The soldiers of the Wu'an Army are well-trained, brave in combat, and the coordination of the arms is quite reasonable! The spearmen are responsible for defending outside the courtyard wall. Anyone who jumps off the wall will have a transparent hole poked by a spear in mid-air! When they rushed into the courtyard, the soldiers with swords and shields were in front and the soldiers with fire guns were at the back. They could defend at close range or attack at a distance.
So in less than one meal, the entire Zhuangzi has been cleaned! Soldiers are now searching house to house and gathering villagers to identify each other to make sure no one is among them. Read the book
In addition, in the open space in the center of the village, corpses were being stacked one after another. These corpses are the salt owls who never surrendered, or surrendered too slowly and were directly killed! And there were more than twenty people kneeling on the ground next to the corpse!
These swordsmen all saw that the situation was not good and surrendered quickly to save their lives! As for the salt owl, they never surrender! That's because they are in the business of beheading, and if they fall into the hands of the government, they will die. It's better to fight hard, maybe they can escape! It's a pity that what they encountered today was the Wu'an Army who had an extremely strong desire to fight, so they turned into corpses and fell here!
After receiving the notice that the battle was over, Liu Haojia rode his horse and walked to the village. At this time, an officer of the Jinyi Guards came forward and saluted and said: "Commander, the villagers have verified that they are all local villagers and there are no outsiders!" "
Liu Haojia said: "Then find out who arranged these people on Zhuangzi?"
The Jinyiwei officer said: "I asked, it's a big grain merchant here named Qian Shounian! Well, the village itself is in his name, and the farmers are all his tenants!"
The officer then gave Liu Haojia a brief introduction to the situation he had learned from the villagers. Only then did Liu Haojia realize that Qian Shounian was famous in Datong City! To put it simply, he directly controls more than 40% of the grain business in Datong City! Indirectly control and influence more than 30%! In other words, he almost took over most of the business in and around the city by himself!
But Liu Haojia didn't care. Although a grain merchant like him looked huge and terrifying, Liu Haojia knew best that people like him were just pawns in front of him! The real big guy has been hiding in the dark! And I'm afraid Qian Shounian will have to hand over part of the money he earns!
However, this did not prevent him from venting his anger personally, so Liu Haojia said directly: "You personally lead a team of people to seal off the Qian family's mansion! Lock up all the people who are related to him in the house, but tell the shopkeepers Yes, don’t stop the food store, keep doing business! By the way, say hello to the government office, do you know what to say?"
The officer nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course I know! When the commander was returning to Beijing, he passed by this village to take a rest. He found that a group of bandits had gathered in the village, so he wiped them out!"
Hearing this, Liu Haojia nodded first, then shook his head and said: "What you said in the first part is good, but the second half is a bit off! Did I, Wu Ninghou, personally take action to eliminate a group of thieves? They are planning to kill officials in Datong Town. rebel!"
The Jinyiwei officer was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded with a smile, agreeing. And he also knew that these people were not unjustly labeled as rebels! Nearly a hundred people gathered together with various weapons, and they dared to resist arrest and fight when they encountered officers and soldiers. It would definitely not be wrong to say that they were rebelling! And they were dead anyway, it didn't make any difference whether they were bandits, robbers, or rebels.
After receiving Liu Haojia's order, the Jinyiwei officer immediately arranged for his men to move. During the war, the soldiers of the Wu'an Army took the lead, but when doing these things, these soldiers were completely unfamiliar, and the Jin Yiwei had to come forward.
Moreover, Liu Haojia divided things very clearly. The soldiers of the Wu'an Army were specially used to fight. As for the other dirty work, it was naturally left to the Jin Yiwei to do it. Once these tasks are handed over to the army, over time, this army will become corrupted and become an ordinary Ming army. No matter how advanced the weapons are, it will be useless!
The Jinyiwei officer first ordered a group of Jinyiwei, and then led them out with a group of soldiers. Then Liu Haojia directed other Jinyiwei to interrogate the villagers and record confessions, collect the corpses and behead them, and the whole thing was completed in a very short time!
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These surrendered swordsmen, he knew that he was accused of treason, and they cried out loudly that they were wronged, but who would care about them? I think when they pretended to be robbers to rob and kill, the people who were robbed must have begged them!
As for the villagers, it's much better! After being frightened at first, they hid in the room for a long time, and then were driven to the center of the village to identify each other. I originally thought that Zhuangzi was going to suffer a military disaster, but I didn't expect that these soldiers turned a blind eye to property and women, and showed no signs of disturbing the people! He even bandaged up the injuries of villagers who were accidentally injured and even compensated them for their injuries!
This made them feel that the soldiers and horses in front of them were definitely not the Ming Dynasty's border troops, but the troops from the Beijing camp! In their opinion, only in the capital, the soldiers at the emperor's feet can be so sincere and dedicated, and love the people like sons!
Therefore, after confirming that these soldiers were safe, the villagers also cooperated with confidence and signed a lot of confessions that they did not know or recognize. However, the officers did not harm them because he also knew that Liu Haojia did not like this.
Therefore, it is clearly written in the confession that these villagers were coerced and imprisoned by bandits who were preparing to rebel, and wanted to disguise the whole Zhuangzi as if nothing happened! If there weren't troops passing by here, the inside of Datong Town would be in trouble!
The matter at Zhuangzi was over quickly and without causing any commotion. But the Jin Yiwei who led people into the city caused a huge commotion in Datong City!
As they approached Datong City, the soldiers guarding the city saw a large group of people approaching quickly, and the soldiers guarding the city gate wanted to stop them for questioning. But the little official watching the city gate was clever and kicked the soldier who had just raised his gun back.
Then he kicked and beat all the soldiers and pedestrians at the city gate away, leaving a passage. Then he nodded and bowed and watched the Jin Yiwei leading the large group of soldiers swarming in without even touching him! But this actually suits his wishes! A petty official like him would be safer if no one ignored him at this time! So when Jin Yiwei led the soldiers into the city, he was completely relieved!
