On the banks of the Wei River, a brand new pontoon bridge has revealed its shape on the wide river. Each of the forcibly recruited canals had one or two subordinates of Li Yan and Hong Niangzi. Under their command, the boatmen lined up the canoes in a row on the water, connected them with ropes, and then laid long wooden boards to fix the canoes together, forming a simple pontoon bridge. On and off the bridge, the boatmen were busy in a huddle, and the Dashun soldiers in blue clothes and white hats shouted and cursed from time to time, urging the project to be accelerated.
The pontoon bridge was barely passable, and Ye Bushou, a member of the Dashun Army, carefully rode through. When they arrived at the south bank, they found Li Guo sitting under his own banner with his eyes closed and meditating.
"Your Majesty, a group of cavalry appeared in the northwest. There are more than a thousand people. I don't know whose family they belong to?"
"Whose family does it belong to?" asked a bearded man standing next to Li Guo, "Isn't there a flag?"
"I didn't see any flags."
The big man with the beard turned to Li Guo and said, "Brother, could it be reinforcements from the Zhu Thief?"
"Maybe." Li Guo squinted his eyes, "There's no news of the surrender of the red bandit Guan Ningjun in Yongping yet, right?"
"It wasn't mentioned in the newspaper I received today." The bearded man's name is Li You. He is Li Guo's brother and his deputy. "But with Xin Sizhong and Luo Hu leading troops to guard it, the Zhu thieves in Yongping should not be able to send any troops to go south."
"That's natural," Li Guo smiled, "If they were soldiers, they wouldn't hide their whereabouts like this, and wouldn't even dare to raise a flag... However, they are not necessarily soldiers of the Wu family. Maybe they are powerful or powerful people nearby. The red thieves and generals who want to submit to us."
"Big Brother is right, there are a lot of good guys coming and going these days."
Li Guo thought for a while and then said: "There are just a thousand people anyway, there is nothing to be afraid of... Wu Sangui's Yiding cavalry are just like that. Can there be more powerful elite soldiers on the Zhu Thief side?"
"Of course not anymore." Li You laughed.
At this moment, one of Li Yan's subordinates came up quickly and announced: "Master, the pontoon bridge has been secured."
"Okay!" Li Guo stroked his palm and stood up, "Send the order, cross the river, meet up with Tang Tong first, and then catch the red thief prince together!"
The soldiers on the left and right responded with a roar.
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The sound of the horn wailed, echoing around the barrier where Tang Tong was entrenched. This kind of horn is not something commonly used in the Ming army, but is habitually used by various barbarians in the north of the Great Wall outside the pass. Guan Ning's army often dealt with them, and also hired many Hulu warriors to serve as servants. That's why we have this horn.
A tall, white-haired old man was riding on a horse, blowing the horn slowly and hard. The low sobbing sound passed through the barriers made of straw bags and reached the ears of every Tang family soldier.
To the south of the barrier, with Tianjin Guard's North Gate at their back, a group of armored knights had dismounted and were arranging an offensive formation on the soil that was full of water and a bit muddy to step on.
The soldiers of the Tang family, who were holding straw bags and looking out, looked at those giant men like iron towers, and everyone was trembling with fear.
The performance of these Yiding soldiers riding on the tower of Weibei City in Tianjin was indeed not heroic. But now that the battle formations are listed, it still makes people shudder!
Look at their formation, their size, their posture...the way they hold their swords and spears is just like the door god in the painting!
It seems that the Yi Ding cavalry are still very powerful. They must have kept their hands on the city and deceived the general soldiers of Tang Tongtang...
Tang Tong was also watching, his face turned pale with fright, but he still tried his best to pretend not to be afraid.
"Haha, he looks good, he can even keep up with the Han generals, but what's the use? Dashun has conquered the whole world, and this Wu Sangui is still stupid and loyal to the emperor, trying to block the car with his arms, which is really ridiculous..."
Just as he was cheering himself up, Zhang Wenjue, a loyal minister in Shunying, had already rushed over holding a white flag, howling at the top of his lungs as he ran.
"I am Yu Shao'an, the leader of the Bow and Arrow Battalion..."
"Headquarters, Yu Shaoan seems to have been arrested by Zhu Thief!"
"Xu is here to persuade him to surrender. Do you want him to come over?"
There are people around Tangtong.
"Let him come over," Tang Tong said with a smile, "It's okay to delay it for a while."
