Cao Wenzhao lowered his head and glanced at the blood stains on his armor, and said with a smile: "I just killed some young people."
"Ha ha."
The captain of the Tiger Banner Cavalry laughed twice and said immediately: "General Cao, could you please lead the way and take me to meet the local county magistrate."
Along the way, Cao Bianjiao had already told him about the situation in the city.
At present, the unrest in the city has been suppressed. Even if there are some fish that have slipped through the net, they will still be cleaned up when the army arrives. The remaining thing is to deal with the local officials.
Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao led a group of Cao family soldiers and came to the county government office together with the cavalry captain of the Tiger Character Banner.
The gate of the county government office where this happened was closed tightly, and a government official peeked out from the wall to peek out.
"Go and call the door and say that I am here." Cao Wenzhao told one of his soldiers.
The soldier got off his horse, walked to the closed door of the Yamen, slapped the door knocker several times with his hand, and shouted: "General Cao is here, open the door quickly."
Among the people guarding the gate of the Yamen, some ran back to deliver letters to the county magistrate.
Not long after that, the closed door of the Yamen was opened from the inside. The Chu County Magistrate ran out all the way and said nervously: "General Cao, you are back. You don't know what the chaos in the city was like before. According to your instructions, I dare not leave the Yamen."
At this time, two soldiers wearing cotton armor also came out of the yamen and came to Cao Wenzhao with their heads lowered.
These two people were left by Cao Wenzhao to monitor the Chu County magistrate.
"Don't worry, Magistrate Chu. The unrest in the city has been suppressed. There is no need to worry about someone attacking the Yamen." Cao Wenzhao said.
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Chu's face relaxed and he said: "That's good, that's good."
Then, he looked at the tiger-shaped banner cavalry who came with Cao Wenzhao, and asked curiously: "General Cao, these people look strange. They haven't been in Julu before!"
Most of Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and servants were wearing cotton armor, but the cavalry who suddenly appeared were mostly in iron armor, and the weapons in their hands were also of different styles.
In the past, most of the soldiers he saw used swords and arrows, but the cavalry in front of him each had a musket and many short soldiers.
"They just arrived in Julu today. It's their fault that the unrest in the city was suppressed." Cao Wenzhao explained with a smile.
Upon hearing this, the Chu County magistrate's eyes lit up and he said happily: "Are you the reinforcements sent by the imperial court? I know that the imperial court will not ignore the people of Julu."
Ahem!
Cao Bianjiao's face turned red from suppressing the pain, and he couldn't help coughing twice.
"Well, the County Magistrate of Chu may have misunderstood. They were not sent by the imperial court, but the vanguard cavalry sent by the Tiger-Character Banner Army. When I saw that there were rebels in the city, I brought this cavalry into the city to quell the chaos."
Plop!
As soon as he finished speaking, Magistrate Chu fell to the ground. His face suddenly became as pale as paper, and thin beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Sitting on the ground, he looked at Cao Wenzhao and then at the cavalry with the Tiger Flag, and his body was trembling continuously.
"Magistrate Chu, don't carry it anymore when the matter is over." Cao Wenzhao on horseback said, looking down at Magistrate Chu who was sitting on the ground.
Magistrate Chu's face changed several times, and finally he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I didn't intend to carry it, but I just didn't expect that the change was too fast, and I was a little uncomfortable for a while."
With that said, he stood up from the ground and patted the loose soil on his body a few times.
"It's easy to adapt to this thing. I think County Magistrate Chu will be able to adapt very quickly." Cao Wenzhao said with a smile.
At this time, the County Magistrate of Chu turned to look at the man on the horse who was one head ahead of Cao Wenzhao, and asked: "Is this the general sent by the Tiger Character Banner?"
The Captain of the Tiger Banner Cavalry nodded.
Magistrate Chu continued to ask: "If I defect to you, what kind of treatment will you give me? Will you keep me and continue to be the magistrate of Julu County?"
The two uncles and nephews Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao next to them opened their eyes wide when they heard the Chu County Magistrate's words.
I just felt that these civil servants were so shameless. They were scared to death just now, but in the next moment they started to openly ask for benefits.
At this time, Cao Wenzhao even thought about whether it would be too easy for him to join the Tiger Flag, and whether he should ask for some benefits in advance.
"You don't want to surrender and take refuge." The captain of the Tiger Banner Cavalry said.
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Chu's expression suddenly changed.
The Captain of the Tiger Banner Cavalry continued: "You can only be regarded as a prisoner. If you want to survive, you must obey and do things honestly. Maybe you will have the opportunity to be an official in the future. Of course, you can also try to be a slave." , I don’t mind trying to see if the knife in my hand is sharp enough.”
Magistrate Chu's face turned pale again.
Cao Wenzhao on the side was also thankful in his heart at this time. Fortunately, he did not threaten the Tiger Flag people with the matter of Julu City.
Magistrate Chu looked at the cavalry with the Tiger Flag in front of him. He struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally lowered his head and said: "I am willing to cooperate with you, but you must also promise not to harm me and my family."
"Okay." The captain of the Tiger Banner Cavalry nodded.
With the cooperation of the Julu County Magistrate, Julu County changed its flag.
Most of the big families in the city were harmed by the rebels. The remaining ordinary people didn't care too much about who ruled Julu City. To them, as long as they lived a good life, it didn't matter who was the ruler of Julu City.
The arriving Tiger Character Banner army took over Julu City immediately and cleaned up Julu City again.
Some of the rebel soldiers who were hiding were all found and taken to work outside the city as coolies.
Also arriving with the army were the officials of the Tiger Character Banner who came to take office.
Because of the cooperation of the Julu County magistrate, it was very smooth for the newly appointed officials to take over Julu County. They also found all the fish scale books and other items. They only waited for the farmers' association outside the city to be established before they began to divide the fields here in the countryside. Take root.
The army did not stay in Julu for too long, but continued northward to pursue Wang Chengyin's tribe.
The Chu county magistrate of Julu County was left in Julu to cooperate with the officials of the Tiger Character Banner in handing over various affairs of Julu, while the uncles and nephews of the Cao family left with the army.
Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao followed the tiger banner cavalry with dozens of soldiers.
Another combat division in the second theater, personally commanded by Chen Xunping, appeared at Dagu Port on a warship of the Tiger Flag Navy.
Prepare to land from Tianjin.
As soon as warships appeared on the sea outside the mouth of Dagu, they were immediately discovered by the Ming army here.
The Ming army guarding Dagukou immediately sent the news of the discovery of enemy ships at sea to Tianjin Guards and informed the Tianjin governor.
