The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 144 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

When Sun Jie received the imperial court's reward, the soldiers and horses left behind in Yansui Town also received the imperial court's order.

In view of He Renlong's death, the imperial court did not appoint the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town again, but placed Sun Jie here.

Although there is only one title of defense assistance, it is essentially the same as the general army of a town, and has a certain military command over Yansui Town.

The reason why Chongzhen did this was mainly because the court had no money.

If Sun Jie is asked to defend Yansui Town, then Yansui Town will be under Sun Jie's management. If Sun Jie wants military pay, he will only give part of the soldiers and horses in Shaanxi.

Because Sun Jie didn't have the official position of chief soldier of Yansui Town, naturally he didn't need to pay Yansui Town's army.

This was a trick played by Chongzhen, but it was just in Sun Jie's arms.

In Sun Jie's eyes, the city in front of him seemed taller and taller.

After a while, it finally stopped in front of the city gate.

Looking at it from a distance, you will feel that Yansui Town is majestic and magnificent, but when you take a closer look, you will know that it is rich in gold and jade.

Empty has a majestic surface, but no majestic interior.

The city wall is rugged, and many city bricks have fallen off, exposing the rammed earth layer inside.

Under the erosion of wind and snow, many places have collapsed.

The gate of the city was tightly closed, and a few soldiers in mandarin ducks and jackets could be vaguely seen patrolling on the top of the city.

Lazy and casual!

It's not so much a mandarin duck war jacket, it's better to be a tattered clothes.

Loose and loose, wrapped around them like sackcloth.

His body is hunched, he can't straighten his waist, and he looks like a defeated vicissitudes.

The soldiers on the top of the city quickly found Sun Jie and the others, and they were a little flustered for a while.

Chen Hu stood directly below the city head with a loudspeaker, and shouted towards the top: "Listen, brothers above, we are from the General Army of Shaanxi, and we have come to take over the city defense of Yansui Town. We have brought grain and cotton clothes. , open the city gate to eat delicious food and drink hot food, and not open the city gate to lay dead bodies on the city head"

The soldiers above looked at Chen Hu numbly, and felt relieved after hearing the voice clearly.

But when they heard about food and cotton clothes, they couldn't help it.

At that moment, several soldiers were about to go down to open the city gate, but they were stopped by others.

One of the soldiers stopped the soldiers who were about to go down to open the city gate, and said with a vigilant face: "They don't have any identification certificates, and they just say that they are soldiers of the Shaanxi General Army, how can they be convincing?

What's more, the general said before that without his order, it is forbidden to open the gate of the city. If he finds out, our fate will not be very good! "

"But the imperial court has already ordered us to temporarily obey the arrangement of the Shaanxi Commander-in-Chief. We can't throw them out the door, right?" said the soldier.

"Then it's none of our business, let's report to Lord General first!"

With that said, the soldiers on the top of the city walked down the wall and headed into the city.

It didn't take long before he told the matter to the general He Ben who was staying in Yansui Town.

He Ben is a general in the middle road of Yansui Town, in charge of Yulin Wei and a dozen nearby camps.

Because of the special location, after He Renlong led the elite troops to the capital, he was the actual controller of Yansui Town.

Not long ago, the news of He Renlong's defeat came.

When the old boss was still alive, he didn't dare to make mistakes.

He Renlong is known as He Crazy, not only cruel to the thieves, but also cruel to his subordinates. Usually He Renlong has trained him a lot, and even beat him several times.

When He Renlong was still alive, he didn't dare to have any unreasonable thoughts.

But when he knew that He Renlong had died in battle, he had many other thoughts in his mind.

His ambition also began to swell at this moment, and he thought that he might not be the next chief soldier of Yansui Town.

After waiting for a long time, he did not get an appointment from the imperial court, but a letter of decree, asking him to be responsible for Sun Jie's defense of Yansui Town.

Seeing the cooked duck fly away, he naturally felt uncomfortable.

So he encouraged the remaining soldiers in the city to refuse to obey.

It has not been a long time since the imperial court issued a decree to today.

Originally, I thought that I would meet Sun Jie in the next year, but I never expected it to be so soon.

The General's Mansion in Yansui Town is very small and looks very shabby, it's just a slightly bigger house.

There is not even a decent hall, only a slightly larger main room.

This does not mean that he has no money, on the contrary, the soldiers under him are all his tenants.

A lot of the land outside the city belongs to him.

It's just that he doesn't look like a rich man. If you look into it, he's no worse than an ordinary businessman.

