Outside the capital of Huzhou, Zhejiang, Zhong Feng's 10,000 troops surrounded the city.
Jiang Chong looked at Huzhou City in the distance, hesitant. He swallowed his saliva and asked: "Commander, the Duke of Guo asked us to attack Changzhou Prefecture in South Zhili. We chased all the way to Huzhou, Zhejiang. This is not good.
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Zhong Feng smiled and said, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Chong said: "The Duke said that the emperor's imperial edict only gave us the power to arrest traitors in southern Zhili. But this is already Zhejiang..."
Zhong Feng looked at Jiang Chong and spat: "Jiang Chong, you are too pedantic! Why are you like Zheng Kaicheng? The emperor is far away in the capital, can he take care of our frontline affairs? Since these gentry from South Zhili fled to Huzhou, Zhejiang
, it makes sense for us to go to Huzhou to arrest people! If the prefect of Huzhou protects criminals, it makes sense for us to attack Huzhou City!"
After a pause, Zhong Feng said in an understated tone: "This Huzhou magistrate is trying to resist my enemy! I'll shoot him when I capture the city."
Jiang Chong said no more. The Huben Army has strict discipline, and subordinates must obey their superiors on the battlefield. Now that Zhong Feng has made a decision, Jiang Chong can only execute it.
Zhong Feng waved his hand, "Artillery blasted open the city gate!"
Before Zhong Feng's artillery fired, the three squatting tiger cannons on the city wall opened fire.
However, the artillerymen on the city wall had obviously not practiced operating cannons for many years and did not know how much gunpowder to use. They were afraid of blasting the boring machine, so they used far less gunpowder than the normal amount. As a result, after three cannon shots were fired on the city wall, the tiger crouched
The shells fired by the cannon landed two hundred meters outside the city wall, still far away from the enemy division one mile away.
The gunner of the Crouching Tiger Cannon did not injure the trapper, but exposed himself as a target. The sharpshooters of the trapper were like tabby cats seeing mice, and they became excited one by one. They walked forward a hundred meters and squatted on the ground to take aim.
The gunner on the city wall.
Those gunners had never experienced the power of a sniper rifle, and they still stood in front of the wall and operated the cannon.
There was only a crackling sound of gunfire. The sharpshooters opened fire. Dozens of screams sounded from the city wall. The gunners of the Crouching Tiger Cannon were all wiped out immediately.
"Boom! Boom!"
The cannon of the trap division opened fire, blasting open the city gate. The heavy troops had already prepared dozens of small sampans, all of which were set up on the moat, and wooden planks were laid on them to form a pontoon. The trap division's
The soldiers rushed into the city gate under the cover of sharpshooters, preparing to attack the guards on the wall with their blunderbuss.
However, the expected encounter did not happen. The morale of the defenders on the city wall was obviously low in front of the most powerful army in the world, the Huben Army. As soon as the soldiers rushing in front entered the city gate, the six thousand local defenders on the city wall turned and fled.
Dispersed in a hurry.
The enemy division successfully occupied Huzhou City.
Zhong Feng waved his hand and shouted: "The entire army enters the city, only arrests the gentry and does not disturb the people. Anyone who disturbs the people will be killed!"
The army entered Huzhou City in a long queue. The statement of the Tiger and Ben troops not to disturb the people has spread throughout the world. The people in Zhejiang did not seem to be afraid of the Tiger troops. They leaned at the door of their homes and looked at the Tianjin troops curiously.
The incoming army. When some women and men saw the armor, sniper rifles and cannon sports cars of the trappers, they seemed to have seen a big surprise. They were very excited and stood at the door chattering non-stop.
Zhong Feng led the troops to the door of the prefect's Yamen, and saw that Nuo Da's Yamen was empty. The prefect did not know where he was hiding, but he posted a piece of paper on the lobby of the Yamen. Zhong Feng went up to take a look and saw
It read: "The Huben Army abused the imperial edict to attack the Zhejiang Prefecture, which is actually a rebellion! Everyone in the world will punish him!"
