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Chapter 556 Good intentions

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    Ten thousand Beijing cavalry and five thousand rebels started a chase outside Bazhou City. At the same time, one after another military orders were sent from the Central Army Camp and rushed to various Jinyi Guard stations in North Zhili. The Jinyi Guards in North Zhili followed Qin Kan's  An order came out in full force.

    That night, two hundred military archers shot sharp arrows into Bazhou City. The sharp arrows were tied with a letter of surrender and a notice to the people copied from the army's Chinese documents. The sharp arrows shot from the strong bows flew over the city head and into the city.  , the rebel generals patrolling the city were shocked, and hurriedly went to the Marshal's Mansion to report to Tang Zihe, asking for orders to collect these surrender letters and appeals to the people to prevent unrest among the people in the city.

    Tang Zihe was slightly shocked after hearing the report. However, the notice to the people has entered the city. Many people must have picked it up and circulated it at this moment. If it is forcibly confiscated or even banned from being circulated, it will inevitably lose the support of the people.

    With a large army besieging the city outside and people's hearts turbulent inside, Tang Zihe felt that he was trapped in internal and external difficulties. Qin Kan was indeed not one to take it lightly. On the first day of the siege, he also used the art of attacking the heart, making the Bazhou rebels instantly passive.  .

    After occupying Bazhou for more than two months, Tang Zihe unknowingly developed feelings for this city that belonged to her. From both an emotional and practical perspective, she did not want to lose the support of the people. If it was really irreversible, she would choose to leave.

    Just as I was planning to go on a tour of the city to listen to the voices of the people and see their reactions to the court's notice, the guards came to report that the people in the city had recommended several highly respected elderly people to seek an audience with the marshal.

    Tang Zihe pondered for a moment, then walked out of the Marshal's Mansion in person and welcomed several elders in the city into the front hall of the mansion.

    The elders were obviously a little flattered and did not dare to take it seriously. After the guards served tea, Tang Zihe spoke first.

    "You are all respected seniors in the city. After the rebels occupied Bazhou City, the Ming court's internal protection system has been abolished. Civil affairs in the city rely on the elders to discuss and make decisions. Zihe is young and unsophisticated, but he can distinguish between grudges and grudges. This  I would like to thank you all for staying here."

    After saying that, Tang Zihe stood up and gave a manly fist-cup salute to the elders.

    Several old men were so frightened that they jumped up from their chairs, bowed their bodies in return, and kept saying things like "break the old man".

    Although Tang Zihe's feelings for Qin Kan were a bit sloppy, he was very straightforward in his conduct and work. After thanking him, Tang Zihe went straight to the topic.

    "Today, the old people who came here came to stay, but they came because of the surrender letter and the peace letter sent into the city by the Ming Dynasty?"

    All the elders nodded together.

    "Marshal Tang, this method of the Ming court is extremely vicious. After the arrow book entered the city, it was picked up and circulated by countless people. The notice to the people said that the emperor had issued a benevolent decree and that the court would implement benevolent policies after regaining Bazhou. In the past, due to the rebellion,  The common people who had to join the rebel army after the army occupied the city will not be held accountable by the imperial court, and from then on the horse administration of Bazhou will be abolished, and the taxes of Bazhou will be reduced or exempted for five years"

    Tang Zihe smiled faintly: "How did the people in the city react?"

    An old man stroked his beard, with a cold smile: "It's just nonsense, how many people will believe it? Hasn't Bazhou been tortured enough by the court in recent years? In the early years of Hongzhi, the court specially sent officials to say that it was implemented  Horse administration, at that time, each household only had to bear the burden of two adult horses per year. Later, the burden became more and more difficult, two horses became three horses, and four horses became five horses. How can a poor family bear the burden with how much annual income?  Carrying the burden of five horses? If you can't hand over the five horses, you will have to go to jail and get money to redeem your people. This is obviously forcing my people into a desperate situation"

    Mr. Su said with muddy tears in his eyes. Another Mr. Su explained softly to Tang Zihe: "Old Man Qi's grandson was sent to prison by the government because he did not pay enough horses, and he did not have enough money to redeem him.  As a result, his grandson was starved to death by the jailer in prison. Even his family did not know who he was after his death. He only threw his body in a mass grave outside the city. Old man Qi got the letter five days later and ran outside the city to see that his grandson's body was in the capital.  It was eaten up by wild dogs, and there was no real body left"

    Su Lao, surnamed Qi, took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued: "The imperial court is unkind, don't blame us and the common people for being unrighteous. This is not what I think, so your rebel army occupied Bazhou City. Although I and others are old and frail,  But he spared no effort to help the rebels. I hope more than anyone else that your rebels can overthrow the imperial court and secure the Dragon Court. The people are all hard workers, and all they can see is food and clothing. As for whoever conquers the country, who will sit in the Dragon Court.  , it doesn’t make any sense to us, the Zhu family can sit in Longting, and the Tang family can also sit in it!"

