The sixth day of October in the seventh year of Chongzhen

On the third day of Yueyang's arrival in Hunyuan Prefecture, early in the morning, countless officers and soldiers wearing mandarin duck jackets poured out from all over the military camps in the city, holding weapons and shouting: "I want to live, I want food...... If the court doesn't pay, we will make a fuss" and other slogans, and a group of people rushed towards the prefect's yamen in the middle of the city, the school field in the west of the city, and the granary where grain was hoarded.

The actions of these officers and soldiers immediately caused the whole city to become in an uproar, at this time it was the season for the people to enter the city, and many peasant households were carrying vegetables, melons, fruits, or local products into the city to sell, but as soon as they saw these officers and soldiers, many people knew that something big was going to happen in the city.

The common people are the most realistic, and when they notice that something is wrong, their first reaction is to hurry out of the city, and they must not be able to stay here. But it was too late, the rebels had already blocked all four city gates, and many people who wanted to leave the city were severely beaten by the rebels.

After a period of turmoil, the rebels marched towards the city, but as long as there were those who were interested, they would appear, although they looked chaotic, but they were chaotic and orderly, and these rebels were divided into three groups, led by two thousand commanders and one town guard, and they shouted slogans while swarming towards the prefect's yamen and other important places. The people on the streets along the way were so frightened that they hid in Tibet, and some of them were surprised while hiding, and now there are many ruffians and hooligans in the city who can only extort money in the past, and they have turned into officers and soldiers today.

At this time, the streets were already in chaos, and the whole city was a burst of chickens and dogs, men shouted, women screamed, children cried, and hundreds of people fled in all directions. When officers and men are not bound by military discipline, they will be as terrible as bandits.

Seeing the scattered people, the faces of these rebels showed a look of joy, as if for the first time they realized that they still had such great power. And it seems that this power can also bring them some kind of benefit that they can't ask for in normal times, when they realize it. A certain kind of affection and bestiality hidden in their bodies on weekdays began to explode.

Soon, a woman who had been slower to escape fell down the road, screaming and trying to get up to keep running. But it was too late, and soon two rebels rushed out of the crowd, and they ran to the woman, and together they lifted the woman up and ran towards a side alley. Soon there was a burst of shouting and begging for mercy in the alley, accompanied by men's smirks.

Everyone has evil thoughts in their hearts, but these evil thoughts in most people's hearts are firmly locked in their hearts on weekdays, but once they are released, these evil thoughts will turn into man-eating beasts.

Fang Jiuming's father and son and 6 Youyuan overestimated their own control, and at the same time underestimated the destructive power of those soldiers and ruffians who were despised by them on weekdays, once the officers and soldiers lost their military discipline and restraint. They will become the most ferocious animals in the world.

The power of example is endless, and when someone makes an example, the rebels behind them immediately rush to the streets and houses like a flood that has spilled the gates, and they hold this weapon aloft, shouting incoherent language that they themselves do not understand, and rush to the homes of those who need their protection in the past, and do what should have been done by rogues or tartars.

This moment. Hunyuan Prefecture ...... It's messed up......

"What, the officers and soldiers under the command of 6 Youyuan are in chaos, and they want to make trouble?"

The first to get the news was Jiang Xin, the supreme administrator of Hunyuan Prefecture, and when Jiang Xin heard the news from the officials in a hurry, he was shocked.

Although Jiang Xin has not personally experienced the chaos of soldiers, as a middle-level official of the Ming Dynasty, he is very clear about the horror of the chaos of soldiers, and history has told people countless bloody lessons. Once the officers and soldiers are in chaos, their destructive power is even more terrible than that of the rogues and the Tartars. They have done all kinds of unthinkable things such as murder and arson, robbery of property, rape of women, and even arson of cities. And once the turmoil starts, it can be subsided later. The damage caused by the turmoil is also irreparable, so whoever hears the word "rebellious soldiers" will have a headache.

And what Jiang Xin was most worried about was whether these troublesome soldiers would take the opportunity to rush to his prefect's yamen and cut off his prefect's head. also robbed him of his life savings, and then snatched away his new sixth concubine?

At this time, there were not only Jiang Xin in the prefect's yamen, but also more than a dozen officials, including Liao Chunyu, who was a scholar and politician, all of them looked at Jiang Xin, expecting this supreme official to come up with a solution.

