When the early morning mist had not receded, the quiet Juancheng city suddenly erupted into a roar of people. →eight→eight→read→book, ↓o≥
At first, people thought it was the Qingzhou Army that was besieging the city and the noise caused by the Yanzhou Governor's Manpower mobilization.
However, after a while, these sounds became louder and noisier, even accompanied by many people shouting at the top of their lungs. What was even more frightening was that thick smoke was billowing from several lanes in Juancheng. I don’t know if someone set the fire on fire or if it was caused by carelessness.
Juancheng, in the courtyard of the Li family in Luyou.
Li Chang, the head of the Li family in Juancheng, had long noticed the sudden noise and chaos outside. While ordering a few smart servants to go out to find out the news, he summoned the clan's children and asked them to cheer up and lead his tribe Dingzhuang. Guard the door.
Li Chang knew everything about the Qingzhou Army's attack on the city yesterday. He never expected that there were such powerful craftsmen among the brave Qingzhou Army.
Li Chang saw with his own eyes that the stone cannons manufactured by the Qingzhou Army were simply crazy. They could throw stone bullets weighing a hundred kilograms more than a hundred steps away. The stone bullets hit the rammed earth of the city wall with a thunderous sound and dust particles flew. If any of the soldiers were hit by stone bullets, they would all die on the spot. Even if they were scratched a little, their bones would be broken.
Alas, judging from the situation yesterday, Juancheng's city wall may not be able to hold up until dark today.
Although the Qingzhou Army outside the city clamored to massacre the city after breaking through the city, based on many people's descriptions of the Qingzhou Army, Li Chang felt that after the Qingzhou Army broke through the city, they would definitely plunder the government treasury and some women. But those are basically just ordinary people who don’t take it seriously.
The Qingzhou Army would definitely not offend someone as powerful as the Li family in Juancheng. After all, powerful people like them are capable of fighting to the death.
When nothing can be done, the government treasury in Juancheng belongs to the imperial court. The powerful people don't care, but they have to protect their own things with all their lives.
Of course, although it is impossible to destroy a family, it is always indispensable to lose money and avoid disasters. While Li Chang arranged his troops to guard, he also ordered people to prepare silk, money, etc., and waited until the Qingzhou Army invaded the city. , ready to hug your thighs at any time.
"Master, it's not good, it's not good!"
"Killing!"
"The state army mutinied!"
Following several screams like ghosts and wolves, several slaves sent by Li Chang ran back in panic. Looking at them, they all looked like they had been driven away by mad dogs. One of the slaves even lost one of his shoes. .
"Why are you panicking? There are no rules at all!" Li Chang reprimanded angrily at first.
Although the Li family in Juancheng is a big family in Juancheng, and the wealth of Dingkou is the top in the city, but because their ancestors were merchants, they are not like those families of gentry. They have family inheritance of Confucian classics and many high officials, so they have always been ignored by the gentry. Looking at it squarely, it is still a humble family in the eyes of the noble family.
Therefore, the rules in the Li clan are even stricter, and these slaves are not allowed to yell like this.
However, these slaves obviously brought back important information. Li Chang did not bother to continue to reprimand them, but quickly asked what happened in Juancheng.
Soon, these slaves told Li Chang all the news.
"The state soldiers in the city mutinied. Not only did they loot all the money and silk in the government treasury, but there was also a lot of it, and they began to rob the residents of the city."
"Yes, yes, I heard that Guang'an Lane and Taogong Lane were looted by the rebels. They not only robbed money, but also robbed many women. c八 c八 cRead c书, ■o↑"
"The place where the fire broke out just now is Taogong Lane."
"Several men in the dormitory were hacked to death by the rebels."
Li Chang knew that Taogong Lane was a gathering place for brothels and brothels. These state soldiers were really sharp-eyed. These places were places where both money and women were available.
However, Li Chang didn't understand. Seeing that Juancheng was in danger, why did these Yanzhou soldiers go crazy? Could it be that these damn lowly soldiers were scared crazy by the Qingzhou army and planned to be wild and happy before they died?
Li Chang knew that although the number of state soldiers in Juancheng was almost 2,000, which exceeded the strength of any powerful family in the city, the combined strength of the powerful forces in Juancheng was far greater than that of these rebels.
Thinking of this, Li Chang quickly handed over several of his nephews.
"Hurry up and contact the Zhu family, the Song family, the Xia family,... and tell them that as long as we all work together and rely on each other, these insurgents are nothing to worry about."
