The Red Mansions

Chapter 564 After killing the black-faced thief, Zhang Shuai rewarded him with 2 million dollars in

Chapter 564 Killing the black-faced thief, the commander-in-chief will reward you with ten thousand taels of silver, and you will be promoted to three ranks!

To the east of Luoyang City is Sishui Pass, which was called Hulao Pass in ancient times. This pass is connected to Songyue Mountain in the south and the Yellow River in the north.

In the early morning, Qu Guang, a member of the Guoyong Battalion, led a group of soldiers along the ramp paved with green strips of stone and square bricks to the pass city. Crenel, overlooking the plains in the distance.

It is the beginning of spring in March, when the willows are pink, the willows are green, the vegetation is lush, and on the clear blue sky, flocks of birds fly by from time to time, landing in the forests at the foothills in the distance to roost and look for food.

"General Qu, just now I ordered the envoys to come here on horseback, and the commander-in-chief will set off this morning." The guerrilla general Kang Shaowei, leading a few soldiers, walked up the city gate in a hurry, and said to Qu Guang who was looking into the distance. .

"According to the speed of the army, it will be night." Qu Guang nodded, with a thoughtful look on Guozi's face, and said, looking at the surrounding Guancheng, which was still somewhat dilapidated after repairs, and sighed: "This After the war, this pass city should be properly repaired and repaired. How could it be abandoned like this? There are only a few hundred old and weak soldiers. If we didn't lead the troops here in time, I'm afraid it would easily fall into the city of bandits. The gate of Heluo is open, and Henan Mansion will be threatened by bandits."

Kang Shaowei sighed, and said: "Since the founding of the country, Henan has been at peace for a long time, and Guancheng has gradually been abandoned. If it hadn't been for the commander-in-chief's resolute use of light cavalry this time to help, and the slackness of the Henan government guards, I'm afraid troubles would really happen. "

"That's right. If the enemy raided Luoyang instead of Kaifeng, according to the general, the troops of Luoyang Guard and Henan Guard may not be able to stop them." Qu Guang shook his head, patted the crenel on the city wall, and said coldly : "If there is a loss in Luoyang, it will shake the world."

After the Beijing camp has been reorganized and trained in military affairs, the former Guoyong battalion general's combat power against the local capital's officers and troops can be clearly felt that the current Henan government guards are almost vulnerable.

Kang Shaowei pondered and said: "The collapse of Kaifeng's mansion is unprecedented since the founding of the country. It has shaken the government and the public, and the emperor is very worried. Xiangshi used the plan of being a commander in the past, and it will not be the same today."

In fact, this is also the real thinking of the officers and soldiers who are now leading the troops to investigate the chaos in the Beijing camp.

"Don't say such things in the future." Qu Guang waved his hand, frowned, and said: "The affairs of the court are handled by military ministers like the Commander-in-Chief, and I will just lead the troops to fight. "

It is a taboo thing to discuss government affairs indiscriminately.

Kang Shaowei nodded and stopped talking.

While the two were talking, Qu Guang was startled, and suddenly asked: "What sound, what sound did you hear?"

Seeing that Kang Shaowei was puzzled, he turned to ask the soldiers on the side.

Looking at the clear face of the soldier beside him in the early morning light, he fell into deep thought, shook his head and said: "General, I didn't hear anything from my humble position."

This is a member of the Jia clan. Jia Yun, who has always been known as the "Second Lord of the Langxia", now holds the official post of the General Banner, and is now serving as a personal soldier under the tent of Qu Guang, a member of the Guoyong Battalion, and at the same time learning military affairs.

Not only Jia Yun, but other members of the Jia family are also in the army, either as clerks such as Yingqianshu, or as low-ranking officers, who have not yet grown into high-ranking generals.

Looking at the mountains and forests in the distance, Qu Guang frowned, and said in a deep voice, "This is the sound of the earth trembling slightly! There are a large number of cavalry crossing the border. Jia Yun, go down and find a water tank to listen to."

