Chapter 11: Reflections on a Small Victory
Looking at Mr. Zhang Qian, who was galloping, Li Guo held the Zhangba snake spear and killed Mr. Zhang Qian.
Zhang Qian looked down on the peasant army at all, as the Qian general of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, he had been in battle for a long time, and his combat effectiveness was extremely strong, so he was certainly qualified to despise his opponent. He didn't know that Li Guo had followed Li Zicheng to practice martial arts since he was a child, and his martial arts were exquisite, and the prestige of a tiger was not simply brave.
Zhang Qian has followed Cao Wenzhao for many years, and although the knife in his hand is not as pure as Cao Wenzhao, he is also very good, and he slashes at Li Guo like lightning. Li Guo roared, shook the gun, turned Zhang Qianzong's saber aside, retracted the gun in his hand slightly, stabbed forward, and pierced Zhang Qianzong's throat with a shot. Zhang Qian always opened his mouth wide, and before he could make a sound, he had already fallen off the horse. It's just that one of Zhang Qianzong's feet was still hanging on the stirrup, and the horse was startled suddenly, dragging Zhang Qianzong's body and running back obliquely, leaving a trail of blood.
This small group of Ming troops was a little flustered, and they all turned their horses' heads and ran back, Li Guo roared angrily, "Chase!" ”
The morale of the peasant army was greatly boosted, and they roared forward to kill.
Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others, who were sweeping behind, were also overjoyed, urging their men and horses to attack the Ming army.
Cao Wenzhao had a violent temperament and was very brave, and he was immediately furious, and he waved a big knife to kill forward. Hong Chengchou hurriedly stopped it and ordered the Ming army to "release the arrow!" Hold your ground! ”
Li Guo was rushing forward to kill, and saw that the Ming army was preparing to release arrows, so he loudly ordered the rebels to stop the pursuit, but the peasant army's orders were not in order, and many people still rushed forward. A rain of arrows flew over, and more than 20 rebels were still shot. Li Guo, who rushed to the front, blocked left and right, but the position was too far forward, and with a whoosh, an arrow was fired, hitting Li Guo's left arm, Li Guo's left arm hurt, and he let go of his left hand, leaving only his right hand with a gun.
At this time, the two fleeing Ming soldiers saw the advantage, quickly turned the horse's head, raised their knives and killed Li Guo, wanting to cut Li Guo under the horse.
These two Ming soldiers were the subordinates of Zhang Qianzong, who was killed by Li Guo, and when they saw this opportunity, they wanted to avenge Zhang Qianzong.
Li Guo was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth, endured the pain in his left arm, clenched the spear again, and shot at a Ming army, although the Ming army dodged quickly, but Li Guo's gun still stabbed against the Ming army's cheek, piercing his ear, and frightened the Ming army to flee.
At this time, another Ming soldier rushed with a knife, Li Guo was injured in the arm, and it was too late to fight back.
At the critical moment, a war horse came out from behind Li Guo's horse, and the man on the war horse was thin and weak, and he staggered and waved a long knife on the running horse and rushed towards the Ming army who were ready to sneak attack.
The Ming army was just about to resist the long knife in the man's hand, but he didn't think about it, and the man coldly threw out the long knife in his hand. The Ming army who sneaked up on the attack was stunned, and they had never seen their weapons thrown away in battle. But the long knife was accurate, and a knife was slashing at the face of the Ming army.
Ming Jun scolded: "You don't fucking know how to fight!" And he fell off his horse.
Li Guo looked stunned, because it was Huang Xiu who came out of the horse from behind him.
Huang Xiu was not a tiger, after cutting the Ming army, he didn't even pick up the weapon, so he rode to Li Guo's side again.
At this time, seeing the Ming army shooting arrows, the rebels also sounded the gong and closed their troops.
At this time, inside and outside the city of Fugu, the cheers were like thunder, and the rebels were all smiling. Wang Jiayin, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, couldn't help but smile and nodded.
Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had already rushed to Li Guo's side, and Li Guo also returned to Fugu City with the righteous army.
For Li Guo's victory, the peasant army held a grand celebration banquet. Because although this skirmish was just a small victory, it was facing the most elite army of the Ming army, which symbolized greater significance in boosting morale.
