Volume 1 Chapter 3: Tradition
Ling Jingyang and the three of them finally came to the outside of the palace from the back gate of the palace before dawn, and walked in the crowd on the streets of the capital.
Suddenly, Ling Jingyang saw a group of cavalry rushing here, and the three of them and the crowd stood obediently on both sides of the road, making way for the cavalry of the Dashun Army.
About two meters near them, there was a Jinyi guard soldier who felt that Ling Jingyang was very unfamiliar, but behind Ling Jingyang, Chongzhen and Wang Chengen were a little familiar, so they walked up and wanted to see it clearly.
When he got closer, it turned out to be Chongzhen and Wang Chengen, and he was ecstatic in his heart, if this was given to the Dashun army, but the marquis of Wanhu, he yelled at the soldiers of the Dashun army not far away.
"It's Zhu You."
Ling Jingyang quickly drew his knife, the Jinyi guard soldier immediately covered his throat, and could no longer make a sound, Ling Jingyang's knife was steady and ruthless, cutting the soldier's throat, and the soldier was very unwilling to fall.
Not far away, the soldiers of the Dashun army did not hear the soldier's cry clearly, because there were not only the soldiers of the Ming army who surrendered nearby, but also many ordinary people, who followed the Dashun army to rob the gold and silver treasures in the palace.
At this time, a small leader of the Dashun army came on horseback, saw Ling Jingyang and others standing on the side of the road obediently, and asked, "Why don't you quickly put down your weapons and surrender to Dashun." ”
Ling Jingyang hurriedly threw the woman's clothes on the ground, and the Dashun army really thought that the three of them were also rebels who took advantage of the chaos to rob, and thought that King Chuang had an order not to kill indiscriminately, and try to collect the Ming army and strengthen the strength of the Dashun army.
"Hurry up and assemble in the west of the city, where is the Zhongquan battalion to collect the rout, it's too late, and the traitors will be killed."
After the small leader of the Dashun army finished speaking, he took his subordinates to the palace to kill, Ling Jingyang watched the surrounding rebels hulala and ran to the west of the city, for fear that it would be too late, and he would be killed by the Dashun army as a rebel who refused to surrender.
The three of them were also mixed in the chaos, and ran to the camp of the Dashun Army in the west of the city, Chongzhen has lived in Gentle Township since he was a child, how can he outrun these big-headed soldiers, Ling Jingyang can keep up, but he wants to run with Chongzhen, and Wang Chengen, a eunuch, whose physical strength is only a soldier, gradually the three of them fell behind the big army.
Ling Jingyang suddenly stopped and led the three of them into an alley, because he suddenly thought of assembling in the west of the city, where there would definitely be many surrendered Ming soldiers, and there would always be people who would know Chongzhen and Wang Chengen.
The three of them sat down in the alley to rest, Chongzhen didn't care, it was the same whether he died or not, from the day Li Zicheng raised his troops to attack, the Ming Dynasty had more than 100,000 troops in dozens of cities between the capital and Li Zicheng's troops.
He thought that these armies could be defended, but he didn't know that as soon as Li Zicheng's army arrived, most of the troops could not fire a single shot, and the formation surrendered, and only a few troops fought until the last moment, until all of them were killed, and he, the Ming Emperor, was really too defeated.
Chongzhen was tired of running and didn't want to continue running, but Ling Jingyang had to take him to continue walking, he wanted to create an "unexpected encounter" with the soldiers of the Dashun Army here, and then offer silver, and it was logical to follow the Dashun Army to mix, it was better than going to the west of the city to be recognized by the soldiers of the Ming Army.
After surrendering to the Dashun army, will you continue to follow the Dashun army to fight in the world, or will you break away from the Dashun army if you have the opportunity, find a foothold, erect the banner of Chongzhen, and continue to fight with the Dashun army and the Qing army that will enter the customs soon?
Suddenly, nine soldiers of the Dashun Army rushed into this alley, and they saw Ling Jingyang and other three Ming soldiers sitting on the ground resting, and immediately rushed towards Ling Jingyang.
