A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 148 The Rebellion
October 27, the ninth year of Chongzhen, was an unforgettable day for the soldiers and civilians in Baoanzhou City.

In the early morning of this day, a large number of officers and soldiers came out from various barracks in the southwest of the state city. Flag flags, and headed for the integrity mansion in the northeast of the city, Baoan Prefecture and other places in a chaotic manner.

Those who walked in the front were those who looked thick and fierce, but dressed and behaved like military ruffians.Those who are interested can see that these officers and soldiers parading the streets are all Zhoucheng General Chi Dengshan, General Huang Xianen, and even the subordinates of Zheng Yu, the governor of the town, and many others. At that time, they were also dressed in military uniforms, and also came with weapons such as knives and guns, making noise all the way.

They came out of various military camps, there were hundreds of people in a mighty manner, and then these officers and troops marched without order and had no organizational strength. Except for some small leaders such as team officers and armor chiefs, there was nothing more serious among them. senior officer.

When such a thing happened, their usual Shangguan Chi Dengshan, Huang Xianen and others were all gone. When they came out of the barracks, no one stopped them, not even Zheng Yu, the governor of the town who was in charge of the army's discipline and law. I don't know where I went.

This group of officers and soldiers came with a murderous look. Seeing their ferocious appearance, the soldiers, civilians and people on the street were in chaos. Someone shouted: "The officers and soldiers are making a mess!"

Immediately, there was a flutter of chickens and dogs, men screamed on the street, women cried, and countless people fled in all directions. Without military discipline, the officers and soldiers were as terrifying as bandits, especially the bandits were born from inside the city.

Seeing the terrified appearance of those people, the officers and soldiers cheered and howled even more. They seemed to realize some kind of power of their own, or to get a kind of pleasure to vent. The animal desire hidden in their hearts could no longer be restrained, and the situation began develop into an uncontrollable situation.

Chi Dengshan and the others just wanted to limit the matter to a certain extent, but they underestimated the self-control and military discipline of these officers and soldiers. They hadn't walked far from the barracks, and the paid officers and soldiers on the street had become chaos .

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"The rebellious soldiers are making a fuss!"

In Bao'an prefecture, hearing the news was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, Li Zhenyu, the magistrate of the prefecture, was stunned and speechless for a while.

How could things happen without warning?

Even if Li Zhenzhen had never seen the terror of the rebels, he had heard a lot about them. They killed people, set fires, robbed property, and could do all kinds of inhuman things.

What he has to worry about more is whether the soldiers who are fighting for food and pay will rush into his state office, not only his own life, but also a heavyweight like Mrs. Ji living in his mansion. If something happens, he can imagine With that kind of consequences, not only is the official position difficult to manage, but it is also a problem whether the head on the head can be kept or not.

He was frightened and frantically wandered around in the hall, and the officials beside him also accompanied him in fear.Fortunately, at this time, the official Wei Han of Baoan Prefecture came in a hurry, and Li Zhenyu repeatedly asked him to call the people to guard the state government. As for going out to quell the chaos, he had no ability.

After Min Zhuang was transferred, Li Zhenyu finally felt a little more at ease, he suddenly remembered something, and said: "The officers and soldiers demanded wages for rioting, can the ethics officer get the news?"

There are nearly [-] powerful servants under Wang Dou's command, and Li Zhenyu has seen those servants before, and he was surprised by their strength and strength. Now that the troops are in disorder, Li Zhenzhen can only rely on Wang Dou's strength to turn the tide.

Daguan Han hesitated and said: "I don't know about this lowly position, but the direction of the rebels is going to the Chengshou mansion, Mr. Chengshou should have known about it."

He was a little thankful that Master Zhizhou didn't have a fever in his head, so he asked him to lead those civilians out to appease the chaos. When he arrived at the state government, the streets were already full of rioting soldiers. Those civilians under him didn't have the courage to take to the streets to fight against the officers and soldiers. , and he knows the virtues of the people under his command, most of them are rogues and ruffians, if they can't help but join the ranks of rebels, it will really be over.

Chen Yuwen, the official of Baoan Prefecture, said tremblingly: "The officers and soldiers ask for wages for chaos, I believe that the lord of integrity will find a way to settle it."

Zhizhou Li Zhenyu sighed, he can only count on Wang Dou, he doesn't know if Wang Dou has this ability, he is young after all, can he handle this situation?Moreover, Li Zhenjue heard that Wang Dou had been doing nothing all day since he took office, and he hadn't done much, and he didn't think Wang Dou was capable of calming down the rebellious soldiers.

Li Zhenyu didn't know how many rebels participated in the rebellion, and worried whether they would rush into the state government.

He looked in the direction of the integrity mansion, but frowned deeply.

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At this time, a cold and heartless voice came from the mansion of integrity that everyone was looking at.

