Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 484
After the war, Zhangzhou imposed a curfew, and the gentry and common people were not allowed to go out. The brigade of the Ming army lit torches, searched and arrested the captured Qing soldiers on the street, and cleaned up the corpses in the city overnight.

The Ming army didn't kill many people this time, but Zheng Jun, Li Bu, and the Green Camp all slaughtered indiscriminately in the city. There are more than 6000 heads of Gong Gong, but in addition to the 500 people from the Li Department of the Eight Banners in the city, the Blue Armor Eight Banners are only over a thousand, and a large number of people have also been beheaded to pretend to be meritorious.

In the city of Zhangzhou, blood flowed into the city river, and corpses were strewn all over the fields. There was no curfew, and the gentry and common people hid in their homes and did not dare to come out.

There were bloodstains everywhere on the street. Every step the Ming army took, they left a bloody footprint on the street. The carts were filled with corpses, and they were transported out one by one to prevent a plague from breaking out in the city.

After Wang Yan entered the city, he used Li Chengdong's mansion as a temporary commander-in-chief, and ordered all the generals to clear out the remnants of the enemy and seal up the warehouses. He waited until it was dark before summoning the generals to meet again.

Zheng Chenggong, Li Guo, Wang Shixiu, Liu Shun and others entered one after another, followed by a few unfamiliar faces. Their armors were stained with blood, and they were probably the inner guards of the city.

Everyone came to pay their respects, and Li Guo came out first and reported, "Report to the Duke, the military equipment, food and grass in the city have been sealed up, and the treasury has been guarded, but the exact number is not clear!"

Wang Yan nodded, and his eyes fell on the people behind. Seeing that Li Yuanyin was also among them, the officers felt his gaze, and immediately, under the leadership of Shi Fu, they stepped forward and said: "I will wait to see you! Thanks to the prestige of the lord, more than ten thousand officers and soldiers can assist the king to break through Zhangzhou. Now that the battle is over, a group of subordinates of the criminal general have come to pay a visit to the lord and wait for his dispatch."

The goal of this Eastern Expedition was very clear, and the slogan put forward was "to protect Guangdong and Fujian", and the purpose was to obtain a buffer for Guangzhou and Beijing.

Now Wang Yan will rush back to Guangjing in a few days to deal with the problems of Sichuan and Sichuan. How to defend the land of Bamin and hundreds of miles west of the Minjiang River, Zheng Chenggong's existing troops and horses alone will not work. Relying on this group of Zheng's surrendered generals.

Wang Yan glanced at several people, looked at Shi Fu and asked, "Are you all the former generals of the Zheng Army who followed Grand Master Zheng to the Qing Dynasty last year?"

Zheng Jun surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, opened Xianxia Pass and let the Qing soldiers enter, which is equivalent to selling the entire Longwu court. If it were not for the protection of Wang Wei, the right governor of the Yulin Army, and Wang Yan rescued him in time, the emperor must have been killed by the Qing army. The morale of the soldiers and civilians in the Ming Dynasty must have collapsed thousands of miles.

It is precisely because of this that the relationship between the Zheng family and the Longwu court has actually become complicated, and there are mutual grievances between them. Therefore, Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian and others, who are also part of the Zheng family, are no longer willing to surrender. However, he had no choice but to choose to go to King Lu.

When Shi Fu and the others heard Wang Yan's words, their expressions changed, and they prostrated themselves on the ground pleading guilty: "At the beginning, because of a mistake, they were coerced by Grand Master Zheng to surrender, and please forgive me."

Politics is all about compromise. With Zheng Chenggong around, everyone gave him some face, and still called Zheng Zhilong the Grand Master.

"That's all!" Wang Yan waved his hand and asked the others to stand up, "This time, you have contributed to the imperial court by helping this pavilion break the city. This pavilion has also said something about the past, and promised to forget the past, and you don't have to mention it in the future. The land still needs to be guarded by the generals, Zhang Cunren and Tan Tai occupy Fuzhou, let’s see how you perform in this pavilion!" Wang Yan’s words reassured a few people, Shi Fu and the generals thanked them, and then got up Step aside.

