"The Qing dog has surrendered, the Qing dog has surrendered!"

The Taiping Army cheered for victory everywhere in Xinxing Town. This one-sided battle did not last long. It took about half an hour. Except for the close troops at the entrance of the town and the subsequent besiege of Li's mansion, there was no battle in other parts of the town. The only bloody incident was the casualties and injuries of the townsmen during the search for the Qing army.

As the cheers of "The Qing dog has descended" reached every emerging people, they finally knew that the troops from the Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty were coming. However, most of the people were not happy because they were coming from the Ming army, but instead became even more uneasy.

Many people subconsciously thought of a scene that happened in the town a few months ago - after the Ming army withdrew, hundreds of Qing troops surrounded the town and drove all the men in the town to the mass grave at the east end, and then killed people. As the heads were cut off, the males in the town were greatly reduced from 3,000 to 700. Those who participated in the Ming army or were dragged by a master were killed, and all the old and weak were buried afterwards. The total number of corpses buried afterwards was no less than 2,000. If Xinxing was not in a key transportation location and had absorbed many refugees nearby in the past few months, I was afraid that this thousand-year-old ancient town would have been deserted and turned into ruins.

"What should I do! What should I do!"

Li Laoquan sat on the steps in front of his house in a daze, looking at the soldiers in black who cheered for victory and muttered to himself. His wife leaned against the door with a look of worry.

After a while, Old Li took a long breath, then stood up and walked eastward. The area where the Li family was located had been searched by Taiping Camp, so the people were not prohibited from moving, but they were not allowed to leave the town.

"The head of the family, the chaos, what are you doing?"

"I would like to discuss it with Mr. Song and the others, otherwise the town would be in trouble."

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The 136 remaining soldiers of the Green Camp led by Zhao Shiyu walked out of the gate one by one, and at the order of the Taiping Army, they threw their swords and weapons on the ground, and then stood in a row waiting for the Taiping Camp to fall.

Faced with the swords and guns of the Taiping Camp, the prisoners were inevitably panicked, and the feeling of waiting for the marquis was particularly uncomfortable. The soldiers were not bad, but the soldiers were tortured, fearing that the Ming army would attack them.

When submitting the sword, Zhao Shiyu did not forget to claim that he was not surrendering, but anyway, the evidence was that he had tied up a bannerman, and this bannerman was also a big figure in the pseudo-Qing Jingnan Prince's Mansion.

In order to enhance himself and to prove his truest facts and sincerity, Zhao Shiyu repeatedly emphasized to Peng Dazhu, the general flag guarding the captives, that he was tied up with a big man, and repeatedly asked to meet with the highest general of the Ming army in order to get fair treatment.

Anyway, Peng Dazhu ignored Zhao Shiyu's request at first, and even found it funny when he heard it. You can't hide, but you surrender before you can't hide. What's the point of this?

However, the other party kept saying that he had tied up a big man from the Jingnan Prince's Mansion and was still a bannerman. Gradually, Peng Dazhu became interested and ordered people to bring the so-called big man over.

Xiang Er didn't say a word when he was brought over. No matter how Peng Dazhu scolded him, he just gritted his teeth and kept silent. But the more he did this, Peng Dazhu really believed that he was a "big man" and sent someone to inform Zhou Shixiang who was inspecting the town.

Xiong Yingfu and the others were also tied together. No one dared to be close to Manager Xiang Er, and they didn't even dare to look at the manager of the Jingnan Prince's Mansion, all of whom were wondering how to save their lives from the Ming army.

When Peng Dazhu's men found Zhou Shixiang, Zhou Shixiang was meeting with representatives of the people of Xinxing Town - several foreigners who claimed to be local gentry.

Zhou Shixiang originally did not want to see these gentry, but then he thought that he had just arrived and did not understand the situation here. He had to get some information from these people and see if these people could help Taipingying. Furthermore, if the people seek to meet officials, the thousand-year drama would have to deal with the Taipingying, so as not to say that Taipingying was heartless. If there were grievances and grievances, he, a real general of the Ming Dynasty, always had to preside over justice for the people. If he could use the heads of a few green camp soldiers to exchange for the strong support of the Taipingying, then the deal would naturally be worthwhile. With this idea, Zhou Shixiang handed over the inspection to Tieyi, who was accompanying him and ordered people to bring the foreigners.

