Chapter 073: Killing and running again
Liu Heihu suddenly launched an attack, and had expected that the Jinyiwei would attack, so the direction of the sword was specifically avoided Zhuang Yanchao and others, and slashed towards Zhou Shixian from the gap on the right, in order to succeed in one blow.
However, the fatal raid also came from the direction he did not expect. A red shadow jumped up from the horse, dragging the six-foot Miaodao suddenly left the sheath, and the sword light was like a train, and it flashed by, and the blood mist soared into the sky. Liu Heihu's right arm holding the knife separated from his body from his shoulders, and flew far away in the air, before he choked and landed on the ground.
He fell from his horse and fell to the ground, still looking at Hongye with incredible eyes, as if he still couldn't believe that such a fierce sword technique was actually the hand of this beautiful little girl.
The cavalrymen who were stroking the outpost looked back and immediately knew that something was wrong. No one dared to come to rescue him, so they ran away when they beat the horse.
"Shoot!" Zhou Shixian issued an order loudly.
The gunshots of the mezzanine sounded immediately, and Ye Busuo dispersed to both sides and also sent arrows to help. For a moment, the screams and whine of the people and horses rang, and a large number of cavalrymen who stroking the flags rolled to the ground.
Unfortunately, because they were in a hurry, neither the musketeers nor the night-delayed battle formation was really unfolded. The overlapping and mutual obstruction of positions could not cause absolute damage to the Fubiao cavalry. At least ten cavalry broke out and ran south along the official road.
With two whistles, Ye Bushang, who was still trying to chase after him, came back. Zhou Shixian looked down at Liu Heihu, who was lying on the ground, with a face of gold, and then looked at Hongye who had already put his knife in the sheath and returned to the horse, and was also chaotic.
The time I competed with Hongye in the Martial Arts Hall, if I hadn't cheated, I'm afraid the first knife would have been cut to the ground.
"You and Lu Jiude are small fellow townsmen. It was Eunuch Lu who recommended you to Lufu, right?" Zhou Shixian asked Liu Heihu, "You have followed him to suppress the thieves, right? Or... there is Ma Huabao together?"
Liu Heihu didn't answer, looked at the sky with his eyes, and said in a scattered manner: "Anyway, you all have to die..."
Zhou Shixian ignored him and ordered: "Someone in front of us makes trouble, let's turn around and change the way!"
The convoy immediately turned around and followed the instructions of the prince-consort and turned into the fork in the road with three poplar trees.
Rui Chang took Ye Busuo's rear team to break the rear, and joined the wounded soldiers who were rolling on the ground and wailing, and killed them one by one with a spear, then cleaned and covered up the traces of the convoy on the fork, trying his best to delay the time when the pursuers were discovered.
Zhou Shixian walked in front, looking at the three tall, straight but lonely poplar trees, and murmured to himself: "If it weren't for Sanshutun, I would write the name upside down..."
Ni Yuanlu, who was walking next to Zhou Shijian, had not yet fully recovered from the sudden battle just now, and his face looked a little pale. He heard Zhou Shixian's words and raised the questions buried in his heart.
"Mr. Concubine, are you saying that this is Sanshutun?" Ni Yuanlu looked around and said, "You asked me to ask Bai to meet here to welcome you here, that's for..."
"Mr. Ni, please wait." Zhou Shixian raised his hand and interrupted Ni Yuanlu's words, looking to the left.
Sure enough, as soon as he passed by a row of bushes, several military tents on the left appeared in front of him. The ground was messy, with broken swords and broken arrows everywhere, and at least twenty or thirty people fell to death here. Before walking to the largest military tent in the middle, he saw the tent wide open and several people were lodged on the ground. Another thin old man leaned on the case, with a complete set of second-grade public uniforms, holding a knife in his right hand, three or four feather arrows were inserted between his chest and abdomen, and another arrow shot on his forehead, making him open his mouth wide, tilting his head up, his eyes wide open, and his death was very unwilling.
