"Bang!"
A crisp gunshot interrupted the hustle and bustle on Hulong Street in Suzhou.
Hulong Street, which was noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.
Everyone looked at the "Obai of the Ming Dynasty" who was holding a fire pistol. This "Obai" actually had a gun!
Although "Da Ming Obai"'s marksmanship is terrible, the bullets don't know where to fly. But Wang Yongkang, who was shot but not hit, was still frightened!
Moreover, he soon discovered that there were many black holes aiming at him!
It turns out that at least one-third of the people under "Obai of the Ming Dynasty" were equipped with shotguns! , when they set out just now, these shotgun soldiers had lit the match ropes, and now they were raising them to aim at Wang Yongkang and were about to hit him!
Wang Yongkang was so frightened that he peed. Just now, "Obai of the Ming Dynasty" had shot him with a pistol. The accuracy of the pistol was very poor, and there was only one gun. It was not surprising that he couldn't hit him. And now there are twenty or thirty shotguns pointed at him. If this is done, why not beat him into a sieve?
However, Wang Yongkang still felt good on the battlefield. He subconsciously leaned on the horse and whipped the horse under his crotch several times with a riding crop. The horse was beaten for no reason, screamed a few times, spread its hooves and started galloping.
Wang Yongkang's lying down and running around really saved his life for the time being. There was just a burst of gunfire, and all the twenty or thirty shotguns were empty. However, this burst of gunfire still scared the Suzhou people who were watching the rebellion on Hulong Street.
It turns out this is no joke, it’s a real rebellion! Moreover, these anti-thief guys look really good! There are dozens of shotguns alone, and the remaining people also have Zhangsan bamboo spears, waist knives, and swords.
In addition, these rebels seem to have chainmail underneath their yellow robes and red turbans!
It seems that this gang of rebels is not ordinary rebels, but rebels with a background. Maybe they are really sent by Wu Sangui, or they may be professional rebels sent by some green battalion general on the ground in Liangjiang and Three Provinces - then The leaders of the Green Camp Army are all three ministers, four ministers and five ministers, and they are the best at rebelling!
It looks like Jiangnan is in trouble again. This excitement is too much to watch, so run away!
Later, Fu Biao, the governor of Jiangsu, and this group of rebels really started practicing on Hulong Street. It was really a sword and a gun that had no eyesight, and the gun was even blinder. If the gun collapsed, the mother-in-law's life was in vain!
Everyone who reacted started to run away!
They ran away in all directions, like birds and beasts scattering, and the street became much cleaner after huffing and puffing to protect the dragon.
Some of them panicked and didn't choose their own way. Instead of escaping through the alley, they ran along Hulong Street towards the Jiangsu Governor's Yamen. As they ran, they shouted: "No! The third prince Zhu has rebelled! The third prince Zhu has rebelled." Have a gun"
So, this group of "road blind" embraced the "fake Third Prince Zhu" Wang Yongkang and his men and rushed to the Jiangsu Governor's Yamen!
At the same time, inside the Jiangsu Governor's Office, Jiangsu Governor Mu Tianyan, who holds the post of nursing governor, was preparing for the Hongmen Banquet, no, Hongmen Mahjong. The mahjong table has been set up. In addition to himself, there are also the Suzhou magistrate and the Suzhou weaving doctor. A total of three people are drinking tea in a side hall and waiting to make meritorious deeds!
Hidden behind the two small doors in the side hall were a dozen quick-shift yamen officers summoned by the prefecture's yamen. They had already prepared hemp ropes for tying people up and sticks for knocking people - Kangxi had said that people should be treated with "courtesy". Wait, so the knife or ax is not used. It is very "ceremonial" to knock it a few times with a stick and then tie it up with a hemp rope.
Moreover, the governor of Jiangsu Province did not pay much attention to "etiquette" in his soldiers, and they would not hit people lightly or seriously. If they were beaten badly, it would be difficult to explain, so Mu Tianyan specially asked the Suzhou prefect to bring a professional to catch people. The government office expresses class.
Of course, the memorial to the emperor cannot be written so easily. Just a "Hongmen Mahjong" and a dozen fast-moving government officials are not enough. There has to be a fierce battle anyway, right?
