In Jiangyin City, Zhao Zhongjun is no longer the tenant bachelor Zhao Si in Huangtian Port. He is now a volunteer soldier in the Jiangyin regiment, and he is still a very good leader. He also has nine brothers under his command, who are basically loyal people from all over the country.
He vowed to protect his hair and fight against the Tartars.
Carrying a Qi Dao, Zhao Zhongjun stood at the east gate and carried out the interrogation task very seriously.
"Did you hear that Suzhou was lost?"
Deputy Zhao Erhe, carrying a long spear, came to his side and whispered.
Zhao Zhongjun said expressionlessly, "So what?"
Since he asked Mr. Zhao for the word "loyalty and righteousness", asked the neighbor's aunt to embroider it into a flag, and held it with Mr. Zhao when he left the village and came to Jiangyin, he has almost changed his life. Mr. Zhao accepted him as a student, and everyone
They came to Jiangyin City to join the army together, and he successfully joined the regiment training. Mr. Zhao, because he was a scholar, became a scribe in the regiment training.
Countless volunteers poured into Jiangyin City. Under the leadership of Wang Zhengzhong, deputy envoy for military preparation, they recruited young and brave men to form camps and units, set up flags, learn trumpets, and drill day and night.
The entire city of Jiangyin was busy preparing for war, and even township militiamen were organized in the villages outside the city to destroy roads and bridges, block traffic, and patrol everywhere.
With Xu Guanhai and other former imperial guerrilla generals in charge of training, the Jiangyin regiment's volunteer training was also quite impressive.
"Keep an eye on everyone," Zhao Zhongjun said.
During this time, he was training during the day, and at night he was studying and literacy with Mr. Zhao. Although Lao Zhao was a poor scholar who failed many times, it was because he liked to read miscellaneous books and wander around, so the military books and strategies on paper were still effective.
Yes, it is more than enough to teach Zhao Si.
News of the fall of Suzhou has reached Changzhou, but Mr. Zhao is a scribe after all, so the news is better than Zhao Si. He said that Wang Bingbei was very calm, which shows that although Suzhou was lost, the rebels should not have many casualties.
Moreover, Wang Zhengzhong told everyone that Jiangnan Admiral Zhu Wu had sent elite troops north to Changzhou, so everyone did not need to worry.
Zhao Si was convinced.
At this time, he looked back at the city head behind him, where the flag with the four characters "Restore and ZTE" was still flying high. Looking at this flag, he felt that his whole body was full of strength. He patted his chest, and his clothes were hiding his
Face the flag of loyalty.
"Where to go?"
Deputy Zhao Erhe stopped a man in Tsing Yi for routine questioning.
"Go to Xiangshan Temple to offer incense."
"Are there any roads opened by the county?"
"have."
The man in Tsing Yi took out the road sign, which indeed had the seal of the county government.
Zhao Erhe nodded and was ready to let him leave.
Zhao Zhongjun, who had been observing from the side, came over and stopped the man in green, "Which official opened this road?"
"Wu Li Shu."
"Wu Dacheng?"
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After an interrogation, Zhao Zhongjun still did not let him go. Instead, he put his hand on the handle of Qi's knife and said, "I need to search you. Please cooperate."
The man in green changed his face slightly and said with a smile, "Brother, why are you so serious? I'm from Jiangyin City and I'm in a hurry." As he said that, he took out a silver bean.
Now Zhao Zhongjun drew his sword out of its sheath and said, "Come here, take him down."
"What are you doing?" the man in green said repeatedly.
"Fourth brother, forget it, he doesn't understand the rules and we don't know that we can't accept money, so forget it."
"I suspect this person is a craftsman, so search carefully."
Zhao Erhe was stunned for a moment, and it was obvious that he was very angry, so he did not dare to say anything more, so he immediately called a few men over. The man in green was still complaining, but Zhao Zhongjun had already approached with a knife.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the man tried to run out of the city. Zhao Zhongjun was well prepared and pounced on him, knocking him down. Zhao Erhe and others quickly stepped forward to help and subdued the man together.
Zhao Zhongjun personally searched.
"What's this?"
He found a wax pill from the man in green, crushed it and found a map inside. Zhao Zhongjun and others recognized the city of Jiangyin on it at a glance.
The movement here quickly alerted the officers in charge of this door, and they quickly reported it level by level.
