Huang Dagen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Semuren cavalry detouring away. He was frightened at this moment, and had no intention of pursuing him, so he immediately ordered people to clear the battlefield. The hastily fired muskets and thrown grenades knocked down a few horses and knocked down two unlucky men. One was lying on the ground whining suddenly, and the other was limping and trying to escape. The two men with semen did not surrender when surrounded. Instead, they struggled and slashed at the soldiers of the Perak Army with their knives. They were stabbed to the core by a soldier from the Teaching Company with a spear. At this time, another group of soldiers rushed out of the city gate, led by Tang Xiangwei. It turned out that when Tang Xiangwei was preparing to go to the East City Gate with the newly surrendered soldiers, he saw the Semuren cavalry rushing towards the East City Gate, so he led his men in pursuit. However, two legs cannot catch up with four legs.
As soon as the Semu cavalry escaped, the defenders who had no intention of fighting surrendered one after another. These lustful people were so disgusting that they set a fire in the government office before leaving. It was winter and the weather was dry, and soon the fire was like a prairie fire, making it impossible to get close. Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Ouyang Xuan had to organize workers to demolish houses and build isolation zones. It took a long time to stop the spread of the fire, but most of the houses in the city had been burned down, as well as the military supplies and the few grains stored in the government office.
Seeing that the houses and food were burned down, the people in the city cried loudly. Without houses and food, how can we survive the coming spring famine? At this moment, Ouyang Xuan was extremely conflicted. Although population was the most important resource for the Pili Army, there was really no excess food in the mountains. It is not difficult to solve the problem of surrendering troops and housing the people of these 1,500 people. After all, there are large areas of forest in the mountains that can be cut down for housing, but with so many mouths waiting to be fed, food is a headache.
Looking at Ouyang Xuan, who was frowning, Tang Xiangwei was moved in his heart and shouted loudly to the crowd: "Fathers and fellow villagers, don't worry. Master Pan Luohuan, Pan's nephew, has led an army from Xinjin City to take over the affairs of the city in the near future. The officials will not No matter whether everyone lives or lives." His intention was to tell the people that the government would rebuild the city and would not let the people starve to death. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the crowd became commotion. When they heard that the notorious Pan Luohuan was coming to take over the city of Chongqing, the soldiers and the people were excited. They had already had enough of this playboy's oppression.
I don't know who took the lead first. The crowd rushed to Ouyang Xuan and knelt down in front of Ouyang Xuan, kowtowing repeatedly and asking the Pili Army to take him in. Looking at the expectant looks in everyone's eyes, Ouyang Xuan couldn't help it, so he sighed and agreed. Now that he had agreed, he immediately sent people back to the mountain to inform Yu Zhu, asking all villages to make preparations for the reception. He also ordered the soldiers to be ready to return to the mountain and escort the people into the mountain after they had enough food tomorrow.
According to the policy of the Perak Army, the surrendered civilians will be screened one by one, and the newly surrendered soldiers will also be sentenced to hard labor according to the crimes they committed. However, the more than 100 soldiers who surrendered in the uprising will be exempted from the crime of treason. After screening and counting, there were more than 900 people from more than 400 households who were willing to enter the mountain, while only more than 100 people from more than 40 households were unwilling to enter the mountain. Most of those who chose to stay were relatively wealthy and their houses had not been burned down. Most of them were die-hard fans of the government and the Pan family. A few of them were preparing to go to Chongqing Prefecture, Jiading Prefecture and other places to seek refuge with relatives and friends. Regarding the choice made by these people, the Perak Army was not reluctant. Instead of taking away their belongings, they gave them three days of food. These rich households also proposed to use money to buy some grain, and Ouyang Xuan agreed, but asked that the transaction did not require iron money - the Pili army was not short of iron, let alone handed over, but wanted salt, silver, copper or other materials. It should be said that these rich households have hidden a lot of the above-mentioned materials, and even a lot of Glauber's salt. Ouyang Xuan's eyes lit up when he saw the Glauber's Salt, and he hurriedly asked where the Glauber's Salt was produced. Someone answered that it was produced in Yixing Township, thirty miles northwest of Fucheng. As a chemical engineering major, he knew that this was a good thing, and with it he could produce many important chemical products.
