Chapter Ninety-Seven: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake
"Outpost, back post, left outpost, surround this courtyard! No one is allowed to run away! With the order of the green battalion commander who led the troops, the three sentry officers who came with him immediately led the three sentry commanders, twenty-four chiefs and two hundred and forty green battalion soldiers to step forward quickly, each holding a knife and a spear and scattering quickly, surrounding the seemingly ordinary mansion with more than ten houses in front of him. The leader of the army waved his hand and ordered: "The right sentry attacks the door, and the others rush in with me, and when they see one by one, they will catch one by one, and if there are those who resist, they will be killed!" (Note 1)
"Piercing!" The remaining sentry officer on the right knelt down on one knee, saluted with both hands in fists, and quickly got up, choked and drew his waist knife and shouted: "Attack the door!" β
"Kill!" Eighty of the Green Battalion soldiers screamed, and twenty of them stepped forward with a log the size of a basin, and slammed it against the closed door of the house, and only a few loud thumps were heard, and the gate of the house made of red pine collapsed. Without waiting for the people in the house to make a move, the right sentry commander had already led his subordinates to rush in, and the hundreds of people in the house in tattered clothes were not to be outdone, and they all picked up sticks, hoes, stones and other things to fight back, and at the same time, twenty or thirty strong men with weapons rushed out of the main hall of the house, roaring and killing with the green battalion soldiers. For a while, there was a shout of killing in the mansion of Nuoda, and at the same time, many people who did not participate in the battle escaped from the house over the wall and over the eaves, but unfortunately there were already green battalion soldiers waiting under the courtyard wall, and soon all these people who did not dare to make any resistance were taken.
"Follow me!" Seeing that the battle in the house was stalemate, the green battalion soldier rushed into the house with a wave of his hand and nearly 200 green battalion soldiers on standby. The green battalion soldier band was very brave, a steel knife danced into a ball of light to attack those enemies who had no battlefield experience, it was really dead if it was touched, and it was invincible, and at the same time, the green battalion soldier band also shouted the order to shake the enemy's military heart, "I am ordered to capture the head of the cult Zhong Saburo Xianghui thief, surrender and avoid death!" No one is held accountable! β
"Surrender or die! No one is held accountable! "The green battalion soldiers clamored, most of the people of Zhong Saburo Xianghui are poor people who have no property and no land, not to mention no battlefield experience, not to mention even equipped with knives, guns, bows and arrows and other weapons, in the face of the heavily armed green battalion soldiers are already frightened, just in the desperate courage to fight back, now by the green battalion soldiers shouted so that they have no fighting spirit, they have thrown down hoes, wooden forks and other farm tools to kneel and surrender. Only the armed Chung Saburo Xiang Guild were still resisting, but under the strong onslaught of the Green Battalion, who had the advantage of experience and numbers, they were quickly suppressed back into the main hall of the mansion.
"It's the boss inside, try to catch it alive!" The green battalion soldier band had some eyesight, and concluded that the strong man equipped with weapons should be the leader and core member of the local branch of Zhong Saburo Xianghui, so he took the lead in rushing into the hall with a tiger roar, and the steel knife chopped and chopped, and cut down and slashed three or four incense sect members in one go, and one of the strong men who looked like the leader saw that he was the leading general, and rushed straight over with some of his martial arts, and the long knife cut down on the head of the green battalion soldier band, and the green battalion soldier band did not dodge or dodge, and when the leader rushed to the front, the tiger roared and slashed out like a steel knife stone. The two knives intersected with a loud sound, and the leader's tiger mouth cracked and the long knife came out of his hand, and the green battalion soldier pipe belt flew up and kicked him in the chest twice, kicking him out of the ground and falling to the ground unable to move, and the green battalion soldier pipe belt turned over in the air with the help of force, and fell back to the same place, which was really majestic. Seeing that the main general was brave, the morale of the other green battalion soldiers was immediately boosted, and they all fought bravely into the hall, and soon cut down all the frightened strong men, most of whom were still alive, and easily ended the battle to encircle and suppress the Jinghai branch of the Zhong Saburo Xiang Society.