At this time, Wang Yan looked at Li Yuanyin and the others standing at the end, and immediately comforted him: "Uncle Yuan also deserves credit for breaking the city this time. This pavilion has made a lot of promises, and the previous crimes of Li's officers and soldiers will be written off! Your father Chengdong's body has been scattered, and this pavilion will be found by someone, and then they will be buried generously. Uncle Yuan can lead his troops to serve in Fuzhou with peace of mind. When the service is over, this pavilion must be important."

When the war is over, it is necessary to write a memorandum and report to the court. The role of Li Chengdong, one of the key figures in the First World War in Zhangzhou, needs to be determined.

Wang Yan would definitely not admit that he sold Li Chengdong, otherwise, when he attacked the city in the future and surrendered, the enemy generals would definitely worry about whether he would sell them off like he did with Li Chengdong, so they would not dare to surrender easily. In terms of publicity, it is definitely necessary to praise Li Chengdong and implement a generous funeral, so as to shake the hearts of the green camp and set an example.

Wang Yan also announced this to the outside world, but in the report to the court, Wang Yan would still report the truth, saying that Li Chengdong held the city with self-respect, refused to surrender after repeated calls, and still bargained with the court for his poor status. Definitely can't enter the Martyrs' Shrine.

After the first battle in Zhangzhou, there were only more than 2000 soldiers left in Li Bu's army of hundreds of battles. They were suddenly defeated during the entire war. Li Yuanyin knew this very well. The only way to guarantee the lives of Li's soldiers is to accept Wang Yan's kindness.

"The guilty general and others have thanked the lord for their tolerance. From now on, they will definitely work for Daming wholeheartedly and dare not repeat themselves." Li Yuanyin led four generals and came forward to pay homage.

Wang Yan nodded, then said with a smile: "Uncle Yuan, please, as long as your hearts are devoted to the imperial court, the imperial court will definitely not treat you badly. Well, you all retreat, and after you return to the camp, calm down the soldiers, and prepare for tomorrow." Set off for Fuzhou."

After hearing Wang Yan's words, Li Yuanyin didn't get up, but prostrated himself and said, "Master, the guilty general still has an unfeeling request, and I hope that Mr. Wang will fulfill it."

"Oh?" Wang Yan frowned slightly, and instead of directly agreeing, he asked, "What's the matter? Uncle Yuan, please tell me!"

"Father's enmity is eternal, and if you don't take revenge, you are not a son!" Li Yuanyin cried out, touching his head to the ground, "I also ask you to hand over Tong Yangjia to the sinner, so that the sinner can fulfill the responsibility of the son of man."

Seeing this, Wang Yan was a little moved, and immediately asked, "Did Tong Yangjia catch it?"

After entering the city, they counted the main upright officials in the city, but they did not find Tong Yangjia. At that time, Wang Yan had already ordered people to search and arrest him in the city to find him out. Now that it is dark, there should be news.

Wang Yan asked, but all the generals in the hall couldn't answer. Finally, Liu Shun stepped forward and said, "Report to the Duke, I searched the city, but I didn't find him. I will get it from the captives. It is said that the thief When the army entered the city, they rode their horses and fled without a trace."

"This is really strange. The army entered the city from the north gate, and the other three sides were sealed by the Qing army with stone strips. Can he fly into the sky or enter the ground?" Wang Yan frowned, and then said to Li Yuanyin: "Uncle Yuan And get up, I believe this thief is still in the city, as long as I catch him, I can hand it over to you."

Li Guo at the side heard this, thought for a moment, and came out and said: "Grand Duke, I guess the general is really as the Duke said, that fellow must have entered the earth."

Wang Yan was taken aback for a moment, and then realized immediately, "Liu Shun, did you not search for tunnels?"

