Wuqiao County has always been famous for "the unparalleled realm of amusement in the world, the first township of acrobatics in the world".

However, this small county town located on the border between Shandong and Zhili was famous for a mutiny in the fourth year of Chongzhen.

As the Western proverb goes, because of a nail, one less horseshoe is struck, because of a horseshoe, one less war horse, because of a war horse, a knight is lost, because of a knight, a battle is lost, because of a battle, a war is lost.

Who would have thought that a chicken of the servant of Wang Xiangchun, a big household in Wuqiao County, who was listed as Langli Baitiao in the Donglin Party, caused a mutiny, and because of this mutiny, almost all parts of Shandong were eroded, and even sent thousands of elite soldiers to Huang Taiji, who was far away in Liaodong, not to mention, there was also a complete set of talents from manufacturing to operation.

However, as the outbreak of the incident in Wuqiao, after seven or eight years of recuperation, but also recovered some vitality, in order to prevent military disasters, the big families in the city raised funds to rebuild the city wall, strengthen the horse face, and train the village brave.

"Old parents, they are so worried about national affairs, they can be a model for us!"

Wuqiao Zhixian led a group of leading figures in the city, climbed the city tower to look around, in recent days, there have been military reports from all over the place, and Jiannu seems to have the tendency to return to Gyeonggi. The ground in Cangzhou is the only way to go, although Wuqiao was lucky to escape the catastrophe when he went south before, who knows if Lu Dao still has this luck this time?

"Our Wuqiao, whether it is Cangzhou or Dezhou, is close at hand, with the strength of Jiannu Iron Cavalry, it can be reached in the morning and night, and you gentlemen still have to work with students to defend the city."

Ever since the leader of the Duoduo army went north. Many towns on the left were swept down by soldiers dressed in white armor with red edges, and looted the people, money, food, and property in the city.

"Don't worry, the old parents don't have to worry, the student has already written a letter, please station nearby, and Zuozhen, who has been ordered to go north to defend the city, come to Wuqiao to help defend the city. Zuo Kunshan, the general soldier of Zuo Town, was promoted by Lord Hou in Beijing, and Lord Hou and his father are both friends, and this little incense is still there! ”

Wang Xiangchun's son-in-law looks proud and extraordinary.

His words frightened everyone! So what kind of good bird is Zuozhen? He was able to fight some tough battles, but his reputation was even worse, and there were more thieves in the camp. Don't mention the word discipline!

Isn't this a wolf in the house, and what is it? Some big families in the city began to look at the prince with extremely resentful eyes, and this was the guy back then. For the sake of a chicken in the servant's house, he did not spare the passing army. As a result, it provoked those soldiers who were already resentful, and how many people died in Shandong due to a military disaster? (At this time, Wuqiao and other places were still under the jurisdiction of Shandong.) Some people began to subconsciously move their feet, away from this auspicious ray.

"Sir! Master! ”

The two leaders of the Minzhuang squad and the leader of the Xiangyong rushed up the city wall along the horse road out of breath.

"There were two teams, more than 2,000 people. Each has quite a few horses. All the way to the south. All the way to the east, to my Wu Bridge! ”

"How far is it?!" The crowd was a little flustered. Coming from the east and south is not good news. Either Jiannu or Zuozhen.

"The South Road is still more than twenty miles away. The East Road is less than ten miles away from us! ”

"Oh my God! Oh, my God! Someone in the crowd began to shout, and the distance was less than ten miles, even if they opened the city gate and fled, they would not escape far before they would be chased and killed.

"All the townspeople, officers and soldiers, people's strong, and government officials went to the city to defend! The city is in the people, and the city is dead! ”

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, in the eyes of everyone, the army that came from the east road appeared under the city. Fortunately, it was played under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and the officers and soldiers were also dressed up by the officers and soldiers in the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

"Dare to ask, which general is under your department, come and check the seal!" The guards at the head of the city mustered up their courage and shouted loudly to the group of officers and soldiers below the city who looked like they were not good.

"Stop talking nonsense and open the gates! We are the soldiers and horses of Zuozhen, and it is your prince here who wrote to our marshal to help you defend the city! Hurry up and open the gates, and get ready for the wine and meat! The old men have been in a hurry for several hours, and the water and rice have not entered! ”

Seeing that the army invited by himself in a letter had arrived, Wang Dagongzi naturally felt that his waist was a lot thicker, and he felt a little bit like the lord of Wuqiao. Hurriedly instructed his family, "Quick! Go down quickly and let them open the city and welcome the officers and soldiers into the city. ”

The soldiers and villagers guarding the gate reluctantly opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge under the coercion of the Wang family.

