Chapter Ninety-Nine: Guo Li Ai Returns to Guiyang City
Guo Liai, who was running in front, couldn't see how many people there were in total, he only felt that there was a piece of green Yangyang. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people, just out of the mountains and forests, the team was divided into two teams, one team from the south gate to attack the city, all the way to the east gate of the city.
Guo Liai saw that there were tens of thousands of people in the army, and he also had a bottom in his heart. Running faster to Guiyang City, seeing that they were about to arrive at Guiyang City, the defenders of the city were too tired to attack the city before, and now they are still resting, and no one found that there is a large army approaching under the city.
On the city wall, Zhu Shouquan said to Wang Liu Cang: "I didn't see them deal with it when I attacked the city, the dead people were all our people, and now we go into the city to rob things and women, it is those Manchurians and banner people who are dogs, and they are really shameless on dogs." Wang Liucang lazily did not move, pushed down the rolling wood beside him, and said, "Who called someone the master?" Do you see when they have looked at us? Now that you're still alive, you're Amitabha. ”
Wang Xing listened to the screams and angry scolding in the city, and said: "What kind of sin have you done, are we Han people really better than pigs and dogs?" Let these beasts kill them. Hu Yiqing on the side said: "Don't think too much, who can protect who in this world now?" Who told us to live in this troubled world? ”
Zhu Shouquan listened to Wang Xing and Hu Yiqing's words and said: "You two are really, now that they have surrendered to the Qing court, and you still want to be a decent person, it is impossible, you will only die quickly." Look at how many people did King Pingxi kill with the Qing court? Aren't people good in front of the king of Pingxi now? ”
Wang Liucang also said: "Yes, how many people did Li Chengdong kill in Jiangnan and Guangzhou back then?" What kind of majesty is it, and there are still few people killed by Shang Kexi in Guangdong? Look at these people, that's not the scenery. As a result, after Li Chengdong returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, the army was not able to do it at once, and was chased and beaten by the Qing soldiers, you say this is not strange. ”
Zhu Shouquan said: "Yes, don't talk far, let's attack a city like Guiyang before, and we can fight it in a month or two?" But now you see what's going on, we've been beaten down in just a few days. In this way, it seems that this destiny belongs to the Manchurians, can our little arms and legs be twisted past the thighs of the Qing court? ”
Wang Liucang said excitedly: "That's it, we will now follow the Qing court to make a small fortune, and mix an official and a half-position for future generations." Want to do so much? Then he said to the Qing soldiers beside him: "Do you say that in this troubled world, we little people don't want this, what do we think?" We can't think about how to save the world. ”
The surrounding soldiers all followed: "General Wang is right, we don't ask for more, just ask for a survival to earn a share of the family business for future descendants." Wang Liu Cang saw that the soldiers around him agreed, and immediately said to Wang Xing confidently: "Look at it, everyone understands people, I said General Wang, don't think too much." Now we have our heads tied to the waistband of our trousers, and we can't say that we won't be able to live one day, and now we can live happily one day at a time. ”
Wang Xing disagreed with Wang Liucang's words, but there was no way, now all the surrendered troops think like this, and it is impossible for you to make them change their minds with just two sentences. At this time, Wang Xing's son Wang Youchen came over and said, "Father, now that the army has entered the city, we must arrange defenses, so as not to let the thieves in the city escape." ”
Although Zhu Shouquan and Wang Liucang also wanted to follow the Qing soldiers very much, those former Guizhou colleagues and soldiers in the city were willing to make way for them to escape from the city, but now Wang Youchen wanted to completely block the city gate, so that none of the people in the city could escape, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Wang Xing was even more angry and blew his beard and scolded: "You bastard forgot your roots so quickly, when we were in Guizhou, it was these people who supported us, and now you don't have a way to live, I, Wang Xing, will have a son like you." Wang Youchen didn't expect his father to scold him, so he was stunned.
This Wang Youchen had no backbone, and when the Qing army had not yet arrived, he sent someone to contact the Qing army to prepare for surrender. Guo Liai, Zhu Shouquan and other Guizhou generals surrendered in the middle, and he contacted them in the middle. After surrendering to the Qing court, he also worked hard for the Qing court, and originally saw the gate of the city open, so he came to persuade his father and the generals to guard the city gate.
