Dakui and Panbu led 3,000 cavalry in front, and nearly 50,000 people of all ethnic groups behind them, marching all the way towards Shunyuan City.
Along the road, it was like locusts passing through. The people broke off branches and used bamboo poles as weapons. Without weapons, they picked up rocks from the ground and held them in their hands. Leaves and twigs were everywhere everywhere as more than 50,000 people passed by, and the roads and woods were a desolate scene.
Five miles before the city gate, Yuan Bing saw a crowd of people on the city in the distance. They all seemed to be common people. Although they were all common people, the Yuan Bing guarding the gate had some drumming in his heart. Although there had been a gathering recently, they rashly
There are so many people here, and I am afraid it will cause congestion once we enter the city.
The Yuan soldiers quickly summoned the captain on duty. The captain went up to the city and looked outside the city. He couldn't help being shocked. After a long while, he muttered: "Why are there so many people in the city?" Waiting outside the city.
When the people got closer, the captain saw clearly that there were at least three thousand cavalry in front of the team opening the way. The captain secretly shouted: 'No.'
At this time, Dakui, who was leading soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups to attack the city, rode on his horse and drew the Longquan Sword. He pointed at the west gate of Shunyuan City and shouted angrily: "Come on." This fierce shout was immediately responded to by all the people.
More than 50,000 people shouted and rushed towards Shunyuan City. The cavalry led the way and slowly increased their speed. In the end, they were like the wind and lightning. For a while, the sound of hoofbeats rumbled like a rainbow.
When all the Yuan soldiers on the city saw the soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups coming in like a tide, they couldn't help but be frightened. The captain of the Yuan soldiers kicked the soldiers beside him to the ground: "Md, why are you still standing there? Quickly ring the Golden Pass.
City gate."
Only then did several soldiers wake up from a dream. One of them ran to the city tower, and several soldiers ran down the city along the city defense ladder.
A rapid sound of gongs sounded, and the Yuan soldiers on the city panicked like ants on a hot pot and prepared for battle. When the Yuan soldiers on duty at the city gate saw the crowd rushing towards them, they dared not stay where they were, so they turned around and ran away.
Enter the city.
Pushed by the city soldiers, the Shunyuan city gate gradually closed and closed with a squeaking sound. Unexpectedly, before the door was tightly closed, there was a cry of killing behind them. The Yuan soldiers in the city gate hurriedly turned around and saw
The streets and alleys were filled with people.
Before the Yuan soldiers at the city gate could react, they were rushed into the city gate by the mob. With a flurry of machetes and forks, nearly a hundred Yuan soldiers were thrown to the ground in the blink of an eye. The mob guarded the entrance to the city gate, and someone went to open the city gate.
.
The colonel in the city was shocked. He grabbed a soldier and shouted: "Go and report to the city lord, the garrison, that the people are rebelling." When the soldier rolled away and crawled away, the colonel immediately summoned more than a hundred soldiers in the city and said:
"Follow me to the city, take back the city gate, and kill." With a shout, the captain drew his sword and rushed down to the city first.
Unexpectedly, when he looked around halfway, he saw that no one was following him. The soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty just watched their officers rushing down. Just kidding, there were nearly a thousand rioters under the city, and there were hundreds of them on my side.
Man, what are you doing down here? Your head was kicked by a donkey?
When the captain saw that he was alone, he stopped being brave and turned around and ran back to the city.
"You bunch of trash, what use are you?" the captain was furious, but in the blink of an eye he saw tens of thousands of rioters rushing into the city, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded. There was no time to curse at people at this time, just run away. Fortunately, the four walls were connected.
, when the mob rushed to the city wall, the Yuan soldiers had already disappeared without a trace.
Shunyuan City exploded for a while. The rebels killed the Yuan soldiers when they saw them. The Yuan soldiers who were responsible for patrolling in the city suddenly became a target. A team of Yuan soldiers could only have a hundred people at most, and the rebels came up as a group. Moreover, they started to attack before they could get close.
A flurry of stones came flying, and then they rushed over with poles and sticks to say hello.
In less than half an hour, the west side of the city was occupied by rioters.
Da Kui led 3,000 cavalry straight to the city garrison. The soldiers were very fast and must capture the general before the Yuan soldiers could react. Da Kui had come to Shunyuan City twice, so he was very familiar with the location of the city garrison.
familiar.
After he tried to attack the city guard's house, he failed in vain. He just killed the officials in the house and left their corpses lying on the ground. When he caught one alive and asked about it, he found out that the city guard was not in the house, but had gone to the military camp.
Dakui couldn't help but think that the success of the siege was due to surprise. If the time was delayed, the outcome would be unpredictable. At that time, Dakui ordered the soldiers who came with him to tell the people who were attacking the city not to gather and disperse as soon as possible. Then Dakui ordered several more groups.
The cavalry guarded the main traffic road and used the city guard as their base camp to fight against the Yuan soldiers. The three thousand cavalry immediately split up and acted separately. Dakui was surrounded only by Meng Ge and five hundred Yao people who were guarding him.
Unexpectedly, God's calculations are not as good as those of man. Now the people attacking the city have spread all over the streets and alleys of Shunyuan City. How can the soldiers who are delivering the order warn them one by one? At this moment, all the Yuan soldiers on the city have been wiped out by the mob.
.The people in Shunyuan City are also mixed with various ethnic groups, and many people from outside the city have relatives in the city.
