Luo Yangming finally survived the terror until dawn - his family was still in the house. Although Wen Tietou and his friends were taken care of, he was weak and incapable of being affected by chaos and war.

Although it only took four or five days since the Fubo army arrived at the city, it seems like half of its life has passed. It is really like living a life like a year.

He wanted to send someone to pick up his family several times, but the streets were in chaos and worried that an accident would happen on the road. It would be better to hide behind closed doors at home. Most of the rice shops there were rice shops. Although the goal was big, there were also Ding Zhuang guarding the guild.

Seeing the dawn, rumbling cannons came from outside the two cities in Wuzhou, and Luo Yangming couldn't help but feel excited - siege the city!

Signal rockets of various colors swept across the sky from time to time. In Luo Yangming's eyes, they looked as beautiful as holiday fireworks. He didn't bother to look at it anymore and quickly climbed down from the roof and reported to the directors of the Rice and Grain Association in the hall.

"The Australians have started to attack the city. In less than half a day, Wuzhou will be the world of the Song Dynasty!" Luo Yangming said with joy.

The originally dull and depressed faces of the Rice and Grain Association members immediately relaxed. They had been worried for several days. Now they heard that Australians were about to enter the city. This lawless day was finally over. Most of the lives of everyone can be saved. The solemn atmosphere in the hall became a little lively. The breakfast brought by the servants was put on the table and no one cared about it. At this moment, they suddenly surrounded people, and some people were shouting that their servants had no eyesight to see and did not know how to "heat up" the porridge.

Luo Yangming saw that these merchants began to show off their power and airs to the servants again, and he knew that they were sure of it again. However, it is not the time to relax now. There are a large number of chaotic troops in the city, and it can also cause great losses if they jump over the wall when they are anxious.

However, Master Qiao was still in charge. While sending people out to contact the troop teams and local soldiers in various places, he asked them to "defend the ground" and "protect the country and the people", he would inevitably "reward" afterwards. At the same time, he sent envoys to meet the highest commander Xunwu Zuo Ganshen General.

This general was still in the city, because Wuzhou was his defense zone. Once he lost the court, he would have to hold him accountable and would also cause harm to his family. The generals of the Ming army mostly came from hereditary officers from the garrison. They were actually small feudal lords. The interests of the family were closely related to him, so he had to defend himself to the end and sacrifice himself to the city.

Therefore, the envoy sent by Mr. Qiao was a "dead soldier" - because the other party might directly kill the envoy out of the determination of "the traitors are incompatible".

Mr. Qiao asked the messenger to take it very simply: as long as he immediately ordered his subordinates to open the city to surrender and restrain the troops. After surrender, he immediately offered 20,000 taels of silver as a reward, and gave him another 3,000 taels of silver. The Australians will also help him mediate and ensure his safety.

After sending the envoy, Mr. Qiao called Luo Yangming aside and whispered to him if he had any acquaintances in the Australian army?

Luo Yangming naturally did not dare to reveal his identity, so he said that he had always been in contact with Dachang. This time he heard that Dachang was helping the Australian military rice supply, and maybe there were acquaintances in the Fubo army.

"In this way, there is no reliable acquaintance?" Mr. Qiao's eyes showed doubtful gaze.

"Although there are no acquaintances, the Fubo army has always been strict in military discipline. Of course, someone comes to contact us, so Master Qiao doesn't have to worry too much..." He saw Master Qiao's intention to feel relieved, so he had to add, "I have the 'authorization certificate' for dealing with Dachang here. As long as I take it out, it will probably be no problem for those who ask for the person in charge..."

After saying that he had "certificates", Mr. Qiao's face was relaxed. He lived in Wuzhou for a long time. Although he had heard of the name of Australians and used Australian goods, he lacked an intuitive understanding of the behavior of "treat thieves". It was also a military crisis like destroying the city. If one is inappropriate, it would be a strange disaster!

Fortunately, Luo Yangming is a "Tong-Tang" figure. Mr. Qiao felt somewhat relied on it. Then he talked about the "reward" discussed by the gentry and businessmen in the city to Luo Yangming, roughly how many soldiers each "reward" each officer, and how many generals are. He asked whether the "price" of Luo Yangming is suitable - naturally, he will have to ask him "Brother Luo" to contact him...

Luo Yangming was secretly funny, but he didn't want to waste money and he didn't need to save money for the old money. Moreover, the army came from afar and earned a small amount of income. He said that he was willing to "contact", which made Mr. Qiao feel relieved.

After the Dayun Gate broke through the city, the final organized resistance of the Ming army in the city was completely disintegrated. After a few elite soldiers under Xunwu's left sect general failed to fight against Dayun Gate several times, the troops basically collapsed. As for the riots who were originally doing evil in the city and intending to take advantage of the situation, Gengshi fell into the final madness, the establishment completely disintegrated, and the riots set fire to rob each other. The city was in a complete chaos.

