The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 27
After the First World War, the Chuang army lost more than [-] yuan and had to rest. The Ming army also lost a lot.

Counting the injuries from the fall, it is also between [-].

However, less than [-] people died in battle.

These 1 people were mainly killed during the battle with the bandit army near Xizhimen and Deshengmen.

Among them, Tang Tong's [-] frontier troops suffered the most losses, with more than [-] dead and [-] wounded.

Followed by the Jing Army and the Yulin Army, there were as many as four thousand dead and only one thousand wounded.

The last one was the Beijing camp, with nearly [-] dead and [-] injured.

Of course, the worst thing was the 1000 people brought by Zhou Yuji, only more than 200 remained, almost no injuries, and the death rate reached [-]%.

As for the army of more than 1000, those who really dare to fight and kill are Zhou Yuji's 8000 people, followed by Tang Tong's [-] people.

Almost all the other Ming troops panicked as soon as they climbed to the top of the city, and three or five dared to rush up together, but when there were too many people, they were afraid to move forward, and even retreated.

It can be said that the 9000 people of Zhou Yuji and Tang Tong contributed the most and were the key to their survival.

Because only they can drive down the bandits who climbed to the top of the city and stabilize the situation, so the casualties are the most.

This is also the reason why Zhou Yuji didn't let these people go to the city at first, but stayed until the end to fight the fire.

Of course, Zhou Yuji dared to let the recruits defend first, mainly because he understood the temperament of the intruder.

Knowing that in siege battles, the recruits are usually used as cannon fodder to consume the energy and supplies of the defenders first, and the elite veterans are the last to go.

On the contrary, in field battles, the elite veterans lead the charge and the recruits follow.

Of the nearly [-] wounded, almost [-]% were arrow wounds, and they were carried to the Duke's Mansion immediately by the young and strong for treatment.

Although there were nearly 8 casualties, the remaining 20 people had already adapted to the brutal battle. In addition, there were nearly [-] refugees who were young and strong. It can be said that the overall strength of the Ming army has not declined but has been greatly improved.

After some rewards, morale reached its peak.

Almost everyone believed that there was no way to break into the army.

And as everyone had money in their hands, merchants in the city also found business opportunities and opened their doors again.

At this time, outside a grain store on the northwest street of the outer city, people gathered early in the morning.

These people include young and strong refugees, soldiers from the Beijing camp, and most of them are residents of outer cities.

"hiss!"

"Eight qian for a bucket of rice, ten qian for a bucket of rough noodles, a hundred cash for a catty of coarse salt..."

When the store opened the door and hung up the sign, almost everyone gasped and then became angry.

"Damn, why don't you grab it for Doumi Baqian?"

"Son of a son of a bitch, it was only three cents a bucket a while ago, but it has risen to eight cents in just a few days. Do you want to let people live?"

"Zhiniang thief, I put my head on the waistband of my trousers, moved stones for a day, and finally got a tael of silver reward, but I can't even buy two buckets of rice?"

"Brother, you're just moving rocks, I've been lifting shit for a day..."

"You're a fart, I've been throwing rocks at the rebels since the morning, until it was dark, and I was almost shot by arrows countless times..."

"What are you talking about? Do you know whose shop this is?"

"The Duke's family! Don't pretend to be a hero here!"

"If you like to buy it or not, if you don't buy it, leave me alone."

"Isn't there giving out porridge every day? It's too expensive, so why don't you go for porridge?"

The shopkeeper came out with a few clerks carrying sticks and roared loudly, apparently fearless.

There are indeed several places in the city where porridge is served every day, but a pot of porridge is only sprinkled with a handful of rice and a little salt, and the rest is full of rice bran and wheat bran.

Although the people living in the outer city are not richer than the inner city, most of them have small assets, so naturally they don't eat.

And these Beijing soldiers and young men, since the closure of the city, have also eaten white flour steamed buns, and they have been full for the past two days.

So when I came to buy food, I mainly bought it for my family, so that they could also eat a few good meals. After learning that it was opened by the Duke's mansion, I prepared to leave cursing, not wanting to waste the money.

But ordinary people in the city are not used to eating rice bran and wheat bran, and they are unwilling to defend the city, not to mention it is too late now, seeing that these outsiders are about to break up, they are immediately anxious.

"Worried about what they will do? Is the Duke so great? The law does not blame the public, let's stand shoulder to shoulder!"

"Damn, smash this broken shop..."

"What do you guys want to do? On the contrary..."

"Fuck you..."

I don't know who led it, and rushed into the shop howling, and other people also rushed in after seeing this.

Seeing that the locals have gone in and robbed them, how can the young and strong have any scruples?
In addition, the defenders of the city had already seen the battle that day, and they were full of anger, and rushed in one by one, screaming, and the people nearby also came to kill them, fishing in troubled waters.

In a short while, the huge grain store was looted.

Those local people in the capital didn't run away carrying the food, but got addicted to it, and rushed to the nearby cloth shop after greeting them.

As a result, it was out of control, more and more people joined the robbery, a large number of shops were looted, and it was too late to close them.

When a Jinyiwei Baihu arrived with his men after hearing the news, the whole street was in chaos.

"These bastards are going to heaven!"

"stop!"

"Stop it all for Lao Tzu!"

"Jin Yiwei kills, everyone hugs their heads and squats down, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!"

"what!"

"Run, Jin Yiwei is here!"

Jin Yiwei's deterrent effect was still very strong. A mere dozen or so Jin Yiwei scared thousands of people and ran away with their heads in their arms. As a result, the scene became even more chaotic.

Countless people fell and were trampled, and the whole street was strewn with rice noodles, cloth, sauce and vinegar jewelry.

When Jin Yiwei's brigade arrived, the entire street was gone, leaving countless shop assistants lying on the ground, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

The dozen or so slow-footed unlucky ghosts were crushed to the ground by the first dozen Jin Yiwei who arrived first.

"what happened?"

"Reporting...Reporting to Lord Qianhu, it is those young and strong refugees who are ganging up with the rioters to do miscellaneous looting."

Facing Master Qianhu's murderous eyes, the Baihu hurriedly explained in panic.

Snapped!
"You idiot, I asked you why this happened? What do you do for food?"

Qianhu knocked him to the ground with a slap, furious and furious, but most of all he was afraid.

He didn't need to ask him to know that these guys must have left their posts without authorization and hid secretly to gamble.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to rush to such a place.

And such a large-scale incident of vandalism and looting must be unstoppable at this stall, and the Commander must peel his skin.

"Looking at the clothes on your body, you should be a soldier of the Beijing camp. Who has a subordinate? Why do you rob? Don't you know military law?"

After venting for a while, Qianhu casually picked up a person in Jingying clothing.

"My...my lord, it's none of the villain's business. It was the locals who took the lead in snatching it. The villain was also confused at the time, and the ghost was fascinated, so..."

The soldier hurriedly defended himself, his intestines were full of remorse.

"Tie them all up, and the others will take them back. This guy will be sent directly to the governor. Damn, I will be killed by you bastard this time."

Qianhu waved his hand, and kicked Baihu's feet hard, leaving some people behind to deal with the aftermath, and took the captured people back to Jinyiwei.

As for those who escaped, monks could not escape the temple, and if they dared to commit crimes under Jin Yiwei's nose, none of them could escape.

(End of this chapter)