The blood flowed like a small stream, overflowing the bluestone brick walls, flowing down the stone steps, staining a large area of mud at the city gate, and the ground gradually turned from dark red to black and purple. In some potholes, there was a pool of blood, the color gradually changed from bright red to black and purple, and flies buzzed and gathered.

On the city walls, on the stone steps, in the towers, around the gates...... There were piles of corpses of soldiers, both officers and soldiers, as well as those of the Fangla army. The corpses were horrible, some had their intestines or brains flowing all over the ground, some had their heads cut off, some had arrows stuck all over their bodies, some had their hands and feet cut off or even their waists, some had their eyes gouged out, and some had their ears cut off......

The sky was overcast, and the city of Suzhou seemed to be shrouded in ghostly shadows, and the cold wind whined from the north like a devil crying. A flock of crows flew in, stayed on the city walls, pecked at the corpses, and after being driven away for a while, they flew away with a "yah".

The marshal of the Fang La army, dressed in a set of dark red armor, black leather boots, straddled the waist knife, and held a Pu knife, escorted by a large group of fully uniformed soldiers, stepped on the city wall.

Criminal Zheng looked at the tens of thousands of regular troops and peasant troops inside and outside the city, enjoying the attention of everyone, and the cold wind blew the bloody cloak behind his back to the hunting sound.

The criminal administration raised his hand gently towards the seventy or eighty thousand peasant troops outside the city, and suddenly everyone below seemed to stop breathing, and there was no movement or sound at all, and after a while, I only saw the criminal administration general waving his hand and shouting: "We have won!"

"Win! Win! Fierce cheers erupted from the city, and the peasant army laughed and danced.

"Rich and poor, kill corrupt officials! Qingjun side, Zheng Chaogang! The neat and loud slogans were shouted from the mouths of the basically illiterate peasant army, and they resounded in the sky.

Criminal Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and when the peasant army was happy enough, he cleared his throat and began to shout out one order after another—

"The Fourth Army, enter the city immediately! All the property obtained shall be handed over, and meritorious deeds will be rewarded. Violators, chop! ”

"Provisional Army, enter the city tomorrow! From now on, clean up the battlefield and set up camp on the spot! Violators, chop! ”

"Three days later, open the warehouse and release the grain!"

When the peasant army heard that they would not be able to enter the city until tomorrow, they still had some complaints on their faces, but when they heard the "reward for meritorious deeds" and "opening the warehouse and releasing grain," they immediately became excited again, and the audience applauded.

After promulgating the orders one after another and leaving the law enforcement team behind, the criminal general raised his hand and shouted: "Fourth Army, follow me into the city!!"

The moment the criminal administration turned around, the military boots kicked away a broken arm under his feet, his eyes looked in the direction of the city, and his eyes burned, "Hehe, Suzhou Oiran Liu Yueniang, I have admired you for a long time......"

"Roar, roar, roar, ......" An army of more than 10,000 people poured in from the north gate.

Around this time, the Fangla army of the East Gate, the South Gate, and the Changmen Gate were also acting in accordance with the same instructions.

The peasant army was arranged to carry corpses and clean up the battlefield near the city walls. In the city, only regular soldiers with armor, shields, and bows and crossbows entered.

On the city wall, a peasant army who was moving the corpse said to another elder, "Third brother, let's get in too, right?"

The elder glared at him, "You don't want to live?" Move your corpse! You're not a regular soldier, you don't have armor and no shield, go in and die? ”

"But, third brother, I'm itching if I don't go in...... Suzhou City is a famous rich city in the south of the Yangtze River, how many gold, silver, treasures and beauties are there......" said and drooled.

"Those things are not going to be handed over......

"Sneak a little bit of ...... that won't be discovered"

"I said dog, don't think so much, but don't forget your identity, you are a farmer, your ancestors have been farmers for generations, we farmers just have something to eat. It's said that the warehouse will be opened and the grain will be released in three days, but you haven't heard it...... I heard that in addition to food, money will also be paid, speaking of which, the Holy Father is still good. ”

"Third brother, I want a daughter-in-law......"

"Dog, don't be crooked! Come, carry the dead, carry the dead! ”

…

In the city of Suzhou, a small mud courtyard with an old sow tethered under a tree at the door - this is Chen Bao's home.

Chen Bao, a commander in the defenders of Suzhou City. The so-called captain is the lowest soldier captain who has the right to command five soldiers.

