After the ancestors and grandsons of the Song family left the Nanjing garrison, Song Chengren hurried to the Yingtian Mansion Office to find Yin Xie Qing, the Yin of the Yingtian Mansion, and negotiate with Tongpan Yiping and others.
After stabilizing the Nanjing garrison, Song Chengren still needed to stabilize the Nanjing government, patrol battalions and other forces, so that the Song family forces could calmly round up Jiang Xiao and his dead men without any worries.
As for Song Jicheng, the direct grandson of the Song family, he quickly rushed to the southwest of Nanjing City, where hundreds of households of Tang Kun were garrisoned, and prepared to personally preside over the subsequent round-up.
Although Nanjing garrison Xu Shengying did not agree to Song Chengren's proposal to arrest Tang Kun for torture and interrogation, the grain gang forces had always followed the "Zhou Party". When Song Chengren personally visited the Nanjing garrison, the Nanjing main hall of the grain gang had summoned
The leader, Cai Tan, was arrested and tortured in various ways.
In the end, Cai Tan naturally could not withstand the torture, and soon confessed that he and Tang Kun were coerced and exploited by Jiang Xiao to provide shelter for Jiang Xiao and his dead men, leaving the Song family completely
Jiang Xiao’s hiding place was confirmed.
At the same time, Cai Tan also confessed more information, such as the number of dead soldiers under Jiang Xiao's command, equipment status, etc., which gave the Song family a preliminary understanding of the general strength of Jiang Xiao and his dead soldiers.
Under such circumstances, Song Jicheng felt confident after arriving near Jiang Xiao's hiding place.
"Grandpa, he asked me to personally preside over this matter. Obviously, he wanted me to take the opportunity to make contributions and show off my talents, and then I can successfully win the favor and favor of Zhou Shoufu! So, as long as I successfully complete the task and be successfully named on the gold list next year, then when I step on
After entering the official career, I can directly enter the inner circle of the 'Zhou Party'. No one dares to regard me as a dandy who relies on my family background. Maybe in the future, I can be like my father and inherit the power of Zhou's chief minister..."
Thinking of this, Song Jicheng's heart suddenly became hot, and under the guidance of a close confidant of the Song family, he found a seemingly inconspicuous wine shop.
In this wine shop, a group of strong men have been waiting for a long time.
When Song Jicheng pushed open the door and entered, the group of strong men did not dare to neglect, and they all stood up with respectful expressions and raised their hands to greet him.
"This official is Wang Sheng'an, an officer in the Nanjing Patrol Battalion. I'm here to pay my respects to Mr. Song! I hope Mr. Song knows that I have privately mobilized a total of more than 130 patrol officers under his command and are ready to listen to Mr. Song's orders at any time!"
"Liang Gang Tang Pi pays homage to Mr. Song! According to the instructions of the old family master Song, our Liang Gang has mobilized nearly 500 elite people in the city. They are all strong and have practiced martial arts. Many of them have seen blood. As long as they are
When Mr. Song gives an order, everyone in our Liang Gang will not blink an eye whether they are going up the mountain of knives or going down into the sea of fire!"
"Mr. Song, I have also selected more than a hundred guardians from the major Jin gentry families. They are all highly skilled in martial arts. Their strength is definitely not weaker than those desperadoes! As the guardian of the Song family, I have been receiving worship from the Song family for many years.
As the saying goes, eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor, Mr. Song can just do as he orders now!"
"The villain has also summoned more than 200 long-term workers and men from the Song family's properties in the city. Although these people are not good at fighting with others, they are all adult men who have been doing physical work all year round and are in good health.
, and they are all willing to fight for the Song family!"
Song Jicheng smiled and nodded, and said: "Everyone, what we are going to do next is not an ordinary suppression of bandits, it is also related to important affairs of the imperial court. It is not only handled by my grandfather, but also by Zhou Shouxu and his elders who are paying close attention. As long as
Everyone who has the courage to fight for his life and successfully suppressed this group of bandits will not only receive a generous reward in silver, but may even be awarded by the court. Those with official positions can go one step further, and those without official positions can also win official status... Everything will be fine.
Let’s see your subsequent performance!”
After hearing Song Jicheng's encouragement and promise, these strong men were very excited, and they all patted their chests and loudly promised.
Song Jicheng added: "Everyone, please remember to tell your subordinates these interests carefully, so that they don't have to worry about casualties. Our Song family has prepared a large sum of money to pay for casualties; let alone worry about failure. Although the enemy's gangsters are elite, they can't.
There are only more than 170 people, and these fierce bandits have no long weapons and are only equipped with short swords and daggers, but we have thousands of people and have also raised a large number of weapons, so we are naturally victorious!"
Having said this, Song Jicheng saw the sky getting dark and wanted to further explain the detailed arrangements for the encirclement and suppression to the strong men in the wine shop.
But before Song Jicheng could speak, a leader of the grain gang rushed into the wine shop and reported urgently: "Song Gong, there is something unusual! Just now, a group of Nanjing defenders suddenly left the hiding place of the gangsters.
