Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 596

There were four green battalion soldiers who came in, and a few more were outside the door. The dark shadows looked quite strong, and the big blades in their hands reflected cold light under the light of the lanterns.

Yu Shun and his companions put the hand holding the gun behind them, and said calmly, "What are you doing?"

"Why? Check you!" Under the light of the lantern, the Qing soldier surnamed Wu with a high-pitched voice glanced around with his triangular eyes and asked, "Where did you two come from?"

Yu Shun spoke Jiaodong dialect, and said in a deep voice, "Wendeng!"

"Heh~~~ Wendeng is now being taken over by North Sea pirates, how did you two get out?"

"We're not from the county seat, we live outside the city, and we're just running around."

The person surnamed Wu snorted, punched him, put his foot on Yu Shun's bed, squinted his eyes, and smiled at Yu Shun, "Okay, how dare you blow stabs? I lived before." Why didn't you register with the introduction when you shop?"

"The introduction is inside the package." Yu Shun frowned and said, "I wanted to get the introduction before, but the store clerk said that since I stayed for one night and left, I didn't need to register. You can call him and ask."

"I don't have time!" The surname Wu put away his sinister smile, stood up straight, raised his knife and pointed at Yu Shun, and said, "Now I suspect that you two are spies of the Northern Sea Pirates! Go back to the house and tell us honestly! Even if you are a fucking iron cock, I still have pliers for pulling hair!"

After all, he stretched out his hand to grab Yu Shun's collar, who knew that Yu Shun's hand was faster, his left hand was as fast as lightning, and he caught the opponent's jaw with one stroke, and at the same time, he stomped hard on the opponent's instep with his right foot, his surname is Wu Immediately there was a scream.

In the blink of an eye, Yu Shun let go of his left hand, and turned to insert his hand into the opponent's arms. He lifted it vigorously and then shook it, and then he heard a loud cry from the surname Wu, and flew out to the side like a paper kite, with a "boom" The whole body fell on the partition wall between the two houses, and a big hole was smashed out of the wall mixed with fence and mud. The person had already gone to the next door, and the mud and grass knots flew in the room, and the dust and mist flew into the air. And rise.

Since he was caught by mistake four years ago in the countryside of Rongcheng, Yu Shun has practiced grappling and wrestling hard for the past few years, and he has also practiced Changjiaquan with Chai Rugui as an instructor for more than half a year, and he is no problem dealing with ordinary people.

Now even the next door is in chaos, there is a lot of scolding and murmuring, shouting "there is a thief", drawing knives and sticks, some fleeing, and some crawling this way from the hole...

The surname Wu had his head smashed somewhere, and there was a bloodstain mixed with mud on his head. He was as embarrassed as he could be. He covered the top of his head with a knife, stood up unsteadily, and turned to point at Yu Shun and his wife. Called: "These two are spies of the North Sea Pirates! Brothers, we have a lot of people, take them down and reward them!"

All of a sudden, I heard the banging of big gongs and sieves on the street outside, the young men from all households greeted and shouted "catch the thief", and the yelling and cursing came from far and near, and the whole village seemed to wake up.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Yu Shun and his companions took up their burdens and were about to rush out. The man surnamed Wu stood at the hole in the fence, dazed in a daze, and suddenly came to his senses, stomping his feet and shouting with all his strength. Shouted: "Block the door! You two are leaving!"

"boom!"

A clear gunshot hit the man surnamed Wu into silence, and also suppressed the voices of people inside and outside the house, and Yu Shun's companion opened fire.The problem is that this kid used to shoot at either the nine rings or the ten rings, but it was the first time he shot at someone. In addition to the dim light, the bullet whizzed past the ears of Qing soldiers surnamed Wu, and then sank into the partition behind. earthen wall.

The surname Wu only felt that his left ear was hot, as if some liquid had splashed on his face, and he touched it with his hand, only to find that his left ear was gone!Immediately afterwards, heart-piercing pain surged in an instant, and he didn't dare to touch the wound with his left hand anymore, he just hung a punch away from the wound and screamed.

All the Qing soldiers were stunned immediately!What kind of gun is this?There is no need to twist it!

