Anti Qing

Chapter 117

The night is quiet and the tree shadows are bleak.

On the deserted and dilapidated official road, a group of people and horses marched forward neatly. The leader was a general. His armor was bathed in moonlight, and the helmet on his head reflected a dazzling cold light from time to time.

Li Zijing held the rein of the horse with one hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked forward.

The cold wind, the moonlight elongated the figures in the team, like dominoes, squirming in the dim moonlight.

It is about [-] miles from Xiangyang to Gucheng. Li Zijing led the front battalion to set off yesterday morning and arrive tonight.

After all, Xiangyang Prefecture is not stable. The forces of Ming Army, Shun Army, Tu Bandits, and officials and gentry are intricate. Gao Doushu is not a simple opponent.

It is commonplace in later generations of film and television dramas to use a negative teaching material that loses everything by accident.

Just as he was thinking, there was a sound of horseshoes in front of him, and Wu Zhaosheng beside him looked vigilant, and quickly put his hand on the saber at his waist.

But seeing that it was the sentry cavalry sent earlier, everyone felt a little relieved.

This sentry cavalry was also dressed in military uniform, with a bamboo hat and leather hat on his head, a light armor, and a refined saber across his waist. The horse did not wear armor.

Judging from this configuration, they are not expected to fight. They are typical fast horses and light knives, mainly for detecting intelligence and passing orders in wartime.

Wartime etiquette is not cumbersome. Of course, even in the old days, Shunjun didn't pay much attention to etiquette. Most of the time, they bowed their hands and clasped their fists.

The whistle rider clasped his fists on the horse and reported in a cold voice.

"Report to General Zhi, a group of refugees was found ahead, saying that Gucheng has fallen, they escaped from the city, Captain Dong Yunlin went out of the city to fight and died!"

After saying this, everyone in the already silent team showed annoyed expressions.

Wu Zhaosheng sighed and said: "Dong Yunlin is a man, he didn't die a wimp, but fell on the way to charge."

"General Zhi, how should we deal with it?"

Li Zijing stared slightly, raised his hand and moved forward slightly, the sentinel immediately turned his horse back when he saw this, the dust was flying, and he walked away along the official road.

"All battalions are ordered, and the plan remains unchanged."

"Respect."

Gucheng, the head of the city.

Dashun's banner has been dilapidated, but for some reason, it is still standing on the top of the city, between the crenels, and above and below the parapet, full of wounded corpses.

Some soldiers of the Shun army in armor could not even see their faces clearly. One can imagine what kind of treatment they received before they died.

In the city, the miserable crying that continued throughout the night was still echoing.

Groups of Ming troops wandered through the streets and alleys, except for those civilians who offered to help the Shun army defend the city, the doors and windows of the rest were closed.

But this is not a problem for the Ming army who are used to looting. They kicked the door when they saw it. If they couldn't kick it open, they found a huge log and pushed it open with the strength of several people.

Then, there were bursts of screams from boys and girls.

Since Wang Guangen broke the city, this situation has continued for a whole night. These soldiers of the Ming army, wearing imperial uniforms, did all the things of bandits.

Looting houses, raping civilian girls, burning, killing and looting are all-encompassing, even children who are still babbling are unavoidable, and Gucheng seems to have become a hell.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and Wang Guangen turned his head to look.

"Junmen, don't accept spy reports at night!"

"speak!"

"Three miles ahead, we found traces of the bandits and horses raising dust, but they were covered by the night, and the number is unknown. It is estimated to be no less than [-]!"

Wang Guangen raised his hand to indicate to explore again, and sneered.

"How many people can there be in Li Zijing's former camp?"

"Ten thousand?"

"Twenty thousand?"

"Even if it's not all his troops, it's the main force. I want to see what this little King Chuang is capable of!"

As Wang Guangen said, he turned his head and looked down the city.

"Clean up the city as soon as possible, ask some people to change the armor of these rogues, raise their banners, and lead Li Zijing to the Wengcheng to destroy them!"

With an order, the Ming army entering the city moved faster.

The banners of Dashun were erected again, and the corpses of the dead people in the city were hastily buried. If there was no time to bury them, a big hole would be dug on the spot to cover up the matter.

When changing the armor, the soldiers of the Ming army mostly laughed and sneered.

"Do these rogues usually not clean their armor? Why can I always smell a little smell after I put it on?"

