Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 279 The Second Eastern Expedition ([-])

"Ah? Set fire to the city?" Ma Jinbao was taken aback.But when he saw Jin Li's cold eyes, Ma Jinbao broke into a cold sweat, and quickly knelt down to take orders and leave.

Although there are many fleeing from the war, there are still more than [-] soldiers and civilians in the city at this moment. If there is a fire, then more than [-] soldiers and civilians, especially most of the residents, will be buried in the sea of ​​flames.Even if some people escaped by chance, their entire wealth will be burned.This will be an extremely cruel thing for those small people in Shengdou.But for Jin Li, since the city was abandoned, he didn't want the gangsters to take the city intact, and burning the city could stop the bandits from pursuing them.At this moment, Jin Li has completely become a demon. He has forgotten that he was also a Ming Dynasty man and a Wu Jinshi.

On the second day, when the May [-]st column was about to complete the construction of the camp, a fire suddenly ignited in the city, and puffs of thick smoke rose up.After seeing this situation, Lin Jiawang was taken aback.In this situation, the Tartars are going to burn the city!So, he hastily summoned the four captains who were in the camp.

"Damn, the Tartars are so inhumane! These fake Tartars are real traitors and are more ruthless than the real Tartars! They even burned the city." As soon as they entered the door, Wu Daode, the captain of the [-]th Brigade, cursed.

Wu Daode didn't have a name originally, he was the second child in his family, so everyone called him Wu's second child.Later, after Anlu joined the security team, Wu Laoer received cultural knowledge, so he felt that he should become a moral person, so Wu Laoer finally got a name, and he called Wu Daode.Just because his surname is Wu, this originally moral person becomes immoral.Although his companion made fun of it several times, Wu Er Er still thought the name was quite good.

"My second child, your mother is talking nonsense again. The head of the regiment has already said that after the traitors betrayed the nation, they are more ruthless to the compatriots of their own nation than the enemy! Your mother is so verbose. If you have such energy, you will kill more later. How about a few Tartars!" Hearing Wu Daode's words, Liang Fa, the captain of the May [-] Brigade who walked in together, said dissatisfiedly.

"You?" Seeing Liang Fa's words, Wu Daode was unhappy, and he gave Liang Fa a hard look.

For Liang Fa, Wu Daode was very vigilant. This kid has always been watching his position, because he is in the second brigade. If he can be promoted someday, he will be in the first brigade. The captain of the first brigade is also the deputy captain. Yes, so Liang Fa must be jealous of himself, yes, that's it.Just when Wu Daode wanted to argue with Liang Fa, Tan Guangrong, the captain of the first brigade, also entered the door, so he quickly stopped the two of them.After all, Tan Guangrong was the deputy captain, and the two of them didn't dare to be presumptuous, so they quickly shut up.Finally, Song Wenhua from the May [-] Brigade also came in.

These are the four captains who are still in the camp, and the other two were left in Changhua and Lin'an by Lin Jiawang.Seeing that everyone was present, Lin Jiawang issued an order.

At this time, a group of scouting horses rushed to report that the gates of Wulin Gate, Genshan Gate, Qingtai Gate, and Yongjin Gate in Hangzhou City were opened, and countless Tartars poured out of them.

"Tartars want to escape?" At this moment, Lin Jiawang had this thought in his mind.Now that the Tartars set the city on fire, if the fire is not urgently put out, perhaps this famous city will be destroyed.But if he entered the city to fight the fire, the tartar would probably run away.At this moment, Lin Jiawang hesitated.In the end, he decided to fight the fire. After all, the Tartars had become frightened, and there were hundreds of thousands of troops behind him, so the top priority was rescue.Therefore, Lin Jiawang stayed behind with part of the army to guard the supplies of the camp, and then led the army to Qiantang Gate.

Because there was a May [-]st column army outside the Qiantang Gate, there were no Tartars pouring out of the Qiantang Gate.Of course, there are no Tartars guarding the city gate at this moment.The long ladder was leveled, and the regiment members easily crossed the moat by stepping on the long ladder.Then the long ladder was put on the city wall, and several agile regiments climbed up the city wall.After they climbed the city wall, they saw that there was no one on the city, so they hurried down the city wall and opened the city gate from behind.So the regiments rushed in and entered the city of Hangzhou.

At this time, thick smoke billowed out of the city of Hangzhou, and some people bravely came out to put out the fire.It's just that the cruel Tartars had already poured oil on the house, and there were not many brave people outside, and the fire could not be contained for a while.This time, Jin Li also went all out. Except for the elite soldiers he took away, as well as gold and silver and some rations, all other supplies were burned.Since these things can't be taken away, Jin Li would rather burn them than make money for the bandits.As a result, these warehouses became the hardest hit areas of the fire.

"Follow me!"

"Second brigade follow me!"

"The three teams follow me."

Tan Guangrong, Wu Daode, Liang Fa, Song Wenhua and others led the team to the key fire area.

Along the way, they encountered some broken soldiers left by Jin Li.Not all Tartars escaped from the city cowardly, and some bold ones wanted to fish in troubled waters in the city to make some money for themselves.It was a tragedy for these people. When they met the security group, the group members who were anxious to fight the fire suspected that they were blocking the way, so they hacked and killed them to the ground one after another.

When they reached the area outside the area where the fire was raging, the regiment members worked together to demolish the surrounding buildings that hadn't caught fire, and made large and small isolation zones.In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the fire extinguished by itself.

At this time, Lin Jiawang brought most of his troops into the city, and there were only 1000 troops left behind in the camp.If Jin Li is determined to take his three thousand elites to the camp, he may be able to reap a victory.It's a pity that first, Jin Li didn't know that there were not many people left behind in the bandit camp, and secondly, he was also worried that the follow-up troops of the bandits would follow up at any time, so he lost this opportunity.

After burning for a day and a night, the fire was finally extinguished, and more than [-]% of Hangzhou city was burned down.The regiment members were all disheartened, and their spirits were also depressed.Some people whose homes were destroyed by fire or whose relatives died in the fire were howling and crying, and some looked at Tuan Ding with hatred in their eyes.Although the fire was set by the Tartars, sometimes people are irrational. They even blame the security team. If the security team hadn't attacked Hangzhou, how could the Tartars set fire to the city?
Of course, the name of the security team is not weak, nor is it pedantic and emphasizing benevolence and righteousness.Some of the civilians who attacked Tuan Ding were arrested, and what awaited them would be the fate of reform through labor.The Security Corps does not set up prisons, because in Qiu Tianxing's view, setting up prisons to detain prisoners is a waste of human resources.Not only for the prisoners to eat and drink, but also for the prison administrators.In addition, there are many large-scale projects in the security corps, and the people not only have to farm the land but also serve in the military. If they are recruited to do the projects, they will overdraw manpower and spend more money. After all, they all need to be paid.Therefore, the reform-through-labour prisoners who don't pay wages and just eat have become hot cakes, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will have these people go.What awaits them may be to leave the labor camp in a few years, or maybe they will never leave the labor camp again in this life.

This is the troubled times, there is no benevolence and righteousness to talk about in troubled times, only the cruel and ruthless can win the world.

(End of this chapter)