Zhang Ye said with a smile: "Let's wait until daybreak. The whole army will be on alert and let Zhao Bing's cavalry wander down the mountain!"
After Lin Man arranged the people, he smiled and said: "This battle is boring!"
"What flavor do you want? Immortal is the best!" Zhang Ye said with a smile: "Do you know how much money it takes to train a new soldier? It is at least five hundred taels before a new soldier is qualified to go into battle. Every soldier is precious, and we have few soldiers.
, we also need to occupy the entire southeast, and it would be best if fewer people die!"
Lin Man listened carefully and heard screams and wails everywhere. Because it was too dark, he couldn't see clearly, but based on his feeling, he could still feel that many people were running away frantically down the mountain!
But then came the screams and the sound of horse hooves, and the sound became the main theme at night!
Zhang Ye went back to sleep directly, fighting was really boring.
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As soon as the sky dawned and the sight improved, Lin Man led the infantry and began to inspect the battlefield. The corpses lying a hundred meters away from their position were as thick as autumn leaves.
Many people were still screaming at night, but they were all dead by daybreak.
Zhao Bing came back with his cavalry and passed by the battlefield. He was shocked to see the dead people on the ground!
Lin Man said that Zhang Ye deliberately let these people die on the battlefield and did not clean up the battlefield immediately!
Zhao Bing also took a breath: "Is this person so vicious? Is his heart made of stone?"
"So you'd better not talk back, he really dares to kill us!"
Zhao Bing took a deep breath: "It's Liang Zan again. Why are the people your Majesty employs so cruel and ruthless? He can't sleep without wailing all over the place!"
Lin Man sighed and said: "This is the difference between you and me and him. This is the situation at the bottom of the mountain without mercy!"
"Tonglu County is open, they surrendered!" Zhao Bing took a look when he came back.
The gate of Tonglu County City was opened, and people were kneeling on the ground at the door. After being baptized by artillery fire, the people in Tonglu County had no will to resist at all.
"They should send someone over soon!"
The two went to find Zhang Ye. Zhang Ye had already gotten up and was having breakfast. After hearing Zhao Bing's report, he smiled and said: "Surrender, do I allow it? Does Your Majesty allow it? Surrender with empty hands."
Tsk, I don’t know what it means!
Lin Man asked: "Isn't surrender enough?"
"Not enough, land and population, Tonglu County is not important to Your Majesty!" Zhang Ye said with a smile: "Your Majesty just wants to tell the people in Hangzhou City that the rebel army is just a native chicken Wagou, what do we want Tonglu County!"
"What I want is a human head!" Zhang Ye sneered.
Zhao Bing handed over his hand and respected Zhang Ye's authority: "If we don't accept the surrender, they will turn around and defect to the rebels, which will be troublesome then!"
"No trouble!" Zhang Ye said with a smile: "I want the head, just wait until they take it out. I will only accept their surrender after they give me the head. When the time comes, Lin Man, you go to the city and do what you should do."
I have done my job and told the people in the city to go to Hangzhou within three days."
"OK!"
After the three people discussed and had breakfast, a soldier came to report: "General, someone has come to surrender. He claims to be the magistrate of Tonglu County, and he came up the mountain with two of them."
"Let them come up!"
Zhang Ye, Lin Man and Zhao Bingdao: "The head I want is here!"
Lin Man and Zhao Bing looked at each other!
"This county magistrate?"
"It's normal that you don't know. Jinyiwei has already had information, and Tonglu County Magistrate Niu Jin has already delivered it. This man is the son-in-law of a wealthy family. This time the enemy troops gathered in Tonglu, it was this man's idea. Surrender at this time..."
Haha!
Niu Jinzhan trembled and took two of the richest gentry in Tonglu, Li Wang and Zhang Hong, all the way!
When he saw the imperial army, he straightened his official uniform!
He was on the tower last night and saw with his own eyes the tragedy in the military camp outside. He was so frightened that he was stunned!
The court is too sharp.
The 30,000-strong army outside the city was dispersed overnight. Only a few of the best elites in the city escaped and returned, and everyone said that the entire army was annihilated.
There is no point in resisting any longer. It is better to surrender. He is an official of the imperial court and should be fine!
And the big households in the city are willing to pay.
Soon Niu Jin met Zhang Ye, Lin Man and others!
"The magistrate of Tonglu County has met all the generals!"
Li Wang and Zhang Hong, who were behind Niu Jin, quickly followed suit and bowed.
Zhang Ye smiled slightly, and Niu Jin and the others breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the general was quite kind and did not lose his temper.
Niu Jin quickly said: "General, the bandit army in the city has dispersed. Fortunately, the imperial soldiers arrived in time, and the official was able to survive!"
"Oh!" Zhang Ye said with a smile, "But what did those rebels do to Lord Niu?"
"Yes, General, those bandits occupied Tonglu and imprisoned me. How could I surrender to the imperial court because I am so loyal to the court? Fortunately, even if the general arrived, I was able to escape happily."
"Let's bring Li Wang and Zhang Hong, these two people represent the squires of Tonglu to welcome the imperial soldiers into the city!" Niu Jin smiled with a flattering smile on his face, looking at Zhang Ye as if he were his own father.
He had thought about these words when he came. If he welcomed the army into the city, he would be considered to have merit. In this way, his own responsibility would be small. The army of the imperial court would have to leave sooner or later!
He will remain an official in the future.
Zhang Hong and Li Wang were like shy girls who didn't dare to look at them and tried their best to smile.
Lin Man and Zhao Bing looked at Zhang Ye and wondered how Zhang Ye would hack Niu Jin to death.
What the other party said seemed very reasonable! If they hadn't known that there were imperial guards in Tonglu City, they would have really believed it.
These Southeasterners are so shameless.
Zhang Ye said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Magistrate Niu. I didn't expect those rebels to imprison you. You deserve to die. I will definitely explain it to Your Majesty!"
"Thank you, General, thank you, General!"
Zhang Ye waved his hand: "How many large households are there in Tonglu County?"
This is about making money!
Niu Jin is overjoyed, as long as the soldiers want money, the southeastern gentry will not be short of money if they don't have anything else!
Niu Jindao: "There are twenty-three large households that can be counted, and the average wealthy households are about sixty. I understand what the general means. The imperial soldiers have worked hard at night. In order to show the support of the local squires, everyone is willing to
Give three hundred thousand to the army to labor."
"Quite a few!" Zhang Ye said with a smile: "I would like to thank the squire for his thoughtfulness. In this way, I would like to ask the county magistrate to give me a list of local squires so that I can go back and report to your majesty. They are all meritorious people who welcomed the army into the city. Facing the
The rebels have the imperial court in mind and are so loyal, Your Majesty should be rewarded!"
Zhang Ye thought for a moment and saw that Niu Jin and the other three looked a little doubtful. He immediately smiled and said: "This is the first battle of our army. It is of great significance. Your Majesty needs to boost the people's hearts and win the hearts of the squires!"
That’s so!
Niu Jin immediately understood. Indeed, the only city in the southeast, Hangzhou, was still in the hands of the imperial court.
At this time, the people of the court have lost their moral support. Of course, the emperor must boost his moral integrity and need an example!
In this way, even if they are at fault, the emperor will let them go for the sake of the overall situation!
"Okay, general, wait a moment, I'll write it right now!"
Zhang Ye nodded, his eyes were very playful!
Lin Man and Zhao Bing looked at each other and took a breath of cold air. The people in the Inspection Department were so dark.