After the second battalion commanded by Zhu Quanxing entered the city, he occupied key points and searched for riots along the way, and sent people to contact the surrendered soldiers. All the surrendered Ming troops, whether local or foreign troops, ordered them to go out of the city and wait for acceptance; the brave men and squads in the city ordered them to guard the key points of the road, wipe out the rifting riots, and dispatched to put out fires at any time.

Then Yang Zeng's camp entered the city from the south of the city, searched and suppressed the rebellious soldiers in the city in units of squads and platoons to help the strong men put out the fire. Everything was in order, and before noon, the whole city of Wuzhou had been calmed down. Although there were constant fires everywhere, no large-scale overfire was formed after the fire was extinguished in time. Although some poor streets and alleys were burned, causing hundreds of refugees, and the wharf area along the river outside the city was damaged, almost flattened to the ground. But overall, the damage to the whole city was not too great.

The people of Wuzhou, who were disturbed and invaded, have finally welcomed a new master in fear and anxiety, regardless of their wealth. However, some people can no longer see the sunrise today. The people who died in the riot last night were still corpses on the streets. In the Cangwu County government, the county magistrate who committed suicide in despair was hanging on the beam of the second hall, and the backyard was in a mess.

Zhu Mingxia did not enter the city - Wuzhou was just a place name to him, and his mission was to fight: the main force of the Ming army was not far from here.

So the work of the director of the temporary military control committee fell on Zhu Quanxing.

Zhu Quanxing entered the city on foot. Wuzhou City was different from other cities. It opened the city without excessive damage. Several offensives and defenses surrounding Wuzhou and arson conspiracies in the city caused considerable damage. Although Xiong Wencan's conspiracy to burn the city was defeated by the efforts of the "lone wolf", the city was still not stable. In this case, it is naturally not suitable to enter the city.

The local geniuses in the city were going to come to the city gate to "welcome". Zhu Quanxing responded that "no need" and asked them to go to the government office - the location of the temporary military management committee.

Logically speaking, this kind of work does not require the veterans to take action. Naturally, a receiving team composed of northbound cadres from the Qiongya Column is responsible for it. However, Wuzhou's status is unusual. Whether it is to immediately lead the troops to Guangxi or prepare for the opportunity here, Wuzhou is an important transportation node and must be managed well.

"Except for the firefighting meeting and the prefecture and the county government office's strong men team stayed in place, the rest of the strong men scattered on the spot and went home."

"All the military officers in the city, regardless of their territory or the guest army, will leave the city and be inspected outside the north gate. Those who stay in the city after sunset are treated as rioters."

"The officials of the Ming Dynasty went to Cangwu County Government to report to the sunset and wait for disposal. The hiding person was punished for treason."

"All flammable items such as sulfur, gunpowder, tung oil in the city will be transferred out of the city and stored in a centralized manner."

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Orders were issued from the door of the temporary military control committee. The reception work was very complicated, but over the years, the Senate had already had a mature experience in receiving the city work, and there were also a few veterans among the cadres going north. After entering the city, they commanded the troops to occupy key departments, seized, confiscated weapons, and searched for defeated soldiers...all work was organized.

Zhu Quanxing was able to save trouble. He arranged a table map in the underworld yamen of the temporary military management club and began to arrange defense and security work in Wuzhou.

In terms of the current situation, Wuzhou is a "front-line city" and the environment is very unfavorable. It is not only far from the Pearl River Delta region of the Senate in the core of Tongzhi in Guangzhou, but also in the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi. To the west, it is the Guangxi Mingjun Group with still strength. At this time, the two mountains defending Yao generals who retreated from Guangdong and the middle garrison were gathered, and their strength was improved by another level. Although Guangxi was poor in history, there were several grain-producing areas, and self-sufficiency was not a problem. In contrast, the Fubo army in Wuzhou had difficulty in providing support due to the lengthening of the transportation line. To the east, from Zhaoqing to Wuzhou, there were a large number of Yaodongs along the Jiangshan area. Once a large-scale riot occurred, Wuzhou would become an isolated city.

Whether it is a sharp knife that guides Guangxi or a shield that defends Guangdong, the Second Battalion must first do a good job in the garrison of Wuzhou.

The first step is to figure out the current situation in Wuzhou. If you want to talk about the most suitable candidate, you will naturally send a signal to them and send a secret message to them. Logically speaking, the intelligence officer should have come to contact him quietly.

I wonder what kind of information this lonely wolf can bring to him? Not only him, but also Xu, were very interested in the intelligence officer in Wuzhou City. If it weren't for his timely activities that destroyed Xiong Wencan's plan to burn the city, they would probably have to face a fireworks-filled Wuzhou City and refugees all over the ground.

But until now, this mysterious lonely wolf has not appeared.

At this time, the orderly soldiers around me came to report again: the "country geniuses" in this city had been waiting for a long time.

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Volume 7 - Guangzhou Governance Chapter 328
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