Chapter 211: Hanging Lottery
Zhu Youzhen skillfully applied poison tricks and shot Li Zicheng in one eye. On the one hand, Li Zicheng was immediately carried down from the city to rescue, on the other hand, the city gate was wide open, Liu Zongmin took the lead, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Hao Shaoqi and other generals all came out with red eyes, and wanted to break Zhu Youzhen's body into pieces.
At this time, Zhu Youzhen had no other good tricks, only two ducks and one duck - Sayazi. While running towards the official army formation, he secretly thought in his heart: If he changes to other bandit leaders, his generals will probably covet his position, and the boss will hang up, just taking the opportunity to take the position. But Li Zicheng's subordinates are the same enemy, and they are desperate to avenge him, which shows that this Li Zicheng naturally has his merits.
But he had barely taken a few steps forward when the officers and soldiers on the opposite side began to fire arrows in this direction.
It turned out that Sun Chuanting really crossed the Yellow River, went to Tongguan to show the token of "I am here in person", and transferred the Tongguan garrison He Renlong out.
When He Renlong heard that the long-missing King of Qin suddenly appeared near his jurisdiction, and a large number of thieves smuggled into Fenglingdu from under his nose, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly left a thousand officers and soldiers to guard Tongguan, and led the remaining two thousand officers and soldiers to cross the Yellow River at night and kill him.
But He Renlong didn't know that Zhu Youzhen had entered Ruicheng County, and thought that all the thieves who rushed out of the city were thieves, so he didn't hesitate to open fire.
As for Rui'er's arrow shooting Li Zicheng, because the distance was too far, and it was late at night, he didn't see it; Seeing that the small force that rushed out of the city dared to continue to approach the officers and soldiers after being bombarded, he was furious and immediately ordered the officers and soldiers to shoot these daring thieves to death.
Zhu Youzhen and the other three people blocked the road with arrows in front, and there were chasing soldiers to kill them later, and the situation was extremely critical. Although Rui'er tried her best to send arrows for Zhu Youzhen, the arrow rain was too urgent and dense, and an iron arrow still dodged Rui'er's long sword and swept over Zhu Youzhen's shoulder. The triangular arrow was very sharp, and even though it was only next to a little skin, it scraped a large strip of flesh and blood.
Since traveling to this time and space, Zhu Youzhen was injured by a weapon for the first time. That kind of painful feeling to the bone marrow, he had never experienced it when he was so big, and immediately screamed miserably, his facial features shifted, and his body was shaky!
And Rui'er was shocked when she saw that Zhu Youzhen was injured, but she couldn't help. Because the arrows are still being fired, and there is a slight delay in the hand, all three of them will be buried under the arrows!
And the pursuers led by Liu Zongmin were getting closer and closer, and they saw that they were only fifty or sixty steps away from the three of them. There were also archers among the thieves, and at this time they also began to draw their bows and arrows, aiming at Zhu Youzhen.
Zhu Youzhen never expected to fall into such a situation, and secretly said that this history is really not easy to change. Although Li is in the dark, he is now going to finish playing!
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt guilty and wronged, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and scold: "I'm your uncle!" β
But there is a providence in the dark, and his desperate curse was actually heard by Sun Chuanting in the official army array opposite. When Sun Chuanting heard this very distinctive Beijing scolding, he was immediately shocked and said: "Stop releasing arrows!" The person on the other side is King Qin! β
"What!" He Renlong was still proud, but when he heard this, he was suddenly struck by lightning, and he almost didn't fall off his horse!
Sun Chuanting reacted quickly, and immediately shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze!" Hurry up and rush over and snatch His Highness back! So saying, he rushed forward like a horse.
He Renlong woke up like a dream, squeezed the horse's belly fiercely, and followed with a knife. But his war horse was much faster than Sun Chuanting's horse, but it overtook Sun Chuanting in a few seconds.
Zhu Youzhen thought that this general was coming to pick off his head, and was about to close his eyes and wait for death, He Renlong had already rushed to the front and asked anxiously: "Is it His Royal Highness the King of Qin?" β
"Exactly!" Rui'er was so anxious that she cried, "The prince is injured!" β
He Renlong was already worried, but when he heard this, he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, and hurriedly yelled: "Protect His Royal Highness King Qin!" If His Highness makes another mistake, the whole army will be killed! β
At this time, the cavalry of the Ming army also followed, and surrounded Zhu Youzhen and the other three people in the array. He Renlong's heart was a little settled, and he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he urged the horse to rush towards Liu Zongmin and others.
He was a Wujin warrior in the Wanli period, and he was also a native of Mizhi County, Shaanxi, and a fellow villager of Li Zicheng. Because he is brave, he doesn't want to die when he fights, and he is the best at using desperate tricks that seem to be both defeats, and he can always be the first to slash the enemy at the most critical moment, so he is nicknamed "He Crazy". There are not a few thieves in Shaanxi who died under him, so he is also quite famous among thieves.
But Liu Zongmin never fought with He Renlong, he relied on his bravery, picked up the sledgehammer and smashed it horizontally at He Renlong. Before the rebellion, he was a blacksmith, and he struck iron with a sledgehammer all day long, and he developed an amazing strength, and even his weapon was a sledgehammer.
He Renlong saw Liu Zongmin's move, but he sneered, didn't even dodge, raised the big knife above his head, and viciously slashed at Liu Zongmin's head.
