The sixth day of September in the second year of Taichang.
Ping Liaohou led his troops to Qufu and immediately commanded three thousand headquarters with a total of 8,900 soldiers to launch a fierce attack on the east, west and south gates of Qufu.
Burhanggu led the cavalry battalion to cut off the north passage from Qufu.
The Kaiyuan Army's combat intention is very obvious, and they are preparing to annihilate all the remaining Wenxiang Sect thugs in the city.
The Wenxiang Sect rebels started an uprising in Yuncheng in April. They traveled across most of Shandong in four months and killed countless people. It was time for them to go to hell.
If it were not for the purpose of cleaning up the Kong family in Qufu, the Kaiyuan Army would have killed all these thugs as soon as they entered Laizhou.
Three days ago, Chief Secretary Xu Hongru and his last more than 7,000 buddies rushed to this county. With the cooperation of the believers, they cooperated internally and externally to capture Qufu in one fell swoop.
The magistrate of Qufu and the official were caught by the mob and thrown into prison.
The Wenxiang Cult's Second Treasurer took matters into his own hands, brandishing his whip to take care of the county lords, and after some severe torture, he knocked out more than 100,000 silver.
In order to bring in more cannon fodder, the Wenxiang Sect incited people in Qufu County and asked them to join their ranks.
It's a pity that everyone knows that Xu Hongru is a grasshopper after autumn. He can only jump around for a few days, and the Kaiyuan Army will soon come to kill him.
When Xu Hongru saw that he could not recruit people, he asked his followers to continue looting. The Wenxiang followers were already familiar with robbery, and they robbed people regardless of whether they were rich or poor, high or low.
Even if Kaiyuan's army is chasing after them, even if they lose their heads tomorrow, it doesn't matter, just finish the robbery first.
Duke Yansheng was frightened by this gesture, and hurriedly sent someone to deliver two thousand taels of silver, and presented a form of congratulations to Xu Hongru, honorificing Xu Hongru as "Zhongxing Fu Emperor".
Duke Yan Shenggong, who had a keen sense of politics, immediately sent his servants to Wenxiang Cult and brought the portrait of Lishan Mother, who looked exactly like the female version of Trump, back to the Kong Mansion and hung it upright in the Kong Family Ancestral Hall.
Burn incense and worship as a sign of piety.
It can be said that Kong Yinzhi did his best with a respectful attitude towards Wenxiang Sect.
Historically, the Kong family in Shandong could even accept selling off their ancestors by shaving their hair and changing clothes, let alone converting an old woman from Lishan?
Although the Kong family made huge sacrifices, Emperor Zhongxing Fu still sent people to rob them.
A wealthy family like the Kong family, which has a thousand-year-old fine family tradition, promptly takes refuge with the new owner, and pays attention to the bottom line in doing things, usually does not embarrass them when the dynasty changes.
It's a pity that I met a scoundrel like Xu Hongru.
"Bring back all the money, women, and rare treasures the emperor gave them to me!"
Since all the civil and military officials of Zhongxing Fu Emperor were basically killed by the Kaiyuan Army, only Er Ke and a captured eunuch were left alive, so now Xu Hongru's Zhongxing Fu Emperor is only speaking to the outside world, in front of a group of old brothers , he renamed it Dacai.
The pursuers are coming soon. The Wenxiang Sect has been defeated again and again, from Dengzhou to Qufu. Their morale is low. If they don't give some benefits to the old brothers, everyone is afraid that they will collapse immediately.
I invited Old Mother Lishan with just a few words, but no one believed her the more times I invited her.
To boost morale, the most effective thing is money and women.
Although Xu Hongru had some respect for the Confucius Mansion, he knew that if he offended the Confucius family, he would offend the world's scholars, so he has not allowed the rebels to rob the Confucius Mansion.
But now, the situation is different. If he doesn't let the followers rob Confucius' house, he may be kidnapped by his men and sent to Liu Zhaosun to ask for merit.
"Daqi, Kaiyuan soldiers are attacking the city. They are all in the four gates. We are trapped."
Before the Wenxiang Sect took action, the Kaiyuan Army immediately began to attack Qufu.
Xu Hongru had to send people to guard the city.
