Yangzhou City.
It was just dark.
Chaos has continued all night.
At this time, the dark crowd of people once again surrounded the post house, holding various hoes and sledges in their hands, filled with righteous indignation.
"Get out!"
"Drive these bandits out!"
"Is the county governor so inactive?"
"Poor my son, he is so young..."
The scene was extremely chaotic. Among the crowd, a respected old man was pushing his dead grandson in a cart. This old man is a relatively famous private school teacher in Yangzhou City, with a very high reputation. The persecution of his family members immediately aroused people's anger.
The situation has become more and more complex.
If people from Yangzhou could see through this, they would have noticed the irreversibility of the matter in advance.
The conflict has started from the common people at the lowest level, then to the soldiers, and finally to the elites like Mr. Private School.
The progression of all these conflicts is not accidental. But someone is pushing forward from behind!
pity.
In the huge Yangzhou City, Jiang Xuan is probably the only one who has seen some clues.
at this time.
Several nobles from prominent families in Yangzhou City have gathered together in secret.
"This Yangzhou City is indeed about to change!"
"Except Mr. Cheng, is that really what Young Master Liu said? Is his workshop going to make us rich together?"
"Yeah, don't play with us!"
A group of old men, although their voices were low, were very excited.
The member of the Cheng family smiled proudly: "Everyone, Mr. Liu has a great reputation, but how can he compare to a villain like Lu Zhengyi?"
Everyone nodded.
“It’s written in black and white, nothing can be faked!”
Cheng Yuanwai laughed: "Everyone, those soaps and fine wines are big business! Yinzhou is much richer than our Yangzhou now!"
"Dry!"
"Yangzhou has indeed been in decay for a long time and wants to change it!"
"Exceptor Cheng, you are really willing to give up! That is my distant nephew, and he actually raised the knife and dropped it like that..."
"So you are a distant relative?"
The gentlemen started muttering again.
Just as Jiang Xuan expected, once the civil war begins, it will be the people's hearts that will be attacked! The prestige of the county marquis has plummeted in the past few days. Those noble families who are usually suppressed by Lu Zhengyi will naturally want to rebound!
This is "supporting his rebellious ministers"!
It can be said that these noble families played a big role in fueling the chaos in Yangzhou to the extent it is today!
at this time.
A servant suddenly broke into the door and shouted: "Master, I'm doing it, it's the other way around!"
All the gentlemen stood up in shock.
"Who rebelled?"
"Who makes the first move?"
"Hurry up, follow Cheng Bingcao, be ready to open the city gate at any time!"
"All private soldiers gather!"
It no longer matters who makes the first move. Whether it was the people here who couldn't bear it anymore, or the stragglers, they finally didn't want to hear the strange screams outside.
What started was that a torch was thrown directly into the post house where the stragglers were staying. By chance, it hit the stable. This was a serious blow. The fodder in the stable burned directly, and the fire shot into the sky.
The skirmishers were furious and the general conflict was forgotten.
Wouldn't this direct fire attack cost our lives? You guys are all about playing with swords and guns. If you want our lives, we will want yours first!
So, the first skirmisher rushed out, raised his knife and killed the old private school teacher.
This really ignited the flames of war tonight. How could the people still have any sense? They rushed over. In an instant, the door, doors and windows of the post were all smashed.
"That's unreasonable!"
When Luo Xiongchao saw this situation, he was furious and ordered his men to tie up Chen Kui. With a wave of his hand, thousands of stragglers rushed into the crowd of civilians and began the real massacre.
In the county houfu.
When Lu Zhengyi heard the news, his color changed and he shouted: "You guys, how dare you bully me!"
"Order Captain Yuan to wait for the soldiers to calm down the war!"
"If anyone stands in the way, kill him!"
"yes!"
The three thousand soldiers of the County Marquis' Mansion had seen so many arrogant and domineering stragglers these days that they could no longer bear it any longer. They were waiting for this order, and each of them picked up their swords and rode on horseback to fight.
At this point.
The entire Yangzhou is really in chaos.
Those who do business, Hualou Restaurant, have long closed their doors to thank customers. The streets were filled with excited people, government soldiers and stragglers.
"Kill me!"
Luo Xiongchao is called the bitter-faced Yama because he has amazing martial arts, is good at wielding two giant hammers, is good at conquering and fighting, and always charges on the battlefield. This is why so many brothers are willing to follow him. At this time, he let go of killing, and he was like a killing god on the street. He killed wherever he went, and it was difficult for seven or eight soldiers to get close!
With him opening the way, the five thousand skirmishers had the absolute upper hand as soon as the battle began.
For a time, Yangzhou City was filled with blood and the people fled.
"Brothers, follow me to capture the county lord's mansion!"
When Luo Xiongchao saw that the situation was going so smoothly, his confidence doubled and he headed straight for the county magistrate's mansion.
At this time, Yuan Xiaowai came with his elite soldiers and shouted, "Don't be crazy, you thief. Let Yuan come and meet you!"
Captain Yuan was also a leader in the army. He was holding a long spear and was extremely powerful. His horse was galloping beneath him. The spear thrust out and struck Na Luo Xiongchao's head in the dim light.
"That's it!"
Luo Xiongchao sneered and slapped the horse's belly with both feet. The horse neighed. He didn't accelerate like that. He backhanded the giant hammer in his hand and hit the tip of the spear. Captain Yuan looked horrified, and felt a huge force coming towards him. His jaws trembled, but before he could react, Luo Xiongchao's other giant hammer had already come over and landed on Captain Yuan's head.
