Chapter 360: Hostage-taking
Zhen Rong was already annoyed and angry at this time, and when he heard Zhao Yu's verbosity again, he said viciously with a fierce look in his eyes: "Shut up!" Again?? I cut out your tongue! “
Zhao Yu was shocked, looking at Zhenrong's fierce and vicious face turned out to be so unfamiliar, recalling that Zhenrong was kind and amiable in the past, and often put compassion on his lips, but now this face is completely different, in the end which is the real Zhenrong, Zhao Yu was confused.
Zhen Rong didn't care about Zhao Yu's thoughts at this time, and now Zhao Yu was just a chess piece in his hand, a chess piece that could get him out of trouble. Zhen Rong escorted Zhao Yu to his front and shouted at Zhang He: "Zhang Duwei, you have to spare people and spare people, Lao Wei and Zhang Duwei have no grudges in the past and no enmity in the near future, so why bother to force each other?" Zhao Taishou is here, if Zhang Duwei doesn't want any accidents to happen to Zhao Taishou, how about we each give a step? ”
Zhang He saw that Zheng Rong actually took Zhao Yu hostage, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Zhen Rong, do you think that if you capture Zhao Taishou, you can force Zhang to comply?" Hmph, joke! Zhao Yu, as a guard, shielded and connived at fugitives, lured wolves into the house and scourged the people of Guangling, even if you don't catch him, you will capture him and go back to see Liu Yuanjun! Come on, capture Zhen Rong and Zhao Yu for me! ”
The soldiers under his command were ordered to step forward in unison, and the tips of their guns were pressed towards Zhen Rong and the others.
As soon as Zhen Rong saw that Zhang He didn't eat this set at all, he couldn't help but mess up, and hurriedly dragged Zhao Yu to retreat to the Taishou Mansion, and the monks under him were already fighting with Zhang He's soldiers and fighting.
His henchmen and monks hurriedly said to Zhenrong: "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, the sect leader should evacuate quickly." ”
Zhenrong glared at him fiercely. It seems that you are also used to remind him of the Tao, but he did not reprimand, but scolded Zhang He: "Zhang He, this mad dog, actually bites and insists on biting, so that this seat has nothing to do!" ”
"Don't worry, don't worry, do your subordinates have a plan that doesn't work out?" The confidant monk said.
Zhen Rong said happily: "Come on." ”
The monk said: "Zhang He's subordinates are only two or three thousand, and he has to disperse and guard the four gates, and now the siege of the Taishou Mansion must not have many soldiers, the head of the sect, we have tens of thousands of disciples inside and outside the city." Let them kill people and set fire to them in the city. Zhang He must take care of himself, and then the sect leader will be able to take advantage of the chaos to get out of the city. ”
Rong was overjoyed and immediately ordered to act according to the plan.
Although the men and horses of Zhenrong had a numerical advantage, they were compared to the well-trained plain army. They can only be regarded as a rabble. After a while, he was killed by Zhang He's soldiers and horses. is losing and retreating, and it looks like the house gate is about to be unable to be saved.
At this time, a soldier reported to Zhang He: "General Qiyu." The men and horses brought by Zhenrong launched a riot in Guangling City, killing people, setting fires, killing and looting, and the city was already in chaos. ”
Zhang He looked back, and the city was already full of fires, thick smoke billowed out, and the sound of shouts was endless. Zhang He immediately made a decision and decisively ordered: "Li Junhou, He Junhou, you two each take a team of men and horses, and quickly go to exterminate the thieves!" Anyone who sees a monk in rebellion will be killed! ”
Li He and the two military marquis were ordered to immediately lead the team to suppress the rebellion, and another sergeant came to report that Zhen Rong had escaped with Zhao Yu through the back door.
"Damn!" Zhang He scolded angrily, in order to escape for his life, Zhen Rong was already unscrupulous, creating chaos in the city and taking advantage of the chaos to escape. Zhang He took the lead and chased in the direction of Zhenrong's escape.
Zhao Yu was held on horseback by Zhenrong's men, and when he saw the flames in Guangling City and the blood flowing, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken and angrily reprimanded Zhenrong: "Zhenrong! You are so vicious! What did the people of Guangling do to offend you, that you actually set fire and plunder like this? In vain, I regard you as a confidant, and I have fellowship with my life, but you have done such a thing that has lost your conscience, hello-hello-" Zhao Yu was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Zhen Rong fled wildly, and in the face of Zhao Yu's questioning, he just smiled coldly and said: "Good, good!" Those who become big things are not informal, Zhao Yu, the old man came to Guangling just to borrow some money and food from you, but your commander Zhang He doesn't know the current affairs, and he wants to capture the old man, so he has no choice but to do it, how can the old man make a big killing? Amitabha! ”
Zhao Yu was already so angry that his eyes were full of Venus, he finally saw the guy in front of him clearly, full of great compassion and evil heart, only hating himself for being blind and not seeing through his true face earlier. "Rong! You, a shameless person, are full of compassion, but you are full of evil, aren't you afraid that the Buddha will punish you? Punish you to eighteen layers of hell and suffer a thousand cuts? ”
Zhen Rong laughed and said, "What bullshit Buddha? What eighteen layers of hell? Only you stupid people would believe in the bliss of rebirth, hahaha, Zhao Yu, have you ever seen the Buddha? Have you ever been to the eighteen floors of hell? What is Buddhism, it's just that smart people make up to deceive you ignorant fools, so that you willingly offer your property and your little life, what do you actually say to me Buddha, sue you, I am the Buddha, the Buddha who does nothing and does everything, hahaha......"
