The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 275 Party Struggle
Wei Zhao dodged the arrows flying towards him. The cavalry was within ten steps and in the blink of an eye, the swords came whistling towards him.

The head of the retainers quickly lowered his head as the blade brushed past his head. After the cavalry had crossed paths, Wei Zhao raised his short crossbow.

Two arrows were shot out, one of which hit the cavalryman's vest with a clanging sound, but was blocked by the iron armor outside.

Then an arrow hit the horse's butt. The horse neighed in pain, kicked its hind legs desperately, and then its body tilted and fell to the ground at an angle.

The cavalryman was crushed by the horse, his calf was broken, and he kept howling.

Wei Zhao followed closely and slashed at the cavalrymen who were howling in pain.

After killing the enemy, Wei Zhao was still furious and chopped off the man's head with his sword.

The horse was frightened by the bloody scene in front of it, and struggled to get up with a snort. Wei Zhao, who was a groom, hurried forward to hold the reins and gently stroked the horse's mane. The warhorse gradually calmed down and stared at the strange stranger in front of it with wide eyes.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. You will follow me from now on."

Wei Zhao led the horse back. It was dusk and a blood-red haze covered the north.

The battle for the tea shed is over.

Yellow sand was flying, and a group of war horses stood under the night sky. Their backs were empty, and their owners were either dead or injured, falling into the dust.

Everyone in the group had made some gains, and at this moment, like Wei Zhao, they all sat on the ground, gasping for breath.

Our side lost two people, both Korean sailors on the Weiyuan.

One Korean soldier was shot in the throat and dead. Another had his neck cut, leaving only a scrap of skin. Jin Yinghe closed his eyes.

All the frustration and resentment of many days were vented on this group of cavalry who suddenly broke in.

Shen Lian and his men were well-armed and powerful, and in just half an incense stick of time they killed all the pursuers. Of the more than twenty riders, only one escaped.

The fleeing cavalry whipped their horses and galloped south without looking back, as if a terrifying monster was lurking behind them in the night.

"Stop chasing!"

Pei Dahu shouted and called out to Wu Xiao who was still drawing his bow and arrow in the back.

Wei Zhao and Han Chao were busy gathering the captured horses. After counting, including the two mules, there were a total of twenty-seven horses.

"One person and two horses, if we don't care about horsepower, we can reach Wendeng County before dark."

Wei Zhao handed the reins to Pei Dahu.

Pei Dahu looked at Xu Guangqi and Jinnige:
"If you want to go back to the capital, go ahead. I won't kill you."

The two men looked at each other and shook their heads at Pei Dahu. It seemed that they were determined to go to Liaodong to join Ping Liaohou.

"What should she do?"

Of the twelve, only the crazy woman couldn't ride a horse.

"I'll take you there and cover your rear."

Shen Lian spoke as he brought a prisoner forward.

It was the soldier from Balipu.

He was shot in the left leg and seeing that he could not escape, he knelt on the ground and wailed for mercy.

Wei Zhao took the lead, swung the scabbard and smashed it over, knocking out one of the soldier's front teeth.

"Damn it! I felt sorry for you, so I just gave you two taels of silver out of kindness. This is the first time I've done a good deed in my life, and then I ran into a heartless bastard like you! I gave you the silver, and then you sold me out!"

Just now in Balipu, when this skinny soldier was leading the mule to Wei Zhao and his men, he overheard them talking about the Kaiyuan Army and mentioning General Anyuan. He was surprised. You must know that the new Lord Song in the court had already put down the Kaiyuan rebellion, the Kaiyuan soldiers in Wendeng had surrendered, and General Anyuan had been executed.

The soldiers quickly found a surrendered soldier from Kaiyuan and asked him to identify them carefully. He soon recognized that the group of people in front of him were Liu Zhaosun's personal guards. He sent someone back to the city to report to his superiors, and at the same time organized people to pursue them.

I had thought that I could hunt down Liu Ze and make a great contribution, but I didn't expect that the enemy was so powerful that all the pursuers were killed here.

"Ungrateful thing!"

Wei Zhao cursed, an unprecedented sense of loss mixed with anger surged into his heart.

The soldier timidly said:

"I was also following orders from my superiors to pursue the Kaiyuan soldiers. It was my superiors' orders, and I was forced to do so."

"Which officer? Who ordered you to hunt down the Kaiyuan soldiers? Tell me!"

Pei Dahu pushed Wei Zhao away, put the tip of his sword against the soldier's chin, and shouted.

"Yes, it's the new Mr. Song, whose name is Song Yingsheng."

"Song Yingsheng?"

Pei Dahu and Wu Xiao were both surprised. They looked at each other. At this moment, Song Yingsheng appeared here, and both of them felt an inexplicable weird feeling in their hearts.

Pei Dahu recalled that he led Wu Xiaolin Yu and others to leave Dengzhou and go to the capital in early October last year.

Half a year has passed since they left Wendeng and returned today.

During the past six months, a lot of things happened in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor died, the factory master died, and even the Marquis of Pingliao almost died. It is not surprising that one or two traitors appeared in Kaiyuan.

Song Yingsheng····

Pei Dahu's mind flashed through all his memories of this man. He suddenly remembered that this civil official had been dishonest when he first arrived in Kaiyuan and had been beaten several times by Kang Jianjun.

