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

Chapter 971 Escape
Zu Zerun's ability to run and save his life is really good. When a large number of rout soldiers flocked to the town to try to hold on to the town, he did not go to gather together, but led a small group of servants, and killed several Qing cavalry in a sudden. He snatched a few horses that were in relatively better condition and continued to flee.It's not that he doesn't understand the principle that more people are more powerful. Power comes from communication. Without people, there is no communication. Without communication... a bare-handed commander has power?Abandoning the army means that he has lost the power to command the army and at the same time lost the protection of the army.But there is no way, for one thing, he has already lost all support, even if he squeezes in, those rout soldiers may not listen to his command, besides, that town is just an ordinary town, without tall walls, There is no wide moat to hold on to, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it can be defended. He will never stay in such a military jedi, so let's run away quickly, the farther the better!

It can be seen from this that Zu Gongzi still has some military qualities, at least he still has the vision of seeing the terrain, but it is a pity that he used these skills to escape and save his life.

Exactly as Zu Zerun expected, the small town where thousands of rout troops squeezed in at once was quickly surrounded by the following Sichuan army, not to mention breaking through, they couldn't even hold on for a while. To----the Sichuan army has a large number of artillery.It was also taking advantage of the opportunity that the main force of the Sichuan Army was attracted by those defeated troops, Zu Zerun took the last bit of his confidant and beat the horse and fled all the way, non-stop, and finally the horse was so tired that he vomited blood, stabbed the horse to death, and continued to run wildly until the horse was killed. I was almost tired and vomited blood before I stopped.The captain of the personal army, Zu Chongming, panted heavily and looked around. His face turned pale, and he gasped and said to Zu Zerun, "General, the situation is not good! Here is the Great Plains, and our horses are exhausted. How could one leg outrun the enemy cavalry!"

Zu Zerun was panting even more violently. Although he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he was quite good at jumping off the horse, but like now, with the God of Death chasing after him with a sickle, he would be in danger of dying if he let down even a little bit. He had never encountered such a situation before, so he was far behind those soldiers around him who had climbed out of the dead many times.He finally managed to catch his breath a little and said: "No...it doesn't matter. The Ming Army...the Ming Army's...cavalry...are...also...very tired. As long as we get a few sets of common people's clothes." , be careful not to show any suspicious traces, it is not difficult to escape their pursuit!" He licked his dry lips and said: "The Ming army's cavalry is only so small. They have been chasing for two days and two nights, and they are exhausted. It's going to cramp, I guess they can't catch up now, after eating the defeated troops trapped in the town, they should stop and rest, there is no need to worry about them at all!"

Those servants breathed a sigh of relief as if they were relieved, they really scared the cavalry of the Sichuan Army to death.In fact, what Zu Zerun said was right. After two days of fighting, the war horses of the Sichuan army were already exhausted, and it was difficult to chase them... Don’t doubt that the war horses are not nuclear-powered. You can run hundreds of miles within a few days, but you can't persist for a long time. The horse's physical strength is very limited.If there is enough nutrition, an infantryman can walk [-] miles a day for more than ten days in a row, but if a horse has to walk [-] miles a day for more than ten days in a row, he is probably exhausted. .The worst thing is that the quality of the Sichuan army's war horses is not good. Short-distance pursuit and pursuit are okay, but long-distance maneuvers are not good. If you don't stop, the soldiers will have horse broth to drink!
This group of lucky people who had narrowly escaped being chased by the Ming army supported each other and staggered forward.

It was quiet all around.When Zu Zerun led the army to the south, it was basically Sanguang. The common people were either killed or fled away from their hometowns, or hid in Wubao. They walked dozens of miles without seeing a single person.These poor people were tired and hungry, and almost passed out on the road. Zu Zerun led people into a village and rummaged around, trying to find something to fill their stomachs. The barrel was cleaner than a dog had licked it, and there was nothing, not even a mouse poop!In fact, if you think about it, you will know that the grain harvest in Beizhili was very poor last year. During the Northern Expedition of Chongzhen, officials at all levels searched fiercely under the pretext of raising military supplies. Quite a few, and then the Guanning army went south to meet the Qing army in Shandong and Nanzhili, and burned, killed and looted again. With this tossing method, not to mention food, there were not even a few hairs left in the food.Zu Zerun was so angry that he yelled at those corrupt officials for raiding too hard. He had never tried to hate those corrupt officials so much!

