Section 191 The siege of the city by the soldiers
For three days in a row, Zhu Jinglun washed the long street in blood, which completely restored the order of Guangzhou City. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
But on the third day, a large group of cavalry suddenly appeared outside the city, and at this time, Xin'an County bravely defended the city, which was not so easy to enter.
These cavalry were blocked outside the city, and after the soldiers defending the city reported to Zhu Jinglun, Zhu Jinglun immediately ordered the city gate to be closed.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners shouted and cursed under the city, saying that there was a rebellion in the city.
They thought they were here to suppress the troublemakers, but when they came, they closed their doors, saying that the rebellion was just a threat.
But the black dog immediately ordered the soldiers in the city to shoot, killing more than a dozen Eight Banners soldiers at once, and the problem was serious.
Thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners immediately evacuated from the vicinity of Guangzhou City, and immediately had a fast horse to report to Zhaoqing Mansion.
Zhu Jinglun also called a meeting of all the officers.
Grieved to tell everyone that the imperial court sent the Eight Banners to suppress them, sentenced everyone to death, and said that everyone rebelled.
He also said that this was a traitor who wanted to murder them.
After such a long time of brewing, Xin'an County Yong has long had no good impression of Guangzhou Mansion, but his impression of Zhu Jinglun has always been very good, Zhu Jinglun said, they all believe it, they can't help but not believe it, I heard that the Eight Banners have just attacked the city and were repulsed, this is not to suppress them, they are just here to make trouble, but the court said that they are rebelling.
Immediately, some officers felt aggrieved and told Zhu Jinglun that they were not rebelling.
Zhu Jinglun sighed, he also knew, but the traitors of the court were in charge, and they couldn't listen to the advice, and now they were going to put everyone to death, and now everyone was dead.
Qi Ling received feedback in Zhaoqing Mansion, and the Eight Banners soldiers who were killed more than a dozen people were extremely angry, of course, how alarmist they said, which made Qi Ling feel that Zhu Jinglun had rebelled in Guangzhou.
He couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately felt that all this was a premeditated rebellion, and since the last time Zhu Jinglun came to ask for money and provoked him to remove him, he had already decided to rebel. It turned out that there was nothing wrong with his accusation against Bai Gui, and Zhu Jinglun had already harbored evil intentions.
Thinking of this, the elderly can't sleep all night, what should I do?
He's a smart guy, but he's not decisive.
I found some Eight Banner officers to discuss, some Eight Banner soldiers were killed under the city of Guangzhou, these officers were angry, and although they were transferred to Zhaoqing, but their families were in Guangzhou City, they were worried about the safety of their families, so they instigated the elderly to send troops, and transferred Zhaoqing Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers plus county Yong, a total of 10,000 people to return to Guangzhou.
Unable to withstand the instigation, the elder finally decided to return to the army.
Zhaoqing was located in the upper reaches of Guangzhou, and it could be reached a day down the river, but the Qing army was loosely organized, and with a stable army establishment and a naval division, it was dragged until noon the next day to gradually arrive in Guangzhou.
They assembled in the area of Guangdonghua County, but they had just set up camp, and the first army marched to Guangzhou the next day, the elderly were still in Zhaoqing, and the leader of the troops was a deputy commander of the Eight Banners, and the order given to him by the elderly was to use the soldiers to suppress the rebellious soldiers in the city, and after the elders hesitated all night, they still felt that Zhu Jinglun was unlikely to rebel, but there were tens of thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners in the city, could it be that he would also rebel? It doesn't make sense at all.
However, when the deputy commander Fu Zhuli and his troops just appeared within the range of the cannons and were defenseless, the cannons in the city immediately opened fire, and they were immediately in chaos.
didn't get close to Guangzhou City, and the other party didn't give them a chance to get close at all.
How could the soldiers who fired the cannon know that they were coming from outside the city to persuade them to surrender and negotiate with them, and they received orders to open their guns as soon as an enemy appeared within range.
Zhu Jinglun just didn't let the two families get in touch, and at this time, the morale of the brave officers of Xin'an County under him was low, and they felt that they had been wronged, rather than rebelling with one heart.
It takes time to reverse their mentality, and fighting with the "imperial court" army in their hearts again and again will make them feel more and more that there is no way out, and they will become more and more determined that the imperial court will come to "suppress" them, and when they have no way to retreat and need to fight for their own lives, then it will not be Zhu Jinglun who wants them to rebel, but they want Zhu Jinglun to lead them to rebel, and the so-called yellow robe is how it operates.
The city did not communicate with the outside of the city, and when it came, it was a fight, which strengthened the judgment of the elderly that Zhu Jinglun was rebelling in the city, and finally stopped doubting it and mobilized troops to attack the city.
Tens of thousands of people have been assembled, excluding two thousand forwards to attack the Zhenhailou Fort, but how can it be defeated, not to mention the well-trained county warriors in Xin'an County, that is, those Hakka regiments who have been fighting for a long time can't beat them, the cannons and muskets on the city wall are firing in unison, and these Eight Banners Green Battalion rolled back without even touching the city wall.
After that, one after another, the three elders urged to attack the city, not even him, but those Eight Banner soldiers, whose families were all in the city, forced Xiang Yong and the Green Battalion to attack the city. But these people don't have much fighting spirit, so the attack is just to make a show, and when they hear the sound of gunfire and artillery, they run.
The soldiers in the city were also demoralized, and suddenly from the county warriors who defended their families and land, they became rebels suppressed by the imperial court because of their salaries, and their mentality could not be reversed at all, but the training they received allowed them to still shoot mechanically, and then the successive victories slowly calmed the hearts of the people.
When I saw that the army of the imperial court was nothing more than that, it was all a group of cowards, and there were gradually some voices in the army, complaining that the traitors of the court were in charge, complaining that the traitors were framing Zhongliang, and lamenting that everyone had no way to live, and their families were affected, and finally someone issued such words as "It's a big deal to rebel".
Then a lot of people started to echo it.
"Yes, Lao Tzu is the opposite."
"Anyway, there is no way for his mother to live, so he is not waiting to be beheaded."
"What about the Nine Clans."
"Let Lord Zhu lead everyone to the opposite, and Lord Zhu will be the emperor."
"That's right, let's fight foreigners to protect the Qing Dynasty and protect the country from becoming a thief, and let Lord Zhu be the emperor."
These are still the voices of the soldiers, and of course the officers are also affected, and their minds are different.
But they also began to tend to rebel.
"Let Master Zhu lead everyone to a way to live."
"Instead of sitting and waiting to die, it's better to give it a go, maybe you can get rich."
"Yes, if you don't do it, you will be questioned by the imperial court, and your family will be involved, so let's ask Lord Zhu to be the emperor."
"Let's give up our lives to fight Lord Zhu, and there is a kind of word!"
The officers connected with each other, held private meetings, discussed countermeasures, and most of the soldiers were trying to save their lives, and they could go further, thinking about the successful gains, and a stream of ambition slowly erupted in their hearts.
But some people can't help but worry: "I'm afraid that Lord Zhu won't rebel!" ”
So after more than ten days of tandem, dozens of battalion officers knelt in front of Zhu Jinglun's room in the government office.
But at this time, Zhu Jinglun locked himself in the house, not only did not come out, but jumped out of the window and escaped. (To be continued.) )