Kaifeng Fucheng, Beicheng
There are four gates in the North City. As the thieves collapsed in fear, they all rushed towards the North City. The four gates, including the Chenzhou Gate and the Weizhou Gate, were suddenly opened, and people gathered like ants, with many fleeing.
The lanterns and fire flames on the city gate tower swayed in the wind, shining together with the moonlight, making the top and bottom of the city gate tower as bright as day.
Accompanied by the noise, Wang Sishun led his five or six hundred brothers, as well as the Dingfu who came from the crowd, and crowded through the city gate. People roared, horses neighed, and the sounds of shouting and cursing came one after another.
Wang Sishun's escape was like a chain reaction, which undoubtedly led to the 5,000 men who were helping to defend the northern city wall. Li Yanqing went to support He Guosheng. Originally, there were not many people left to defend the city. Now it is unknown who took the lead. , groups of three or five fled along the military road on the city wall, making several city gates crowded.
"Go to the water gate." Wang Sishun shouted loudly and led his brothers, ignoring Ding Fu and other bandits who were running for their lives, and turned straight to the water gate of Wuzhanghe River.
Since Wang Sishun had already prepared boats to meet them in front of the water gate, he directly led several hundred brothers, hurriedly boarded dozens of boats guarded by his brothers, and opened the water gate gate. "Quick, quick, start the boat!"
Wang Sishun had a look of panic on his face, his pupils were bloodshot, and he shouted urgently.
Turning back and looking towards the inner room through the gate of Kaifeng Fucheng, I saw a raging fire and the deafening sound of fighting. I felt even more inexplicable fear in my heart.
Fortunately, he had the foresight to prepare the boat in advance, otherwise, he would be in big trouble when he was trapped in Kaifeng Fucheng.
One of his subordinates said anxiously: "Master, there are still brothers who haven't come up yet."
Wang Sishun's men originally had two to three thousand men, all "heroes and martyrs" from all walks of life who Juyi relied on. Now he only brought out five to six hundred men, and many of the remaining troops were still resisting the attack of the Beijing camp's army without knowing what was going on.
"It's too late. We don't have many ships. Now hurry up and sail into the Yellow River and head for Huaiqing Mansion!" Wang Sishun said urgently. Seeing his brothers who were still hesitating, he said, "What are you doing here? Let's sail!" "
Gritting his teeth, he pulled out the sword from his waist and slashed the thick cable on the baby's arm.
Then the boat quickly sailed away, and the people who had not boarded the boat at Watergate Ferry saw this scene and were immediately panicked. Some people couldn't care less and jumped into the river like dumplings. "Swim towards Wang Sishun's ship.
"The boat is full, brothers, find another way and run away for your life!" Wang Sishun shouted loudly.
When the bandits who had not yet boarded the boat heard this, they all cursed, and many of them were originally members of Wang Sishun's subordinates.
"This Kaifeng Mansion can't be defended at all. I heard from the old people in the city a few days ago that this city has never been defended since ancient times." Wang Sishun stood on the bow of the boat, cursed angrily, and turned to look at his face. Most of the brothers were gloomy and uncertain, saying: "Brothers, let's go to Huaiqing Mansion. After resting, we will transfer to Shandong. Qilu Mountain is high and densely forested, which is suitable for us to settle down."
Everyone looked gloomy and had no choice but to agree.
They were obviously quite dissatisfied with Wang Sishun's behavior just now, because many of the people left behind were rural party members, and everyone was naturally chilled when they saw Wang Sishun being so mean.
Shortly after Wang Sishun led his bandits and sailed out of the water gate by boat, the government troops entered the city in large numbers. The news that Kaifeng Mansion could not hold on quickly spread to the entire Kaifeng City like a plague. The bandits who hesitated in the north city gate tower also They panicked and began to flee out of the city in large numbers.
About two-quarters of an hour later, accompanied by the sound of horse hooves on the bluestone road, the dark horse team rolled past Chenzhou Gate like dark clouds. The leader was Luo Jinzhong, leading nearly a thousand of his brothers, heading towards Beicheng. Chenzhoumen fled.
