readx; Fortunately, just when Zhu Youzhen was worried about Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew, Guan Ning's iron cavalry happened to drive into Nanjing City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since the capture of Zukuan, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was reunited into one, and Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao followed Zhu Youzhen's orders, bypassed Kaifeng far east, and traveled along the north bank of the Yellow River. Due to the abandonment of heavy armor and heavy weapons, the speed of the march was greatly accelerated. This area is all plains, which is conducive to the march of cavalry, and it has advanced for more than 200 miles in only one day and night, and arrived at Guide Mansion in eastern Henan, which is Shangqiu in the previous life.

From the fleeing people I met on the way, I learned that Guidefu, like other prefectures and counties in Henan, had become rebels, and the number of troops was not very large, probably more than 2,000 people. Moreover, more than 2,000 people are not all in the city of Guide, but are stationed in nearby counties such as Ningling, Xiayi, and Yucheng, and the strength of Guidefu is less than 1,000.

Originally, according to Zhu Youzhen's plan, the Guanning Iron Cavalry should avoid fighting as much as possible on the way, and rush to Nanjing to control the situation as the first priority. However, the military supply was only enough for three days, and it had to be replenished on the way, and most of the troops along the way were controlled by the rebels, and it was probably impossible to rely on the local government to provide military rations. Cao Bianjiao proposed that it would be better to take advantage of the defenselessness of the rebels and take the Guide Mansion first.

Cao Wenzhao, like his nephew, is also temperamental like fire and does what he says. He twisted his thick and black eyebrows and pondered for a moment, patted his thigh and said, "Okay,!" We are going to Nanjing, but we can't be shrunken turtles along the way! Hey, you guys, come over to me! ”

With a wave of his hand, he called over several hundred households that were originally under the jurisdiction of Zu Kuan. These people are Cao Wenzhao's old subordinates, who were already a little afraid of him, but now they have just returned to the team, and they are feeling uneasy in their hearts, so they hurriedly stepped forward and saluted on one knee: "The last general!" What do you command? ”

"I'm not Zu Kuan, let alone Hong Chengchou, play this game with me with less empty heads, let's talk to each other, how it was in the past, and how it is now! Besides, I'm now the deputy chief soldier, not the chief soldier! ”

Cao Wenzhao reprimanded two sentences in an unkind tone, and several hundred households were even more panicked, and hurriedly said loudly: "Lord Deputy Chief Soldier, if you have any orders, just give orders!" ”

"That's pretty much it." Cao Wenzhao nodded slightly, "It stands to reason that you are probably not lacking in virtue by following Zu Kuan." The reason why the Holy Lord did not cure your sins is that firstly, it is for the sake of the eldest lady, and secondly, now that the war is urgent, and when you are employing people, he is counting on you to make meritorious contributions. Now there is a chance to redeem the merits: to take the Guide. Would you like to go? ”

"The last general is willing!" Several hundreds of households hurriedly responded.

"Good." Cao Wenzhao said expressionlessly, "You will lead your five hundred cavalry to rush up directly, and take the city with lightning speed, and I will answer it in the back." The opportunity is given to you, this is the first time we are really fighting in the Guannei counterinsurgency, don't fall into the name of the Guanning Iron Cavalry! ”

"Obey!" Several hundred households immediately received the order, and after a short time, they led the five hundred cavalry under their command to slowly advance south along the official road north of Guide Mansion, while Cao Wenzhao and others followed unhurriedly behind.

To say that although these hundred households are not very famous, they are also experienced in a hundred battles and have a lot of combat experience. The reason why they were not in a hurry to charge the city was because there was a flat river near Guide Province, and the rebels at the head of the city could see them from miles away. If they continue to gallop on horseback, the rebels will inevitably close the gates of the city vigilantly, and it will be difficult to attack the city again. And slowly passing, since this area is the sphere of influence of the rebels, the defenders will relax their vigilance when they see them swaggering along the official road, and there is no special banner, thinking that they are Hong Chengchou's subordinates.

Sure enough, the rebels at the head of the city of Guide saw this cavalry of hundreds of people from a distance. They didn't expect that there would be a northern army interspersed here, and they drove over in a bright way, and they really thought that it was Hong Chengchou's department on the front line of Zhengzhou who came to urge food, so they didn't take precautions at all, and they didn't close the city gate, but just notified the chief general who was defending the city and prepared to welcome this army into the city.

When they were less than a hundred paces away from the city wall, and the two sides could almost see the faces of the soldiers on the opposite side, the rebel commander pulled his neck and shouted: "The one from the other side, but is it under the command of Master Hong?" ”

Those hundred households were still harboring a belly of fire, and they said in their hearts that they were not only upright officials and soldiers, but also the Guanning Iron Cavalry that is very favored by today's Long Live today, and their combat effectiveness is second to none in the Ming Dynasty official army, and they have made many meritorious contributions in Liaodong and the battlefield of suppressing thieves. Just because he followed this unlucky Zu Kuan, Zu Kuan followed this sinister and cunning Hong Chengchou, not only did the previous credit be written off, but he was almost implicated in becoming a rebel, it can be said that his head was almost lost, how can he not hate Hong Chengchou?

But the rebels on the opposite side didn't open any pot and mentioned which pot, but shouted "Hong Taishi". A hundred households were filled with blood, and immediately opened his bow and arrows, and roared like thunder: "Fuck your mother and pull a bastard Master Hong!" ”

Before the words fell, the sharp arrow had already left the string. Guanning Iron Cavalry was born in the Li family in Liaodong, and has practiced martial arts since childhood, which is different from ordinary soldiers, and it can be said that everyone is a martial arts master. While their best fighting style is heavy armor charges, that doesn't mean they can't do anything else. On the contrary, with their hard-trained and amazing arm strength, their cavalry and archery level is in no way inferior to that of the Eight Banners Cavalry, and if they are simply compared in strength, they are even slightly better.

And the rebel commander on the opposite side didn't expect the person on the opposite side to be so far away, and he released the arrow without saying a word, let alone that this arrow came so quickly and so fiercely. He finished shouting, and before he could close his mouth, the arrow had already arrived. Just listen to the sound of "poof", and the arrow happened to be driven into his mouth and out of the back of his head. Because of the force, he shot the man off his horse. The surrounding rebels did not see this arrow coming, only saw the main general flying backwards and falling under the horse, completely unaware of why, they all came up to look, and they couldn't help but be disturbed for a while.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, several hundred households raised their sabers and shouted: "Rush! ”

"Kill!"

The five hundred Guanning Iron Cavalry were all holding back an evil fire, and at this time they could finally vent to their heart's content, and immediately hit their horses like flying, pressing towards the wall of Guide Mansion like a black wind. It stands to reason that five hundred horsemen is not much, but the chilling murderous aura on their bodies has already soared into the sky, and they are like thousands of troops and horses, and the rebels defending the city are all frightened!

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