At this time, the cavalry approached, presumably they were not the reinforcements of Jieshuai, but the cavalry of bandits!

"This..." Jia Yun was stunned for a moment, and immediately went down the city gate tower. After a while, she trotted all the way up to the gate tower, cupped her fists and said, "General, it's horseshoes rushing here."

After a short rest in Zheng County, he galloped on fast horses, intending to attack Gao Yue in Luoyang by surprise, and led his cavalry to finally rush to Sishui Pass two hundred miles away.

Originally, he wanted to come here in the middle of the night, but Gao Yue obviously optimistically estimated the efficiency of his men's march, took a rest in the middle, and dragged it off until the early morning.

"Most likely the bandits from Kaifeng are coming, they are not far away!" Qu Guang said in a cold voice with a solemn expression.

The guerrilla general Kang Shaowei frowned and said: "I don't know how many people there are. Bandits and bandits led cavalry, if they coerced the people and came in large numbers, given the current situation of Guancheng, I'm afraid it's not easy to defend."

"When the sentry cavalry arrives, we will know." Qu Guanghu looked through the mountains and forests, as if he wanted to see the cavalry pawns who were about to come, and said in a deep voice: "Send the order, the whole army is on alert!"

Sure enough, while speaking, a few riders came quickly from the official road outside Sishui Pass, and it was the secret sentinels and scouts outside Sishui Pass.

The scout's loud and short voice sounded from under the city wall, saying: "General Qu, the enemy cavalry is coming, there are about [-] cavalry."

Those who can serve as scouts and sentry riders in the Beijing camp are often the best in the army with superb riding skills, sharp ears and eyes, and flexible minds.

"Three thousand riders?" Kang Shaowei said with a gloomy expression, "No wonder Kaifeng Mansion fell into the hands of thieves, and they suddenly attacked Kaifeng Mansion.

Qu Guangdao: "People in the capital of Henan threw more than half of the army horses in Henan capital in Runing. These bandits will naturally be like a tiger with wings after they get the army horses."

The capital of Henan suppressed bandits, these soldiers naturally didn't want to run around on the ground, whether they were cavalry or not, they mobilized a lot of horses, and then they all fell under Gao Yue's hands.

"General, the enemy cavalry attacked, and the people were not coerced. Should we take the initiative to attack, or stick to the city gate?" Kang Shaowei asked.

"Take the initiative to attack." Qu Guang pondered for a moment.

Kang Shaowei said hesitantly: "But the Commander-in-Chief told us to strictly guard the pass, the general will attack, not to mention the mistakes, what should we do?"

Qu Guang shook his head and said: "At this time and at that time, the meaning of Jieshuai is that if Luoyang has not received follow-up reinforcements, the bandits just come with tens of thousands of people, our army should rely on Guancheng to defend, and now the bandits only lead light cavalry Three thousand, it is clear that we want to break through the pass city with lightning speed and seize Sishui Pass. The bandits have been exhausted from the long-distance attack. I waited for a day to stay and wait for work. What's more, I waited for them to gain insight into the reality of our army and know that the follow-up army will come to help , It is also the key to return Qingqi to Kaifeng, and it is impossible to talk about it. As for the blockade and siege, if it is defeated, General Kang will divide his troops into [-] cavalry and rush to Yanjin quickly to organize the young and strong to prevent the bandits from escaping. According to the arrangement of Jieshuai, and this general will stick here for a day, and he will be locked up, and he will lose his life!"

This is the adaptability of a veteran, otherwise Gao Yue would have hesitated if he missed the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and then retreated back to Kaifeng Mansion, instead hiding the real main force among the coerced people.

Kang Shaowei thought about it for a while, and thought it made sense, but he still hesitated, and said, "Where is General Xie?"

"With the ability of Xie Hujun, most of them have reached the border of Runing at this moment, whether it is tonight or tomorrow, but when you go down to Runing, the bandits will not be able to help each other, and even if the bandits are defeated by my cavalry, how can they easily give up their great momentum? Kaifeng mansion, but escape to another place?" Qu Guang said in a deep voice.