As soon as the city opened, the soldiers and horses of Zuozhen under the city immediately rushed into the city like a tornado, and suddenly the sound of chickens and dogs jumping in the city, and the sound of banging on the door, shouting and scolding, the cry of children, and the shouts of women suddenly sounded in the city.

"The surname Wang! Your mother's legs! Well done! ”

Seeing the chaos in the city, several gentry couldn't help but worry about the belongings and women in their homes, and the goods in the shops on the street, and they didn't care about the etiquette on weekdays at the moment, so they jumped up and pointed at the nose of the eldest prince.

"Huh! Mr. Lie, don't worry, when you are asking for soldiers, you have already spoken to Lord Zuo in advance, and you are willing to raise a military salary as a reward. This is just the Zuo Zhen soldiers doing it themselves! If you don't worry about your belongings at home, you might as well store them in the house first, I have asked the banner of Zuozhen to order the arrows to be in the house, and those soldiers dare not do anything to the house! ”

Thinking about it, everyone left without hatred, urging their families to carry the soft boxes and cages to the Wang family's mansion.

Once things show signs of going for the worse, then they will definitely get worse.

A few gentlemen were walking through the quiet streets with their families carrying steel knives in their hands, but they were bumped into a few soldiers from Zuozhen.

"There are fat sheep!"

"Donkey balls! Rob! ”

Shouting and scolding, each armed with a knife and a gun, he pounced on it and robbed the vehicle of its goods.

The ground of Cangzhou has been heroic and righteous since ancient times, the folk style is fierce, and the folk martial arts practice is prevalent, and because of the military disaster eight years ago, everyone is practicing martial arts to defend themselves. I saw that someone was trying to rob his belongings. Shao had to step forward to stop it, the words were not harmonious, and I don't know who swung the knife at the first place, and there was blood all over the ground.

"Murdered!"

"Murder!"

With the cry of terror, several fires began to appear in Wuqiao City. The officers and soldiers of Zuozhen began to smash open the doors of various shops and houses, and went in to remove the belongings inside, and the beautiful woman had to be dragged to a secluded place to the side to be happy with the uncles.

"A dog thief surnamed Wang! Sure enough, it's a curse! That was eight years ago, and it still is! ”

Several gentry watched the fireworks rise in the streets and alleys not far from their homes from the city tower, crying, shouting, scolding, and moaning, and cursed the Wang family of the initiator.

"Lao Tzu cursed the Wang family to die a good death!"

"The family was listed as the Donglin Party back then, and Lao Tzu also thought that they had wronged good people. Look now. Nine thousand years old is really good! The Donglin Party is a bunch of scourges! ”

In the midst of the scolding, another army came from the drawbridge outside the south gate.

The officers at the vanguard held aloft the seal and shouted to the crowd at the head of the city, "Trouble the city." Open the gates! ”

"How? Another gang? ”

The gentry officials in the city were shocked. There's already a group of demon kings inside. And now there's a gang of rakshasas again? Look at each of these military horses with armor. Many people also have good war horses, thinking about which general's family is a personal soldier and so on. The more such an army is, not to mention the strong combat effectiveness. It is also a good hand to harass the people.

"Open the gates!" Zhixian gritted his teeth and made this determination.

"Old parents! This!? ”

"Needless to say. Let's drive the tiger and devour the wolf! It's a big deal to take some money and food from the treasury to comfort you, and it's better than this group of brutes from the left camp destroying our Wuqiao! ”

"If you want to work for the army, I will pay a thousand silver dollars!"

"I'll give you two hundred stone of millet!" ……

A consensus was quickly reached on the city, the drawbridge was lowered, and the city gates were opened.

The leader was none other than Liao Dongzhi, the commander of the Third Brigade.

"Dare to ask the general, what should I call him?"

The magistrate was dressed and led several gentlemen to welcome the army into the city at the gate of the city.

"A certain Liao Dongzhi, Xi is the commander of the Third Brigade of the Southern Chinese Army. On the orders of our general, we captured the outer cities of Cangzhou from the left road. I don't want to find out that this place is still owned by my Daming. ”

With politeness in his mouth, Liao Dongzhi smelled blood. He instinctively signaled the soldiers around him to quickly enter the city and control the walls and gates.

"But it turned out that the Nanzhong Army had arrived!"

