The urbanization development in Jiangnan is really developed, even comparable to later generations. In addition to the limited scope of the city wall, there are also vast cities with highly developed cities. During the Taizhou War when Qi Jiguang resisted the Japanese, an important battle of Huajie was fought in the city town several miles outside Taizhou City. Outside Hangzhou City, a continuous city town far surpassed the city district.

But tonight, these prosperous towns during the day seemed to have entered the end of the world. Countless townsmen abandoned their homes and fled to the city in panic. At the outer edge, there was already fire, and dark smoke rolled up.

When we arrived here, the pirate troops were already scattered and entered the houses to rob. After all, it was just a mob composed of robbers, gangsters, fugitives, and ronin like stray dogs, and Mao Jue could not restrain him.

But it is such a mob that has caused trouble on the coast of Jiangnan for decades and defeated tens of thousands of regular Ming troops several times. It is conceivable how the Jiangnan Guard has become corrupt and degenerate.

The main forces of the Japanese pirates gathered at the south gate, and tens of thousands of refugees fled to the gate of Qiantang County with their bags and shouted, and slapped the city gate. However, the city gate was closed tightly, and no matter how these refugees cried, they just didn't open the door.

What kind of official army would rather die by themselves and have to rescue the villagers when they are hostage? That is the story in the movie. In the real situation, even if the parents and children of military soldiers are killed by bandits, the city gates are not open. Who told the deaths are civilians, lowly soldiers and families, and those living in the city are all wealthy families with status?

The shouts followed by waves, and the defenders at the city were all swaying, but the magistrate of Hangzhou Prefecture had not changed at all, and he waved his hand coldly.

"Shoot the arrow!"

The dense arrows did not fall on the heads of the Japanese pirates, but fell on the people of the Ming Dynasty first. Fortunately, the Jiangnan soldiers were extremely corrupt and did not have a compound bow with extremely lethality. They used bamboo bows and shot light arrows. Although they shot down one piece, there were not many dead. The blood and pain touched the fear of the people. The residents under the city finally fled to both sides of the city.

The Nancheng was thrusting with all his might. The northern city was still quiet, and the soft fragrance building here was still full of paper. Although they were worried, the famous prostitutes from Jiangnan were still singing and dancing intently, while the forty scholars were drinking and singing casually. The faint shouts of killing seemed to have nothing to do with them.

The fall of the Ming Dynasty was caused by these degenerate scholars. There was once a poem written by orthodox Neo-Confucian scholars, "I came to the city yesterday and returned with tears in my heart. All the women's clothes were scholars." The pillars of the country in these seats actually had more than a dozen thick makeup and rouge, wearing colorful children's clothes and skirts, and the man's face and beard and thick Adam's apple, which made people feel particularly awkward.

Fortunately, when the Japanese pirates attacked Hangzhou, they were still a little moved by these scholars. Holding the wine glass, Wu Qing was full of indignation, feeling as if he was worried about the country and the people.

"Unfortunately, the imperial court is rampant! How far has the coastal military preparations been desolate? Tens of thousands of people in the four garrisons, the Japanese pirates did not stop them for a day, and they were killed at the bottom of this city. It was really useless! These warriors were either remnants of the eunuch party like Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang, traitors, or like those who are greedy for life and afraid of death and are useless to consume military pay. Lord Chen, after returning to the court, you must write to His Majesty to impeach these incompetent people!"

Lord Chen here is not the censor Chen Zanzhong, but can be regarded as Mao Jue's father-in-law, Chen Zanzhong's third son Chen Dacheng, who was also an official in the capital and served as the Ministry of Personnel.

After being a Beijing official for a long time, he became increasingly disgusted with the scholars in front of him. If it hadn't been for such a thing with the Mao family, Wu Qing proposed marriage to the Chen family again, he would not want to come to such a party. After sitting for a long time, he looked at the scholars in women's clothing with his brows tightly. He just snorted and didn't answer much. Instead, Song Yi and the scholars were so excited that they also raised their glasses and pushed them, saying arrogantly.

