Chapter 31: Riots 3
The richest Wang Yuan on the street has long been robbed by the Dashun Army, which is the compound where Yang Xin and them are stationed, and the others, who are relatively rich, are the three shopkeepers on the street, and there are still a few bosses, who have already run away, and these three people are even poorer, so they have never found a chance to run away.
Naturally, they became the targets of robbery by the homeless people and ordinary people on the streets, so in fear, all of them dragged their children and daughters, and the three families of fifteen or sixteen fled to the barracks.
Everyone talked and looked at this group of people.
Yang Xin smiled and said, "It's not impossible to take you in, but I need to lead the way!" ”
The three bosses didn't know why, and their faces were full of confusion.
Yang Xin said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Gao, how many of the four major grain merchants in the capital you mentioned before?" ”
The shopkeeper suddenly changed color, and stammered: "There are one or two, what does the general mean?" ”
Yang Xin smiled, "Naturally, we need a senior shopkeeper to lead the way, so we can grab his vote." ”
The shopkeeper Gao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This is not good, absolutely not!" ”
Yang Xin waved his hand and said: "If the three of them don't help, the general will only have to send off the guests, the three shopkeepers, please rest assured, everyone is a partner, and we will not come to rob you." ”
"This ......" The shopkeeper Gao's face was full of iron, if he went out at this time, wouldn't he be robbed by the homeless people on the street? That's not going to go out anyway.
"Okay, General, but I don't need to show up, I'll just send the butler Ah Fu to show you the way, he knows where those people are!"
The shopkeeper finally relented.
Yang Xin immediately ordered fifty soldiers, took the housekeeper Ah Fu, and set off in full armor, while the rest of the people were on standby, everyone took weapons, and guarded the house under the leadership of the princess.
They are famous rich people in the neighborhood, and now the whole Dongmen people know them, and the whole Xiaoqi is doing business and selling grain, and the high-priced batch can not be rich? So you have to guard against others thinking about yourself.
"The people of the Fan family grain store are hiding in the temple on Dongmen Temple Street, and the people of the Qian family grain store are hiding in the official office of the Wucheng Terracotta Division, and the other two families, the small ones don't know."
The shopkeeper said softly in Yang Xin's ear.
Yang Xin heard it with a big head, these people really know how to hide, even the official office dares to hide, and when he heard it, he did not hesitate to choose to find the Fan family, although there are not many people left in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and he is afraid that these people will not be able to gnaw.
A group of more than 50 people set off in a line and went straight to Temple Street.
Along the way, there were robberies and looting, and the riots intensified, from the initial attack on the grain store, to the sweeping of the shops on the entire street, and then to the storming of people's houses, which was in full swing.
People are starving to death, and any crazy move is conceivable.
The crowd walked to the gate of the temple, and the two black-clothed men at the door saw that everyone was so frightened that they hurriedly closed the door.
Yang Xin shouted: "Catch up, don't let them run." ”
The first to chase after him with a spear.
When he arrived at the door, the door was closed, and Yang Xin hit it twice, but the door was very firm, but it didn't open it.
It's a little embarrassing.
Chen Shenggen on the side didn't say a word, climbed the wall and climbed in, fortunately, the wall was not too high, several soldiers followed suit, and soon a few people climbed in.
After a while, the door opened from the inside.
Everyone rushed in, and inside was a small square, and a huge copper tripod was placed in front of a large hall.
More than a dozen black-clothed people rushed out of the main hall, all holding weapons, looking at everyone fiercely.
The leader was holding a long sword and shouted, "Who are you?" ”
Yang Xin looked at their weapons, and couldn't help but be covered in a cold sweat, these people were well-armed, steel knives, long swords, knives and axes, and even two people were holding bows and crossbows, and a few were wearing leather armor.
Looking at their appearance, they are all fierce, and they are obviously battle-hardened veterans. Yang Xin was also on the battlefield for the first time, and he was a little hesitant and didn't know what to do, Chen Shenggen on the side shouted "kill",
took the lead and rushed over, several brothers and relatives of the Chen family followed closely, and then, the people in front rushed over.
Yang Xin shook his head when he saw it, because only twenty soldiers participated in the military training, these people were equipped with muskets, and the muskets of this era did not have bayonets and could not be used in close combat, so Yang Xin transferred thirty soldiers who had not participated in military training in front, as a melee unit, who knew that these people were all rabble, and they rushed out without hearing their orders, maybe it was the first time that they were too nervous about the enemy.
The soldiers in the back were completely different, twenty soldiers under the command of Daniel Zhang had already lined up in three rows according to the requirements of training, everyone began to load the musket with ammunition, lit the fire rope, and all waited for Yang Xin's order, and none of them fired without authorization.
The men in black on the opposite side looked at each other, they didn't see the camp of the musketeers behind them at this time, only saw a group of homeless people with wooden sticks screaming and rushing towards their group of people in an orderly manner.
These more than ten people were not afraid at all, and the leader immediately took the lead with a long sword in his hand, and met him, and with a sword, he slashed the shoulder of Chen Shenggen, who rushed to the front, and cut the boss a cut, and the blood flowed immediately.
However, this Chen Shenggen was very fierce, but he was not afraid, regardless of the wound, a stick hit the left hand of the man in black, but the man in black was wearing leather armor and had a wrist guard on his arm, this stick did not cause harm, but it just felt a little pain.
However, the others were not as fierce as Chen Shenggen, and the three who rushed in front were immediately cut down, two of them were already out of breath, and one was lying on the ground wailing, and in a round of confrontation, the man in black was unharmed.
At this moment, the two crossbowmen fired two arrows, and two more fell to the ground with a scream.
In a matter of moments, five of them had fallen, and there were only thirty in total, and the others were suddenly demoralized, and some had already begun to retreat.
Yang Xin is in a hurry, this is simply a massacre, his own people are fighting in groups, the other party is killing people, this can't be fought.
"Stand down, back to both sides!"
Yang Xin shouted.
These people were already afraid, they had never been on the battlefield, seeing that the other party was so fierce, they put down the five people as soon as they met, where is there still morale at all, just when they heard Yang Xin's shout, they retreated one after another.
How arrogant they were when they came, how embarrassed they were when they retreated, but fortunately this courtyard was not that big, if it was only them, the result would definitely be chased and killed to a rout.
The people in black were in high spirits, feeling that the other party was a group of rabble of homeless people, although the number was large, they were vulnerable, and they chased forward one after another, and the leading man in black shouted: "Kill, brothers!" ”
However, they soon regretted it, and after the group of homeless people ran away, a group of musketeers suddenly appeared in front, in a tight formation, three rows and neat rows, and the black barrels of guns were facing them, and cold sweat broke out on their heads one by one.