Xinhui County originally belonged to Guangzhou Prefecture, and Qingtian Company had made a lot of efforts here before, but they never thought that there would be any problems. Long Xiangjun raised the banner of the new dynasty, with the mentality of "passing by", to take over Xinhui County, but unexpectedly hit a nose of dust here.

Xinhui was blocked on the main road to Gaozhou, and it was impossible to abandon it, so Zhang Hanwan had no choice but to deploy the entire Longxiang army and surround Xinhui.

"Foolish! What benefits did the Tartars give these guys to make them also put on such a posture of loyalty and martyrdom!? ”

Zhang Hanwan was very angry, his fists opened and closed, and the word "fire" was turning around his mouth, but he couldn't spit it out. He has learned too much from Li Shi, and he knows very well the core thing, firing at these women and children is tantamount to slaughtering the city, if he wants to slaughter the city, Li Xi will slaughter him.

"They all know that we were Qingtian Company before, and we are not thieves, even if we don't recognize this banner, it won't be so common to the people of the government, right?"

Zhang Hanwan couldn't understand the scene in front of him, behind him, a fiery red flag was waving in the wind, on the flag was a golden double-body dragon up and down the group, condensed into an oblique dragon head, the two dragon pupils are just like Tai Chi two yuan, the dragon is wrapped in moire, whether it is the head of the dragon or the dragon body, it is like the moire, simple and concise, revealing a thousand years of vast atmosphere.

This big flag is the "national flag" that everyone feels fresh, and the double-body Tai Chi Tuan Dragon is the symbol of the new dynasty, implying that the upper should be the way of heaven, the lower is obedient to the people, the middle is upright, and the yin and yang are harmonious. After Li Shi raised the flag in Qingpu, he recruited painters to paint the national flag, and countless painters contributed pictures, and a picture presented by a painter named Bian Shoumin entered Li Shi's eyes.

"Zhang Duwei didn't know that this Xinhui people didn't look at any flags, they only looked at their necks...... The Qing court knife is fast, and the blood in Guangzhou is thick. ”

Yang Junli, who joined the army, was also pulled up from the public relations department of Qingtian Company, born in Qujiang County, and like Su Wencai, he was originally a small knife and pen officer. is in his forties, and he has been doing nothing, but he is burning on the big stage of Qingtian Company, and his performance has overwhelmed many young juniors.

When Li Shi raised the flag in Qingpu, Yang Junli was serving as an industrial and commercial master in Gaoyao County, Zhaoqing Prefecture, after learning the news, when Yang Lin took the governor to mark Zhaoqing Mansion, he was able to organize the patrol, merchant guards and county officials all entangled, controlled Gaoyao County, scared away the Zhaoqing prefect, Yang Lin was forced to retreat in Foshan, did not dare to stay in Zhaoqing Mansion, went straight to Gaozhou, and made the first contribution to Li Xi to get Zhaoqing, which was also exchanged for the position of joining the army in the Tianwang Mansion, which was regarded as a hot post by everyone.

It's just that he has been a sword and pen official for more than 20 years, and it is really difficult to change the "imperial court" when he opens his mouth and closes his mouth, and Zhang Hanwan is also used to it, so he doesn't think he is angry, and humbly asks for advice.

"Poor and slender Sanluoshi, the skin is like ice and snow. Worship the military kitchen again, and ask the aunt and husband to relieve the makeup. ”

"The concubine is still young and sweet and brittle, and the aunt is not as good as the old meat of the husband, please cut the concubine first, and the taste and fragrance will live up to the king's sword.

"If you are tired of eating, I am willing to return the head of the concubine, the old husband has no children, and the concubine dares to hesitate."

Yang Junli opened his mouth to read the poem, Zhang Hanwan heard nothing at first, the more he listened, the more cold he felt, and after hearing it, he was already trembling, and for a while he thought of the "vegetable man" that Li Shi had told them, and that was the past of Wuhu Chaohua.

