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The Storm of the Late Ming Dynasty 5200 Volume 2 Chapter 670: A farce that breaks the heart (Part 2)

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    Before Sun Jin could recover from his surprise, he saw the armed militiamen raising their muskets.

    The people of the Longhua Society did not take these muskets seriously. These ignorant gangsters, who mostly came from the countryside, felt that they had talismans on them and carried various filthy objects to break the magic. They did not care at all about the muskets pointed at them.

    But when the muskets fired, they realized something was wrong.

    There were only more than fifty armed militiamen. These semi-professional armed forces could not be regarded as real professional soldiers, but their first round of shooting caused a large number of casualties among the people of Longhuahui. Twenty or thirty people fell down, howling.  The sound resonates with the cry.

    ?Then followed by the second and third rounds of shooting.

    The weapons design institute in Xinxiang has not been idle in recent years. How to increase the rate of fire of muskets as much as possible has always been their research goal. Now the muskets used by militiamen can be said to have reached the ultimate rate of fire of rifles. In just one minute,  They completed three rounds of shooting, and at this time, the Longhua Society's followers were still two hundred meters away from them!

    "Free fire!"

    After a brief period of daze caused by death and killing, the people of Longhua Club finally understood that all the preparations they had made could not prevent the muskets of armed militiamen from taking away their lives.  Suddenly, all the courage generated by plunder and atrocities disappeared, replaced by fear and collapse.  Looking at the Longhua Club members who were turning around and running around like headless flies, the commander of the armed militia issued an order.

    This can¡¯t be considered a war at all, not even a fight.

    When Sun Jin saw this scene, he was also stunned.  He knew that the members of the Longhua Society were unreliable.  But I didn't expect them to be so unreliable.

    Will it collapse at the first touch?  No, not even the most basic contact!  Sun Jin knew some art of war, and he understood that the most likely cause of collapse during a battle was the moment of hand-to-hand assault.  He originally thought that these members of the Longhua Club would be able to rush forward and cause some damage to the armed militia, perhaps because of their large number of people.  They can even engage in standoffs with armed militias.

    The result is this!

    Now Sun Jin understands why Yu Guozhen knew that Longhua would revolt, but did not mobilize regular troops to protect Shanghai at all.  It was originally in Sun Jin's plan.  The Longhua Hui uprising surrounded Shanghai, cutting off Shanghai's commercial routes to Jinling and the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and at the same time trying to block the canal.  In this way, Yu Guozhen had to mobilize regular Chinese troops from Shandong and Guangdong and Guangxi. By this time, the defenses of Shandong and Guangxi would be empty. If someone incites them again, many gentry will form a stronghold to protect themselves in panic.

    At this time, he went to lobby Yu Guozhen again, pointing out that these squires were revolting one after another because Yu Guozhen did not open up the subject to recruit scholars, and did not reuse the talented scholars. Under various pressures, Yu Guozhen was used to compromising.  Maybe you will change your mind.

    But I never thought that Yu Guozhen, who has always liked "harmony", seemed to still use the "harmony" method this time, but in the end he achieved such an effect!

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    After Sun Jin was in a daze, he regained his composure and found that there were two armed militiamen standing in front of him.

    Looking at Sun Jin with doubtful eyes, one of the two armed militiamen shouted: "Who are you? You look like you are not one of those magicians from the Longhua Society?"

    "I am a disciple of Confucianism. How can a pure scholar be the kind of man who pretends to be a god?" Sun Jin smiled bitterly and said: "I have an old relationship with Yu Jimin. My younger brother is Sun Lin and Sun Kexian, who also serves on the Chinese Military Strategy Commission.  "

    "Oh, I'm sorry, sir."

    Those armed militiamen saw that Sun Jin still had traces of being stepped on by the Longhua Hui people. They also saw in the town that the Longhua Hui people had just pushed him down.  Therefore, there was no doubt that he had it, and he saluted Sun Jin.

    Sun Jin coughed, knowing that he could only frighten the other party for a moment. He could not stay here for long and had to leave immediately.  He turned back and boarded a small boat on the pier, only to find that all the rowers and boatmen on the boat had also gone ashore. They were either dead or prisoners of the militia.

    It is said that a gentleman talks but does not use his hands. It is not that Sun Jin does not know how to row a boat, but he has not done it himself for many years. He picked up the oar and stroked a few times, and the boat was spinning in place. Then he picked up the pennant, but at this time,  The big man who was the leader of the Longhua Society was kneeling down to beg for mercy. Seeing his appearance, he immediately started yelling.

    "This guy is leading the way for us. He is the mastermind behind us. We were all forced here by him. I want to make meritorious service and report him!"

    This shout caused the two militiamen who had greeted Sun Jin with smiles to suddenly change their expressions.

    ¡°You¡¯re such an old boy, how dare you lie to others!¡±

    A militiaman jumped on the boat and grabbed Sun Jin¡¯s hair.Sun Jin screamed twice, but he couldn't get away from him and was dragged ashore by him.  Before going ashore, the lower half of my body was soaked in the water and suddenly became wet.

    Although it was early spring, the river was still cold. Sun Jin was angry, anxious and scared, and couldn't help but tremble.  The two militiamen ignored him, and the other one came up and slapped him with two big mouths. They thought that they were almost deceived by this guy, and they became angry.

