I want to be emperor

Chapter 334 The Captive Governor
As soon as Qian Shoubei said his words, the scene suddenly fell into silence. The other people did not speak in a tacit understanding, as if they were thinking about something.

And Qian Shoubei looked at the crowd and said hello in his heart when they were silent.

"It seems that the people I've found are all right. If it works well this time, after I persuade these people to surrender, the Military Intelligence Department will be able to explain the past, and it will be safe to be a major by then. .”

Qian Jie, a native of Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, was born in a family of generals. When he was 16 years old, his father died in a war against bandits. Later, he inherited his father's position as a thousand households. After joining the army for several years, he discovered by accident that his father's war Death is strange.

Back then, his father was sent by his superiors to defend the castle, but after encountering bandits, the superiors resolutely refused to rescue him because he was afraid of bandits, and even transferred nearby friendly troops back to the city.

Then he watched Qian's father fall into the siege of bandits and die in battle.

After learning about this, Qian Jie was dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't think about doing anything too outrageous, at most he would complain and sneer at him in his daily life.

But even when the spies of the Chu thief were attracted to him, Qian Jie did not agree, and instead drove away the Chu thief's spies very bluntly.

When he was stationed with the army in De'an, Qian Jie once again witnessed the scene of dying.

When the army of Chu thieves besieged Jiujiang, many people proposed to send troops to aid Jiujiang. Even if they could not directly kill Jiujiang for rescue, they still had to mobilize, put a certain amount of pressure on the Chu thieves, and restrain some of the thieves' troops. The army besieged Jiujiang without any scruples.

Even if he didn't care about the life and death of the defenders of Jiujiang City, he would still die with cold lips and teeth. If the defenders of Jiujiang City were finished, then De'an would not be much better.

However, Li Congde, the deputy commander in chief, remained indifferent and resolutely refused to send troops.

Afterwards, the friendly troops from Xingzi City broke through and fled to the south, only ten miles away from De'an, where they were stopped by Chu thief 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 had no more than a thousand cavalry. Although the cavalry were fierce, but at such a close distance, the army in the city went out steadily. After all, they were able to slowly respond to the more than 5000 Xingzi City troops.

If the more than 5000 defenders of Xingzi City can be brought back, plus the thousands of defenders in De'an City, if there are tens of thousands of defenders garrisoned, the hope of De'an City's defense will be even greater.

But Li Congde refused again, and didn't even try, just pretending that the besieged friendly army ten miles away didn't exist.

From then on, many people knew that De'an City was about to end...

Because after the defenders of Xingzi City are finished, it will definitely be De'an City's next turn, and with the four or five thousand defenders of De'an City, don't expect to be able to defend it.

Qian Jie is also one of those who think so.

He was originally resentful because of his father's unjust death, so after seeing Li Congde refuse to save his friendly soldiers twice in a row, he can be regarded as a thorough understanding of the morality of officers and soldiers.

And at that time, the spies of the Great Chu Empire's Military Intelligence Department found him again.

This time, Qian Jie did not drive away the Chu army's spies, but met him after careful consideration. Finally, under the persuasion of the spies, Qian Jie directly joined the Chu army and became the Chu army's ambush in the De'an garrison. a flag.

Originally, the Military Intelligence Department had asked Qian Jie to act as an internal response when the army was attacking the city.

But before Qian Jie contacted the crowd to lead the troops anyway, 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 stick to it from the very beginning. He only led the army to "break through" after a symbolic resistance.

However, it was Li Congde who broke through the siege very early, but still half of the Ming army was either killed, injured or captured. Li Congde fled to Nanchang with only 2000 people in a hurry.

And Qian Jie continued to mix in the fleeing team all the way to Nanchang.

After arriving in Nanchang, he immediately used a code to get in touch with the spies of the Great Chu Empire's Military Intelligence Department in Nanchang.

Finally, after deliberation, the Military Intelligence Department and Qian Jie decided to continue to implement the plan to instigate an uprising against other Ming generals.

It's just that it was in De'an before, but now it's Nanchang.

After careful selection by Qian Jie and the people from the Military Intelligence Department, they finally selected four generals who were most likely to be instigated to rebel and conducted multiple trials.

The results of the trials were relatively good, at least it was clear that they were very dissatisfied with the adults above, and at the same time they were not disgusted with the Great Chu Empire and were even interested in surrendering.

Only in this way did everyone sit together, and Qian Jie carried out the final showdown as planned.

After hearing Qian Jie's final showdown, the other four were silent for a long time, and finally Wang Guerzilla was the first to speak: "If, I said if, if we vote in, what treatment can they give us?"

At this time, several other people also looked at Qian Jie together. After contacting these few days, these four people have guessed that Qian Jie's identity may not be simple, and they may have defected to the Chu thief early.

After all, in the past few days, Qian Jie has actually tested these people separately in private.

It's just that everyone pretends not to know.

