Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 19 The Ridiculous History

"These thieves, who have suffered thousands of knives, dare to bombard Tongzhou City. Who gave them the courage." Wang Chengen, who was patrolling the city wall, was furious, and said viciously with a sullen face.

A guard from Dongchang next to him hurriedly said in a low voice: "The people from the Cao Gang are very courageous, and they are not only backed by people from the south, they also seem to have connections with some people from the sea."

Hearing the roaring cannons in his ears, Wang Chengen looked at the temporarily recruited civilians and soldiers in the city, who were so frightened that they hid under the battlements and shivered like a frightened quail, which made him even more angry Want to kill: "Useless trash, it's already in chaos before the red-clothed thieves come, let them fire quickly."

An official rushed forward and suggested: "My lord, the red-clothed thieves haven't come yet, why don't you open the city gate and let them in!"

Wang Chengen snorted coldly, glanced at the official, and replied bluntly: "You let them enter the city, how much benefit did you get from them, or maybe you are the owner of these ship dealers."

The official was so frightened that his legs trembled, looked at the vicious factory guards, and quickly knelt down and said: "I am guilty..."

"Hmph! If they dare to openly fire and oppose the imperial court, that is treason. The Sa family doesn't believe it anymore. The cannons on the city wall have become decorations. You guys who have eggs are even worse than men. You all fire for men and bombard them to death." This group of thieves." Wang Chengen took an embroidered knife and threw it to the Jin Yiwei, and ordered: "Give the Sajia a hard kill, let them know that the cannons under the city can't kill you, but the Sajia can pick it up immediately. out of your heads."

Although Dongchang Jinyiwei has changed from the emperor's pro-army to the family slave of the scholar-bureaucrat group, it is not as good as one day, but at any rate, it used to have a bad reputation, especially Wei Zhongxian's eunuch, which was even more arrogant, and now it is A dead eunuch commanded the factory guards, and before the sharp embroidered spring knife was raised, many people were already terrified, and they began to raise their heads and fire back.

However, the cannons on the city either have a long enough range to hit the fleet below the city, or the ordnance is slack, and many copper cannons have cracked after a few shots. The cannons continued to bombard, but they couldn't lift their heads.

As soon as the cannon was fired on the city wall, the city wall was stabbed into a hornet's nest. Many people had some concerns at first, but now they had to lift the cannons from the bottom of the warehouse and bombarded the city. Now the city wall of Tongzhou has suffered calamity.

Which one of the boats is not a big fortune boat or a big boat that can go to sea. The imperial court enforces a sea ban. These days, if you dare to go to sea, you are both a merchant and a robber. The big pirates eat the big merchants, and the big merchants eat the small merchants. They can't stand up to the big pirates, and they have to implement the method of recruiting security.

Their cannons are not cheap decorations, but real sharp weapons that can spit fire. This deadly thing is powerful. After a few cannons, even if the high walls of Tongzhou City are thick, they can't stand the solid iron below. Egg bombardment.

"It's collapsing, it's about to collapse, what should the prince do?" The factory guards on the city wall panicked. The city stepped on before seeing the red-clothed thief. If such a thing spread, the entire Ming Dynasty would be reduced to a joke. .

It is even more impossible to open the city gate now, but when it was the critical moment of the war, Wang Chengen saw clearly the weakness of the Ming Dynasty. The firearms exploded after only one shot, and some gunpowder stored in the warehouse was even more unbearable. I don’t know how long it’s been since it’s been updated. What’s more serious is that these soldiers don’t even have the courage to take up weapons. They heard the roar of thousands of guns firing from the city, and what’s more, they pissed their pants.

The wrinkles on Wang Chengen's face deepened, and he suddenly faced the direction of the western capital, crying loudly: "Your Majesty! This old servant is incompetent, Tongzhou City is about to collapse, and this old servant can no longer serve you, so this old servant will take a step first. "< Dao shouted loudly: "Kaicheng! Let these thieves enter the city, we will see the real trick on land."

"Open the city gate?" Watching Wang Chengen rush down the city with the factory guards, an official on the city asked the other.

This man was dark-skinned, wearing a square scarf, and a purple round-neck shirt, playing with a jade pendant around his waist. He was not wearing an official uniform, but all the officials in Tongzhou City respected him. Respectfully, especially after Wang Chengen left, the attitude of these people became clearer.

The man played with the jade pendant, turned his head and looked at the official who spoke coldly, and said with a sneer, "Are you stupid? How many of these tank boats belong to our property, and are they left outside to be cheap for red-clothed thieves? This Tongzhou The city cannot be protected, but it is his business that the dead eunuch died for the country and kept the festival. Afterwards, it is enough to push the responsibility for breaking the city on his head. Mobilizing local troops and horses, slandering Zhongliang, and even forcing people to rebel against the people. In the end, the red-clothed thieves coerced the people to attack the city. Destroy with cannon..."

