Chapter 9 Gao Yingxiang

Although it is not close from Shandong to Tongguan, because of the tense war on the front line, it is a fast horse, and this day finally came to Tongguan.

On Yue Su's side, he was already in a hurry, but no matter how anxious he was, he had no choice but to fly over Tongguan and forcibly attack, it was just a senseless sacrifice, so Yue Su didn't send troops, he just thought about waiting for Sun Yuanhua to arrive, and then make a decision. If there is a way to open the city gate with cannons, it is the best, if even Sun Yuanhua has no way, there is only one way to go.

During this time, Yue Su ordered a large number of arrow towers to be manufactured, and the newly built arrow towers were tall and wide, which could definitely match the archers of the city. Because of no longer fluctuating, Yue Su's health gradually improved, and at the same time, the imperial court came down again, one is to comfort his injuries, some words of commendation, and the other is to investigate the responsibility for the loss of Tongguan. Whoever was caught as the backing, the emperor gave the right to Yue Su and asked him to track it down. The loss of Tongguan is mainly due to the fact that Liu Ce's reinforcements are not timely, and if Yue Su wants to deal with him now, he can do it a long time ago, and it will not be compared to today. Therefore, after receiving the will, he first gave the court an excerpt according to the truth, explaining Liu Ce's mistakes, but in the end, he made up for it, considering the time of employing people, please ask the emperor not to take measures for the time being, so as not to sway the army's heart, and allow him to make meritorious contributions, and then deal with the punishment after the traitors are exterminated.

The emperor naturally approved Yue Su's suggestion, and Liu Ce was also grateful to Yue Su after knowing it.

When Sun Yuanhua arrived, Yue Su immediately invited him to Bingge, and did not put up a stand for any level of officials, first let him sit down, and then asked how to use artillery to break through Tongguan City.

Sun Yuanhua was also real, and gave it back directly, "Marshal Qiqi, the city wall of Tongguan is extremely thick, and if you want to smash the city wall with cannonballs, it will not be possible." The only way is to find the right bullet point and blast the city gate open. ”

Yue Su also knew that if he wanted to blast open the city wall, it would never be possible, but as long as he opened the city gate and relied on his superior military strength, it was not easy to kill all the rebels in the city and take the city. Immediately approved Sun Yuanhua's suggestion and asked him to try to use the red-coated cannon to smash open the city gate.

Because of the urgency of the situation, he had been delayed in Tongguan for a long time, and he didn't know the military situation in Chang'an, so Yue Su ordered to go out immediately. The officers and soldiers set up a formation under the city, and the two red-coated cannons were placed in the forefront, and Sun Yuanhua personally tested the cannons, one cannon at a time.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" ……

Under the city is artillery cannon after cannon, and the target is only the suspension bridge and city gate of Tongguan. The rebels in the beginning city were still wondering, back to the two cannons fired together, slamming towards the city, why did they suddenly change their route today. But after a few cannons, the rebels in the city also reacted, and this was the official army to bombard the city gate.

But even if the intention of the official army is to send out, what can they do? Yue Su has more than 60,000 officers and soldiers under the city, all of them are ready to fight, and now he is worried that he can't open the city gate, if you dare to rush out, won't you just fulfill your wish. Moreover, when the rebels went to the dense array of officers and soldiers under the city, how could they have the courage to rush out, except for doing it.

Sun Yuanhua continued to experiment, and finally, only to hear a loud bang on the ground, the suspension bridge outside the gate of Tongguan was hit by a cannon, smashed and destroyed. Smashing the drawbridge meant that it was not far from the city gate, and sure enough, there were no two cannons, and there was a loud bang again, and the cannonballs really smashed at the city gate. "Bang!"

As soon as it is broken, although Tongguan is not good, how thick can the city gate be, and it is not iron, and several shots in a row will definitely be able to smash the city gate open. According to this angle, Sun Yuanhua fired the cannon again, Yue Su also had a chance, and immediately ordered the soldiers to push the arrow tower away, and the other red-coated cannons, aiming at the head of the city and began to bombard, the cavalry and infantry were ready to charge, and as soon as the city gate was broken, they attacked in a big way.

