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Chapter 416 General Zhang, mighty

On the 13th day of August in the [-]th year of the reign of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, at Sishi, a group of elite cavalry with armor and armor galloped outside the east gate of Yongning City, and their brigade stayed outside the city.

There were only three light cavalry with bright armor, red flags on their backs, and holding high the red sign of Baojietang. The stronghold, wiped out with one drum, the head of the bandit 'Tian Ba ​​Wang' gave the head, and none of the bandits slipped through the net!"

"Good news...'Tianbawang'...suppressed...no one slipped through the net..."

As the sound spread, people on the street were all amazed and stopped to watch and discuss.

"Is it true or not?"

"The officers and soldiers from the North Road are all in the school grounds outside the city. How did you kill Tianbawang?"

At the same time, a group of fine cavalry came galloping outside Xuan'en Gate in the south. The same three light cavalry in bright armor, with bright red flags on their backs, held high the red flag of victory, and galloped into the city, shouting loudly:

"Good news, Dongshan' Tianbawang" Chen Yuzhu's big gutter bandit den has been wiped out with one blow, and no one slipped through the net!"

At the same time, at Weiyuan Gate in the north of Yongning City, three light cavalry galloped in with their horses, their red flags fluttering in the wind, and they held up the sign of victory and shouted: "Good news, Dongshan'Tianbawang'Niujiayu North Village, wiped out with a single drum, no one will be defeated." Slip through the net!"

Qingqi who reported victory in three ways appeared at the same time, as if agreed in advance, the whole Yongning City was alarmed, people took to the street one after another, talking about the victory.

Even more daring, good-for-nothings ran and followed the knights who reported the victory, and chased them all the way to the official office of the general guard in the west gate of Yongning City.

Nine knights who reported the victory gathered here, but only three knights reported that Jie Tangwen stayed in front of the general office, while the six knights rode their horses and ran to the surrounding streets, still shouting the content of the victory .

Lin Fangping heard the voice and came out of the general office, and the three knights who reported the victory hurriedly dismounted and paid homage: "Mr. Lin, here is the text of the report, please submit it to the commander-in-chief for his own reading!"

He put away the three pond newspapers and said to the guards behind him: "Brothers must have worked hard for the long-distance raid to report victory. Take him to rest and have some food."

After speaking, he turned around and ran back to the general office to report to Zhang Cheng.

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Liu Minshen, magistrate of Yongning County, Duan Zhichen, magistrate of Yongning County, chief secretary Yan Wendian, Dianshi Xia Lun, commander of Yongning Guard, guard Tong Shouxin, commander Tong Zhixin Liang Cixin, Xuezheng Du Mingli and others rushed to the general office.

All of them had expressions of surprise and uncertainty. Although they all hoped to wipe out the Dongshan "Tianbawang" bandits, they had only heard about Zhang Cheng before, and had never seen his methods.

Now that he clearly watched the accompanying army eat and drink in the camp all day long without taking any action, how could there be rumors of victory all of a sudden?
However, Tong Shouxin, the commander of the Yongning Guard and the garrison, has no doubts. He has seen Zhang Cheng's methods and courage before. many.

Zhang Cheng also came out from the general's office, looked at the surprised officials of Yongning and said with a smile: "Liuzhi County, my commander's army has captured the Dongshan thief 'Tianbawang' Chen Yuzhu alive.

In this campaign, the soldiers under the Commander-in-Chief marched in three directions, wiped out the bandit's three lairs on the same day, killed more than [-] bandits on the spot, and captured more than [-] old bandits and bandits under the bandit leader Chen Yuzhu. There are nearly a thousand military households, men and women, who are coerced into disasters. "

"General Zhang, you are mighty!"

Liu Minshen looked terrified, his face was pale, and he said this sentence with trembling lips.

All this was indeed too sudden for him. Back then, Zhang Guowei gathered the generals of Yongning and planned meticulously for half a year. Thousands of officers and troops were dispatched to kill less than a hundred bandits.

After that, they went out several times to suppress the bandits, and even suffered heavy casualties, but they didn't gain much. The money and food levied from Yongning and even Yanqing Prefecture's shops were wasted, and the bandits became more and more rampant.

Unexpectedly, General Zhang Shen from the North Road would solve it easily while chatting and laughing. It is simply unbelievable, it is simply impossible!
"Mighty... mighty..."

The voices of praise and congratulations from the officials and generals were endless.

Zhang Cheng didn't care much about these things, he strode out of the general's office, and asked loudly, "Where is Tong Shouxin, Yongning's garrison?"

Tong Shouxin hurried forward, clasped his fists and said, "The end is here!"

"Tong Shoubei, our bandit suppressing army on the North Road is about to return in triumph. I am ordering you to build a high platform outside the Yinghui Gate in the east of the city and set up wooden fences within an hour. Shen Shizheng will arrest the leader of the bandits, Chen Yuzhu, outside the Yinghui Gate." Slash and kill, and behead a thousand old bandits for public display, to frighten Xiaoxiao!"

Zhang Cheng then shouted: "Wu Zhizhong, Wei Zhice, Gao Jingong, immediately gather all the troops, and at Shenshi, go to the Yinghui Gate to watch the execution!"

He turned around, smiled and clasped his fists and said to Liu Minshen: "I have to trouble Liu Zhi County to gather the people in the city, and at Shen Shizheng, go outside the east gate for punishment!"

Everyone was amazed, and immediately chopped it off?

"General Zhang is really a demon king, he wants to chop off two hundred heads!"

"Hmph, beheading these thieves is easy."

"However, cutting two hundred at once is too much..."

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On the fifth day of the eighth lunar month, Shen Shi, outside the Yinghui Gate in the east of Yongning City, there were so many people of all kinds that they couldn't be counted.

To the south, there is a high platform built on a mound, and on both sides are strict military formations, where all the troops from the North Road who came with Zhang Cheng are lined up here.

Directly opposite the high platform is the infantry array of Chen Dakuan's Department of Chicheng Infantry Battalion, Chen Zhong's Ranger Department to the north, and Wang Tieren's Light Cavalry to the south.

In the large open space in the middle, two hundred old bandits were being imprisoned, while the bandit leader Chen Yuzhu, known as the "Tianbawang", was tied to a wooden stake, naked from top to bottom, with many stab wounds faintly, Bright red blood oozes out.

To the south of them were less than [-] troops under the command of Zhang Guowei, the deputy commander who was originally stationed in Yongning. They stood there listlessly, and the formation seemed extremely loose.

The guard Tong Shouxin is directing his guards to maintain the order here, because the north side of the execution ground is full of people who are out of the city to watch, and they are even more chaotic.

Zhang Cheng stood on the high platform and watched all this.

Liu Minshen, magistrate of Yongning County, led the officials of the county government to stand behind him on the left, and on the right were Wu Zhizhong, Wei Zhice and others, as well as the officials and generals of Yongning Guard.

Zhang Guangda, dressed in bright armor, rode his horse from the opposite army to the high platform, reined in his horse, held the rein and clasped his fists at Zhang Cheng, and said loudly: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the last general will lead the army to suppress the bandits. Three victories, beheaded 650 and nine bandits, rescued 870 people, captured one bandit leader, and captured 200 old bandits, and they are here now, please show me your command.”

(End of this chapter)