It is said that the city of Nanjing has been closed for the past few days and the food in their camp has been exhausted, so they want to go to the military camp south of the city to ask for military rations. They are very resolute and keep shouting that they are going to starve to death. We can't stop them.
I didn't dare to make too much noise to alert others, so I had to find a group of Nanjing patrol officers and follow them to the camp in the south of the city..."
Song Jicheng immediately frowned and asked: "How many people are there in this group of Nanjing defenders? Are they sure they are Nanjing defenders? Could it be that the gangsters were disguised in Nanjing defenders' uniforms?"
The leader of the Liang Gang shook his head and said: "There are not many people, only about twenty people, and the leader also has a Nanjing accent and is very familiar with the situation of the Nanjing defenders. It doesn't seem like a disguise, but I can't be sure, because Tang
Regarding the matter of Kun and Cai Tan protecting the gangsters, when we mobilized manpower to prepare for the roundup this time, we deliberately avoided people who were familiar with Tang and Cai, in case they were tipping off the information, so it was not a big deal.
Familiar with the specific situation of the defenders under Tang Kun's command."
Song Jicheng frowned more and more, and asked again: "How many patrols have you arranged to monitor and follow this group of Nanjing defenders?"
"Thirty patrol officers have been arranged to monitor and follow. Because the round-up is about to begin, we dare not allocate too many people."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Song Jicheng's expression changed slightly and he said coldly: "Stupid! Immediately dispatch another hundred soldiers to rush over and cooperate with the patrols in front to monitor this group of Nanjing defenders.
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If this group of Nanjing defenders does finally rush to the Chengnan Military Camp, then notify the Chengnan Military Camp in the name of the Song family and ask the Chengnan Camp to temporarily keep this group of defenders in the camp and control it. I will rush there in person after an hour.
screening;
On the contrary, if this group of Nanjing defenders did not go to the military camp in the south of the city, as long as the direction of the road is slightly wrong, it means that they are most likely to be gangsters in disguise. There is no need for any hesitation, and they will immediately start to encircle and suppress them, and they will also come here to seek help immediately.
Support, don't let any of them escape, if it turns out that everything is a misunderstanding, then I will bear all the responsibilities!"
Seeing that Song Jicheng seemed a little angry, apparently blaming himself for his poor performance, the leader of the grain gang couldn't help but panic, and after accepting the order, he quickly turned around and left.
Because of the sudden departure of this group of Nanjing defenders, Song Jicheng felt that something was fishy. In order to prevent more accidents from happening, Song Jicheng did not dare to delay the time, and was not willing to wait patiently for darkness any longer, so he immediately decided to take action in advance.
So, Song Jicheng turned to look at the strong men in the wine shop again, and said loudly: "No matter whether the group of Nanjing defenders who just left are disguised as gangsters, after all, they only have more than 20 people, even if they are disguised as gangsters
Yes, it also means that most of the gangsters are still staying where they are, but just in case, we must take action immediately and not let the gangsters find any chance to escape!
Tang Pi, your grain gang elites will serve as the main force and vanguard in this siege. We will start taking action half a quarter of an hour later, gradually narrowing the siege, and conducting detailed inspections of every camp and warehouse where the bandits are hiding. Once the bandits' whereabouts are discovered,
, take action immediately, even if you lose to the gangsters, you must hold them back!
Manager Wei, you will lead the long-term workers, assistants, Lifu and other strong men to follow behind the elite grain gangs. All buildings and rooms that have been inspected by the grain gangs must be inspected again. Once there are elite grain gangs and gangsters in front of them,
We are fighting hand to hand, and you must also actively support us!
Wang Zhongjun, you and your patrols are responsible for perimeter security. If the gangsters break out, you will be responsible for intercepting them again! In addition, if other forces appear nearby and want to interfere with this roundup, you will be responsible for it.
Come forward to delay and block! Finally, 20 patrol officers with crossbows will be deployed and placed at key intersections to monitor and support! Patrol officers are also considered officers and soldiers. Apart from you, this kind of contraband cannot be used by others...
As for Xia Gongfeng, you will lead the guards of various Jin gentry families to follow me. As a mobile force, if support is needed at any location, you will be responsible for responding..."
Following Song Jicheng's series of orders, all the strong men in the wine shop once again took orders and took action quickly.
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As a young scholar who is not good at military arrangements, Song Jicheng's series of arrangements are already very thorough. At least it is more than enough to round up a group of ordinary gangsters.
However, half a quarter of an hour later, when all the forces summoned by the Song family began to take action, the final result was completely different from Song Jicheng's original expectation.
In Song Jicheng's initial expectation, this siege must be very fierce and cruel. Jiang Xiao and his dead soldiers must not be willing to surrender and resist desperately. Therefore, the powerful parties summoned by the Song family may suffer heavy casualties, but
There is a high probability that you will still win a complete victory due to the numerical advantage.