At the end, he said loudly: "Commander Zong Jie is here, and he will be as decisive as I am. The arrow is on the string, and he has to launch it. This is the opportunity to wipe out most of them."

Qu Guang thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "If the general guessed correctly, the leader of the bandit is probably the one leading the army this time. Most of the three thousand riders are all the elite troops that the bandit can dispatch. Our army will wait for work and defeat this group of soldiers. horse."

It's not called cavalry when you ride a horse. Gao Yue cobbled together 6000 to [-] people from his men, and only got [-] cavalrymen who can follow the march, and why did they rest on the way?Just waiting for the cavalry who fell behind to catch up.

Jia Yun was listening, thinking.

"Deputy General Kang, you lead a thousand cavalry and hide in the woods in the northeast. After I lead the cavalry to fight the enemy, go out from behind the hill to the bandits." Qu Guang said in a low voice.

This matter put a lot of pressure on him, if the bandits abandon Kaifeng and go to other places, maybe there are many blocks, but if they guard each other at the city gate, will the enemy be defenseless?

"The last general obeys." Kang Shaowei whispered, and then the cavalry leaders began to arrange.

Qu Guang called again in a deep voice, "Jia Yun."

"I'm humble."

Qu Guang snorted coldly: "You lead the remaining old and weak to open the pass, and use the old army to paralyze the bandits. I will lead the remaining cavalry out of the city on the southeast hillside, waiting for the enemy bandits."

If cavalry pawns take the initiative to invite battle, it is impossible to retreat in the city pass, but to prepare in advance and charge with the help of the location.

Jia Yun cupped her hands and said, "I obey my orders."

After Jia Yun left, Qu Guang took a deep breath, his eyes flickering.

Make contributions, right now!

He was brave and good at fighting when he was young, and he was chosen to enter the Beijing camp. He has been ignorant for the past ten years. He is over [-] years old, and now he has to meet the commander-in-chief. Conferring the title, the key is in this battle!

About half an hour later, because of running around all night and approaching the city pass, Gao Yue led three thousand cavalrymen to gradually approach the pass city at a not too fast horse speed, and walked closer.

Gao Yue's eyesight is excellent, and he looked at the Guancheng between the towering and undulating mountains in front of him from a few miles away. He saw that the gate was wide open, and above the gate tower and below the gate hole, there were several old soldiers listlessly sitting behind the table. Basking in the sun, because it was breakfast time, there were still a few small schools in low-level school uniforms, holding steamed buns, bowls and chopsticks in their hands.

"Guancheng is wide open, let's drive straight in, God help me." Gao Yue was slightly happy, his eyes were full of vigor under his thick eyebrows, and he was aggressive.

As long as he takes down Guancheng, and then sweeps Heluo with the rioters, then Luoyang will be in his pocket.

"Brother, I think it's a little unusual." Ma Liang frowned, staring at Guan Cheng in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Gao Yue was stunned for a moment, and said after hearing the words.

Ma Liang said, "I can't tell either."

If Shao Yingchen was here, he should be able to see some abnormalities, such as the flying birds hovering over the mountains and forests, the densely packed flags on the city gates and other small details.

But at this moment, Gao Yue was somewhat dazzled by the victory of the Kaifeng Mansion. Besides, he boasted that he led the attack with light cavalry. Even if the court was prepared, so what?

Lai Haiyuan and Wei Bochuan looked at each other and said, "It's nothing unusual."

At this time, Li Zimin, who was leading the army, came from behind on horseback and called out, "Brother, why don't you leave?"

At this time, Wei Song smiled and said, "Brother, these are the imperial court's officers and soldiers. I can see this kind of laziness even miles away! Brothers haven't eaten breakfast yet, let's talk about it after entering the city, and then delay it." Go down, they closed the city gate, um, did they find out?"

However, the old army at the city gate seemed to have spotted cavalry with unknown flags and uniforms in the distance, and ran towards the city gate in a panic, as if to report to the superior in a hurry, and the city gate was about to close slowly, in a panic. look like.

