Chapter 309: Capture the thief and capture the king
He Renlong is a "long-legged general", and he is also a fierce general, otherwise he would not be called "He Maniac".
Speaking of which, many of the generals of the Ming Dynasty fled in battle, abandoning their personal selfishness, not to mention, the system ** is the most important reason.
People will have selfish intentions, and the salary issued by the imperial court is so little, and it is not enough. I intercepted and raised my own soldiers, gave them good food and drink, and naturally rushed when I was able to fight, if I was defeated, who would be willing to pay for my old capital?
There are still generals who can fight, and the key depends on how you control them. The money and food issued to the army are not enough, and there are only one or two hundred families under him, so don't you feel distressed if you lose it?
After He Renlong took refuge in Li Xiuwen, the treatment can be described as very different. Li Xiuwen did not move his own soldiers, but only improved the treatment of all the soldiers under him.
There are some differences in the treatment of each general and soldier, and there is a difference between the personal soldiers and the ordinary soldiers, but it depends on the difference.
Li Xiuwen does not have many soldiers now, and he has always been in charge of money and food personally, unlike the Ming Dynasty, which was distributed through civilian officials. In this way, without intermediate links, no one will be able to deduct military salaries at all.
Naturally, he can't be busy alone, but there are several ladies in the family, and it's still okay to help. As a result, the monthly salaries were paid in full, and the treatment of the soldiers was naturally very different from before.
If you want to give your own soldiers better treatment, then take them out of your own money and raise them.
He Renlong did not have many soldiers who could fight before, only his own 150 family members could fight. It's different now, although the time is still short, and I haven't had time to practice more, but the morale has obviously improved a lot.
In this night attack, He Renlong took the initiative to ask Ying, hoping to take on the heavy responsibility and behave well in front of the new master.
As a result, Li Xiuwen's face was very hesitant at that time, and He Renlong naturally understood in his heart that his previous reputation was not very good, so let the family know about it, and he didn't dare to entrust him with a heavy responsibility.
He was immediately unconvinced, it used to be before, and now Lao Tzu has changed his mind, can this still be the same?
At his insistence, Li Xiuwen finally nodded and agreed to let him take on the role.
The plan was decided, and Li Xiuwen approved He Renlong's proposal and divided it into two night attacks. As soon as the fourth watch passed tonight, Li Dong led 2,000 light horsemen to make a false move and sneak attack the western camp.
As the saying goes, "the virtual is the real, the real is the virtual", generally after a night attack, the enemy will be vigilant, and it is impossible to give you a second chance.
But this time, He Renlong's strategy was very ingenious, and he played a tricky way, attacking the east and west, and breaking common sense.
In the minds of normal people, they all think that the enemy will only attack once at night, and if they succeed or not, they will not attack again, and then they will inevitably relax their vigilance.
As a result, Li Xiuwen was not normal this time, and directly played two night raids, which greatly surprised Hong Chengchou's expectations.
Half an hour later, He Renlong led 150 personal soldiers from his headquarters, plus more than 2,000 cavalry selected from the whole army, a total of 3,000 people, to launch the second sneak attack on Hong Chengchou's front camp tonight.
He Renlong's goal is very clear, he went straight to the camp of the Chinese army, if he can kill Hong Chengchou, it will definitely be a great achievement. If it doesn't work, it can also kill some enemies and hit the morale of the Ming army.
Anyway, the advantage of the light cavalry is that it is flexible and flexible, and it is easy to retreat when the opponent really organizes a resistance.
He Renlong rode his horse to the camp, wielding a long-handled broadsword in his hand with great skill, and killed more than ten enemies in an instant. Thinking of the worried look on Li Xiuwen's face before leaving, and the suspicious eyes of other generals, he was very angry in his heart.
"These eight lambs, they don't even believe that Lao Tzu can take on a heavy responsibility, so I will cut Hong Chengchou for you to see!"
He Renlong was stubborn. He took a deep breath, passed through the company camp, and entered Hong Chengchou's Chinese army camp, slashing horizontally and vertically, riding his horse and rushing forward, and the team of personal soldiers behind him followed closely, all of them were covered with blood, and their faces were hideous, as if they were hooking ghosts.
He Renlong followed Hong Chengchou for a long time, and later followed Sun Chuanting. Strictly speaking, Hong Chengchou is his old boss, and he can recognize him even if he turns to ashes.
He broke through the layers of defense, and finally with the help of the faint firelight, he saw Hong Chengchou who was tightly surrounded by his own soldiers in the distance.
Now they are their masters, their positions are different, He Renlong doesn't care whether he is his former master or not, he only knows that he is now the main general of the enemy army, if he can cut him with a knife, it will be the credit of pouring the sky.
At that time, the dragons will be leaderless, the Ming army will inevitably be completely defeated, the siege of Kaifeng can be solved, and they can also be famous, and they will inevitably be taken seriously.
Hong Chengchou also discovered He Renlong, this figure was so familiar that he recognized the future at a glance, and wondered in his heart: "This He Renlong used to be so good at running with him, but now he actually dares to personally lead the troops to attack at night?" โ
His order had just been conveyed not long ago, and he had not yet been able to truly organize an effective resistance, and when he saw He Renlong riding his horse and rushing towards him, how could he not guess the other party's intentions?
"He Renlong, the dog who betrays the lord to seek glory, and the courage to attack the camp?!!"
Hong Chengchou shouted, pulled out his saber, and ordered to the left and right: "Stop him for me!" โ
"Hahaha-"
He Renlong laughed wildly, sped up his horse again, and rushed in the direction where Hong Chengchou was standing, cutting off two bloody heads with a wave of the big knife in his hand. The soldiers who followed closely behind were also very brave, and they fought their way out.
Seeing this, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, this He Renlong was really desperate tonight, and he looked extremely brave. He didn't dare to slack off, and kept retreating under the protection of his own soldiers, hoping to delay some time and wait for the soldiers on his periphery to enter the guard.
He is a literati, he is okay in commanding battles, and his skills are only average, if he really wants to fight against people like He Renlong, there is absolutely no chance of winning, and he can only take advantage of his large number of people to eat He Renlong's small group of cavalry.
Until then, it's better not to hand it over, otherwise your life will be in danger.
He Renlong didn't care about it, and led people to rush towards him, threatening to kill the overseer.
I saw that the big knife in his hand was waved repeatedly, and he really broke through the layers of defense, came to Hong Chengchou's body, and handed his back to the soldiers behind him.
"Hong Chengchou, take your life-"
He Renlong shouted violently, jumped off the war horse, and slashed down at Hong Chengchou's head.
"Lord Ministry, bewareโ"
Several pro-soldiers around him did not dare to slack off, and they blocked with horizontal knives. If they let people kill the main general like this, they are really derelict in their duties.
"Bang Chang - "
There was a sound of gold and iron clashing, and He Renlong's big knife cut off a knife that was horizontal on the top side, but blocked several knives below.
He immediately retracted his knife, slashed back at one of his enemies who intended to sneak up on him, and then swung his knife again and slashed at Hong Chengchou, but was blocked again.