Volume 1 Chapter 15: The Master
Li Rufeng's eyes blinked, and his subordinates all shrank their heads, but Chongzhen stood up and said, "I know how to go to Baoding City, you can just follow me." ”
In fact, Chongzhen didn't know how to go to Baoding City, but Wang Chengen knew, Chongzhen and Ling Jingyang continued: "Wang En and I are in front tonight, and I promise to bring everyone to Baoding City." ”
Ling Jingyang didn't know what Chongzhen meant, but Li Rufeng and the others were here, so he praised Chongzhen and said, "Okay, it's up to you tonight,"
Ling Jingyang and Li Rufeng sympathized with each other, and now they have time, the two sat down to talk about the mountain, and the soldiers under their command also bragged together, the atmosphere was very harmonious, and the infantry and cavalry of the two posts quickly became one.
At this time, a general in armor came, he came with a black face in the direction of Ling Jingyang, Li Rufeng eyes thief, after seeing it, and Ling Jingyang said: "There is a flag coming to us." ”
Ling Jingyang, Li Rufeng and others hurriedly stood up to greet this flag, and the flag was none other than Jin Yidao, who was replaced by Ling Jingyang.
It was Jin Yidao who led the troops as the pioneer tonight, but he was temporarily replaced, he was angry, and asked again and again, the captain actually let a new sentinel serve as the vanguard, how could Jin Yidao not be angry?
He took his subordinates to the barracks where Ling Jingyang and the others were located, and scolded: "Which rabbit cub robbed grandpa pioneer tonight, I want to see how many eyes he has?" How can you be so ignorant of current affairs. ”
There is a waist knife hanging from the waist of Jin Yidao, the handle is as white as blood, and the scabbard is curved, which is a good knife at first glance.
"My lord, the last general Ling Jingyang, the lieutenant let me be the vanguard tonight."
Ling Jingyang is not ambiguous, he hates this kind of person the most, but he was personally appointed as a pioneer by the captain, what is a flag?
"You are Ling Jingyang, come on, come on, show your hands to grandpa, I want to see what you are capable of? Let the lieutenant look away. ”
Ling Jingyang was amused when he heard it, this flag commander couldn't speak, and he questioned the captain's vision, he retorted: "You are the flag leader, and the general will say hello to you first, but you actually question the captain's vision, I think you are a big rebel." ”
After finishing speaking, the old steamed bun also jumped out and scolded Jin Yidao for being shameless, he and Jin Yidao are both bosses and Shunjun, if it weren't for the old steamed bun's upright personality, he would be the same as Jin Yidao at this time.
Others don't know Jin Yidao, but the old steamed bun can understand him, he is a low-end swordsman, hanging a waist knife all day long, showing around, really dancing knives and guns, running faster than anyone else.
"Jin Yidao, my family sentry is the pioneer personally appointed by the commander, why don't you go and say a few words to the captain, come to my family to play prestige, aren't you afraid of missing tonight's pioneer mission?"
Jin Yidao stared at the old steamed bun, he also knows the root of this old steamed bun, the two have completely opposite personalities, one is a whisker and shoots the horse, the other would rather bend than bend, Jin Yidao is a knife on the surface, but he is a big blade, and he can't beat the old steamed bun, but if he walks like this, where will he put it in the future?
"Hmph, Ben Zhangqi volunteered to be the Overseer tonight, and he will pioneer Baoding Mansion with you."
Jin Yidao's more than a dozen pro-soldiers have different expressions, some people want to follow the mixed military merits, and some people don't want to be pioneers, do you know if there is a crazy Ming army on the way, loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and launch a suicidal attack?
Ling Jingyang smiled and nodded in agreement, he wished that Jin Yidao would act with him, at least Jin Yidao and his subordinates would act together, there were at least more than 40 people in their pioneer team, and even if the Ming army wanted to sneak attack, they had to weigh whether they had this strength.
Jin Yidao originally wanted to scare Ling Jingyang and give him some color to see, how could he really go to supervise the pioneer of the war, the capital is not far from Baoding Mansion, but it is not close.
Although there was no large-scale Ming army activity, there were still a small number of Ming army teams, and when they encountered a sneak attack by the Ming army who were not afraid of death, didn't this point of men and horses be given to the Ming army to swallow in the stomach?
"Hmph, Ben Zhangqi has other important matters, if you don't bring the team to Baoding City, wait to cut off the head, right?"
After finishing speaking, Jin Yidao led his subordinates away in a hurry, Ling Jingyang looked at his distant back, and said contemptuously: "This person is bluffing, and he is just a hypocrisy." ”
The old steamed bun came up and told Ling Jingyang and the others that this person is called Jin Yidao, and it is their battalion that holds the flag, second only to Lord Duwei, but he is not convinced, don't look at him carrying a waist knife, in fact, he is a straw bag, and he claims to be a knife man, at best he is a knife hand.
The old steamed bun also proudly said that if Jin Yidao was also a swordsman, his enemy would only be a scarecrow, and the waist knife would be useful.
Everyone laughed and continued to sit down to discuss the matter of opening the road tonight, but Jin Yidao did not go far, after leaving the Ling Jingyang military camp, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he really went to ask for a war.
He had a gloomy face, and said to his subordinates: "Prepare ten fast horses tonight, and a few of you who are good at archery, touch them with me, grandpa won't kill this surnamed Ling, this tone will not go down." ”
Jin Yidao's strength was very small, and he was about to kill Ling Jingyang because of this trivial matter, so he volunteered to fight with Li Daowei and asked to cover the rear side for the opening troops.
Li Daowei agreed to his invitation to fight, and asked him to go with him tonight, Jin Yidao immediately returned to the camp, picked a few soldiers with good archery skills, fifty taels of silver each, and killed Ling Jingyang with him tonight.
