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With the cooperation of his uncle, Hong Yigong began to spread rumors: In order to defend the city, the Tatars were afraid that the Han people would act as internal collaborators, and wanted to kill all the Han people in the city!

In just two or three days, word spread throughout the streets and alleys.

The rumors spread so quickly, thanks to Han Yun's behavior of confiscating the iron tools. It is obvious that they do not trust the Han people, and they obviously want to suppress the Han people to death. After many Han people were blackmailed, they did not even have enough money to buy food next month.

Kong Wenzhang, the largest wine merchant in the city, was also a traitor. Most of the sorghum harvested in the surrounding villages was sold to him for brewing, except for grain payment and retention.

In the cold and food-deficient Northeast, liquor is a hot commodity!

Kong Wenzhang quietly came to Hong Chuxiu, chatted nonsense, and said with emotion: "This business can't be done. The court sends more sorghum every year, and all the sorghum is used to pay for food. How can there be much wine left? Brother Hong is better. No matter what natural disaster or man-made disaster happens, the ginseng will definitely be sold."

"Hey," Hong Chuxiu shook his head repeatedly, "A large area of ​​the mountains in the south is occupied by Emperor Zhao's soldiers. Where can I collect ginseng?"

After chattering for a long time, Kong Wenzhang asked in a low voice: "Brother Hong, have you heard that the Eight Banners soldiers are going to kill all the Han people in the city?"

Hong Chuxiu said: "The Eight Banners soldiers are really capable."

"What do you think?" Kong Wenzhang asked.

"What else can you think about? The Tatars are raising their knives, and we are stretching our necks." Hong Chuxiu said with a strange air.

"Tatars...Tatars?" Kong Wenzhang was immediately surprised, "Brother Hong calls the Eight Banners Master like this, but has he already found a way out?"

Hong Chuxiu turned around and said, "Come out."

Hong Yigong walked slowly into the hall, smiled at Kong Wenzhang and held his hands.

Hong Chuxiu introduced: "This is my nephew, who voted for Emperor Zhao a few years ago. Emperor Zhu has a royal guard, and Emperor Zhao has a black guard. My nephew is the errand boy of the black guard."

Kong Wenzhang was so surprised and happy that he knelt down on the spot: "Kong Wenzhang, a sinner, comes to see the master of the black-clothed guard of the Celestial Empire!"

The Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty were indeed deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the black-clothed guards could benefit from it.

Hong Yigong pretended to be arrogant, sat down slowly and said, "Get up. Your Majesty will send 800,000 troops this year. Shanshan, Shaanxi, Hebei, and Liaodong are all at war. It is necessary to wipe out hypocrisy and hypocrisy. You, the people who have forgotten their ancestors. , He has done many evil things as a traitor, and according to the law, all of them will have their homes confiscated and beheaded."

As soon as Kong Wenzhang stood up, he was so frightened that he knelt down again and said, "Please, please show me a clear path, sir in black."

"Is there any way out? It's just a crime and meritorious service," Hong Yigong said, "Every family sets fire in the city at night. After the fire breaks out, there will be chaos in the city, and the Datong army outside the city will take advantage of the situation to attack the city."

Kong Wenzhang wondered: "The Tatar soldiers don't trust the Han people and won't let us help defend the city. There is a curfew at night. If we wander around at will, we will be treated as spies. How... how can we set a fire?"

Hong Yigong sneered: "You can't go out and set fire on the street. Don't you know how to burn your own house?"

"Burn your own house?" Kong Wenzhang was stunned when he heard this.

Hong Chuxiu said: "My Hong family's house will definitely be burned down. If we don't take advantage of the opportunity to perform meritorious service, no matter how big the house is, it will still be ransacked by the heavenly soldiers. Once we perform meritorious service, even if the house is burned down, are we afraid that we will not have glory and wealth in the future?"

Kong Wenzhang pondered: "That's the truth. But...oh, burn it, burn it, the old ones won't go away, and the new ones won't come!"

In the past few days, Hong Yigong contacted a total of four traitor merchants.

They didn't tell them when to set the fire, they just asked them to bury the money and move all the valuables into the courtyard. Prepare the firewood and drizzle it with oil first. If someone sets fire to it at night, follow suit.

Unable to go out on the streets due to curfew, they all had no choice but to burn their homes!

As for Hong Yigong, he would lead people to take advantage of the chaos and continue to set fires. During the two years of hiding, he also developed several anti-Qing righteous men.

After Lu Xiangsheng captured Baihu City, he had been waiting patiently. He knew that there was an internal agent in the city and was ready to attack the city at night.

finally……

"Commander, there's a fire in the city!"

Lu Xiangsheng climbed onto the tower of Baihu City, clenched his fists and smiled: "According to plan, attack the city immediately."

The Hong family was the first to catch fire, and Han Yun sent a group of soldiers to check.

When they came to the door of Hong's house, Hong Chuxiu was sitting on the ground and wailing: "My house, who has suffered a thousand knives, set my house on fire! Is it easy for me to save some money by doing business? Burn it all with one fire." It’s all gone…wuwuwu, I can’t live anymore!”

Neighbors were afraid that their homes would be set on fire, so they came to help put out the fire.

The fire became more and more intense, and the Kong family on the same street also quickly caught fire, followed by fires everywhere.

Han Yun came to the top of the city, looked down at the fire in the city, frowned and said: "All the homes that were burned were rich businessmen's homes. It must have been done by spies, and it was the work of poor people who hate rich businessmen!"

"Father, the enemy will definitely take the opportunity to attack the city." Han Ji reminded.

Han Yun ordered: "Organize the common people to put out the fire, and the Han people will also put out the fire together. All soldiers and bannermen must go to the city to defend, and no one is allowed to leave the city wall!"