"A rogue is a rogue, and they can't get on the stage. When we capture Xiangyang, there will be more treasures in the city, and we can loot them again. Wouldn't it be great?"

The soldiers of the Zhongming army were fighting, and when they saw a team officer approaching, they immediately put away their smiles.

"Put on quickly, the army of rogues has already arrived outside the city, if there are too few people going up to the city, it will inevitably arouse suspicion, and Li Zijing will not be caught by then, be careful of the military gate to punish you!"

These soldiers, who usually get along well with the team officers, didn't feel much about these harsh words, but they still speeded up their dressing speed.

Someone smiled and said, "Whose credit is it for capturing Li Zijing?"

The team officer turned around and just walked a few steps, when he heard the words, he turned around and sneered.

"If you can rush out of the city and capture that little Chuang Wang Li Zijing, it will be counted as your credit. Then maybe I, the team officer, will be ashamed."

While chatting, the few people finally put on Shunjun's armor slowly, and began to ascend the city in batches. As soon as they went to the city, they were stunned by the scene in front of them.

In front of Gucheng, although I can't see how many rogues are attacking in the night, I can feel the fires all over the mountains and plains, and there are torches everywhere.

Several soldiers were speechless inwardly, even the team officer was astonished.

"With such a formation, I'm afraid that the rogues from Xiangyang came out in full force, right?"

"We were ordered by Futai to besiege Gucheng to lure the enemy, why are we desperate!"

The team officer immediately turned around and reprimanded him severely.

"To shut up!"

"Say more, I'll cut your tongue!"

Several Ming soldiers also knew the temper of the team officer, and when they realized that this was not a joke, they immediately held their breath and looked down at the city.

A general wearing a hat and iron armor in mountain script stood at the foot of the city on his horse.

"Ask Dong Yunlin to come see me!"

"Gucheng is not lost, what kind of urgent military information did he pass on?"

The generals of the Ming army at the top of the city looked at this man so arrogantly, and he was covered with excellent armor. Originally, only the governor could wear that set of mountain armor, so he thought it was Li Zijing.

"Is the one who came down from the city the little king Chuang?"

The general was taken aback for a moment, then sneered.

"Are you new here, and you don't even know this general?"

Such a question, on the contrary, stunned the general who asked the question. His expression remained unchanged, his eyes were lowered, and he asked Wang Guangen's opinion in a low voice.

Wang Guangen squatted under the battlements with a sharp knife in his hand. He did not expect that these bandits, who rushed to rescue them, could still retain such rationality.

He didn't reply, he thought about it for a while, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, he thought carefully about what the general under the city said, then raised his head and asked.

"What is he wearing?"

The general took a glance, then replied.

"Wearing golden lacquer mountain armor and wearing a hat, it must be Li Zijing."

Wang Guangen was taken aback when he heard the words, then stood up abruptly, squinted his eyes, realized something immediately, and then laughed out loud.

"Under the city, I know you're not Li Zijing, go back and ask your little King Chuang to come see me!"

Wu Zhaosheng was also slightly taken aback, but thinking that he had already been seen through by the other party, he stopped pretending and replied coldly with a slight smile.

"what are you?"

Wang Guangen became angry for a while, and said angrily.

"This general is Wang Guangen, the commander-in-chief of Yunyang of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing your bandit leader, isn't he not qualified enough!"

Wu Zhaosheng turned his horse back slightly, laughing loudly.

"Isn't it just a miscellaneous general soldier? You are not a high-ranking thing. When I was in the Liao army for the general election, you were still a rogue!"

"Open your mouth to be a rogue, shut up a rogue, and don't look at what you are!"

Since Wang Guangen took over Yunyang, he has been grabbing it wherever he goes, and even Gao Doushu respects him a little bit. He has never been so insulted.

He was stunned by the scolding immediately, and looked him up and down.

Among the rogues, there are actually people who have served as generals in the Liao army?
Wu Zhaosheng rode his horse back and forth, and continued to shout around the city.

"If you want to see my general, ask Gao Doushu to come out of the city, kneel down and kowtow three times, I might consider introducing him!"

"As for you, forget it, you are not at the same level as our general!"

Wang Guangen was still thinking, and after hearing another swearing, Dang Li was furious and swung the steel knife.

"If you have the guts, don't run away, I will take someone out and chop off your dog's head as a chamber pot!"

With that said, Wang Guangen picked up the knife and was about to rush out of the city.

(End of this chapter)