Because it rained yesterday, in order to explore in advance whether the area outside Chuzhou City was still suitable for hole attack blasting, Zhu Han, under the protection of Xu Da, led two blasting madmen, Zhou Dexing and Hu Yiba, to come to investigate on the spot.
In order to facilitate the exploration of underground soil, Zhu Han brought his "invented" Luoyang shovel.
Of course, now Luoyang shovel is no longer called Luoyang shovel, but is called "Qiwu shovel".
After some exploration, the soil in Chuzhou was suitable for hole blasting, so Zhu Han and others planned to rest for a night and then return the next day.
Everyone in the woods looked at Chuzhou City in the distance, and they all noticed something unusual.
"These dog Tatars are burning, killing and looting outside the city. Aren't they planning to take Chuzhou?"
Xu Da and others investigated nearby and found that many Han villages were massacred and burned. It was obviously the work of the Yuan army themselves.
"Don't want Chuzhou? If the Tatars had not retreated, it would not have been so easy to come back." Zhu Han felt that this possibility was unlikely.
"Anyway, it's very evil. I always feel that something is not right." Xu Da said with a frown.
Zhou Dexing said indifferently: "No matter what the Tatars think, our army is coming soon. When the time comes, we will surround Chuzhou City, dig tunnels, and let the city wall fly into the sky first to see what the Tatars have."
ability!"
Zhou Dexing’s obsession with acupuncture blasting has become an obsession.
Zhou Dexing was depressed for a long time because he was afraid that rainwater would affect the tunnel being excavated.
Today's inspection found that the soil quality was suitable for hole blasting. Zhou Dexing was very happy. He could finally blast the Tatars in Chuzhou with the latest granular gunpowder.
suddenly.
Zhu Han caught a glimpse of something unusual out of the corner of his eye, and he turned around to look.
I saw a red light in the sky above Chuzhou City in the dark night.
"Look, what is that!" Zhu Han reminded him immediately.
Xu Da, Zhou Dexing and others immediately looked over.
"Chuzhou City is on fire?" Zhou Dexing was surprised.
Xu Da had another idea, "If something goes wrong, could it be that the Tatars are going to set fire to the city?"
Zhu Han only felt that both of these possibilities existed.
"What a pity, there is no way to go in and check." Zhu Han stretched his neck and looked into the city.
In addition to the red light in the sky, there was also a vague noise. It was unknown what was happening in Chuzhou City.
While Zhu Han and others were anxiously speculating, the city of Chuzhou was already in chaos.
Chuzhou deputy general Guo Jiang led his soldiers to control the city gate and claimed that the Semu people in Chuzhou city colluded with the red scarf thieves and assassinated Zhongcheng Alu Hui.
In order to avenge Lord Aruhui, he announced the capture and execution of all Semu people generals, officials and their families in the city.
Relying on the power of the Mongols, these Semu people have been domineering and prosperous in Chuzhou for many years!
Moreover, they also believed in evil cults and often suppressed the worship of gods that insulted the local Han people.
Now that Lieutenant General Guo Jiang was taking the lead, all the powerful families in the city responded immediately, and many people followed suit, rushing into the streets and alleys where the lustful people gathered overnight to start killing people.
The Semu people who used to be so powerful and fake in the past suddenly shed rivers of blood under the revenge of the Han people.
Many Mongolian officials also suffered.
The navy camp outside Chuzhou City.
Huang Yu, the general of the Jiangnan navy who had just arrived, saw a fire breaking out in the city and didn't know what happened, so he quickly sent people to the city to find out.
The soldiers who went to inquire about the news soon ran back panting.
"Lord Qi, there is a red scarf assassin in the city. I heard that he assassinated Lord Zhongcheng. Now he is arresting the assassin!" said the soldier.
When Huang Yu heard this, he immediately became alert.
"Assassin? How is Master Zhongcheng? Is he alive or dead?" Huang Yu asked quickly.
Chuzhou is heavily guarded, how could an assassin sneak in so easily?
The soldier shook his head and said: "The villain doesn't know the situation of Zhongcheng. Lieutenant General Guo Jiang's men have blocked the city gate."
Huang Yu belonged to the navy of Jiangnan Province and had no responsibility for the gains and losses of Chuzhou.
Now that Chuzhou is in turmoil, he just wants to save himself.
"Go down and order all the troops to be more vigilant and don't let thieves sneak in." Huang Yu said loudly.
Soon, the Jiangnan Navy outside Chuzhou City set up a vigil overnight.
I don’t know how long it took, but the noise and fire in Chuzhou City gradually stopped.
Just when Huang Yu was about to send someone to inquire about the situation in the city, an envoy from Zhongcheng in Chuzhou City arrived.
"General Huang, Mr. Zhongcheng was seriously injured in an assassination. The Semu people colluded with the red scarf thieves to cause chaos. Please enter the city quickly and wait for Mr. Zhongcheng's dispatch!" the messenger said anxiously.
Huang Yu firmly believed in this statement.
Those disgusting and lustful people are all a group of shameless villains who have always bullied the weak and feared the strong. Now it is completely normal to collude with the red scarf thief.
"Okay, I'll go see Mr. Zhongcheng right away!"
Huang Yu led a group of soldiers and quickly followed the envoy into Chuzhou City.
but.
As soon as I entered Chuzhou City, I heard a bang!
The thousand-pound gate behind him suddenly fell, and a group of Chuzhou Han soldiers appeared from both sides and said loudly to the navy general Huang Yu.
"General Huang, please come forward!"
When Huang Yu and others saw it, they immediately knew that something big had happened in Chuzhou City.
However, their number was too small, and once they entered the city, it was other people's territory. Huang Yu and the others did not dare to have any objections at all.
Huang Yu pretended to be calm and smiled slightly.
"Brothers, lead the way!"
Under the leadership of these soldiers of the Han army in Chuzhou, Huang Yu and other generals of the Jiqing Navy arrived at the Yamen of Chuzhou Prefecture.
As soon as they entered the government office, Huang Yu and the others found that all the people in the government office had changed. When they came before, there were a large number of Mongolians and Semu people in the Chuzhou government office. However, now the entire Chuzhou government office was filled with Han generals and officials.
, and there are many powerful local Chuzhou warriors.
Chuzhou Han deputy general Guo Jiang came out to greet him personally.
Guo Jiang took Huang Yu's hand and began to sigh in a pretentious manner.
"Brother Huang, I really didn't expect that last night, elite Red Scarf Army sneaked into the city and assassinated Mr. Zhongcheng. The Semu people took advantage of the chaos to plunder the city. Guo had no choice but to raise troops to quell the chaos. Now after all the indiscriminate killing, it is finally over
The city has been stabilized, but Chuzhou can no longer hold on."
After hearing Guo Jiang's words, Huang Yu immediately understood what happened.
It is pure nonsense that the Semu people took advantage of the chaos to plunder. These Han people must have taken the opportunity to kill the Semu people.
Although the Han people and the Semu people were both generals and officials under the Meng Yuan, they were often incompatible with each other, and it was common for them to frame each other and kill each other.
In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Huang Yu also suffered from the idleness of those lustful people.
"Brother Guo is a great talent. He is already very powerful at being able to calm the hearts of the people. Since Chuzhou cannot defend the city, why don't we quickly board the ship and go south to celebrate!" Huang Yu followed up and said.