Chapter 157 The squire has demands
Chen Youlong rushed out in panic and died by an arrow.
Most of the military and political officials were killed by the Qing army during the defeat, with a total of more than 100 people.
Huang Fei wanted to retreat to Zhoushan, but was caught by the Qing army at Desheng Port. Huang Fei was shot in three arrows. He first sank his wife and more than 30 people were buried in the water before he jumped into the water and wanted to die for his country.
But in the end, the Qing soldiers who rushed over were captured with a hook. After being arrested, Huang Fei kept silent, asked him without answering, and persuaded him to surrender, and the Qing army interrupted Huang Fei's left hand.
Afterwards, Huang Fei was tied to Nanjing. When he saw Hong Chengchou, he pointed at him with his right hand and shouted.
The angry Qing army broke Huang Fei's right hand again. Huang Fei's curses became more and more intense, and the Qing army cut off his tongue again. Huang Fei was still silent. In September (that was more than two months ago), Xue Quji and Tang Shirong were both beheaded by the Qing army outside the Shuxi Gate of Nanjing (thrilling! General Huang, the Ming Navy).
Speaking of this, Mo Zhinian sighed: "In fact, in the battle of Songjiang Prefecture, less than 20,000 Qing troops earned the city gate and occupied Songjiang Prefecture without any effort. The generals were almost completely lost in the chaos. At that time, tens of thousands of Ming troops in the city were all without leaders and were captured by the Qing army, and thus surrendered to Jianlu."
The room was filled with sighs, making Wu Zheng feel frustrated.
"What do you mean is the surrendered army outside the city is the Ming army that was in Songjiang Prefecture before?"
Mo Jie Nian nodded and said, "At least half of them are, of course, there are the Ming army in Suzhou and Taihu area at that time, and other surrendered troops brought by Duoduo from Jiangning Prefecture."
Wu Zheng's face suddenly became cold, "How did you contact them?"
When it comes to the ability to turn against each other, Wu Zheng is indeed not bad.
But this matter is indeed very serious. Collusion between inside and outside is a way to kill death.
Mo Zheng could feel the sudden chill of Wu Zheng and quickly explained: "Mr. Wu must not get me wrong. We have no intention of being in contact with Jianlu. I promised that day that as long as the Tartars do not enter the city for a day, the Mo family will never surrender to the Qing army."
"Then how did you contact the surrendered army outside the city?"
"My Lord, let me report it carefully. This summer, the Qing army occupied Suzhou. In the intercalary June, under the Qing court's order to shave his head, all the volunteer soldiers in urban and rural areas were wrapped in white cloth. At that time, Liu He was the general of Liu He and the deputy general of Fushan, Lu Zhiyan, strongly asked Wu Song, deputy general of Wu Zhikui, to join forces with Wu Risheng, Lu Shilong, Zhang Shouzhi and others to attack Suzhou. He led hundreds of Jian Ding as vanguards.
But Wu Zhikui led the army to fight cowardly. At that time, the battle was not good. Lu Zhiyan led Zhou Fan and four hundred people including Zhou Fan to enter the city, and went from Bao'en Temple to Hulong Street. The Qing Dynasty Minister Li Yanling (Li Lutai), the governor of Jiangning Tu Guobao ambushed the Ming army with cavalry in the city. Lu Zhiyan went to Yinma Bridge and fell into the battle with deputy general Wang Boya and other 300 people. The Ming army's plan to retake Suzhou was also failed.
Great! The general of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Zhiyan.
The sage is as light as a strong posture, and the spirit is always on the way. The sword rewards the one who is kind, and there is no ambition to retreat. The lonely army fights, and the light is loud and sharp. When the man is generously given his mission, the white rainbow penetrates Wu City. The forty-word poems circulating in Suzhou City are the best portrayal of Lu Zhiyan.
Mo Zhinian said this and pointed his finger at an old man behind him and said, "Sir, this wise man is Lu Nancheng, the relative uncle of General Lu."
