Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 102 Encountered roundup, fled desperately

Wang Yan was about to leave in the courtyard, when he heard "Qing soldiers are here", he was startled, Wang Zilong and others also changed their expressions, they hurried to the gate of the courtyard to look out, they saw a large group of Qing soldiers swarming into the alley.

"Zhou Jingxing, Gu Chengzhang, the two of you will stay with ten brothers, and the rest will follow me to protect Lord Hou and retreat from the backyard." Seeing the crisis, Wang Zilong immediately said decisively.

When the two Xiaoqi heard the words, although they knew what it meant to stay, they immediately stepped forward and said: "No!"

These Jin Yiwei originally had the will to die, and wanted to attack the dead men in Zhenfu Yamen. They had already regarded themselves as dead people. As long as death was meaningful, how could they be afraid of death?
The ten Jinyi guards who were selected at the moment followed the two small flags resolutely and stood aside, while Wang Zilong led Wang Yan, Liu Shun, Hou Fangyu and the rest of the Jinyi guards, and walked quickly to the backyard.

They rushed all the way to the backyard, but instead of going through the back door, they entered a secret passage, and when they came out, they had already reached Lingyi Alley.

Wang Yan and his party, shortly after avoiding Zhu Guobi, embarked on the road of escape again before sitting down to rest for a while.

Hou Fangyu was born in a scholarly family, a family of officials and gentry. When did he experience such a scene? He first escaped from Tongshan Temple, then entered Nanjing City, was followed by Zhu Guobi, and now he was hunted down by Qing soldiers again. It was simply wonderful. He was born more than 20 years ago, and he was not as twisted and dangerous as today.

He hurried along the alleys with the crowd, feeling extremely nervous, worried that he would run into Qing soldiers again, but in life, things don't go as planned, nine times out of ten, everything goes against his wishes, what he didn't want to happen, God will happen.

As everyone was in a hurry, they were about to leave the alley, but at the entrance of the alley, a large number of Qing army archers suddenly appeared, and a rain of arrows shot in front of them. With the sound of bouncing, two people were shot down.

"Quick retreat!" Seeing this, Wang Zhilong's face changed, obviously there were traitors of the Jinyiwei in the Qing army, otherwise the Qing army would not have found their shelter so quickly, nor would they have been so clear about their usual means of retreat.

Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, everyone had to listen to Wang Zilong's words and retreat quickly. Seeing this, the Qing soldiers immediately retracted their bows, brandished their knives and chased after them. The sound of shouting filled the entire Nanjing city.

When the people heard the sound, they were terrified. For a while, the streets were completely empty, and people in Nanjing closed their doors one after another to prevent the Qing soldiers from looting.

At this time, in another compound in Nanjing City, a man hurried in from the outside, saw a majestic man in a uniform and said: "Commander, I have found out, it is in the wicker alley where Wang Zilong hides, there are thousands of The Qing soldiers are rushing, it seems that they have found the trace of Zhongyonghou, shall I go to support immediately?"

The man was none other than Wu Bangfu, the commander of Jinyiwei's North Town Fulijuan. He was in charge of prison affairs, but at this time he had to shoulder the heavy burden of the remaining Jinyiwei in Nanjing.

"Marquis Zhongyong rushed into Nanjing rashly. He really lacked consideration. The Ming Dynasty is precarious, and today he lost another Great Wall. He will not help the Han today!" Wu Bangfu said angrily.

"The meaning of the command, is it possible to sit back and watch Lord Hou be captured?" The man's face changed.

Wang Yan's reputation for resisting the Qing court is unrivaled in the south of the Yangtze River, so as long as he has a great Ming in his heart, those who resist the Qing court will regard him as a pillar of spirit.

"The gates of the city are closed, and thousands of Qing soldiers are pouring into Liutiao Lane. How can we save hundreds of people?" Wu Bangfu frowned and thought, "But we can't just sit idly by, we can only do our best and obey the destiny! "

"Whatever the command wants to do, we will follow with death!" the man said solemnly.

"Most of the Qing soldiers in Nanjing City have already left the city, and there are only three to four thousand troops in the city. Today, most of them are rushing to the vicinity of Wicker Alley. The other places must be empty. We will be able to achieve it!" Wu Bangfu said.

"The commander wants to take the opportunity to launch ahead of time and attack the town and governor's yamen?" the man said happily.

This man's name is Yu Taichu, and he is also a member of Jinyiwei. He was originally ordered to hide in Baoguo Gong's mansion, and he married a wife and had children for nearly ten years. Duke Zhu Guobi surrendered to the Qing court again, his identity was exposed, his wife and children were killed by Zhu Guobi, and he escaped alone by chance.

Wu Bangfu listened to his words, but said: "Not only should we attack the Zhenfu Yamen, but also attack the Tulai mansion, set fire to the mansion and the surrendered minister's mansion, in short, try our best to create chaos, and distract some attention for Zhongyonghou and Wang Zilong. I hope God will bless Ming Dynasty , so that they can get out of trouble."

At that moment, Wu Bangfu asked Yu Taichu to gather troops and send a message to the Jinyiwei troops hidden in various places in Nanjing, in groups of 20, to cause chaos in the city.

In the alley, Wang Yan and his party fled, and the Qing soldiers chased after them fiercely. Jin Yiwei took out his handguns and sleeve arrows from time to time, and knocked down the pursuing Qing army. Jin Yiwei was also repeatedly shot by the Qing soldiers' bows and arrows, and fell down in the alley. He was hacked to death by the Qing soldiers chasing after him.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer subordinates around him, and there were only seven or eight people left, Wang Zilong couldn't help feeling anxious, knowing that if he retreated, he would only die cleanly in the pursuit of the Qing army.

Immediately, Wang Zilong couldn't help shouting, "Master Hou is looking for his own way of life, Yunpeng will die here!" He stepped back, raised his arm, and a sleeve arrow hit the Qing soldier's throat, and then raised his knife to meet the Qing soldier, and killed him suddenly.

"Kill the prisoner!" The remaining Jin Yiwei followed after seeing this.

"Master Hou, take care, let's go first!" Liu Shun also called Wang Yandao, and then rushed forward without hesitation, trying to win a chance for Wang Yan.

The alley was narrow and narrow. Although there were many Qing soldiers, they had no advantage. They were stopped by Liu Shun and others in an instant.

He and Hou Fangyu fled with each other, and after a while, they left the alley and entered another alley, but at this moment, another group of Qing soldiers came from another direction, but Hou Fangyu's face was already pale.

The ancient literati had the six arts of a gentleman. The literati in the Tang Dynasty liked to wear swords. Li Bai was known as the sword fairy. The literati in the Song Dynasty were also proficient in riding and shooting. , Thousands of riders roll Hiraoka. In order to repay the city, follow the prefect, shoot the tiger personally, and watch Sun Lang.? The wine is still open, and the temples are slightly frosty, so why not? In the festival, when will Feng Tang be sent? Will pull the eagle Bow like a full moon, look northwest, and shoot Sirius."

In the Ming Dynasty, literati only focused on articles and lacked physical exercise, so after running for a long time, Hou Fangyu's physical strength was exhausted, and the violent beating of his heart made him breathless and painful, and he really couldn't run. carry on.

At this time Wang Yan wanted to help him run again, but Hou Fangyu said: "I can't do it, Master Hou should go quickly."

(End of this chapter)