Eighty thousand troops marched into Luoyang City in a mighty manner. Chen Qing, surrounded by thousands of cavalry, also entered the city. At this time, Liu Cui and his deputy Wu Jincheng came to see him. Chen Qing had received the news in advance, and Wu Jincheng led 3,000 soldiers to hold on.
Cangcheng did not surrender until the main force of the Song army entered the city, ensuring the safety of the entire Cangcheng.
"Wu Jincheng, a humble official, pays homage to His Highness King Yong!"
Chen Qingxiao asked: "General Wu is a highly desirable lieutenant?"
Wu Jincheng smiled bitterly and said: "The humble position is nominally a deputy general, but in fact it is a logistics general. He is in charge of Cangcheng and has no military power."
"Zhe Keqiu doesn't trust you?"
"No, Zhe Keqiu doesn't trust anyone. He holds the entire army firmly in his hands, and all military affairs, big and small, are decided by him."
Chen Qing nodded, "General Wu can be loyal to his duties and ensure the safety of Cangcheng. This is the greatest achievement. From now on, I appoint you as the commander of the Western Army."
Wu Jincheng was overjoyed, knelt down on one knee and said: "I am willing to do my best for Your Highness!"
Wu Jincheng was appointed deputy commander, and Chen Qing was demoted one level to commander, which is already very good. He is older, already in his fifties, and can be regarded as an official veteran. He is very familiar with the situation in the Central Plains. Chen Qing needs
Such a person who understands the situation.
"I heard that before the Song army entered the city, looting of people's property broke out in the city?"
"Exactly! Zhe Keqiu died unexpectedly. The generals in the city lost control. They mainly controlled the armies of Sun Rong and Wang Youting. About 10,000 people participated in looting people's property. They not only looted people's property, but also raped women. Their humble position could not stop them.
, we can only restrain our own troops and not allow them to participate."
"Where are the other armies? Didn't they participate?" Chen Qing asked again.
"The other two armies were in the city defense. After the Song army entered the city, they went directly to the city and fled without participating in the looting."
At this time, the soldiers took Sun Rong and Wang Youting up. They were both wearing the uniforms of ordinary soldiers. They tried to get away with it, but they were identified by the soldiers and arrested.
"Your Highness, spare your life! Spare your life!"
The two of them knelt on the ground and begged. Chen Qing sneered and said: "I didn't want to kill you originally. If you could restrain military discipline, you could at least be appointed as the commander of the army. It's a pity that you have ruined your opportunity.
I am here to save the people. If I let you go, it will ruin my reputation, Chen Qing. If someone comes, I will drag him down and behead him!"
The two regretted it so much that they cried: "Your Highness, please spare my life! We realize our mistake."
The two men were held down by wolf-like soldiers, and their heads were chopped off in a moment. The soldiers put the heads on a plate and brought them to them. Chen Qingling said: "The general who signed the notice to calm the people and set up troops to rob the people's property has been arrested."
Behead him and hang his head at the city gate for public display!"
After a pause, Chen Qing ordered again: "Go and identify all the prisoners of war. The subordinates of Sun Rong and Wang Youting will arrest them and interrogate them strictly. Anyone who robs people's property will be convicted of enemy prisoners and will be sent to the mines for three years of hard labor. Anyone who commits adultery with women will be convicted."
All beheaded!"
In this siege of Luoyang, there were not many dead soldiers on both sides, especially the 20,000 defenders who had basically no casualties. However, the Song army suffered hundreds of casualties during the siege of Luoshui.
Except for Wu Jincheng's 3,000 soldiers, the rest of the soldiers became prisoners of war. The 4,000 soldiers who commanded Li Maosheng and the 3,000 soldiers who commanded Li Hua were luckier. They were restrained by the general and did not participate in plundering the people.
Sun Rong and Wang Youting's 10,000 men were in a more miserable situation. They were taken to the camp outside the city for interrogation one by one, and the prisoners of war were encouraged to report and perform meritorious services. For example, if soldiers who only robbed people's property without harming anyone handed over the property they robbed, and exposed
A soldier who rapes a woman can receive amnesty.
Immediately, the soldiers exposed one after another. More than 1,270 soldiers who participated in the murder and rape of women were quickly found out and rushed to the Luoshui River to behead them in public. Hundreds of thousands of people watched this on the other side of the Luoshui River.
execution.
A group of two hundred people knelt by the Luoshui River with their hands tied behind their backs, their heads covered with black bags, and their necks exposed. Behind each person stood a burly man holding a machete.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The drums sounded, and sharp machetes were raised high. Many people covered their eyes and did not dare to look. They only listened to an order, and the sharp machetes were swung down, and two hundred heads were chopped off at the same time.