Although they hadn't made up their minds at the time, they had to leave a way out for themselves.

Nancheng is definitely going to be finished, and this will not change in any way!
There are only a few thousand troops stationed in the city, and they are all old, young and weak. Even if they fight desperately, they will not be able to stop the Chu thief.

Once the city is broken, they have to think about themselves and the soldiers under their command.

Now that Qian Jie has gathered people together for a public showdown, the four of them don't plan to hide it anymore, and just ask for treatment.

Qian Jie said at this time: "Wuchang gives preferential treatment to surrendered generals, even more preferential treatment to generals who come to vote anyway, and even more preferential treatment to generals who have made meritorious service anyway and even sacrificed the city!"

"I'm dissatisfied with all of you, little brother, I've already connected with the people over there. What they say is that if we can help the army to attack the city anyway, it will be a great achievement, and we can award it depending on the credit. rank."

"If we can open the gates of the city to welcome the army into the city, and let the army take Nanchang without much effort, the city's merits will not be less than that, then a guerrilla general like you, Brother Wang, can't say much. Can be made a major!"

"Brothers can also be named captains!"

"The military rank brothers over there should all know that this major can lead five or six hundred soldiers over there. This is a soldier, not those miscellaneous young and strong soldiers. Even a captain can lead There are more than 100 soldiers, and they can also be deputy battalion officers."

"After this is over, if there are no accidents, we should serve in their garrison. The garrison is expanding quickly. I heard that there are tens of thousands of 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 credit and strength of the brothers, you can be promoted in a short time. In half a year, half a year at the most, Brother Wang, you may become a lieutenant colonel. There are at least two thousand people, and these are warriors, and there are not so many warriors under the command of ordinary generals!"

"And there are not many opportunities to have a major directly in the past."

"And you all know that the strength over there is getting stronger and stronger now. Not only does it occupy the entire Huguang, but it has hundreds of thousands of troops. It's just like playing with Jiujiang. It takes three to five days to win it. I heard that in Jiujiang City Thirty to forty thousand troops are completely wiped out!"
"The strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the treatment of those who voted is not as good as before. I heard that when Jiujiang City was broken, the few commanders and deputy commanders who voted were only awarded lieutenant colonels. Or the rank of major, and it was only given a nominal rank, but in fact they were all under house arrest."

"They all surrendered after the defeat of the army. They said they surrendered, but in fact they were forced to surrender. Instead of beheading them, they were returned to a vain job to support them. This is already a great kindness! "

"But we are different!"

"We can directly connect with them, and we are going to directly donate the city to vote in the past. This past is equivalent to making a great contribution. How can they treat us badly?"

At this time, a Song Qianhu next to him also said: "The bad treatment should not be too much. It is also famous for treating surrendered generals well. I have a few old friends who voted in Wuchang before, and now there is one there. Bian has already joined the major, and he has a battalion under him, and there are a few who don't want to continue fighting, they are also assigned to work in the back, I dare not say how rich they are, but they still have nothing to worry about!"

Another person said: "That bastard Li Congde is unreliable at all, we will die sooner or later if we continue to follow him, and that person only cares about himself, he never thought about our life or death."

"Nanchang can't be defended anymore, and my family members are still in Nanchang. It's nothing for me to defend the city and die, 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 want me to say, just turn against him."

"The momentum in Huguang is like a rainbow. I have heard that not only our northern Jiangxi is fighting smoothly, but also in southern Chu, Nanyang and even Shaanxi. The Chu army is fighting smoothly."

"Zuo Liangyu in the north, you know, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, but he can only stick to Ye County and dare not go south for half a step."

"This court, I think it's time to play, for another family, I don't want to sink with it."

"Besides, the imperial court didn't give me money and food to support my family, let alone money and food to support my brothers!"

"When we were transferred to De'an before, it was agreed that we would be given money and food when we arrived in De'an, but after we went to De'an, there was a fart of money, and even the food was collected by the brothers themselves."

"It's the same when I came to Nanchang. In the past few days, I only received a small amount of rations. The three hundred or so people under my command are hungry every day."

"But I've heard that there were several large granaries in the city before, and the grain piled up like mountains, but these grains are not for us, and they have been distributed to those grain stores!"

"Those goddamn food stores are raising prices more than ten times a day!"

"It's not interesting to live these days. It's the other way around. Let's open the city gate and go to the Chu army!"

At this time, Wang Guerzilla looked left and then again, finally gritted his teeth and said, "This can be done, but I want to meet the person over there in person."

"I've also heard that many people who voted in seem to have been given military ranks, but in fact they didn't even have a vacancies assigned. , so Qian Jie, go and tell them that after the vote is passed, I will lead the army, even if it is just a deputy."

Qian Jie smiled at this moment!
Everyone's reaction was within his expectation.

He didn't casually find four people to say a few words, and then instigate them to do something anyway and sacrifice the city anyway.

