The weather was dry, and pine oil was the most flammable vegetable oil. With the cool breeze, the fire grew bigger and bigger, rising straight into the sky!
In the blink of an eye, the goatee's body was enveloped in the raging fire. Soon, his figure gradually became blurred. From a dried bacon, he quickly turned into ashes and disappeared!
There is no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. The main leader is killed first, and the remaining thieves instantly fall into extreme panic!
Like a herd of frightened wildebeests, they rushed towards the narrow pass on the city wall, trying to find a way out, but unfortunately, what greeted them was only the cold and ruthless spears of the soldiers.
The battlefield completely lost its suspense and turned into a "one-sided" ruthless massacre!
But what shocked Liu Ruyi was that even though these thieves were in dire straits, none of them begged to surrender! They were like moths fluttering into a flame, knowing that there was a dead end ahead, but they still fought hard until they were completely wiped out!
"Damn it!" Liu Ruyi cursed secretly. She originally wanted to catch him alive, but now it's better, not even a bit of bones and dregs are left!
"Go to the sand and control the fire!" Liu Ruyi shouted loudly!
Although the wall of Wengcheng is nearly two meters thick and an isolation zone is set up around it so that the fire will not spread to the town, the north wind is very strong at this time and Liu Ruyi does not dare to be careless at all. Water and fire are ruthless, and if used well, that is good
A helper and a murder weapon, but if it is not used properly, it will be unimaginable!
In a moment, dozens of soldiers carried many linen sandbags half as tall as a man and poured them down from the pass on the city wall!
Water is not actually the first choice for extinguishing fires, especially in such explosive fires. It is no longer pure flames, but mixed with many charred solid components, unless there is the kind specially used for firefighting in later generations.
An extra-large high-pressure water gun, otherwise, expecting the soldiers to carry it on their shoulders and use wooden buckets to carry water is tantamount to wishful thinking!
At this time, the only wise choice is to use coercive means to isolate the source of the strongest fire from oxygen and control its burning range.
The reason why Liu Ruyi chose the fire attack was inspired by the attack on Lijia Miaozi. Now in the town, Liu Ruyi except the remaining thirty or so veterans who were training at the beginning, the other soldiers, their combat effectiveness and discipline
, the armor and equipment were far from meeting Liu Ruyi's requirements, and Mr. Feng happened to be a master of construction. He had already thought of this when designing the urn city, so Liu Ruyi just tried his best!
Troubled times are coming, if you can preserve more vitality, you will add more capital for the future! The front is so tough that you can kill a thousand enemies and damage yourself eight hundred. It is not a last resort. How could Liu Ruyi make such a move?
The thick smoke gradually became smaller, and you could clearly feel the hot breath coming from the city wall. There was also a faint smell of burnt meat in the air, and some unwell soldiers began to vomit!
Liu Ruyi stood on the city wall, quietly watching the fire gradually reduce, slowly gather into a ball, until it was completely extinguished, and then she felt calm in her heart.
Fortunately, there was only a shallow layer of pine tar, and the urn city had a large base and a small mouth, which was not conducive to the spread of fire. Otherwise, it would have really taken a lot of effort!
"Sir, do you want me to lead a charge with my brothers to kill those outside?" Zhao Canghai whispered.
Liu Ruyi walked to the city wall. The bandits who had not rushed in had already withdrawn seventy or eighty steps away. They stood watching from a distance and did not dare to rush forward again.
Liu Ruyi nodded, "Just test it out, don't be obsessed with fighting!"
"I know this is a humble job, please rest assured!" Zhao Canghai clasped his fists, led Chunwa and more than fifty soldiers from his headquarters, and quickly ran towards the city gate.
The twenty soldiers used all their strength to pull up the huge stone at the city gate. Zhao Canghai shouted loudly and took the lead, rushing towards the bandits not far away.
The thieves seemed to have expected it. They didn't dare to fight, and they didn't even care about the heavy goods. They only took the mules and horses, and quickly ran backwards, and soon disappeared at the end of the horizon.
"Sir, they ran faster than rabbits, and I couldn't catch them alive because of my humble duty!" Zhao Canghai knelt down on one knee, his expression a little depressed, and his head hanging high.
"Haha, it's not Brother Zhao's fault!" Liu Ruyi smiled and helped him up, "The monk can run away, but he can't run away from the temple! They owe me a debt, and they still want to run away? Someone, go and kill the people at the city gate who have not yet run away.
Get the burnt corpse!"
"Yes!" Several soldiers rushed to the city gate and lifted up the bodies that were pressed under the heavy death door.
Liu Ruyi drew out her sword and casually opened the clothes of a corpse.
Due to the heavy pressure, the bones and chest of the corpse were shattered and crushed into pieces. However, from the left chest, to the left shoulder, and extending to the arm, a tattoo of a big cat with a painted face could be vaguely seen.
The head is on its chest, while the body and limbs extend toward the shoulders and arms. The most conspicuous thing is the cat's hind paw on the left arm, which is very clear and vivid!
Opening the other corpses, the same thing happened!
Is this the damn Ax Gang? Leader Hong never did anything like this back then! Who is this nine-lived old cat?
Liu Ruyi took a deep breath and pondered quietly.
