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Chapter 799 Rescue Tang Ruowang (3) (fourth update)

In the past few years when Dorgon and Emperor Shunzhi were driven back to Shengjing by Zhu Yousong, under the influence of Ning Wanwo and Hong Chengchou, and also thanks to the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, the Tartars were Sinicized very quickly.

From the setting of the central organization to the setting of local officials, and then to the establishment of the army, basically there is not much difference from the Ming Dynasty.

The biggest change of the Tartars is that the money rattails on their heads have become half-shaved and half-leaved ponytails.

Daming's army also had a general, roughly equivalent to the battalion commander of later generations, with three to 400 people under his command.It's just that this is the unique establishment of the Jingying soldiers, and the other soldiers implement the Weisuo system.Now the army of the Qing Dynasty also learned this kind of organization, and established the general to replace the previous corresponding military organization Niulu.

For Tang Ruowang's church, Dorgon specially assigned him a general Qing soldier, responsible for protecting the church, maintaining order, and protecting Tang Ruowang's safety, just like his personal guards.The other is to supervise Tang Ruowang, for fear that he will escape.

In the past few years, because of Tang Ruowang's outstanding performance and obedience, he developed cannons when he should preach and develop cannons for them. The soldier relaxed his vigilance.

The general sent several team officers every day, led dozens of people to patrol the front, rear, left, and right doors, and it has been safe and sound for the past few years. Except for summons from the empress dowager and the regent, Tang Ruowang basically never went outside the church. Naturally, no one dared to come to this church to provoke trouble.

Therefore, the general led three or four hundred Tartar soldiers, and it became more and more relaxed. He sent out some troops casually every day, just doing routine business.

But I never expected that on this day, the leader of the Tatars would suddenly receive a report that if he left the church, he would go out to preach scriptures with two Han people, a man and a woman.And these two Han people are businessmen from Ming Dynasty.

The generals of the Tartars raised their vigilance, because although Shengjing was the capital of the Qing Dynasty, good and bad people were mixed together. Not only the Tartars lived in this city, but also Koreans, Han Chinese, Mongolians, and businessmen from all over the world. hawkers etc.In case of Daming's spies sneaking in, in case of Tang Ruowang's mistake, he will never be able to do this, let alone say, I am afraid that he will die without a place to bury him.

So he immediately dressed up and came to the church with his personal guards to watch what happened.

After waiting for a long time, Tang Ruowang and the Tazi team officer who followed him with a dozen Tazi soldiers had not returned yet.

I learned that the place where Tang Ruowang went was not far from the church.The chief sent someone to investigate again. At this time, a Tazi soldier came to report to him that in a street not far from here, five Tatar soldiers were beheaded by a Han woman.

The General Manager immediately dispatched a team officer to the scene of the accident with fifty Tartar soldiers to check the scene carefully, and the team officer came back quickly.The five Tartars who died were all their subordinates, and there was also a carriage, which was inspected as a church carriage.

The general manager of the Tartars immediately sensed the seriousness of the problem, ordered everyone to gather, and led the team to the old shop of the Zhang family, where they surrounded the shop.

But except for the nine corpses of the Tartars, the house was empty, and Tang Ruowang and others had disappeared.The customers in the shop knew something serious was going on, and the timid ones, including the waiter in the shop, all slipped away.

There was only one shop owner left, and some customers who couldn't escape, were brought in front of the general manager for questioning.

These people tremblingly told what they had seen and heard, and the Tatars flew into a rage and ordered that even the owner of the shop and all the guests staying in the shop should be beheaded, blood spattering in the old shop of the Zhang family.

Then, while organizing the chase, the general manager hurriedly reported to the Beijing camp for defense.Because he felt that these Ming merchants were definitely not ordinary businessmen, they must be spies of the Ming army. After checking the store registration book, he found that Li Quan and the others had lived here for several days.

If Tang Ruowang was taken away or killed, he would really be doomed. This general was so frightened that he was out of his wits, so he divided his 400 people into several groups. Each group of 80 people was led by a team officer. A team of hundreds of people pursued and searched the nearby streets and alleys.