These grandsons deliberately wanted to starve him to death!

In the end, Zu Wang was lucky enough to find a bag of black beans under the ashes of a stove.This thing was originally used to feed horses, and the uncles of Guan Ning's iron cavalry didn't bother to touch it, but now everyone saw this bag of black beans as happy as seeing their father, and rushed to a pot with a corner missing , Start a fire and pour the beans in, cook them thoroughly, then go around the pot and pick them up with your hands, stuff them into your mouth, and gobble them up.While eating happily, suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, Zu Zerun cried out secretly, put out the fire with a ladle of water, and then everyone quickly hid... Now Zu Zerun really wants to cry, before he Brocade clothes and fine food are priceless, what a sight that is, what about now?He can't even eat beans in peace. Is this God's punishment for him?

The sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, and a small group of cavalry came galloping. The leaders were two female officers with waist-length hair. They were both [-] or [-] years old. They were wearing iron armor and holding long lances, majestic.As soon as they saw them, the group of people who were hiding frowned, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​ambushing the cavalry to snatch the horses.In the past two days, these two aunts have been their nightmares. Each led a cavalry to chase them down without sleep. Every time the two aunts rushed to the front, their two horses made them superb. I don't know how many Guanning warriors and Manchurian warriors let them stab them off their horses!And... It is said that the famous Qing army's Dege class also died at the hands of these two, so if you don't want to die, it's best not to attack them!

These two obviously have no experience in searching for remnants of the enemy. They entered the village without even doing much reconnaissance, and chatted as they walked:

"Ma Jie, I saw smoke coming from the chimney just now, there must be someone in this area!"

"Ma Ling, are you sure? Why is there no one?"

"I saw it clearly! I searched carefully. Grandma was very dissatisfied that Zu Dashou's precious son of the old tortoise ran away this time. I guess the champion would not be satisfied either. We have to find him and bring him back. If you can't do it, you can die!"

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Zu Zerun was no longer in the mood to listen to the next conversation, he just felt a chill in his neck, as if someone had held him with a knife. "If you can't live, you can die!" Hey, sister, you are girls, do you dare to be gentle and cowardly?Is it really okay for two delicate girls to be so cruel! ?
Fortunately, although the sisters Ma Jie and Ma Ling are very good at fighting, they lack actual combat experience, and the search is super unprofessional. They didn't search in many places at all, so Zu Zerun and the others were not found.But what made them burst into tears was that when Ma Ling found the beans they had cooked, she cheered in surprise, took out some salt and grain cubes, threw them into the pot and mixed them well, then brought them to Aima, and waited for Zu Zerun to wait. The man stroked the horse's mane and said in a speechless voice: "Eat, I know you are hungry, I have found something good for you, eat more, try to eat as much as possible, and we will continue to chase after you are full." Little turtle!"

Zu Zerun was so sad and indignant that he just wanted to yell loudly: "What kind of enmity do I have with you? I can bear the scolding of a little turtle, and I can bear the pursuit, but now you even found me with great difficulty. I also used some beans to feed the horses, I can’t bear this! You just want to starve me to death, right!?” At the same time, he was even more angry and wanted to stab the idiot who cooked the beans to death, you fucking It's a pig. With such a small population, it's obviously impossible to eat so many beans at once. You'd better pour them all down and cook them overcooked for others to feed to horses!Her horse is full, but what shall we do!What's our next meal?eat you! ?