    Tang Zihe was surprised. She knew that the people in Bazhou hated the imperial court, but she did not expect that the people in Bazhou hated the imperial court so much.

    No wonder that after she occupied Bazhou, the people in the city didn't have much ill will towards the rebels. After being tortured by the government for many years, the people obviously hated the imperial court to their bones and wished that someone would overthrow the imperial court and create a new world.

    &nbspHeavy, so he broke the silence and said: "Since the Marquis thinks it is not appropriate to attack with fire, how should Bazhou be defeated? Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, and it will snow heavily in a few days, the soldiers may not be able to bear the cold, and their morale will be reduced."  It will also feel a lot lower. I hope the Marquis and the generals will make up their mind as soon as possible on how to break the city."

    Qin Kan pondered and said: "We still don't know whether Tang Zihe led five thousand people to break through, or whether the formation of the suspected soldiers is still in the city, and his whereabouts are unknown. Our army cannot rush to attack the city. Wait a few more days,  Once the five thousand people who broke out of the siege are found, it will be more appropriate to launch an attack."

    …………

    The generals dispersed in twos and threes. Qin Kan rubbed his sore eyebrows, his face full of bitterness.

    Qin Kan is a person who pursues perfection. He always wants to get the best of both worlds when doing things. The soldiers in the Beijing camp are all born and raised by their parents, and they are all living human lives. Therefore, he not only wants to conquer Bazhou at the minimum cost of casualties, but also wants to conquer Bazhou at the same time.  The rebels in Bazhou City were wiped out neatly. As for the Xinghuo who led the rebels to spread all over Henan and Shandong, Yang Hu and others were not worried. Without Tang Zihe, they were just a force.  They are just ordinary rebels. The imperial court only needs to send generals to encircle and suppress them. They will not become a big deal.

    I really want to have the best of both worlds, but in fact I can’t have the best of both worlds.  War is always cruel. It's either you die or I live. If you want to conquer a strong city, the only methods are to create discord, dig tunnels, deceive city gates, etc., or simply set up ladders and use thousands of people with open swords and guns.  Their lives are in conflict, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.

    Qin Kan really could not think of a good way. After all, war is an act of violence. What you want can only be obtained by violence. There is no way to trade human life for human life.

    "Master Marquis, there have been a few small groups of rebels harassing the periphery of my army camp these past two days. They say they are attacking the camp, but it doesn't look like they are attacking the camp. They usually harass the camp for a while and then fly away. When we go to pursue it,  The rebels had already disappeared under the cover of darkness. It didn't take long for them to come again, and inside Bazhou City, they could hear the beating of gongs and drums every one or two hours. Our army thought they were trying to break out again, so they picked up their swords and prepared for the attack.  There was no movement again, repeated several times throughout the night" Ding Shun reported softly in front of Qin Kan.

    Qin Kan didn't even raise his eyelids, and said lazily: "This is a plan by the rebels to tire out the enemy. Can't you tell?"

    Ding Shun smiled bitterly and said: "Of course I can see that, but every time they make trouble, we can't take it seriously. What if one of the ten lies is true? No one in the whole army dares to be careless, so the rebels  The strategy of weakening the enemy really worked, and the soldiers were quite tired from being tortured by the rebels."

    "This is a small matter. We quietly lay a big net against the rebels who harassed the camp and killed them once and for all. As for how the rebels in the city harass us, we think of a way to harass them back. If we can't live in peace, neither can they."  If you want to stop, military generals should know how to do these things."

    "Yes, Mr. Hou, a Jinyiwei spy came back from Tianjin this morning. The ambush outside Tianjin that Tang Zihe said has come to fruition"

    "What's the result?"

    Ding Shun smiled bitterly and said: "Sure enough, it was Xichang. Do you still remember the ambush on the official road in Dabai Town, Tianjin? They were the same group of people who ambush Tang Zihe, and the leader was a stall owner from Xichang named  Called Wu Hu, it is said that he was ordered by Liu Jin, and it was Liu Jin's intention to provoke the White Lotus Sect to revolt in a hurry. His purpose was to muddy the waters in Tianjin, and then take the life of the Marquis in the chaos" (Remember this site  Website: www.hlnovel.com
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