As soon as Qian Shouwei said his words, the scene suddenly fell into silence. Several other people remained silent in a tacit understanding, as if they were thinking about something.
When Qian Shoubei saw that everyone was silent and silent, he thought to himself, "Okay."
"It seems that the people I found are all right. If it works well this time, after convincing these people to surrender, the Military Intelligence Department will be able to explain the situation, and then it will be safe to recruit a major. ."
Qian Jie was born in Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and came from a family of generals. When he was 16 years old, his father died in a battle to suppress bandits. Later, he inherited his father's position as a Qianhu. After serving in the army for several years, he accidentally discovered that his father's There is something strange about dying in battle.
Back then, his father was sent out by his superiors to defend the castle. However, after encountering the bandits, the superiors firmly refused to agree to the rescue because they were afraid of the bandits, and even called nearby friendly troops back to the city.
Then he watched helplessly as Qian's father was surrounded by thieves and died in battle.
After learning about this incident, Qian Jie was dissatisfied, but he never thought about doing anything too outrageous. At most, he would say some complaints and sarcastic remarks in daily life.
But even when the Chu thieves' spies approached him, Qian Jie did not agree. Instead, he drove away the Chu thieves' spies rudely.
When he was stationed with the army in De'an, Qian Jie once again witnessed the scene of desperate situations.
When the army of Chu thieves besieged Jiujiang, many people proposed to send troops to assist Jiujiang. Even if they could not directly go to Jiujiang to rescue them, they still had to mobilize to put a certain amount of pressure on the Chu thieves and contain some of the troops to eliminate the thieves. The Chu thieves could not be allowed to The army besieged Jiujiang without any scruples.
Even if they don't care about the life and death of Jiujiang City's defenders, they will still die. If Jiujiang City's defenders are destroyed, then De'an will not be much better.
However, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Congde was indifferent and determined not to send troops.
Subsequently, the friendly forces in Xingzi City broke through and fled south, only ten miles away from De'an, where they were stopped by the Chu bandit cavalry.
At that time, many people in De'an City once again suggested that Li Congde send troops to rescue!
At that time, the Chu thieves only had more than a thousand cavalry. Although the cavalry were fierce, but at such a close distance, the army in the city steadily moved out, and they were able to slowly take over the more than 5,000 Xingzi City troops.
If the more than 5,000 defenders of Xingzi City can be brought back, plus the thousands of defenders in De'an City, and tens of thousands of defenders are stationed, the hope of holding De'an City will be even greater.
But Li Congde refused again, not even trying, and just pretended that the friendly forces besieged ten miles away did not exist.
From that time on, many people knew that De'an City was going to be doomed...
Because after the defenders of Xingzi City are finished, De'an City will definitely be next, and with the four to five thousand defenders of De'an City, there is no hope of being able to defend it.
Qian Jie is also one of the people who thinks so.
He was already resentful because of his father's unjust death. After seeing Li Congde refuse to save friendly troops twice in a row, he finally understood the moral character of officers and soldiers.
And at that time, spies from the Military Intelligence Department of the Dachu Empire found him again.
This time, Qian Jie did not drive away the Chu army's spies, but met with him after careful consideration. Finally, under the spies' persuasion, Qian Jie directly defected to the Chu army and became the Chu army's ambush in the De'an garrison. a flag.
Originally, the Military Intelligence Department asked Qian Jie to act as an internal coordinator when the army attacked the city.
But before Qian Jie could contact everyone and lead his troops to the formation, the Chu army had already begun to attack the city.
More importantly, Li Congde, the commander-in-chief of the De'an garrison, had no determination to hold on from the beginning. He only led his troops to resist symbolically and then led his troops to 'break through' without hesitation.
However, even though Li Congde broke through the encirclement very early, half of the Ming army was still either dead, wounded or captured. Li Congde fled to Nanchang with only one or two thousand people in a hurry.
Qian Jie also continued to join the escape team all the way to Nanchang.
After arriving in Nanchang, he immediately used the secret code to contact the spies in Nanchang from the Military Intelligence Department of the Dachu Empire.
