Nanming Engineer

Chapter 387
Jiaocheng is very small, with a circumference of no more than seven miles. The city has four gates, and there is another acropolis outside the west gate. Of course, it is even narrower.

Because it is on the official road in Jinzhong, Jiaocheng City is small but very lively. There are many residential houses spontaneously built outside the city, and the scale is even larger than the county town. , all kinds of shops and shops are as dense as the reeds by the river. On the second floor of Jieer Kiln facing the street, the colorful red makeup and pink makeup add infinite color to the dusty street. As long as it is a man, he will swallow his saliva and look greedily at the kiln sisters who are waving handkerchiefs and smiling covetously.

However, this kind of bustling scene has not been seen for a long time. The blocks outside the city are like a ghost town, and no one can be seen. The door panels of the noisy and noisy shops in the past have all fallen down. It hasn't been open for business for at least several months.Some houses were also demolished, leaving only broken bricks and tiles, and those beams, pillars and wood were moved to the top of the city as things to guard the city.

Of the four city gates in Jiaocheng, three gates are closed, and the south gate is opened alone. The terrain outside the south gate is open, flat and solid, with the Ciyao River on the left and the Wayao River on the right. The army set up camp here.

A wooden fence was erected and a deep trench was dug. The trench was one foot deep and two feet wide. The excavated soil was piled up on the side of the trench near the camp, and the height of the building was about half a person, like a low city wall. There is a gap for the bird's hand to shoot on it, and a small flying cannon is set up at a certain distance. This kind of cannon is the single-person mortar of this era. The bomb, although the range is only fifty paces, is extremely lethal.

Wang Huan found the flying guns from the Xi'an city government treasury, and immediately cited them as treasures, and distributed all the more than 50 guns he found to the truck battalion.When encountering the enemy, the carts of the Cheying are connected end to end, and there is inevitably a gap between the two carts. Although the horses are erected, they still cannot block the intrusion of a strong enemy. With the flying cannon, it can be mounted on the shaft First, shoot violently with flowering ammunition, and use the shooting distance of dozens of steps as a long-range projection of firepower beyond the throwing distance of the captive ammunition.

The leaders of the rebel army enjoyed the hospitality of Wang Chunming, the lord of Jiaocheng, and were invited to discuss matters in Wang Huan's barracks when they were full of food and drink. Go to the state army camp.

To be honest, the reason why these people were able to abandon Jiang Jianxun, a native of Shanxi, and were willing to join Wang Huan, apart from Wang Huanchuan's identity as the commander of Shanxi, Han Zhaoxuan's demagogy played a very important role. He and Yu Yin were very powerful in southern Shanxi. The leaders had heard about it, and subconsciously felt that the person who could get the support of these two people should be no different.

In addition, with the Jiang family's overwhelming power, everyone was afraid that if they joined the Jiang family, it would be difficult to get ahead in the future. Therefore, in the decision outside Fenzhou City yesterday, everyone chose Wang Huan's side.

When they arrived at the camp, the leaders of the rebel army were deeply affected by the wide ditches and deep moats and the towering wooden walls. It made them feel an inexplicable chill on their backs, and then they followed the Kuizhou sergeant who led the way into the gate, and the white armored soldiers on both sides of the line, holding long hooks, sickles and spears, seemed to be floating like thick fog. The murderous aura pierced the cold air through the bones and spread directly to everyone's heart.

"I'm afraid Datong Jiang Zongbing doesn't have this kind of military power, right? I have been to Datong before, and I have seen Datong soldiers." The leaders began to whisper to each other.

"More than that, I see, these soldiers are almost as good as the Eight Banners soldiers of Donglu. Last year Azig brought his troops here, and those Eight Banners soldiers wearing animal skins looked like this."

"No wonder Han Zhaoxuan said that Pingliang will take two hours to capture Pingyang Mansion. Judging by the strength of the army, the two hours may not be used up."