At this moment, while everyone inside and outside was in a daze, Yu Shun rushed to a leader of the Qing army, strangled the opponent's neck with his left arm, put a pistol on the back of the opponent's neck, and dragged away , I kicked down the grass curtain at the door, and saw a dozen torches shining brightly in the courtyard, and more than 20 Qing soldiers still opened their mouths and stared at themselves in a daze.He exerted all his strength with one arm, and the face of the guy in Le's arms was like a purple eggplant, and he couldn't even breathe.

With a murderous look on his face, Yu Shun stood at the door and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, let us walk! Anyone who dares to move, I will shoot him down!"

"Hero, spare, spare! Help me!"

When all the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty saw the person in Yu Shun's arms, they immediately thought of eating eggs!It turned out that the other party caught Li, the captain of the whistle--this person was the hoarse voice surnamed Li who was giving orders next door.

At this time, a Qing soldier was courageous and stammered: "Hero! Hey, which hilltop? Dare to commit crimes in this village! Let's get out of the way, put him down!"

"Fart! Do you think I don't understand?! Get out of the way!" Yu Shun shouted, "Let people go outside the village!"

The Qing soldiers looked at me, at you, and at Mr. Li, waiting for him to speak.But the man surnamed Li was pinched tightly by Yu Shun's arms, and he could only hold his breath for his life, his eyes were wide open, and he couldn't speak a word.The key is that he still has a gun on his back waist, and the black body of the gun emits a cold light under the light and shadow of the torch.

After a stalemate for a while, the Qing troops began to slowly spread out to both sides, making a gap about Zhang Xu wide.Yu Shun asked his companions to walk in front, and he dragged the half-dead head Li out of the gate of the carriage and horse shop.In fact, the group of Qing soldiers had knives, guns, and bird guns, but they were just wary of throwing rats, and in the panic, they had no time to reload and light the match, so they had to follow behind, like escorting or seeing off, following every step.

At this time, 400 to [-] people had gathered outside the store, illuminated by lanterns and torches.Although there were many people, no one dared to step forward and show off.Yu Shun also didn't want to shoot casually and hurt people. He was hit by the Beihai Navy's bullets these days, and if he didn't have a military doctor to treat him, he would basically die.

In this way, the Qing army and the people in the village followed Yushun a hundred steps away with torches until they left the village to the north and walked about two miles along the Jinshui River. Not to mention shallow, there is still a stone step across the river, and the dark river gurgles from between the stone steps.

"Cross the river!"

"Yes Yes!"

The Qing army post chief surnamed Li had never seen a flashlight before. From the time he left the village, he noticed that Yu Shun's companion was only holding a palm-length black cylinder; Bright and straight, the places illuminated along the way are even more detailed.He thought that the other party was using sorcery, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to resist at all, so he did what he was asked to do.

When the officers and soldiers saw them crossing the river by stepping on stones, they shouted from the other side: "Hey! Hey man, you keep your word, let us go!" But he knew that as long as he released the man now, the officers and soldiers would pounce on him like wasps and chase after him, so he said to his comrades who were better at marksmanship: "Just light the torches and don't hit people, shoot three times in a row to scare them away." them."

The companion let out a "hmm", looked at the erratic clusters of flames more than 20 meters away, and then raised his hand to shoot three times.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With the deafening gunshots, Yu Shun soon smelled a pungent smell of urine. It turned out that the whistle chief Li who was strangled in front of him was scared to pee.This man has lived for more than 30 years and has been a Green Battalion soldier for more than ten years. He has never seen a short gun that can fire consecutively.He was finally convinced that the two guys who kidnapped him were probably the legendary "North Sea Pirates".At this moment, he regretted so much that he really answered the plaque on the prison door—regret it was too late.

On the other side, as a few torches were blown away by bullets, the Qing army on the other side of the Jinshui River was blown up, and someone shouted: "Mother! This is the North Sea Pirate's firecracker!"

"Jiang Liu was beaten to death! Run!"

"Fart! I"

Just as the guy who was mistakenly shot was about to argue, his voice was drowned in panicked shouts.After a while, the Qing army on the shore had already run dozens of steps away.Just when these guys felt that they were safe, there were three gunshots on the opposite bank, and then it seemed that someone had been shot and fell to the ground screaming.

