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  Chapter 563 560【Speedy meritorious service】

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

  In just two or three days, it spread all over the streets and alleys.

   Rumors spread so quickly, thanks to Han Yun's confiscation of iron objects. It is clear that they do not trust the Han people, and they clearly want to suppress the Han people to death. After many Han people are blackmailed, they don't even have enough money to buy food for the next month.

  Kong Wenzhang, the biggest wine merchant in the city, is also a traitor. Most of the sorghum harvested by surrounding villages is sold to him to make wine, except for grain and retained use.

  In the cold and food-deficient Northeast, liquor is in short supply!

Kong Wenzhang came to Hong Chuxiu quietly, chatted nonsense, and said with emotion: "This business can't be done. The imperial court sends more money every year, and the sorghum is used to pay for grain. How can there be much wine left? Brother Hong is better. If he is allowed to suffer from natural disasters and man-made disasters, ginseng will definitely not worry about selling."

   "Hi," Hong Chuxiu shook his head again and again, "The mountain in the south is occupied by Emperor Zhao's soldiers. Where can I collect the ginseng?"

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

  Hong Chuxiu said: "The Eight Banners soldiers can really do it."

   "What do you think?" Kong Wenzhang asked.

   "What else can we think? Tartars raise their knives, let's stretch our necks." Hong Chuxiu said in a strange way.

   "Tar... Tartar?" Kong Wenzhang was startled, "Brother Hong called Master Baqi like that, but he has already found a way out?"

   Hong Chuxiu turned his head and said, "Come out."

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

  Hong Chuxiu introduced: "This is my little nephew. I voted for Emperor Zhao a few years ago. Emperor Zhu has Jinyiwei, and Emperor Zhao has black-clothed guards. My little nephew is an errand for the black-clothed guards."

  Kong Wenzhang was so surprised and delighted that he knelt down on the spot: "Kong Wenzhang, a criminal, kowtows to Lord Wei in black!"

  Da Ming Jinyiwei, really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even wearing a black-clothed guard can be honored.

Hong Yigong pretended to be arrogant, sat down slowly and said: "Get up. Your Majesty will send 800,000 troops this year. Shanshan, Hebei, and Liaodong are all at war. It is necessary to wipe out the fake Qing and the fake Shun. You are a generation who has forgotten their ancestors." As a traitor, he has done a lot of evil things, and according to the law, all the houses should be ransacked and beheaded.”

  Kong Wenzhang just stood up, but was so frightened that he shrunk his neck and knelt down again: "Master in black, please show me the way."

   "Is there a clear way? It's nothing more than a crime and meritorious service," Hong Yigong said, "Every family sets fire in the city at night. After the fire, the city will be in chaos, and the Datong army outside the city will follow the trend to attack the city."

  Kong Wenzhang wondered: "The Tatar soldiers don't trust the Han people, so they don't let us help defend the city. There is a curfew at night, and they will be punished as spies if they walk around at will. This... how to set fire to this?"

  Hong Yigong sneered and said: "Don'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 dumbfounded.

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

  Kong Wenzhang pondered: "That's the truth. But... well, let's burn it, let's burn it, the old one won't go, and the new one won't come!"

   A few days later, Hong Yigong contacted a total of four traitor merchants.

   They didn't say when to set fire, but asked them to bury the silver and move all valuables to the courtyard. The firewood is ready, first pour it with oil, and if someone sets fire at night, set it on fire.

  Curfew cannot go to the streets, they can only burn their own 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 lurking, he also developed several anti-Qing righteous fighters.

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

finally…

   "Master, the city is on fire!"

  Lu Xiang ascended to the tower of Baihu City, clenched his fists and smiled: "According to the 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 gate of Hong's house, Hong Chuxiu was sitting on the ground and crying: "My house, whoever paid a thousand dollars, bought my house! Is it easy for me to do business and save some money? I will burn it all It's all gone... woo woo woo, I'm dead!"

   Neighbors were afraid that their homes would be ignited, so they rushed to help put out the fire.

  The fire became more and more intense, and the Kong family on the same street also caught fire quickly, and then four consecutive fires broke out.

