Chapter 51: A Bumper Harvest of War Horses
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On the dilapidated city wall of Shanhaiguan, Gu Zhenhua stood with a long body, and the bow and arrow in his hand were full of round. An arrow swooped out, hitting a general's helmet, and the arrow passed through the scalp, as long as it was one point lower, it could open the eye of the sky in the brain!
The young general instantly froze, turned his horse's head, and ran away frantically. But when he ran dozens of paces, he suddenly noticed that there was a strip of cloth on this arrow, on which were written eight large characters.
Wu has descended to the Qing Dynasty, and the king is self-respecting!
At this time, Gu Zhenhua was already on the horse and took the soldiers to snatch the war horse.
"Li Zicheng, fight for your anger, kill a few more Tartars for Lao Tzu!"
Gu Zhenhua chattered, and everyone crossed a street, and there happened to be a large open space, which was temporarily requisitioned, and it was all war horses, two or three thousand.
"Lord Gu, the people who are looking at the war horse are all Wu Sangui's cronies, and they rushed over directly!" Li Xu reminded, and Gu Zhenhua also nodded hurriedly.
These generals at the end of the Ming Dynasty had the habit of supporting their families, and these generals were war slaves of the generals to put it bluntly, completely dependent on the generals for survival. At the same time, it has been given key armaments, and its combat effectiveness is very strong, and it can even be said that the number of generals directly determines the strength of combat effectiveness.
The Guanning Army is no exception, and there are many generals at all levels, especially Wu Sangui, and there are more than 3,000 elite soldiers, these people are not only the vanguard in the battle, but also the supervising team, such as the important resources of war horses, are personally taken care of by them.
For these cronies, Wu Sangui is their heaven and their qiΔ, and there is basically no possibility of fighting for it. Gu Zhenhua didn't think about inspiring them, so he took the lead and rushed over.
"What people!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
As soon as Gu Zhenhua raised his hand, he shot three arrows in a row, and the three family members fell to the ground in response. The other family members were also startled, but these guys did not flinch, but hugged them even more frantically and killed Gu Zhenhua.
These family members are all skilled in martial arts and experienced on the battlefield, and in the face of them, Gu Zhenhua is also very attentive. Fighting in battle formations, especially in such a narrow area, there is no way to retreat, or even dodge.
Fighting back and forth for hundreds of rounds, that is the routine of romance novels, in fact, it is often a few tricks to see the winner and lose, and the fight is the body and reaction ability, ruthless and fast enough, you can survive.
Gu Zhenhua is strong in both of these points, and after scientific military training in later generations, Gu Zhenhua knows the weaknesses of the human body well.
He was precise and ruthless in his swords, not giving the other party time to react at all. The blade slashed through the soft underbelly of a family member, and all the internal organs flowed out of it. The colorful things made people can't help but be disgusted, and the other was slightly stunned, Gu Zhenhua's knife slashed at his throat, and suddenly a head flew out far away.
Seeing Gu Zhenhua cut down these family members one after another, the soldiers behind him were also enthusiastic, especially Yue Poyu and Hu Shan, who took the lead and rushed up.
"Let you be arrogant, let you be domineering, let you eat better than Lao Tzu, let you take more than Lao Tzu, let you look down on Lao Tzu......" Hu Shan scolded while swinging his axe, splitting the shield, and then splitting a head.
The blood stimulated everyone's nerves, and the soldiers all poured up, and there were less than a hundred people guarding these war horses, and the disparity ratio of twenty to one, coupled with a bad star like Gu Zhenhua, they quickly collapsed.
"Quick, go and sue SΓΉ Dashuai, someone has rebelled!"
The remaining dozen or so family members desperately killed out, and they wanted to escape, but at this time, Gu Zhenhua's bow and arrow were drawn again, and they shot six or seven in a row, but a few more escaped from the net.
"Brethren, get on your horse quickly."
At the sound of the order, these people all rushed over, each looking for the war horse. At this moment, a head poked out of the stable on the side and looked out sneakily.
"Who?"
"Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong, you are Lord Gu's people, let's be our own people, our own people!"
As he spoke, a thin and withered figure leaned out of the room, nodding his head and waist. Gu Zhenhua also urged the horse to rush over, and just happened to see this guy, he was no more than five feet tall, with his back bent, his eyes protruding, and a sparse yellow beard on his chin, like a big prawn.
As soon as he saw Gu Zhenhua, he hurriedly said: "You are Lord Gu, Mr. Li has already said that you are majestic and dignified, you are a rare hero in the world, and when the villain saw it, he was immediately ...... by this heroism."
"Shut up." Gu Zhenhua shouted angrily: "Benjue doesn't have time to talk nonsense with you, it was Mr. Li who asked you to wait for Benjue, does he have any explanation?" β
"Yes, yes!"
This guy hurriedly turned around, took out a bunch of white cloth strips, and sent them to Gu Zhenhua with a smile.
"Mr. Li explained, let you tie your arms first, so as not to injure your own people by mistake."
When Gu Zhenhua heard this, he also woke up like a dream, the current Shanhaiguan is indeed chaotic enough, about the Ning army, there is the Dashun army, maybe the Manchu people will also kill in, and they really need a sign to identify the enemy and us.
"Mr. Li has a heart, everyone wears it!"