The big and small officials who followed this person all looked sideways. This memorial not only did not completely ignore their responsibilities, but also gave them a reputation of caring for the people. It can be said to have the best of both worlds, good!

The soldiers on the city twisted the wheels, and the heavy sluice slowly opened. As soon as the city gate was opened, countless ships rushed towards the city. However, many people refused to give up and continued to bombard the city, as if If the city is not destroyed, it will not be enough to vent their hatred.

A small green-browed boat rushed into the sluice in the first place, and the crew members on board were sharpening their knives, all kinds of weapons flashing coldly: "Before the thief in red arrives, hurry into the city and loot, The things we snatched from time to time are enough for us to spend a lifetime in Nanyang."

"Damn, this is Tongzhou who robbed Daming. You must tell my brother who is a pirate how much gold and silver we have robbed."

"Hmph! During the Jiajing period, we could only plunder the southeast coast. I didn't expect to be able to go to the capital to gain prestige, but it's only a one-shot deal. Then we will all push it to the red-clothed thieves. Let's not stay in this city." Just burp."

The speed of this bird boat was very fast, and before the boat docked, someone jumped onto the shore, grinning and wanted to run up the steps and rush to the street, but was cut in half by Wang Chengen's condescending knife.

Wang Chengen immediately shouted: "Kill, you are the emperor's own army, and you have received the emperor's favor for the world, now is the time to be loyal."

The son of heaven is close to the army, and the world has received the grace of the emperor. How nice it is to say that the current Jinyiwei of Dongchang has long existed in name only. I don't know how many times, but when Li Zicheng entered Beijing and the Ming Dynasty fell, only these guards and eunuchs were still resisting.

Therefore, benefits can only be done for a while, and in the end, kindness and righteousness can last forever. The ancestors have been doing this for generations. Although Chongzhen listened to the words of the scholar-bureaucrats and gathered Jinyiwei and Dongchang, in the end Jinyiwei and the eunuch did not abandon him. It is ridiculous that they have mastered him. All the scholar-bureaucrats, under the iron heels of foreign races, have forgotten what is called a nation and what is called a country. It is really ironic to be dubbed as "true love and true love".

It can be seen that hooligans are not scary, only that hooligans are educated.

And these uneducated hooligans, with their actual actions, have proved that every time there are more dogs slaughtered in righteousness, most of them are scholars, and those who die for the country are so sad!History will eventually prove it to you.

Zhu Gan was so excited when he heard the more and more rapid cannon fire in Tongzhou City. Even God would help him. bigger.

At this time, the spies also came back and brought news from the city of Tongzhou: "Many merchant ships stranded at the canal wharf outside the city wanted to enter the city at first, but Wang Chengen refused to allow them to enter the city. Tongzhou City is gone."

Zhu Gan was sitting on a donkey. He knew the real reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. It seemed to be internal and external troubles, but the real reason was the emergence of a huge and even terrifying scholar-bureaucrat group. The most fundamental reason was that Zhu Yuanzhang gave the scholar-official group Privilege, tax exemption and no business tax, this privilege was given to the Ming Dynasty for 300 years, and the scholars supported it, but also died of this privilege. The annexation of land is like a paradox that contradicts each other, but it can be justified.

As for the merchants under the city of Tongzhou, let’s not talk about their relationship with the pirates first. The maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty was only in name only, but these interests were all in the hands of the Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrat group. It was the entire group of scholar-officials who dared to bombard Tongzhou City openly, not because they were brave enough, but because their foundation was strong enough.

In just a few short breaths, Zhu Gan figured out the key point. I am afraid that the memorial to the Ming court afterwards will also be the red-clothed thief ensnaring the people!Shaking his head, he put aside these impractical things in his mind, and then said loudly: "Look! There is Tongzhou, Tongzhou is already in chaos, take down Tongzhou City, and reward according to merit."

At this time, when they heard the news of the chaos in Tongzhou, the more than 1000 people were no longer panicked. Apart from admiration, there was no complaint in their hearts. Although Zhu Gan didn't mention what rewards would be awarded, there will definitely be heavy rewards waiting. them.

Arriving at the edge of Tongzhou City, seeing the blocked ships in front of the sluice, Zhu Gan ordered people to gather the ships and get several cannons, and then ordered people to bombard the city violently. Enter Tongzhou by water and land.

The bloody battle in Tongzhou City last night was full of tired officers and robbers. After the red army entered the city, officials of all sizes in Tongzhou City took the lead in begging for surrender. Tongzhou City fell without a fight. The news spread to the capital the next day, and all the officials mourned Crying, the queens of the two palaces and the prince also cried to each other.

The capital was in mourning, and Zhang Yan also accelerated the formation of the [-]th Regiment Battalion.

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