Sheep intestine trail, in the wilderness, a group of hundreds of people of merchants slowly forward, the breeze blows, the yellow sand covers the sky and the sun, so confused that everyone can't open their eyes.

There were only three wagons in the procession, loaded with pickled cowhides, and fifty horses guarded the perimeter of the procession, and the rest were all foot soldiers. To say that this group of men and horses are merchants, but I don't see any of them as merchants.

After all, those foot soldiers were tall and mighty, and the fierce aura leaked out too obviously, and they were even more disciplined when marching. Even ordinary Ming soldiers do not have such momentum, and it is obvious that this group of people is not ordinary businessmen.

"General, three miles ahead is Kaifeng City, should we make a detour to Xuzhou, and then march to Ye County." A middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman walked quickly to a bearded man and asked respectfully.

This person rode a horse, carried a sword at his waist, and carried a saber used by all the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army in his hand. He looked ahead with wide eyes, hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "Adjutant, there is no need to avoid Kaifeng. Although we still don't know whether Zuo Dudu is alive or dead, according to rumors, it should not be wrong that Henan is now occupied by the Dongjiang army. So we can go straight to Kaifeng City, and then explore the reality again. ”

"It's the general." The middle-aged man, known as the adjutant, immediately clasped his fists and saluted and retreated, and soon after, the shouts rang out frequently, and the team also accelerated the pace of marching.

The general who led the team was none other than Mao Wenlong's previous subordinate general in Dongjiang, Kong Youde.

At that time, after Yuan Chonghuan arrived at the Dongjiang Army, he killed Mao Wenlong by surprise, and then seized military power. Kong Youde and Shang Kexi are both generals under Mao Wenlong, and naturally they are also quite concerned by Yuan Chonghuan, and both of them feel that there will be no good results if they stay.

Therefore, after the two conspired at that time, they each fled with their own soldiers and infiltrated directly into the territory of Houjin. Later, he was captured by Houjin, and then recruited by Huang Taiji, and now both of them are generals under Huang Taiji.

He was also in charge of 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Han Banner Battalion, and this time Kong Youde unexpectedly learned that Mao Wenlong was not dead, and he also led part of the Dongjiang Army to flee to Henan. Now it has occupied the entire territory of Henan in one fell swoop, and it has become a confrontation with the imperial court and the peasant army.

After Kong Youde learned about it, he immediately conspired with Shang Kexi, and after the two discussed, it was decided that Kong Youde would secretly come to find out the truth. This is also the reason why he appeared here, in fact, the two have been ostracized under the command of Huang Taiji.

This time, I heard that Mao Wenlong was not dead, and I was overjoyed, and I also looked forward to being able to serve under Mao Wenlong again.

Seeing that Kaifeng City was not far ahead, Kong Youde finally let go of the big stone in his heart.

This journey was not easy, from blending into the pass to moving all the way to this, he experienced many twists and turns, and more than half of his men were lost, and now there are less than 500 people left.

"Stop!"

A thunderous roar suddenly rose to the ground, and then the thunderous sound of horses' hooves rushed from all directions.

"Formation." Although Kong Youde suffered a sudden change, he was still calm and calmly ordered to defend.

His men were also very calm and did not panic because of the sudden attack. Under Kong Youde's order, less than five hundred people quickly formed a defensive formation, and all of them swords came out.

Chen Jisheng was ordered to keep an eye on these Houjin troops who sneaked in, and this morning he saw that they had been coming towards Kaifeng City. Without any hesitation, he took five thousand cavalry with him and laid an ambush here early in the morning.

"Lay down your weapons, do not resist, but spare you from death. If you don't comply, you won't be killed! ”

Chen Jisheng was majestic, and the saber in his hand pointed at Kong Youde and others, and shouted loudly.

Kong Youde was looking at Chen Jisheng in front of the formation at this moment, although the distance was nearly 100 meters, he could still see Chen Jisheng's appearance clearly. He only felt that Chen Jisheng was very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.

After some consideration, Kong Youde calmly said in a loud voice: "I don't know who the general is, we didn't do anything, just merchants passing by here, hoping to give passage." ”

Chen Jisheng immediately sneered: "Don't be pretentious, Lao Tzu is staring at you early in the morning." actually mixed in from outside the gate, and traveled all the way here, Lao Tzu has to admire your courage. But today you met Lao Tzu, it's best to be honest with me, otherwise you will immediately die here, and blood will be spattered on the spot. ”

Kong Youde frowned again and again when he heard this, this person spoke in such a loud tone that he was very unhappy. But in order to avoid misunderstandings, Kong Youde still tried his best to suppress the unhappiness in his heart, and still said calmly: "My real name is Kong Youde, and I am a general under the command of Mao Wenlong, the original governor of the left capital of the Dongjiang Army. ”

"Kong Youde ......"

Chen Jisheng was slightly stunned, and then began to look at Kong Youde carefully, and after this careful look, he immediately found that the person in front of him was indeed familiar. It was the former general, his immediate boss.

Kong Youde saw the change in Chen Jisheng's face, he was immediately overjoyed, and shouted again: "You are also the original Dongjiang Army, aren't you?" ”

Chen Jisheng was very hesitant in his heart, but he knew that Kong Youde in front of him was from outside the gate, although he had not seen any Tartars in this team at present. But he still suspected that Kong Youde had defected to Huang Taiji.

After all, outside the Guan, on the territory of Houjin, if Kong Youde, who escaped into the territory of Houjin, wants to survive, he must need to serve Huang Taiji.

"You've already defected to Houjin, aren't you?" Chen Jisheng answered the question, and his face became even more gloomy.

The Dongjiang Army has always been inseparable from the Tartars, and the two armies have directly fought large and small battles for several years. The two sides are already mortal enemies, and there is no possibility of resolution, if Kong Youde in front of him has defected to Houjin, then Chen Jisheng can completely take him down and send him to Mao Wenlong to wait for his fate.

A trace of shame flashed on Kong Youde's face, but he still said truthfully: "Indeed, I and Shang Kexi have defected to Houjin, and I came here this time to hear that Zuo Dudu is still alive, so I specially came to investigate it." ”

Chen Jisheng immediately sneered: "Since you have defected to Houjin, then there is nothing to say, immediately put down your weapons and surrender obediently, otherwise don't blame General Ben for being unkind." ”

Kong Youde looked at the countless cavalry around him, he hesitated for a while, and finally followed Chen Jisheng's words.

"Put down your weapons, and you are not allowed to resist." Kong Youde immediately ordered.

"General, don't do it!" At this time, the adjutant general immediately spoke and persuaded him.

"Do you dare to disobey?" Kong Youde seemed to have made up his mind, and stared viciously at the deputy general who was persuaded by Jinyan.

The latter's face was uncertain, but in the end he threw away the weapon in his hand as he said. Someone took the lead, and the rest of the people did the same, and in the end, Kong Youde himself unloaded all the weapons on his body.

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