Because of the victory, Li Zicheng and Li Guo's uncle and nephew made an exception to sit at the banquet at the front desk.
The leader Wang Jiayin personally poured wine for Li Guo, and loudly announced that Li Guo was rewarded with 100 war horses because of his bravery. Such a reward is very heavy, you know, in such an era of war and chaos, the most important thing for the rebels is not only food is war horses, and a hundred war horses need a lot of silver to buy. Whether it is the Ming army or the righteous army, most of the elite soldiers are cavalry.
The reason why Wang Jiayin rewarded so much was to motivate the morale of the rebels, so that every rebel felt that only by fighting to the death could they get the greatest benefits.
Li Guo had a hundred war horses, and his heart was naturally happy. And many of the leaders of the rebel army were either envious or jealous, with different expressions.
Zhang Xianzhong said something fair, he picked up the wine and said to Li Guo, "Come on!" Make up for it, let's two drink one, good job, defeated Guan Ning Tieqi, it really deserves to be a tiger! Whoever wants to get a war horse must fight bravely to kill the enemy, otherwise, he will not even get a hair! Ha ha! Zhang Xianzhong laughed loudly and dried the wine.
Li Guo tilted his neck and drank the wine.
Li Guo walked back to the tent satisfied, and Huang Xiu had already washed his feet.
Li Guo put his feet into the steaming water, let out a long breath of comfort, tilted his head, and looked at Huang Xiu beside him, "Huang Xiu, you are very brave today, say it, what do you want." ”
"My life was saved by the master, I didn't ask for it." Huang Xiu whispered.
"But you saved me today, so we'll be clear." Li Guo said.
"I can't clear the two, if I didn't save me, how could I help you today? I have only one request, and that is to never leave you for the rest of my life! Huang Xiu's eyes glanced at Li Guo.
Li Guo shook his head, "That's not possible, you are a child now, and you will marry when you grow up!" ”
Huang Xiu's face turned red, and she said in her heart, your life was saved by you, and when you saved me, you made me strip my clothes naked, where did you never see it all over your body, in this life, who can you marry if you don't marry? Am I still a child? In two months, I will be sixteen years old, and I will be of age to get married. Could it be that Li Ye really doesn't look down on himself? No matter what, it's good to be a cow or a horse, just accept your fate!
Li Guo didn't know what Huang Xiu thought, Huang Xiu was still a child in Li Guo's eyes.
Li Guo was thinking about today's battle. Today, it seems that the rebel army has taken advantage, but the rebel army is a mess, and there is no military discipline at all. On the other hand, the Ming army of Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao was strict in military orders and had a degree of advance and retreat. And even such a Ming army would have no chance of winning when it encountered the Manchu army in the future.
Li Guo became more and more anxious in his heart, and wanted to strengthen the army! But you can't do it alone, you need to have a helper. A good army or regime depends on the ability and loyalty of its cadres, and Li Guo must also train his own cadres.
Li Guo looked at Huang Xiu, thinking that this little girl was quite obedient, so he asked, "Huang Xiu, do you know how to read?" ”
Huang Xiu nodded, "When I was a child, I had a few spare money at home, and I read a few privet collections and biographies of women. ”
"Oh, good! I have something to tell you. Li Guo first instilled his thoughts in Huang Xiu, who was a guard in the eyes of others, but was actually a maid.
"Do you know that everyone is equal?" Li asked.
"Don't know?" Huang Xiu shook his head.
"That is, regardless of the emperor, princes and generals, all people are the same." Li Guo explained.
"Isn't that messy?" Huang Xiu asked.
Li Guo thinks about it, in this era, ideas that are too advanced will make people feel like crazy, and they will never be recognized by most people.
"Then do you know the way to do it for heaven?" Li Guo asked again.
Huang Xiu nodded, "I know, doing the right thing for heaven is to help the poor and sweep away injustice." ”
"Yes, yes, yes! You're right! Li Guo thought to himself, now Huang Xiu is a little enlightened. I'm going to do what I do for heaven! ”
Huang Xiu listened and said, "Then I'll do it with you." "I secretly said in my heart, I will always follow you!