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9. Yangzhou Blood Stick Road

The soldiers there seemed to have a tacit understanding. They selected a few loud voices who could curse the situation and shouted back to Gao Yue: "I have only given my salary for eight months to get the money back. How can you take it for me to wait? It's easy to not let us set fire to the streets. What conditions can you bear if you see Duke Wei?"

At this moment, in the attic on the east side of Luoshui Bridge, a group of salt merchants were looking at the scene nervously through the gap between the windows:

If Gao Yue could not suppress the riots, we would take the opportunity to support the riots to make great efforts and plunder the cities and villages of Yangzhou, so that Gao Yue could not continue in Huainan.

If Gao Yue used cannon guns to suppress the riots and there were too many casualties and injuries, we would connect with the people in the imperial censorate and jointly impeach him with other Fang Zhenjieshang, so that he would not sit down.

At this time, Gao Yue, who was immediately on the bridge, smiled.

After the fog, the soldiers holding torches heard Gao Yue laughing endlessly, and many of them had calves twitching.

"Everyone, have you ever seen the Wu Yi Army behind him, which has hundreds of thousands of guns with divine thunder and lightning. Once it is fired, you will be covered with powder. Even if you are not afraid of death, will you not miss the women and children in the shack?"

When the soldiers heard this, they were all shocked. They understood that Gao Yue's methods were absolutely cruel, and that they were powerful in killing the Western Fan Party and Qiang, and that they would never be merciless in killing the rebels and soldiers.

"Don't panic, everyone, we have no way out. Behind it is Heguan Street. Let's continue the fire and fight to the death."

"Yes, the fish will be defeated!"

Who would have thought that Gao Yue's expression was very plain about this, "If the fish dies, they will die, and if the net is broken, they will be weaved again. After burning the long street, they can be rebuilt in half a year. If you die of guns, cannons and balls, you will not be able to survive."

The riots really began to shake and noisy now. Several leaders were still urging and scolding, saying that the five elements were uncertain at this moment, so they had to lose completely.

However, Gao Yue continued to say, "I will not hide it from you. Previously, Duke Du (Du Ya) used to raft Jucheng Lake and Jingbei in this Shugang, and irrigate two thousand hectares of land; there is also Baoying County, Chuzhou, with nearly a thousand hectares of land, and Changfengyan in Shanyang County, Chuzhou, with more than a thousand hectares of land, and these three places alone can accommodate 3,000 people. As long as you can put down your torches, you originally wanted to move you to that place your land and distribute your property to you. So what problem can you solve when you are impulsive?"

"Don't listen to his sweet words!" The salt merchants on the upper floor were all anxious. Several Chang Sui quietly poked out the short crossbow in their hands, hoping to raise their high shots to Gao Yue, take the opportunity to create turmoil, and let Wu Yi's army and the riots join forces.

"Someone comes from the street."

Sure enough, there were also groups of Wuyi's cavalry, each riding horses, and behind them were teams of divine thunder gunmen, who were quickly approaching the back of the building.

"Go away quickly, don't be caught by Gao Yue." Seeing that Gao Yue seemed to be prepared, the salt merchant immediately decided to retreat.

As they cried, many gunmen of Wuyi Army climbed up to the high places of the residences and buildings on both sides of the river street and the roofs of the building. They took the guns down. They began to raise the cartridges, bite the covers, and fill the gunpowder.

The rioters looked up at him, and it was even more chaotic.

"I don't want to throw down the torches for the rioters, and leave the line to Daming Temple in the west of the city to gather, and give the land contract to be divided, otherwise I will regret it!" Gao Yue suddenly sternly, and the oppression in his words became even greater.

"You dare to divide us. Where can we accommodate so many people in the fields you mentioned?"

"There are fields in Chuzhou, and there are also a large number of idle fields in Anfeng Lake in Shouzhou, let alone Caizhou. As long as you are willing to surrender, why worry about not giving land property?"