"Is this the Zhong Saburo they worshipped?" While the green battalion soldiers counted and interrogated the prisoners, the green battalion soldiers looked at the statue enshrined in the middle of the hall in the blood-stained hall, and saw that the idol was a middle-aged scholar, but the scholar-like statue held a spear made of pig iron in his hand, and he was wearing a military general's helmet of unknown dynasty on his head. Seeing that the green battalion soldier band smiled dumbly, he said secretly: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous that this kind of foolish man and fool who is encouraged by this cult is the material to give credit to the opponent on the battlefield, and he still wants to use these people to rebel." β
At this time, a sentry officer who had been ordered to force a confession came in, bowed down and clasped his fists, and said: "Report to the general, the prisoners have been counted, and we have captured a total of 389 people. May I ask the general, what should be done with these people? β
"The poor people were all let go, and those leaders interrogated confessions on the spot, and the key was to ask them about Yang Qilong and their Beijing General Altar." The green battalion soldier took the lead and replied without replying. But after his order was issued, the sentry officer did not immediately go down to carry it out, but whispered to the green battalion commander: "General Zhao, since the general has been asked to come here to suppress the bandits with meritorious service, why don't we treat those people as cult members and take the heads back to receive meritβother generals like to do this, so that the general can not only explain to the above, but also let the brothers receive more rewards?" β
"No need, I, Zhao Liangdong, am not a person who kills good and risked merit." Zhao Liangdong, the deputy general of the Tianjin garrison, who was demoted to a pipe belt for his meritorious service because of his confrontation with his boss, shook his head and said calmly: "Tell those people to let them go home and make an honest living, and stop following the cult to make trouble, if there is a next time, they will not have such good luck." β
"Order." The sentry secretly screamed bad luck - he had followed such an inflexible general, and rushed out of the door to deliver his life. To be honest, these ordinary people are also very aware of the way the officers and soldiers kill the good and take the risk, and the reason why they surrender is not only desperate, but also secretly pray for God's blessing, hoping that the officers and soldiers will not pick them when they cut off people's heads to dye their red tops. But what they didn't expect was that their luck would be good enough to meet Zhao Liangdong, an alternative among the Manchu officers, so that they could all save their lives.
Unlike the Jinghai Zhong San Lang Xiang Hui branch members who were lucky enough to save their lives, the Zhong San Lang Xiang Hui branch members in Yongqing, Wuqing, Tianjin, Gu'an, Wanping and Liangxiang and other places had no such luck, almost at the same time, the Zhong San Lang Xiang Hui branches in these towns were uprooted by the Qing army, except for the backbone of most of these branches were captured and tortured by the Qing army, other poor people were killed by the Qing army, and the heads were taken back to the military camp to invite merit - this still met the Han army green camp, In addition to the people in the church who were present, many innocent people living in the surrounding area were killed, and the young women who were unfortunate enough to hit the muzzle of the gun were 'invited' back to the flag camp for interrogation......
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In addition to the enclosure policy of Aobai, which caused the displacement of the people and the indirect achievement of the Zhong Saburo Xianghui, which specialized in enclosing refugees, there is also a direct reason that Yang Qilong, who single-handedly founded this cult, does indeed have a certain ability, not only establishing an independent intelligence network in the capital of the country, but also establishing a huge underground network in Zhili, Shandong, Henan and Anhui, and there are also some special contact methods between each branch and the association, so Jinghai, Yongqing, Wuqing, The news that the branches of the Zhong Sanlang Xiang Society around Beijing, such as Tianjin, Gu'an, Wanping, and Liangxiang, were exterminated in one day, was sent to Beijing at the second watch of the same night, and was sent to the courtyard of Zhou Quanbin's house on Gulou West Street, where the Zhong Sanlang Xiang Association was located, and directly in front of Yang Qilong......
"Ping Pong!" Yang Qilong smashed the teacup to pieces with hatred, and the broken porcelain pieces flew wildly, splashing in front of and on the faces and bodies of Li Zhu, Zhou Quanbin, Chen Jizhi, Zhu Shangxian, Zhang Da, Jiao Shan, Shi Guobin, and other leaders of the Zhong Sanlang Xianghui, but these people were all stunned, and no one dared to say a word, and they didn't even dare to show their unhappy expressions on their faces. But not speaking doesn't mean that Yang Qilong will let them go, Yang Qilong pointed to Chen Jizhi, who was in charge of intelligence, and shouted: "Say, what's going on?" Why were more than a dozen branches around Beijing wiped out in one day, and you didn't even have the slightest news beforehand? Do you eat dry rice? β
"Back to the prince, it's not that there is no rumor beforehand, it's just that the Tartars are too fast, and the villain doesn't have time to report to you." Chen Jizhi timidly reported to Yang Qilong: "At noon today, Kong Sizhen, the intelligence leader of the Tartar Emperor, suddenly went to Aobai's house and gave Aobai all the information she knew about our branch. Kong Sizhen also asked Aobai to prohibit his family from traveling for two hours, causing us to send the news out after the eyeliner in Aobai's house expired, so ...... So we didn't have time to inform the following ...... to prepare. β
