In the county government hall.
More than a dozen officers and soldiers will be crowded inside.
"General, the thieves have begun to search the house, and all the brothers hiding in the sixth room have been arrested." An officer and soldier lying in front of the door turned to look at Lu Dongliang, who was sitting under the hanging plaque on the mirror.
After Lu Dongliang escaped, he wanted to escape from Lingbao City. Unexpectedly, there were soldiers and horses with tiger flags outside several city gates, including many cavalry.
Even if you get out of the city, you can't escape the siege.
On the other side, the tiger-character banner army had broken through the city and entered. He had no choice but to take his soldiers and horses back to the county government office and rely on the high walls of the county government office to defend against the enemy.
On the way back to the county government office, he encountered the troops of the Tiger-Character Banner brigade that had just entered the city. In the end, there were only about thirty officers and soldiers left with him who retreated to the county government office.
Lu Dongliang came out of the lobby desk and walked over quickly.
He grabbed one of the men in front of the door and put his right eye on the door to look outside.
The gap between the doors was enough for him to see most of the yard.
"Come out, if you don't come out again, shoot."
Outside the yard, the squadron leader of the Tiger Flag looked coldly at the lobby of the county government in front of him.
The dark muzzles of two tiger-shaped flags were pointed directly at the door of the county government hall.
The lobby of the county government office fell silent, and the officers and soldiers hiding inside were breathing heavier and heavier.
No one took the initiative to speak, but many people's eyes were on Lu Dongliang.
He is the backbone of these dozen officers and soldiers and the person with the highest authority. Everyone is waiting for him to make a choice.
"Don't fire, I surrender."
Lu Dongliang knew that there was no chance of winning if he persisted, so he simply chose to surrender.
He walked through the lobby with a dozen officers and soldiers in the county government office and chose to surrender.
The weapons were thrown into the open space outside the door, and all the armor on his body was taken off. Lu Dongliang and a dozen officers and soldiers walked to the open space not far away one by one to be searched.
"Are you Lu Dongliang?" the squadron leader of the Tiger Flag asked as he walked up to Lu Dongliang.
From the prisoners found in the sixth room, we learned that the officer general hiding in the county government office was a city guard general.
"It's Lu." Lu Dongliang admitted his identity frankly.
At this time, the battalion was coming over.
"Report to the camp, we have captured a military officer." The squadron leader said happily with a grin.
After hearing this, Yingzheng looked Lu Dongliang up and down and said: "Deputy Yingzheng Yu captured a deputy commander, and together with this general, they just happened to be sent to Division Zheng. Unfortunately, there is still one Lingbao County. make."
"You caught General Wang? Is he alive?" Lu Dongliang said with a strange expression.
In his mind, Wang Xingshan promised to fight to the death. Now that Lingbao City has been destroyed, he should have been loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Unexpectedly, he was still alive and became a prisoner like him.
Ying Zheng replied, "He's not dead. He's a prisoner like you. You'll see him soon and take him away."
The first two soldiers stepped forward and escorted Lu Dongliang out from among the captured officers and soldiers.
"Where are you taking me?" Lu Dongliang looked panicked when he saw that he was being taken out of the crowd alone.
Ying Zheng turned around and glanced at Lu Dongliang. Knowing what he was worried about, he said, "Take you to see your superior officer, the deputy chief soldier named Wang."
After hearing this, Lu Dongliang's nervousness relaxed a lot.
After all, Hu Ziqi was a rebel, and he was also afraid that Hu Ziqi would be like other rebels and would brutally kill Ming officials after catching them.
Lingbao City was the first county town captured by the Tiger Character Banner after crossing the river.
After capturing the Lingbao, the army was divided into two areas.
One force was in the territory of Henan Prefecture, attacking the prefectures and counties it passed along the road, and its troops were directed towards Luoyang City.
Another large army passed through the Lu family and headed towards Nanyang Mansion.
As the Tiger Banner army attacked cities and villages along the way, Tiger Banner officials took over local areas along the way, established peasant associations one after another, and formed peasant and soldier teams.
Henan is famous for having many vassal kings. The local people not only have to support the court, but also support these vassal kings. They have already been miserable.
If Henan had fewer hills and mostly plains, and was nourished by the Yellow River, making the land fertile and rich in products, the lives of the people would have been even more miserable than those in Shaanxi.
Even so, the people of Henan are almost dying.
As soon as the Tiger Flag arrived, the land in Henan Prefecture began to be redistributed to allow tenants to have fields and reduce their burdens. The small landowners in the original local area no longer had to bear heavy agricultural taxes and various exorbitant taxes and labor.
This has made the Tiger Flag win the hearts and minds of the vast majority of the people.
The only ones whose real interests were harmed were the wealthy gentry, local powerful people, and the vassal kings in Henan Prefecture.
Although the Tiger-Character Banner did not shout out the slogan of not paying grain like Li Zicheng, the Tiger-Character Banner's peasant association policy fundamentally allowed the people of Henan Prefecture to understand the benefits of the Tiger-Character Banner's arrival. The people no longer had to bear the burden of the imperial court. The heavy yoke upon them.
For a time, wherever the Tiger-Character Banner army went, it was greatly welcomed by the local people, and many people came to want to join the Tiger-Character Banner and become a member of the rebel army.
Many of them are Henan people who can no longer survive.
It even happened that the people of Henan took the initiative to attack the local county town and brought the county town to surrender.
The Tiger-Character Banner army went very smoothly in Henan Prefecture, and soon the army appeared near Luoyang City.
At the same time, Nanyang Prefecture in Henan was also attacked by the Tiger Character Banner army. Xizhou, Neixiang, and Dengzhou fell one after another. It would not take long for the Tiger Character Banner army to surround Nanyang Fucheng.
Faced with the large-scale invasion of the Tiger Character Banner, Henan Governor Guo Zengguang sent an urgent eight hundred miles to the court early.
As the granary of the imperial court, Henan supported the largest vassal king and was adjacent to the capital. It was impossible for the imperial court to leave the situation in Henan alone.
As soon as General Secretary Si received the urgent memorial from Henan, he sent it to the palace as soon as possible.
The first assistant Shi Yulai, the second assistant Li Guopu, the cabinet minister Lai Zongdao, Zhang Ruitu and others came to Zhu Youjian in front of Qianqing Palace.
It is still the Tianqi Year, and Zhu Youjian has not yet changed the Yuan Dynasty after he ascended the throne. It will only be officially changed in the second year after more than a month.
"I'll wait and see your Majesty."
Several cabinet ministers, led by Chief Assistant Shi Minlai, bowed to Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian, who was sitting on the dragon couch, raised his right hand and said in a gentle tone: "I love you all."
It has been several months since he ascended the throne, and he has gradually adapted to his identity as the Ming Emperor.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Shi Minlai and others straightened up one after another.
Zhu Youjian looked at the cabinet ministers in front of him and said, "Several cabinet ministers came to Qianqing Palace to see me. They must have something important to do."
In the past few months after he ascended the throne, it was rare for cabinet ministers to come to see him in such an orderly manner. Even when he sent people to arrest Wei Zhongxian, there had never been such an orderly visit, so he was very curious about these cabinet ministers coming to see him. his purpose.
