Liu Zhaosun wore an iron helmet on his head, fish scale armor on his body, and iron arms on his hands, and entered Qufu City surrounded by guards.
After exiting the South Gate Corridor, on the North-South Street directly opposite, the unique sound of foot drums and bamboo whistles of the Kaiyuan soldiers rang out. Standing at the exit of the corridor, you can still see the spearmen of the First Banner of the 2000 Headquarters in front of you. 's tail.
From a distance, I heard the sound of spearmen thrusting and shouting, followed by the roar of a volley of flintlock muskets.
"The soldiers are already fighting with them, let's get over there quickly."
The fighting on the north and south streets of Qufu is still going on.
The Wenxiang Sect set up sandbags and stones on the street, hid behind and used bows and arrows to fight back against the Kaiyuan army.
Each of these stubborn Wenxiang thugs had followed Xu Hongru for many years and could be said to be Dagui's besties. They all wore armor and held sharp knives and spears in their hands. Their fighting power was not comparable to that of ordinary believers in the sect.
Of course, the more important reason is that these people's hands are stained with the blood of innocent people, and they know very well that even if they surrender to the Kaiyuan Army, they will not end well.
So everyone risked their lives to follow Xu Hongru and fight to the end.
Fires broke out all over the city of Qufu, and some houses and shops were set alight by thugs. As usual, the Wenxiang Sect set fires everywhere before the city was breached.
This has become their repertoire, setting fire to wherever they go.
Liu Zhaosun looked at the black smoke rising in the sky, and the strong stench of corpses hit his face.
"God damn Xu Hongru, he still needs so many people to bury him with him before he dies!"
Liu Zhaosun dragged the Yan Ling Dao forward. There had just been a bloody battle at the intersection in front of him, and the bodies of the Kaiyuan Army and Wenxiang cultists were lying on the ground.
An injured Wenxiang cultist who was not dead hid under the corpse. Seeing the pursuers go away, he climbed out cautiously. Just as he was about to escape, he bumped into Ping Liao Hou and others approaching.
Liu Zhaosun glanced at him as if he were looking at a dead man.
"Where's your cabinet?"
The red scarf tied on the hands of this White Lotus Cultist completely lost the ferocity and power when he entered the city, and he answered timidly in a low voice.
"The cabinet ran away."
As he spoke, he used his body to protect a gauze jacket next to him.
Liu Zhaosun winked, and the guard stepped forward and snatched it away.
There were dozens of taels of silver in the sack, and several pieces of gold and silver jewelry stained with human blood, all stolen from Dengzhou and other places.
"You've killed a lot of people in the past few days."
Liu Zhaosun looked grim.
Most of the corpses lying around were wearing red scarves on their right arms, and some even had red scarves tied on their heads, as if they were afraid that others would not know that they were Red Scarf Army soldiers.
This is the late Ming Dynasty version of the Red Turban Army.
"Tell me, where did your big cabinet go? Tell me quickly!"
The injured Red Scarf Army stared at the cold Yanling knife pressed against his neck, trembling with fear.
"I, the cabinet went to the east to find Saint Kong. I went to his old man to ask for some money and give it to Marquis Pingliao so that Marquis Pingliao would stop chasing us."
Liu Zhaosun chuckled and suddenly slashed at the Red Scarf Army's neck, ending the sinful life of the Wenxiang Sect thug.
Two four-pound field guns joined the street fighting, and the strong barricade on the opposite side was quickly destroyed by the artillery, leaving behind debris everywhere.
The dark soldiers formed a tight formation, with spears and guns in front and firecrackers at the back. They crossed the barricades and marched towards the Wenxiang Sect rebels.
The Wenxiang Cult thugs lacked rigorous formation training, and their weapons and equipment were all kinds of things. Some were holding big sticks, some were holding spears, and some were holding maces.
