The smell of gunpowder smoke gradually spread, coupled with the panicked shouts of the soldiers preparing for the war outside, Xu Yaozu finally understood that this was not a winter thunder at all, but someone using firecrackers and artillery.

weapons attacked his own team!

At this time, the shouts of the soldiers of the Bingbei Yamen had become a mess. Some of the shouts sounded more and more distant, and some of the shouts gradually turned into miserable howls.

Although Xu Yaozu was a bit lustful and got the position of Yanzhou reserve through his cheap brother-in-law, Xu Yaozu still knew some basic common sense.

Those whose shouts turned into howls were injured, and those who sounded more and more distant were those who had escaped from the battle.

The five hundred elite soldiers he brought here have been dispersed!

After coming to this conclusion, Xu Yaozu didn't have time to think about it further. He quickly took off his official uniform, then curled up and jumped out of the sedan, and then quickly rushed to the front where Mr. Hao Liangcai and Mr. Hao were.

The sedan pulled the frightened Mr. Hao out of the sedan.

"What the hell is going on with the horse?"

Xu Yaozu was shocked and angry. He grabbed the clothes on Hao Liangcai's back, put Hao Liangcai in front of him, and cursed: "Didn't you say that Ningyang County only has a group of mud-legged people who went up the mountain to rebel? What's going on with this stepmother! They

Where did the firearms come from!”

After scolding, Xu Yaozu threatened in a low voice: "Say that I am your bearer later! If I can escape, I can find a way to save you in the future. If you sell me, I will let my brother-in-law kill you."

The house is full! Remember, no one!"

Hao Liangcai, who had been stunned for a long time, nodded frantically like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, yes! I remember it, I remember it!"

The surrounding explosions slowly stopped.

Xu Yaozu held Hao Liangcai's arm, pretending to be helping Mr. Hao run away, and then lowered his head and looked around.

The place where they were ambushed was a long and narrow path. The mounds on both sides of the path were higher than the road surface. The fact that the rebels were able to use this terrain to stage an ambush meant that there must be some knowledgeable people among them.

The road and the mounds on both sides were bombarded with small craters one after another, indicating that the firearms used by the rebels were far less powerful than artillery, but more powerful than firecrackers. This could also be judged from the explosion just now.

As for the five hundred elite soldiers he brought... there are about a hundred injured soldiers lying on the ground wailing at the moment. They were injured by firearms. Some of the remaining soldiers have run away and only their backs are left, and some

He simply fell to his knees.

And this bastard Hao Liangcai, what kind of rebels did this guy provoke? Or has he surrendered to the rebels? Otherwise, why didn't he mention the fact that the rebels had firearms?

If that bitch Hao Liangcai defected to the rebels, could he still escape?

The more Xu Yaozu thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Just when Xu Yaozu was secretly thinking about how to escape, dozens of people stood up behind the small mounds on both sides. The person walking at the front was playing with a black and thick stick-like thing in his hand.

Zhu Xiaosong slowly walked up to Mr. Hao Liangcai, handed the grenade he was playing with in his right hand to his left hand, and slapped Hao Liangcai with his right hand: "Mr. Hao Liangcai, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Hao Liangcai was angry and frightened. He knelt on the ground with a thud and shouted: "Good man, have mercy on me! Good man, have mercy on me!"

Zhu Xiaosong ignored Hao Liangcai who was frantically begging for mercy, and instead looked at Xu Yaozu with a playful expression: "Who is this master? Why was he so frightened that he even took off his clothes? Is he planning to imitate Cao Aman's old trick of abandoning his robe and cutting off his beard?

"

Xu Yaozu also knelt on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed several times before he straightened up and replied: "The good man is joking. I am the servant of Mr. Hao's family. I don't dare to call you an adult."

Zhu Xiaosong signaled Zhu Erdan to go to the sedan chair at the back and pull out the official uniform that Xu Yaozu had taken off, holding it in his hand and shaking it: "Tsk, tsk, look at this official uniform, it should be Yanzhou's military equipment?"

