Chapter 218: Capturing Tong Guan Alive
Tong Guan is going crazy!
After being rescued by Wang Huan desperately, he finally fled, and when he saw the flag of the official army in front of him, he was overjoyed, thinking that Liu Yanqing really acted quickly, and he arrived so soon, and it was worth promoting.
But when the two sides approached and saw each other's embarrassed appearance, they were stunned.
"Prime minister, what's wrong with you?" Liu Yanqing felt a little bad in his heart.
Tong Guan rolled his eyes, you are blind, this is not clear, you lost the battle, or can I run back with a few hundred people? Didn't you see the fleeing officers and soldiers all over the mountains?
He saw Liu Yanqing with an arrow stuck in his shoulder, his helmet crooked to the side, the soldiers were bombarded, their weapons were gone, and his heart sank to the bottomless abyss.
"Liu Yanqing, what's the matter with you?"
Liu Yanqing jumped off the horse, ran to Tong Guan's horse, knelt on the ground, and cried, "Prime minister, our army has been attacked by anti-thieves, and the last general has taken the lead and fought hard to kill the enemy, but the enemy is outnumbered, and he is powerless to return to the sky!" ”
Tong Guan's eyes were dark, and he almost fell off the horse, Liu Yanqing hurriedly got up and supported him.
"Pivotal! Cardinal!! Liu Yanqing shouted sadly.
Tong Guan woke up slowly, looking around blankly, there were wolves in the back, tigers in front, and the mountains and fields were full of officers and soldiers fleeing for their lives in panic.
"Defeated! Defeated!! He muttered.
I wanted to take advantage of the gap in besieging Fang La, mobilize elite forces, and simply wipe out the Zhu family's army, but unexpectedly suffered a big defeat.
Tong Guan didn't take it to heart when he lost the battle, he fought more defeated battles, and it never affected his promotion and wealth. After returning to the dynasty, with some rhetorical embellishment, he can be said to be a great victory in the ancient and modern times, which made the Daojun Emperor Longyan happy.
His biggest fear was how to escape, and if he died on the battlefield, everything would be over.
"The generals listen to the order and protect me to kill it!" Tong Guan brazenly gave the order and led the officers and soldiers to rush to the place where the Zhujia army was empty.
It's a pity that he miscalculated, such a big team is the key target of the Zhu family's army, Zhu Long doesn't have to think about it, and he knows that Tong Guan is among them.
He immediately gave the order, waved the command flag, and let several nearby cavalry groups attack the team.
In fact, before receiving his order, the four cavalry of Qin Ming, Shi Wengong, Lu Zhishen, and Lin Chong had already pounced on it, and the fleeing team was shattered, leaving only Liu Yanqing with more than a hundred cavalry to protect Tong Guan and escape.
Everyone knew that Tong Guan was likely to be in front, and no one would let go, only Qin Ming had no choice but to give up, because he led dragoons, all of which were heavily armored cavalry, which were only suitable for attacking fortifications, not for long-distance pursuits.
Shi Wengong stared at the front tightly, he made up his mind that he must catch Tong Guan and make his first contribution.
He is recognized as the number one master of the Zhu Jiajun, but except for the time when he captured Zhang Qing alive, he has never made any great contributions, and this is his chance to prove himself.
Lu Zhishen urged the war horse with all his might, he didn't think too much, he just wanted to catch Tong Guan, because he was the main general of the enemy army, and he didn't care about the credit or anything.
Lin Chong cares very much, compared to the later generals, he is definitely an old qualification in the Zhujia army, but the lord has subdued many fierce generals, and he has to work harder as a former wave. And he has the heart to compete with Shi Wengong.
The last time he fought with Shi Wengong, he did fall behind, and then he has been secretly practicing marksmanship, and his martial arts have been greatly improved, although he feels that there is still a gap with Shi Wengong, but he believes that as a general, it is not only his personal bravery, but the ability to command the battle, and the final achievement still depends on the merits of the war.
If he captures Tong Guan alive, then his combat exploits will be incomparable, and he will naturally be able to overwhelm Shi Wengong.
Although he is usually humble, it does not mean that he does not have the ambition to make a career, on the contrary, he attaches great importance to fame, otherwise he would not have made such compromises when he was in Tokyo.
In addition, he also has some thoughts that are not humane.
In the past, when he was the head of the forbidden army, Tong Guangui was the privy envoy, high and powerful, and Lin Chong was just an inconspicuous little person.
Now he wants to capture the once high-ranking big man, this kind of change in Hedong in the past 30 years and Hexi in 30 years will make him feel full of satisfaction.
The three teams marched in unison, chasing Tong Guan who fled in front.
Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing were not familiar with the road, panicked, ran all the way to the east, and actually ran to the edge of Liangshanbo, looking at the endless lake in front of him, he was desperate and cried: "My life is over!" ”
"The cardinal is in a hurry, there's a boat there!" Liu Yanqing pointed to the right, and saw a Wupeng boat floating on the edge of the lake, and a boatman was holding a penny.
