Beiyang new warlord

"The Luo family can let the general enter the city, and he will enter the city tonight!"

"Do you think this will allow me to let Luo Zhen go?"

With a slap on his stomach, Mao Jue's expression became more and more gloomy. In this era, one must abide by the universal rules of this era. Even if Luo Ning risked quarreling and exterminating the family, he dragged the entire Luo family into the water , Mao Jue didn't want to let go of this guy who killed him, not to mention that this guy killed Qinniang, and Su Yi almost died!

"The general wants to say this, Luo Ning understands! But people can't die without nodding their heads, doesn't the general want to take revenge more happily?"

"Oh?"

Finally, Mao Jue got off the horse and walked in front of Luo Ning. Hearing her whisper, Mao Jue finally nodded.

"Big sister!"

Trembling like sifting chaff, Luo Zhen was finally dragged off the hay cart, looking at Luo Ning who was following Mao Jue, and as if seeing a savior, he struggled against the held shoulder, desperately wanting to Squeezed over, but this time Luo Ning did not rush over as usual, protecting him behind her, with a gloomy look on her face.

hum~

Under Luo Zhen's fearful expression, Mao Jue's saber was unsheathed.

click~

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!"

Blood splattered with the screams, fell to the ground, holding half of his legs, the white-faced scholar screamed with all his strength, he couldn't feel the pain when the crossbow hit others, but the knife cut on himself, Only then did he know what heartbreaking pain was. Blood splashed out from the broken leg, and he wiped the blood on his sleeve neatly. Mao Jue put the knife back into the scabbard, and immediately walked towards his horse again. .

"I'll give you a quarter of an hour!"

Arterial hemorrhage is fatal, and he didn't dare to delay for a second. Luo Ning immediately ran to Luo's manor, giving orders hastily while running.

"Luo Yi, Luo Yu, hurry up and take out all the good lake silk, and stop the bleeding for the young master! Luo Qing, go to the old dragon doctor right away! Fifth Uncle Luo, Uncle Luo Sixth, you, you take to the nursing home, and follow Me, follow me"

Under Luo Ning's command, the Luo family, who were still decadent just now, were summoned around again, and carried back Luo Zhen who was struggling to scream. The servants also joined the team tremblingly, grabbed Luo Ning's hand suddenly, stretched his ape's arms lightly, and Mao Jue dragged her to his horse. Under the fearful and worried eyes of the Luo family, the eldest lady of his family Following this rebel team, they quietly ran towards the city of Hangzhou in the dark

Chapter 1. One Pot Stew

The development of urbanization in the south of the Yangtze River is really developed, even comparable to later generations. Outside the limited scope of the city wall, there are also highly developed and vast towns. In Qi Jiguang's Taizhou War against the Japanese, the important battle of Huajie was in The city towns a few miles outside the city of Taizhou were built, and the towns outside the city of Hangzhou far exceeded the urban area.

But tonight, these bustling towns during the day seem to have entered the end of the world. Countless townspeople abandoned their family businesses and fled to the city in panic. The outermost edge has already been burned, and the dark thick Smoke billowed up.

When they got here, the pirate army had scattered and entered the houses to rob. After all, it was just a mob composed of robbers, hooligans, escaped slaves, and rogue-like rogues, and Mao Jue couldn't restrain them.

But this kind of mob was able to make trouble along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River for decades, defeating tens of thousands of regular troops of the Ming army several times. It is conceivable how corrupt and degraded the Jiangnan guards have become.

The main force of the Japanese pirates gathered at the south gate. Tens of thousands of refugees fled to the gate of Qiantang County with their burdens crying and slapping the gate. However, the gate was tightly closed. Call, but don't open the door.

What officials and soldiers would rather die by themselves, and go to rescue the villagers when they are held hostage, are all stories in movies. No, whoever said that those who died were ordinary people, lowly soldiers and military members, and those who lived in the city were all wealthy families with status?

There were waves of shouts, and the defenders at the top of the city were all shaken, but the face of the prefect of Hangzhou Prefecture did not change a bit, and he waved his hands coldly.

"Fire arrows!"

