Lord of Ming Dynasty

After speaking, he slid his neck into the trap that Bai Ling had made, his heels left the stool, and his toes forcefully pulled the stool back, and his whole body was shaking in the air. He felt a strong sense of suffocation toward him. He hit, his eyes began to become hazy, he wanted to struggle, but felt that his hands were already weak.

The joints on his neck made crackling sounds, He Kai was anxious and lamented, but there was nothing he could do. Suicide was not a good choice. If he could choose, he would rather surrender, but seeing Zhu Yujian by his side, he always There was a feeling of being ashamed of him, so I had no choice but to go this way.

Zhu Yujian and He Kai left the stool one after the other, but there were people around Zhu Yujian, his wife, his queen and son, and even two guards who would never change until death. They were the two servants of the palace who followed him since childhood.

"Master—" His queen cried like a tearful person, and his son was also crying, his little hands tightly clutching the corners of his mother's clothes.

Zhu Yujian was already dangling in the air, suddenly.

"Frame frame" sounded twice, and two war horses rushed into the hall, "No, Yang Yangyang shoots an arrow and breaks the white silk, I hope there is still time."

There was a shrill roar, "Your Majesty—"

"Clang clang-"

"Teams assembled—in horizontal formation, guns on shoulders, turn right, start—"

"Da da da" When a group of firecrackers gathered and marched into the stockade, the cavalry chasing the enemy gathered from all directions were also lined up on one side, each holding the reins, adjusting the horses that had just run for a while, possessing Patting their necks, speaking comforting words to the war horse with gentle words, as if the war horse is their brother, their woman, under their comfort, the war horse swings from left to right, runs up and down, and becomes stable After coming down, in the open space under the entire stockade, only the sound of the snorting of the horse's nose was heard, and streams of hot air sprayed out from the black-gray nostrils of the horse, and quickly dissipated into white mist.

A cavalry corporal and a cavalry chief got together, and the chief handed the corporal a pack of cigarettes without filters, and said, "Old Wu, how many people died in your team?"

Wu Zhang Lao Wu took the thick yellow cigarettes without filters and wrapped in rough straw paper, sniffed it under his nose, and then quickly pulled out a slender bamboo-like thing from the satchel at his waist. He pulled out the copper cap on it, brought it to his mouth and blew it violently against the wind, a little spark like a soybean appeared on it, he quickly put the spark on the cigarette in his mouth, and sucked it hard After taking two puffs, a small flame burst out from the cigarette, and then it caught fire.

Lighting the cigarette, at this time, the corporal chief had already gently put the copper cap on the section of "bamboo", touched it with his hand, and when he felt that the spark inside was extinguished, he carefully put it into the satchel in.

He raised his head and pinched the cigarette from Shichang's mouth, put it on the end of the cigarette in his mouth, ignited it vigorously, took two puffs, and handed the cigarette to Shichang, then raised his head, squinting and being stimulated by the smoke from the cigarette He looked at the infantry and firecrackers escorting the captives, gathered their horses and came back. After a busy look, he said to Shi Chang: "One died and two were injured. Generally speaking, it's not a big deal. Those Everyone was scared out of their wits, the one who died was too careless, rushed to the wall of the village, and was assassinated with a spear, "

He stretched out his hand to pinch the cigarette in his mouth, flicked it vigorously on his finger, and then said leisurely: "That unlucky child."

A cavalry guard from thousands of households rushed out and shouted: "The governor has an order to collect the prisoners and clean up the battlefield. Except for the sentinel cavalry, everyone enters the stockade to rest for a cup of tea."

In the lobby of the stockade, He Kai, who had just recovered, stroked his red neck with his hands, lamented the wonder of life and death, and chatted with Su Guansheng at the same time.

In terms of talent, learning and qualifications, he is far superior to Su Guansheng, but in terms of daring to act and take advantage of opportunities, he is inferior to this one. Under Su Guansheng's seemingly modest appearance, there is a look of triumph in the face of a near-miss rescue. He Kai doesn't have to think about it. He can also see through Su Guansheng's psychological activities at the moment, but he can only sigh besides sighing.

And in the back hall, in the bedroom, Zhang Qiang held the helmet in one hand and pressed the waist knife in the other, watching that charming woman serving Zhu Yujian and Xia Shentang, he couldn't help sighing, it's good to be an emperor, and there are people outside this staff. Qian, in a small cottage, there are ginseng soup, white fungus, abalone, these good things that he had only heard of but never eaten in his previous life.

He glanced at Zhu Yujian who was hunched over and looked at Zhu Yujian on the bed with concern, but he didn't even look at this little Yuanwai Xiao at all.

It seems that people only have the emperor in their eyes, and he, the hero who holds a heavy soldier and is now here to rescue Zhu Yujian, the troubled emperor, is left out in the cold.

At the door of the bedroom, Zhang Qiang's personal guard cavalry, chasseurs, and four cavalry took control of the entire courtyard, standing with guns. Yang Yangyang held his saber and walked around the courtyard. Well platform with small stone slabs.

The young and handsome face did not appear to be too caring. When he looked up occasionally, he found a slightly delicate woman's face, flashing past the courtyard gate. Yang Yangyang's eyes widened suddenly, his heart was pounding, and he exclaimed in his heart. : "What a beauty."

He glanced at the door of the bedroom. The guards were still on duty, looking conscientious, but from this moment on, he seemed even more absent-minded.

In the bedroom, Zhu Yujian finally calmed down, relieved from the anger of being surrounded, betrayed, despair, and fear of death.

