Chapter 18: Asan Breakout
In February of the following year, the long-stranded rebels ran out of food. At this time, there is no food and grass inside, and there are no reinforcements outside, and the only way is to break through. Yu Qi decided to personally lead his soldiers to break through at the risk of death to attract the main force of the Qing army, while the other rebels and their families scattered and hid in the mountains to break through. He specially arranged for Yu Defu and Mrs. Qi, the seventh sister-in-law and the second son to hide in the cave behind the mountain all the way, and once the Qing soldiers were attracted by Yu Qi in the southwest direction, they ran to the northeast. Because in the northeast of Duojin Mountain, Yu Qi had secretly purchased a piece of land and arranged for his henchmen to serve as a liaison station for Asan.
Preparing to stop, Yu Qi said goodbye to Mrs. Qi with tears, led the elite down the mountain quietly, touched the front of the Qing military camp, and rushed into the camp with a shout. In the firelight, the Qing general saw that Yu Qi led the main force to the end, knowing that this was the final decisive battle, and ordered to mobilize all the troops to surround Yu Qi, and the two sides fell into a bitter battle.
Yu Defu saw that the Qing army had rushed to the southwest, and knew that Yu Qi had successfully attracted the main force of the Qing army, so he hurriedly led Mrs. Qi, the seventh sister-in-law and Shoujing down the mountain and quickly evacuated to the northeast.
In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Yu Defu chose a dangerous place to walk, and after a short time, he was already ragged and unkempt. After endless hunger and thirst, he finally arrived at the foot of the Golden Mountain after three days.
At that time, there was no Yingzhou City, and the Ming Dynasty set up Yingzhou Wei here in order to prevent the invasion of the Japanese invaders. When Yu Qi led the righteous army to attack Yingzhouwei, he passed by Duojin Mountain, and saw that the mountains and rivers here were beautiful, and it was not far from Yingzhouwei, so he decided to buy the mountain Lan here for liaison purposes. So, after withdrawing the troops back to Asan, he quietly arranged for Yu Defu to bring gold and silver to buy this piece of land, and arranged for his henchmen to build houses and cultivate here. I didn't want to, but it became a place of refuge after the failure of the uprising.
Suffering from this heavy setback and fatigue, Mrs. Qi fell ill in bed as soon as she entered the house, and the seventh sister-in-law and Shoujing were waiting by her side all day long. Yu Defu summoned the left-behind personnel to ask for a strict tone to prevent the Qing soldiers from coming to investigate.
Sure enough, a few days later, a team of Qing soldiers entered the village and searched from house to house, but they did not find any flaws. The Qing soldiers gathered the men in the village and interrogated them, but they didn't ask about the ugliness. The Qing soldiers couldn't ask anything, so they were about to withdraw their troops, and suddenly asked before leaving: "What is this village called?"
A long-term worker who stayed here was defenseless and blurted out: "Yujiazhai." ”
The atmosphere dropped to freezing point in an instant.
Yu Defu didn't see it well, and hurriedly said: "Yu Ji Village, our village is called Yu Ji Village." It's Yu Ji's Yu. ”
"Yu Ji Village?" asked the general manager, "But Yu Ji in Farewell My Concubine?"
Yu Defu said: Yes, yes.
Because the local dialect was not clear about the distinction between Yujiazhai and Yujizhai, he believed the general and led the army away.
Since then, the village has been renamed Yuji Village. The people in the village also changed their surnames to avoid being questioned by the government. Yu Defu was renamed Yu Defu. This is the origin of Yu Ji Village.
Besides, Yu Qi and others, who attacked the camp of the Qing army, fell into a heavy encirclement, the Qing army used wheel tactics to attack Yu Qi in turn, Yu Qi waved the Qinglong broadsword, killed a layer of Qing army, but surrounded a layer, and the righteous army due to long-term hunger, the combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced, and the brothers around them fell one by one in a pool of blood. Yu Qi led people to rush left and right, and it was always difficult to break out of the encirclement. Seeing such a situation, Yu Shouzai knew that he might not be able to survive if he continued to fight like this, so he observed while fighting, and found that there was a big red lantern in front of him that kept turning, and the Qing soldiers kept changing their formation with the rotation of the lantern. He concluded that the commander of the Qing army must be there. So he shouted at Yu Qi: "Dad, you quickly lead someone to break through." My Highness. As he spoke, he swung his broadsword and rushed towards the red lantern.
