Gan Xing was so angry that he couldn't get in even after rushing four times. This place looked like nothing more than some undulating little bumps of earth. What was so difficult about it?
"Great Protector, it's not that we all are not trying our best. We have killed and injured so many brothers, but we are still wandering around. This damn thing is just a fucking turtle shell!" someone said.
"Yes, even the turtle shell is better than this one. That thing can even burn a seam. We don't even know how to eat this thing. You can't see anything in the dark, just hear the gunshot!" another said.
"Why don't you wait until dawn before attacking?" the third person suggested softly.
It was right to think about it. Gan Xing came here to check it out. At that time, he felt that the two towers at the entrance were eye-catching. It would be easy to conquer them. However, he didn't expect that these two towers were so difficult to attack.
"Okay, let's wait. After an hour of rest, the sky will light up. It will be more convenient then."
Gan Xing thought about it and felt that this hour could not be wasted, so he asked people to come forward and shout, saying that the army would arrive at dawn, and that you should surrender quickly to avoid death.
Unexpectedly, bursts of laughter broke out inside, and they didn't even give him any face.
In fact, it was not that he was not giving face, but that Liu Hongsheng knew that the counterattack here would start before dawn. The officers and soldiers were numerically inferior, so they had to attack before dawn in order to have the greatest psychological impact on the rebels.
He counted his soldiers and found that none of them were even slightly injured. This battle was fought. No wonder Sanlang told him before leaving: defend the stronghold and fight the stupid war!
The enemy suffered heavy casualties, but our own side was unscathed. The defenders were cheerful and confident. Although there were very few people, their morale was high.
The chaos in Xi'an has become one-sided. The government troops are constantly expelling and shrinking, compressing the rebels in the west of the city and dividing them into three large blocks and several small ones.
Although the Wu'an army in Yujiazhai was also harassed, it was only a small group of diversionary attacks, which quickly collapsed in front of the vigilant officers and soldiers.
So Shen You ordered Long Shouyuan and the officers and soldiers of Daming Palace to enter the city from Anyuan Gate (North Gate). The participation of this new force made the rebels in the city lose their fighting spirit. The Great Protector Palace was killed at Sajin Bridge on the way, and he lost his final command. The rebels finally dispersed.
They originally wanted to escape by relying on their familiarity with the terrain, but they didn't expect that there were catchers, patrol officers, and regimental trainers outside with large nets to catch stray fish. All captured prisoners were sent to the City God's Temple to be gathered and identified.
The freed-up officers and soldiers immediately sent reinforcements to the south gate. General Cheng saw that the momentum was not good and ordered the troops to withdraw. Unexpectedly, flames soared into the sky behind him, and the manor where his old home was was burned down.
It turned out that the officers and soldiers who came along the way from Tangcheng received the warning and decided to go outside the wall to avoid ears and eyes. Seeing that riots had broken out in the city, and the attack and defense of the south gate began, they quickly crossed the remaining walls to surround the manor, and joined forces with the inspection department personnel guarding the perimeter.
There were only about a hundred guards inside, and they were busy having fun while the heads were away. As a result, Yao Qi inside opened the door to let the team in, and no one in the manor noticed.
After capturing this place, the Inspection Department began to search items, transfer people, and even ordered a house as agreed. The officers and soldiers met up with several regiments and then directly inserted into the Nanshao Gate.
General Cheng was arranging to retreat, but there was a commotion behind him saying that the army was coming. Before he could start to meet the enemy, the city gate opened wide, and the Chang'an Right Guards and Wu'an Army troops rushed out to cooperate with the pincer attack.
General Cheng lost control and his troops collapsed, so he had no choice but to take the remaining troops and flee into the mountains. So Gan Xing was still holding back at the banknote factory, but the rebel army at the south gate had been defeated, and he didn't know it yet.
On the other side, the protector Ma led his men to attack Lintong. Due to the unfamiliar roads and the late arrival of part of the rendezvous team, they did not arrive at Lintong City until Yinshi.