"A group of rats, dare to follow the chaos and threaten this official!"

"They have eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard!"

"Please show me, my lord!"

"All those who follow the chaos, kill them all!"

"Ling, Han Zhong and Zhong Tiaoyang lead the troops into the city!"

Yijia's clanking sound: "The next official takes orders!"

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In just a short period of time, the streets and alleys of Baoanzhou have become hell, and the plan of Chi Dengshan and others has completely deviated from the direction. Except for some officers and soldiers who still marched to the mansion of integrity, most of the remaining officers and soldiers have already left. The team began to rob property, smash up shops, and massacre people in various parts of the state city in groups of three or five.They also set fires everywhere, burned houses, and even raped and humiliated women in broad daylight.A large number of ruffians and rascals in Zhoucheng also took advantage of the chaos to fish and rob money and things.

The streets were littered with corpses of common people, including naked dead women. The rebels armed with weapons kept breaking open the doors of every household in the city, and there were screams and weeping all over the city.

On the South Street of Baoanzhou City, near Cheng'enfang, Dashifang, there were a few rebels laughing and looting goods in the cloth shop at this time. , I was so scared that I didn't know where to run away.

Right at the door of the cloth shop, several rebels pinned a woman to the ground. On this street, they tore off the woman's clothes, intending to rape her in broad daylight.The woman desperately called for help and struggled, but how could she be an opponent of several young and strong soldiers?Clothes were torn off in pieces.

Among the rebels, one of them laughed loudly and said: "Happy, my old Zhang has lived to this year, and today is the happiest."

Seeing that she was about to be bullied and humiliated, the woman couldn't help crying, and she yelled desolately: "God, open your eyes and see!"

There was a loud bang of firecrackers, and the rebel old Zhang who was about to lie on the woman's body was punched out with a big hole in his chest, his blood splashed out and splashed all over the woman under her, and the woman screamed loudly.

The sound of gunfire kept ringing, and the dazed rebels beside him were killed one by one. The rest of them looked in a panic, but it was the Shun Township Ding Ping, who was led by the Lord, who came in disorder. They are neatly dressed, wearing iron armor, holding firecrackers and long spears, and shields and broadswords. One by one, they come from the street neatly. , One by one, the rebels were beaten to death by them.

These rebellious soldiers dealt with the people very well, but they dared not fight against the soldiers of Shun Xiangbao. They uttered a cry and immediately scattered and fled.Seeing that they could not escape, some rebels just knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "We are officers and soldiers. We are just hungry and cold. We surrendered. We are all officers and soldiers brothers. Be merciful, be merciful..."

Answering them was the sound of firecrackers, and sharp spears piercing their throats.

Seeing that they couldn't escape and begging for mercy was useless, some self-respecting and brave army ruffians fiercely stepped forward to fight with the soldiers of Shun Xiangbao, but who were their opponents?They were also killed one by one.

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Li Zhenyu gritted his teeth suddenly, and said to Daguan Han: "Lieutenant Han Zhou, you should immediately send some people out of the mansion to guard the mansion, and ask Mr. Wang to send some people to protect Miss Ji."

Daguan Han's face was ugly, he hesitated and said: "This..."

Suddenly everyone heard the sound of gunfire outside, and they looked at each other, not knowing what happened outside.

Then I heard the sound of neat footsteps running from the street outside, followed by someone declaring loudly: "According to the order of the Lord of Integrity, the officers and soldiers rebelled, and they will be punished as rebels and bandits, and they will be killed without mercy!"

"Anyone who dares to participate in the chaos and seek rebellion will be killed!"

"Anyone who dares to take advantage of the chaos and loot will be killed!"

"The whole city is strictly guarded and quiet. No pedestrians, vehicles or horses are allowed on the street. Otherwise, they will be treated as bandits and will be killed!"

Hearing the sound of the announcement, and the sound of orderly footsteps outside, which seemed to be interspersed with the cries and panic of rebel soldiers, Li Zhenyu's face was pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "Wang Douta, he..."

Everyone in the mansion was pale, and only heard the sound of firecrackers outside, one after another, and gradually, the sound of firecrackers outside stopped sporadically, it seemed that the street was much quieter.

I don't know how long it took, and suddenly there was the sound of a large army marching in an orderly formation outside. They came in from the south gate and were getting closer, with the overwhelming sound of "Wan Sheng" interspersed. That sound made the whole city tremble.Unexpectedly, countless people came from nowhere.

Li Zhenzhen said: "This is, this is..."

An announcement sounded outside: "According to the order of the lord, the soldiers of Shun Xiangbao entered the city to quell the chaos, and my king's division entered the city. Qiu did not commit any crimes. The people in the city do not need to panic..."

Li Zhenyu was dumbfounded and could no longer speak.

(End of this chapter)