After nightfall, the city of Guangzhou was once again plunged into the earth-shattering noise rendered by blood and fire, and the fire rose to the sky, even illuminating several branches of the Xiaojiang (Pearl River) passing through the city, and it seemed to burn along the river bank to the water.

In this long sleepless night that made countless people close their doors and hide at home in fear, helplessly endure and wait; The objects and targets that took the initiative to raise the butcher's knife or were forced to face each other have become soldiers of different subordinates who once stood in the same camp and under the banner.

From time to time there were dull crashes, cries, scoldings, pleas and pleas for mercy, as well as the sound of swords and soldiers striking and screaming; One after another, it resounded in the streets and alleys.

At first, it was just an orderly operation of deterrence and suppression, but I don't know when it was between the city and the streets, and the frequent sneak attacks and harassment encountered, slowly accumulated enough anger to disperse, and turned into indiscriminately eradicating all obstacles in front of the blind killing and tearing fighting.

Therefore, the first stronghold and victim to be breached was undoubtedly the station of the patrol forbidden team under the right city patrol division near the small west gate of Waiguo; I saw that after the hasty resistance, thousands of patrol members in the breached garrison were killed on the spot by the soldiers from outside the city;

Then these red-eyed righteous soldiers followed the traces and directions of the few fish that slipped through the net, and then struck into the cities where the rich families lived; When they smashed open the luxurious or exquisite portals one by one in the name of searching for fugitive thieves, they were easily attracted and moved by the furnishings and scenery in them;

As a result, sporadic resistance and accidents soon turned into an intensified redoubling of killings and a rapidly spreading act of mass robbery; By the time the captains and lieutenants of the army found out that something was wrong, it was too late; In the midst of the spread of fire and chaos, they could no longer find most of their subordinates, and they could no longer restrain the raging atmosphere in front of them.

In fact, after encountering the discarded goods and materials everywhere in the city, many people have forgotten the original intention and purpose of entering the city, and have been busy joining the trend of looting and looting the homes of the people in the nearby city, as well as the carnival feast of looting and extorting the rich families.

After all, many of them were garrisoned rebels from other states, and they were not in themselves well-disciplined or well-stocked, and they had already seen or seen the prosperity of Guangfu;

As soon as some people take the lead in starting to "get rich", they naturally deviate from their original goals and directions in a certain kind of luck that the law does not blame the public; Seeking advantage and avoiding disadvantage avoided the risk of conflict with the original rebel army in the city, and couldn't wait to engage in a more safe and worry-free "fortune plan" to plunder the rich and wealthy merchants.

In fact, they did not encounter any decent resistance in the outer city either; Because even the battalions of men and horses that were originally stationed in the city were fighting together in a melee of infighting and robbery, and when they encountered the inexplicable intervention of external forces, they turned to reason to fight against outsiders; However, most of them did not last long, and they were completely dispersed under the attack of foreign forces, leaving behind many corpses and prisoners who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

After looting and burning and killing the city gate of Guangzhouzi (Nei) City, he finally encountered a strong interception and head-on attack; It was a series of crossbowmen and archers who had gathered on the walls of the city in good formation; Hundreds of people were turned into corpses and wounded on the ground in just one shot.

And when several groups of men and horses attacked one after another, they all fell one after another in the clusters of arrows and pools of blood; The rest of the people naturally learned their lesson and turned back to the weaker and defenseless city.

"Our people have all retreated, no."

Zhou Huai'an, who had a cold face, witnessed the Waiguofang District shrouded in the hustle and bustle of fireworks.

"Most of them have already retreated, and even if they don't have time to catch up, they have been notified to hide and hide nearby."

The head of the census team, who was in charge of the activities in the city, said in a low voice.

Despite this, Zhou Huai'an still felt a little heartache and pity; Among these people and things stranded in the outer country, there are not only the grassroots people he has painstakingly cultivated, but also the trainees who are the seedlings of the preparatory officials; There are many facilities and properties that he has single-handedly rebuilt and restored... Now it's going to fall into rebellion.

There was neither any notification nor warning, nor any intention to inform or negotiate; Meng Kai led several rebel armies stationed abroad, shouting the slogan of begging thieves to quell the rebellion, and suddenly entered the city without hesitation. This is undoubtedly very chilling, and a little scary.

Or from the beginning, before his return, Meng Kai was furious and went to Lingxi to fight the news, which was a fundamental deception; And poor Lin Yan is still daydreaming of becoming an official after returning to the imperial court, but he doesn't want to think that in fact, maybe the other party has not gone far, and the leader is in the neighboring states and counties of Guangfu, sitting and watching the situation in Guangfu City, just waiting for some kind of opportunity;

As a result, Lin Yan deliberately secretly communicated with the imperial court and dragged himself into the water, but caused him to fake the news of his assassination, which turned out to be an opportunity for the other party to make a move; This is like the fishing law enforcement methods that were originally aimed at the local forces at both ends of the first rat in Guangzhou City and the remnants of the imperial court, but accidentally caught a big shark that was obviously beating and the yellow finch was behind the idea.

If it weren't for the eyeliner of the census team and the exploration team that I left on the outskirts of Guangzhou, it would have been somewhat useful and found some clues; I am afraid that no matter how experienced and well-trained I am, I will be caught off guard by the attack of "my own people" from the rebels;

At least before the other party made a move, there were still many people among Zhou Huai'an's subordinates, who were very incredulous or unwilling to believe that these friendly troops, who usually got along well and kept coming and going, would not hesitate to attack and kill them; And there was varying degrees of confusion.

Now in the inner and outer periphery of Guangfu, there are about several parts of the power that Zhou Huai'an can use on his face:

First of all, the two old battalions of the left and rear battalions who had returned from the expedition to Annam and were stationed in the inner city, and the three new battalions that had been stationed near the east gate of Waiguo Da were completed; Then there were five battalions of recruits who had been reorganized and trained in Nanhai County, near Guangfu, and were already waiting for the local workshops to be replenished, plus a new garrison of the 15 regiments.

In addition, in addition to the apprentice team and the direct regiment that are routinely brought around to wake up; He still has more than 1,000 members of the patrol team in the city after the initial rectification, with Hu Xianzi as the core. In total, there are 15,000 book posts.

However, because of the sudden rush of events, these armed forces inside and outside the city were temporarily separated and separated into two parts that could not be echoed; As the key node connecting the two, the small east gate near the inner city and the training camp outside the city, which were garrisoned by the new second battalion led by Du Wei Cheng Dayan, have completely lost contact with other news exchanges;

Not even one of the messengers sent out one after another returned; Therefore, at present, in the inner city occupied by Zhou Huai'an, there are only the left battalion, the rear battalion and the new first and fifth battalions, and the soldiers who have been collected back one after another are available; It can reach more than 5,000 people;

Therefore, in the face of this sudden change, it is barely possible to defend itself; But for what happened in Waiguo City, there was really nothing that could be done.

(End of chapter)