Although everyone was exhausted, they were excited at the thought that they would soon be able to enjoy everything in the city, so they went straight to the city gate without thinking too much.
Unexpectedly, Du Shiji was already waiting for them in ambush outside the city. Although only 30% of his workers had weapons, and the rest were equipped with sticks and shovels, their sudden attack in the middle of the night caught their opponents off guard.
Ma had been hacked to death by Du Shiji in the first dozen rounds, and his men immediately went into chaos. Seeing that the sky was starting to lighten up, the regiment trainers in the city rushed out of the city to join the battle. The rebels were dead and wounded everywhere, and those who were surrounded knelt down and begged to surrender.
The fast horses waiting for Lintong to report the news came to the city.
After reporting the news, Li Dan immediately ordered all the troops assembled inside and outside the East Gate to be mobilized to join the battle outside the Nanguo Gate, and wiped out the rebels along the way.
Just when he was confident of victory, a bolt from the blue came: A Ying died protecting Li Cunshi when the rebels rushed into Houya, and the Wu family was also in danger because of protecting A Ying from an arrow. Seeing Gao Can and others arriving outside Nanguo Gate, Li Dan
Knowing that the situation was decided, Li Dan went to the city and returned home in a hurry. There were smoke and corpses along the way. Outside the Yamen, he was surprised to find that there were monks, Taoists and Kundao (female Taoist priests) here, but he had no time to pay attention to them for the time being.
Aying was lying on the half door panel, parked outside the living room, and Yutong was wiping her remains while crying like a man in tears. Two nuns were hanging white linen cloth on the doors and windows and quickly left when they saw him coming in.
Li Dan leaned over to check and saw that the knife had penetrated the upper part of Aying's abdominal cavity.
It turned out that when a thief saw the child, he immediately thought it was Li Dan's son and rushed to arrest him. Aying asked Yutong and Wu to take the children away first, but she fired with the blunderbuss Li Dan gave her but missed. The enraged thief injured her.
Wu killed the thief with another short blunderbuss, and threw himself on A Ying to block the flying arrows for her. Later, Lu Jiu rushed in and knocked down several people one after another with his mace to save the crisis.
Li Dan saw Li Cunshi walking in wearing a filial robe. "Daddy, please change into plain clothes," the child said.
"Where is your mother?" Li Dan asked. Cunshi pointed to the wing opposite and wiped away his tears.
Li Dan reached out and took off his helmet and handed it to Lu Jiu who was behind him. He took the linen belt from the child's hand and tied it on his forehead. Then he called the nanny to order A Ying to cleanse herself and change her clothes, and then led Cunshi to the side room.
Wu's face turned pale, and there was no blood on her lips. When he saw them coming in, he smiled and said, "Are you here?"
Li Dan held her cold hand: "I was negligent, I didn't expect them to have this hand!"
"I don't blame you." Wu asked softly after taking a breath, "Where's the madam?" Li Dan shook her head, and she sighed: "I'm still a little late after all. It would be better if I was more familiar with the gun!"
"You tried your best." Li Dan couldn't hold back tears as soon as he finished speaking.
"I'll leave this world to you. I'll keep my wife company." After saying this, Mrs. Wu looked at her son with her eyes, her lips trembling.
"Don't worry, I will take good care of your child!" Li Dan said, holding her hand.
"You go first, your father and I will have a few words." Mrs. Wu watched Cunshi being taken out by Lu Jiu and crying in the main room. She sighed: "The child's father was killed, and now the stepmother and biological mother are both. If I want to leave, you are the only one left."
"Don't worry. It's just... I didn't have time to give you a title." Li Dan wiped his eyes: "I'm afraid Shiming will blame you."
"No." Mrs. Wu said softly: "Besides, I don't value this illusion. I am satisfied if we have reality. The past few years with you have been my happiest days, I am content...!"
As she spoke, her eyes suddenly moved and she lowered her voice and said, "I have something to ask you."
"you say."
"Sir, you will definitely become a duke in the future. I think so! However, he will not be lucky enough to survive." Li Dan was startled for a moment and listened to her continue:
"You are a duke, but you can't be the heir apparent while you are still alive, and you want him to marry a woman from among the people. Can you agree to this?"
