Chapter 296: Mutiny

This time, Chang Shiren reacted, he had no experience in this area. As soon as Wang Ben said it, he reacted. There are 500 brothers of the Dengzhou Battalion Riflemen Brigade in the city, and they must be rescued immediately.

"Go, let people drag two six-pounder guns, rush to the city and shout at the door, and if you don't open it, you will bombard."

Wang Ben's judgment was correct, Yuan Mo took a cadre of staff, escorted by 500 musketeers of the Dengzhou battalion, and 3,000 Henan soldiers, and entered the city together with the Xichuan County Commander who came to greet him. That night, the Xichuan County Commander organized the local gentry and labor army and got some wine, meat and rice noodles. The Henan soldiers were stationed in the dilapidated military camp in the county seat, and not long after the start of dinner, they made a commotion. The reason is that there is too little wine and meat, and there is not much rice and noodles, so I can't eat enough. These soldiers didn't dare, and the guerrilla general Chen Lei had no choice but to ask to see Yuan Mo.

As a result, Yuan Mo was going to the banquet and said casually: "As an officer of the imperial court, isn't it my duty to restrain my subordinates?" Xichuan's fathers are wine, meat, and rice and noodles, what else do you want? Hugh must be noisy again, otherwise this soldier will not be spared. ”

Chen Lei has fifty family members under him, and half of today's meal of wine and meat went into their stomachs. Otherwise, how can a soldier make trouble? Isn't it just that they see that the family is eating well, and they can't even eat half full rice and noodles before making trouble?

Chen Lei, who returned to the barracks, put on a momentum to be suppressed, but he blew up in one fell swoop. The 3,000 Henan soldiers moved the guys, hacked Chen Lei and his fifty family members to death, and then began to set fire to and loot in the city, completely out of control.

The rebels looted in the city, which frightened Yuan Mo. When I heard the news, the wine glass fell to the ground. Five hundred riflemen in charge of the escort. The commander is the garrison Zhang Lei, who is from Zhangjiazhuang. His first reaction was to suppress it. As soon as the team was assembled, Yuan Mo and Xichuan County Commander arrived, and directly ordered: "Don't go out, just set up defense in the county government and wait for rescue outside the city." ”

Zhang Lei thought it was funny, but he didn't show it, but said to Yuan Mo: "Zhongcheng, it's just three thousand Henan soldiers." My 500 people are all elite. Killed no less than a thousand slaves in Lushun. Could it be that you are still afraid of these rabble? Just these soldiers, a platoon of guns, bayonets stabbed through, it will not take half an hour to settle the battle. ”

Yuan Mo was scared to death. How dare you let him out. The eyes are red. The hoarse voice shouted: "No, absolutely not, I can't say no." Do you dare to disobey? Zhang Lei really didn't take his orders seriously. But when I think about it, I must protect Yuan Mo's safety. At this time, the county commander Yuan Cheng also persuaded: "General Zhang, don't insist, as long as you guard the county office, you will have to take the lead." Zhang Lei could only pinch his nose and salute: "Humble obedience." ”

Five hundred riflemen, divided into five squads, each of the four squads guarding a wall, and a hundred in the center. Zhang Lei stood in the middle of the courtyard, waiting for news from outside. Yuan Mo and Yuan Cheng of Xichuan County and a cadre of gentry all stayed in this courtyard and did not dare to go anywhere. After a while, the fire broke out, and a courtyard outside cried and shouted that the house was over, but he didn't dare to go back.

Zhang Lei looked at the appearance of these people, and he was very disdainful. I think these people are really weird, how can they withstand the beating of their own 500 riflemen with those cowards of the Henan soldiers? I really can't understand these people, even though their relatives at home are suffering, they don't let themselves out. One by one, the trembling ugliness is really hard not to despise.

Chang Shiren outside the city was also very depressed, and he specially sent five hundred riflemen into the city with him, wasn't it just a precaution? Of the 500 riflemen, more than 30% of them are veterans who have fought in Lushun, and Zhang Lei is also an officer who has fought in Lushun, how can he not even handle this matter well? Isn't it 3,000 Henan soldiers?

"I said, what's the matter with Zhang Lei?" Chang Shiren was unhappy, so he had to ask Wang Ben questions. After all, he was the commander of the riflemen. Wang Ben didn't know this, so he had to shake his head with a wry smile: "I don't understand either, it shouldn't be." ”

The fire in the city became more and more intense, and half of the county was lit. As we approached the walls, the cries were clearly audible. Luckily, there was no water in the moat of Xichuan County, and the suspension bridge was not pulled. Looking at the movement in the city, Chang Shiren was not polite, and immediately ordered the cannon to be fired. The two six-pounder guns of the artillery team advanced to a distance of fifty meters, and after reloading, they opened fire, and the two guns of the bombardment opened a hole in the city gate. These two woke up some of the rebels in the city, and the smart ones began to run away in an organized manner, and some of the rebels who were still excited continued to carnival.

Chang Shiren was not a soft-hearted person, and the four gates were blocked by musketeers. After the west gate was blasted open, the ash pole soldiers were in front and the riflemen were behind, and they rumbled into the city.

"Listen well, the troublemakers will not be killed." Chang Shiren on horseback gritted his teeth and ordered to kill.