"You...... You don't have to die well! Zhao Yu saw Zhenrong who stripped off the cloak of hypocrisy cleanly, and then he understood how vicious this person's heart is, how many innocent and good people have been deceived for his own selfishness, the so-called religion is just something that was created by an evil person like Zhenrong and used to numb people's souls.
Zhen Rong laughed disappreliantly: "Zhao Taishou, you still have to think about your own life, even if the old man can't escape, he will pull you as a back, good and good." ”
I have seen a shameless person, nor have I seen such a shameless person as Zhenrong, Zhao Yu's three views were indeed destroyed by Zhenrong, he lay on the back of the horse, sobbing sideways, whimpering weakly: "Zhirong dog thief, I will eat your flesh!" ”
Zhen Rong laughed wildly, no longer paid attention to Zhao Yu, and fled wildly.
Guangling City has become a pot of porridge, and the monks under Zhenrong are wantonly killing the unarmed and panicked people, burning if they can, and robbing if they can. After Zhen Rong fled to the south gate of Guangling, the rebellious troops had already controlled the south gate, and Zhen Rong was like a frightened bird, and he didn't dare to stop at all, so he rushed out of the city gate in one breath and looked straight at the Yangtze River ferry. When his subordinates saw that Zhenrong had fled, they naturally had no intention of fighting, and rushed out of the city gate with the looted property.
The officers and soldiers mercilessly intercepted and killed the rebellious monks, and many monks who had no time to leave the city, who were not greedy enough and wanted to loot some more property, once they ran into the officers and soldiers, they would be dismembered by the blade. The officers and men also hated this gang of traitors who killed people and set fires and did all kinds of evil, even if they had already surrendered on their knees, they never let go, and Zhang He's order was to kill them, so the officers and men killed one by one without leaving any mercy.
Zhen Rong fled with a large group of men, and the small group of monks remaining in the city was quickly annihilated, and when Zhang He first arrived at the south gate, Liu Ze's messenger just arrived. Seeing that Liu Ze's order was to prevent Zhenrong from entering Guangling at any cost, Zhang He glanced sadly at Guangling City, which was torn and dilapidated by Zhenrong, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, if Liu Ze's order had come half a day earlier, how could Guangling have fallen into this military disaster. However, Liu Ze's second order was to protect Zhao Yu, but now Zhao Yu has been taken hostage by Zhenrong, his life and death are unknown, Zhang He did not dare to hesitate, in addition to leaving 500 people to clear the remnants of Zhenrong in the city and assist the people in the city to extinguish the fire, he quickly ordered 2,500 men and horses, and went out of the city to the south to pursue.
Coming out of Guangling, it is only twenty or thirty miles away from the Yangtze River ferry to the south, and Zhenrong thought that he could escape from Xuzhou by crossing the Yangtze River, so he did not care about horsepower along the way and fled desperately. The tens of thousands of horses under his command have all been scattered, chasing after Zhenrong in a chaotic manner, and they can't form any formation at all.
After Zhang He left the city, he bit the people of Zhenrong and chased after him. The speed of the officers and soldiers was far faster than that of these monks and stragglers, and Zhang He ordered that as long as the remnants of the troops in front of them were blocked, they would be killed. The officers and soldiers pursued and killed countless people along the way, and the corpses were scattered on the road, which was innumerable.
It stands to reason that Zhenrong's men and horses are at least several times that of Zhang He, and if they are organized, they are also capable of competing with Zhang He, but Zhenrong's mind is no longer here, he only thinks about how he can escape the Yangtze River, and he has no intention of fighting at all, anyway, there are a lot of people in the rear team, and it is enough to delay and delay Zhang He's pursuit. Liu Ze's army's combat strength is very clear, although he has a large number of men and horses, he may not have a chance of winning if he really fights. Moreover, he has no decent generals under him, and he once competed with Zhang He, who was once known as one of the four court pillars in Hebei, and Zhen Rong didn't dare to think about it. Di Rong couldn't figure out how Liu Ze could recruit so many brave generals, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Xu Rong...... There are 10,000 enemies one by one, not to mention his subordinates, even such a big Xuzhou under Tao Qian's rule, at best, there are only third-rate characters like Cao Bao and Cao Hong, this Liu Ze is really terrifying.
It's not that Di Rong doesn't want to fight Zhang He, it's hard to win one aspect, but the main thing is that Di Rong is afraid that Liu Ze will send another army over at any time, and at that time it will really be no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, so Di Rong ran to the Yangtze River ferry regardless of a single thing, as long as he escaped from Xuzhou, he could ensure absolute safety.
Finally saw the mighty Yangtze River not far ahead, saw the white sails on the river, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, calmed down his violent breathing, and saw that the chasing soldiers behind him were still miles away, smiled slightly, and recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha!" Good, good, good! (To be continued......)