    Sun Jin, who was beaten severely, understood that he might be in trouble this time.  He shouted: "I really have an old relationship with Yu Jimin. My brother Sun Kexian and Yu Jimin are brothers-in-law. I am also from Tongcheng. The Fang family in Tongcheng has been close to my family for generations"

    In his eagerness, he told everything he could think of about his relationship with Yu Guozhen.  The militiaman sneered: "I've been deceived by you once, how can I be deceived by you again? Even if you are Sun Lin's brother, go and explain to our officials!"

    "Sun Lin's brother actually colluded with these bandits and scoundrels from the Longhua Society. It's hard to believe it. This guy's shouting is just like the truth. Doesn't this mean we are being treated as fools?"

    Sun Jin was pulled aside by his hair and tied to the Longhua Club members.  The members of the Longhua Society are all ignorant people in the countryside who have been incited. Although they are still murmuring against their Celestial Master, they are afraid of punishment from the gods and Buddhas in the world and do not dare to say evil words.  Sun Jin, they were not afraid at all.  I feel that Sun Jin also deserves some credit for being in this situation.  Therefore, they kicked and beat Sun Jin one by one, and cursed endlessly, as if not doing so was not enough to show their repentance.

    Later, the armed militiamen had to drag Sun Jin aside to prevent him from being beaten to death by these Longhua Hui members.

    even so.  Sun Jin was already covered in wounds, and his body was covered in blood, snot, and water stains, making him look miserable.  Very unbearable.  At first he was still thinking about arguing, but later he realized that these armed militiamen would not listen to him.  He could only endure it.

    But it was not until evening that the leaders of the armed militia came to see him.

    "Are you really Mr. Sun Kexian's brother?" The leader was shocked when he saw his appearance. At this time, Sun Jin was cold, hungry, and had been beaten. He no longer looked as cool as a literati.  Not just ten years older.

    "We lost our parents when we were young. I raised Kexian by myself. The marriage of his family was also finalized between me and Governor Fang." Sun Jin did not dare to say more at this time.  He answered whatever was asked, with a frustrated look on his face.

    "That's strange. Since you have such a relationship with Mr. Sun Kexian and are related by marriage to Governor Fang, you are a relative of our commander-in-chief. You don't come to help our commander-in-chief. Instead, you go to help those lunatics from the Longhua Society Tsk, tsk, seriously.  It¡¯s confusing.¡±

    Sun Jin was speechless.

    He had no intention of explaining his thoughts to the other party, because he knew that the other party was just a low-level leader of the armed militia.  Such people were born in the past, just because they followed Yu Guozhen.  Now they have no worries about their livelihood, and Yu Guozhen has given them corresponding status.

    Talking about scholars and the right way with them is just talking to a cow.

    "Such villains, as long as they use them, they can't be trusted."

    All kinds of weird thoughts were spinning in Sun Jin's mind. He remained silent. The other party clicked his tongue twice and said, "Since you said there is such a relationship, it's hard for me to deal with you. Just as it was said above,  , the captured leaders of all parties must be escorted to Shanghai. Mr. Sun, our commander-in-chief is now in Shanghai, go and talk to him."

    When Sun Jin heard that Yu Guozhen himself had arrived in Shanghai, his eyes suddenly lit up: "He has sent troops?"

    "What kind of troops should we deploy to deal with you chickens and dogs?" The militia leader laughed: "Don't think too highly of yourself. With dozens of armed militiamen, I can defeat more than 2,000 of you and leave the rest.  Don't even think about escaping, you will definitely become a prisoner, so where is the use of regular troops?"

    Sun Jin could only sigh softly.

    On the tenth day of February in the twenty-sixth year of Chongzhen, Sun Jin, who was hit hard, was sent to Shanghai County.  In the past few years, he had lived in seclusion in the countryside. He only heard about the changes in Shanghai but did not see them with his own eyes.  But he had been to Shanghai before, so when the ship escorting him arrived at Shanghai Baoshan Pier, he felt that he could not close his eyes.

    I have long heard that Xinxiang was transformed from a wasteland into a big city by Yu Guozhen in just a few years. Since Sun Jin had never been there personally, he always felt that this statement was a bit exaggerated.  But now that he saw Shanghai, he began to believe that Yu Guozhen really had this ability to turn decay into magic.

    This made him a little confused. The right path he pursued throughout his life had a fundamental conflict with the path Yu Guozhen was taking. It could even be said to be an irreconcilable contradiction.  But they are scholars and gentlemen who claim to be scholars, It did not bring the Ming Dynasty to the height of prosperity and resurgence, nor did it bring much benefit to the people of the world or even the people of one prefecture and one county.

    But Yu Guozhen did it Could it be said that their right way is wrong, and Yu Guozhen's crooked way is right?

    As soon as this thought came to mind, Sun Jin was shocked. Why did he just arrive in Shanghai and see this city, and then he doubted the faith he had insisted on for decades?

    Everything in front of you is Yu Guozhen¡¯s trick to win people¡¯s hearts. It can¡¯t be trusted, it can¡¯t be trusted!

    He warned himself repeatedly in his mind, and then he was escorted ashore.

    There were far more than one person who was taken ashore with him. The evil gentry and powerful people from the Longhua Society and Jiangnan area, as well as the clan elders who were used to dictating local affairs, hundreds of people were arrested.  They were all escorted to Shanghai, and when they were driven by soldiers through the long street, the pedestrians who were rushing around stopped to watch.

    Sun Jin suddenly felt that this might be an opportunity, an opportunity to show Yu Guozhen that the three armies could seize his handsome man but not his land!  (To be continued) m

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