Text Chapter 355 The Dangerous Battle of Shihe
Huazhou won a great victory, destroying 80,000 enemies. This big victory made Shi Fangzhen inexplicably excited, he had never tasted such a victory in the fifteen years since he ascended the throne, and this victory satisfied Shi Fangzhen's desire for martial arts.
Under the great joy, do not regret the reward. Shi Fangzhen passed on the order to reward the three armies, Yang Xiangliang was promoted from Yi Yongbo to Yi Yonghou, and those who had meritorious service were promoted accordingly, Yang Xiangliang's eldest son Yang Huaiwu was directly promoted from the ranger general on the fifth grade to the general Mingwei from the fourth grade, and was promoted to three levels in a row; The second son, Yang Huaizhong, was promoted from the deputy lieutenant of Zhaowu under the sixth rank to the ranger general from the fifth grade, and the Son of Heaven rewarded the Yang family unmatched, and even the Taiwei Zhu family was robbed of the limelight.
At the beginning of April, the Xuan Consolation Envoy came to Huiye Mansion with a long convoy to reward the three armies, not to mention the cattle, sheep, wine and meat, in addition to the pension silver, the Son of Heaven allocated another 2 million taels of silver. These silvers made Yu Zhijie, the head of the household, a few hairs white, and the millions of taels of silver that had been added to the treasury a few years ago were shaken cleanly, in case there was any change, the treasury was empty, and what should be done.
The Son of Heaven is on the rise, who dares to pour cold water, it is considered that the Son of Heaven is sympathetic to the difficulties of the household, and offers to cut off one-third of the consumption in the palace this year, and the extra hundreds of thousands of silver are considered to be used for balancing.
Two million taels seems to be a lot of money, but this time the Anxi Protectorate sent 160,000 troops, and the two million taels of silver were evenly distributed to each soldier. Moreover, officers and soldiers cannot be the same, the bigger the officer, the more he gets, and the greater the merit, the greater the reward. These are still things on the surface, and there are also relatives and aliens in secret, Yang Xiangliang brought his 10,000 personal soldiers when he succeeded Zhu Zhipu as the protector of the capital of Anxi, these people were born to their mothers, and they got a lot of credit, and they got a big reward, and the silver was naturally divided more.
Zhu Zipu resigned, and some of the generals of the Anxi Protectorate immediately expressed their support and service to Yang Xiangliang, and the war naturally benefited from the war. The most important thing is those of Zhu Zipu's former cronies, they can't go if the marshal can go, and they can't get rid of the new governor, this big war is a tough battle, and it is really thankless.
Zhou Zongxuan's boss is Mei Hongmin, a strong general under the fourth product, Mei Hongmin is a general of the Zhu family, Zhu Zhipu was the chief general of the forward battalion when he was the governor, Yang Xiangliang took over, adjusted military affairs, Mei Hongmin was transferred to the left army, this time launched a counteroffensive against the Western Regions coalition army, although the left army did not have many battles, but with the main force of Rong Miguo's light cavalry several battles, both sides had casualties on each other, and received little military merit, and the reward was naturally less.
This time, Mei Hongmin's left army was rewarded with 14,000 people, and only 30,000 taels of silver were rewarded, and only five or six hundred wen were distributed to the soldiers. Seeing that the brothers in the other battalions had at least two handfuls of silver, the soldiers were naturally dissatisfied. The army's heart is unstable, and it is not easy to lead such soldiers. Mei Hongmin consulted with his generals and decided to seize the tail of the war and take the initiative to ask for orders to pursue the remnants of the Western Regions.
Yang Xiangliang knew Mei Hongmin's dissatisfaction, and did not embarrass him in this matter, but just told him not to kill good people and take meritorious deeds. Mei Hongmin's subordinates are divided into five groups, and they can catch some stragglers in the Western Regions, and more importantly, the people who settled in Huazhou in the Western Regions have suffered, and it is inevitable that like Shihe Town, the army will ask for benefits everywhere, and if they don't give it, the whole town will be poisoned.