Zhixian and the others seemed to see the sunrise through the clouds, and the achievements of the Nanzhong Army had also been heard by these people, it was a ruthless character who could kill the slave chieftains, and it was right to let them expel Zuozhen!

"Dare to ask your county, what happened in the city?"

Seeing that the south gate was already in his hands, Liao Dongzhi put away his nervousness and asked these local officials and gentlemen.

"Alas! Bad place! A small group of stragglers were seduced by the city and were robbing and committing adultery in the city. The forces in the city are not enough to expel this generation from the city, alas! I also hope that the general will be sympathetic to the living beings and the people on this side, and drive these rebels out of the city first, and the father and elder Wuqiao will definitely give them generous gifts! ”

Zuozhen entered the city for only a short period of time, and the streets and alleys near the east gate of Wuqiao County had become hell, except for a part of the officers and soldiers who were still flocking along the streets to the west gate, south gate, north gate, and other places, most of the remaining officers and soldiers had already broken away from the ranks and began to loot property in groups everywhere, smash shops, and kill people with knives. Even setting fire to houses with torches in hand is even more outrageous when they rape women in the streets in broad daylight. The ruffians in the city, the green-skinned bachelors, also took advantage of the chaos to fish and rob money.

The streets were littered with corpses of ordinary people, including naked women, and the soldiers of Zuo Town, armed with weapons, kept smashing open the doors of one household after another, followed by the sound of shouting, fighting, the sound of things being broken, the painful moans of weapons piercing into the body, and the screams and cries of the women.

At the crossroads of Wuqiao County, not far from the Drum Tower, at this time there were a few rebels in the cloth shop carrying a few horses of Nanzhong fine cloth in and out, the owner of the cloth shop fell on the steps in a different place, and the guys in the store were also frightened and did not know where to flee.

At the door of the cloth shop, a few more officers and soldiers of Zuozhen kidnapped a woman from nowhere, pressed the woman to the ground on the street, and began to tear the woman's clothes with all hands and feet, and wanted to make a fuss in broad daylight. The woman desperately cried for help. But who is she the opponent of a few young sergeants? Pieces of clothing were torn off.

One of the soldiers, Ha Lu, said with a smile: "When the big man said that he wanted to recruit An, I thought that I would never be able to hack anyone to death if I wanted, and sleep with whichever woman I wanted!" Today, it seems that being an official and a soldier is no different from being a thief! ”

"That's it! Being an official is more enjoyable than being a thief! ”

There was a loud "boom", and the soldier who was lying on the woman's body had just untied the cotton armor on his upper body, and a large hole was punched in his chest by the fire gun, and his blood spurted out, splashing the woman under her, and the woman screamed loudly.

"A soldier is a thief, and a thief is a thief. How can a soldier be compared to a thief! ”

Liao Dongzhi threw the firearm to the guards beside him. Draw the long-handled wood-chopping knife hanging from the horse. "The order goes down. Officers and soldiers who make a rebellion will be punished as rebellious bandits, and there will be no mercy for killing! ”

"The Nanzhong Army was ordered to enter the city to quell the chaos, the people must not panic!"

"No idlers are allowed to walk around the streets! Violators will be punished as bandits! ”

The sound of firecrackers was non-stop. One after the other. From time to time, there is a popping sound of a spear piercing into the body. The soldiers of Zuozhen, who were still brandishing weapons and wantonly slaughtering and looting just now, suddenly became the target of slaughter, and began to flee towards the east gate in a hurry.

Behind their retreating formation. It was the unhurried pursuit formation of the soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, one column of fire, one column of loading, and one column covering from the side, and forcefully drove the soldiers of Zuozhen, who had occupied most of the county seat, to the vicinity of the east gate.

I don't know how many pairs of eyes are lying dead in the crack of the door along the road to look out, these military masters who are dressed in iron armor and neatly dressed have the appearance of a Ming official army, and those who are just a group of rogues who have just recruited An!

"Don't get me wrong! Don't get me wrong! We are not bandits, we are officers and soldiers of Zuozhen! ”

Looking at the oncoming officers and soldiers, they retreated to the left town officers and soldiers near the east gate, and then remembered to identify themselves.

"I'm Adjutant General Liu Guoneng, which general is here opposite? Please come out and talk! ”

Liu Guoneng, who broke through the sky back then, saw that in just a quarter of an hour, his old battalion soldiers and horses and the elite soldiers of Lord Zuo had lost hundreds of people, and his heart was dripping with blood.

