Chapter 379: Find out the truth and make me clear!

The civil servants such as Shi Kefa and Zhang Shenyan were all shocked, and their ears were buzzing. Apart from the loud explosion, they could not hear any other sounds. Needless to say, other civil servants were not stunned. It was already very good that they had not been shocked. When did they experience such an explosion? At the moment of the explosion, their faces were particularly pale. Some people couldn't even squat steadily and had to support the ground with their hands to maintain their balance.

During the violent explosion, the entire east gate of Haizhou City completely collapsed. The thick black smoke enveloped the entire east gate. Bricks, gravel and other things flew at least thirty or forty feet away. Some even flew to the beach and directly smashed into the sea water, splashing crystal water columns. After the violent explosion, the sound of the city wall collapsed, which was also very shocking.

As the smoke gradually dissipated, Zhang Zhun discovered that the city wall near the east gate of Haizhou City had collapsed at least fifteen feet. The power of 300 kilograms of black gunpowder was indeed not covered. The city walls of this era were far less solid than the fortifications of reinforced concrete. The collapsed gravel formed a huge slope.

"superior!"

With a loud shout, Yin Fengyi rushed forward with the soldiers of the Seventh Association.

The soldiers of the Hu Ben Army rushed up bravely and rushed down the slope into Haizhou City.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Scattered but continuous gunfire came.

This is the warrior of the Hu Ben Gun, shooting and killing the pirates who were bombed into chaos.

Near the East Gate, there were the main force of pirates, and there might be two or three hundred people. After a loud bang, at least half of the pirates were buried under the ruins. The other half of the pirates were shocked, their vision was blurred, and their minds were no longer reacted. Even when they saw the Hu Ben Army rushing up, they didn't know how to fight back. As a result, with a bang, they were knocked down directly into the ruins.

At the beginning of the battle, the Hu Ben Army should not capture prisoners. As long as it is discovered, it will be shot and killed on the spot, or directly go up and a bayonet to stab the pirate to death on the ground, and then continue to attack forward. The pirates who were bombed in a mess naturally have no counterattack ability and will be quickly wiped out.

Soon, all the soldiers of the Seventh Association entered the city from the gap. Then, the soldiers of the Sixth Association also entered the city from the gap. The Hu Ben Army of the two associations had a total force of up to 600 people. After they entered the city, it was impossible for the pirates in the city to counterattack. After a continuous burst of gunfire, more than 100 pirates who tried to rush up to block the gap were all killed on the street.

After the Hu Ben Army entered the city, it quickly expanded along the street to the four city gates. They quickly opened the north gate, west gate and south gate of Haizhou City. The various troops of the Hu Ben Army outside the city also entered the city. According to the previous combat deployment, they followed the streets to encircle all the pirates in the city, and then annihilated them one by one.

With the five alliance army, plus four teams of Marines, the Hu Ben Army had 2,000 people appearing in Haizhou City. With such a powerful force, the pirates did not even have a place to hide. Haizhou City is a county town with only three or four streets, which had long been controlled by the Hu Ben Army soldiers. They could only hide in the houses that had not been burned and resisted stubbornly. The fire continued to spread, and as a result, some pirates were burned to death in the fire. The fire they lit themselves, but in the end they burned themselves. It was really sad.

"how so?"

"how so?"

"how so?"

Sun Ronglu murmured to himself in a daze.

He originally thought he could rely on the city wall to block the Hu Ben Army for a period of time, but unexpectedly, after a loud bang, the Hu Ben Army appeared in the streets and alleys of Haizhou City like a tide. The pirates who tried to rush up to make up for the gap were wiped out by dense bullets as soon as they met. Sun Ronglu was also a pirate leader with rich combat experience. When he saw this posture, he knew that Zhang Zhun had brought at least two thousand people.

There were only a few hundred pirates, but two thousand came to Zhang Zhun. You can even think of what kind of hatred Zhang Zhun was for him. Sun Ronglu warned himself that he must not fall into Zhang Zhun's hands. He would rather commit suicide than fall into Zhang Zhun's hands. Otherwise, he would definitely be the most painful person in the world!

Sun Ronglu was not afraid of death, but was very unwilling to accept it! He was really unwilling to accept it! He still had eight pirate ships, and he could deal with Zhang Zhun. Even if he couldn't defeat it, he could escape. But now, he was completely wiped out! There was no ship, no people, nothing left!

It shouldn't be coming to Haizhou City!

