Ming Dynasty Road

Chapter 17 Manchu reinforcements
In the Songshan Governor's Mansion, Zhao Yi and others looked at the gold and silver treasures piled up in the Governor's Hall, all of them were dumbfounded. The people have been massacred by the people, and their money has been robbed by the people in the city. Fortunately, Zhao Yi sent someone to guard the governor's mansion in advance, otherwise the people would have emptied it long ago. How can this scene happen now? .

Zhao Yi did not stop the massacre of the Manchus by the common people, because he knew that the common people had been oppressed by the Manchus in the past few years, and most of the money returned from the robbery was also the property of the Han people, so he ordered the soldiers to kill the Manchus. Don't stop us too much, as long as you don't hurt women and children, they are innocent after all.

The Manchu Qing soldiers in Songshan City and the garrison guards in the Governor’s Mansion have all been cleaned up. The officers and soldiers of the Green Camp have also been classified according to their crimes. They oppress the people on weekdays, and those who work for tigers are all beheaded, and some join the Green Camp just to make a living. The officers and soldiers, who had been confirmed by the common people to have done nothing harmful to nature, were also disrupted, and all were incorporated into the vanguard army of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Yi saw that the city had basically calmed down, so he arranged for more than 100 cavalry scouts, and all of them were released from Songshan City to monitor the main roads of Songshan City. As long as there was any movement of the Tartar army, they would report back to the city immediately, except for the necessary maintenance of soldiers in the city. , and the rest of the soldiers were arranged on the city wall to guard against the Tartars who might appear at any time.

Seeing that the granary was full of grain and cotton cloth, Zhao Yi ordered them to be carried out, and distributed to the people in the city on a household basis in the open space in front of the Governor's Mansion.

"The granary has been opened, and all the people can go to the governor's mansion to get it!" The soldiers took Zhao Yi's notice, pasted the notice along the street, and called on the common people to go to the governor's mansion to get the food.

As soon as they heard the opening of the warehouse to release grain, the people in the city happily took rice bags and rice vats to the governor's mansion to get food. Yellow corn and white Jinzhou rice piled up in the open space in front of the governor's mansion. The soldiers distributed food according to the population in their household registers, and the people in Songshan City lined up in an orderly line to wait for the food distribution. The people happily received the food one by one. The white rice had not been eaten for several years. If Master Zhao hadn't led the team to fight here, how could we have eaten such good rice!

In the orderly line, an old gentleman dressed like a scholar stood up and shouted in a voice trembling with excitement: "Today our national enmity and family enmity can be avenged, thanks to Mr. Zhao Yi, everyone! Say no."

The people in the open space were already very grateful to Zhao Yi for their revenge, but they didn’t expect Zhao Yi to be able to open a granary to distribute food to the poor people like us. Everyone was grateful to Zhao Yi, and when they heard the words of the old scholar, they all shouted: " Long live Master Zhao, long live Master Zhao!"

Seeing that the people supported him so much, Zhao Yi couldn't sit still any longer. He lifted his shirt and walked up the steps of the Governor's Mansion. Ten thousand eyes looked at Zhao Yi quietly, and Zhao Yi was also inspired to see this place. He brewed his feelings a little, cleared his throat and said, "My folks in Songshan, thank you for trusting me, Zhao Yi. In fact, everyone should It is not me, Zhao Yi, but my court of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers who fought bloody battles. Without the support of the court and my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who fought bloody battles on the front line, how could I, Zhao Yi, stand here and speak? Being able to stand here to receive food, so the greatest credit should be given to our soldiers, they exchanged their own flesh and blood for our safe life, everyone said that we should thank them."

The common people respected Zhao Yi even more when they heard that Mr. Zhao was unwilling to take the credit for himself. Zhao Yi's image became taller in the eyes of the common people. Hearing what Zhao Yi said, the soldiers fought bloody battles to get what they are today. Good life, everyone immediately felt that it was reasonable, and the eyes of the Ming soldiers became more affectionate, and warm applause broke out immediately.

The soldiers used to eat military rations to make a living. It was the first time that they saw the eager eyes of the common people. The feeling of being respected never before came from the bottom of their hearts. It used to be that soldiers and wars were just for coping. Now the soldiers You know, I fought wars not just to make a living, but to protect the tens of thousands of Ming people from being bullied by foreigners, so each of them raised their chests up, fully equipped with majestic style, and stood like javelins as straight.

Zhao Yi came up with this idea. What he wanted was for the soldiers to feel respected, to let them know that fighting the Tartars was not only for themselves, but for the sake of thousands of compatriots. Zhao Yi knew that he had done the right thing this time.

Seeing that the effect in his heart had been achieved, Zhao Yi knew that he needed to add some fuel to this enthusiasm to make it burn even more vigorously. Zhao Yi pressed his hands on the crowd, and the crowd immediately returned to calm. Zhao Yi Said: "Later, I will return all the house deeds and land deeds found in the Governor's Mansion and seized by Sokoha, a treacherous minister, so that everyone can live in their own homes and plant their own fields. oppressed by the Tartars."

As soon as this sentence came out, a thousand layers of waves were set off immediately, and I lived in my own home and planted my own fields. Yes, these belonged to us, but they were taken away alive by the tartars. Baiwei, once he has regained his home, he will never allow the Tartars to snatch his land back. The humiliation he suffered in the past five years must not be repeated.