Ma Ling's beloved horse didn't seem to know that someone was staring at her in the dark. It ate the boiled beans in big mouthfuls, chewing loudly to finish off the delicious meal, and licked the pot with its tongue when it was over. again!
At this time, Ma Jie led the horse and ran over. Ma Jie didn't say anything about Ma Ling's behavior of eating alone, but her horse was obviously upset. She stuck out her tongue and licked the pot, but found nothing, so The steed turned around, its dantian sank, first urinated into the pot, then shit into the pot...

With the regret of not finding the target and the determination to win, these two super amateur hunters left the village and continued their pursuit.After they walked away, these Guan Ning soldiers came out from their hiding place, looking at the horrific pot, they all wanted to cry without tears.Zu Zerun forced a smile and said: "It's okay, everyone has fought for a lifetime, so what's the point of missing two meals? Let's leave here quickly, lest they come back again, it will be bad!"

It's useless to stay here, everything that can be eaten has been eaten up, should I stay here to eat horse shit and drink horse urine?The soldiers of the Guanning Army took up their weapons in frustration, left the village, and continued their escape.Their nightmare is still going on. Those two female generals seem to be sure of them. They always appear behind them every now and then. Once they even touched behind them. In addition, there were three servants of the Guan Ning Army fighting to the death, I'm afraid they would have been caught by Ma Jie and Ma Ling and taken back for an exhibition by now!What's even more frightening is that the more you go, the more Ming troops seem to be there. Whether it's an official road or a country road, you can always see the Ming army's infantry and cavalry surging like a tide, and the target is Beijing!From the mental outlook of the Ming army, it can be seen that the situation is not good. The morale and fighting spirit of the Ming army are high, and it seems that they can't wait to grow their wings and fly to Beijing to participate in the decisive battle. This situation has never happened before.Zu Chongming said with some fear: "The situation is not good... The morale of the Ming army is like a rainbow. I'm afraid they won many battles. We..."

Zu Zerun snorted and said, "They just won a few games by chance. What's the big deal? When Daqing gets serious with them, they will be finished!"

Everyone curled their lips when they heard it.Tens of thousands of people have disappeared in the Qing Dynasty, and they haven’t really done it yet?Then when will we get serious with the Ming army?
I don’t know if the Qing army had a serious fight with the Ming army. The Ming army must have a serious fight with them. Even the soldiers of the waste firewood guards sharpened their rusty blunt knives. They took off their spears and chased and killed people with money rat tails all over the world. Many Qing soldiers who recovered their lives from the Cangzhou battlefield died in their hands, and they died very badly.As for those Wubao who once pledged allegiance to the Qing Dynasty, they turned their faces faster than turning over a book. Now Zu Zerun dares to approach these Wubao to ask for help, and they will teach them how to behave in minutes!So these poor people can only escape, starve and starve, escape as far as they can!The morale of this group of people is getting lower and lower, and everyone is becoming more and more negative. Zu Zerun can only motivate them with loyalty and persuade them to ignite their fighting spirit and not be intimidated by the difficulties in front of them. It is not so easy to believe in the Qing Dynasty Defeated!His words can be said to be sonorous and powerful, but...it seems to be useless.

"Although the Qing Dynasty lost a few games, there are still 10,000+ elite troops who control the dangerous places in Beijing and Tianjin, occupying the title of co-lord of the world, and the world returns to the heart. Those Ming dogs are just dying. How can they beat us!" Zu Zerun was talking clichés again when he was warming up at the fire at night. He didn't know how many times he said similar things, and he said it again and again. He didn't know whether others believed him or not, but he believed it himself up.There is no way, these soldiers can surrender if they can’t run away, but he can’t, the ancestors can’t, Daming will never let anyone go, so he can only lie to himself.

To his disappointment, the effect of his speech was getting worse and worse. When he was speaking, everyone shrugged their heads and said nothing. They just communicated with each other with malicious eyes...

Zu Zerun couldn't stand it anymore and turned around.The dignified Guan Ning army has fallen to such a point, his heart hurts so much!
It was very painful. The moment he turned around, a short knife pierced his heart.

(End of this chapter)