Wanli 1592

Chapter 556 Taiyuan Riot

Around this batch of gold and silver treasures, more than 400 officers and soldiers and more than 800 people were killed or injured, and caused serious opposition between officials and the people in Taiyuan City. Many officers and two or three surviving officers were besieged in a small area.

If they did not hand over the food and gold and silver treasures in their hands, they would be killed by the angry people.

Although the officials rebelled one by one and the mob one by one, they could see the panic in each other's eyes.

To be honest, they don't know who owns the food and treasures. Anyway, the government definitely doesn't have them, and if they have them, they are all in the private houses of other officials and wealthy businessmen. That is to say, these are high-ranking officials who have died private property of the rich.

It is now in an unowned state, and whoever grabs it will belong to him.

Of course they want to grab these things, because they also suffered heavy losses, and there is no problem in occupying this batch of food and treasures in the name of the government's righteousness.

But they never expected that this time, the common people seemed to be irrational and reluctant to let go. There were more and more people, and they were surrounded by a black cloud that could not be seen.

There are still people with loud voices yelling at them, asking them to hand over food and gold and silver treasures, and then get out of Taiyuan City, otherwise they will kill people. Kill them all!
Under the threat of extreme cold, the injured people seem to have lost their minds. They want food, gold and silver, and survival. The behavior of the officers and soldiers to kill the northern prisoners instead of killing them has completely angered the people.

Seeing that they were all about to be killed, suddenly there was a burst of gunfire, and a mass of government troops poured out from all directions, surrounding these people.

This group of officers is very different from other officers, not only infantry, but also cavalry, quite fierce cavalry, full of murderous looks, making people tremble all over, their bloodthirsty eyes glanced at these soldiers who only had wood in their hands The people with sticks and their horses flicked their hooves restlessly, as if they were about to charge forward.

The tables turned.

Surrounded and almost desperate, the Ming army survived a desperate situation, and the surprise in their hearts can be imagined.

The crowd panicked for a while, but they did not disperse.

It is not the people who are really flustered, but Liu Yong who has pushed this matter to the present situation.

Liu Yong is a member of the Liu family. Before Beilu broke the city yesterday, he was invited by a friend to drink at the restaurant opened by his family. Now the restaurant is closed to the public, but it is still no problem to entertain one person. After talking about some recent annoying things, after drinking for three rounds, a sudden change occurred in the city.

The northern captives came in!
Burning, killing and looting everywhere, setting fire to buildings, looting and burning when seeing luxurious buildings, although this friend's restaurant is a bit remote, but it has not escaped the claws of Beilu. The friend asked Liu Yong to hide, and he himself He went out to check the situation, but was killed by Beilu at the door.

The restaurant is not very luxurious. After being robbed for a while, he was lucky not to be burned. Liu Yong who was hiding naturally did not die. He survived by luck. Looking at the devastated city and the dead bodies everywhere, he was in a daze for a while, seeing When the Liu family was completely destroyed, he was also in a daze for a while.

When he finally realized what happened, he howled for a long time.

When it was snowing heavily, he wandered aimlessly to the place where the northern captives discarded unnecessary gold and silver treasures. He saw the scene where the Ming army and the people were fighting for the treasures. He wanted to stay far away, but Inadvertently glanced at it, but caught a glimpse of a soldier of the Ming army fighting for a silver bracelet with a commoner.

It was his wife's.

He decided to get the bracelet back, but the soldier who killed someone just now almost killed him too. Thanks to several civilians who rushed up and beat the soldier to death, he managed to save his life and snatched back his bracelet. After fleeing, more Ming army officers and soldiers came and continued to confront the people, and he was almost killed again.

In order to survive, he united all the people here, using words to encourage everyone to kill these Ming army soldiers, and then take back their treasures. Words are very effective, especially at this time, the people rushed forward desperately, Almost all the officers and soldiers were killed, but at an emergency, more officers and soldiers came.

Liu Yong originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but when things had come to this, he was regarded as the leader by a group of people and asked for countermeasures. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly felt that it was actually quite good to do so.

Because he knew very well that these treasures belonged to big families like them, and instead of being taken away by the government, it would be better to let him take the lead, use these mobs to snatch the treasures, and then escape in the chaos.

So Liu Yong "stepped forward" and encouraged the people in distress to gather together to fight against these officers and soldiers. Although the treasure was occupied by the Ming army due to the gap in combat effectiveness and equipment, the way they left was also angered. The crowd is tightly blocked.

Liu Yong didn't want to make a big fuss at first, but he didn't expect many people to ask for help spontaneously. After dawn, Liu Yong realized that the situation had far exceeded his expectations.

Tens of thousands of people in the entire city of Taiyuan have participated in this incident of fighting with weapons, and the nature of the incident has changed, from simply fighting for property to asking for the blood of the officers and soldiers.

Liu Yong himself did not expect such a drastic change in the situation. The anger of the people who had been suppressed for a long time could no longer be controlled. What they needed were not only treasures and food, but also the death of these officers and soldiers.

Just when Liu Yong was in a dilemma, Xiao Ruxun arrived with the main force, surrounded them directly, blocked the road, and dispatched elite cavalry and pistols with muskets to deter the rioters at the forefront. The bewildered populace.

He heard what happened from the mouths of some people who did not participate in the matter, and it was precisely because of this that he was so angry.

For a batch of food and gold and silver treasures, such a thing happened unexpectedly. Tens of thousands of people participated. This is still a serious mass rebellion. If there is no pusher behind it, he doesn't believe it.

So he picked up his big horn.

"I am Xiao Ruxun, the commander-in-chief of Yubian Pinglu, Zhennanhou Xiao Ruxun. I came here this time to deal with the northern captives. I am sorry for the Taiyuan fathers and elders. I did not arrive in time and caused the fall of Taiyuan City, but this did not It’s not the reason why you can surround the officers and soldiers and kill them! Call out those in charge! Talk to me directly!”

Xiao Ruxun was so imposing that he directly asked these people to call out those who were in charge. According to his prediction, these people would not answer him, but they would involuntarily look at the black hand behind the scenes who promoted this matter, because they were confused and lacked decisiveness. , need someone to help them decide.

The black hand behind the scenes will naturally surface.

Sure enough, the people in the front row looked back one after another, and those in the back row also looked back, row by row, and Liu Yong suddenly had nothing to hide.

(End of this chapter)