After final discussion, the Military Intelligence Department and Qian Jie decided to continue to implement the plan to instigate other Ming army generals to lead an uprising in front of the formation.
It’s just that it was in De’an before, but now it’s Nanchang.
After careful selection, Qian Jie and the people from the Military Intelligence Department finally selected four generals who were most likely to be incited to rebel and conducted multiple tests.
The results of the tests were relatively good. At least it was clear that they were very dissatisfied with the adults above them. At the same time, they were not disgusted with the Chu Empire and were even interested in surrendering.
Only then did everyone sit together, and Qian Jie conducted the final showdown as planned.
After hearing Qian Jie's final showdown, the other four were silent for a long time. Finally, Wang Youyi took the lead and said, "If, I mean, if, we vote, what kind of treatment can they give us?"
At this time, several other people also looked at Qian Jie. Through their contacts in the past few days, these four people had guessed that Qian Jie's identity might not be simple, and he might have defected to the Chu thief early.
After all, Qian Jie has actually tested these people in private in the past few days.
It’s just that everyone pretends not to know.
Although they had not yet made up their minds at the time, people had to leave themselves a way out.
Nancheng is definitely going to die, and there will be no change in this!
There are only a few thousand troops stationed in the city, and they are all old, young and weak. Even if they fight to the death, they cannot stop the Chu thieves.
Once the city is defeated, they have to think about themselves and the soldiers under their command.
Now that Qian Jie has gathered people and had a public showdown, the four of them no longer intend to hide it, and just ask about the treatment.
Qian Jie said at this time: "Wuchang gives preferential treatment to surrendered generals, and even more preferential treatment to generals who come to vote for them anyway. If they are generals who have made meritorious service anyway, or even dedicated themselves to the city, then they will get even more preferential treatment!"
"Everyone who is dissatisfied, I have already contacted the people over there. What they say is that if we can stay in front of the battle and assist the army in attacking the city, then it will be a great achievement, and we can be awarded various awards based on our merits. Military rank.”
"If we can open the city gates to welcome the army into the city and allow the army to capture Nanchang without much effort, the contribution of this city will not be reduced, so a guerrilla general like you, Brother Wang, will not say much. I can be awarded the title of Major!"
"Brothers can also be awarded the title of captain!"
"The military rank brothers over there should all know that this major can lead five or six hundred soldiers over there. These are soldiers, not those miscellaneous young and strong soldiers. Even a captain can lead them. With more than a hundred soldiers, he can also serve as deputy battalion officer."
"After this is over, if nothing unexpected happens, we should serve in their garrison. The garrison is expanding very quickly. I heard that there are tens of thousands of surrendered troops in northern Jiangxi waiting to be reorganized. What do you think? Ah, how many official hats does this have!"
"In the past, as long as you work hard, with the merits and strength of the brothers, it won't take long for you to be promoted. In half a year, half a year at most, Brother Wang, you may become a lieutenant colonel. When you become the captain, your subordinates will There are at least 2,000 people, and these are combat soldiers. Ordinary generals don’t have so many combat soldiers under their command!”
"And there aren't many opportunities like this where you can just go there and find a major."
"And you all know that that side is getting stronger and stronger now. It not only occupies the entire Huguang, but also has hundreds of thousands of troops. They attacked Jiujiang just for fun, and they took it down in three to five days. I heard that the people in Jiujiang City were The entire army of 30,000 to 40,000 people was destroyed!"
"This strength is getting bigger and bigger, and the treatment of those who surrendered is not as good as before. I heard that when Jiujiang City was destroyed, the few general soldiers and deputy general soldiers who surrendered were only awarded lieutenant colonels. Or the rank of major, and they were only given a nominal rank, but they were actually placed under house arrest."
"They all surrendered after the defeat. They said they surrendered, but in fact they were forced to surrender. Instead of killing them, they gave them a false position to support them. This is already a huge kindness! "
"But we are different!"
"We can directly connect with them, and we have to directly offer the city to them. This is equivalent to making a huge contribution. How can they treat us badly?"
