Chapter 564: The ground shakes
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Wang Chengfeng also looked a little uneasy, he originally thought that the other party would give in, no matter what, the request he made was really not much, it was just an opportunity, but Liu Chengfeng obviously did not loosen. I just don't know what the people outside will do in the next moment.
Wang Chengfeng's confidence comes from those gentry, the relationship between the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is already intertwined, and he is ambiguous with many ministers in the imperial court, and he takes these people as hostages, so Liu Chengfeng doesn't weigh the consequences at all?
In fact, as he just said, if Liu Chengfeng really dared to do this, the ministers would criticize him and not say anything, even the palace might not be willing to protect him.
Wang Chengfeng thought about it, but he was a little determined, he suddenly remembered an idea, and ordered one person: "Go, invite Mr. Yang, let him go out to talk, and let the two of them watch." ”
This Mr. Yang is a famous man in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and several disciples are even already in the governor's office, and most of the people he has made friends with are famous families, and there are many old ones in the court, and his prestige in Shilin is not small.
It is also his bad luck, these days he happened to enter Beijing, planning to meet friends in this Beijing, originally there were a lot of old people invited him to live at home for a long time, who knew that this Mr. Yang felt a lot of trouble, the surname Suo stayed in this firm, plus although there are many people in this firm, but there are also a lot of scholars gathered, Mr. Yang in addition to visiting friends, and some elegant people in the firm to talk about Xuan, but also happy.
It's just that who would know that such a thing would happen, Mr. Yang was already embarrassed at this time, and his beautiful beard that had grown for a long time was also messy a lot, and he had long lost the spirit of the fairy wind and bones in the past, and was escorted to the middle gate.
"Gentlemen...... Don't be reckless, if you have something to say, although these chaotic parties are extremely vicious, they are not unruly people, as long as they agree to their conditions, everything can be said, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, has some friendship with the old man, you should quickly invite Liu Shangshu to speak......"
This Mr. Yang can be described as sweeping the floor, his legs trembling, and he persuaded with a bitter look, but he also kept an eye on it, for fear that the other party would not care about him and mistook his Qingqing surname, so he took a book on the left and a governor on the right.
At this time, the new army outside suddenly separated from the roads, and then huge objects pulled by carriages were dragged out, covered with red cloths, and no one knew what they were.
Immediately, the red blaze opened, and one cannon after another revealed Sensen's muzzle.
In the first year, the new army mainly practiced firearms, but with the attention of the imperial court, it had begun to set up artillery battalions, and at this moment, seven or eight tiger cannons appeared dozens of feet away from this trading house.
The gunners in cloth armor were cleaning the chamber of the cannon with a long stick wrapped in cloth, and after a while, someone stuffed gunpowder, iron nails, iron balls, and other objects from the muzzle of the gun.
Although this Mr. Yang is well-informed, he has never seen such a sharp weapon, and he has an instinctive sense of fear in his heart, and the trembling of his calves is a little greater, and he can't help but pull his throat and say: "Call Liu Shiyong, the old man is ......."
He was halfway there. In the team, Liu Chengfeng's face was full of indifference, and when the battalion officer of the artillery battalion asked for instructions, he just nodded lightly and said: "After the three rounds of artillery, kill it, those who resist, don't care about it, as for the life or death of others, don't care, kill!" ”
......Shh The lead has been ignited, and then there was a loud bang, as if the sky was falling apart, seven or eight artillery pieces opened fire one after another, earth-shattering, the smoke of gunpowder billowed out, the dust and smoke did not disperse, and the door of the entire business house had opened a huge opening, and bricks, stones, and iron nails flew wildly.
With such a close bombardment, the power of this tiger cannon can be described as amazing.
A wall collapsed, and then there were bursts of screams, and more importantly, the fear caused by this terrifying force, and the whole trading house seemed to explode into a pot, and all kinds of cries came out one after another.
Mr. Yang in the middle door was immediately knocked down by the air wave, and he was hit by many iron nails and gravel, and he was no longer alive or dead in the dust and gunsmoke. The two strong men holding him were also bloody at this time, and their tower-like bodies collapsed.
This was not the end, but it was just the beginning, and in a few moments, when the gunners had cooled the chambers with water and cleaned them with gunpowder very quickly, another round of earth-shattering sounds rang out, and the earth could not help but tremble.
If this kind of voice appeared in the border town, it might be normal, but it was the first time that it appeared at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and there was no one else who dared to fire a cannon in the Beijing division except Liu Chengfeng.