With these words, Yu Shaoan quickly crawled into the barrier. After seeing Tang Tong, he didn't say a word, but knelt down in the mud, kowtowing like pounding garlic.
"Headquarters, I'm guilty. I killed my brothers in the bow and arrow camp, and even asked the red thieves to capture them alive... I'm sorry for your cultivation!"
"Are you going to fight?" Tang Tong frowned and thought to himself: Didn't he surrender?
"Yes, they are all gone..." Yu Shaoan burst into tears with a cry, "The Zhu Thief's weapons are too fierce. They are all wearing strong armor and are invulnerable. The brothers in the bow and arrow camp tried their best to resist them. If you don't stop, they will kill you all."
What? All chopped down! So cruel?
The officers and servants around Tang Tong were all air-conditioned.
This Yiding Tuqi is really cruel!
"All dead?" Tang Tong also turned blue, "Are hundreds of people dead?"
"They were all chopped into pieces, and none of them were dead!"
There is no whole body left to die...
Yu Shaoan cried so sadly that he said with snot and tears: "It was Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, who personally led the charge. That Wu Sangui is really a brother than the Tatars. He kills people without batting an eye. What a shame." In his hands, he was about to be chopped into pieces. Fortunately, Chitose was merciful and spared his life. He asked the younger one to persuade the mayor to change his ways. As long as the mayor is willing to change his ways, all the brothers who follow him will have two. A reward of two silver coins..."
"Hmph!" Tang Tong snorted coldly, interrupting Yu Shaoan's words, "His family has perished, so who the hell would still follow him? Following the Zhu family is a dead end!"
"Chief Mayor, what you said is wrong!" Someone around Tang Tong actually sang a counterargument loudly.
"Who?" Tang Tong turned his eyes and realized that the person speaking was actually his brother Tang Laosi.
"Fourth, what are you talking about?" Tang Tong glared at Tang Laosi.
"Who is talking nonsense, brothers all know it in their hearts!" Tang Laosi snorted, "What kind of life did we live when we followed the Zhu family, and now we follow the Li family, what kind of life do they have? Mo Mo Talk about money, not even a penny of copper! How many brothers have been killed in the Tianjin Weibeicheng attack in the past few days? So there is a penny of pension? If the fighting continues like this, the brothers will be damned... Isn't it possible? In the end, you are the only one left to be Li Zicheng’s founding hero, right?”
"Here comes someone, get it for me!" Tang Tong roared, and several of his servants drew their weapons and were about to step forward to capture him. But who knew that Tang Laosi was not alone? There were also many dry soldiers of the Tang Army who showed their knives and faced him!
An internal strife is about to happen.
When Yu Shaoan saw it, he quickly opened his throat and shouted: "Brothers, don't hurt your harmony... Now the Zhu family, the Li family, the Zhang family, and the Tatars outside Guan are fighting for the world. Heroes like us are still fighting for the world." Afraid of not having a chance to get rich? Since the Li family doesn't care about us, why should we sacrifice our lives for him? As long as you have a knife in your hand, where can you go without being a popular drinker? Why should my brothers use the knife to find someone to surrender to? "
Tang Laosi continued what he said: "Those who are willing to follow Lao Si and return to the Ming Dynasty are Lao Si's brothers. We will share the hardships and blessings in the future! Those who are willing to follow Mr. Tang to return to Dashun, Lao Si Don’t stop me, there are horses in the barrier, you can just ride on them and leave.”
Walk?
Tang Tong's face was ashen, could he escape like this? Without the strength and without completing the tasks assigned by Li Guo, why go back to Beijing in despair? They have prepared 5,000 pairs of clamping sticks...
But after all, Ming Dynasty didn’t dare! Isn't it because the Ming Dynasty fell to this day because he surrendered to the enemy at Juyongguan? And he also took Chongzhen's 40,000 taels of silver to surrender to the enemy!
If this thing were to fall into the hands of Emperor Chongzhen, he would not be executed in Ling Chi!
"Chief Mayor, what the Fourth Brother said makes sense. My brothers, don't hurt your harmony..."
The speaker was a close servant of Tang Tong. He was originally going to capture Tang Laosi, but now he was standing by Tang Laosi's side!
"You..." Tang Tong was furious. He raised his sword and wanted to rush forward and kill someone. Suddenly, a sharp pain came from his back. He lowered his head and saw that a bloody knife tip appeared on his chest. !