I really shouldn't have come to Haizhou City!

If there is a medicine for regret in this world, Sun Ronglu is willing to pay all the price to exchange. Unfortunately, there is no. Therefore, he can only bear the cruel consequences brought about by this.

"Where are the pirates?"

"Where are the pirates?"

"Where are the pirates?"

The soldiers of the Hu Ben Army asked everyone they met.

Those people who were ravaged by pirates found that reinforcements came, so they naturally actively assisted and led the soldiers of the Tiger Army to search for the traces of the pirates. As a result, all the pirates, even if they were hidden in the sewer, were turned out. They were either killed or captured. In the past two days, the pirates burned, killed, plundered and plundered in the city. The surviving people hated them, so why didn't they actively cooperate?

After a series of gunfire, the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army completely controlled the situation in the city. The organized resistance of the pirates could no longer be seen. What the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army had to do now is to dig deep into the hidden pirates. At the same time, they organized their forces to fight fires and save more buildings as much as possible. Lu Liangyu and Chen Xingguo reported to Zhang Zhun one after another, saying that the pirates in the city had been basically eliminated and Zhang Zhun could enter the city.

Zhang Zhun nodded and said casually: "Everyone, do you have the courage to enter the city now?"

Zhang Shenyan said without hesitation: "The officials are not afraid!"

After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the slope.

Shi Kefa also followed and walked behind Zhang Shenyan.

In terms of qualifications, Zhang Shenyan is much more than Shi Kepha. Zhang Shenyan was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli, and Shi Kefa was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, and the former was eighteen years earlier than the latter. In the civil service system of the Ming Dynasty, the qualification of this Jinshi was very important. When placing the seniority, the most important thing was to look at the age of each Jinshi. The earlier the age, the deeper the qualifications. Even if Shi Kefa is currently a doctor of the Ministry of Revenue and a senior official of the fourth rank, Zhang Shenyan is only the governor of Haizhou with a seventh rank, but in many occasions, Zhang Shenyan is the dominant.

Although the other civil servants were a little scared and worried that the thieves in the city had not been wiped out yet, they thought that Zhang Zhun's team had already controlled the situation, so they followed Zhang Shenyan and Shi Kefa into the city. As for Zhang Zhun, they naturally walked in the end as if nothing had happened.

Near the slope, smoke filled the air, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder. It felt like it was about to suffocate. People kept making coughing sounds, obviously they could not bear such a pungent smell. Although the sea breeze kept blowing, the strong smell of smoke never completely dissipated. Yin Fengyi, that boy, did put too much explosives.

The original east gate of Haizhou City has been completely blown up, all of which are rolling bricks and gravel. You can see that many pirates were buried directly in the ruins, with all kinds of postures. Of course, they are all dead. Even if they are not shocked, they are stabbed to death by the soldiers of the Tiger Army. After Yang Junjie's painful lesson, the soldiers of the Tiger Army are very cautious in treating the corpses of the enemy on the battlefield.

After climbing the slope with difficulty, Zhang Zhun and his group appeared in the city.

The first thing they smelled was a strong smell of blood. Compared with the smell of gunpowder at the gap, the smell of blood in the city was even more intense. Of course, these bloody smells were not because the Hu Ben Army killed too many pirates, but because the pirates killed too many people in the city. On both sides of the street, the bodies of the killed people could be seen everywhere. Because they were left in the house, when the house fell into a fire...

Sun Ronglu wanted to pretend to be Zhang Zhun and frame Zhang Zhun. Naturally, the crueler the better, the more people killed, the better. The more people killed, the stronger the people's anger towards Zhang Zhun. Therefore, in the past two days, Sun Ronglu and the others killed thousands of people. The desperate and madness just now killed at least thousands of people.

Looking at the corpses everywhere, the civil servants following Zhang Zhun were also heartbroken and wailed. It turned out that Shi Kefa and Zhang Shenyan's family were not in Haizhou City, and their families did not suffer any major losses. The other officials were not so lucky. Most of their families were ruined by the pirates. In the crazy slaughter just now, they were all killed.

The more he walked in, the more corpses there were on the street. Zhang Zhun counted roughly and probably thousands of people. Haizhou City was just a small county town with a permanent population of up to 60,000 or 70,000. Such a bloody massacre was unprecedented. Zheng Zhilong was indeed Zheng Zhilong, and he had a group of good subordinates!

Yang Zixuan came up and said with some concern: "Sir, the situation in the city is not very good..."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said deeply: "Don't pay attention to the dead! Eliminate the thieves as soon as possible, and see people alive and corpses alive!"