Liu Shun slapped his forehead suddenly, then clasped his fists in joy, "I'll get that guy out right now!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Shun hurried out.

In order to prevent the Ming army from bombing the city, the Qing army dug many tunnels in the city to wait for the rabbit, but these tunnels had no exit outside the city, so if Tong Yangjia hid inside, he still could not escape.

There were some discussions in the hall, and after a while, there was a commotion outside, and after a while, Liu Shun came in with a heavily tied man. Covered with pot ashes, unable to see his true colors, he pretends to be a beggar.

Seeing this, Shi Fu on the side stepped forward, wiped his face with his sleeves a few times, recognized him carefully, and clasped his fists and said, "Master, it's Tong thief!"

Hearing the words, Wang Yan waved to Li Yuanyin and said: "Uncle Yuan can take this thief down, dispose of it as he likes, and worship your father, but don't smash his head, and I will send him to Guangjing to report his meritorious service!"

Li Yuanyin was overjoyed and thanked immediately, and the two generals behind him immediately stepped forward, picked up Tong Yangjia, one on the left and one on the right, and dragged him outside.

Tong Yangjia's face turned pale when he heard Wang Yan's words. He looked at Li Yuanyin and the others with ferocious faces, and was terrified in his heart, so he quickly looked at Wang Yan who was sitting in the middle, and begged in a hissing voice: "Mr. .”

Wang Yan turned a deaf ear, Tong Yangjia begged all the way, his voice changed from loud to soft, and then disappeared completely.

The next day, Wang Yan killed more than a dozen false magistrates, county magistrates, and governor officials, as well as more than [-] people in the green camp who pretended to be meritorious with the heads of ordinary people.

In ancient times, the gentry, as the most powerful class in China, was an existence that any ruling class must win over, otherwise the world would not be stable.

Throughout history, there is no power that relies on peasants to win the world. There must be a class of scholars to advise you, and a class of gentry to stabilize the place for you.

The two most humble emperors in China, the old rascal Liu Bang, were also low-level civil servants in the previous dynasty, and were assisted by literati like Xiao He, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping. Under the status of literati in the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of literati were in the field. Only when a large number of literati joined in, such as Liu Bowen, Zhu Sheng, and Li Shanchang, could stand out.There are also ready-made negative examples in this dynasty. The reason why Li Zicheng's Dashun could not stand is because they did not complete the transformation from the peasant army to the orthodox dynasty. They were all offended.

"Eat the king of Chuang and wear the king of Chuang, and when the king of Chuang comes, he will not pay the food." This kind of slogan can incite foolish people, but is it really possible not to pay the food?The result is that there are two dislikes, one is that the early subsidy offended the gentry, and the other is that the common people find out that they still have to pay, so the whole north is corrupted.

In ancient China, the imperial power did not come down to the county, and the gentry and gentry were integrated and powerful.

Although it shows that most of the gentry at the end valued profit over righteousness and there were various problems, but every time Wang Yan broke a city, those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty would naturally be killed, but most of the gentry had to be appeased and wooed, because they were needed to manage the local area.

Thousands of human heads rolled to the ground. Tens of thousands of people in Zhangzhou watched and applauded. On the other side, Tong Yangjia was lynched and tortured by Li Yuanyin who fixed his limbs with iron nails and set them up in the camp as archery targets. Overnight, he was shot with hundreds of arrows, and the last arrow pierced his throat and died.

The city of Zhangzhou was destroyed, and the soldiers and horses were captured or surrendered. Wang Yan left his adviser Chen Bangyan to deal with the aftermath. He entrusted the military affairs of Fujian to Zheng Chenggong, and then set off to return to the court.

　Thank you Yi Fengxing, Uncle Chun for the two monthly tickets, Ye Shui Xing, T World’s monthly ticket, thank you for giving me a smile, the descendant of Ziye Saburo, and Yuedong Woxin for your rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)