Chapter 108: Into the City
Zhenjiang Prefecture, which is more than 120 miles away from Nanjing, is a bustling city with nearly 200,000 residents.
Don't be too little, in the first year of a city can have hundreds of thousands of people is already a big city, the previous Japanese invaded the city when the whole city was in a panic, whether it is a large family or ordinary people, all closed the door and did not dare to show their faces, until the government sent a government officer along the street to beat gongs and drums to inform the thieves that they were all wiped out, and after the army was about to enter the city, the street that was originally deserted near the north gate side was soon crowded with people, and almost everyone wanted to see the strong army style that could completely annihilate the gang.
In the welcoming crowd, two idlers were chatting.
"Hey...... Brother, have you heard, the Ming army that came to help was the family of Wei Guogong in Nanjing City, and they were all heroes with waist circumference and a horse on their arms! ”
"You have it, I've heard that the Ming army that came to help was not the people of Wei Guogong, they were the pro-army sent by the eunuch Cao Gonggong in Nanjing to defend the Son of Heaven, and they all had the courage of ten thousand people, so they could wipe out all those thieves at once."
A man next to him pursed his lips after hearing the confrontation between the two idlers, and said disdainfully: "Come on, you don't brag, what kind of pro-army of the Son of Heaven, the Duke of Wei in Nanjing City, that is all a lie, the Ming army that came to help is just some poor military households in the Nanjing Guard." ”
"What...... Military households? ”
The two idlers were stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.
"You...... What did you say? They're military households, you haven't woken up yet, have you? ”
"This old man, are you laughing at the fact that we haven't seen the market?" An idler smiled and leaned back and pointed at the man and smiled: "When will those poor soldiers who are so poor that they don't even have pants be able to kill thieves, aren't you making us laugh?" ”
Looking at the two idlers laughing almost out of breath, the man's face was ugly as if he had swallowed a fly, and he sneered: "Believe it or not, do you know who my eldest brother is, he is the head of the prefect's yamen, and these days he and the servants in the yamen have been transferred to the city wall to help." My eldest brother is a close confidant of the prefect, and he personally told me, so there can be a fake. ”
"Really?" Listening to the man's words, the two idlers became a little suspicious.
"I am the eighth king to lie to you, you love to believe it or not, and pull it down if you don't believe it!" The man snorted coldly and turned his head in other directions.
While the two idlers were still arguing about the authenticity of the man's words, there was a cheer from the front.
"Here we are...... They're coming! ”
"Those Ming troops are coming."
The wide street was full of people on both sides, and a group of officials in soap clothes were wielding water and fire sticks desperately to maintain order, but because there were too many people, the officials were squeezed back again and again.
"Click...... Click...... Click......"
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the west, at first it was only faint, and then it became louder and louder. Gradually...... People could hear it as the sound of footsteps, so neat that it sounded like a sound.
Although it was the first time for everyone here to hear this kind of voice, for some reason everyone's faces gradually changed color, and the people, who had been unable to calm down despite the scolding of the officials, slowly stopped talking, and the noise began to become quiet.
"Click...... Click...... Click......"
As the sound of neatness became louder and louder, soon a team began to appear in front of everyone, and when this team appeared in front of people, everyone was stunned.
"This team is so neat!" It was everyone's first impression, and then almost everyone gasped when they saw what the army was wearing.
It's an army in full armor!
Yes, it's full body armor. Despite the scorching summer day and the unusually hot weather, all of the people in this team were covered in heavy iron armor, and the iron-gray iron armor shone brightly in the sun.
The bars of spearmen with spears on their shoulders in front of them looked solemn, and the blood stains on the iron armor that had not yet had time to wipe seemed to tell people that this was a warrior who had just come down from the battlefield, because the sergeants had just come down from the battlefield and walked in line on the street, a smell of killing intent and blood like a substance suddenly came to their nostrils, and many people shivered directly in their hearts, although the scorching sun was still on their heads, but they still felt a chill surging up from their hearts, Even the most courageous idlers in the past were silent and did not dare to speak.
"Click...... Click......"
The procession moved on, and the pikemen walked past followed by a group of musketeers with muskets on their shoulders. After the baptism of war, they were no longer the rookies who had never seen blood, and now they strode down the street, each with a mixture of fearlessness and pride on their faces, and the bayonet on their shoulders shone in the sun.
"What the fuck ...... Are all these people poor soldiers? ”
The two idlers in the crowd always felt a chill in their hearts when they looked at this never-before-seen team, and their mouths made a sound smaller than a mosquito.
In fact, it was not only these two idlers who were frightened today, but Wu Zhenliang, who was the prefect of Zhenjiang, was also frightened.
To be honest, Wu Zhenliang was indeed very dissatisfied with Yang Feng at the beginning, after all, the conflict between Yang Feng and Gong Daxian at the gate of the city was a matter of Yang Feng and Gong Daxian, but it was true that Yang Feng did not give face to Zhenjiang Mansion.
Wu Zhenliang, as the prefect of Zhenjiang, naturally felt gloomy, if it was a peaceful situation in the past, Wu Zhenliang had a way to make these military households from Nanjing look good, but now he can't do that.
Although this scene captured Erectus Huakan and his men alive, but the Japanese have not yet been cleared up, at this time really want to offend Yang Feng to offend him, and it is their Zhenjiang Mansion that is unlucky when the time comes, Wu Zhenliang, as an old fritter in officialdom, will naturally not do such a stupid thing. And what scared Wu Zhenliang the most was that the army led by Yang Feng was so well-equipped, not only was the morale high, but everyone was equipped with iron armor. This is iron armor, where did he Yang Feng get the silver to equip so many sergeants with iron armor. Rich people are not terrible in these years, but this terrible rich man still has the army in his hands, which is the most worrying thing.
"It seems that tonight's dust washing banquet has to produce some blood, but Gong Daxian, a fool, caused the trouble himself, but let the official wipe his ass for him, it's really stupid." Wu Zhenliang scolded with some hatred in his heart.