Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 342
Zu Zehong's roar terrified the people in the courtyard. Although Zu Yong still had doubts in his heart, he still ordered loudly to everyone in the courtyard: "Stop the young master of the Wu family! Kill other recalcitrants!"

Zu Yong's words are more effective than Zu Zehong's.Because there is an unwritten rule in the west of Liaoning: no matter who's personal military general, in addition to obeying the orders of his own general, he always obeys the orders of the chief of Zu Dashou's family.After hearing Zu Yong's shout, there was a lot of clanging in the courtyard, and everyone drew their weapons and chased towards the gate of the courtyard.

At this time, Wu Sangui had already stepped out of the gate of the second courtyard, and was running towards the gate of the ancestral mansion.The soldiers who first entered the courtyard didn't know what was going on inside, they just stared at Wu Sangui and Wu Kui, who were covered in blood, with suspicious eyes.

Wu Sangui's personal soldier, Wu Chuang, stood at the gate of the second entrance with a longbow in his hand. He opened the bow and let go of the arrows. After that, he didn't even look at the crowd, and just shot the long arrows from the pot quickly one after another.

With a continuous sound of bowstrings, screams rang out in the courtyard one after another. All eight arrows shot by Wu Chuang hit, and the ground in the courtyard was instantly filled with wounded people. The rest of the people in the courtyard did not carry bows and crossbows. The ordinary Wu Chuang stood majestically at the gate of the courtyard holding a longbow. For a while, everyone was terrified and no one dared to move forward.

"Get out!"

With a low shout, Zu Yong held a knife in one hand and a square table found from the hall in the other to cover the parts below his chest, and rushed towards Wu Chuang with only his head exposed.

In addition to the arrow that hit Zu Zehong earlier, Wu Chuang shot nine arrows in a short period of time. His right arm that was pulling the bowstring was numb and weak, but he still gritted his teeth and pulled out the last arrow from the quiver on his waistband. A long arrow was placed on the string, and then it aimed at Zu Yong who was rushing over and shot it out.

Zu Yong, who was more than a dozen steps away, was sprinting forward while watching Wu Chuang's actions with all his attention. The moment Wu Chuang's fingers left the bowstring, Zu Yong threw the square table blocking his chest forward. , and then suddenly accelerated and rushed forward under his feet, only to hear a beeping sound, the long arrow was nailed to the table, and Zu Yong also rushed to Wu Chuang in an instant.

Zu Yong did not use the long knife in his hand to chop, because it would be easier for the opponent to dodge. He stepped forward and stabbed the long knife in his hand at the opponent like lightning. Wu Chuang just ran away with the long bow and drew the knife in his hand , There was no time to dodge the block, the sharp knife tip had easily pierced through his cotton armor and went straight into his stomach.

Zu Yong took advantage of the situation and cut the long knife in his hand. Wu Chuang knelt down slowly on the ground with a howl of pain. His internal organs had been crushed by the sharp blade. The blood mixed with the fragments of internal organs continued to overflow from his mouth. Zu Yong drew the knife in his hand , Kicking forward with his hind legs, he ran forward in front of him, cut his neck with a knife, blood gushed out like a fountain, and Wu Chuang collapsed to the ground and died.

After stepping over Wu Chuang's body, Zu Yong rushed out of the gate of the second courtyard first. Seeing that the soldiers of the Wu family had gathered, wrapping Wu Sangui and Wu Kui in it and rushing towards the gate, Zu Yong chased and shouted Said: "The general has an order! Stop the people of the Wu family! Kill those who resist!"

After hearing the shout, the soldiers of the ancestral family who didn't know why, although they didn't know why they attacked their own family, they drew their weapons and chased after the Wu family after listening to the order.

The Wu family soldier who had slipped away when Zu Zehong broke into the Erjin courtyard was galloping along the wide streets in the city.

This soldier named Wu Jin is usually the most alert, quick to respond to situations, and has the most insight. He is also one of Wu Sangui's personal guards, responsible for communication and other matters, and is deeply loved by Wu Sangui.

When he saw Zu Zehong's behavior just now, he felt that something was wrong, so he sneaked out of the ancestral mansion immediately before others could react. run outside.

His intuition told him that something big was going to happen this time.Although Wu Sangui brought more than a hundred soldiers, if he really wanted to harm his young master as Zu Zehong shouted, this number of troops is not enough at all, and a large number of reinforcements are necessary.

