The heavy rain has finally stopped, but the clouds have not receded. Ejia City. Dao Tan walked into the county magistrate's office with a wild smile. He looked at the county government officials who were kneeling on the ground with a smile on his face. When he saw a middle-aged man who was unyielding and still standing, his eyes suddenly turned cold: " In Chu Zhi County, everyone else is kneeling, but you are the only one standing. Isn't it inappropriate?" Chu Zhong stared at Dao Tan angrily, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Has Zheledian Si made up his mind to betray the imperial court? Dao Tan , have you ever thought that the consequence of doing this will be that there will be no Ledensi in the world!" Daotan laughed loudly: "Betrayal of the imperial court? No, no, you are wrong, we, Ledensi, have never surrendered to you. Ming Ting! During the Hongwu period, countless people joined the Ming Dynasty, but we did not join the Ming Dynasty! After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he insisted on bringing us under the rule of the Ming Ting. We just nodded, but we did not say we agreed to kneel before you and serve as ministers! " Chu Zhong shook his head: "Emperor Jianwen's decree came to Zhelediansi, and you knelt down to accept it. You call yourself ministers. Over the years, you have obeyed and paid taxes. You have never been short of taxes. Emperor Ming treated you well, and he even You have provided a large amount of food, clothing and medicinal herbs in times of disaster. Now that you are not recognized as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, what were you doing when you were kneeling?" The flesh on Dao Tan's cheeks kept shaking, and he drew out the knife from his waist angrily, and took a step Stepping towards Chu Zhong: "I heard that you Han people have a saying, which is that the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit! Now that I have won, I am the winner, you should respect me as the king and the lord! Now, kneel down for me Come on!" Chu Zhong took a sip and looked at Dao Tan with disdain: "Then have you ever heard that loyal ministers do not care about the two masters? Have you ever heard that Chinese men will not bend their waists? Dao Tan, I, Chu Zhong, kneel to the Ming Dynasty. , not your little Dai chieftain!"
"Where is his family?"
"Locked in the room."
"Chu Zhong, I will make you kneel down! Come on, pull his wife out!" Dao Tan was furious. The chieftain soldiers heard this and pulled a woman out.
Dao Tan stared at Chu Zhong and said sternly: "You kneel down and I don't kneel down?" Chu Zhong looked at his wife. There was panic and fear on her face, but she did not beg for mercy or plead.
I'm sorry, I have my beliefs, I have my loyalty.
"Qiuniang, wait for me on the Naihe Bridge." Chu Zhong said in a deep voice, looking at Dao Tan: "If you want to kill, then go ahead. I was born as a Ming Dynasty person, and I will die as a Ming Dynasty ghost! Let me kneel down You guys, these barbarian chieftains, are dreaming! How can I humble myself when I am so powerful!"
"Crack!" Dao Tan angrily slashed the woman's neck with the knife. The knife was tilted, not cutting off the head, but already cutting off half of the neck. Qiuniang died instantly.
"I don't believe you won't surrender! You still have two sons and a daughter! Pull them out!" Dao Tan stared with red eyes.
Chu Qu, Chu Ping, and Chu Ling'er were brought up. Chu Qu was twenty-three, Chu Ping was only eighteen, and Chu Ling'er was only twelve.
Chu Zhong was heartbroken and shouted at Dao Tan: "If you want to kill, kill me first! What kind of skill is bullying defenseless children?" Dao Tan raised the bloody knife: "Chu Zhong, if you surrender, they can live. ! If you really care about them, you should kneel down. It’s not worth it to throw away the lives of your whole family for your so-called loyalty." Chu Zhong clenched his fists.
Chu Qu laughed loudly and looked at Chu Zhong: "Why should father be angry? It's just death! Sima once said that people are born with death, which may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. It depends on how you use it. Although the child is nothing Great talents are also educated, and they die when they die. We, the Chu family, die for the country and defend the way of loyalty. We die well and die quickly!" Chu Ping looked fearless: "Brother is right. ! Think about how heroic Wen Tianxiang was when he sacrificed his life for righteousness. Today, if we die generously, will there be a note left in the history books of the Ming Dynasty: Chumen loyal martyr, Ming dynasty righteous man!" Dao Tan can't believe it, everyone is afraid of death. , but these people are not afraid of death?
