Hong Yigong, with the cooperation of his uncle, began to spread rumors: In order to defend the city, the Tartars were afraid that the Han people would respond internally and would kill all the Han people in the city!

In just two or three days, it spread all over the streets and alleys.

The rumors spread so quickly thanks to Han Yun's act of confiscating iron weapons. Clearly not believing in the Han people, and clearly wanting to suppress the Han people to death, many Han people were blackmailed, and they didn't even have enough money to buy food next month.

Kong Wenzhang, the largest wine merchant in the city, is also a traitor. Most of the sorghum harvested in the surrounding villages was sold to him to make wine, except for grain collection and retention.

In the cold and food-short Northeast China, liquor is a sought-after commodity!

Kong Wenzhang quietly came to Hong Chuxiu, chatted nonsense, and sighed: "This business can't be done." The imperial court has increased its distribution every year, and the sorghum has been taken to pay for grain, so how much wine can be left? It's better to be Brother Hong, let him be caused by natural disasters and man-made disasters, and ginseng will definitely not be sold. ”

"Hey," Hong Chuxiu shook his head again and again, "The mountains in the south are occupied by Emperor Zhao's soldiers. Where do I go to collect ginseng? ”

After talking for a long time, Kong Wenzhang asked in a low voice: "Brother Hong, have you heard that the Eight Banners are going to kill all the Han people in the city?" ”

Hong Chuxiu said: "The Eight Banners can really do it. ”

"What do you think?" Kong Wenzhang asked.

"What else can you think? The Tartar raises his knife, and let's stretch our necks. "Hong Chuxiu Yin Yang Strange Qi Dao.

"Tartar...... Tartar? Kong Wenzhang suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Hong calls the Eight Banners Master so, but he has already found a way out?" ”

Hong Chuxiu turned his head and said, "Come out." ”

Hong Yigong walked slowly to the hall and smiled at Kong Wenzhang.

Hong Chuxiu introduced: "This is the little nephew, who voted for Emperor Zhao a few years ago. Emperor Zhu has a brocade guard, Emperor Zhao has a black-clothed guard, and my little nephew is the errand of the black-clothed guard. ”

Kong Wenzhang was surprised and delighted, and knelt down on the spot: "Sinner Kong Wenzhang, knock on the black-clothed master of the Heavenly Empire!" ”

The Daming brocade guards are really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the black-clothed guards can be stained.

Hong Yigong pretended to be arrogant, sat down slowly, and said, "Get up." His Majesty will send 800,000 troops this year, and Shanxi, Hebei, and Liaodong are all fighting, and it is necessary to sweep away the pseudo-Qing and pseudo-Shun. You and other generations who have forgotten their ancestors, have been traitors and have done many evil things, and according to the law, they will all be killed by their families. ”

As soon as Kong Wenzhang stood up, he was so frightened that he shrank his neck and knelt down: "Please show the old man in black a clear way." ”

"What else is the clear way? It is nothing more than a meritorious service," Hong Yigong said, "Each family will set fire to the city at night, and after the fire starts, the city will be chaotic, and the Datong army outside the city will take advantage of the situation to attack the city." ”

Kong Wenzhang was puzzled: "The Tartar soldiers don't believe in the Han people, so they don't let us help defend the city." At night, there is a curfew, and they will walk around at will, and they will all be dealt with as spies. This...... How does this set fire? ”

Hong Yigong sneered: "Don't go out and set fire to the street, don't you know how to burn your own house?" ”

"Burn down your own house?" Kong Wenzhang was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Hong Chuxiu said: "My Hong family's house will definitely be burned." If you don't take the opportunity to make meritorious service and leave a big house, you won't be raided by the heavenly soldiers. Once you make meritorious service, even if the house burns down, are you afraid that there will be no glory and wealth in the future? ”

Kong Wenzhang pondered: "That's the truth. Can...... Alas, burn, burn, the old does not go, the new does not come! ”

In the past few days, Hong Yigong has contacted a total of four traitor businessmen.

He did not say when the fire would be set on fire, but let them bury the money and carry all their valuable goods into the courtyard. The firewood and grass are prepared, first poured with oil, and if someone sets a fire at night, it will follow.

The curfew can't go to the streets, and they all have to burn their homes!

As for Hong Yigong, he will lead people to take advantage of the chaos to continue to set fires, and in the past two years, he has also developed several anti-Qing righteous people.

After Lu Xiangsheng captured the Hundred Households City, he had been waiting patiently, he knew that there was an internal response in the city, and he was ready to attack the city at night.

Finally......

"Divisional commander, there's a fire in the city!"

Lu Xiangsheng climbed the tower of Baihu City, clenched his fists and smiled: "According to the plan, immediately attack the city." ”

The Hong family was the first to catch fire, and Han Yun sent a bunch of soldiers to check on it.

When they came to the door of Hong's house, Hong Chuxiu was sitting on the ground and wailing: "My house, which one has been cut by a thousand knives, have set my house on fire!" Is it easy for me to save some money by trading? A fire burned out...... Woo woo, I'm not alive anymore! ”

Fearing that their homes would be set on fire, the neighbors came to help put out the fire.

The fire became more and more intense, and the Kong family on the same street also quickly ignited a fire, and then four fires broke out in a row.

Han Yun came to the city, overlooked the fire in the city, and frowned: "All the houses burned are rich merchants' homes, they must be the work of spies, and they are the work of poor people who hate rich merchants!" ”

"Father, the enemy army will definitely take the opportunity to attack the city." Han Ki reminded.

Han Yun ordered: "Organize the people to fight the fire, and the Han people will also fight the fire together." The soldiers and bannermen all ascended the city to defend, and no one was allowed to leave the city walls! ”

The curfew was completely useless due to the spread of the fire, and the Tartars allowed Hermes-Epitek to move around their homes.

