Chapter 596: People arrive at the silence of the sky
There were four green camp soldiers coming in, and a few were outside the door. The dark shadows looked quite strong, and the big blade in his hand reflected a cold light under the illumination of the lantern.
Yu Shun and his companions flashed behind their hands holding the gun and said lightly: "What are you going to do?"
"What are you doing? Check you out!" Under the light of the lantern, the sharp-pitched Qing soldier, whose voice was surnamed Wu, swept his eyes around and asked, "Where did you come from?"
Yu Shun spoke a Jiaodong dialect and said in a deep voice: "Wendeng!"
"Ha~~~ Wendeng is now occupied by the North Sea Pirates, how did you two run out?"
"We are not from the county town, we live outside the city and run around."
The man surnamed Wu snorted, punched his erection, lifted his feet on Yu Shun's head, tilted his face and squinted his eyes, and smiled at Yu Shun without a smile, "Okay, dare you to blow up the thorn? Why didn't you register with the lead when you stayed in the hotel?"
"The introduction is in the package." Yu Shun frowned and said, "I had to take the introduction before. The shop assistant said that since I stayed for a night, I would not need to register. Just call him and ask."
"I have no time!" The man surnamed Wu smiled sinisterly, stood up straight, raised his knife and pointed at Yu Shun: "Now I suspect that both of you are spies of the North Pirates! Let's go back to the house and tell us honestly! Even if he is a rooster, I still have pliers to pluck hair!"
After saying that, he reached out and wanted to grab Yu Shun's collar. Unexpectedly, Yu Shun made a quicker move. His left hand was as fast as lightning, and he stuck the other's jaw. At the same time, his right foot stomped on the other's feet. The Wu immediately screamed.
In the flash of lightning, Yu Shun let go of his left hand, then reached into his arms, lifted and swung hard, and then tripped his feet again. He heard a scream from Wu, flying to the side like a paper kite. With a "boom", he smashed his whole body against the partition wall between the two rooms. A big hole was suddenly smashed into the wall mixed with the fence and soil. The person had already gone to the next door. The mud and grass flew around, and the splashed dust rose into the air.
Since he was arrested in the countryside of Rongcheng four years ago, Yu Shun has been practicing hard to capture and fight in recent years, and has practiced the martial arts of Chai Rugui who was a teacher for more than half a year. It is no problem to deal with ordinary people. After what happened just now, he really disliked these green camp soldiers, so he took action unconsciously and became heavier.
Now even the next door was in chaos. There were rumblings and rumblings in amidst the screams, shouting "There is a thief", drawing his sword and holding a stick, some fleeing, and some drilling through the hole...
Somewhere was the head of Wu, and a blood mark on his head mixed with soil. How embarrassed it would be. He covered his head with a knife, stood up staggeringly, turned around and pointed at Yu Shun and shouted: "These are both spies of the North Sea Pirates! Brothers, we have a lot of people, please take them and ask for rewards!"
I heard the loud bangs of gongs on the street outside. The young men from all households greeted each other and shouted "Catch the thief". The shouts and scolded each other from afar, and the chaos was rushing. It seemed that everyone in the village had woken up.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Yu Shun and his companions took the bag and pulled their feet out. The Wu man stood at the hole in the fence, staring blankly, suddenly woke up, stamped his feet and raised his throat, shouting, "Everyone blocked the door! Two damns are about to leave!"
"Bang!"
The man surnamed Wu was silent with a crisp gunshot, and suppressed the voices of the people inside and outside the house. Yu Shun's companion opened fire. The problem was that this kid used to shoot targets either nine rings or ten rings, but it was the first time he fired at someone. In addition, the light was dim, and the bullet whizzed past the ears of the Qing soldiers named Wu, and then disappeared into the partition wall behind.
The man surnamed Wu only felt that his left ear was hot, and some liquid seemed to splash on his face. He reached out and touched his hand and realized that his left ear was gone! Immediately afterwards, a heart-wrenching pain came in an instant. He did not dare to touch the wound with his left hand again, but only hung from the wound and screamed.
