Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 85
Originally, with the skills of this General Banner, he could cut this annoying guy's waist in minutes, but he didn't dare. Their General Master Huang's military discipline is already strict, and now His Majesty has a strict order, and he would rather beheaded than expose the target .

Fortunately, this snake is quite self-aware. It may be because he saw that the general flag helped a lot, or he was shocked by the calmness of this general flag. In the end, the snake just made him vomit sharply a few times The tongue was a display of force, and then turned around and climbed to the height of the tree...

"Don't be dawdling, hurry up, get on your horse and go!" The voice of an army commander yelling at his subordinates alarmed the commander-in-chief, and he turned his head to see that the soldiers of Gaojie all over the river got on their horses one after another, and ran down the official road like flying horses. , Looking at the sky full of Zhengchen, the general flag let out a sigh of relief, but found that the hand holding the sharp knife was sweating.

It was not until the horse team passed under Zhu Yousong's eyes and disappeared, until the chaotic sound of horseshoes gradually faded away and finally could not be heard, that Zhu Yousong's heart was completely relieved.

"God help me too!" Zhu Yousong silently closed his eyes and slowly opened them again. Only then did he spit out the swirling air that had been suppressed for a long time in his chest, feeling light and comfortable physically and mentally. .

About half an hour later, Gao Jie's troops appeared in the sight of Zhu Yousong and others, which indicated that Gao Jie's main force had left Yangzhou for more than forty miles.

The undulating slope of the official road in front of them began to increase, the weather was hot, and it was approaching noon, the scorching sun was scorching the earth, Gao Jie and others felt as if they had entered a steamer.

For such a rapid march, Gao Jie was fine on horseback, but these infantry and supply troops suffered a lot. They were so tired that their fronts stuck to their backs, and their armor was soaked and dried with sweat. With smoke, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, not to mention running, and he couldn't even walk.

The tired teacher had to rest for a while, so Gao Jie led a few entourages and rode up a high slope, looking down from the heights and looking around.

He had to look at the terrain here first. Over the years of military experience, Gao Jie had accumulated a lot of experience in leading troops in combat. When marching in the field, he had to choose a suitable place even for a temporary rest.Otherwise, if you were ambushed by someone, you wouldn't even know how you died.This is the insight he learned from Li Zicheng.

In front of them, they have entered the undulating hills from the endless plains. The official roads are lined with dense forests and tall grass. Looking around, it seems that God has laid a thick green carpet on the earth. It is the peak season of vegetation, and the colorful vegetation is shining golden under the strong sunlight.

Gao Jie looked around for a week, and suddenly a small river appeared in his sight. On both sides of the river were lush trees and weeds. Since it has entered autumn and is close to the river, these trees are still lush, and the wormwood is also luxuriant. They grow particularly deep, some even reaching waist and chest, densely packed, and the pleasing oily green stretches along the small river.

With water, shade and grass, this is undoubtedly a rare geomantic treasure for them. Since some vanguard troops have already passed here, and there are obviously horses passing by the river and roadside, Gao Jie did not send anyone to investigate. , ordered the three armies to take a temporary rest in the forest by the river, and continue on their way after half a stick of incense.

At this time, tens of thousands of horses saw the river as if they saw a savior, and they all became energetic, like herding sheep, and ran all over the mountains and fields towards the river.People were neighing, and the emotional horses were thirsty. Along the way, they didn't carry people or luggage, and they ran for more than forty miles in one breath. Even animals with limbs that are good at running would feel terrible.

This small river is several feet wide and runs roughly northeast-southwest. It is still a river bed with a hard sand bottom. Since it has not rained for many days, there is only half of the river bed water. The bottom is clear, and the deepest part is not full. Weeds are overgrown, and the sand without grass is glowing white. Although people step on the sand, although it does not sink, it is slightly slippery.

At this time, these soldiers and livestock ran over, plopping like dumplings, and the waves splashed.

Some soldiers held the clear river water in their hands, showing off their faces, as if they hadn't drank water for hundreds of years, some simply cut their heads into the water, even took a bath and drank freely, and even the horses jumped into the river, poking around. Long neck, gulp gulp.

Gao Jie was also thirsty, and brought a few generals and generals Tima to the river with the team...

At this time, in the forest and grass tens of meters away on both sides of the river, there were countless alert eyes staring at them. In another hilly forest five or six hundred meters away, Zhu Yousong led Li Quan and hundreds of guards there immediately. Waiting and watching, of course they are also condescending, and they can have a panoramic view of the situation by the river.

"It's time for you to wait, let me wait so hard, don't blame me for being cruel, this is your own fault, you have to blame Gao Jie, Xing Shi, Hu Maozhen and other rebellious officials and thieves!"

Zhu Yousong thought to himself, no matter what, these soldiers and generals are nominally supported by the imperial court, and attacking them is like self-mutilation. However, they cannot be used by the imperial court because they are paid by the imperial court. At best, they belong to rotting bones and rotten flesh!
It should be said that a large part of these tens of thousands of soldiers are innocent, they just obeyed the military order, and only a few rat feces led by Gao Jie broke the pot and became a trip that ruined the country and the people.

But even so, you have to kill them quickly until they are subdued. It's like having a cancer on your body. In order to get rid of the cancer, you have to cut off part of the good meat. This undoubtedly requires the courage of a strong man to cut off his wrists, otherwise it can only be a carbuncle. legacy.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yousong's heart sank, and he stared at Gao Jie's men and horses. At this time, Gao Jie's men and horses who ran in the front had already entered the water and were tossing in the river. Just down the hill.

What Zhu Yousong wanted was this opportunity. He frowned slightly, his eyes shone like a cold star, his visible curved lips moved slightly, and he gently squeezed out two words to Li Quan: "Fire the gun and kill!"

"Dong-chao!" A letter cannon exploded to shake the ground, and the shell was falling into the small river, blowing up waves several meters high.

A few soldiers of Gao Jie nearby will be knocked down in the water, and the rest of the soldiers who are drinking and playing in the water will be startled. There was an explosion on the official road, and at the same time, light firearms such as firecrackers and three-eyed blunderbusses also rang like popping beans, "Crack, crack...Boom—"

Light and heavy firearms fired at the same time. Although the lethality is not flattering, it is self-evident in the era of cold weapons. For a while, the sky was full of spray, dust and sand, and gunpowder smoke filled the air.

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(End of this chapter)