total war broken

Chapter 229 Extortion
Tap, tap, the sound of intensive footsteps, and sharp weapons against the frightened faces of the group of patriarchs. They didn't know what happened, and a group of men in black appeared at the door.

The triangular-eyed patriarch stood up with surprise on his face, angrily said: "You are talking nonsense, my Zhang family has been loyal and good for generations! How can you get through a thief! Don't talk nonsense!"

"Yes, why do you frame Zhongliang indiscriminately? Mr. Zhang just donated money to your army and donated your one-month rations. You are really insane."

"We want to impeach you, you treacherous villain!"

Xiao Chuan smiled coldly, and the white crane at the side took out a piece of white paper, with words written densely on it, the cool night wind blowing in from the outside, blowing the paper made a rattling sound, all the patriarchs looked over, some Everyone stood up to watch it. After reading it, all of them showed shock and disbelief. There were also a few people who looked normal, only sweating and fidgeting.

"Isn't that Zhang Lao's handwriting? He actually exchanged letters with Zhang Xianzhong, saying that he wanted to secretly open the city gate, my God!" The other patriarchs covered their mouths in surprise.

King Tang on the main seat covered his mouth and looked at the old man with disgust and shock in his eyes, but he didn't know that this person was really a gangster. He looked at the old man with disbelief. He still couldn't believe that old Zhang.

The triangular-eyed patriarch's face was full of disbelief, and he murmured: "Impossible, I won't do it, I hid this letter so well, how could it be in your hands!" His face was ashen.

Randomly feigned anger on his face, and said: "You framed, framed, I don't know what this is, I don't know what this is!" He shouted angrily, he wanted to deny the evidence written in black and white, as long as he denied it, he would come Time to find a way to destroy the evidence secretly, and find someone to operate in the court!Especially Tang Wang, he and Tang Wang had a good relationship on weekdays, and the vassal king guaranteed him, this evidence can be denied.

A man in black at the side whispered something in the ear of the Tang king. The Tang king thought for a while, his face was dignified, and after a while, he stood up, with a smile on his face, and said: "Hehe, Zhang Old man, just admit it if you are a thief.”

Like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, Mr. Zhang's head was blank, and he looked at Tang Wang in disbelief, his face was ashen, and there was still the arrogance just now, his body trembled like chaff, and said: "My lord, I have given you a lot of money every day. You give gifts, you..." He was already a little speechless at the moment.

Hearing him directly say such words, the Tang King's face immediately turned ugly, and the servant at the side said coldly: "Take this thief down quickly, how could the Tang King accept a gift from a thief like you?"

The two men in black immediately took off the limp old Zhang.

"You can't, His Royal Highness Tang, you can't!" There were bursts of desperate cries outside the door, and the patriarch in the house heard the voice, most of them were afraid, and a few people were trembling, and their faces were covered with cold sweat , The body trembled uncontrollably.

Xiao Chuan clapped his hands again, and more than a dozen men in black came out with plates. The patriarchs in the room all looked terrified and trembling at the moment. They were not afraid that Xiao Chuan would arrest the old patriarch, but It was Tang Wang, the feudal lord, who fell directly to the man in front of him.

"There was a small episode just now." Xiao Chuan smiled, and said, "Okay, let's continue to raise military expenses, everyone, none of you are thieves, right?" There was a deep chill and that fear.

King Tang, who was on the main seat, had a hint of hope in his eyes, as if he still hoped that someone would look at the patriarchs in the house through a thief.

A man in black whispered in the ear of one of them, and the old man stood up tremblingly, and said, "My Liu family, the Liu family paid 5 taels, 5 taels!" Yu Sheng sat on the bench like joy.

All the patriarchs looked sideways. They were shocked to see that the patriarch, who is known for being stingy, took out half of his family wealth at once. They thought that the old man was crazy, and even took out his ordinary family property. The men in black on the plate looked to raise their hands one by one.

"My Wang family, the Wang family paid [-] yuan."

"The Chen family, pay [-] yuan"

"The Zhou family, pay nine thousand"

All the patriarchs were trembling with trepidation, and they poured blood one after another, and put the accounts one by one in front of Xiao Chuan. These more than 50 patriarchs who just ate meat once a month and whose families were poor, paid a total of 63 yuan. Two silvers, surprised in my heart, this is a terrifyingly huge amount of money, looking at these patriarchs, they let bloodletting together, it is enough for a year's military expenses of a major city on the nine sides, of course, the gold-swallowing beast of the Guan Ning Army is not included in it.

After getting the money, everyone left, only the patriarch who was at a loss was left, and of course there were a few people with relaxed expressions, as if they were alive after a catastrophe.

Walking on the road, I looked at the bills in my hands, but the money was not too much. When the Qing army entered the customs, any person with a head and a face in Yangzhou City was worth a year's military expenses of the imperial court. No one knew how much these people should have.
63 taels of silver is enough to recruit the Huns to summon more than 1 people, but this is not enough. Among them, the richest King Tang still did not bleed.