Wu Zhengsu bowed and said, "Brother Lu is polite."
Lu Laocheng trembled his hand and stepped forward and returned, "Mr. Wu, there is no need to doubt it. Although I am living a life of silence, I still can't do shameless things to connect with the Tartars to harm our clan. In the surrendered army outside the city, my nephew Lu Zhiyu's realm is the younger brother of Lu Zhiyu. Zhiyu died in battle at that time. He was the garrison of Chongming. Later, the Qing army occupied the entire territory and had to surrender the Qing army. But he kept thinking about the hatred of his family and country. Last night, he secretly sent someone to send a message to the city, hoping that the Lord could allow him to lead his troops anyway."
Wu Zheng asked: "How many people are willing to do it anyway?"
"After my words, it is believed that the territory has joined forces with four other garrisons in the army, and more than ten generals, and they all have the intention of correcting anyway."
Wu Zheng thought about it, of course he would not really believe in these garrisons and always have the intention of serving the country and the people. If this is the case, why surrender?
Although the Tartars had occupied Suzhou to Songjiang Prefecture, they had not been long since, and their troops were too short and their control was not that strong.
These people really have the intention of serving the country and the people. As long as they unite and raise the flag to fight against the Qing Dynasty, there will be tens of thousands of troops, and they will not be wiped out if the Qing army wants to wipe out it.
Since they came with Duoduo and had fought with their troops for three days, it was impossible for them to have a true desire to be correct.
In Wu Zheng's view, this is a group of fickle people. They change their minds when they see the wind and throw them wherever they see the wind blowing.
Seeing that after three days of battle, the Qingchun Gate was still firmly in the hands of the Ming army, and their casualties had reached 30%, they became dissatisfied with Duoduo, so they expressed their intention of surrendering to themselves through the Lu domain.
Of course, Wu Zheng also believed that the Lu domain was sincere. It was not that Wu Zheng knew who the Lu domain was, but that the Lu domain had any motivation. His brother died in a fight and his uncle was in the city. For him, the hatred of family and affection between the country and family were enough to make him anyway. After all, even if the Ming army surrendered to the Tartars, it was raised by a young lady. The Qing court never really trusted the surrendered army. Instead of being a second dog, it would be better to turn to join forces with Wu Zheng. As one of them declined and the other rose, the Qing army would turn into an absolute disadvantage within the Hangzhou Prefecture area.
Although Wu Zheng did not believe in their sincerity in surrendering, he also thought it was an opportunity.
No matter what, it is a good thing to weaken the Tartars' strength.
So Wu Zheng asked, "What do they want?"
This is a sharp question, what do you want? This is very important.
Even if they want to do so, they would not let dozens of Hangzhou urban and rural gentry come to their own faces.
Although I currently have more than 10,000 troops, my official position is still a thousand households, which is not worthy of my name.
They could have sent people to cross the river and surrendered to Zhu Yihai. According to the current situation, Zhu Yihai would definitely be generous, and maybe everyone would be the general, the earl or something.
Instead of asking for Zhu Yihai, I came to ask for a thousand households, which was already very abnormal.
If something goes wrong, you will be a demon. Wu Zheng will naturally not express his opinion easily.
Lu Nancheng pondered and said, "Mr. Wu, the army outside the city has no other demands. I just want to beg you to keep the various divisions after the war."
Wu Zheng raised his eyebrows, isn't it called no demand?
Retaining the organization of each department is equivalent to each starting a mountain.
Besides, if you surrender to your own command, you have to pay them military pay.
How can I give money? I can’t tell the final word?
In other words, I may be able to be a nominal governor, but I am afraid that military orders will not be issued.
Isn’t this a joke? How could Wu Zheng agree?
Unless they leave Hangzhou and go to another prefecture to occupy the mountain and be self-sufficient, the two sides can be called friendly forces and support each other.
Chapter completed!