But he didn't want Wang Xing to want to leave a way to live for the people in the city and the former robe, and he was ridiculed by Zhu Shouquan and Wang Liucang just now, and he suddenly broke out. Seeing that Wang Youchen was stunned, he continued: "Most of the defenders in this city are the robes we used to be together, how many people can escape now?" You're going to block the only way to survive, you bastard, the old man can't wait to beat you to death right now. ”
At this time, although Zhu Shouquan and others were not used to Wang Youchen's utilitarianism, they still persuaded: "General Wang is angry, General Wang is not intentional, now we are in the Qing army, if we keep the gate and do not guard, I am afraid that there will be another right and wrong, so it is better to send some people down to watch." ”
Wang Xing said: "Don't get out of here, if it weren't for the intercession of the generals, see if I don't kill you rabbit cub." Wang Xing thought that Wang Youchen would listen to his words and would immediately go down the city wall. Who knew that Wang Youchen followed the demon and stood there motionless.
When Wang Xing saw it, he immediately said angrily: "You still don't go to guard the city gate, what is the pestle doing there?" Wang Youchen pointed out of the city curiously and said, "Is that Guo Liai and Liu Dongcai?" How did they get out of town? ”
Zhu Shouquan and the others were all startled when they heard Wang Youchen's words, just now they let Guo Li Ai and others go out of the city to run for their lives, why did they run back now. If the Qing army found out that the two of them had gone outside the city, it would be difficult to explain when the time came. So Hu Yiqing, Wang Xing, Zhu Shouquan and Wang Liu Cang all got up and looked outside the city, only to see Guo Liai and Liu Dongcai rushing towards the Guiyang city wall.
Seeing this situation, several people in the city suddenly became anxious, and obviously asked you to flee for your life, but now you are back by yourself. Several other people didn't notice the woods behind Guo Liai, Wang Youchen didn't have a pimple in his heart, so naturally it was impossible to just look at Guo Liai and the two.
Wang Youchen looked at the woods behind Guo Liai and said: "This Guo Liai is really good, he actually has such a great ability, and there is a large forest behind him." Only then did Wang Xing and the others pay attention to the woods behind Guo Liai, and they all felt strange how Guo Liai ran away with this piece of woods.
At this time, Wang Youchen saw clearly that Guo Liai was not a forest at all, it was an army, and everyone under the branches was carrying weapons. Suddenly shouted: "Quick, defend the city, it's an enemy attack, someone is coming to sneak attack." At this time, the soldiers defending the city reacted and hurriedly assembled to defend the city.
Wang Xing and the others also roared when they saw this, and some people rang the gong to call the police, but it was already too late. When Wang Youchen found Guo Liai, Guo Liai was already not far from the city wall, and after a delay by everyone in the city, Guo Liai was now only a few zhang away from the city gate.
Only in the blink of an eye, Guo Liai and Liu Dong had already rushed into the city with everyone. Now that they rushed into the city, it was not easy for Guo Liai and Liu Dongcai to stay out of the matter anymore, so they had to knock over a Qing soldier with one punch, grab a weapon, and slash and kill. The soldiers who followed up also roared loudly at this time, and someone shouted behind them: "The Ming Wang's division has entered the city, and the 100,000 army has attacked." ”
The soldiers who shouted to defend the city were stunned, and asked around if it was really the Ming Dynasty that the king had called, but what they saw was a group of troops with branches on top of the trees, rushing into the city and slashing everywhere. Suddenly, when they saw the army of branches that came out, they were blinded by these surrendering troops, and many people knelt down and surrendered when they heard the shouts of surrender and not killing.
Wang Xing and others in the city saw that they had not yet gone down to organize a large army to defend the city, and now the enemy had rushed into the city, and the soldiers under the city had begun to surrender. Seeing this, several people had to gather the soldiers on the city wall first, and wanted to rush down the city. At this time, Guo Li Ai and Liu Dong didn't want to get involved in the big battle in the city, so they gradually leaned to the edge and retreated to the steps of the city wall.
I don't know how the young marquis arranged it, but no one came up to the city wall. So Guo Liai and Liu Dong just left the battlefield like this, and as soon as the two of them took a breath, they heard a sound of footsteps behind them. Turning around, it was Wang Xing and others in the city who came down with the army, Wang Xing asked as soon as he saw the split: "I said, you two are really not afraid of death, let you go out of the city and run for your lives, why did you come back again?" ”
Guo Liai and Liu Dongcai gasped and were speechless for a while. Liu Dongcai paused before saying, "You can't blame us for this, they have to come back with us." Liu Dongcai said as he pointed to the army of woods under the city that kept entering the city.