Previously, when Li Yanqing proposed the strategy of collecting troops and horses to prepare for a long-term stalemate to sneak attacks on the government troops, Master Luo's thoughts became vivid, and he took the initiative to ask for help and ordered people to collect troops and horses first, which was just in use now.
When the head of the Luo family abandoned Dongcheng and fled, he also went to the Horse Herding Prison in Kaifeng Prefecture to recruit troops and horses. However, he had a conflict with the brother Li Yanqing left behind to guard the troops and horses. It happened that Wei Bochuan and Li Yanqing were on their way to support Dongcheng. Lai Haiyuan and others arrived, Luo Jin
In desperation, General Zhong was assigned 300 military horses, and then led his brothers to rush towards Chenzhou Gate without stopping.
As time passed, the bandits in Kaifeng City completely collapsed, and there were still bandits of all sizes following Luo Jinzhong, running towards the north city.
Luo Jinzhong ignored him and instead believed that his companions behind him could delay the pursuit of the officers and soldiers.
You don’t need to run very fast, you just need to run faster than your companions.
As for the Dingfu and bandits in the city, some of them who could not escape, about four to five thousand people, knelt down and begged to surrender. These people were suppressed and monitored by Cai Quan's cavalry.
The other bandits were chased by the iron cavalry led by Qu Guang, and most of them were destroyed, and they fled towards several gates in the north city.
Because the imperial army was attacking the west, south and east gates of Kaifeng City, only the north city still had a glimmer of hope, even though the Yellow River was not far from the city.
Just cross the Yellow River and go to the other side, so you don't have to worry about the imperial cavalry chasing after you.
Otherwise, a two-legged man would not be able to outrun a four-legged horse on the plains and fields. It didn't take long for him to be hunted down by the army like prey that was fleeing in all directions.
At this time, Luo Jinzhong held the reins and led his brothers, slashing and killing the thieves and Dingfu who were fighting for the way, and left the north city in a mighty manner. He couldn't help but look back and glanced at Kaifeng Fucheng, where the killing sound was loud. The brother next to him said: "Brothers, we finally escaped."
He still has four to five hundred people under his command. Although his strength is not half as good as when he was at his peak, he is undoubtedly much luckier than the other three forces who are trapped in the city and cannot escape.
A leader beside him said anxiously: "Master, I'm afraid there are no ships on the other side of the Yellow River."
"Since we haven't collected the boats, let's not cross the river! Go west, let's go to Caozhou along the Yellow River!" Luo Jinzhong said loudly.
How to cross the river on horseback?
As for the companions behind them to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, they can also escape easily.
Luo Jinzhong's brothers heard the words and responded helplessly. They rode towards Caozhou and were about to escape.
However, at this moment, "Boom, boom..."
The sound of a large group of cavalry horses trampling across the ground rang out. More than a thousand cavalry troops emerged under the bright silver moonlight. They were all dark, like black clouds approaching. The sabers raised one by one cast a cold glow under the reflection of the moonlight. mango.
Luo Jinzhong and others were shocked, stared at it, and took a deep breath. Where did these officers and soldiers come from?
The first general, wearing a black cloak and black armor, was Xie Jing, a second-class man from the Han Dynasty and a guerrilla from the Beijing camp. He led a large number of Beijing camp cavalry around the city and attacked and killed Luo Jinzhong's troops from the side.
Surrounding three and missing one does not mean doing nothing and letting the enemy flee. There will be no shortage of ambushes.
Xie Jing looked at Luo Jinzhong and others who had escaped and were about to turn their horses eastward. He looked coldly and said loudly: "Prepare the crossbows and fire the arrows!"
With the sound of the machine and the pulling of the bowstring, it sounded like a death bell.
Luo Jinzhong yelled, furious, his vision went dark, and he quickly leaned down to avoid the crossbow attack.
The crossbows and arrows fired in unison, the arrows were like locusts.
Accompanied by bursts of angry roars and screams one after another, after two rounds of arrow rain, Luo Jinzhong's brothers fell off their horses one after another. Three or four of them lost their fighting power and groaned on the ground.
Luo Jinzhong was also hit by an arrow in his shoulder, thigh, and calf. The horse underneath him was also shot to the ground, whining in pain.
