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Chapter 591 588 [Death for man and money]

The Datong Army and the remaining Yunnan soldiers took advantage of the chaos to enter through the city gate without attracting the attention of the defenders.

Instead, the fleeing people turned around and fled into the streets in fear when they saw the soldiers entering the city.

Zhao Mingzheng ordered that groups of fifty people be dispersed throughout the city. When you see people burning, killing and looting, you don’t need to ask for their identity, just kill them on the spot!

Zhao Mingzheng led fifty people himself, and Wang Feng also led fifty people, heading straight for the Mu family mansion.

Soon they found a group of soldiers holding torches and breaking down the door. There must be a wealthy family living inside, and they took their slaves to block the door and prevent the soldiers from entering. The soldiers got a ladder from nowhere and planned to climb over the wall.

"Kill them all!" Zhao Mingzheng ordered.

Wang Feng immediately pulled out his saber, led his soldiers, and rushed towards the soldiers in Sha Dingzhou.

His whole family was killed by Sha Dingzhou, and he was deeply grudged. Now was the time to take revenge.

When the soldiers saw the army coming, they couldn't see clearly in the dark and thought they were their own people. Immediately shouted in dialect: "Don't come to rob, this household belongs to us, you go find another rich person!"

When Wang Feng approached with a sword, some soldiers saw that something was wrong. Just when they were about to open their mouths to warn, a sword flash had already cut through them.

Wang Feng did not stop after killing, and rushed to the second soldier in a blink of an eye. The native soldier raised his spear and wanted to stab him, but Wang Feng blocked the move. He pressed the blade of the knife along the spear shaft and cut off the enemy's thumb with one blow.

"ah……"

Just as the soldiers had time to scream, Wang Feng had already raised his knife and cut the enemy's throat quickly and accurately.

Nope, the battle is over.

The rest of the local soldiers were all eliminated by the Datong Army, and were unable to resist the surprise attack.

When Zhao Mingzheng and Wang Feng led their troops to leave, the family had not yet reacted. The master took the slaves and climbed to the top of the wall on a ladder. They quietly watched for a while before they were convinced that they were really safe.

"Father, a group of soldiers came and killed the chieftain soldiers. After killing the people, they left and I don't know where they went." The middle-aged man on the wall shouted to the old man inside the wall.

The old man bowed to the sky and clasped his palms together: "Amitabha, God bless you. My Ye family has done good deeds and accumulated virtues from generation to generation. It must be the negative virtue accumulated by our ancestors. It moved the Jade Emperor to send heavenly soldiers and heavenly gods to rescue him."

Such battles quickly took place throughout the city.

Thousands of chieftain soldiers, who lost their organization due to robbery, were basically in groups of more than ten people - too many people would be unsightly, and disputes would inevitably arise when dividing the spoils.

A group of fifty soldiers from the Datong Army encountered a group of several or more than a dozen Tusi soldiers. During the night raid, the casualties were negligible.

"The Han army has entered the city!"

Finally some fish slipped through the net and ran very fast without being killed, shouting and running all the way to report the news.

It's easy to send troops out, but it's difficult to take them back, not to mention it's still at night.

This kind of warning call not only failed to make the chieftain soldiers gather to resist, but also caused the chieftain soldiers to flee before they encountered the enemy.

The chieftain soldiers along the way heard that Han soldiers were entering the city, and they didn't ask where the Han soldiers were. They carried large and small bags, all of which were stolen goods, and subconsciously fled towards the nearest city gate.

"Reinforcements are coming, son of the Han family, follow me to kill the thieves!"

A young man wearing a Confucian shirt and several domestic slaves came out, and many people with broken homes picked up sticks out of hatred and joined the pursuit.

After chasing him down two streets, hundreds of people gathered around the boy.

"Just ahead, don't let them escape!" A domestic slave shouted.

But a few chieftain soldiers were unwilling to throw away their belongings when they were chased by angry people.

He was so demanding money rather than his life that he was quickly caught up and beaten to death by the people with sticks.

"my money!"

"Don't rob it, it's my money!"

The people who had been working together just now suddenly became confused and rushed over to grab the belongings left behind by the chieftain soldiers after their death.

The young man scolded angrily: "If you don't continue to pursue the enemy, you are fighting among yourself here. Are you worthy of your dead relatives? You are a good man, so come with me and kill the enemy... kill him!"

The young man ran for a while, and when he turned back, there were only two slaves left beside him.

Not to mention the common people, even several of his own slaves were there to grab money.

The young man was so angry that he stamped his feet, but he had no choice but to take two loyal slaves with him, and the three of them continued to chase the chieftain soldiers.

"What a young man, let me help you!" Another young man followed, about twenty years old.

The young man ran and said, "I am Yang Zhenxian, whose name is Rulin."

The young man said: "Chen Zuocai, whose name is Uncle Ji."

The boy was not named in history, and he probably died in the war.

The young man was somewhat famous, so he first joined Mu Tianbo and then joined Li Dingguo. After the demise of the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Chen Zuocai still grew his hair and beard and lived in seclusion in the mountains. He would wear a bamboo hat and ride a donkey when going out to show his sworn ties to the Qing Dynasty and never set foot on the Qing Dynasty's land for the rest of his life.

In his later years, Chen Zuocai carved a stone into a coffin and died without being buried in the land of the Qing Dynasty. Before his death, he left a couplet: "He will live as a minister and die as a ghost. If he is not buried in the clear soil, he will not be buried in the clear sky."

"Dangdang..."

"kill……"

"ah……"

In the streets ahead, there were sounds of fighting and killing.

Yang Zhenxian suddenly became excited, quickened his pace and ran towards him, holding up the scribe's sword and shouting: "General, don't worry, I'm here to help you!"

