Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 15 Sending the gentlemen on the road

The smell of gunpowder smoke that gradually permeated, coupled with the panicked shouts of the soldiers outside, made Xu Yaozu finally understand that this is not a thunderstorm in winter at all, but someone using firecrackers and cannons. The weapon attacked his own team!

At this time, the shouts of the soldiers in the military yamen had become a mess, some shouts sounded farther and farther away, and some shouts gradually turned into miserable howls.

Even though Xu Yaozu was a little greedy and lustful, and the position of Yanzhou reserve was only obtained by his cheap brother-in-law, but Xu Yaozu still knew some basic common sense.

Those whose shouts turned into howls were injured, those who sounded farther and farther away were already fleeing.

The five hundred elite soldiers I brought over have been scattered!
After reaching this conclusion, Xu Yaozu didn't have time to think about it further, first he quickly took off the official uniform on his body, then he curled up and jumped out of the sedan chair, and then quickly ran to the front where Mr. Hao Liangcai was. The sedan chair pulled the frightened Mr. Hao out of the sedan chair.

"What's going on with riding a horse!"

Xu Yaozu was startled and angry, grabbed Hao Liangcai's clothes from the back, made Hao Liangcai stand in front of him, and cursed: "Didn't you say that there are only a group of mud-legged people in Ningyang County who went up the mountain to rebel? What's going on with this mother! They Where did the firearms come from!"

After scolding, Xu Yaozu threatened in a low voice: "I will say that I am your bearer later! If I can escape, I can find a way to save you in the future. If you sell me, I will let my brother-in-law destroy you Full door! Remember no!"

Hao Liangcai, who had been stunned for a long time, nodded frantically like a chicken pecking rice: "Yes, yes, yes! I remember it, I remember it!"

The surrounding explosions slowly stopped.

Ancestor Xu Yao held Hao Liangcai's arm and put on an appearance of helping Mr. Hao run away, then lowered his head and looked around.

The place where they were ambushed was a long and narrow path. The mounds on both sides of the path were higher than the surface of the path. The fact that the rebels were able to use this terrain to lay an ambush meant that there must be people who knew soldiers among them.

The road and the mounds on both sides of the small bombed pits are next to each other, which shows that the firearms used by the rebels are far less powerful than artillery, but they are stronger than firecrackers. This can also be judged from the explosion just now.

As for the 100 elite soldiers I brought with me... About [-] wounded soldiers are lying on the ground crying at the moment. They were wounded by firearms. He simply fell to his knees.

And that bastard Hao Liangcai, what kind of rebels did this guy provoke?Or did he already turn to the rebels?Otherwise, why didn't he mention anything about the rebels having firearms?

If this bastard Hao Liangcai joins the rebels, can he still escape?

The more Xu Yaozu thought about it, the more frightened he became.

It's just that Xu Yaozu was thinking about the time to escape, but dozens of people stood up behind the small mounds on both sides, and the person walking in the front was even playing with a black and thick stick-like thing in his hand.

Zhu Jinsong walked slowly in front of Mr. Hao Liangcai, handed the grenade he was playing with in his right hand to his left hand, and slapped Hao Liangcai fiercely with his right hand: "Mr. Hao, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Hao Liangcai was angry and frightened, fell to his knees with a thud, and shouted: "The good man, spare your life! The good man, spare your life!"

Zhu Jinsong ignored Hao Liangcai who was madly begging for mercy, and instead looked at Xu Yaozu playfully: "Which adult is this? Why did he take off his clothes in fright? This is to imitate Cao A's old wisdom of abandoning his robe and cutting off his beard ?”

Xu Yaozu also knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowed his head several times before straightening up, and replied: "The hero is joking, the slave is the sedan chair servant of Mrs. Hao's family, and I dare not call him an adult."