At this time, Song Qianhu, a man next to him, also said: "I shouldn't be treated badly. They are famous for treating surrendered generals well. I have a few old friends who defected to Wuchang before, and now one of them is there." Bian has already become a major, and he has a battalion under his command. There are still a few who are unwilling to continue fighting in the battle, so they are also assigned to work in the back. They are not rich enough to say, but they still have enough food and clothing!"
Another person said: "That bastard Li Congde is simply unreliable. If we continue to follow him, we will die sooner or later. Moreover, that person only cares about himself. How can he think about our life and death?"
"Nanchang cannot be defended anymore, and my family members are still in Nanchang. My own death in defending the city is nothing, but what about my wife, children, and mother?"
"I am the only breadwinner in my family. If I die, my whole family will probably hang themselves!"
"If you ask me, just go against him."
"The Huguang side is now very powerful. I have heard that not only is the Chu army fighting smoothly in northern Jiangxi, but also in Chunan, Nanyang and even Shaanxi. The Chu army is also fighting smoothly."
"As you know, Zuo Liangyu in the north has tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, but he can only defend Ye County and dare not move south even half a step."
"This court, I think, is about to play. For the sake of another family, I don't want to sink with it."
"Besides, the imperial court didn't give me money or food to support my family, let alone my brothers!"
"When we were transferred to De'an before, we agreed that we would be given money and food when we arrived in De'an. But after we went to De'an, we had no money. Even the food we had was all collected by the brothers themselves."
"It's the same when we come to Nanchang. In the past few days, we have only received a small amount of rations. The more than 300 people under my command are hungry every day."
"But I heard that there were several large granaries in the city. There were mountains of food in them, but none of this food belonged to us. It had all been given to those grain stores!"
"Those damn food stores still raise prices more than ten times a day!"
"It's not fun to live this day. If you rebel, let's open the city gate and go to the Chu army!"
At this time, Wang Youzhi looked left and right, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "This can be done, but I want to see the people over there in person."
"I've also heard that many of the people who voted for me seemed to have been given military ranks, but in fact they weren't even assigned a false position. That's not good. I, Wang Laohu, have been leading troops to fight all my life. I know nothing except fighting. , so Qian Jie, go and tell them that after you vote, I will lead the troops, even if it is just a deputy position."
Qian Jie smiled at this time!
Everyone's reaction was within his expectation.
He didn't just talk to four people and then instigate them to commit suicide anyway.
These four people were all selected after careful selection and repeated testing. Basically, the Military Intelligence Department had already determined it before. These four people were already willing to surrender, but they just had not made up their minds.
Qian Jie's mission is to make them make their final decision.
Now, this matter can be considered accomplished.
That night, Qian Jie secretly met with the person in charge of the Nanchang Station of the Military Intelligence Department. After reporting the relevant situation, the people from the Military Intelligence Department did not delay.
In the middle of the afternoon that day, the person in charge personally met with Wang Youyi and three others.
At the same time, it also gave Wang Guerrilla a promise on behalf of the Military Intelligence Department. As long as this matter was successful, well, specifically Wang Guerrilla could lead the army anyway and open the city gate to welcome the army to enter the city smoothly, then the Military Intelligence Department would guarantee him a real job in the garrison.
Not the kind of fake job that fools people, but a serious real job in the field army!
Of course, if you want to have a real job, this military rank is unlikely to be a major. At most, it will be a captain. At that time, you can be a sentry officer or deputy battalion commander.
And this is just a guarantee!
If the merit is great enough and the superiors really think he can be used, then it is possible to give him the actual position of a major.
Just like what Qian Jie said, the Chu army has captured tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers in northern Jiangxi. After capturing Nanchang and other places, it is estimated that there will be another 10,000, 20,000 or even more surrendered soldiers.
So many surrendered troops were enough for the Chu army to reorganize at least two garrison divisions in the Jiangxi area.
There are so many vacant positions in the two garrison divisions. In fact, some of them are prepared for the Ming army's generals who will surrender anyway in the eastward campaign.
