Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 417 Yiling Rebellion 5
The folk customs in Yiling area are relatively aggressive.There is no way, there are too many refugees coming from Sichuan and Shaanxi, and there are as many bandits as a cow. In order to protect themselves, many wealthy landlords have spent their money to build strong watchtowers, buy a large number of bows and arrows, and even manufacture The local artillery, once a large group of bandits come down the mountain, all the relatives and children will twist into a rope to resist desperately. These small landlords are often stronger than the officers and soldiers-the officers and soldiers can escape if they can't win. Fleeing from place to place, if you can't win, your family will be ruined!Therefore, no matter whether it is the rogues or the officers and soldiers who are more ruthless than the rogues, they are not very willing to gnaw on these strong docks. It is fine to extort some money and food.

When the rebel army led by Wang Rui went down the mountain, they were blocked by an earth fence.There were several watchtowers in this earthen enclosure, all of which were full of servants with swords and guns, and two earthen cannons were set up. The black muzzles of the cannons pointed at the rebels, causing a commotion among the rebels.A local rich man dressed in gorgeous silk and satin, with a mahogany dragon-head crutch that is worth a lot of money at first glance, and an exaggerated ruby ​​ring on his middle finger stood on the fence, pointing at the rebels with his crutch, arrogantly Said: "You bunch of mud legs, you really don't know how to die, and dare to rebel! If you are sensible, just lay down your weapons honestly, and this old man can also intercede for you, so that the court will save you from death..."

Wang Rui shook his head, do you know how you pretend to be your mother?He asked a local farmer: "How is this gentleman's character?"

The farmer gritted his teeth: "Character? Deng Laocai still has character? This guy, let him do all the bad things that a person can do. Just during the Chinese New Year, he took a fancy to the daughter of the Liu family and forced her Robbed to pay off the debt, the daughter of the Liu family would rather die than follow. She was locked in the woodshed by him and starved for several days. After waking up, he bit off a piece of meat on his neck, the beast was furious, beat the girl to death, and hung it at the entrance of the village for public display!"

Qin Mai said angrily: "Beast! What a beast!"

With a calm expression, Wang Rui asked the old farmer, "Will the government just ignore this bastard who is so vicious?"

The old farmer became more and more resentful: "His son is the master of Lord Zhizhou, who dares to control it! Poor girl of the Liu family, she died so badly that no one dared to collect her body! Later, her father went to ask the servant to put the body down and put a Zhang broke the quilt to cover her body, and then sprinkled a little soil on it, so that she could be buried in the ground. In the end, he said that there is no place in this world for redress, and he went to the sky to go to the sky to sue Deng Laocai. He bumped his head against the big bluestone and died beside his daughter... Due to public outrage, Deng Laocai was frightened, so he hastily buried the father and daughter, pretended to be merciful, and asked someone to perform a ritual ceremony... "

Wang Rui smiled: "Help someone do something? It's interesting, but I don't know who will do something for him?" As soon as he stretched out his hand, the monkey understood and handed over the crossbow. Then he opened the machine spring pressing the arrow box, and a foot-long crossbow bolt popped out, lying in the arrow slot.He put the butt of the gun on his shoulder, his eyes, the mountain, and the front sight lined up like a rock, and after a short glance, he pulled the trigger at Deng Laocai 150 meters away.

Deng Laocai was still yelling: "You bunch of mud-legged people dare to plot against me? I really don't know what to do! Let me tell you, my son is—"

A terrifying whistling sound interrupted his chattering, and the crossbow bolt shot straight at his right shoulder, passed through his body, flew more than ten feet away with blood and flesh, and was nailed to the wall of a watchtower with a bang. Only then did it stop.Deng Laocai had a small round hole on his right shoulder, and the blood spurted out more than one meter away. His face lost all color in an instant, and he screamed like a pig being slaughtered, and the wall suddenly became a mess.The soldiers of the rebel army cheered: "The master is unparalleled in archery! The master is unparalleled in archery!" Dozens of peasants who bravely followed and watched the battle shouted excitedly: "Good shot, good shot!" The faces of the servants on the road turned pale, and the bandit leader's shooting skills made them even more frightened... It seems that the situation is not good!

When the cheers died down, Wang Rui raised his voice and said, "Deng, I could have shot your throat with an arrow and killed you, but I changed my mind because I wanted to see how your heart is. It’s not black, but they did so many outrageous things! Remember, next year today is your death day, entrust your son with a dream, let him burn some more money for you————If he didn’t die in my hands !" Pulled out the long knife and made a false slash forward: "Attack!"

The rebels cheered loudly, and rushed up carrying the ladder.The wall became more and more chaotic, and the earth cannons fired in a panic, making earth-shattering effects, but the effect was very poor.Some earthen guns also pulled their triggers at the rebels rushing over. Amidst the messy gunfire, people fell down one after another.But the rebel army with high morale didn't look back, just rushed forward, and they didn't pay attention to this casualty at all.But a deep and wide ditch blocked their way, and they had to carry earth and rocks to fill the ditch under the fire of earthen guns and bows and arrows.At this time, the servants on the fence had come to their senses. The bows and arrows were shot lifelessly, and the earthen guns were fired lifelessly. The earthen cannons were reloaded at the fastest speed, and they blasted towards the place with the most people, and black smoke rose. A large area of ​​the rebels fell.The attacked rebel army fell into chaos and instinctively wanted to retreat, but the officer yelled loudly: "Don't retreat! Use javelins! Use javelins!" Not everyone can play with bows and arrows, at least the current rebel army can't handle it. , so their primary long-range projectile weapon is the javelin.Under the command of the officer, 100 javelin soldiers went out in a team, and while they were shouting wildly, javelins flew towards those unreasonable servants with the sound of wind.Immediately, there were miserable screams on the fence, and many people rolled down from the fence with long javelins stuck in their bodies.Once the blow was successful, the morale of the javelin soldiers was greatly boosted, and the javelins poured down on the wall one after another.

