Chapter 0403: Rebellion
As soon as it gets dark, Juniper's side goes into action. He found out that the Zhenhai Gate in the east of the city had been broken and could not be repaired in a short time, so he asked the cavalry, who were not suitable for street fighting, to attack the back of the thieves from outside the city. And he led men through the city. Among the more than 10,000 horses in the city, Qin Minping, who also belonged to the Sichuan White Pole Army, was the most active, because his brother was 'killed in battle' during the day.
The two thousand white-pole soldiers are extremely powerful, and even Juniper lamented that these indigenous wolf soldiers dare to fight and fight without fear of death, and they are cheap and do not need military salaries, as long as they are provided with food and drink. But when it got dark, the meal that the native wolf soldiers deserved never came. Xue Sancai, the governor of Jiliao, who had originally promised to provide food, disappeared directly, and disappeared after dark.
The wolf soldiers dare to fight, but the military discipline is extremely bad. They were all indigenous slave soldiers, and the language was different from that of the local inhabitants of Tianjin. They are fighting in wars to get enough to eat, and if they can't meet even this minimum requirement, they will never obey orders.
Juniper's men and horses were responsible for the skirmish advance from the alley to the north. It's just that the feudal army has little enthusiasm for combat. If the stragglers are not watched by the officers, they will hide and be lazy, so Juniper must send his men to supervise the battle. In addition to constantly sending people to urge, Juniper didn't have time to take care of Qin Minping.
Qin Minping received Juniper's order to urge him to attack, but he was still struggling with how to find a way to fill his subordinates. The wolf soldiers were complaining that they hadn't eaten since noon, and that no one was taking care of the food, so they were going to rob - it was not a matter for the wolf soldiers to loot, they went all the way from Sichuan to Liaodong, and in many cases they relied on robbery to survive. The so-called 'bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates', referring to them.
It's just that there are too many gentry in Tianjin, and looting here is not trivial, and it is easy to get into trouble. Qin Minping was having a headache because of this, when he heard the sound of explosions constantly coming from the direction that Juniper was in charge of in the north, and it seemed that a fierce battle had taken place. If there is no movement on his side, he is afraid that he will offend Juniper.
Under the urgency of the military situation, someone suddenly came to the door to see Qin Minping by name, saying that there was a letter from his brother Qin Bangping. Qin Minping was anxious, and when he heard that there was a letter from his brother, he immediately invited someone in and asked, "Who are you?" Where is my brother? ”
The appearance of the person is not amazing, and the appearance is ordinary like ordinary people. He only handed over a letter and said: "Brother Ling was wounded during the day but is still alive and is healing in our army. This is the handwriting of Lord Qin's brother. My handsome man ordered me to send it, and I also passed on a few words. ”
Qin Minping hurriedly opened the letter, the letter was scribbled, but it was his brother Qin Bangping's handwriting. Qin Bangping didn't have much to say in the letter, only saying that he was still alive, but he told his younger brother to be loyal to the emperor's order and not to care too much about his life.
My own brother, how can I say that I don't care about it?
After reading the letter, Qin Minping knew that his brother must have fallen into the hands of the thief, but his heart was much more stable. The two brothers came all the way from Sichuan after hardships and dangers, so they can't leave their brother in another country, right? It's at least much better than hearing about my brother's death.