"Lu Duke!" Ni Yuanlu shouted in dismay, tears stumbled down her eyes.
Zhou Shixian turned around and came to the side of the cart, shouting: "Your Majesty, the eunuch Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Fengyang guarding, is in chaos, and Zhenfei, Lu of Huaifu, has died. We are going to catch a long journey."
"Okay... Shixian, it's up to you to decide." Chongzhen's voice trembled.
Zhou Shixian used the fastest speed to gather Ni Yuanlu, Li Banghua and a group of generals and asked Ruan Ming to take out the map and place it.
"Huai'an cannot leave, and I don't know how long the pursuers can delay. This Sanshutun is a fork in the road that goes south along Hongze Lake. From here and heading towards Baoying County, you will be able to respond at most a hundred miles!"
Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu looked at each other and could go south along Hongze Lake. This way, it was a little closer to Nanjing. It was just where did the support from the prince-consort's mouth come from? There was no army in Baoying County.
Zhou Shixian saw their questions, but time was tight and he could not explain them in detail.
"Mr. Ni, there is a young juren from Zhejiang who imitated the method of Qi Shaobao training soldiers. Based on Ji Xiaoxin's new book, he practiced a Japanese army. In February, he issued the imperial edict for the kings of the world. He brought this righteous army north and was in Baoying at this moment!"
Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu suddenly realized, but at the same time they were surprised. How did the prince-consort know? On the contrary, the generals and officials did not care and habitually felt that it was natural for the prince-consort to know this.
Zhou Shixian thought, of course, this was also due to historical records. At that time, the news of Chongzhen's death came. This righteous soldier who was preparing to serve the king cried loudly in Baoying's entire army, leaving behind a famous allusion of "Baoying crying for filial piety".
"The whole army sets off and goes on a rush!" he shouted sternly, "just the same as last time he was by the Ziya River!"
After saying this, everyone understands it. It is not rushing to the road, but rushing to the death on the line of life and death! The carriage and horses move forward.
The scenery beside Hongze Lake is a landscape in the south of the Yangtze River. Fortunately, it has not rained these days recently, and the official road is still dry and smooth. Most of the officers and soldiers are northerners. When they first arrived in Jiangnan, they had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to run a hundred miles.
Fortunately, no cavalry chased after him. Until Zhangjiayan passed, he had run sixty miles. He had just stopped and took a breath. After resting, the messenger sent by Ruichang from the back team had already arrived.
"Twelve miles behind you, a large group of cavalry!" he shouted all the way, "No less than six hundred!"
After not being able to rest, Zhou Shixian stood up suddenly.
"Wei Donglai!"
"Tagged below!"
"You bring thirty cavalry to join Ruichang to ambush. When the pursuers arrive, you can set a row of guns immediately and pull me three or five miles away."
"promise!"
"Remember, I just need to fire one shot in total. Don't be entangled. Catch up with the brigade immediately, and no one is allowed to be missing!"
"promise!"
Wei Donglai took the order and left. The convoy immediately started running wildly again. After running for about twenty miles, the sound of horse hooves sounded behind him. Wei Donglai and Ruichang caught up with the brigade.
"Mr. Concubine, five miles away!" Rui Chang pointed back and shouted.
Zhou Shixian looked back and saw smoke and dust rising from the official road in the distance. At this time, there was nothing to say. He was still thirty miles away from Baoying County, so he could only drive forward.
"It's three miles!" Rui Chang shouted.
Without him shouting, everyone could hear the sound of thunder-like hooves coming from behind, and knew that they could chase the convoy in a short time.
At this moment, a wooden roadblock appeared in front of the official road, blocking the way! Although the roadblock was simply set up, it was well-mannered. The tip of the barrier was obliquely slanted outward, and there were spears behind the roadblock, and the tip of the spear shone golden light under the sunset.
Zhou Shixian almost stood up from his horse, waved his right hand and shouted loudly.
"Zhang Huangyan! The emperor's car is here!"
Chapter completed!