Ruan Dacheng knew that Li Zhi had a long-range rifle.
As a well-informed Jiangnan celebrity, Ruan Dacheng had long known the story of the Battle of Yizhou from other officials, and knew that Li Zhi's rifle shot down the Jiangbei Army's artillery from more than 200 steps away.
But Ruan Dacheng knew that no matter how powerful the rifle was, it could not shoot him over the wall. Even if the bullet could shoot through the wall, the rifleman would not know if there was anyone behind the wall. So as long as he was indoors, he would be safe.
After he began to organize the printing of counterfeit banknotes, Ruan Dacheng reduced the number of trips out and tried to stay indoors in safe places. After the banknote transport ship in Rizhao was captured by Li Zhi, Ruan Dacheng felt that he had been exposed and could not leave the house at all.
Ruan Dacheng felt that as long as he was not exposed to Li Zhi's gun, Li Zhi would not be able to assassinate him.
Li Zhi has always been good at sending troops to attack the city and capture the enemy. Ruan Dacheng has already made plans for this. He has already hired chariots and horses, and is ready to pack up and escape at any time. As soon as he hears Li Zhi's troops charging in
In Southern Zhili, he immediately fled with the more than 400,000 taels of silver he earned this time, along with the workers and machines that printed the money.
As long as they fled south to Nanchang where Jiangbei Army was stationed, Li Zhi's troops would have nothing to do against Ruan Dacheng.
Ruan Dacheng believed that his arrangement was perfect, which was why he dared to confront Li Zhi.
However, Ruan Dacheng really didn't expect that even if he hid in the building, he would not be able to escape Li Zhi's assassination. The servant sent out made it clear that the counterfeit banknote workshop had been blown into ruins, and not a single worker who printed banknotes had escaped. Although not
We know what means Li Zhi used to cause such great damage, but obviously, since no one escaped, Li Zhi must have destroyed the five counterfeit money workshops at the same time.
Li Zhi's methods made Ruan Dacheng feel chills down his spine. Since Li Zhi could destroy the counterfeit banknote workshop, how could he keep himself safe in the yard where he was hiding?
Ruan Dacheng tossed and turned on the bed, thinking about survival strategies.
It is useless to count on government officials, archers and patrols in the city. There are very few government security personnel on duty at night. These people go to the money printing workshop to take a look and understand the situation at most. It is impossible to mobilize the whole city that night.
A large-scale search. The assassins who want to mobilize a large number of manpower to search for Li Zhi in the city must at least wait until today during the day, and the prefect will mobilize 2,000 people from the rural barracks outside the city to enter the city.
But Ruan Dacheng knew that since Li Zhi took action, he would not let himself live until that time.
It is useless to escape to the street. Wherever you escape, Li Zhi's people will chase you. If you are exposed outside after dawn, there will be no way to survive. Ruan Dacheng didn't know what method Li Zhi used to blow up the counterfeit banknotes.
Workshop, but obviously indoors are safer than outdoors.
Ruan Dacheng was lying on the bed in the main room, so scared that his whole body shivered, but there was nothing he could do.
If he had known that Li Zhi had such means, Ruan Dacheng would not have printed the counterfeit banknotes.
Ruan Dacheng seemed to be a death row prisoner waiting to be beheaded, his eyes were bloodshot with anxiety. He waited left and right, and finally waited until there was some dim light outside the window. He opened the window and took a look, and found a trace of fish belly white exposed in the east.
Ruan Dacheng hurriedly called the servant in the outhouse and handed the servant a silver note worth ten thousand taels. Ruan Dacheng asked the servant to quickly take the banknote to the magistrate, and asked the magistrate to immediately mobilize the garrison camp into the city to arrest the person. As long as
When two thousand men from the garrison entered the city and started searching, Li Zhi's men would inevitably retreat and escape.
Ruan Dacheng saw the servant out of the main room, feeling that his life might be saved.
However, he was not happy for ten seconds when he suddenly heard a "pop!" gunshot from the rooftop in the distance.
The servant with the banknote in his hand had just walked out of the main door when he was shot in the chest, and a bloody mist shot out from the heart.
Ruan Dacheng's most trusted servant didn't even scream, and fell to the ground with a plop, dead.
Ruan Dacheng was so frightened that he took three steps back and fell to the ground with a thud.
The Ruan family yard has been surrounded by Li Zhi's people.
Ruan Dacheng looked at the servant's body on the ground and subconsciously felt that the main room he was in was unsafe. He got the strength to survive from nowhere, stood up suddenly, and rushed forward a few steps.
He carried the servant's body on his back.
Ruan Dacheng wanted to use the servant's body as a shield to escape.
Ruan Dacheng had just escaped from the main house, and after walking only ten steps forward, he saw several black objects in front of him that were as fast as lightning, passing through the sky and shooting into the roof of the main house, smashing the tiles on it.
piece.
Not only the main house where he lived, but also the other main houses were shot with black things at the same time.
Ruan Dacheng's face turned pale with fright, and his body shook violently.
"my son"
Ruan Dacheng's three sons and four grandsons all live in several other main houses. So what is the black thing shot from the roof? Will it kill his son and grandson?
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Before Ruan Dacheng could cry out, a huge explosion shock wave blasted out from the twelve main rooms in Ruan's courtyard at the same time. Huge sparks smashed the roofs and walls of the twelve main rooms, illuminating the dim sky.
It was as bright as noon. Ruan Dacheng was knocked forward by the shock wave from the explosion and fell to the ground.
The main house at the site of the explosion had been blown into ruins, and the ruins were covered in flames.
Ruan Dacheng fell to the ground, wanting to cry but without tears.
Such a violent explosion undoubtedly killed all three of his sons and four grandsons. Suddenly the Ruan family was wiped out.
Ruan Dacheng's body was trembling constantly, and two lines of thick tears were shed on his face.
But at this critical moment, he was not given time to grieve. Ruan Dacheng got up again, carried the servant's body and fled towards the courtyard gate.
"Snapped!"
A bullet hit the servant's body on Ruan Dacheng's back. The impact of the bullet shocked Ruan Dacheng's body.
On the roof outside were not only rocketeers but also sharpshooters. The reason why the assassins of Ruan Dacheng waited until dawn before taking action was to allow the riflemen to block the road and not let go of anyone from the Ruan family.
"Pah! Pah! Pah!"
More bullets were fired at Ruan Dacheng, and one bullet hit Ruan Dacheng's thigh, knocking the old man to the ground immediately.
Ruan Dacheng fell to the ground. He didn't even have time to scream, so he crawled forward desperately. He crawled and rolled and hid under the eaves of a side room, leaning against the corner of the wall.
This corner helped Ruan Dacheng shield the surrounding two-story houses. Looking out from this corner, not a single two-story building could be seen.
Ruan Dacheng breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at the bullet wound on his thigh.
Fortunately, the bullet did not hit the leg bone, but just hit the flesh.
But before Ruan Dacheng could breathe a sigh of relief, five rockets roared over and hit the roof of the wing next to him. One rocket passed through the roof and hit the brick wall of the wing, and half of its warhead was knocked out.
He entered the wing room and knocked out a piece of broken bricks and powder.
Ruan Dacheng raised his head and saw the rocket warhead only half a foot away from him.
"boom!"
Huge sparks exploded, and the wing that had been hit by five rockets turned into a crispy bomb, falling apart in an instant. Ruan Dacheng only felt that he lost consciousness for a moment. His body was formed by one hundred and ten kilograms of nitrocellulose.
The terrible shock wave exploded into pieces, leaving no corpse intact.
