Zhang Guodong, the leader of the Qinglong Battalion of the Brave Army, was originally a military household in Liao Town. He and the Jianzhou Tatars had a hatred for killing their fathers and destroying their families. Therefore, they hated the profiteers who sold slaves, betrayed the country, and smuggled money to the enemy.
Now that Wang Denku's tribe is in his hands, they still want to resist on their own?
Zhang Guodong directly demonstrated the powerful power of the Yongyi Army soldiers without saying a word. He gave an order, artillery fire roared, and only one volley of artillery was fired. The magistrate of Taigu obediently opened the city gate and went out to greet him personally.
After entering the city, the soldiers of Qinglong Camp were able to strictly observe military discipline and did not disturb the people. However, the situation was miserable for the Wang family members. They knew that there would be no way to survive. After the city was broken, they still resisted with their arms and legs. The casualties were unexpectedly There are nearly half.
The remaining people, regardless of gender, old or young, were all taken to the Taigu County Prison to be dealt with after each person's guilt was proven.
Wang Dengku and Wang Dayu were originally from the same sect. However, their ancestors separated to make a living due to the decline of their families. There was a lot of unprovoked unhappiness between them, and they gradually stopped communicating with each other.
After that, Wang Dayu's clan settled in Qixian County, and Wang Dengku's clan settled in Taigu County. Although their ancestors were from the same clan, the two families did not have much contact with each other, and they only retained a trace of their status with the outside world.
But now, the Wang Dengku sect has been completely ended by Zhang Guodong in this scandal of traitorous merchants and slaves.
…………
Yuci is the ancestral home of Liang Jiabao, one of the eight great families in Shanyou. He has been operating in Yuci for a long time and has great influence. Moreover, because it is very close to the city of Taiyuan, he has many connections with the wealthy officials and gentry in the city.
This time, faced with the danger of arrest by the Yongyi Army, the Liang family first resorted to old tricks, bribing the county magistrate to open the city gate, and then bribed the county government officials to guard the city, hoping to hold on to the city until the government troops arrived for reinforcements.
However, when the Yuci City Gate was breached by the Yongyi Army, they invited out the old Chaofeng from the Jin Palace, an old eunuch, in an attempt to use the power of the Jin King to prevent the Yongyi Army from ransacking their homes.
However, this time they faced Kuang Yongzhong, the deputy general of the Qinglong Battalion of the Yongyi Army. He used to follow the old general Yang Guozhu in Xuanfu Town. He was often bullied by civil servants and wealthy businessmen. He had long disliked them, but he did not dare to resist. That’s all.
But things are different now. Kuang Yongzhong has become the deputy general of the first battalion of the Yongyi Army. Now he has been ordered by Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng to capture the traitorous traders who sold the country into slavery.
What's more, Uncle Yongning had already said it before: "This time we are raiding the profiteers, we will try our best not to disturb the civil servants and generals in various places. However, if anyone dares to stand up for the profiteers, then 'people standing in the way will kill people, and Buddha standing in the way will destroy the Buddha'!"
As the saying goes, "If I have the arrow in my hand, I have the world." With Yongning Bo's golden words in front of him, why should Kuang Yongzhong not dare?
With the cooperation of the internal forces, the city gate was successfully opened. As soon as the suspension bridge was lowered, the soldiers of the Qinglong Camp of the Brave Army outside the city immediately swarmed up and quickly controlled the main entrance to the city gate.
The follow-up army rolled in, and Yuci County was completely controlled by the soldiers from the front of Qinglong Battalion in an instant.
There was chaos in Yuci City. Many merchants and people on the street stared at the iron-blooded warriors wearing helmets and armor, holding guns and knives.
The sound of neat military boots on the ground was filled with a chilling air. From far to near, they all had a look of fear on their faces, and they hid on both sides of the street, all of them afraid that they would not be able to get out of the way.
Just when the army entered the city, there were many people who were also holding various weapons and wearing various clothes, shouting angrily: "Who...who...who opened the city gate?"
In the chaos, they hurriedly organized some servants and clerks, and even recruited some county officials and guards. They also incited some unsuspecting civilians in order to prevent Kuang Yongzhong's army from entering the city and ransacking their homes.
Not long after Kuang Yongzhong entered the city, he received reports from his subordinates in front. Yanxin Street, Yuanxi Street and other places were filled with an unknown number of people, all armed with swords, guns, sticks and other objects, intending to prevent our army from entering the city and ransacking homes.
At this time, Kuang Yongzhong didn't know what kind of big shot there could be in Yuci County. He shouted loudly and asked, "Isn't it true that I have given orders in advance, but anyone who prevents me from checking the property of profiteers will be punished on the spot?"
The person who came back to report the message didn't seem to be able to explain clearly. He just replied vaguely: "General, this... this person... is a little special..."
When Kuang Yongzhong came to the front, he discovered that the leader on the opposite side turned out to be a eunuch, dressed in gorgeous clothes, shouting questions and insults at him.