Wang Xing and the others remembered that this was not the time to chat, and suddenly said: "You guys take the opportunity to go out of the city, and we will go down to kill the enemy." So saying, he went down to the city with a large army.
Guo Liai and Liu Dongcai have only been in this strange army, and they know that the military discipline of this army is strict, and generally such an army is very powerful. Busy said: "Don't be reckless, this army has eccentricities. ”
As soon as Guo Liai's words were finished, he saw the Qing army running out of the city. Led by Li Ruchun, there were about 1,000 people. Li Ruchun saw that Wang Xing and others on the city wall were walking under the city wall with the army, and immediately planned to block this strange army and attack them back and forth with Wang Xing.
As soon as Li Ruchun asked the soldiers to line up, the forest army on the opposite side rushed over. The soldiers in the front rows on both sides were short weapons, with only swords and guns, and the archers in the back. Before Li Ruchun could let the archers behind him release their arrows, the opposing army rushed up directly. At the moment when the two sides came into contact, many soldiers on both sides were injured and fell to the ground.
But the army on the opposite side is like not afraid of death, even if it is hit by a knife and gun, it desperately pounces forward, and the people behind are even more forward, and there is no intention of stopping at all. Although Li Ruchun's army has also been in battle for a long time, where has he ever seen such a desperate fighting style, he was suddenly in a hurry and couldn't resist it.
Looking at the retreating army, Li Ruchun couldn't believe that this was his army. Even if Li Ruchun shouted again and again, constantly waving his knife to make the soldiers attack forward, it was useless. As the army retreated, Li Ruchun's army soon turned into a rout. Seeing this, Li Ruchun had no choice but to flee back with his own soldiers, but these forest troops were chasing Li Ruchun closely, and Li Ruchun also knew that the pit must have seen the clothes on his body and decided that he was a big official.
Wang Xing didn't believe much in Guo Liai's words, but seeing Li Ruchun's army with his own eyes, how easily it was defeated, it was like a dream. Even Wang Youchen was shocked: "Where did this army come from?" Are they Flood Beasts? Li Ruchun of Huguang is not a person who can't fight, and he was defeated without holding on for a quarter of an hour. ”
Guo Li Ai said: "So I ask you not to act rashly, this army is indeed strange." As soon as Guo Liai's words fell, a voice sounded behind him: "Oh, then what do you say is weird?" Guo Li Ai turned around and saw that it was the young marquis from before. Suddenly smiled: "Hou Ye's army has strict military discipline, which can be compared to ordinary armies, and ordinary armies with strict military discipline are often strong armies." ”
The Hou Ye smiled: "You have a slippery head, but it's just a little too slippery, and sometimes you often die miserably if you use your intelligence in the wrong place." Wang Youchen saw that the young man was only in his twenties, and he looked old-fashioned when he spoke, and he was immediately unhappy: "Who are you, you have such a big mouth, and you are not shy at a young age." ”
Before the Hou Ye could speak, a person next to him flashed out and said: "This is Zhu Youdong, the Pingyu Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, and he is the leading general of the Ming Restoration Army." What confidence do you have to ask here, who are you, don't report your name quickly. ”
The people on the scene have never heard of who the title of Marquis of Pingyu was given, and they don't know the details of Zhu Youdong. Zhu Youdong didn't pay attention to it, and immediately said to the soldiers behind him: "Okay, there is no need for so many people here, leave three hundred people to defend the city gate, and the rest will go into the city to help." ”
The soldiers of the Restoration Army behind Zhu Youdong suddenly left 300 people, and the rest of them all rushed into the city. The three hundred men were left behind, and two hundred men were divided to guard the gates. Seeing this, Wang Xing said: "Although you are the Hou Ye, and now you have also invaded Guiyang City, but we also have 300 soldiers here, and you still have to take out 200 people to guard the city gate, aren't you afraid that we will suddenly take you and let you fail?" ”
Zhu Youdong said with a smile: "If you wanted to take it, I would have taken it a long time ago, and besides, you don't know the military law of the Qing army. Then he thought about Guo Li Ai and said, "Why don't you introduce me to it?" ”
Guo Li Ai saw that Zhu Youdong didn't see anything outside, and introduced Zhu Youdong a little awkwardly, Zhu Youdong looked at Wang Xing and said: "How can you say that you are also the earl of my Ming Dynasty, why did you surrender without resistance?" Is it really good for you to do this? ”