Chapter 1196: Encountering Zu Kuan

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First of all, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was not strong, only 500 people, which did not affect the battle with Hong Chengchou's main force. Second, the Guanning Iron Cavalry is extremely strong in combat, as long as they don't fall into battle and don't fall into the encirclement of the enemy, even thousands of thieves don't want to leave them behind. Third, in the current chaotic situation in the Central Plains, the fewer troops there are, the easier it is to pass through the rebel-controlled areas and the easier it is to solve the problem of supply. Otherwise, if tens of thousands of horses drive over, they will not be discovered if they can't go far, and it will be easy to fall into passivity.

Without further ado, Zhu Youzhen immediately decided to let Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew lead five hundred Guanning iron cavalry to Nanjing, and gave Cao Wenzhao a secret decree. With this secret decree, he could temporarily control the officers and soldiers of the various guards in Nanjing; Otherwise, with his current status as the deputy chief military officer of the second rank, even if he goes, he will only obey orders.

After a night of intense preparations, before the fifth watch the next day, the Guanning Iron Cavalry drove from Zhangde Mansion. Zhu Youzhen, Lu Xiangsheng and others saw them off in person, and when they were leaving, they specially told Cao Wenzhao: "As the saying goes: you are covered in iron, and you can twist a few nails." You have too few troops now, so don't be brave enough to chase after the rebels to avoid falling into a heavy siege. After Nanjing, don't discuss it. ”

Cao's uncle and nephew Rin obeyed the holy order, and immediately urged his mount after saluting on his horse, and the five hundred iron horsemen under his command galloped away in the southeast direction on the frost. Originally, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was a heavy armored cavalry, but this time it was a long-distance attack, and it was required to arrive as quickly as possible, and the burden of wearing heavy armor on the war horse was too heavy, so since Cao Wenzhao and below, all of them were dressed in light leather armor, and the mace weighing dozens of catties was also replaced by a much lighter saber. These sabers were captured from the Eight Banners Army during the Battle of Beijing, and they were quite overwhelming as one-handed weapons, and ordinary Ming troops couldn't play at all, and they could only be used by Guan Ning Tiecai. As for dry food and forage, I only brought enough to eat for three days, and after three days, I had to figure out how to do it myself.

After galloping for more than 30 miles, Cao Wenzhao ordered the soldiers to dismount and rest. Because of the long distance, the horsepower must be cherished, and if you blindly run wildly, causing the war horse to lose its strength, it will be troublesome. The south of Zhangde Mansion was already in the middle ground between the official army and the rebels, and the enemy situation could appear at any time, so Cao Wenzhao also sent five sentry detectives to the east, southeast, south, and southwest directions while resting, and then returned after ten miles of reconnaissance. For the southwest direction, which is most likely to encounter the rebels, he sent his nephew Cao Bianjiao to go out in person.

After a while, Cao Bianjiao and a few others galloped back. Cao Wenzhao saw that his face was flushed, and he knew something different, so he asked urgently: "Did you meet the rebels?" ”

"General, guess who I ran into?" Cao Bianjiao gasped and said loudly. His face is red and not frozen, Guan Ning has been riding in Liaodong for a long time, and he has never been afraid of the cold; That's a surge of blood caused by extreme anger!

Without waiting for Cao Wenzhao to guess, Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but scold: "It's Zu Kuan, the eighth calf of the king!" ”

Cao Wenzhao's face was also cold when he heard it. No wonder Cao Bianjiao is so angry, this is really an enemy meeting, and his eyes are red. Originally, Zu Kuan was only Zu Dashou's servant, and he was also a disciple of the Li family in Liaodong. Later, he fought in the army, because of his extraordinary skills, he was very important to Zu Dashou, and he also accepted him as a nephew, which can be regarded as a great general.

After Li Chongyao was killed, Zu Dashou succeeded as the head of the family, and he changed his law to turn Guanning Tieqi into his personal soldier. For this reason, he repeatedly squeezed out Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncles and nephews, and finally simply transferred Cao Wenzhao away, letting Zu Kuan and Cao Bianjiao each take charge of half of the troops, and made the Guanning Iron Cavalry into two troops.

If this is just the case, Cao's uncle and nephew can only be dissatisfied with Zu Dashou in their hearts, because after all, the military power is in the hands of others, and Guanning Tiecai is an official army, of course, he must obey the dispatch, at least he can't be jealous of Zu Kuan, who leads the troops. But Zu Kuan is extremely arrogant, and he doesn't care about military discipline the most, and the five hundred Guan Ning Iron Cavalry followed him, so he naturally quickly learned all kinds of problems in the official army. Later, Zu Kuan was transferred to Hong Chengchou's account by the imperial court, and since then the news has been cut off, and when they met again, Zu Kuan actually rebelled with Hong Chengchou, so that the five hundred Guan Ning Iron Cavalry also became rebels!

"General, this king is leading those five hundred people to grab food in the village in front!" Cao Bianjiao gritted his teeth and said, "They are all members of the Li family, the Li family is full of loyalty to the country, the lord and the eldest lady have sacrificed their lives for the country, and the door style must not let this group of shameless traitors be ruined!" Shogun, let's clear the portal! ”

Cao Wenzhao is the same as Cao Bianjiao, both are as sexual as fire. But now that he is the main general, with the emperor's secret decree, he naturally thinks more, and hesitates for a while before saying, "It is indeed time to clean up the portal." But Zu Kuan's hands are not weak, we are equal to his troops, and they are all Guanning iron cavalry, so if we kill each other, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Who can afford to delay the major events of the Holy Heavens? ”

Cao Bianjiao is usually afraid of his uncle, but today is an exception. His eyes were already full of tears, and he begged bitterly: "General, the last general doesn't want those five hundred children to be buried with Zu Kuan!" How much effort did the eldest lady put in to train this iron horse back then, if it was ruined like this, the eldest lady would also blame us for being incompetent under Jiuquan! ”

mentioned Li Chongyao, Cao Wenzhao's eyes were also red. Back then, Li Chongyao led the crowd to resolutely resist Jin, Ning Yuan fought the majesty of the Guanning Iron Cavalry in the first battle, and the Li family admired and loved her incomparably, who can watch the soldiers she trained with her own hands bear the notoriety of the rebels and leave a stench for thousands of years?

Cao Bianjiao saw that Cao Wenzhao was a little shaken, and lost no time in suggesting: "Those hundreds of households under Zu Kuan, we all grew up together with bare buttocks, I don't believe they can attack me!" I don't believe that they are deeply favored by the emperor and taught by the Li family for many years, and they can make up their minds to follow Zu Kuan to rebel! Even if they were spoiled by their ancestors, and there were still 500 soldiers, could it be that their conscience was eaten by dogs? General, now Zu Kuan doesn't know that we are nearby, as long as we take him down with lightning speed, we can still save the five hundred Guan Ning army! ”

Cao Wenzhao was speechless for a long time, and a fierce ideological struggle was also going on in his heart. Cao Bianjiao saw that there was a door, and said more eagerly: "Besides, we have a long journey to Nanjing with 500 troops, and it is indeed a bit risky. If you can turn into a thousand iron riders, then you don't have to worry at all! ”

His last sentence finally touched Cao Wenzhao, and he pondered for a moment and then said decisively: "Okay, then do it!" Bianjiao, and a few of you hundreds, come here with your ears..."