as long as someone takes the initiative to open the city gate to welcome the Ming army into the city, no matter what the reason, it is equivalent to smashing the window of the house in Huguang.

And then, the house was finished.

The problem is that no one is forced to act as this window smasher because Mulima is in the hands of the Ming army, so the "broken window effect" can only exist in theory, but cannot be verified in practice.

Yiling City's posture will definitely not be the first window breaker.

When the time for half a pillar of incense was approaching, someone in the city shouted that they were willing to go out of the city to negotiate with the Ming army.

Then one of the officials was put down by the hanging basket of the city defenders.

To Wang Wu's surprise, this official was Song Qian, the governor of Yiling!

After looking at Song Zhizhou, who was in his thirties, Wang Wu was a little admired, and said lightly: "You are not cowardly, aren't you afraid that the general will cut you with a knife?" ”

"Since ancient times, the two countries have been at war, and if you don't kill them, and the general can't make the city open the door if he cuts me down, so why do you have to kill me, it's better to listen to what I have to say."

Song Qian is quite bold, and the deed of breaking into the enemy camp alone is worth bragging about, even if he can't negotiate with the Ming army, he will definitely get the attention of the Qing court when he turns back, and the future is bright.

It's the pigtails at the back of his head that make it look incompatible with the word loyalty.

Wang Wu had no intention of wasting time, so he simply asked Song Qian directly what he wanted to talk about.

Song Qian was also very simple, and he actually wanted to use the wealth in the city to redeem General Jingxi and other prisoners.

Wang Wu was noncommittal, and asked curiously how Song Qian knew that they were not the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

"Without it, chickens don't fly, dogs don't bark."

Song Qian said frankly that in the past, when the Manchurian soldiers entered the country, they were restless all the way, and the people outside the city suffered even more.

And before the soldiers entered the city, there would be refugees to help the old and the young, and countless bitter masters came to the yamen to complain about the evil deeds of the Manchurian soldiers.

But until this "Manchurian soldier" came to the city, Song Qian did not find that any refugees had fled into the city, and there were bitter masters who came to cry out for grievances.

Just now in the city, I saw that this "Manchurian soldier" army was strictly disciplined, and there was no arson to plunder the residents outside the city at all.

So, what is it if there is not a ghost?

Wang Wu didn't expect that it was this reason that led to the exposure of the Ming army, and he couldn't help but cry and laugh.

Seeing that Song Qian was very talented, he wanted to persuade him to surrender and expel Manchuria together to restore China. But when the words came to his lips, he still gave up, just because he knew that his words were in vain.

The fact that the other party can come to talk to him about ransom shows that he is not afraid of death at all.

Once such a person believes that the Qing Dynasty is orthodox in China, ten cows will not be able to pull it back.

did not give on the spot whether to agree to the ransom, as long as Song Qian went to see the Manchurian captives.

After Song Qian saw Mulima on the stretcher, he was extremely humble, asking for warmth and warmth, and he couldn't stop crying.

But just as he was about to speak to Mulima, he was brought to Wang Wu again.

Wang Wu said that he had considered Song Qian's proposal.

Song Qian hurriedly asked if he agreed.

Looking at Song Qian, who looked anxious, Wang Wu smiled and shook his head: "I don't sell people, but I can give you two for free." ”

"Send me two?"

Song Qian was stunned: What do you mean?

Wang Wu ignored him, only smiled and pointed at the Manchurian captives in the distance with a whip, and said: "Except for Mulima, the deputy commander, and the governor, everyone else can choose, but only two can be chosen, and they can choose by themselves." ”

After speaking, let Zhang Pengyu take Song Qian to choose someone.

Unexpectedly, Song Qian's face changed rapidly: "General, is this going to harm Song!" ”

"General Ben kindly gave you two, how could it harm you? Come on, please ask Lord Song to pick people, if he doesn't pick them, he will cut them down one by one in front of him! ”

Wang Wu was a bit of a limp, and he was forcibly given away.

Song Qian has to ask for it, and he has to ask for it if he doesn't want it.