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Chapter 257 His Royal Highness King Lu is Here
Listening to Liang Yizhang slapping his chest to guarantee the ticket, those local soldiers who dared not fight to the death because they were afraid of massacring the city no longer questioned it in unison.

Song Quan took a look and realized that the hearts of the people had turned, and it was not easy to fan those Qianzong at the moment, so he could only run on words instead:
"You said that reinforcements will arrive within ten days. What if the reinforcements don't come after we have defended for a long time? Then the hatred of offending the intruders will be vented on the people!"

Liang Yizhang gritted his teeth: "If the reinforcements don't come, I will give you an explanation. You should defend the city first, or you will be punished as collaborating with the enemy! Now I can still pretend that I just didn't hear what I just said, pretending to be true For fear that the people will be massacred!"

Song Quan still wanted to make trouble, but secretly observed, knowing that people's hearts could not unite with him for the time being. If he forced a trouble, he was afraid that he would be killed by Liang Yizhang's marching law, and his subordinates might not help him resist the law.

There is no other way but to resist for a day.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the military system of guards, so soldiers and local guards and generals have lived in the same place for generations and are locals.

Of course, the locals are worried about the safety of the local folks. At first, Song Quan quietly mentioned that the folks might be massacred for revenge because of their resistance, so as to arouse the resonance of thousands of people in advance.

In contrast, civil officials are all obtained through examinations, and they are all officials in different places.

In times of crisis, the local military generals can easily cause trouble if they say that "foreign officials don't care about the life and death of the locals, and only use the lives of the locals to fill his political achievements".

But Liang Yizhang made a promise, and the situation was temporarily reversed and under control.Song Quan was not sure, so he had to fight against the enemy. At the same time, he also thought of another way out, as if he was not too worried about offending the bandits.

……

Liang Yizhang temporarily controlled people's hearts, and Yuan Zongdi's onslaught this day did not achieve any effect——

The most frightening thing about breaking into the army is not the fighting power to fight hard to attack the city, but the threat of using the defenders to "break the city after fighting, and be slaughtered by the whole city".

Once this intimidation is broken, Chuangjun's biggest advantage will be temporarily blocked.

Just relying on real swords and guns, and the defender has the advantage of the city wall, what is it to defend for ten days?
Yuan Zongdi made a fierce attack for one day, killed more than a thousand people in the battle, injured more, and returned home in defeat.

Before leaving, let a group of scolders say harsh words:

"Officer Liang Dog! How dare you resist Chuangwang Tianbing, my army of [-] besieges the city, and the little Shangqiu will break through sooner or later! Because of your stubborn resistance today, on the day the city is broken, Chuangwang League vows to slaughter [-]% of the city's population!
Our army will come to attack the city again in three days, and if we dare to resist then, we will slaughter half of the city when we break through!The longer the resistance, the more thorough the slaughter! "

After saying these words, Yuan Zongdi left behind the panic-stricken Shangqiu defenders and generals, and directly retreated to the besieged camp.
The people in the city were panicked. Obviously, although they won the battle, their morale was still affected.During the bloody fight just now, my brain didn't have time to think long-term. After calming down, some things became more and more frightening the more I thought about them.

Liang Yizhang supervised the battle for half a day, and he saw everything in his eyes. He also knew what would happen to him when he made foolish promises.

After thinking about it, after the defensive battle was over, he returned to the magistrate's Yamen, and with a pale face, he found one of his confidants and aides, as well as his fellow acquaintance, Yan Zekong, and secretly confessed a few words.

"I don't know what advice Master Futai has to offer?" When Yan Zekong saw him, he was still very polite. Although he was still besieging the city, he still respected the chief official.

Liang Yizhang was bitter, looked at Yan Zekong, then at the master, and whispered:

"I know that if the soldiers don't get rid of their fear of retaliation for their fathers and villagers being massacred, they will not sincerely keep guarding the city. We have also offended trespassers now, and we will be retaliated for sure.

I think that below Song Quan, there are a few local chief executives, He Chong and others, who are righteous, but they are afraid of hurting their small folks, so they dare not fight to the death without distraction.

For the current plan, we can only use some strategies—you also know that I have already made a promise in front of all the soldiers at the top of the city today. If the city is really broken in the future, the soldiers who surrendered will definitely bite me out.

As long as Yuan Zongdi knew that I ordered everyone to stand firm, he would not have let me go. The whole family would not be able to escape if he was killed.That being the case, let's put a little more gamble on this officer's life.

You guys find an opportunity in private to bypass Song Quan secretly, and tell He Chong and the other thousand chief executives a trick, saying that when the city is about to collapse, if you are worried about Yuan Zongdi slaughtering the city, let him kill the official, Vote for Yuan Zongdi with your head.

At that time, it will be said that the defenders and the people have long wanted to open the city to welcome Yuan Zongdi, but they were all forced by the official's power and killed a few people who persuaded the official to surrender. They were afraid of being killed, so they had to resist.

In this way, they will be considered as "anyway" on the side of the bandits when the time comes, how can Yuan Zongdi kill the person who killed the official and responded?Otherwise, wouldn't Li Zicheng's signature be over?In this way, the people of the whole city can be saved.

It can also allow He Chong and the others to focus on defending the city when there is still hope in defending the city. Anyway, in the end they have a way out to prevent the slaughter of the city.This is the only way to break the inhuman threat of slaughtering the city by the intruders. "

Yan Zekong and his master were taken aback when they heard the words: "Your Majesty is so righteous! But my generation of scholars, how can I do such a thing of selling friends and seeking glory! At worst, tell them that it is Yan who is greedy for merit and instigates you to stick to it!" of!"

