The native soldiers who fought out from the houses and alleys formed a dense horizontal formation, holding spears one foot and four feet long, and slowly pushed forward like a human wall.
But this is no ordinary human wall.
It is a human wall covered with spears. The spears growing on this human wall can stab people to death.
Looking at the wall of people rolling over and the forest of rows of spears, the Guangxi wolf soldiers were all stunned. What on earth is going on? Didn't they say that we were allowed to enter the city to receive rewards? Didn't they say that there were also beef, sheep, wine and meat?
Eat? Why did you do this? The Dog Emperor lied to us. Does the Dog Emperor want to cross the river and burn the bridge and kill us all?
The Guangxi wolf soldiers who entered the city from the four gates were all confused, really confused.
No wolf soldiers dared to charge easily. After all, the number of soldiers on the opposite side was not necessarily less than theirs, maybe more. The key soldiers were still fully armed and had four-foot-long spears.
On the other hand, they were unarmed and did not have a piece of armor on their bodies.
At this time, charging towards the wall of soldiers and the spear array was really asking for death. You would be stabbed to pieces in the blink of an eye. No one would do such a stupid thing.
"Kneel down and beg for surrender, but I won't die!"
"Kneel down and beg for surrender, but I won't die!"
"Kneel down and beg for surrender, but I won't die!"
The soldiers who were slowly advancing suddenly began to shout in unison.
The shout was in Mandarin, and many Guangxi wolf soldiers could understand it.
After all, many of these wolf soldiers have seen the world in other provinces.
Naturally, the Guangxi wolf soldiers are not willing to kneel down and beg for surrender easily. Who knows if your words mean anything? If we surrender, we will still be killed like chickens and sheep in the end. Wouldn’t it be a huge loss?
"Fight them!" Finally, a group of wolf soldiers couldn't stand it any longer.
Accompanied by roars, nearly a hundred wolf soldiers rushed towards the spear formation of the native soldiers.
As a result, there wasn't even a wave of waves. Before the wolf soldiers could rush forward, rows of spears were already stabbing at them like venomous snakes. Nearly a hundred wolf soldiers were stabbed into bloody sieves at once.
Nearly a hundred wolf soldiers, covered in blood, fell to the ground and never moved again.
The other wolf soldiers were frightened when they saw this. This situation could no longer be compensated for by courage.
Facing the slowly advancing spear formation of the native soldiers, the wolf soldiers could only retreat and retreat again and again. However, soon, they had no way to retreat because the city wall was behind them.
Now the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers are really in dire straits.
Behind him is the city wall, with new troops stationed on the wall.
On the front, tens of thousands of soldiers lined up in a human wall, holding spears and crushing them.
Soon, more than 20,000 wolf soldiers who entered the city from the west gate were huddled together. With nowhere to retreat, they couldn't just climb on top of their own people, right?
Facing the spear formation of the native soldiers that was about to hit them, the outermost wolf soldiers finally gave up.
"I surrender!" A wolf soldier wailed and fell to the ground with his knees bent.
If someone takes the lead, others will follow. Soon, the wolf soldiers who entered the city from the west gate fell to their knees.
"Tie them all up and take them to custody outside the city!" A Qinwang scholar opened the visor of his phoenix-winged helmet and shouted.
Groups of local soldiers immediately rushed forward, tied up the wolf soldiers who were kneeling and begging for surrender one by one, then strung them together with thick hemp ropes, and drove them back to the military camp outside the city.
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There was such a big commotion in the direction of the city gate that it was impossible not to alert the civil and military chieftains in the government square.
Especially when thousands of local soldiers shouted, "Kneel down and beg for surrender, but I will spare my life." The loud noise could almost tear off the roof of the government office, and it was impossible to pretend not to hear.
The square that was very lively just now suddenly became dead silent.
Mu Tianbo, Tang Zhaoyuan, Wu Wenying and other Yunnan officials all looked at each other in shock.
Ding Kuichu and the leaders of the forty-eight wolf soldiers were secretly frightened. They knelt down and begged for surrender. Who should they kneel down and beg for surrender? Who should be spared? Who should be spared? The rebels?
"Nothing." Chongzhen, who came back to Ding Kuichu after toasting a round of drinks, said, "Ding Qing just needs to drink."
"Your Majesty, I am worried about the wolf soldiers in Guangxi causing trouble. You also know that these wolf soldiers in Guangxi are the most unruly. In the past, every time they responded to the imperial court's expedition, they fought many battles and made many achievements, but they also caused a lot of troubles.
"Ding Kuichu stood up and said, "Why don't you go out and take a look? In case you really cause trouble."
"No need," Chongzhen said, "I said it's nothing, and it's definitely nothing."
After Chongzhen said this, Ding Kuichu could only sit back on the table.
Chongzhen walked back to his table, put down the wine bottle, turned around and said, "I've almost finished the celebration wine. I still have a poem left by Emperor Taizu Gao that I want to share with you all."
"The poems of Emperor Taizu Gao?" All the civil servants and military officers present looked at each other.
Only Yang Weizhi, who was sitting at the bottom of the general class, felt his heart move slightly. Could it be that sentence?
When Yang Weizhi changed his mind, Chongzhen had already recited the poem loudly: "You drink from golden bottles together, but you will not spare each other with white swords."
Chongzhen did not read loudly, and the expression on his face was as calm and calm as ever, but the civil servants, military generals and chieftains present clearly felt a first-class chilling atmosphere.
Immediately afterwards, groups of Yiding soldiers in full armor and uniforms swarmed in and surrounded the square.
