Pang Gang was very surprised, and he was also surprised, what surprised him was that the huge Laizhou City was opened with four gates, and there was no officer and soldier guarding the city gate, Pang Gang really didn't know what those rebels thought, did they just open the four gates so that the commander of the counterinsurgency army could drive in and destroy them?

Although Pang Gang was not very clear about Xiao Jiujiu, who was fighting in Zhou Hao's heart and surrendered immediately when the counterinsurgency officers and soldiers came, he didn't have the heart to guess these at this time, as more than 1,000 officers and soldiers entered the city one after another, he immediately mobilized 400 sergeants to rush to and occupy the four city gates, and he must not let a single rebel escape.

Pang Gang walked on the streets of Laizhou with dozens of personal soldiers with the officers and soldiers of the brigade, and from time to time you could see the dead bodies on the side of the road, most of these dead bodies were innocent people in Laizhou City, compared to the death of the dead women and children of the men, it was even more miserable, many people were naked [***], and the lower bodies were thrown on the side of the road.

"Iniquity!" Bin Shiqian, who was following behind Pang Gang, couldn't stand it anymore, shook his head and sighed: "These chaotic troops have gone too far, and they are just making trouble, what can these people do, they can also do such a poisonous hand to their brothers and sisters!" ”

"These bastards!" The more he walked, the anger in Pang Gang's eyes grew, he clenched the scimitar at his waist, and said to Bin Shiqian, who was following him: "Bin Baihu, you immediately take your headquarters to collect these corpses on the road, if there are not enough people, I will allow you to recruit some people to help you rein, and don't let them storm the corpse wilderness." ”

"Yes! Subordinates obey! Bin Shiqian bowed his hand and led the people of the headquarters.

Pang Gangyou turned his head and said to all the hundreds and thousands of households: "Everyone listen to me, if there are those rebels who do not abandon their weapons and surrender, they will be killed, and if there are obstructors, they will be guilty of the same crime as the rebels!" ”

"Yes!" All the officers shouted in unison and began to disperse in all directions to clear out the chaotic soldiers who had been herding sheep in a heap of east and west, and after a while, the sound of dense gunfire rang out again.

Commanding the same prefect's mansion, Wei Jiang and the prefect Shu Feisong were behind the gate with a bitter face and were relatively speechless, after a night of desperate guarding and commanding the same prefect's office, it finally defended, but more than 200 of Wei Jiang's subordinates also died more than 60 of them, and if the rebels outside came again like this, the family here would be killed and wounded.

Shu Feisong was shy with a big belly, the fat on his face was fighting, and he said in a trembling voice: "Lord Weiwei, when will General Dingyuan's counterinsurgency army arrive?" If we don't come again, we'll all die at the hands of the rebels. ”

Wei Jiang, who commanded the family to fight all night, had not slept all night, his originally thin face became more and more iron-blue, and the iron armor on his body that was originally polished and rubbed on his body also became filthy because it was stained with blood and dirt.

He turned his head and grinned at Shu Feisong, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and said in a hoarse voice: "Life and death are life, wealth is in the sky, if God really wants to let this official die here, then what is the way, but the prefect has enjoyed all the blessings over the years, he shouldn't be afraid, right?" ”

"You talk nonsense!" Shu Feisong, who was excited, shouted loudly: "This official has only reached the age of not being confused, and there are still a lot of things to do, how can he live enough!" Lord Wei, the official's net worth and surname are just in your thoughts, you must hold on! ”

Shu Feisong, who was in a panic, almost shouted, "Brother, resist me!" This is a famous sentence in later generations.

Wei Jiang snorted lightly and said, "In peacetime, the official asked the adult for the salary, but the adult always pushed back and refused to allocate the amount, so there was a disaster today!" I knew it now, why did Lord Shu have to act as he should be? ”

"Isn't it because the Yamen's silver turnover is not working, and the official doesn't say that he won't give it, but he just said that he would postpone it for a while, who knew that something would happen, and he knew that even if he was so hard, the official would transfer the full amount from other funds." Shu Feisong now even regrets the interception of the salary of the defenders of Laizhou, but he always refuses to admit his mistakes, perhaps this kind of "habitual surname and hard mouth" is the characteristic of ancient and modern officialdom.

Wei Jiang was not interested in Shu Feisong's indirect surname of the apologetic soldier, he just sighed lightly and was silent, he knew very well that these masters had mastered the virtues of their food and salary, and they forgot their scars when they were injured, but this is a common disease of these people, if he can survive this mutiny, I hope he can learn this lesson.

Originally, the food and salary needed by the Laizhou defenders led by Wei Jiang depended on the salary and silver allocated by the Ministry of War, but the military salary of the border army guarding the nine sides could not be guaranteed to be allocated in this year, so in recent years, Chongzhen had no choice but to issue a holy decree, requiring that the food and salary of some of the defenders in the interior be provided by the local government, and the consequence of this was that the garrison was led by the local government and the upper officials, the latter was in charge of their official hats, and the former was in charge of their money and food bags, especially the former, almost like pinching the testicles of these garrisons, If you are unhappy, you can pinch you at any time, as long as you don't pay you for two months, you can want to die, but this time it was this Shu Zhifu who overdid it, which led to this mutiny.

