Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1000 The End of the Hero
Zu Dashou stared blankly at Zu Dale, his waist suddenly bent under the weight.

Zu Dalue also looked at Zu Dashou blankly, with a complicated expression and his lips trembling slightly.

They are brothers who grew up together, practiced martial arts together, joined the army together, and dreamed of a heroic dream that only belonged to the boys of the frontier through the ages.The iron cavalry of the Li family, which had been in Liaodong for decades, was wiped out under the attack of the Qing army. The Guan Ning army picked up the ashes of the Li family cavalry and rose with the strong support of the court. Zu Dashou gradually rose to become the fourth leader of the Guan Ning army The famous general then replaced Yuan Chonghuan and became the number one figure in the Guan Ning Army.Zu Dashou was promoted step by step, and Zu Dale's status also rose. He gradually became a famous general in the Guanning Army. The brothers of the Zu family united with each other and turned Jinzhou into an independent small kingdom.

Since when did the brothers go their separate ways and go their separate ways?After the Battle of Lushun?
Oh, to be more precise, after the Battle of Daling River, there were signs of this.In the battle of Daling River, Zu Dale and Zu Dabi fought side by side with Tianxiong Army and Heluo New Army, desperately fighting against Qing Army, defeating the seemingly invincible Houjin Eight Banners.Although the efforts to reinforce the Daling River failed in the end, and failed to change the fate of the Daling River defenders being annihilated, it profoundly changed the Guanning Army.The Guan Ning army who participated in this bloody battle seemed to have recovered the sharp souls that belonged to the frontier army in the sea of ​​corpses. They realized in this failed bloody battle that the post-Golden Eight Banners was not invincible , as long as they dare to fight to the end, as long as they put more effort into fighting, they can completely defeat this nightmare opponent!From then on, generals such as Zu Dale, Zu Dabi, and Zu Kuan took a completely different path. After the battle of Dalinghe, the generals in western Liaoning who should drink blood continued to drink blood, and those who should eat empty money continued to eat. They are not interested in these things at all, and they spend their whole day working hard on training those elite veterans who survived the Battle of Daling River, and they are regarded as monsters by the Liaoxi generals.And their efforts were rewarded. In the Battle of Lushun, the reborn Guanning cavalry shined brilliantly. For the first time in the field, they defeated the Qing army head-to-head, causing the Qing army to drop thousands of troops on the Fuzhou battlefield. corpse!
From then on, the brothers never went back.Zu Dale and Zu Dabi decided that the greatest glory of a man should be to expel the Tartars and spread their power outside the Great Wall, and show their power to foreign lands. They followed the Tianxiong Army and the Heluo New Army to destroy the bandits, smash the Mongolian tribes, surrender the Zheng family, and conquer the land. Taiwan... wrote a chapter of the situation with a saber, and Zu Dashou continued to stay in Jinzhou, while carefully maintaining an unspoken relationship with Hou Jin while continuing to suck the blood of the court, asking for money, food, and officials. Everything!In the end, when the tide of fate was surging, they finally came to the opposite side and fought each other!
See you again a few years later, they are already hostile to each other. Zu Dashou, who was once infinitely beautiful, has become a bereaved dog, while Zu Dale, who has been covered by his light all the time, has become the commander in command of an invincible iron cavalry. Together with hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, 10,000+ Qing troops and Guanning troops who entered the customs were buried, Mongolian tribes were buried, and 10,000+ Junggar legions were buried.

Fate played a terrible trick on them.

Looking at the iron wall-like encirclement, Wu Sangui paled in horror, while Wu Sanfu trembled all over, crying with a hint of crying, "Second Uncle..."

Zu Dale took a look at this little nephew, didn't speak, just held Ma Li and rode the horse towards Zu Dashou.

Wu Sanfu broke down and called: "Second Uncle, it's us! I'm your nephew! Don't you want to kill them all?"