"Boom!" "Boom!" ……

Accompanied by a series of cannon shots, the rebels at the head of the city were smashed and did not dare to turn their heads, and the arrow tower was also pushed to the moat and began to shoot arrows towards the city. Sun Yuanhua's cannonballs finally smashed open the strong city gate.

As soon as the gates were opened, the trumpets of the charge sounded, and the infantry swarmed with ladders, placing them side by side on the moat, laying planks on their faces, and then rushing across the river to the gates. The pontoon bridge was built, and the cavalry behind followed, and the rebels organized their horses to block the city gate, but they had more than a few horses, and after an hour of fighting, they were finally defeated on the whole line. At the city gate, the officers and soldiers swarmed in, and the rebels could not resist it, so they fled in embarrassment.

After a day of fierce fighting, Yue Su successfully recaptured Tongguan, and then sent a horse to Chang'an to spy on the news. After resting in the city for a night, Yue Su raised his troops at dawn the next day and rushed to Chang'an, leaving only Jin Chan to lead an army of 5,000 to guard Tongguan.

Tongguan can be more than 300 miles away from Chang'an, because the road is more difficult, the official army can go out of more than seven miles in one day, three days later, Yue Su got the news that the horse was brought back, the rebels have captured Xianyang, is attacking Chang'an. However, it seems that the rebels have heard the news of the loss of Tongguan and are beginning to withdraw from Chang'an.

If he wanted to run now, how could Yue Su promise to order him to rush day and night, and he must intercept the rebels. and sent someone to send a message to Sun Juxiang, asking him to drag the rebels as much as possible. However, Sun Juxiang really didn't have a few people on hand, and it was already very good to hold Chang'an, how could he still have the ability to drag the rebels, and when Yue Su arrived in Chang'an, the rebels had already evacuated. It is now broken into pieces and fleeing in all directions.

Yue Su stationed in Chang'an, separated the horses, exterminated the rebels everywhere, and made a list to calm the people.

The rebels of the Dragon Slaying Gang seem to be much more cunning than the White Lotus Sect, and the officers and soldiers have been out for a few days, and they have encountered some fish and shrimp, and the real big head has not encountered a single one. However, the Dragon Slaying Gang can gather men and horses to attack Chang'an, and the military strength under them is naturally not a few, and many dare not, and there are still more than 30,000 people. With so many people, it is not easy to hide all at once, Wujia Province and Tongzhou Department have encountered two groups of rebels with a military strength of about 3,000, and they have been annihilated in one fell swoop.

After a month of searching and suppressing, officers and men discovered and eliminated more than 10,000 rebels, and the prefectures, prefectures, prefectures, and counties in Shaanxi also sent horses to beat the water dogs, and many rebels were wiped out in succession. There are even many officials who, in order to make meritorious contributions, have issued special orders, but anyone who is found to be armed with a weapon will be treated as a traitor and will be killed.

For a time, the whole Shaanxi became panicked, especially the common people in the countryside, who were not only afraid of the rebels, but also worried about the officers and soldiers.

There are some, but there are also people who can make a fortune. In the area of Ansai County, there are more than two men, and they have started to attack their unpreparedness. It's just that these people are relatively principled, they will never bully the poor and the poor, and they will find rich and powerful families. If you step on a good point, you will go and loot it late, kill all the doors of this family, rob all the money, and return to the head of the traitor, why not.

On this day, these guys chose a family, this family Gaomen Compound, is the richest rich family in Shiyungang generation, the owner of the family is surnamed Liu, known as Liu Laocai.

In the middle of the night, more than two people turned into the Liu family's compound, and according to the previous routine, they arrested a family member who was patrolling the night and asked about the secrets in the courtyard. The family is under the knife, naturally to be honest, the Liu family has a total of one hundred and thirty-seven people, the courtyard, not much, the leader of the knife turned out to be the family, and then distributed the characters, four portals, the main gate and the back door send two people to live, the left and right corner doors, each send one person. The rest of the people split up in pairs, and in short, they killed people on sight.

These people are all habitual offenders, and they are clean and neat, and many people in the palace went to see King Yama in their dreams.

