Dominate the Country

[Please collect, please collect, I can't bear the pain of running /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~]

Diaohe, yes, this river that flows through Dengzhou and merges into Baihe is called such a funny name.

Therefore, this river has a short course and passes through mountainous areas. Whenever the rain surges in summer and autumn, it will flood. In the dry season of winter and spring, it is dry and dry, and cannot be irrigated. In Dengzhou, it has always been known as "Copper Bottom Iron Gang Old Diaohe", which means that it is deliberately set up to do evil, so it is called Diaohe.

This river cannot be used for river transportation on a large scale like Baihe, but Dengzhou has no regular Qing army stationed. The remnants of Nanyang Town and Hanzhong Town, which were defeated in Xinye, also fled to Xiangyang with all their strength. There was no large group of defeated soldiers fleeing to Dengzhou. There were only militias organized by the Dengzhou government, but only four or five hundred people.

Dengzhou was also a direct-controlled prefecture like Ruzhou before the third year of Yongzheng's reign, with Neixiang and Xinye counties under its jurisdiction. In the third year of Yongzheng's reign, it was incorporated into Nanyang Prefecture. In the prefecture-county classification of the Qing court, Dengzhou was also a difficult place. Its current prefect, Peng Zhongrui, was a second-class Jinshi in the Jiaxu year of the 19th year of Qianlong's reign. He was honest and fair, a rare good official, and had a good reputation in Dengzhou, having served two terms for five years.

Such an honest and capable official should have a strong appeal among the people, but Peng Zhongrui's good reputation could not stop the disaster in Hanzhong Town. The people never targeted a single Qing soldier in a town. Their target of hatred would only be all Qing soldiers, and even the Qing court behind the Qing soldiers. The fact that the militia organized by the Dengzhou government had four or five hundred people was a great honor given to Peng Zhongrui by the people of Dengzhou.

Of course, there were no few young men and civilians gathered in the local towns of Dengzhou, but most of them were from the same hometown, and no one would run to the state capital to work for the government.

When the news of the defeat of the Qing army in Xinye reached Dengzhou, Peng Zhongrui's hair was almost white with worry, and Li Jiong, the governor, looked like he had aged ten years, with a sad face all the time. The name of the governor's clerk was very powerful, Shi Zhenyue, who walked into the signing room and reported to Li Jiong: "Sir, the twenty big boards have been beaten, right..."

"Throw him out." Li Jiong didn't have the mind to care about the hysterical man, and waved his hand impatiently.

Just when he came to the signing room to find Peng Zhongrui, a man ran to the gate of the governor's office and shouted that the thieves had entered the city, and the thieves had entered the city in disguise. Li Jiong was furious and asked the yamen runners to press the man to the ground and beat him with twenty boards.

This bastard didn't know that Li Zhoutong had just returned to the governor's office from the east gate of the city, and this guy came to clamor that the thieves had entered the city in disguise. Isn't this pointing at Li Jiong's nose and saying that he was blind and let the thieves enter the city.

Beating him with twenty big boards is considered light.

Peng Zhongrui didn't even ask why. He thought the twenty strokes were just a trivial civil dispute. These days, Dengzhou has been in more trouble than in previous years. Hanzhong Town is doing evil, and local ruffians are taking advantage of the situation to rob, which makes Peng Zhongrui very anxious.

At this moment, there was a sudden uproar in the east of the city, and then, as if there was a landslide and a tsunami, the people were screaming and crying!

Peng Zhongrui and Li Jiong's faces changed instantly...

"The Chen family thieves have entered the city!"

"The Chen family thieves have broken in!"

Almost in an instant, the originally peaceful Dengzhou City suddenly turned into a world of terror. The vanguard of the Chen family army, disguised as a wealthy family fleeing, loaded a platoon of armored soldiers in five carriages. When they walked to the city gate and were inspected by the city guards, they suddenly attacked and rushed into the city gate. At the same time, the soldiers of the Chen family army who had lurked in the city first also turned back to attack the east gate.

