Daming kill

Chapter 141 Bloody Xiangyang

Under the night, in a courtyard in the east of Xiangyang city, that is, inside the big bend of Hanshui River, the general manager Li Shengcai was standing proudly in the courtyard with a bloody knife.

A few corpses that occasionally twitched lay scattered at his feet.

Li Shengcai didn't catch up with the battle of Baimadu, and he probably didn't want to catch up. In fact, he didn't even go two-thirds of the way, and he had already retreated ahead.

He was considered to be the slowest of the infantry to reinforce Baimadu, and also one of the last few teams left behind.

However, when running back, Li Shengcai and his men got up surprisingly fast, and they were never overtaken by the exhausted retreating infantry brigade.

Just like the teams that ran back in despair, Li Shengcai didn't dare to call the closed west city gate, let alone wait for Zuo Liangyu's team to come back and enter the city together.

They all chose to walk around the city, and then found that the south gate and east gate were also tightly closed.

What's worse, Li Shengcai lost almost half of Li Shengcai's few two hundred people after a lot of trouble.

But at this time, Li Shengcai didn't see the exhaustion and fear during the day at all, let alone the fear and anxiety when he first entered the city and had nowhere to go. Instead, he seemed to be full of blood.

It's just that his eyes kept looking up, as if he was avoiding something.

Li Sheng didn't want to look at those distorted faces, especially the guy whose head he had hacked several times without beheading him. He was still suppressing the churning in his stomach.

Although his heart was still not calm, he still pretended to be calm and shouted to the soldiers around him and a group of men and women squatting on the ground: "This is the end of the army who collude with thieves. According to the Shangguan's military order, those who collude with thieves will be killed, and the property will be destroyed." All of them will be used as military funds, and all the people around them will be sent to the army temporarily for our dispatch, brothers, search carefully, and must not let a bad person go."

As soon as Li Shengcai's words fell, the surrounding soldiers shouted loudly again, and the women who had been lying on the ground crying loudly cried "wronged" again.

Li Shengcai's heart was already disturbed, but seeing those women still yelling non-stop, he felt even more angry.

He suddenly stepped forward and slapped one of the women in the face, and cursed at the same time: "Let you shout, let you shout, you rebellious."

The woman who was beaten was so bloody that she couldn't cry immediately, and the other women were also frightened for an instant and did not dare to speak out.

However, Li Shengcai was still puzzled. In order to further deter him, he asked his soldiers to drag the young woman out and strip off all her clothes. Roll around and beg for mercy.

The surrounding soldiers were all very excited, and some even whistled, but the servants in the house who were kneeling around were completely quiet, and even more frightened.

Li Shengcai knew about this house before, and he also knew that the owner of this house was a businessman and an outsider.

I also know that this businessman has a big business and has a close relationship with the people in the yamen, but he has nothing to do with the army.

More importantly, Li Sheng knew that this businessman was very wealthy, with horses and goods, and his concubine and daughter were also very beautiful.

In the past, Li Shengcai didn't have the guts to touch this family, nor did anyone else.

And those generals who are more arrogant are unwilling to provoke people who have clearly shown their official background for a little property. Although this is outside the city, there are still some who can't do it.

After all, this is the seat of Xiangyang Mansion, which was announced by Hu Guangcheng. The power in the yamen is still strong, and the king's law is still there.

But today, it has become an exception.

The defeat of Baimadu and the rampant escape of the defenders in Fancheng, the fool also knew that something was wrong, and the small part of the army that was not allowed to enter the city naturally became headless flies, let them be good babies outside the city. It's impossible for the ass to know everything.

In the beginning, the rebels outside the city only looted, murdered and set fire on a small scale, and basically only targeted ordinary civilians who had no chance of entering the city in such a short period of time.

After all, Xiangyang has been stable for some days, and tens of thousands of troops have gathered in the city, and the military law and national law were still in place just a few hours ago.

After seeing that no one really came out to restrain them, the looting soon intensified, and the fire began to spread everywhere.

Then, the madness outside the city quickly affected the inside of the city, making those generals who crowded into the city regret it.

