Chapter 1506 The Sudden Change in Suzhou - The Dust Settles
Dan Mo and others couldn't help but look up and saw a cannonball falling down from the air and landing next to Danqing at an extremely fast speed. There was a loud "bang" sound and the cannonball landed on Danqing's body.
Next to it, it hit a gunner to death, fell to the ground, bounced up and hit the gun. The gun tilted to the other side, and hit another gunner, causing him to fall to the ground, vomiting blood.
When the gunner spat blood from his mouth and splashed onto Danqing's face, Danqing reacted, stood up with a loud cry, and took a few steps back before stopping. He looked at the dead and wounded gunner and the artillery crooked on the ground.
The man who was killed had his whole back sunken, and he was lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, and blood was pouring from his body. The other gunner who was injured had his left shoulder hunched unnaturally, and his whole body was stained red with blood.
, probably the whole thing was smashed.
"North, someone from the north is bombarding us with artillery!" Only then did someone scream.
"Quickly, turn the gun around and hit the direction from which the cannonball came from in the north!" Dan Mo ordered.
But just after he gave the order, the other gunners were tremblingly turning the direction of the artillery. Another artillery shell came over and hit next to the artillery, killing two gunners in a row and breaking one person's foot. And that's it.
Following the cannonballs, more than a hundred people suddenly came out and rushed toward them, shouting.
The Dan family was suddenly killed and caught off guard. Although the Ming army had already entered the city, they had already sent people to block it. They could not attack them for a while. They were not prepared for someone who suddenly rushed here. Everyone in the Dan family did not react for a while.
Several people were chopped down in succession.
Hearing the screams from the tribesmen, the rest of them reacted, raised their knives and fought with the intruders. Dan Mo had no time to think about what kind of people they were, so he ordered the tribesmen to try their best to resist them, and at the same time asked someone to blow the trumpet.
Now that the imperial troops had attacked, it was impossible to capture Zhu Ying alive, so he had to retreat immediately. Dan Mo had agreed in advance that the sound of trumpets would be the sound of retreat and the sound of suonas would be the sound of attack. At this time, he ordered people to blow the trumpets.
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He raised his head again and took a look at the people who were coming. He saw that their formation was not neat. It seemed that they were not soldiers. His own disciples could withstand it. He felt a little relieved. As he stepped back, he thought: 'Since Zhu Ying has been captured alive.
It is no longer possible. Once the Ming army withdraws from Suzhou City, they will immediately chase and attack. Why not let Lao Chen protect my youngest son while he is still in the city and hide in the city and not follow him out of the city, although the government will definitely demand a lot of money later.
The whole city is searching for my Dan family and the White Lotus cultists. But if you stay in the city, you can at least hope to survive. If you follow me out of the city, you will definitely die!'
Dan Mo's plan has been decided, and he is about to call his most trusted servant Lao Chen to give orders. Not only is the city of Suzhou still in chaos, because these people from the court are coming to kill them, they are also in a bit of confusion. It is just right for Lao Chen to take his little
The son ran away.
But Lao Chen had just arrived beside him, and before Dan Mo had time to speak, a loud noise suddenly came from his side, and he didn't know anything after that.
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"Tie up everyone who is not dead!" Xiao Zhuo ordered loudly. After saying this, he glanced at the dead bodies on the ground in front of him, stretched out his left hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and suddenly felt confused.
I almost fell to the ground.
"Uncle, be careful!" Someone beside him said, supporting him.
"It's okay, I can't die! When I was at sea, I was once surrounded by more than 80 people. There were only 11 people on my side. I was almost hacked to death. Didn't I still survive, and all of them had to be tailed? What happened today?
It’s nothing.” Xiao Zhuo laughed.
"On your side, you have suffered so many injuries, so you should go and rest for a while! Fortunately, there are no fatal injuries, and there are no missing arms or legs. Finally, you can go back to see your father and your sister with your beard and tail intact!"
"Uncle, you also said that the injuries I suffered were all minor injuries, and they are not harmful." Li Xiaoxing said with a smile.
The group of people who suddenly rushed out were, of course, the children of the Li family led by Xiao Zhuo and Li Xiaoxing. After leaving the Li family's house, these two hundred people, led by Xiao Zhuo, went straight to the mansion where Zhu Ying was staying. But
After approaching the mansion, Xiao Zhuo suddenly ordered everyone to walk quietly and did not immediately start a fight with the rebels. Although Xiao Zhuo would rather sacrifice his own life to save Zhu Ying's life, he did not want to die in vain.