While the gang was slaughtering to their heart's content, a detachment of officers and soldiers was heading here. There are a lot of officers and soldiers, there can be nearly 1,000 people, and the official rank of the person headed by him is not low. Yes, this person is Lin Guanxu, the prefect of Yan'an, why he is here, all because a few days ago, the Yan'an garrison yamen caught a group of suspicious people, and after severe torture, they recognized that they were members of the Dragon Slaying Gang, and also confessed that they were planning to go to the Liu family in Shiyungang, because the head of the family, Liu Laocai, was an important figure in the Dragon Slaying Gang.

After receiving this news, Governor Lin was ecstatic, and immediately asked the garrison to gather a thousand men and horses, and ordered a hundred messengers, and rushed to Shiyungang, wanting to take Liu Laocai, and by the way, torture the big fish, and make a great contribution. Their actions were secretive and did not alarm anyone, not even the local prefectural magistrate. The officers and soldiers arrived at Shiyungang, found Liu Laocai's house, divided their troops to block the left, right, and back gates, and then entered from the main gate.

When the officers and soldiers arrived, the people in the courtyard were not on guard, and the gang of robbers continued to kill, and the leader and a man soon came to a large house. This is the main house, and everyone knows that the lord of the house must live here. The leader gently pried the latch with a knife, gently pushed the door open, and walked in.

There was a curtain on the bed, and it didn't come out of bed to be a person or a husband and wife, but it didn't matter at all that the robbers came, the leader made a gesture, and the man immediately understood, carrying a steel knife and tiptoeing to the bed.

When he got to the bed, he opened the curtain, but at this moment, a cold light flashed in the curtain, and a long sword stabbed out. This sword not only came suddenly, but also extremely fast, the big man was not guarded, how could he avoid it, only heard the sound of "pounce", the long sword passed through the chest, and the big man was stabbed through the heart.

When the leader saw that the big man was killed, he couldn't help but exclaim bitterly, "Two! ”

The person on the bed was Liu Laocai, he snorted coldly, stood up, and said: "Friend, which way are you, Liu and you have no grudges in the past and no enmity today, why did you come to kill me." If there is a shortage of silver, why should it be? ”

"Humph!" The leader snorted coldly and said, "If you said this earlier, maybe I could spare your life and just take the money and leave." But now, you must die. ”

After the leader finished speaking, he rushed forward with an arrow, and the steel knife in his hand was taken directly to Liu Laocai's chest. This Liu Laocai is really not an easy person, flashed to the side, dodged the opponent's sharp blow, and stabbed the leader with a backhand sword. The leader opened the knife horizontally, slashed back against the trend, and fought with Liu Laocai and fought in a group.

The leader is powerful, he can be more than three years old, it is a good time, plus that hard handle, he rarely meets opponents on weekdays. He thought that he could solve the enemy in three or two rounds for more than four rounds, and he didn't distinguish the winner or loser. However, it is obvious that Liu Laocai has gradually become difficult to parry.

"Friends! Who are you sacred, what kind of enmity does Liu have with you, you want to assassinate Liu in the middle of the night. Can you report Wan'er out, even if Liu is dead, he wants to be a ghost! ”

Liu Laocai saw that the other party was powerful, and his eyes were invincible, so he jumped out of the circle and asked in a loud voice.

"Lao Tzu Xing does not change his name, he does not change his surname, Gao Yingxiang is also. Grandpa Gao and you also have no grudges in the past, and only want to go to the house to get some silver for use, but if you kill my brother, Liangzi is settled. Lao Tzu now not only wants money, but also your life. What are the last words, now, though, if not, let them die! ”

After the leader showed the font size, he took a step forward, and the posture was about to get rid of it.

A few years later, Gao Yingxiang can be said to be famous all over the world, and the land of China is known to everyone. But now, he is just an unknown pawn, who used to make a living by selling horses and practiced a good skill, but because of the slump in business in the past two years, he changed his career to a side-of-the-way business and did business without capital.