Yang Junli sighed: "This is the sigh of Mr. Qu Wengshan in "Guangdong New Language", which is about the tragic incident in the city in front of him more than 60 years ago. ”

Not only Zhang Hanwan's eyes were round, but the guards around him forgot their duties, and invariably pointed to this small city, "It's here!?" ”

The surrounding generals also gathered, and some people said: "If you are like Zhang Xun, who sacrifices his life to resist the Qing soldiers, he will die a filial and fierce death!" ”

Yang Junli chuckled lightly and smiled bitterly, "Xinhui did come up with the name of the four filial piety martyrs for this matter, the enemy army besieged the city, and the food was exhausted, so he had to slaughter people for food, and he was chosen by lot, and those who had a wife to replace their husbands and daughters to replace their fathers......"

He shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the besiegers are not Qing soldiers, but Li Dingguo, the king of Jin." The defenders of the city were not full, but the generals of the city. King Jin's Eastern Expedition was folded under this Xinhui City, and this Xinhui people are really a city of 'festival spirits'! ”

Zhang Hanwan and everyone were stunned, they didn't know this history, they always felt that except for civil and military officials, ordinary Han people, only those who died to resist the Qing Dynasty, but this Xinhui people actually died to defend the Qing Dynasty!?

Zheng Yong's voice sounded: "I know a little about this, they were also frightened by the previous massacre of Guangzhou, afraid that after the King of Jin, the Qing soldiers would call again and slaughter Xinhui." The people were not only willing to kill and eat, but also helped the defenders to prevent the Jin king from attacking the city. The king of Jin was kind-hearted, and under the banner of saving the people from fire and water, he was unwilling to be ruthless to the Xinhui people, which led to his defeat in the Eastern Crusade. ”

After being silent for a while, Zhang Hanwan spat on the ground with a mouthful of phlegm.

"Now it's at the mercy of us as the king of Jin!? Knowing that we are a benevolent army, we directly took women and children to block in front of the city, where did the bones of the men in the city go!? ”

Yang Junli sighed and nodded: "It is naturally right that the King of Jin went east to conquer the Han Dynasty, but it seems that it is not wrong for Xinhui to resist desperately and not hesitate to eat people to protect the people of a city." If you want to blame, blame King Pingnan, King Zhennan, and blame the ...... behind them. Manchu bar. ”

Zheng Wei's eyes erupted: "How is it right!?" They are the Han annihilation that the king of heaven said! not only stood on the side of the Tartars for the sake of his life, but also ate women and children to beg for his life, both public and private crimes were committed! ”

Zhang Hanwan also gritted his teeth and said: "What do I think of the four filial piety, they are simply made up to whitewash their face!" ”

Yang Junli looked at these two people, and the people taught by the Heavenly King of the Heart Dao really saw things through, in the first battle of Xinhui back then, there was also the so-called martyr who was killed by the soldiers when she was at home, which shows the chaos in the city at that time. Those women who died for their husbands and fathers, they also had to die, and they made up some stories for them, and those who ate people and those who were eaten seemed to have glory, isn't this what those cynics are best at doing?

There was a faint cry, that is, the women and children under the city wall were digging a ditch, while weeping for their fate, they had to build a shed under the wall to "hold on". The generals and soldiers on the city wall were also nervous, but they still had a trace of confidence, this Li Tianwang raised the flag to restore China, it should be the same as Li Dingguo more than 60 years ago, it is not good to start with the people he wants to rescue.

"Herald!"

Zhang Hanwan's cheeks flushed, and if he couldn't help it, he was about to give the order to open fire, Yang Junli and Zheng Yong both stared at him nervously, to be honest, they also felt that the people of this city were shameless in their hearts, so it was better to shoot straight and have a good time. But firstly, what is the crime of women and children, and secondly, they can't afford to bear the responsibility of slaughtering the city, and even Li Xi can't afford it, so they will definitely take the person who gave the order to open the knife.

"Urgently report to the king of heaven, please give me a strategy!"

In the end, Zhang Hanwan spit out such a sentence with difficulty, his Western Route Army didn't even come out of the door, and was blocked by the Xinhui people, and the two eldest brothers, Jia Hao in the north and Wu Ya in the east, didn't know how to laugh at themselves.

But he had to beg Li Xi to get an idea, he really couldn't be the master, they were fighting for the restoration of China, and it was difficult to shoot at women and children.