Hu Guozhu, Wu Batan and other barbarian generals also appeared behind Chongzhen wearing phoenix-winged helmets and mountain armor, while scanning the civil and military chieftains in the square with fierce eyes.
Now even Mu Tianbo, who was the slowest to react, realized something was wrong.
After a pause, Chongzhen named him again and said: "Yang Weizhi, Deputy Envoy of Jincang Road Military Preparation, could you please explain to me what these two lines of poetry by Emperor Taizu Gao mean?"
"Accept the decree." Yang Weizhi stood up, bowed his head, and said, "The meaning of these two lines from Emperor Taizu Gao's poem is that glory and wealth can be shared with nobles, but if any nobleman dares to rely on his power to fish and meat in the countryside, he will never
I won’t be lenient!”
"That's not right!" Chongzhen said loudly, "Not only the nobles, but also the civil servants. If the civil servants rely on their power to do whatever they want, Emperor Taizu Gao will be equally unforgiving and unforgiving!"
"Your Majesty hit the mark." Yang Wei knew, "I understood it wrong."
"Sit down." Chongzhen motioned Yang Weizhi to sit back on the table, and then said, "Some civil servants always think that they are very smart. They just want to get rich for themselves, but they insist on dragging others down with them. And all the time
He was dragging 100,000 people. He thought that if he dragged 100,000 people down, there would be no further trouble. After all, the law does not punish everyone."
"Even if you are the emperor, can you still punish 100,000 people at once?"
"Really, Lord Ding?" The last question came from Ding Kuichu.
"Bang." The wine bottle in Ding Kuichu's hand fell to the ground, but he was stunned at the table.
Chongzhen snorted softly and said: "But today, I must punish everyone according to law! Let alone a mere hundred thousand people, let alone one million or ten million people, I will still punish them!"
"Court laws and regulations are not decorations."
"If you commit a crime, you must accept punishment."
"No one can be exempted, not even my prince!"
After saying this, he said sternly: "Under the Ming Dynasty Law, those who commit corruption or bribery exceeding 60 will be punished by beheading and have their homes confiscated!"
At this moment, Ding Kuichu finally realized that the matter of embezzling the property of Mo Sha Dingzhou and Ji Gelong Lao Village had come to light, and the Holy One wanted to make a fuss about it.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty."
"Your Majesty, I am guilty, I am guilty."
Ding Kuichu quickly kneeled down from his seat and crawled to the center of the square.
"I shouldn't be greedy for the stolen money from the Mo Sha Dingzhou Ji Ge Long Lao Village, but I was obsessed with it for a moment. I hope the Holy Spirit will forgive me this time because of the great contribution I have just made for the Ming Dynasty."
"I have not touched any of the stolen property I gained from the old village of Jigelong."
"When I turn around, I will ask everyone to hand over the information in full, and I will never dare to hide my secrets."
"I am also willing to hand over the stolen property in full." Upon seeing this, the leader of the Forty-Eight Division quickly climbed out to apologize.
The situation is stronger than the people. It is impossible not to plead guilty at this time. It is better to leave here alive first. When we return to the camp and gather more than 90,000 wolf soldiers in the forty-eight divisions, I will blame you, the dog emperor!
Chongzhen smiled and asked Ding Kuichu: "May I ask how much stolen money Mr. Ding has embezzled?"
Ding Kuichu said with a heartbroken look on his face: "Returning to your Majesty, I have embezzled a total of 160,000 taels of silver!"
"I have also been greedy for 160,000 taels!" The forty-eight leaders also agreed. This has been colluded long ago. Once the incident comes to light, they will only pay 160,000 taels of silver, and each of them will have 250 gold taels. Even if they die, they will not die.
They will hand it over. Anyway, there are not many people who know that these more than 10,000 boxes are soft, and they are all confidants.
"One hundred and sixty thousand taels is really a lot." Chongzhen was stunned.
"I am waiting for Hutu." Ding Kuichu cried bitterly, "I hope the Holy One will forgive me."
"Your Majesty, don't believe Ding Kuichu's nonsense." Mu Tianbo became anxious and stood up to correct him, "In addition to more than 8 million taels of silver, Sha Dingzhou moved away from the minister's treasury, as well as more than 10,000 boxes of fine gold.
, these more than 10,000 boxes of fine gold are worth at least 30 million taels of silver, including more than 1,000 boxes of horseshoe gold."
Hearing this, the civil and military chieftain present was secretly speechless.
There are more than a thousand boxes of horseshoe gold, and one box weighs fifty kilograms and eight hundred taels. A thousand boxes is equivalent to 800,000 taels. The horseshoe gold alone is worth almost 8 million taels of silver, not to mention other fines.
The savings accumulated by the Duke of Guizhou in the past three hundred years are indeed astonishingly rich.
Chongzhen asked Ding Kuichu: "Ding Kuichu, did you hear it?"
"I heard it." Ding Kuichu paused and said, "Sha Dingzhou may have really transported more than 10,000 boxes of fine gold from the Duke of Guizhou's mansion, but I really didn't see it. The old village of Jigelong only has more than 8 million taels of silver.
As well as silk, ginseng, Sichuan brocade, Persian carpets and pepper and other treasures, there is nothing else."
"You are lying." Mu Tianbo said angrily, "The more than 10,000 pieces of Xiruan were divided up by you!"
"Absolutely not." Ding Kuichu said, "Your Majesty, I have never seen this batch of gold that is so soft."
"Ding Kuichu, you are really stubborn." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "But it is true that people die for money and birds die for food. Some people really don't care about anything for the sake of money."