"Brother Wu said it well! The world has been poor and ill for a long time. The atmosphere in the court is in a state of decline. We need Brother Wu and Mr. Zhang to stand up like this. This year, our brothers should encourage each other and share your worries for Your Majesty!"

They were all really excited. If these scholars were not wearing women's clothes or hugging a beautiful Jiangnan girl, Chen Dacheng would have believed it almost.

Just as the water is clear and muddy, people are also confused and righteous. When the scholars of Fushe were still drunk and dying, the entire Chen Mansion was already covered with mourning. The clan members, regardless of their wealth, distributed swords and guns, and some were wearing leather armor. Not only them, but even Chen Guangzuo, an old man in his seventies, had white silk wrapped around his forehead, wrapped in white linen clothes, and held a big gun in his hand.

"Grandpa! There are many guards in Hangzhou City and cannon defense. In a few more hours, the reinforcements from the Andongwei of Zhenhaiwei will arrive. Besides, we are there! Please wait in the mansion with peace of mind! Please!"

Let an old man in his early seventies fight to the battle? Chen Guangzuo is not Huang Zhong, and it feels scary to think about it. The old guy, the eldest son and grandson all knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately. Chen Guangzuo was so angry that he had his hair and beards wide open, and he roared with a big gun on the ground.

"A good general is not afraid to die, so he will survive, and the martyrs do not ruin their rituals to survive! Now that the Japanese pirates invade our village, the whole city will fight to the death to fight! Do you let me wait for news in the mansion? Get out of the way, and I will die on the top of the city!"

"Grandpa!"

He was so sad that he cried. Chen Guangzuo and the second son of Chen Du hugged Chen Guangzuo and kowtowed directly. The other descendants were sweating profusely. But the truth was that the old man and the others didn't say it anymore. Anyway, they just stopped him and refused to let him go. Just when Shen Guangzuo was angrily gritted his teeth, he was stunned for a few servants to break in and kneel on the ground.

"Master, the third and fourth masters, the young masters, the young masters Sun! Escape quickly! The Japanese pirates broke through the Wulin Gate and brought their troops straight to this place!"

With a bang, the fourth brother Chen Qianyun staggered and leaned against the table. The vase, pen holder and inkstone on it fell all over the floor. Chen Guangzuo also twitched his forehead. It took a few seconds before he could recover.

"How did the Japanese pirates break through the city gates, and what about the official army?"

"I don't know, I just got broken up all of a sudden. All the useless things ran away. Some people were talking nonsense, saying that the Japanese pirates could spit out fires in a row, and no one could stop them. Master, Hangzhou City is trapped, run away quickly!"

The Shen family is good and the servants are loyal. Their heads are pounding on the ground and the sound is full of anxiety. However, this sentence is so stunned that Chen Guangzuo was stunned and couldn't help but repeat it.

"Serial fire spitting?"

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A dark revolver with solidified blood was taken out. He looked at it and was stuffed back by Chen Guangzuo. Outside, the Shen family were packing their things anxiously. Suddenly, the old guy suddenly pushed open the study door again, his face as dark as iron, and he was almost caught up with the beautiful bearded man's white beard and opened like an umbrella, roaring in anger.

"Come here, prepare the car!"

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On the street, fear had occupied all the minds of the residents of this thousand-year-old ancient city. First, the panicked citizens fled everywhere in a panic. Then, the real Japanese pirates wearing Domainmaru rushed in proudly. However, unlike the poor ronin who snatched around, these people were orderly in front of the team in peace and comfortably in front of cannon fodder, and did not move to the left and right at all.

Thanks to Tokugawa Ieyasu, he destroyed the Toyotomi family. In the East China Sea, there were many former noble samurai warriors from the Toyotomi family who became ronin. Different backgrounds, these wild samurai were much more snatched than those of the ronin. Behind him was Mao Jue's third regiment of his personal army, eight hundred heroes from Liaodong.