In the end, Zhu Ying died before he could be saved, so his death was really in vain. At most, Your Majesty will no longer be angry with their family because he lost his life to protect His Royal Highness Prince An, but there is no loss of benefits. What's more, these two hundred strong men are all
Everyone in the Li family was dead and he couldn't explain to the Li family. Xiao Zhuo then ordered two hundred men to hide far away, while he and Li Xiaoxing quietly approached the mansion with five or six people to observe.
He observed for a while and found that there were fifty or sixty rebels on the north side of the mansion, bombarding the courtyard wall with an artillery piece. From time to time, they rushed up to fight with the palace guards. Later, the palace guards abandoned the courtyard wall and most of them entered the inner courtyard.
After fighting with the guards, there were only a dozen people left outside.
Seeing this, Xiao Zhuo retreated quietly, and brought more than 20 people to slowly approach the ten people. Then he suddenly broke out and killed all the ten people, and then transferred more than a hundred people over. Xiao Zhuo arranged again
Ichiban, quietly approached Dan Mo, ordered his men to fire two shells, and then suddenly rushed out to fight with the rebels when the second shell was fired.
The Dan family was a little panicked at first and several people were killed, but then they came to their senses and started fighting with the Li family. Although those who were killed stepped back step by step, they were not killed. However, Xiao Zhuo did not expect to kill the rebels in one go.
, he just wanted to let the rebels retreat and save Zhu Ying's life. He was not in a hurry, but while fighting the rebels, he ordered his people to shout loudly: "Your Highness King An, the Suzhou Guards have arrived to rescue you.
Come on! Your Highness Prince An, the Suzhou Guards have arrived to rescue you!" He tried to frighten away the rebels who were fighting with the royal guards in the palace.
But at this moment, he caught a glimpse of one of the rebels holding a big bag and walking back. The bag was very big and contained a lot of things. The man was struggling to hold the bag and walked very slowly.
Xiao Zhuo subconsciously felt that there must be something very important in his pocket, so he slashed the rebel in front of him to death and took a few steps back. He took out the gun from his waist, pointed it at the pocket, and pulled the trigger.
In an instant, there was only a loud noise, and the bag exploded, and the shock wave generated killed more than ten people nearby. The others who were not shocked to death also fell to the ground and fainted. Even though the bag was more than ten feet away
, Xiao Zhuo also felt as if his ears were going to be deafened, his head was buzzing, his legs were weak and his body was swaying, as if he was drunk. It took him a while to recover.
When Xiao Zhuo came to his senses, he saw that the rebels in front of him were all in pieces. They were either dead or fainted on the ground. Only one or two out of ten were still standing. Looking back on the situation just now, he knew that he should have used
The gunpowder hit a bag full of gunpowder, and this happened. But no matter how the situation happened now, this was a good opportunity to wipe out the rebels. Immediately ordered everyone to kill everyone who was still standing.
Death, and those who fell on the ground who were still alive were bound.
"It was indeed the Dan family who rebelled!" Li Xiaoxing added: "They are members of the White Lotus cult. I had known for a long time that they would rebel, and sure enough they rebelled today! Fortunately, His Highness Ji Ren is fine, otherwise no matter how we deal with it,
None of the Dan family can atone for their family's sins!" He had just discovered Dan Mo and the bodies of Dan Qing and others. Knowing that this was the rebellion of the Dan family, he said with both joy and resentment.
"Tie them all up, don't let anyone go, and check carefully all those lying on the ground to see if they are still alive!" Xiao Zhuo did not answer, but ordered again. He thought this thing was very strange: it was not Yun who was passing by.
Killing him in Suzhou can cause chaos in the court, but even if a prince dies, it will not have much impact on the court. Moreover, when Yun Dong passed by Suzhou on his inspection tour, the Dan family did not kill the emperor and rebel. It is hard to understand why the Dan family rebelled at this time.
.But no matter what, the rebellion of the Dan family was real, and he did not intend to interrogate him and avoid this topic.
"No one is to interrogate the prisoners, no one is to interrogate!" he repeated.
"I got it." Li Xiaoxing agreed: "Don't talk about interrogation. Even if they have valuable things on their bodies, my nephew has been ordered not to take them. Anyone who dares to take them and is discovered will be exempted from this reward. We have also arranged for more than half of the people to wait.