"Who else!"

Pei Dahu stepped on Pu Bing's wound, causing him to scream in pain.

"Also, oh my! There is also a eunuch from the East Factory, his name is, his name is Zeng..."

"Zeng what!"

Wei Zhao stepped forward and struck the scabbard again.

"Zeng Qixiao, Xu Xianchun's confidant."

Shen Lian walked up to the two of them, and at some point, he already had an Embroidered Spring Knife in his hand.

The soldier raised his head with difficulty and looked at the embroidered spring knife in Shen Lian's hand. He struggled to retreat as if he had seen a ghost.

"You, you are also from the East Factory?"

Wei Zhao kicked him to the ground.

Shen Lian said in a deep voice, "It seems that there is a traitor in Kaiyuan. This traitor has colluded with the imperial court and is trying to harm the wife of the Marquis of Ping Liao."

Pei Dahu looked nervous, stepped on the soldier's wound, and continued to ask:
"Where are the Kaiyuan soldiers? Where is Wang Wei?!"

"They surrendered! They all surrendered! General Wang Qian and his troops surrendered."

When the soldier said this, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes. He hugged Pei Dahu's official boots and begged:

"Don't kill me! Run away quickly. Wendeng City is full of soldiers. At noon today, Lord Yuan and the wife of Marquis Ping Liao were captured and executed this afternoon. Now Dengzhou is trying to capture soldiers from Kaiyuan. Spare me, and run away quickly. I won't tell anyone..."

The soldiers kept chattering and everyone's faces changed drastically.

Just out of the dragon's den, into the tiger's den.

This journey was really thrilling and terrifying.

Pei Dahu didn't wait for the soldier to finish speaking. He shouted loudly, his voice like a tiger's roar, raised his knife and chopped off the man's head.

Everyone was stunned by this momentum, and they all looked up at the loyal head servant, silently waiting for Pei Dahu's order.

Before Pei Dahu could speak, a hoarse voice said:

"Everyone, now that things have come to this, the enemy outnumbers us, the enemy is strong while we are weak. I think we should flee this place as soon as possible. I'm afraid that the Korean woman has already lost her head. It's a pity for Governor Yuan. I met him once in the capital. He was a good official."

Wei Zhao saw the old master speak out and quickly echoed:
"Just now, when I was feeding the mules, I heard the horsemen say that only about twenty people have not surrendered. Including us, there are thirty or forty people. What can we do?"

Dengzhou was not Tianjin, but everyone had just witnessed the Japanese army's combat power. They were not as easy to deal with as the garrison soldiers. In one encounter, they killed both of them.

"In addition to these anti-Japanese troops, there are also Deng and Lai combat troops, water camps, and the servants of the lieutenant generals and generals. They are fierce and good at fighting, and are no less capable than the Japanese pirates."

Han Chao, the captain who had remained silent since landing, also spoke at this time.

He sailed back and forth between Tianjin and various ports in Shandong all year round and knew a lot about the defense of Denglai.

Seeing that both of them were defending Yang Hao, Wu Xiao was furious and pointed his finger at Wei Zhao's nose and cursed:

"If you're afraid of death, leave now. Let's go with our own people! Let alone a few thousand people, even if it was tens of thousands of Tartars, I wouldn't be afraid even when I was in Hunhe! Today, we'll go into the city and kill Wang Wei and that bastard surnamed Song! Clean up the mess for General Liu!"

Pei Dahu cast an approving look at Wu Xiao, and they both looked at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian still had a sinister look on his face. Apart from revenge, nothing else was worth his concern.

"Since you are the enemy of Ping Liaohou, you are also my enemy. Kill them if you must. No need to say more. I will go with you."

Pei Dahu smiled and nodded, looking at the remaining three Koreans.

Jin Yinghe, who was as strong as a bear, had just finished burying the bodies of his companions. When he heard that Jin Yuji was in trouble, he immediately put on his bow and jumped on his horse.

The three Korean riders galloped towards Wendeng like arrows from a bow in the twilight.

"Master Yang, take care of yourself. If you can see Marquis Ping Liao, please tell him what happened today!"

After Pei Dahu finished speaking to Yang Hao, he whipped his horse and chased after Jin Yinghe.

Wu Xiao looked at Yang Hao and the other two with a complicated expression, then hurriedly rode his horse to catch up.

Shen Lian took Zuo Miaoqing to Yang Hao and knelt down.

"I ask Yang Jinglie to escort this woman back to Liaodong. If we can meet again, Shen Lian will do his best to serve her."

Yang Hao helped Shen Lian up and nodded in agreement. He looked Shen Baihu up and down and said with pity:
"What a pity! What a pity! You will surely die if you go there! Who will avenge your family? Alas!"

Shen Lian also sighed, said no more, jumped on his horse, and rode away in a cloud of dust.

The last person to say goodbye to Yang Hao was the red-haired Yijin Ni Ge. He wore a conical hat, held a Western sword in his hand, and had a flintlock rifle on his waist. He looked like an American cowboy many years later.

"Brave and upright Master Yang, this is a battle between God and the devil. As a child of God, how can I stand idly by? I leave Dema (Xu Guangqi's Christian name) to you. He is a good man, except that he often forgets to pray to God... May God bless you, Amen!"

Yang Hao: ...

(End of this chapter)