At this moment, Han Yu, who was standing next to Gao Yuema, was extremely nervous as he listened to the verbal confrontation between the two sides.

"What's the use of asking for fields? It's just that I want to cheat and kill us!"

"If you don't want Tian Yi, then each person will give you five pieces of silk cloth and leave the city quickly, so that you will not be disturbed here again."

"If you don't believe that Mr. Wei is willing to give the silk!"

"I'll give it now. After giving it to you, are you willing to leave the city?"

Now the rebels were completely passive. Gao Yue raised his hand and the entire military mansion had already started to carry the stored silk cloth and colorful silks to the snail bridge in vehicles.

The wheels rumbled, and the rebels' minds collapsed. The leader could only shout, "Duke Wei must swear that he will not harm us."

"What's the difficulty?" Gao Yue immediately swore, saying that he would never use weapons inside and outside Yangzhou City. Then he asked the soldiers to swear: After getting the silk cloth, he would immediately leave the city and go to Daming Temple, otherwise "kill without any consequences!"

The soldiers are really confused now. If they swear, they are afraid that Gao Yue will breach the contract. However, if they don’t swear, they are afraid that Gao Yue will kill him.

Their families ran out in the shack and cried and said it was better to listen to Duke Wei than to say it. Duke Wei was respectful as Taiyue and had a great reputation. How could he deceive us?

"Ahhh!" A shrill scream exploded - Wu Yi's army gunners on the roofs everywhere began to ignite the fuse with their scythes. The screaming Mars and smoke were particularly terrifying.

"Take silk, take silk, let's retreat to Daming Temple and make a decision..."

At mid-day, hundreds of soldiers were crying and screaming with their families on the streets outside the West Daming Temple in Yangzhou. Many people held silk cloth in their hands, and more threw them down: on both sides and behind them, the cavalry and infantry of the Wuyi Army drove their horses or ran, shouting "Don't go!"

Wu Yi's army did not take the swords and weapons. What they held in their hands were all sharp blades and spear handles, like white sticks, and they were beaten by such sticks. That feeling...

"Duke Wei made an oath!"

"What's the use of Duke Wei's swearing? These silk cloths are our military resources. How can you wait to take them away? Today, let alone Duke Wei, even the Emperor Chang'an is here, I can't say it!" Wu Yi's infantry and cavalry shouted and cursed, and the first one used a stick to knock over many uneasy soldiers. For a moment, the stick fell like snow and returned to the wind, and the screams were endless.

"I'll give you silk cloth, but I'll spare my life!" Many soldiers even knelt down and kowtowed, picked up the silk cloth, or threw it away, begging for forgiveness.

But in the blink of an eye, the stick swept, some fainted immediately, while others were beaten to the ground and vomited blood.

The monks from Daming Temple stood outside the hall and were stunned when they saw this cruel scene.

Since then, this avenue outside the temple has been called "Blood Band Road".

At dusk, the road that lasted several miles long was full of chaos, and there were no movement, some blood stains. Women and children sat on the ground and cried to the sky. The messy cloth was scattered and colorful, hidden under the dust.

More than a hundred soldiers were beaten to death immediately, and the rest were tied with ropes. They were surrounded by Muchun, and were supervised by Wuyi's soldiers, without giving them rice water. The howlings shook the sky and the earth, and they knelt on the side of the Daming Temple road in groups.

When Gao Yue came on horseback again, his ears were filled with the sound of begging for mercy.

"Why do you have to be the first?" As soon as Gao Yue said this, the soldiers trembled, fighting with their teeth, only closing their eyes and waiting to die.

"Whoever leads the rebellion can come out to suffer now, and the lives of others can be protected." Then, Guo Zaizhen, the general beside Gao Yue, rode his horse out, pointing to the boundary where two white flags stood.

Soon, about thirty advocates knelt under the white flag.

"Now do you want fields?" Gao Yue asked again.
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