When Mu Tianyan was thinking about whether it would be better to write about fighting the Third Prince Zhu for dozens of rounds with a sword in his hand, or whether it would be better to write about being brave enough to brave the rain of arrows, he suddenly heard a very loud and noisy sound in his ears.
Mu Tianyan raised his head and asked, "Where is the noise?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a governor named Qian Zong crawling in, shouting as he ran: "Rebellion, rebellion against Mu Fantai, no good, rebellion!"
"Who rebelled?" Mu Tianyan jumped up suddenly and dropped the tea bowl in his hand.
"Zhu, Zhu, the third prince Zhu has rebelled!" Mr. Qian said loudly, "Mu Fantai, please go out and take a look. There is a rebellion on Hulong Street. The third prince Zhu is leading thousands of people to the governor. When the Yamen came, they still had guns, and they came here with their guns fired all the way."
As if to prove that what Mr. Qian said was true, a few gunshots were faintly heard.
Mu Tianyan was really a little panicked now, but he was not an ordinary person. He had gone to Da Yuan Island to meet Zheng Jing, a capable person, so he quickly tried his best to calm down his emotions. After one order after another, all the side doors of the governor's Yamen were immediately closed, and people had to be put on guard. The main entrance was not closed for the time being, but half of the pacesetters who were still inside the Yamen were gathered to set up defenses.
At the same time, Mu Tianyan ordered the Suzhou magistrate to immediately disperse half of the express teams he brought and send messages to various government offices in Suzhou City to tell them to stay behind closed doors!
Then notify the gate guards at various city gates to seal the city gates first, and then allocate manpower to support the governor's Yamen.
After the arrangements were made, Mu Tianyan couldn't sit still anymore, so he walked around in circles in the governor's Yamen courtyard with his hands on his head, trying his best to calm down his emotions.
At this time, everyone in the governor's yamen should have panicked. Everyone was looking at him. No matter what, he must stay calm at this time!
The hustle and bustle outside kept coming, getting louder and louder, mixed with "crackling" gunshots... The anti-thief force was strong!
The Suzhou magistrate and Suzhou weaving officials, as well as Mu Tianyan's own Goshiha, all looked pale and had lost their color.
"The Third Prince Zhu of Mufantai has arrived outside the main entrance of the Governor's Yamen!"
A pacesetter from the Jiangsu governor came flying over, loudly delivering the news. Mu Tianyan turned his head, waved his arms, and shouted: "Follow me!"
After shouting this, he strode out to greet her. As soon as I walked into the gate of the governor's office, I saw that the gate of the governor's office had been blocked by two rows of fences, leaving only a gap for one person and one horse to enter and exit.
About two to three hundred Fubiao pacesetters carrying swords, shotguns, and spears crowded inside the gate. A Fubiao guerrilla was holding a knife and yelling: "Hold it. Hold it!"
While he was roaring, he heard a voice coming from far and near: "No, the Third Prince Zhu and Obai rebelled together. The Third Prince Zhu and Obai are calling!"
What? The Third Prince Zhu and Obai rebelled together? Have you come to Suzhou yet?
Mu Tianyan followed the voice and looked over, and at a glance he saw the "Third Prince Zhu" who was leading the way - that Wang Yongkang!
This "True Third Prince of Zhu" was quite fierce. He took the lead, leading a group of soldiers and a crowd of black people, and rushed towards the gate of the governor's Yamen. But Mu Tianyan didn't see Obai.
Where is Obai? Why didn't he rush together with Prince Zhu?
While Mu Tianyan was wandering around, Wang Yongkang also saw him and immediately shouted: "Prince Zhu San of Mufantai has rebelled against Ao Bai!"
"Prince Zhu," Mu Tianyan followed Wang Yongkang's words and asked, "Where is Ao Bai?"
Wang Yongkang replied loudly: "In the back, in the back, coming soon!"
As he answered, he rode forward without any intention of stopping. He rushed to the gap alone, as if he wanted to rush into the governor's Yamen from there.
This is so brave! Yongde Mu Tianyan and all the pacesetters from Jiangsu Fubiao who were guarding there were stunned.
However, he didn't stand still for too long before Mu Tianyan reacted and shouted: "Take it!"
Then a pacesetter picked up the spear in his hand and stabbed the horse under Wang Yongkang's crotch.