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"What's the matter with you looking for me?"

Zhou Shixiang tried his best to make a smile on his face so that the "representatives of the people" in front of him could look friendly.

The prominent figures in the town that Li Laoquan found and himself were surprised by Zhou Shixiang's youth. They didn't know what to call him. Look at me, I look at you, and I don't know who will speak first.

"Um?"

Zhou Shixiang was surprised. Why are these people standing still and not talking?

Seeing that Zhou Shixiang's face was wrong, an old man with shiny braids quickly came out to Zhou Shixiang to make a series, and then hesitated and said: "I don't know the general's surname? What is the position of the Ming Dynasty official?"

"I was named Zhou and the general, and now I am the general of Luo Ding. Who are you?"

Zhou Shixiang looked at the old man. He was white and fat. He saw that he was a wealthy man. He had a very good gesture and thought he was a person who had been an official.

"It turned out to be General Zhou. As expected, since ancient times, heroes have been young. Generals are so young that they are appointed as deputy generals. The future is unlimited, not limited!"

The old man first flattered Zhou Shi, and then said carefully: "Old Song Yi, the former Chongzhen dynasty, ranked 27th on the second list of the palace examination in the eleventh year of Chongzhen in the previous dynasty. He was once the magistrate of Fuzhou. Now he is a native of his hometown and is considered a slut. General Zhou can call him the old name."

"So it's Lord Song, I'm so respectful!"

The "former dynasty" mentioned by Song Yi made Zhou Shixia feel a little louder, but he quietly turned his gaze to the rest of the people, "What are these?"

A man on the left side of Song Yi hurriedly replied respectfully: "Zhou Tai, the head of the Ministry of Rites of Lao Xi, was born in the fourth year of Tianqi." Another person with white hair around him also replied: "Lao Xi Lin Zhengguo, who passed the Guangdong Provincial Examination in the 12th year of Chongzhen."

Zhou Shixiang nodded, his eyes turned to the two of them standing backwards, and asked, "Have you both been an official?"

The young ones of the two men blushed after hearing this and said embarrassedly: "Report to General, Zhang An is very ashamed. He has not been able to study and only does some business in his hometown."

Li Laoquan also quickly said, "The little old man is the official in the town, his surname is Li, his name is Laoquan, so he dare not compare with Mr. Song and the others."

"Oh, it turns out that you two are not officials of our Ming Dynasty." Zhou Shixiang smiled and looked at Song Yi and the other two, and suddenly his face turned cold, and he snorted: "The three are the sages of my Han people, I was the imperial examination for the Han people, and I was the official of my Han people, but I don't know why I have to keep those braids now?"

"this…"

Song Yi and the other two were reluctant to ask Zhou Shixiang about this, as if they were choking and could not speak. Zhou Tai's face was even more ashamed.

Seeing this, Zhou Shixiang waved his hand: "Forget it, the current situation is like this, no wonder you. The late emperor said that those with braids are refugees, and those without braids are obedient people. I will not make things difficult for you. Let me tell you, what are you doing when you come to find me?" (Author’s note: The late emperor is Emperor Longwu here)

Zhou Shi changed the subject, Song Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but did not dare to say it directly, but looked at Zhou Tai and the others. Zhou Tai and others did not dare to say this, and they all looked at each other with a difficult face. When Song Yi saw it, he cursed them in his heart. He didn't care about so much for the lives of his whole family. He said immediately: "It was just a few trivial matters that I dare not bother General Zhou, but we were entrusted by the villagers, but we dared not not report to the general..."

Zhou Shixiang disliked him, Luo Suo, and directly interrupted him, saying, "What's wrong, just say it."

"Yes, general." Song Yiluo bowed, "The general led his troops to come from afar. We should reward the army, but the general came suddenly. We were not ready for a while, so we made the general's subordinates dissatisfied. It was also worth the loss of the people's family..." Speaking of this, he did not dare to continue talking. He looked up at Zhou Shixiang and found that the other party's face had become extremely gloomy. When he was frightened, he did not dare to say anything else.
Chapter completed!