Chapter 379: Light Riding (II) (Text)

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1,200 light horsemen were in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, and no one cared about them.

Xiao Zhiyan discussed with Che Feng for a long time, and decided to let the Shang Alliance guards secretly escort Fan Yi to eastern Zhejiang via Fuyang County, Hangzhou, so as not to attract people's attention, lead the Hangzhou defenders to block the attack, and don't hurt his wife and son in the melee.

Xiao Zhiyan was not at ease, and accompanied Fan Yi to go first.

Che Feng led the army to stay around Taihu Lake, contacted the messenger of the Shang League, and asked for the next plan, he always thought that Ning Shao and the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou should go north, and then go back and turn back.

For three days after Fan Yi left, the light rain continued, the air was humid, and Changdang Lake was shrouded in a layer of smoke.

The old skills of the car wind were repeated, and he went to Jintan County to ask for grain and grass supplies. The county commander was put on his neck with his knife and obediently provided seven days of military rations.

Before the news of the Shang Alliance came, the scouts who had gone to the river to find the news flew back.

"Tell the general, something is wrong."

These scouts all went south from the grassland, and they experienced more battles, and today they stammered a little.

"What's wrong?"

Che Feng's face was pale, he stabbed the Mobei Great Khan, shot the Jurchen Baylor, and couldn't see his subordinates panic.

"The Qing captives have crossed the river!" The scout calmed down, first told the shocking news, and then explained in detail, "Last night I saw scattered cavalry on the official road near the river, and this morning the army was all over the mountains, I took a moment to arrest a person and torture him, only to know that yesterday morning the Qing army crossed the river in a heavy fog, and the army fled. ”

Che Feng flew up and kicked on the willow tree beside him, drew his knife and slashed into the wood diagonally, and scolded: "Fuck, what a bunch of waste." Hundreds of thousands of people, I have never heard of a war. ”

After scolding, he pulled out the long knife from the heart of the tree, and ordered: "Gather soldiers and horses, go to the river!" ”

The Hanbu light cavalry was trained from Xiao Zhiyan, and Ji Hong was briefly in charge for a period of time in the middle, although he was still under the nominal command of Xiao Zhiyan after going south to the south of the Yangtze River, the actual military power was in the hands of Che Feng. From the beginning, this cavalry had the unruly atmosphere of horse thieves, and it was a mixture of Tumuts, and it was the worst military discipline and the most courageous in the Ningshao garrison.

1,200 cavalry marched from Jintan to Changzhou Mansion, and the wind pulled out the banner of Ningshao Town.

Thirty miles away, the official road was full of fleeing officers and soldiers blocking the way, and the car was furious, shouting: "Get out of the way." ”

Where will anyone listen to him at this time.

The mood of the car wind is very bad, so someone is going to be unlucky.

"Shoot!"

I haven't killed anyone for a long time, and a sparse rain of arrows falls, and every arrow must hit someone.

The rout on the official road showed that these people who were coming were even more vicious than the Qing captives, and they turned around and fled in all directions, making way for the official road.

Riding very fast, passing the Changzhou Mansion to the boundary of Wuxi, the pedestrians on the road are gradually scarce. There were not many people who fled, and the rout soldiers ran away like this. The gate of Wuxi was closed, and the chariot Feng looked at the city for a moment, urging the soldiers and horses to leave.

Seeing that the situation was not good and the situation was like a landslide, the Ning Shao army going north had not seen a trace, and in desperation, Che Feng could only decide to return to Ningbo Mansion in the south.

The cavalry marched along the Taihu Lake to the boundary of Suzhou, and the scouts reported that there was a column of four or five hundred cavalry marching in front.

The light horsemen surrounded like wolves, and the fog was heavy on the lake, and after running for half an hour, they finally saw the figures of the soldiers and horses in front of them.

Those people were slow to react, where was the opponent of this group of wolf riders, and when the two wings were about to complete the outflanking, the hundreds of cavalry reacted.

After a few rounds of bows and arrows, the opposite person turned on his horse, and someone shouted: "It's all the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, don't misunderstand." ”

Che Feng raised his hand and ordered his subordinates to stop the attack and urged him to step forward.

A cavalryman on the opposite side urged his horse over and shouted: "This is the soldiers and horses of Lord Yang, the commander of the patrol river, how dare you attack indiscriminately." ”

"Aren't you a deserter?" The car style pretends to be stupid.

A thin general with a somewhat pale face urged him to come up and asked, "You are a cavalryman from Ningshao Town, how can you appear here." ”

"Ordered to go north to defend the imperial river!" "But not now." ”

"I'm Yang Wencong, the river patrol supervisor!" The general sighed, "Jiang Fang has been lost, you go to Suzhou with me to guard the palace, and I will play your credit to the court." He saw the elite cavalry under Che Feng's command, and suddenly seemed to have found a support.

Che Feng wanted to taunt him a few words, but after listening to him, his heart moved, and he replied: "Daming still has Zhejiang soldiers and horses, please retreat to Suzhou and Hangzhou." ”

Those who died in front of them died in vain, and the two armies were united, and 1,600 cavalry arrived outside Suzhou in the afternoon.

Yang Wencong's banner was still very effective, the city gate was opened, and the army entered the city.

There were only 500 soldiers and horses in Suzhou City, and all the soldiers and horses in Zhejiang were ordered to concentrate in Hangzhou to defend Zhai Zhe to the north.

The prefect of Suzhou could not find it, so Yang Wencong ordered the capital to prepare food and grass supplies for the soldiers and horses. Che Feng sent people to eastern Zhejiang to report on the one hand, and inquired about the news in the direction of Nanjing.

