serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 160 Two Hunters
The sky was gloomy and drizzling.

In an alley, Jiao Da held an oil-paper umbrella and walked forward calmly. He passed a door and glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and then walked to the other end of the alley.

The rain suddenly became heavy, and the alley was submerged in the rain in an instant.

At this time, a lot of people appeared at the east end of the alley, all of them were strong and strong men, wearing big bamboo hats on their heads, coir raincoats on their bodies, and carrying a military-style waist knife in their hands.

A group of men dressed in the same costume also appeared at the west end of the alley. The two men stopped by the door, and then the two men rushed up with the hammer, and the hammer hit the door fiercely. With a crisp sound of the bolt breaking, the door was knocked open.

A group of men rushed in wielding steel knives, the sound of slamming the door startled the people inside, and there was a shout from the courtyard: "Who!", and then a strong man rushed over.

With a flash of knife light, the man's head flew out immediately!

The other people in the courtyard finally rushed out with their knives in hand, but it was already too late. The two groups of people started to fight, the lights of knives flashed randomly, the weapons intersected, people fell down constantly, and the rain was stained red with blood.

After a while, the yard became quiet.

Jiao Da appeared at the door with an oil-paper umbrella, walked in, and stopped in the courtyard. The ground was full of corpses, and no one was alive.

A man hurried towards Jiao Da holding a box.

Walking to the front, the man said: "No, this is the stronghold of the White Lotus Sect." He said and handed the box to Jiao Da.

Jiao Da stuffed it into his arms and said, "Go, go to the next place." He turned and walked out.

Dongchengxishi
Outside the Taihe Building, carriages and sedan chairs were already parked.

Not to mention the disaster situation in Shandong, but the snowstorm outside the city last year, the business here is still booming, the hall is full of people, many people are drunk and blurred, it is chaotic, and it is extremely lively.

In the private room on the second floor, Yang Yansheng was sitting there enjoying himself, feeling very comfortable.

Suddenly, the door of the box opened, and a man in casual clothes came in, whispering: "Young Master, there is an urgent letter from the Tartars." Then, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over.

Yang Yansheng took the letter and tore it open to read, then deep smile lines appeared on the corners of his mouth, he folded the letter and stuffed it into his sleeve, then picked up his glass and drank it down, and said to the man: "Notice, get ready to leave the city." Get ready." After finishing speaking, he filled himself up again and picked up the wine glass again.

At this moment, the door of the box opened again, and an old man hurried over and said, "Something went wrong, one of our strongholds was confiscated by the army, and a brother fell into the other party's hands."

After a pause, "The spies following Jia Zheng must have had an accident. It was the Jia family's action."

After hearing his words, Yang Yansheng's hands trembled, and the wine spilled out of the glass.

The old man persuaded: "Master Sun, hurry up and leave the city. The Jia family holds the military department in their hands, and they may strictly investigate those who leave the city at any time. If it is too late, they will not be able to leave."

Yang Yansheng's face suddenly became ugly. Apart from helping the Manchus attack the Great Zhou clan, he also had another purpose in coming to Beijing this time to take revenge on the Jia family. Unfortunately, it has been almost a month and he has not found any chance to attack.Except for Jia Zheng who needed to go to the Yamen, the children of the Jia family seldom left Ningrong Street, and Jia Zheng had not only young servants, but also a team of armored cavalry.

At this time, the box door opened again, and a man guarding the door came in with a letter, and said: "Master, this is a letter from the manager of the restaurant. box."

Yang Yansheng glanced at the old man and motioned him to accept the letter.

The old man took the letter and tore it open to read. His eyes widened immediately, and he said to Yang Yansheng, "It's a letter from the White Lotus Sect. They said that someone is looking for us, and they have wiped out three of their strongholds."

Yang Yansheng's face suddenly turned pale, and he stayed there for a long time without saying a word.

The old man: "Master Sun?"

Yang Yansheng came back to his senses and said to the old man: "There is news from the Tartars. The prince of the Tartars has reached a contract with the Rakshas. 180 million hired [-] Rakshas, ​​and they were recruited from the Xilin Gol League. The [-] main force, the Horqin and other Mongolian tribes gathered [-] cavalry, the Manchu and Qing Tartars sent [-] troops, [-] Banner soldiers, and [-] Han barracks.

I heard that envoys were also sent to the Zasaktu Khan and Tuxietu Khan, hoping that they would send troops to attack the Zhou Dynasty together and carve up the Central Plains together. "

He smiled, "The main force of the Manchus will attack Ningyuan. In this way, not only the Liaodong Army cannot be mobilized, but even Jizhou Town will be restrained there."

Having said that, he paused for a while, and then said: "The Manchus are training the surrendered Koreans, and they will also participate in the battle against the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future, and will soon bring down the Great Zhou Dynasty."

The old man: "You put it lightly. The Manchu Eight Banners soldiers who can really compete with the surrounding armies are the Manchu Eight Banners. The Mongols can't do it, and the Han army camp is even more unreliable. As for the Raksha people, they must be unreliable if they spend money to invite them. .”

Hearing this, Yang Yansheng shook his head: "The combat power of the Han army camp is not weak, let alone equipped with a large number of self-generating firecrackers. Well, let's not talk about these, let's go."

Standing up and walking out, he said, "Let's wait for Jia Hu on the prairie." When he walked to the door and stopped, he said to the man delivering the letter, "Go and inform the big guys to evacuate as soon as possible. .”

It was already dark.

In the rain, Lin Sanyi took the lead and led more than [-] riders in front.

More than a hundred cavalry guarded Jia Hu's luxurious carriage and drove slowly into the west city.

In the carriage, Jia Hu was leaning on the soft couch, looking at the military newspaper of the Datong Guard against the light on the carriage. All the strongholds of the Datong Guard outside the pass were raided by the Manchus and suffered heavy losses, especially for the strongholds everywhere. Caravans transporting food, wood and stone, and the first group of people who arrived at the stronghold and began to build the city.

The Datong Guard also captured several Ertars, and got some news from them. The Manchus forced Xilin Gol League, Horqin and more than a dozen tribes to send troops together. There were more than 4 people, and the main force was estimated to be [-] to [-]. .

The emperor held a meeting in the upper study room, and finally decided to let the Yongwei Battalion go north to meet the enemy, wipe out the invading Manchus, and completely maim the Mongols.

Now we are waiting for news from the grassland and information from Shengjing.

At this time, the carriage slowed down, and then Lin San's voice came from outside the window: "Commander, the information from Mr. Jiao."

Jia Hu opened the car window, took the secret letter from Lin San, tore it open and looked at it. His eyes lit up. Jiao Da actually got information about the Manchus from the captured Yan Gang spies. Seventeen thousand Rakshasa people!
Calculated in this way, the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion is not enough. Well, you can borrow [-] fine cavalry from Datong Town or Xuanfu Town.

Thinking of this, he asked Lin San, "Where is Mr. Jiao?"

Lin San replied: "Go out of the city to hunt down Yang Yansheng!"

Jia Hu frowned: "Do you know where you went?"

Lin San: "Daxing."

"Daxing?"

Jia Hu's heart tightened, there are many White Lotus Sects lurking in this place, don't let anything happen.

Thinking of this, he took out a token from his bosom and handed it out, and said to Lin San: "Go to the barracks immediately and lead five hundred cavalry to Daxing to meet Jiao Da. Hurry up!"

"promise!"

Lin San took the token, flicked his whip and rushed out.

A group of cavalry rushed out immediately after.

(End of this chapter)