Even if an unexpected situation occurred during the period, such as a few dead soldiers escaping from the roundup, or each of the dead soldiers under Jiang Xiao's command had the courage to fight one against ten, completely ignoring the Song family's numerical advantage, they were actually defeated by a small number.
To win more, Song Jicheng has also prepared various back-ups.
But Song Jicheng never expected that the final result of this carefully prepared round-up operation would be - without any results.
Under the leadership of Tang Pi, the leader of the grain gang, the elite grain gang members, as the vanguard, carefully entered the hiding place of Jiang Xiao and his dead men. At first, they did not cause any movement.
No matter it was the Nanjing garrison stationed here under Tang Kun or the gangsters under Cai Tan who were guarding the nearby grain industry, they all did not show up to stop the inquiry, and it was as if they had all disappeared.
Only the surrounding Nanjing residents cautiously looked around, but these Nanjing residents had not left their homes for several days under martial law, and they all had no clue.
Such a strange situation made the grain gang elites even more cautious. For fear that the gangsters were hiding somewhere and wanted to ambush them, they couldn't help but slow down and carefully inspect every house and building in front of them. However,
Still found nothing.
Finally, after another quarter of an hour, the grain gang elites finally discovered something unusual.
In a hidden grain gang warehouse, a large number of unconscious people were found who had their clothes stripped off and their hands and feet tied. There were about 140 people.
Tang Pi, the leader of the Grain Gang, thought of something when he saw this scene. His expression suddenly changed. He quickly woke up several of them to ask about the situation, only to find that these unconscious people who had been stripped of their clothes and their hands and feet were tied.
They were the Nanjing garrison under Tang Kun and the Lianggang Bangzhong under Cai Tan.
According to these people, they were soon knocked unconscious after eating the wine and meat sent by Jiang Xiao's dead soldiers.
Beyond that, they couldn't provide any more information.
As for the Song family, which summoned various forces and set up a dragnet to round up Jiang Xiao and his dead men, they all disappeared and disappeared!
After Song Jicheng learned the news, he hurried to the scene to investigate the situation.
"What happened? Why did that group of gangsters suddenly disappear? Cai Tan has confessed that those gangsters were hiding in this area, but why can't they be found? They grew wings and flew out.
? Or have they learned magic to become invisible? It must be that you did not investigate carefully and missed some key points! Investigate! Continue to investigate! You must search them out for me!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As Song Jicheng shouted in anger and anger, all parties did not dare to neglect and investigated all suspicious things again.
Then, Song Jicheng finally learned a key situation.
Jiang Xiao's hiding place is located at the intersection of the Nanjing City Wall and the Qingxi River. A battalion of Nanjing defenders is stationed here to guard and manage the river gate where Qingxi flows into Nanjing.
But at this moment, the Qingxi River Gate is open!
At the same time, there are still a lot of traces near the river gate, indicating that a group of people had used snorkeling to leave Nanjing through the river gate here not long ago!
Could it be that Jiang Xiao and his dead men were aware of the Song family's roundup in advance, so they took the first step and escaped by using the Qingxi River?
Thinking of this situation, Song Jicheng became more and more angry and anxious, and immediately ordered: "Chase! Chase immediately! You also leave Nanjing City through the river gate here, and you must catch up with the gangsters! They must not be able to escape.
It's far away, and there are no horses to travel with. After escaping from Nanjing City by swimming, there will definitely be traces of the action!"
Under Song Jicheng's fierce voice, neither Tang Pi, the leader of the grain gang, nor Xia Zhenwu, the Song family's enshrined guardian, dared to neglect and immediately organized manpower to prepare for the pursuit.
However, no one dares to guarantee whether they can catch Jiang Xiao and his dead men.
At this time, Song Jicheng suddenly remembered the group of "Nanjing defenders" who had left here not long ago and went to the camp in the south of the city to ask for military rations.
Judging from the available information, the Nanjing defenders stationed here were all knocked unconscious by Jiang Xiao and his dead soldiers, so that group of "Nanjing defenders" must be Jiang Xiao's dead soldiers in disguise.
Thinking of this, Song Jicheng quickly sent another order: "Immediately send someone to contact the south camp of the city and ask if the group of defenders who left here not long ago has arrived there. They must be gangsters disguised as gangsters. I need to interrogate them immediately!"
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Then, Song Jicheng once again received news that was as shocking as a thunderbolt.
The group of "Nanjing defenders" who left here not long ago, as well as the thirty Nanjing patrol officers who were initially responsible for monitoring this group of "Nanjing defenders", also disappeared at this time!
At this moment, all the forces gathered by the Song family were looking for them everywhere.
Just when Song Jicheng was furious, Jiang Xiao had already led more than 70 of his "Chaofeng" dead soldiers towards Huo Zhengyuan's temporary residence.
In fact, the "Chaofeng" dead soldiers who escaped from Song Jicheng's siege were not only about 20 people, but more than 70 people!
From beginning to end, Song Jicheng was played by Jiang Xiao!