Chapter 626 Sudden Rebellion
Chen Wenruo raised an army and captured Yangzhou, sweeping across the Jianghuai land like a whirlwind, which shocked Fengyang Mansion in an instant.
Moreover, Chen Wenruo captured Wu Zongda, Wu Feifan and others in one fell swoop, which made the official incapable of organizing a comprehensive encirclement. Because the government was destroyed, the snake could not do without a head, so he turned into a group of dragons without a head, like a pile of loose sand.
At the current situation, not to mention that they were going to encircle and suppress the rebels in Yangzhou, they were also worried that they would be besieged by the rebels in Yangzhou, so they were all very panicked and very scared. The entire Fengyang Mansion was also in chaos, a mess, and anarchy, with chaos in the army and panic in the people.
However, there is a saying that paper cannot keep the fire. Although Chen Wenruo used a trick of suspicion to claim that his army had 30,000, and used violent means to cut off many people's heads and shocked people's hearts, soon, news that he had only more than 2,000 people spread, and the whole Yangzhou City had changed its mind.
After all, there is a saying that it is true and false, and that the false cannot be true. Such a big thing cannot be concealed by the gaze of those who are interested. When we know that the rebels of the Liu family army had only two thousand people, we overthrew the rebels of the court and captured all the Yangzhou people. This made many people feel very incredible and made everyone feel moved.
Especially after hearing about a rebellion in Taizhou and Chen Wenruo personally led his army to suppress it, many people thought that Yangzhou is now empty in its city defense, and it is the time, and many people are ready to move.
Especially the personal soldiers of Zhu Dadian who fled into the folk, there were thousands of people. At least half of them escaped and hid in various yards and blocks. Because Chen Wenruo was short of troops, he did not dare to alert the enemy and caused the opponent to counterattack. Chen Wenruo meant that after their reinforcements arrived, they would search for this group of people and completely destroy them to eliminate future troubles.
But after Chen Wenruo left Yangzhou City, many people thought that the opportunity had come and they should take action immediately.
The prefect of Yangzhou was Gao Wang. He defected to the Liu family army and transformed from a court official to a rebel, but his account was completely erased, and those who had grudges and were hostile to him were all destroyed by him by him.
But this made him highly tied up with the Liu family, because he offended the imperial court and the official people to death and could not turn back at all.
Gao Wang couldn't take care of so much in order to escape, because he found that no matter what he was, he was dead, and he could only take risks and fight to the death.
But Chen Wenruo was only two days away from the city, Gao Wang was still asleep. Suddenly, he heard the sound of killing sounds shook the sky. He woke up immediately and asked quickly, "What happened?"
Gao Wang did all the bad things and offended many people and had ghosts in his heart, so he didn't even dare to sleep at night. When he went to bed at night, he changed several places. He had always lived in the prefect's office. The prefect's office had always been heavily guarding the defense and was afraid that others would assassinate him.
At this time, his housekeeper came to tell him in panic that there were rebels attacking the prefect's office, and the officers and soldiers guarding the gate at the door were fighting against him.
Gao Wang's face turned pale when he heard this. He knew who these rebels were, and he probably guessed that they were all Zhu Dadian's remnants, who hid in the city and waited for an opportunity to move.
Gao Wang also received the information and knew that the other party would definitely cause trouble. He didn't expect that the other party would start causing trouble so soon.
When the group heard that Chen Wenruo was gone, they immediately attacked the prefect's office and prepared to destroy it, and then seized the city gate, regain Yangzhou City, and avenged Zhu Dadian.
Gao Wang was so scared that he was not afraid of death. He was also very greedy for life and death. Otherwise, he would not have surrendered to the Liu family army. He heard that the traitor was coming towards him, which shocked him. There was a saying that it was called "What's the matter?" This was the fire in the small temple.
He was thinking about how he should disguise himself and change his face and escape. If he fell into the hands of these rebels, he would probably end up in a very miserable situation. Maybe he would be cut alive on the spot.
His reputation is very poor, and the people of Yangzhou dare not speak out against him. In the past, he relied on the authority of the court or the prestige of the Liu family army, but he was too afraid to speak. Now without these conditions, the people will be revenge and revenge, and they must be killed.
