Chapter 209 Finale

"My fellow villagers must help Caozhou governor stabilize the situation. In the future, other military generals will come to guard Caozhou City."

"All follow the instructions of the Lord."

Those gentry lying on the ground were usually in Caozhou City, and even when they saw the magistrate, they were just bowing. Now they were really scared. Liu Zeqing, the general of Caozhou who was domineering, had his head chopped up, and all the Liu troops killed in the inner and outer cities had their heads chopped off.

The soldiers directly built the "Jingguan" on the suspension bridge. The so-called "Jingguan" means piled up people's heads into the shape of a pyramid. As for the spire of the tower, it is Liu Zeqing's fat head.

Although it was cold, the bloody smell had already spread across the open space and drifted into the noses of these gentry. Many people wanted to vomit. They could only endure it and kneel on the ground, seeing nothing except horse hooves. When they heard the other party's order, they could only agree respectfully.

"Dear fellow villagers, remember that we are the rebels under the King of Chuang. We will come back here."

After the Jiaozhou camp drove the prisoners out of the city for fifteen miles, they let them disperse and did not pursue them. A large number of the defeated soldiers wanted to return to Caozhou City. However, the Caozhou magistrate and the gentry mobilized the people to strengthen the city. They had already closed the city gates and defended them tightly. Most of the officers of the defeated soldiers were killed, and the dragons had no heads. They looked at the incompetence and dispersed when it was dark.

The reinforcements stationed around arrived almost later, but after seeing Liu Zeqing who was left behind in the city and the heads of military academies at all levels, they were also reluctant to stay for a long time. After gathering the scattered soldiers, they hurriedly returned to their own garrison.

There is still a short distance from Caozhou to Sishui near Yanzhou Prefecture. Liu Zetao, who is commanding 5,000 soldiers to besiege Sishui City, still does not know the news about Caozhou City. There are 1,500 Ma Gang troops in the city, and there are almost 300 muskets, but these 300 muskets hit 5,000 muskets.

After being hit by muskets for a round of sieges organized by Liu Zetao, the soldiers retreated to the back regardless of the officers behind. This team like a straw troop has no morale or action. Liu Zetao himself knew that the soldiers who were originally expected to defend the city were also like this, but who would have thought that it would be a strong army, so naturally he would not be able to take advantage of any advantage.

Moreover, Yanzhou Prefecture, which has always been timid with them, has also issued several articles to send people to question Sishui City as a place for help, why Liu Zeqing's troops siege so vigorously. Liu Zetao knew something was wrong, so he could only grit his teeth and claim that the bandits had entered the city and were resisting stubbornly.

It was actually very easy for Ma Gang to defend the city, and the first day was relatively difficult. After the first day, all the gentry and civilians in Sishui County helped spontaneously. Everyone understood one thing: the officers and soldiers in the city were disciplined and did not disturb the people. This was seen by everyone, and no one knew why the other officials outside wanted to siege.

But the scholars and people in Yanzhou Prefecture all knew what kind of troops Liu Zeqing's troops were outside. They usually poisoned the villagers and were a major disaster in the local area.

If this siege is broken, the soldiers outside the city may do whatever they want in the city by taking advantage of the reason of suppressing bandits. By then, everyone will suffer. The solution for the present is to help the soldiers coming from Qingzhou Prefecture defend the city to avoid disaster.

Originally, the troops led by Ma Gang had already built corresponding complete fortifications in Sishui City. Their weapons were also excellent. With the help of the scholars and people in the city, there would be no mistakes in defending the city.

Liu Zetao sent an envoy asking for help from Caozhou, asking for additional personnel to be sent to take down Sishui City. However, the envoy had no reply for a long time and could only continue to send people there. However, on the ninth day of the siege, most of the people in the camp were half-dream and half-awake in the morning.

Thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared in the rear of the camp, and after slashing the panicked guards outside, they rushed directly into Liu Zetao's camp. Not only did these cavalrymen have knives and axes in their hands, most of them had torches in their hands. They cut and ignited the fire, and the camp was suddenly in chaos.

After being raided, Liu Zetao and the officers below could not gather the team at all. They all collapsed. The soldiers who were not killed had no intention of resisting. They ran desperately outside. The sound of killing and cries even shocked the nearby Sishui City. Many gentry and civilians, as well as officials of Sishui County, all went up to watch. They only saw smoke filled the city, killing sounds shook the sky, and soldiers who were crying and fleeing for the death.

Of course, there was also the clearly-sounding slogan of "Breaking Wang Yijun". The Sishui magistrate and his subordinate officials immediately solemnly saluted Ma Gang, who was standing on the top of the city and watched with him, and said gratefully:

"If Ma Shuge came to rescue him for righteousness, I'm afraid Sishui would have fallen into the hands of the thieves long ago."