"Fortunately, fortunately, we didn't follow Jiang Jianxun yesterday. That fellow just retreated from Xinzhou, and he was full of remnants and defeated generals. How can there be such an elite soldier as Pinglianghou, who has won consecutive battles and has high morale? How can Jiang Jianxun compare? "

During the exchange of eyes, everyone finally came to a conclusion that this trip to Jiaocheng was the right one.

Wang Huan rode fast and left the table early, so when the leaders of the rebel army came to the tent of the Chinese army, he had already changed his clothes, from a long robe and scarf to an armor and a sword, and sat in the tent in a heroic manner and waited. .

Li Tingyu and Li Dingguo greeted him at the door, and asked the leaders to file in. Everyone stood in the middle of the tent and saluted Wang Huan respectfully. sit down.

Han Zhaoxuan and Yu Yin, both of them, did their part to be the first horses on both sides, and they still looked up to the sky, very proud of themselves.

After they settled down one by one, Wang Huan stood up, his eyes were like lightning, and he scanned the audience. The leaders who were still whispering to each other all stopped and looked at him in awe.

Wang Huan held the case with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "My lords, since the reign of Chongzhen, God has caused troubles and disasters have continued. The thieves took advantage of the natural disasters to make troubles, deceived the people with evil words, and confused the refugees to follow. The wolves are ambitious, driving troops into the pass, and occupying our Daming lands. But the imperial court is busy, loyal ministers and good generals are useless, and treacherous and pedantic people are full of high positions. Isn’t it funny that such a huge country has easily fallen into the hands of foreigners? ! "

"I was ordered by the emperor to lead the troops out of Qinguan and cross the Yellow River. I came here to recover Shanxi! I rushed to help, carried the sword of the emperor, and acted on behalf of the sky. No matter who you are, you must obey the order of the general. If you violate it, you will be punished." You can cut first and play later!"

Words are like knives and guns, and the clang is powerful. There is no sound in the tent, only the sound of heavy breathing one after another.

Wang Huan paused for a moment, and then said: "Before I left, I received an oral order. The emperor said clearly that Shanxi was in danger. The eastern captives went west with all their troops, and even the chieftain and the puppet regent Dorgon personally marched. If you can control him, then the whole territory of Shanxi can be in charge of the whole territory of Shanxi, and you can handle military and civil affairs, and officials can do things cheaply. I think about it, how can the emperor trust you so much, how can you let the emperor down, and I am a general from other places, Even if you are in the position of governor, you should be assisted by local people. Therefore, after the slaughter and slavery, the local officials in Shanxi should choose those who have contributed more in the war to live in them. Everyone here, I hope you can work hard and become one of them .”

At this point, it is already very clear. Wang Huan made it very clear, follow me, as long as you contribute, I will give you an official position. Those who contribute more will have a higher position, and those who contribute less will have a lower position. Choose yourself.

The leaders below were silent for a while, and someone said in a muffled voice: "Master Hou, the middle official Ma Mingtu sent some edicts a few days ago, and appointed many of us with official positions. These are imperial documents, and they cannot be faked. !"

Wang Huan took a look at this person and recognized him as a leader who had been sealed by Ma Mingtu as the commander-in-chief, so he immediately said: "Officials are divided into real positions and false positions. , It is according to the intention of this Marquis, that those with high merit will occupy high positions and hold real positions. Those without merit will not have real power no matter how high your official title is, and you will only receive a monthly salary."

There was a buzzing sound, and the leaders immediately started discussing with each other. This became even more clear. Ma Mingtu's imperial edict is not counted. If he doesn't follow Wang Huan to contribute, he won't have an inch of land in Shanxi at the end. At most, he will be a receiving salary Mi's staff outside.

Let them discuss in a low voice, before filing the case, Wang Huanao looked calm, squinted his eyes slightly, and waited.

Those who follow me will prosper, those who go against me will perish!For the first time, the heroes of Shanxi felt Wang Huan's incomparable arrogance.

(End of this chapter)