The sky is burning!
How hot the sky is!
The dozen or so soldiers who were protecting Zeng Qizhao looked fierce just now, as if they were about to go out and fight, but now they all hesitated and looked at their master.
Of course Zeng Qizhao is also afraid of sky fire, but it is impossible for him to surrender... Can the second most ruthless person in Guangdong surrender? How many people did he kill when he broke through Guangzhou and Wencun? Many of them are probably the dearest relatives and friends of the Third Prince Zhu and the Third Grandson of Zhu!
Zeng Er, a ruthless man, is going to fall into their hands. Why don't they skin Ling Chi? Compared with this piecemeal method of death, burning from the sky is not so scary!
At this moment, people outside the courtyard seemed to have discovered that Zeng Qizhao was hiding in this courtyard, so they shouted loudly: "Qing Yao inside heard this, we will only kill Zeng Yaotou and hand over Zeng Yaotou, and the others They can all live...or else they will all be burned to death with heavenly fire!"
Now Zeng Qizhao's soldiers were even more shaken. The Cantonese people outside just wanted to kill Zeng Yaotou... and Zeng Yaotou was a good slave of the Qing Emperor. He who was not afraid of death would be able to be famous after death. Massive burial.
Zeng Qizhao knew that the danger was near, but he was not willing to sit back and wait for the fire, so he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and shouted: "Damn it, what do men fear from the sky fire? Follow me, let's all fight out together!" "
The soldiers under him had all received his kindness and were accustomed to obeying this ruthless man. They immediately picked up the guy, looking like they were about to follow him to death, but no one was willing to take the lead.
Well, the ruthless Zhaodu said that if you follow him and fight out, he will naturally charge first!
And this Zeng Qizhao was a slave generation of the Qing Dynasty, or a ruthless person among the slave generation. He was still very ruthless. When he saw the people below, he was scared, and he felt so angry that he rushed out with a big knife. But when I got outside the gate, I realized something was wrong!
At this time, Ming soldiers and villagers holding sharp-edged muskets were already standing outside the door, and everyone was gnashing their teeth. One of them, a young soldier wearing a cross-collar cloth robe stained red with blood and a Portuguese ship's helmet, looked particularly fierce. He was also holding a musket without a matchlock in his hand and was aiming at Zeng Qizhao.
Moreover, Zeng Qizhao also discovered that he was the only soldier of the Qing Dynasty outside the courtyard gate...all his soldiers were still hiding in the courtyard!
The second most ruthless man in Guangdong was just about to summon his men to come out and fight together when he heard a "bang" and the gate of the courtyard behind him was closed.
"He is Yaotou Zeng!"
"He is Zeng Yaotou, the deputy general of Qinglu Humen..."
"Master Tianbing, catch Yaotou Zeng quickly!"
Just when Zeng Qizhao was still thinking about whether to climb over the wall and return to the yard, the Qing people in Huangpu Village were already identifying him - Huangpu Village was originally an international trade village, and the residents in the village were either businessmen or drivers. Ship's. Zeng Qizhao, the naval vice-admiral, had previously not trusted his men's boating skills, so he rented boats from Huangpu Village when traveling between Guangzhou and Humen. So many people in Huangpu Village know him!
Zeng Qizhao, who had been recognized by others, knew that he would never recover. He was the second most ruthless person in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty! There are absolutely millions of enemies in Guangdong! If you want to catch someone, you won’t be able to skin Ling Chi!
So the man surnamed Zeng wanted to find someone to kill Tubei, but the knife in his hand was not as fast as someone's musket. In particular, several Jinyi soldiers were holding English flintlock guns handed over from the Great Eastern. They didn't even need to light a match rope. They aimed at Zeng Yaotou's knees and fired a burst of fire, killing Zeng Yaotou on the spot. His kneecap was shattered.
The reason why he was slapped on the knee was because of the care of Ling Zongjun who led the troops to capture Zeng Qizhao. He had to be captured alive!
Ling Chi must be captured alive!
Seeing Zeng Yaotou being knocked to the ground, Ling Zongjun, who was already so excited that he was about to sing, yelled: "Catch them alive... don't kill them, they will be cut into pieces if you turn around!"
"knew!"
"Catch them alive..."
"Death by a thousand cuts!"
A group of gnashing Jinyi soldiers and villagers agreed and surrounded him. It’s true that I didn’t stab him with a sharp knife, but I still hit him with wooden sticks, brooms, and dung forks... I beat him first to cut off his hands and feet, and then I captured him alive!
