558 Taiyuan Riot (II)
Around this batch of gold and silver treasures, more than 400 officers and soldiers and more than 800 people were killed and wounded, and caused a serious confrontation between officials and people in Taiyuan City, before Xiao Ruxun led the troops to arrive, 80,000 people in Taiyuan City were mobilized, and the remaining more than 1,000 officers and soldiers and two or three surviving officials were besieged in a small area.
If they do not hand over their food and gold and silver treasures, they will be killed by the angry people.
Although the officials rebelled one by one, each with a mob, they could see the panic in each other's eyes.
To tell the truth, they don't know who the grain and treasure really belong to, anyway, the government definitely doesn't have it, and if there is, it is in the private homes of other officials and wealthy merchants, that is, these are the private property of those high-ranking officials and wealthy families who have died.
Now it is in a state of ownerlessness, and whoever grabs it will belong to whomever it is.
Of course, they wanted to grab these things, because they also suffered heavy losses, and there was no problem in taking possession of this grain and treasure in the name of the righteousness of the government.
But they never expected that this time, the people seemed to lose their minds and did not give up, and there were more and more people, and the black pressure was endless, and they were surrounded by them.
There are also loud people who keep shouting at them, asking them to hand over the grain, gold and silver treasures, and then get out of Taiyuan City, otherwise they will start killing, there are many of them, they are not afraid, I don't believe that the imperial court will kill hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Taiyuan!
Under the extreme cold and coercion, the injured people seemed to have lost their minds, they wanted food, gold and silver, and they wanted to survive, and the behavior of the officials and soldiers who killed them instead of killing the northern captives had completely angered the people.
Seeing that they were about to be killed, suddenly a burst of gunfire rang out, and a black oppressive army poured out from all directions, surrounding these people.
This group of officers and soldiers is very different from other officers and soldiers, not only foot soldiers, but also cavalry, quite fierce cavalry, full of murderous aura, making people tremble when they see it, their bloodthirsty eyes scan these people with only wooden sticks in their hands, and the war horses shake their hooves restlessly, as if they are planning to charge.
The tide has turned.
The Ming army, which was surrounded and almost desperate, was desperate, and the surprise in his heart can be imagined.
There was a panic among the people, but it didn't disperse.
It was not the people who were really flustered, but Liu Yong, who pushed the matter to the current situation.
Liu Yong is a member of Liu's own family, before the city was broken by Beiyu yesterday, he was invited by a friend to go to the restaurant opened by his family to drink, and now the restaurant is no longer open to the public, but it is no problem to entertain a person, the two talked about some recent troubles, after three rounds of drinking, there was a sudden change in the city.
The Northern Captives are in!
Burning and looting everywhere, setting fire to buildings, seeing luxury buildings is a burst of looting and then burning, although this friend's restaurant is a little remote, but it has not escaped the clutches of the Beiyu, the friend asked Liu Yong to hide, he went out to check the situation himself, and was killed by the Beiyu at the door.
The restaurant is not very luxurious, after being robbed for a while, he was lucky not to be burned, and Liu Yong, who was hiding, naturally did not die, he survived by luck, looking at the devastated city and the dead bodies everywhere, he was in a trance for a while, and when he saw the completely destroyed Liu family, he was also in a trance for a while.
When he finally realized what was happening, he cried for a long time.
When it snowed heavily, he wandered aimlessly to the place where the northern captives discarded the unwanted gold and silver treasures, and saw the scene of the Ming army and the people fighting for treasures, he wanted to stay away, but inadvertently glanced at a Ming soldier who was fighting with a common man for a silver bracelet.
That's his wife's stuff.
He decided to get the bracelet back, but the soldier who had just killed someone almost killed him, thanks to a few people rushing up to beat the soldier to death, he was lucky to pick up a life, and easily recaptured his bracelet, just wanted to escape, more Ming officers and soldiers came, and the people continued to confront, he was almost killed again.
In order to survive, he united all the people here, and used words to encourage everyone to kill these Ming soldiers, and then recapture the treasures that belonged to them, words are very effective, especially at this time, the people rushed forward without their lives, and almost really killed all the officers and soldiers, but at the critical moment, more officers and soldiers came.
Liu Yong wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but at this point, he was instead regarded by a group of people as the leader to ask for countermeasures, he thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt that it was actually quite good to do so.
Because he knows very well that these treasures belong to their big families, rather than being taken away by the government, it is better to let him take the lead, use these mobs to grab the treasures, and then take advantage of the chaos to escape.
So Liu Yong "stepped forward" and instigated the suffering people to constantly gather together to resist these officers and soldiers, and fought with the officers and soldiers, although the treasure was possessed by the Ming army because of the gap in combat effectiveness and equipment, but the way they left was also blocked by the angry people.
Liu Yong didn't want to make a big fuss, but he didn't expect many people to spontaneously go to find someone to help, and after dawn, Liu Yong was shocked to find that the situation had developed far beyond his expectations.
Tens of thousands of people in the entire Taiyuan City have participated in this armed fight, and the nature of the incident has changed, from a simple struggle for property to a blood debt for the officials and soldiers.
Liu Yong himself did not expect such a drastic change in the situation, the people's long-suppressed anger could no longer be controlled, they needed not only treasure and food, they also wanted these officers and soldiers to die.
Just when Liu Yong was in a dilemma, Xiao Ruxun arrived with the main force, directly counter-encircled, blocked the road, and sent elite cavalry and musket-armed pawns to deter the rebellious people at the forefront, walking in the front and looking at these panicked people.
He had heard about it from people who had not been involved in it, and that was why he was so angry.
For the sake of a batch of grain, gold and silver treasures, such a thing actually happened, tens of thousands of people participated, this is still a serious mass rebellion, to say that there is no driving force behind this, he can't believe it.
So he picked up his big horn.
"I am Xiao Ruxun, the chief military officer of the Imperial Border Pingyu, Zhennanhou Xiao Ruxun, this time I came to deal with the northern captives, for the Taiyuan fathers, I am very sorry, I did not arrive in time, causing the fall of Taiyuan City, but this is not the reason why you can surround the officers and soldiers and kill the officers and soldiers! Call out your stewards! Talk to me head-on! ”
According to his expectations, these people will not answer him, but they will involuntarily look at the mastermind behind this matter, because they have no master and no decision, and they need someone to help them decide.
The mastermind behind the scenes will naturally surface.
Sure enough, the people in the front row looked behind one after another, and those in the back row also looked back, row by row, and Liu Yong suddenly had nothing to hide.