"You...why do you need to do this?"
Wu shook his head: "Look at King Wu of Wei (Cao Cao), all his stepsons later became arrogant and domineering, and few of them ended up well. I don't want to live like this in this world!"
"How can I compete with King Wu of Wei?" Li Dan was startled and said quickly.
Wu shook his head and said, "God has the final say whether you want it or not. Promise me?" After saying that, he started to pant again. Li Dan had no choice but to agree quickly and loudly called the doctor to come in.
But Wu still fell into a coma and never woke up. More than half an hour later, Li Dan lost another woman.
Aying was his own wife. Li Dan never expected that her final destination would be on the northwest plateau, and she died unexpectedly at such a young age, which made him feel lost.
Standing in front of A Ying who had changed into bright red Ji uniform, he was in a daze, but Lu Jiu whispered behind him:
"Sir, Cao Zhongjun came to report that several battalions have launched an offensive against the rebels who besieged the banknote factory, and have now forced them to the east bank of Qujiang Pond. Team training from various places are also coming, but the group of Zodiac Sects are not Willing to surrender."
"Then kill him!"
"What?"
"Go tell Gao Can that his wife was harmed by them. He will naturally know what to do." Li Dan said through gritted teeth.
Gao Can has a secret crush on A Ying. This is something that many people know. Li Dan knows that Gao Can follows him so enthusiastically partly because of A Ying, so he will let Gao Can handle it now. Li Dan knows who the gang is without asking. The fate of the believers.
Crying sounds came from the wing, and soon Lu Jiu came over with Cunshi: "Sir, Yutong is here, changing Mrs. Wu's clothes." The big man's voice was choked with sobs, and he patted Cunshi gently on the shoulder: "Go to your father. "
Li Dan hugged Cunshi's small body, let him cry on his shoulder, and shed his tears on the cold armor. Until Yutong came in, Li Dan nodded:
"Thank you for taking care of them. I thought..., but she didn't even see you on the day you entered the bridal chamber..." As he said that, he cried again, but Cunshi stopped crying at this time and stretched out his little hand. Wipe the tears from his face.
"Dad, don't cry. Mother and grace are watching from heaven." He said, grinning and feeling sad again.
The turmoil in the city was suppressed before noon. Those who refused to surrender were all turned into corpses. There were more than 3,000 prisoners, filling the entire City God's Temple.
Jiang Cunli was beaming with joy, and judged that he must be a meritorious official in this chaos, or it was unknown whether he came to Beijing to take charge of a department.
But Wei Chu brought him bad news, which seriously affected his good mood. "The thief dug a tunnel into the governor's office? Is he dead? This... oh! So many people are fine, why...!" His mouth was bitter.
All the princes, nobles and officials were fine. Magistrate Meng also rescued her, but unexpectedly, Mrs. Gaoming died! It doesn't matter if any woman dies, but Mrs. Gaoming is different. This must be heard by Heaven.
Moreover, he became afraid, wondering whether Li Dan would do something "supernormal" in a rage.
Judging from current reports, there are tens of thousands of prisoners in the city and outside the city. If the young governor whose wife was killed just now gets furious and orders something like Bai Qi and Wang Jian, there will probably be a lot of memorials to impeach him. The emperor's desk.
The more he thought about it, the more afraid he became. Just as Wu Xianzhe arrived, Jiang Cunli quickly stopped him and expressed his worries.
Wu Xianzhe thought about it: "Normally, it is possible to kill one or two hundred people to relieve hatred, but tens of thousands of people will be counterproductive.
Mr. Li can't settle Xi'an and be done with it. He also has to consider the vast area of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. He can't live his life just for a moment's anger. However, Jiang Gong’s worry is not unreasonable.
In this way, Xianguan went to Waikou City to express his condolences on behalf of the Chief Secretary and to find out what he meant. "
Jiang Cunli was very moved and quickly bowed and said, "Master Pian Laowu, please do everything!" He was really worried now. If Li Dan ordered the killing of these ten thousand people with the Sword of Heaven, how would these family members feel?
