Chapter 476 The sound of drums and rumbles in Jiangdu is far away
When Zhao Xin rushed into the city gate and passed through the blasted city gate, his footsteps suddenly stopped and he couldn't help but stare at the scene in front of him. He suddenly realized that he had almost made a big mistake.
At this time, the sky had turned slightly blue, and a moat of more than three meters wide stretched across 30 meters away from Anjiang Gate. A wooden suspension bridge with two cast iron chains had been raised to more than two meters above the ground.
The ends of the two iron chains extended all the way into the gate tower of Anjiang Gate.
In fact, if the violent explosion just now had not shaken the city gate tower and scared the soldiers inside who were desperately turning the winch and fled, the suspension bridge would have been put away long ago. Even if Zhao Xin and Wang Yuanfang were able to escape from
Even if they swim across the moat, Jiao Xun and the others may not be able to cross it.
"Damn it!" Zhao Xin cursed, then took off two egg-shaped grenades from his tactical vest, pulled out the safety bolt, and threw them towards the city gate tower, followed by two "boom boom" explosions.
Several wailing sounds were heard from the tower, and falling masonry debris hit the helmet with a rattling sound.
Then, he took out a magazine filled with black paint bullets from his vest pocket, replaced the original magazine, pulled the safety, and started shooting at the iron chain tied to the suspension bridge.
In the weak morning light, Zhao Xin fired each shot slowly and steadily through the illumination of the tactical flashlight and the guidance of the scope. Each shot hit the connection between the suspension bridge and the iron chain. The continuous shooting would shoot straight.
Sparks shot out from the chain.
After seven or eight shots, there was a crisp sound of metal breaking. The taut iron chain suddenly broke away from the suspension bridge and swung back like a whip, hitting the wall bricks of the city gate and falling a layer of dust.
After another dozen seconds, when the other chain was broken, the heavy wooden suspension bridge crashed onto the stone platform on the opposite side of the moat.
"Okay! Everyone, hurry up and cross the bridge!" Zhao Xin shouted into the city gate, then replaced the previous magazine, jogged to the other end of the suspension bridge, turned around and squatted down, raising his gun and staring at the city gate.
Every move upstairs.
Tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets are not easy to buy and are also very expensive. Even Zhao Xin is reluctant to waste them!
There was a burst of messy footsteps in the city gate, and the shocked people stepped onto the suspension bridge one after another. Because most of the female relatives had their little feet bound, they couldn't walk fast at all. At this time, both Jiao Xun and Zhong Huai asked their old mothers
Or his wife is carrying him on his back.
Zhao Xin was still watching the movement on the top of the city and said loudly: "Everyone go to the canal dock!"
Wang Yuanfang, who was guarding the rear of the palace at Anjiang Gate, saw figures emerging from both sides of the street to the north, seeming to be spying on what was going on under the city gate, so he immediately fired several shots, hitting the white wall in the distance.
There were puffs of light smoke rising from the air, followed by several faint screams and exclamations.
At this time, on the wall of Anjiang Gate, seven or eight green battalion soldiers were huddled under the wall stacks and did not dare to move. Whether it was the "enemy of ten thousand people" just now or the interruption of the suspension bridge chain, they were frightened half to death.
In their opinion, the methods of these thieves are really terrible, comparable to sorcery and beyond the reach of human beings. Instead of fighting back, it is better to lie down and wait for the thieves to leave, and then the world will be at peace.
When Wang Yuanfang ran up the suspension bridge, Zhao Xin had already turned around and ran towards the canal. He took very long steps, and after running about fifty meters, he came to the front of Jiao Xun and others. By the time he crossed the crowd and reached the canal,
Near the pier, I found that there was no one on the river bank.
The huge explosion at the city gate had awakened the sleeping people nearby, and when Zhao Xin threw a grenade on the city tower, all the people who woke up dispersed and fled along the river bank.
Zhao Xin came to the north wall of a house and said to Jiao Xun and others who were following him: "Everyone is waiting here!"
Jiao Xun carried his mother on his back and asked breathlessly: "Where is the ship?!"
Zhao Xin did not explain, but loudly said to the rescued people: "You wait here, if I don't call you, don't show your face!"
Everyone heard what he said was categorical and unquestionable, and they all nodded in agreement. After running for more than two hundred meters in a hurry, many people were out of breath, so they gathered under the north wall.
At this time, Wang Yuanfang had arrived, and he said to Zhao Xin: "Go quickly! I'll watch from here!"
When Zhao Xin came to the canal, he thought for a moment, then removed the silencer from the gun, then walked to the pier of the pier to find a piece of water without a boat, and then pointed the muzzle of the gun into the sky and fired several times.
The "bang bang" sound of gunshots sent wild ducks and geese looking for food in the river scatter in all directions, and those who were snooping in the darkness were also frightened and shrank back.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Xin had already taken out his large yacht. The nearly seven-meter-wide and thirty-meter-long fusiform hull immediately filled the water in front of the pier.
