After Li Yuchun took Zheng Jizuo and Zhu Goutou on his arm and led his troops into Yancheng, he couldn't wait to raise pay.
"Can you raise fifty thousand taels of silver in three days?"
He reached a secret agreement with Zhu Wu, the pseudo-admiral, to redeem each county town for 10,000 taels. Because he arrived in Haiyan, he was required to pay 10,000 taels of silver for the redemption of Haiyan within three days, otherwise he would attack the city. Li Yuchun was in
Zhu Wuna suffered a big loss, and even mentioning this person's name now gives him a headache.
He had no ability to resist now, so he could only think of ways to raise money. However, he could not change his greedy temper. The Ming army asked for 10,000 taels of silver redemption fee, so he asked directly to raise 50,000 taels. After leaving Hangzhou, he came all the way east.
They looted and robbed hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. In the end, they couldn't bring out even a single penny of silver. All of it fell into the hands of the Ming army in Zhujiazhuang.
When he thought about it, Li Yuchun was still heartbroken. There were so many gold and silver jewelry, gold ingots, copper coins, etc. Now it was even worse than when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Sizhou City. There were only 500 brothers left and the manpower was low.
How can a knife work without getting some money?
Zheng Jiwu patted his chest and said, "I'm humble enough to find a way!"
Mao Xiang and others' Shiyong camp originally occupied half of Haiyan City. At this time, they had all evacuated. Li Yuchun did not dare to pursue them, but ordered people to quickly take over the four gates and close the city gates tightly.
"In the military sect, I was isolated and helpless before, so I recruited more soldiers. It's just that I am a district council general. These soldiers are a bit oversized. Now that the military sect is here, it is inappropriate for me to lead these soldiers. I want to transfer some of them to the military sect."
I don’t know if it’s okay to assign them to the military. If the military despises these people’s lack of training and military discipline, then they will be dismissed from their humble positions and only a thousand people will be left.”
When Li Yuchun heard this, his heart skipped a beat.
"How much did you exceed?"
"There were originally five thousand troops before the battle with the rebels. Later, we fought with them and many of them were lost. Now there are still three thousand."
When Li Yuchun heard this, he was going to send two thousand soldiers to me. This was just like putting a pillow on him when he fell asleep. He was overjoyed immediately, but he pretended to be hesitant on his face.
"This town was ordered to come to Jiaxing Xie Town, bringing with it 5,000 elite soldiers and 500 Manchurian soldiers. We had fought several battles with the rebels in the west and won a great victory and made countless gains. Now each department is chasing after them separately.
Destroy the enemy."
Yan Wogong poured a glass of wine for Li Yuchun beside him and said cooperatively, "General Zheng also has good intentions. Besides, he is a general and a new subordinate. If he retains three thousand troops, it is indeed a bit excessive. It is not as good as the military gate."
So I will first receive these two thousand troops and take them back for training."
"Okay." Li Yuchun pretended to be a little embarrassed.
"Thank you for your humble position in the army."
Zheng Jiwu resigned, returned to his barracks, and summoned Zhu Gang, "This thief Li is arrogant and ignorant. No wonder he was defeated like this."
"His Royal Highness Jianguo is still very powerful. Everything is as he expected."
Zheng Jiwu nodded, that Jianguo was indeed a god. They were originally loyal to King Chongming Yiyang, but now they have completely switched to Lu Jianguo. The reason is simple. Before they raised the flag here, King Yiyang did not only give
They gave him an official title and then never looked at it again.
When the Chen Wu Dynasty first went south, they even asked them for money and food. When the Qing army came to attack, they sent many letters asking for help, but no one paid attention to them.
There are no reinforcements, no food and wages.
If it weren't for this, his men wouldn't have rebelled, and in the end they would have had no choice but to shave their heads and pretend to surrender to the Qing army.
"Take this opportunity to sort out these Qiu Ba. Have you written down the names of those who took the lead last time?"
Zheng Jiwu still can't forget the scene of being surrounded by rebel soldiers.
The majestic leader of a battalion was eventually threatened by rebel soldiers. No general would forget this.
"I remember it all."
"Okay, go and summon them. Tell them that I will give them a fortune. I have recommended them to Li Junmen, let them be promoted to a higher level, and take the headquarters to serve under Li Junmen. Please come and say goodbye to the handover.
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Zhu Gang nodded. This burly and sturdy former officer was even beaten by rebel soldiers before. This matter could not be easily solved. This time he surrendered under the order and sent some of his soldiers to Li Yuchun. This was also the arrangement of the supervisor. It was killing two birds with one stone.
plan.
The first plan is to take the opportunity to arrange for some of his close officers and soldiers to go over and infiltrate Li Yuchun's army. The second plan is to borrow Li Yuchun's sword to kill the leaders of the rebels who dared to mutiny against the Hua Rebellion and threaten Shangguan last time.
