Daming: From the end of Hongwu

213 Chapter 211 - Breaking the Army
Army horses passed by quickly on the official road, and the horseshoes raised dust for a long time.

Zhang Baihu led his army in pursuit all the way, and finally caught up with Zhen Wu and Zhang Wu after an hour. Then nearly a hundred soldiers led by Zhang Baihu quickly divided into two teams to outflank.

Seeing this, Zhen Wu and Zhang Wu reined in their horses at the same time, watching with cold eyes a group of soldiers approaching them.

"Lan Yu really sent people to chase us down." Zhang Wu drove his horse closer to Zhen Wu and said, "But fortunately, as elder brother said, Lan Yu didn't know that we still have [-] soldiers outside the city."

Zhen Wu watched the progress of Zhang Baihu's sergeant closing up, and said by the way: "This is actually predictable. Lan Yu hurried back to Beijing, and it is impossible to know our information well. So what about the two hundred sergeants, he doesn't know our route back to Beiping, so he can only follow our pace, how many people can he send to trap us in a hurry?"

As he said that, Zhen Wu's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "If he wants to use several times the army to keep us, unless he enters Shandong and Henan quickly, it will be possible for people to deploy control in advance, but it is only half a day away from Yingtian Mansion. On the border of the distance, he can only send generals nearby to hunt him down, this kind of chase cannot have too many soldiers and horses, although Lan Yu is a duke of the country, he is still just a duke of the country."

Zhang Wu nodded heavily, and said in a slightly worried tone casually: "I don't know if Xue Lu can hurry up."

"It will definitely work. Believe in Xue Lu. When we split up, I told Xue Lu to go to the barracks to pick up the soldiers and horses, and then get rid of the people who followed him first. As long as there are no people who follow him, no one will." Stop Xue Lu, then Xue Lu will definitely be able to lead the army to arrive here on time." Zhen Wu said.

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Speaking of which, when the three of Zhen Wu left the city, Zhen Wu knew that Lan Yu would not let it go, and there must be tails behind them, so Zhen Wu had no choice. If he wanted to go back to Beiping, he would have to pass Lan Yu to block the way This level.

This is also the reason why he decided to split up with Xue Lubing.

If the three of them head back home with [-] sergeants, Sapphire's stalkers will definitely not act rashly. position, there are too many ways to completely eat them.

So Zhen Wu can't do that.

In that case, even if they had [-] sergeants, they were still just a piece of fat in Sapphire's eyes.

Zhen Wu might as well take advantage of Lan Yu's lack of information and use Zhen Wu himself as a bait, so that those who chased and killed would all jump out when they don't know their specific situation. Instead, he used his two hundred soldiers to catch them by surprise and directly destroy them hunted down.

As long as they win this time, if they don't have a tail and dare to follow them, and let Lan Yu lose their position, they will have a safe moment. At that time, the method for Zhen Wu and others to return to Beiping is an option. There is much more leeway.

At this time, the sergeants brought by Zhang Baihu had already completed the encirclement.

Zhen Wu looked at the leader Zhang Baihu coldly, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, what is the meaning of this?"

"what for?"

Zhang Baihu looked at Zhen Wu with great interest, as if he was looking at his own prey, and said with a smile, "Why bother to ask questions knowingly."

"We are also soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, do you really dare to order us to be attacked and killed? Do you still have an emperor in your eyes, are you not afraid of copying your family and destroying your family?" Zhen Wu scolded coldly.

Zhang Baihu laughed disdainfully, and then said coldly: "Who knows that I killed you? This world is so unsafe, there are bandits and bullies everywhere, who knows where you died, how can you wrong me on the head."

"good very good."

Zhen Wu also laughed, his ears were sensitive, and he had already faintly heard the sound of galloping horseshoes in the distance. It was the sound of horseshoes belonging to his frontier army.

What is a horse.

The military horses carefully selected by his frontier army are fine horses.

The smile on Zhen Wu's face faded away, and he said in a deep voice, "If that's the case, then don't blame me for being rude."