Li Chang felt that as long as they and several powerful men joined forces, these rebels would at best make a fuss in a few lanes where poor people lived. When Yanzhou Governor's Yamen Army was dispatched, they should be able to pacify these rebels.
However, after such a fuss, the Qingzhou Army outside the city will definitely be aware of it. If they use this opportunity to launch a surprise attack, Juancheng will probably be easily captured.
Li Chang was secretly anxious. It seemed that he had to quickly figure out how to deal with the Qingzhou Army entering the city.
Not long after Li Chang arranged to contact other powerful nephews and left, another servant who went out to inquire about news came back in a hurry.
"Master, the Song family in the south of the city has been besieged by thousands of rebels. Those Qiu Ba are hitting the door of the Song family."
The words of this slave shocked everyone present. The Song family in the south of the city was also a powerful person in Juancheng. In this case, these rebels were so bold that they started to attack and plunder powerful people. Then wouldn't the Li family be in great danger as well.
However, Li Chang scolded sharply.
"You are such a bitch, you are talking nonsense. Those Qiu Ba only have more than a thousand people in total. If there are thousands of people besieging the Song family, then they are all borrowed ghost soldiers!"
At this time, chaos arose in Juancheng, and there were rebels from almost all directions. Li Chang felt that it was impossible for thousands of people to besiege the Song family.
"Master, I don't dare to lie. Those Qiu Ba opened their arsenal and confused the refugees in the city!"
"What?! Why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Li Chang secretly complained in his heart, if this is the case, it will be bad.
Because of natural disasters, many refugees flocked to the area around Juancheng. When Wang Mishile and other bandits attacked, nearly ten thousand people were drafted into Juancheng. These people had no food and clothing, and they were all hungry. Suddenly, resentment had already boiled over. Now that he was encouraged by the rebels, he might be out of control.
Not only Li Chang, the strong man in Juancheng, became uneasy, but also the creator of the incident in Juancheng, Yanzhou fake army Sima Yao Hui, gradually became uneasy.
Yao Hui felt that the current situation seemed to be beyond his control.
Originally, Yao Hui received instructions from Liu Yu, the governor of Qingzhou, to encourage Yanzhou soldiers to create sao an in the city, empty the government treasury, and also kidnap some Dingkou women to accompany them to Qingzhou.
When they arrived in Qingzhou, Liu Yuhui took away most of it, and the rest was the private property of Yao Hui and other Qingzhou soldiers.
Yao Hui estimated in his mind at that time that even if Liu Yu took away most of the loot, the amount of wealth shared by Yanzhou generals would still be staggering.
You must know that Juancheng is the seat of Yanzhou, the most important city in the world. Merchants gather and have abundant wealth, even above Linzi City.
After Yao Hui returned to Juancheng, he discussed it with other generals and got unanimous agreement.
Of course, they could not disagree, because this was Liu Yu's condition for accepting their surrender.
These Yanzhou generals all knew that the Qingzhou Army wanted to use their hands to plunder Juancheng. After the looting was successful, the Qingzhou Army entered the city with the attitude of pacifying Sao An, and then the proceeds of the looting were naturally collected. out of their hands.
Of course, when they mobilized their soldiers, they certainly couldn't say that. Instead, they said that Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou, received an order from the court. Because the Huns invaded Luoyang again, Yuan Fu wanted to lead the Yanzhou army to King Qin of Beijing, so of course it was necessary It's time to buy some military supplies. After all, the government's treasury is not rich due to repeated famines.
Under the leadership of General Yanzhou, nearly two thousand Yanzhou soldiers first captured and controlled various government treasuries, leaving soldiers to seal and guard them. These were basically certificates of surrender given to the Qingzhou Army, and of course they had to be taken care of.
As for the way for Yao Hui and other Yanzhou generals to get rich, of course, they later raided the city.
At the beginning, these Yanzhou Army generals and soldiers went from house to house to collect property, but soon it developed into door-to-door robbery. Many soldiers were not satisfied with collecting property, and flocked to the brothels and brothels in Taogong Lane. Steal women.
These brothels and brothels were the property of Juancheng's tycoons. Normally, they would not even look at these lowly Qiu Ba. Soon a conflict broke out between the two sides. After the Yanzhou soldiers killed someone, they looted everything and wanted to leave.
Unexpectedly, the well-informed Song family in Juancheng learned that their property had been robbed by Qiu Ba. Hundreds of Song family members followed and killed several rebels on the spot.