Gao Wang was so regretful that he was dying. Why did he hide in Yangzhou City and why didn’t he follow Chen Wenruo to Taizhou? Chen Wenruo may have heard the news and knew that the situation was wrong, so he led his soldiers and Qian Qianyi hostage to escape to Taizhou. They could take a boat to Shandong to surrender to the Liu family.
He was better off, and he hid here stupidly and became a living target for these people. When he fell into the hands of these people, he was afraid he would die. When he was cut into pieces, he was thinking of the miserable death of being cut into pieces. When he was at the gate of the prefect's office two days ago, he was so scared that he was so scared that he was so heartbroken.
Gao Wang thought of these tragic situations, so he asked someone to get a pack of crane red. As long as he heard that the door was broken, he would immediately swallow poison and commit suicide. He would rather take poison than fall into the hands of these rebels alive. If he fell into the hands of these people, he would be dead.
But his butler is much tougher than him and is not afraid at all. Why is this?
It was because Chen Wenruo sent more than 100 soldiers from the Liu family army to guard the government office, and these soldiers were forming several defensive lines to shoot and resist the rebels' attacks.
The number of these rebels was probably not large, only four or five hundred. They rushed to the government office with all their might, but encountered snipers from the soldiers of the Liu family. These soldiers were elite musketeers and Zhu Dadian's servants. Although they were brave and very fierce, bravery does not mean they are not afraid of death, nor does it mean they will not die. In the case of heavy casualties, they dare not use human lives to fill it.
However, the rebels soon thought of a way to attack the government, that is, they did not have enough shields, so they found a large number of door panels and wooden boards, and used the door panels and wooden boards to gradually advance, using these to offset the advantages of the Liu family's musketeers.
But this trick is not necessarily omnipotent. They use a large number of wooden boards, and although they can withstand Liu Jun's musket lead bullets, when Liu Jun threw grenades at them, he also knocked them over and overturned them, causing them to suffer a lot of losses.
This rebel was organized by Zhu Dadian's son Xiao Zhu Yonghua. Zhu Dadian has several sons, and his younger son has been following him. This time he did not go out of the city to fight because he has been weak and sick since childhood and cannot ride a horse, let alone go to the battlefield to fight.
Since his father was captured alive, he was very scared. He had been secretly preparing to rescue his father, but it was heard that his father was forced to commit suicide by Chen Wenruo, and he just swept the body through a roll and threw it to the back door.
This made Zhu Yonghua very angry. He immediately contacted these old subordinates and prepared to avenge his father.
They lurked in secret, waiting for the opportunity, and soon they inquired and observed that the 30,000 army that Chen Wenruo claimed was actually only more than 2,000 people, and they had no force at all. They were unable to control such a huge Yangzhou City. As long as they secretly gathered their men and attacked with one move, they could take back Yangzhou City.
However, although they thought it was an opportunity, they still dared not take action, because Chen Wenruo has killed many people these days. The nickname of Chen Yanwang is really not for nothing. It has successfully shocked many people and made many people dare not act rashly.
But when they received the news that a rebellion occurred in Taizhou, Chen Wenruo led the most elite cavalry team to Taizhou to quell the rebellion. They thought that the opportunity had come, so they took action without hesitation and attacked the prefect's yamen.
Why attack the prefecture yamen rather than the governor's yamen? Because they knew that Chen Wenruo had already taken Qian Qianyi away, there was nothing valuable in the governor's yamen. Only Gao Wang, the dog thief, hid in the prefecture yamen. If he was caught and cut into pieces, he could occupy Yangzhou.
That's why they suddenly went out to attack here. But to their surprise, the guards guarding the prefect's office were all very elite. Both sides actually started fighting here, and they couldn't capture it for a long time.
Zhu Yonghua saw that the situation could not be opened, which was very anxious. He knew that when the gunfire sounded, other rebels in the city would come. When these rebels arrived, they were in great trouble.
Although there were only two or three thousand rebels, they were several times more than theirs. The imperial government army had been defeated by them and was afraid of being killed by them, so they did not dare to fight against them at all.
They originally thought that as long as they raised a big banner after joining the army, the people would come out to respond, kill the evil spirits, and restore the Ming Dynasty.
Who knew that after they used the banner, they also knocked on the doors of each household and asked them to attack the prefect's office together. However, these people were extremely afraid. They took the tyrannical power of King Chen and the official army and did not dare to agree to attack.
Chapter completed!