Chapter Thirty-Six: Blood-stained Danshui
Yuan Yin is not famous on the stage of the Three Kingdoms, where there are many celebrities, and there are only a few lines of records about him, but this does not mean that he did not have status and power at that time.
Yuan Yin is Yuan Shu's younger brother, and has followed Yuan Shu's side since Yuan Shu started his army, and is deeply trusted and reused by Yuan Shu. Historically, after Yuan Shu occupied Yangzhou, which was rich in natural resources, he left the very important position of Danyang Taishou to Yuan Yin. After Yuan Shu's death, Yuan Yin led the remnants of Yuan Shu's troops to help Yuan Shu's coffin and family children to Anhui City to defect to Lujiang Taishou Liu Xun, but was killed by Liu Xun's men.
If you talk about the relationship between Yuan Yin and Yuan Shu, it is like the relationship between Cao Ren and Cao Cao. Cao Ren is also Cao Cao's younger brother, and he has won Cao Cao's trust and respect throughout his life, and has a high status among the generals of the Wei State.
Although this Yuan Yin is not as capable as Cao Ren, since he can lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Danshui County, it is enough to prove that he has become Yuan Shu's right-hand man at this time and has great power.
When Yuan Yin heard that there was a group of chaotic people who did not know whether they were alive or dead surrounded the gate of Danshui City, he immediately became angry, and regardless of the dissuasion of the county official Li Yan, he immediately ordered the soldiers and horses in the city to gather, and then rushed to the outside of the city, intending to arrest and imprison all the people who gathered to petition.
However, when Yuan Yin climbed the city gate to look at the city, he was shocked by the crowd of people outside the city.
Outside Danshui City, tens of thousands of people with hoes, sickles, forks and other agricultural tools have gathered at this time, and people can be seen in the distance from all directions, like a trickling stream flowing into the turbulent sea of people.
He was worried that the people under the city would gather more and more, and even the county seat of Danshui would no longer be safe, so he hurriedly ordered the generals Lei Bo and Chen Lan who led the troops out of the city: "General Lei, General Chen, quickly lead the troops to disperse these thieves who are making trouble!" Regardless of life and death, we must ensure the safety of Danshui! ”
This Lei Bo and Chen Lan are the generals newly recruited by Yuan Shu, the two of them were eager to show their strength and make meritorious contributions, after listening to Yuan Yin's chaotic life, they immediately became murderous, and with soldiers armed with knives and guns, they began to brutally kill and slaughter the people under the city.
"Brothers, kill me! Kill all these daring thieves! ”
Lei Bo rode on his war horse, wielded two long-handled copper hammers, and smashed them into the head of a man who turned and fled, and immediately smashed the man's skull, and red blood and white brains splattered everywhere.
"Kill! Lord Yuan has an order, regardless of life and death, be sure to ensure the safety of Danshui! ”
On the other hand, Chen Lan held a spear in his hand, shouted at the soldiers behind him with red eyes, and some rags and scraps of meat hung at the bottom of the tip of his spear, apparently killing more than one person.
When these Yuan soldiers saw that the people were panicked and scattered and fled for their lives, they were also full of courage one by one, and they kept firing arrows behind Lei Bo and Chen Lan, constantly piercing their spears into the bodies of the fallen people, and constantly cutting off the heads of the people with knives......
Pity these people who came to petition, originally just wanted to follow the practice of the tenants of Sanheting, thinking that with their large numbers and huge momentum, they could force the landlords in Danshui City to make concessions, but now they ushered in the ruthless killing of the garrison in the city.
After the initial panic and escape, the people found that the officers and soldiers were still in hot pursuit, and the retreat road was blocked by the people who came later, so they simply stopped running for their lives, but picked up the farm tools in their hands and resolutely met the swords and guns of Yuan Jun.
Next, a large-scale bloody clash between military and civilians broke out outside Danshui without warning.
Although the people did not have such sharp weapons as swords, guns, swords, and halberds in their hands, they were victorious because there were many people, and they had lost their minds, so they caused a lot of casualties to the Yuan army, which had already broken up the formation.
Some of the Yuan soldiers who rushed to the front had their heads gouged out by the angry people with a hoe, some were pierced through the throat with sharp forks, and some had their necks cut off with scythes...... Of course, the soldier was often accompanied by four or five wounded tenants and tenants who had lost their lives.
Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more chaotic, Lei Bo hurriedly shouted at the soldiers to regroup. At this moment, I don't know who among the rebels snatched the bow and arrow from the soldier's hand, and actually aimed at Lei Bo is arrow, which happened to hit Lei Bo's left eye.
"Oops! My eyes! Lei Bo hurriedly covered his eyes with both hands, and suddenly rolled off the horse's back.
"The general is wounded, send him to the city for treatment!" Lei Bo's personal soldiers hurriedly carried Lei Bo, who had died of pain, and ran towards Danshui City.
On the other side, Chen Lan, who had already fallen into a sea of people, also sensed the urgency of the situation, and was about to command his soldiers to withdraw towards the city, when suddenly a fist-sized flying stone flew from the chaotic crowd, shining on Chen Lan's helmet.
Chen Lan was hit by a flying stone on his head, and suddenly felt dizzy, hurriedly grabbed his horsehair, leaned over and rushed towards the city.