He entered the cabin from the diving board at the stern, started the power, opened the fuel pipe of the filter, the cold water pump and the water supply valve, then turned on the circuit switch, then went to the control room to put down the anchor and started the engine. When Zhao Xin confirmed
All instruments showed normal, and then the whistle switch was pressed to notify Wang Yuanfang to take people on board.
However, when dozens of people helped each other around the house that blocked their view and turned their eyes to the dock, they were stunned, as if they were petrified.
In the eyes of this group of Qing Dynasty people in the 18th century, the large yacht parked in the canal could no longer be called a ship, but a "god object" created by nature. Even the three disciples Jiao Xun, Zhong Huai and Huang Chengji
Confucian scholars who did not believe in the theory of gods and ghosts also felt a little shaken in their faith at this moment.
This is simply not something that humans can do!
Not to mention these rescued people, those peeping at the Anjiang Gate and around the canal were also shocked with their mouths wide open for a long time. There was only one question in their minds at this moment, that person on the dock.
Where did the big white fusiform thing come from?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Just when Jiao Xun and others, urged by Zhao Xin and Wang Yuanfang, helped the old and the young board the boat one by one from the diving board, northwest of Yangzhou City
The Jiang Family Garden near Pingshan Hall was already filled with excitement.
Jiangjia Garden, also known as "Shuinan Flower Villa", is the villa of the late salt merchant Jiang Chun. During his lifetime, Jiang Chun was a prolific poet and wine drinker and liked to entertain scholars from all over the world, so he built a reading building here, including the "Qiu Sheng Pavilion" and "Jiang Chun".
"Family Arrow Road". Because this place is full of pavilions, ponds, flower paths, and beautiful scenery. When Qianlong went to Jiangnan before, he visited this place twice to show his favor to Jiang Chun.
In fact, it’s Jiang Chun who has donated a lot of money as the general merchant over the years and is obedient!
Shuinan Hua Villa is very close to Yangzhou City, and is only more than two miles away from Zhenhuai Gate in the northwest corner. Changlin and the others chose to stay here because it is close to the city and convenient for traveling back and forth; and the environment is good, in terms of food and accommodation.
The Jiang family also served them wholeheartedly.
When the explosion at the gate of the government office passed, the governor Chang Lin, the governor Li Qingxu and the academic administrator Hu Gaowang woke up from their sleep one after another. Although Zhao Xin and Wang Yuanfang's guns were equipped with silencers, and there was no sound when they fired, but later
The explosion of grenades and the sound of warning gongs on the city wall reminded the three of them that something big had happened in Yangzhou City.
More than half an hour later, Changlin sent out the Fu Biao troops to inquire about the news. They learned from the guards on the north wall of Yangzhou that thieves had broken into the Yangzhou government office and abducted Jiao Xun, who was involved in the rebellion case.
Dozens of others were fleeing towards Anjiang Gate in the south of the city.
Hearing the news, Changlin and the other three were stunned. Then the three of them thought that they had just arrived yesterday, and someone had robbed the prison immediately at night. Don't ask, someone must have tipped off the news!
The reason why the thieves chose this time to attack was because they were worried that Jiao Xun and the others would be tortured and confess, which would implicate other people. Thinking that Jiao Xun's rebellion case involved Beihai Town, the three officials suddenly shuddered.
Speaking of Chang Lin, he was well evaluated in later history books. He was also an upright man and had a reputation as an official. Perhaps because of his clan connections, he had many conflicts with Heshen, and as a result he became the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
He was deposed and demoted to Yarkand.
Since Beihai Town was involved, Chang Lin would inevitably be reminded of Xuzhuang, so he immediately ordered his subordinate Geshha to rush to nearby Zhenjiang with his governor badge and order the Taihu Xiezhong Army garrison stationed there.
Send troops immediately to assist Yangzhou.
Then, Chang Lin ordered his staff to draft several warrants one after another. After stamping them, he sent his men to Taizhou, Dongtai, Gaoyou, Xinghua, Baoying, Yancheng and even Huai'an Prefecture and other states and counties, as well as the local green camps.
Shuiying, strictly ordered them to immediately inspect the city defenses, select young men and women, and investigate suspicious persons entering and exiting the city. At the same time, they were required to inspect the various water, land and lake thoroughfares within their jurisdiction to prevent thieves and other criminals from escaping into the sea or entering the water.
Xuzhuang in Sheyang Lake.
Li Qingqi, who was in charge of prison, saw that the governor was acting vigorously and resolutely, so he thought that I should not be idle anymore. He immediately issued warrants to various prefectures and counties in the name of the chief officer of the Jiangsu Prosecution Department, ordering them to strictly inspect their prisons.
of the security situation, and at the same time cooperate with the state and county officials in conducting inspections, and must not neglect their duties.
Unlike the governor who corresponds to the chief officials in various places, the inspector's office corresponds to the general magistrates, county magistrates and dians who are responsible for arresting thieves and administering justice.
