Chapter 23: Beheading
Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but be in a hurry, there were only more than 30 bandits in Daqiao Mountain who entered the city, but the Qing army led more than 100 people to the west gate, and now they were frightened and just ran away, but once they found out that it was not Li Dingguo's army that entered the city at all, it would be a big trouble.
Don't be afraid of 10,000 in everything, just in case!
Suddenly got up at night, killed people and set fires, and the people of Daqiao Mountain did it easily, but they really wanted to fight with the Qing army, but they were afraid that they were not their opponents at all, not to mention that the bandits in Daqiao Mountain were actually a group of rabble! If it weren't for the Qing army's fear of Li Dingguo like a tiger, this fox and fake tiger might have succeeded!
Zhou Shixiang, who was worried that things would change, was so anxious that he couldn't wait to fly to Ximen, but now he had no other way to think except to kill the Qing army in one fell swoop, so that the rest of the Qing army would completely collapse due to no one commanding.
"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”
Zhou Shilian threw the whip a few times, and the big green horse under his crotch obviously felt the anxiety of the new owner on his back, but the road ahead was not smooth, there were burning houses everywhere, and there were people in a hurry everywhere, even if it had the heart to run faster, it couldn't.
There were a few times when the big green horse almost hit the crowd in front of him, if it weren't for the good riding skills he had practiced when he was a cavalryman in his previous life, Zhou Shixiang would have fallen many times.
If you want to get to Ximen as quickly as possible, but you don't want to crash into the crowd, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds in this world!
Although 10,000 didn't want to, Da Qingma still knocked a middle-aged man who was busy running for his life to the ground, and didn't care to look at the man more, Zhou Shixiang had already walked away with guilt, and only the screams of the man and the curses of the people came from behind him.
"Kill, kill me!"
Before arriving at the West Gate, Zhou Shixiang listened to the shouts in front of him, and by the light of the fire, dozens of Qing soldiers and more than 20 men from Daqiao Mountain were fighting together under the city gate. Under the shadow of the sword and fire, there were already twenty or thirty corpses lying on the ground.
The place under the city gate is very small, dozens of people are scuffling together, and the light inside is dim, and it is impossible to see who is who, and can only judge whether it is friend or foe by whether there is hair on the head.
Zhou Shixiang didn't see Boss Hu, his heart sank, thinking that Boss Hu had been killed, but when he saw that the people in Daqiao Mountain under the city gate cave were not panicked, and faintly heard Ge Wu's voice, he couldn't help but know that Boss Hu must not be dead, otherwise these bandits would not still be here to resist the Qing army, and they would have dispersed in a hurry.
The Qing army snake can't be without a head, and the bandits can't be without a head!
In addition to the dozens of Qing soldiers who were seizing the gate under the city gate, Hu Shixiang saw that several Qing soldiers on horseback were less than ten zhang away from the city gate, because they were too hasty to escape, these Qing soldiers did not wear hats, and they were also wearing some uniforms indiscriminately, and it was impossible to tell which one was the Qing army commander from the clothes alone.
However, this is not difficult for Zhou Shixiang, he fixed his eyes and looked carefully for a while, and found that there was a person who kept gesturing towards the city gate, shouting something from time to time, and several other Qing soldiers on horseback just surrounded him and did not gesture, Zhou Shixiang pondered slightly, and knew that the gesturing Qing army must be that Qianzong, and most of the rest of the people were his own soldiers.
Shoot a man first and shoot a horse first, and capture a thief first and capture the king first!
After judging which target to kill, Zhou Shixiang held his breath, pulled out You Yunlong's saber from the scabbard, and with a slam of his legs, the big green horse suddenly neighed, spread his hooves and rushed forward
At this time, Kong Guoliang was already so anxious that he smoked, but he didn't realize that it was not the Ming army that entered the city, nor did he find that it was the main people of the other party who were trying to prevent him from escaping, he only thought that these people were the internal response of the Ming army sneaking in, and the Ming army had not yet arrived.
The reason why this is so is also thanks to the people of Luoding who are even more panicked than the Qing army, it is their shouting that covers up the voice of the real enemy in the city, so that Kong Guoliang can not tell how many enemies there are, only thinking that the Ming army has entered the city, and if they don't escape from the city, there is only a dead end.
The delay has been a long time, Kong Guoliang, who is only a glimmer away from leaving the city, has become very ugly, and he wants to get off the horse several times to seize the door in person, but he is afraid that he will not have the opportunity to escape on horseback again when he gets off the horse, so he has to pin his hopes on Shao Jiugong, who is commanding people to seize the door.
was so anxious that he didn't know what to do, when the neighing of a war horse suddenly came from behind him, Kong Guo's conscience was shocked, and he had an ominous feeling: Could it be that the cavalry of the Ming army is chasing over?!
Turning his head, he saw that there were any cavalry of the Ming army, and only one man and one horse galloped towards him. Kong Guoliang was stunned, not knowing whether the other party was friend or foe, and when he saw that the tip of the knife in the man's hand was pointing at him, he suddenly came to his senses and shouted at his own soldiers: "Stop him, stop him!" ”
"Wow!"
Two of Kong Guoliang's personal soldiers responded by waving their knives and hitting their horses and rushed towards Zhou Shixiang, as pro-soldiers, their life and death have been integrated with the generals, and they eat, drink and get paid much more than others on weekdays, this will not be for Kong Guoliang's life more time!
Kong Guoliang's soldiers are Jiangxi's green battalion soldiers, the green battalion soldiers have no cavalry signature, they are all infantry, only the generals at all levels are equipped with some Mongolian horses as mounts, and most of their personal soldiers are only equipped with some inferior horses to walk, so compared with the big green horse under Zhou Shixiang's crotch to seize the free cloud dragon, the mounts of the two Kong Guoliang's personal soldiers seem short and small.