When the Qing soldiers saw that the commander was in danger, they immediately became confused. Yu Qi took advantage of the situation and led a group of men and horses to rush through the Qing army camp.
Yu Shouzai's impact was the position of the commander of the Qing army, and the Jingdong general Ji Xiha saw that Yu Shouzai was coming fiercely, with a deadly posture, and immediately dodged back and ordered to release arrows left and right. The general's guards didn't care whether they could shoot their own people, and shot indiscriminately in the direction of Yu Shouzai, but seeing that the Qing soldiers fell to the ground one after another, Yu Shouzai was also hit by several arrows, shouting to kill the Tartars, and fell to the ground and died.
After Yu Qi and the others rushed out of the camp, they ran all the way to the southwest. Behind him, the Qing army chased all the way with lanterns and torches.
Halfway through, Yu Qi encountered several small ambushes, and after a few encounters, there were fewer and fewer brothers around him. The voice of the chasing soldiers became farther and farther away, and Yu Qi saw that there were only two personal soldiers left beside him.
In the vast dark night, the surroundings suddenly fell silent, and Yu Qi couldn't help but burst into tears when he looked at the big knife that had been curled. Since the uprising, more than 50 relatives of his family have died, thousands of soldiers of the rebel army have spilled their blood on the battlefield, and more than 100,000 people have been massacred by the Qing soldiers in the Asan area. Yu Qi wanted to raise his knife to kill himself, but the two soldiers grabbed his hand and persuaded: "Leader, don't do it." Where there is life, there is hope. ”
A gust of mountain wind blew, and Yu Qi was much more awake. Yes, the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty has not been accomplished, how can I learn from the overlord to kill himself in Wujiang. If he dies like this, won't his relatives and subordinates die in vain?
Yu Qi and two of his own soldiers continued to walk forward. When it was almost dawn, I found a courtyard on the side of the road in front of me, with a wine flag at the door.
Yu Qi and the others were tired and hungry, so they walked into the restaurant.
The restaurant was a mom-and-pop shop, and the owner and the proprietress saw three bloodstained men with sharp blades walking in the house, knowing that they were the rebels who had escaped from Asan. After the shopkeeper and the proprietress muttered a few words, the proprietress quietly slipped out the back door. The boss walked to the front hall to receive Yu Qi.
After Yu Qi sat down, the boss asked, "Do you want to have breakfast?"
Yu Qi said, "If there is any ready-made meal, just bring it." ”
At this time, there are only some steamed buns and pickles in the store. After the boss brought the rice, the three of them immediately devoured it.
The three of them were eating, when they suddenly heard someone shouting at the door: "Hugh is leaving, thief!"
Yu Qi looked up and saw that the shopkeeper was long gone, and the Qing soldiers had surrounded the courtyard.
Yu Qi looked at the two pro-soldiers who were eating and said, "Don't panic, I'll talk about it when I'm full." The two soldiers went to the kitchen again to get some steamed buns and pickles, and ate them.
Seeing that there was no movement inside the restaurant, the Qing soldiers outside became more and more noisy. A few Qing soldiers opened the courtyard door and rushed in, and as soon as they arrived at the door of the house, Yu Qi's two personal soldiers jumped out and beheaded a few Qing soldiers under the corridor.
The Qing soldiers always knew that they had encountered hard stubble, and shouted: "Prepare torches and burn them for me." ”
When the boss and the proprietress heard this, they immediately knelt down to the boss: "Can't, boss, can't the restaurant be burned." "Kick the boss away, and wave the big knife: burn.
Dozens of torches were thrown at the restaurant, and the thatched house was immediately on fire. I only listened to the boss and the boss lady crying outside and calling my mother.