"boom!"
Lieutenant Yuan fell off his horse and died, his eyes were staring blankly, and his seven orifices were bleeding.
Three thousand soldiers were frightened at the same time.
Compared with the skirmishers here, their morale was greatly boosted and they marched straight in, no one could stop them anymore.
Lu Zhengyi had long been frightened out of his wits.
"Stop them, stop them!"
"We can't let them invade the county lord's mansion!"
"Where are the private soldiers of the noble family? Please call for help quickly!"
The civil servants and think tanks in the county magistrate's office had already been frightened and fled in a hurry.
"Sir, the noble families have already informed you, but, but, they responded that all the private soldiers have gone home to farm!"
Lu Zhengyi spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Farming?"
In this winter, it’s such a shitty field to plant!
"Sir, little one, little one, go home first!"
"I'm an old man at home, I'll go back and take a look first!"
"Sir, my sow is about to give birth..."
What else did Lu Zhengyi want to say? Those chief historians, counselors, and deacons all found various excuses to run away.
A wave of despair came over me.
At this time, Lu Zhengyi felt extremely regretful.
Then Jiang Xuan came to offer advice, how could he think of rejecting it? If he had known this, he should have used violence to suppress these snakes and rats. Before, he had always thought about how to avoid causing mutiny, but now he realized that in this chaotic situation, violence is the solution to all problems. The most powerful weapon!
"Sir, run away!"
"Those thieves are about to come in!"
At this time, there were only a few old, weak, disabled, and Lu Zhengyi's family members left in the County Marquis' Mansion.
At this time, the skirmishers had already rushed through the last guard of the county lord's mansion. Seeing Chen Kui being tied up and running in embarrassment behind Luo Xiongchao's horse, Lu Zhengyi cried out sadly: "Mr. Chen, you have done me a lot of harm." ah!"
At this time, a crossbow arrow shot out and hit Lu Zhengyi on the forehead.
This indecisive Marquis of Yangzhou County, after taking Chen Kui's one hundred thousand taels of silver, when he ushered the scattered soldiers into Yangzhou City, he had no idea that this would be the beginning of a great chaos in Yangzhou and that he would die here.
The skirmishers immediately captured the county magistrate's mansion, and then began a frantic looting.
The county marshal's house was in flames.
That night, Yangzhou suffered the greatest disaster in history. All the property that Lu Zhengyi had accumulated over the years was looted by these stragglers, and all the grain stores were burned.
After the skirmishers took control of the county marshal's mansion, they rushed to the streets and began to commit evil deeds that outraged both humans and gods.
crazy.
The skirmishers went crazy.
Perhaps they knew that even if they captured the Marquis Mansion in Yangzhou County, they would not dare to occupy it for too long and could only loot and then escape, so this hysteria became even more uncontrolled.
Luo Xiongchao was already dragging Lu Zhengyi's wives and concubines to enjoy themselves unscrupulously in the county lord's mansion.
"Aren't those people from famous families here yet?"
Luo Xiongchao asked angrily.
The subordinate reported: "General, I have already sent word to you, they, they are making preparations!"
"Go and urge!"
Luo Xiongchao waved his hand, and he asked several prominent families in the city to prepare one hundred thousand silver coins, otherwise they would be exterminated! I thought I could leave here with the money.
At this time, a man came to report: "General, a large number of people have appeared outside the city, demanding to enter the city! They call themselves Young Master Liu of Yinzhou!"
"What?"
Luo Xiongchao stood up suddenly and laughed wildly: "This guy still dares to come, hahaha, he must be here to give me money!"
With a few younger brothers, Luo Xiongchao rode to the top of the city.
At a glance, he saw a large number of Yinzhou soldiers. Luo Xiongchao immediately sneered: "This guy doesn't know that Yangzhou City is already in my pocket, and he is here to discuss the iron ore matter!"
Everyone laughed.
Obviously, in their eyes at this time, Liu Zheng and his gang are already fish to be slaughtered!
Luo Xiongchao was overjoyed and sent people down to negotiate. He sent Liu Zheng 20,000 taels of silver notes. The iron ore was his property in Yinzhou.
When Liu Zheng heard this, he rode a few hundred steps forward and laughed loudly: "General Luo, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. Don't I know what kind of reputation you have?"
"presumptuous!"
"Be bold!"
"Young son of the Liu family, you dare to insult my general?"
An arrow flew out, Qin Changfeng snorted coldly, and there were a few arrows under Liu Zheng's crotch next to him.
Luo Xiongchao sneered: "Little Liu family, there is no need to discuss this matter..."
Who would have thought that at this time, a military advisor next to him laughed evilly and came over and said: "General, it's better to do this. The Liu family must not know the situation in the city. Since we have agreed that Chen Kuilu will negotiate with each other justly, why don't we let them in?" , then shouldn’t we be able to catch a turtle in a jar?”
Luo Xiongchao was overjoyed when he heard this.
Now that the matter has been put on the table, why is there any hesitation?
Killing and stealing goods!
"good!"
"We also invite Mr. Liu to come to the city to discuss it in detail!"
Luo Xiongchao gave his men a wink, told them to prepare an ambush, and then shouted loudly.
This time.
Liu Zheng was stunned instead.
They were still thinking about waiting for the nobles in the city to secretly open the city gate. Unexpectedly, Luo Xiongchao opened it himself?
