Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Five

Ruan Dacheng never dreamed that an anti-Qing uprising that had been carefully launched after four years of preparation would be defeated in an instant at the hands of a little-known committee member!He was clearly aware of his mistake, but he refused to admit it in front of Master Qi Ming Daqi and Master Du Tianxing.When Zhu Renfu, Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhong Deliang put him in front of Mr. Qi and the others, before Mr. Qi and Mr. Du could speak, he scolded himself: "Your surname is Qi, and your surname is Du. Today's great cause will be ruined by the two of you." You are in the hands of a bastard and a fool! When I was planning the incident, I said that I would use the banner of Hongmen to declare that I would oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty. You think you are smart, but you are not allowed! Play! It's good now, as soon as the truth is revealed, everyone will run away!"

Master Qi was very angry, he flicked his braids, beat his chest and said: "If you talk about bastards and foolishness, you Marshal Ruan is the number one bastard and foolishness in Tianzi! Back then when you launched the banner of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty, did they do anything to you? Do people dare to do anything with you? The bad thing is that you leaked the secret prematurely and scared everyone away! Another point, when you attacked the city, you made a lot of mistakes in commanding and deploying troops. The brothers surnamed gathered up and quickly dealt with the county government office? Why did you only entangle with the officers, soldiers and righteous people in the city, and finally led these gangsters who didn't know the details to the county government office in a mess? Now things are not good, but you It’s so strange that I’m waiting for my head!”

Ruan Dacheng shouted again: "During the siege, your leader of Qi Dacheng was also standing under the commander-in-chief flag, why didn't you think of this at the time? Why didn't you come out with this high-level discussion at that time!" Master Qi was even angrier, and he gnashed his teeth and shouted: "What do you mean by this? You mean that I, a certain person from Qi, colluded with the government to harm you on purpose? Now that the matter is up to now, the old man will tell you clearly that no matter how you lure me , as long as this matter fails, you and I will die! I, Qi, will be beheaded, and you, Ruan Dacheng, will also be executed by the Manchu court! Your surname Ruan doesn’t have to be so entangled. It's better to take care of the funeral early!"

These words, like an alarm bell, awakened Ruan Dacheng. Ruan Dacheng's face was ashen, he pulled out the two swords from their scabbards, held them in his hands, and asked: "Everyone, tell me, how should we take care of the funeral? Withdrew from the county town, rushed back to Qingpu, and followed the three monks to the sea to fight for bandits and robbers." , or fight to the death, gather your brothers to kill here in Jinkou!" Master Qi said: "I don't want to stay here for a long time. I have to go home as soon as possible, pack up the food, and go out to hide, so as not to be captured by the government and be decapitated!"

When Ruan Dacheng heard this, he immediately raised his sword, and said angrily: "This is the next strategy. Just let the birds and beasts scatter, and the four-year foundation will be destroyed in one fell swoop, which is not a law of heaven! Moreover, in this way, thousands of brothers surnamed Hong It will be a catastrophe! If anyone says this again, he will receive my sword first!" Master Qi was shocked, and he dared not speak again.All the brothers around you look at me and I look at you, but they dare not interrupt. After a moment of silence, Du Tianxing, the world-renowned genius, had another idea.

Du Tianxing asked: "The third monk originally planned to come after I waited for the incident, when is the date?" Ruan Dacheng said: "It was yesterday, but this bastard didn't come as promised!" Du Tianxing said: "There are many unpredictable things when sailing on the sea. Maybe it is a normal thing to delay a day and a half due to the wind direction and current. I think they will still come!" Ruan Dacheng thought for a while and approved Du Tianxing's analysis. Du Tianxing said again: "As long as two or three hundred people under the three monks can kill Jinkou, things may turn around! Now that things are up to now, one person inside and outside is dead, I don't think we should evacuate the county in a hurry, but we can take advantage of the officers and soldiers before they come. , Gather your brothers, take down the county government office, kill the boy surnamed Bai, wait until the third monk enters the city, and then try to make a big move. Come in, we can take advantage of Zhu Jianning's greed and concealment, and continue to attack, all the way to the prefect of Linjiang, along the way Recruiting troops and buying horses, preaching the evil deeds of the government, and arousing the hearts of the people. If we retreat, we can join the three monks, enter the sea from Qingpu, and transfer to Nanyang. In the future, we will be full of wings and start a great cause..."