Wu Xiang shouted: "Shut up! What a shame..." Usually he was quite strict with his two sons, not to mention drinking loudly, Wu Sanfu would tremble even if he coughed lightly.But now his voice is so weak, without any momentum.Apparently, this famous general of the Guanning Army was also out of control. Surrounded by so many Ming cavalrymen, he knew that he was already unable to fly, and his life or death depended on whether Zu Dale could let them live in the face of yesterday. up.And Zu Dale... will he miss the old love?Seeing his murderous appearance, I'm afraid it's very mysterious!Thinking of the coldness and stinging pain when the half-meter-long lance pierced through his chest and passed through his internal organs, the hairs all over his body stood on end.He doesn't want to die yet, he still has a net worth of several 10 taels of silver, and twenty or thirty concubines who are as beautiful as flowers and jade, he hasn't enjoyed it yet!
No, as long as he can save his life, he is willing to exchange these money and beauties!As long as he can survive, he can even go to a remote village and become a farmer whose village head can point his nose and yell at him!
Zu Dale turned a blind eye to the pleading gazes of Wu's father and son, rode straight to Zu Dashou, and said slowly, "Brother..." His voice was hoarse and trembling slightly, obviously the general was struggling violently in his heart , is not as peaceful as it appears on the surface.

Zu Dashou looked at Zu Dalue with a complicated expression, his lips trembled slightly, and after a while he said: "Second brother..." He couldn't continue after saying these two words. He reluctantly collected his thoughts and raised his hand to point to the people surrounding him. He knew most of the faces in the Iron Cavalry and even knew their names.These are all the children of Guan Ning, and many of them are even children of the ancestral clan. He has watched them grow up, taught them martial arts, and led them on the battlefield. In a sense, these are his children.However, these children failed to play their due role under his command, but under the banner of Tianxiong Army and Guan Ning Army, they seemed to have changed souls. They were unstoppable and invincible. Hundreds of thousands of bandits were wiped out in ashes, and their sabers were sharp. Under the shining light, hundreds of thousands of Qing troops shed their blood, and two thousand Guan Ning's children fought three thousand miles away, transforming from cavalry bombers into an invincible army.Looking at these faces, his expression became more complicated, and he finally said with difficulty: "You brought out a terrible army and showed the majesty of Guan Ning's children. Governor Yuan and Governor Xiong have knowledge under Quan Xia, and they are sure to Jiuquan will smile."

Zu Dale also said with difficulty: "It's the elder brother who taught them well..."

Zu Dashou's expression was extremely bitter: "Have I taught them well? Then... why don't I have such unstoppable iron cavalry under my command? Why can't the soldiers who follow my teaching be like them? Fighting, going forward without hesitation, and death without hesitation?" After thinking hard for a long time, he couldn't find the answer, and finally let out a deep sigh: "You are right, as a soldier, you should devote all your thoughts to training and fighting like you are now. In war, profiteering is just heresy after all...Brother is wrong!"

The corner of Wu Sangui's mouth twitched, revealing a hint of mockery.What Zu Dashou said was true from the bottom of his heart, but when he said it at the end of the road, he was showing weakness, why bother?Like him, he will never bow his head to the enemy, he will kill if he wants to, it is impossible for me, Wu, to bow my head and admit my mistake!He asked coldly, "Second Uncle, are you going to kill us?"

Wu Xiang trembled again, and called: "Second Grandfather, you can't do this! Think about your wife, she is my own sister! We are in-laws, you can't kill us!"

Zu Dale turned his head to look at Wu Xiang, and said in a deep voice: "It's time now, let's show some of the integrity of Guan Ning's disciples, don't let people look down on you too much, okay?" "Okay?" There was a hint of pleading in the words, the actions of these few who abandoned their cronies all the way and fled for their lives had made him feel so embarrassed, he just wanted to find a crack on the ground to get in, if they staged another scene of kneeling and crying and begging Big drama, the faces of Guan Ning's disciples made them lose all their faces!

Wu Xiang was horrified: "You...are you really going to kill us!?"

Zu Dale said coldly: "Could it be that you can still live after committing such a heinous crime?"

Wu Xiang leaned back and almost fell off the horse.

Zu Dashou was not surprised, but looked at Zu Dale, and asked: "Can't we really make a difference?"

