Chapter 833: Chaos Rises
Pei Yuan also knew that after this series of provocations, it was strange that the Qingjiao disciples did not make trouble. Even if it is not a cult, it will be forced to rebel. But this was Vice Prime Minister Wu's instructions, and he could only follow them. Even if Pei Yuan felt that all this was deliberately caused by Vice Minister Wu, he could only do it. Behind Vice Prime Minister Wu stood Lu Xiang, and he didn't know what the purpose of what they were doing, but the consequences of disrespecting his orders were very clear. Pei Yuan has long been the person of Lu Xiang and Wu Chunlai, and this time he let him do it, which is actually a great trust. Although it was very dangerous, Pei Yuan knew that after this incident, he would definitely be promoted. The premise is that you can come back alive.
For this reason, Lu Xiang personally greeted him and selected five hundred elite soldiers from the forbidden army in front of the palace to increase security. With the protection of these five hundred forbidden troops, Pei Yuan was a little relieved. In fact, Pei Yuan really hopes to protect twice as many soldiers and horses, but the more soldiers and horses, the more soldiers and horses, the purpose of this trip will fail. Because there are more soldiers and horses, the other party does not dare to act rashly. Five hundred soldiers and horses is already the limit.
Hou Changqing was also one of the people chosen, and Pei Yuan also knew that Hou Changqing was also Lu Xiang's person. He didn't know that before. From this, Pei Yuan also understood the strength of Lu Xiang's strength. The front division of the palace, that is a place where water can't be splashed and needles can't be inserted, but Lu Xiang has already installed his own people. This transfer of troops was ordered by the privy envoy Yang Jun, and Zhao Yuankang, the commander of the front division of the palace, did not even know about it, but only knew that it was to escort an errand with 500 soldiers and horses, which shows that this operation was not only an order from the political hall, but also with the cooperation of the Privy Council. The cooperation between the two governments on this matter shows the importance of this trip.
After coming to Changheng County, although Pei Yuan and Hou Changqing didn't understand anything on the surface, they were actually mentally prepared. They knew there was going to be trouble tonight, so they were prepared.
"He County Order, don't ask if you need more, now I order you to gather the people you have at hand to assist us in our actions. If the cultists dare to make trouble tonight, we will crack down on them mercilessly. If you don't want to be responsible, work with us. Do you understand? Pei Yuan said coldly.
He Anmin could only nod, but he still raised questions.
"Two adults, thousands of Qingjiao disciples, we only have such a few people, can we make it? For the sake of the safety of the two adults, Xia Guan felt that it was better to withdraw from the county seat. It's not that the lower officials are greedy for life and afraid of death, it's true that the two adults don't know the power of the Qingjiao disciples. ”
"It's a cultist. Ho Lady. Hou Changqing corrected: "There are still ...... These 500 people are the elite of the forbidden army, not a rabble. Master He can rest assured. Your life is not worth more than ours, we are not afraid, what are you afraid of? Just do as you are told. If you dare to sneak away, you will be the first to rectify the Fa. ”
He Anmin completely shut up. He had already said what he had to say, and the rest was out of his control. The only thing he could do was pray to God not to make a mess tonight.
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Twilight shrouded the county seat of Changheng. The small Changheng County was not lively in the first place, but at this moment, it was as silent as death. On the long street, there was no one on it. As if all the people had a premonition of what was going to happen today, from the evening onwards, the shops of the residents were closed one after another, and no one showed up again. Even the cats and dogs on the street seem to have a premonition of an unusual atmosphere, and the usual street fights and shouts are now nowhere to be seen.
At the south exit of Main Street, a black torrent began to rush onto the main street. Like a muddy flood, the torrent soon broke into four teams and spread to every street in the county.
Then, the smashing and looting began. I don't know who made the first move, and a large mansion in Dongcheng poured in. The nursing home of the big family tried to resist, but was quickly beaten by the congregation. The congregants rushed into the homes of large households, robbed people of money, set fire to houses, and immediately cried and screamed. The composition of these sects is uneven, most of them are ordinary people, but some of them are actually idle bullies, and they have become the backbone of the Qingjiao even more easily. Now that the incident has started, the long-suppressed temperament has begun to explode. Those who have had festivals before, those who have given faces, and even beaten and scolded them, at this moment, they are holding the public newspaper for personal gain, and they first began to take revenge on these people.
Once this behavior starts, it can't be stopped. Even some ordinary sect members, under the infection of the current atmosphere and emotions, have lost their minds one by one, and began to burn and loot frantically, falling into the pleasure of lawlessness and cruelty.
In less than half an hour, the streets and alleys where the four sect teams passed were aflamed and cried and screamed. The people fled from their homes and rushed to the gates on all sides, trying to escape from this hellish county on earth. However, the city gates on all sides were already more chaotic than in the city, and the fire in the city was in full swing, and hundreds of cultists in ambush in the four cities outside the city began to storm the city gates. The gates of the small county town were already pitifully undermanned, and each gate was garrisoned by less than fifty soldiers, which could withstand the impact. Soon all of them were occupied by the congregation.
