"It's really a blessing after all the hard work. I met the Mongols not long after I left the customs. I can finally have a good meal. At least there is a horse for each person!" Tian Shenglan squinted and looked into the distance, and couldn't help but say .
Fan Yongdou was in a good mood when he heard it. He immediately laughed and said: "I said that if you survive a disaster, you will be blessed later. Look, is it starting to come true now? If you listen to me, you will always make a comeback!"
When the others listened and wanted to speak, they suddenly heard Fan Pingfu say loudly in a panicked tone: "No, it doesn't look like it!"
Upon hearing what he said, a group of people were immediately frightened. The relaxed atmosphere just disappeared suddenly, and several people almost fell off their horses.
One of Fan Yongdou's servants said a little doubtfully: "There is nothing wrong, right? I have counted all the cavalry sent by the imperial court outside the pass, and they all returned to the pass, not a few of them!"
"That's right!" Fan Yongdou listened and agreed, pointing to the knights in the distance and said, "If they are the imperial officers and soldiers, it would be obvious just because they are dressed in red. But can you see clearly, those people are wearing Yes, it should be Mongolian clothes, right?"
"That's right, it's what Mongolians wear!" After hearing this, Tian Shenglan immediately agreed with certainty.
After hearing their conversation and seeing that Fan Pingfu stopped talking, everyone felt relaxed again.
A relieved smile appeared on Wang Dengku's face, he patted his chest and said with a bit of complaint: "I was almost scared to death just now! I'm sorry that Liaodong often fights with the Ming army, so you become suspicious when you see someone, right?" "
"Don't talk nonsense, how could Mr. Fan be suspicious! You know, when the imperial army and the Qing army fought, they would just run away! Suspicious? It's the imperial army that should be worried, okay!" Wang Dayu quickly took over his words, He said to Fan Pingfu flatteringly.
However, Fan Pingfu was still staring into the distance and ignored him at all, which made him a little embarrassed. He couldn't help but think to himself: It seems that Wang Dengku was right. He was suspicious and as courageous as a mouse!
Jin Liangyu pretended not to see this, but drooled and said: "I have been hiding in the mountains for the past few days, and my mouth has become like a bird. I will let them roast a lamb later. Do you believe I can swallow the whole thing in one bite?" "
Others were drooling after hearing this. Just when they were about to speak, they suddenly heard Fan Pingfu say sternly: "No, there's a problem!"
Upon hearing his words, everyone was shocked again. However, when I looked up, there was nothing special except that the knights were getting closer and closer!
Fan Yongdou could feel the mother-in-law in his arms trembling just now. He turned around to look at his children, who all looked panicked, and felt a little dissatisfied. It's still so far away from Liaodong. I'm so surprised. How can I survive on the road?
Thinking this, he forced a smile on his face and said to Fan Pingfu: "Fan..."
However, just as he opened his mouth, he heard Fan Pingfu shouting sharply: "Ming Army, it's the Ming Army that didn't stop at night, they are surrounding us!"
While he was speaking, he suddenly swung his riding crop and hit the horse's butt with a "snap" sound, causing the horse to jump forward in fright.
The others were dumbfounded and watched Fan Pingfu suddenly run away.
Only then did they understand that Fan Pingfu had definitely seen the problem and was sure that those people were imperial cavalry, so he ran away in such panic.
While these Shanxi merchants were still dumbfounded, Fan Pingfu's followers also fled immediately.
Seeing this, some of the Shanxi merchants finally came to their senses, and immediately they were so frightened that they began to urge their horses to run faster.
As soon as they moved here, it was true that the knights surrounding them also speeded up and blocked the place where they were fleeing.
What frightened them the most was that further away, groups of knights appeared, and they also began to outflank them on a large scale.
It's a bit like prairie hunting, where the hunter is chasing the prey.
Although the grassland is vast, there are so many "hunters" that slowly appear in their field of vision, as many as a thousand riders. A group of dozens of people started to circle around them.
At this time, even a fool knows that those are the imperial cavalry. Because the knights who appear later are all wearing military uniforms. The red figure can be seen from far away.
"Master, hurry up, run!" Fan Yongdou's servants turned around and urged them at first. However, when they saw more and more imperial cavalry surrounding them, they left Fan Yongdou alone and just urged their horses. , run as fast as you can.
Of course Fan Yongdou was anxious and urged his horse hard, but there were two people on his horse, so he couldn't go any faster no matter what. Seeing that the servants didn't care about him and ran away, he was so angry that he yelled: "Don't let me catch you ignorant white-eyed wolf!"
While he was cursing, he suddenly saw one of the two servants riding on the horse was pushed down by the other. However, the one who was still on the horse galloped away alone.