The more than 3000 cavalry that Wu Sangui brought from the pass camped south of Songshan Mountain. Wu Jin's plan was to first go to Songshan, [-] miles away, to inform the officers and soldiers coming from the pass, and to say that there was internal strife among the officials and soldiers in Jinzhou City. Some people want to surrender to the enemy, and then go to recruit their own [-] cavalry. As long as the army approaches Jinzhou City, their young master and brothers will have a chance to escape.

At this time, the other three gates of Jinzhou City were still half closed, and only the south gate facing Songshan was wide open.

Wu Jin rode his horse and rushed to the south gate very quickly. Before the soldiers guarding the city gate could interrogate him, he slowed down his horse a little, reached into his arms, took out the waist card of Wu's family, and threw it to a team member who came forward. Positive: "Urgent military situation! Don't close the south gate! Reinforcements are coming! Those who disobey the order will be beheaded!"

Before the team could respond, Wu Jin rode his horse and walked straight through the doorway.The team felt a little weird when they saw the logo of the Wu family on the waist card, but they didn't think about it any more. They just thought secretly, didn't the Jianzhou soldiers and horses retreat?Why is there an emergency military situation?
After learning that the Jianzhou army had withdrawn from Jinzhou and retreated to the north, Hong Chengchou was temporarily relieved. The Jianzhou Jurchen's large-scale southward movement finally ended in failure.

With the arrival of winter, there should be no more large-scale wars in Chongzhen for ten years. The next step is to stock up on food and supplies, train soldiers, and wait for further instructions from the capital.

After analyzing with Shen Shiyu, Hong Chengchou decided to go to Jinzhou City to discuss the next action plan with Zu Dashou, so as to make a more detailed plan for the next year's war.

One hundred Biaoying guards opened the way in front, Hong Chengchou and Shen Shiyu walked side by side in the middle, and a hundred guards followed closely behind them. The two of them reined in their horses all the way, chatting about interesting things in the past, and the guards also looked relaxed. The long team marched on the official road leading to Jinzhou.

Just when Hong Chengchou and his party were about to approach Jinzhou City, a fast horse galloped towards them from the direction of Jinzhou.

The guards in front became vigilant one after another. Someone had quickly taken off their longbow and put on an arrow, only pointing at Laiqi. Both Hong Chengchou and Shen Shiyu were used to seeing big scenes, so they didn't care about it.

After seeing the flag raised by the guards from a distance, Laiqi quickly slowed down his horse, and when he was still dozens of steps away, he shouted loudly: "But Governor Hong is in front of you? The villain is Ningyuan Wu Zongzhang My soldiers! There is an urgent matter to report to the supervisor!"

After Shen Shiyu faintly heard the shout, he apologized to Hong Chengchou and galloped forward.

After the guards searched Wu Jin's body, Shen Shiyu just drove his horse up to him.

"Mr. Shen! It's the young one, Wu Jin!"

During more than two years in the pass, Wu Sangui and Shen Shiyu got very close, and Wu Jin often followed him, so he was very familiar with Shen Shiyu.

"Wu Jin? Why are you here? What happened? Where is your general?"

Shen Shiyu recognized Wu Jin, who was young but extremely clever, at a glance. He was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly noticed something different from Wu Jin's anxious expression, so he hurriedly asked questions.

"Sir! I'm going with my young master to the Grand Marshal's Mansion for a banquet today. I don't know what happened on the way. The ancestors seem to want to be unfavorable to my young master! The young one sees the situation is not good and goes out of the city to report. Now the situation in the city is unknown! Please also sir Tell Governor Hong to rush into the city to save my young master! If the city gate is closed, it will be broken!"

Wu Jin was full of anxiety, kneeling in front of Shen Shiyu's horse and begging loudly.

"You come with someone!"

After Shen Shiyu finished speaking, he immediately turned around and returned to Hong Chengchou, and briefly repeated Wu Jin's words. After Hong Chengchou pondered for a while, he immediately ordered: "There are nine out of ten possible misunderstandings about this matter. According to the current situation, the ancestral family You will never do such an insane move! Kungang, you take this person back to Songshan to inform Mao Zhisheng, gather your troops and act according to circumstances, and then report the matter to the capital in the name of your official, and now I will bring you into the city check it out!"

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