Hearing this, Ruan Dacheng seemed to have seen a glimmer of light again, and he stamped his feet and shouted: "Brother Du, you don't need to say anything, these words are exactly what I want to say! Let's do this! Gather people immediately, take down the county government, Cut down that surnamed Bai and make sense again!" Zhu Renfu, Zhong Deliang and many brothers around him agreed, and they immediately split up and called up the brothers surnamed Hong who were still stranded in various places in the city, preparing to attack the county government. Things are also unexpected.After the capture of the county seat, the brothers surnamed Hong scattered in all directions. Some people did not come to the county government office at all, but went to kill the rich and help the poor with knives and guns. Therefore, the brothers surnamed Hong failed to show their due prestige.Right now, after being searched and summoned, four to five hundred people suddenly appeared from all over the place.Among them, many people are quite rich, carrying a lot of colorful packages and objects on their hands, shoulders, and necks, and they are all green, red, purple, and green.

Ruan Dacheng was startled again, and secretly sighed: How can such a general achieve great things!He really wanted to kill one or two of them, to suppress this wind of getting rich!However, he knew that now was not the time. Instead of killing them, he had to encourage them to continue to make a fortune. After most of the brothers arrived, Ruan Dacheng stood on the high steps in front of the teahouse and called out loudly: "Brothers, there is still 60,000 taels of silver in the county yamen courtyard, and take it out with me! Everyone!" Brothers, don't be afraid, before the officers and soldiers arrive, the hero San Monk, who kills the rich and helps the poor at sea, is about to enter the city. The San Monk will go to Linjiang Mansion together with us! Linjiang Mansion still has hundreds of thousands of silver waiting for us to go Take! Brothers, kill!"

Ruan Dacheng yelled the word "kill", then threw off his clothes, went into battle shirtless, jumped down the steps, and led the brothers to rush to the empty field at the gate of the county government office. At this time, the empty space in front of the county government office and the streets were already in a mess, with knives, guns and sticks thrown everywhere, bloody corpses poured everywhere, and torn floating cloths thrown around.In front of the county yamen, there were many officers, soldiers and volunteers standing in rows. They obviously did not take their guard lightly, and they had obviously prepared a battle formation under the arrangement of the resourceful Bo Qinruo.

Ruan Dacheng and his brothers came over shouting for murder, and the officers, soldiers and righteous citizens in front of the county government also shouted to meet them, and a bloody killing began immediately.The sound of the impact of knives and sticks, the screams of the wounded and killed, and the screams and gasps of the assassins mixed together, creating an extraordinary momentum that overwhelmed the sky, and there was a continuous din. The two sides fought in full swing, inseparable, and after a while, the corpses were scattered everywhere.During the hacking and killing, the brothers surnamed Hong gradually gained the upper hand, and forced the officers, soldiers and righteous people of the Qing Dynasty to the gate of the county government step by step.