After the last mutiny in Haiyan, Zheng Jiwu and the others had actually lost control of this army, and now they took the opportunity to take back control of this army.
Under the banner of Li Yuchun, Zhu Gang quickly summoned more than thirty officers.
Zheng Jiwu has already prepared a banquet.
"Everyone, we have been together for a long time and are about to part ways. I have specially prepared some thin wine for you all!"
Those people didn't know the truth yet. They really thought that Zheng Jiwu was just serving a drink to say goodbye, so they toasted unceremoniously. They didn't have any objections to Zheng Jiwu's move to transfer them to Li Yuchun. They had previously threatened Shangguan to rebel, and things had gone awry.
It's ugly. Now that I've surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, it's better to hang out with the Deputy Commander-in-Chief than to stay here in Haiyan and be awkward with Zheng Jiwu.
"General, I have offended you many times before, please forgive me, General!"
These generals include former guards officers, some local tyrants, and even some rogues recruited midway to escape. They gathered together because Haiyan raised the flag. After experiencing so many things, it was time to part ways.
Finished a glass of wine.
Zheng Jiwu held the cup and looked at these people and sighed.
Then the cup fell to the ground.
The sound of the wine glass breaking was very clear, and everyone looked at it.
The next moment, the door suddenly burst open, and Zhu Gang led two servants to rush in. The soldiers with swords and shields were in front, the archers were behind, and they were shooting arrows and crossbows.
The officers who were caught off guard were shot to the ground, and then were stabbed again by the sword and shield wielder who rushed over.
There were sounds of shouting and cursing, tables and chairs knocking over, and cups and bowls breaking.
After a while, silence returned.
Zheng Jiwu's face was gloomy and uncertain. He walked through the hall and looked at the dead men one after another. He gritted his teeth and said, "If you dare to cause trouble and threaten your superiors, you are an unforgivable crime."
"Cut off all their heads!"
He asked his soldiers to carry the heads of more than thirty officers and follow them to the military camp. These bloody heads really frightened many soldiers. Zheng Jiwu then announced that these people had committed rebellion and were to be executed according to military regulations. Then he continued
Propose to forget the blame for others.
Finally, it was announced that they would be transferred to the command of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Yuchun to follow orders.
On one side were the bloody officers' heads, and on the other were Zheng Jiwu and his elite servants who were fully armed. Without the leader, the soldiers did not dare to move without permission.
Zheng Jiwu sent someone to invite Li Yuchun.
When Li Yuchun came over and saw the row of heads, he was a little stunned and didn't understand what was going on.
"After I returned from my humble post, I summoned the two thousand officers to come and announce the order to lead their troops to join the army. However, these guys were so arrogant and domineering that they refused to carry out the orders. They even tried to hijack the humble post and wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway.
He also clamored to capture the army and ask for rewards from the Ming army. Fortunately, Zhu Youyi was prepared and led his troops to rescue the siege in time. I was stubborn and couldn't do this, so I had to cut off all my humble posts."
When Li Yuchun heard this, he broke into a cold sweat.
Damn it, this sea salt is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. I almost got killed again. Fortunately, Zheng and Zhu were there.
At that moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Kill them, these thieves should all be killed. Let's check carefully and find out which of their confidants they have, capture them and kill them all."
Because of what Li Yuchun said, more than a hundred people were killed.
Zheng Jiwu looked on with cold eyes. No one was innocent anyway.
The bloody smell of the massacre in the school grounds filled the air. The two battalions were completely frightened and officially transferred to Li Yuchun's command.
Zheng Jiwu demobilized some more, leaving a thousand men and horses. He and Zhu Gang each led a battalion of 500 men.
"Military sect, many of the officers who caused chaos today are powerful local people. They are responsible for eradicating evil and eradicating the roots."
Li Yuchun nodded after hearing this, "General Zheng, you are familiar with the inside story. You can draw up a list for Mr. Yan, and this town will send people to search the houses and silence them."
Zheng Jiwu responded and immediately went to draw up a list.
After Yan Wagon got the list, he was a little surprised when he saw the long list of names, "There are so many, don't kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
Zheng Jiwu looked around and saw no one else around, so he said, "Mr. Yan, please don't worry. These people deserve their crimes and deserve to die. They are all traitors who have surrendered secretly a long time ago. I wanted to eliminate these people before, but in the end,
He only beat a few kittens and puppies, but it actually caused his men to mutiny."
"Before, I surrendered the captives on the order of the Supervisory State. These people also jumped higher than anyone else, and they shaved their heads one by one on their own initiative. They were all traitors, and there was nothing to say. I borrowed Thief Li's knife and chopped them all off.
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"Haiyan will be stable in the future, and we can use it to make money and food."
Yan Wogong hesitated for a while, but in the end he just sighed.