There is a tall advantage of a big green horse, and in the previous life he practiced a good skill on the horse, how could Zhou Shixiang put the two Kong Guoliang's personal soldiers in his eyes, when the two of them rushed to the horse, he condescendingly waved his knife and slashed over, and suddenly hit the face of the Qing soldier on the right, but when he heard a scream, the whole person fell off the horse, and the ownerless mount still rushed forward without knowing it.
When Kong Guoliang's personal soldiers on the left saw the Mongolian horse under Zhou Shixiang, they were already bitter in their hearts, and when they saw their companions being hit by the other party, their hearts were already cold, where was there still the intention to kill, and they wanted to avoid turning the horse's head, but the big green horse's movements were faster than it, and the horse's buttocks just turned around, and the back had been hit by Zhou Shixiang's knife, and the blade threw him off the horse with the inertia of the big green horse.
Zhou Shi killed two people in a row, the action was so fast, he was stunned by Yunlong, knowing that this person was invincible, he subconsciously wanted to run out of the city quickly, but Shao Jiugong at the city gate led people to fight to the death and failed to take it, he was anxious and hateful, and Zhou Shixiang waved a knife to rush towards him, and he had no choice but to grit his teeth and restrain his horse to meet him in person.
Kong Guoliang rushed forward, and the remaining three personal soldiers also hurriedly drew their knives and followed, but they were a little slower.
When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
Zhou Shixiang, who had stabilized Kong Guoliang's head in momentum, had no fear, and rushed up with a single knife, and the moment the two horses intersected, a pillar of blood sprayed into the air, followed by a severed arm falling to the ground, and the severed arm was still holding a waist knife in his hand.
The moment his arm was cut off, Kong Guoliang felt a pain like a thousand arrows, he couldn't balance on the horse after losing an arm, and after shaking a few times, he fell to the ground, and under the heavy blow, he was dizzy, but he was still a man, holding the broken arm and not shouting, but staggering to get up again. It's a pity that Zhou Shixiang won't give him a chance to stand up, and the big green horse rushed by, and the long knife slashed through the back of his neck, cutting the skin and flesh at once.
Kong Guoliang's left hand instinctively wanted to touch his neck, but his head was drooping before he reached his neck. The man was still standing, but the braid at the back of his head hung up to his waist.
"Master Kong is dead, Lord Kong is dead!"
The three pro-soldiers who witnessed Kong Guoliang's death howled and shouted, and the Qing soldiers who heard the sound were stunned, and Shao Jiugong looked back at him even more excitedly. In sight, Kong Guoliang's body fell to his knees, his head sank to the ground in front of him, and he didn't move.
Finished!
Shao Jiugong only lifted his breath and fell down, standing there in a daze.
"Those who descend will not die!"
Zhou Shixiang immediately slashed, and his voice was so loud that he could hear it clearly.
When everyone in Daqiao Mountain in the city gate cave heard the voice, they all cheered, and Ge Wu shouted excitedly: "It's Brother Zhou, it's Brother Zhou!" ”
"Brothers, Brother Zhou killed Mr. Tartar Qian, Brother Zhou killed Mr. Tartar Qian!"
Although Boss Hu couldn't see the Qing shape outside, the sudden stop of the Qing army on the other side had already made him sure that the Tartar Qianzong was indeed killed by Zhou Shixiang, and the excitement in his heart was really difficult to describe in words. If Zhou Shixiang can't kill the Tartar Qianzong, I'm afraid these subordinates in the city gate cave won't be able to support it.
The rest of the Qing army didn't know what to do, and one by one they neither fought with the bandits in front of them, nor did they retreat, but only watched in amazement.
"You Qian Zong is dead, do you want to bury him! Put down the sword in your hand, if the Han people don't kill the Han people, I will guarantee that you won't die! ”
Zhou Shixiang didn't want to make trouble, if these Qing troops could lay down their arms, it would be best if they were victorious, and he didn't want any more needless casualties in the darkness before dawn.
"Mr. Shao, what should I do?"
Some people in the Qing army were moved, looked at the only remaining officer, Shao Jiugong, and pointed at him to get an idea.
Shao Jiugong smiled bitterly, if Kong Guoliang didn't die, even if all these people died, it didn't matter, as long as he could escape and see Kong Guozhi, he Shao Jiugong would still be the commander, and there would be soldiers under him. But now that Kong Guoliang is dead, he Shao Jiugong has no way out, even if he can escape, Kong Guozhi, who is his brother, will not let him go.
Seeing that everyone was shaken, and thinking that the Ming army did not have the habit of slaughtering Qing prisoners of war, Shao Jiugong also let go at the moment, and for now he still saved his life.
"Brothers, come down, we've done our best, and Mr. Qian won't blame us if he knows it."
"Down, down, down!"
Hearing him say this, all the Qing soldiers immediately put their minds at ease, threw the swords in their hands to the ground, and then honestly withdrew from the city gate hole and walked to the open space in front.
Boss Hu once served as Li Chengdong's personal soldiers, and some of his men also served as Ming soldiers, so they naturally knew how to deal with these surrendered Qing troops, according to their ideas, it was better to kill all of them if they kept these Qing soldiers, after all, they were short of manpower, if these Qing troops knew the truth, they would definitely be in chaos if they were unwilling.
Boss Hu quietly pulled Zhou Shixiang to kill the idea of these Qing troops and told him, but Zhou Shixiang insisted that he couldn't, and finally Boss Hu retreated, proposing to send people to tie up these prisoners and take them to Zhizhou Yamen for custody, and then discuss how to solve them after dawn when the situation in the city was completely controlled.