Chapter 136: Rebellion Must Have Discipline (I)
Huo Chong finally rushed back to Zichuan County. As soon as he arrived near the headquarters, he knew something was wrong. From afar, he saw that the gates of Zichuan County were closed and many people were standing on the top of the city. Everyone was holding weapons, and the tense figures were obviously on guard.
The headquarters of the Zhongfu platform is outside the county town, and people from all walks of life are seen entering and leaving the headquarters nervously. When they saw Huo Chong return, everyone put down their work and gathered around him, and began to talk about what happened.
Huo Chong heard a few words, probably something like provoking the government troops. He raised his hand and shouted, "Stop talking!" Then everyone slowly stopped.
"Now continue to retreat according to the arrangement!" Huo Chong gave the order.
"Sir, we are going to Mengyin County!" someone shouted.
"Since you are willing to stay, I think your eldest sister has already said it!" Huo Chong trusted Qian Qing very much, and the retreat plan was originally led by Huo Chong. Of course, the reason for the participants at that time was ridiculous, that is, a group of giant bandits were ravaging Shandong. How should the Zhongfu platform retreat to the safe Mengyin County with minimal losses?
After Huo Chong asked this, everyone finally calmed down. At this time, someone shouted: "Let's follow the master. Those who don't want to leave can stay."
When faced with the choice again, everyone started to act again.
Entering the headquarters, he saw papers scattered all over the ground. Huo Chong sighed. Even though he had transferred a considerable amount of documents to Mengyin County, he still couldn't take them away immediately. Then he heard Lei Hu shouting in the courtyard next to him: "Hurry up, burn them all!"
Haha! That’s… well said.
As they continued walking forward, they saw people escorting a group of prisoners from the Literary Inquisition who had come to Huo Chong for help. The mothers held their children's hands tightly, and the children supported their mothers. When they saw Huo Chong, the leading mother knelt down in front of him. Huo Chong hurried forward to support her, and heard the woman say loudly, " Mr. Huo, we are willing to follow you, and we only ask you not to abandon us."
Huo Chong was very touched and immediately praised the teacher, "Don't worry, I will never abandon you. Let's go quickly, the donkeys outside are ready."
Going one level further, I saw a dozen people tied up on one side of the yard. Most of them were acquaintances, such as yamen runners, police chiefs, and clerks.
Just as he was about to go in, Qian Qing came out in a short coat. When he saw Huo Chong, he rushed over and said, "Sir..."
"Stop talking nonsense and retreat!"
Hearing that Huo Chong did not blame him at all, Qian Qing said quickly: "Sir, when I learned that Yongzheng actually sent an imperial envoy to convey his order, I knew he had bad intentions. He has been withdrawn for several days, and it is almost time to leave now."
"Yes. For those who refuse to leave, let them go to the workshop to move things. It's better to leave them to everyone than to these Tartars."
For so many years, the word "Tartar" had been a thorn in his side. Now that he could finally get it out, Huo Chong was very happy.
"Where are these people?" Qian Qing asked.
Huo Chong looked at the group of people, took a few steps forward and apologized to them, "I'm sorry for wronging you."
This group of people were probably arrested because they were watching nearby, and Huo Chong had already guessed the reason. When the group of people saw Huo Chong apologize, they immediately started to tremble, and someone was already shouting: "Huo Chong, please let us go quickly, and we can say a few good words for you in front of the master and we can spare your life."
"Hehehe!" Huo Chong laughed happily. It was already this time and these people were still thinking about this kind of thing.
"Everyone, the reason I apologize is because you are unlucky and were captured at this time. Since I want to rebel, I also have rules. This rule is not to insult prisoners. But now, you have been captured and insulted. So I apologize to you."
After saying that, Huo Chong pointed at Qian Qing's waist. Qian Qing took a look and immediately drew out his broadsword and handed it to Huo Chong. Huo Chong was about to take action, but then he remembered some people and ordered, "Call Lei Hu and the security department."
Soon, all the violent personnel selected by Huo Chong arrived in the yard. Huo Chong also told everyone that they should not abuse prisoners, and then turned to the bound prisoners and said loudly: "Prisoners, you can only be considered prisoners after you surrender your weapons and kneel down to surrender. You are now forced to be prisoners. Let me ask you, are you willing to surrender?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the captives changed. A moment later, a clerk cursed, "You bastard, why do you want me to surrender?"
Huo Chong asked them one by one, but no one was willing to surrender. Huo Chong sighed and started to chop them one by one from the beginning. The amount of blood sprayed was not as much as expected. Perhaps Huo Chong's sword was not fast enough, and there was no sound like wind when the blood sprayed.
A dozen of those who were captured were hacked one by one. Only when the eighth one was hacked did someone scream, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
Huo Chong changed from slashing to stabbing, and stabbed the man in the chest with his sword. Then he felt that he was not experienced enough, so he drew out the sword that was blocked by his ribs and slashed down with his sword.
Only two people were left. They were so scared that tears streamed down their cheeks. They cried out, "Master Huo, spare us, Master Huo, spare us. We are convinced. We surrender. Spare us!"
Huo Chong retracted his broadsword and asked, "Since you surrender, are you willing to come with me?"
The two wanted to say yes, but they knew Huo Chong was rebelling, so they didn't dare to speak and just kept shaking their heads. After shaking for a while, they felt that they would die if they refused Huo Chong, so they quickly shouted: "Master Huo, please let us go! Let us go!"
"Okay, surrender. If you refuse to follow me, I will let you go." After saying that, Huo Chong turned around and said to the people behind him, "This is how we identify prisoners and how we treat them. Anyone who fights us head-on must be killed! Anyone who kneels down and surrenders can be spared. Prisoners cannot be abused."
"Big Brother, why?" The third brother, Li Tieniu, who is now the director of the Security Department, asked in a daze.
Huo Chong stepped forward and patted the third brother on the shoulder, "Because we are upright people. We fight in an upright manner, and the enemy must be killed. But since those who surrender have submitted, bullying them is bullying. Those who bully others are bad people, we are not bad people!"
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, it was convenient for Huo Chong to continue retreating. After working all night, when the sky got bright, Huo Chong ordered the last of the paper to be burned. But the house was not damaged at all.
Lei Hu had long since recovered from the shock of Huo Chong's successive executions of those who refused to surrender. He approached and asked, "Sir, we will be back, right?"
"Of course we will come back. But I'm not asking you to destroy this house because I want to live in it in the future. It has nothing to do with that."
"Why is that?"
"It's not a bad thing if such a good thing can help others." After saying that, Huo Chong asked someone to untie the two captives who had been tied up all night.
When he came to the captives, he saw them kneeling down and kowtow to express his gratitude. Huo Chong did not answer them, but told them, "You can go back. Tell the people over there that I, Huo Chong, will not kill surrendered captives."
After saying that, Huo Chong set off westward with the last team. Mengyin County in the west was the camp Huo Chong had prepared for a long time , and at this time the headquarters had sent people to bring news to people in other branches. Those who were still willing to follow Huo Chong could meet up in Mengyin County.