Looking at the person who reported the news, Qin Minping already had an idea in his heart. He began by saying, "You go back and tell your family boss and ask him to take good care of my eldest brother." Qin was willing to risk the rebuke of General Du, and the Sichuan soldiers would not move tonight. ”
The person who reported the news shook his head and said: "My family commander doesn't want Lord Qin to kill the field and keep his hands, but to fight or kill." It's just that there are some things I want to ask Lord Qin to do for me. As he spoke, he took out a folded booklet from his cuff, "I heard that Lord Qin's subordinates are still hungry, and I think they must have been harassed by Shangguan." These are all famous wealthy officials and gentry in Tianjin, and they have a lot of rice and grain at home. ”
Qin Minping accepted the booklet and suddenly felt hot. He heard that the 'revolutionary army' hated the gentry very much, and now that the war was stalemate, the other party did not forget to borrow a knife to kill people. Although he was annoyed, he was helpless, so he could only ask in a low voice: "This is a critical juncture, you still have to embarrass the Tianjin gentry, what is the benefit?" ”
"Lord Qin, even if you do it, why do you have to ask so much? Your wolf soldiers are very good at fighting, and they are also very good at harassing places. Now that there is no food or food, sooner or later there will be chaos. Instead of letting them plague the people, it is better to plague the gentry. At least the gentry still have some oil and water. The messenger said, "If Lord Qin restrains and commands, the common people will have fewer disasters." ”
"But I'm new to the city, and I don't know who or where you write in this booklet?"
"It's okay, this Tianjin person is the guide of Lord Qin."
As soon as the person who reported the news gave up, it could be regarded as forcing Qin Minping to the point where he had nothing to say. The latter sighed, and could only be ruthless, thinking secretly: This Jiliao Governor has made it clear that he has not eaten or drunk. Now that my brother's life is in the hands of the thief, and the Sichuan soldiers have come so far to King Qin and are still hungry, don't blame yourself for being ruthless.
Someone was a guide, and Qin Minping immediately took his wolf soldiers to eat big households. The Tusi wolf soldiers are noisy on weekdays, and their own commanders all want to comfort and scold, but today Qin Minping took the initiative to take them to rob them, which made these slave soldiers very excited. Together with this chaotic soldier, the first one that broke was the home of the Tianjin Caoyun General Soldier.
In the dark night, the rebels easily broke through the courtyard wall, rushed in with hula, and were immediately dazzled by the luxurious scene of carved railings and jade inside. Even Qin Minping, who followed in, was dazed by the cloister attic that counted several times.
Thinking that he led his troops to fight, he didn't even have food to eat in the wind and rain, and the officials in Tianjin could still drink and sing with his wife and beautiful maid in his arms, and anyone would be disgusted and gallous.
I'm sorry for myself if I don't rob it.
Watching the wolf soldiers kill and loot in all directions, the guide sent by the security department of the 'revolutionary army' couldn't help but sneer in his heart - Zhou Qingfeng evacuated Tianjin very decisively after understanding the huge difference between the forces of the enemy and us. But if you want to evacuate, you must at least cause some trouble for the enemy, so as not to be pursued by the enemy. At the same time, in order to have less trouble and less infamy next time, it is natural to find someone to be the villain.
As soon as the wolf soldiers began to loot, Qin Minping knew that he would never stop if he didn't let them grab enough. There was no turning back after taking this step, so he simply sent more people to make trouble in the whole city according to the instructions of the guide, and anyway, the goods that the wolf soldiers grabbed would share with him. Since you have torn your face, it is natural to grab a little more.
The wolf soldiers' robbery was murder and arson, and the chain effect was that the other Ming troops who followed Juniper into the city could not control it, and they joined the looting team one after another.
Juniper was supervising the battle, and after he led his troops into the east of the city, his men were constantly howling wolf howls from tripping mines placed by combat engineers, and it was difficult to advance for a long time.
Many of these tripping thunderbolts were modified from ballista shells, and with friction fuses, it was difficult to detect them in the dark. The viciousness of this thing is that it is impossible to fathom, and it is equipped with a time-lapse fuse, and it explodes without warning, killing several or even a dozen juniper family members at every turn.
After a dozen blow-ups, Juniper's family refused to move forward. Even the miscellaneous soldiers of the Ming army who were suppressed by the bullets tried their best to escape. For these mines, the Xuanwu Zhenren from the Imperial Palace Ouchi didn't have a very good way. The old man could only rely on his own two eyes to find it, and when he found it, he angrily kicked him with his foot and blew him up on the spot.