Seeing this scene, Fan Yongdou couldn't help but look at the woman sitting in front of him.
This was his first wife. She also saw that scene and felt Fan Yongdou's eyes. She couldn't help but immediately begged: "Master, don't leave me alone. I am the biological mother of your only son."
After hearing this, Fan Yongdou did not answer. Instead, he looked up into the distance and found that the Ming army was getting closer and closer, while other accomplices were also running further and further away from him. If this continues, he will probably be the first to be caught by the imperial cavalry.
So, he turned back, with a fierce look on his face, and said sternly: "My Fan family doesn't have a wife like you! At this time, you should jump down on your own initiative to lighten the burden on me, so that I can escape and ascend to heaven. !”
After he finished speaking, Fan Yongdou pushed the lady in his arms hard and pushed her off the running horse.
Then, he slapped the horse's butt hard and urged the horse to run faster.
At the same time, two hoarse shouts rang out: "Mother..."
Fan Yongdou heard the sound and turned around to look, only to see his two sons and daughter stopping their horses, crying and getting off their horses to save their mother.
Seeing this, Fan Yongdou had no choice but to turn his horse's head to face his son and daughter, and shouted sternly: "What are you doing when you dismount? Why don't you run quickly?"
However, what he received in response was angry eyes. His two children ignored him and ran to their mother crying.
"Come back!" When Fan Yongdou saw him, he was so angry that he shouted sternly.
However, his words were like farts and of no use at all.
Seeing this, Fan Yongdou turned around and looked around, and found that the fleeing people had fled further, and the imperial officers and soldiers chasing them were getting closer. Then he turned to look at his children, and found that they were all holding the woman in tears, as if her leg had been broken when she fell off the horse.
Fan Yongdou was so anxious that he looked around at the empty horse. Suddenly, a hint of sinisterness appeared on his face. He leaned out and took the horse's reins into his hands. Then, he left him with two horses. His wife and children fled for their lives!
When his mother-in-law saw this scene, she was so angry that she couldn't breathe and fainted.
In fact, the others were similar. Those with two people and one horse ended up fighting each other for control of the horses and wrestling with each other.
Except for those who were unprepared at the beginning and were easily pushed off the horse, the people behind saw that they were all on guard. Therefore, many people were evenly matched, or were about to be pushed off, and they would not let the other person off anyway. As expected, we pulled him off the horse together.
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In the distance, among a group of four to five hundred cavalry, a large flag fluttered in the wind, with a large word "Yan" written on it. The next general is Yan Yingyuan, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan.
At this time, he watched his men scattering in all directions and surrounding the "prey", and he couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, the Duke of Guo has tricked them. They are very cunning and will probably escape Zhangjiakou and go to Liaodong!"
"Commander, please look!" One of the guards pointed at the fugitives fighting in the distance and said to him.
Yan Yingyuan had already seen it, and he was not surprised at all. He sneered and said: "When disaster strikes, we all fly away. It's just these people with dark consciences. Why do they do such a thing?"
After watching for a while, he found that these fugitives finally woke up and no longer ran together, but scattered in all directions. Yan Yingyuan waved his right hand forward and said: "Come on, everyone will live!"
"As ordered!" After hearing this, his men immediately clasped their fists and responded loudly, and then two to three hundred more horsemen galloped away.
This time, he brought all the cavalry from Shanhaiguan with him and set up a trap around Zhangjiakou to wait and see. How could he let these twenty or thirty people escape?
About an hour later, the scattered cavalrymen came back one after another to pay their orders and brought back the fugitives one by one.
At first, these Shanxi merchants wanted to pretend to be stupid and lie about their identities. However, when Fan Yongdou's two children were also escorted over, they were all identified without saying a word. Especially when giving instructions to Fan Yongdou, his eyes were filled with anger.
Yan Yingyuan did not expect that he would catch a Jianlu from Liaodong, and he was also the traitor named Fan Wencheng who was on the wanted list issued by the government. He was very happy and immediately ordered a hundred cavalry and escorted them to the capital. As for himself, he gathered the cavalry and immediately rushed back to Shanhaiguan.
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When the good news was reported to the capital in a hurry, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be overjoyed. He immediately said to Zhang Mingwei who was discussing the matter: "I didn't expect that Mr. Sir would have left something. Okay, the sky net is huge and sparse. Wait until these Shanxi merchants are escorted." After arriving in Beijing, I must cut them into pieces with a thousand knives!"
Zhang Mingwei was also happy when he heard the news. He smiled and suggested: "Your Majesty, since the first culprit has been caught, why not let as many people as possible come to watch the trial during the joint trial of the three judicial departments!"
Later generations have proven effective public trial methods, and he will naturally not forget them.
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