Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 23 Forces Tang He and Tang Shengzong to grow up
  These rebels were stunned on the spot.

Tang He and Tang Shengzong who followed Zhang Cheng were also confused.

At this time, Zhang Cheng shouted to Tang He and Tang Shengzong: "Why are you standing there in a daze? I am the supervisor of the army. Your superiors have given me the power to deal with the situation on an ad hoc basis. As evidenced by his sword, I now order you two to return the property immediately." Everyone was killed by me!"

Zhang Cheng's speaking style began to become vulgar, and as he spoke, he threw the knife on the ground, and roughly pulled off Zhu Yuanzhang's sword hanging from his waist and took it in his hand.

"Yes!"

Tang He reacted first and did not dare to be dissatisfied with Zhang Cheng. He immediately drew his sword and killed several rebels who were still picking up belongings in front.

Tang Shengzong also reacted, drew his sword and began to enforce the law.

At this time, the rebels no longer dared to pick it up. After all, they were all trained and could quickly return to the state of prohibition in the face of strict law.

The three hundred soldiers sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to attack Chuzhou City were Hua Yun in charge of one hundred soldiers, Tang He in charge of one hundred soldiers, and Tang Shengzong in charge of one hundred soldiers. Among them, Hua Yun and his one hundred soldiers were responsible for the main attack task. Tang Shengzong and Tang He were responsible for supporting and guarding the supervisor Zhang Cheng.

But Hua Yun, Tang He and Tang Shengzong all joined the rebel army to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty not long ago. They have no experience in attacking big cities. They only have experience in attacking landlord Dazhai. The situations of the two are still somewhat different. The former They need to deal with regular officers and soldiers, and they need to pay attention to strategies. The latter only need to destroy the stronghold like bandits.

Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have let Hua Yun and other three hundred soldiers try to attack Chuzhou City first, because he had left Haozhou to expand alone and had little experience in attacking big cities and had no confidence. He wanted Hua Yun to attack Chuzhou City. Let these people try it first.

Because of this.

After Zhang Cheng, Hua Yun and other three hundred rebel officers and soldiers attacked the city, it was still in chaos.

Hua Yun, Tang He, and Tang Shengzong, all the future famous generals of the Ming Dynasty, are not yet fully equipped with the qualities of grassroots military commanders. They do not know how to command their soldiers during a siege to maximize the results and prevent their soldiers from doing things other than fighting. , but just like their own soldiers, they only knew how to rush upwards, and their soldiers also had no consciousness of obeying the commander's orders at any time. They only rushed upwards, and then subconsciously picked up the belongings on the ground when they saw them. , I don’t know how to ask the commander for instructions first.

result.

Instead, Zhang Cheng, who had already earned a lot of money and would not immediately forget the main purpose of coming here after seeing the property, behaved the most rationally at this time, while letting Hua Yun continue the pursuit. To expand the results of the battle; at the same time, Tang He and Tang Shengzong were asked to quickly stop the soldiers from robbing property.

Zhang Cheng also had to admit that Zhu Yuanzhang's rebel army still needed to grow and be reborn. Later famous generals like Tang He and Tang Shengzong also needed to grow.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng decided at this time to take the initiative to take the responsibility of letting them grow up as soon as possible, and said to Tang He and Tang Shengzong:
  "You must remember that you will be high officials in the future!"

"As a high official, your greatest wealth is not these gold and silver jewels, but your people!"

When Zhang Cheng said this, he pointed his sword at the poor people hiding in the alley in front of him, and continued sternly:

"The old and the weak, women and children, scholars, farmers, and merchants, including the Tatars who are willing to surrender, they will be your greatest wealth in the future!"

"You can't be short-sighted. You are really like bandits. You will rob gold and silver jewelry whenever you see them. You don't have to care if these gold and silver jewelry are picked up by the common people. Even if they are picked up by the common people, these gold and silver jewelry will pass the tax sooner or later. The way is back in our hands.”

"You are all smart people carefully selected by your superiors. You should understand what I mean and don't need me to say anything more."

After Zhang Cheng said this, Tang He, Tang Shengzong and others nodded.

"That's what Mr. Zhang said!"

"We understand!"

