Hong Ming was wearing a gauze robe and casual clothes. He was short and fat, with a pale and fat face full of panic. After An Yingchang and his son identified him, they dragged him out of the pile of women and dragged him to Yang Zhen's house.

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As for Hong Mingyi, he still hasn't figured out the identity of the person who came here. He kneels in front of Yang Zhen, kowtows like pounding garlic, and just keeps shouting for the king to spare his life.

Yang Zhen originally intended to ask An Yingchang and his son to execute Hong Mingyi, the Jianghua left-behind man, in public, in order to further strengthen their determination to lead his troops to serve him.

But when he saw that Jianghua's left-behind Hong Mingyi was so cowardly, cowardly and incompetent, he suddenly had a new idea in his mind.

This Hong Ming-il has a special status. Since he is the son of Hong Seobong, the current leader of the Joseon Dynasty, he has advantages that others do not have.

With Hong Mingyi in hand, perhaps he no longer needs to risk leading troops into Hanyang and use force to force Li Zhu to change his leadership.

Of course, all this is based on the premise that Hong Ruifeng, the current leader of Lee's North Korea, is willing to cooperate with him.

But it was said that Yang Zhen led his army to capture the Jianghua left-behind mansion in the mountain city, and after controlling Jianghua's left-behind Hong Mingyi, he saw that he was greedy for life and fearful of death. Although he had a plan in mind, he didn't say much to him.

However, Zhang Guogan was ordered on the spot to lead his team to take over the left-behind mansion, and Guo Xiaowu was ordered to imprison Hong Mingyi and several of his concubines for safe custody.

At the same time, An Yingchang and his son were asked to lead their troops and accompany him and Zhang Chen to lead other sentries of the Musket Battalion to make a forced landing on other Jianghua City defenders who had been transferred by Shen Qicheng to outside the east gate.

There was no large-scale fierce fighting in the Jianghua Liushou Mansion area, but when An Yingchang and his son led a team to rush into the Liushou Mansion, they still clashed with the Liushou Mansion servants guarding the mansion and opened fire.

When Li Shouzhong, Zhang Guogan and others entered the left-behind mansion, they shot and killed everyone who dared to resist.

The gunshots coming from the Liushou Mansion were of course reported to the people on the Wanghan Tower at the east gate, but their thoughts were always focused on Shen Qicheng who was placed in the Liushou Mansion at the south gate.

Therefore, when An Yingchang and his son arrived near the east gate under the banner of Yang, the governor of the Zuo Army of the Ming Dynasty's Eastern Expedition, they were greeted by the men and horses sent by Shen Qicheng to keep watch.

The sentry detective met with An Yingchang and his son, and immediately turned around to report back to Shen Qicheng. Only a moment later, Shen Qicheng came with a group of close followers on horseback to greet Yang Zhen.

"The Great Ming Dynasty, General Zuo Jun of the General of the Ming Dynasty, is here, Mr. Zuo Dudu of the Governor's Mansion. Shen Qicheng, the left-behind deputy envoy of the small country Jianghua, pays homage to the general and pays homage to the governor!

"The lower official Shuntian has complied with the order and specially dedicated the city of Jiangdu here. Please forgive me, Lord Governor, and don't damage the palaces in the city. Don't damage - don't damage the treasury of the capital!"

"In this way, everyone in the small country will be grateful for the kindness of the governor, and then they will march into Hanyang, clear the emperor's side, eliminate the traitors, strengthen the small country, eliminate evil, bring order to the chaos, and finally return the small country to the Ming Dynasty. Great things can be accomplished!"

Jianghua's left-behind deputy envoy Shen Qicheng looked like a gentleman. He rode over and saw Yang Zhen. He reined up his horse and got off the saddle a dozen steps away. Then he quickly stepped forward and knelt at Yang Zhen's feet.

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Then, while kowtowing to Yang Zhen, he loudly begged Yang Zhen not to destroy the palaces and treasury in the city, and gave a bunch of high-sounding reasons.

Hearing what Shen Qicheng said, Yang Zhen smiled slightly, bent down to support him, and said to him: "Haha, Deputy Shen understands justice, and it is true. He is sincere to me, Ming Dynasty, and the same to your Majesty." Your sincerity is truly admirable!

"I am here just to punish the guilty and crusade against the unjust. If the government and the public, the rulers and ministers of your country can make up their minds and return to the Ming Dynasty, how can I bear to commit more crimes?

"What's more, your brother, Shen Qiyuan, is the commander-in-chief. His reputation is spread far and wide, and he has great righteousness. The governor knows that he is by no means willing to surrender to the captives. You are his biological brother, and you are a fellow-traveler. Haha, you and I There’s no need to see anyone outside, please get up quickly, please get up quickly!”

After Yang Zhen finished speaking these words with a smile, he lifted up Shen Qicheng who was kneeling in front of him, while secretly cursing him for being both pretentious and stupid.

——They have become bitches and still have to erect a chastity arch, and they still have to help them erect this chastity arch.

Under the current circumstances, Shen Qiyuan and his accomplices are indeed a relatively reliable "friendly force" within Lee's Korea.

However, Yang Zhen realized more and more clearly that while he was using this so-called "friendly army" to achieve his own goals, was he not being used by his friendly army?