Although Liu Zongmin is brave, he is not stupid. He saw that He Renlong's style of play was completely desperate, and if he didn't change his moves, he would certainly be able to smash He Renlong's ribs with a hammer; But the big knife of the dragon will inevitably split his head in half.
In desperation, he had to pause the sledgehammer and move upwards again to block the extremely powerful knife of Gehe Renlong. This is also Liu Zongmin's infinite strength, if he wants to change others, the hammer is to that extent, even if he wants to, he can't take it.
Between the lightning and flint, He Renlong's big knife had already slashed into Liu Zongmin's hammer shaft. Hearing a loud sound of "dang", sparks burst out from the iron clash in all directions, and both of them shook their bodies on their horses, both of them were stunned by each other's divine power.
But the duo's solo fight is limited to this round. When the officers and soldiers saw that the main general was taking the lead, and they were afraid of the strict order of "His Highness is missing, the whole army will be killed", they immediately shouted and charged over.
The combat effectiveness of these Ming armies, although compared to the Jurchens or Mongols, is still a little inadequate; But in the face of the gang of thieves in front of him, it is more than enough. Because the thieves don't have any concepts of formation, discipline or anything like that, they just rely on their personal strength and fight indiscriminately. And the officers and soldiers still have some training in peacetime, especially the cavalry, which can also form a formation and attack the weak points of the thieves.
Under the three rushes and two rushes, these thieves who put down their hoes, picked up knives and guns, and left home halfway, finally became in chaos, and they couldn't care about the generals Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi, so they turned around and ran away.
But the thieves in front had already run back, but the people behind couldn't see it, and they still rushed forward stupidly. As a result, they trampled on each other, suffered heavy casualties, and gave the officers and soldiers an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Seeing that the battle situation was favorable, He Renlong was even more unforgiving, and picked up the cavalry among the thieves to kill. In addition to Liu Zongmin and other generals, the other thieves were He Renlong's opponents, and they basically couldn't parry even half a round, so they were slashed by He Renlong.
And Li Zicheng had already taken out the sharp arrow that blinded him in his left eye with the help of the military doctor at this time. After the bandage, he immediately returned to the city in great pain. Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, although Li Zicheng was extremely angry, he was still very calm, knowing that if he continued to fight, there would be a danger of annihilation.
After pondering for a moment, Li Zicheng still made the right decision: abandon the city and flee. And Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and other generals who broke into the camp also followed him and fled.
At this time, Shen Yikui and other large bands of thieves had already fled, and Ruicheng County suffered a night of soldiers, and finally returned to the control of the Ming Court.
He Renlong didn't care about the aftermath, hurriedly returned to Zhu Youzhen's side, turned over and fell off the horse, knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again: "The last general accidentally injured His Highness, the crime deserves death, and His Royal Highness Wanwang will spare his life!" β
Zhu Youzhen had already shed a lot of blood at this time, and his face had become a little sallow. But he still reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "General He is exempt." If you hadn't come to the rescue, I'd have let the thieves unload them. The weapons on the battlefield are not long-sighted, this king's injury is nothing, and General He doesn't have to worry too much.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for not killing!" He Renlong was extremely moved, as a big man, he howled and cried on the spot!
Previously, the thieves had captured a county town in Shaanxi and killed a feudal king who had been sealed there. For this reason, the apocalypse was furious, and took the Shaanxi governor lock into Beijing and asked him to be a capital crime. The military generals who were directly in charge of that area were directly executed and the three clans were exterminated.
And that vassal king is still far from the blood relationship of the Apocalypse, and he is about to come out of the five suits. And Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qin, is the younger brother of Tianqi, if there is really a mistake, I am afraid that from the governor of Shaanxi to the ordinary military attachΓ©, all of them will have to be buried for him alone!
And Zhu Youzhen didn't blame He Renlong at all, no wonder He Renlong was so moved that he couldn't help himself.
In fact, Zhu Youzhen is also buying people's hearts. He thought to himself that the old man had a wise saying: power comes out of the barrel of a gun!
The tradition of this time and space is to emphasize literature over military force, but Zhu Youzhen knows that no matter ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign, once the world is in turmoil, the status of civil and military will be reversed. There are always some military generals who have military power to take advantage of the chaos and become warlords of one side, without anyone's control. The so-called "having a gun is the king of grass" is a vivid portrayal of this situation.
Zhu Youzhen thought that he would be stationed in Shaanxi for a long time in the future, and it was necessary to have a good relationship with the local military generals. And judging from the current situation, Shaanxi will be plagued by thieves for a long time. If a military general like He Renlong could be used by him and obey his command, Zhu Youzhen would be much safer.
Therefore, he comforted He Renlong a few words, and then turned to Sun Chuanting and said, "Mr. Sun, the thieves have been defeated, are we going to enter Ruicheng?" β
"No!" Sun Chuanting hurriedly said, "Although the thieves are defeated, the main force is still there." And I am in the open and the enemy, and the number of officers and soldiers is not very large, once I am trapped in Ruicheng, I will lose all my efforts. According to Chuanting's humble opinion, it is better to immediately cross the Yellow River south and return to Tongguan to make sure that everything is safe. β
"Okay!" Zhu Youzhen felt dizzy for a while because of excessive blood loss at this time, and he had no time to think about it, so he had to agree with Sun Chuanting's opinion.
The 2,000 men and horses immediately pulled out, surrounded Zhu Youzhen and Rui'er, and returned to Fenglingdu in a mighty manner.
After several months of turbulent waves, Zhu Youzhen is finally safe!