Zhu Jinsong motioned Zhu Erdan to go to the sedan chair behind to find out the official uniform that Xu Yaozu had taken off, and shook it in his hand: "Tsk tsk, look at this official uniform, it should be Yanzhou military equipment?"

Zhu Erdan also laughed out loud, and mocked: "A dignified general doesn't ride a horse, but sits in a sedan chair like a civil servant. He doesn't even arrange for a scout to visit the horse during the march. This master of military equipment is really big!"

Liu Erniu stared at a pair of bull's eyes, and said sarcastically, "Maybe the official of the military equipment master was bought? Or did he get in by relying on his family?"

Xu Yaozu was furious in his heart, but because of his life, he had no choice but to hold back the anger, looked at Zhu Jinsong and said: "What the hero said is that this is indeed the official uniform of the reserve master, it is just a military uniform. The master has already run away, and the villain's clothes were also stripped off by the master of military equipment."

Zhu Jinsong was almost amused by Xu Yaozu—if he hadn’t seen Xu Yaozu jumping out of the sedan chair in a panic behind the small mound, just looking at his current greedy and fearful virtue, I’m afraid...

Then Zhu Jinsong will not believe Xu Yaozu's nonsense. After all, most of the soldiers in my Qing Dynasty were skinny and skinny. General Belly.

Shaking his head slightly, Zhu Jinsong said to Liu Erniu: "Take them down for questioning. After asking them clearly, remember to send the two officials and lords to accompany them on the road. The head will be taken back to the prefect of Yanzhou."

Hao Liangcai and Xu Yaozu were horrified, and after looking at each other, they kowtowed frantically and begged for mercy: "The hero has mercy! The hero has mercy!"

Xu Yaozu even pointed at Hao Liangcai and cursed: "It's him! It's all him!"

"It was he who took the money and went to Yanzhou Mansion, saying that there were rebels in Ningyang County, and asked the servant to lead troops to put down the rebellion. If the servant knew that he was a good man, he would dare not come here!"

Hao Liangcai was also furious, pointed at Xu Yaozu and said, "Thank you, Master! This slave has important information!"

Seeing Hao Liangcai's appearance, Zhu Jinsong couldn't help laughing and said, "Tell me, what important information do you have?"

Hao Liangcai breathed a sigh of relief, but still pointed at Xu Yaozu: "This person is the brother-in-law of Fucha Mingxing, the governor of Shandong. Nearly all the silver taels went into his pocket, the hero is going to make trouble, how can he be short of silver taels?"

But Zhu Jinsong shook his head and said: "This information is not a big deal to us, not to mention that he is just the brother-in-law of the Shandong chief envoy, even if he is the brother-in-law of Qian Deaf Old Dog, no one can save him today you."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Jinsong waved his hands, signaling Liu Erniu to take the two of them down for questioning.

Not long after, Liu Erniu returned to Zhu Jinsong's side: "The head of the family has already asked clearly."

"That dog official Hao Liangcai didn't lie. The one just now was indeed Xu Yaozu from Yanzhou's army, and he was indeed the brother-in-law of Fucha Mingxing, the governor of Shandong."

"According to what Xu Yaozu said, it was the dog official Hao Liangcai who gave gold, silver and jewels to Wu Zude, the prefect of Yanzhou, and Xu Yaozu, the Yanzhou soldier, begging Xu Yaozu to lead troops to suppress the rebellion."

"According to what Hao Liangcai said, the reason why these soldiers are holding broken long grasses and rolled swords is entirely because Xu Yaozu, a dog official, wants to take the opportunity to make a fortune in Ningyang County so that they can sell their original equipment. Lose."

"Also, the number of soldiers in the Yamen of Yanzhou's military preparations is indeed one thousand, but the actual number is only the five hundred soldiers brought by Xu Yaozu."

"In addition, there are more than 300 servants and more than 700 servants in the Yanzhou government office. If Yanzhou inspection is added, the available troops are about [-]."

Zhu Jinsong hummed, frowned, and after thinking for a while, he ordered: "Go back to the mountain."