How could Li Sanlang, who was notorious for being murderous and vicious, carry out his new policy? How can we continue to work in Xi'an Prefecture and Shaanxi-Gansu Province? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh heavily.
When Wu Xianzhe came to the governor's office, Li Dan was frowning and asking Wan Siyou sternly: "What's going on? Are you killing innocent people indiscriminately?" He pointed at the corpses of monks and Taoists on the ground.
"Sanlang, don't worry, how come we in the Tea Mountain Club don't understand discipline?" Wan Siyou quickly explained: "These people are followers of the Zodiac Sect. They usually hide in temples and Taoist temples, but they all ran out last night.
The monks come from King Kong Temple and Xianghe Temple, the Taoist priests come from Zhenwu Temple, Sanhuang Temple, Quantian Temple and Dongchenghuang Temple, and the female Taoist priests come from Notre Dame Palace. They have been hiding in these places for a long time, and there are hundreds of them.
When they came to attack the Yamen last night, these people all looked fierce and refused to retreat. We later caught some, and found out that their guardian had given them some kind of medicine beforehand, and they were half crazy! "
"These bastards are really harming others and not benefiting themselves!" Li Dan stamped his feet fiercely.
"Look, sir, in our city
The manpower left behind is limited, and there are more than two thousand prisoners, which is quite stressful. "
"I know what you mean," Li Dan snorted, hugging his shoulders: "That won't work! Even if they harm A Ying, I can't kill them all."
"Why?"
"What are you going to do about their relatives? You can't just kill them all? We have to think about how to stabilize this city. This is the overall situation!"
"Master Li is quite right!"
Li Dan looked back and saw that it was Wu Xianzhe. He quickly saluted and asked, "How are you all doing over there in Fucheng? Are there any losses? How are the casualties?"
"Oh, Mr. Li, you still care about this. Now we all feel that the biggest loss is your family!"
Li Dan's eyes turned red after hearing this, and he quickly turned aside and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wu, please come inside and talk."
The two parties sat down in the hall. Wu Xianzhe first explained the Chief Secretary's condolences, and then offered to go to express condolences. Li Dan told him that his men had gone into the city to look for the coffin, and the coffin was still parked in the courtyard.
Accompanied by him, Wu Xianzhe set up an incense burner in the yard, bowed and offered three sticks of incense. After coming out, Li Dan asked him to go back to the front and sit down again. Wu Xianzhe said:
"The dead cannot be resurrected, my lord, my condolences." Then he told Jiang Cunli that he wanted to hear his opinion on how to deal with tens of thousands of captives.
"First we need to screen, distinguish the backbone, the rebellious and the blindly obedient, and then treat them differently."
After hearing what he said, Wu Xianzhe felt relieved and nodded repeatedly: "It is necessary. So, do you mean to kill only the core members?"
"No, it is not up to us to decide whether to kill or not to kill." After Li Dan finished speaking, it was obvious that the other party seemed to be in an accident: "Don't get me wrong, sir. I just said that the sentence should be based on the law.
Those who believe in evil cults and speculate and rebel will definitely be punished by death. The rest are just those who want to get promoted and make money, and those who bully others will have their own sentences.
As long as there is no blood debt in his hands and there is no great public anger, he can be given a chance to survive.
There are several mines to be opened soon in Fuping, and they are eager to hire people. I am worried about where to recruit so much labor! "
"Hey!" Wu Xinzhe laughed dumbly, thinking about it: "Let these sinners work in the mines to atone for their sins?"
"Of course those who have committed minor crimes will have to go, and those who have committed serious crimes may involve their parents and wives. Of course, the locations will be separate. If you want to rebel, you must be able to take responsibility! This way other people can be alert when they see it.
I suggest that all those who are sentenced to hard labor this time should clearly mark their names, addresses, and length of sentences and report them to the township and village levels, so that everyone knows the consequences of following a cult and defying the law! "
"A-ying has made her curtain call. Who will be the heroine in the second part of this story?"