The Qing army was stunned! They thought to themselves what kind of gun this was? There was no need to twist it!
At this moment, while everyone inside and outside were stunned, Yu Shun rushed to the side of the leader Qing army, strangled the other party's neck with his left arm, then pushed the other party's neck with a pistol, dragged it away, and kicked the straw curtain at the door. He saw more than a dozen torches in the yard, and more than twenty Qing soldiers still stared at him, staring at him in a daze. With one arm, he tried hard, and the guy in his arms looked like purple eggplant, and he couldn't breathe.
Yu Shun stood at the door with murderous aura and shouted: "Do away and let us walk! Who dares to move around? I will shoot him!"
"Hero... 动, spare me! Save... save me..."
When the Qing army saw the person in Yu Shun's arms, they immediately thought to themselves that they were finished! The other party was holding the whistle leader Li-Taer - this person was the hoarse voice of the surname Li who had given orders next door.
At this time, a Qing army plucked up his courage and stammered: "Hero! Who is from the mountain? Dare to commit crimes in this village! Let's go, let go of the person!"
"Fuck! Do you think I don't understand?! Go away!" Yu Shun shouted, "Go out of the village!"
The Qing army looked at me and I looked at you, and looked at Li Touer, waiting for him to speak. But the Li-sen was tightly clamped by Yu Shun's arm, and he could only hold his breath and earn his life. His eyes were wide open and he couldn't say a word. The key was that he was still holding a gun on his back, and his dark gun body emitted a cold and cold light under the light and shadow of the torch.
After a stalemate for a while, the Qing soldiers began to slowly spread to both sides, and a gap of about a foot wide flashed out. Yu Shun asked his companions to walk in front, and he dragged the half-dead Li Touer out of the gate of the carriage and horse shop. In fact, the group of Qing soldiers, swords, guns, and birds, were all but throwing mice and avoiding weapons. In addition, they had no time to load and ignite the ignition rope in panic, so they had to follow behind, both like escorting and seeing off, and followed step by step.
At this time, three or four hundred people had gathered outside the store, lanterns and torches. Although there were many people, no one dared to come forward to show off. Yu Shun didn't want to shoot and injure people casually. In those days, there were bullets from the North Navy. If there were no military doctors to treat them, they would be basically dead.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In this way, the Qing army and the people in the village followed Yu Shun and they a hundred steps away from the village to the north and walked about two miles away along the Jinshui River. When their companions shone with a flashlight, they found that the river water here was shallow, but they also crossed the river one step at a time, and the dark river water flowed from the stone pedestals.
"Cross the river!"
“Yes, yes…”
The Qing army commander named Li naturally had never seen a flashlight. From the beginning of leaving the village, he noticed that Yu Shun's companion was holding only a small black cylinder as long as a slap in his hand. He didn't know how to deal with it, the light beam emitted was bright and straight, and the places he shone along the way were even more visible. He thought the other party was using magic, and he was extremely afraid and dared not resist at all, so he did whatever he called.
When the officers and soldiers saw that they had crossed the river by stepping on the rocks, they shouted on the other side: "Hey! Hey, keep your word, it's time to let our people go!" Yu Shun walked with the guy named Li for a long time, and was very tired; but he knew that as long as he let people go, the officers and soldiers would rush up like hornets and chase them relentlessly, so he said to his companion with his better marksmanship, "Only fire the torch but not the person, fire three shots to scare them away."
The companion said "um" and looked at the clusters of flames that were floating more than twenty meters away, then raised his hand and shot three times.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
With the sound of gunfire, Yu Shun quickly smelled a pungent smell of urine. It turned out that the whistle chief named Li was strangled in front of him was scared. This man had lived for more than 30 years and had been a green camp soldier for more than ten years, and had never seen a short gun that could be fired continuously. He was finally convinced that the two guys who kidnapped him were most likely the legendary "North Pirates". At this moment, he was extremely regretful, and he really responded to the plaque at the door of the prison - it was too late to regret it.