All of this was brought about by Jia Yun on the spot, but it was this move that really dispelled Gao Yue's doubts.

Seeing this, Gao Yue finally stopped doubting, and hurriedly urged: "Quickly, enter the city!"

If the gates of the city were closed, although the last group of old, weak, sick and disabled could be broken, it was hard to guarantee that there would be more casualties.

Gao Yue yelled and urged, leading the horse, Lai Haiyuan and Wei Song led the troops to follow, and the mighty bandits and cavalry quickly approached the Guancheng.

Ma Liang frowned, but he couldn't think of anything wrong. As the commander of the personal guard beside Gao Yue, he could only rush forward with a large number of troops.

In other words, it took more than a dozen breaths, Gao Yue led a large number of cavalry soldiers to gradually approach Guancheng.

However, at this moment, from behind the hill in the southeast direction, the sound of "treading" of war hoofs landing on the slope was suddenly heard, and at this moment, the soldiers downstairs of the city gate blew their horns.

"Woooo..."

The desolate and distant sound of the horn startled the birds in the sky, followed by the sound of earthquakes in all directions.

On the top of the city gate, "Boom..."

The drums were beating, and Jia Yun led a group of soldiers to beat the war drums. The rumbling of the drums was shocking.

Gao Yue paused, and suddenly realized something was wrong. He caught a glimpse of the cavalry appearing in the direction of the flank, and exclaimed loudly: "No, it's been tricked!"

The two generals Lai Haiyuan and Wei Bochuan also changed their expressions greatly, looking at the large number of court cavalry on the hill in surprise and uncertainty, the shining sabers dazzled the eyes under the sunlight in the morning, making the generals They all squinted their eyes.

Ma Liang, who was a little behind, also shouted loudly: "It's the cavalry of the imperial court!"

Qu Guang was sitting on his horse at the moment, leading a large group of cavalry behind him, rushing down from the slope, and charged towards the cavalry led by Gao Yue. , rushed towards the cavaliers behind Gao Yue who were long in length.

The sharp sword pierces, and the tiger descends.

All of a sudden, the thieves were in chaos, the horses and people were restless, their mouths widened, and they even panicked for a short time.

boom……

The imperial cavalry poured down, submerging the bandits in an instant, as if the muddy dirt road on a rainy day was washed out of the criss-cross ravines by the torrent, and the soldiers behind Gao Yue could hardly look at each other head to tail. Under the harvest of spears and crossbow arrows, a large number of thieves were first hit by three rounds of arrow rain, groaning, fell off their horses, and then submerged under the hooves of wolves and hooves, crushed into a pulp.

Strictly speaking, this team of cavalry pawns, composed of 36 cavalry under Gao Yue and seven or eight hundred old battalions, cannot be called cavalry, because there is no experience of charging and strangling each other in large-scale cavalry battles.

If cavalry tactics are used to rank the Donglu, the Han army, and the bandits, then the Donglu is undoubtedly the first rank, while the Han army is in the second rank. In the Taizu and Taizong dynasties, they even jumped to the first rank. As for this group of bandits Except for Gao Yue's core 36 cavalry, there are some who come and go like the wind, like arms and fingers, and then remove seven or eight hundred cavalry, most of the others are infantry on horseback.

In other words, if Gao Yue led seven or eight hundred riders over, he could react more flexibly, but this time with so many people, his mobility was restricted, and it became a complete burden instead.

After reorganizing the army and weeding out the old and weak, the cavalrymen of the Beijing camp waited for work at ease at this moment, condescending, and soon intercepted and killed Gao Yue's bandit army by dozens of sections.

If it happened three times, even the Tiejun couldn't withstand such a piercing, let alone a group of thieves who could be called mobs only relying on their own blood and bravery.

At this moment, Qu Guang was holding a spear, and under the retinue of his own soldiers, he led Qingqi to kill the queue of bandits.

At this moment, the general seemed to feel the feeling of Jiannu breaking through the Han army, galloping like a dog butchering a pig!