The reason for the use of artillery is to train the troops, and the second is to ensure the safety of the hostages inside, for Liu Chengfeng, he is not interested in considering the issue of the hostages' surnames and lives at all now, what he wants to do is to sweep away and annihilate the party, as for the others, they are second to consider, but as soon as the new army moves, the chaotic party inside will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry, and the hostages in the business house are afraid that no one will survive. On the contrary, after a burst of shelling, chaos arose in the firm, and the rebels panicked for a while, so that a small number of hostages could be saved.
After the three rounds of cannons rang out, Liu Chengfeng pointed forward with a long whip, looked at the ruins in front of him and the dust rolling in the sky, and shouted: "Kill in!" ”
The new army, which had long been unable to hold back, suddenly rushed into the merchant house like a mad beast.
The thumping of firearms could be heard everywhere, as well as the sound of stubborn fighting, Liu Chengfeng stopped outside, motionless, his face was calm and abnormal.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… In the wreckage of the broken wall, there are still moans from time to time, in fact, this time into the trading house, almost no one in the new army was injured, after a burst of artillery, firecrackers, the rebels inside were completely stunned, it turned out that they could kill one enough to kill two profitable bandits did not even have the strength to parry, but now they have not even touched a single hair and have fallen in a pool of blood.
A corpse with blurred flesh and blood has been cleaned up, and there are really not many survivors, so that when Qian Fang looked for Liu Chengfeng to tell him, Liu Chengfeng couldn't help frowning.
Of the 113 rebels, more than 90 died, and more than half of the gentry and merchants were killed or wounded.
However, this ending did not disappoint Liu Chengfeng too much, this time it tested the combat strength of the new army, although the strength of the two sides was not proportional, but it was able to level this trading house with zero casualties, but it did not live up to Liu Chengfeng's expectations.
What made Liu Chengfeng even more relieved was that Wang Chengfeng was captured alive, and as soon as the cannon sounded, Wang Chengfeng felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly retreated to the depths of the inner courtyard under the arch guard of several henchmen, and was immediately hit in the calf by the new army that caught up and captured him alive.
Wang Chengfeng was already in rags at the moment, his trouser legs were all soaked with blood, and he was screaming, where did he see any handsomeness in the whole person? Like a dead dog, he was dragged under Liu Chengfeng's horse, and Liu Chengfeng looked at him from above, with a trace of contempt in his eyes.
"Take this person down, remember, can't die, interrogate slowly, and see if you can ask anything." Liu Chengfeng's tone was a kind of indifference that went deep into the bone marrow, and then said: "Also, there is no need to use a big punishment after the trial, I just said that I will break all the bones on his body, and I will do what I say." ”
He said no more, got on his horse, and went away as fast as he could.
The new troops also quickly withdrew, leaving only the Jinyi Guard pro-army to clean up the mess.
Liu Chengfeng took a team of people Pegasus to the noon gate, asked to see him directly, and handed the news in, and then, a father-in-law personally came to welcome Liu Chengfeng into the palace, but the father-in-law did not lead Liu Chengfeng to the inner palace, but went directly to the palace.
The court hall has been turned upside down, it is chaotic, some ministers even scolded each other, and some people can't kneel for a long time, so they have to see the emperor.
But when Liu Chengfeng entered the hall, everyone was stunned, what did this guy do when he appeared here at this time? Shouldn't he have appeared in the Inner Palace?
Some people also knew in their hearts that this Liu Chengfeng must know what was going on in the palace, so someone immediately pounced on it, wanting to pull Liu Chengfeng's clothes, Liu Chengfeng leaned and avoided the past. The minister stumbled, finally stood firm, and said angrily: "Liu Chengfeng!" ”
Liu Chengfeng smiled, saluted the minister, and said, "Lord Zhao, I don't know what to order?" ”
Lord Zhao was furious, looking like a teacher asking for guilt, and crossed his hands and asked, "Tell me, what's going on in the palace?" Why is there no news at all? ”
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but laugh and said, "What's wrong in the palace, but it's asking me what to do?" You can ask the palace yourself. ”
Lord Zhao sneered: "Hmph, a raccoon dog!" ”
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but smile and said, "Which hill is this raccoon dog?" Could it be that I and Your Majesty are the same dog? Lord Zhao, I am a courtier, and you are also a courtier, there is a difference between a monarch and a minister, and a courtier slanders the king, which is a bit of a big rebellion. Well, haha...... Then again, presumably Lord Zhao was just an unintentional mistake, and no one would pursue this matter. ”
This Lord Zhao was suddenly so angry that he didn't fight anywhere, but he had no choice but to blow his beard and stare at him.
Li Dongyang couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted in a low voice: "Liu Chengfeng, what are you messing around, come and talk, the old man has something to ask you." ”
(To be continued)