Tong Guan felt that the hope of life was in front of him again, and he was overjoyed in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Boatman, come quickly!" Ferry me over! ”
The boatman shook his head and said, "There are so many of you, I can't sit in a small boat!" ”
"I'm the only one......" Tong Guan felt a surprised gaze shoot on his face, and hurriedly said: "Two people!" There are only two people! ”
The boatman wondered, "What about the others?" ”
Tong Guan seemed to feel countless eyes focused on him, his back was burning, he turned around, looking at these soldiers who had just tried their best to protect him, but now they were about to be abandoned by him, he rolled his eyes and said loudly: "Gentlemen, you saved Tong Guan's life, I will definitely save you back." If you can escape, you can escape, and if you can't escape, surrender, Zhu Jiajun has never killed prisoners, as long as you surrender, you can live, and when I go back, I will definitely show the saint and redeem you back! When the time comes, I will definitely reward everyone! ”
At this time, the boatman had already rowed the boat to his side, Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing couldn't wait to get on the boat, and urged the boatman: "Boatman, go quickly!" ”
"Well, we haven't negotiated the fare yet......
"Will you give you a hundred taels of silver? Hurry up! Liu Yanqing urged impatiently, the officers and soldiers couldn't make up their minds for a while, and they didn't dare to stop Tong Guan, but everyone was very angry, and they didn't know what would happen if they didn't leave.
"Great!" The boatman was overjoyed, and the penny propped up on the rocks by the lake, and the bottom of the boat broke away from the silt, and left the shore and sailed into the deep water.
The soldiers on the shore looked at each other, wanting to flee but didn't know where to go, at this time the Zhu family army chased after them, and these officers and soldiers simply put down their weapons and knelt down to surrender - just now they saw that the other comrades did this, and the Zhu family army did not do it again.
"Where is Tong Guan?" Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen and Shi Wengong led the troops to kill together, and asked loudly.
A soldier raised his hand and pointed to the lake, and the three of them looked at it, only to see a canopy boat in the lake, and they all laughed suddenly, this is the ferry boat of Liangshan Shuishi, and this Tong Guan is self-defeating.
Ruan Xiaoer, who was on the boat, didn't expect that he would come out to inquire about the news, and he actually caught two big fish, and he grinned happily.
Liu Yanqing glanced at him with disdain, and said mockingly: "Boat family, you are so big, you haven't seen a hundred taels of silver, right?" ”
"Huh!" Ruan Xiaoer was even happier and said, "Two guests, you will really give a hundred taels of silver, aren't you a pastime villain?" The rule of our ferry line is to pay halfway through the boat, and if you want to take the overlord boat, you have to throw it into the water! ”
Tong Guan was annoyed in his heart, how could he listen to a rough man's ramblings, and said to Liu Yanqing: "Give him the silver, don't listen to his noise!" ”
Liu Yanqing looked at Tong Guan in surprise, opened his mouth, and stopped talking, which made Tong Guan's heart sink.
Come out to fight, who will carry silver on their bodies, and there is no place to spend money, a hundred taels can weigh six catties, how inconvenient it is to stay on your body!
"Can't take it out? You're really a pastime! Then sink to the bottom of the lake and feed the king! Ruan Xiaoer pretended to be angry.
"Dare to be rude!" Liu Yanqing pulled out his waist knife and scolded Ruan Xiaoer.
Ruan Xiaoer sneered, his feet tossed left and right, the boat shook, Liu Yanqing couldn't stand steadily, fell into the water, flapped in the water, and sank into the water in a few strokes because of a heavy iron armor.
Tong Guan was shocked, and hurriedly said: "The old man has a lot of valuable things on him, this wrench is worth a thousand gold, I'll give it to you, you can save him quickly!" ”
Ruan Xiaoer sneered: "I don't take advantage of you, as long as a hundred taels of silver, since there is none, then I will send you back!" ”
He stretched out his penny to Liu Yanqing, and was grabbed tightly by Liu Yanqing, who was struggling in the water, and pulled him onto the boat.
Liu Yanqing's knife had already sunk to the bottom, and the whole thing was soaked in the icy lake water, and he was curled up in the cabin, shivering.
"You corrupt dog officials, you have no money to pay, and you have to draw a knife to kill, it's just lawless, today grandpa will teach you a lesson, whether you can survive or not, it depends on the will of God!" Ruan Xiaoer sneered and scolded, propping up the boat and coming to the shore.
Tong Guan took off all the valuable treasures on his body, rings, jade pendants, gold belts, and gold buttons...... The gem on the scabbard, but Ruan Xiaoer was not moved at all, he was annoyed, and his eyes widened and said: "You have a pair of dog eyes, grandpa intercepted Cai Jing's old thief's birthday gang back then, some of them are gold and silver, don't pollute grandpa's eyes with these greedy dirty goods!" ”
Only then did Tong Guan know that he was on a thief ship, and he suddenly became desperate.