The surrounding soldiers were also a little curious. They circled around, carefully looked at the somewhat ugly tattoos, and whispered.
"My lord, my lord! I, I seem to have seen this thing before!" At this time, a soldier patted his head and said.
"Well?" Liu Ruyi turned around, motioned for the soldier to come forward, and asked: "Where have you seen it? Come and tell me carefully!"
"Sir, I, I'm not sure either!" The soldier scratched his scalp, "In the past, when Huang Baihu was still the commander-in-chief, he once asked a few of us soldiers to help transport some
New Year's goods were delivered to Chengjiazhuang in the south of Jinan City! It happened to be summer at that time, and it was very hot. Many men were shirtless and gathered in the yard to practice martial arts. I seem to remember that the butler coach had tattoos on his body.
this thing!"
"Chengjiazhuang? Chengjiazhuang?" Liu Ruyi recited the name silently, why did it feel so familiar? She must have heard it somewhere!
"Sir, I seem to have remembered something!" Zhao Canghai whispered into Liu Ruyi's ear, "The eldest daughter of Huang Hansheng was married to Chengjiazhuang. At that time, Huang Hansheng did not agree and agreed with the Yang family
Many people in the town know about the big fight! Moreover, Yang Qianhu’s mother-in-law seems to be from there too!”
Liu Ruyi nodded, and the outline in his mind gradually became clear!
Chengjiazhuang, less than ten miles away from Jinan City, was the hometown of Cheng Jishan, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shandong during the Wanli period!
Cheng Jishan was quite brave, loyal, and easy to make friends with. He even had his children married to the royal family. He was considered a powerful figure in the Wanli Dynasty at that time!
In the 20th year of Wanli, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the powerful minister of Japanese Japanese slaves in Japan, dispatched 200,000 troops to invade the Korean Peninsula. The Imjin Japanese Rebellion, which shocked the world, broke out. The King of Korea sent an envoy to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty. On December 23, Emperor Shenzong issued an edict
During the Eastern Expedition to aid the DPRK, the famous general Li Rusong was named the Admiral of the Eastern Expedition, and Li Rubai and Li Rumei were appointed deputy generals. They led 40,000 Ming troops to fight against the Japanese and aid the DPRK!
This was originally a matter of the Li family in Liaodong, but Cheng Jishan had a good eye for the sky. In order to seek merit, he used his connections and got a job of escorting grain and grass.
The Ming army's military progress was quite smooth, so that all the troops were a little arrogant. On the eve of the Battle of Bitiguan, the grain and forage team of Chengji Mountain encountered the Japanese bandit Xiao Xixing on a small hill more than 70 miles north of Seoul.
General Changbu ambushed him and nearly wiped out his entire army. Cheng Jishan was even wounded by several arrows and died on the spot.
Shortly after his death, his son Cheng Hu, who was a palace guard at the time, was also involved in the harem favor dispute. He was demoted to a commoner and had his hereditary military position removed. He had no choice but to return to his hometown in Shandong.
Cheng Hu had a gentle temperament, but he was quite ambitious. He was not willing to fail like this, so he spent all his wealth and looked for beauties everywhere, trying to take shortcuts and try to make a comeback. But before he could get ready, Shenzong died and Tianqi came to the throne!
For the carpenter emperor who loved his wet nurse, Hakka, all women were nothing but clouds! Cheng Hu was helpless, but there was nothing he could do about it, and he soon died in depression, and the chance to start a family also declined.
But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, there are many families and lands, and the population is prosperous. It is still considered a powerful man in Shandong, but it is not as powerful as before!
Regarding these powerful gentrymen with military backgrounds, his father Liu Hu had also visited them with Liu Jianwu and Liu Ruyi before, and it was only then that Liu Ruyi had such a clear impression!
This matter actually involves starting a family? Liu Ruyi's heart suddenly became cold!
The military household system in the late Ming Dynasty was like this, one link after another, peeling off cocoons, and affecting the whole body! Maybe, you inadvertently lifted a small lid, and what followed was like a violent storm.
Respond!
The world is so rotten, how pitiful is God?
Liu Ruyi took a breath of cold air and clenched the handle of the knife tightly, "Do you really think that I am a clay figurine? Don't say that Cheng Jia is just a strong man who has passed away. He is the king of heaven. Anyone who kills me will have the same consequences."
life for a life!'
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On the official road from Jinan City to Caishi Town, more than a dozen horses galloped all the way, raising a puff of dust and smoke!
The leader is tall and sturdy, which means he is riding a similarly tall, strong and powerful Dawan horse. Otherwise, ordinary horses really cannot bear the weight of his body!
He did not tie his hair up in a bun like ordinary people, but casually tied up his hair with a red ribbon, which made him look a little more unrestrained and unrestrained! He was wearing an emerald green silk robe, with a crystal hydrating strip hanging around his waist.
He wore a white jade belt and carried a seven-foot long sword on his back. It was Liu Ruyi’s eldest brother whom he had not seen for many days, Liu Hanyi!
However, at this moment, Liu Hanyi looked solemn, looked tired, and had a long stubble. He no longer had the wild and unrestrained look of the past. He kept waving his whip, whipping the horse under him hard, and ran all the way towards Caishi Town.