Looking around, the bandit cavalry was completely restrained, like a headless fly, and was divided into dozens of strands. Under the charge of this kind of person using the horse's momentum, the personal bravery could not stir up the slightest wave, and the sound of screams rang out. Many thieves were swept off their horses and trampled to death by the horses, including Gao Yue's 36 riders.

If you look at it from a high altitude, you can see Xu Changlong in the platoon, and the cavalry soldiers with their hair wrapped in red cloth scarves were smashed to pieces by the well-armored officers and soldiers.

Gao Yue's heart was already extremely anxious, his eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on his forehead were bulging. He shouted anxiously: "Ma Liang, bring someone over here, rush, bring someone out."

Ma Liang responded loudly, and led a dozen bodyguards to gather towards Gao Yue.

At this moment, Gao Yue's personal bravery and determination played a certain role. He quickly organized about 30 personal guards. In the end, there were more than [-] people gathered around him. As for the other thieves, they were either killed, or they were rushed off their horses and trampled to death by horseshoes.

Until the end, more than a thousand soldiers and horses were divided into dozens of groups, and the officers and soldiers with exhausted horsepower surrounded them in threes and fives, and strangled them in an organized manner.

"Brother, rush out, it's over, it's over!" Ma Liang and Wei Song both had blood on their faces and bodies, and they didn't know if it was their own or someone else's, and shouted at Gao Yue.

Gao Yue's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, he glanced at the entire battlefield, his catalog was about to burst, he felt his heart was bleeding.

Since the beginning of the army, although there have been major defeats, it has never been so miserable. Moreover, after finally accumulating such a family fortune, it was lost all at once.

At this moment, I suddenly caught a glimpse of the court general who was leading the charge with a long spear, and felt a fierce killing intent boiling in his chest, so hot that he couldn't speak, he couldn't help but clenched the golden silk tiger in his hand. With a big knife on his head, he gritted his teeth and roared angrily: "Brothers, follow me!"

Such as killing the general and capturing the flag, it is not that there is no chance of a comeback!

At this moment, Qu Guang also noticed Gao Yue who was surrounded by the crowd, his face was cold and hard, but there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth, he was not afraid, and led his guards to meet him.

"clang"……

The two horses passed by each other, sparks flew everywhere.

Qu Guang snorted coldly, feeling that the arm holding the iron gun was sore and heavy, and his heart felt a little stuffy. His legs clamped tightly on the horse to stand still, and he looked at the burly black-faced man in surprise.

This black guy has so much strength!

He thought to himself, with such appearance and figure, it must be the head of the thief, the tall black tower!

With this kind of force, I'm afraid that if he can't hold back more than a dozen rounds, he will lose.

Qu Guang frowned, pointing the gun at Gao Yue, Fu Ling's heart was full, and first shouted the words that all the generals of the Beijing camp would shout when they faced the enemy's bravery, and shouted: "Every army obeys the order, kill the black Face thief, Jieshuai will reward you with ten thousand taels of silver, and you will be promoted to three ranks!"

A reward of ten thousand taels of silver, if the leader of the bandit can be captured, even if it is 10 taels, the imperial court is willing to pay!

As for the promotion to the third level, he can be the master of the thousand households or less!

At this time, other personal guards and followers had already gathered towards Qu Guang, and some hundreds and thousands of households had already drawn out their sabers and spears after hearing what General Qu Guang said, and led their personal guards to kill Gao Yue.

A reward of ten thousand taels of silver and a promotion to three ranks, worth it!

At this moment, Gao Yue was also sobered up by the enemy's big gun. He looked coldly at the middle-aged general with a broad face opposite him, and thought to himself, how could there be such a general in the court!

At this time, Ma Liang and Wei Song looked at each other, holding sabers, and were about to drive their horses towards Gao Yue for help.

Then, at this moment, another sound of "da da" was heard. The guerrilla general Kang Shaowei, who had been hiding in the forest for a long time, led a thousand riders to sweep from the forest, like a black tide, double-teaming from the flanks.