Yu Qi lifted the big knife and shouted: "Rush." He led two of his own soldiers out of the flames.
The old general saw that Yu Qi had rushed out, and shouted again: Release the arrow.
Arrows were like flying locusts shooting at Yu Qisan. Yu Qi waved his knife to block, and rushed while blocking. Two of his own soldiers were shot one after another. Before falling to the ground, the two soldiers shouted: "Chief, we are worth our death, at least we are full ghosts." "Laughed and died.
Yu Qi mourned in his heart, and killed the old boss in front of the horse like a gallop, and beheaded the old man under the horse with a knife. Then he jumped on the old general's horse, beat the horse and ran into the mountains ahead.
When the Qing soldiers saw that the old general was dead, they shouted: "Avenge the old general and capture Yu Qi alive." "Smoke and dust chased after me all the way.
When seven dozen horses galloped wildly, people were sleepy and horses were tired, they walked to the bottom of a mountain, but they saw that this mountain was majestic and majestic, rising from the ground among the surrounding hills, and the mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist, and there was a hidden fairy spirit rising.
The more you walk, the higher the mountain and the steeper the road, Yu Qi's horse is not moving.
Yu Qi jumped off the horse and saw two big characters engraved on the boulder on the side of the road: Laoshan Mountain.
Yu Qi abandoned the horse and went uphill, the mountain road became steeper and steeper, and the shouts of the pursuers came from behind. Yu Qi took off his armor, lost his broadsword, took only a sword, and desperately climbed to the top of the mountain.
When I was about to reach the top of the mountain, a temple suddenly appeared in front of me, and the plaque read: Huayan Zen Temple.
Laoshan is a famous Taoist mountain, and the Taoist temple on the mountain is prosperous. But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a temple was built here, which was the Huayan Monastery. This is the only temple in Laoshan.
Yu Qi had exhausted all his strength at this time, and he looked back, but saw that the Qing soldiers were all over the mountains and fields and climbed up the mountain road. Yu Qi sighed unconsciously: It's really the end of a hero.
Yu Qi took a few steps forward with his sword and knocked on the gate of the temple.
The door creaked open, and an old monk appeared in front of him. Yu Qi and the old monk shouted at the same time: It's you.
It turned out that this old monk was Master Ci Zhan and was born in Shaolin Temple. Later, he traveled to the boundary of Shandong, and heard that Yu Qiwu was strong, so he searched all the way. At that time, Yu Qi had just won the martial arts, and when he heard that a monk from Shaolin Temple had come to compete, he immediately rushed out. The two fought without saying a word, and fought for more than 100 rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. Ci Zhan laughed: "Sure enough, it's a hero out of a teenager." Yu Qi also laughed: "Shaolin kung fu is worthy of its name." The two entered hand in hand, wanting to talk very happily, and they had a feeling of hating each other.
Ci Zhan lived in the Seven Houses for a few days, and the two of them talked about some fists and guns all day long, which was really a pity. A few days later, Ci Zhan continued to wander, and the two have not seen each other since. Unexpectedly, we met here and now. It turned out that when Ci Zhanyun traveled here, he saw that the Huayan Monastery was dilapidated, but the weather was extraordinary, so he stayed. Ci Zhan often went to the surrounding area, and after several repairs, he finally restored the original appearance of the Zen temple.
Ci Zhan looked at Yu Qi, who was covered in blood, and then looked at the Qing soldiers who were swarming on the mountain road, and hurriedly helped Yu Qi to the meditation hall.
Yu Qi said: "Master, Yu Qi is at the end of the road, how to deal with it, everything is at the master's command, and there is no other word." ”
Ci Zhan said: "Amitabha, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground, and the old man will shave you." Your Dharma name is good. ”
Yu Qi knelt before the Buddha and received the ordination. Ci Zhan burned Yu Qi's bloody clothes.
At this time, the crowd outside the door was boiling, and the Qing soldiers shouted: Yu Qi, come out and surrender quickly!