The area outside the city is large, there are many residential areas, and there are few troops. It's really fat to grab!

When Zuo Liangyu gave the order to withdraw troops, everything changed, and the looting and massacre turned into a feast.

Zuo Liangyu thought that the gate of the city was closed and the military order could no longer be circulated.But he forgot that many generals and troops were blocked outside the city, and not all of them entered the city. After all, the small city of Xiangyang couldn't accommodate so many troops.

And some of these generals will always find a way to inform their subordinates who are still outside the city to prepare, and when there is chaos, many troops outside the city do not have a fixed place, let alone achieve concentration.

As a result, the order to withdraw troops quickly became a secret known to all the troops outside the city.

Then, all the ministries of the Ming army inside and outside Xiangyang almost unanimously started a full-scale looting of hands and feet, just like what they had done in Zhuxian Town.

The people of Xiangyang, who had just recovered from the big looting half a year ago, suffered again, even worse, because this time the officers and soldiers had no scruples.

Moreover, the looting soon spread to big businessmen with basic backgrounds and even ordinary gentry who were not very prominent, because ordinary civilians had long since had nothing to rob.

These big businessmen and even ordinary gentry who are not very prominent will be robbed if they are robbed, and they will be killed if they are killed. As long as tonight is over, let alone people who have nowhere to look for, even the government will fall into the hands of thieves.

Only a few wealthy merchants are fine. It's not that the rebellious soldiers are timid, but most of these wealthy merchants have a large number of guards and horses, and they often have a lot to do with the generals in the army, so they can't be provoked.

In addition, the vast majority of the rebels also maintained a basic level of sobriety, and officials and famous scholars generally would not move.

The reason is simpler, they didn't just run away after they finished robbing, but continued to hang out with Zuo Liangyu, and letting Zuo Liangyu know that they robbed the serving officials and his closest scholars, they would definitely not get any good results.

Therefore, the overall situation in Xiangyang City should be better. This has a lot to do with the fact that there are more prominent nobles, officials, and scholars. The default agreement also tied the hands and feet of many rebels.

However, there will always be exceptions and fools, and there will be many.

Moreover, the various warehouses of the government and the various shops of the wealthy merchants are not among the things that the rebels can maintain restraint. The rebels can only do their best not to hurt people.

Zhao Jin and Shi Ming didn't react at first.

The initial chaos in the city only made them mistakenly believe that a large number of troops who had no camp in the city were fighting for the few military resources and territory.

But after the order to withdraw troops, the violent noise that quickly spread to the whole city quickly made them stunned, and they finally remembered that such a scene and moment seemed to be familiar.

But they are still waiting and watching. After all, robbing friendly troops is not the same as looting cities.

When they found that the looting had completely become a torrent without anyone restraining them, they finally stopped hesitating, let alone tweaking it much.

Anyway, if they don't rob, others will.It's better to let them grab it, because they are always people with a bottom line.

Being ransacked by them will not only save your life, but also leave some basic expenses.If it is looted by other troops, most of the scum will not be left, and life will be hard to say.At such a moment, their evil deeds are equivalent to actually saving many lives.

Therefore, Zhao Jin and Shi Ming will not have too much psychological burden.

After a brief discussion, the two immediately dispatched all their troops to block the nearby streets, and then started looting from house to house.

The nearby street blocked by Zhao Jin and Shi Ming was originally a residential area of ​​rich households. After all, the location close to the original palace cannot be a poor area.

Originally, Zhao Jin and Shi Ming's subordinates were already sluggish after an afternoon of bloody battle and tossing back and forth for nearly a hundred miles.But when they knew what they were going to do, they all seemed to be on a stimulant, and they all became active again.

No wonder people always say that everyone has a demon inside.

At that time, there were already a lot of chaotic troops on this street, but after Zhao Jin and Shi Ming decided to take over, their subordinates who had just experienced close combat quickly took control of the situation. The allies in the territory were all terrified and easily beaten away.

An army that has seen blood and fought tough battles is always different, and war is definitely the best school and the most effective training ground.