On the other side, as several torches were knocked away by bullets, the Qing army on the other side of the Jinshui River was immediately in anger, and someone shouted: "Mom! This is the Beihai Pirates' fire guns!"
"Jiang Liu was beaten to death! Run!"
"Nonsense! I'm fine...Oh! Who the hell is stepping on me!"
The guy who was mistakenly believed to have been shot was about to argue, but his voice was drowned in panic shouts. After a while, the Qing army on the shore had already run dozens of steps away. Just when these guys were just aware that they were safe, there were three more gunshots on the other side of the shore. Then someone seemed to be shot and fell to the ground with a scream.
My mother! How many guns can the North Pirates fire in a row? Stop talking, keep running...
Yu Shun took advantage of the chaos to push the already limp Qing army in Li, then kicked him into the river, splashing a big splash. When the Qing army chief named Li stood up from the river, wiped away the water from his face, turned around and looked to the west bank, where was there a figure?
After Yu Shun and his companions quickly left west, they did not dare to turn on the flashlight again. They walked when they saw the road, walked when they saw the mountain, and walked high and low. They walked on the path among the rocks for two hours before stopping, and found a secluded place to shelter from the wind and sat down and sweated.
At this time, the stars and moon in the sky were blocked by a thin layer of clouds. The chaos showed that there were rolling hills everywhere, and the mountains were covered with dark trees. Although the autumn night was not cold, it also made people feel cool all over. The roaring pine waves surged in the dark, and the old branches were shaking wildly above their heads, making a creaking sound of fear of people.
Yu Shun took out the water-filled gourd from the bag and handed it to his companion. After the other party took a few sips, he was about to drink it, but he heard a "click" sound of the hammer, which shocked him, but he saw that his companion had pulled the pistol out of his waist.
Because the two were very close, he looked in the direction pointed by the other person's raised hand, and saw a guy with dark body as big as a calf parked there under a pine tree more than ten steps away. His eyes were as big as wine glasses, as yellow as green as they were, and his eyes were shining slightly, and he looked at him and the two of them without moving.
"Leopard!" Yu Shun's heart sank. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw that his companion's muzzle had been raised, and he hurriedly stopped him softly: "Don't move! We're in the downwind."
He spoke very lowly, for fear of disturbing the leopard, but his companions obviously heard it, lowered their guns and did not dare to move again. Although he could scare this guy away by shooting, Yu Shun felt that his current location was very close to Muping City. It was unnecessary if the gunshot caused trouble, so the two of them looked at each other and confronted each other.
I don't know how long it took, but the beast snored in its throat, and shook its thick black tail twice, as if confirming that the two humans ahead had a huge threat to them. They turned their heads reluctantly and jumped into the pine forest. After a sound, they went far away.
It was not until his companion closed the insurance that Yu Shun let out a long breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead. At this time, the sky became darker and the two knew that the dawn was coming...
The prefecture of Ninghai Prefecture in the Qing Dynasty was in Mouping City, and the county was abolished and renamed to the prefecture in the early Ming Dynasty. Because the prefecture city was only 111 miles away from Wendeng County, since I learned of the fall of Wendeng, I closed the city gates on the north, east and south sides, leaving only the west gates. After all, the people in the city always had to cook firewood and eat every day.
In the early morning, as the suspension bridge outside the west gate fell, a gap was opened for people and wheelbarrows to enter and exit. At this time, more than 30 green camp soldiers who had already been waiting outside the city gate rushed over; two of them were injured, one was covered with thick bandages on their heads and swollen faces on their left; the other guy had a circle of blood-stained bandages on his legs, and was supported by his companions and limped.
These people knew each other and the soldiers guarding the city gate, so they all entered the city smoothly. When the gatekeeper learned from them that the spy of the "Northern Pirates" had appeared on the northern foot of the Dakunyu Mountain more than 40 miles away, he was so shocked that he immediately rushed to the prefect's office to report.
When the magistrate Yuan Jingde heard that the Northern Navy had appeared in his jurisdiction, he was immediately scared to the point of being deserted. In the city, except for a few dozen Green Camp soldiers and a hundred tens of servants, there were more than 500 strong men recruited from wealthy families and ordinary people. In addition to dozens of bird guns, line guns, and swords, guns, sticks, and there were not even local cannons in the city. How could they defeat the Northern Navy?
