The four gates of Jinzhou and three gates were tightly closed, but the south gate was half open.

Three layers of antlers are displayed on the front side of the gate, leaving only a pass for two people to pass through.

Nearly a hundred guards were holding swords and guns, waiting in full force, staring at the front without turning around. Behind them there were about fifty soldiers holding flintlock guns, hiding behind sandbags, with muzzles also facing forward. At the door, there were dozens of soldiers. They looked a little relaxed, but they also held weapons in their hands.

On the city wall, six tiger cannons are arranged side by side. Gunpowder and shells have been loaded. As long as the lead is ignited, they can be fired out as soon as possible.

Zhou Xian stood on the top of the city, looking at the crowd like a long dragon, frowned.

Just the day before yesterday, he ordered the seven passes outside Jinzhou to give up. Although Jimu sent troops to reinforce, because the incident happened suddenly and the Qing army pursued quickly, nearly 300 of them died on the way to Jinzhou. Immediately afterwards, the Qing army began to slaughter the villages around Jinzhou. All ordinary people who could see were killed by them, completely ignoring not long ago, these people were still people under their rule.

With the experience of the Qing army mingling among the people and thus taking down Huyuekou, the city guards suddenly felt relieved when they saw a large number of people pouring into Jinzhou City and immediately closed the city gate. Some generals also suggested that in order to prevent the Qing army from entering the city in detail, they simply prohibited all people from entering the city.

In fact, they raised another layer of concern.

As a large number of people pour in, the security in the city will inevitably become more chaotic. Moreover, many of these people only carry some clothes when they enter the city. Everything needs to be supplied by the city. Although the city has sufficient food and supplies, it is enough for the entire army to use for half a year, it is aimed at the soldiers in the army.

Some people even suggested that the Qing army might have deliberately driven these people into the city to increase the burden on the defenders, thereby achieving the goal of breaking the city after a long siege.

In the end, Zhou Xian took a lot of effort to convince the generals who had different opinions one by one and let these people enter the city.

However, in order to prevent the Qing army from opening the city gate, he asked Jimu to lead 700 cavalry outside to ensure that there were no large number of Qing troops around. At the same time, only a small entrance was opened at the south gate, and only the people who had undergone strict scrutiny could enter.

There were various weapons on the cart behind the door, including long swords, crossbows, bows and arrows, hoes and kitchen knives. The local area of ​​Jinzhou is mainly hilly and mountainous, and there are many hunters. It is impossible to determine that they are the fine works of the Qing army through these. However, they could not bring these things into the city no matter what.

Perhaps the guards at the door were ready to shock these ordinary people. Although some of them were a little dissatisfied, no one dared to say anything. Everyone followed the long queue and slowly entered the city. Although the speed was very slow, it was still in order.

About two hundred steps away from the city gate, ten large wooden barrels were placed side by side, filled with cooked rice porridge. Several temporarily recruited people kept handing the bowls filled with porridge to the people in the queue, and the air was filled with a faint fragrance. A few children were running back and forth, smiling happily from time to time, and their eyes were full of curiosity. For them, traveling was a particularly happy thing.

After a while, Yu Qi wore armor and climbed the city wall with Liu Liu. "Among the people who had entered the city, after gathering the people from the same village together, they did find some abnormal people. Some people in the same village did not recognize them; others, they could not tell where they were, and they only said which village was approaching; and some said that the whole village was slaughtered, and he was the only survivor, and there was no way to prove it."

Zhou Xian was stunned for a moment and asked, "Then after you interrogate, are there any Qing army's detailed works among them?"

Yu Qi nodded and said, "There are six of them sure, all of them are soft-boys. When I was scared, they called them directly. According to them, they were just scouts in the preface and sent to find out the situation in the city. Because they didn't know each other, they didn't know if there were any other detailed works?"

Zhou Xian pondered for a moment and nodded, "Then he will do this next. Anything that cannot be proved through others must be carefully questioned. After the torture, those who still cannot confirm their identity will temporarily limit their freedom until someone can prove their identity. As for those who have confirmed their identity, give them a chance to save themselves. If they can provide information useful to our army, spare their lives, but be detained alone and do not let them contact anyone. For those who cannot provide anything, beheaded directly to public to shock the enemy's heart."

Yu Qi bowed and said, "Subordinate obeys the order."

Zhou Xian turned to Liu Liu and said, "Master Liu, you come with Lewu, what's wrong?" Liu Liu was Liu Lian's only son. With Liu Lian's support, Zhou Xian quickly stabilized the situation in Jinzhou. Zhou Xian reciprocated his favor and appointed Liu Liu as the chief lord. Although he was only a ninth rank small official, the Jinzhou government office is not complete at present, and there are many places where he, the chief lord can play a role.

Liu Liu bowed slightly and said, "Military Sect, you asked the villain to assist General Yu Qian to examine these people. The task was heavy and the manpower was insufficient. Although General Yu Qian had many soldiers, many of them were not very good at reading a few. The subordinates wondered if they could pick out some people from the formerly captured Jinzhou Prefecture officials to assist the villain. Although they had previously been accused of the Qing Dynasty, they have been dealt with now. If they were released, they would definitely be grateful and this matter would be better done."

Zhou Xian was silent for a while. When he first captured Jinzhou, he ordered one of the evil officials in Jinzhou who had committed many evil deeds to behead him and showed him the public. Then the prisoners conspired to rebel, and he killed another group of them. At present, nearly a thousand people are still imprisoned in Jinzhou City, except for most of the Qing soldiers, these officials in the prefecture and their families.

Before, Jinzhou was unstable, and Zhou Xian dared not release them. Now, the arrival of Haoge's army did not seem to be the time to release them. He had thought of transporting all of their staff to Denglai and sending them to the mines to be coolies. But soon after, Kong Youde attacked Denglai, which left them stranded in Jinzhou.

At this moment, when Liu Liao mentioned it, Zhou Xian thought about it carefully for a while and said, "You should go to the place where Lewu is banned! Let some officials with very good officials come out and bring them over to see General Zhao Shen. You are responsible for telling General Zhao Shen's talents and he will decide who can be used."
Chapter completed!