I held a bloody knife in my hand, I led more than 2,000 chieftain soldiers, and I chopped off the heads of more than 300 people, but these people are not afraid of me?
No one is not afraid of death! They must be pretending, pretending! Dao Tan pointed the knife at Chu Ling'er: "I'll use your daughter to sacrifice the knife first!" Chu Zhong, Chu Qu, and Chu Ping looked at Chu Ling'er.
However, the twelve-year-old Chu Ling'er's face was already pale, her hands were shaking slightly, and she even took a step back under the sword, but she seemed to have thought of something, and took a step forward to stand back.
"Aren't you afraid of me?" Dao Tan asked coldly. Chu Ling'er was a little scared. She looked at her father, two brothers, and her dead mother, and whispered: "I'm afraid of you." Dao Tan burst out laughing and ordered: "Kneel down!" Chu Ling'er shook his head. He shook his head and raised his head to look at Dao Tan: "I'm afraid of you, but that doesn't mean I will kneel to you or surrender to you. My father said that my name is Chu Ling'er, and this spirit is the spirit of Lingjun. My name is "Qu Yuan's name, after the Chu State Yingdu was conquered by the Qin army, Qu Yuan would rather sink himself in the Miluo River and die for the Chu State than surrender. I am a descendant of the Chu State. Although I am a woman, I still have integrity."
"The Ming Dynasty is my country, and Emperor Jianwen is my emperor. All of us serve the Lord of the Ming Dynasty. You can kill us and cut off our bodies, but you cannot cut off our loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. Big Brother, Second My brother and father have taught me that the first thing a person should do is to love and protect the country. If you want to kill, go ahead. I am afraid of you, but not afraid of death!" Chu Zhong burst into tears. These are his children, and this is the Ming Dynasty. subjects!
Dao Tan was angered, picked up the knife and struck at Chu Ling'er. Chu Ping rushed over, protecting Chu Ling'er in front of him, slashed down with the thick knife, and a stream of blood spurted out!
"Ping'er!" Chu Zhong shouted. Just as he was about to move, he was kicked twice and pinned to the ground by the chieftain soldiers. Dao Tan slashed wildly, trying to kill Chu Ling'er, but Chu Ping pinned Chu Ling'er under him and did not let go until death!
Chu Qu wanted to step forward, but was also controlled.
"Dao Tan, don't you want people to kneel down on you?" Chu Zhong shouted. After hearing this, Dao Tan regained some consciousness. Looking at the bloody Chu Ping, he no longer cared about Chu Ling'er, but turned to Chu Zhong: "You surrendered?" Chu Zhong chuckled and pointed at the kneeling people. A subordinate: "These people who are kneeling to you are just outsiders. When the main force of the Ming Dynasty comes, they will betray you immediately. If you don't kill them, you will definitely die in their hands one day." A group of subordinates Suddenly he became panicked.
Dao Tan looked at the uneasy subordinate, and walked towards Chu Zhong with the knife: "The one kneeling is a lamb, and I am not afraid of a lamb! This little trick is of no use to me!" Chu Zhong said with a smile: "Yes, these little tricks are not the same. To those who asked you to rebel, it really is nothing. I am very curious, who gave you the courage to rebel? Isn't it good to live well, and you have to let the ethnic group be destroyed, will you be willing to do so?" Dao Tan gestured to the generals. Chu Zhong pulled him up, then put the knife on Chu Zhong's neck, with cold eyes: "Yunnan is the land of chieftains, and you Mingting should not come! Now we are just driving you away!" Chu Zhong lowered his eyes, Looking at the cold knife: "Then have you ever thought about the consequences of not being able to drive away Daming?"