It was cold in winter, and there were several braziers in the house. He Ben looked at the soldiers standing in front of him, and said, "I forgot what I told you before? Close the city gates, and don't let them in!"
Yansui Town is one of the Nine Sides, without such an arrangement, how could it be possible to obey the transfer of soldiers and horses in Shaanxi?The imperial court is really talking nonsense! "

"However, it is said that this general in Shaanxi Middle Road has made great achievements in battle and is not a man to be trifled with!" A soldier said worriedly.

He Ben didn't pay any attention to it. Sitting next to the brazier, he looked contemptuous: "So what if he's not easy to provoke? Could it be that he still dares to attack the city? Even if he wants me to work under him, he must give him a warning, no Disgrace my name.

Otherwise, you can't shit and pee on my head in the future?How can this work!Alright, you guys go down, don't think too much, come back and tell me in time if there is any situation at the city gate! "

It is quite normal for He Ben to have such thoughts.

Things have come to this, these soldiers can only withdraw.

Not long after they left, He Ben also sent his servants to the city wall.

He was worried about the soldiers guarding the city, so he asked his most loyal servants to watch over them.

When they came to the city wall, they looked at Sun Jie below the city wall, shook their heads, sighed, and pretended not to see him.

Chen Hu held up the horn, and the voice became a little louder.

Unfortunately, there was no response.

Seeing that the sun in the west was getting lower and lower, Sun Jie felt a lot more impatient.

"Huzi, tell the people on the city wall and give them another fifteen minutes. If they still don't open the city gate, let's attack directly!" Sun Jie's face was frosty.

Chen Hu cleared his throat, and his voice became louder again, "People on the city wall listen up, those who don't open the city gate will die!"

A soldier on the top of the city stretched out half of his body and shouted: "Brothers below the city, it's not that we don't want to open the city gate, but it's because the generals don't let us open, and the military order is difficult!"

Sun Jie frowned, showing displeasure.

In order to completely incorporate Yansui Town, all these military leaders, big and small, standing in the area must be dealt with.

Since the general in Yansui Town is so ignorant, let him experience what thunder means is.

This is used to scare chickens and monkeys, lest those military leaders in other places do not obey orders.

Sun Jie looked at Chen Hu and said, "You come back first, after a quarter of an hour, if you don't open the city gate, blow it up!"

Chen Hu nodded and stood beside Sun Jie.

In the land of Saibei, there is a constant strong wind, which blows on people's faces like a knife cut.

Sun Jie led [-] soldiers from the Guards Battalion. These soldiers stood outside the city gate, like a black square, motionless.

The defenders on the top of the city looked at these soldiers outside the city and panicked.

I have never seen such soldiers before, and they were shocked by their solidity.

He Ben's servant patrolled the city wall with a knife in his hand, and from time to time he cursed loudly: "You people, don't have other ideas, otherwise you will be killed by the knife!
If you do well, the general will reward you with some dry rice, and it will be the Lantern Festival soon, so don't make extra troubles! "

That cold and ruthless voice shocked many soldiers on the top of the city.

Time passed by like this, and when the last ray of sunlight disappeared in the western sky, it suddenly became dark.

In this winter, the night is like a thousand troops, instantly covering the sky.

The strong wind blew up Sun Jie's clothes and passed by.

The time reserved by Sun Jie also passed.

"Blast open the city gate!"

Sun Jie looked at Chen Hu.

This time, they did not bring many cannons. After all, they were not attacking Jiannu.

Chen Hu arranged for Sun Jie's order. In the team, several artillerymen walked out of the army pushing the gas tank cannon.

Sun Jie gave the order for the infantry to retreat, and the artillery placed the gas tank cannons about a mile in front of the city gate.

"fire!"

Sun Jie gave the order.

Chen Hu held the walkie-talkie and conveyed Sun Jie's order.

After a few breaths, there was a bang.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound like thunder.

"bump!"

The gas tank shells landed accurately in front of the city gate, and the huge explosion instantly blew up the city gate into sawdust.

Under the concussion of the shock wave, the dilapidated city gate fell down, stirring up a cloud of dust.

"Go on!"

Sun Jie snorted coldly and led the troops forward.

The soldiers on the city wall seemed to be stupid. They never thought that Sun Jie would dare to attack by force.

When the shell exploded, the city wall shook, and the already dilapidated city wall amplified the vibration a bit.

When they came to their senses, the troops led by Sun Jie had already entered the city gate.

It was He Ben's servants who panicked at first, and they ran down the city wall in a hurry.

They ran back to the general's mansion immediately.

When the explosion occurred, He Ben in the general's mansion heard the sound.

