Chapter 214: Good Words Are Spoken, Bad Things Are Done (Part I)
Zuo Meng, as a tiger general under Wang Yi, was already experienced in a hundred battles, and when he saw the cold arrow feathers shooting towards him, he immediately turned over and jumped off the war horse, and then rolled backwards with this force, dodging in and opening a full zhang.
However, his war horse was not so lucky, more than 20 crossbow arrows did not fall, all of them were inserted into the war horse, and the jujube red high-headed horse was instantly shot into a hedgehog, screaming, and fell down.
It turned out that Xu Rui's gesture meant the first row of salvo war horses, and he planned to shoot Zuo Meng's war horse in the street from the beginning, not him, a member of the court.
The war horse is like the second life of a knight, and shooting the war horse is like shooting himself, which is the same reason that Cao Cao used to cut off his hair instead of beheading to punish himself.
However, it was Xu Rui who was extremely confident in the accuracy of the repeating crossbow he produced, as well as the results of the three-month intensive training, so he dared to play such acrobatics, after all, these twenty or so people, as long as one person missed slightly, it was possible to really shoot Zuo Meng to death on the street.
At that time, even if Xu Rui is appreciated by Emperor Hongwei, I am afraid that he will cause a monstrous disaster, after Huo Qubing shot Li Guang's son Li Kang, he was forced to go to the border of Jiuquan, and finally died on the way is a lesson for Xu Rui.
"Shadow!"
When Zuo Meng's horse was shot dead in the street, Tianqiwei's morale suddenly soared, but this horse was a close comrade-in-arms who accompanied Zuo Meng's southern expedition to the north.
"Xu Rui, Lao Tzu killed you!"
Zuo was furious, jumped up from the ground with a grunt, and pulled out his waist knife to rush towards Xu Rui.
Xu Rui snorted coldly, didn't look at it, raised two fingers and pointed forward, and the cavalry behind him who were already ready to attack immediately put away their crossbows and rushed out.
After several months of specialized training, the cavalry of the Apocalypse Guard had long been well versed in the way of street fighting, and they were able to manipulate each other between narrow herds of horses, like sharp knives, instantly slicing through the chaotic horse team and infiltrating each enemy.
Zuo Meng only wanted to be ashamed at this time, and when he saw a cavalry rushing towards him, he didn't care about the consequences, picked up his waist knife and slashed at the cavalry, and he actually used all his strength.
However, I saw that the cavalry moved the small shield on his wrist down a few points, easily blocking the path of the long knife.
With a sound of "dang", the long knife shook open, and the cavalry staggered past Zuo Meng, Zuo Menghu's mouth was numb, and the long knife in his hand immediately curled the blade, and the inconspicuous small shield was unscathed.
"How so?!"
Zuo Meng was shocked in his heart, when he fought with the Southern Dynasty, he didn't know how many cavalry he had chopped off with his horizontal sword, except for the famous Black Flag Army, he had never seen it, and he had never encountered such an unbelievable thing.
How did he know that the round shield in the hands of the Apocalypse Guardian was the same as the saber, but it used the latest smelting technology and was heat treated to strengthen the hardness and flexibility.
Although it is still far from the high-grade steel of the weapons made in the other world, the wrought iron knife in his hand is like an artifact.
Just a stunned effort, a large net suddenly fell from the sky, covering Zuo Meng in the middle, several cavalry pulled the corners of the net, circled around him in a circle, this battle-experienced general immediately like a roe deer, tripped over the big net, and the four corners were dragged away by the sky.
"Xu Rui! Xu Rui, you bastard, you dare to commit murder in front of the street, Lao Tzu wants to go to the Holy Lord to join you! ”
Zuo Meng was anxious and angry, but the more he struggled, the tighter the net on his body became, and after almost a moment, he couldn't move, and could only be dragged obediently like a dead pig, only the mouth that could move and curse non-stop.
The horse team of the left guard of the Chinese army was already in a mess after being intercepted by the Apocalypse Guard, and at this time, the main general was captured in an instant, and it was even more chaotic, and the soldiers of the Apocalypse Guard took advantage of the chaos to intersperse it, tearing the formation, as if pouring a spoonful of fierce oil into this chaotic fire.