But Li Shengcai, who has not received the baptism of war outside the city, is not bad.

Although Li Shengcai is not good at fighting, but his vision is poisonous enough, and his hands are also fast. The boss's driver is really not for nothing.

As soon as Li Shengcai discovered the chaos, he immediately began to do evil to ordinary civilians tentatively, and miraculously healed his army that was almost falling apart.

When Tan learned of the order to withdraw troops, Li Shengcai immediately went straight to this business that he had been spying on for a long time.

As soon as the door was broken, Li Shengcai directly killed all the male and female masters and male relatives of the house on the charge of adultery with the bandits, so as to prevent future troubles, and used this to intimidate and coerce his servants and servants.

Li Shengcai is very smart in this regard.

However, when showing his bravery and ruthlessness to the unstable soldiers, he was still a little uncomfortable with killing several people in a row.

Although Li Shengcai had already had some experience in stabbing civilians to death when he committed crimes, the bloodshed still made him feel trembling, especially the difficulty in beheading made his whole body tremble.

Fortunately, he held on in the end, and it seemed to be working out well.

Seeing the awe-inspiring eyes of the soldiers and the trembling expressions of men, women and children in the courtyard, he felt great satisfaction in his heart.

Suddenly, he remembered what he had missed.

Yes, it is the loyal servant and hard-core buddy of this family.

That's why Li Shengcai smiled evilly, called a few core subordinates, and walked towards the kneeling crowd with a knife in his sly smile.

At this moment, shocking incidents like Li Shengcai were happening repeatedly on every street and every corner inside and outside Xiangyang City, and the homes of countless scholars, merchants, and wealthy households were destroyed.

There is no worst, only worse.

The entire Xiangyang city became full of flames, crying, excitement and lewd laughter everywhere. The surrounding area of ​​Xiangyang city has completely become a lawless place. Those who don’t know think that the bandit army has entered Xiangyang.

Only Fancheng was strangely calm, and it is estimated that the peasant army who was peeping in the distance was also very confused. Fancheng, which was too quiet and dark, might have brought them more baseless guesses.

Yunfu Wang Yongzuo was going crazy.

What made him even more annoyed was that he found that most of the rebels were looting in an organized manner, and it intensified, and there was no restraint at all, and there was no restraint.He tried his best to stop it, but he couldn't control the situation at all, and the rioters almost robbed him.

Wang Yongzuo is very clear that no one can end this catastrophe except Zuo Liangyu.But he ran all over half of Xiangyang City, but he still didn't even touch the shadow of Zuo Liangyu.

Of course, Zuo Liangyu couldn't stand on the city wall all night. His body was no longer what it used to be, and even the situation was declining. He needed to rest.

At this time, he did not go to bed and lie down, but changed into a robe and closed his eyes in the hall of a small mansion.

His son Zuo Menggeng carefully reported to him: "Master Yunfu has been looking for you, and it seems that his eyes are really red. If you keep missing, I'm afraid we won't meet again in the future!"

"not see."

Zuo Liangyu closed his eyes expressionlessly and said.

"How about, I'll send someone to restrain the generals. It's good to put on a show, and it's considered a face for him?" Zuo Menggeng still hesitated.

Zuo Liangyu opened his eyes and glanced at Zuo Menggeng, hating that iron cannot be a steel road:
"Restraint? Our army is in short supply of food and salaries, and when there is a big war, the soldiers can't feel at ease because of the lack of food and salaries. And our army will temporarily retreat tomorrow, leaving everything in this city with the bandit army. How can the soldiers be willing?

Son!The military is our foundation.Once the morale of the army is lost, my father and son will have nothing.

What do you think the soldiers are willing to fight with their lives on the killing field?In addition to power, nothing but property and beauty.

Power is presided over by the emperor and civil servants, but we want wealth without wealth, and beauty without beauty, so what should we do?
Only a little convenience is provided.

Seeing Wang Yongzuo, what should I do?It's convenient for the soldiers if I don't show up now.

Ugh!
Go and rest for a while!There is still a long way to go after dawn, and you should prepare early. "

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(End of this chapter)