Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 206 Rejection
Yang Chao made the army stand still, took a few soldiers with him, and walked straight forward to the crowd.

At this time, Wang Pu was on the right, many men were on the left, and Zhao Kang was in front of the crowd.

Yang Chao surpassed Zhao Kang and stood at the strongest side of the team, looking at the nervous people one by one.

He shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't panic, we are the governor of Huai'an, and we are here to rescue Haizhou!"

But seeing that the people are still extremely nervous.

Yang Chao continued: "Our Ming army, Ming's soldiers and horses!"

As a result, the people were still nervous. Only then did Yang Chao realize that in the eyes of the people, the troops of the Ming Dynasty were probably the same as the troops of the Manchus, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in terms of style. Let the people be afraid.

Yang Chao couldn't help being frustrated, and still shouted loudly: "We are here to protect you, don't worry everyone!"

Only then did an old man come out tremblingly, knelt down in front of the army with a plop, and boldly said: "Xiao Ke is a Yanhu in Bianjiapu. The family has a lot of money, and Xiao Ke is willing to work in the army. But he was robbed by bandits, Xiao Ke But I never brought any cash with me, if you trust me, you can go home with Xiao Ke, and I would like to raise a thousand dollars to thank you! I hope all the soldiers will not hurt the folks."

It was not easy for this old man to survive. He called himself Yanhu. There are three main household registrations in Ming Dynasty, civilian household, military household and artisan household. However, in coastal salt-making areas, there are also Yanhu and Zaohu. Yanhu and Zaohu belonged to craftsmen in terms of major items.

Both Yanhu and Zaohu refer to people who make salt as their business. In fact, they have the same meaning, but different places have different names, and the names registered in the Yellow Book in different periods are different. According to the system in the early Ming Dynasty, their taxes Salt is paid.

Close to the west side of Haizhou City, Bianjiapu is a large salt field, so many salt households live there. Some of these salt households are well-managed and sell salt themselves. In fact, they are already transforming into salt merchants.

This old man is obviously such a salt household.

Yang Chao went to help the old man up.

He said kindly, "Old man, we are originally from the Xinjiangkou Water Camp. King Qin went north to join Cao Du, and we are the masters of the king. If we dare not disturb the people, we will not bother the old man to work!"

Yang Chao helped the old man up, and at the same time said that his army would not harass the people. The old man stood up, but the other people knelt down in twos and threes.

Yang Chao shouted: "Everyone, get up!"

But no one got up.

Yang Chao didn't want to help them one by one, so he asked his own soldier Li Liang to go to the river to call Huang Fengfu and others, and at the same time let the boatman unload the boat, and Yang Chao started talking to the old man.

I found out from the old man that the nearby Donglu had been here for more than 20 days, and they hadn't attacked the city, but just looted nearby. I can't tell how many people there are, but there will never be only 30 to [-] people.

This information proved that there were other captive soldiers nearby, and he had killed ten or twenty captive soldiers. It was impossible for the captive soldiers not to come to retaliate.

It's better to enter the city, relying on the city wall, he has more than 600 soldiers who have experienced battles, even if 1000 captive soldiers come, Yang Chao has the confidence to defend the city.

Soon Huangfeng's mansion came over, and Yang Chao asked him to appease the common people.

Yang Chao himself walked towards the city gate.

At this time, the city wall was already full of soldiers from Haizhou City, but none of them shot an arrow at the captive soldiers just now, and watched Yang Chao's army and the captive soldiers so steadily. They were dumbfounded, the captive soldiers looked so vulnerable under Yang Chao's excellent guns.

"Is the governor of Haizhou here?"

Yang Chao shouted loudly towards the city, he hoped to communicate with the governor of Haizhou, and hoped that he could enter the city.

But soon a middle-aged man with the appearance of a scribe crawled on the battlements to answer.

"Master Zhizhou is in the government office, this strong man has something to tell me, I am the master!"

It turned out to be the master of Zhizhou, so it's the same with him.

Yang Chao shouted: "This official is Chief Qian under Shi Du's command. He was ordered to rescue Haizhou. There are letters and writings from Mr. Shi to prove it. Please open the city gate and let me enter the city!"

As Yang Chao said, he took out the letter from his pocket, and at this time Li Liang also brought Jiang Yang, a hundred households in Haizhou, over.

Haizhou City was right in front of him, and Jiang Yang was in a very complicated mood. He had just witnessed everything on the boat, and he was completely convinced by Yang Chao's soldiers.

When he arrived in front of Yang Chao, he was very respectful.

"You came just in time, Jiang Baihu, tell the city that we are reinforcements, let them open the city gate!"

Yang Chao had just finished shouting, but no one in the city answered, Yang Chao thought the other party didn't believe it.

Jiang Yang bowed, and immediately stepped forward and shouted: "I am Jiang Yang from a hundred households in the East China Sea, open the city gate!"

At this time, most of the soldiers on the city were the guards of the East China Sea, so many people recognized Jiang Yang, and they should have proved their status as reinforcements, but the gate of the city was still not opened.

At this time, the master started to speak: "My lord, it's not that the villain can't trust you, it's just that the captive soldiers are cunning and don't dare. We can ask Jiang Baihu to come up, and you hand over the letter to him, and the magistrate will make a decision after reading it!"