Although he is unwilling to fight each other as soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, he is not a saint who puts down his butcher knife in such a situation, let alone this matter cannot be blamed on him at all.

Zhang Baihu was still disdainful, thinking that the general situation was in his hands, he cut his mouth and said mockingly: "How can you be so rude?"

Zhang Wu couldn't bear it anymore at this time, he thought how could there be such a stupid person in the world, squinted at Zhang Baihu and said: "Don't think about it, there were three of us when we left the city, why are there only two now?" person?"

"What's the matter? Is it possible that another person can bring you thousands of troops?" Zhang Baihu sniffed.

Zhang Wu burst out laughing, couldn't help looking at Zhen Wu, and Zhen Wu couldn't help smiling, he snapped his fingers at Zhang Baihu: "You really guessed right, don't believe me, you listen."

The heavy and rapid sound of horseshoes in the distance, like a thunder in the sky, suddenly appeared in everyone's ears, and then it got closer and closer, and the sound became louder.

Who's team?

Zhang Baihu looked at Zhen Wu and Zhang Wu who were indifferent, his expression changed suddenly, and then he couldn't care less about the ink stains anymore, he waved his hands quickly: "Come on, kill them for me."

"Come on."

A general banner beside him was eager to make contributions. Hearing Zhang Baihu's order, he pinched the horse's belly with both legs, and the horse rushed forward. With his movement, the sergeants surrounding Zhen Wu and the two of them instantly panicked. It started to move, like a tide rushing towards Zhen Wu and the two of them.

Zhen Wu drew out his waist saber, and skillfully juggled it. It was a pity that he didn't bring a long weapon, but this was enough. He shook the reins, and said in a deep voice, "Charge, cut the general."

As soon as the voice fell, the army and horses under the crotch had already rushed out, and Zhang Wu also rushed out with Zhen Wu at the first time. The two of them faced the soldiers who surrounded them without any fear on their faces, as if there were also soldiers behind them. Like thousands of troops, they charged straight towards Zhang Baihu.

soon.

Zhen Wu met the opponent's General Banner. He was skilled in equestrian skills, as if a man and a horse were united. He nimbly turned sideways to avoid the blow from the General Banner. past.

Zong Qi only felt the flash of the knife, and the blood was already splashing out of his throat, so fast that he didn't even feel the pain, and wanted to turn his head to look at Zhen Wu who was passing by.

It’s just that his head no longer listened to his command. He was terrified of this feeling, and the pain hit him, and then he began to feel that his eyes were getting darker and darker, and his eyelids were getting heavier, and finally he couldn’t hold on any longer, and fell straight from the horse. Come.

There was an uproar among the sergeants.

One's own general flag is not the opponent's one-shot enemy.

This made some of the sergeants couldn't help but have some disturbances.

However, Zhen Wu didn't care about it. After rushing into the enemy camp, his mind was full of thoughts of rushing and killing. He had discovered a long time ago that he was a little obsessed with this feeling of rushing into the enemy camp. Only this feeling of being trapped in the enemy camp can be seen everywhere. The feeling of the knife and spear coming at any time can make him feel excited.

And this kind of stimulation drives the heart to beat.

The powerful heart pumped the blood to every corner of the body. This feeling made him feel particularly comfortable, and he couldn't help but want to roar out.

At this time, Zhen Wu's hand had turned into a spear snatched from the opponent's hand. In his hand, the spear was like a spiked mace. , Let the opponent's sergeant die immediately.

Blood splattered.

When Zhang Baihu saw the blood-stained Zhen Wu, he was a little terrified for a moment. His guard belongs to the inland guard, and he hasn't encountered such a murderous person for many years. , It also seemed to step on his heart again and again.

As his psychological pressure increased.

Xue Lu finally arrived with his men, Xue Lu shouted to kill, and all the sergeants echoed in unison.

"kill."

The momentum broke through the sky in an instant.

And with this killing sound, Zhang Baihu's psychological defense was instantly defeated. He turned his horse's head and retreated hastily. can run.

