Chapter Ninety-Three: Orphans and Widows
The more Xu Dingguo thought about it, the more proud he became, especially when he thought that Gao Jie was now a dead man, he couldn't help laughing: "Mountain Harrier, you were able to develop an army of 50,000 with 50 family members at the beginning, and I can bring out 60 family members today!"
Not only did he escape with sixty cavalrymen, but he also had a letter from the regent Dorgon, not to mention that the four horses behind him were all filled with gold and silver, and now as long as he crossed the Yellow River, the dragon would return to the sea, but as soon as he thought about it, he heard someone on the other side shouting: "Xu Dingguo is here!"
"Don't run away Xu Dingguo!"
"Xu Dingguo is here!"
Xu Dingguo didn't pay attention to the few horsemen on the other side at all, the sixty family members around him were all elite horsemen who had survived a hundred battles, not to mention a few horsemen, it was not a problem to encounter dozens or even hundreds of horses, so he shouted: "Kill them!"
He personally led the horse team and rushed towards the opposite rangers, but before he could rush a hundred steps, Xu Dingguo hurriedly tightened his grip on the reins: "What person!"
The horse team on the opposite side has already reported its name: "Sincerity Bofu Liu Yongxi!"
"Liu Yongxi, the chief soldier of Linhuai Town!"
"Liu Yongxi has been waiting for General Xu here for a long time!"
Liu Yongxi was also very excited, although he had already laid a net, it was not easy for Xu Dingguo to run away with a light horse and try to block it, in case Xu Dingguo ran away, he would miss a big event.
Fortunately, he personally led the horse team out to intercept it, and finally blocked Xu Dingguo when the sky was bright.
Seeing the lineup on the opposite side, Xu Dingguo's heart was cold, he originally thought that the sixty elite cavalry around him would be able to solve all the problems, but he didn't expect that Liu Yongxi actually had five or six hundred cavalry teams around him, and in addition to the horse team, there were more infantry teams from both wings, and his sixty cavalry would pay a heavy price no matter which direction he rushed.
Now the letter from the regent Dolgon's autograph suddenly became hot.
Xu Dingguo is also a veteran who has experienced countless battles, although he encountered the ambush of the Sincerity Uncle, he made a gesture, and the four horses behind him and the eight loads of gold and silver on the horses appeared in Liu Yongxi's sight: "Sincerity Uncle, I am not Xu Dingguo, I am Li Jiyu who was detained by Xu Dingguo, and now I am in a hurry to rush back to my old camp, these four loads of gold and silver are my road money!"
Speaking of this, Xu Dingguo said with a smile: "Uncle Chengyi, let's make friends, don't hurt the harmony, if you think that these eight loads of gold and silver are not enough, I can still think of a way!"
Liu Yongxi walked slowly towards Xu Dingguo with dozens of guards: "You are Li Jiyu?" Li Jiyu can't do it, Gao Dashuai asked me to guard the north, and no one is allowed to let me go, and your luggage may not be real money......"
Xu Dingguo felt that there was a play: "Uncle Cheng said that he laughed, immediately these eight packs of luggage are gold, silver and jewelry, you can personally identify it, if you are not satisfied, there will be more gifts when I return to the old camp!"
When Xu Dingguo was talking with relish, Liu Yongxi suddenly shouted angrily: "Do it!"
Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Liu Yongxi gave an order, the entire Linhuai Town was mobilized, and the horse team suddenly accelerated, killing the dozens of horses around Xu Dingguo, and before the horse team launched an offensive, it was like arrows and projectiles like raindrops, although the damage caused was limited, but Xu Dingguo's side was completely chaotic.
And taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Yongxi led hundreds of horsemen to stab the enemy army with a saber, and before Xu Dingguo reacted, at least twenty horsemen were directly cut down, and the rest of the family members were also encircled, and someone was cut down from time to time.
Xu Dingguo is a treacherous and slippery, and even Gao Jie, who has gone south and north and experienced countless big scenes, was planted in his hands, but he didn't expect to be pecked by geese all day long and put on such a scene by Liu Yongxi, so he was naturally furious, and he swung his knife in the direction of Liu Yongxi: "Boy, if you have the ability, let's fight alone!"
Liu Yongxi laughed out loud: "Brothers, don't let go of Xu Dingguo, if you want to see people in life and see corpses in death, what are you waiting for, fame and wealth are in front of you!"
As soon as Liu Yongxi's voice fell, hundreds of horsemen rushed towards Xu Dingguo, and although Xu Dingguo was also a veteran general, he tried his best, but at this moment, it was already a tiger falling in Pingyang, but it was directly cut down in a few rounds, and Zhao Zhijie over there shouted loudly: "Brothers, sincerity Uncle said, if you want to see people in life and see corpses in death, also, these loads of gold and silver are all shown to me!"
Under the city of Suizhou.
Although the sky was bright, Mrs. Xing was already in despair.
Only about a dozen of the 300 horses who followed Gao Jie into the city yesterday escaped from Suizhou City, which can be said to be the end of the entire army, but these survivors brought even more terrible news.
That is, Xingping Bo Gaojie has been killed on the spot!
Several family members who escaped from the city said that they saw Xingping Bo Gaojie die in the chaos of the army, poor Gao Jie fought in the south and the north, and faced Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's hundreds of thousands of troops could talk and laugh, but finally died in the small city of Suizhou.
Mrs. Xing never thought that Gao Jie would have such a tragic ending, he had obviously reached the peak of his life and became the Xingping Bo of the Ming Dynasty, and he was also the most relied on military general of the Hongguang Imperial Court, but he became the first meteor of the Hongguang Imperial Court.
Moreover, the situation of Gao Jie's death has been completely out of control, not only has the Northern Expedition ended ahead of schedule, but also the proud soldiers and fierce generals under Gao Jie jumped out as soon as possible to ask for the inheritance left by Gao Jie.
Li Benshen felt that he was Gao Jie's nephew and had the most men and horses under him, so Xingpingbo's position had to be taken over by him, Guo Hu felt that the most elite horse team was in his hands, and Gao Jie's tens of thousands of horses belonged to him, and Li Chengdong and others also had similar ideas.
When Gao Jie was alive, Mrs. Xing couldn't suppress these arrogant soldiers, not to mention that now that Gao Jie is dead, only they are orphans and widows, and these military leaders naturally can't wait to rush up to the widow's door.
Now except for Yue Qijie and Yuan Shu, who are still supporting Mrs. Xing, only Xing Shengping can be trusted.
Although Gao Jie's righteous son Gao Jinku also stood up to support Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Xing knew very well that the reason why Gao Jinku supported him was because he was only a deputy general, and his status and strength were not in the same realm as several chief military officers, and he remembered Xing Pingbo's position and her stepmother, so he would temporarily support Mrs. Xing, and only Xing Shengping, a clan brother, could really be trusted.
The thing that Mrs. Xing regrets most now is that she did not fully support Xing Shengping at the beginning.
There are only 700 people under Xing Shengping's command, even if Chen Yuan's 600 people are counted, it is only 1,300 people, plus the hundreds of families left by Gao Jie to Mrs. Xing are only 2,000 people, but fortunately, with these 2,000 people, Mrs. Xing can finally control the situation: "Gao Yingwu's bones are not cold, you all think about the upper Xingpingbo, it's too much!"