Qufu is a small town. There are no firearms in the city, including red barbarian cannons, French cannons, and cannons to destroy the captives. The Wenxiang Sect rebels only waited to shoot at the soldiers who climbed the city with bows and arrows.
The Wenxiang Sect's bows and arrows were not very accurate and rarely hit soldiers, but the fusiliers in Kaiyuan's army had an astonishing hit rate. From time to time, the Wenxiang Sect's screams of being shot could be heard from the top of the city. Other believers will be added.
As the fusiliers approached the city, the Wenxiang Sect's bows and arrows caused damage, and some fusiliers were shot and fell to the ground.
In this era of siege warfare, the defenders relied on city wall protection and had a slight advantage. As long as the defense was effective, it would cause serious casualties to the attackers.
"It's so resistant, okay, let's try Kaiyuan's new artillery."
At the south gate of Qufu, Liu Zhaosun reined in his horse and looked into the distance, inspecting the surrounding battlefields.
His attention was quickly attracted by a dozen archers jumping back and forth on the city wall.
Judging from their archery postures, they should be soldiers led by Xu Hongru, the elite of the Wenxiang Sect.
A hundred steps away from Liu Zhaosun's back, two Kaiyuan Army gunners were directing a group of auxiliary soldiers to install the wheels and mount of the six-pound gun.
This infantry field gun is the latest product of the workshop and has not been tested on the battlefield. This time when Shandong was in chaos, Liu Zhaosun ordered five of them to be shipped.
The gun body weighs 850 kilograms and has a range of up to three miles. It can be loaded with solid bullets and shotgun shells. Of course, the range will be shorter if shotgun shells are loaded.
During the march, the gun body was disassembled into more than a dozen pieces and carried by firemen. It could be quickly assembled during war.
This new type of artillery is generally used to drive the enemy into formation, or to provide fire support for one's own infantry during an attack.
The gunners finally adjusted the artillery, and the five artillery pieces were placed in a row on the flat ground one mile away from the south gate, with the muzzles pointed at the Wenxiang Sect members who were still firing arrows at the top of the city.
The 17-foot-long general's command flag was slightly tilted forward, the rapid beat of war drums sounded, and the artillery bombardment began.
Five six-pounders suddenly burst out with deafening roars. Amidst lightning and thunder, thick white smoke covered the long line.
The mounts of the five artillery pieces seemed to be frightened by the sound of the cannons, and they all retreated on their own.
Five six-pound iron bullets rushed out of the muzzle and hit the city head. Because the speed was so fast, only a black shadow could be seen clearly flying through the air.
On the Qufu Urn City Tower, the bricks and wooden blocks hit by the cannonballs immediately turned into fragments, carrying the remains of the hit limbs, falling from the city wall, and splashing a red blood rain in the Qufu moat.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The mounted infantrymen who were cruising around started running wildly, holding on to their reins tightly. However, the unarmed horses under their crotches were still frightened by the sound of the cannon and fled in all directions.
A miscellaneous horse lifted a soldier off his horse, ran wildly across the battlefield, and flew away.
The flag captain blew the sharp bamboo whistle and organized people to catch the horses...
Liu Zhaosun turned around and looked at the Wenxiang Sect rebels who collapsed at the top of the city. When he was feeling proud, he suddenly remembered that in history, the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, carrying huge cannons, and blasting open the Ming cities one by one in this way.
Tongguan, Yangzhou, Xiangtan, Jiading...
Behind every bloody massacre, there is the figure of Hongyi Cannon.
Liu Zhaosun's thoughts were racing. At this time, the second round of shooting came again, and the smoke that filled the position immediately blurred his vision.
The sound of bricks collapsing continuously came from the other side of the Qufu city wall, mixed with many screams and panic calls. The still-living Wenxiang Sect members were crawling hard among the ruins and smoke, making miserable sounds that did not sound like human voices. Call.
The Kaiyuan soldiers who were ambushing under the city immediately launched a new round of attack. The auxiliary soldiers helped to erect the ladder. The strong buckler soldiers immediately stepped forward and climbed up the ladder with a waist knife in their mouths.
The city wall of Qufu was not high to begin with, and the city was in chaos. Soldiers jumped onto the wall one by one.
They stepped on the masonry and rubble of the city head and the corpses of the Wenxiang Sect thugs everywhere, sweeping across the entire South Gate Urn City like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
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