After the occupation, the gates of the city were tightly shut, and the people could not leave the city, so they had to turn around and run back into the city. For a time, the streets and alleys of the city were full of human figures, crying and shouting, and people who were panicked everywhere.
Luo Wenyi didn't expect tonight's action to be such a start, and he didn't want the sect members to burn and kill the people like this. Although some families do need to be punished, he does not allow such aimless burning, killing and looting by the congregation. But at this time, it was useless for him to restrain him, the sect members were red-eyed, and the robbery and killing were on the rise, and he couldn't restrain him at this time.
Besides, Luo Wenyi thought about it, maybe this is not a bad thing. The majority of the congregation are pure and virtuous people, and if they can get blood on their hands at this moment, they will never be able to turn back. After that, there is only one way to go to the dark. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
Four teams of 1,000 sectarians burned and looted all the way from the streets on all sides, and everywhere they went, they were like a cloud of hell, turning the originally peaceful small city upside down. As the procession slowly advanced, the encirclement became smaller and smaller, and all the congregational groups slowly gathered from all directions, and surrounded the county government at the crossroads. Soon after, the county government was already surrounded.
In the square, the torches were lit up. Under the light of the torches, the excited faces of the Qingjiao members had cruel smiles on them, and their distorted faces were as terrifying as demonic faces in the flickering firelight. Everyone snorted and waited for the order to attack. They are like hungry dogs, and they are about to lose their chains.
Luo Wenyi, who was dressed in a black robe and covered his head and face in a hood, came to the team, facing the tall gatehouse of the county government in front of him, and spoke loudly.
"The people inside have listened to me. What you are doing today has touched the bottom line of my Youth Sect. Our youth religion takes helping people and redeeming them as its own responsibility, and is deeply loved by the people. For a long time, we have never fought against the government and the imperial court. Yet you still did it to us. Say that our Qingjiao is a cult? I think the imperial court is the biggest cult. Does your emperor know what kind of life the people lived? These officials in the court only know the common people of fish and meat, and force the people to pay money and food for you to eat, drink and enjoy. And I, the Holy Father of the Qingjiao, not only know the suffering of the people, never oppress the people, but also help the vast number of congregants. The people have justice in their hearts. Today, when you announce the banning of our Youth Sect, you are not giving the people a way to live, and you are reversing black and white. Official. The people rebelled, and when the people couldn't survive, there was only one way, and that was to rebel and survive. Your emperor does not think about the people, so we will pull him off his horse and make our holy prince emperor. ”
"The Holy Father is great, the Holy Father is great. The Holy Fathers are emperors, and the Holy Fathers are emperors. The congregation shouted frantically.
"Now, give you a stick of incense time and come out and surrender. Otherwise, your corpses will be broken to pieces today, and you will die without a place to bury. Luo Wenyi shouted sharply.
Airplanes! A feathered arrow shot straight from above the roof of the county office, grazing the side of Luo Wenyi's neck and nailing it to the throat of a sect member beside him. The cultist screamed and fell to the sky, dying of rage. This feather arrow has already shown the attitude of the officers and soldiers in the county government.
Luo Wenyi was shocked and angry, and roared sharply: "A group of demons who are obsessed, rush in for me and kill them all." The Holy Father looks at you and blesses you with invulnerability and divine light protection. Kill! ”
"Kill!" The cultists, who had long been unable to hold back, received the order, and suddenly the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky. Thousands of sectarians flocked to the yamen like a tidal wave. At the same time, a religious slave shot fireworks to light up the sky, and the three thousand-person sect members on the other three sides of the county government also let out an earth-shattering cry at the same time. Countless sect members shouted desperately and rushed towards the small county government compound.
On the square directly in front of the yamen, the congregants who rushed to the county yamen with a shout shook the sky suffered a stormy blow. From the dark rooftop, countless arrows shot out from the walls on both sides, like a cold rain poured on the heads of the cultists who rushed madly. The blessings of the Holy Father's divine power and body protection obviously did not work, and in the rain of arrows, countless sect members fell to the ground, and were shot through their bodies by powerful arrows, some of them like hedgehogs.
The more than 100 members of the sect who rushed to the front row were cut off like leeks in an instant. The five hundred elite forbidden troops led by Pei Yuan, Hou Changqing, were not only carefully selected, but they were also equipped with the most sophisticated weapons in the Great Zhou at present. In addition to their armor blades, they each carried a repeater on their backs. The repeater crossbow is a weapon licensed by the forbidden army in front of the Great Zhou Palace, which is complicated to manufacture and expensive to build, and its lethality is amazing. In the case of a limited number, it is naturally only the guards around the emperor who can equip it. It is precisely because of the existence of the repeater that the Great Zhou Dynasty is actually not interested in firearms, because the power of the repeater is much more powerful than those weak firearms. This time, the forbidden army of the front division of the five hundred halls came equipped with crossbows, which shows that they are ready to deal with all emergencies.
The first round of the stormy blow made the Qingjiao disciples stunned in place, and they watched the entire row of sect members in front of them fall to the ground in an instant, and their hearts were hesitant and terrified.