Although I received an article from the Fucheng yesterday, Lord Cao of Denglai Qingbing asked the counties to recruit villagers with muskets and bows to defend the city, and the blacksmith shop built muskets and earth cannons. But it was too late at this moment!
However, after silently smoking two bags of cigarettes in the study, the former magistrate's panic gradually calmed down and he had a vague idea in his mind. However, he had to discuss this with other officials before he could summon the heads of the officials' families in the city to make a plan.
After a while, the three of them, the co-minister Fei Deying, Zhang Zengtan, and the provincial scholar Wang Guixiang, arrived. There were only four official officials in Ninghaizhou... Oh, there was also a patrol inspector, but with the Northern Navy conquering Wendeng, that person probably wouldn't be able to come back.
Fei Deying and the other two had known what happened at this time, but they had no idea. They sat in the signing room and sighed continuously. After Yuan Jingde came in and sat down, they slowly expressed their thoughts. The other three looked at each other, then nodded helplessly, thinking that this was the only way. Then Yuan Jingde asked the Tongzhi to send someone to invite the heads of each family to discuss matters.
Although Ninghaizhou is not big, there are still many scholarly officials. In the city, there are the Chang family of Ximenli, Zhao family, Wang family, Nanmenli He family, and descendants of Confucius Sheng in Dongguan; outside the city, there are the Li family of Xijiejiazhuang, Yang family of Wu, Zhang family of Zeshang, Sun family of Ya, Yu family of Shangzhuang, etc. The women and children of these people were sent to Dengzhou Prefecture, and the young and strong stayed to help defend the city.
Half an hour later, after learning that the "North Pirates" had already appeared in the territory, Yuan Jingde, the governor of Ninghai Prefecture, saw that the people had arrived, so he took up his seat in the second hall. He coughed lightly and said, "You must have heard that the spies of the North Pirates have appeared on the northern foot of the Great Kunyu Mountain. I believe that they will come to attack the city in a few days. I think that from the 22nd year of Dading in Ninghai Prefecture, the system has been established for more than 600 years, and the national dynasty has so far! All the families have lived here since the Ming Dynasty. If they suffer from war, the day when the city is destroyed, they will probably be devastated!"
"What Lord Yuan said!"
"Why send someone to ask for reinforcements from the city!"
Everyone just agreed in unison, not knowing what Lord Yuan sold in the gourd.
Yuan Jingde's face was already showing a look of sorrow and anger, and he said in a deep voice: "For the eight towns and seventy-seventh communities in Haizhou, Baoning, to ensure the safety of all the family business, I decided to send someone to the Beihai Pirates... The Beihai Army will discuss peace! Today, I will select representatives from all of you here! Who would like to go to the thief's nest and seek peace for the people of the city?"
Okay, it's like I'm going to surrender to Beihai Town... No, peace talks! Everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that there was no need to die this time. However, thinking that the rumored Beihai Army was like wolves and tigers, the officials and gentry were trembling again.
Near noon, the meeting at the Second Hall of Ninghai Prefecture finally decided on peace agreement with the Beihai Army, including: Wang Guixiang, the chief of Zhou Xuexue, the housekeeper of Yuan Jingde of the prefect, the Chang family, Zhao family, Wang family, and Kong family. They will go to Wendeng, more than a hundred miles away under the escort of forty strong men from the above four families.
To show sincerity, the former governor asked the Xuezheng Wang Guixiang to bring the household registration account of the 77th House of Eight Townships in Ninghaizhou, as well as letters signed by Yuan Jingde, other officials and all the gentry attending the meeting. In addition, he also took some chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, 200 stones of rice and flour, and fifty pieces of silk cloth from the materials previously recruited.
Some people agree to surrender, so naturally some people will definitely oppose it. In order to keep it confidential, Wang Guixiang and others discussed and decided to go out of the city after dark.
Chapter completed!