Chapter Thirty-Eight: Killing the King of Gongshun
Two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, one hundred steps...... Seeing that the Tartar cavalry was getting closer and closer, Li Xin motioned to the soldiers holding the flag to raise the flag, so that the flag was raised high, only to hear someone among the people trembling and shouting: "Quick, look, another team of cavalry is coming!" ”
The young man named Zeng Dare also stood on his feet and looked over, and sure enough, this group of cavalry was more numerous and more vigorous. Li Xin smiled indifferently, Lu Jiu really didn't disappoint him, the cavalry of the left team came from the Tartar flank, and they couldn't help but turn around. If you don't turn, you will have to suffer the impact of Lu Jiu, and you may have to be wiped out by the whole army at that time.
As Li Xin expected, Tartar drew an arc and flashed to the side when he was fifty paces away from the musket team, but he happened to bump into Kong Youde, who was galloping wildly. Kong Youde thought that he had escaped and was about to take a breath of air, but suddenly saw the Tartar team turn and rush towards him, and he was immediately frightened.
"Damn, how can you compete with Lao Tzu!"
The sound of swishing passed by his ears, Kong Youde knew that he was already within a few arrows of the Tartar, fortunately, the bright light armor on his body was strong enough, the Tartar riding bow was not very powerful, and it was not easy to shoot through, as long as he didn't shoot at a few key weaknesses, it would not be a big problem. Fortunately, there was a sudden "bell" sound, and he only felt dizzy in his brain, as if he had been hit by a huge force, and then he felt that there was wind on the top of his head, and it was cold, and he raised his hand to touch it, and it was actually the helmet that was shot off by a Tartar arrow. Xu was that the silk that fixed the helmet was not strong enough, and it was loose under the bumps, and the helmet was shot off by the Tartars.
As soon as the helmet was gone, he could be pierced by a Tartar arrow at any time, Kong Youde immediately panicked, beat the horse again, and clamped the horse's belly fiercely, just hoping that the war horse would rush back to the team quickly. However, Kong Youde was obviously self-indulgent, and the Tartar cavalry drew another arc, and turned to the river and headed south. Lu Jiu led the left cavalry to assault, but he no longer pursued closely and stopped at the horse.
The imaginary battle did not break out, and the Tartar armor and cavalry began to assemble in the distance, not in a hurry to attack. Among Lu Jiu's left cavalry, two people were thrown and fell the snow, two people were dressed in single clothes, their scalps were scraped with iron blue, and a rat tail was dragged behind their heads, which were clearly captured tartars. Unexpectedly, as soon as the two Tartars landed, they immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"The general spares his life, the general spares his life, I, I am a Han, not a real Tartar!"
Two Tartars with one mouth turned out to be proficient in Chinese.
Lu Jiu spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, "Damn, it's two tartars again!" ”
Since they officially broke with the Qing army, they have basically encountered two Tartars, from Kong Youde to soldiers, and few of them are real Tartars. He didn't understand, could it be that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was beaten down by some two Tartars?
Kong Youde was desperate to survive, because a pair of Ming armor almost gave his life and had nowhere to be angry, he saw two guys who were prostrate on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic, and scolded angrily: "There are no eggs, people die with big scars, why did you vote for tartars in the first place if you are so afraid of death!" ”
The people who said this were greatly relieved, and it was just a dignified Han man who became a traitor, but everyone spit on him for being so spineless. When the two second Tartars heard someone scolding him, they looked up with teary eyes, and when they saw Kong Youde, they were stunned and blurted out:
"Gong, Gongshun Wang?"
Hearing the applause of the people, Kong Youde was about to reprimand a few more words, but who knew that these two Tartars would recognize themselves, and they would leak their bottom in one sentence.
"You, don't talk nonsense, what is the obedience to the king?"
Kong Youde knows that he has a bad reputation among the people, and he must not admit his identity at this time, so he pretends to be stupid.
"Obey the king, save us, you don't know us? I'm ......."
The two of them immediately reported their names and their former affiliations, and it was a coincidence that they were his old subordinates when they were in Dongjiang in the past. It really makes Kong Youde embarrassed, and it is not to save it, nor is it to save it.
Saving is equivalent to admitting that he is a big traitor, and if he doesn't save it, he sees the two being tortured to death, and how can he bear it, after all, he was his subordinate back then. His mind was entangled, and some people saw some clues, such as that daring.
"Kong Youde?"
As soon as the three words came out, Kong Youde was shocked, how could anyone still know that the king of Gongshun was him Kong Youde, not to mention that this king name was in the Ming Dynasty, even outside the gate, and ordinary people didn't know much. It must not be easy for this person to be able to call his own name. Just when he was in a dilemma, Lu Jiu sneered coldly.
"Gong Shun ** just laughed at others for not having eggs, how did this egg also shrink back when it was his turn?"
Lu Jiu originally had a very bad sense of Kong Youde when he was in the Qing army camp, but now when he saw him at both ends, he couldn't help but make fun of him.
Kong Youde is really worthy of the title of King Gongshun, Lu Jiu's words were sarcastic, almost insulting, but he laughed.
"Where did Brother Lu speak, jokes, jokes!"
He tried to get the topic off with a haha, but someone held on to it.
"You are the big traitor Kong Youde?"
