Shi Kefa listened to the report of the Anqing prefect's situation, and his face turned pale. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi had such a means to the sky, and even sent more than 100 people to infiltrate the capital city of Anqing Mansion controlled by the southern gentry, and eliminated Ruan Dacheng's counterfeit banknote workshop under the nose of the Anqing prefect. None of the more than 40 workers in the counterfeit banknote workshop escaped, and all of them were blown up and killed in the workshop by Li Zhi.

None of the workers escaped, apparently gunpowder detonated several rooms of the workshop at the same time. Shi Kefa didn't know what means Li Zhi had used to achieve such an effect.

What's even more terrifying is that Ruan Dacheng's entire family was killed. According to neighbors next door to Ruan's mansion, the courtyard of Ruan's house that morning was like a burning crater. The explosion set off huge fires one after another, the east exploded the west, the south blew up the north, and the scene was as spectacular as lava erupting from a volcanic crater.

After the explosion, the Ruan family's mansion turned into a sea of fire. More than 50 members of the Ruan family were killed. Including Ruan Dacheng, as well as Ruan Dacheng's three sons and four grandsons, none of them escaped from the Shura Hell.

Li Zhi's methods are even more terrifying than before, in the past, Li Zhi had to kill people, and he had to send troops to travel thousands of miles to attack the city to succeed. The people in Jiangnan had already learned to be obedient, and as soon as they found out that Li Zhi had sent troops, they fled south, making Li Zhi pounce. The last time Li Zhi sent troops south to arrest the gentry of Nanzhili who donated money to the Jiangbei Army, more than half of them escaped.

And now, Li Zhi didn't need to send troops at all, and directly sent people to infiltrate the city to bomb. And this bombing came so violently that it could destroy people at every turn.

Shi Kefa's hand trembled, and he forced himself to calmly stroke his beard and asked, "What kind of means did Li Thief use?" How terrible is it? ”

The prefect of Anqing arched his hand and said: "Lord Benbing, according to the scene described by the neighbor next door to the Ruan family, it seems that the Li thief used a rocket. Thief Li's killer lurked on the roof of a nearby house and fired rockets, blowing up the Nguyen family's mansion 200 steps away. ”

Hearing the words of the Anqing prefect, the generals of the Jiangbei Army all looked at each other. They have all seen rockets, and the power of that weapon is there, but the hit rate is extremely low. Unless it is a large-scale battle of tens of thousands of people, going up and bombing a battle line several miles wide, the rockets will often miss the target.

Li Zhi's rocket can accurately bombard the Ruan family's house from 200 steps, which is definitely not an ordinary rocket.

Everyone shook their heads and sighed, and the Du Dao Li thief had another means to reach the sky. The battle between the Jiangbei Army and the Li thief is getting harder and harder to fight.

Shi Kefa asked helplessly: "What happened to the killer sent by Li Zhi, did he catch it?" ”

The prefect of Anqing Mansion shook his head helplessly and said, "Those thieves in Tianjin are very rampant, and they rushed to the city wall after blowing up the Ruan family. Where are the garrisons on the city walls as opponents of these thieves? Several people were killed by the firecrackers. The thieves fled from the walls before dawn and marched north. ”

Shi Kefa took a breath and was speechless.

In front of Shi Kefa, the generals sitting in the camp of the Jiangbei Army were all solemn. Li Zhi's methods are so terrible that they have to worry about the safety of themselves and their families.

If it is said that Li Zhi's southern expedition in the past could be stopped by the Jiangbei Army, Li Zhi's current method of destroying people's entire families thousands of miles away is simply impossible to prevent. Many of the generals of the Jiangbei Army had settled down in Nanjing, and if Li Zhi had sent people to rush into the Nanjing Massacre, wouldn't the generals of the Jiangbei Army have collapsed without a fight?