It was getting dark outside, and there was a chill in the air, Xiangyi asked strangely: "What happened to the Tang king just now, why did he suddenly say that the patriarch of the family was rebellious, didn't they?"

"Hey, because I agree, after this man ransacked his house, all his property and shops will be merged into the Tang King's command." Xiao Chuan curled his lips and said, "Although the Tang King is timid after all, he is not stupid. He naturally understands the evidence I presented. Naturally, there will be backers, so what if he is on the side of these people? At that time, the crime of being a thief will not be settled by him with a single sentence. In the end, it is better to take the money and food! If you say you can turn your face, you can turn your face."

"But I didn't expect that fat man to have such decisive ability." Xiangyi nodded strangely, and then said: "What about the patriarch? Why did he suddenly stand up and donate [-]?" The person who donated donated half of his family's wealth at once. With his leadership, the patriarchs behind were in chaos, so they could spend so much money.

"Hey, there are more than one of these family thieves!" Xiao Chuan said with a smile in his eyes, "If he doesn't give [-], I'll take [-] from his family!"

"Luoluo" Xiangyi covered her mouth with a chuckle and said, "I didn't expect it to be like this, but you have to be careful, they will definitely impeach you in the future."

Impeach?Hehe, I am no better than King Tang. It doesn’t matter what King Tang does, but I am sure that I will be retaliated and impeached by these patriarchs, but so what, what dynasty is it now, or the Wanli Dynasty that was dismissed because of impeachment?Said: "Think too much, even if the memorials are filled with Chongzhen's minister's study, he will not do anything to me!" The last years of Chongzhen was also the most wonderful dynasty in history.

In the battle of Songshan, Wu Sangui and Wang Pudao were the first to go to Ningyuan and withdraw their troops after the Qing army attacked the grain and grass, which led to the defeat of the Ming army. In addition, Wu Sangui, whose family and even his grandfather rebelled, was promoted to the general army of Shanhaiguan instead of surrendering. Needless to say, the four towns in Jiangbei were unmanaged, and He Renlong was unwilling to send troops after getting the food and wages, so the court had no choice but to do so.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chuan's heart became brighter and brighter, and how much money King Tang could dig out was his next step.

Under the night, outside the city***********
All the generals in the brightly lit tent were stunned. Zhang Xianzhong, who was seated first, unconsciously squeezed the handle of the chair with both hands, making a creaking sound. before.

On the ground in front of him was a pile of corpses. Those ferocious thieves all had empty eyes at the moment. There was a stench of corpses in the battle. There were horrible hollows on their bodies, some of which had intestines protruding from them. .

After being silent for a while, Zhang Xianzhong swallowed, looked at the corpse on the ground, and said, "What's going on? What's going on? Who can tell me what's going on? My sentry team, sentinel team, Zongheng Daming hasn't seen it for ten years. Defeated! My infantry and horse thieves have been defeated, but the sentry team has never been defeated, never lost! Even if the Ming army is sharp, the most elite Ming army is not a match! What's wrong, What's wrong?"

Zhang Xianzhong was frightened. What frightened him the most was not that his whistle had failed, but that he had observed that the weapons of his sentry team were only a dozen or so with blood on them, and there were no corpses of the Ming army nearby. Observing the blood stains proved that the In the battle, the Ming army killed or injured at most a dozen people, and his sentry team was defeated. This was what surprised him the most.The sentry team that he was proud of killed only a dozen Ming soldiers before being completely wiped out by the opponent!This is what shocked him the most.

Li Dingguo on the side stepped forward, he didn't cover his nose for the stench, but just observed carefully, while Sun Kewang pinched his nose on the side.

Li Dingguo inspected the corpse, stood up and cupped his fists, and said, "Father, I saw that our sentry team should have been ambushed by the firearms of the Ming army!"

ambush!Zhang Xianzhong was even more shocked, how could this be possible, this is the sentry team!The Sentinels are ambushed!this?
"I guess it was an ambush by five hundred gunners!" Li Dingguo said. He made a budget, and if he could kill this group of sentinels without melee combat, there must be no less than five hundred gunners.

"Maybe it's because of hunting?" Li Dingguo said, with strange eyes?
Zhang Xianzhong thought carefully. Although there were many doubts, he also thought that his sentry team liked a game called hunting. Although he stopped it many times, he also appreciated this bloody game. He didn't care about it. At the moment, it seems that the sentry team was ambushed because of this game. He yelled angrily, slapped his chair, and said: "Tomorrow, the whole army will press down. I will break the city in half a day and slaughter the city in three days." !” There was a chill in his voice.

All the generals and adopted sons shivered unconsciously.

Only Li Dingguo, he stared blankly at the dead bodies on the ground, for some reason, felt an indescribable chill in his heart!

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