Neither Wang Yongkang nor the horse he was riding could react, and the spear had already penetrated the horse's belly. This horse was stabbed inexplicably, and it immediately screamed in pain: "Slippery!"
Then the horse couldn't bear the severe pain and fell down, and fell on the stone steps in front of the Jiangsu Governor's Office. Wang Yongkang, who was riding on the horse, also fell down with it.
Although the battlefield where he escaped felt good, after all, he had never practiced "horse cheating" and had never been on the battlefield. When he encountered a surprise attack, he had no time to react and fell hard. One thigh was directly pressed by the horse's body, and it broke with a "click". Severe pain was felt, and he screamed: "Ah!"
When Mu Tianyan saw this scene, he felt something was wrong!
Is Prince Zhu even caught by himself?
Isn't this too easy?
Were all the third princes Zhu who were arrested so easily caught?
Just when Mu Tianyan felt that something was wrong, several policemen from Suzhou Prefecture rushed over to arrest the "Third Prince Zhu" who had already broken his leg.
This time Wang Yongkang suffered a serious crime. His broken leg was still being pulled hard by someone. The pain made him scream repeatedly: "Ah, ah!"
Although he screamed so miserably that he was almost ready to kill the pig, Wang Yongkang's broken leg was still pulled out from under the horse's body, and his whole body was dragged away.
The scene where Wang Yongkang was dismounted by the Qing soldiers and dragged away as a prisoner was all seen by Wu Yuanyi, his servants and the Suzhou people who followed him.
They were stunned for a moment - what on earth happened? Why are you just beating your own people so well? Could it be that there are people from Prince Zhu and Ao Bai in the Jiangsu Governor’s Yamen?
Before they could react, the gunfire crackled again, and then came the song "Welcome Zhu San": "The morning seeks promotion, the evening seeks harmony, it is difficult for Han'er to survive these days. Open the door early to pay homage to King Ming, King Ming is here Divide the fields”
With the sound of gunshots and singing, the Suzhou people who ran out of the Jiangsu Governor's Office in a daze realized that something was wrong, they were running in the wrong direction! There's going to be a fight here later!
Then someone shouted: "Escape quickly."
With the shouts of "Flee quickly", nine out of ten of the dark crowds dispersed, and the broad street outside the Jiangsu Governor's Office suddenly became much clearer. Even Wu Yuanyi led the "housekeeper" he brought from Yunnan Take advantage of the chaos and run away. She truly deserves to be the elite queen of Liaodong!
Now Mu Tianyan, who was hiding inside the gate of the governor's office, could finally see the group of "real rebels" wearing yellow robes and red scarves (red hats)!
The number of "real rebels" was small, only about a hundred, but they behaved very strictly.
Although there were only about a hundred people, a small square formation was still set up on the street 150 steps away from the gate of the governor's Yamen - the spearmen stood on all sides, and the musketeers stood in two rows facing the Yamen. There seemed to be two black pots, a few men in yellow robes and red hats (red scarves), a stout old man wearing a yellow flagcloth mask, a horse, and three flags.
Mu Tianyan took a telescope from one of his Goshiha's hands, opened it and took a look, and found that the three flags had the words "The Third Prince Zhu of the Ming Dynasty", "Obai of the Ming Dynasty" and "Ming" respectively. .
Among them, under the banner of "The Third Prince Zhu of the Ming Dynasty", there is also a man wearing a yellow robe and a red hood. He is majestic and stands with a sword. He looks more like the Third Prince Zhu than Wang Yongkang!
Did you misunderstand Wang Yongkang? Mu Tianyan thought: Is this the real Prince Zhu?
As he was thinking, he saw a man in a red scarf and yellow robe carrying a bamboo gun striding out of the anti-thief phalanx. He stopped twenty or thirty steps outside the gate of the governor's office, then opened his throat and shouted loudly : "The dog officers in the governor's yamen have heard this. You have been surrounded. Come out and surrender quickly, otherwise my third prince and Commander Ao will use thunderous methods!"
Surrounded by? surrender?
Mu Tianyan was almost amused, and immediately laughed out loud: "You guys still want to overthrow our Qing Dynasty. I think you should submit to the imperial court as soon as possible, so as not to drive you out when the heavenly troops arrive. It must be reduced to ashes!"