In the silence, a high-pitched voice came out from the crowd: "My lord, I want to join the army, and I want to kill the Tartars with everyone." Anyway, everyone in my family is already dead, why don't I join the army to serve the country, and I can still be respected by everyone, so I couldn't control it for a while, and I yelled out, and his yelling completely awakened the people in the crowd. Before Zhao Yi agreed, the young people below were all enthusiastic because of Shi Xiaoqiang's words, and more and more people shouted loudly to join the army.

"Lord Zhao, please accept me. My parents were killed by the Tartars. I want to join the army to avenge them."

"My lord, accept me too. My unmarried wife was ruined by the Manchu Tartars. Please accept me!"

Seeing that the people are so active, Zhao Yi was very relieved. He was worried about the shortage of manpower, but now Zhao Yi no longer worries.

Zhao Yi cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, I am very pleased that everyone can choose to join the army so actively. In this way, I will ask my personal captain to come and make a registration for everyone. Those who are willing to join the army go to the queue to register, and those who do not want to join the army , I don’t force everyone, it’s entirely based on the principle of voluntariness.” After speaking, he called Niu Yong and Zhang Fengnian to be responsible for the registration, and after hearing that Zhao Yi agreed to everyone’s request, the young and middle-aged people rushed to line up.

Seeing that the enthusiasm of the people had been mobilized, Zhao Yi took advantage of this time to return to the Governor's Mansion. Time was running out, and Zhao Yi still had to make plans for the next step. Unsurprisingly, the Tartars would soon counterattack up.

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Shengjing, the Imperial Palace

At this moment in the Shengjing Great Hall, all the officials were too frightened to speak, and stood in the hall tremblingly waiting for His Majesty's order.

Originally, Huang Taiji was in a bad mood today, but when he suddenly heard the news of the fall of Songshan City, Huang Taiji trembled with anger, and couldn't believe his ears. Didn't the Han people in the Ming Dynasty always hide behind the city wall?How dare you rashly invade Songshan City? Huang Taiji couldn't believe it and asked sharply: "Say it again, I didn't hear clearly."

The little eunuch kneeling below replied in fear: "Your Majesty, Songshan City has fallen, and the Ming army has attacked Songshan City. It is now unknown whether Songshan Governor Sokoha is alive or dead."

"It's impossible, it's impossible." Huang Taiji roared angrily, the recent famine was enough for him to worry about, plus Duo Duo was captured, and that boy Dorgon was arguing with himself to send troops to attack the Daming border. After finally calming down Dorgon, another news came out today, the more Huang Taiji thought about it, the more angry he became, the nosebleed from his nose was unconscious, seeing the angry Huang Taiji, the ministers in the hall were frightened He turned his head, not daring to look at Huang Taiji.

At this time, seeing that no one dared to speak, a minister in the Hanchen team in the hall took a step forward and stood up, bowing his hands and saying, "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to lead troops to destroy this group of Ming troops in return for your majesty's kindness." kindness."

When Huang Taiji heard this voice, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Oh? Mr. Hong is willing to lead troops to destroy this group of Ming troops?"

Hong Chengchou replied firmly: "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to lead troops to the expedition, but I just ask His Majesty not to hold the Han people in Songshan City accountable. They are all innocent."

"Okay, I will never pursue the responsibility of the Han people in Songshan City. They are also my citizens of the Qing Dynasty. Don't worry, sir." Hearing Hong Chengchou's words not to implicate the people, Huang Taiji felt very awkward, but at this time he could lead troops. Only Hong Chengchou was left, Duoduo was captured, Oboi and others were stationed in other cities, and Dorgon in Shengjing was eyeing my throne again. Thinking of this Huang Taiji felt a pain in my heart, blood in my nose It also flows faster.

Seeing that the emperor's mood had stabilized, the kneeling little eunuch waved his hand, and the imperial physician who had been waiting at the side hurried forward to stop Huang Taiji's bleeding. While the imperial physician was treating him, Huang Taiji asked the little eunuch again: "Li Lianying, what do you think Songshan City fell last night, do you know how many troops the Ming army has?"

"Return to the emperor, according to the Tanma News, the Ming army in Songshan City has less than 5000 troops." The little eunuch responded swiftly.

With a wave of Huang Taiji's hand, the little eunuch stood up and stepped back to wait. Huang Taiji said coldly: "Since this Ming army only has a few thousand people, it dares to attack my Songshan City, well, let's make an order to choose from the Zhengbai Banner." Send out [-] cavalrymen and let Mr. Hong lead them to wipe out this group of Ming troops, and I want to see the heads of this group of Ming troops in the shortest possible time."

Hong Chengchou led the way and left.

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At this time, Songshan City was also very busy, and thousands of new soldiers were recruited. At this time, the Ming army in Songshan City had as many as 8000 people. Fortunately, there were many weapons, bows and arrows stored in the armory in Songshan City. In the hands of these recruits, the people in the outer city were also moved into the inner city in the shortest possible time. Iron nails specially used to deal with cavalry were sprinkled on the main roads of the outer city, and then they were covered up again with loess. After a while, gunpowder was also buried around the gates of the outer city. In order to prevent the gunpowder from getting wet, all of them were covered with waterproof oil paper. Ten Frankie cannons were placed on the city wall of the inner city. Ammunition and arrows filled the corridors inside the city wall. The people in the whole city knew that the Tartars were coming. This time they no longer chose to remain silent, but chose to take up weapons and fight to the death with the Tartars!The battle is imminent!
(End of this chapter)