Zu Dale's lips trembled violently, tears welled up in his eyes, and he said in a trembling voice: "I have driven this thousand soldiers for hundreds of miles, exhausted hundreds of horses, and came here desperately because I was afraid to see Brother, you were captured alive... Brother, what you committed was a death crime! The emperor will not forgive you, the champion will not forgive you, the hundreds of millions of Ming people will not forgive you, and those hundreds of thousands who died in Liaodong The soldiers can’t spare you even more, and it’s useless for anyone to intercede! Brother, I was so tired that I vomited blood and rushed here, just because I didn’t want to see you being taken to the vegetable market and left to be cut alive! There’s only so much I can do for big brother!”

Zu Dashou's voice was much lower, and he still said: "Can't we really make a difference?"

Zu Dale said: "Even if I get out of the way, where can you escape to?"

Wu Sanfu shouted: "You are not my second uncle! I don't have such a heartless second uncle like you!"

Zu Dashou was very calm, took a deep breath, and said: "Yes, the world is so big that there is no room for my Zu Dashou... Go on, go on!" He took off his helmet, He unbuttoned his armor, exposing his chest, and then slowly drew out his long sword.

Guan Ning's disciples all turned their heads away, unable to bear to look any further.No matter what, Zu Dashou was once an idol in their hearts, a hero in their hearts, watching their own heroes come to an end, that feeling is really uncomfortable!
Zu Dashou pointed the long sword at his chest, making a gesture to stab him down, but after trying several times, he couldn't be more ruthless.He threw away the long sword with a wry smile, and said to Zu Dale: "Second brother, you are right, I am no longer that Zu Dashou...I think back then when I commanded thousands of troops to fight Jian Nu to the death, it was How decisive is it to kill? Not to mention killing people, even if you kill yourself, you don’t even blink. Now you have done a lot of intrigue, and you have been away from the battlefield for a long time, but you have nothing to do...Second brother, let’s help big brother one last time, Don't let others see Big Brother's jokes, please!"

Zu Dale burst into tears: "Brother..."

Zu Dashou closed his eyes and said, "Help me once, I don't want to be taken to the vegetable market..."

Zu Dale gritted his teeth, and Ma Qiang leaned forward, aiming at Zu Dashou's abdomen.

Zu Dashou nodded in satisfaction, and said: "In the future, you will work hard in the new dynasty. You have these elite soldiers who can be worth one to a hundred, you have the appreciation of the champion, and you have made great military exploits. These are the things that you will be appointed as the commander in the future." Your capital! From now on, the ancestral family will rely on you to shine, so you must work hard!"

Zu Dale bit his lip and said, "I remember! Brother, what are you still ordering?"

Zu Dashou said: "Take care of Dabi, he is too impulsive, and sometimes he doesn't even know he offended Shangguan. When I was here, everyone would not care about him because of my face. Now that I am gone, no one will help him. Blocking the cold wind and cold arrows... Now there are only two of you left in our ancestral family, you, as an older brother, take care of him more."

Zu Dale said: "I remember...Brother, go all the way!"

Zu Dashou nodded: "Come on, don't let those southern barbarians see big brother's jokes."

Zu Dale gritted his teeth, and stabbed out with a lance, the sharp lance easily pierced Zu Dashou's abdominal cavity, penetrated into the kidney, and blood gushed out immediately.The kidney is the most concentrated and fragile part of the human body. Once it is pierced, the person may pass out without realizing where he has been injured, and there is no chance of waking up again. Piercing this part is the most straightforward. It is also the greatest kindness to those who have been deprived of their lives. Zu Dale is powerless to drag Zu Dashou out of the abyss. There is only this that he can do for this big brother!
The moment the spear pierced his body, Zu Dashou's body trembled like an electric shock, then he opened his eyes, looked at Zu Dale, showed a smile of relief, without even convulsions, and fell down slowly.

For this hero who has stirred up the situation in Liaodong for decades and even determined the rise and fall of Ming Dynasty, this is probably the best ending.

(End of this chapter)