Zhu Erdan also laughed loudly and said sarcastically: "The dignified military general does not ride a horse but rides in a sedan like a civil servant. During the march, he did not even arrange for a scout to visit the horse. This military commander is really big-hearted!"

Liu Erniu glared with a pair of bull's eyes and said mockingly: "Perhaps this Bingbei master's official was bought? Or maybe he got in by relying on his family's talents?"

Xu Yaozu was furious in his heart, but because his life was at stake, he had to forcefully endure the anger. He looked at Zhu Xiaosong and said, "What the good man said is that this is indeed the official uniform of the reserve master. It's just the military uniform of the master."

He has already run away, and the villain’s clothes were stripped off by Master Bingbei.”

Zhu Xiaosong was almost amused by Xu Yaozu - if he hadn't seen Xu Yaozu's embarrassed appearance running out of the sedan behind the small mound, just looking at his current greed for life and fear of death, I would have been...

Then Zhu Xiaosong would not believe Xu Yaozu's nonsense. After all, most of the soldiers in our Qing Dynasty were skinny and skinny. Even if there were strong ones, they were mostly in the green camp. Like the soldiers in the Bingbei Yamen, it is basically impossible to be as corrupt as Mr. Xu Yaozu.

General's belly.

Shaking his head slightly, Zhu Xiaosong said to Liu Erniu: "Take them down and question them. After questioning them, remember to send the two officials on the road together, and have their heads taken back to the prefect of Yanzhou."

Hao Liangcai and Xu Yaozu were horrified. After looking at each other, they kowtowed madly and begged for mercy: "Good man, have mercy on me! Good man, have mercy on me!"

Xu Yaozu even pointed at Hao Liangcai and cursed: "It's him! It's all him!"

"He took the money and went to Yanzhou Prefecture, saying that there was a rebel in Ningyang County, and asked the slaves to quickly lead troops to put down the rebellion. If the slaves knew that he was a good man, they would not dare to come at all!"

Hao Liangcai was equally furious, pointing at Xu Yaozu and saying: "Master, please have mercy! I have important information!"

Seeing Hao Liangcai's appearance, Zhu Xiaosong couldn't help laughing and said, "Tell me, do you have any important information?"

Hao Liangcai breathed a sigh of relief, but still pointed his finger at Xu Yaozu: "This person is the brother-in-law of Shandong Chief Minister Fucha Mingxing. He has always liked to rely on the Chief Minister's power to dominate and prosper. The slaves have plundered him over the years.

Almost all the silver has gone into his pocket. If the good man wants to cause trouble, how can he be short of silver?"

Zhu Xiaosong shook his head and said: "This information is not a big deal to us. Don't say that he is just the brother-in-law of the Shandong Chief Minister. Even if he is the brother-in-law of Qian Deafangou, no one can save you today.

.”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Xiaosong waved his hand and motioned Liu Erniu to take the two of them down for questioning.

Not long after, Liu Erniu returned to Zhu Xiaosong: "Everyone in charge has already inquired clearly."

"That bitch officer Hao Liangcai didn't lie. The man just now was indeed Xu Yaozu of the Yanzhou Army, and he was indeed the brother-in-law of Shandong Chief Minister Fucha Mingxing."

"According to what Xu Yaozu said, it was Hao Liangcai, a bad official, who took gold, silver and jewels to Yanzhou magistrate Wu Zude and Yanzhou soldiers Xu Yaozu, begging Xu Yaozu to lead troops to put down the rebellion."

"According to what Hao Liangcai said, the reason why these soldiers were holding broken poles and curled swords was because Xu Yaozu, the dog officer, wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune in Ningyang County so that he could sell their original equipment.

Lose."

"Also, the number of soldiers in the Yanzhou Military Preparation Yamen is indeed one thousand, but the actual number is only the five hundred soldiers brought by Xu Yaozu."