"Dog officer, wait for the cannon!" the man in the red scarf and yellow robe replied, turned around and left, singing loudly as he walked: "Get up, don't be a poor and untouchable! Get up, don't be a slave to be slaughtered" Lamb! The blood in my heart is already boiling. We should fight for the unity of the world."
When the majestic singing reached the square formation, Chen Yonghua loudly ordered: "Fire. Hit me hard!"
"yes!"
Wang Dapao and Wang Zhongyi were getting a little impatient for a long time. According to his wishes, what is there to talk about with Mu Tianyan, a dog officer? Just bombard him with cannons. If you bomb him to death, pull him down. If you bomb him to death, scare him away.
Although the result of this riot in Suzhou will definitely be to run away, if he can capture the Jiangsu governor's office before running away, the names of Tiandihui and Prince Zhu will be known.
Thinking of these good things, Wang Dapao commanded several of his gunners to adjust the direction and shooting angle of the two twelve-pound bronze mortars placed on the wooden frame (the wooden frame was placed directly on the ground).
Then, the gunners stuffed the powder bags they had prepared earlier. Then he opened another suitcase, took out two round explosive bombs with wooden supports tied with leather straps, and lit the fuse inside a wooden tube fuse inserted at the top of the wooden explosive bomb. The bullet was stuffed into the barrel of the gun and finally ignited the fire line at the fire door at the rear of the gun.
The flames burned quickly along with the fire line, and soon disappeared into the fire doors of the two mortars, igniting the granular gunpowder inside that had long been pierced by the long probes.
Immediately afterwards, white smoke spewed out from the muzzle, and then the two "wooden shells" flew up, roaring towards the governor's Yamen gate one hundred and fifty steps away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
One of the bombs missed the target and landed with a "bang" inside the governor's office, a little far away from the gate.
It directly smashed two stone slabs and made a small hole!
The other hit was quite accurate and landed directly in the crowd behind the governor's office, knocking over a pacesetter. The unlucky guy fell to the ground without even making a sound!
Although these two shells were explosive shells, they did not trigger the fuses, so they did not explode immediately.
The wooden tube fuse "invented" by Wang Zhongxiao has already opened the "gold finger". If he hadn't liked to play "Total War" in his previous life, and also searched for some weapons information from the Napoleonic War era at night, he would not have known about it. There is a mortar that looks like a "black soup pot" that needs to be played, but it can yield miraculous results.
And the miraculous effect will come soon!
Although the two shells did not explode immediately, the wooden tube fuses were installed very firmly and did not fall out, and there was still white smoke coming out and a "sizzling" sound.
This is going to explode!
When Mu Tianyan saw the two smoking shells, his face turned pale with fright. His legs became weak and he could no longer run away.
Fortunately, his reaction was very quick, and he immediately rushed to hold Mu Tianyan up and ran towards the governor's office.
The other people guarding the gate of the governor's office all ran away when they saw Mu Tianyan, so they stopped holding on and just ran together.
As soon as this group of people ran into the depths of the governor's office, the two explosive bombs exploded one after another.
Following the two loud "boom boom" sounds, Mu Tianyan and his men became even more frightened - this third Prince Zhu is too powerful, he really has big guns!
I originally thought that the third prince Zhu was just a talker, but I didn't expect that he had a lot of talk.
How can we fight this battle? Even the Xunfu Yamen couldn’t withstand the bombardment!
Thinking of this, this group of people couldn't stop walking. No matter what, they should run far away first.
While they were running away desperately, the shelling from Prince Zhu's side had not stopped, and the sound of cannons, explosions, and shouts of death were heard.
Look at this, Prince Zhu and Ao Bai's men have already broken into the governor's office.
"Chen Canjun...have we conquered the governor's office in Jiangsu? Isn't this Suzhou City just..."
On the other side, Zhu Cijiong, the third prince of Zhu who had just led people to seize the gate, was already dancing excitedly.
Although he had been talking loudly before, he never thought he could actually defeat it.
It took only a hundred people to fire two cannons and capture the governor's office. If Wu Sangui's 100,000 troops come together, can he really be the puppet emperor for a few years?
Chen Yonghua glanced at him, took a deep breath, calmed down, then pointed to the double-blade flagpole outside the gate of the Jiangsu Governor's Office, and said to the left and right: "Come here, raise our red flag and Daming flag first!"
(End of chapter)