After connecting with the Kaiyuan battle formation, these brave men were quickly killed by the soldiers. The believers behind them continued to fill in, charging towards the dense spear formation and killing them, and were killed by the rushing fire gun soldiers.
After several failed counterattacks, the Wenxiang cultists could no longer stand the pressing steps of death, so they threw down their weapons and fled towards the north.
Ping Liaohou ordered the three thousand headquarters to continue the pursuit without stopping, and drove the Wenxiang Sect thugs to the location of Confucius' mansion.
"I believe these thugs will leave a very deep impression on Yan Shenggong."
After Liu Zhaosun finished speaking, he took Kang Yingqian and others to follow the soldiers and move in that direction.
Kang Yingqian looked calm and said: "Sir, how should we deal with this Duke Yan?"
Liu Zhaosun already had an idea in his mind and pointed to the rolling hills in the distance. At the end of the hills was Liujia Village, which they passed by in the morning.
"That is Kong Lin, and the mountains and forests controlled by Kong Lin are surrounded by the Kong family. I want to transport everything back to Dengzhou first and evacuate the Kong mansion to Yan Shenggong."
When Liu Zhaosun said this, he paused for a moment and said loudly:
"As for how to deal with Mr. Yansheng, I haven't decided yet. I hope he will be blessed with good fortune and can escape from Xu Hongru's clutches."
He thought for a moment, then summoned the messenger, and whispered: "After the Wenxiang Sect enters the Confucius Mansion, let the No. 1,000 Headquarters launch an attack, kill the Wenxiang Sect thugs, occupy the Confucius Mansion, and bring Kong Yanzhi alive. Come, I want to have a good chat with him."
After Liu Zhaosun finished speaking, he took Jin Feng and a few guards to the Qufu County Government Office.
Pei Dahu took Lin Yu and Wu Xiao to the capital. There is no news yet. The person responsible for guarding Liu Zhaosun now is the corps commander named Jin Feng, who has five guards.
Jin Feng is an old man who has followed General Liu since Hunjiang. He has already become the general manager at the 1000 Headquarters. He was promoted from the war barracks a few days ago. Like Pei Dahu, he is loyal to General Liu.
Wendeng County and the county government couldn't find much.
"Sir, Wenxiang Cult has imprisoned the magistrate in a dungeon."
In order to ensure that the magistrate of Qufu was well protected, Liu Zhaosun quickly ordered Jin Feng to take people to arrest the magistrate named Jiang.
Kang Yingqian whispered a few words to Jin Feng, and the captain of the Chinese army guard immediately kneeled the captured Wenxiang Sect members at the gate of the county government office and beheaded them one by one.
Hundreds of Wenxiang Sect thugs were like fish ready to be slaughtered. They knelt there motionless and completely gave up resistance.
More than twenty heads were thrown in front of Magistrate Jiang and placed neatly together. He actually knew some of them.
Kang Yingqian said coldly from the side: "Marquis Pingliao is not murderous, but these rebels are too courageous to dare to attack us and start the original army. Magistrate Jiang, do you think these people should be killed?"
Jiang Zhixian had just escaped from prison. He had been tortured to death for the past few days and only had half a life left. Now when he suddenly saw the human head placed in front of him, he was so frightened that he was shaking uncontrollably.
"Don't be afraid, Magistrate Jiang. Kaiyuan's army came to Qufu to save the people, and of course to save you, sir. Don't be afraid. Once the Wenxiang Sect is destroyed, Marquis Pingliao will have a big gift for Magistrate Jiang."
Liu Zhaosun needs the magistrate Jiang to continue to live. To deal with Duke Yansheng, he needs the help of these local snakes. If Magistrate Jiang dies, many things will be very troublesome to deal with.
Kang Ying clapped his hands dryly, and two town guards carried up a huge wooden box filled with the gold and silver jewelry they had just captured.
"Kang Xunjian, Marquis Pingliao, what do you mean by this?... This is too polite. It's hard to refuse such hospitality, so I will accept it first."
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