For example, the idea of ​​righteousness can certainly be used to drive them to cooperate with and serve themselves, but at the same time it also restrains their own hands and feet, preventing them from doing whatever they want to take from the people of the court.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen further strengthened his determination to make good use of Hong Mingyi.

After meeting with Shen Jicheng, it was a matter of course to persuade the Jianghua City garrison under his command to surrender.

First, the Ming army led by Yang Zhen had already identified themselves and entered Jianghua Mountain City, and Jianghua's left-behind Hong Mingyi and deputy envoy Shen Qi Chengdu had given up resistance.

Secondly, the fort at Jiachuundun has been destroyed by heavy artillery by the fleet from the sea. The naval battalion teams of Qiu Zhenhai and Yu Liangtai have landed near Jiachuundun under the cover of the gunboats and are approaching step by step.

Although there were many Jianghua City defenders who were deliberately sent by Shen Qicheng to station outside the east gate to meet the enemy, they were already being attacked from both sides and had no chance of victory.

If you don't choose to surrender, you can only sacrifice your life for righteousness and commit suicide.

It is a pity that neither the imperial camp troops who were ordered to garrison the important areas of Jiangdu nor the archers of the number plate army who were forcibly recruited to serve did not have the consciousness to sacrifice their lives for righteousness.

When Shen Qicheng led Yang Zhen to the top of the Wanghan Tower and officially waved the flag of the Ming Dynasty's Eastward General and called on them to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, they immediately made the right choice - put down their weapons, kneel down and surrender.

Subsequently, Hong Mingyi's cronies and the generals and servants who were inclined to surrender to the rebels and the peace faction were exposed by low-level military attachés who were inclined to resist the rebels and repudiate the peace faction. They were pulled out on the spot by the anti-Japanese sergeants led by An Yingchang and his son An Yixin. He was beheaded in front of the battle array in public display.

After some cleaning, more than 200 people were killed on the spot. Counting the people who escaped from Jiachuandun, the original team of more than 1,700 people soon only had about 1,500 people left.

For the remaining 1,500 people, Yang Zhen also immediately gave them a unified and loud banner called the Loyalty Gui Ming Army.

At the same time, An Yingchang, who had previously surrendered to him in Dingzu Mountain City, was incorporated into the army, and An Yingchang was appointed as the capital commander of the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army.

An Yingchang's men and horses in Dingzu Mountain City and the newly attached men and horses outside the east gate of Jianghua City, a total of more than 2,000 people, were still commanded by 500 people, and they were mixed into four commanders.

In addition to An Yingchang, the capital commander, who led a commanding force as the central army, An Yingchang's son An Yixin was also ordered to lead a forward commanding force.

Two low-ranking middle-aged military attachés from the anti-capitalist and peace faction under Shen Qicheng and An Yingchang, one named Jin Xinguo and the other Zheng Zhongxin, were also promoted on the spot by Yang Zhen, the general of the Ming Dynasty to conquer the east, and appointed as commanders of the left and right wings. the duties of an envoy.

As for the established Shen Qicheng, Yang Zhen certainly did not neglect him. After roughly deciding on the military structure of the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army, Yang Zhen asked him to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army.

Although this position of commander-in-chief is a bit nondescript, and was usually held by eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, this position sounds very high-ranking and domineering.

For Shen Qicheng, who was born as a Confucian scholar, he was not willing to lower himself to a military position, so the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Army, which was higher than that of An Yingchang, made him very satisfied.

In particular, the banner of Loyalty and Gui Ming Army, which takes loyalty as its call and Gui Ming as its goal, perfectly satisfies Shen Qicheng and his subtle thoughts of being both responsible and established in resisting the imperialists and the rebels.

In this way, before sunset that day, Yang Zhen first ruthlessly purged Hong Mingyi's military cronies at the Wanghan Gate at the east gate of Jianghua Mountain City, and then appointed a military commander, a capital commander and three commanders. With this approach, he quickly completed the reorganization of the entire Ganghwa Island North Korean garrison.

That night, in order to show his sincerity towards the imperial palace in Ganghwa City, Yang Zhen ordered the newly formed Loyalty Gui Ming Army to stay on guard duty at Jiangdu Palace, the royal palace in Ganghwa City.

Although Yang Zhen's decision caused confusion among some soldiers in the Musket Battalion of the Dongzheng Army under his direct command, it soon aroused cheers from the soldiers of the newly formed Loyalty and Gui Ming Army.

Zhang Chen seemed to have seen through the deep meaning behind Yang Zhen's arrangement, and just stood aside and looked at the cheering members of the loyal and loyal Gui Ming army, smiling and saying nothing.

Shen Qicheng, who had just been appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Loyalty Guiming Army, looked at the scene in front of him. Although he felt something was wrong in his heart, he did not know what to say in the face of Yang Zhen's upright decision and the cheers of the Guiming Army. alright.

Just when he was hesitating, Yang Zhen gave the order to set off to An Yingchang, who also felt a little uncomfortable.

An Yingchang, who had just been promoted to the high position of the capital commander, naturally could not give Yang Zhen's order in public as soon as he took office, so he had to follow up and issue the order.

Subsequently, the vanguard commander headed by An Yingchang's son An Yixin immediately received the order, entered the city with cheers, and went straight to Jiangdu Palace.
Chapter completed!