Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 15, Riot in the City

At this time, the big man with the axe had rushed onto the stage. He quickly cut the ropes that bound Guo Dahai, pulled out the white cloth that was blocking Guo Dahai's mouth, then picked up Guo Dahai on his back and stood up to leave.

Guo Dahai finally regained his freedom at this time, and he immediately shouted loudly:

"I can't leave! Tieniu, put me on the stage!"

The Iron Ox was obviously hesitant.

Guo Dahai said angrily:

"Hurry up! Someone is setting a trap for our Four Seas Gang and wants to kill us all. It will be too late if we are late!"

Upon hearing this, Tie Niu hurriedly and obediently put Guo Dahai on the platform.

What Fang Yong could see, Guo Dahai could naturally see as well.

He was 100% sure that there were countless archers lying in ambush on all sides outside. As soon as they walked out after robbing the execution ground, they would be shot like hedgehogs immediately, and no matter how good their kung fu was, it would be useless.

When the time comes, the rebellion will be confirmed and the three clans will be exterminated.

Guo Dahai must stop this from happening immediately.

If it's too late, it's too late.

After Guo Dahai stood on the stage, he immediately shouted to the people fighting below:

"Brothers, I'm Guo Dahai. Listen to me. Don't kill people randomly. This is a conspiracy! Stop first and calm everyone down!"

Guo Dahai is really prestigious. After he said this, some people immediately stopped fighting and rushed to Guo Dahai's side.

However, these people were only a minority among all the people. Most of the people were blood-thirsty at this time, fighting with the government troops in the crowd, and even the civilians were implicated.

Although the government troops were elite, they could not withstand the large numbers and could not use military tactics in the crowd, so they were quickly killed by the Four Seas Gang.

The frightened people fled in all directions.

Guo Dahai, standing on the stage and watching this scene, realized that it was over.

These people are witnesses of his rebellion.

There is a 100% chance that there are government troops ambushing outside. If you go out, you will definitely die.

How to do?
Now he is in a desperate situation, with no way out.

"Brother, what's wrong with you? Aren't we leaving?"

Tie Niu asked doubtfully.

Guo Dahai's eyes were full of bloodshot. He had lofty ambitions, how could he die here? Looking at the fleeing people, Guo Dahai's eyes flashed with cruelty.

"Tie Niu, go! There are government troops ambushing outside. Take your men and stop these civilians. Don't let them leave. Otherwise, they will be killed by the government troops if they go out!"

"Brother, how do you know?"

"Don't ask any more questions, just go, if anyone doesn't listen just kill them, this is to save them!"

Seeing Guo Dahai say this, Tie Niu immediately took people to stop the people.

His unique loud voice is like a bell.

"No one is allowed to leave. My brother said that there are government troops lying in ambush outside. If you go out, you will die!"

The frightened people naturally couldn't listen at this time.

Tie Niu couldn't bear to kill these unarmed civilians, but remembering his brother's order, he had to be ruthless. With one axe, he split a civilian who wanted to rush out into two halves.

Such a bloody scene immediately stunned the people, and no one dared to move.

Guo Dahai came over with his men and surrounded thousands of people. He said:
"My fellow villagers, don't be afraid. I am not killing people on purpose. I am trying to save your lives!"

"Some corrupt officials want to put me, Guo Dahai, to death. Although my death is not a pity, I must not implicate the people. If you run away like this, the court will definitely mistake you for members of the Four Seas Gang and implicate you. How innocent are you?"

"I have a plan that can solve this situation. Please listen carefully."

"We will split into two groups, one in front and one behind, and go out together. If we encounter an ambush by the government troops, I will personally go forward and explain the reason, and ask the government troops to let you go first. After you leave, we will have no regrets even if we die. How do you think?"

After Guo Dahai finished speaking, Tie Niu, who was standing beside him, was so moved that he said bluntly:
"Brother is kind and righteous. I am willing to die first and follow you!"

Guo Dahai was speechless, but he still acted like a good brother.

However, there are always those who refuse to cooperate.

A young man in the crowd, who looked like he had been educated, questioned:

"What if you don't do as you said and take advantage of the opportunity to create chaos and use us to attack the army? "

Guo Dahai lowered his eyebrows and said, "How dare you speak nonsense and mislead people?"

As he spoke, he drew out a long knife and stabbed it into the boy's chest.

The young man opened his eyes wide, stared at Guo Dahai, and then died.