The curfew was completely useless due to the spread of the fire, and the Tatars allowed the Han people to leave their homes and move around.

Even if you are not allowed to leave home, could it be that the fire has spread and everyone is waiting at home to be burned to death?

Hong Yigong took the opportunity to go to the street, and no one noticed him despite the chaos.

Several anti-Qing righteous men met at the appointed place, each holding a barrel of oil in their hands. They went to the place where the Tatars stored military rations. There were Tatar soldiers patrolling here, but it was impossible to cover everything. They had already figured out the location where they could set fire.

"The grain depot is on fire, the grain depot is on fire!"

Han Yun was shocked and said to his son: "Take a hundred people and call the people to put out the fire. You must save the grain depot!"

Han Ji quickly went there and summoned the people with a knife. Anyone who dared to disobey would be chopped to death.

Just when a large number of people were forced by Han Ji to go to the grain depot at knifepoint, the streets where Koreans lived began to catch fire.

"Boom boom boom!"

The artillery of the Datong Army had already arrived at the preset fort and opened fire to cover the advance of the siege infantry.

There were enemy troops outside, a fire inside, and the neighborhood where their home was located was also burning. All the Korean Eight Banners soldiers in the city panicked. They didn't know whether they should continue to defend the city or go home to put out the fire. Even if they defended the city tonight, everything would be over.

The streets in the city were in complete chaos, and cries could be heard from everywhere.

"The Han soldiers have entered the city, the Han soldiers have entered the city!"

"The city is broken, the city is broken!"

“General Han is dead, General Han is dead!

Hong Yigong led a few righteous men and ran along the street shouting, trying to create greater chaos.

Han Ji, who was forcing the people to save the grain depot, saw that he could not control the fire, so he had to abandon part of it and ordered the building to be demolished to block the burning.

Barely keeping two-thirds of the army's rations, a Tatar soldier ran over and panted: "Young... Major General, the Han soldiers have entered the city, and the general has been killed!"

Han Ji was shocked when he heard this. He could only hear the shouts of killing from the east, west and south, but only the west wall was quiet.

Han Ji asked: "From which side did the enemy attack?"

The Tatar soldier shook his head: "I don't know, I heard a lot of people shouting on the street."

"It must be a rumor spread by spies!" Han Ji was worried again, so he left 50 soldiers here and continued to let the people put out the fire, while he took the remaining soldiers to check what happened.

As soon as they ran out of the street, they heard people everywhere shouting: "Han soldiers have entered the city, and General Han is dead!"

Han Ji was even more panicked. He took only a few soldiers and rode towards the west wall where Han Yun was.

The remaining Tatar soldiers without horses did not continue to follow, but ran home each other, looking for their families and trying to escape.

"Han soldiers have entered the city, leave quickly!"

The Tatar soldiers of Korean origin returned to the Korean-populated area and quickly brought the news, so the Koreans fled towards the north gate with their families.

There were also many Korean military relatives shouting along the base of the city wall: "XXX, I am your grandmother. The Han army has entered the city. Come back and escape together. If it is later, it will be too late!"

The soldiers who were guarding the city were already trembling with fear and their nerves were completely tense.

Hearing the shouts, people kept running away, leaving the city wall and running home. Those who don’t have family members can run directly to Beicheng, where they can escape.

The rumors spread so smoothly thanks to the help of the Han people.

These Han people did not dare to resist the Tatars, but they dared to spread rumors. Seeing the Tatar soldiers fleeing in panic, the Han people felt extremely happy, so everyone shouted louder: "The Han soldiers have entered the city, and General Han is dead..."

On each section of the city wall, more and more Tatar soldiers were escaping.

Han Yun could only ride his war horse and shout all the way along the base of the city wall: "I am Han Yun, and our captain is not dead. Go back and defend the city quickly! I am Han Yun, and my captain is not dead..."

Some Korean Tatar soldiers, hearing Han Yun's voice, obediently went back and continued to defend the city.

But there are also many smart people who pretend to be deaf and run faster!

With the chaos like this tonight, it's a wonder we can hold on.

Although they were loyal to the Manchus, at this point, it was still important to save their own lives.

Han Yun rode all the way to the east wall. Most of the Tatar soldiers here had already escaped. The first troops of the Datong Army even took the opportunity to climb to the top of the city.

Knowing that he could no longer defend, Han Yun said to the soldiers following him: "Go tell the young general and ask him to go to Beicheng immediately. Remember, speak quietly and don't alert others."

The soldiers left on horseback, ran for dozens of steps, suddenly reined in their horses, turned around, and fled north along the street.

As for what Major General?

The major general was heroic, protected the friendly troops from escaping, and fought bloody battles on the city. He was truly a loyal and brave man of our Qing Dynasty!

When Han Yun rode home and took his family to the North City Gate, the Datong Army really entered the city. The city wall on the east side was broken down first, because the defenders here fled the most, and then the city wall on the south side collapsed. The defenders took the lead in fleeing, and the Eight Banners soldiers also ran away when they saw that the situation was not good.

"Major General, the enemy troops are coming from the south wall!"

"How could the south city wall, which faces the water, fall first? Where is my father?"

After Han Ji asked this question, he already guessed what he was talking about. He immediately turned around and slipped back into the city, riding towards the north gate on horseback.

As soon as he left, all the nearby defenders fled.

However, it was said that after the Datong Army occupied the east city wall, someone immediately blew the horn, and Lin Zhidong's cavalry hidden in the northern valley quickly rushed out of the valley after receiving the signal.

The Tatars who escaped from the north city gate were about to face the swords of more than two thousand dragoons.