"Give me the order, stop the pursuit, and quickly return to the city!" Chen Lai retreated and gave orders at the same time.
The soldiers of the Yuan army, who were caught in the bitter battle of the sea of people, heard the order of the main general, and immediately did not care much, and retreated towards the city like a swarm, and when they entered the city, they were killed and injured by the chaotic people who followed them, and trampled to death and trampled on each other.
By the time the heavy city gate fell, the outside of Danshui City had become a blood-stained Shura field.
Yuan Yin, who was hiding above the city gate, saw with his own eyes thousands of petitioners dying under the rain of swords, guns and arrows of the officers and soldiers, and also saw hundreds of Yuan soldiers being beaten to death by the angry people, trampled into meat cakes and smashed into meat paste......
As the soldiers of the Yuan army retreated into the city, the petitioners finally gradually recovered their senses from their rage, and they slowly left the city of Danshui with the corpses of their relatives, friends, and fellow villagers in infinite pain and sorrow.
The survivors did not give up, and they agreed with each other that after burying the bodies of their relatives, friends and fellow villagers, they would take up arms and take revenge!
Yuan Yin, who was a little depressed, watched the people outside the city gradually disperse, and the fear in his heart gradually disappeared. Suddenly, he remembered a young, flushed face, and what he had said before it was dragged away.
"Lord Commander, don't use force against these bewitched villagers! Once a bloody conflict is triggered, I am afraid that the situation will deteriorate further and cause even greater turmoil and civil unrest! ”
The face that came to Yuan Yin's mind belonged to the county official Li Yan.
"Hmph, I can't see that Li Yan still has some knowledge! If I learn from my brother from the highway in the future that I don't listen to dissuasion and stir up a civil uprising in Danshui, I am afraid that I will be punished, and Li Yan will not be able to keep him! ”
Thinking of this, Yuan Yin suddenly had an idea, and immediately instructed the guards beside him: "The four of you immediately go to the prison to cut off Li Yan's head and send it to the official mansion!" ”
"Your Excellency's orders!" The four guards immediately took the order.
These guards are all dead soldiers raised by the Yuan family, and they have never only known how to carry out the master's orders, without asking for any reason, but now that Yuan Yin asked them to cut off Li Yan's head, they did not hesitate to carry out the order.
After Yuan Yin issued this secret order, he immediately came to the place where Lei Bo lived in the camp and personally comforted Lei Bo, who was injured and woke up.
"General Lei's martial arts are outstanding, and he showed his skills outside the city today, which is really an eye-opener for Yuan!"
"I am ashamed to be entrusted by my lords, and I was hurt in the eyes by the stray arrows shot by the rebels."
"General Lei doesn't have to blame himself, today's battle has made the villagers in turmoil see the power of our army and cannot be offended, I should personally ask for credit to the rear general for you in the future!" In the next few days, you will be recuperating in the camp with peace of mind, and you will make new contributions in the coming days! ”
"My lord treats my humble duties so heavily, and when I recover from my injuries, I will definitely sweep away the chaotic people everywhere for my lord!"
After comforting Lei Bo, Yuan Yin came to Chen Lan's place again, and he also sincerely comforted and encouraged, but he never mentioned that the two of them lost the rules and regulations in commanding the army, and they were in chaos when driving away the chaotic people, which caused the soldiers to fall into a bitter battle.
Yuan Yin knew better than anyone else that even if Lei Bo and Chen Lan didn't fight well, they were better than him, a civilian official. Now that Danshui has been hit by tens of thousands of chaotic people, his own safety will have to be maintained by Lei Bo and Chen Lan in the future, if he scolds and scolds the two at this time, it will only backfire, or even turn against each other.
After all, this Lei Bo and Chen Lan came from the wrong way, and before they took refuge in Yuan Shu, they were strongmen who were entrenched in one place. In case they are dissatisfied, they take the soldiers to other places, and it is not themselves who will suffer at that time?
After Yuan Yin finished buying people's hearts, he hurried back to the mansion where he lived, and met the four guards who had just been ordered to go halfway through.
"Lord Qiqi, then Li Yan is not in prison!" A guard approached Yuan Yin's carriage and hurriedly reported.
"What! How could Li Yan not be in prison? Didn't I have them put in prison awaiting disposition? When Yuan Yin heard this, he couldn't help but be furious.
"When the four of us went, the prison was open, the guards were gone, and all the prisoners who had been held in the prison had escaped, and the whole prison was empty!"
"What! Empty prisons? This time, Yuan Yin was no longer angry, but surprised.
Yuan Yin, who was furious, hurriedly ordered and said: "Immediately pass my order, martial law in the whole city, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must catch Li Yanhe and the bold thief who opened the prison door privately and released the prisoner!" ”
In a short time, the whole team of officers and soldiers blocked all the main roads in the city, and they began to search and arrest the city one by one, claiming that they wanted to arrest Li Yan, a county official who had colluded with the riotous people outside the city, and his comrades.
However, until noon on the second day, all the teams sent out to search for Li Yan did not find any trace of Li Yan, nor did they find the whereabouts of the prison officials and the prisoners who had been imprisoned.
After Yuan Yin got the report, he was furious and crackled and smashed a lot of pottery and ornaments that Yuan Shu gave him.
So, where is this Li Yan hiding? Why is it difficult to find a trace in Danshui City?