Liu Laocai naturally didn't listen to Gao Yingxiang's trumpet now, but just said: "This brother, I see that you are good at it, and you are a member of my generation, if you just take a break, you want a few more silver, but you can't." Not only that, Liu is also the helmsman of the Suzaku Hall of the Dragon Slaying Gang, if you have the heart to join, I can recommend you in front of the hall master, and your future future will definitely not be limited. ”

"Phew!" Gao Yingxiang snorted heavily and shouted: "What is the Dragon Slaying Gang, it is not that it is being chased everywhere by the official army, if Gao wants to pull the flag and rebel, it will inevitably sweep the world." Your empty words are over, if there is nothing else, Gao will send you away! ”

finished, leaned forward, and the steel knife went straight to Liu Laocai's head. Liu Laocai saw Gao Yingxiang take off his hand, and hurriedly waved his knife to parry, but he didn't expect that Gao Yingxiang's knife was a must-move, and the knife was cut in half, and he suddenly retracted it, and between his backhands, he stopped his waist and slashed at the other party.

Liu Laocai wanted to parry, but it was too late, so he hurriedly retreated backwards, but Gao Yingxiang's speed was faster, and he went forward, raised his leg and kicked Liu Laocai's abdomen.

"Bang!" With a bang, Liu Laocai was kicked to the ground, and Gao Yingxiang followed, just stabbing down in his hand.

The speed of this knife was faster, and Liu Laocai didn't have the slightest chance to dodge, so he stabbed through the chest with a "snort". Before Liu Laocai died, he only left a scream.

Accompanied by the sound of screams, a deafening shout of killing sounded in the courtyard of the Liu family, and at the same time, there was a faint scream.

"Who is it?" Such a high-pitched shouting and killing sound was naturally not made by one person, Gao Yingxiang was startled when he heard it, he didn't dare to stay in the house for a long time, but before going out, he still stretched out his hand to break the window lattice paper and went out.

At this time, two people happened to be running towards this side, and one of them was running and shouting, "Helmsman, the big thing is not good, the officers and soldiers are calling!" ”

As soon as he heard that an officer and soldier were calling, Gao Yingxiang's heart trembled, he was not a good person, how could he not be afraid of officers and soldiers, once encountered, he would need to make a move. How can such two people as himself be the opponents of officers and soldiers? Scared to be afraid, Gao Yingxiang was still very calm, he hid behind the door, and after the two of them entered the door, he suddenly rushed out, slashed his hands twice, and cooked the two men together.

Killing the lost two, Gao Yingxiang saw that there was no one in the courtyard of the main house for the time being, and jumped out. As soon as I went out, I heard a clearer shout of killing, and this sound was getting closer and closer. Gao Yingxiang didn't dare to go out again, so he had to crawl away, cover his body with his heart, and look down.

It's okay to hope for this, and I can't help but get nervous. It turned out that several of his men were fleeing in this direction, and the officers and soldiers were in hot pursuit. A few men ran so fast that the officers and soldiers couldn't chase after them at all, but suddenly there was a shout among the officers and soldiers, "Shoot the arrows!" Kill them! ”

With this order, Gao Yingxiang was clear in the room, only to see a row of arrows rain out of the air, "swishing ......"

Then he heard a series of screams, and his brother was either killed or wounded. The officers and soldiers flocked to capture the wounded alive, but they didn't expect that Gao Yingxiang's subordinates were very tough, and when they were seriously injured, they also brandished steel knives and fought desperately to fight the trapped beasts. After the three officers and soldiers were killed, the other officers and soldiers finally became angry, and they didn't want to catch any more alive, so they raised their spears and stabbed them all to death.

Now that the people in the courtyard have been basically cleared, Governor Lin came forward and shouted: "Search!" ”

The officers and soldiers immediately took off their hands and searched it, and soon found four corpses in the main house, and after the identification of the undead people in the Liu Mansion, it was determined that the oldest was Liu Laocai, and two of them were from the Liu family, and only one of them actually did not know, and it should be the robber who broke into the door tonight.

The officers and soldiers continued to search, found a lot of gold and silver, and found all the people who did not die in Liufu. Governor Lin thought that it was done, searched again, and saw that there was no new discovery, so he temporarily sealed Liufu, sent 200 officers and soldiers to guard it, and then escorted the prisoners and searched for gold, silver and jewelry, and returned to his home.