Ma Gang was humble there, saying that protecting the country and protecting the people was our duty, but he was quite jealous in his heart, thinking that Wang Hai and Tang Er were indeed lucky, and they were so successful that they could kill below. It was so happy to think about it. This was the duty of a soldier.

Before lunch, Liu Zetao, who had been stationed under Sishui City for a long time, and his five thousand soldiers were killed and completely disbanded. Liu Zetao also died in the chaos. Fortunately, the "troubled" cavalry who was ferocious did not have the idea of ​​attacking Sishui City. They ran away directly and disappeared from the sight of the people on the city.

In the twelfth lunar month, from Sishui County to Cao County, from east to west, people in Yanzhou Prefecture saw a large group of cavalry galloping towards Henan. Liu Zeqing's troops from Cao County wanted to go out of the city to pursue, but the opponent was very fast and could not catch up. On the side of Guide Prefecture, Henan, there were also reports of small groups of cavalry activities of the rebel army.

Caozhou sent urgent reports to the Yanzhou Prefecture and the Shandong Governor and the Governor of the General Office, saying that the thieves were escaping in Caozhou City, and the general Liu Zeqing vowed to resist to the death, but he was still sacrificed to the hands of the thieves.

Originally, after Zuo Liangyu repelled Zhang Xianzhong's troops near Nanyang Prefecture, Henan prefectures and counties thought that they could be peaceful. During November and the twelfth lunar month, Henan Prefecture, Kaifeng Prefecture and Guide Prefecture had large and small military activities, which caused the government and the government to panic.

All kinds of actions and signs of the trespassing army activities can indicate that this unit rushed to Liu Zeqing's troops for a long distance, then retreated from Shandong to Henan, or returned to Shaanxi.

The thief has never entered Shandong. Why is this long-distance raid? A few days ago, the letters found by Zuo Liangyu's cavalry in Henan were finally contacted. Although there was no certain statement, from the court ministers to the local officials in Shandong, everyone had a vague idea in their minds. However, this was really a shame to the court, so everyone stopped talking.

In contrast, the new Shandong Governor Yan Jizu was praised by the court because he had foreseeed the transfer of troops and horses to the border of Yanzhou Prefecture, which was obviously a wise move to predict the enemy's opportunity.

Moreover, there was a general in Yanzhou Prefecture guarding, but he was traitors who were traitors who were rushing to the point of no one. This shows that there was a huge loophole in defense. Even if General Liu Zeqing made contributions to the country, the crime of dereliction of duty would not be eliminated. Moreover, the situation was so unstable, it would be better to send someone to guard it earlier.

At this time, the Sishui County Magistrate, Ningyang County Magistrate, Yanzhou Prefecture and other officials jointly submitted a report, saying that the garrison Ma Gang had a regular rule in governing the army. During his stay in Sishui, the military discipline was strict and there was no act of disturbing the people. In addition, in the face of harassment by foreign thieves, they defended well and ensured peace in the area.

The official army's attacks on each other must not be made explicit. Anyway, Liu Zetao's troops had been killed and disbanded, so they were simply said to be a thief. The merits should be rewarded, and the matter was urgent and the local area was unstable. In order to be safe, Li Meng, the general of Laizhou, led his troops well, and Zhongjin was able to be used, so he ordered him to be added to Yanzhou and Dongchang prefectures.

The appointment order was issued in March of the 11th year of Chongzhen. During this period, the eunuch Liu Fulai, the governor of Nanjing, had some documents with the Ministry of War and the Sili Supervisor of the capital. Li Meng also sent nearly 15,000 taels of silver, which was the place he obtained.

The battles that took place in Caozhou and Yanzhou Prefecture were full of suspicions, but Xiong Wencan summoned most of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai in Huguang, Henan. After Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou defeated the rebel army in Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou led his army to pursue and enter Sichuan. These are the major events that are of concern.

The gentry of Caozhou all claimed that those who entered the city were trespasses. After all, the so-called "Wang Wang Yijun" shouted, almost all the people in the whole city heard clearly. These people shouted slogans were seen and heard everywhere in Yanzhou. There was also a statement that although ridiculous, it was very convincing. The trespasses did not disturb the people in the city, and there was no such thing as looting along the way. If it were an official army, they would definitely not have done such a move.

These reasons were presented, and even those who had doubts calmed down their doubts. They thought that if the court officials had the arms, there would be no possibility of the wealthy families in Caozhou City. They would have been wiped out long ago, but no one has said they had been harmed.

Liu Zeqing also had a good relationship with several officials from the western part of Yanzhou Prefecture in the court, but the money fell and the people were all dead. Who would do any useless activities? Things quickly calmed down.
Chapter completed!