The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 344 The Desperados
After calming down the defectors brought by Sha Dinghai, Zhu Linmi wanted to deploy the chieftains to besiege Ergelong, but when she looked up, she saw the scorching sun, and it seemed that it was past dinner time.

So he asked the chieftains to eat first, and discuss the war tomorrow.

The square-faced man in blue shirt didn't go to the place where the banquet was held, he just said that he was unwell and left the Dragon Guard camp.

When he got back to his carriage, he immediately took out a pen and paper and wrote down in a hurry: A lesson from your kindness.There is indeed an inside story about the situation in Lin'an... The chieftain of Xu Dian, the king of the auxiliary government, has made great profits, and nearly a hundred people have been employed by him. A total of tens of thousands of troops have been gathered. Bazhai Li family, Niu Yangyi family...betrayed the public and surrendered to the enemy, hope to prepare early...

At the end of the letter is the five characters "Jin Ke'an knocks on".

This Jin Ke'an, formerly known as Jin Yan, was an officer of the Yun County Guard. Later, because of his enmity with Usa Chieftain An's family, all the family members were killed by An's family. He himself was seriously injured and escaped. Shading Chau.

The latter hid him under the car to escape An's search, which was regarded as saving his life.But at that time, Sha Dingzhou was only a general banner of Wang Nongshan, so no one cared about it.

Later, Jin Yan changed his name to Ke'an and joined the army to participate in the battle to put down the Pumingming rebellion, but by chance, he made great contributions and was granted the title of a small native official in northern Yunnan.

Since Mu Tianbo didn't know about his relationship with Sha Dingzhou, he also wrote to ask him to come and discuss matters.After Sha Dingzhou got the news, he ordered him to use his tricks to inquire about Lin'an's information.

Jin Ke'an packed the letter, sealed it with wax paint, handed it to his confidant, and told him to fly to Wang Nongshan to deliver the letter.

Lin'an is [-] or [-] miles away from Ergelong, and in the early morning of the next day, people from Shadingzhou found Jin Ke'an outside Lin'an city, and left him a wooden box, saying that it was a gift from the general government.

The wooden box contained fragments of gold seal jewelry and a letter. Jin Kean took out the note first and unfolded it, only to see that there was only one sentence on it: A hand crossbow assists the king to assassinate Zhu Lin in Lin'an, and in the future he will slaughter the whole clan of the An clan as a reward. !

His pupils shrank suddenly, but then he smiled again, and quickly swallowed the note.

Revenge is his greatest wish in this life, but he is suppressed in his heart and dare not mention it.He is a small chieftain, with only about [-] households under his jurisdiction, and just over [-] soldiers. It is a dream come true to find troublesome people who rank among the top five in Yunnan.

But now Sha Dingzhou gave him hope.

This time, only the chieftain is allowed to enter the official army camp to discuss matters, and even the entourage has to wait outside the camp, so Jin Ke'an is the only one who can do this right now.

He knew that even though Sha Dingzhou was retreating from Ergelong now, if he could really stab the assistant king to death, the government and army would be in chaos.At that time, the Sha family's army will take the opportunity to attack, and the possibility of regaining Yunnan is very high.

As for those swearing-in chieftains yesterday, they will surely turn their backs and return to the Master's sect.

Once the Sha family controlled most of Yunnan, it would be a piece of cake to find any excuse to raze the An family to the ground.At that time, the souls of my family of twelve in heaven will finally be comforted.

He put away the cold smile on his face, and took out the "jewelry" in the wooden box to study carefully.After a while, those things that looked like gold and silver ornaments were actually formed by him into a delicate hand crossbow...

Zhu Linmei said loudly to all the chieftains in the camp: "This battle will be divided into three battalions under the general view of Duke Qian. battalion. The rest of the ministries are included in these three battalions.”

He immediately mentioned the most important tactical arrangement, "It's just that Ergelong's terrain is dangerous, even if we have an army of [-], it will be difficult for us to attack by force.

"You don't need to lead an army to attack, just divide and guard the water sources at the foot of the mountain. Although Ergelong is dangerous, there is no water source in the mountain. If the sand bandits can't get water, it will collapse in just a few months!"

The chieftains immediately started talking in surprise when they heard the words.

"How does Your Highness know that there is no water on Mount Ergelong?"

"I'm afraid that the secret agents of the government and the army have already sneaked into Ah Mi for many days."

"Hey, that's fine, I was worried that many people would die in attacking the mountain..."

Zhu Linming asked again: "Is there anyone here who is familiar with the distribution of water sources near Ergelong?"

Immediately, a short old man came forward and said: "Nuza Ergelong is still Daonan, yes, if you sweat a lot, you will be ka..." He picked up a branch and drew on the ground. Let's start with the map of Yigelong.

Zhu Linmei smiled wryly, "Do you know Mandarin?"

The old man looked up and shook his head, as if he could understand official Chinese but could not speak it.

Zhu Linming looked at the others again, "Does anyone understand what he means?"

Others present also looked at each other in blank dismay.There are many ethnic groups in Yunnan, and there are more than a hundred languages, and some "minor languages" are really not mastered by many people.

"Your Highness, he said that he has lived in Ergelong for many years, and he is very familiar with every plant and tree there." A gentle voice came from behind Mu Jing, it was Mu Zhiqing.

She added: "This is Mang Shi's words in Xixiao Mountain."

Zhu Lin hurriedly motioned for "Rescue Soldiers" to come forward to act as an interpreter, and praised: "Ms. Mu not only knows Frankie's dialect, but she also understands Mang Shi's dialect. She is very knowledgeable."

Mu Zhiqing's face was reddish, "It's nothing more than a small trick, Your Highness praises you." She hurriedly continued to translate, "The thing about the knife is that the south side of the mountain has the most water sources..."

Jin Ke'an changed his clothes and entered the Dragon Guard barracks dressed in gold and silver.Many ethnic groups in Yunnan like to wear jewelry all over their bodies, so the surrounding soldiers only looked him up and down, but didn't pay much attention.

Jin Ke'an saw that all the chieftains were listening attentively to what the assistant king said, as if they were making a battle deployment, and thought, this is a good opportunity.

He walked around to Zhu Linmi's left side with no expression on his face, and adjusted his position patiently, ensuring that there would be no obstruction between himself and the target, and no guards would notice.

Then he pretended to be impatient with the heat, took off the outermost clothes, looked around casually, but quickly took off the "jewelry" on the clothes.After a while, a small crossbow slightly bigger than a palm appeared in his hand.

He just tried it, this crossbow can pierce wood three fingers thick within fifteen or sixteen steps, if you shoot people with this method, if you hit a vital point, you will be killed with one blow.

Afterwards, Jin Keyan unleashed the string and put on the arrow, looked at a gap, raised his crossbow to aim slightly at Zhu Linming, and pressed the trigger without hesitation.

With a slight bang, a four-inch short arrow flew towards Zhu Linmi's throat like lightning.Jin Ke'an didn't even check whether he hit it, and thrust another short arrow into his chest.

On the other side, Mu Zhiqing had just translated the old man's long passage, and when she raised her head to take a breath, she suddenly saw a cold light flashing from the side of the assistant king more than ten steps away.

Immediately there was the piercing sound of the crossbow string being tightened, and before she had time to think about it, she subconsciously raised her hand and pushed Zhu Linmei, "Be careful!"

(End of this chapter)