Then, Zhang Cheng added: "And you must remember that as long as we capture this Chuzhou City, this Chuzhou City will no longer be the Tatars' Chuzhou City, but our Chuzhou City! Since it is our Chuzhou City Then we can’t destroy her, we must protect her, and we can’t let others destroy our Chuzhou City!”

Chuzhou City, in this era, was a Zhili state belonging to the Yuan Dynasty, and its political and economic status were very important.

Zhang Cheng also really hopes that this city can become a base for the rebels to make money in the future, instead of becoming an empty city with no population. After Zhang Cheng said this, he looked at Tang Shengzong and ordered: "Tang Shengzong, you immediately take your people to reinforce the Huayun brothers and the others, cut the grass to get rid of the roots, take advantage of the enemy's instability, and immediately seize the yamen and city defenses, but you must Recruit as many soldiers as possible and tell the Yuan soldiers that all soldiers who surrender will not be killed. We will only kill corrupt officials. Anyone who offers an officer or general will be counted as having surrendered and made meritorious service. This is not the kindness of a woman. It is to prevent them from resisting in vain. Our brothers’ lives are also to try our best to preserve our wealth!”

"Remember to convey my words to Hua Yun."

Tang Shengzong raised his hand and said yes, and immediately led his people in the direction where Hua Yun ran.

then.

Zhang Cheng looked at Tang He again.

"What are your orders, Mr. Zhang?"

Tang He asked directly.

Zhang Cheng said: "As I just said, Chuzhou City is now our Chuzhou City, and the people in Chuzhou City are now ours, so you immediately lead people to maintain order and prevent rioters and ruffians from taking the opportunity to cause chaos. Killing people, anyone who dares to act recklessly will be suppressed immediately and killed without mercy, regardless of relatives or friends! Compassion does not control soldiers, and justice does not control wealth. At this time, we cannot be merciful. Only in this way can we avoid as few deaths as possible. "

"In addition, for the property on the ground, special people can be organized to pick it up. They will be confiscated first and then rewarded according to merit and level. Everyone can't pick it up!"

Tang He said yes and immediately assigned people to patrol along the street.

He only knew that he was very helpless at the beginning. If he didn't listen to Zhang Cheng, he wouldn't even have any direction on what to do after he captured Chuzhou. He would only think about grabbing women and grabbing treasures after capturing the city.

And because of Zhang Cheng's reminder, he felt that what Zhang Cheng said was quite reasonable. The current Chuzhou City was the Chuzhou City for people like him. Now that he was an official, it was unjustifiable to do such looting again. He should protect it. People, restore order and prepare to collect rent and taxes.

Tang Shengzong had the same idea as Tang He at this time.

Therefore, when he led his men to aid Hua Yun with a knife, he did not choose to break in and rob a private store when he saw them. He just walked quickly on the streets with a long stride, and even stopped his soldiers from doing so.

Hua Yun had already caught up with Zhizhou Yamen here, but the people from Zhizhou Yamen had closed the gate and were on guard, and tried to resist stubbornly, making it difficult for the rebels to capture them for a while.

But after Tang Shengzong arrived and informed Hua Yun of Zhang Cheng's intention, Hua Yun also felt that what Zhang Cheng said was reasonable, and together with Tang Shengzong decided to recruit Yuan soldiers who were trying to resist stubbornly in Zhizhou Yamen.

"Listen to the Yuan soldiers inside, as long as you come out and surrender, we won't kill you!"

"If you hand over your officer, we will count you as meritorious."

Hua Yun and Tang Shengzong shouted loudly.

Before long, many Yuan soldiers refused to resist, rushed to open the door, and came out to surrender.

Because many of these Yuan soldiers were Han Chinese, and their superiors drank their blood all year round. After the city was lost, they did not have a strong will to fight and just wanted to survive.

"The leader of this group of thieves is not simple!"

"Not only can these thieves be deterred by their lowly positions, but even the wealth of gold and silver, they even thought of recruiting our soldiers to surrender."

Inside Zhizhou Yamen.

At this time, Qianhu Zhao Lu couldn't help but talk to the officials such as Zhizhou Jia Zhili, and asked: "What should we do now?"

Jia Zhili smiled bitterly and said: "When the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, what can be done, it is nothing but loyalty and sacrifice!"

(End of this chapter)