Luo Ning is indeed useful. The Luo family's banner is much stronger than the residents of the city towns, and there is no trace of Japanese pirates at the Wulin Gate of the North Gate. This woman deceived the city gate open in a few words. Next, a massacre was welcomed by the city gate.

In addition to the one who was the president, there were two civil servants who were used as bargaining chips to threaten the Luo family. There were more than 300 people left, and all of them were stuffed into the military camp and killed them with muskets and arrows. The whole room was covered with hideous corpses and blood.

It’s not that Mao Jue is cruel. Even if he attacked Hangzhou, Mao Jue was still not ready to face the Ming Empire. This mighty revenge was still wearing the cloak of Japanese pirates. Later, it was a crime caused by Japanese pirates and had nothing to do with him. Mao Jue. Now Mao Jue has learned that you are not very good to them. When you look back, they will die without mercy. This is the universal rules of this era!

This is also Luo Ning's cleverness. In fact, at the beginning, Mao Jue never thought about letting the Luo family go. Regardless of whether she handed over Luo Zhen or not, the entire Luo family would be silenced by Mao Jue. If you want to ask for a glimmer of life, you have to protect the only male member of the Luo family, so you have to make the Luo family useful to Mao Jue. That's why she dragged the entire clan into the risk of raiding the family and extermination, and helped Mao Jue open the city gate.

"It's here!"

The Tieyi Army's advancement was beyond imagination, and the Qiantang Ancient City did not include the outside town, but it was not too big. In less than a few minutes, this sharp knife unit had penetrated directly into the most prosperous center of Hangzhou Prefecture.

The bribed warriors and guards held weapons, hurriedly surrounding the brightly lit Jiangnan wooden building, and they dropped Mao Jue's horse and pointed to the door sign of the Red Mansion. Luo Ning's voice trembled.

Today, she led the way to the end. Once it was leaked, even if the court did not pursue the matter, the angry revenge of the Jiangnan gentry would make her die without a place to die. She looked up at the figure running upstairs that seemed to be frightened. Even if the shopkeeper Luo, who had experienced many storms and waves, could not suppress the violent tremor on his body.

He also got off his horse behind Luo Ning, looking up at the famous Hangzhou building with candlelight, especially the crystal lamp lights revealed in the cracks in the window. His Dongjiang specialty crystal lamp light appeared on his tight muscles.

This is also Luo Ning's second cleverness. Even in order to save her and others' lives, she must protect Luo Zhen. Once Mao Jue can kill him, he naturally cannot trust the Luo family and not take revenge. Perhaps with a command, the Luo family will turn into a sea of ​​blood, so she came up with this way to compromise.

The failure to kill Luo Zhen is not the kindness of Mao Jue's wife, but Luo Ning's words have worked. Being killed will only suffer for a while. Even if you cut into pieces, it will only take a few hours. Only when a person lives can he suffer for a lifetime.

What is Luo Zhen? A complete official fan, who grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth, was full of fantasy fantasies of scholars of this era. The young master who was full of sluts, not only cut off his legs, but also ended his political life. In the rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the reason why Song Xiance, a scholar, was willing to serve Li Zicheng, was because although he was talented, he was short and could not be admitted to the imperial examination.

This is true for those with healthy limbs, let alone Luo Zhen has become a cripple now, which makes this official fan look at the imperial examination hall forever. Even if he is a thousand taels, he is still a cripple who is ridiculed. Wouldn't that be the biggest punishment for him?

However, this is the Luo family, which started in business, can be controlled and threatened by Mao Jue! He does have old age with Luo Ning, but Wu Qing and the others? Mao Jue made them feel painless, and they only had cold murderous intent.

With a bang, the door of the private room was kicked open. The woman's screams and the scholar's angry scolding, the eyes looked around without emotion like a crocodile, and then a cold and cruel laughter rang out of the house.
Chapter completed!