It's not okay to leave the house, is it possible that the fire is spreading, and the whole nest is waiting to be burned to death?

Hong Yigong took the opportunity to go to the street, and no one noticed him.

Several anti-Qing righteous people met at the appointed place, each carrying a barrel of oil in their hands. They went to the place where the Tartars stored their rations, where the Tartars patrolled, but it was impossible to cover everything, and they had already figured out where they could set fires.

"The grain depot is on fire, the grain depot is on fire!"

Han Yun was shocked, and hurriedly said to his son: "You take a hundred people to gather the people to extinguish the fire, and you must keep the grain depot!" ”

Han Ki quickly went, summoned the people with a knife, and whoever dared to disobey was hacked to death.

Just when a large number of people were forced by Han Ki to go to the grain depot with a knife, the streets inhabited by North Koreans also began to catch fire.

"Boom, boom!"

The artillery of the Datong Army has already arrived at the preset battery and opened fire to cover the advance of the siege infantry.

There were enemy troops outside, a fire inside, and the neighborhood where they were located was also burning, and the Korean Eight Banners soldiers in the city were all panicked. They didn't know whether to continue defending the city, or whether they should hurry home to put out the fire, and even if they held the city tonight, everything would be over.

The streets of the city were in complete chaos, and cries were heard everywhere.

"The Han soldiers have entered the city, and the Han soldiers have entered the city!"

"The city is broken, the city is broken!"

"General Han is dead, General Han is dead!

Hong Yigong led a few righteous men and ran along the street shouting, trying to create more chaos.

Han Ki, who was forcing the people to rescue the grain depot, saw that the fire could not be controlled, so he had to give up part of it and ordered the building to be demolished to prevent it from burning.

Barely holding on to two-thirds of the army's rations, a Tartar soldier came running and panting: "Less...... Major General, the Han soldiers have entered the city, and the general has been killed! ”

Han Ji was shocked when he heard this, and only heard the three sides of the east, west, and south, all shouting that the sound of killing shook the sky, and only the west city wall was very quiet.

Han Ki asked, "From which side did the enemy attack?" ”

The Tartar soldier shook his head: "I don't know, I heard a lot of people shouting on the street." ”

"It must be a rumor from a spy!" Han Ji couldn't rest assured, left 50 soldiers here, continued to let the people put out the fire, and took the rest of the soldiers to check out.

As soon as they ran out of the street for half a day, they heard people shouting everywhere: "The Han soldiers have entered the city, and General Han is dead!" ”

Han Ji was even more panicked, and only took a few personal soldiers and rode to the west wall where Han Yun was.

The remaining horseless Tartars did not follow, but ran home to find their families and try to escape.

"The Han soldiers have entered the city, let's go!"

The Korean Tatar soldiers returned to the Korean area and quickly brought the news, so these Koreans fled towards the north gate with their families.

There are also many Korean military dependents, shouting along the root of the city wall: "XXX, I am your aunt, the Han army has entered the city, you come back and escape together, it will be too late!" ”

Those soldiers defending the city were already trembling, and their nerves were completely tense.

Hearing the shouts, people kept slipping away from the city walls and running home. If you don't have a family, you can run directly to Beicheng, and you can escape from the three missing ones.

The rumor spread so smoothly thanks to the help of the Han people.

These Han people did not dare to resist the Tartars, but they dared to spread rumors. Seeing the Tartar soldiers flee in panic, Han Min's heart was extremely happy, so everyone shouted louder: "The Han soldiers have entered the city, and General Han is dead......

In each section of the city wall, more and more Tartar soldiers escaped.

Han Yun could only ride a war horse and shout all the way along the root of the city wall: "I am Han Yun, Captain Bendu is not dead, go back to defend the city quickly!" I'm Han Yun, and Captain Bendu is not dead......"

Some North Korean Tatar soldiers, hearing Han Yun's voice, obediently went back to continue to defend the city.

But there are also a lot of clever ghosts who pretend to be deaf and run faster!

It's like this tonight, it's strange to be able to hold on.

Although they were loyal to the Manchus, it was important to save their lives at such a point.

Han Yun rode all the way to the east city wall, and most of the Tartar soldiers here had already escaped. The vanguard of the Datong Army has even taken the opportunity to climb to the top of the city.

Han Yun knew that he could no longer defend it, so he said to his own soldiers: "You go and tell the young general and ask him to go to Beicheng immediately." Remember, whisper, don't alarm others. ”

The soldiers rode away, ran dozens of paces, and suddenly reined in and fled along the street towards the north.

As for what Major General?

The young general is heroic, covering the escape of friendly troops, and fighting bloodily in the city, he is really a loyal and brave man of my Qing Dynasty!

When Han Yun rode home and took his family to the North City Gate, the Datong army really entered the city. The eastern city wall was the first to be broken, because the defenders here fled the most, and then the southern city wall collapsed, and the defenders of the city took the lead in escaping, and the Eight Banners also ran when they saw that the situation was not good.

"Major General, the enemy army is coming from the southern city wall!"

"The south city wall is near the water, how can it be the first to lose? Where's my dad? ”

After Han Ji asked this, he had already guessed something, and immediately turned around and slipped back into the city, riding his horse and running towards the north city gate.

As soon as he left, all the nearby defenders fled.

However, it was said that after the Datong army occupied the eastern city wall, someone immediately blew the horn, and Lin Zhidong's cavalry hiding in the northern valley quickly came out of the valley after receiving the signal.

Those Tartars who fled from the northern gate were about to face the blades of more than two thousand dragoons.