"Despicable, so despicable!"
Xuanwu Zhenren jumped out of the courtyard wall of the road that had been blown down in anger, and jumped into the air despite the fact that his head was covered in dust. He appeared in the air as a troll with a snakehead and a turtle body, and rushed to the east of the city without hesitation, shouting, "Come out, damn thief chieftain, you come out for me." What kind of hero is engaged in these mechanisms? Come out and have a big fight with your turtle grandpa! ”
The Xuanwu real people were scurrying around in mid-air, and the roar had no effect at all except to scare the remnants of the people on the ground into fainting. He searched for a long time and didn't find the target, and then he realized: "This bastard boy is not in the city at all, he actually ran away!" ”
This realization came too late, and Zhou Qingfeng's men and horses had already left Tianjin and did not know where to go. The camp outside the city is empty, and the roads in Siye are nowhere to be found, and I don't know where to look for them?
Xuanwu Zhenren returned to Juniper after recovering the prototype, angrily explaining his discovery. Juniper was furious that he had killed more than a hundred people for nothing, and he couldn't help but be even more annoyed when he heard that the thief had slipped away lightly. But before he sent someone to chase him, the chaos caused by Qin Minping had already spread to his side.
Governor Xue Sancai, who disappeared after nightfall, ran to complain with hundreds of looted gentry, asking why Juniper failed to restrain his subordinates, causing a mutiny? Today's Ming Dynasty is still noble and martial, and juniper is not much worse than Xue Sancai in terms of grade. But if it weren't for this big battle, he would have knelt down and kowtow when he saw Xue Sancai.
Xue Sancai was scolded by Juniper during the day, and when he turned around, he gave him small shoes to wear, and it was expected that this military general would be in chaos if he had less food and drink, and he would be able to play a copy of him at that time. But he thought that the rebels would find the people in the city at most to be angry, but he didn't expect Zhou Qingfeng to make trouble behind his back and point the finger at the official gentry in Tianjin - the rebellious soldiers are not stupid, and they found that the official gentry have a lot of oil and water, who will rob the poor people?
Faced with the questioning of the governor of Jiliao, Juniper was even more angry. He could only send his own family members to suppress the rebels, but it was useless for the family to go, and even followed the rebels to join the ranks. All of a sudden, the situation was completely out of control.
At night, the city of Tianjin was full of fires and shouts. Crowds of rebels swaggered through the market, either grabbing the looted silk and satin cloth in their hands, or pulling the weeping officials and gentry and their dependents. In this chaotic darkness, ordinary people also suffered, but the most unlucky were the gentry in the city. Under the guidance of the guide, they were stunned that more than half of them were killed and injured overnight, and their vitality was greatly damaged.
It wasn't until dawn the next day that the tired rebels stopped for a while. Juniper finally knew why this mess happened - Xue Sancai packed the ticket to provide the army with food, but in fact only gave half of it. Juniper's men grabbed it and ate it, but the unfortunate one was the Tusi wolf soldier from Sichuan who was hungry.
Qin Minping knew that he had a big disaster, and after he had enough of it, he led his troops out of the city from the east gate and stationed in the camp left by Zhou Qingfeng. Xue Sancai couldn't do anything about it, he was now an empty governor, and he had no ability to deter these arrogant generals. In the face of the chaos in the city, he even had to clean up the mess for these big-headed soldiers, after all, the most important issue now is to eliminate the rebels.
But where did the thief go?
By the time tensions in Tianjin had stabilized, it was two days after Zhou Qingfeng's evacuation. In the past two days, no one knew where the thieves went, until a fast horse came from the direction of the capital.
Emperor Wanli issued an angry rebuke from the deep palace: You waste, I let you suppress the thieves, and the anti-thieves have been exterminated under my nose.
Zhou Qingfeng led his troops to conquer Tongzhou.