Huai'an Mansion, the fire burned for two hours and finally extinguished, at this time, the entire Mansion has been burned out, the broken wall is ruined, and the scorched Mansion Door Beam is still smoking from birds.

The old gang leader was stunned, his chest fell to the ground together, and after a long while, he adjusted his breathing and said, "Okay, we have no way to retreat." ”

Everyone was shocked, and they all looked at the deputy gang leader.

Deputy gang leader: "Father-in-law, Dong Ping was not killed by our people, and the government was not set on fire by our people." ”

"Is there a difference?"

The old gang leader asked loudly.

The deputy gang leader bit his teeth, "Don't let me find out who it is, otherwise I'll kill him!" ”

The three hall masters and some of the leaders of the Cao Gang all bowed their heads silently.

Old Gang Leader: "What now?" ”

The crowd was silent.

The old gang leader turned around, his eyes wandered over everyone, and finally sighed, "You guys, you don't understand anything, you don't prepare anything, you dare to rebel!" ”

Deputy Helper: "Please call the shots." ”

The crowd shouted in unison, "Do as the master commands!" ”

The light in the old gang leader's eyes flashed, and then he said categorically: "If we can't control the situation in the city soon, we will be completely defeated!" ”

Speaking of which, he asked the deputy gang leader, "Who people might you have contacted?" ”

"Can't! They all took the initiative to contact us, since they were bumped into by Feng Yuan, they have not shown up, however, Dong Ping must have died in their hands, Dong Ping's personal guards were all killed by a knife, and our people have no ability. ”

The old gang leader glanced at him, "No matter what method you use, you must find them, we can't just be used as guns." ”

Deputy Gang Leader: "Yes." ”

The old gang leader said while pacing: "Quickly organize people to quell the turmoil everywhere, distribute the armor and weapons in the treasury, give priority to equipping people you can trust, immediately close the city gates, gather the Cao Gang brothers scattered outside the city to enter the city, and send people to find out the news in the direction of Yangzhou, especially the Jiangnan camp stationed outside Yangzhou." ”

At this moment, there were bursts of crying in the distance, and the old gang leader turned around and shouted loudly: "Cut! Whoever took advantage of the fire to rob and insult the people was beheaded. ”

The deputy gang leader hesitated for a moment and replied, "Yes." "Led people over.

When the fire in Huai'an City burned the most vigorously, Jia Jue has led 5,000 cavalry across the pontoon bridge, after nearly an hour of rest, the war horse has recovered its physical strength, in order to be able to rush to Huai'an as soon as possible, Jia Jue led 5,000 cavalry and three horses after a night of galloping finally arrived outside Huai'an City, although the sky has been bright, but the billowing smoke over Huai'an City is still faintly visible, he has sent someone to inquire about the situation, waiting for the return.

After a while, a team of patrol posts rushed back, the team officer turned over and dismounted, walked over quickly, and gave a military salute, "Qiyu Marshal, the Cao Gang in Huai'an City rebelled, burned the Yamen, the Caoyun Yamen and the patrol battalion were defeated, and Dong Ping, the governor of Caoyun, was killed. On the way, he met an official who claimed to be the prefect of Huai'an. ”

"The prefect of Huai'an Prefecture?"

Jia Jue showed a surprised gaze, this embarrassed middle-aged man was actually the prefect of Huai'an Mansion, waved his hand, and ordered his soldiers to let him over.

"Huai'an prefect Xu Guangzhi pays a visit to Zhongwubo!"

Xu Guangzhi walked up and bowed, briefly told what happened last night, and said urgently: "Please also ask the uncle to quickly send troops to quell the rebellion and save the people of Huai'an!" ”

At this time, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came, Niu Er pulled his horse and galloped to this side, flew off his horse, and reported: "Dashuai, all the gates of Huai'an City have not been closed, and there are people fleeing everywhere. ”

"Good!"

Jia Jue turned over and waved his hand, "Follow me into the city to quell the rebellion!" ”

With an order, everyone was excited, got on their horses, and drove towards Huai'an City.

Jia Jue led 5,000 cavalry to gallop towards Huai'an City, 5,000 cavalry of the Rui Shi Battalion was like a rolling torrent, the sound of hooves was like thunder, the dust was all over the sky, roaring from the official road, those people who escaped from Huai'an City were dumbfounded, and the imperial reinforcements arrived?