Li Xian had personally led the Eagle Yang army eastward, and three days later, before the letter arrived, another person arrived. Everyone knows this person, Yuan Tieban Yuan Yinggang, who used to be a storyteller in Yingde, was later recruited into Qingtian Company, and then became Fan Jin's subordinate, many common sayings and ballads in the army are his handwriting, and now he is in charge of the military ceremonial supervisor with the rank of Captain Zuo, and he is in charge of what drummers and trumpeters and documents for writing leaflets in the army.

"The king of heaven is the ...... for me to curse"

Yuan Yinggang straightened his chest and folded his belly, his toes were arrogant, it was estimated that he was brewing emotions, and it was difficult to say that he was indeed so proud, Zhang Hanwan, Yang Junli and Zheng Yong, the three leaders of the Western Route Army, were a little confused.

"Come on! Paper comes! Come on! The trumpets, drums, cymbals, and cymbals are all gathered for the school captain! I heard that Fang joined the army in the east and took several counties in a row with an official uniform, and I, Yuan Yinggang, Yuan Tieban, now have to rely on a mouth to step on this new meeting...... Sublingual! ”

As soon as Yuan Yinggang spoke, the battlefield of Xinhui became his podium.

The first wave of the offensive was countless leaflets, rewriting the story of the four filial piety martyrs in Guangdong in colloquial words and shooting them into the city with flying cannons. Although the people of Xinhui knew the old things more than 60 years ago, they also relied on these memories to use the current trick again. But after so many years, not many people remember the details of cannibalism. The reason is very simple, the descendants of the cannibal and the family of the cannibal are still in the same county, and the cannibal is always reluctant to tell his children and grandchildren about this glorious thing, and the family members of the cannibal are not willing to mention the past, after all, the descendants of the cannibal don't look up and look down, and gradually this matter will be indifferent.

But as the flowering bombs full of leaflets burst in the city, leaflets fluttered out, and the old things of the past were on the paper, corresponding to the scattered corners of the past memories, and the Xinhui people also broke out in a cold sweat.

Shame naturally everyone has, but they are weighed down by another layer of fear, and the Xinhui people are thinking, could it be that they will also face the same situation as their ancestors?

In the hall of Xinhui County, the gentry and eunuchs gathered, but they laughed and laughed, showing a grotesque excitement.

"I'm new...... Xinhui ...... Yes, filial piety...... The name of filial piety! Thieves are ...... If you know it, you won't ...... You can't disgrace the reputation of your ancestors! ”

An old man with all his teeth lost screamed.

"The people of a city are all loyal martyrs! Ray parents have to memorize our names one by one! ”

"The villain's partial maids are all outside the city, parents and masters can rest assured! If a thief attacks a woman or a child, God will never spare them! ”

"The villain wanted to go outside the city too, but the daughter had to learn from that filial piety and treat each other with her body, so she had to do it with tears, alas, ......"

"Wives and daughters can be given up, and money can also be given up! In the name of this martyrdom, we all have to squeeze out every tael of silver! ”

The others all shouted in unison, and between their words, they all converged on a young official who was at the top.

"Good...... Good! Everyone's loyalty, Lei is grateful for Wuming! As long as I will resist the tide of thieves, the court will remember you, and the emperor will remember you! It's just the women and children......"

Lei Xiang, the magistrate of Xinhui County, was infected by this atmosphere and shed tears, he was a righteous official from a Jinshi, who had just been sent to Guangdong by the officials, and the breath of the book had not yet been exhausted, at this time he only felt that his whole body was burning, and he was united with Xinhui County, people and counties, with his surname, with the surname of a county person, practicing the avenue of the Three Platforms and Five Constants.

"If the emperor can know the loyalty of my Xinhui, I'm afraid he will also shed tears......

He wiped the corners of his eyes, his heart was surging, the thief army was powerful, although he had just come, he already knew the situation of the first battle in Shaozhou. The thief army of 4,000 broke 40,000 officers and soldiers, and now there are 6,000 or 7,000 thieves besieging the city, as well as red-coated cannons. In the city, there are more than 1,000 green camps in the county, and there are only about 3,000 people in the army, Ding Zhuang, who is an errand soldier, so it is difficult to hold on, so he can only rely on the 50,000 or 60,000 residents of the city, especially those women and children...... can sacrifice women and children to protect a city, Lei Xiang, a scholar, is still a little difficult to accept in his heart, and he always feels that something is wrong.

