Dongcheng Lieutenant Chen Zhi's courage was taken away. Before half of the incense sticks were burned out, he and his men all evacuated to the open space in front of the door. He also felt that he had no shame to say anything nice to Lin Fu, so he retreated with his head. The road was left to Dongcheng Lieutenant
The soldiers and horses were tightly blocked, and Chen Zhi had no intention of organizing the queue. He didn't even order a retreat. He just rode his tall horse through the green seedling fields and headed south. Of course, his men also swarmed away. There were people on horseback,
There were those who were walking, and the queue was scattered in a mess. The ordinary soldiers were helpless. The people behind were blocked by poplar trees and had no idea what was happening in front. When they saw the officers fleeing south from the fields, they were afraid that the attack would fail. Inside
When people came out to fight, they rushed to the south in a swarm. Panic spread very quickly, and when people around them started running wildly, they would only abandon their troops and run away...
Lin Fu looked at Lin Fu in the gate and felt funny, angry and hateful. This is how mediocre generals and corrupt ministers ruin the country. How can the scene of troubled times be so clear before your eyes? People with a little ambition will see such fighting power in front of them.
Weak soldiers, one-third of ambition probably breeds one-third of ambition. Ge Fu, Wu Yanqing, Zhao Shuhan, Ge Siyu and even Zhao Qinmin also looked at the scene in the fields in front of them and shook their heads and sighed.
At this time, the horn whistle bell sounded again. Everyone felt strange. The soldiers and horses of the Military and Horse Division had all withdrawn. Why did the warning whistle bell ring again?
Surrounding the outer high wall for protection, you need to go up to the turret, either by going around the north and south gates, or by borrowing a ladder. Zhou Pu walked to the turret and waved to lower the rope ladder. He climbed up like an ape and watched from the turret which was more than four feet high.
After a while, he climbed down again and reported to Lin Fu: "Those hundreds of scoundrels who came with Dongcheng Lieutenant's troops thought that Chen Zhi was going to attack the main entrance. They went around to the side of Yang Shulin and came from the southwest corner to the west wall.
The fence was broken open in the middle, and dozens of people have already poured in..." Zhou Pu knelt down and showed Lin Fu and the others a picture of the broken fence. There are also smart people among these scoundrels. The broken fence points,
They were all surrounding the back of the house. Dongcheng Lieutenant's men retreated like a rout, but with Yang Shulin blocking their view, these scoundrels didn't even notice the abnormality at the front door.
"Okay, the whistle bell is ringing, close the door to catch the dog!" Lin Fu was of course not polite to the fat meat that came to his door. He summoned Cao Zi'ang and other refugee labor recruitment leaders to discuss how to send people to intercept from the front, seal them off from the side, and drive them away.
They all rushed to the courtyard of the enclosed house with only high outer walls built on the west side to catch as many of these scoundrels as possible.
"A broken hand or a broken leg?" Zhou Pu, Cao Ziang and others asked.
"Am I so cruel?" Lin Fu asked with a smile, and then said, "Capture rabbits alive in exchange for silver!"
Zhao Qinmin felt that Lin Fu was really bold, but he couldn't say anything after thinking about it. These scoundrels broke through the barriers and fell into a trap themselves. If Lin Fu didn't catch them and extort money from their families, he wouldn't be Lin Fu.
Zhao Shuhan, Ge Siyu, Ge Fu, Wu Yanqing and others were speechless when they heard what Lin Fu said so straightforwardly. Lin Fu asked the guards to escort them to the thatched cottage to wait to avoid any rabbits slipping through the net and accidentally injuring them.
Lin Fu and Zhou Pu borrowed a rope ladder and climbed up to the turret to watch the rabbit catching show.
The whistle bell here was ringing, and Cao Ziang and others led the refugees with bamboo guns to recruit workers out of the fence gate. Those Dongcheng Wei soldiers who started to flee thought that the people here were chasing them, and they wished their parents had four legs.
Chen Zhi and his entourage at the forefront were surrounded by the rebels, and they completely lost the ability to control, command and judge. Listening to the whistle bells ringing, in the end, even they thought Lin Fu was bold and led the refugees to come up from behind and rush towards Donghua.
The gate officer fled.
"In the scene, in the scene," Lin Fu looked at Dongcheng Lieutenant's troops abandoning their weapons and armor in the fields and fleeing. He leaned over and shouted to Lin Jingzhong downstairs, "You pick a few dozen people and go to the south field to throw away their weapons and armor and the scattered people."
