Chapter 557: Half a Night

In the spring of the 22nd year of Jiajing, the three northern provinces were in an extremely strange state. Twenty thousand strong soldiers were stationed in the junction of Northern Zhili and Shandong. The soldiers were powerful. The originally mentioned riots were completely gone. No matter where they went, they all saw honest and ineffective people.

Many of the middle and lower-level officers in Baoding, Jizhen were from Northern Zhili, so they naturally would not be incompatible with the villagers. As for the people who were drawn in various garrisons, this is even more so. If the people do not cause trouble, they will not take the initiative to take action. The so-called scene where officials were not allowed to leave outside the prefectures and counties seemed to have never happened before.

Many tax prisons thought it was peaceful, and the court had already come to the scene, saying that the tax prison would be recalled in March. Everyone wanted to make more money during these three months. However, they thought there was nothing wrong in the countryside, but as soon as they left the city gate, the sound horse that had not seen for a long time appeared again, and they were still ruthless and kept the chickens and dogs. When the soldiers quelled the turbulents went over to pursue, they could not find anything.

Send troops to wipe out the rioters, but looking at it, they are all very docile good people. If they are all good people, where do the sound horses that are like wolves and tigers come from when the tax bureaus come from? These imperial soldiers and horses are stationed here, and the daily expenses of food and grass are extremely expensive, and the local people complain.

The city of Cangzhou was bleak and the city that had been completely looted once was very difficult to supply the more than 3,000 soldiers in Tongzhou, so it had to be a stake like a wealthy family inside and outside the city. Whether it was the industrial and commercial households in the city or the cotton gentry outside the city, they all said that they were scrapped by the tax surveillance and there was still money to supply the army, and they complained one after another.

The garrison who brought reinforcements was becoming more and more impatient. He could not make any contribution in this mansion. He also had to worry about his own food, food and clothing every day. When would he encounter such troubles in Tongzhou? Tongzhou is rich and it was easy for local food and grass to raise supplies.

These three thousand soldiers are not the kind of military households who have been farming for generations. They are all recruited from the north. Naturally, they are not good characters. These days have been harder and harder. These soldiers are also anxious. At the beginning, they are quite restrained, and the military discipline is considered to be strict. After a long time, they will have any bad habits of teasing the people of the people who buy things and don’t pay money. The civilians in the city are really miserable. They wonder what gods and Buddhas had they offended Cangzhou City? The people plundered by the tax supervision are living in a miserable life. At this time, such an army came again, which makes people not live.

The relationship between officers and soldiers and civilians is so tense. Both the prefects' yamen are not easy to be human. The whole of Cangzhou is in chaos and bleak. If you don't know what, news has spread. It is said that the soldiers in Tongzhou have not achieved any results for a long time and cannot catch any rioters. They have been scolded by the superiors. These Tongzhou soldiers are already preparing to wipe out Cangzhou one night recently and kill good people to make contributions. To put it bluntly, they are cutting off the heads of the civilians and saying that the rioters have received military merits.

The three thousand soldiers themselves have become very famous in Cangzhou. With the inherent conflicts between locals and foreigners, after such rumors came out, people were immediately panicked. Many relatives in the countryside went out to visit relatives, and some people closed the door tightly at night and held some heavy objects on the door.

The chaotic rumors are circulating among the people. The prefectural government office is busy organizing food and grass every day, urging the county towns to equalize the fees. The officers and soldiers will not know any local news, but they are just harassing the place.

The worried people did not even have a good Spring Festival in Jiajing for 22 years, so they were so careful every day. After a month, their fear and precautions gradually faded. On the second day of the second month, it was said that the dragon raised its head, but the people led their children to shave their heads and get their hair done. This is also the rule. At night, all families who are still able to live in their homes will buy some wine and meat.

It seems that life will continue like this. After the night falls late, the entire Cangzhou City fell into silence early. In the second day, a noisy sound suddenly came out to the west of Cangzhou Prefecture City. Slowly, the sound became louder and louder, starting from the west of the city, alarming everyone.

Although his vigilance has weakened a lot these days, everyone still remembered the rumor. This sound suddenly reminded me of it. In a hurry, I put on my clothes and left the house. I saw fires soaring into the sky on the west side of the city, shouting and screaming. Could it be that I really wanted to kill civilians and take advantage of military merits?

Is this rumor reasonable and he didn't care about it? But everyone thought of this at this time. Everyone was panicked. The city gates were closed at night. No one knew where they wanted to run away. Everyone wanted to stay away. Many people took their families out and ran towards the east of the city.

