Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 477 The Battle of Trapped Beasts
In the city of Zhangzhou, this sudden change caused the commotion inside and outside the city until midnight, and the Ming army took the opportunity to seize the city. However, the change in the city was not led by the main generals of the Qing army, but was initiated by a small number of middle and lower-level officers during the surrender of the Zheng family. It failed to become a trend and was soon extinguished.

Seeing that the noise in the city had disappeared, the Ming army dismissed the soldiers and returned to the camp.

In Zhangzhou City, Zheng's surrender was an unstable factor. Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong naturally knew this, especially after they failed to steal the camp in Hongxi Mountain and immediately surrendered to the enemy, Tong and Li became [-]% vigilant.

Shi Fu, the main general of the Zheng family who surrendered the troops in the city, and more than a dozen people have long been deprived of their military power and placed under house arrest.

Tong Yangjia asked his confidants to take over the military power. They thought that they could drive the troops with peace of mind without a leader, but they didn't expect that there was still a mutiny.

In the lobby of Zhangzhou Mansion Yamen, Li Chengdong sat obliquely on a big chair with his upper body bare. His old injury was not healed, and now there was another shocking knife wound on his stomach, which almost cut his belly. The wound was accompanied by breathing and blood. It kept pouring out, a doctor was half kneeling, his forehead was covered with Hanshui, he kept wiping the wound with a white cloth and sprinkled medicine powder.

Sitting in the middle was Tong Yangjia, fully clothed and bloodstained on his armor. He had obviously experienced a bloody battle. He sat with a gloomy expression and stared at the two men in the center who were being escorted by the guards. Their armor was torn and their faces were covered with blood. Qing general.

"Report, Master Futai, the fire in the Dongcheng grain depot has been extinguished, and less than [-]% of the grain has been looted." A Qing soldier, panting, broke into the lobby and knelt down to report.

His words fell, and another Qing general ran in, the sword in his hand was still dripping with blood, "Master Futai, the rebels who tried to seize the gate, as well as the rebels in the city, have all been controlled, and more than 200 people have been arrested in total. Kill more than six hundred people."

Li Chengdong lost a lot of blood, and his face was pale, but his anger made his face sickly red. He straightened his body so that the doctor could bandage him, and said angrily, "Is this the only one? Is there someone who sympathizes with them? Hidden the rebels. You go and investigate the town carefully, get all the accomplices out, be sure to catch them clean, don't care about life or death!"

Li Chengdong was really angry. It can be said that his plan was completely ruined by this mutiny. Not only was most of the food and grass burned, but the Qing soldiers in the city would also lose their morale.

After the Ming army outside the city discovered this, I am afraid that he just wanted to go to Fuzhou to mine now, and Wang Yan would not agree.

Tong Yangjia's anger towards this mutiny was no less than that of Li Chengdong. He also thought about relying on Zhangzhou city to have enough food and defend it for half a year, and wait for the Qing soldiers to rescue him. Now that something like this happened, Zhangzhou would definitely not be able to hold on. .

The surrender of the Qing soldiers in the city might save their lives, but Tong Yangjia, as a member of the Tong clan in Liaodong, fell into the hands of Wang Yan, so there is still a way to survive?

At this time, Tong Yangjia had already become a frightened bird, and the surrendered troops of the Zheng family in the city accounted for half of the total force. If there were still accomplices, another mutiny would happen, and Zhangzhou would probably be over.

To him, this was obviously too terrifying, and it made him restless. Thinking of this, he suddenly stood up, holding the waist knife in one hand, and strode down the hall, directly giving the two rebels who were tied up by the guards , kicking them one by one, kicking them down to the ground desperately.

The armor of the two generals was torn and covered in blood. Obviously, they were seriously injured. They fell heavily on the ground, but stubbornly struggled to stand up.

Tong Yangjia was furious, drew his knife suddenly, and hit the head of one person with the back of the knife, blood flowed down immediately, covering the traitor's face.