Intercept and kill the escaping rebels by the wall of the mansion." After hearing the shouts outside and the loud bang, the rebels in the mansion thought that the imperial soldiers and horses had come to kill them, and most of them fled in a hurry. Xiao
Zhuo and Li Xiaoxing were afraid of accidental injury and did not dare to let their own people into the house. They just waited outside to intercept the rebels.
Xiao Zhuo nodded and was about to say something else when suddenly the sound of footsteps came from the east, and then a torch lit up not far away. Xiao Zhuo looked over quickly, and it was almost dark by now, but although the night was hazy, he
It can also be seen that the soldiers of Suzhou Guard rushed over.
"Quick, shout loudly: We are the rebels in the city!" Xiao Zhuo ordered hurriedly.
The Li family immediately started shouting. The people coming from the opposite side paused when they heard this, and someone shouted: "Who is that person on the opposite side?"
"I am Xiao Zhuo, the father of Princess Changshan's consort, and these warriors are all members of the Li family, a merchant in the city!" Xiao Zhuo replied.
"Please come over, Lord Xiao, please come over, please come over to the leader of the Li family!" shouted another person from the other side.
Xiao Zhuo and Li Xiaoxing looked at each other, and then ordered: "Get out of the way into the house!" Then they put down their weapons and walked over.
"Master Xiao, how is the situation now?" Li Zhiliang immediately confirmed after seeing Xiao Zhuo and Li Xiaoxing that they should indeed be rebels in the city and not rebels. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked again.
"Most of the rebels have been dispersed, captured or killed, and the rebels in the mansion are about to escape. I have ordered people to wait outside to intercept and kill the rebels," Xiao Zhuo said.
"Is Your Highness okay?" Li Zhiliang asked very anxiously.
"Fortunately, God blessed His Highness and he was not killed or taken prisoner!" Xiao Zhuo said. After the rebels in the mansion began to escape, Xiao Zhuo asked someone to ask loudly how Zhu Ying was doing, and the answer was only four words: "Your Highness is well."
But it's hard to say whether he was injured.
"That's good." Li Zhiliang relaxed completely. As long as he is not dead, even if he is injured, he will not be executed. Moreover, after hearing about this incident, he actively led troops to come to the rescue, so there should be no punishment.
"Please step aside the people led by Master Xiao. I will send people to exterminate the last rebels." Li Zhiliang said again. Although the possibility of Xiao Zhuo and Li Xiaoxing being rebels is extremely low, Li Zhiliang wanted to be on the safe side.
For the sake of safety, they decided to temporarily detain Xiao Zhuo and Li Xiaoxing and not get close to the young men they brought. Xiao Zhuo also understood Li Zhiliang's thoughts and asked Li Xiaoxing to loudly order the young men to take the prisoners and completely move aside. The Li family's
When the young man heard what his eldest young master said, he quickly stepped aside.
Li Zhiliang thanked Xiao Zhuo and Li Xiaoxing again, and ordered the soldiers he brought to surround the mansion on three sides to intercept the rebels. Everyone who escaped from the mansion was cut down to the ground. After a while, no one came back.
He jumped out from inside, but the soldiers surrounding the mansion still stared closely at him without letting up.
Later, more soldiers came over. Li Zhiliang organized a team of ten people and patrolled the city with torches. At the same time, he shouted loudly that the people in the city should not go out and hide at home. Anyone seen wandering in the streets and alleys would be executed. This caused a scene.
In the middle of the night, order was finally restored in the city.
Li Zhiliang sent people to check the Dan family's mansion again, while he waited outside the mansion where Zhu Ying was staying. After a long time, until the sky got slightly brighter and the sun gradually rose from the east, Li Zhiliang saw that there was no more noise in the city, so he put his hand in his hand.
He handed the weapons to the soldiers and said to Xiao Zhuo: "It's finally dawn and I can go to see His Highness. Lord Xiao, please go to see His Highness with your subordinates."
"Okay." Xiao Zhuo agreed. Of course he was going to see Zhu Ying. He wanted to talk to Zhu Ying about his contribution to quelling the rebels. He glanced at Li Xiaoxing again, thought for a moment and said to Li Zhiliang:
"This strong man of the Li family has also made great contributions to defeating the rebels. Can he also accompany you and me to pay homage to His Highness?"
"Him?" Li Zhiliang thought for a while and said, "That's fine. Then let's go in together to meet His Highness."