He went out to check in a panic, and just a few steps away, he saw the servant hurriedly coming from the direction of the city wall.

Feeling flustered, he quickly asked, "What happened? What happened to the movement just now?"

A servant hurriedly said: "They attacked the city?!"

"Ah? What? How dare they be so bold?!"

He Ben opened his mouth wide and panicked.

Before he could react, the sound of footsteps like a forest came from a distance.

Immediately afterwards, there were beams of light, chasing people in the night sky, like chains with a bull's head and a horse's face.

"Quick, run!"

He Ben turned around and ran away.

It would be foolish not to understand what was going on by now.

But how could he run away?

It didn't take long for He Ben to be captured by the soldiers sent by Sun Jie.

On the way, he still wanted to lead his soldiers to resist. After killing a few, he obediently dropped the weapon in his hand.

In front of He Ben's house, Sun Jie looked at He Ben who was pressed in front of him, and asked coldly, "Why did you keep me out?"

He Ben tremblingly said for mercy, how could he have the heart to answer Sun Jie's question?

Seeing He Ben in this state, Sun Jie suddenly felt sad.

This is the Great Ming Frontier Army General?
Not to mention no brains, but also strong on the outside, weak and incompetent.

Without a word, someone took him down.

At the same time, spread the soldiers under his command to prevent and control the city to prevent chaos.

In the early morning of the next day, Sun Jie sent soldiers to command the entire Yansui town to stay behind. More than a hundred households came to the town to discuss military affairs.

Yansui Town is long from east to west, so Sun Jie gave them two days.

There are 26 camps in Yansui Town. Apart from the troops who followed He Renlong and Hong Chengchou to the capital, there are still about 5 people left. Of course, this is just a number on paper.

The real number is only about [-] people, and they are basically beggar soldiers.

Hundreds of households plus thousands of households plus garrison and guerrilla officers, there are only five or sixty people. Of these five or sixty people, more than half of them did not come, and only 60 or 60 came.

Those who did not come, except for a very small part because of the road or other force majeure factors, the rest of them were similar to He Ben.

For those who didn't come, Sun Jie didn't force them, and he didn't ask anyone to urge them.

In a few days, they will run over like shit.

……

On the central street of the town, Sun Jie had someone build a tall wooden platform.

There are several wooden stakes on the wooden platform, and He Ben and his confidants are all tied to it.

Standing in front of them, Sun Jie looked at the hundreds of households, guards, and guerrillas under the platform, held a trumpet, and said: "Everyone, the imperial court ordered me to help defend the three sides. This is a military order.

Logically speaking, you should obey, but this He Ben not only disobeyed, but even defended the city in an attempt to rebel. This example cannot be opened, and this trend cannot last!

Otherwise, how can the military order be enforced? ! "

Sun Jie's voice was very cold, as cold as the twelfth lunar month.

How could the following people not understand Sun Jie's thoughts?
You've already reached this point, you'd be an idiot if you didn't understand.

He Ben has been in Yansui Town for many years, so he naturally has children or in-laws.

At that moment, several people stood up and spoke for Why Ben.

Sun Jie's eyes swept over these people one by one, and gave Chen Hu, who was maintaining order below, a wink.

Chen Hu understood and led his troops to surround these people.

All the weapons in his hands came out, icy cold and murderous.

The entourage brought by these people was not to be outdone, and raised their weapons to resist.

In fact, all dynasties of the Ming Dynasty had the idea of ​​​​handling the frontier army, but most of them were left behind.

Liu Jin, the "emperor" during the Zhengde period, had the idea of ​​cleaning up the frontier army, but died a miserable death.

In the final analysis, it is because the local military leaders are intertwined and interdependent. Unless they are all cleaned up at once, there is no way to deal with them.

It's a pity that, in order to seek stability, the Ming court was afraid of internal chaos and forced them to turn against them, so they could only bear with it and watch these local military leaders grow bigger.

To Sun Jie, these things were not a problem at all.

If you are obedient, I will give you a way to survive, and if it is available, I will re-program it.

If you are not obedient, then they will use a knife to force you to be obedient.

"Sun, the court ordered you to help defend the three sides, and you are not the governor of the three sides. You dare to use soldiers to force us, are you not afraid of the court's blame?
Are you not afraid of forcing the frontier army in Yansui Town?If so, why do you apologize? ! "

A general with a big belly and a big belly stood up, pointed at Sun Jie and cursed.

He is the general of Yansui Town East Road, Zhang Tu, who is related to He Ben by marriage.

"Forcing you? Are you worthy?!" Sun Jie's voice became cold.

(End of this chapter)