But before leaving, the commander of the reinforcements, the mighty general Zhang Nai, temporarily changed the battle plan, asking the troops to rest in Zhuozhou and raise enough energy to support Baoding Mansion, so that Liu Fangliang of the left battalion could take a look at the middle battalion was the real main force.
Zhang Shun received Li Daowei's military order, and hurriedly conveyed this temporary military order to Ling Jingyang, telling him that the army supporting Baoding Mansion would rest in Zhuozhou for half a day, and that after they arrived in Zhuozhou, they would have to negotiate with the local garrison and ask the defenders of Zhuozhou to provide food and lodging for the main force.
He could have asked his own soldiers to convey the military order, but he brought his own soldiers to convey it in person, the main reason was that Ling Jingyang refused to be wooed by Li Daowei, won his favor, and made him love this little brother even more.
He also told Ling Jingyang that there is only one straight road to Baoding Mansion in the capital, which is to go south along the official road, and there may be a few remnants of the Ming army along the way, but there is no need to fight them, just need to rush to Zhuozhou as soon as possible, and after contacting Zhuozhou, rush to Baoding Mansion and report to Liu Rukui, the mighty general of the left battalion and the right.
Zhang Shun's move made Ling Jingyang deeply grateful to him, Zhang Shun knew that Jin Yidao came to find fault today, and he and Ling Jingyang introduced a person, who was his personal soldier Dong Daqi.
"This is my own soldier, the best brother, and the living map of Beizhili, I can rest assured that he will go to Baoding Mansion with you."
Dong Daqi and Li Rufeng, are synonymous with tall cattle and horses, and their size is comparable to Li Rufeng, he is a native of Beizhili, with him leading the way, Ling Jingyang can go all the way to Baoding Mansion.
That night, more than 30 people including Ling Jingyang rode on war horses, and the group marched towards Baoding Mansion in the night, Dong Daqi has been guarding Ling Jingyang, and Wang Chengen and Zhu Youzhen (Chongzhen's name) rode in front.
Wang Chengen didn't quite understand why His Majesty suddenly came into the limelight, Wang Chengen quietly asked Zhu Youzhen for this, and Zhu Youzhen told him that he wanted to fight for the hearts of the army with Ling Jingyang, at least from now on, he had to learn from others and change his character.
Wang Chengen is not good to say anything, he took Zhu Youzhen to walk on the official road, the distance from the capital to Baoding City is 160 kilometers, it seems a bit far, fortunately, everyone is riding horses, and the official road is unimpeded, day and night, you can advance 70 kilometers every day.
This is already the limit distance, and if you continue to run, the war horses will die in large numbers, and you need one person and three horses to continue to move forward.
There are also Dashun army post stations on the road, these post stations are very small, from the appearance of an arrow tower, there are thatched piles on it, and when it is found that the Ming army immediately ignites the thatch, so that nearby friendly troops come to support.
Everyone galloped wildly in the first half of the night, and in the second half of the night, the war horse began to be unbearable and was forced to stop, Dong Daqi quietly told Ling Jingyang that someone had been following behind, or an acquaintance, and Ling Jingyang knew who he was talking about?
During the break, he summoned Li Rufeng, Lao Mantou and others, and told them that the group of people behind him was Jin Yidao, who was looking for fault during the day.
When everyone heard this, they all fried their hair, scolded Jin Yidao for goosebumps, Ling Jingyang didn't want to be angry and Jin Yidao, although killing Jin Yidao was not a big deal, but after all, Jin Yidao was in charge of the flag, and he belonged to the middle and low-level generals in the Dashun army, and it was not good to kill him.
He decided to give Jin a little color and let him retreat.
"Li Rufeng, Dong Daqi, you two lead people to wait on both sides, I will lead people to continue to swim in front, Jin rushed over with a knife, shot his war horse, and let him walk back."
Li Rufeng and Dong Daqi hid on both sides of the road, quietly waiting for Jin Yidao to arrive, Jin Yidao rode a high-headed horse, he and his subordinates had prepared bows and arrows, and decided to shoot Ling Jingyang, and then blame the stragglers of the Ming army, anyway, there are millions of soldiers in the Dashun army, what is it to die a sentry?
Jin Yidao didn't know that the war horse under his crotch had already been targeted with a bow and arrow, Dong Daqi and Li Rufeng passed through his war horse, swishing two arrows past, and shot Jin Yidao's war horse to death with one left and one right.
Jin Yidao fell off his horse, his nose and face were swollen, and his subordinates quickly stopped advancing to protect his safety by his side.
After a while, Ling Jingyang rushed back from the front with the others, he looked at Jin Yidao coldly, and scolded: "Really villain, I just shot your horse today, and next time, I will shoot your head." ”
After Ling Jingyang finished speaking, he left with his subordinates, Jin Yidao covered his swollen face, and it was still hot, and his subordinates couldn't raise their heads.
Jin Yidao waited for Ling Jingyang to leave, and then scolded and scolded, saying that Ling Jingyang would be destroyed by heaven and earth, and his five subordinates also followed him to insult Ling Jingyang.
Suddenly, another arrow fell from the sky, and this time, instead of hitting the warhorse, it sealed the throat with an arrow.
The subordinates watched Jin Yidao's throat, pierced by a flying arrow, the corpse fell straight to the ground, the subordinates were so frightened that they hurriedly stepped on the war horse and retreated, and there was a bowstring vibration sound in the dark, this time flying more domineering arrows, shooting through the chest of Jin Yidao's subordinates, and all five subordinates were shot to death.
Jin Yidao was killed in a few breaths, and the attacker's martial arts were outrageous, and soon, three men dressed like Ming Ren came out from the side of the road, and the three of them looked very ordinary, and they were still the kind that could not be found in the crowd.