When the boat arrived on the shore, Lin Chong smiled and said, "The second brother caught Tong Guan, and this time he has made a great contribution!" ”
Ruan Xiaoer was startled and said: "This thing turned out to be Tong Guan, my mother, such a big official, such a vicious traitor, there is only one head and one mouth, I thought it was three heads and six arms!" ”
Lu Zhishen laughed and said: "Haha, isn't there all the demons and monsters in the court!" ”
Ruan Xiaoer kicked Liu Yanqing and said, "Hurry up and kidnap these two birdmen, I'm just taking them to the water to play, even if there is no me, they can't fly away, they still have to be caught by you, how can there be any credit!" ”
With a wave of Lin Chong's hand, several soldiers dragged Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing off the boat, tied them up, put them on horseback, and escorted them to Zhujiazhuang with the officers and soldiers and prisoners.
When the three of them returned, Zhu Long and many generals had already left, and only Hao Siwen and Cao Zheng were cleaning the battlefield with two thousand infantry from the Qinglong Army and the White Tiger Army, and escorting a group of prisoners to the direction of Zhujiazhuang.
Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, and Shi Wengong rushed to Zhujiazhuang with Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing first, and the large army let Hu Yanzhuo and other deputy generals and partial generals lead them to slowly walk back, at this time it was completely dark, and everyone advanced with torches.
When they came to the southern camp, they were surrounded by torches and bonfires, and they were as bright as day.
At the gate of the camp, I saw Zhang Qing who was inspecting the sentry, he said that Zhu Long was also in the camp, and the three of them hurriedly rushed to the military machine hall, Zhu Long and many generals were inside.
"Escort Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing up!" Zhu Long had an irrepressible smile on his face.
Wu Yong got up and persuaded: "Lord, it's not appropriate to see Tong Guan at this time!" ”
Zhu Long thought about it, adopted Wu Yong's suggestion, and did not see Tong Guan, but ordered him to be held in solitary confinement and not to kill him.
"Bring Liu Yanqing up!" Zhu Long wanted to understand the situation of Fangla's uprising from Liu Yanqing, what happened to the Jiangnan side, why was it possible to draw out 50,000 troops to attack Zhujiazhuang, is it really over?
Lin Chong hesitated for a moment, stopped talking, and asked Liu Yanqing to be brought in.
When Zhu Long saw Liu Yanqing, he almost laughed out loud. At this time, Liu Yanqing had frozen into a lump of ice, his face was pale, and his upper and lower teeth kept bumping. Zhu Long hurriedly asked Hu Gang to take him down to the fire and change him into dry clothes. But looking at it like this, it was very difficult for him to survive.
In the military machine hall, Zhu Hu, Zhu Biao, Wu Yong, Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Qin Ming, Zeng Rong, Wu Song, Shi Wengong, Bian Xiang, Wen Da, Xu Ning and other major generals are here.
Zhu Long arranged: "Brother Deng Fei, Nanda Camp is the garrison of the Vermilion Bird Army, you are responsible for the food of the whole army, and you can't let a brother go hungry!" ”
"The subordinates have already arranged, kill the sheep, slaughter the cows, and you can start the meal immediately!" Deng Fei commanded, Luan Tingyu and Li Yun went to Dongping Mansion for reinforcements, and the deputy general Zhang Qing took on the defense of the battalion, and he was the only one left in the Vermilion Bird Army.
"That's good!" Zhu Long nodded with satisfaction, looked at Guan Sheng and Lin Chong and said: "This time there are too many prisoners of officers and soldiers, more than the number of our entire army, let it go, that is, to harm the people, and let the tiger return to the mountain, kill it, they are all descendants of Yan and Huang, they all have wives and children, I can't bear it." You have to detain them first, and then find a way. We found three leeward places and divided the prisoners, each of you is responsible for one place, and Zhu Hu, you take the Guards infantry battalion and take charge of one! ”
All three of them answered at the same time: "Yes"
"Old General Zeng, you have also worked hard today, but you need to work harder, send some people to Dongping Mansion to find out the news, and everyone else will go back to the camp to rest!"
"Don't worry, my lord, I'll send my sons Zeng Mi and Zeng Suo!" Lao Zeng had a beard and behaved very positively.
Zhu Long said with concern: "Tell them, be careful on the road!" ”
"Military Division-" Zhu Long looked at Wu Yong and said, "You can arrange the garrisons of each army and let everyone enter the camp to rest!" ”
Wu said confidently: "Yes! Without further ado, the subordinates will arrange it! ”
"Good! If you're all right, let's disperse! The brothers who have something to do will work hard at night, they must cheer up, and the brothers who have nothing to do will have a good rest, and there may be a battle in Dongping Mansion tomorrow! ”
Then Zhu Long went to settle and comfort the soldiers of the army, demarcated a place to detain the prisoners, and was busy until late at night, not to mention the celebration banquet, and even ate only two bites of dinner.