Xie Ming

Chapter 275 Surprise Harvest
May 9th, the first quarter of the si hour (15:), in front of the west gate of Zhending City!

In the wilderness outside the city, a group of soldiers and horses came out of the dense forest and yellow dust, facing the southeast wind, heading east!

The first rider on a horse, the one walking in the front, was the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard recently appointed by the Crown Prince himself, Qiu Feiyu, Qiu Zhizhong!

Today he is dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a handsome face. At the age of seventeen, he is very handsome, but he also has a sense of sophistication, composure and calmness that does not seem to match his age!
Behind him, on the left and right sides, riding horses to protect him were Sang Men Xing and Liu Erye. Behind them came Pei Zhong's personal guards, barely eighty people.

This cavalry marched neither hurriedly nor slowly towards the west gate of Zhending at a steady speed!
"what!"

"Xiao, the flag with the character Xiao!"

"Yes, yes!"

"Quick! Open the city gate!"

"They are coming! Open the city gate!"

"Old Xie, let's go!"

"Let's go out of the city to meet them!"

Qiu Maohua was holding a monocular telescope and saw that it was successful. He quickly gave orders and took Xie Sufu, who was nearby, with him. They did not dare to delay and quickly went down the path from the city wall.

When they arrived at the gate inside the pass, they saw all the officials and clerks from various departments of Zhending City, both big and small, had been waiting there for a long time!

At this moment, we see the chief official, the prefect Qiu Maohua, coming down from the city wall and approaching, and the official at the west city gate also knows what's going on and opens the city gate wide!

Afterwards, the left and right rows of officials, accompanied by ceremonial gongs and drums, marched outside the city to kneel and welcome him.

Not long after, when Qiu Zhizhong and his team arrived, they were also very surprised!
The countless scattered pieces of land were used to pacify the emperor, and it was truly beyond his imagination that all the officials and gentry from the prefecture had made such preparations to welcome him!

Moreover, at the border of Xiaguan, the two chief officers Qiu and Xie, seeing that people had arrived, were busy making arrangements, showing hospitality and fawning attitude, calling him "Commander-in-Chief" on one hand and "cousin" on the other, which really made Zhizhong speechless!
Unexpectedly, before coming here, I had done a lot of preparation and research in order to make this trip go smoothly.

But the current situation is quite good, there is absolutely no place for it? !

How can it not make people laugh and cry!

As a result, as soon as Qiu Zhizhong showed up, the so-called "risky" drama of persuading the enemy to surrender was completed with almost no effort.

At this point, the big city of Zhending Prefecture in the southwest of the capital surrendered and returned without a single bloodshed, back to the control of Xiao Jingchuan of the Ming Dynasty!

At noon that day, officials Qiu and Xie held another grand banquet in the prefectural government office with great fanfare, loud gongs and drums, and firecrackers!
After having fun for a while, Zhizhong took the opportunity to go to the toilet and assigned Sangmenxing and Liu Erye to find several hidden positions in the city.

It means to get accurate information about the surrender in the city!
It’s done without any mistakes!
It was not until the end of the afternoon that Xiao Jingchuan was able to officially lead his troops into the city!
The first batch of troops to enter Zhending was led by Xiao Jingchuan, and consisted of all members of Peizhong and Li Hongsheng's troops!
To be on the safe side, before entering the city, Xiao Lang sent scouts to Xingtang to spread the word that Li Huchen's troops should not take any action for the time being, but should continue to guard the river bend north of Hutuo River and closely observe the movements in all directions, especially to determine the exact location!
In addition, Ma Minglu's supply unit, which had come with Dehuchen earlier, was ordered to go south and enter the city to take up duties and deal with the military affairs that had been confiscated and intercepted in the city.

By the next morning, after much preparation and hard work in the city all night, the defense of each checkpoint had been effectively taken over, and the two thousand soldiers originally under Xie Sufu were also successfully supplemented with commanders and guards!
Seeing that the city was stable, Xiao Jingchuan issued another order, ordering scouts to gallop northward, and ordered Liu Wenbing and Gong Yonggu to return to Baoding to protect the prince as they retreat southward to Zhending!
He also said that he would ask one of his troops to also call Xu Jizu's troops to follow him!
In the city of Baoding, only Wang Chuanwu and Xu Baoyi were left to guard the city!
This move is also an opportunity to examine the capabilities of the two departments!
and also!

During this period, Zhending also had some unexpected surprises!

Qiu Maohua, the governor of Zhending, and Xie Sufu, the guerrilla commander, were discussing things in private. They decided that since they had seen Xiao Jingchuan's true master, they might as well take a gamble!
He then added icing on the cake and took out all the belongings in the provincial government, hoping to use this to change his future.

In this way, this trip to Zhending can be said to have made a lot of money!
[Contributions by Qiu and Xie:]

[Silver: more than 105,000 taels; grain: more than 20,000 dan; war horses: more than 1,000 horses;]

[Weapons: 10 falconets, 5 field tiger cannons, 3 red cannons, and ammunition is in surplus! ]

At the beginning of the afternoon of that day, Ma Minglu entered the city with military supplies and troops!
When Xiao Lang heard that Minglu had arrived, he immediately rushed to find him excitedly, wanting to take him with him to inspect the materials!
He was accompanied by Zhizhong, Sangmenxing, Liu Erye, Qin Jing and others.

Moreover, Qiu Maohua and Xie Sufu from Zhending also came close to him and insisted on accompanying him.

Although Xiao Lang was unhappy about this, he couldn't say anything openly. He had no choice but to let it go and allow him to go with him.

The first stop was the city treasury. The silver office and granary were not far away, so we visited them together.

Minglu followed and quickly assigned people to check.

Xiao Lang was thinking hard and, when others were not paying attention, he signaled Minglu with his eyes.

Ma Minglu understood what was going on, so Qiu Maohua and Xie Sufu were allowed to stay and be restrained by Ma Minglu, so that they could help with the work!

Leaving these two burdens behind, Xiao Lang was halfway there and hurried to another place!

4:45 pm (four o'clock in the afternoon).

The war horses in the camp had been inspected, and after some test rides, the group turned again towards the armory in the west of the city!

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blah blah blah!
"Shut up!"

After riding a horse through the city for half a day, they arrived near the west city and stopped the horse in front of them.

"Haha, Wei Cang!"

"Fei Yu (Qiu Zhizhong), it's been years since I've seen a place like this!"

"Let's go in and take a look!"

Xiao Lang jumped off his horse lightly, and the people behind him also followed him.

"Ah! Yes, it's General Xiao!"

"General!"

At this moment, there are two soldiers in front of the door of this artillery station, one is a guard from Peizhong's army, and the other is a soldier under Xie Sufu's command. They are stunned when they suddenly see Xiao Jingchuan coming here in person.

Fortunately, the soldiers of Peizhong's army were aware of what was going on and quickly came to their senses and greeted the visitor. The rest of the soldiers, upon hearing the identity of the visitor, were shocked and hurriedly followed suit and knelt down.

"Hahaha"

"Get up, everyone get up!"

"Just do your job well!" Xiao Lang responded, and two soldiers stood up.

"Haha, Lao Xiao wow!"

"Look! This warehouse is quite large!"

"Looking at this design, it looks like it was made during the Hongwu Dynasty!"

Qiu Zhizhong had just followed Xiao Lang off his horse. He took a few quick steps, stepped closer, put his hands behind his back and spoke, looking relaxed.

"Ah, yes!"

"This, what this superior said is correct!"

"This place was indeed built during the Hongwu Dynasty!" The soldiers under Xie Sufu stood up and said timidly.

(End of this chapter)