After a long time, Jiang Xin said to Wei's squad leader with a trembling voice: "Yang Bantou, where have those rebellious soldiers been now?" ”

The squad leader also said fearfully: "My lord, those rebels have just arrived at the Lion Alley on South Street, which is less than a mile away from us, and they are about to come to us, but ...... But there are only less than 40 officials in our yamen, and no matter what, we can't stop those chaotic soldiers, so you have to find a way quickly! ”

"How so...... How so! At this time, Jiang Xin was completely out of order, spinning in circles in place, but he couldn't think of a way.

Seeing Jiang Xin so flustered, Liao Chunyu couldn't help but say: "Lord Prefect, don't forget, we still have reinforcements, the new Commander Yue has brought three thousand elite soldiers, they can even fight the Tartars and flee, not to mention the chaos!" ”

"Oh...... Yes, yes, yes......"

As soon as Liao Chunyu said this, Jiang Xin, who was already out of proportion, immediately shouted as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "Why did the official forget Lord Yue, Yang Bantou...... You...... You immediately send someone to the school field in the west of the city, tell Lord Sù Yue, say that the city defense army is in turmoil, and ask him to lead the troops to quell the chaos! If it's late, you'll be puzzled! ”

"Yes!"

Yang Bantou agreed, and soon rushed towards the door, but before he could rush to the door, there was a commotion in front of him, and soon Yang Bantou ran back and cried at a faster speed: "My lord, it's not good, the rebels have surrounded the prefect's yamen, we can't get out!" ”

"What? Are we surrounded? Jiang Xin, who had just had some hope, immediately felt as if the sky was about to fall, and he couldn't help muttering: "Doesn't that mean that we are not saved?" ”

Seeing Jiang Xin's dejected appearance, Liao Chunyu couldn't hold back anymore, and shouted: "My lord, now is not the time to be depressed, what we have to do now is to hurry up to the yamen and wait for Lord Yue's rescue, otherwise even if Lord Yue can come, I'm afraid we will become a pile of dead corpses when he arrives." ”

After listening to Liao Chunyu's words, Jiang Xin suddenly realized: "Oh...... Yeah...... Yang Bantou, you immediately lead the officials to close the gate, and you must wait until Lord Yue comes to the rescue......"

Just when the whole city was in chaos, Yue Yang, who got the news, was furious, and he immediately gave an order.

"Hu Laosan, you immediately lead five hundred soldiers to Nancheng."

"Feng Xiaoming, you also immediately led five hundred sergeants to Dongcheng"

"Wu Chengfeng, you will divide the cavalry into two teams and go to the west gate and the north gate respectively. This officer led a thousand sergeants to the prefect's yamen to rescue! ”

"In addition, if you encounter a rebel on the way, you don't need to ask for instructions to kill them immediately!"

"Yes, obedience!"

The turmoil continued, and at this time, green smoke had begun to rise from some places in Hunyuan City, and it was some red-eyed rebels who were setting fire to the house.

The big market square in the east of the city, this place that is usually crowded with people, is like a Shura hell at this time, and the streets are full of people's corpses, which are lying on the ground. There were men, women, old and young, and many of them were "chiluo" with their bodies, their scarred faces full of frightened expressions, as if they were complaining about the injustice of the sky.

In a liquor shop, more than a dozen rebels shouted excitedly inside, several rebels poured wine into their mouths with wine jars in one hand, set fire everywhere with torches in the other, and at their feet lay an old man in a long robe and two young men, who were the shopkeepers and men of the liquor store.

At the door of the liquor store, several rebels were tearing at a woman's clothes, and they pushed her to the ground despite the woman's pleas, one of the rebels grabbed her hands, one pressed her feet, and the other desperately tore her clothes.

One of the rebels laughed loudly while pulling, "Haha, Lao Tzu has been a soldier for so many years, and he is the happiest today!" Or those gangsters said it well, what do the rebels do, the rebels are robbing money, food, and women! Brothers, don't you say? ”

"Yes!"

"Brother Li is so right!"

Several of the surrounding rebels laughed loudly, but the movements in their hands were not slow at all, and they were about to strip off the woman's clothes. The woman looked at these hideous-looking rebels with grief and indignation, and shouted with all her might: "God, if you have eyes, strike a thunderbolt and kill these beasts!" ”

"Little lady...... If God had eyes, Lao Tzu wouldn't have done this...... Hahaha......"

The undressed soldier laughed, his eyes were red at this time, a trace of saliva was running down the corner of his mouth, and the horizontal flesh on his face was so hideous.

"Bang ......"

Suddenly, there was a muffled sound, and the rebel's body was shaking with excitement, and then a large hole appeared in his chest, and the whole person slowly fell, and then a voice sounded in the street.

"Under the command of Yue, the order of the adults, the troublemakers will be killed!"