Soon, Zhao Zhongjun and Zhao Erhe personally escorted the man in Tsing Yi to the county government, and received Wang Zhengzhong, deputy envoy of military preparations, Yan Yingyuan, counselor and governor, Chen Mingyu, counselor and prefect, Yi Bi, chief soldier of Changzhen, and Xu Guanhai, chief soldier of Changzhen. Deputy General Shao Kanggong, County Magistrate Xu Yong and other Jiangyin officials.
Several people have looked at the map that was found. This is not only a map of Jiangyin, but it also details the defenses in the city, the strength of the troops, the garrison, the rural regiments outside the city, etc.
"I'll go to the trial."
Chen Mingyu said with a gloomy face, he left and returned quickly. As the incoming official, he was already in charge of the prison, and he had many means of interrogating prisoners.
"It is indeed a detailed work. We have already confessed that he is Ma San's nephew Ma Kuang, the scholar Shen Rijing, the official Wu Dacheng, Ren Cuiran and others secretly colluded with Ma San to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. They collected the true and false information about us and sent the troops Kuang sent it to the capital of Changzhou to the puppet magistrate clan traitors, and led the captives to attack, saying that they would bloodbath Jiangyin."
Everyone was silent.
The Qing army bloodbathed Yangzhou, Datong and Jinan.
So the bloodbath in Jiangyin was nothing to them.
"Damn traitors."
Wang Zhengzhong gritted his teeth and said, "Since raising the flag, we have arrested more than 70 traitors and spies. Unexpectedly, they will continue to be arrested. Do they really think that my sword for killing traitors is not fast?"
"Catch all these traitors, ransack their homes, and cut them all into pieces in public!"
No one objected to this decision.
Everyone raised the flag to revolt, but now they have their heads in their waistbands, but these people betrayed everyone, are they still polite if they don't kill them?
"Your name is Zhao Zhongjun, right? I remember you. An old man and a young man came to Jiangyin carrying a flag of loyalty. If you make great achievements today, you should be rewarded."
Wang Zhengzhong was deeply impressed by Zhao Si. Many people voted for Jiang Yi after his righteousness, but one old man and one young man held up a loyalty flag made of sheets, which was still very eye-catching and impressed him deeply.
After some questioning and knowing his current rank, Wang Zhengzhong promoted him to his Daobiao Battalion and promoted him to team deputy."
"If you spot the traitor and catch him on the spot, I will reward you a hundred taels of silver."
Zhao Zhongjun and ten of his men were directly transferred to Wang Zhengzhong's Daobiao Camp. Zhao Zhongjun shared one hundred taels of silver with everyone, 11 taels per person, and did not accept the brothers' suggestion that he take half.
The first errand after entering the road sign was to search the homes of Ma San and other traitors.
Shen Rijing was a scholar. He had recruited more than 30 scholars before. He had always disapproved of the uprising. He believed that the situation was over and restoring the Ming Dynasty was a foolish dream.
Unexpectedly, he would dare to secretly collect the defense plans for Jiangyin City, and then send them to the Tatars to lead the way.
Zhao Zhongjun rushed into Shen's house and slapped Shen Rijing hard in the face, making him dizzy and said, "You are so brave, you dare to break into my house and cause chaos..."
Zhao Zhongjun hated these traitors the most. He went up and kicked him down several times, and beat him half to death with punches and kicks. The beatings made him no longer arrogant, and he kept curling up on the ground with his head in his hands, begging for mercy.
After feeling the tightness in his chest, Zhao Zhongjun stopped and said, "Tie him up." Zhao Erhe and others quickly stepped forward to tie him up. Others in the Daobiao Camp saw how ferocious this guy was and couldn't help but look at him with admiration.
The arrest operation went smoothly. After interrogation, more than 30 people were involved in surrendering, so they were all arrested again.
For these people, their homes were confiscated and sent to jail, and their property was confiscated and paid.
On the same day, more than 30 traitors were dragged to the street and executed in public, which won applause from the whole city.
"Bao, Wuxi, Wuxi..."
"What happened to Wuxi?"
Just after the execution, a man named Ye Bushou rushed back from outside the city to report the crime. He was out of breath.
"Wuxi, Wuxi has been recovered."
"The king's army went north and captured Wuxi."
Wang's division went up the canal, broke through Wuxi, and then went down to Changzhou Fucheng. Three days later, a fleet arrived along the river at Huangtian Port outside Jiangyin City.
Wang Zhengzhong came to greet him.
The fleet stopped at the port, and a young man got off the ship, "I'm here, Zhu Chenggong, deputy chief of the Overseas Navy of the imperial camp, I've met you all!"