I am a mother!How many shots can the North Sea Pirate's fast gun fire in succession?Stop talking, keep running
Taking advantage of the chaos, Yu Shun pushed the already limp Qingjun Li forward, kicked him into the river with his feet, and splashed a lot of water.Waiting for the Qing army post commander surnamed Li to stand up from the river, wipe the water off his face, turn around and look to the west bank, where is there anyone?
After Yu Shun and his companions left quickly to the west, they didn't dare to turn on the flashlight again. They walked when they saw the road, and drilled when they saw the mountain. Sit in a secluded place sheltered from the wind and sweat.

At this time, the stars and the moon in the sky were blocked by a layer of thin clouds, and it was chaotic and chaotic. It could be seen that there were rolling hills all around, and the mountains were full of dark trees.Although the autumn night is not cold, it still makes people feel cool all over the body. The roaring pines are surging in the dark, and the branches of old trees are shaking crazily above their heads, making scary creaking noises.

Yu Shun took out a gourd filled with water from his bag and handed it to his companion. After the other party took two sips, he took it and was about to drink it when he heard a light "click" sound from the hammer, which made him startled. Pulled out.

Because the two were very close, he looked in the direction pointed by the raised hand of the other party, and saw a black guy as big as a calf parked there under a pine tree more than ten steps away. , two wine glass-sized eyes, yellow and green, sparkling slightly, staring at the two of them without moving.

"Leopard!" Yu Shun's heart sank, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that his companion's gun had been raised, and hurriedly stopped him softly: "Don't move! We're downwind."

He spoke in a low voice, for fear of disturbing the leopard, but his companion obviously heard it, lowered his gun and did not dare to move again.Although he could scare this guy away just by shooting, Yu Shun felt that the place he was in was already very close to Muping City.

After an unknown amount of time, the beast let out a grunt from its throat, and flicked its thick black tail twice, as if confirming that the two humans in front of it were a huge threat to him, and reluctantly turned its head Jumping into the pine forest, after a burst of noise, went far away.

It wasn't until his companion closed the insurance that Yu Shun breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.At this time, the sky became darker and darker, and the two knew that the dawn of dawn was coming
In the Qing Dynasty, the state government of Ninghai Prefecture was in Muping City, and in the early Ming Dynasty, the county was abolished and the state was changed.Because the city of Zhou is only [-] miles away from Wendeng County, after hearing the news of Wendeng's fall, the north, east, and south gates of the city were closed tightly, leaving only the west gate.After all, the people in the city have to burn firewood for food every day.

In the early morning, as the suspension bridge outside the west gate fell, the city gate opened a gap for people and wheelbarrows to enter and exit. At this time, more than 30 green camp soldiers who had been waiting outside the city gate rushed over; two of them Among the wounded, one had a thick bandage on his head, and his left cheek was swollen; the other guy had a bloody bandage on his leg, was limping while being supported by his companion.

These people knew the soldiers guarding the city gate, so they all entered the city smoothly.When the gatekeeper learned from them that the spies of the "Northern Sea Pirate" had appeared at the northern foot of the Great Kunlun Mountains more than 40 miles away, he was so shocked that he immediately rushed to Zhizhou Yamen to report.

When Zhizhouyuan Jingde heard that the Beihai Navy had appeared in his jurisdiction, he was immediately frightened and turned pale.Right now in the city, apart from a general with dozens of green battalion soldiers and hundreds of guards, there are more than 500 strong men recruited from various wealthy households and ordinary people.Apart from dozens of guns and thread guns, these people also have knives, guns and sticks. They don't even have a homemade cannon. How can they defeat the Beihai Navy?
Although I received a letter from Fucheng yesterday, Lord Cao asked the counties to recruit villagers with guns and bows to defend the city, and the blacksmith shop to build muskets and cannons.But it's too late now!
However, after silently smoking two bags of cigarettes in the study, Yuan Zhizhou's flustered mood gradually calmed down, and he also vaguely had an idea in his heart.However, this matter has to be discussed with other officials, and then the principals of the various official families in the city can be called to make a plan.