"Tell me, why did you betray the Qing Dynasty and cause chaos in the city?" Tong Yangjia put the knife on the rebel general's neck and shouted sharply, "How many accomplices are there in the city? If you don't tell me, I'll kill you alive."

In history, Tong Yangjia was extremely cruel. When dealing with the righteous men who resisted the Qing Dynasty, he often used bloody methods such as beheading at the waist and cutting alive. In Yushi, there are also many records of "inch-by-inch" in historical materials.

The traitor general who was threatened was one of the highest-ranking people in this mutiny. His name was Jin Zuoyu. I don’t even care about the Ming Dynasty, why should I give my life to the Manchus? When the old lord surrendered, I was coerced into surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. What kind of favor did the Manchus have for me? Now Zhangzhou is an isolated city, and it will be a matter of time before the city is broken. The old lord’s son leads When the soldiers came to take over Zhangzhou, the Zheng family’s soldiers and horses were just outside the city, and Wang Xianggong and Guo Xingye surrendered to Shucheng to surrender, and we will naturally rebel. Because following you will only lead to death in the end.”

The Zheng family has been running Fujian for more than ten years. The people are stable and the gentry are wealthy. Although they don't pay much taxes to the court, people's lives are not much worse than those in Zhejiang and Jiangnan. Therefore, the Zheng family still has many diehards in Fujian.

The traitor's words hit Tong Yangjia's sore spot. In Zhangzhou right now, no matter how hard he struggles, he will die. Tong Yangjia heard this, kicked up, and kicked Jin Zuoyu away again. He hit the wall heavily, with blood spurting out of his mouth. But Tong Yangjia was still angry, rushed forward and cut off another thigh with a knife, only to see blood flow profusely, Jin Zuoyu passed out before he could howl.

"Tell me, are there any accomplices in the city?" Seeing Jin Zuoyu fainted, Tong Yangjia raised his knife and pointed at another person, shouting angrily with a livid face.

That would be a general, he glanced at his unconscious comrade, his face was full of resentment, and suddenly roared: "The whole city is full of my accomplices, can you kill them all? Li Duzhen is also~~~ "

Before he finished speaking, Tong Yangjia kicked him away, and when he struggled to sit up, blood was already overflowing from his mouth.

"Bring them to the school grounds, escort them there together with the two hundred captives, and cut them all up in front of the army. I want to see who else dares to betray the Qing Dynasty~"

Li Chengdong was seriously injured, and Zhangzhou's defense fell on Tong Yangjia's body. After tossing and tossing for most of the night, he didn't fall asleep. In his dream, he had nightmares again and again, which made him break out in a cold sweat.

After Li Chengdong returned to the mansion, although he was injured, he stayed up all night. He asked Li Yuanyin to be released and called to his side for a secret discussion.

The reason why Li Yuanyin was locked up was that he was worried that Tong Yangjia would doubt him, so as to gain Tong Yangjia's trust.

In the current situation, Li Chengdong himself was injured, and the tens of thousands of Zheng's descendants in the city became unstable again. Although Tong Yangjia suppressed it with bloody means, it may not be able to truly subdue it.

In addition, more than half of the food and grass and houses in the city were burned, and Zhangzhou had no capital to persist for a long time.

Li Chengdong attaches great importance to his own interests, and when Li Yuanyin came to him, he said directly: "My son will try to go out of the city and tell Wang Xianggong that the town is willing to do whatever it takes and not ask for an appointment at the same level, but at least give it the title of general soldier. It is best to continue guarding Zhangzhou. If Wang Xianggong disagrees, he will retreat to the next best thing, saying that the town is willing to donate all the treasures, and ask him to show his noble hand and let me go. I am willing to give up Zhangzhou and withdraw to Fuzhou with only my own troops. .”

　The third one is a bit overhanging, it's best not to wait, it will be updated tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)