Some people wanted to run, some people wanted to fight, but they couldn't move an inch under pushing each other, like fish out of water, huddled together, desperately struggling, and were easily captured by the guards of the apocalypse who quickly caught up, and they were all caught in a net.
Occasionally, one or two fish that slipped through the net were ferocious, ready to draw their knives and fight to the death, but they were immediately caught up by the hordes of Apocalypse Guards, and before they could really resist, they were immediately knocked out with a knife handle, and then five or six sabers were put on their necks, and they couldn't move anymore.
However, in just one stick of incense, one hundred and twelve left guards of the Chinese army, including the main general Zuo Meng, were all captured alive, and Tianqiwei did not encounter the slightest decent resistance, let alone the evil ** incident that caused the two armies to fight each other on the street.
"My lord, all the culprits have been caught!"
Zhang Zuofeng quickly led people to count the number of people, captured the war horses, cleaned up the traces of the battle, and then reported the results to Xu Rui.
Xu Rui had no sadness or joy on his face, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Go back to the camp!" ”
After speaking, he should first dial the head of the horse, and roll away with a large group of men and horses, and more than 100 people of the left guard of the Chinese army who were still showing off their might before, as well as more than 500 war horses, have become the trophies of the Apocalypse Guard.
Not only did this battle come suddenly, but it also ended a little too quickly, and before the onlookers who were stretching their necks to watch the show could react, they saw the Apocalypse Guard in camouflage uniform coming and going like the wind, disappearing, leaving only a mess.
In the palace of the King of Liao, Wang Yi was sitting in the garden drinking tea with the King of Liao and Du Ruo.
Seeing Wang Yi's sad face, King Liao smiled and said: "Zixiao doesn't have to worry, Xu Rui has always acted in a very measured manner, in the end, he is more like a businessman, this king will take a letter of resignation, and invite him to Wentian Pavilion to have a meal and wine, and there will be no major incidents." ”
Saying that, King Liao shook his head: "If you want to say that the person under you is too Meng Lang, although the military department is too partial to the Apocalypse, but those horses are all written by the emperor himself, and if you really want to be more serious, I am afraid that you will not be able to escape from the position, and you are afraid that you will bleed heavily when you eat and drink." ”
Hearing this, Du Ruo on the side opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but after looking at King Liao, who was holding Zhizhu, he still didn't speak.
Wang Yi frowned, and seemed to feel that something was wrong, and asked, "Then Xu Rui is really willing to accept money?" ”
King Liao and Du Ruo glanced at each other, shook their heads with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, this king has never seen someone who loves money as much as him, this person is obviously talented and earth-shattering, but look at what he has done in the past year or so?"
Whether it is Coke or mirrors, as well as luminous glasses made of glass, they are about to clean the rich in Changxing City.
Now some people even joke that Xu Rui doesn't look at the matchmaker who comes to the door to propose marriage, but if you don't hold the silver ticket at night, you can't sleep, you wait, when you eat and drink, he will definitely open his mouth, and it will make you bankrupt. ”
When Wang Yi heard Xu Rui's character, he couldn't help laughing: "This time it is indeed the lower officials who have no way to discipline them, if they can really settle it with silver taels, it doesn't hurt to go bankrupt, the people in the military are the most righteous, as long as they can keep Zuo Meng, the others are easy to discuss." ”
"Lord Wang"
"Huh?"
Du Ruo, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly said: "Lord Wang, it is common for people who practice martial arts to be brave and ruthless, but in the officialdom, it is inevitable that there will be times when it will be narrow, you and Xu Rui are both the leaders of the younger generation in my northern country, and there is a little less ambition, and maybe there is one more strong reinforcement." ”
Wang Yi's face was a little unnatural, but he didn't expect Du Ruo to see at a glance that he was not convinced by Xu Rui, which made him a little embarrassed, but the so-called loyalty is against the ear, Du Ruo can be said to be kind to remind him bluntly, although Wang Yi is unhappy, but it is not easy to attack.