  Han Yun came to the top of the city, looked down at the fire in the city, frowned and said: "All the houses of the rich merchants were burned, it must be the work of spies, and it was the work of poor people who hate rich merchants!"

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

  Han Yun ordered: "Organize the people to fight the fire, and the Han people will fight the fire together. Soldiers and flags, all go up to the city for defense, and no one is allowed to leave the city wall!"

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

   It is not allowed to leave the house. Could it be that the fire has spread and the whole family is waiting to be burned to death at home?

  Hong Yigong took the opportunity to go to the street in a mess, but no one noticed him.

  Several anti-Qing martyrs met at the appointed place, each carrying a barrel of oil in his hand. They went to the place where the Tatars stored their rations. There were Tazi soldiers patrolling here, but it was impossible to cover everything. They had already figured out where they could set fire.

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

  Han Yun turned pale with fright, and quickly said to his son, "Take a hundred people and gather the people to put out the fire. You must keep the grain depot!"

  Han Ji went there quickly, summoned the people with a knife, and hacked anyone who dared to be disobedient.

   Just when a large number of people were forced by Han Ji to go to the grain depot with a knife, the streets where the North Koreans lived also started to catch fire.

   "Boom boom boom!"

  The artillery of the Datong Army has arrived at the preset fort and fired to cover the advance of the siege infantry.

  There are enemy troops outside, and there is a big fire inside, and the block where my house is located is also burning. All the Eight Banners soldiers of Korean descent 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.

  All the streets in the city are in complete chaos, and cries and shouts can be heard everywhere.

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

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

   "General Han is dead, General Han is dead!

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

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

  Barely keeping two-thirds of the army rations, a Tartar soldier ran over and panted, "Young...Young General, the Han soldiers have entered the city, and the general is dead!"

  Han Ji was shocked when he heard the words, and only heard the three sides, the east, west and south, all screaming and killing, only the west wall was very quiet.

  Han Ji asked, "Which side did the enemy attack from?"

  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 from spies!" Han Ji was worried again, leaving 50 soldiers here, and continued to let the people fight the fire, and took the remaining soldiers to find out what happened.

   They just ran out of the street for half a day, when they heard people shouting everywhere: "Han soldiers have entered the city, General Han is dead!"

  Han Ji was even more panicked, and with only a few soldiers, he rode to the west wall where Han Yun was.

  The rest of the Tazi soldiers without horses did not continue to follow, but ran back home, looking for their families and trying to escape.

   "Han soldiers have entered the city, let's go!"

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

   There are still many North Korean military relatives, shouting along the base of the city wall: "XXX, I am your mother, the Han army has entered the city, you come back and escape together, it will be too late!"

  Those defenders of the city were already trembling, and their nerves were completely tense.

  Hearing the shouts, people kept sneaking away, leaving the city wall and running home. Those without family members ran directly to Beicheng, where they could escape.

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

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

  At each section of the city wall, more and more Tartar soldiers fled.

  Han Yun could only ride a war horse, shouting all the way along the base of the city wall: "I am Han Yun, the captain is not dead, go back and defend the city quickly! I am Han Yun, the captain is not dead..."

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

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

   It's such a mess tonight, it's strange to be able to hold on.

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

  Han Yun rode his horse all the way to the east wall, where more than half of the Tazi soldiers had 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 his own soldiers: "Go and tell the Major General to go to Beicheng immediately. Remember, speak quietly, and don't disturb others."

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

   As for the major general?

  The major general is heroic, covering the escape of friendly troops, and fighting **** battles on the city. He is really a loyal and brave soldier 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 east wall was broken first, because the defenders here fled the most, and then the south wall collapsed.

   "Major General, the enemy is coming from the south wall!"

   "The southern city wall is facing the water, how could it be the first to fall? Where is my father?"

  After Han Ji asked this sentence, he already guessed something, immediately turned around and slipped back into the city, and rode towards the north gate of the city.

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

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

  The Tartars who fled from the north city gate are about to face the blades of more than 2,000 dragoons.

  (end of this chapter)