Previously, Kang Shaowei had been waiting for the officers and soldiers to charge a few times. Seeing that it went well, he stayed dormant until the two sides reached a stalemate before leading the charge.

At this moment, with the addition of this fresh force, the official army seemed to be the last straw that overwhelmed the camel's camel's back. It completely woke up the gang of thieves who were still resisting endlessly because of their persecution. Frightened, they scattered in panic, and began to run desperately towards the plain.

However, this kind of lone cavalry soldier would not be able to escape far without being overtaken by the following officers and soldiers and turned into a dead soul under the knife.

Seeing that the general situation had come to an end, Gao Yue's eyes were almost darkened, and he almost couldn't breathe.

Only one thought lingered in my heart, three thousand cavalry soldiers, all died in one battle!

Death in one battle!

Ma Liang was also stunned for a moment, and said anxiously: "Brother, brother, it's urgent, let's go!"

At this moment, as far as the eye can see, there are cavalry soldiers everywhere, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. Of course, with Gao Yue's personal bravery, if he wants to fight out, he can certainly lead a group of people to fight a bloody path.

Gao Yue's expression changed, and without hesitation, he shouted: "Ma Liang, Wei Song, follow me to kill!"

However, I suddenly heard exclamations in my ears, at this moment, a hundred households stabbed in obliquely, grinning grinningly, and slashed a saber towards Gao Yue's neck!

"Mice dare you!" Gao Yue yelled fiercely, and slashed out the big saber in his hand, only to hear the sound of "clang", the saber in the hands of the hundred households was released immediately, a ferocious face showed panic, Gein's arms were a little bit Numb.

Cursing secretly in my heart, General Qu's mother-in-law is cheating...

Then, before he could dodge, he suddenly saw a flash of cold light, felt a pain in his neck, and fell into endless darkness.

And at this moment, the spears in the hands of a group of officers and soldiers also "swish" and pierced past, but "cengceng"... accompanied by the sound of the spears made of white wax poles being cut off, the scene was tragic. Then the cry sounded, and the three soldiers immediately fell down on their horses.

Seeing this scene, Qu Guang's face was ashen. His actions just now were to consume the energy of this black servant.

Sure enough, although Gao Yue was brave and good at fighting, he couldn't hold back the spears and sabers stabbing from all directions. After a while, his movements were a little slow.

Seeing this, Qu Guang didn't stay idle, holding a spear made of colorful iron, he threw it at Gao Yue with all his might.

"clang……"

Accompanied by sparks splashing and ear-piercing screams, Ma Liang set up a pair of knives aside, swayed on the horse, lay down on the horse's neck, and spit out a big mouthful of blood on the spot, soaking the horse's mane all over.

"Brother, let's go!"

Seeing this, Gao Yue became anxious, swung his sword to kill the scattered soldiers, and rushed to help Ma Liang regardless of his rib injury, while the two generals Wei Song and Wei Bochuan who were beside him also came to guard Gao Yue and blocked Qu Guang.

Just at this time, Li Zimin also led four or five subordinates, broke out from the encirclement of the officers and soldiers, and joined Gao Yue.

Wei Song's battle robe was dripping with blood on his shoulders at this moment, his flesh turned up, and he shouted, "Brother, hurry up, I'll break it!"

Gao Yue was not a pushy person either, under the desperate support of Li Zimin, Wei Bochuan, Ma Liang, and Lai Haiyuan, he led more than ten cavalry and fled towards the southeast.

Wei Song led two soldiers, held sabers in his hands, and said, "Officer dog, come here..."

However, it didn't take long before he fell off his horse under the continuous attack of the government army, hacked to death with random knives.

Qu Guang looked at Zhou Fang's personal guards at this moment, and said coldly: "I will kill the black-faced thief, and whoever gets his body will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver and be promoted to three ranks!"

After saying hello to his lieutenant general Kang Shaowei, he led more than a hundred cavalry to hunt down Gao Yue in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)