The horses are all picked up - there is a windfall, and if you don't take it, you will be punished by God!"
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Chen Zhi fled for more than ten miles in one breath. He spared no effort in horse power, whipped him fiercely and ran wildly in the fields. During the eleven or twelve miles, he fell off his horse three times, and even a good horse ran half to death. Only then did he calm down and look for him.
He checked the situation from a high place and found that except for Dongcheng Lieutenant's soldiers and horses running wildly in the fields, there were no pursuing enemies behind him. Chen Zhi was frustrated, but he was also afraid of making things so bad, so he went back to the city in a mess to bring trouble to others.
Wang Xueshan scolded him and gathered the rebels on the official road of Donghua Gate.
The soldiers were brave and had no fighting spirit. When they ran away in anger, they just felt that the armor on their bodies and the weapons in their hands were tiring. Nine out of ten soldiers who gathered in the crowd threw away their bows and arrows and their armor immediately. The cavalry was not good at riding, and the fields were not smoother than the roads.
, all the two hundred cavalrymen fell off their horses. When they fell off their horses, the horses were frightened and ran away. They had no time to chase them, so they simply spread their legs and ran for their lives. Chen Zhi watched and gathered up less than thirty horses. Even the horses died.
The heart has it.
Chen Zhi sent people to pick up the armored horses scattered in the fields. His men were frightened and sent out hundreds of people who were kicked and scolded by Chen Zhi. These people soon returned with nothing in their hands. Chen Zhi asked and found out that Li
Hundreds of people were sent from the wall to pick up soldiers, armor, and horses. They asked for them, but they didn't give them to them, so they had to come back and report.
Chen Zhi was so angry that he stamped his feet and shouted: "You are soldiers, bandits and bandits, but you are afraid of these bastards!"
These rebel soldiers all looked at Chen Zhi and asked him to take the lead in asking for weapons. Chen Zhi hesitated for a long time, thinking that with Lin Fu's temper, he would not return the weapons and horses to him in vain. At this time, he did not have the courage to follow Lin Fu.
Fu Qiang wanted to do it, but Wang Xueshan would not let him go if he lost so many weapons and horses.
Chen Zhi was so worried that he almost cried. If he wanted to conceal the loss of so many weapons, armor and horses, he could only pay for it himself. Maybe he could barely cope with it. Otherwise, he would be dismissed from his post and investigated.
After it was revealed, he was worried about whether he could save his life. The civil and military affairs of Jiangning Mansion were not under the jurisdiction of the county. However, the Jiangdong Procuratorate had the power to supervise Jiangning Mansion. Chen Zhi felt that if Wang Xueshan was so angry that he would not protect him, Gu Wuchen would fall.
It's hard to say whether he can save his life. Since Chen Zhi became the Dongcheng Lieutenant, he has done a lot of corruption, bribery, and extortion. He has spent a lot of money on buying a house to support his young wife and honoring his superiors. The furniture he has accumulated is far away.
It is far from enough to compensate for more than 400 pieces of armor and 170 horses.
However, Wang Xueshan wanted to make the soldiers of Dongcheng Wei's two battalions into a model for the Jiangdong County and even the southeastern counties. It was difficult to check the strength of the combat strength, but he was willing to spend money on the armor and equipment. They were comparable to the elites under the Jiangning garrison general's government.
Equipment, that is, removing the cost of exploitation and corruption, each pair of soldiers and armor is also worth a lot of money. The more than 170 horses are all war horses produced in the northwest. When they were first obtained, I thought these horses were too strong.
; This batch of war horses alone is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Chen Zhi was so angry that he beat and scolded his soldiers, hating that they usually bullied the people and dominated the market as fiercely as tigers, but now they were embarrassing him and failing to live up to his expectations. Those old veterans would not say a word even if they were beaten or scolded, they knew
The officer felt aggrieved, but if he asked them to go to the mouth of the river to ask for soldiers, armor, and horses, they would all want Chen Zhi to take the lead. They did not have the courage.
At this time, a dozen scoundrels who had slipped through the net fled back to the official road of Donghua Gate. When they saw Chen Zhi's men gathered on the official road, they cried like they were seeing their parents: "General Chen,
Mr. Chen, help me. Dongyang Juzi killed someone, and the Dongyang Butcher started killing. Hundreds of us were surrounded by a fence and killed by him. Only a few of us were quick enough to escape. General Chen
Ah, Mr. Chen, you want to avenge us and redress our grievances..."