Hundreds of thousands of people were jubilant.
Six consecutive executions, 1,270 criminal prisoners of war were beheaded, all the looted money was returned to the people, 300,000 people suddenly cheered, the Song army's execution completely won the hearts of the people, and the news spread to the Central Plains
Later, it also greatly frightened the soldiers from all over the country. If you want to leave a way out for yourself, don't do evil, otherwise you will definitely die.
Chen Qing met with Zhang Lu and Yu Shouzhong at the commander's residence. Chen Qing admired their performance in Luoyang very much.
"What was the name of the soldier who assassinated Zhe Keqiu? What was his position?"
Zhang Lu bowed and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, the assassin soldier is called Huang Dong. He was once a scout soldier and had no position."
Chen Qing nodded, turned around and said to Sima Zhang Fan, who was accompanying the army: "I will reward Huang Dong with two hundred taels of silver and be promoted to the head of the scout capital."
"The humble position has been recorded!"
Chen Qing smiled at Zhang Lu again and said: "According to convention, after a city is recaptured, the local intelligence director will be appointed as the county magistrate. I dare not say that this time, Manager Zhang performed really well. I will promote you one level and make you the Henan Prefecture."
Tongpan is in charge of the government affairs of the Henan government. He will be formally appointed by the Department of Civil Affairs. Now you take over the post of Tongpan!"
Zhang Lu was really moved and quickly bowed and saluted, her voice choked with sobs as she said: "Thank you for your highness's love. I will definitely work hard in my humble position to manage Henan Mansion well for your highness!"
"What is your opinion of Zhou Huang, the current magistrate of Luoyang County?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, although the magistrate of Zhou County was appointed by Wanyan Wushu, he is indeed a good official, very dedicated, and very familiar with the situation in Luoyang. He risked his life to stop the soldiers from doing evil, but he was almost injured by the soldiers.
Lost his life."
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "It is the power of the Department of Civil Affairs to appoint the county magistrate. I cannot overstep the authority of the magistrate. However, Zhou Huang can temporarily act as the magistrate. After the Department of Human Resources and the Supervision Department send people to jointly review, if he passes the review, he can continue
Be appointed county magistrate, or be transferred elsewhere."
After a pause, Chen Qing asked Zhang Lu: "What does Zhang Tongpan think is the most urgent thing now?"
Zhang Lu immediately responded: "Beizhi believes that the most urgent thing is to appease the people and find out the family's financial situation, so Beizhi must first open a shed to provide rice relief, and then take stock of the warehouse. However, Beizhi needs manpower to assist."
"What was the situation in the original government office?" Chen Qing asked again.
"Reporting to Your Highness, Zhe Kezhi will concurrently serve as the magistrate of Henan, and several of his staff will be in charge of state affairs. These staff have fled into the private sector and their whereabouts are unknown, but they are not wanted in the humble position. The original civil servants in the government are all good.
, I intend to promote a few capable civil servants."
Chen Qing did not respond directly to him, but turned to Yu Shouzhong and said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, Manager Yu was transferred from Datong Mansion, or I asked you to come to Luoyang, right?"
"Your Highness is absolutely right!"
"What is your current military position?" Chen Qing asked again.
"He holds a humble position in the army and serves as deputy scout commander."
Chen Qing nodded and said: "From now on, I appoint you as the commander of the Huben Army Scout Battalion."
Yu Shouzhong was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down on one knee to salute, "I would like to thank Your Highness for your kindness!"
Chen Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "Just now, Zhang Tongpan said that he was short of manpower. I have allocated five hundred soldiers to you. You will assist Zhang Tongpan first. After the situation in Luoyang stabilizes, you can go to the Huben Army to report to Lu Tongzhi."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Chen Qing asked again: "I heard that there was a Captain Yan in Yanshi who wanted to marry King Yong? He also helped you a lot, is that true?"
Yu Shouzhong scratched his head in embarrassment, "Your Highness, Captain Yan is an aunt. She is over forty years old. She weighs at least two hundred kilograms. She is surprisingly fat. She is the leader of local beggars and a very powerful local snake. She doesn't know how high the world is.
That’s nonsense, please don’t argue with her, Your Highness!”
Chen Qing laughed and said, "Although I will not marry her, I like such a person. Since she has made meritorious service to the Song Army, I can reward her with a thousand coins, make her a knight-errant, and make her a school captain worthy of her name!"
After explaining these things, Chen Qing said to Zhang Lu: "I want to know now where is the outer shell of the iron fire thunder?"
Zhang Lu quickly said: "Report to Your Highness, it is currently in the hands of a humble official."
"Send someone to fetch it, and then bring the craftsman Wang Fuyuan to see me!"