Yang Chao thought their worries were justified. Many fortified cities in Liaodong were deceived by Nurhachi, and they all opened the gates from the inside with meticulous work. Otherwise, it would be impossible to contribute to Fushun and Liaoyang at the beginning with the captive soldiers who only had bows and arrows. Fortress.

So Yang Chao handed over the letter to Jiang Yang, and watched Jiang Yang rush to the bottom of the city wall, and a rope was put down on the city wall, Jiang Yang tied his waist, and was pulled up by the soldiers on the city wall.

Yang Chao was waiting outside the city, counting the results of the battle.

Just killed a lot of captive soldiers, and the soldiers under him are beheading one by one.

Suddenly a soldier shouted: "This one is still alive!"

The guards were quite excited, he had never seen the Tartars before, but this time he saw them, but they were all killed, and all he saw were dead, so he was excited when he suddenly found one alive.

Yang Chao also heard the news.

"Keep alive!"

Soon the living captive soldier was brought over. It turned out to be the child. He was shot and knocked out, but he survived.

It's very strange how he can survive being hit by a bird gun at such a close distance.

After checking, it was found that the boy was very lucky. The bird gun killed his horse, and then hit his knife, which slapped him in the face. As a result, he was knocked unconscious, so he survived.

These were not interrogated, because Erhe Ula Ula yelled and no one could understand what he said.

It was all written on his face, a knife-shaped mark on his face, and his nose was slapped flat.

"It's so ugly, I'm sure you won't find a daughter-in-law in future generations!"

Seeing the appearance of the little captive soldier, Yang Chao thought of this in his heart, and immediately waved his hands to make people take him down. The captive soldier doesn't understand Chinese, and no one on his side understands Manchu, so he can't communicate at all.

After counting, a total of 17 soldiers were beheaded and eight horses were captured. There were ten dead and wounded horses. They were all slaughtered and boiled for meat. The boiled horse meat was stained with sea salt in the warehouse and eaten Don't have a taste.

All the supplies on board have been unloaded and piled up on the pier.

A lot of materials are intended to be sent into the city, especially those artillery, which can only play a final role if they are placed on the city wall.

But the city gate has never been opened, and no news has come down.

At this time, the old man carefully asked Yang Chao if he could go home. At this time, he still couldn't let go of his family business.

Yang Chao was worried, and advised him to stay here, in case he encountered captive soldiers, no one would save him.

But the old man said that he had servants, and he called five strong men. No wonder an old man could come here. It seemed that he was guarded by someone, so he didn't fall behind and was shot and killed by the captive soldiers.

Yang Chao still doesn't suggest him to go back, but if he insists, Yang Chao won't force him to stay.

The old man left with a thousand thanks.

After waiting for an hour, the city gate still hadn't been opened, and finally only saw a wooden frame hanging from the city gate, with a person inside.

That person was Jiang Yang, and he told Yang Chao with a bitter face that the governor of Haizhou did not agree to open the door.

The magistrate of Haizhou cited the ancestral system, and guest troops were not allowed to enter the city, and asked Yang Chao to camp outside the city.

As for the supply of Haizhou Zhizhou, it is said that it can be allocated in the next day.

The guest army is not allowed to enter the city, and the supplies of the guest army are distributed the next day. This is the ancestral system.

But Yang Chao was very angry. He also knew the ancestral system, so he was afraid of this, so Shi Kefa asked for letters and writing before he would come.

I thought that if there were letters from senior officials like Shi Kefa, the Haizhou government would save face and put them in as soon as possible.

Yang Chao is confident that he can defend the city with his hundreds of troops, even if one or two thousand captives come, he is also confident that he can defend the city.

If it's a field battle, Yang Chao can't guarantee the fate of these new recruits before the cavalry charge that he has never seen before.

At this time, the last thing he wanted to happen happened. Yang Chao really had no other way but to sneer. Could it be that he went to attack the city by himself?

Spreading his hands to pretend to be chic, he also patted Jiang Yang on the shoulder.

"Master Jiang, at least you dare to leave the city!"

Jiang Yang has a hundred households, and he did not expect to be willing to go out of the city. This is the only place that comforts Yang Chao.

Jiang Yang smiled wryly and said: "I'm sorry, Lord Yang. The lower officials invited you to come, but you can't let him enter the city. I'm ashamed of you. I'm willing to advance and retreat with Lord Yang!"

Yang Chao smiled and said, "Is this loyalty?"

Jiang Yang felt guilty and said nothing.

However, Yang Chao admired secretly in his heart. This is a man of integrity, at least he has self-esteem. There is leeway.

Since you can't enter the city, you can only deploy defenses outside the city.

Yang Chao has already investigated the situation on the wharf. There are two rows of houses here, all of which are brick and tile houses. Most of them are government warehouses, and there is still a large amount of salt that has not been transferred in time.

When Donglu attacked, they were either unable to take it away, or they were unwilling to take it away. Maybe they thought it was already in their pocket, so they put it here for the time being. Anyway, the salt in several warehouses was intact.

Except for salt, there are very few other goods. Haizhou is originally Yanpu, and the main product is table salt. Foreign merchants come here mainly to sell table salt, and other goods can be ignored.

(End of this chapter)