Wu Sangui arched his hand and said: "Lord this soldier, Li Thief has a good method, Lord Ben Bing still took his family members to Nanchang and arranged them in the military camp of the Jiangbei Army. ”

Shi Kefa heard Wu Sangui's words and stroked his beard.

In fact, Shi Kefa is not afraid of Li Zhi killing his family, Shi Kefa is actually a civilian official, and he completely relies on Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui to lead the troops. The reason why Shi Kefa, the leader, became a leader is entirely based on his personal fame. If Li Zhi killed Shi Kefa's family, not only would it not weaken the strength of the Jiangbei Army, but it would increase Shi Kefa's reputation.

If Li Zhi does something to Shi Kefa's family, Shi Kefa will become a saint who is full of loyalty for the sake of the scholars, which will only increase Shi Kefa's appeal and increase the strength of the Jiangbei Army. So no matter how you think about it, Shi Kefa is not afraid of Li Zhi moving his family.

Zuo Liangyu is not afraid of Li Zhi's methods, Zuo Liangyu is a typical warlord, all the sons and nephews in the family are generals and colonels in the army, and even his wife and concubines are in the army.

The most fearful of Li Zhi's methods in the Jiangbei army was Wu Sangui, whose family lived in the capital. If Li Zhi attacked his family, it would not take three days to kill him from Tianjin to the capital.

Shi Kefa knew that Wu Sangui's question about himself was a false question, and what Wu Sangui wanted to say was the safety of his Wu family's family.

"Uncle Chang is the pillar of my army, and if you can't say it, you will be poisoned by the Li thief. Uncle Chang still took his family members to the Jiangbei Army and arranged them in the barracks. ”

Wu Sangui's face was happy, and he clenched his fists and said, "Obey what Lord Ben Bing shows!" ”

Shi Kefa looked at the generals in the tent and said, "You are the backbone of my Jiangbei Army, and you can't put your family in danger. At the guerrilla level, they can take their wives, sons, and daughters to the barracks of the army, so as not to cause extraneous complications and dampen morale. ”

Hearing Shi Kefa's words, the soldiers in the tent suddenly received the order, and the panicked look on their faces gradually disappeared.

Seeing that the morale of the generals had recovered again, Shi Kefa nodded.

Zuo Liangyu groaned and said: "Shi Gong, now that Ruan Gong has sacrificed, it is heart-wrenching. But printing money to disrupt the Li thieves is a good strategy, I wonder if the gentry of Nanchang Mansion can continue to open factories to print money and import counterfeit money to Shandong and Tianjin? ”

Shi Kefa thought for a while, turned to look at the Nanchang gentry sitting on the left side of the big tent.

When the gentry in Nanchang heard Zuo Liangyu's words, it was as if they had heard a life talisman, and no one dared to agree.

Li Zhi's methods were too strong, and they had already frightened the gentry of Nanchang.

Although sending all the family members to the Jiangbei Army for protection can prevent Li Zhi from being assassinated, it is by no means a good thing. Not to mention the hardships in the barracks, what is even more terrible is that the past was full of men, and life in such a place was not only hard, but also a very dangerous place for the gentry's wives and concubines.

The gentry were no better than the officers, and the gentry did not have a little authority in the barracks. Maybe one day a few poor soldiers will go crazy and insult the gentry's daughters.

It's okay to let the gentry each give a little silver to fight against Li Zhi, but it is still a little difficult for them to abandon everything in order to fight Li Zhi and put their wives and daughters in danger.

Shi Kefa looked at the faces of the Nanchang gentry and knew that as soon as Ruan Dacheng died, no one would stand up and print counterfeit banknotes.

Ruan Dacheng can be said to be Shi Kefa's old friend, and the two often moved around when they were in Nanjing. Thinking that his old friend was wiped out by Li Zhi because he was doing things for the gentry, Shi Kefa really regretted it.

Shi Kefa shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that Ruan Tongcheng, a talented man in the south of the Yangtze River, only moved the world, and died at the hands of Li Thief like this..." ”