A man covered in blood stumbled over from the west of the city and said in a crying voice, "It was almost two o'clock in the morning when the three thousand soldiers in Tongzhou suddenly exploded the camp, and the soldiers rushed out and killed people when they saw them. They were extremely vicious. After this person said that the civilians, who were already panicked, were even more in chaos and ran towards the East City like crazy. For a moment, the sound of shouting, cursing, crying and shouting sounded throughout the sky."

The military camps in the west of the city were not the same as they thought. Those who caught fire were the houses and piles of firewood around the military camp. Many people wearing soldiers' uniforms and white turbans were slashing everywhere, driving away the people in the residential houses. Those who were a little disobedient were chopping down with one knife and shouting loudly:

"You are all chaotic people. Today I borrow my head to exchange for military merits!"

The people didn't care about anything, just wanted to run as far as possible, so what's the matter? Although the soldiers with white turbans were vicious, they did not chase after the people after driving them away. Without too much time, the surroundings of the military camp were almost empty.

Someone had already thrown the prepared jar in, and a lot of liquid fell on the ground and splashed out. The movement outside had already alarmed the people in the military camp. The three thousand soldiers in Tongzhou were about to be assembled, but they had been much lazy during the period of time in Cangzhou Prefecture.

Seeing the fires soaring into the sky outside, these people knew something was wrong, but they were not in a hurry to go out and see what happened. Anyway, it was the suffering of the people of Cangzhou, so they didn't do anything because they didn't burn in the military camp.

Hearing the crying and helping outside, he realized something was wrong. He quickly ordered the whole team to go out. When he was about to go out, hundreds of jars of large and small were thrown in from outside and smashed to the ground. The crackling sound scared people very much. Everyone shrank backwards. Unexpectedly, there was some liquid inside the jar, and it would splash everywhere when it landed, and there was no other harm.

Someone was splashed by liquid and felt a little strange. He put his fingers on his nose and said in confusion:

“Isn’t this cottonseed oil?”

I didn't expect what the other party threw this thing in and threw many torches from outside. Cottonseed oil was used to burn. Spring in Northern Zhili was not much better than winter. There were also a large amount of warm firewood in the barracks, which were placed on the outside as a barrier. Cottonseed oil was thrown over a large amount of dry firewood and sprinkled on the dry firewood. It was ignited by the torch, and a raging fire suddenly started to burn.

The soldiers around the barracks were almost instantly surrounded by fire. The sleepy soldiers were stimulated by the flames around them and were completely unprepared. They were panicked. The barracks were suddenly in chaos. At the main entrance of the barracks, more than a dozen people threw them out with flying grabs, and clamped them on the crossbar beam at the door, and tied the ropes connected to the horses on the other side.

The horse knight shouted in unison, and more than a dozen horses exerted their strength. According to the horse, it was immediately pulled away from the door. Hundreds of people wearing white turbans and soldiers' uniforms waiting at the door shouted loudly at the same time:

"There are people from the White Lotus Cult in the military camp who are experiencing in!"

He rushed in. The soldiers gathered in a hurry inside were already confused by the fire. When they heard the shouts outside, they were even more at a loss. Seeing the people wearing the same clothes as him rushing in, they often got knocked down by the other party without reacting. The military camp was in chaos. At this time, who knew whether the other party was wearing a white turban and could not notice it at all. Everyone touched the sword, and as long as the other party approached him, they would slash over without mercy.

Soon, the place began to kill each other. The prostitute guarding the camp and drinking and having fun with the brothel in Cangzhou Prefecture had just fallen asleep and was awakened by the sound outside. When he ran out, he immediately knew that he could not control the scene. He ignored the woman crying behind him, and rushed towards the weaker place under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers.

At some point, the east gate of the city was already opened. When the people were scattered, they didn't care about anything when they saw the city gate open. They all ran outside with their families. The fires in the city soared into the sky, and the sounds of shouting to kill were gradually spreading around.

The rogues who took advantage of the situation also appeared. The city became more and more dangerous and no one could care about it. The same was true for the prefect of Cangzhou. He was too lazy to guard the government and the city that had been robbed. He simply took his family and the yamen run out with the people, and then he would be considered to be a winning person himself.

There is no one at the South Gate now. A large number of horses wearing white turbans and white robes or dressed as cotton gentry and private soldiers rushed in and rushed towards the barracks.

"Maitreya came to the world, and those who didn't want to die were kneeling down and surrendering!"

The sneak attacker wrapped in a white turban saw that he had an absolute advantage here and no longer had to pretend to be a soldier and directly forced to surrender.
Chapter completed!