As for the brothers in the bodyguard behind them, more than half were killed or injured.
Luo Jinzhong looked around and saw officers and soldiers everywhere, ready to go, and the atmosphere was solemn.
The saber was dazzling in the moonlight, and an endless despair struck Luo Jinzhong's heart. If I had known this, I might as well have sneaked into the group of husbands with a few confidants, put on makeup and absconded. "kill!"
Xie Jing sat on the horse, holding a long spear as thick as a teacup mouth, and with a "drive" sound, he drove the horse at his hip.
All the generals and commanders behind them also came in droves to kill Luo Jinzhong and other thieves. Suddenly, the cavalry advanced and thousands of cavalry attacked. Luo Jinzhong's troops were running for their lives in a hurry and their morale was low. They were suddenly attacked and suffered numerous casualties.
Compared with the ferocity of Gao Yue and Li Yanqing and the bravery of his bandits, Luo Jinzhong himself and his brothers were obviously inferior.
In addition, Xie Jing led 1,500 cavalrymen and had a large number of people. On the vast plain, it was different from the streets of Kaifeng Fucheng. The latter's soldiers and horses could not spread out, so they formed a formation and galloped to attack. In the blink of an eye, Luo Jinzhong's thieves and bandits were separated. Surround, strangle and harvest.
Luo Jinzhong was hit by three arrows and his movement was hindered. He held a ghost-headed sword and, protected by his brothers, fought hard with the cavalry led by Xie Jing.
Luo Jinzhong was also aroused. Regardless of the pain all over his body, he held a ghost-headed knife in his palm and shouted loudly.
At this time, most of the soldiers used swords, spears or long spears. Hammers, Xuanhua axes and other strange weapons were not mainstream weapons.
Xie Jing was leading the cavalry to divide and strangle the bandits. When he saw Luo Jinzhong showing off his bravery, he snorted coldly, clamped his horse's belly, raised his spear in his palm, and stabbed Luo Jinzhong in the chest. Luo Jinzhong was hit by three arrows in just a few rounds of arrow rain. After getting off his horse, he had difficulty moving. He was able to deal with the cavalry, but when he saw generals like Xie Jing rushing towards him, he suddenly panicked.
The two soldiers beside him raised their swords and slashed at Xie Jing. However, they saw the cold light of their spears flashing, and with two "puff" sounds, their throats were pierced, bleeding gurglingly, and they fell down on the spot.
Xie Jing sneered and shouted: "Thieves, take your life!"
Luo Jinzhong was frightened and quickly raised his knife to fight. Unfortunately, he was injured and did not go for more than ten rounds. He only heard a few "pops" and a cold spear pierced his chest, causing severe pain.
Luo Jinzhong's eyes widened with anger, and the ghost-headed sword he held in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. He opened his mouth and wanted to roar, but he felt an unbearable pain in his chest. For a moment, his consciousness sank into eternal darkness.
"The boss!"
Seeing that Luo Jinzhong was killed, the thieves and bandits around him who were fighting with the officers and soldiers screamed in surprise and immediately fell into chaos, with no will to resist anymore.
Under the encirclement and suppression of the Beijing cavalry, the resistance gradually weakened, until the officers and soldiers shouted "Abandon weapons and do not kill", many bandits dropped their swords and guns and began to surrender.
Xie Jing said to one of his Qianhu officials: "Zhao Qianhu, quickly lead five hundred cavalry to the Yellow River ferry to drive away and shoot the bandits."
"Yes." The Qianhu official handed over his hand.
Xie Jing said: "Others, follow my general and lead the troops to block the bandits. Don't block the gate. Lie in ambush near the city gate. The bandits on foot will flee and rush back and forth to kill. Anyone who comes on horseback must be the leader of the bandits. No one can escape." !「
If the bandits are in a desperate situation and instead have the desire to fight to the death, which will only increase casualties, Xie Jing understands this very well, so he does not send troops to block the city gate to prevent his cavalry from suffering heavy casualties.
Moreover, the bandits had no way to escape. Even if they were lucky enough to cross the Yellow River, the imperial cavalry would still be scouting and chasing them on the other side to ensure that they would not flee to other states and counties.