Gu Zhenhua gave an order, and all of his right arms had an extra white cloth, which was very obvious. In this courtyard, there are a total of more than 3,000 war horses, one for each soldier, and there is a lot of room for free, one person simply has two horses per person, anyway, Gu Zhenhua said that these war horses are their own, and they are not polite.
"Lord Gu, Mr. Li also explained, if you have the courage, next to Xiluo City, there are still a lot of war horses and pack horses. There are granaries and money coffers over there......"
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Zhenhua grabbed this guy by the neck and lifted him to the war horse.
"Benjue has nothing else, it's just that you're bold enough, you show me the way!"
Gu Zhenhua had already said that if he grabbed the war horse, it would all belong to him, so the soldiers also worked extra hard, and under the leadership of Gu Zhenhua, they rushed directly towards Xicheng.
At this time, Shanhaiguan was completely out of order, and as soon as Gu Zhenhua turned around with more than 2,000 people, there was a big hole in the city defense. The Dashun army then rushed up, and when they didn't see any soldiers, it was a trap.
But after walking a few steps, they realized that this was a God-given gap, so some people shouted at the head of the city, and the Dashun army outside the city swarmed in.
Not only the southern city, but also the northern wing city also surrendered to Li Zicheng, and the Dashun army also killed it. Attacking from both ends, Wu Sangui's army was completely chaotic in an instant, defeated and retreating, exhausted.
"What's the matter, Wu Sanrong, this stupid person, let him kill someone, grinding, it's just a rice bucket!"
Wu Sangui was scolding in the Shuai Mansion, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps, Yang Kun ran in, and said breathlessly: "Dashuai, it's not good, the thieves have entered the city!" β
"What!" Wu Sangui stood up suddenly, and his eyebrows stood up: "It's all a bunch of waste, Ben Shuai will kill it himself!" β
As he spoke, Wu Sangui straightened out his armor and was fully armed, and when his hand brushed his head, he also paused slightly. The head has been shaved, only the money rat tail at the back of the head. A trace of awkwardness flashed in his heart, but he was immediately thrown away by Wu Sangui and strode out of the mansion. Picking up his knife and getting on the horse, Wu Sangui led the way and rushed to the west of the city.
"Dashuai, the thieves came in from the south, you ......," Yang Kun reminded.
Wu Sangui smiled coldly: "That's right, Ben Shuai wants to reassure the regent!" β
After speaking, Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and rushed down, his target was the crown prince Zhu Cihong.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the Battle of Shanhaiguan, Dolgon led the Manchu army to Shanhaiguan ten miles away, but they did not rush to participate in the battle, but watched from the wall.
The battle lasted for a long time, Wu Sangui couldn't hold it anymore, he personally rushed out of the northern city with Wu Sanrong and others, met Dolgon, and asked the Manchus to send troops.
But how treacherous Dolgon was, how could he make a loss-making deal. It is okay to send troops, but the Guanning army must be cleared, and Wu Sangui is promised to be the king of Pingxi.
Different from history, Gu Zhenhua brought the prince to Shanhaiguan, and Dolgon's vigilance against Wu Sangui increased several times, if a battle is over, Wu Sangui will return to the capital with the prince, how can the Manchu Qing Dynasty enter the Central Plains!
Therefore, Dolgon made a condition, and Wu Sangui immediately shaved and changed clothes, accepted the canonization of King Pingxi, and at the same time handed over the crown prince as a hostage.
Wu Sangui was forced to have no choice but to shave his head and become a courtier of the Manchu Dynasty.
Since the Qing Dynasty has fallen, Gu Zhenhua's thorn in his eye cannot be kept, so he successively ordered Guo Yunlong and Wu Sanrong to kill Gu Zhenhua.
Of course, in Wu Sangui's heart, the more troublesome thing is actually the prince, he knows very well in his heart that the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not help the revival of the Ming Dynasty, and the prince will definitely die, but he Wu Sangui does not want to be named a murderer.
Suddenly, he remembered Fan Wencheng's reminder when he was leaving: In the troubled times, there are small nights, it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, be cautious!
Wu Sangui finally understood what Fan Wencheng meant at this time, who cares if you are true or not, as long as you are sure that the prince is a fake, it doesn't hurt to kill him.
Just when Wu Sangui had saved up enough strength to kill the prince and give Dolgon a vote. Gu Zhenhua took the soldiers and rushed to the horse farm.
With the loss of the land outside the Guan, the war horses of the Ming Dynasty became more and more limited, but the Guanning Army was definitely an exception. There are enough 10,000 elite Guanning iron cavalry alone, and according to the basic configuration of one person and three horses, the Guanning army also has 30,000 war horses, and even 50,000 are not unusual.
In addition to pure war horses, there must also be a large number of pack horses, otherwise it will not be able to support the battle outside the pass. Rushing to the outside of the horse farm, Gu Zhenhua was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him, a large area of black pressure was full of war horses.
Or neighing, or kicking the ground, and there are at least tens of thousands of horses. Gu Zhenhua's eyes were full of greedy light, I am afraid that the entire south will not be able to make up so many excellent war horses!
Especially the Manchu Qing controlled the north, let alone get a war horse. The only opportunity is in front of us, not only to support the consumption of 2,000 cavalry, but also to reproduce offspring and ensure the supply of military horses.
Gu Zhenhua thought of this, and his blood boiled: "Brothers, what are you waiting for, follow me, don't leave a war horse!" β