The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 16

In the county government office, dozens of members of the Bailian sect fled all the way to the back door, but saw that the back door was closed tightly, and more than a dozen "officers and soldiers" were lying on the wall and pointing firecrackers into the courtyard.

Behind him, Zhu Linmei also led others to chase him.

A disciple of the White Lotus Sect raised his iron fork and shouted: "We are all guilty of rebellion, and if we are captured at this time, we will die. Fight!"

The bandits immediately wanted to fight back, but many of them threw away their weapons just now, and they were at a loss with empty hands.

Zhu Linmei signaled to the guards guarding the back door, and then there was a burst of gunshots, including the guy who had been agitating desperately just now, and five or six religious bandits were instantly killed.

Zhu Lin pointed her pistol at the sky, and said loudly: "If you are persecuted by the cult, you will not deserve to die!"

Zhu Jiadi reacted very quickly and immediately repeated it in Hokkien.

When people are in despair, they are always willing to believe in things that are beneficial to them. Immediately, some congregants dropped their weapons and fell to their knees.A few red-eyed people who were sober-minded and knew they were going to die rushed forward, and Shi Lin and the others quickly dealt with them with their knives in hand.

But Zhu Linmi frowned - Ye Li has not been seen yet.

He ordered the guards to disperse the search in the county government office, and asked Shi Lin and others to put the surrendered religious bandits into the county government prison.

Zhu Linmi sat in the lobby and sent people all over the county government to search, but there was no sign of Ye Li.

On the contrary, Shi Lin brought more than ten people, saying that they were released from the prison.Most of them were gentry and celebrities in Qingliu County, who were kidnapped by Ye Li for ransom.

Everyone couldn't stop thanking Zhu Linming.Among them were three foreigners who could speak Chinese fluently, and one of them could even blurt out such polite words as "General Shenwu".

Ye Li heard the sound of gunshots, shouts of killing, and screams in the county office, and immediately accelerated a little bit.

After running in hiding all the way to the wall of the flower hall, he let two tall disciples drag him up to the top of the wall, and was about to turn over when he heard someone shouting not far away: "He's here! Don't run! "

When Ye Li turned his head, he saw an "officer and soldier" dressed as a member of the White Lotus Sect was shooting an arrow with his bow, and then he felt a sharp pain in his leg and fell off the wall.

Outside the county government office, [-] or [-] members of the Bailian sect who came to the rescue began to attack the main entrance.

The dozen or so guards defending the main gate of the county government soon couldn't hold on anymore, and came to the lobby to ask Zhu Linmi for reinforcements.

On one side is Ye Li, and on the other side is the attack on the main gate.Zhu Linmei immediately assigned 30 people to defend the main gate, and Shi Lin led [-] people to catch Ye Li.

Some of the gentry and celebrities also picked up the weapons on the ground and came to help.

By the time Zhu Linmi led people to the main gate, many bandits had already crawled into the courtyard.He immediately organized a wave of firecrackers to shoot, suppressing the enemy's momentum.

Afterwards, the guards got rid of some surviving religious bandits in the courtyard, and climbed up the wall one after another, shooting outwards with firecrackers, bows and arrows.

But the three foreigners just now were unexpectedly tough.They picked up three bird guns, one of them squatted on the roof to shoot, and the other two reloaded. Their movements were extremely skillful, and every time they fired the guns, they hit the places that needed support the most.

On the other side, Ye Li led a dozen or so disciples back into the back kitchen, defending by the window.These disciples are all his confidantes, and the counterattack was very fierce.

For a while, Shi Lin could only shoot at them from a distance, and tried to rush over several times but was blocked back.

Zhu Linmi asked someone to ask about Shi Lin's situation, feeling very anxious.He didn't know how Liu Guoxuan was progressing. If there was no breakthrough there, he would have to catch the bandit leader Ye Li to break the situation.Otherwise, after a long time, the enemy will gradually find out his own details, and it will be really troublesome!
It is necessary to divide the troops to quickly take down Ye Li, so that the whole situation can be revitalized.Zhu Linmi glanced over the corpses of several members of the White Lotus Cult on the ground, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration.

A moment later, Wang Guru's mournful cry came from behind the gate of the county government office, "Master, you died so badly!"

Zhu Linmi's words still lingered in his ears, "You cheated to open the city gate first, and then spread rumors about tens of thousands of officers and soldiers attacking the city. Do you think the White Lotus Sect can tolerate you? But if you cooperate, I will count you as you anyway, and I will protect you from death." .”

Afterwards, a human head was picked up by a long bamboo pole and appeared above the county government office, and Wang Gu cried even harder.

Two groups of people inside and outside the county government stopped their hands at the same time and looked into the air.

People outside looked at the bloody head, anxiously unable to recognize it.After a long time, someone shouted: "Master Wang, is this really the old Xiangzhu?"

Wang Gu cried, "Master has been killed by officers and soldiers. You wait, I beg them to clean up Master's face." Then he bargained with the "officers and soldiers" to cleanse for Ye Li.

At the same time, twenty guards accompanied Zhu Linming to reinforce Shi Lin.The roof, the side of the house, and the main entrance attacked together. Ye Li and his disciples were no match for four hands. In a short while, they were chopped down by the guards who jumped down from the roof.Shi Lin took advantage of the moment when the back kitchen's bow and blunderbuss stopped for a while, and shouted, leading people to rush in.

The sound of swords and soldiers quickly subsided, Shi Lin was soaked in blood, and walked out like a god carrying a human head, grinning at Zhu Linmi, "Master, the thief is the leader!"

The "negotiation" at the gate of the county government soon came to fruition, and the "officers and soldiers" agreed to let Wang Gu clean Ye Li's body.

The bamboo pole was slowly retracted, Wang Gu cried and cried for a while, and the congregation outside the county office just stood there, not knowing what to do.

In just one stick of incense time, a human head was thrown out of the county government office. It was still bloody and hadn't been cleaned at all.

Someone boldly stepped forward and turned the head face up, and there was a burst of exclamation among the bandits, "Master Ye Xiang is dead!"

Liu Guoxuan rushed to the county government with Zu Yong in a hurry, fearing that shopkeeper Su would not be able to resist, but he encountered the members of the Bailian sect running around like bereaved dogs.

He was not polite, he stepped forward and slashed again, and finally rushed into the county government office with his blood soaked through his heavy clothes. He saw shopkeeper Su holding a short gun and all the "family members" standing in front of him, obviously killing the religious bandits in the county government office. scattered.

Liu Guoxuan came forward with a big smile, and patted Zhu Linming on the shoulder, "It's a pity that shopkeeper Su is a merchant, why don't you go out with me to fight the enemy and revive Daming Rivers and Mountains?"

Seeing the conversation between the two, Zhu Jiadi hurried over to be an interpreter.

Zhu Linmei smiled slightly, "I'm about to go into battle with you to kill the enemy. Would you like to join me?"

"Subordinates?" Liu Guoxuan smiled even more happily, "Where did you get the titles as a businessman?" When he said this, he suddenly looked around and said in a low voice, "Does shopkeeper Su not know the meaning of subordinates? This word cannot be used indiscriminately." .”

"I'm not interested in doing business. Forget it. Officer Sun Tui should be able to recommend me to be the head of the post when Qingliu County is recaptured this time. Although I don't have a rank, at least I'm a court officer." He was obviously very excited, "Shopkeeper Su I will do my best to help you declare to the imperial court for the rewards and pensions."

Zhu Linmi shook her head and said, "You don't need Sun Tuiguan. How about you being the chief executive under my command, the eighth rank?"

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