"As long as you are fierce enough, you will definitely succeed! But you can't see it anymore! I will send you on your way!" Dao Tan stared at Chu Zhong, exerted force in his hand, and the blade cut into Chu Zhong's neck and throat bit by bit, watching The trembling Chu Zhong laughed and said: "This is the price you pay for being a loyal minister!" Chu Zhong was speechless, his throat had been cut open, he only stared at the knife, and struggled to squeeze out a sarcastic smile, with that look on his face It seems to be saying: You are just like this.
"Report, it's bad, the Ming army is attacking the city!" A chieftain soldier ran over and shouted in panic. Dao Tan was shocked. He turned around and asked, "How many people are here?" The chieftain soldier pointed to the north of the city: "It's dark and I can't count them. But they have already entered the city and we can't stop them. From the sound of it, there seem to be thousands of them."
"How many thousand?" Dao Tan took a deep breath and quickly ordered: "Retreat Lediansi, quickly!" The several thousand Ming army was no longer something that his two thousand people could resist, not to mention that they had already entered the city. , if you don’t run away, you will be completely destroyed.
Now that the army in the car and other places has not arrived yet, there is no need for him to confront the main force of the Ming Dynasty head-on. withdraw? Cheng Mao refused.
When they arrived outside Ejia City, Cheng Mao, the commander of the Chuxiong Guards, saw that the city gate had been opened and there were corpses outside the city. He knew that the chieftain had rebelled and captured Ejia County.
The county's own defense force is limited. Only a hundred or so people in the patrol belt serve as defense force. They are only responsible for maintaining stability and controlling the local area on weekdays. They do not have the combat power to resist the army.
Seeing that Ejia City was lost, and there were only about 400 people around him, and there were no firearms such as the Tiger Crouching Cannon, Huang Ting suggested that Cheng Mao retreat and wait for the arrival of the main force before finding a way to attack the city.
Cheng Mao rejected Huang Ting's suggestion. The Yunnan Dusi's military order was to occupy Ejia City and garrison it here.
Although Ejia is only a small county, its geographical location is somewhat important. It is the gateway to Chuxiong Prefecture. If you take the mountain road, you can even enter Yunnan Prefecture and directly threaten Kunming.
It's just that Ejia has few people, many mountains, and a narrow territory, so it is unable to station troops for a long time. Instead, the main force is placed in Xinhua Prefecture to the west of Ejia.
But Xinhua Prefecture could not spare any troops to go to Ejia. They needed defenders such as Ledian Division, Zhenyuan Prefecture, Zuonengzhai Division, Bazhai Division, etc.
Ejia can only be handed over to Chu Xiongwei! Seeing that the opponent had not even closed the city gate, and that the heavy rain had stopped and the sky was dark, Cheng Hao ordered a team of 400 sergeants to be divided into four teams, each with 100 people, to launch an attack from the east gate and the north, and asked all soldiers to attack from the east gate and the north. People shouted to create momentum and create the illusion of a large number of people.
This set really worked. The people of Zhelediansi never expected that the city had just been conquered and they were burying pots to make rice. Before the rice was cooked, guests came.
Cheng Mao and Huang Ting fought through two streets and finally met in the city. The chieftain soldiers began to flee, and Cheng Mao led his men to pursue them.
If there are no firearms, then there are weapons! The Ming Dynasty's sergeants will not weaken their combat effectiveness because of the lack of firearms!
"Talk!" Cheng Hao saw the leader running out of the county government office. This group of people actually held torches.
Dao Tan heard Cheng Mao's voice. The two of them interacted frequently, but they were under the light and couldn't see how many people were in the darkness. But it was clear that Chu Xiongwei's soldiers were coming, and he suddenly panicked. He shouted: "Evacuate!" Want to run?
! Cheng Mao was not going to let go of Dao Tan, so he raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers, if you kill Dao Tan, you will have military merit. Chu Xiongwei, stand up and kill me!"