Yang Zixuan agreed to go.

Zhang Zhun turned to Zhang Shenyan and said, "Mr. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms.

Zhang Shenyan was heartbroken and angry, and said bitterly: "Such tragic phenomenon is all my fault. Zhang Miaoshan alone. Zhang is really ashamed of the country and the people! When the truth is found out, Zhang will inevitably submit a memorial to the court to explain the cause of the matter, and at the same time ask the court to deal with it!"

Shi Kefa hurriedly said, "Myongshan Duke, it must not be. This is not the fault of Mr. Myongshan Duke. It is really because the bandits are too cruel. In your Haizhou City, there is no soldiers or food. What ability do you have to stop the bandits from launching troops? According to Xianzhi's estimate, these bandits must have a background, and it is the right way to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes. If such a evil bandit is not done with a fierce method, I am really sorry for the people who died!"

Zhang Shenyan shook his head and walked away with staggering steps.

This 60-year-old man has experienced countless ups and downs, ups and downs, and has been hit harder, but he is not as sad as today. The bandits slaughtered the people and suffered heavy casualties. As the governor of Haizhou, he naturally felt that he had a loss of duty and had no shame to meet people. However, this was not what made him most heartbreaking. What made him most heartbreaking was that the war had actually spread to Haizhou. How long can the world last?

Shi Kefa and Zhang Zhuang are facing each other.

Zhang Zhun said casually: "Shi Kefa, this is actually nothing. If the Tartars enter the pass, I am afraid that everything in front of me will be even more miserable."

Shi Kefa subconsciously frowned.

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "These small groups of bandits will harm one state and one county at most, and only poison thousands of people. As long as the troops are concentrated, they can be wiped out. However, when the Tartars come, the entire northern country has been plundered. The disaster hit hundreds of thousands is millions of people, which is a sign of destruction of the country!"

Shi Kefa said harshly: "The Tartars are abominable, and civil chaos is also powerful. If we say that there is no civil chaos in Shaanxi, how can the Tartars easily invade? The most hateful thing is a rebel! As long as they are wiped out, the world will naturally be peaceful!"

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "Shi Langzhong. I can't compliment your point of view. You have never thought about why there will be chaos in the people! Why chaos in the people cannot be calmed down! The chaos in the people is not that the people are willing to get up and cause trouble, but that they have to get up and cause trouble! Do you know that they have no food to eat and cannot survive! If there is no food to eat, of course they will have chaos! Should they starve to death in vain?"

Shi Kefa said in a tough manner: "Poverty cannot be used as a reason for rebellion. Famine is caused by natural disasters. The court allocates a large amount of money to provide disaster relief every year. As a result, they still have to rebel! Such a rioter is to kill! Kill it completely, and the world will be peaceful!"

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "Everyone has the right to survive! If you can't survive, you will rebel! That's right, there are natural disasters! But natural disasters are not the main ones, man-made disasters are the main ones! You can investigate and see how much of Yang He's disaster relief money is in the hands of the victims? Since others can't survive, I have to get up by myself to fight for the right to survive!"

The two had too many differences in their ideas and they started arguing as soon as they met.

However, there is nothing special about this. The scholars and officials in the Ming Dynasty often quarreled. The scholars and officials in the early and mid-term periods had their own ideals and beliefs. When everyone's ideals and beliefs conflicted, they would quarrel. Everyone insisted on their beliefs and refused to give in, and the quarrel naturally became more and more intense. From the quarrels of various ministries to the cabinet, from the cabinet to the court meeting, and in front of the emperor.

Even those who dared to take action in the court did not even take it seriously. The emperor was so angry that he ordered the Han general to come in and drag everyone out to beat him up. However, if they had the chance in the future, they would still quarrel. What is a stubborn donkey? In the court of the Ming Dynasty, there were a group of stubborn donkeys and a group of stubborn donkeys who went on one after another.

In the past, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty had a lot of hard bones and would never retreat easily. If the emperor asked them to do anything, they would refuse. No matter what you said, I don’t think so, anyway, I don’t think so! Even if you are the emperor, there are even more scholars and officials who quarrel with the emperor. The strong emperor of Wanli was forced by a group of scholars and officials to dare not go to court. Why? He couldn’t argue with his subordinates and had to cheat.