"If the city is broken, women and children will not escape the thieves, they can protect Xinhui, and it is also the name of their filial piety, Lei parents, the overall situation is important......"

The scholar of the county school shook his beard and said, his daughter and wife have also left the city, although their hearts are also hurting, but they feel that if they can get the filial piety archway given by the imperial court, their life will be worth it.

Lei Xiang nodded hard, he didn't realize that the words of this oracle were contradictory, if the thieves didn't care about women and children, what were they pushing out of the city for?

Lei Xiang just thought in his mind, indeed, the righteousness is more important than the small righteousness, and the righteousness of the whole family has to follow the righteousness of guarding the land for the court, just to set an example, and his newlywed Yan'er's wife is also outside the city...... I don't dare to think that if it really comes to that time, he would rather his wife die under the cannon than she will die in the belly!

"This trick can't tear their skin, look at their skin is thicker than the city wall!"

Zhang Hanwan said hatefully, another day passed, as if the Xinhui people had not received those leaflets, women and children gathered more and more under the city wall, digging ditches and building sheds, lighting fires and cooking, and living outside. If you want to rush over and arrest people, there is no artillery cover, the Qing soldiers put guns and cannons on the city wall, not to mention the sacrifice in vain, but also to affect the women and children under the city wall.

"That's just the hot scene, now it's the main play!"

Yuan Yinggang didn't panic at all, and with a move, his "propaganda soldiers" went into battle.

The drums were beaten, the cymbals shook the sky, and the battlefield became a stage.

"Knock Knock Qiang ~ Knock Knock Qiang ~"

"Alas, the prosperous age of the Kangxi year has arrived, and the number of happy events is one alas~ count one!"

"Knock Knock Qiang ~ Knock Knock Qiang ~"

"Xinhui's specialty daughter is fragrant, and I have to taste it again after the first round~ I want to taste it again!"

"Knock Knock Qiang ~ Knock Knock Qiang ~"

"You ask your daughter if it's fragrant, alas, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar mixed with ginger~ mixed with ginger!"

"Knock Knock Qiang ~ Knock Knock Qiang ~"

"You ask your daughter if it's fragrant, alas, stir-frying, roasting, frying and smearing salty sauce~ smearing salty sauce!"

The sound of big drums and cymbals sent the unbearable coarse words into Xinhui City, everyone turned pale and swallowed spit, and the women and children outside the city also scratched, and many women cried and ran towards the city, but they were blocked by the closed city gate.

What is Daughter Xiang? The flyer makes it very clear...... Not everyone is willing to be a filial martyr, and most women and children are forcibly persuaded to do so. Thinking of the miserable scene described in the leaflet, the women and children outside the city gradually developed from the initial agitation to the rout, the city gate could not be opened, and a large crowd ran out of the city, and in just an hour or two, thousands of women and children outside the city suddenly dispersed.

"And the die-hard ......"

Zhang Hanwan was very excited, he really couldn't imagine that this Yuan Tieban would mess up the hearts of those victims with just one mouth! It's better than a cannon!

Just as he was about to order the artillery to prepare, he was frustrated to find that many women and children not only did not run, but took the initiative to fill the gap in the city wall left by others.

If he was in another province and encountered such a stubborn people, he would be killed by bombardment, but this is Xinhui, under the rule of Guangzhou Prefecture, if he directly fires at women and children, the country where Li wanton stands will be looked at by people from all sides, especially the scholars who are being encircled. Although it is the other party who is really despicable, but in the battlefield of righteousness, you have to pick out a bone even from the egg, let alone expose a crack in your ...... Zhang Hanwan was angry at Parkway, but Yuan Yinggang laughed, "It's okay, it's just the opening scene, and it's unexpected to have such an effect." ”

Zhang Hanwan was convinced, and if he didn't say much, he followed everyone to watch Yuan Yinggang's next scene.

(To be continued)