At this moment, there was a sound like fried beans in front of me, and the voice became more and more intense, "It's the sound of birds, our reinforcements are coming!" ”

At the beginning, Wei Jiang was taken aback like Shu Feisong, but then he suddenly became ecstatic, "Lord Shu, our reinforcements have arrived, and the reinforcements sent by the huge people have arrived, order the sergeant to open the gate immediately!" ”

"Master Wei, don't!" Shu Feisong, who was taken aback, hurriedly pulled out Wei Jiang's ironclad skirt, "How can adults conclude that it is the arrival of reinforcements as soon as they hear the sound of birds, if we are expected to be rushed in by the chaotic soldiers on a business trip, won't we die without a place to be buried?" ”

Wei Jiang angrily and funny shook off Shu Feisong's hand, "Have you been scared and confused as an official?" Listening to the sound of this bird is very unique, and there is no doubt that I despise Lu Mi Gong. And Lu Mi Gong will only be equipped on a large scale under the command of General Dingyuan, and you don't want to think about it, when will our soldiers and horses in Laizhou have the silver to equip those expensive Lu Mi guns. ”

"Oh, yes." Shu Feisong came to his senses at this time, when did Laizhou City be equipped with bird guns? Not to mention this kind of high-level goods, even the border army and the Shenji battalion in the capital are rare, and many troops are unwilling to equip them because they are easy to blow up, and now it is estimated that only the legendary wealthy general Dingyuan and the chief soldier Liu Zeqing in Qingzhou are equipped on the ground in Shandong!

"Hurry up and open the gate to welcome General Dingyuan's army!" Shu Feisong, who came to his senses, immediately behaved more actively than Wei Jiang, and immediately pointed fingers at the family in front of him.

These family members turned their heads to look at Wei Jiang, and after seeing him nod slightly, the two of them ran to the gate and lifted the three heavy door latches together, and with the "creaking" sound of the gate wrapped in iron sheets, the gate of the commanding and prefect's office, which had been closed for two days, finally opened.

After the gate was opened, Wei Jiang and Shu Feisong, supported by dozens of family members, walked out of the government office and came to the street, but what they saw was a messy scene, the dead bodies, weapons and sundries abandoned on the side of the road were everywhere, and from time to time they saw the figures of several rebellious soldiers disappearing nearby.

The sound of birds in the distance had gradually subsided, and after a while, a neat footstep came from the front, and from time to time a few more sounds came.

"On the order of General Dingyuan, all the people immediately went home, and if anyone stayed on the street, they were all regarded as rebels and killed on the spot."

"General Dingyuan has an order, my Qingzhou army is strictly disciplined, don't panic!"

"All the rebels come out and surrender immediately, otherwise there will be no mercy!"

With the shouting, a group of Ming soldiers dressed in chain mail held bird guns and spears in a square formation, and marched towards the commander and the prefect's office with neat steps, and the combat boots they wore with iron nets on their feet stepped on the street and made a neat crackling sound on the bluestone slabs, and the whole army was permeated with a terrifying aura of slaughter. Although this army was only about a hundred people, it exuded a majesty that only thousands of troops and horses can have.

Seeing such a neat march towards him, Wei Jiang couldn't help but gasp and muttered: "No wonder the commander can make such a great reputation in the capital, it is indeed worthy of the reputation, just by virtue of the sergeant in front of him, he is worthy of the reputation of a soldier of a hundred battles!" ”

The group of officers and soldiers soon came to the front of the command of the Tongzhifu office, and a middle-aged man who looked like an officer walked out and asked in a deep voice: "Dare to ask, who knows that Laizhou commands the Tongzhiwei?" ”

Seeing someone asking, Wei Jiang stood up and said, "This official is exact!" ”

Seeing Wei Jiang stand up, the officer snapped a military salute to him and said loudly: "General Dingyuan has an order, Laizhou commands Tongzhi Wei Jiang to immediately accompany the army to exterminate the rebels, and immediately assemble at the south gate outside the city after completing the errand!" ”

"Yes, lowly commanded!" Although the officer in front of him was only a hundred households at best, Wei Jiang did not dare to be careless at all, because the person represented at this time was General Dingyuan.

"Rebels?" Shu Feisong, who was on the side, was a little stunned, and asked: "Aren't they officers and soldiers who are making trouble, why did they become rebels?" ”

"Officers and soldiers?" The officer looked at Shu Feisong with contempt for a while before pointing to the corpses of several civilians on the street and asked coldly: "Is there such a troubled salary that does not achieve wanton and indiscriminate killing of innocent officers and soldiers?" ”

"This" Shu Feisong couldn't help but be speechless, this gang of rebels did not do personnel, they did all these things, although he didn't know how many losses there would be in Laizhou City, but even a straw bag like Shu Feisong, who only saw silver and women in his eyes, knew that it was definitely not small, and it was conservatively estimated that at least one to two thousand people would die in this riot.

The officer ignored Shu Feisong, but said to Wei Jiang: "The military order has been passed on to the lowly position, and now we are going to exterminate the rebels!" ”

After the officer finished speaking, he didn't bother to glance at Shu Feisong, and led the team to continue walking

(To be continued)