The person who reported the news ran to the inn in a hurry, Jiang Anyi and others were waiting for news in the lobby, and as soon as the person came in and said Xiangzheng's words, Jiang Anyi got up and said: "Without further ado, everyone get on the horse and follow me to have a look." ”
More than 30 horses were not small, and the foreigners who attracted to wait and see followed one after another, and when they arrived at the town gate, Jiang Anyi gathered forty or fifty horses behind him, nearly 100 people. These men all carried swords and bows, and they all looked like brave men.
Zhou Zongxuan sat on the horse and wondered what the old man was talking about as an official. At this moment, the night was dark, and a group of people came in the light of the torches, all riding horses, as if there were women.
The old man stepped forward to salute, but it was still Qin Ziyan who came forward, and the two of them muttered and talked. Jiang Anyi looked at Zhou Zongxuan, seeing that he was dressed as a military general, and he could faintly see that there were many officers and soldiers behind him, and there were no torches, so he couldn't see how many people there were.
There were many foreigners behind Jiang Anyi, and I don't know who took advantage of the night to release a cold arrow at Zhou Zongxuan. Zhou Zongxuan's eyes were quick, and he raised the gun in his hand to flick the cold arrow away, originally Zhou Zongxuan was still a little hesitant, for fear of offending the big man, but this arrow gave him a reason to suppress the bandits.
With the iron spear in his hand raised, Zhou Zongxuan ordered: "Shihe Town regulates the bandits, assassinates the general, exterminates the bandits for me, kills." ”
All the troops responded in unison, their footsteps were neat, and with infinite coercion, they were pressing towards Shihe Town. The old man's face was like ashes, he didn't expect this to be the result, he knew that he shouldn't have outsiders enter the town.
Jiang Anyi's qi machine was all around, and there was a man behind him who was about to put away his longbow, Jiang Anyi glanced at Xinfei, husband and wife were concentric, Xinfei understood, tiptoe a little horse, flew up from the horseback, twisted his waist in the air, and jumped towards the man.
In a panic, the man twisted the long bow in his hand towards Xin Fei's legs, Xin Fei retracted his legs, let go of the bowstring, and gently touched the man's shoulder, and the man only felt a strong force surging from his shoulder, and then he couldn't sit in the saddle steadily, and fell sideways.
On the other side, Jiang Anyi urged the charcoal and galloped towards Zhou Zong. It is useless to say anything at the moment, only by controlling that general can it be possible to stop this massacre. Jiang Anyi is five zhang away from Zhou Zongxuan, and there is a trench four zhang long in the middle, which is difficult for ordinary war horses to jump over, but Jiang Anyi has confidence in charcoal.
The gentle true qi entered the charcoal body from Jiang Anyi's legs, although the charcoal could not speak, he also felt that his whole body was full of strength, he hissed lightly, ran a few steps to help, kicked his four hooves away, rose into the air, and landed steadily at the end of the trench in the surprised eyes of everyone.
Zhou Zongxuan had a sneer on the corner of his mouth at first, ready to watch Jiang Anyi and his men fall into the trench with his horses. Waiting for the horse to rise in the air, Zhou Zongxuan felt a little bad, the horse jumped high, jumped easily, although it was night, but he could feel the smoothness of the horse's body, like flowing water.
The horse fell to the ground, and Jiang Anyi rushed towards him. Zhou Zongxuan was not in a hurry, but fortunately praised "good horse, good kung fu". He has been in the army for nearly 20 years, I don't know how many battles he has experienced, and he knows that the personal martial arts on the battlefield are not very effective, and if he doesn't take two breaths, the soldiers behind him will surround this person, and when the spear is encircled, it is the death period of this person.
Jiang Anyi brought his knife, gun, and bow with him this time, but he did not carry it with him, but put it on the carriage, and Jiang Anyi was bare-handed at this moment. Zhou Zongxuan unhurriedly raised the gun in his hand and pointed at Jiang Anyi's chest, and the soldiers beside him also drew their machetes and surrounded Jiang Anyi. Two feet behind him, countless soldiers with guns and knives rushed in, even if Jiang Anyi broke forward, he couldn't break through this dense sea of people.
