The entire Hu family was killed. This news spread quickly throughout Jiaozhou City as if it had legs.
Before, those people had vowed to fight against the imperial court, but they did not expect the imperial court to act so quickly.
The most important thing is that they can't believe it is true.
The strength of the Hu family in the entire Jiaozhou is unquestionable, and they have many good men under their command. Even if you want to wipe out his entire family, you must have a certain level of strength. If you don't have a certain level of strength, it would be like asking for trouble.
There had been some disputes among their major families before. The fighters of the Hu family were extremely powerful. As long as they could do it with force, they would never hesitate at all. All the major families had suffered at their hands.
But now, in just a few hours, the entire family was killed. How could anyone believe this? Moreover, two generations of family heads died in their own yard. Could it be that all the guards they hired were dead?
Of course it's impossible. Some people have had conflicts with the Hu family before, and the people they brought in are no match for them.
Since those guards were not dead and were very powerful, it could only mean one thing: the people brought by Li Xiang were more powerful and had already killed the Hu family before they could react.
The major families cannot sit and wait for death. If they allow Li Xiang to defeat them one by one, they will probably not have the strength to resist in the future.
The Fan family and the Wu family are the two major families in the city. After they heard that the Hu family was destroyed, the heads of the two families prepared to go out of the city. After all, the mansions in the city are similar to those of the Hu family. If Li Xiang wants to take action against them, the two families will probably not be much better off.
But just when they were ready to run out of the city, Ruan Yuanjia had already arrived at Fan's house with his men.
"Ruan, are you crazy? Bringing people to raid my house."
Fan Wenhao, the head of the Fan family, was blocked at the door, but he didn't have much money, because Ruan Yuanjia only brought about a hundred people, and he had more than three hundred men under him. In addition, the two surrounding streets were full of people from the Fan family. Once they heard that a fight had broken out here, the children of the Fan family would definitely come to help, and by then there would be thousands of people.
"Fan Wenhao, there's no need to discuss anything else. You know your own situation very well. This is already past the time limit set by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I see you don't intend to ask your family to resign, so I must help you. Everyone on the list, follow me. I promise not to touch the elderly, weak, sick, or young in your family. If you dare to pull out your knife, that will be another matter."
After experiencing the events of the Hu family, Ruan Yuanjia is no longer the same as before. He now speaks with confidence. Of course, he knows that it has nothing to do with him. This is all the confidence given by the Tang Dynasty court. Although he is also a Jing people, the Tang Dynasty court gave him unprecedented dominance.
He used to be a local official here, but from the tone of Fan Wenhao's voice, it was clear that the head of the big family did not take him seriously at all.
"You're looking for death, so don't blame me. Go out and kill them. I'll give you two strings of cash for every one you kill."
Fan Wenhao had never suffered such a loss before, so how could he be threatened by a powerless local official? Looking at the hundreds of Tang Dynasty soldiers around him, they didn't seem that powerful.
After leaving the city, their families will be able to gather together and discuss raising an army. Since the Tang Dynasty court won't let us live, why are we still pretending here? The worst that can happen is rebellion.
Although the Tang Dynasty has become very powerful in recent years, we are too far away from Chang'an. Even if we transfer troops from Nanzhao, there are so many mountains in between. By the time you arrive, we will have already gathered in the mountains. If you dare to come into the mountains to encircle us, I don't know how many of you will die.
There was nothing wrong with Fan Wenhao's idea, but like Hu Liangzhi, he did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the Tang army was so much higher than theirs, and he did not expect that the weapons and equipment of the Tang army were so powerful.
"Musketeers, platoon, fire."
Because the space outside the Fan family's door was spacious enough to accommodate at least twenty people walking side by side, the strategy was changed this time, and the more than thirty musketeers were divided into two rows.
After hearing the officer's order, the half-kneeling row fired first.
Everyone in the Fan family has the same idea as Fan Wenhao. As long as we can rush forward, with just a hundred or so people like them, we will be able to kill them sooner or later.
But who knew that the other side would fire a barrel of something with white smoke, and before they could figure out what was happening, many people had several wounds on their bodies, and those who were in the front all fell down.
What is this thing? How could it be so powerful?
This is what is in everyone's mind, including those who have fallen, but this is the last thought they have in this world.
"Second platoon shooting."
The Tang Dynasty officers don't have that much time to wait for your reaction. Come here, when the first row of soldiers finish shooting, the second row of soldiers will continue shooting.
And the soldiers in the second row took two steps forward. This is the strategy of approaching step by step.
On the wide streets of such a city, whenever gunshots rang out, there would always be a dozen members of the Fan family falling down, but the Tang soldiers would advance dozens of meters and force all the Fan family members back into the gate.
"Second platoon, turn around and fire."
Hearing the footsteps behind him, mixed with some shouts of killing, the Tang Dynasty officer did not panic. He immediately divided the musketeers into two parts. Although only a dozen people turned around, more than 20 of the enemy fell down after a round of volleys.
The people of the Fan family had never seen such a thing before. They had heard that the weapons of the Tang Dynasty were advanced, but it couldn't be that advanced. The two sides hadn't even come into close combat yet, and half of their men were already unable to stand.
When they retreated into the mansion, the wooden boards at the door were useless and were directly penetrated. The few people blocking the door were killed in an instant.
Fan Wenhao was stunned at this moment. He had never seen such a sharp weapon. Perhaps now he understood how the people of the Hu family died?
"Quickly retreat to the middle courtyard..."
This is a large house with three courtyards, so they still have a way to retreat, but the Tang army has already rushed in from the outside.
Ruan Yuanjia watched this scene happily. He really made the right choice. Even if he had to run errands for the Tang Dynasty in the future, he would not continue to listen to them.