In fact, many of the officers in the garrison division of the Chu army were demoted generals. Chen Yongfu and He Renlong are typical examples.
In addition to these senior generals, there are even more middle and low-level officers.
If there are too many guerrillas from other kings, it will not be too much; if there are too few guerrillas from other kings, it will not be too much.
After receiving a positive reply from the Military Intelligence Department, Wang Youyi and several others did not hesitate, and began to secretly contact other people, especially their own confidants, from the very beginning.
They used various excuses to mobilize their troops and mobilized all their trusted troops to the west gate.
Before dawn on the 25th, the west city gate was quietly opened in the darkness, and large groups of Chu soldiers began to enter Nanchang City. Then, led by hundreds of confidants such as Wang Youyi, they headed towards the other three sides. A rapid and violent raid was launched on the city walls and strategic locations in the city, including government offices and warehouses!
Jiangxi Governor Xie Xuelong, deputy inspector Huang Xingwen, deputy commander-in-chief Li Congde and other senior civil and military officials who were still sleeping were all awakened by the sound of gunfire!
Listening to the sound of gunfire just outside the governor's office, people were shouting that the Chu thieves were coming in one after another, and Jie Xuelong's face was ashen!
Although he still didn't know how the Chu thieves came in, he knew that when Nanchang was over, he was also over.
Holding back his panic, Jie Xuelong did not go to the front yard to direct the resistance. He couldn't do that kind of thing...
He didn't run away either.
Now the whole of Nanchang is surrounded by Chu thieves, and now there are Chu thieves outside the governor's office. He can't escape.
Can't kill, can't escape.
What else could he do?
Jie Xuelong turned around and returned to the room, walking back and forth, and already had a belt in his hand!
As the sound of fighting outside got closer and closer, Xie Xuelong took a deep breath and looked at the belt in his hand again, just as he was about to throw the belt on the rafter.
The door outside was suddenly knocked open. Along with the door, there was a Ming soldier lying on the ground, struggling to get up.
Outside the door were several Chu soldiers wearing gray armor.
When one of the Chu soldiers saw Jie Xuelong, his eyes suddenly lit up: "This is a high official... We are about to send him..."
Then he pounced forward. Even though Jie Xuelong struggled, he was no match for a few strong Chu soldiers.
Soon, Xie Xuelong was tied into a rice dumpling by the belt he planned to use to hang the beam.
In order to prevent Xie Xuelong from committing suicide, the soldiers of the Chu army turned the high-ranking prisoner into the corpse of the high-ranking official. They also directly found a rag and stuffed it into Xie Xuelong's mouth to prevent him from imitating the person in the storybook and committing suicide by biting his tongue... …
In this way, the first important senior Ming court official captured by the Chu Empire appeared!
Jiangxi Governor Xie Xuelong!
Although this person is only the fourth-grade censor of Qiandu, he is the biggest boss in Jiangxi. The other second-grade chief envoys, the third-grade chief inspector and others are far inferior. Jiexuelong is reused.
Not only did the captives know Xuelong, but they also captured another heavyweight civil servant in Nanchang City: Huang Xingwen, the deputy envoy to the inspection.
No, it is wrong to say that they were prisoners, because after Huang Xingwen saw the Chu bandit soldiers coming to the door, he first wanted to escape over the wall, but found that the entire mansion was surrounded and there was no way to escape.
The man turned around and strode out, and then told a group of Chu soldiers who were coming to kill him that he had admired the Emperor of Chu for a long time and had been looking forward to the arrival of the Emperor of Chu day and night.
Now that Master Wang has finally arrived, he, Huang Xingwen, can finally abandon the decadent and decadent Zhu Ming court and turn his allegiance to the current true sage, Emperor Chu.
He also said that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Now the nine states of China are in turmoil, with internal and external troubles. He, Huang Xingwen, is not talented, but he is willing to contribute a small amount to His Majesty, so that the king can quickly raise his troops to conquer the Ming Dynasty and reshape the Jiuding of China. .
Those impassioned words stunned the group of Chu soldiers opposite!