Liang Yizhang said anxiously: "If it had been earlier, I would not have made such a bad move! But today we figured it out, if the city is broken, I would never be forgiven.

That being the case, let us take away some hatred of revenge when we die, and give the intruder a step down.Don't think that I'm someone who sacrifices my life for righteousness, I just think that when it's time to die, I can die more worthwhile and more vigorously!Killing tens of thousands of enemies, if the hatred can be attributed to my family, tsk tsk, wouldn't it be more important than Mount Tai!

Of course, things haven't reached this point yet, so don't rush to win over those few thousand bosses immediately, you have to wait and see, and see if they can't hold on because of fear one day, and then tell them, so that They are at ease, so they can last a few more days. "

After hearing these words, Yan Zekong and his master were completely speechless, Yan Zekong was stunned for a while, but asked honestly and sincerely: "Master Futai, I don't know how many days it will take for the reinforcements you said today... ..."

Liang Yizhang: "Of course I was in a hurry, I lied to them! I don't even know if the imperial reinforcements will come!"

Yan Zekong and the others were shocked, they were speechless immediately, and the magistrate's yamen was shrouded in a gloomy cloud.

……

When several people lamented and pessimistically, outside the magistrate's yamen, someone suddenly asked to see him, but he refused to reveal his identity.

Liang Yizhang was in a depressed mood. Seeing that the other party was mysterious, he was about to scold him angrily, but the family member who notified him said:
"Master, the visitor said that he is a big man, so he asked an attendant to bring a token to show the master, but he refused to give the token to the younger one. He also said that he was willing to take out some treasures to help the master reward the army to defend the city."

Liang Yizhang's heart moved, not because he was greedy for money, but as if thinking of some possibility, he glanced at Yan Zekong and the master, then nodded silently to allow the transmission.

Seeing the master nodding, the family members immediately let a middle-aged man with white face and slightly puffy come in, with a few tokens in his arms.

Liang Yizhang became a little alert just by looking at the other person's appearance, because it reminded him of a kind of incomplete person intuitively.

"You are……"

Soon, the other party showed a token. After Liang Yizhang confirmed it, his heart was clear, and he had no doubts. He was shocked and said, "You are the father-in-law of Prince Lu's Mansion? Why is the prince in Guide Mansion and Shangqiu here?!"

In the Ming Dynasty, there were not only eunuchs in the imperial palace, but also eunuchs in the local princes' mansions!
The number of eunuchs and the high proportion of the population in the Ming Dynasty are definitely at the forefront of all dynasties.

Seeing that Liang Yizhang had admitted his identity, the eunuch said in short: "Our family is the great companion of the prince, since the Weihui mansion was destroyed by Liu Zongmin two months ago, the prince has been hiding in Tibet, and only takes care of him.

After crossing Jishui in the south and arriving at Guide Mansion, due to the turmoil of the army, he dared not expose his identity and travel southward. At the same time, he was also afraid that His Majesty would blame him for trespassing on other vassals' lands.

But without revealing his identity, he couldn't dispatch soldiers and horses to guard him.At that time, I went through several counties in Guide Mansion, and saw that you had a good reputation as an official in Liangfutai, and you were the most diligent among the counties, and seemed to be able to win the hearts of the people to defend the city, so I hid my whereabouts and stayed temporarily, hoping to wait for the military disaster to recede, and then serve as district office.

Today I heard that the Chuang army was attacking with all their strength, and Liangfutai personally supervised the battle and defended it. The prince was still a little bit afraid, so he asked our family to inquire, and also wanted Futai to protect the Wangfu.

The prince has no other extravagant wishes, and he is willing to spend money to reward the army to help in the war, even in the name of Liang Futai, without telling the outside world that the prince is coming to Guide.

The prince only wanted to have a face-to-face meeting with the Futai, and he also wanted to be able to know the battle situation at any time in the future. In case it was time to fail to defend, the Futai could notify in advance and try to arrange a small team of guards to try to cover the prince to break through. "

The eunuch's words contained too much information for a while, and Liang Yizhang, Yan Zekong and others' brains were crowded and they were about to shut down.

To be honest, from these conditions, it can be heard that Lu Wang is humble and cowardly, and his requirements are much smaller than those of the old Fu Wang.

The old Fu Wang was domineering, he refused to reward the Luoyang defenders, and was finally destroyed by the city.Lu Wang should have learned the lesson of the deceased now, and is willing to take out his belongings to save his life just like Zhou Wang.

Compared with the whole family of King Gui who died in Hunan, this King Lu did not directly ask the defenders of the city to cover him with all his strength to break out of the siege. If he could defend the city, he still hoped to defend the city.

From this point of view, he should also know how King Gui died in Hengzhou, and why he didn't treat He Yide, the general soldier of Hengzhou, as a human being, thus forcing the opponent to surrender directly to the enemy.He also learned from King Gui's lesson.

Of course, it is certain that King Lu is weak and fearful, at least he is not as wise as King Zhou of Kaifeng.

King Zhou was willing to work directly in his own name, and he was not afraid of the hatred of the thieves, but King Lu only dared to hide and secretly give money in exchange for his life. Even the enemy dare not offend.

This kind of cowardice and cowardice can be considered to a considerable extent.

(End of this chapter)