But he couldn't do anything, he and Zhang Wu were only two after all, they rushed over and fell into the siege, although they were getting closer to Zhang Baihu, they couldn't fly over and kill Zhang Baihu.

All the sergeants on the other side also became a little confused at this moment. They saw Xue Lu leading people rushing to help, and saw Zhang Baihu retreating in a hurry, all of them lost their thoughts of fighting desperately.

A visible decline in morale.

Xue Lu took the lead and rushed into the enemy camp. More than 200 people faced more than 100 people, as if a pot of cold water had been poured on a small flame.

at last.

The opponent's sergeant began to flee.

Seeing this, Zhen Wu didn't chase too much. Seeing that Zhang Wu had suffered some injuries, he rushed to Zhang Wu's side to protect Zhang Wu. Zhen Wu was relieved when Xue Lu led his men to them.

"Are you okay?" Zhen Wu asked Zhang Wu.

Zhang Wu grinned, but pulling the wound made Rang's face deformed: "It's okay."

Zhen Wu rolled his eyes and said, "You're really good, you're still hurt in such a small scene, if Xue Lu comes a little later, you have to explain here."

Speaking of this, Zhang Wu was also quite depressed, and said with a dark face: "You don't know, the other party has a sinister boy, so he gave me a spear, thanks to my fast dodging."

"Okay, don't waste a few words." After Zhen Wu finished speaking, he saw Li Erniu on the left and right, and beckoned to Li Erniu, and asked Li Erniu to find medicine to come to Zhang Wu, and then ignored the matter. .

Medicinal materials for hemostasis are always available in the army.

Zhen Wu rode his horse and found a place with a slightly higher terrain. He looked around and saw that the opponent was completely festered.

They need to leave as soon as possible, and they can't delay here for too long.

After Xue Lu nodded, he rode forward to gather the soldiers, and soon all the soldiers were called back. Seeing this, Zhen Wu directly gave the order to march towards Beiping.

It wasn't until evening that Zhen Wu stopped all the soldiers.

Taking advantage of the rest time of the sergeants, Zhen Wu called all the people above the small flag in the army to a meeting, and everyone gathered around to look at Zhen Wu.

These people are basically the hardcore among Zhen Wu's hardcore, so Zhen Wu didn't have to fight with them, and said directly: "Everyone knows that the way back this time is not easy, someone wants my head, So I decided to break it up into pieces and return to Peiping with each small flag as a unit."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Wu and Xue Lu jumped up and shouted: "No, we are out of danger after being broken into pieces, but what should you do? His Royal Highness King Yan stayed with us to protect you. You let us like this How can we have the face to go back to Peking."

The other Xiaoqi Zongqi also agreed with 'yes' and 'yes', making Zhen Wu's head hurt from the noise.

"Shut up for me."

Zhen Wu glanced at them with a sullen face and said: "If my whereabouts are leaked, and the other party is determined to want my head, even if I have more than 200 of you, it's better for me to go on the road alone, not only unobtrusive , it’s better to get away if something happens.”

After saying this, Zhen Wu still felt angry, and said angrily: "You all have no fucking brains, let me think about each one of them, will they harm me or protect me if we go together?!"

More than 200 people walked together, how could it be possible to hide it from others.

If Sapphire is well deployed in Shandong, Henan and other places, Zhen Wu's heads will also have to move by then.

Zhang Wu and others were said to have lost their temper.

Seeing this, Zhen Wu said, "Okay, I've said everything that needs to be said, explain to the people below."

"Then I'll go with you." Zhang Wu said.

After Xue Lu heard it, he also raised his head and said, "Then I will come too, otherwise I won't be at ease."

Zhen Wu said angrily: "Don't worry about it, I will beat you ten times alone. Believe it or not, one more than you is more? Don't talk nonsense with me. This time I will only bring Cao Xiaoman, and none of the others will beat you." bring."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu called Cao Xiaoman, and after the two got on the horse, Zhen Wu confessed to Zhang Wu: "Let's go first, you can arrange the rest."