Seeing that the rebels were about to be educated by the powerful, they opened the Juancheng arsenal and armed all the refugees in the city who had been following them to plunder.
After nearly 10,000 refugees obtained weapons, they instantly became a new force.
At this moment, the situation suddenly changed. After thousands of refugees joined in, the Song family's tribe fled in confusion, and the following rebel soldiers and refugees immediately surrounded the Song family.
After getting the news, Yao Hui rushed over immediately. He knew that powerful people like the Song family were not easy to mess with. The combined power of these powerful people was not something he could deal with.
However, when Yao Hui arrived, he found that things were far beyond his control.
The Fengyuan Lane occupied by the Song family was now blocked by Yanzhou soldiers and armed refugees. The houses around the high-walled compound of the Song family had their roofs ripped off by the rebel soldiers, and ladders were set up with climbing beams. , and made a simple door knocking wood, which is banging against the door.
"Brother Yao, order them to stop quickly. It will be dangerous if they anger the powerful people in the city." A Yanzhou officer who came with Yao Hui said anxiously.
Yao Hui grinned and said.
"It's useless. It's already been done. No matter who orders it, it won't work."
Yao Hui had already seen that the Yanzhou soldiers and refugees who were besieging them were all extremely excited, and many of them did not even notice that coins and jewels fell from their bodies.
At this time, Yao Hui also heard several people starting to talk about how rich the Song family's house in the south of the city was, how the silks were piled up like mountains, and how tender the fragrant women were.
I don’t know who killed a thousand swordsmen incited these refugees. As a result, Juancheng’s powerful people also lost their advantage in strength.
Yao Hui suddenly thought that at this point, he was still afraid of those powerful birds in Juancheng.
"What kind of money can you get from just scraping some poor people? If you want to rob, you have to rob a wealthy family like the Song family."
Yao Hui said to several comrades around him.
"These refugees have become ferocious. Why don't we take advantage of them and give them a hard blow?"
At this time, the door of the Song family was slammed to the ground with a bang. The Song family members behind the door held knives and guns and stabbed outward, catching the rebels and refugees who had just broken through the door by surprise.
The combat power of these fierce private soldiers was far superior to that of Yanzhou soldiers and refugees. For a while, the numerous rebel soldiers and refugees were killed and retreated steadily.
Seeing this, Yao Hui took out his bow and arrow, stood on a high place behind the crowd, bang bang bang, there were three bow string sounds, and the rapid arrows shot three Song family members to death immediately.
The Yanzhou soldiers and refugees who were originally in a panic regained their momentum when they saw this scene. Some Yanzhou soldiers who knew Yao Hui shouted when they saw this.
"General Yao is mighty! The dog slave is dying. Everyone, work harder and fight in!"
"Fight in!"
"Stealing money and women!"
The morale that was originally a bit broken suddenly rose up, and the Song family tribe, which was already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, was quickly killed.
Then, a flood of rebel soldiers and refugees poured into the gate of the Song family. At the same time, the vast Song family residence was filled with the sounds of fighting, roars, looting, and the frightened cries of women and children.
The rebels and refugees in Juancheng were swept by a strong wind. After they robbed the Song family, they swarmed in another direction along the streets at the entrance of the alley.
At this time, the rangers and libertines in Juancheng also joined in. As guides, they showed the refugees which house was the richest, which house had food, which house had valuable goods, and which house had beautiful women.
These rebels and refugees were like locusts passing through the border. They were looted, smashed and looted wherever they passed. The entire Juancheng had lost all order.
Now all people have become two types of people, the robbers and the robbed, no matter they are ordinary people or powerful businessmen, they will all be robbed without fail.
When several Yanzhou generals saw the refugees not only looting but also killing indiscriminately, they tried to stop them. Instead, they were chased and chopped down by the armed refugees with knives and guns. If these generals hadn't run so fast, they would have been killed. I'm afraid that he has been chopped into pieces by the crazy refugees.
Finally, when most of Juancheng was swept away, the Yanzhou Army generals who were the instigators had already gathered their Yanzhou soldiers as close as they could, because they felt that the time was almost up.
The generals and soldiers of the Yanzhou Army were all bulging with loot.
At this time, only the armed refugees were still looting in the city.
"Brother Yao, open the city gate quickly."
"Yes, Brother Yao, if we don't let the Qingzhou Army in, I'm afraid these rogue refugees will start killing people."
"Okay, come on, hurry up and open the four doors!"
"Let the Qingzhou Army be the heroes fighting the rebellion." 11