These four people were all carefully selected and repeatedly tested. Basically, the military intelligence department had already confirmed them before. These four people had already made up their minds to surrender, but they just hadn't made up their minds.

Qian Jie's task is to make them make a final decision.

Now, it's done.

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 night that day, the person in charge personally met with Wang Guerzilla and the other three people.

At the same time, on behalf of the Military Intelligence Department, he gave Wang Guerrilla a promise. As long as this matter is successful, well, specifically Wang Guerrilla can lead the army anyway, and open the city gate to welcome the army into the city, then the Military Intelligence Department will guarantee him a real position in the garrison.

It's not the kind of false job that fools people, but a real job in the serious field army!

Of course, if you want a real job, this rank is unlikely to be a major, at most it is a captain, and you can be a sentry officer or deputy battalion commander by then.

And that's just a guarantee!

If the credit is great enough, and at the same time the superiors really feel that he can be used, then it is possible to give him a real position as a major.

Just as Qian Jie said, the Chu army has captured tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers in northern Jiangxi, and after capturing Nanchang and other places, it is estimated that there will be an additional [-] to [-] or more surrendered soldiers.

With so many surrendered troops, it was 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, some of which are actually prepared for the surrendered generals of the Ming army in the Eastward Campaign.

In fact, many of the garrison officers in the Chu Army were descended generals. Chen Yongfu and He Renlong were typical examples.

In addition to these few high-ranking generals, there are even more mid- and low-ranking officers.

There are not many guerrillas with many other kings, and there are not many guerrillas with few other kings.

After receiving an affirmative reply from the Military Intelligence Department, Wang Guerzilla and several others did not hesitate, and began to secretly contact other people, especially his confidantes, from the very beginning of the day.

Use various excuses to mobilize troops, and concentrate their confidant troops to the west gate.

Before dawn on the 25th, the west city gate was opened quietly in the dark, and soldiers of the Chu army from the brigade began to enter Nanchang city, and then, led by hundreds of confidants such as Wang Gueran, headed towards the other three walls and Various strategic locations in the city, including various government offices and warehouses launched a swift and violent raid!

Xie Xuelong, governor of Jiangxi Province, Huang Xingwen, deputy envoy of the police, Li Congde, deputy chief soldier, and a group of other senior civil and military officials who were still asleep were awakened by the continuous sound of gunfire!

Hearing the sound of guns and cannons just outside the governor's yamen, one after another people shouted such things as the Chu thief came in, Xie Xuelong's face was like ashes!
Although he still doesn't know how the Chu thief came in, he knows that Nanchang is over, and he is also over.

Suppressing the panic, Xie Xuelong didn't go to the front yard to direct the resistance, and 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 can he do?
Xie Xuelong turned around and went back to the room, walking back and forth, and already had a belt in his hand!
As the sound of fighting outside got closer, Xie Xuelong took a deep breath, then looked at the belt in his hand, and was about to throw the belt in his hand onto the beam.

The door outside was knocked open suddenly, and along with the door that was knocked open, there was a Ming soldier lying on the ground struggling to get up.

Outside the door, there were several Chu soldiers in gray armor.

One of the soldiers of the Chu army saw Xie Xuelong, his eyes lit up immediately: "This is a high official...we are going to send..."

Immediately afterwards, he pounced on it. Even if Xie Xuelong struggled, he was no match for a few strong soldiers of the Chu army.

Soon, Xie Xuelong was tied into a rice dumpling by the belt he was going to use to hang the beam.

In order to prevent Xie Xuelong from committing suicide, the captured high official captive turned into the corpse of a high official, and directly found a rag and stuffed it into Xie Xuelong's mouth, so that he would not imitate the person in the story book and commit suicide by biting his tongue ...

In this way, the first important senior civil servant of the Ming court captured by the Great Chu Empire appeared!
Jiangxi Governor Xie Xuelong!
Although this official is only the fourth-rank censor of the capital, but this person is the biggest boss on the ground in Jiangxi. Xie Xuelong reused.

Not only did he capture Xuelong, but he also captured another heavyweight civil servant in Nanchang City: Huang Xingwen, the deputy envoy of the inspection.

No, it's not right to say that they were captives, because Huang Xingwen first wanted to escape over the wall after seeing the soldiers of the Chu thieves attacking the door, 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 soldiers from the Chu army that he had admired the Great Chu Emperor for a long time, and he was looking forward to the arrival of the Great Chu King.

Now that Master Wang has finally arrived, he, Huang Xingwen, can finally abandon the corrupt Zhu Ming court and turn his allegiance to the true sage, Emperor Chu.

He also said that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Now that China and Kyushu are in turmoil, internal troubles and external difficulties, he Huang Xingwen is not talented, but he is willing to contribute a little to His Majesty, so that Wang Shi will send troops to conquer Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, and reshape China's nine tripods .

Those impassioned words stunned the group of Chu soldiers on the opposite side!

(End of this chapter)