Na Boqinruo seemed to be confident and didn't panic, and opened the gate of the county government wide, but didn't close it. Seeing that the officers, soldiers and righteous people were at a disadvantage, he used a magic trick again and released a group of people from the gate. Shareholders join the war.Bo Qinruo himself was like Zhuge Liang mentioned in the Three Kingdoms, just standing calmly on the table behind the courtyard wall and looking out. Ruan Dacheng, who was being killed, was very angry, but helpless. If his brothers surnamed Hong didn't attack the county government, the head he wanted to take could only be placed on the shoulder of the boy surnamed Bai. On the contrary, Zhu Renfu, Uncle Zhu, had some tricks. Seeing Ruan Dacheng waving his sword at Bo Qinruo and yelling at him, he immediately threw a catty dart with a strand of red silk thread over everyone's heads. Before Bo Qinruo noticed, , had been stabbed firmly on Pachinruo's shoulder, and Pachinruo's upper body swayed on the wall and disappeared. Ruan Dacheng was overjoyed, thinking that Bo Qinruo was dead, he raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, don't retreat, the man surnamed Bo has been shot to death by Uncle Zhu, let's rush into the yamen to get the money!" After the volunteers from the county yamen poured out, the brothers surnamed Hong under Ruan Dacheng couldn't take it any longer, and were retreating steadily. Now hearing this shout, he mustered up his courage again, and charged forward to face the opponent. Approaching the gate again. Unexpectedly, the positions of the volunteer officers and soldiers in front of the gate were still stable, and another flow of people shot out from inside the gate, forming a fierce counterattack momentum again.And at this moment, Pachinruo appeared on the wall again, clutching his bleeding shoulder—still looking at ease. Ruan Dacheng panicked now, guessing that there was something mysterious about it - obviously, while Naboqinruo was fighting him, he was constantly organizing the righteous people in the city to serve as a backup source of troops.Those government pawns who came to participate in the war must have poured in from the back door of the county government.Only then did he realize how his brothers, who were only interested in plundering and making a fortune, angered many people in Jinkou City in this short half day. He withdrew from the killing crowd, found Du Tianxing and Master Qi, and asked them to quickly lead people around to the backyard of the county government office, and cut off the way for Bo Qinruo's reinforcements. However, it was already too late, just when Du Tianxing woke up and Master Qi gathered his troops, a brother who was watching the wind at the gate of the city came to report that a large number of officers and troops had approached the east gate of the county along the official road! When Du Tianxing heard this, he immediately said to Ruan Dacheng: "You can't fight anymore, if you continue to fight, you will die! Brothers of the Ruan family, quickly order the troops to withdraw!" Master Qi was also confused, and said again and again: "Yes! Yes! I can't kill any more! This is the destiny, if I continue to kill, this place is where I will die!" It was only then that Dacheng understood: So far, the matter has undoubtedly failed, his eyes went dark, the invalid gold star spun, and his body couldn't help shaking.All of a sudden, he felt himself collapsed, as if someone had cut off his hamstring. Two brothers stepped forward and supported him. Du Tianxing said again: "Let's go from the west gate, we can't delay any longer! Our only retreat is to rush to Jinpu and go to the sea with the three monks!" Dacheng nodded numbly and said: "Yes! Yes! From now on, I can only go to the sea to be the third monk's minions! Retreat! Tell all brothers to retreat from the west gate!" After finishing speaking, two strings of teardrops rolled down, and he sighed helplessly: "This is fate! This is fate! How can I wait for mortals to resist my fate!" Ruan Dacheng's order to retreat was passed down, and the brothers who gathered in front of the county government office did not dare to love to fight any more, and one after another broke free from the chaotic killing, and followed the crowd all the way west along the street.But the gang of officers, soldiers and righteous people behind them pursued them relentlessly, and killed many brothers surnamed Hong in the pursuit, and captured dozens of people who were left behind.It wasn't until Ruan Dacheng and his party withdrew from the west gate that the officers, soldiers, and volunteers temporarily stopped pursuing and waited for the arrival of reinforcements. When he left the west gate of Jinkou County, Ruan Dacheng had only a hundred or so people around him.He couldn't help sighing again: One day ago, on August 12th, when he led the crowd to attack the county, he was followed by more than 13,000 brothers; What a mess!His four years of hard work, four years of preparation, and four years of savings were all ruined. It was like a terrible nightmare!He felt that he was not defeated by the government officers and soldiers, but by the people he had placed great hope in!The people finally chose the Qing court instead of him, and did not choose the Ming court that originally belonged to their Han nationality. He remembered a sad poem and couldn't help chanting it aloud: "Falling flowers and flowing water, spring is gone, spring is gone..."