As Xie Jing sent people to ambush the gates of Beicheng, all the bandits in the city were wiped out by Qu Guang and Cai Quan.
At this moment, one or two hundred people came running away from Weizhou Gate in Beicheng. The leaders were Gao Yue and Li Yanqing.
Previously, the two of them fought their way out of the streets, joined forces with brothers Wei Bochuan, Lai Haiyuan, and Ma Liang, whose eye injury had not healed, and robbed the military horses kept in the stables of the horse herding prison, and fled towards the Weizhou Gate of the North City.
"Master Gao Da, the imperial cavalry are pursuing us fiercely. Where should we escape? Crossing the river or not?" Li Yanqing asked Gao Yue, who still had an arrow stuck in his shoulder. He had just cut the arrow shaft with a knife, but the arrow was still there.
"Without a boat, the entire army cannot cross the river. We must leave the city first, pass through Juyang, and return to Runing Mansion!" Even though Gao Yue was injured at the moment, his mind was particularly "sober" and he planned to return to Runing Mansion from Juyang and plan later.
He still has thousands of troops in Runing Mansion. As long as he goes back, he will have a chance to make a comeback and avenge the past for his brothers.
Li Yanqing paused slightly and said in a deep voice: "Master Gao Da, I want to go to Caozhou. Otherwise, if we run south all the way, the road will be plain. If the soldiers and cavalry are chasing us, we will be overtaken by the soldiers sooner or later."
"You must not go to Caozhou!" Gao Yue said urgently and advised: "Brother Yanqing, Gao heard from the White Lotus Sect that Shandong Admiral Lu Qi has already led his elite soldiers to pack their bags and wait in Caozhou.
We break out of the encirclement. From what Gao has seen, we are pretending to cross the river, but in fact we are surrounding Juyang and then returning to Runing. This is the right thing to do!"
Shandong and other places are within the sphere of influence of the White Lotus Sect. Its intelligence agents infiltrated the state capital and previously told Gao Yue about the troop mobilization in Shandong.
However, what Gao Yue and the White Lotus Sect did not know was that the imperial court had also arranged a group of troops in Juyang to clear out the horse thieves and mounted bandits who might have fled to Juyang after the destruction of Kaifeng City, or in other words, to carry out a net-drawing campaign from south to north.
"Brother, it's not good, the officers and soldiers are coming from behind." At the moment when the two were talking in front of their horses, Li Zimin shouted loudly from behind.
At this time, Guo Yong's camp commander Qu Guang led five hundred cavalry to pursue Gao Yue, Li Yanqing and other bandits.
After Luo Jinzhong's defeat, Qu Guang quickly led his troops into the city from the east of the city. When he heard that the guerrilla general Zhou Dong had not blocked Gao Yue, he hurriedly handed over the matter of clearing out the bandits to his deputy general, the guerrilla general, and personally led his men. Come and hunt.
Qu Guang rode on his horse and galloped forward. Looking at the bandit cavalry running towards the city gate, he knew that Gao Yue must be in front of him, so he repeatedly shouted to his soldiers to speed up.
A stern look appeared on Ma Liang's face, and he said to Gao Yue: "Brother, you go first, I will take the lead!"
As he said that, he shouted loudly: "Brother has been a favor to us for our lives. The time has come to repay the favor. If you are willing to stay, come with me!"
Ma Liang's decision to stay behind was undoubtedly determined to die. Especially since Ma Liang lost one of his eyes, the situation was even more dangerous.
Lai Haiyuan looked slightly shaken, looked at Gao Yue, and said firmly: "Brother, I'll stay too!"
"Sixth brother, fifth brother." When Gao Yue saw this, his nose felt sore and tears almost filled his eyes.
"Brother, stop talking nonsense and leave quickly!" Ma Liang, holding a waist knife, led about 30 of his men and drove his horses to meet the army. Lai Haiyuan also followed with about a dozen brothers.
The situation was urgent and Gao Yue's mother-in-law and mother-in-law could not be tolerated.
Without waiting for Gao Yue to say anything, Li Zimin and Wei Bochuan surrounded Gao Yue and fled. Li Yanqing, on the other hand, had an expressionless face and said nothing as he drove his horse forward. He was not allowed to say anything at this time, otherwise he would be the one left behind.