He said to Zhang Qiang weakly: "Zhang Aiqing, I am really pleased that you came to save me in time, I wonder how many troops Aiqing brought here?"

Zhang Qiang bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, there are 5000 soldiers available for battle, and [-] auxiliary soldiers, totaling [-] troops."

Zhu Yujian was so excited that he wanted to get up immediately, the queen immediately held him down, "Your majesty, you have just been rescued, you should lie down peacefully, let Zhang Aiqing and Xueshi Su handle the rest."

Zhang Qiang followed the Queen's words and said: "Your Majesty, you must dress up immediately and retreat with the humble officials. This time, the humble officials came to meet them with thousands of soldiers and horses. The army is still in Pingnan County. In addition, it has been reported that the Qing Dynasty The sub-governor Zhang Cunzhe led more than 3 Qing soldiers from Quzhou to the south, and has successively conquered several counties. The army is approaching Pingnan County. They will be surrounded soon, and we must retreat to the territory of the Weichen before the enemy surrounds us, and use the favorable terrain to deal with the enemy."

The queen was anxious, "What should I do?"

Zhang Qiang said with a smile: "Queen, don't panic, everything will be handled by the humble officials. As long as we return to the middle of the army, we can fight the enemy. At this time, we should get up quickly, otherwise if the enemy is caught by the enemy, the humble officials will not dare to fight against the enemy." It is guaranteed that with thousands of soldiers and horses, the emperor can escape from the enemy."

"Xiao Aiqing, pack it up right away, I'll follow Zhang Aiqing back to his army."

Chapter 1 Escorting Pinghu and Asking Strategies

Half an hour.

Zhang Qiang escorted hundreds of people out of the cottage.

At the same time, the infantry escorted more than 400 Qing soldiers and prisoners to follow the rear team, moving forward slowly.

More than a dozen cavalry drove more than 300 war horses, more than 50 pack horses, and rough horses, pulling the materials transferred from Xiao Yuanwai's stockade, five large boxes of gold and silver, worth about 20 taels, and cloth, more than 1 horses , more than 300 bundles of firewood, more than 3000 stones of grain, forty dans of forage, and other materials that should be rushed out.

Followed by more than 100 members of Xiao's family, big and small, servants, more than 50 servants, Zhu Yujian's eight guards, as well as his officials and followers, seven family members, walked out from the mountain along the official road .

When he came, he was a light soldier, but when he returned, he had to guard the supplies and people that stretched for more than a mile. Naturally, he couldn't go over the mountains, so he had to walk on the road.

Zhu Yujian, his queen, and the prince sat in the carriage, unsteadily following the team.

Zhang Qiang had already put on his helmet and was accompanying the carriage, and his 150 cavalry cavalry guards surrounded the convoy.

Five hundred cavalry galloped forward and backward to scout and sweep, and 500 infantry and gunfire soldiers accompanied on both sides and advanced on foot.

Su Guansheng and He Kai rode pack horses and followed behind the carriage.

Xiao Yuanwai's servants followed behind Su Guansheng and He Kai, holding crude weapons in their hands, and followed on foot.

In Yanping Mansion, Liu Liangzuo received a warrant from Li Chengdong, ordering him to lead the Qing army in Yanping Mansion to besiege Pingnan County. Two thousand green battalion soldiers, and 1000 new recruits from the countryside.

He didn't want to touch the already detected [-] troops of Zhang Qiang's troops with such a small force, so he just made a gesture of dispatching troops, but he didn't move. He just sent scouts to investigate the situation around Pingnan County.

"My lord, the command flag soldiers dispatched to the surrounding counties reported that three counties have led troops to Fuzhi to assemble, but two counties have not yet responded."

Liu Liangzuo cast a vicious glance at the hundreds of household officials who came to report, "Send someone to urge again, if no soldiers come, I will definitely write to the governor, and I will definitely kill you and wait."

Liu Liangzuo also hates it. Zhang Qiang was imprisoned for several months and forced him to do hard labor, which made him lose all prestige in the two imperial courts of the Ming and Qing courts. Now the officials of the small county under him dare to disobey his orders , which made him very angry.

Thinking about the kind of courtesy he received when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with an army of [-], what a glorious time it was.

"Report-"

A scout ran in in a panic, "Report to my lord, the guerrilla general Huang Haitao of Gutian County sent troops to capture the puppet Ming Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian. He was defeated by the Jinhua Rebel Army in the mountains and the entire army was wiped out. After hearing the news in Gutian County, all the officials fled and the people abandoned the city. Fleeing, the villain went to investigate, but there was no one in the city. I caught some deserters on the way, and I didn’t dare to be the master of the news just now, so I came here to report.”

"Ah——" Liu Liangzuo turned pale, fell to the ground, and muttered, "Have the Jinhua Rebels reached Gutian County?"

With trembling fingers, Liu Liangzuo pointed at the scouts and said, "Go and investigate again, you must investigate thoroughly."

The scout raised his head and said loudly, "Yes, my lord."

At the same time, the escort troops led by Zhang Qiang had already approached Gutian County, and he said to Yang Yangyang who was reporting back to him: "Send cavalry to investigate again to see if the Qing soldiers have fallen into it. It is impossible for a whole county to Empty. Find out."

Zhu Yujian lifted the curtain of the carriage window, "Zhang Aiqing, there is no need to investigate, just bypass Gutian County immediately and return to the army."

Zhang Qiang was right when he thought about it, the emperor returned to the army earlier, so he could feel at ease.

He said to the soldiers around him: "Order the team to move on and bypass Gutian County."

After traveling for two days, we arrived at a plain and camped overnight.