The servants who had suffered a loss learned well and hid behind the arrow stacks and refused to raise their heads. They just fired arrows and fired guns desperately, and people kept being knocked down by them.This damn trench is blocking the way, and the rebels can't rush through. There are so many people huddled together, and anyone can be hit with a single shot.However, they could not be happy for long, because the will of this rebel army was far stronger than that of ordinary bandits. They actually endured rounds of killings with bows, arrows and muskets, filled up a section of the trench with soil, and rushed over!To make matters worse, a small group of grenadiers, led by the old farmer who told Wang Rui about Deng Laocai's evil deeds, found the blind spot of the cannon and touched it, and more than twenty smoke-laden grenades were swung. On the wall, there was a ping-pong-pong explosion, ceramic shards and iron nails flew out, and ghosts and wolves howled on the wall. For a moment, no one knew how many people were blown into bloody gourds and fell from the wall screaming.The servants of the Deng family were frightened, shouting "Can't hold it anymore, can't hold it anymore", and fled the wall. More than a dozen ladders were set up with scattered arrows, and the swordsmen and shieldmen climbed up with a shield in one hand and a knife in the other. They broke through the wall and stabbed the vitals of those damn servants with short knives. Many descendants of the Deng clan rushed to fight with them, but they were all hacked to death on the spot. The defeat was irreversible.The sword and shield soldiers shouted loudly while slashing and killing: "We only want to settle accounts with the surname Deng. No one else has to get out of the way. It's none of your business!" When they heard that they only wanted to settle accounts with Deng Laocai and would not touch themselves, the servants became even more worried. I'm so negative... I can't afford to be so desperate if I just use the money that's bigger than a soybean, right?Deng Laocai was so angry that he vomited blood, yelled like crazy, and raised the reward level over and over again. Unfortunately, it was of no use. Anyone with any brains knew that he was destined to lose. His life was not in danger. Only a devil would give it. He works hard!
In the midst of the chaos, the gate of Wubao opened up like hell, and the rebels were overjoyed and swarmed in. At this moment, those who were still resisting were terrified and surrendered one after another...

Soon, the battle was over, and those family members either surrendered or died in battle. Not one of the Deng family's children who dared to stand up to the corner was left. The baptism of blood, saliva and rotten leaves, waiting for him, will be a very tragic fate.The rebel army suffered nearly 200 casualties, and the loss was still quite large, but they didn't care at all, they were all killed, and they counted the ball if they died, and continued to fight if they didn't die.They searched Deng Laocai's property with astonishing efficiency. Boxes of silver, copper coins, bags of grain, livestock and poultry, silk and satin were shipped out at a price like water.The Deng family wailed in despair. This is the wealth they have accumulated through generations of hard work. It's over, it's over!The curses of the onlookers became louder and louder, and the more they watched, the angrier they became. We have worked so hard all year round, and we can't even eat enough bran and vegetables, but you lie on us and suck blood. It's unreasonable!
Wang Rui counted and seized a total of more than 2000 taels of silver, more than 1000 copper coins, more than 20 shi of rice, 300 cows, more than [-] mules, and a batch of silk and antiques. This bastard is really rich!Of course, the three earthen guns belonged to him, and there were more than [-] catties of gunpowder, all of which were good stuff, and he accepted them all.

Peng Zhuang said: "This black-hearted man is really rich!"

Wang Rui said: "It's all people's fat and people's anointing! We will take half of the money and food, leave 1000 shi of rice and [-] taels of silver for the common people, and burn all the land deeds and IOUs, and distribute the land to the common people!"

Peng Zhuang shouted: "How can it be done? They didn't do anything, so why should they be given so much money and food?"

Qin Mai said with a smile: "Look at the long-term. If we can get their support, let's take down Yiling, let alone take down the whole Huguang. Will it be possible for us to divide the land and lose your share?"

Peng Zhuang still didn't quite understand, but if he didn't understand, he still made arrangements vigorously and resolutely.

Soon, Wang Rui organized a public trial meeting, which was attended by men, women and children from the entire Deng family circle.At the public trial meeting, he asked the common people to expose the bad things that this black-hearted old money had done. The common people in the city are roaring and want to beat him to death. If the rebel army didn't stop him, and without men's hands, the women who had been harmed by him could pounce on him and tear him to pieces!It seemed that he would not wrong anyone, Wang Rui gave an order, and while Deng Laocai was screaming and pleading, two volunteer soldiers took him down, swung his knife down, his head fell to the ground, and black blood gushed out.The common people clapped their hands and applauded, very happy.

The other nephews of the Deng family also suffered retribution, and all of them had their heads chopped off.Then, Wang Rui announced the distribution of money, food and land to everyone, and the cheers of the farmers almost shook the birds in the sky... They are suffering from the spring famine, and the rice tanks of every household are empty, and they can get a stone or two of rice. What a surprise!
(End of this chapter)