"In addition, the Yanzhou government office has more than 300 government officials and more than 700 helpers. If Yanzhou inspections are included, the number of troops that can be used is about 2,000."

Zhu Xiaosong hummed, frowned and thought for a while before ordering: "Go back to the mountain."

Zhu Xiaosong was also desperate when faced with someone like Xu Yaozu who was reaching out from the coffin board.

Originally, they planned to let Hao Liangcai and Xu Yaozu serve as captains of the first transportation team, but the result was far beyond Zhu Xiaosong's expectation. As a result, the ambush only completed the task of ambushing the officers and soldiers and Hao Liangcai.

The plan to snatch fire guns and other equipment came to nothing.

There is not enough equipment, and most of the grenades produced during the mountain period have been consumed. Now if we go to Yanzhou City, we have to face the encirclement and suppression of Yanzhou patrol soldiers, 300 government officials, and 700 gangs. Basically,

It's almost like courting death.

What's even worse is that Yanzhou's military equipment lost 500 soldiers. This matter can no longer be suppressed by the governor of Yanzhou. Even if the governor of Shandong wants to suppress this matter, it will not be easy.

Unless He Zhongtang takes action personally, it is possible to hide this from Shiquan Laogou.

This means that the green battalions stationed in Yanzhou and surrounding areas will soon gather in Yanzhou and then encircle Yuhuang Mountain.

And with Xu Yaozu's deeds before him, the newly arrived Green Camp soldiers will never be so careless again, and the difficulty of ambushing them will also increase exponentially.

In short, the plan to ambush the Yanzhou soldiers this time was a loss to my grandma's family. The best option now is to retreat to the mountains to rest, take the opportunity to scan more villages, recruit more young men, and prepare more grenades.

When the strength is almost accumulated, the Yanzhou Prefecture will be destroyed.

Especially Qufu County.

After finally raising an army to counterattack, Zhu Xiaosong felt that he would never be able to live up to that tone in his life if he hadn't destroyed the house in Qufu County.

…

Wu Zude was circling back and forth, wishing he could get Hao Liangcai's body back now and chop it into pieces.

Just because this stupid thing didn't figure things out in advance, the Yanzhou Bingbei Yamen directly lost five hundred soldiers, including the cheap brother-in-law of the Shandong Chief Minister and the dignified fourth-rank Yanyi Cao Jidao, who was also the leader of the Yanzhou Bingbei Yamen.

His son Xu Yaozu was also beheaded.

Although Fucha Mingxing, the chief envoy of Shandong Province, would probably not care whether a concubine's brother was dead or alive, but Xu Yaozu was still a fourth-rank official, and he and Xu Yaozu sent troops secretly. It was impossible for the court not to investigate them.

This matter.

What's even worse is that the group of rebels on Yuhuang Mountain didn't stop even after they killed Hao Liangcai and Xu Yaozu. Not only did they continue to cause trouble in Ningyang County, they even raided dozens of villages in the neighboring Jining Prefecture.

As a result, dozens of gentry families in Jining Prefecture were exterminated. After Liang Feng, the magistrate of Jining Prefecture, found out that this group of rebels came from Yuhuang Mountain, he immediately wrote an impeachment memorial and even sent someone to notify Wu Zude.

Well, now that Xu Yaozu is dead, all the Ming Gongs in the court, the Ministry of War, and the Shandong Chief Envoy Fucha Mingxing will only pour their anger on Wu Zude.

To settle this matter, not to mention the small amount of money Hao Liangcai sent was not enough, even if Wu Zude had saved up the money from the Qing Prefecture in the past three years, it might not be possible.

Therefore, when Wu Zude and Wu Magistrate tried to smooth things over for Hao Liangcai this time, they were picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons, and might even risk losing their heads.

After walking back and forth in the room for an unknown number of times, until his head was spinning so fast that he almost fainted, Wu Zude sat back on the chair and ordered the housekeeper: "Take out all our savings over the years and pay for it."

Sir, I will prepare some gifts."
Chapter completed!