Mutiny was a very common thing in the late Ming Dynasty, and once this kind of thing happened, it meant the birth of a human tragedy. The most ridiculous thing is that the law does not hold the people accountable, and mutinies often do not get due punishment after one tragedy after another. In the end, this phenomenon developed, and there was a strange thing like Zuo Liangyu. His soldiers were more vicious than thieves, but he was repeatedly promoted to prosper.

Two thousand wolf-like Dengzhou soldiers entered the city, and when Chang Shiren commanded his men to kill the county government, he heard a row of gunshots. When he arrived, there were more than a dozen rebels lying in the open space outside the county office, and the others had already left. Seeing that the county government was fine, he was often benevolent and almost vomited blood, called Zhang Lei out, and scolded him with his head and face: "You have lost all the face of the Dengzhou camp on your dog day." ”

Zhang Lei did not defend himself, and stood there playing the role of a wooden stake. Yuan Mo stepped forward to speak: "General Chang, Benxian didn't let him go out. There are local elders in the county office, as well as a cadre of officials. This constitution is also for a safe, left and right generals outside the city. ”

Chang Shiren understood, knew what was going on, and was sad and indignant in his heart. He still had to say with a tense face: "In this way, there will not be much left for the lowly position." Yuan Mo was thick-skinned, and he couldn't avoid blushing at the moment, and said in a loud voice: "Go and quell the rebellion quickly." With that, he bowed his head and went in.

Chang Shiren left a hundred people, and the rest of the people searched for all the rebels in the streets and executed them on the spot.

Wang Ben led a group of musketeers and a long group of spearmen to the brightest place in the city. When we arrived, it was a large house, the door was smashed open, and there were constant cries and shouts. Wang Ben led the way to the door, and saw that the courtyard was full of soldiers raping and committing adultery, and he didn't notice that the Dengzhou camp came in.

Wang Ben's whole body was cold, a woman rushed out of a room, jumped into a well, Wang Ben's eyelids jumped, and saw a chaotic soldier chasing out, without saying a word, it was an ash rod to stab over. The rebels were still laughing, thinking that the Dengzhou soldiers were also here to intervene, and said, "Why are you late...... ”

The ash rod passed through his chest and kicked it hard, and the body fell to the ground. Wang Ben shouted angrily: "Kill them all!" ”

Gunshots rang out in the city, and Yuan Mo, who was sitting on a chair, looked at the banquet that had not been removed from the table with a look of shame on his face. The other officials and gentry also sat uneasily on the side. What they are most afraid of is that the Dengzhou battalion will also rob with them, and it will be troublesome.

The county commander Yuan Cheng also sat on the side in a daze, he was also worried about this matter. He is also responsible for the rebellion. What if Yuan Mo wants to use him to carry the black cauldron? I can't say anything about this, even if Yuan Mo doesn't take the blame for him, after the Dengzhou camp is washed, the people in this city can still have a good one? How can he be the county magistrate? To say that there were 500 soldiers and a garrison in the city, but these 500 soldiers and garrisons never appeared, and Yuan Cheng suspected that these soldiers also followed to loot.

When the hour came, the city was unexpectedly quiet, and there was no more noisy screaming than before. Yuan Mo felt weird, and came out to take a look, just as Chang Shiren came back, there was a piece of blood on his body, and the shoes under his feet were even more bloodstained. Chang Shiren, who was angry, met a group of rebels after going out, and personally went up and chopped off two heads with a knife, splashing blood.

"General Chang, what is this?" Yuan Mo came over to ask, Chang Shiren thought of Chen Xie's order, and saluted with anger: "The rebels have been suppressed, order is being restored in the city, and the brothers are fighting the fire. Yuan Mo came to the spirit at this time, and let Yuan Cheng arrange it cleanly.

After waiting for a while, Yuan Mo couldn't help but say to Chang Shiren, who didn't speak outside the station: "Benxian wants to go out and have a look, can I?" ”

Chang Shiren hesitated, nodded, and took two hundred soldiers to escort everyone out. Not long after leaving the county office, I heard the sound of gongs everywhere, and after the order of the county seat was restored, the chief of the government returned to his appearance. All the way forward, there were corpses all the way, most of them were killed rebels, mixed with some civilians.

After walking for a while, I saw the Dengzhou soldiers fighting the fire in front of me, a strong man carrying a woman on his back, holding a child in his hand and rushing out of the fire, after putting it down, he poured a bucket of water on his body and rushed inside. The soldiers kept doing this, and the white towels on their mouths turned black. Along the way, the things I saw all the way subverted the understanding of Xichuan's father, and it was mainly Dengzhou soldiers who were fighting the fire.

An old man was crying on the side of the road, and behind him was a young and old man, all of whom burst into tears. Seeing this, Yuan Cheng stepped forward and asked, "This old man, why are you crying?" He still wondered in his heart whether the Dengzhou soldiers had done something.

"Master Wang, Master Wang, inside, inside." The old man cried and pointed to the fire, which made everyone understand that the emotional soldier did not come out in the fire. When everyone listened to the sluggishness, a person rushed out of the fire, all over the fire, put down a woman and said in front of the old man, "Is there anyone still inside?" ”

Chang Shiren heard it clearly, stepped forward and poured a bucket of water over it, and said angrily: "Wang Ben, as a commander, how can you personally put out the fire?" Bastard, get back to your post. ”

Wang Ben showed two rows of white teeth, looked at the blood on Chang Shiren's chest, crooked his mouth, and saluted: "Humble obedience!" (To be continued......)