Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

Chapter 164: Encircling and Suppressing the Bandits

"Clean up these ruins for me."

With the information from Zhang Yi, Zhu Mingcai brought Wang Juren and Chen Ling to the ruins of the granary and directed the officers and soldiers to start clearing the ruins.

These people are smart enough to know to hide the food here, but unfortunately, there are not many smart people.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers worked together and quickly cleared the ruins aside, revealing the entrance to the cellar.

Zhu Ming simply opened the cellar and looked at the bags of grain hidden inside.

Only now, after finding the food, did Zhu Ming and Wang Juren smile in relief.

Once we have food supply, everything else will be easy.

"Master Wang, when you were searching the entire city just now, did you see anyone suspicious?"

After solving the food problem, Zhu Ming turned and looked at Wang Juren.

Although those yamen runners had been detained by him, they were waiting for their fate tomorrow.

But such a big plan cannot be accomplished by just this few rabble.

When attacking the civilians, fighting off more than thirty strong men in their prime was beyond the capabilities of these yamen runners.

Those who mixed in with the people and caused riots must still be in the city.

"Yes, I have sent people to secretly watch them, waiting for them to try to cooperate with the outside forces, and then catch them all in one fell swoop."

Wang Juren nodded affirmatively. Although he was slower than Zhu Ming in reaction, he was still a smart man.

"Um"

Zhu Ming also nodded affirmatively.

He still believed in Wang Juren's ability to get things done.

"Sir, those people...went to the outside of the city gate."

As Zhu Ming and Wang Juren were talking, an officer who had been sent out ran over and pointed in the direction of the city gate.

"finally come."

Zhu Ming finally laughed. He had been waiting impatiently for a long time.

I am not afraid of these people coming, I am just afraid that they will not come.

If Juan and his men had not sent the message, these people would have become suspicious and gone into hiding, which would have been difficult to deal with.

"Let's go and meet them."

As Zhu Ming spoke, he led Wang Juren, Chen Ling, officers and soldiers, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards towards the city gate in a mighty procession.

I saw a few dark shadows sneaking up to the city gate, carefully prying off the key and opening the gate.

"How's the city going?"

As soon as the city gate opened, more than a dozen big men in night clothes rushed in, looking around with vigilant expressions.

He had been hiding nearby for so long, waiting and waiting, but there was no response from Juan and his men.

It took until now for someone to open the door.

There is not much time left to move the food.

"I guess the city is under martial law now, and those guys have been called over too."

The person next to him joined in the conversation, and his tone was full of disdain for Juan and the others.

"But thanks to His Highness, who transferred all the officers and soldiers away, we were able to enter the city so easily."

The person who opened the gate also chuckled a few times. If His Royal Highness the Grandson had not transferred all the officers and soldiers away, they would not have found a chance to open the city gate.

"Hurry up and move all the food back before dawn."

The big man in the lead nodded, turned around and waved, calling all his brothers in.

If we wait until daybreak and all these people wake up, things will be difficult.

"Are you short of popularity? Do you want me to send someone to help you?"

The big men rushed into the city, and a voice suddenly rang out from the city wall.

His voice sounds childish, like that of a young boy.

"not good!"

Hearing the outsider's voice, the group of people immediately reacted and turned around to leave, but they didn't know when they were surrounded by a group of soldiers from behind.

Torches began to light up one after another, illuminating the originally dark city walls.

Zhu Ming, along with Chen Ling and Wang Juren, looked down at the group of big men crowded at the city gate and sneered.

"It's against the rules of hospitality to let you go so soon."

As Zhu Ming was speaking, the officers and soldiers were already on full alert, surrounding these people, leaving them with no way to retreat.

"What about Juan and the others? They must have been the ones who reported it."

These big men stared at Zhu Ming viciously and shouted loudly.

Among these people, the only ones missing were Juan's yamen runners.

How can they be absent from such a bandit-suppression mission?

"They are already dead, and you will soon be joining them."

Zhu Ming responded coldly.

"This bunch of losers can't even defeat a young boy."

Seeing this, the big man just snorted coldly.

Although they had never looked down on Juan and his gang, they had never expected that this group of people would not be able to defeat a kid who was only in his early teens.

"kill."

Zhu Ming stopped talking nonsense and just gave an order.

The officers and soldiers all around surrounded the group of thieves, with their spears shining coldly.

"Brothers, fight your way out."

These people who dared to covet the grain from the county's granary were certainly not the cowardly type. They also knew that if they fell into the hands of the government, they would only end up dead.

With a loud shout, they all drew their swords and charged into battle with the officers and soldiers brought by Zhu Ming.

Since there is no way out, the only option left is to fight to the death.

Suddenly, shouts and cries of killing were heard everywhere, and the people in the city were so frightened that they hid in their homes, trembling in fear.

Even the refugees hid far away and didn't dare to come near here.

In order to encircle and suppress these bandits, Zhu Ming mobilized thousands of officers and soldiers in the county to surround them.

But now they were all blocked around the city gates, unable to move. In addition, these people were like trapped beasts, fearless of death, and it would take a while for them to be taken down.

Instead, these people retreated outside the city gate.

However, under the siege of thousands of officers and soldiers, these people gradually began to lose their strength and fell down one after another.

There were hundreds of thieves, but now less than half are left, standing together with their backs against each other.

"Master Chen Ling, I'm sorry to bother you again."

Zhu Ming watched as this dragged on, not knowing how long it would end, and he began to get impatient.

These officers and soldiers are far inferior to those border troops. Their military preparations are poor and they can't even take down these bandits.

In the end, we still have to rely on Chen Ling's Jinyiwei.

"Yes."

Chen Ling responded and rushed in with his Jinyiwei without saying a word.

Although these bandits were not afraid of death, they were already exhausted after being consumed by these officers and soldiers.

In front of the Jinyiwei, they were like lambs to be slaughtered, without any power to resist.

In a short while, most of them were killed.

The rest were also firmly restrained by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, including the leader of the bandits.

Seeing that the situation had been brought under control, Zhu Ming also walked from the city wall to the front of these people and chuckled: "I am a young boy, not bad, am I?"

"If it weren't for Juan and the others, I wouldn't have fallen into your hands."

The leader still refused to accept and glared at Zhu Ming fiercely.

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