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Shang Zhixin, who was standing in front of the Dragon King Temple on the north bank of the Pearl River, could not clearly see the scene where Zeng Yaotou was beaten and captured alive. However, he could still clearly see how the more than a thousand elite Green Camp soldiers under Zeng Qizhao were doing so. The whole army was wiped out by the combined attack of Zhu San Taisun's Jinyi troops and the unruly people of Huangpu Village.
Although Zhu Sanming's army is suspected of mastering the magic and can use "smoke" and "fireball", but if the unruly people in Huangpu Village did not rebel on the battlefield and help the Ming army fight together, Zeng Qizhao's ability can still rely on Huangpu Village's The terrain is retreating at the same time...but once the unruly people in Huangpu Village rebel, Zeng Qizhao will be dead!
This Huangpu Village is a big village, and it is also a "water thieves village". Most of the villagers drive boats for transportation, so every household has muskets and swords, and the strong men in the village can practice copying them a few times.
In addition, this village has become rich due to maritime trade since the Southern Song Dynasty, so every household has built very strong houses, and many houses also have watchtowers for guns... They can shoot guns from a high position to block the roads in the village.
Therefore, the unruly people in Huangpu Village turned against each other, and Zeng Qizhao, the second most ruthless person in Guangdong, had no choice but to die.
After capturing Zeng Qizhao alive, the unruly people in Huangpu Village and the Jinyi soldiers who landed rushed to the west pier of Huangpu Village together.
The West Pier of Huangpu Village faces Haizhu Island. It was originally a cargo terminal. In those days, goods shipped from Guangdong, Guangxi, and even Hunan along the Pearl River system were generally unloaded at the West Pier, while imported goods that came from across the sea were unloaded at Huangpu. Unloading goods at the dock east of the village. Zeng Qizhao, who came from Guangzhou City, left all the navy ships on the west pier, and only a few soldiers were left to guard the ships. And he also ordered that these ships should not leave the dock until he himself boarded them.
As a result, by the time the soldiers on the ship discovered that Zeng Qizhao had been beaten to death and captured alive, it was already too late. There was no time to pull up the anchor and set sail. The young soldiers from the Jinyi pro-army and the volunteers from Huangpu Village had already rushed on. These ten wooden boats were taken away from them all. The Qing soldiers and sailors on the ship were either killed and captured, or were forced to dive into the water to escape... But this was the Pearl River! The south of the Yangtze River is wide and the water is cold. How would it be possible to swim from Huangpu Village to the north bank of the Pearl River without the incredible water quality?
When Shang Zhixin, who was standing outside the Dragon King Temple on the north bank of the Pearl River, saw this scene, his heart almost went cold, as if the person who fell into the water was not someone else but himself!
"Rebellion, rebellion, all rebellion..." Shang Zhixin's voice was trembling as he spoke.
The loss of just one Huangpu village is enough to be fatal. Now even Zeng Qizhao, the second most ruthless person in Guangdong, took a ride in it, and the more than a thousand elite green soldiers and ten large ships who followed Zeng Qizhao to Huangpu Island are gone.
This is not the worst. The worst thing is that the people in Huangpu Village and the south bank of the Pearl River rebelled and all voted for Zhu San Taisun... The Cantonese outside Guangzhou are unreliable, but the Cantonese inside Guangzhou are trustworthy. Already?
When Shang Zhixin was embarrassing the more than 100,000 or 200,000 residents in the outer city of Guangzhou, his fourth brother, Shang Zhijie, who served as deputy commander of the flag army of Prince Pingnan, suddenly shouted: "No... Haizhu Island is in danger, the rebels are driving the boat on the west pier of Huangpu Village to Haizhu Island!"
Haizhu Island is located on the Pearl River in the south of Guangzhou. There is a large temple on the island called Cidu Temple. After Shang Kexi captured Guangzhou, he set up cannons on the wall of Cidu Temple and turned it into a water fortress to protect Guangzhou City. .
But now there are not many defenders in this fortress, only dozens of elderly gunners and less than a hundred old infantrymen.
According to Shang Zhixin's original plan, Zeng Qizhao's troops would retreat to Haizhu Island to hold on after defeating Huangpu Village.
Unexpectedly, Zeng Qizhao, the second most ruthless person in Guangdong, died after being beaten once. Who should be allowed to guard Haizhu Island now?
Shang Zhixin looked back at his brother Shang Zhijie, as if he wanted to send him the city errand to guard Haizhu Island. But before Shang Zhixin could speak, Shang Zhijie shook his head: "Brother, I won't go to Haizhu Island... The water in the Pearl River is too cold, my bones are not good, I'm afraid of the cold! Cough cough cough... ....”
