boom! boom! boom!
The sudden sound of cannons startled the commander of Daming Mansion, and he quickly asked: "Where is the cannon fire?"
At this moment, a military attache wearing armor and stomach ran in from outside.
The visitor knelt down on one knee and said, "I am reporting to the judge that the tiger thieves are shelling Donguimun to the west and Sungnyemun to the south."
Daming Mansion is divided into four gates: east, west, north and south, and there are urns outside each gate.
"Then what are you doing here? Why don't you take the people to defend the city?" the general judge of Daming Mansion shouted at the military attache who was kneeling on the ground.
The military attache in front of him looked up at the judge in front of him and said, "There are too few guards on the west and south walls. Please ask the judge to send more people to support us."
"I don't have any soldiers to support you. The Tianxiong Army was taken to King Qin by Lu Futai. You are the only ones left in Daming Mansion. Now you are asking me for people. Where can I go to help you conjure people?" ." The general judge of Daming Mansion looked very ugly.
He became increasingly dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng.
He thinks that Lu Xiangsheng only cares about his promotion and wealth, and does not care about the life and death of the famous officials.
After all, the Tianxiong Army was different from the ordinary Ming army. For this Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng spent a lot of money, so he was naturally brave when going into battle to kill the enemy.
It's no weaker than the slave thief's red armor.
However, the city walls surrounding Daming Mansion could not be defended by the hundreds of Tianxiong troops left behind, and the ordinary Ming army was useless in defending the city, and would even hinder the Tianxiong army.
The Tiger Flag artillery outside the city fired back and forth at the top of the city several times, and then forcibly attacked Donguimun and Sungnyeemun. With only one charge, they captured the two city gates.
Damingfu City also failed to hold on for a day before it was broken.
The city fell and Daming Mansion was sentenced to death by hanging.
At this point, the entire Daming Mansion was captured by the Tiger Banner army, and officials from Henan took over the place, and the force support was a war barracks left in Daming Mansion.
At the same time, farmers' associations began to be formed in various parts of Daming Prefecture to divide the fields and serve as self-protection for farmers and soldiers.
When it comes to handling matters on the ground, Tiger Flag has its own set of procedures, which are implemented step by step wherever it goes.
As for the people who have been allocated land, they will naturally surrender to the people and be willing to accept the local rule of the tiger-character flag. As for those local gentry who are unwilling to accept the arrival of the tiger-character flag, and those housekeepers and village owners who oppress the people, Cleaning and sweeping was carried out.
If the local squires may still build bridges and build roads and gain a better reputation for themselves, but those first-class housekeepers and village owners will only rely on their masters behind to bully and exploit the people, and do worse things to the people than the local squires and the like. More ruthless.
Public trials were held everywhere.
Killing evildoers is the quickest and most effective way to regain the hearts and minds of the people, and then allocate land to the people at the bottom, so there is no need to worry about the people of Damingfu not returning.
Not only that, Tiger Character Banner also compiled many operas, all of which promoted how Ming officials colluded with local gentry to oppress the people, which aroused the resonance of the people.
At the same time, the opera is mixed with songs about the tiger character flag dividing the land for the people, getting rid of the evil gentry, and leading the people to live a good life.
After using various methods, it is difficult for the people to agree with the Tiger-Character Flag, because the Tiger-Character Flag does not just talk about it, but actually allocates fields to them, reduces taxes, and gives the people at the bottom hope for a future life.
Daming Mansion's urgent documents were sent to the capital as soon as possible.
The siege of the capital had just been lifted, and urgent documents from the Daming Mansion were delivered to Emperor Chongzhen's royal eucalyptus.
"Look at them all, look at them all!" Chongzhen slammed the important folder of Daming Mansion on the royal eucalyptus.
His eyes were red and he was on the verge of rage.
Wang Chengen picked up the folded book and handed it to the chief minister Han Xu first, and then asked every important court official present to read the contents of the folded book.
"Who can tell me first, how to solve the problem of tiger thieves?" Chongzhen asked everyone present.
At this time, Shen Yongmao, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and said: "I believe that Governor Sun should be transferred back to support Daming Prefecture and drive out the tiger and bandit troops who invaded Daming Prefecture from Beizhili."
The previous Minister of War, Wang Qia, had been imprisoned because of slave thieves entering the customs. Shen Yongmao was promoted to Minister of War by the Minister of War, and had to take over the mess left by Wang Qia.
"We must not allow Governor Sun to withdraw his troops." Another cabinet minister, Li Biao, stood up to oppose Shen Yongmao's proposal.
Shen Yongmao said: "The slave thieves are outside and the tiger thieves are inside. We should deal with the tiger thieves first before we can gather our forces to attack the outside world. At this time, the slave thieves obviously want to retreat, so we only need to leave a small number of soldiers and horses to keep an eye on the slave thieves. , it would be better to use more power on solving the tiger thieves."
After hearing this, Chongzhen looked at Shen Yongmao with bright eyes.
The other person's words spoke to his heart.
No matter how powerful the slave thieves are, they are far away in bitter cold places like Liaodong, and the Tiger Character Banner has occupied the three provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and the threat to the Ming Dynasty is even greater than that of the slave thieves.
In his heart, the foreigners could not stand up to the challenge after all, and they hurriedly ran away after grabbing some things, unlike the tiger-character flag, which had threatened the rule of the Ming Dynasty. ,
"Once Governor Sun and his army are transferred to Daming Mansion, who can guarantee that the slaves and bandits will not come back? There are still slaves and bandits still entrenched in the Qian'an area of Luanzhou." Li Biao said to Shen Yongmao. .
Shen Yongmao choked.
How could he dare to give such a guarantee? If Sun Chengzong went to Daming Mansion and an army of slaves and thieves surrounded the capital again, he would still need his head.
Chongzhen was disappointed when he saw Shen Yongmao being questioned.
In his heart, he hoped that Shen Yongmao, the Minister of War, could give a guarantee, so that he would have reason to agree to Sun Chengzong going to Daming Mansion to quell the rebellion.
It's a pity that Shen Yongmao backed down at the last moment.
"Your Majesty," Li Biao faced Chongzhen and said, "Supervisor Sun has already driven the slave thieves to the Qian'an area. The last step is to expel the slave thieves. At this time, we must not let Supervisor Sun lead the way. The army must retreat, otherwise all efforts will be wasted.”
Chongzhen didn't want to take responsibility, so he looked at Han Xu and asked, "Does the chief minister have any better way to deal with the tiger thieves in Daming Mansion?"
Li Biao and Shen Yongmao both looked at Han Xu and wanted to know who Han Xu would support.
Once Han Xu supports a side, Chongzhen is likely to agree with the side he supports.
"I believe that the affairs of Daming Prefecture should be handed over to Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Daming Prefecture. He has three thousand troops of King Qin under his command, and they are currently outside the capital city." Han Xu mentioned Lu Xiangsheng.
Among King Qin's troops, except for the soldiers and horses from Liaodong, there were only a few of King Qin's troops left in front of him that could fight, and Lu Xiangsheng was a civil servant, so he attracted more attention than the others.
"Is this Lu Xiangsheng okay?" Chongzhen didn't trust Lu Xiangsheng a little.
Han Xu said: "At present, Governor Sun is unable to come back for reinforcements. Lu Xiangsheng is the most suitable candidate. Moreover, he is also the prefect of Daming Prefecture. When he was in Daming Prefecture, the tiger thieves did not attack Daming Prefecture at all until he led his troops to leave with King Qin. After reaching Daming Mansion, the tiger thieves used troops against Daming Mansion."
