When the officers and soldiers guarding the Yingen Gate saw the commander sending people to drive away the people in the city who were crowding in front of the city gate, they took the initiative to join in and began to drive away the people.
The common people in front of the city gate were punched and kicked by Zhou Tong's soldiers, and were whipped with riding whips if they resisted at all.
"General Zhou, it's me, it's me, please take me with you!" There was a middle-aged man in brocade in the crowd, waving his hands vigorously, trying to attract the attention of Zhou Tong on horseback. to myself.
Unfortunately, his voice was quickly muffled by the chaotic crowd. Instead, his actions quickly attracted Zhou Tong's attention.
However, before Zhou Tong could speak, the commander who was following on horseback said in a low voice: "General, the bandits have entered the city. We can't take care of others, let alone such a burden."
Zhou Tong nodded slightly, turned his face to the side, and ignored the voice calling him.
"The general is leaving the city. Hurry up and drive away these insurgents." The commander ordered to the officers and soldiers below, pointing his finger deliberately at the middle-aged man wearing brocade in the crowd.
When the officers and soldiers below saw it, they naturally understood what it meant.
Two private soldiers were dedicated to driving away the people in the direction of the middle-aged Jinbu man.
People were squeezing and bumping into each other, and there was a chaos at the city gate.
Because Zhou Tong's personal soldiers and officers and soldiers at the city gate were driving them in both directions, even if the people were huddled together, they just ran to both sides of the road and did not dare to approach the city gate or Zhou Tong's direction.
The common people who couldn't stand the whipping began to rush into the middle-aged Jinbu man who was standing behind him, causing the middle-aged Jinbu man to take several steps back to avoid the rushing crowd, and was even almost knocked to the ground several times.
Fortunately, they persisted in the end.
Faced with the officers and soldiers of Tiancheng Guard driving away the people in his direction, the middle-aged Jinbu man was not only not unhappy, but instead thought that Zhou Tong had sent someone to pick him up.
With Zhou Tong, the commander of the Tiancheng Guard, here, he already thought that he was in sight of leaving the city.
"You are here to pick me up, right! Escort me back to General Zhou quickly." The middle-aged Jinbu man saw Zhou Tong's soldiers approaching, and he happily greeted them.
Snapped!
At this moment, the whip struck the middle-aged man in brocade hard.
The middle-aged man in Jinbu, who had never experienced such pain, immediately trembled with fat on his body, shuddered all over, and tears and snot flowed out uncontrollably.
"Get out of here, don't block the city gate." One of the soldiers whipped down the whip again.
The middle-aged man in Jinbu hurriedly put his hands in front of his body and wailed: "It hurts me to death."
The whip in the hand of another soldier next to him also came over.
"Don't fight, don't fight. I'm Mr. Li from the city. I'm a good friend of your general. I drank with your general a few days ago." The middle-aged Jinbu man begged for mercy while revealing his identity.
It's a pity that his words were just to wink at the blind man and were of no use. Instead, they made the whips in the hands of the two soldiers hit harder.
The middle-aged man in brocade was beaten with a whip until he rolled on the ground.
Fortunately, the surrounding people had already been driven aside and would not step on him.
At this time, the people at the city gate had almost cleared up, and Zhou Tong led the people on horseback towards the city gate.
"Open the city gate, I want to leave the city."
Arriving in front of the city gate, Zhou Tong ordered to the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate.
Several officers and soldiers guarding the city gate hurriedly ran to unlock it, took down the wooden bolts on the city gate, and worked together to push the gate open little by little.
Zhou Tong urged his horse and rushed out of Yingen Gate first.
The soldiers who came with him and the commander also left the city gate and rushed out of the city.
As soon as they left, the people blocking the city gate were no longer a threat. They swarmed up and rushed out of the city through Yingen Gate.
When the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate saw all the people swarming in front of the city gate, they couldn't stop them. How dare they continue to guard the city gate and escaped through the city gate first.
Ying'en Gate, which usually has few people, is now crowded with people who want to leave the city. The city gate that was originally only half-open has now been fully opened by the people.
Tianchengwei has four gates.
The news that the Ying'en Gate was wide open was known to more and more people, and the people in the city rushed in the direction of the Ying'en Gate dragging their families with them.
As more and more tiger-character flag soldiers came in from Zhenyuan Gate, the resistance in the city became weaker and weaker.
Groups of soldiers began to enter every street in the city to clean up the officers and soldiers in the city.
After Liu Qingzhou entered the city, he led a group of soldiers and horses straight to the commander's Yamen.
When I arrived at the yamen, I found that there was no one in the yamen anymore. All those who could escape had fled, leaving only an empty command yamen.
"The camp is in full swing, my subordinates have captured a man alive under the table in the back office." The search commander ordered a soldier from the government office to escort a government servant over.
Liu Qingzhou, who was standing in the lobby, turned around, looked at the trembling yamen servant in front of him, and asked, "Where are the people in the yamen?"
"Reply to grandpa, when the people in the yamen heard that the bandits were entering the city, they were all scared and ran away, except for the little one." The yamen servant knelt on the ground and trembled in disobedience.
"Who the hell are you calling a bandit?"
When the soldier next to him heard the other party calling him a bandit, he raised his leg and kicked him over, knocking him to the ground.
The yamen servant hurriedly got up and knelt down, kowtowing and apologizing, saying, "I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I beg you to spare this dog's life."
"This guy is not a good guy. When my subordinates caught him, they found a lot of valuable things on him, as well as the commander's seal." A soldier next to him handed over a bag wrapped in silk. official seal.
Liu Qingzhou took the big seal, unwrapped the silk cloth on it, turned it over and looked at the bottom of the big seal.
The pattern printed on the bottom of the seal proves the identity of the owner of the seal.
He casually placed the big seal on the desk in the lobby, and then said to the Yamen servant who was kneeling on the ground: "So you are Zhou Tong, the commander of the Tiancheng Guard?"
"No, no, no, the young one is not General Zhou, the young one is an ordinary yamen servant in the yamen." The yamen servant shook his head repeatedly, denying that he was the commander of the Tiancheng Guard.
Liu Qingzhou patted the big seal on the desk with his hand and said: "What does an ordinary government servant do to hide this big seal? It's not a valuable thing, not to mention stealing the official's seal is a tricky thing. You say you are just a government servant, what do you think?" Will I believe it?"
"I swear, I am really not the commander of the Tiancheng Guard. If I tell lies in front of my grandfathers today, I will definitely kill the nine tribes." The officer swore.
Liu Qingzhou smiled softly and said: "I believe you are not the commander of the Tiancheng Guard, but I don't believe you are an ordinary government servant. Since you are unwilling to tell the truth, I am too lazy to listen. Come here, take him out and chop him down."
Two soldiers walked up from the side, grabbed the government servant who was kneeling on the ground, and dragged him out.