When Hu Gaowang, the academician, saw Master Nie Tai was also busy, he thought to himself, what should I do? Compared with the other two, Master Hu is actually the most depressed. If he had known better, he would not have taken this trip, but
It's too late to regret now.
Originally, he didn't have to come to Yangzhou at all. News came back from Beijing that the imperial court was planning to let him return to Beijing to serve as the right minister of the Ministry of War, and he was about to be promoted. It was just a trivial matter of removing the titles of three scholars and writing a sealing order to Yangzhou Prefecture.
It can be done with the instructions.
The problem is that Hu Gaowang likes to discover talents in the local area, and he wants to come to Yangzhou to have a good reputation before leaving office.
Regardless of the fact that in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the admirals had little power and could only manage the scientific examinations and education of one province, but they had to be qualified as Jinshi with two rankings and had a high social status. There were many bold and sinister people in history.
, there are many people who cheat at the cashier and lose their heads.
Hu Gaowang said in his heart, okay, we will also write a few orders to various places, and let the prefectural schools, county schools and academies in each place warn students, officials and scholars that they must concentrate on studying for the imperial examination and serve the imperial court as the highest pursuit in life. Don't imitate Jiao Xun and Zhong.
Huai and Huang Chengji were involved in liaisons with bandits, collected counter-propaganda, and conspired to cause chaos.
It is said that although these three people had asked their men to prepare a boat by the river and be ready to escape at any time, the reason why they did not run away was because of the deterrence of the "Qing Dynasty Laws and Regulations".
According to the provisions of the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty. Household Laws", if the governor of Futi Town of each province encounters a bandit incident while stationed in the place, he must first defend. If he hears the warning and flees, causing the city to fall, he will be executed and imprisoned.
; Those who commit serious crimes shall be executed immediately.
Yangzhou City is located at the throat of the Grand Canal, and it is also the most important place. Once it is lost, the responsibility will be heavy. From the governor to the county magistrate, no one can escape it, and the least serious ones will have to be exiled to Yili.
While Chang Lin and the others were busy, Zhao Xin and Wang Yuanfang had already left the canal pier on their yacht with dozens of people.
The white shuttle-shaped yacht passed the Yijiang Gate in the south of Yangzhou City in a blink of an eye. The blue waves stirred up by the bow of the boat passed over the side of the boat with silvery white spray, and then merged into a white wavy water strip at the stern of the boat, and the water strip expanded.
On both sides of the canal, there were thousands of waves. This scene made people on both sides of the canal stunned, their eyes dropped and their jaws dropped to the ground.
Next, the yacht with dozens of people on board turned along the canal from the south of Yangzhou City to the east of the city. After traveling a few hundred meters north, it then turned eastward from the bifurcation of the river into the Shahe River and headed straight for the Yangtze River.
Go, and after a while he disappeared from the sight of the young soldiers on the city wall.
Until then, a soldier standing on the city wall seemed to remember something. He frowned and recalled for a while, until everyone around him had almost left, and suddenly pointed in the direction of the yacht and shouted: "I
Reminds me! I saw it that night six years ago!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Half an hour later, when the yacht passed the Shahe Port area at a low speed and sailed into the wide Yangtze River, Jiao, Zhong, and Huang, who were already exhausted physically and mentally, finally woke up.
Come here, there are only two people, no one else, who dare to cause such a big scene with fighting and explosions from the beginning to the end.
Judging from the limited knowledge of the three scholars, these two people are too fierce! I guess those fierce generals in ancient times were nothing more than this, right?
Sitting in the lounge on the ground floor, Zhong Huai was lost in thought for a while. He found that his wife, children and parents sitting on the bed had fallen asleep. Then he got up and walked up the stairs to the main deck. He looked up and saw Zhao sitting on the bridge.
new.
After leaving Yangzhou City, Zhao Xin was in charge of sailing the ship here, while Wang Yuanfang took the machine gun and rocket launcher to the uppermost flybridge to prepare for emergencies on the river.
After a busy night, Zhao Xin already felt a little tired, but he still did not dare to slack off. As long as the ship did not pass Chongming Island, it would not be completely safe.
But now there were no enemies around, so Zhao Xin took off the skull mask on his face, held a cigarette in his mouth, and squinted at the water in front of him. When he heard footsteps on the stairs, he turned around and saw that it was the clock.
Huai nodded, indicating that he could sit on the sofa behind him.
Zhong Huai originally wanted to salute the man in front of him to thank him for saving his life, but when he saw the other person's profile, he suddenly froze. By now it was getting dark, and the ship was heading east again.
The sunlight that filtered through the cockpit glass hit Zhao Xin's face, making his facial contours extremely clear.
Zhong Huai stared at this face that looked like he had seen it somewhere before for a long time, and suddenly an unbelievable answer came to his mind.
When he rubbed his eyes and confirmed again that he had read it correctly, Zhong Huai suddenly flushed with excitement, fell to his knees, and kowtowed with a choked voice: "Zhong Baoqi, please pay homage to King Zhao! Thank you for saving me.