Chapter 16 (16) There is righteousness in the world

Li Qifeng, the general soldier of Yangzhou, and Gao Qifeng, the deputy envoy of the supervising army, both left the city and surrendered Duoduo's team. The army and civilians in the city were in a state of chaos, and people kept ganging up to the city gate, beheading the gatekeepers, and rushing out of the gate.As the so-called big waves wash away the sand, the last ones left are those who are of one mind with Shi Kefa and vow to defend the dignity of the nation to the death. Ren Minyu, the magistrate of Yangzhou, put on the brightest official uniform, and swayed to the top of the city: Old Shi, is your posthumous writing ready?If you haven’t written well, write it quickly.

Shi Kefa said: "Old Ren, I am here alone, my parents and younger brother are away from home, but your whole family is in the city, should you let the children go out first?" Ren Minyu smiled and said: What are you doing out there?Go out and be a traitor?Better to stay in the city. So Shi Kefa hurriedly wrote a suicide note, saying in the letter: After I die, please bury me next to Taizu's tomb. After the posthumous writing was finished, a large group of people appeared under the city, and Duoduo finally came. At the foot of the city, the Qing soldiers raised their heads and shouted: Open the door, we are the Qing soldiers, open the door quickly... This shout is because since the Qing soldiers entered the pass, the city gates have been opened everywhere they go, and it has always been just disliked. The city gates opened too slowly, and no one refused them to enter the city yet.So everyone got used to it, and shouted like this when they arrived in Yangzhou.

Shi Kefa waved his hand: Rolling wood and beating stones, get ready. Boom boom boom, the rolling wood and stone smashed down, and the Qing soldiers were stunned on the spot. What's going on?I have already said that we belong to the Qing soldiers, did the city not hear clearly? Then shout again. Shouting again, it drew a wild shot of bow and arrow. This time, Doduo came to his senses a little bit. It turned out that Shi Gebu was here, and that was my favorite idol.Don't worry, everyone, the walls of Yangzhou City are not too thick, let's use cannons, blast open a door, and let's go in by ourselves.

The artillery moved over, aimed at the weakest northwest corner, and started bombarding.Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief guarding the north gate, saw this posture, became angry, and said: "Your mother's Qing soldiers have cannons, don't our Ming troops have cannons?"Bring up the cannon and let's bombard them. The cannon defending the city was lifted up, a projectile was stuffed into the muzzle, the gunpowder was filled with porcelain, and the gunpowder was poked through with the gunpowder, and then the gunpowder was ignited, and there was a bang, as if the sky fell apart.All the soldiers guarding the city were thrown into the air, and even the city wall was blown open.

It turned out that the cannon of the Ming army exploded. At that time Liu Zhaoji was overjoyed and said: "Your grandma is a bear, then let the Qing soldiers and their family bombard them, and let's listen to it." The Qing army continued to bombard for two days and two nights, and then heard a bang, and the city wall collapsed, so the Qing soldiers rushed in through this door with a loud cry. Street fighting began. Liu Zhaoji led 400 men with shouts to charge towards the Qing soldiers, and within a short while, they all died at the gate of the city. The common people in the city came out of their homes, holding pots and pans, and fought against the Qing soldiers.Ren Minyu, the prefect, was wearing a gorgeous official uniform, sitting upright in the court hall, yelling at the whole family to come out, and asked: Are you planning to live on and be humiliated by the slave chiefs?Or should I honor my Ren family and end it myself?

The Ren family, including the children, said: I am willing to honor the ancestors of the Ren family with you. So Ren's family was full, and one by one they threw themselves into wells.At this time, Qing soldiers rushed to the court and ordered Ren Minyu to surrender. Ren Minyu scolded loudly and was killed. Seeing the destruction of Yangzhou city, Shi Kefa let out a long sigh and slayed himself with a horizontal sword.But after all, he is just a literati, and it is all because of his blood that he has such an act of righteousness that shines through the ages, but after all, he is not very familiar with the industry of suicide. He wiped it off with a knife, and the blood gushed from his neck, but he was still alive. .

A general cried loudly, helped Shi Kefa up, and went out of the small east gate, but was blocked by a group of Qing soldiers: "Stop, where is the Shige Department?" Shi Kefa pushed away the general and stepped forward: I am Shi Kefa. The Qing soldiers retreated in a hurry, Duoduo stepped forward with a disfigured smile, and bowed to Shi Kefa to the end: Shi Gebu, I am Duoduo, which means Maanqiao in Chinese... I mean, the name of Mr. Shi, Duduo has admired me for a long time, and I have written to Mr. many times before, hoping to make friends with him, but Mr. returned all my letters... I mean, Mr. Shi, you have already died once , I have done my loyalty to Daming, I dare to ask Mr. Shi to help us take over Jiangnan, I wonder if it is possible?

Shi Kefa sternly said: I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty, how can I betray my master for glory and be a sinner for all ages? Duoduo shook his head and sighed: Mr. Shi, look at you... Doduo waved his hand as he spoke, and retreated sadly. Shi Kefa died.