Zhong Feng snorted coldly and said: "Send soldiers out to publicize that there will be rewards for reporting the escaping gentry from Changzhou. For every thousand taels of property seized by then, the whistleblower will be rewarded with one tael."
"Anyone who reports the hiding place of the Huzhou magistrate will be rewarded two hundred taels!"
Jiang Chong sang the promise loudly and led his soldiers to parade through the streets to publicize it.
Within a few hours, Zhong Feng saw a skinny citizen looking at the door of the government office.
Zhong Feng went up and asked: "Wuna man, are you here to report the gentry?"
When the citizen saw Zhong Feng's second-grade military attaché uniform, he was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed heavily to Zhong Feng, and said, "Master! I'm here to report!"
Zhong Feng smiled and said: "Which one do you want to report?"
The thin man then said: "Master, if I report three companies at once, if the master steals hundreds of thousands of silver goods, will he really give me a few hundred taels of silver?"
Zhong Feng smiled and said: "I will do what I say, let alone a few hundred taels, even a few thousand taels, I will reward you!"
The skinny man grinned and his eyes shone. He kowtowed to Zhong Feng again and said: "Ten days ago, there were three gentry families in Changzhou, South Zhili, the Cao family, the Yang family and the Guan family.
After escaping from Changzhou, he hid in the Shen family's mansion in Baitong Alley. The prefect of Huzhou hid in the Yuan family's yard on Chopstick Street, and he came out as soon as the official caught him!"
Seeing this man reporting four families at once, Zhong Feng burst into laughter.
After escaping a few account books and rosters from his arms, Zhong Feng asked: "There are also many gentry in Huzhou who donated money to Qian Qianyi! Let's copy and kill him! This righteous man! Do you know about the Liu Dehu family of Huzhou? By the way."
Let’s find a way!”
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In the Yamen of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, Li Zhi sat on the main seat in the second hall and slowly took a sip of tea.
Putting down the tea cup, Li Zhi took a look at Qian Qianyi and Zhang Shenyan who were kneeling in front of him.
Zhang Shenyan was put in a prison car and taken to Nanjing by the soldiers of the Huben Army these days. He was worried and frightened along the way and was already in a state of collapse. When he saw Li Zhi, he was kneeling on the ground and trembling. He was lying on the ground and didn't even dare to raise his head.
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Although Qian Qianyi was also trembling a little, he was still calmer than Zhang Shenyan. He looked at Li Zhi carefully, with some emotion on his panicked face.
In fact, Qian Qianyi and Li Zhi met. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Li Zhi even went to Qian Qianyi's house to deliver glass wine sets. At that time, Li Zhi was still a defense officer who Qian Qianyi was too lazy to take a second look at. However, the situation has now reversed.
, Li Zhi is already the Duke of Tianjin who can decide Qian Qianyi’s life or death at will.
Qian Qianyi suddenly said: "Dong Jin, according to your killing method, you will kill more than a thousand people and confiscate more than 500 households in Zhejiang this time. This is really something that cannot be done!"
Li Zhi smiled and asked, "Why can't you do it?"
Qian Qianyi knelt on the ground and said, "The killing is too heavy, which is detrimental to the family relationship."
Before Li Zhi could answer, Li Laosi shouted angrily: "Shameless Qian Qianyi! You gentry in the south of the Yangtze River still know about family relationships? The Tatars and Qings killed millions of Han people, and you actually united with the Tatars to attack the Duke of Tianjin. If
If the Duke of Jin is not unparalleled in military prowess, I am afraid he will lose to the Qing Dynasty, and tens of thousands of soldiers will die!"
"You shameless gentry don't say kill a thousand, you can kill even ten thousand!"
Qian Qianyi was so frightened that Li Laosi drank him a meal, and he lay on the ground without daring to speak.
After Li Laosi finished speaking, Qian Qianyi raised his head. Seeing that Li Zhi didn't look angry, Qian Qianyi bravely said: "My lord! Now that Jiangbei's army has fled into Jiangxi, they will contact the gentry all over the world to donate their property."
It will become even stronger. The Duke of the country is fighting to the death with the gentry in the world. Do he really want to kill all the gentry in the world?"