"Du Shangshu is right, the lower officials will definitely restrain their subordinates in the future, and they will never cause trouble to the prince again, and ask the prince to send someone to find Xu Rui quickly, the lower officials are afraid that they will cause chaos when it is late, and Zuo Meng will suffer."
King Liao and Du Ruo glanced at each other and nodded.
In fact, how could they really persuade Wang Yi not to raise the bar with Xu Rui? For them, it is a good thing that the two of them fight to the death, and they both come to beg for themselves, and they just said a lot of things, just to buy time for Xu Rui.
After all, only if Xu Rui really made a move on Zuo Meng, it would be more valuable for the King of Liao to come out to mediate, and it would be more important for Wang Yi to die.
"Okay, this king will send someone to find Xu Rui, come here!"
The King of Liao said aloud, and before he could continue to command, a subordinate suddenly rushed in in a hurry.
"Oh no, the prince is not good!"
Hearing this, Wang Yi's face changed, staring at this subordinate, Du Ruo was also stunned, and subconsciously looked at King Liao.
King Liao looked at Du Ruo, then at Wang Yi, and hurriedly asked, "Don't panic, what's wrong?" ”
The subordinate finally took a breath and said hurriedly: "Lord Wang, it's not good, Tianqiwei dispatched a large army and arrested General Zuo Meng and more than 100 soldiers under him on the street!" ”
"What?!"
The three of them were suddenly shocked, and Wang Yi stood up from the chair even more suddenly.
"Where did Xu Rui go after he caught Zuo Meng?"
Wang Yi grabbed the subordinate and asked coldly.
Seeing that his face was pale, his heart was horrified, and he said intermittently, "Listen...... I heard that I was going to ...... Went to the camp of the Apocalypse. ”
Hearing that Xu Rui did not enter the palace directly, Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but the current situation was still very tricky.
He let go of his subordinates, arched his hand towards King Liao and Du Ruo, and said, "Lord Wang, Lord Du, the matter is urgent, the lower official will take a step first!" ”
After speaking, without waiting for the two to respond, they turned around and walked quickly towards the door.
King Liao frowned and saw Wang Yi leave, shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, whether it is the dispute in the dojo or the case of Tang Jiuguang's extermination of the door, Xu Rui has handled it very skillfully and fully taken into account the interests of all parties, how can he be so impulsive this time?" ”
Du Ruo sighed and said: "Lord Wang, I just wanted to say that governing the army is not like officialdom, if Xu Rui can't get back to the field, it will be difficult for him and his Apocalypse Guard to gain a foothold in the army, so it's strange that he is not impulsive." ”
King Liao was stunned for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "This is difficult to do, Wang Yi said that everything is the king's person, and he must not be cold." ”
Du Ruo smiled: "Don't worry, you might as well wait for the matter to ferment for a while." ”
King Liao shook his head and said: "This king doesn't know that the benefits will be greater if he waits, but this Xu Rui can't figure it out, and this king is afraid that if he lights the fire, no one will be able to extinguish it at that time." ”
Du Ruo smiled and shook his head: "The prince is too worried, others may not be able to extinguish the fire, but you are absolutely different when you come out, because you hold a trump card!" ”
"Oh?"
King Liao was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood: "By the way, this king still has Qingwu, hahahaha!" ”
He and Du Ruo glanced at each other, and immediately laughed, like two foxes, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.
At the same time, Xu Rui led his troops to attack Zuo Meng, the commander of the left guard of the Chinese army, on the street, and the news that Zuo Meng was wiped out along with more than 100 soldiers spread far and wide, Xiao Jinwu, Liu Yi, Li Kuang, Wang Shunde, and even King Yu and King Su were all shocked.
Almost everyone thinks that Xu Rui is playing too much this time, Wang Yi is not a soft persimmon, and he has just become the commander of the left guard of the Chinese army, how can he give up with such a slap in the face?
What's more, the private knife soldiers can be big or small, in case Wang Yi insists that Xu Rui's troops rebel, he will not be able to eat and leave.
However, except for a very small number of people who were very close to Xu Rui, the entire Changxing City was waiting to see a good show, and everyone wanted to know how this statue of a saint would end up making such a big move.