The densely packed arrows did not fall on the heads of the Japanese pirates, but fell on the people of Ming Dynasty first. Fortunately, the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River have been decayed to the extreme, and there is no compound bow with strong lethality at all. They all use bamboo bows and shoot light Although the arrow shot down one piece, there were not many dead. The blood and pain touched the fear of the people, and the residents of the city finally dispersed and fled to both sides of the city.

The Nancheng was hissing hard, but the North City was still quiet, and the Ruanxiang Building here was still full of paper fans and drunk. Although they were uneasy, those Jiangnan famous prostitutes still sang and danced with dedication, and there were more than forty scholars. It was drinking and singing casually, and the faint shouts of killing seemed to have nothing to do with them.

The fall of the Ming Dynasty was due to these degenerate scholars. An orthodox Neo Confucianist once wrote a poem, "I went to the city yesterday, and I came back full of tears. Those who are dressed in women's clothes are all scholars." There are ten pillars of the country among these seats. Many people are wearing heavy makeup and rouge, wearing colorful clothes and skirts. The man's beard and thick Adam's apple make people feel particularly awkward.

Fortunately, the Japanese pirates came to Hangzhou, and they were touched by these pillars of scholars. Holding the wine glass, Wu Xing was full of indignation, feeling as if he was concerned about the country and the people.

"Unfortunately for the imperial court, evildoers are rampant! To what extent has the coastal military equipment been abandoned? There are tens of thousands of people in the four guards, and the Japanese pirates can't stop them for a day. Letting them kill them under the city is really useless! These warriors, otherwise It’s Dongjiang Mao Wenlong who eunuchs the remnants of the party, treacherous people, or such people who are greedy for life and fear of death, and waste military pay in vain, Lord Chen, after returning to the court, you must write a letter to His Majesty to impeach these incompetent people!”

Master Chen here is not the censor Chen Zanzhong, he can be regarded as Mao Jue's quasi-father-in-law. Chen Zanzhong's third son, Chen Dacheng, is also an official in the capital, and he is in charge of the Ministry of Officials.

Having been an official in the capital for a long time, he is becoming more and more displeased with the wildness of these scholars in front of him. If it hadn't been for such an incident with the Mao family, Wu Sheng proposed marriage to the Chen family again, he really didn't want to come to this kind of party. After sitting for a long time, he looked at the scholars dressed in women's clothes with frowned eyes. He just snorted at Wu Yun's words and didn't answer much, but the scholars Song Yi's blood boiled when they heard it, and they also toasted and pushed the cups. Said madly.

"Brother Angus said it well! The world has been poor for a long time, and the atmosphere in the court is gloomy. We need a clear stream like Brother Ang and Mr. Zhang to stand up. This autumn, we brothers in the same year should encourage each other and share worries for His Majesty!"

All of them were really excited, if it wasn't for the fact that these scholars were either wearing women's clothes, or staggering around drunk with their arms around a Jiangnan beauty, Chen Dacheng would have believed it.

Just like water can be clear and muddy, people also have senses and righteousness. On the other hand, when the scholars of Fushe were still dreaming and dying, the entire Shen Mansion was already in shambles. All the family members, no matter how high or low, had issued knives and guns. Some even wore leather armor, and not only them, even Shen Guangzuo, an old man over seventy years old, had white silk wrapped around his forehead, white linen clothes wrapped around his body, and a large pole in his hand. gun.

"Grandpa! There are many guards in Hangzhou City, and there are artillery defenses. In a few hours, the reinforcements from Zhenhaiwei and Andongwei will arrive. Besides, there are us! You can wait in the mansion with peace of mind! Please! Already!"

Let an old man in his early seventies fight desperately?Shen Guangzuo is not Huang Zhong, it's scary to think about it, the old guy's eldest sons and grandsons all knelt on the ground, kowtowing their heads desperately, but the angry Shen Guangzuo, with his beard and hair all stretched out, pointed at the ground with a big gun roar.

"A good general is not afraid to die so that he can escape, and a martyr does not destroy his integrity to survive! Now the Japanese pirates have invaded our township party, and the whole city will fight to the death! You let the old man wait for news in the mansion? Get out of the way, and the dead old man will die on the top of the city." !"

"Grandpa!"

The sad reminder really cried, Shen Guangzuo's second grandson, Shen Du, hugged Shen Guangzuo's thigh and kowtowed. Just when Shen Guangzuo was gnashing his teeth angrily, a few servants rushed in in a panic outside the door, and knelt down on the ground suddenly.

