The leader who led these dozens of warriors into the Mei Mansion was none other than Yan Yan, the leader of the red team. He sighed sadly, feeling sorry for not being able to save Mei Zengzhi and save a little more of the strength of Shen Zhuang's army. .
"How many children of the Mei family are still alive? Save them quickly. It's not dark yet, and we can't wait for the commander's army to arrive before taking action. The first team stayed in the Mei family to control the situation, and the second team immediately separated with me to search and kill. Gentlemen who wish to surrender the enemy, three teams will go to the city walls to raise the flags of the invading army!"
The red team had already planted many informants in Macheng. When Zhou Wenjiang started to contact the gentry in the city and prepared to open the city and surrender the enemy, all his actions fell into the eyes of Yan Xin.
The envoy sent by Zhou Wenjiang to contact Song Yihe was also intercepted and killed by the red team on the way. This group of gentry was still sitting on the Spring and Autumn Dream of "all the situation is under control", but little did they know that the inner world of Macheng was already in full swing. Seven points were controlled by the intruders.
If Yan Xin had not been waiting for Li Laiheng to lead the army to arrive before launching a beheading operation, Zhou Wenjiang might not even have a chance to assassinate Mei Zengzhi!
"What a pity. Originally, after the army broke through the city and launched a large-scale plunder in Macheng City, it was the best time for us to take action, cooperate inside and outside, and cooperate with the commander to defeat this enemy."
Yan Xin curled his lips and regretted that he could not get a better fighter opportunity. Another member of the red team touched the back of his head and said with shame: "I only raised these volunteers for the common people. How can it be true?" Why should we just sit back and watch the officers and soldiers break into the city and slaughter them? If the commander in charge of the team, who loves his people like his own son, heard what he said, he would probably have to chop off a few palms."
"ha!"
Yan Xin couldn't help laughing, said no more, and led the members of the red team to quickly rush to various key points in the city. At this time, the sky had not yet lighted up, and the officers and soldiers had not noticed the changes in the city, and although Shen Zhuang's army There are many times more people than the Red Team, but after the internal strife among the gentry leaders such as Mei Zengzhi and Zhou Wenjiang died, the group was leaderless and the people were undecided. It was the rush to seize power... Oh no, it was the one who led Shen Zhuang's army to the right path. good chance.
Because Mei Zengzhi was stabbed to death, the children of the Mei family who were still in panic had completely lost their ability to judge. After seeing Yan Xin leading the red team members to deal with Zhou Wenjiang's men who were attacking the Mei Mansion, they started to commit suicide. Gu Zi believed that the red team was his friendly army.
When the members of the red team placed the dozens of flags prepared in advance and placed them on various parts of the city wall, they were stunned and confused.
Until a young man suddenly realized it and said: "This must be my husband's legacy! It turns out that we have been in contact with the Chuang Army for a long time. We have foreign aid to rely on, and we are not afraid of Song Niaoguan's encirclement and suppression."
"Ah...yes, yes, that must be the case. No wonder they have been holding fast to Macheng and cannot open the city gate to surrender the enemy. It turns out that they have foreign aid to rely on!"
Although there are still some people who are dubious, there are also some people who are very cold towards the bandits and are not willing to cooperate with them at all. But now the leader Mei Zengzhi is dead, and the Mei Mansion is controlled by the red team. These Mei family children are fighting for their own lives. Either way, in order to create some hope for their own doomed situation, they either voluntarily or forced to believe that Shen Zhuangjun had actually had secret contacts with Chuangjun.
The night is chaotic, torches are flying on the streets of Macheng, the footsteps of the red team members are walking through the long streets, and the metallic sound produced by the collision of swords, guns and weapons can't help but send a chill down the spine of people in this late night.
Several night crows were awakened. They flew up from the branches and dropped a few black feathers. They howled hoarsely and flew past several large houses. Some people had begun to be awakened by the noise on the street. They simply wore a coat
He stuck his coat out of the window, or walked to the door of his home, opened the door a small crack, and peeked out to see what happened.
"Have the army invaded?"
Some people guessed this, but soon one after another the banners of the rebel army began to be waved in Macheng. The residents were still in a dull state, and few people realized what this meant. Only a few people were shocked and turned pale at the thought.
He caught the Suizhou thief Xiao Li who was very close at hand.
Although the red team was small in number, it was better because of its unified command and orderly actions. If the gentry who were ready to surrender to the army waited until dawn and mobilized their servants and servants, they could mobilize at least a thousand troops, not less than a hundred.