Chen Bao is 20 years old this year, has just been married for a year, and his wife is from Baiyangdu Liushuan. There is no hermitage, but it is just a village, and there is a large willow tree, so it is called the willow hermitage.

Chen Bao's wife's surname is Zhou Mingyun, she has studied in a private school for a few years, she is quite knowledgeable, her facial features are also quite dignified, and she has the gentle appearance of a Jiangnan woman, but when she laughs, she shows a mouthful of untidy yellow teeth, which ruins her entire temperament. She has been ridiculed a lot since she was a child for her untidy yellow teeth.

At that time, Zhou Yun married Chen Bao, and it was really helpless. Originally, it was a good family affair, but the other party was the son of a family member who fell in love with her appearance, but he didn't expect that he was finally disgusted because of his untidy yellow teeth and quit the marriage. Her father took the bride price money to gamble, and the Zhou family couldn't return the bride price, so they were threatened by outsiders.

When Chen Bao heard about it, he took the pension of his father, who had died in the army for 30 years, to pay back the bride price for the Zhou family, and the Zhou family married Zhou Yun to her. In fact, Chen Bao did nothing else, but he was simply worried that he would not be able to marry his daughter-in-law, so he did this. His wife, Lee, expressed her support.

didn't blow and blow, didn't set a few tables for the banquet, and simply welcomed Zhou Yun into the house. Later time proved that although the days were dull, and Chen Bao only had one or two days off a month, the couple was also in love.

"Hurry, hurry...... Girl, run away! At this time, Chen Bao, who was dressed in white and blue pants and empty-handed, ran into the house in a panic.

The leashed old sow stood in his way, and he kicked it, and the old sow let out a chirping roar, as if dissatisfied.

Chen Bao ran in a hurry, bumped into the old sow again, and fell to the ground. Zhou Yun was washing clothes with a big wooden basin under the eaves, and when she saw him fall, she was busy helping him, and her face was happy: "Xianggong, are you resting today?" Why did you come back all of a sudden? ”

Chen Bao got up from the ground, sweating profusely, and said anxiously: "Lady! Hurry up, hurry up! The city is broken...... The city is broken! Run! ”

Zhou Yun asked: "Xianggong, what are you talking about?"

Chen Bao looked at his wife, crossed his waist with his hands, and panted: "Lady! Listen to me! Last night...... Fang La sent 400,000 men to besiege the city...... Right now...... Right now...... The city is broken! The whole city is rebelling and killing! Let's run! ”

"Huh?" Zhou Yun shouted in surprise, "No wonder the city was full of water last night, and my mother said that the god of the stove was angry......

"You've read books, and you believe in your mother's nonsense? By the way, what about my mother? ”

"In the house."

"Hurry! Hurriedly! Take a few valuable escapes! Chen Bao hurriedly said and ran into the house.

Zhou Yun immediately ran into the bedroom, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to put the copper coins and broken silver she usually saved into her purse, and took the title deeds of the one-acre three-point land and the deed of a few mud houses, and hurriedly ran out, while Chen Bao had already run out of the courtyard with the sleeping old lady on his back, and shouted at her: "Hurry up!" Come on! ”

Zhou Yun was stunned for a moment and looked behind him: "Xianggong, do you want to lock the door?"

"Lock the! Let them grab! Escape matters! ”

Zhou Yun no longer hesitated and followed.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Chen Bao looked at her face and bared his teeth: "Your face, face, face ......"

"What's wrong with the face?" Zhou Yun was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, grabbed a handful of wet mud from the ground, wiped it on his face indiscriminately for a while, and then helped Chen Bao to help the old lady, and the two fled in a panic.

"Son......" The fifty-seven-year-old lady was still asleep when Chen Bao carried it out, and at this time she was woken up, and when she opened her eyes, she spoke with some surprise.

"Mother, don't talk too much! Now it's time to run for your life! ”

"Oh."

The family had just left the house not far away, turned two lanes, and suddenly heard a shouting in front of them.

"Roar, Roar, Roar, ......Roar, Roar, Roar, Roar, T

"Rush...... Kill......"

"Rich and poor, kill corrupt officials!"

Then, Chen Bao saw a large group of soldiers in full uniform, some with spears in their hands, some with shields in their hands, some with bows and arrows, and the soldiers kicked the door open from house to house, pointed their spears in their hands, and shouted, "Come out!" Line up on the street! Then he rushed in and ransacked his belongings.