In just a moment, it was as if the pot had exploded outside Huai'an City, their homes were all in Huai'an, if the traitors occupied Huai'an City, what would happen to their lives in the future, they didn't dare to imagine, suddenly someone shouted, "Go home!" In the sound of going home, the fleeing people began to walk in the direction of Huai'an City again.

Finally quelled the chaos in the west city, a hall master led hundreds of patchwork Cao Ding to the north city gate, his task is to drive the nearby people, the city gate closed, at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves like a dense rain of rain sounded outside the city, the whole earth was shaking.

"What is this?"

"Ride.... Cavalry? ”

"Everyone, run away, it's the official army who is coming!"

With a shout, everyone was frightened, and they subconsciously threw away the weapons they had just received in their hands, turned around and ran towards the city, shouting: "The officers and soldiers are coming!" ”

"Kill!"

Jia Jue waved his hand lightly, and the five thousand cavalry launched, the war horses galloped, burst out of the murderous aura, and swept towards the city.

The people screamed and the horses neighed, and the screams were everywhere, and those Cao Ding were knocked on their backs, and they fled slowly, and they were immediately swept up by the rolling iron cavalry of the Ruishi Battalion, and they were strangled to pieces.

The battle was short and tragic, this was a one-sided massacre, for a while, except for the Ming army at the north city gate, there was no longer a standing living person, hundreds of Cao Ding were all killed, no one escaped, and the hall master was cut off by a cavalryman in a panic.

"Kill all the traitors!"

Groups of cavalry from the Ruishi Battalion poured into Huai'an City from the north gate, and they kept their formation and charged forward on the streets, and all the traitors they encountered along the way were wiped out.

In the face of such murderous officers and cavalry, not to mention those who rebelled against Cao Ding and those with evil intentions, even the people of Huai'an who fled on the street were also frightened and fled in all directions, in order to minimize the casualties of the people, someone specially read out Jia Jue's military order, "The people of Huai'an City listen, the Rui Shi battalion was ordered to quell the rebellion, the army exterminated the thieves, and the people immediately returned home and closed their doors, do not stay in the market, violators are regarded as traitors, and they will be killed!" ”

Just when the Ming army was exterminating the chaos everywhere, the old gang leader led a group of henchmen to rush to the Caoyun Yamen, and just walked into the hall, there was a whistling sound outside the door, "What's the matter?" ”

As he spoke, he led the people to the front street.

As soon as he stepped out of the gate of the Caoyun Yamen, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the old gang leader suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart, and then he saw a group of Cao Ding running towards this side, as if there was something terrible chasing behind them, and they were so frightened that they screamed wildly, and they all looked terrified.

In the incomprehensible gaze of everyone, these Cao Ding ran directly over, ignoring these high-level Cao Gang leaders who were usually high-ranking in the sky, and at this moment, the rumbling of horses' hooves was closer, and it was obvious that a large group of cavalry was rushing towards this side.

Someone proposed to withdraw first, after all, I don't know how many troops there are on the opposite side, the old gang leader gritted his teeth and said: "If you can't leave, if you want to get rid of it, you can only kill these officers and cavalry." ”

The old gang leader is well-informed, this front street is not the main street of Huai'an City, and can only accommodate five horses in parallel, so the cavalry charge of the officers and soldiers is at most three horses in a row, and they can use the streets and alleys on both sides to shoot these officers and soldiers with bows and arrows, and the more than 1,000 people around him at this moment are all his henchmen, it is these people who broke down the patrol battalion, as for how the Cao soldiers were defeated, it is still a mystery.

Under the command of the old gang leader, the elite of the Cao Gang lined up several layers of archers on the front street, and the archers were flanked by small alleys, and they could hide in the alleys at critical moments, and behind them were the elite of the Cao Gang wearing armor and holding swords and shields, and these people were responsible for fighting the officers and soldiers who were forced to dismount and fight.