He claimed to be the Dong Cheng Feng Si Cheng Feng of the Jin Palace in Taiyuan City. Next to him was the Chang Shi of the Jin Palace. Although their official positions were not high, they still represented supreme authority in the local area. Even the Taiyuan Prefecture , the governor of Shanxi did not dare to disrespect him.
It was a coincidence that they happened to be staying at Liang's house in Yuci in the past few days. It was a coincidence that they encountered the Yongyi Army who came to ransack the house.
As distinguished guests, how could they sit back and watch their hosts being bullied by local military leaders?
"If I am here with Wang Changshi, how can his brave army dare to act so arrogantly?"
"Hmph. He is just Zhang Cheng, just a newly named uncle. Can he be bigger than my Prince Jin?"
When Cheng Feng and Chang Shi of the Jin Palace heard the warning for the first time, they looked arrogant and angry, shouting that they could drive away those who dared to cause trouble. Military leader.
In their eyes, it seemed that Prince Jin was the king in Shanxi Province, including the governor, governor, magistrate and below, and even the generals in the army, and there was no one who could do anything to them.
However, today they chose the wrong opponent and the wrong person!
Kuang Yongzhong is also an old soldier. Although he is only thirty-five years old, he has been in the army for nearly twenty years. With his own skills and his bravery in front of the battle, he became a guerrilla general under the guidance of Yang Guozhu. s position.
Originally, he was very satisfied with this. If Yang Guozhu had not died heroically at the gate of Jinzhou City, he would have spent his life like this.
But since he was incorporated into the Yongyi Army, especially after he was officially incorporated into the Yongyi Army Battalion, he saw that the battalion commanders such as Chen Zheng, Zhang Guangda, Zhang Guodong, Wei Zhice, etc. were all younger than him. Even Li Jiyu, who was a bandit, had already done this. The commander of the first battalion.
It was precisely stimulated by these factors that the extinguished heart of name in his heart sprouted again and expanded rapidly!
As a general in the Ming Dynasty, Kuang Yongzhong certainly knew what an honor it was for a town's general to be granted the title of earl while alive in the Ming Dynasty, especially at Zhang Cheng's age, who was many years younger than himself.
Moreover, from the battlefields of Jinzhou in Liaodong where he fought with the Tartars, to the huge military system of Xuanfu North Road, and the stable rear base of East Road and North Road, he became more determined in his thoughts...
Be loyal to Uncle Yong Ning, make meritorious deeds on the battlefield, and strive for an ending where you can have a "family tree on a separate page", be named in the local annals, and be named your wife and son!
Therefore, this time he was ordered to lead the army to Yuci to inspect the property of profiteer Liang Jiajia. For him, it was not only the first military order after joining the Yongyi Army, but also an opportunity for him to show his loyalty to Uncle Yongning, which he was determined to win. .
What's more, at the beginning of the army's entry into the city, people were sent around to issue notices, and the entire city was immediately under martial law. Unrelated persons were not allowed to walk on the streets, and violators would be punished.
But these guys who appeared in front of him now refused to listen or tell. They seemed to have eaten the courage of a bear and a leopard, and they still wanted to intercept the army with weapons from entering the city?
The anger in Kuang Yongzhong's heart suddenly rose into the sky, and he shouted loudly: "We are following the orders of Uncle Yongning to capture the traitor and traitor Liang Jiabao. Anyone who dares to stop our army will be dealt with according to military law."
After saying this, he shouted to the soldiers at the front of the Qinglong Camp around him: "The army moves forward, and those who stand in the way will die!"
…………
"I am the eunuch in charge of the Chengdu Department of the Jin Dynasty. If you don't retreat, do you want to be a traitor?" A high-pitched voice came from afar.
Others also shouted at the top of their lungs: "The Chief of the Jin Palace is also here. I don't believe that Qiu Ba across the street dares to rebel. How dare they rebel!"
"Yes, Cheng Feng and Chang Shi of the Jin Palace are here. No matter how fierce Qiu Ba is, will he still dare to rebel?"
"Hmph. No matter how bold Xuanfu Qiu Ba is, how dare he not take Prince Jin seriously?"
"That's it... how about Zhang Cheng... he's not just an earl... How dare he be an enemy of the King of Jin?"
It seemed that the title of Prince Jin encouraged him and them, or maybe they were incited by those people just now. The profiteer merchants and clerks gathered on the street seemed to have a backbone in an instant, and they suddenly started shouting and making noises.
They gathered two old eunuchs and an old man in official uniforms in the middle of the crowd, and walked towards the Yongyi Army soldiers arrogantly and menacingly.
Behind them, a huge flow of people also gathered, mostly civilians watching the excitement, as well as some small vendors, and of course the gangsters who fished in troubled waters.
…………
"These people think that having a few eunuchs represents the King of Jin?"