Zhu Jinsong was also very disappointed when he met someone like Xu Yaozu who stretched out his hand from the coffin.

Originally, it was thought that Hao Liangcai and Xu Yaozu would serve as the captain of the transport team for one time, but the result was far beyond Zhu Jinsong's expectations, so that this ambush only completed the task of ambushing the officers and soldiers and Hao Liangcai. However, the plan to snatch firecrackers and other equipment completely fell through.

Without enough equipment, most of the hand grenades produced on the mountain during this period of time have been consumed. Now if you go to Yanzhou City, you will have to face the encirclement and suppression of Yanzhou patrol soldiers, [-] yamen servants and [-] gangsters. It's almost like courting death.

What's more, Yanzhou's military equipment lost [-] soldiers. This matter is no longer something that the prefect of Yanzhou can suppress if he wants to. Even if the governor of Shandong wants to suppress this matter, it is not easy.

Unless He Zhongtang takes action himself, it is possible to hide the old dog from Shiquan.

This means that the garrison green battalions in Yanzhou and the surrounding areas will soon gather in Yanzhou, and then encircle and suppress Yuhuang Mountain.

And with Xu Yaozu's deeds first, the new green battalion soldiers will definitely not be so careless again, and the difficulty of ambushing them has also doubled.

In short, the plan to ambush the Yanzhou soldiers this time is considered a loss to grandma's family. The best option for now is to retreat to the mountains to rest, take the opportunity to sweep a few more villages, recruit more young and strong, and prepare more grenades at the same time. Wait until the strength is almost accumulated before smashing the Yanzhou government.

Especially Qufu County.

It's hard to raise a soldier to rebel and clean up. If the family in Qufu County is not smashed, Zhu Jinsong feels that he will not be able to live with it in his life.

……

Wu Zude turned back and forth in circles, wishing he could get Hao Liangcai's body back now and chop it into a meat paste.

Just because this stupid thing didn't figure things out in advance, the Yanzhou Military Beimen directly lost [-] soldiers, including the cheap brother-in-law of Shandong's chief envoy, the majestic fourth-rank Yanyi Cao Jidao and the leader of the Yanzhou Military Beiyamen His son Xu Yaozu was also beheaded.

Although Fucha Mingxing, the governor of Shandong Province, would probably not care whether a concubine's younger brother lived or died, but Xu Yaozu was still a fourth-rank official, and he and Xu Yaozu sent troops privately. this thing.

What's worse, the gang of rebels on Yuhuang Mountain didn't stop after killing Hao Liangcai and Xu Yaozu. They not only made troubles in Ningyang County, but also swept dozens of villages in Jining Prefecture next door. As a result, dozens of gentry families in Jining Prefecture were exterminated. After Liang Feng, the magistrate of Jining Prefecture, found out that the gang of rebels came from Yuhuang Mountain, he immediately wrote an impeachment memorial, and even sent someone to notify Wu Zude.

Well, now that Xu Yaozu is dead, no matter whether it is the Minggongs in the court, the Ministry of War, or the Shandong envoy Fucha Mingxing, they will only pour their anger on Wu Zude.

If you want to settle this matter, not to mention that the little money Hao Liangcai sent is not enough, even if you put all the money Wu Zude saved in the past three years, it may not be possible.

Therefore, Wu Zude and Wu Zhifu made peace for Hao Liangcai this time, it was completely picking up the sesame seeds and losing the watermelon, maybe there was a risk of losing his head.

After turning back and forth in the room for countless times, Wu Zude sat back on the chair until his head was almost dizzy, and said to the housekeeper, "Take out all our savings over the years, and replace the old man." Master, I will prepare some presents."

After the housekeeper responded, Wu Zude pointed to the two boxes on the desk and ordered: "Take Hao Liangcai's dog head and feed it to the dog. The government doesn't want to see him."

(End of this chapter)