After a while, fellow acquaintance Fei Deying, official Zhang Zengtan, and Zhou Xuexuezheng Wang Guixiang all arrived. These are the four official officials of Ninghai Prefecture. Bei Haijun attacked Wendeng, and that man might not be able to come back.

Fei Deying and the three of them already knew what happened, but they didn't have any ideas, and they sat in the signing room and sighed.After Yuan Jingde came in and sat down, he slowly expressed his thoughts, the other three looked at each other, then nodded helplessly, thinking that this was the only way to go.Afterwards, Yuan Jingde asked Tongzhi to send people to invite the principals of each family to discuss the matter.

Although Ninghai Prefecture is not a big place, there are still many scholarly officials.Inside the city are the Chang family, Zhao family, and Wang family in Ximenli, the He family in Nanmen, and the descendants of Confucius in Dongguan; Shangzhuang Yushi et al.The female relatives and children of these people's families were all sent to Dengzhou Prefecture, and the young and strong stayed behind to help defend the city.

Half an hour later, after learning that the "Northern Sea Pirates" had been haunting the territory, all the families came one after another. Yuan Jingde, the magistrate of Ninghai Prefecture, saw that everyone had arrived, so he took his seat in the second hall. He coughed lightly, and then Said: "Everyone must have heard that there have been spies from the North Sea Pirates at the northern foot of the Great Kunlun Mountains, and they will come to attack the state city in a few days. I think Ninghai Prefecture has been established for six years since the 22nd year of Dading. For more than a hundred years, there have been seven kingdoms in 150 years! You and your families have lived here since the Ming Dynasty, if you suffer from war, the day the city is destroyed, I am afraid that people will die!"

"Master Yuan said yes!"

"Why don't you send someone to Fucheng to ask for help!"

Everyone just echoed in unison, but they don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Mr. Yuan's gourd.

At this time, Yuan Jingde's face showed sorrow, grief and indignation, and he said in a deep voice: "In order to protect the 77th society of Baxiang, Haizhou, Ning, and to protect the health of everyone's family, I decided to send people to negotiate peace with Beihai Pirate Beihai! Today Just choose a representative from all of you here! Who wants to go to the thief's lair and seek peace for the people of the whole city?"

Okay, I dare to surrender to Beihai Town. No, make peace!Everyone in the hall heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that this time finally there is no need to die.However, thinking of the rumors that everyone in the Beihai Navy is like a wolf like a tiger, the hearts of all the officials and gentry trembled again.

Near noon, the meeting at the Second Hall of Ninghai Prefecture finally decided on the candidates for the peace talks with the Beihai Sea, including: Zhou Xuexuezheng Wang Guixiang, Zhizhou Yuan Jingde's housekeeper, and one person each from the Chang family, Zhao family, Wang family, and Kong family .They will be escorted by forty strong men from the above-mentioned four families to Wendeng, more than 100 miles away.

To show his sincerity, Yuan Zhizhou asked Xuezheng Wang Guixiang to bring the household registration ledger of 77 clubs in Baxiang, Ninghai Prefecture, and letters led by Yuan Jingde, signed by other officials and all the gentry attending the meeting. Some chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, two hundred stones of rice noodles and fifty bolts of silk cloth.

Surrender is such a big matter, if some people agree, there must be some people who oppose it.In order to keep it secret, Wang Guixiang and others decided after discussion to go out of the city through the west gate after dark.

On the other hand, Yu Shun and his companions wandered outside the city of Ninghai Prefecture for a long time, and found that the interrogation was very strict when entering the city, so they finally decided to go west to Fushan County to have a look.If the situation permits, they have to go to Terengganu to do a reconnaissance
　The title of this chapter comes from a poem by Yuan Jingde - "Two Wonders of Climbing Jinfo Mountain and Touring Tiewa Temple": To go to the five-story peak of Tianchi, shake my boundless and eternal chest.The lower world looks cloudy and sunny, and there are three hundred and six hibiscus in front of me.When people go to the empty and lonely, the white clouds grow to protect Songguan.The caves of gods and immortals on the cliffs are not inferior to the shallow mountains in the south of the Yangtze River.

　　
　
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