"Master, three young masters and four young masters, young master Sun! Run away! The Japanese pirates broke through the martial arts gate, and the soldiers are coming straight here!"

With a bang, the fourth son, Shen Qianyun, staggered and leaned on the table, and the vase, pen holder and inkstone on it fell to the ground with a crackling sound, and Shen Guangzuo himself twitched his forehead for a few seconds before he regained his senses.

"How did the Japanese pirates break through the city gate, where is the official army?"

"Back to the master, I don't know, it was breached all of a sudden, all the useless things ran away, and some people talked nonsense, saying that Japanese pirates can spit fire in a row, no one can stop it, master, the city of Hangzhou fell, Run away!"

The Shen family's family virtues are good, and the servants are also loyal. His head thumped on the ground, and his voice was full of anxiety. However, Shen Guangzuo was taken aback when he heard this sentence, and couldn't help repeating it.

"Serial flame-breathing?"

A black revolver with congealed blood was taken out, after a second glance, it was stuffed back by Shen Guangzuo. Outside, those Shen family members were packing up their things anxiously, when the old man suddenly pushed away from the study The door, with a face as black as iron, and a white beard as long as the bearded man's white beard was also opened like an umbrella, roaring angrily.

"Come on, prepare the car!"

On the street, fear has already occupied all the minds of the residents of this thousand-year-old city. First, the panicked citizens fled in all directions in a panic, and then the real Japanese pirate warriors in the body pills rushed in arrogantly, but they snatched the people with the tinkling sound. The ronin are different, these people are orderly in front of the team in front of the cannon fodder, did not move left and right at all.

Thanks to Tokugawa Ieyasu, he destroyed the Toyotomi family. On the East China Sea, many former noble warriors of the Toyotomi family became ronin. Their backgrounds were different, and the quality of these wild samurai was much better than that of the ronin. Behind him was Mao Jue. The third regiment of the pro-army, eight hundred strong men from Liaodong.

Luo Ning is indeed useful. The banner of the Luo family is much stronger than that of the residents of those towns, and there are no traces of Japanese pirates at the Wulin Gate at the north gate. This woman tricked her into opening the city gate with a few words. Next, welcome the city gate guards. The army is a massacre.

Except for that general, there are always two clerks who were used as bargaining chips to blackmail the Luo family. There were more than 300 people, none of whom were left behind. All of them were stuffed into the barracks and killed with muskets and arrows. .

No wonder Mao Jue was ruthless. Even if he attacked Hangzhou, Mao Jue was still not ready to face the Ming Empire head-on. This mighty revenge was still dressed in the cloak of Japanese pirates. Later, when it was investigated, it was also made by Japanese pirates. Evil has nothing to do with him, Mao Jue.Now Mao Jue has learned that if you are wrong to them, in retrospect, they will kill you without mercy. This is the universal rule of this era!

This is where Luo Ning is smart. In fact, from the very beginning, Mao Jue never thought of letting the Luo family go. No matter whether she handed over Luo Zhen or not, the entire Luo family would be wiped out by Mao Jue. The death situation wanted to be a frontline She wanted to protect the only male of the Luo family, and make the Luo family useful to Mao Jue. That's why she didn't hesitate to drag the whole family into the risk of ransacking and exterminating the family, and helped Mao Jue trick the city gate.

"It's here!"

The marching speed of the Tieyi army was beyond imagination, and the ancient city of Qiantang, excluding the outer city town, was not too big. In less than a few minutes, this army of sharp knives had already penetrated into the most prosperous center of Hangzhou Prefecture.

The bribed warriors and guards with their weapons hurriedly surrounded the brightly lit Jiangnan wooden buildings, dismounted from Mao Jue's horse, pointed at the house number of Ruanhong Building, Luo Ning's voice trembled .

Today, she, the leading party, has done it to the end. Once it is leaked, even if the court does not pursue it, the angry revenge of the Jiangnan gentry will make her Luo family die without a place to bury her. She looked up at the running figure who seemed to be terrified upstairs, even Shopkeeper Luo, who had experienced countless storms, couldn't restrain the violent trembling in his body.