Kuang Yong Zhongce sat on his horse, looking down at the crowd that was coming up in front of him, and sneered with disdain: "You are so childish, do you think I won't dare to take action if you carry out the King of Jin?"
"Shield soldiers, form a formation to cover; gun soldiers, raise their guns and prepare to shoot!"
Two rows of shield soldiers formed a tight shield formation in front, and the gun soldiers in the rear also squatted and stood with two rows of fire guns, holding them flat and aiming at the crowd coming on the opposite side.
"Don't be afraid...they don't dare to shoot..."
"Yes... there is the Admission Department of Prince Jin's Mansion..."
"Afraid of a ball... He dared to shoot at King Jin..."
Perhaps they really thought that by carrying out the living Bodhisattva of King Jin, they could stop the Yongyi Army from ransacking their homes, so the crowd following them gathered more and more.
With the strength of the crowd, they became more courageous. Even if some people saw the brave warriors with helmets and armor in front of them, looking like they were ready, they still strode forward, facing the black cannons in front of them. By mouth...
When they advanced to about fifty steps away from the military formation, their momentum reached an unprecedented level.
At the same time, because the Yongyi Army on the opposite side never fired any fire cannons, it also gave them the illusion that the Yongyi Army really did not dare to shoot at Cheng Feng and Chang Shi of the Jin Palace.
"Firegun, shoot!"
A roar pierced the sky, shattering the dream of a group of profiteers, businessmen, and waiters to protect their adulterous property...
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
The roaring sound of firecrackers like exploding beans continued one after another, and the bursts of white mist produced by the firing of the primer filled the air and lingered for a long time. At the same time, the crowd rushing in front of the military formation also exploded. A cloud of blood mist...
The crowd that was full of momentum just now came to a standstill. Everyone was stunned on the spot. They even forgot to run away, or maybe they were frightened. Their legs no longer belonged to them, so how could they run?
In front of the crowd, people huffed and fell to the ground, rolling and wailing, and roaring like lifeless sounds, one after another, blood and dust mixed together, turning into a piece of bloody mud, submerging people's feet...
The eunuch who was still arrogant just now had a look of disbelief in his eyes.
They were walking at the front of the team, and were the first to be hit by the Qinglong Camp soldiers' fire cannons. Their hands feebly touched the spot where they were shot, and then touched their mouth and nose, which was also shocked and bleeding.
His hands were covering the wound, mouth and nose indiscriminately, and his face showed an expression of extreme pain. It seemed that he wanted to stop the blood from continuing to flow from the wound, mouth and nose, but how could he do it?
Afterwards, they fell to the ground and rolled feebly, and screams were heard from where they were...
"Firegun, keep shooting!"
The musketry soldiers in the front row finished firing the ammunition and retreated as ordered. The musketeers in the second row stepped forward, took aim, and again ruthlessly fired the cold bullets towards the opposite side...
The deafening sound of the explosion of firecrackers came again, and as the smoke rose, another stream of blood mist rose from the opposite side.
At a distance of fifty steps, even the Tatars wearing fine armor could not resist the bullets fired by the brave weapons, let alone the unarmored profiteers and merchants?
Many people were hit by bullets. They looked stunned at first, then showed an expression of disbelief, and finally fell to the ground, crying and howling desperately...
"……shooting!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
The pungent smoke of gunpowder continued to spread to the surroundings under the blowing of the spring breeze, and the bloody smell of the dead and injured was also spreading in all directions.
"ah……"
"Killing people..."
"The officers and soldiers... are killing people..."
After three rounds of fire cannons were fired, the stagnant crowd on the opposite side finally reacted. They screamed and wailed, and ran away in all directions, scattering like birds and beasts...
How fierce you were when you came, how embarrassed you were when you ran away!
"The whole army marches in formation, cleans out the remnants of the enemy, arrests the profiteers and accomplices, and seizes the property..."
Under the command of Kuang Yongzhong, the soldiers at the front of Qinglong Battalion marched in neat steps, past the corpses of eunuchs lying on the ground and the corpses of servants who were willing to work for profiteers, and continued to move forward.
The thick-soled military boots of the soldiers stepped on the bluestone street, making a neat roar...
…………
Xuanfu Town is also experiencing undercurrents, and haze has enveloped the entire city.
After a short and brutal battle, Xuanzang guerrilla Wen Hui was killed on the spot for resisting the law. Fan Sanpao, the son of Fan Yongdou, the leader of the slave traders, was also captured on the spot at Wen Hui's house.
However, due to Zhang Cheng's killing of guerrilla Wen Hui, the atmosphere in the town instantly became tense. Everyone was in danger, and there was a hint of weirdness everywhere.
Although General Liu Guangwu intervened in every possible way, people such as Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lin Dengyou and guerrilla Li Jianming were still unable to completely let down their guard. Even the newly appointed governor Zhu Zhifeng showed extreme anger about this.
Each family secretly mobilized their troops to set up defenses around the government office. The situation was tense and there was no solution for the moment! (End of chapter)