The red team can suppress.
But now the fighter is with me!
The eye of the storm has been grasped by Yan Xin. During this period, the red team has been keeping a close eye on the actions of those unruly gentry. Zhou Wenjiang's collusion and assassination operations have exposed all traces of the capitulationists.
The team members followed the pictures and took advantage of the darkness of the night without any effort to go from house to house and pull these "celebrities" and "heroes" who were still sleeping from their incense beds and beautiful concubines.
If An Anxin can surrender, he can be captured together and taken to Mei Mansion for custody. If he dares to resist, the red team members equipped with blunderbuss, cloth-faced armor and long swords can kill him on the spot in a matter of seconds.
Only a few wealthy families gradually discovered the "coup" in the city because their mansions were far away from the Mei Mansion, and they quickly mobilized their servants to prepare for a counterattack.
But at this time, the red team had planted the flags of the Chuang Army all over the city wall. The soldiers guarding the city were not clear about the changes in the relationship between the Shenzhuang Army and the Chuang Army. They only knew that everyone seemed to be rebelling and fighting against the official army.
What's more, those who came to plant the flags all had Mei Mansion's seals. If you don't listen to them, who will you listen to?
Yan Xin immediately used the Meifu seal to mobilize some of the city wall defenders to assist in the battle. In the past few days, most of the defenders were servants of various gentry families. Even if Yan Xin had the power to mobilize them, he would not be able to mobilize them.
They in turn attacked the gentry's mansions.
But after several days of fierce fighting, the war-fearing gentry had withdrawn all their slaves from the city wall. The defenders were mainly composed of refugee villagers temporarily recruited by Mei Zengzhi.
These refugee villagers had no connection with the Macheng gentry. When they saw that the red team had brought out a lot of silver, had a seal in their hands, and claimed that the intruders were about to arrive at the city, they all obeyed.
There was a gentry family that resisted particularly fiercely. Their mansion was built several times, and a towering watchtower was built in the corner of the courtyard wall for shooting arrows. The red team attacked twice but failed to rush in. Instead, they lost more than a dozen people.
Yan Xin couldn't stand it, so he transferred more than a dozen cannons from the city wall defenders. He asked the villagers to set up the cannons on the street directly opposite the mansion, and opened fire on the landlord's compound.
After several booms, the courtyard wall, watchtower, gate, and plaque were all blown to pieces. When the members of the red team and the other rural soldiers on standby saw that the gate had been blown open, they shouted for everyone to come in and disappeared.
He rushed in.
Yan Xin shouted at the right time, "Kill the evil gentry, share the wealth, and now surrender all my colleagues." Now even the servants who resisted in the mansion gave up, either dropped their weapons and surrendered, or simply surrendered.
Turn the edge of the knife and strike back.
Fires flickered in the city, smoke rose, and the shouts of killing became louder and louder. Yan Xin knew that no matter how stupid the officers and soldiers outside the city were, they would have guessed what had happened in Macheng, and would probably launch an extremely violent attack soon.
offensive.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and looked deep into the distance along the street in front of him. On both sides of the road, fires were still burning in the yards of four or five wealthy families. Occasionally, a few heads rolled to the ground, and he felt in his heart.
Immediately, I felt a strong sense of fear.
Fortunately, I made a decisive decision...
Otherwise, the scene in front of us will reverse the roles. It will be Zhou Wenjiang's turn to lead people to search and kill those who are unwilling to surrender to the army. The Red Team and Kendeji personnel lurking in Macheng City will probably not be able to escape, and they will all become
into those heads rolling on the ground.
At this time, his head with disheveled hair rolled to Yan Xin's feet. With a cold face, he asked the country soldier beside him: "Who is this person? Their family is the most stubborn. Is he a famous gentry leader in Macheng?"
The rural soldier had only recently fled to Macheng to avoid being burned and killed by the army. He did not know the gentry in Macheng, so he could only shake his head and say that he did not know. Another soldier from Shenzhuang standing next to him,
He was older and knew a few prominent figures in the city, so he squatted down, brushed away the hair on the head with his hands, and looked at the bloody face for a while before replying: "
His name is Liu Qizhen, he is a well-known local son, and he has quite a lot of land in the Caojiahe area of Dongshan."
Yan Xin didn't know that Liu Qizhen would betray the anti-Qing rebels in Macheng many years later, so he casually kicked his head away and said calmly: "The reinforcements of the intruders are just outside the city. There is no need for the soldiers and civilians in the city to panic."
The king's flag changes at the top of the city overnight!