Li Xin saw that it was the young man named Zeng Kang, pointing at Kong Youde and questioning with a stern face. At this time, he felt that it was necessary to come forward and say a few words, otherwise if he continued, Kong Youde, a big traitor, might have to be torn alive by the angry people to vent his anger.
"This is the prisoner of my Feng Battalion, and I will hand it over to Sun Ge Lao after your battalion, and I will dispose of it according to my own national law. Lu Jiu, don't tie him up yet. Li Xin glared at Lu Jiu, thinking that he was causing chaos, and then said to the people: "Fathers, fathers, please don't be impatient, the Tartars are still eyeing ahead, the battle is not over yet, they may counterattack at any time, so please don't mess up your own formation, give the Tartars a chance." ”
The young man named Zeng Dare squeezed out of the crowd, looked up at Li Xin on the horse, and said excitedly: "General Li, it's better to kill this big traitor before the battle, strengthen my momentum, and destroy the majesty of the Tartars!" ”
"Do you say yes or no?"
Zeng dared to turn around and shout, and immediately ushered in a response from thousands of voices.
"Kill traitors, strengthen my prestige! Kill the traitor, strengthen my prestige! ”
Please kill Kong Youde's voice one after another, Li Xinzhi frowned, the people's will cannot be violated, but killing Kong Youde is not what he wants. It's not that he doesn't want to punish traitors, it's just that the skills mastered by this guy are too important and precious in this era, a dead Kong Youde is just a ball of stinky meat, and a living Kong Youde can help him kill thousands of Tartars. However, I know this truth, but others may not agree with it.
Thinking of this, Li Xin looked at Zeng Dare, and felt that he was not so lovable, the readers of this era, the heads of reading and reading are rusted to death, a tendon to the end, attracting love and hate!
Zhang Shi set aside the lively people and came to Li Xin to ask for instructions.
"Teach, the Tartar infantry armor has been re-arrayed, how should we deal with it?"
Li Xin secretly thought that if his subordinates were all like Lu Jiu, who acted according to their mood, he would not be able to lead his team, and it seemed that he had the opportunity to come up with a few sets of rules and regulations to restrain these casual guys.
The left team is a horse thief in various formations, and the situation of being outnumbered from time to time occurs, and different people and horses often fight with each other, either this side kills that side, or that side kills this side. What's more, they will also confront the official army, and Li Xin's gang of horse thieves is. It's a pity that the whole army was wiped out in the first war, and almost all of them ended up beheaded and killed, and it wasn't until the Tartars entered the Kou that they picked up a life.
Yan Zhao is so generous and heroic, so they have a complicated feeling about the life they earned, anyway, it is a life that they picked up for nothing, no matter what, they will earn a life, and when they come to the Tartar to kill it, how can they have so many concerns.
After several battles with the Tartars, they found that the Tartar cavalry was not as powerful as rumored, and what "the Jurchens are not satisfied with 10,000, and there are no enemies in 10,000" are all bullshit, and the Tartars made up their own to scare people.
The Tartar was clearly assembling and watching, and refused to take the initiative to attack, but it was just the right time for Zhang Shi to break the siege, and he actually succeeded in diverting Zeng Dare's attention and surrendering his hand to fight.
"Although Zeng Dare has no power to restrain the chicken, he also has a heart to die, and he is willing to kill the Tartars with the general!"
Li Xin nodded, the Tartar must be killed, but he can't rely on his hot-headed blood, he must judge the situation and wait for the opportunity to win.
"Brother Zeng! There will be more important things for you! ”
Zeng Dare immediately solemnly bowed his hand and said: "The general dared to torture, but please command, dare not obey his orders!" ”
Li Xin was no longer polite with him.
"Please Brother Zeng be responsible for bringing together the people scattered around here, the people have suffered too much, we must protect them well, and we will not fall into the hands of the Tartars again!"
Zeng dared to urinate since he was a child, like the vast majority of scholars in this era, has a strong sense of mission, the heavens will descend on the people, Li Xin's words made him have a great sense of confidant, and it is naturally his responsibility to serve the country and the people. So he solemnly agreed, and led a few acquaintances to gather the people.
Li Xin let out a sigh of relief, Kong Youde felt like a phoenix nirvana, he was not stupid, he knew that Li Xin would never disobey ** to protect himself, if he really couldn't withstand the pressure, he would fall to the ground, but he didn't expect that it was the cowardly Zhang Shi who saved his life.
When his gaze swept over Zhang Shi's body, he suddenly saw a familiar figure flash, but when he looked closely, he had disappeared and disappeared in the crowd.
Kong Youde stretched out his hand and patted his head, remembering that the figure was the mute boy rescued by Li Xin before. When I think of this handsome young man, I can't help but itch in my heart. Kong Youde laughed dryly, so it was better to take him as a scholar.
If Li Xin knew what Kong Youde was thinking at this time, he would definitely send him three words, "The heart is really big"! As soon as I came back from a circle of ghost gates, I had a crooked thought in a blink of an eye.
That Zeng dared to do things was really a good hand, and in a moment's effort, the entire river valley was boiling, and the Tartars lost, and they couldn't take care of the long team of people and animals at all. He led people along the way to publicize Li Xin's command to gather everyone, and most of the people heard that there were officials and soldiers to protect them, so they stopped the idea of secretly escaping, and moved closer to the direction where Li Xin was