After the boy died, no one dared to question the situation anymore, so Guo Dahai forced the people to form a human wall and walked out with his men. Fang Yong stood in the attic, watching Guo Dahai's actions the whole time.

After seeing Guo Dahai actually find a way out of the desperate situation, Fang Yong couldn't help but sigh: "This man is really a hero. If he is allowed to get out alive, he will definitely achieve great things in the future."

Li Sheng, who was standing by, listened to Fang Yong's words and scratched his head, confused.

Is that guy really that powerful?

Looking at his martial arts, they aren't that great, right?

Fang Yong waved his hand and said:

"Bring me my bow."

Li Sheng took out a big bow and handed it to Fang Yong.

This is a six-stone bow. In the entire Shuizhai, except Fang Yong, only Gan Ba can pull it.

I heard that Ganba is currently planning to make a ten-stone bow, and the material is the same python tendon, but there is no news yet.

Fang Yong picked up the longbow, drew the bow until it was like a full moon, his eyes like an eagle, and shot an arrow, which made a loud sound of breaking through the air.

Without looking at the result, Fang Yong turned around and left with Li Sheng.

"Brother, be careful, no, brother!!!"

The arrow shot from the six-stone bow at full draw was not much slower than a bullet. By the time Tie Niu heard the sound of the arrow breaking through the air and spoke to warn him, it was too late. Guo Dahai's head had been pierced by the arrow, and he was dead before he could even leave a last word.

After Guo Dahai's death, the crowd completely rioted.

Fang Yong received the news in the afternoon.

The Four Seas Gang gathered together to rebel, robbed execution grounds, and killed officials, and have been labeled as traitors.

The governor remained calm in the face of danger and stabilized the situation at the first opportunity; General Jinhai personally led the troops to encircle and suppress the rebels. During the battle, a young general with superior martial arts shot and killed the rebel leader Guo Dahai with a single arrow in the chaos. Afterwards, the entire rebel army was wiped out, and only one person escaped by chance.

In addition, more than 100,000 members of the Four Seas Gang were all taken into custody by the army on charges of rebellion, and their specific fate is still unknown.

Not long after, Xue Wu came to tell Fang Yong that the goods had been retrieved.

After the members of the Four Seas Gang were taken into custody, the government troops identified the goods as stolen money.

Shopkeeper Xue naturally knew the ins and outs of this, so he bribed the garrison commander with some money and successfully got the goods back.

That's how it ended.

It seems that this trip went unexpectedly smoothly.

Fang Yong smiled and had no intention of staying here any longer. He packed up and prepared to go back that night.

At night, Fang Yong boarded the boat, but was told that due to the rebellion of the rebels, the boat could only pass until the next morning.

Fang Yong didn't care and stayed on the boat temporarily.

Then, in the evening, something happened that no one could have expected.

While the prefect and the general were still arguing over the distribution of credit at night, Tie Niu, who had fled desperately from the encirclement of the government troops during the day, returned to the city at night.

At this time, hundreds of thousands of members of the Four Seas Gang were being held in Taiping Street in the city. They were so crowded that there was no place to sleep.

Hundreds of government troops used hemp ropes and wooden sticks to surround these hundreds of thousands of people. These people were like sheep and no one dared to resist.

In fact, they are indeed sheep, just like the old man once was.

Everyone was in a state of panic, not knowing how the officials would deal with them.

In fact, with so many people involved, the final result is nothing more than forced labor, and there will basically be no other results, but these people are not aware of this.

Then, Tie Niu came.

He cut the hemp rope with an axe and killed the government troops.

Tie Niu told people that someone had slandered them for rebellion and the government troops were going to kill them all. If they wanted to stay alive, they had to make a fuss and make a big deal out of it so that the emperor would know about it. Only then would they be spared death.

So the riots began.

People shouted slogans and rushed into the prefectural and county governments, as well as the streets and alleys.

At first it was just to kill officials, but later it evolved into murder, arson, robbery and rape.

Pick up the hoe, pick up the knife, and uncover half of the sky of Jinhai.

Take the oil and torches and burn the sailing ship in the sea!
The development of the situation was completely beyond Tie Niu's control. His original intention was just to avenge his eldest brother, but now it has turned into... a riot throughout the city.

The flames burned half the city red.

Outside Tianjin, several ships were sailing towards here without any knowledge of the situation.

Xueyan opened the curtain and said in surprise:
"Girl, people always say that the capital is rich, but I didn't expect that Jinhai is not much less. Look how bright the lights are in the middle of the night!"

(End of this chapter)