After the fog cleared on the second day, the Pili army headed for Hengyuan Village by land and water. In addition to transporting a small amount of loot and baggage, the waterway also carried women, children, old and young. The most important thing for Ouyang Xuan in this battle was the shipbuilding workshop in the west of the city. Fortunately, the fire did not spread to the west gate, and most of the craftsmen chose to follow the Perak Army into the mountains. Ouyang Xuan ordered all the shipbuilding tools to be packed and shipped to Wanjiaping. Huang Dagen and the teaching company did not go back together, but stayed to deal with follow-up matters. Ouyang Xuan arranged three follow-up matters for them. The first was to wait for the navy from Xinjin City to come to take over, the second was to scrape off the saltpeter on the walls of the city, and the third was to go to Yixing Township to investigate the situation of the thenardite. According to wealthy households who exchanged Glauber's salt for food, the area has abundant reserves of Glauber's salt.
It took Huang Dagen and his teaching company a whole day to scrape all the houses in the city. After scraping the saltwater, the Xinjin City navy had not yet arrived, so he asked the two platoons of the teaching company to take the wall salt back to the mountains first, while he continued to wait with a platoon. The delay in the Xinjin City navy showing up made Mr. Yu anxious and uneasy. He went to the pier outside the west gate from time to time to check, but he was always disappointed.
After waiting for another two days, Xinjin's fleet finally arrived. It was almost dusk when Pan Luohuan entered the city surrounded by his cronies. When he saw the ruins of the city after the war and fire, he flew into a rage and screamed, and angrily slapped Mr. Yu next to him several times. This guy didn't scold the Mongols, but scolded the Pili Army for being useless and failing to protect his government and property. He scolded Ouyang Xuan for having no official government and taking away the people in the city without waiting for him. Without these people, who would he exploit? Who to enslave? When he was tired of scolding, he remembered that Yihongyuan in the city had also been burned down. He was heartbroken and ordered his cronies to find the best house in the city and a beautiful woman for him to sleep in tonight. Not long after the order was given, cries and calls came from all over the city. Pan Luohuan robbed houses and women. Naturally, his minions followed suit and also robbed houses and women for himself. Those who did not snatch women and houses began to plunder property, and those who resisted a little were charged with surrendering to the Tatars.
Just as the city was in chaos, several cronies sent by Pan Luohuan arrived at the Perak Army camp outside the city and arrogantly asked Huang Dagen to visit Lord Pan. Before that, Yu Laodou had already sneaked back to the camp and informed Huang Dagen of the situation in the city. Huang Dagen knew that it would be dangerous to go to the city at this time, so he was willing to go there. But he also knew that his own platoon of tens of thousands of people could not withstand Pan Luo Huan's hundreds of troops. A good man doesn't suffer any immediate losses, so he accompanied Smiley Face and gave a lot of property to these confidants. He also asked them to bring two boxes of old-fashioned grenades back for business. He also said that it was getting late today and it was difficult to move around. He would meet Master Pan tomorrow morning and He promised to send some artillery pieces, but he was so thirsty that he finally sent these plague gods away. After getting Huang Dagen's personal promise, these cronies rushed back to pay the errand. However, they saw that the door of the house where Pan Luohuan was staying was tightly closed, and laughter could be heard from time to time. They were all anxious if anyone dared to disturb his pleasure. Hoho went to find his own happiness.
After it got dark, the Perak Army camp began to get busy. Huang Dagen ordered his men to pack their things and go to Yixing Township early tomorrow morning. As for Pan Luohuan's Hongmen Banquet, only a fool would go! Giving away artillery? The Pili Army regards it as a treasure, how could it be given to Pan Luohuan? Besides, Huang Dagen’s teachings don’t even exist to him, so what should he give as a gift? As for the two boxes of old-fashioned grenades, they were given to the Xinjin City Navy Army at Ouyang Xuan's request. After all, the Pili Army was still the Chongqing Mansion Xiang Army in name only, so they couldn't deny Pan Zongzhi any face.