Nanzhili and all parts of Zhejiang, the governor could not find the general, the general could not find the soldiers, the prefect was nowhere to be found, and the county order was hung and left. The common people close the door at home, and it is all up to God to decide their fate, anyway, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not very good, and it may be better to change one.

Six days after the Qing captives crossed the river, Che Feng stayed in Suzhou City for the third day.

In the past three days, Yang Wencong was convening the government officials, posting notices, dividing military salaries to raise strong men to defend the city, only about 300 people got up ****, and the others immediately hid far away after reading the notice.

"This is the heart of the people in Jiangnan!" Yang Wencong wanted to cry without tears.

On the fourth day, the news of the loss of the city of Nanjing came, and the capital of the new dynasty was only held for three days.

If Yangzhou only held for ten days and made people lose their big teeth, then now it seems that it is the best result.

"The tide is over!" Che Feng and Yang Wencong looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

In the evening, two cavalrymen rushed into the city of Suzhou, and after negotiating with the soldiers defending the city, they found Chefeng's barracks. When he saw the wind, the man took out the token from his arms: "On the orders of the generals, I ordered you to return to Ningbo Mansion." ”

"Why don't you go north!" The car was in a hurry. He entered Suzhou precisely to occupy the city for Ning Shao, but he didn't expect Zhai Zhe to order him to retreat.

The man was Zhai Zhe's personal soldier, shook his head and said, "I just have to convey the order!" I don't know anything else! ”

"Where is your Excellency now?"

"Garrison on the side of the Qiantang River."

Che Feng saw that it was getting late today, so he found Yang Wencong and told him of Ning Shaojunzhen's order.

"Zhejiang's general army Fang Guoan doesn't go north, you and I can't defend Suzhou City here, so let's withdraw."

Yang Wencong has been numb, Nanjing has been lost, the gentry from all over the country are secretly contacting the Qing captives, preparing to surrender the city, without the 1,200 cavalry of Che Feng, he is afraid that it is not safe to stay in Suzhou, and it is very likely that he will be tied up and sent to Nanjing.

"I will take the money from the treasury." The car style is blunt, and it can be regarded as a bit of a gain.

"Take it away, if you don't take it away, you'll leave it to Qinglu!" Yang Wencong's heart was like ashes.

"And Zhu Dusi and those officials and gentry have been sending people to Nanjing for the past few days, and those few families can't stay, and they also give a warning to later generations."

Suzhou City is so big, the car wind can't be seen, only people guard the road to the north, anyway, at this time to Nanjing is not a good person. After arresting a few messengers for interrogation, the few people in Suzhou who were ready to surrender surfaced.

"Damn it!" Yang Wencong gritted his teeth.

"Please give the order to summon Zhu Dusi to discuss the matter."

An hour later, it was dark.

The streets of Suzhou are dark and there are no pedestrians. Since Yang Wencong entered the city of Suzhou, a curfew was announced. When the time passed, the people who were wandering the streets again were caught and beheaded.

Zhu Dusi and his two entourages were like rats crawling out of a hole in the ground, taking one step and looking at two steps, and came to the mansion. He didn't want to come, but he didn't dare not come, there has been no news from the family sent to Nanjing, and now Yang Wencong is the biggest official in Suzhou City, and those cavalry in Ningshao Town look terrifying.

The three of them went out to ask for instructions, and the guard led the three of them into the back garden, and after walking a few steps through the dark road, a column of soldiers with torches rushed out of the wings.

"Take it!" Yang Wencong gave an order.

The bright knife immediately rested on the necks of the three men.

"Why did you arrest me?" Zhu Dusi's face was like earth, and he still wanted to argue.

Che Feng stepped forward and slapped out half of the teeth in his mouth, "Don't talk when I haven't asked you." Yang Wencong was stunned.

"There is a list here, please Zhu Dusi lead the way and identify these families."

Che Feng smiled and opened the note in his hand.

The soldier put the blade on his neck hard, and the blood on his neck dripped on Zhu Dusi's hand, and the people brought out by these horse bandits were very direct.

In a quarter of an hour, the soldiers holding the torch walked out of the palace, and four or five places in the city of Suzhou spent the night in a tumultuous manner.

In the early morning of the next day, Yang Wencong supervised and beheaded the three official gentry and Zhu Dusi who were secretly in charge of the Qing Dynasty. Chefeng loaded eight wagons of silver and supplies, opened the storehouse, and gave all the grain to the onlookers, and in the afternoon a column of cavalry retreated in the direction of Hangzhou.

There were 100,000 taels of silver in the treasury in Suzhou, and 130,000 taels of silver were obtained from the house. The matter was urgent, and everyone did not have time to carefully search where the silver cellars of those families were hidden, and with those few officials and gentry, none of them had a family property of no less than 100,000 taels of silver.

To the boundary of Jiaxing Mansion, Che Feng saved an eye.

"Lord Yang, I was ordered to go back to Ningshao, where are you going?"

"Why don't you go to Hangzhou first?"

Che Feng's head shook like a rattle, "Don't go." "He brought so much gold and silver wealth into Hangzhou, wouldn't it be a sheep into the mouth of a wolf.

"This silver has a share of the merit of the adult, I will give 20,000 taels to the adult, and I will bring the rest back to Ning Shao."

"This is the silver of the treasury!" Yang Wencong was unwilling.

Che Feng shook his head and said with a smile: "If it weren't for me, these would be the silver of the Qing Treasury." ”

Looking at the posture of the car style, Yang Wencong knew that it was useless to say it strongly. He still wanted to go to Hangzhou and find an opportunity to contact Fuma Shiying and the emperor.

Immediately, the two teams parted ways, and Chefeng gave 20,000 taels of silver to Yang Wencong, escorting the carriage back to the mountainous area of eastern Zhejiang through Fuyang County in the upper reaches of the Qiantang River and returning to Ningshao.