Finally, after they set up the formation, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves in front, and those officers and soldiers who were regarded as demons by the routs finally appeared in the eyes of everyone, and the old gang leader couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, "

This is not a soldier in Jiangnan! ”

The old gang leader also rolled out in the sea of swords and fire when he was young, and he could see at a glance that these cavalrymen dressed in iron armor, with high heads and horses under their hips, exuding murderous aura were not soldiers from Jiangnan, this kind of momentum, this kind of murderous aura He had only seen in the border army.

Looking at the cavalry getting closer and closer, the old gang leader's expression became solemn, and he began to regret it in his heart, reckless!

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the cavalry of the Ming army rushed closer and closer, 800 steps, 600 steps, 500 steps..... It has gradually approached the range of bows and arrows, and the old gang leader has seen it clearly, these cavalry are covered with iron armor on the outside and cotton armor on the inside, that is to say, it is difficult for the bows and arrows on their side to cause damage to them, looking at the Ming cavalry that is getting closer and closer, they roared loudly, "Prepare to release the arrows!" ”

Before he could say a word, Cao Ding immediately shot the arrows in his hand, and nearly a hundred arrows were shot at the rushing cavalry in a disorderly manner, these Cao Ding were not trained after all, and the distance between the two sides was relatively long, this wave of arrow rain did not cause any harm to Rui Shi.

The old gang leader saw the frightened and panicked faces of his subordinates, so he had to encourage: "Put two more rounds of bows and arrows, and you can retreat into the alley." ”

He shouted loudly to the elite of the Cao Gang holding swords and shields beside him: "Kill an officer and soldier for three hundred taels, and all the officers and soldiers killed belong to you!" ”

"Shoot the arrows!"

With an order, the archers fired two more rounds of misses, but still failed to do any damage to the cavalry.

A hall master waved the long knife in his hand and shouted loudly, "Kill the officers and soldiers!" ”

"Kill!"

Nearly a thousand Cao Gang elites shouted frantically with swords and shields in their hands and rushed over.

At this moment, several cavalrymen who rushed to the front took out the earth-shaking thunder from the saddle bag, shook the fire fold and lit it, grabbed the rope and threw it out, and the earth-shaking thunder that fell from the sky exploded violently, and the poor Cao Ding who rushed forward desperately was blown into pieces before he could react, and the stumps and broken arms flew all over the sky, and there was a burst of flesh rain and blood mist in the air, and the strong smell of blood was almost suffocating.

Countless earth-shattering thunderbolts were thrown over one after another, and they exploded in the chaotic crowd one after another, with a deafening explosion and a terrible scream, the hall master was stunned for a moment, "Boom! "In the midst of a loud bang, flesh and blood flew sideways.....

Cao Ding was terrified, they turned around and fled, at this moment, the cavalry suddenly launched, the Ming cavalry brandished a long knife to the fleeing Cao Ding Meng, the old gang leader who was watching the battle in the back gasped, he never thought that this would happen, looking at the Ming cavalry who rushed into the crowd and slashed everywhere, he understood, if he didn't go, he couldn't leave, and said directly: "Withdraw!" He turned around and rushed into the alley on the side.

These have never been through the war Cao Ding with a brave force in the melee last night to collapse the patrol battalion that has not experienced the war, but in the face of the fierce and fierce Rui Shi battalion cavalry, they have no power to fight back, by the Ming army cold killing frightened heartbreak, frightened fleeing, crying, pleading and dying screams together, originally they expected the frontal fight, directly evolved into a unilateral pursuit and slaughter without suspense, in the pursuit and strangulation of the Ming cavalry, Caoyun Yamen front street blood flowed, There were stumps and severed arms everywhere, and because there was no shouting from the officers, not a single Cao Ding survived the massacre.

The rebellion of the Cao Gang was very sudden, and it ended quickly, a team of prisoners of war were being escorted in, Jia Jue ordered the Cao soldiers to gather to build a simple prisoner of war camp with a wooden fence outside the city, and all the Cao Ding will be held here, while screening, while waiting for the disposal of the imperial court, of course, in order to appease the people, a group of people who have committed the most heinous crimes will be selected to be beheaded and shown to the public!

Jia Jue rode on his horse, staring at the group of captured Cao Ding, many of them were injured, all of them looked panicked and glazed, and they didn't understand why they had reached this point, let alone what would greet them?

In the distance, a large group of women and children were driven by the patrol battalion soldiers, stumbling, crying shocking, Jia Jue frowned slightly, what is going on?