At this time, the Chen family army had not deployed many troops, and their main force was still ten miles away, but in an instant, the Chen family army, with a total of two rows, stunned more than a hundred gatekeepers.

The howling of fear formed a turbulent flow and quickly spread from the streets to everywhere. In the state government, Li Jiong's knees softened and he fell directly to the ground. Peng Zhongrui's face also changed drastically.

He was not thinking about his own safety. As a parent, he had the responsibility to defend the land. After the news of the defeat in Xinye came, he had already put life and death aside. He was thinking about Dengzhou. The Chen family army really came to kill. Even if their sneak attack did not succeed this time, could the Chen family thieves who came openly and honestly be resisted by the hundreds of militias in Dengzhou?

The sounds of fighting and panic in the east of the city became louder and louder. Peng Zhongrui looked at it blankly, not knowing what to do.

Not only him, but everyone present was at a loss. After the defeat of the Qing army in Xinye, the entire Nanyang Prefecture was the territory of the Chen family army. Although the officials of Dengzhou were actively forming militias, they were more like doing their best and leaving the rest to fate.

Only Shi Zhenyue said at this time: "Officials and bandits cannot coexist. I will only die, leaving a name of loyalty, worthy of the court, and not disgracing my family!"

As Shi Zhenyue spoke, he drew his waist knife and shouted to the yamen runners to follow him to the east gate to kill the bandits. When he stepped out of the gate of the state yamen, Shi Zhenyue looked back and saw that Peng Zhongrui, the great Qing official, and Li Jiong were still standing there. He shouted: "Two adults, why are you still in a daze? The bandits are about to break in. Make a decision and deal with it quickly." For example, let the family escape, or simply make the whole family loyal, of course, they can also surrender. Just like Huang Jiaoyu in Dengzhou, it has been half a month and he has not come out of the house.

Shi Zhenyue sent his family out of the state city early. Now he is alone and can no longer care about respecting Peng Zhongrui. "Everyone, you must serve the court faithfully and faithfully today. Will you all join me in defeating the enemy?"

There must be fragrant grass in a marsh every ten steps; there must be loyal people in a town with ten households. Shi Zhenyue is a loyal minister of our Qing Dynasty. It's a pity that he is not a good general. Facing the loss of the East Gate and the Chen family army that is bound to arrive soon, he has no other choice but to lead the counterattack.

The Chen family army's sneak attack troops have completed their armaments. Those who entered the city first and drove the carriages and carried the loads have put on the iron armor, muskets, and grenades loaded in the carriages.

Chen Wei, who had just returned from his injury, stood in the front line with a long spear in his hand. The blood had dyed the spear head red. The bloody sharp blade devoured the lives of Dengzhou people between the extension and contraction again and again.

The militia is not a regular army. Even if it is the regular green camp soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, they may not be able to hold on in the narrow contact surface of the city gate. Shi Zhenyue had to retreat with his men.

They also shot with muskets and bows and arrows. The Chen family army blocked five carriages, three inside and two outside. The muskets could make the carriages full of holes, but it had no real effect. Moreover, the Chen family army also had muskets. They also brought tiger squat cannons with grenades. A frontal attack was not feasible at all.

If it weren't for the houses on both sides of the street inside the city gate, two quick steps would be enough to rush from the store to the city gate. The short distance was not conducive to the use of muskets. The sixty Chen family soldiers who defended the city gate were not able to be robbed by the four or five hundred militias.

Therefore, the Dengzhou militia fought lively inside and outside the East Gate, but half an hour passed without any progress. When the main force of the Chen family army marching into Dengzhou arrived, the one or two hundred Dengzhou civilians outside the East Gate all dispersed.

Then Dengzhou City naturally fell into the hands of the Chen family army easily. However, no one knew whether Peng Zhongrui, Li Jiong and others were dead or alive, and no one cared.