A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 5 Interception
Gexian Township, on the road leading to the township.

More than sixty people were riding on horseback.

First there was a middle-aged man wearing an official uniform of the Yuan Dynasty and a hat on his head, followed by another person who was also wearing an official uniform, but judging from the rank, it was obviously much different, but he only belonged to a hundred households. .

The two groups of people behind them are clearly distinguished: among them, there are more than ten people following the Yuan Dynasty official in the lead. They are arrogant and have the murderous intent of blood and fire in their movements. They are obviously elites in hundreds of battles; although the 50 people on the other side are also He was strong and powerful, with big muscles and round waist, but he was definitely different from the dozen or so riders next to him. They followed a young man obediently.

"Lu Baihu, your nephew is quite knowledgeable about military training. These dozens of militiamen are all well trained." The official in charge looked at the militiamen and couldn't help but admire them.

The expression of the young man in leather armor was calm, and he smiled and said: "General Chen is so complimentary. The horsemen behind the general are the elites in all battles. The militiamen under my uncle are far behind. This shows that the general has trained his troops well." , worthy of being a famous general in the world."

Hearing this, General Chen laughed loudly. These soldiers were naturally elite. They were all selected from the army with experience in counterinsurgency. They were considered to be few capable soldiers. Although it had nothing to do with his military training or anything like that, Who doesn’t love to hear compliments?Lu Baihu smiled apologetically, secretly praising this young man for his extraordinary bearing and appropriate words.

That young man is naturally not his nephew. He calls himself Yan Ling. The 50 people behind him are all his clan soldiers. I have to say that he is indeed well trained and is better than his crooked militiamen. How many.

At this time, it was already the 15th year of Zhizheng. The rule of the Yuan Dynasty in the south had almost completely collapsed. Many places spontaneously organized "militia" and "tuanlian" to resist the rebellion.

Don't think that these landlords and squires are loyal to the Yuan Dynasty. To be precise, they built fortresses and private soldiers just to protect themselves. Although they still worship the Yuan Dynasty as Zhengshuo in name, in fact not many actually work hard. Most of them are just a group of wall guards. Damn it, whoever has the upper hand will follow.

Lu Baihu, on the other hand, was not anti-Yuan, but he hated this general named Chen Yexian extremely and plotted to kill him.

In the original history, it was this militiaman Lu Demao who killed Chen Yexian in one fell swoop when he took more than ten soldiers to leave the army.

The arrival of Yan Ling slightly changed the trajectory of history: he decided to join forces with Yan Ling, but the Yan family would do the killing.

You must know that Chen Yexian still had an army of tens of thousands, which was later led by his nephew Chen Zhaoxian. Once word spread about Lu Demao's doing such a thing, needless to say, the consequences would be that no one would be left in the entire town. Lu was indignant, but The risk is also huge.

Therefore, the conditions given by Yan Ling are very sincere: after the incident is completed, he only wants Chen Yexian's head, and will spread the word that he killed this person. This is tantamount to attracting Chen Zhaoxian's firepower away, and Lu Demao only needs to help Disguising himself can get rid of this villain that he hates so much, which is quite cost-effective.

A few people chatted and laughed while riding horses, and sweat gradually appeared on Lu Demao's palms.

The time to take action was about to come. There were clan soldiers waiting by the avenue. They only waited for a few people to reach the designated position before giving out the signal to take action.

"Click." The horse's hoof fell, and Chen Yexian didn't notice the stone that seemed to be a sign next to it. But before the horse took a few steps, a whistle arrow shot out of the clouds, making a sharp neighing sound.

"Brush!" Almost at the same time, Yan Ling and his clan soldiers unsheathed their swords at their waists and attacked the soldiers around them.

Those Yuan troops regarded them as their own and had no defense at all!

Although they are soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles, the people of the Yan family are five times as many as them. They have surrounded them without making a move. After a few combined attacks, even if someone reacted, they were attacked from all directions. The sword was inserted into a sieve.

Yan Ling's long knife passed through Chen Yexian's back and stabbed through his chest. "You..." He turned around with a look of astonishment on his expression, as if he was surprised why the other party did this.

Blood splashed on his face, but Yan Ling's face remained calm. He had already seen blood before.He pulled out the long knife, turned the blade, and cut off his head. The headless body immediately fell off the horse. Behind him, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground could be heard. They were Chen Yexian's personal soldiers.

"Master Yan is so brave." Lu Demao applauded from the side with a smile on his face. This whole journey of hypocrisy and subterfuge made him sick.

Yan Ling smiled: "Lu Baihu, happy cooperation. You can go back."

Lu Demao did not hesitate and galloped away. Now he wanted to keep his relationship as clear as possible.

The thieves suddenly arrived, our force failed in the battle, and the general died in the battle.He even thought of a reason.

However, Yan Ling directed the clan soldiers to bury the body, and at the same time brought a rather gorgeous wooden box that had been prepared and put Chen Yexian's head in it.

"Master, why should we kill him?" The leader of the clan soldiers came over. It was his confidant, Yan Liuwu.

"This is a gift." Yan Ling smiled mysteriously.

This is a gift for Zhu Yuanzhang.

This Chen Yexian is not just a passerby or a Song Bingyi. He is an important general who commands tens of thousands of Yuan troops. However, not long ago, he was a subordinate of the Red Scarf Army.

This man was originally the Yuan Ting Hezhou garrison. He was captured and surrendered by Zhu Yuanzhang in the Battle of Taiping City. So Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to write a letter to persuade his subordinates to surrender. However, this man was using tricks. On the surface, the letter was to persuade him to surrender. , but in fact they were all words to irritate them, hoping to make their subordinates refuse to surrender.

What's funnier is that even if he wrote this, all his troops still surrendered.

What happened next, to put it simply, was rebellion, surrender, and rebellion again, and his success earned Deputy Marshal Zhu Zuo a high praise for him: "This thief is very deceitful and the most untrustworthy."

You can imagine how much Zhu Yuanzhang hated this guy.

More importantly, in the battle of Jiqing in September, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou led their troops to attack Jiqing. Chen Yexian, who pretended to surrender, rebelled again and joined forces with the Yuan army to refuse the battle. Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou were caught off guard and the Red Army The scarf army was defeated, and both of them died in the battle.

Needless to say, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely happy in his heart. A marshal and a right deputy marshal had been firmly pressing on him, but now, this Red Scarf Army finally truly belonged to him.

But at least on the surface, he must be grief-stricken and vowed to sever life with Chen Yexian. Wouldn't it be a great achievement for Yan Ling to bring his head at this time?
This is the second investment of the Yan family, the best stock in the late Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang.

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