Unfortunately, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rituals and officials were completely corrupted. No one quarreled anymore. They would do whatever the emperor said. Even if they had different ideas and opinions, they would no longer have the courage to argue. Without this trend, the court became a one-man sect, and there would no longer be hope, and the Ming Dynasty would perish.

What Shi Kefa admired most in his life was the old seniors in the past, especially those who directly rejected the emperor's golden words in the court. What kind of minister is the most respectable? Of course, he is the one who directly beats the emperor's mouth! He is determined to be a counselor, a counselor with a strong backbone. Therefore, in the Ministry of Revenue, he was very disgusted with the actions of other colleagues. Unfortunately, his power is too small and he is not from the Censorate. He has no right to speak in the court.

Of course, Zhang Zhun's words greatly stimulated Shi Kefa. His loyalty to the emperor was very serious. How could he withstand such crazy words as Zhang Zhun? Shi Kefa said angrily: "You are a fallacy!"

Zhang Zhun wanted to add some strong medicine to Shi Kefa, change some of his understanding, and said disdainfully: "Dr. Shi, you can volunteer to go to the front line to suppress the people and see how the civil chaos is caused. Why can the riot army respond to one's call? Don't they know that they want to confiscate their families and exterminate their clans? Why do they even have to rebel even though they know that they have been beheaded and confiscated?"

Shi Kefa said angrily: "Chen Qiyu is a disaster to the country and the people, and should not accept the demands of the thieves surrender! If the thieves were completely eliminated in the chariots, there would not be such a situation today! Henan would not be corrupt either!"

Zhang Zhun laughed and said loudly: "Dragon Master Shi, you have always been in the Ministry of Revenue. You only know that you have never had enough money and food, but you don't know whose money and food are in the world! Is the Ming Dynasty really not rich? Is it so poor that I can't even get a tael of silver? No! There is too much money and food! Where is the money and food? In the princes, in the ministers and powerful officials, in the high officials, in the father-in-law, in the landlords and powerful, in the hands of all major merchants! If this problem is not solved, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed at any time!"

Shi Kefa's face turned pale.

Zhang Zhun's words deeply hurt him.

This trip to Jiangnan just confirmed Zhang Zhun's statement. The salt merchants in Yangzhou are absolutely not short of silver. Each salt merchant's home is built more luxurious than the palace. The number of singers and concubines in their family is more than the emperor's harem. Their meal costs more than the emperor's day. The lowest-class servants in their family are all wearing silk and satin. However, they are unwilling to pay the silver to the court.

Shi Kefa went south to Yangzhou to get the salt merchants to pay the full tax. However, behind each salt merchant, there is an extremely powerful background. The eight major salt merchants combined, the background became even more complex and powerful. Shi Kefa racked his brains and spent all his efforts, but in the end there was no result. There was no way, so he had to come to Haizhou City and ask Zhang Shenyan for help. Unexpectedly, he had such a thing to do.

The two were still quarreling, and Wu Qingliang came to report: "Sir, all the prisoners have been arrested!"

Zhang Zhun frowned and asked, "Did Sun Ronglu catch him?"

Wu Qingliang said regretfully: "That boy resisted stubbornly and was shot by the brothers of the Sixth Association in a row of gunfires and all of them were killed."

Zhang Zhun frowned, "I'll go to the scene to see it."

Wu Qingliang took Zhang Zhun to the vicinity of the prefect's yamen.

There are many other corpses here, which should have been killed by pirates before they died. The pirates were crazy and found that they had no way to survive, so they killed people and buried them randomly. In the warehouse in the backyard, there were indeed seven or eight pirate corpses lying everywhere. They should have retreated here and then shot to death by the soldiers of the Tiger Army. A pirate's body was cleared out. After being identified by the captain, this person was Sun Ronglu's body. Sun Ronglu had at least a dozen bullet holes on his body, which showed the fierce firepower at that time.

Yang Qianqiang said: "Sir, brothers are red in their eyes..."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said coldly: "It's better to be beaten to death, but it's worth the death."

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Clearn out all the pirates, whether they are dead or alive, and concentrate them in the square in front of the yamen, waiting for the handling!"

Yang Qianqiang, Wu Qingliang and others agreed to go.

Soon, the work was basically completed.

According to rough statistics, the Hu Ben Army killed more than 570 pirates and captured more than 260 alive. When Sun Ronglu went north, the number of pirates exceeded one thousand. Some of them were lost in the naval battle. In addition to the losses in Haizhou City, they were wiped out and none of them missed the net.
To be continued...