Gao Yue turned back and glanced at Ma Liang and Lai Haiyuan, his heart was bleeding. These sworn brothers were all brothers who could accompany him to conquer the world in the future, but now they are all here! If he hadn't taken the risk to attack Luoyang, how could he have done it? As Mr. Shao said, if we went south instead of north, how could we have today?
Gao Yue was extremely upset and felt that his guilt and anger could not be suppressed.
However, the two generals behind them did not resist the official army for long. Under the siege of Qu Guang and a large number of cavalry, the two generals were surrounded and killed by the Beijing cavalry not long after.
Gao Yue and Li Yanqing led the remaining dozens of riders out of the city gate tower at lightning speed, but they were not lucky enough to escape the cage.
Suddenly, shouts of killing broke out, and a large number of cavalry rushed out from the road. The leader was Zhang Qianhu, one of the three thousand officials under Xie Jing, who led five hundred cavalry to guard the two city gates.
As for Xie Jing, he was still sniping at the escaped bandits at Chenzhou Gate.
"kill!"
Without even saying a word, the cavalry charged forward and hit one spot.
Gao Yue fought hard to take the lead. Even though he was injured, he still shouted for a fierce battle. However, his personal bravery was enough to save himself under such a cavalry charge. The number of his brothers gradually decreased, and in an instant, they were separated under the charge of the army and cavalry.
Here, Li Yanqing has led more than ten cavalrymen and Li Zimin under Gao Yue to break out of the encirclement. At this moment, everyone is injured and morale is low.
Looking back by the torchlight on the city gate tower, Gao Yue was holding a big sword and leading ten or twenty riders trapped in the formation, or in other words, rescuing Wei Bochuan, who was trapped in a tight siege more than ten feet away.
"Brother!" Li Zimin was horrified when he saw this scene. He was about to drive his horse back to fight and rescue Gao Yue.
"Rumble..."
Just at this moment, a deafening cavalry stampede was heard at the west city gate. It was clearly Jia Heng who arrived with a group of soldiers and horses.
The scene of a large number of officers and soldiers arriving in large numbers naturally caught Li Yanqing's attention. He grabbed Li Zimin's sleeves and said urgently: "Brother Li, Gao
The great master is extraordinary in martial arts. If he wants to escape, who in the world can stop him? If you go back and get stuck in the formation, you still need the great master to rescue him!"
In fact, it was the tragic deaths of Ma Liang, Lai Haiyuan and other old brothers just now that made Gao Yue feel a huge sense of guilt and an obsession to rescue Wei Bochuan.
When Li Zimin heard this, his expression paused and he was stunned for a moment.
At this moment, Gao Yue also shouted loudly: "Brother Yanqing, leave quickly and leave us alone!"
"Let's go!" Without another word, Li Yanqing took Li Zimin and led more than ten of his men to escape toward the northeast.
He still wanted to go to Caozhou, which was his hometown. The terrain was familiar and he could avoid being arrested by the court.
At the same time, Jia Heng, accompanied by the guards of Liu Jixian's Jinyi Mansion and the Yangwei Battalion's general Pang Shili, led the troops.
Jia Heng looked far away at the dozen cavalrymen escaping to the northeast and said, "Pang Shili, the one who escaped should be Li Yanqing. Go after them yourself and don't let them escape!"
This is to learn from Zhou Dong's previous lesson and send Pang Shili to chase and kill him as a complete strategy. Pang Shili clasped his fists in response, then led two hundred cavalry to chase the bandits.
After Pang Shili left, Jia Heng also turned his attention again to Gao Yue, who was under siege by the Beijing cavalry.
His body was wounded several times and he was bleeding profusely, but he still fought fiercely with a knife. He was truly a rare warrior in the world.
In fact, at this moment Gao Yue had also noticed that the young man in python suit, surrounded by the generals, looked at him aggressively, like a fierce tiger staring closely, even though he was still injured.
It seemed that Gao Yue didn't need to be reminded at all. He knew that the person coming was the Queen of Ningguo - Jia Heng, the Commander-in-Chief of the Beijing Camp!
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