The hairs on Chen Zhi's back exploded with fright. Only then did he remember that there were five to six hundred street gangsters in Jiangning City who came with their team to watch the fun. He had completely forgotten them just now.
When Chen Zhi saw that so few people had escaped, he thought to himself that the team of these market scoundrels was bigger than his own. He quickly grabbed one person and asked what was going on. After asking, he realized that these market scoundrels were looking at the fence.
The front of the south gate was occupied by Dongcheng Wei's men. They were blocked from behind and could not see the excitement. Someone suggested that they go around to the side of Yang Shulin and break the fence from the west side of the fence to launch a sneak attack and outflank Dongcheng Wei. Who would have thought of Dongcheng Wei?
The men and horses withdrew completely in the blink of an eye. During the retreat, they turned into fleeing soldiers. However, their view was blocked by Yang Shulin and the surrounding house. They broke through the fence and rushed in. They were blocked in front and blocked by Lin.
Biao sent people to surround the retreat, but only a few people saw the opportunity and escaped.
They had no idea what Lin Fu was thinking, so they just assumed that Lin Fu was ruthless and went on a killing spree.
It was heard that five to six hundred market scoundrels were massacred by Lin Fu and his crowd, but Chen Zhi seemed to be grasping at straws and walked towards Donghua Gate with a dozen escaped market scoundrels and his rebel soldiers. Lin Fu
Cutting off people's hands and feet in the street can be said to be arrogant and domineering, and killing hundreds of scoundrels so cruelly, what is the difference between it and rebellion? Even if these scoundrels break through the fence, they must not massacre like this.
In this way, Chen Zhi thought that even if he had to bear the blame for defeat and running away, it would be better than losing his fortune to pay for so many soldiers and horses.
Donghua Gate was guarded by the soldiers and horses Dongcheng Lieutenant and the town army under the Jiangning garrison general's mansion. Chen Zhi strictly ordered his subordinates to be vigilant to prevent Lin Fu from attacking the city. He also informed the military attache in charge of Jiangning garrison at Donghua Gate that he would
Arrangements were made here, and most of the rebel soldiers brought were temporarily placed near Donghua Gate. He led his entourage and went straight to Wang Xueshan's mansion to report to Wang Xueshan about Lin Fu's massacre of civilians.
Wang Xueshan was trying his best to make up for the loopholes and leverage that Zhao Qinmin's defection to Gu Wuchen might have brought to him. He had been staying in the inner chamber behind the government office, and his chief staff officer Ma Weihan had already set off for Yanjing before noon, bringing gold, silver and jewelry to lobby.
The ministers in the court warned that after Gu Wuchen's memorial arrived in Yanjing, someone would speak for Wang Xueshan.
After listening to Chen Zhi's report, Wang Xueshan didn't believe that Lin Fu was so bold as to massacre hundreds of civilians, so he first took a carriage to Donghua Gate to check the truth. The hundreds of Dongcheng Wei soldiers brought back by Chen Zhi had all abandoned their helmets, and there were dozens more
The man's head was broken and bloody when he ran away. It was really more miserable than the soldiers who fled in defeat. These soldiers were also afraid of taking responsibility, so they naturally reported to Wang Xueshan according to Chen Zhi's instructions. Besides, more than a dozen scoundrels from the market complained with blood and tears, and said to Lin Fu
The butcher, the murderer king, followed five or six hundred scoundrels, and only a few dozen people escaped. Wang Xueshan couldn't help but believe it. Deep down in his heart, Wang Xueshan was also willing to believe that Lin Fu was bold enough to massacre civilians, so that Gu Wuchen could escape from the trap.
Regardless of the relationship, once Gu Wuchen is dismissed from his post and investigated, the crisis facing Wang Xueshan will naturally be solved.
"Go find Uncle Qin Cheng!" Wang Xueshan said decisively, standing on the gate tower of Donghua Gate, looking at the official road extending into the distance as the dusk deepened.
The massacre of hundreds of civilians was tantamount to a rebellion. The incident occurred in Jiangning, the capital of Liuzhou, and was beyond the control of the Jiangning government. It needed to be reported to the Southeast Minister Jiangning's Minister of War and Jiangning's garrison general Qin Chengbo for handling. In the dusk, Wang Xueshan and Chen Zhizai
Dozens of people gathered around him, mounted fast horses, and rode off to Uncle Qincheng's house. The sound of horse hooves echoed like a sudden rain on the long street, making people panic.