Some of the soldiers held a large handful of silver in their hands, and they were so happy that they hid some of them on their bodies before handing them over to the Shangguan, who also turned a blind eye; Some soldiers passed through the streets with wheelbarrows, which were already loaded with gold and silver; Others tied up the shopkeepers of the big shops in the streets, whipped them on the back, and forced them to kneel.

Chen Bao's family hurriedly hid behind a nearby low wall, hid under a bamboo fence, and watched this scene blankly.

Behind the low wall is a vegetable field, and his wife Zhou Yun whispered to Chen Bao: "I heard that they only kill corrupt officials, not ordinary people."

"! Is Zhou Yuanwai a corrupt official? I saw him killed just now, and they cut off his head......" Chen Bao looked at his wife and whispered.

Zhou Yun was speechless, stunned for a moment, and reacted: "You mean Uncle Zhou?"

"Who else can there be besides you, Uncle Zhou?" Chen Bao's eyes stared at the street not far away, "Actually, your Uncle Zhou is also quite picky......

Zhou Yun was silent for a moment, only to feel that her nose was pantothenic, after all, it was her cousin who died, and after listening to her husband's words, she retorted in a low voice: "Uncle Zhou just picked the door, and he didn't make any mistakes."

"When it comes to rebellion, it is wrong to be rich and powerful."

After Chen Bao finished saying this, he glanced at the situation on the street, and saw that more than a dozen soldiers were coming over this side, so he hurriedly carried his mother, called Zhou Yun, and rushed through the vegetable field and came out of the fence on the other side.

Out of the vegetable field, ran to the lane, turned two lanes, and there was a big family in front of it, his wife Zhou Yun glanced at the courtyard with white walls and black tiles, and gasped and said: "This is Kuang Juren's old man's house."

Suddenly, hearing the sound of soldiers in the house, Chen Bao glared at his wife, his lips snorted silently, and motioned for her not to speak.

Chen Bao walked quietly with his old mother on his back, Zhou Yun followed vigilantly, and at this moment, he threw something out of the courtyard and rolled to Zhou Yun's feet, round, Zhou Yun took a look, and immediately screamed in fright.

"Who?" The soldiers muttered in the courtyard.

"Let's go!" Chen Bao carried his old mother on his back, pulled Zhou Yun, and ran away, relying on his familiarity with the terrain, after running for a while, he finally hid under the stone bridge, and just now he vaguely heard shouting from behind, "Catch them!" It can scare this family so much that their hearts are beating suddenly. The old mother asked Chen Bao to put her down, sat on the stone, patted her legs and lamented: "What a sin...... Iniquity...... Master Kuang Juren is a good person......"

Zhou Yun also stroked his chest and gasped, frightened.

"Lady, what did you just see?"

Kwong ...... Kuang Juren's brain...... The head. ”

"Mother also saw it?"

The old mother shook her head and sighed, but did not answer.

At this time, a woman's scream suddenly came from a distance, Chen Bao and Zhou Yun glanced at each other, immediately put on their old mother's back, and continued to choose a way to escape.

As soon as she walked some way to the west, she saw a young woman dragged out by two soldiers, one of whom wrapped her under her, and the other soldier tied her hands with ropes......

"That's the daughter of a forester, only fifteen years old." Zhou Yun glanced at it from a distance, her face palpitated, glad that her face was covered with yellow mud, not as good as this young girl, and at the same time she was deeply sympathetic to her experience.

"Don't look at it, let's go, go into the bamboo forest!" Chen Bao carried his old mother on his back and jumped into the bamboo forest, and Zhou Yun followed in, and the family of three crossed the bamboo forest in panic.

"Xianggong, where are we going?" Zhou Yun caught up with her husband and asked panting. After running for so long, she couldn't run anymore, but when she saw the scene that happened to Miss Lin, she still tried her best to keep up with her husband.

After seeing the soldiers of the Fang La Army killing people, looting property, and raping women, he strengthened his determination to escape, jumped from the bamboo forest to the winding path, turned around and pulled his wife, and then replied to her: "Let's go to that broken temple!"

"The ruined temple?" Zhou Yun's eyes lit up and nodded.

So, the family of three continued to run.

A few jackdaws flew over in the sky, overlooking the entire city of Suzhou, the city was full of ruins that had been burned by the fire last night and were still emitting bursts of gray smoke...... The jackdaw flew by with a "bang" and shook its wings.

(End of chapter)