At this time, a team of patrol battalion soldiers came over with Xu Guangzhi in their arms, and arched their hands: "Meet the uncle!" ”

"Governor Xu is here."

Jia Jue smiled and nodded.

"Thanks to the uncle, otherwise the official would have to find a rope to hang on the side of the road."

"Governor Xu said this, he is trying to force the miscellaneous family to death!"

Feng Yuan sat on his horse, looked at those prisoners of war coldly, and asked, "Uncle, what are you going to do with these Cao Ding?" ”

Xu Guangzhi's eyes flashed with a cold light, "I still have to ask!" All the prisoners of war were beheaded, and as for their families, the old men and men were all killed, and the women were not prostituted among the officials, so that these people knew the fate of the rebellion. ”

Jia Jue and Feng Yuan glanced at each other, which was to vent all the anger of the lost city on these Cao Ding.

Jia Jue said with a smile: "This matter still has to be reported to the imperial court, and the Xu Governor's Mansion still hurried to appease the frightened people and gather the scattered officers and soldiers, I heard that more than half of the houses in Huai'an City were damaged, especially in Xicheng." ”

Xu Guangzhi sighed, "Although the uncle quickly quelled the rebellion and recovered Huai'an City, I can't get rid of the charge of losing the city, I just hope that the court can punish it lightly." ”

"I believe that the imperial court will handle this matter impartially, after all, no one expected the Cao gang to rebel."

Jia Jue smiled, "The specific situation of Huai'an City, Ben Shuai is not clear, and the excerpt to the imperial court has to be discussed by the two of you, and Ben Shuai will not be involved." ”

Speaking of this, he asked Zhao Xuan again: "Have you caught the high-level of the Cao Gang?" ”

Zhao Xuan hesitated, "It may be mixed in with the prisoners of war, but most of them may have died in the melee...."

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Jia Jue looked at the prisoners of war again, then nodded, and ordered Zhao Xuan: "Hurry up and clear the remaining traitors in the city, it must be completed before dark, and all the lawbreakers who take advantage of the fire to rob will be beheaded on the spot." ”

.......

Suddenly there was a scream, and the old gang leader looked at the deputy gang leader in disbelief, "You, you.... Why? I saw a long sword glowing with cold light slowly pulling out of his chest, and at this moment, fresh blood was dripping from the tip of the sword.

More than a dozen henchmen of the old gang leader rushed over to protect him behind him, and they all drew their knives out of their sheaths and stared at the deputy gang leader.

At this time, more than a dozen sturdy men with steel knives in their hands walked down from several black-roofed boats docked on the bank of the canal, exuding an astonishing murderous aura, obviously not ordinary outlaws.

The deputy gang leader sneered, "If you die, the Cao Gang will have a future." ”

The old gang leader spurted out a mouthful of blood, "You, did you do it on purpose?" Cao Xuan... You're going to ruin the entire Cao Gang.... You ....."

"That's it!"

Cao Xuan didn't pay attention to these, his eyes swept over those Cao Ding, and said loudly: "Our ancestors have worked diligently for the imperial court, in exchange for a difficult day without food, and now the emperor is eyeing the wealth accumulated by the Cao Gang for hundreds of years, to tell you the truth, even if there is no last night, everyone will end up with a broken family today, and those cavalry from the north are the best proof." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, pointed to the old gang leader, and continued: "From now on, we will share weal and woe together, we will not exploit our brothers like them, we will not let everyone go hungry anymore, and in the future, we will wear official skins and become real people, glorifying our ancestors!" ”

The old gangleader's lips twitched, and his face was as white as paper.

Those old gang leader's henchmen had not yet come to their senses, and they heard Cao Xuan shouting again, "Only kill the old thief who led the Cao Gang into the abyss, the others, throw down the weapons, we are still brothers, quit!" ”

A knife was thrown on the ground, and then another on the ground, and for a moment, the wounded old gang leader was left alone.

Cao Xuan slowly stepped forward with a long sword, and said: "The property of the Cao Gang has long been transferred by me, and I will lead the brothers to the north of Xuanfu, the battle of the grassland, the court will be defeated!" ”

The old gang leader was startled, and Cao Xuan's sword waved!