Ling Jingyang continued, "If Tongguan is lost, the Qing army can sweep the Shaanxi Dashun army with the low terrain in the west and east of Shanxi, and the Dashun army has no foothold in Jiangbei, so it can only retreat to Huguang. ”

This is the first time that Ling Jingyang has reported the military situation to Zhu Youzhen, and after Zhu Youzhen listened, he waved his hands: "I don't know the soldiers, what's the use of telling me this?" ”

"Of course it works, the minister wants to ask His Majesty to persuade Gao Jie to surrender."

This is a job of losing his head, Gao Jie is very violent, to persuade Gao Jie, success is good, if it is not successful, Gao Jie chopped him with a knife, he is really aggrieved.

"Ridiculous, since Gao Jie led the troops to attack our army, he was desperate to die for Zhu Yousong, that old boy, how could he surrender to us?"

"Your Majesty, Gao Jie's lone army is deep, and Shanxi is far away from Nanzhili, even if his troops sweep through thousands of troops, annihilate our army, and behead Your Majesty, can he still go back?"

These words woke up Zhu Youzhen, if Gao Jie killed him or captured him, he would not have the ability to take him back to Yingtianfu, let alone kill the king, then he would only be besieged by all forces in the world.

And the people of Tianfu will not admit that Gao Jie was ordered to go to Taiyuan Mansion, but will dissociate himself from Gao Jie, and say to the outside world that Gao Jie did not listen to orders and sent troops without authorization, making Gao Jie an outcast, which can not only achieve the goal of destroying the Chongzhen Dynasty, but also attract the attention of the Qing army and the Dashun army, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Ling Jingyang looked at Wang Chengen, who was lying on the bed recuperating from his injuries, and said to him: "Princess, is your health okay?" ’

Wang Chengen hummed on the bed: "Dudu, even if the old slave dies, he will go to Lu'an Prefecture with His Majesty." ”

"You just rest here, don't let others think that Your Majesty is going to Lu'an Prefecture with me."

Zhu Youzhen immediately took off the dragon robe, put it on Wang Chengen's side, and said, "Prince, these days when I am not in the city, it is up to you to bear it." ”

But Ling Jingyang didn't give Wang Chengen a chance, and said to the two: "That's not necessary, I'll bring you a stand-in." ”

He brought twenty iron fists

The legionnaires, choose a soldier of the same size as Zhu Youzhen from among them, and let him pretend to be Zhu Youzhen here until he leads the troops back to the city, as for those local officials who come back to see Your Majesty, Wang Chengen will come forward to meet these officials, so that these people can see that Your Majesty is not in the palace.

Wang Chengen responded in one breath, and the soldier pretending to be Zhu Youzhen stood aside, waiting for Ling Jingyang's order, Ling Jingyang smiled and asked him what his name was?

The soldier replied to him that his name was Zhu San, and Ling Jingyang ordered him to stay at home, and when he returned, he would complete the task, and would promote him to be the commander of the Iron Fist Legion.

Zhu San raised his head and promised to complete the task,

Ling Jingyang asked Zhu Youzhen to change into a soldier's uniform, and before going out, he specially asked Zhu Youzhen and other soldiers to learn how to carry a knife and a firecracker, and then put on a helmet and left the palace with him.

After the group left, the assassins also began the assassination operation, a tiger squat cannon was mounted on the roof, and below it was a two-layer door panel, which could fix the tiger squat cannon so that it would not be fired too outrageously, and after the cannon adjusted the angle, the five masked men began to reload gunpowder in turn.

There are also three people who aim at the gate of the dormitory with a crossbow, and it is best if the tiger squat cannon can kill Zhu Youzhen with one shot, and if he can't be killed, he must force Zhu Youzhen out, and then shoot with a crossbow.

In order to ensure a single kill, the Assassins smeared the crossbow arrows with poison, the three crossbow arrows emitted a terrifying blue light, and two Assassins used the most advanced firearms, which were imported from Western merchant ships and were much more powerful and ranged than the firearms used by the Ming and Qing armies.

After Ling Jingyang left the dormitory, Fang Xiaoyan immediately ordered action, hundreds of iron-fisted soldiers attacked the roof, the assassins on the roof obviously did not expect the Ming army to take the lead in attacking, they hurriedly lit fires, wanting to kill the Ming Emperor with artillery.

But the gunner was killed by an iron fist soldier with a bow and arrow, and the others were forced to retreat from the roof, but they were all iron fist warriors nearby, no matter where they broke through, they were chased and killed by the Ming soldiers, these people were very fierce in combat, abandoned useless firearms and bows and crossbows in street battles, pulled out long knives straddling their waists, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Ming soldiers.

Ten assassins were shot dead on the roof, and the remaining nine killed all the way back, killing more than 20 Ming soldiers, only five were killed, and four of them continued to retreat.

At this time, the entire Yuci City was under martial law by the Central Legion, and the four of them were obviously familiar with the roads in the city, and they were still at ease under the pursuit of the Iron Fist Legion soldiers, but they ignored the last force in the city.

The city guards of the castle, who were more familiar with Yuci than the Assassins, also followed the Central Army to hunt down the Assassins, and finally forced the Assassins to an abandoned bazaar in the city.

Leng Rutie, Wang Bao and other generals led 600 Ming troops to surround the assassins in a corner of the market, and the assassins also ripped off their masks, and decided to fight the Ming army here, and it was not in vain.

Ling Jingyang took Zhu Youzhen to the bazaar, and as soon as he appeared, Fang Xiaoyan took fifty soldiers, holding wooden shields in front of Ling Jingyang.

Ling Jingyang asked, "Tell me, where are you from, say it, you can all live." ”

The four assassins did not speak, one of them stood up, and in an extremely awkward official language, and Ling Jingyang proposed a decisive battle, Ling Jingyang heard this accent, and his first reaction was the Qing army, he scolded in his heart for this group of Jiannu who did not know whether to live or die, and tried to duel until the end of their lives, so as to achieve the goal of killing and injuring the enemy to the maximum.

"Come on, ten thousand arrows will shoot this group of people."

The assassin didn't expect Ling Jingyang to give the order to shoot him cleanly, and one of the assassins hurriedly said, "Are you Mingren so unplanted?" ”

Ling Jingyang looked at the nearby soldiers and said loudly, "Which warrior dares to fight with him?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a soldier with an unassuming appearance walked out of the crowd and gave a military salute to Ling Jingyang.

"Governor, I am the commander of the Iron Fist Legion, and I am willing to fight this thief."

"Exactly."

At the behest of Ling Jingyang, Yue Ling carried a spear and came to the center of the bazaar to have a duel with the assassin, and the assassin saw that Yue Ling was just an ordinary soldier, and said disdainfully: "Are the Ming generals all straw bales, let a small soldier duel." ”

Yue Ling didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, his steps were like flying, his spear was like lightning, and a shot pierced the assassin's throat.

He pulled out the head of the spear, the assassin clutched his throat, and fell down like a ball of mud, and the speed at which he shot made Ling Jingyang and the others applaud, and the remaining three assassins also clenched the long knives in their hands and launched a siege against Yue Ling.