These soldiers of the Dashun Army are not Li Zicheng's old troops, but the soldiers of the Ming Army who surrendered on the way to Li Zicheng's army.
They saw Ling Jingyang and the other three Ming soldiers sitting on the ground, and they actually wanted to kill the three of them, and used their heads to ask for merit, bringing the fine tradition of the Ming army to the Dashun army.
Seeing ten soldiers rushing over with bad intentions, Ling Jingyang quickly stood up, pulled out his pistol and hit, but the Dashun army was faster, Ling Jingyang didn't have time to shoot, the Dashun army's big knife was cut in front of him, Ling Jingyang had to pull out the embroidered spring knife to resist the enemy's attack, these Ming surrendered soldiers, and when they fought with the Dashun army, they lacked food and clothing, and fell in despair.
After following the Dashun army, there was food and drink, and the combat effectiveness soared, and Ling Jingyang's combat effectiveness was not weak, and he swung down with a knife, the speed was extremely fast, and a long hole was cut in the chest of a soldier who rushed to the front, and the soldier was in pain, covering the wound and falling to the ground, wailing in pain.
Ling Jingyang continued to attack, killing two enemies in one go, and also in the middle of the battle, he was also cut in the arm by a soldier of the Dashun Army, and blood slid down his fingers and fell to the ground.
These soldiers of the Dashun army burned and plundered in the city, and the Ming army in the city saw that they were either scattered, or squatted on the ground and begged for their lives, but they did not expect to be able to touch the hard stubble, so they immediately cheered up and attacked Ling Jingyang with all their might.
Ling Jingyang's arm was injured and his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and he fought hard to leave the soldiers of the Dashun Army, obviously he couldn't fight, but at this time, there were suddenly three bangs, and Ling Jingyang looked back and saw that it was Wang Chengen.
His previous three-eyed gunpowder ran out and became a pile of useless broken copper and iron, and when he was running with the rout, he suddenly saw that the ground was full of weapons dropped by the soldiers of the Ming army.
He picked up a three-eyed gun among the piles of weapons, as well as a fire breaker, if he really couldn't rush out, he would use the three-eyed gun to send His Majesty to die with him, and when he saw Ling Jingyang fighting with the soldiers of the Dashun Army regardless of his body, he also let go, lit it with a fire breaker, and pulled the trigger.
After three shots, three more Dashun soldiers fell to the ground, Ling Jingyang reacted quickly, and killed again, this time he used the whip leg to whip a Dashun soldier to a mess, and the last knee topped the Dashun army soldier to vomit blood, and the other Dashun army soldiers There were four people, who were so frightened that they didn't dare to continue the attack by Ling Jingyang's strange tricks.
Ling Jingyang stiffened his head and walked forward slowly with a big knife, and the soldiers of the Dashun Army slowly retreated, and when they were halfway back, the four soldiers actually held the big knife again and attacked Ling Jingyang collectively.
Ling Jingyang is also incredible, obviously the momentum is on his side, why did this group of people suddenly come up and attack him again?
It turned out to be these soldiers of the Dashun Army, who saw the other exit of the alley and rushed in several soldiers of the Dashun Army, these Dashun Army were not the new Dashun Army, but the old Dashun Army of the Zhongquan Battalion.
There were five of them, but they were not combat troops, but maintained and restrained the Dashun army to burn and plunder in the capital.
They had already heard the sound of fighting in the alley, and when they went here under the leadership of the sentry commander, they saw their own soldiers and the Ming army fighting in the alley, and he thought that these Ming soldiers refused to surrender, and since they refused to surrender, they would be killed.
The soldiers of the Dashun Army who attacked Ling Jingyang all wanted to behave in front of the boss Shun Army, and killed Ling Jingyang to retreat one after another, although Ling Jingyang received special training as a killer, but in the face of the attack of professional soldiers, if he continued to fight, he would not be divided by a knife in ten seconds.
Can't fight like this, Ling Jingyang decided to give it a try, and after struggling to push off an attack by a Dashun soldier, he quickly pulled out his pistol, and jumped up and down in three consecutive shots, and the three Dashun soldiers fell to the ground in response.