In an alley, Li Quan and the others were chased by dozens of Tartars.

After all, the carriage couldn't outrun the war horses. Seeing so many Tartar soldiers chasing after them, Li Quan had to stay behind and ask his three Jin Yiwei to protect the carriage and leave first.They must rush to the gate of the south city as soon as possible, and a large number of Qing troops will be dispatched soon. Before the city gate is blocked, they must protect Mr. Tang from the city, otherwise, they will really be unable to escape.

The arrow wind howled, and several sharp arrows flew through the air.Li Quan waved the Xiuchun knife in his hand, protecting his body and horse, there was a messy metal sound, and the sharp arrows flying over fell to the ground one after another.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of Tartar soldiers rushed forward waving their sabers.

Li Quan galloped his horse towards the Tatars, where the light of the saber flashed, the sharp blade that was slashing at Li Quan was swung away, and several Tartars in front screamed and fell off their horses.

The Tazi soldiers behind did not expect that this businessman-like Han Chinese was so skilled in martial arts, so they rushed up together howling.

Li Quanshi did what he could in his life, he was the leader of the Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty for no reason, and his martial arts skills were not ordinary.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen dead bodies of Tartars had already been laid down in the narrow alley.

The Tartars at the back saw that this man was too brave, with a few bows and arrows, swishing and swishing, they shot a few arrows at Li Quan.The distance between the two sides was too close, and the Tartars fired cold arrows again, so Li Quan didn't dodge one of the arrows, and hit the back with a puff.

Fortunately, he was covered with soft armor inside. This kind of armor is not made of metal, but a thick layer of cowhide battle armor. Just like this, it blocked the arrow and greatly reduced the momentum of the arrow. Otherwise, Li Quan would have been killed by the arrow. pierced.

But even so, the arrow penetrated to a depth of three inches, blood spattered, Li's whole body tilted, he couldn't control his balance, and fell off the horse.The horse that sat down was not guarded by its master, and was also shot by a few sharp arrows, neighing a few times, and fell into a pool of blood.

Li Quan felt a piercing pain that pierced his heart and lungs.

"Chasing!" Dozens of Tartars howled, each raising their long knives, and several horses rushed towards Li Quan.

"Mr. Tang has not escaped from the city yet, so he must not die!" Li Quan, who was about to be trampled by a horse, still had a strong desire to survive.

"Hi!" Li Quan yelled, ignoring the excruciating pain, he jumped up from the ground, and the Tatar's horse's hoof also missed. This was unexpected, and the Tartars thought he was dead from the arrow.

Li Quan, who was in the air, stepped on the walls on both sides with both feet, slapping, waving the sharp knife in his hand, and five or six Tartars were cut off from their horses in shock.

The rest of the Tatars couldn't help being shocked when they saw Li Quan with a long arrow stuck in his back, and he was still so fierce. After landing, Li Quan brandished the Xiuchun Saber in his hand, and charged at the Tartars again.As the knife flashed, more than a dozen Tartars were cut off from their horses, and more than a dozen Tartars fled in embarrassment, leaving a pile of dead bodies in the long and narrow alley.

Li Quan didn't chase them, he stuffed the handle of the knife in his mouth, supported the wall with his hand, and reached behind his back to grab the shaft of the arrow with his other hand, and pulled it out forcefully.

"Ah—" There was a scream, blood and flesh splattered everywhere, the long arrow behind his back was pulled out abruptly, the knife in Li Quan's mouth fell to the ground, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

Li Quanqiang supported himself so that he did not fall, and looked at his raised right hand. There was a mass of blood dripping from the end of the arrowhead. Li Quan threw the arrow to the ground.

He took off the cloak behind him, made strips and tightened it on his back, which was regarded as a bandage to stop the bleeding.This time, the wound on his back did not hurt so much, and he staggered to catch up with Tang Ruowang's carriage...

(End of this chapter)