The queue on the opposite side parted on both sides, dodged a path, and dozens of war horses galloped out.

"Are you Liu Guoneng?"

Liao Dongzhi looked at the guy opposite with iron armor and a phoenix-winged helmet.

"Yes, it's the Ben. I don't know what adults are called? Who is your department? ”

Liu Guoneng cautiously inquired about the origin of the military horse on the other side, and if he couldn't beat it, he had to give in, which was the lesson of his many years of rogue career.

"You're the rogue back then?"

Liu Guoneng immediately blushed, Liao Dongzhi's words were tantamount to a slap in the face.

"Although the state was caught in the thief back then, it has now changed its mind and reformed itself. is the same as the general of the imperial court, why did the general make such a sarcastic? ”

Wuqiao Zhixian rode a mule and squeezed from the back of the team, looking at the tragic situation in the county town, he wanted to cry without tears, in less than an hour, at least dozens of shops were burned and looted, and many houses were smashed open by these officers and soldiers, and the loss of property was unknown. What's more, hundreds of civilians have been killed, and many women have been humiliated. This county magistrate road from the south gate to the east gate, you can see the street is full of blood and corpses, in addition to the corpses of those rebels who were killed by firearms and stabbed to death with knives and guns, there is no lack of naked bodies of the dead women, along both sides of the street, there are many burned houses, and the smoke column is still rising. Although the rebellion was only a short hour, the vitality of Wuqiao could not be recovered in a day or two.

Seeing that the local officials with round-necked gauze hats were closely following behind the general opposite, Liu Guoneng knew that Wuqiao County could not stay any longer today, and he would not necessarily suffer much loss if he stayed any longer.

Just as he was about to explain a few words of the scene, find a step for himself and lead a team to withdraw quickly, the magistrate of Wuqiao County over there whimpered and cried, and when he cried on a mule, several city gentlemen riding donkeys next to him also cried. It was quite embarrassing to call Wang Dagongzi, who had been talking and laughing beside Liu Guoneng.

"Huh! You guys, what are you doing here? The officers and soldiers just robbed some property! It's just that we have taken a part of the money we had prepared for the labor army! ”

"You! Shameless! ”

Zhixian now has thousands of strong soldiers around him to help, so naturally he will no longer be afraid of the forces behind Wang Dagongzi, he has even made a good draft, and submitted a document to Lu Shangfeng with the crime of colluding with the chaotic soldiers and sacking the city, and cured the crime of this son of Donglin!

"You are a small magistrate, with a big future of sesame mung beans, and you dare to be presumptuous in front of my son? Don't think that you are so presumptuous to have these Southern Barbarian Army to support you! "Since the prince dared to bring the soldiers and horses of Zuozhen, he didn't take the magistrate and the gentry of the same city to heart at all.

immediately pointed at the nose of the magistrate and scolded.

This scolding caused trouble!

"Little Zhixian? What is your reputation as a thief who lured wolves into the house? How dare you speak to Wuqiao County like this? Come! Grab it! ”

Liao Dongzhi pointed the whip in his hand, and several officers commanded his soldiers to rush up, and the sergeant under Liu Guoneng on the opposite side naturally couldn't let this guy who led him to make a fortune be arrested, and the two collided in one place at the moment.

The fist slammed into his body, making a low, muffled sound, intertwined with the shouting and scolding.

In the chaos, someone in the team of Zuozhen stretched out his bow and set an arrow at Liao Dongzhi and others not far away.

"Donkey balls for dog days! Can you control the old men robbing money and women! ”

The guards beside Liao Dongzhi quickly knocked the arrow away with the knife and gun in his hand, and the arrow was castrated, shooting a team officer in the shoulder, and the team officer fell to the ground with a shout.

"Sending thieves into rebellion, killing our officers and soldiers in Nanzhong, looting the city and slaughtering good people, and punishing them as rebellious bandits! By the order of the general, there is no mercy for killing! ”

When the fists and kicks of the two sides were combined, the gunners in the back row had already put good medicine in the guns, and the bayonets were loaded with bayonets, and after listening to the military orders of the generals, they immediately skillfully raised their guns in their hands, squatted down in the front row, stood in the back row, and hundreds of gunners blocked the narrow streets.

"Fire!"

As soon as the fire was fired, the soldiers of the Nanzhong Army, who were scuffling with Liu Guoneng and Zuo Zhen, didn't care about anything else, and immediately fell to the ground with all their strength, even if they were full of old fists at this moment, they didn't care. (To be continued......)