Jiang Anyi's left leg used the ground, and the charcoal understood the master's thoughts, so he suddenly changed the direction of his head, turned sideways to the left, and the horse's body was horizontal. Zhou Zongxuan responded to all changes with the same attitude, and the spear in his hand was still piercing Jiang Anyi's chest, no matter what tricks Jiang Anyi played, he couldn't escape from his palm.
The iron spear came with a cold wind, Jiang Anyi twisted his body, and the spear walked in front of him. Jiang Anyi's left hand was like lightning, and he grabbed the barrel of the gun, Zhou Zongxuan sneered, pressed the handle up, and tried hard to provoke Jiang Anyi from the horse. The guards on the side had already arrived, and three bright machetes swept towards Jiang Anyi's chest and abdomen.
With the power of the upward pick, Jiang Anyi floated up, three steel knives were empty on the soles of his feet, Jiang Anyi still held the gun with his left hand, his body was like a swimming fish floating towards Zhou Zongxuan along the gun shaft, and his right palm slashed towards Zhou Zongxuan's chest.
There are also masters in the army, and the commanders and important generals are surrounded by such masters. Hearing the sound of true qi cutting through the air, Zhou Zongxuan knew the master he had encountered. The army naturally taught the way to deal with it, Zhou Zongxuan threw his spear outward, trying to turn Jiang Anyi outward, and his body took advantage of the situation to twist to avoid the fierce wind.
The gun was one foot long, and Jiang Anyi's left hand had already slid halfway to the body of the gun, no more than four feet away from Zhou Zongxuan. Zhou Zongxuan threw the gun out hard, and floated up diagonally with Jiang Anyi's body, and the palm wind went empty. Jiang Anyi was in the air, his left hand was the support point, and he used himself as a wheel, drawing an arc on his toes, which was firmly on Zhou Zongxuan's shoulder.
Zhou Zongxuan was dressed in bright light armor, and there was a cloak beast head on his shoulders, which was made of fine iron. Jiang Anyi's toes were on the beast's head, and the beast's head of fine iron immediately split apart, Zhou Zongxuan felt a heat seeping from his shoulder, scorching his muscles and bones, and his heart was hot.
With the idea that it was not an opponent in his mind, Zhou Zongxuan reacted quickly and tried his best to roll to the right, as long as he used the horse body to fight for time to fall to the ground, the soldiers behind him arrived, and he hugged him, and the opponent had no way to take him. When the opponent is surrounded, it is time to take revenge.
Thinking very well, his body was not yet out of the horse's back, a big hand grabbed the stumbling armor around his waist, and a gentle voice sounded in his ears: "This general, don't be in a hurry to go, I still have something to say." ”
Zhou Zongxuan felt that he was being lifted high like a cloud, and only heard the man shout loudly: "This official Huazhou assassin Jiang Anyi, passing through here to go to Huiye Mansion to take up his post, you still don't put down your weapons." ”
Jiang Anyi turned around and signaled behind him, and Shi took out the seal letter from the bag behind him, and stood on horseback with a torch to show it to everyone. The main general fell into the hands of people, and the other party was still the Lord of the Assassins, and the troops looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Zhou Zongxuan's heart was cold, he was caught by Lord Shi by Assassin Shi for killing good and risking his work, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to survive.
"Brothers, don't listen to the nonsense of the demon, he is the remnant of Yuantian, everyone don't care about me, kill him, kill everyone." Zhou Zongxuan's body was like an ant drilling, and he had no power to resist, so he had to shout hoarsely. Several lieutenants under him were a little moved, and they looked at each other and signaled that they were about to step forward and make a move.
Qin Ziyan saw that something was wrong, so he immediately jumped on the horse, held high the identity card of Longwei, and shouted loudly: "I am Qin Ziyan, the commander of Longwei Prefecture in Huazhou, and I was ordered to escort Jiang Thorn Shi to take office, if you don't put down your weapons, will you not be able to rebel, think about your family, and don't put down your weapons." ”
Long Wei's murderous name can really make the child stop crying, Qin Ziyan's words just fell, the sound of "jingling" sounded, Zhou Zongxuan was in the air, and his heart was like ashes.