Chapter 158 Take the initiative to offer your head!
Chapter 158 Offer your head!
After half an hour, Lin Fan estimated that the soldiers on the opposite side had thought about it, so he asked the Jin Yiwei to do their best to ensure Zhu Cijiong's safety.
Let Zhu Cijiong lead the soldiers to start attacking the city. On the wall of Fuzhou City, Makino and Wu Siliang saw the army starting to attack the city, and their faces turned ashen instantly.
This was because the soldiers on their side were extremely motivated. Only the soldiers standing at the front were scolded by the generals and passively defended.
Lin Fan's men, equipped with all kinds of siege equipment, attacked the city wall in less than half an hour and started fighting with their soldiers.
Makino and Wu Siliang roared: "Soldiers! Kill! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
As he spoke, he beheaded a soldier who was retreating beside him. When all the soldiers saw one man being killed, they were stunned for a moment.
Makino said angrily: "You bastards! Why don't you come to me! Did I raise you all just to make a living?"
If I die today, you can’t even think about it easy!”
Makino roared angrily and killed several more soldiers, but Wu Siliang on the side saw something was wrong, because the soldiers looked at the two of them with angry expressions.
"Damn it! I quit! Emperor Wuhou killed you, not us. Why should we follow you to death?"
"That's right, even if they want us to die, they still want to kill us and make us feel chilled! Why don't we kill these two people, offer their heads, and still be able to become generals!"
"Don't think I don't know. That Emperor Wuhou didn't kill any ordinary soldiers in Gaiping City, he just killed you generals!"
"Brothers! Come on, for the sake of our glory and wealth, we have done something here. Whoever kills them will be the commander-in-chief of Fuzhou City from now on!"
With that said, a group of people roared and rushed towards Makino and Wu Siliang.
The expressions on the two men's faces changed suddenly. Fortunately, they still had some confidants around them to protect them, and they could barely withstand the impact of these people. However, more and more people were resisting them.
As the battle became more intense, the gate of Fuzhou City was breached, and Lin Fan led his men into it. In less than half an hour, they subdued all the soldiers in Fuzhou City.
Because the soldiers in the city were already fearful and there were not many resisters, there were not many casualties and almost all of them laid down their weapons and surrendered.
As all the soldiers surrendered, two people, covered in blood, each holding a head in their hands, came to Lin Fan, knelt on the ground, and raised the head high above their heads.
"Marquis Diwu, this is Fuzhou City. The heads of Ninghai City guards Muye and Wu Siliang were taken by me and specially presented to Marquis Diwu!"
The two said in unison.
Lin Fan looked at the heads of Muye and Wu Siliang, nodded with satisfaction, and asked in a deep voice: "What are your names?"
"Back to Emperor Wuhou, I am Liu Feng!"
"Back to Emperor Wuhou, I am Zhang Yehuo!"
The two replied.
"Okay! Liu Feng! From now on, you will be the guard of Fuzhou City. Zhang Yehuo, you will be the guard of Ninghai City!"
"The two of you must work together to ensure the safety of the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty. I heard that Ninghai City is overrun with bandits. Zhang Yehuo, you must regularly organize soldiers to encircle and suppress the bandits!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Thank you, Marquis Diwu!"
The two said excitedly.
Then, Lin Fan looked at the soldiers in the city, picked out all the generals, big and small, and killed them one after another in front of all the soldiers.
Everyone was frightened by the killing, and Zhu Cijiong's face turned pale.
Lin Fan looked at Zhu Cijiong's face and couldn't help but shook his head secretly. This kid still needs to be tempered. He had just watched a few more murders and was frightened like this.
Finally, Lin Fan counted the number of soldiers in the city and found that there were still more than 60,000 people left. Lin Fan divided these people into two equal groups, leaving half for Fuzhou City and the other half for Zhang Yehuo to take away.
After this baptism, the entire military strength in Liaodong was under Lin Fan's control. Next, he would have the military strength in the rest of the Ming Dynasty in his own hands.
"Sir, are we going to return to the court now?"
Zhu Cijiong asked.
"if not?"
Lin Fan asked rhetorically.
"Liaodong has just been recovered, and new generals have been appointed in Gaiping, Fuzhou, and Ninghai. Shouldn't you stay here a little longer to make your prestige even greater to ensure that there won't be any changes here?"
Zhu Cijiong said.
"Haha! If I continue to stay here, I'm afraid these three cities will never be able to operate normally, and the three newly appointed generals I have appointed will also be in fear all day long!"
"Instead of doing this, I might as well leave directly. This is the greatest favor to them. Instead, they will think that I am trustworthy and trust me even more!"
Lin Fan said with a sneer.
Zhu Cijiong nodded after hearing this, and recognized Lin Fan's great wisdom even more. The army returned all the way, and when they arrived at Shanhaiguan, Lin Fan was a little emotional when he saw the empty Shanhaiguan.
This has always been an important pass. He stayed here for several days, raised 30,000 troops, and appointed a general from the Xuanjia Army to stay here to garrison.
When I return to the capital, I must recruit soldiers as quickly as possible and restore the strength of Shanhaiguan to 100,000, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
However, when Lin Fan returned to the capital, the entire court was in chaos.
"What?
The Crown Prince and Grand Master Li Guozhen spent three million taels of silver to help the Ministry of War set up barracks from various places, and have already recruited 170,000 people!"
"Prince and Grand Master Li Guozhen offended all the officials of the Ministry of War. Both sides were at odds. A few days ago, officials of the Ministry of War were drinking together and met Li Guozhen by chance. The two sides fought hard. Li Guozhen was injured and bedridden!"
"The prince's palace was sealed by officials from the Ministry of War. Li Guozhen complained angrily, and the officials from the Ministry of War jointly took part in a copy. Now, he is punished by His Majesty and is reflecting at home!"
"Jinyiwei North Town Fusi, many Jinyiwei walked very close to Li Guozhen, and were targeted by the Ministry of War. They were attacked a few days ago and were seriously injured!"
"The gap between Zhan Shifu officials and the Ministry of War officials is getting bigger and bigger. Emperor Chongzhen has not gone to court for two days to avoid trouble!"
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wipe!
After Lin Fan entered the city, he settled down the Xuanjia Army and went to the Baihu Si Yamen, intending to ask what happened in the capital after he left.
I didn’t expect that such a big thing would happen in the capital after I left!
"This! It's a bit unbelievable. Don't the officials from the Ministry of War have a good relationship with Li Guozhen?
Li Guozhen also gave three million taels of silver to help them recruit soldiers, why do they want to cause trouble for Li Guozhen?"
Lin Fan looked confused.
Ma Shangfeng, the member of the White Tiger Division's Jinyi Guard Qianhu, whispered in Lin Fan's ear and told Lin Fan the reason.