There was still one soldier of the Dashun Army who was stunned, what kind of firearm is this, why is it so powerful, Ling Jingyang finished the pistol magazine bullet in one breath, and the remaining Dashun Army soldier fell to the ground in response.
The old Shunjun in the back also stopped, they couldn't believe that there was such a powerful weapon in the Ming army, which could be put into four soldiers in an instant, and the sentry commander ordered to attack Ling Jingyang and others with bows and arrows, and Ling Jingyang didn't give them a chance, so he took Chongzhen and Wang Chengen and ran to another alley.
Running into another alley, the old Shun army's bow and arrow attack was useless, so he had to continue to rush over, but Ling Jingyang suddenly saw that a Dashun army soldier who was knocked to the ground by him with a pistol got up from the ground in a hurry, not only him, Ling Jingyang was surprised to find that the Dashun army soldiers who were knocked down by him with a pistol all staggered and stood up.
What was going on, he looked at the pistol and unloaded the magazine, which still had a bullet inside.
When he fixed his eyes, he couldn't believe that the pistol was actually a rubber bullet, and the real bullet he brought was obviously a large-caliber real gun, how could it be turned into a rubber bullet, and the rubber bullet hit the human body, making people painful, but not fatal.
The soldiers of the Dashun Army, who were knocked to the ground by rubber bullets, stood up one after another covering their wounds, and they had to chop this Beijing army into eight pieces.
Ling Jingyang was so angry that he threw the pistol on the ground, there were no bullets anyway, and once again attacked the soldiers of the Dashun Army with a lancet, and the attack was blocked by the soldiers of the Dashun Army, and the soldiers of the Dashun Army launched counterattacks one after another, making Ling Jingyang embarrassed, Ling Jingyang tried his best, but he was unable to block the attack of the soldiers of the Dashun Army, and he was about to be divided by the knife.
Chongzhen suddenly roared: "I'm here, don't kill my loyal ministers, send me to Li Zicheng to receive a reward, a high-ranking official, ten thousand taels of gold, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life." ”
As soon as the words fell, the soldiers of the Dashun Army who were attacking Ling Jingyang, as well as the soldiers of the Dashun Army who rushed from behind, were all stunned, they didn't know Chongzhen, they just knew that His Majesty had an order, and those who sent Chongzhen would be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold.
These soldiers of the Dashun Army looked at Chongzhen, as if they were excited to see a pile of gold, and Ling Jingyang secretly scolded Chongzhen, exposing his identity like this, if he was captured alive by Li Zicheng, whether Chongzhen could live or not, he didn't know, he and Wang Chengen would definitely die.
The boss Shunjun general stepped forward, looked at Ling Jingyang and the other three, and said to his subordinates: "Tie them all up and bring them to General Liu." ”
The soldiers of the three bosses of the Shun army immediately rushed up, ready to tie up Chongzhen and others with a rope, how could Ling Jingyang be captured, he resolutely did not put down his weapons, and was determined to fight to the death, the soldiers of the Dashun army had just pulled up the rope, and they were suddenly attacked by the soldiers of the new Dashun army.
These soldiers of the new Dashun Army turned out to be red at 10,000 taels of gold, and they didn't want to share 10,000 taels of gold with the soldiers of the Dashun Army, and wanted to kill the soldiers of the Dashun Army, and then they divided the 10,000 taels of gold equally.
After a sneak attack, the soldiers of the Boss Shun Army suffered heavy losses, and three people were killed in an instant, and the remaining two Boss Shun Army soldiers were furious, regardless of whether Chongzhen was true or fake, and pulled out their weapons and fought with the soldiers of the new Dashun Army.
Ling Jingyang was dumbfounded, what is the matter with these Dashun troops, they will fight infighting if they don't agree with each other, it's not right, they didn't speak, why did they suddenly kill each other?
Wang Chengen ran to Ling Jingyang's ear and said, "These people must want to monopolize the credit, let's hurry up, right?" ”