On the fifth day of the eighth month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, at this time, a group of elite cavalry wearing armor and armed with weapons came galloping outside the east gate of Yongning City. Their large group stayed outside the city.
Only three light cavalry were wearing bright armor, with red flags on their backs, holding high the red inscription announcing victory. They galloped into the city from Yinghui Gate in the east, shouting loudly: "Victory report, Chen Yuzhu, the 'Tianbawang' of Dongshan, Phoenix Camel Big
The stronghold was wiped out with one drum, and the leader of the thieves, 'Tianbawang', was appointed as the head, and none of the thieves escaped the net!"
"Good news...'Sky Overlord'...eradicated...no one escaped..."
As the sound spread, people on the street were amazed and stopped to watch and discuss.
"Is it true or false?"
"The officers and soldiers from the North Road are all in the school grounds outside the city. How can they kill the Sky Overlord?"
At the same time, a group of elite cavalry came from outside Xuan'en Gate in the south. The same three brightly-armored cavalrymen carried bright red flags on their backs, held high a red banner to report victory, and galloped into the city, shouting loudly:
"Good news, Chen Yuzhu, the 'Tianba King' of Dongshan, has wiped out the gangster nest in the ditch with one blow, and no one has escaped the net!"
At the same time, three light riders galloped into Weiyuan Gate in the north of Yongning City, with their red flags fluttering in the wind. They held up banners reporting victory and shouted: "Victory report, Dongshan's 'Tianbawang' Niujiayu North Village, wiped out with one drum, no one can
One slipped through the net!”
The three Qingqi who reported the victory appeared at the same time, as if they had agreed in advance. The entire Yongning City was alarmed, and people took to the streets one after another, talking about the victory.
There were even more daring villains who actually ran after the knights who reported their victory, and chased them all the way to the office of the sub-governor general inside the west gate of Yongning City.
Nine knights who reported victory met here, but only three knights reported that Jie Tangwen was left in front of the general's door, while the six knights rode their horses and ran towards the streets in all directions, still shouting the content of reporting victory.
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Lin Fangping heard the sound and walked out of the general's office. The three knights who reported the victory hurriedly dismounted and paid homage: "Mr. Lin, here is the article reporting the victory. Please submit it to the commander-in-chief for personal reading!"
He put away the three Tang newspapers and said to the guards behind him: "It must be hard for the brothers to travel a long distance to report the victory. Please take him down to rest and have some food."
After saying this, he turned around and ran back to the general's office to report to Zhang Cheng.
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Yongning magistrate Liu Minshen, county magistrate Duan Zhishen, chief bookkeeper Yan Wendian, dianshi Xia Lun, Yongning guard commander, guard Tong Shouxin, commander Liang Cixin, Xuezheng Du Mingli and others rushed to the general's office.
They all had expressions of surprise and uncertainty on their faces. Although they all hoped to wipe out the "Tianbawang" bandits in Dongshan, they had only heard about Zhang Cheng before and had not seen his methods.
Now we are clearly watching the accompanying army feasting and drinking in the camp all day long without taking any action. How come there are suddenly rumors of success?
However, Yongning Guard Commander and Guard Tong Shouxin had no doubts. He had seen Zhang Cheng's methods and courage before. When he heard the news of victory, he felt excited in his heart, but his expression was calmer than everyone else's.
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Zhang Cheng also walked out of the general's office, looked at the surprised Yongning officials and said with a smile: "Liu Magistrate County, my army has captured the Dongshan bandit 'Tianbawang' Chen Yuzhu alive.
During this campaign, my troops marched in three directions, wiping out three of the bandit's nests on the same day, killing more than 600 bandits on the spot, and capturing more than 200 old bandits under the bandit leader Chen Yuzhu.
There are nearly a thousand men and women from military households and civilians who have caused trouble."
"General Zhang, you are so powerful!"
Liu Minshen looked frightened, his face turned pale, and his lips trembled as he said this.
All of this was indeed too sudden for him. Thinking back to the time when Zhang Guowei gathered the Yongning generals to join forces and carefully planned for more than half a year, they dispatched thousands of officers and soldiers, but only managed to kill less than a hundred bandits.
After that, they went out to suppress the bandits several times, even with heavy casualties, but not much was gained. The money and food collected from merchants in Yongning and even Yanqing Prefecture were wasted, and the bandits became more and more rampant.
How could I have imagined that General Zhang, who came from the north, could be easily solved while chatting and laughing? It is simply unbelievable. This is simply impossible!
"Mighty... mighty..."
The voices of praise and congratulations from the officers and generals were endless.
Zhang Cheng didn't care much about this. He strode out of the ceremonial door of the General's Office and shouted loudly: "Where is Tong Shouxin of Yongning garrison?"
Tong Shouxin rushed up quickly, cupped his fists and said, "The end will be here!"
"Tong Shouwei, our bandit-suppressing army on the North Road is about to return in triumph. I now order you to build a high platform outside Yinghui Gate in the east of the city and set up a wooden fence within one hour. Shen Shizheng will capture Chen Yuzhu, the leader of the bandits, outside Yinghui Gate.
Kill them and behead a bunch of old bandits in public to frighten Xiaoxiao!"
Zhang Cheng then shouted: "Wu Zhizhong, Wei Zhice, and Gao Jinggong immediately gathered all their armies and went to the Yinghui Gate to form a formation outside Yinghui Gate to watch the execution!"
He turned around, clasped his fists with a smile and said to Liu Minshen: "I have to trouble Magistrate Liu to summon the people in the city and go to the east gate to watch the execution at Shen Shizheng!"
Everyone was surprised for a while, and then they chopped it down?
"General Zhang is really a devil. He wants to chop off two hundred heads at once!"
"Hmph, it's easy to behead these thieves."
"However, two hundred cuts at once is too much..."
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On the fifth day of August, Shenshi, outside Yinghui Gate in the east of Yongning City, there were so many people of all kinds that it was difficult to count.
There is a high platform built on a hillock to the south, with strict military formations on both sides. All the troops from the north who came with Zhang Cheng are arrayed here.
Directly opposite the high platform is the infantry array of Chen Dakuan's troops at Chicheng Infantry Battalion, to the north is Chen Zhong's Ranger Division, and to the south is Wang Tieren's light cavalry.
In the large open space in the middle, a full 200 old bandits were imprisoned, and the bandit leader Chen Yuzhu, known as the "Tianbawang", was tied to a wooden stake, naked from head to toe, with many faint stab wounds.
There was bright red blood oozing out.
To the south of them were the deputy commander-in-chief Zhang Guowei, who was originally stationed in Yongning, with less than two thousand men and horses. They stood there listlessly, and their formation looked extremely loose.
The guard, Tong Shouxin, was directing his guards to maintain order here, because the north side of the execution ground was full of people who came out of the city to watch, and they were even more chaotic and disorderly.
Zhang Cheng stood on the high platform and watched everything.
Liu Minshen, the magistrate of Yongning County, led the county government officials to stand behind him on the left, and on the right were Wu Zhizhong, Wei Zhice and others, as well as the officials and generals of the Yongning Guard.
Zhang Guangda, wearing bright armor, rode his horse from the opposite military formation to the front of the high platform. He reined in his horse and stopped, holding the reins and clasping his fists towards Zhang Cheng. He loudly reported: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the last general will lead the army to suppress the thieves. Three battles."
Three victories, 659 bandits were killed, 871 civilians were saved, one of the bandit leaders was captured, and 200 old bandits were taken into custody. Please give me your instructions."