Zhang Wu was a bit unwilling, but after Zhen Wu made up his mind, he also knew that he was not good at speaking, so he could only tell Cao Xiaoman to protect Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wushun listened to a few words, but couldn't take it any longer. After greeting Cao Xiaoman, he picked a direction, flicked his horsewhip, and headed forward.

Cao Xiaoman didn't care about listening to Zhang Wu's nagging, and hurriedly followed.

Zhang Wu and Xue Lu looked at the direction of Zhen Wu's departure, and each had their own feelings in their hearts. They knew Lan Yu's target was Zhen Wu, so they knew that they were not dangerous, and even if they were exposed, they would be fine. Sapphire will be very dangerous if found.

In the final analysis, Zhen Wu made such a choice because he didn't want to put them and these soldiers in danger.

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The capital, Liang Guogong's mansion.

Zhang Baihu knelt on the cobbled road and kowtowed to Lan Yu non-stop. After Lan Yu drank the last sip of tea, he waved, and an attendant handed him a whip.

Sapphire gently pulled the horsewhip, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Not only did I not kill Zhen Wu, but I was ambushed and killed more than 40 people. Well, it's enough to give me face." As soon as Lan Yu's voice fell, the whip was also thrown heavily on Zhang Zhang. Baihu's body.

Zhang Baihu suddenly felt a burning pain in his body, but he didn't dare to cry out, he could only grit his teeth and stand upright, being beaten by Lan Yu's whip.

After thirty or forty whips passed, Lan Yu's anger was almost gone, and he threw the whip away: "I always pay attention to rewards for meritorious deeds and punishments for mistakes. This time I lost face and punished me, but I am obedient You deserve to be rewarded for that too.”

Lan Yu paused for a moment, and then said: "Go back, remember to report the war damage against the bandits tomorrow, and I will have someone send you the full amount of the pension."

Zhang Baihu didn't expect such benefits, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face, even though the welt marks on his back were still burning.

"Thank you, Mr. Xie, thank you, Mr. Zhang." Zhang Baihu thanked him flatteringly.

"Go away." Sapphire said without raising her eyes, her tone seemed very irritated.

Seeing this, Zhang Baihu didn't dare to stay longer, enduring the pain and slowly got up and retreated, but just after he left the yard, a smile appeared on his face, thinking that doing things for Lan Yu would indeed benefit a lot, and what would be the damage in battle? There can always be a few more.

Thinking of this, Zhang Baihu suddenly felt that the back that was whipped by Sapphire did not hurt as much as before.

Just as he was happily walking towards the outside, he passed a side room, and accidentally heard the sound of two people talking in the room, and the topic of conversation happened to be related to him.

Curious, he walked quietly.

The next moment he could hear that there were Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao, who Lan Yu held in high regard, in the room.

"Brother, what you say about Zhang Baihu is stupid enough. Even this can't kill Zhen Wu. If the Duke of the State asks me to chase him down, I will kill Zhen Wu with a random knife to vent my hatred."

"Okay, the Duke will let us go."

"Why won't you let us go?"

"After all, Zhen Wu is the county horse appointed by the emperor to marry. He can be beaten and lose face, but he cannot be killed. After all, Zhang Baihu is not his own. If he kills Zhen Wu, the Duke of the country will naturally leave him alone." Clear the relationship, and there is no evidence to say it, who can say that it was ordered by the Duke."

"Oh I got it."

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Zhang Baihu outside the room was thinking about swearing allegiance to Lan Yu just now, but his heart sank at this moment. It turned out that he was just a chess piece that could be given up at any time.

It's just why I couldn't see these things clearly before. I only knew that Lan Yu was looking for someone to do something, so I hurriedly thought it was an opportunity for myself to make a fortune.

Wealth is charming.

But in Zhang Baihu's heart, there was a deep sense of unwillingness. He has lived his whole life from poverty to the present. Why is he always being looked down upon by others? The big event made everyone look at each other with admiration.

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(End of this chapter)