Back in Yan'an Mansion, Governor Lin strictly interrogated the people who were arrested, but among these people, there were no backbones of the Dragon Slaying Gang, at most a few outer protégés, and they didn't know much about it. Seeing that no important information was heard, Governor Lin handed over all the bodies of all the prisoners, Liu Laocai and others to the governor of Chang'an. Killing a helmsman, the credit is no longer there, Lin Zhifu will not be far away, before he arrived, Liu Laocai died, he lied in the text, after a bloody battle, the bandit leader Liu Laocai was killed.

When the person was sent to Chang'an, Yue Su had to be interrogated, but like Governor Lin, he didn't ask for any useful news, but only determined the identity of Liu Laocai, who was indeed the helmsman of the Dragon Slaying Gang.

When Yue Su was interrogating the people of Liufu, Shi Yungang had another incident, one night, from the mansion of Liufu, a group of people suddenly appeared, this group of people can have hundreds of people, rush out of the mansion, kill the officers and soldiers who were lost and guarded the door, and leave. Gao Yingxiang took advantage of this opportunity to escape.

When the news came, Yue Su ordered Yan'an Mansion to step up the suppression of bandits again, and promised to confess, and Governor Lin personally led troops to exterminate this gang of rebels. The good news came, Yue Su was very happy, verified that the traitor was right, then fulfilled the promise, to the emperor to ask for peace, Zhu carpenter personally helped Yue Su up, all kinds of praise, and immediately issued an order, Jin Yue Su as a soldier, but also less to protect the title.

After Yue Su thanked him, Carpenter Zhu wanted to open Yue Su's wound, and Yue Su untied his robe in front of all the civil and military personnel, revealing the scar on his left rib. After Carpenter Zhu arrived, he was even more moved, and ordered to reward Yuesu with thousands of acres of fertile land. Yue Su hurriedly excused himself, but Carpenter Zhu resolutely refused, so he had to reward Yue Su, but seeing that the resignation was fruitless, he had to accept it. The holy decree was issued and transmitted to Huguang, and Huguang Buzheng was responsible for placing it, and the field of the criminal official was transferred to the name of Yue Su.

After entering Beijing, there are few meritorious generals who must be rewarded, and the list of generals is drawn up by Yue Su, and the emperor approves them one by one. Xiong Tingbi was transferred to the Beijing Division and reappointed as the squire of the military department, Xing Ying was promoted to the deputy general of Huguang, Jin Chan was promoted to the deputy commander of the Shenji Battalion, Yin Zhu was promoted to the guerrilla general of the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army, and Tong Zhou was transferred to Liumen as the chief catcher. Zhou Meng, Wu Jiuteng, Zheng San, Wang Yuanhua and others also had their own promotions, and they all stayed in Beijing, or were promoted to guerrilla fighters or thousands of generals. Other civil officials were also rarely promoted, and everyone was grateful to Yue Su.

Only Jiang Jie did not let Yue Su take credit for him, and even resigned from the original guerrilla general, and only asked to stay by Yue Su's side as a staff member.

Placed like this, all the generals under him are happy, you must know that many people here have no reputation, and it is not easy to get a grade.

After the performance, Yue Su once again sent advice to the emperor, hoping that the imperial court would strengthen its armament in case of emergency. Strengthening armaments does not imply an increase in military spending, Yue Su came up with a strategy, and every three years, the three provinces on the nine sides of the world will hold a major confrontation. Each town needs to transfer 3,000 horses to Tianjin Wei to fight, and the subjects to be compared are naturally those five items - formation, horse, foot, and bow.

If you get the top three, the generals and officers and soldiers will be rewarded, but if you win the last three, the generals of the unified army will be punished. The penultimate is direct dismissal, and the second-to-last and third-to-last are demotion.

Carpenter Zhu immediately approved Yue Su's suggestion, and issued an order to spread throughout the three provinces of the Nine Sides, and the first major confrontation was held three years later.

Yue Su did this, and he didn't dare to expect all the elites of the world's horses, but at least he could take care of it, and there was a fighting army everywhere.