When the people in the city learned that they could get ten taels of silver for killing a Yuan soldier, they couldn't help but become restless. The news spread from ten to ten, and the city of Shunyuan was in chaos. For the sake of money, each family dragged in the corpses of Yuan soldiers in the city.
If you take over your own house, you will be able to collect money based on the corpse.
There were more than 200,000 civilians in the city. Instigated by rumors, no less than 80,000 people actually participated in the riot. In the blink of an eye, more than 100,000 rioters rushed into the Yuan soldiers camp. Facing the surging crowd, Yuan
The soldiers were killed by surprise.
After a day and night of bloody battles, the Yuan soldiers were defeated. They were defeated not by the number of people, nor by the weapons and equipment, but by the momentum. The mob killed people for money, and sometimes money can make people crazy. This has been true in ancient and modern times.
However, the people are poor and afraid, and now killing people is like digging for gold.
The soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty were forced to fight in order to save their lives. The soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty fought for the sake of money. They were willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of money. Which side do you think is more powerful?
The Yuan soldiers in Shunyuan City have their barracks in the south of the city. At this moment, the camp is littered with corpses and is in a mess. More than 100,000 violent civilians have red eyes and hold all the weapons they can get. Some of them have been snatched from the hands of the Yuan soldiers.
The swords and guns that arrived included steel forks, wooden sticks, and even kitchen knives and rolling pins, all in all a dazzling array of items. The Yuan soldiers were retreating steadily, while the city lord guarding Alatancang only led more than ten thousand cavalry to fight a bloody road out of the city through the south gate.
The remaining 20,000 Yuan soldiers fought hard and finally abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
When Dakui heard the news, he couldn't help but be stunned. How is this possible? The people who usually keep their peace can be so destructive? Fifty thousand yuan of soldiers wiped out more than 10,000 people, and the rest fled or surrendered? Before Dakui could return,
When he arrived, the city guard's mansion was blocked by the people. Thanks to the Yao soldiers' efforts to stop them, they didn't rush in. Da Kui knew full well that they were here to ask for money.
Dakui called Pan Bu and asked, "Which bank is the largest in the city?"
Pan Bu thought for a while and said: "He Sheng Yuan." After a pause, Pan Bu said again: "'He Sheng Yuan' has many ticket numbers not only in Guizhou Province, but also in Huguang, Guangxi."
Da Kui couldn't help but ask: "With this war and chaos, can there be any money in the bank? This time we need about one million taels." Da Kui rarely interacts with banks, so he doesn't know the rules, but Meng Ge knows it well.
secret.
"My dear brother, I don't know. This is a bank account, and all the cash is stored in the bank. Since you open a bank, it is natural to take both black and white, so that you can have both sides." Meng Ge thought for a while before saying: "In the early years, I
When I was killing pigs in Shunyuan City, I also knew something about the 'He Sheng Yuan'."
Afterwards, Meng Ge explained some things about the bank to Dakui in detail.
(Qianzhuang is a kind of credit institution that has appeared in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It is the prototype of a bank. It originated from money exchange, and then gradually developed into handling deposits and remittances. Different regions have different names, and they also have other titles according to different sizes.
, such as bank accounts and money shops. The businesses operated by Zhuang Yin Hao in each period were different. As far as the Republic of China period is concerned, some of them were inherited from the previous dynasty. They mainly include the following four items: issuing banknotes in the nature of exchange coupons, and Yangli.
and bank deposits, operating foreign exchange deposits, discounts, exchanges and other credit businesses.)
And 'Heshengyuan' in Shunyuan City can be said to welcome wealth from all directions. The shopkeeper is a Mongolian. It is said that his mother is a Zhuang and his father is a Mongolian. His ancestors started their business by speculating, and in his generation they have already
This is a big business. Due to his special status, he has many contacts with Mongolians and local people. In addition, he has friends in both black and white circles. Therefore, his bank business is booming and his bank accounts are spread across several provinces.
Since it is a big bank in several provinces, how come there is a shortage of money?
After Meng Ge said this, Da Kui felt relieved and ordered Pan Xue: "Ask the people to elect representatives to follow me to Hesheng Yuanqianzhuang to withdraw money."
Panbu agreed and then went out.
Soon, the people entering the city elected the leaders of each village, and the people in the city elected respected elders. A group of more than ten people entered the garrison. The garrison had already been cleaned, and Dakui used local materials and asked people to prepare refreshments.
. Then he said to Meng Ge: "I need to trouble Brother Meng to go to the bank and ask the shopkeeper to come and discuss the matter."
Meng Ge agreed and went out with more than ten Yao soldiers.
Wherever Dakui was sitting, he was chatting and laughing, looking leisurely and contented. He had money in his arms and spoke calmly.
"Headmen, fellow villagers. Don't worry, the money will be distributed as soon as the shopkeeper of He Shengyuan arrives." Dakui said and sipped tea, but the heads of each village and the elected representatives were nowhere to be found.
Drink tea with intention.
Da Kui thought for a moment, then smiled and said: "Now Shunyuan City is in the palm of your hand, I will return to the capital soon. I wonder if you have any candidates for the position of city guard?" As soon as he said this, everyone here couldn't help but look at each other.
Speechless.
This issue is really tricky. Everyone is working hard for money, but they never really think about who is in charge. Everyone discussed and discussed it, and finally decided, which side has more people but has high morals and high respect, which side should be the city guard.
That being the case, Dakui has no objection. Everyone here is a very important figure in Shunyuan City. Since they want to make such a choice, why should an outsider like Dakui interfere?