Chen Zuocai also quickened his pace.

After a while of sprinting, they finally arrived at the battle site. This group of chieftain soldiers had been killed.

The Datong Army turned around and left, ignoring the belongings on the ground.

Yang Zhenxian was very surprised and cupped his hands: "Everyone, please stay! You have saved countless people in Kunming, and it is even more difficult not to be deceived by money. Please pay my respects to Wansheng!"

An officer turned around and said, "If you, young man, are so determined, gather people and send all the unowned wealth in the city to the government tomorrow morning. The Datong Army is not greedy for this money, and will use it to relieve the people. It will cost a lot to deal with the aftermath." silver."

"I will definitely deliver my belongings to the late student!" Yang Zhenxian bowed again.

Then, these Datong troops left, and they had to hunt down the chieftain soldiers everywhere.

Chen Zuocai looked at the soldiers going away and couldn't help but sigh: "There is wealth all over the place without taking any cents. To be able to train such a strong army, it is not a fluke that the Datong court has won the world."

"Yes," Yang Zhenxian also said with emotion, "Whether it is the Ming Dynasty official army or the chieftain's soldiers, military discipline is very strict if they can avoid looting. These soldiers in front of me don't even take the wealth that they don't own. This truly upright king's master Yes! The soldiers are like this, and the administration of the Datong court can also be seen. Tomorrow I will go to serve the court, uncle Ji, do you want to come with me? "

Chen Zuocai smiled and said, "Let's go together."

Yang Zhenxian said: "There are more than a dozen bags of property here, and it's really difficult to move them away. Let's keep it until it can be sent to the Datong Army tomorrow."

Chen Zuocai found a sack. It was bulging and he didn't know what it contained. He immediately sat down, used the sack as a backrest, looked at the night sky and said to himself: "The Datong Army has captured Yunnan. This troubled time is finally over. I don't know when the emperor will resume the imperial examination."

Yang Zhenxian also sat down cross-legged: "We will go to Beijing together to take the exam."

"My home is in Menghua (Weishan)," Chen Zuocai said with a smile. "Whenever brother goes to Dali, come find me in Menghua and take you to Cangshan and Erhai."

Mu Mansion.

The Mu family has too much treasure. In addition to gold and silver, there are also treasures such as Buddha's capstone and amber.

According to historical records, the Mu family's treasures were packed in boxes, and one box weighed a hundred kilograms. Fifty boxes were surrounded by wooden boards to form a warehouse, totaling more than 250 warehouses. And these... are only part of them.

The road in front of Mu's house was blocked by cars.

Hundreds of the most elite chieftain soldiers did not participate in the robbery in the city. They were responsible for guarding these treasures. There were also many captive civilian husbands and domestic slaves left behind by the Mu family, who were ordered to move the treasures out box by box.

"Mother, it's not good, the Han soldiers have entered the city!" Several remaining soldiers fled in panic.

Wan was counting the wooden boxes according to the order, and trembled when he heard this: "Where did the Han army come from? Is it the Datong army of the imperial court, or the Han army of Chu Xiong's rebellion?"

Those defeated soldiers shook their heads repeatedly: "I don't know."

"A bunch of losers!"

Wan cursed loudly and ordered: "Get the wealth out of the city quickly, and don't move the rest."

This woman was extremely greedy. The enemy troops had entered the city. Instead of running for her life, she actually wanted to take away the treasure in front of her.

The chieftain soldiers guarding the treasure were at a loss when faced with this order. They have been fighting with Sha Dingzhou all year round and know what to do now. Isn't it just seeking death if they continue to escort the treasure?

Wan said angrily: "Are you deaf? Get on the road quickly and rush out of the city during the chaos!"

Perhaps because of Wan's reputation, the chieftain soldiers did not dare to disobey orders and actually escorted the treasure slowly out of the city. He couldn't go any faster even if he wanted to, and the treasure was too heavy, so he had to use horses or mules to pull it slowly.

They only walked half a street when Zhao Mingzheng and Wang Feng led their troops to kill them.

"Protect the treasure, protect the treasure," Wan stood on a carriage and pointed at the Datong Army in front of him and said, "Kill them and rush over!"

The chieftain soldiers looked at each other. They had already been frightened when they heard that the enemy troops were entering the city. At this moment, the way forward is blocked, and there is a crazy woman giving blind orders. How can you dare to actually follow the order to kill? They don't even know how many enemies have entered the city. Even if they kill the enemies in front of them, what if they continue to escort the treasure and are surrounded?

"Run!"

A chieftain soldier muttered.

The sound was not loud, but the impact was not small. Immediately more than a dozen chieftain soldiers fled.

"Hurry and kill...stop, don't run!"

When Wan urged him again, he found that most of the soldiers had fled.

Some chieftain soldiers even broke open the wooden box, took out one or two pieces of gold and silver, put them in their arms and fled to the rear alley.

"kill!"

Zhao Mingzheng led the charge. Fifty Datong troops and fifty Yunnan remnants charged towards hundreds of elite chieftain soldiers.

As soon as the Datong army charged, the remaining chieftain soldiers also moved, and they all turned around and ran away. The coachmen, peasants, and domestic slaves all ran faster than rabbits. In an instant, Wan was left standing alone.

Wan's heart ached as if she was bleeding as she looked at the long caravan filled with her treasures.

At this moment, she was not afraid of death, but was reluctant to part with those treasures.

Wan didn't bother to look at the rushing Datong soldiers. She got out of the car and picked up a fallen Buddha's top stone, reaching out to touch it with great nostalgia.

"ah!"

The moment his fingers touched the Buddha's capstone, Wan was kicked over and then pushed to the ground. The blood from his forehead stained the top stone of the Buddha red, and the golden top of the Buddha was stained with blood.

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