"Kong Sizhen!" Yang Qilong gritted his teeth and pronounced the name word by word, and suddenly roared angrily: "This stinky **, what kind of reputation is she doing?!" Isn't she a person from the Tartar Emperor? The Tartar Emperor used us to distract Aobai, and now that we are more active, the more beneficial it should be to the Tartar Emperor, why did she flatter Aobai? What exactly does she want to do? What exactly does this stinky ** want to do? β
"Prince, the villain doesn't know what Kong Sizhen's intentions are." Chen Jizhi said sweating profusely: "Kong Sizhen's ** is really powerful, she seems to have known who we ambushed under her eyeliner, and today she wiped out a few of our eyeliner, so what did she do in Beijing this afternoon, we don't know anything about it, and we can't understand her true intentions." Moreover, it is ...... There's more...... Worse ....... β
"What could be worse? Let's talk about it! Yang Qilong asked with a blushing face. Chen Jizhi wiped away the sweat that was about to flow into his eyes, and said in a low voice: "As far as we know, Kong Sizhen knows the situation of our branch not only in the Gyeonggi area, but also the location and personnel composition of many branches in Henan and Shandong, she also knows that she ...... She seems to be ...... Sell these to Aobai too! β
"Then why don't you notify those chapters of the transfer?" Yang Qilong stood up angrily and roared angrily slamming the table and smashing the bench. Chen Jizhi replied with a sad face: "It has been notified by the flying pigeon, but the action of Ao Bai is also very fast, I am afraid that the branches in some places will still be unable to escape the poison, but it should be able to save some." β
"How much can I keep?" Yang Qilong sighed, sat back in the chair and hugged his head and thought hard. What Yang Qilong was thinking about was not today's heavy losses, but Kong Sizhen's true intention to suddenly unite with Aobai to launch a general attack on him, Kangxi's henchmen and Aobai joined forces, which clearly showed the smell of conspiracy, but who was the target of this conspiracy? Do you want to completely eradicate your Zhong Saburo incense? Or is it to distract Aobai to a greater extent and create an opportunity for Kangxi to launch a coup d'Γ©tat? Or is it both? Thinking about it, Yang Qilong suddenly understood something, and suddenly stood up again and shouted: "Among the dozen or so incense halls that missed today, have there been any people who have been to our main hall?" β
"There are a few, Lao Ding of the Jinghai Branch, Wang Long of the Tianjin Branch, and the branch masters of Liangxiang and Wuqing have also been here." Zhou Quanbin, whose public identity is a member of the Ministry of Works, replied. Before his words fell, Yang Qilong's face had already changed greatly, and he said in a trembling voice: "It's not good, the location of our main hall may be exposed." Yang Qilong knows very well how loyal his subordinates are, under the torture and coercion of the Qing army, those few branch hall masters who have been here may sell themselves, maybe this Zhou Quanbin's family has been surrounded by the Qing army, just wait for Ao Bai or Kong Sizhen to give an order to wipe them out.
"Makes sense." As soon as Yang Qilong's words came out, the whole room stood up, their faces were as white as earth, their legs trembled, Zhou Quanbin was even more frightened, and screamed: "Prince, then what should we do?" The villain's public identity is a court official, and if any of them become traitors, the villain will be doomed. β
"Calm down, calm down." Yang Qilong was somewhat bold, waved his hand to let his subordinates not panic, gritted his teeth and said: "Whether they are traitors or not, we can't stay on this Gulou West Street anyway, we have to move immediately!" Zhou Quanbin, it seems that your official position can't be kept, so transfer with us. Fortunately, I still have a house on the side of Shichahai, although the place is smaller, but it is remote, and I can hide for the time being. β
"But now it's the second watch, and if so many of us move together, we will definitely be discovered by the people patrolling the yamen." The loud Zhang Da questioned.
"Since you don't even want an official position, what else does this mansion want it to do?" Yang Qilong said coldly: "Set a fire to burn this house, and light a fire in the houses around the Drum Tower, can't we take advantage of the chaos to evacuate?" β
Although Yang Qilong's abacus was good, what he didn't know was that the Qing army general named Zhao Liangdong already knew the location of his lair through torture, and Zhao Liangdong, who was riding a fast horse, entered Beijing almost at the same time as Yang Qilong made the decision to evacuate......
Note 1: The basic tactical unit of the Qing army was the battalion, and the basic system followed the establishment created by Qi Jiguang in the "Actual Record of Military Training" and then adapted it. The basic establishment of 10 digits is adopted, and every 10 combatants add 1 commander and 1 gang warrior to form a "team"; 8 teams form 1 "whistle", with a whistle officer and a whistle chief; 4 outposts (front, rear, left, right) formed the 1st battalion, and there were 6 teams of personal soldiers under the personal command of the battalion officer. The total number of soldiers in the battalion is 500 (336 brave, 42 brave, 32 chiefs, 20 guards, 60 soldiers, 6 commanders, and 4 sentry officers and commanders). Another 180 long-term husbands provide logistical transportation.