Zhu Yihai, the supervisor of the country, once set a standard. In times of national disaster, people are divided into good people, refugees, and obedient people. Those who loyally support the Ming Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty are naturally good people, while those who drag their families and families away from home and flee south are obedient people, and they are forced to
Those who live in enemy-occupied areas and are even forced to shave their heads are refugees.
Whether they are good and obedient people or refugees, they are all people of Ming Dynasty.
But there is only one kind of person who cannot be forgiven, and that is those who actively collaborate with the captives and surrender to the enemy, even lead the way for the captives, and harm the people of the Ming Dynasty, or even those who work with the tigers to counterattack the Ming Dynasty. They are all traitors and traitors to the country, and such people must be liquidated
of.
According to this standard, whether you shave your head or not is not really the point. What matters is whether you were forced to surrender, or whether you actively collaborated with the enemy, or whether you led the way and harmed the people.
The officers and gentry whom Zheng Jiwu mentioned were all traitors to the country.
"Those loyal gentry in Haiyan City have basically evacuated with Mao Pijiang and the others. The remaining wavering people will be ignored for now. They are just cowards. But this time, the traitors and traitors must be taken advantage of.
one time."
After Zheng Jiwu faked his surrender, according to Qing Dynasty custom, he would remain in his original position and might even be promoted, so Haiyan was still under his control at least for the time being.
From now on, Haiyan will fly a green flag on the surface, but in fact it will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
Yan Wogong took the list into his arms and finally said, "Traitors and traitors should be killed, but they must also be given a chance to change. This time, the main purpose is to confiscate money. Try to involve as few women, children, the elderly and the weak as possible, let alone kill innocent people indiscriminately."
"Don't worry." Zheng Jiwu agreed.
Although Haiyan is only a county town, it is also the seat of Haining Guard. There are also three salt fields in the county, so it has always been wealthy. Haiyan has 29 major families, of which 25 are hereditary guard military attache families, and four others
A local prominent family.
In addition, there are many famous big salt merchants and big salt sellers in Haiyan City.
Although it has experienced a round of turmoil, the top salt merchants from powerful families are basically still there.
But this time, after Zheng Jiwu got Li Yuchun's order, he raised a tiger skin as a banner and began to cleanse the whole city. He first used Li Yuchun's name to send invitations to the big houses in the city who surrendered to raise funds.
Invite them to a famous banquet.
Then they captured all the people at the banquet, tortured them, demanded payment, and asked them to hand over the hiding place of their gold and silver, and then sent troops to ransack their homes.
"We have already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and are loyal to the court!"
"You must have misunderstood, we are our own people."
A group of old guys cried and begged for mercy.
The bearded Zheng Jiwu had a serious expression and eyes full of killing intent. This young general had never thought about surrendering, but now he had his hair shaved and a pig tail trailing behind his head.
Fortune plays tricks on people, but I hate those traitors even more.
He grabbed an old traitor, tugged on his pig tail and said, "Who the hell are you and your own people? When I raised the flag of righteousness and borrowed money, food and salary from you, you just asked someone to give me twenty
Two pieces of silver, bah. Before, my soldiers robbed two of your chickens, and I arrested them, pierced their ears and paraded them through the streets as punishment, but you refused to let me go and took the lead in forcing me to kill people, which caused my soldiers to mutiny...
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"General Zheng, we have been friends and neighbors in Haiyan City for more than two hundred years. We have offended many times before, but I was wrong. I would like to apologize to General Zheng."
"I'm willing to pay the money."
Zheng Jiwu just sneered and shook his head, "We have been neighbors for more than two hundred years. Hahaha, the old immortal now knows that we are neighbors? Now I want you to pay for the money? If I kill you, all your money will be mine."
"Tell me, where is your money hidden?"
The old traitor's face was as white as a sheet of fright, "Here we come, I want to see Li Junmen, I want to see Mr. Yan!"
Zheng Jiwu drew his sword and immediately cut off one of the old traitor's fingers, "It won't be of any use even if you scream your throat out here. Besides, I got Li Junmen's permission to capture you.
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"Old guy, do you understand now? The Qing Dynasty wants to destroy you!"
"No, it's impossible, it's impossible!"
"Don't tell me? Then I'll cut off your fingers one by one. After cutting off the fingers, cut off the toes. After cutting off the toes, I'll chop off your hands and feet section by section. I'll see how long you can last."
Zheng Jiwu's punishment was very simple, not even as severe as the various harsh punishments in the county government prison. However, those wealthy gentry and landlords had never seen these. They were greedy people who were afraid of death, otherwise they would not have been surrendered early.
After some torture, they basically confessed.
After getting the desired result, Zheng Jiwu looked down upon these guys who were once neighbors in the same city, "Chop them all and drag them out to feed the dogs!"
