Chapter 24 Ambush
The more than 300 people behind Huang Shouzheng were wearing tattered mandarin duck jackets, but the weapons in their hands were polished to perfection. They formed a faint array between movement and movement.
From this point, we can see that Huang Shouzheng is different from other guards. The soldiers in his hands have considerable combat power.
"I came out of Jinling in a panic. I thought Huang Qianhu would leave me. Unexpectedly, Brother Huang actually refused to leave me at this time. I must have underestimated Brother Huang!"
Feng Yuan simply stated his thoughts and apologized to Huang Shouzheng sincerely.
This is showing attitude and trying to win people's hearts.
"Young prince, your words are serious! I am so ashamed of myself!"
Sure enough, Huang Shouzheng's face turned red when he was moved by Feng Yuan's attitude, and he quickly bowed down again, his voice trembling a little.
"During the time when the young prince came to Jinling, he recruited strong men and trained soldiers. He has great ambitions in his heart. He is not talented enough. He is willing to serve under the young prince, and he will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
As a guard soldier, he was born with the label of weak.
Huang Shouzheng was from a Qian family. He trained in sword and gun martial arts under the training of his father since he was a child, and developed his own skills. However, every time he went to Jinling, he would be looked down upon by the wealthy scholars and merchants. No one looked at him seriously.
He is also very ambitious. He is often stimulated by this and has long been thinking of finding opportunities to go into battle to kill the enemy and make great achievements.
After he has made great achievements, let those bullshit literati in Jinling know what he is capable of.
When Feng Yuan first started to recruit elites and train servants, Huang Shouzheng had heard about it, and then sent people to pay close attention to Feng Yuan quietly. He got some understanding of Feng Yuan, the direct grandson of King Zhou, so he thought of joining him.
The fact that Feng Yuan valued him so much now made Huang Shouzheng's blood boil. This feeling of valuing him was what he longed for most.
"Okay, okay! You will live up to me, and I will live up to you! From now on, Brother Huang will be Qianhu, the right guard of my Prince Zhou Palace!"
Feng Yuan laughed loudly.
Under the system of the early Ming Dynasty, the vassal prince could have three personal guards, each with as many as tens of thousands or as few as several thousand people. However, as Ming Chengzu came to the throne, the vassal princes' personal guards were gradually withdrawn. But in the Ming Dynasty, the vassal princes' personal guards were gradually withdrawn.
On the surface, the system of feudal princes' personal guards has not been abolished.
When he started to recruit guards, Feng Yuan had already organized the 300 people trained by Jiang Yingjie into the left guard of the palace, and Jiang Yingjie was the commander of the left guard.
Later, Feng Yuan will recruit all the three personal guards of the Zhou Palace to form a large army.
"Huang Shouzheng, the right guard of the palace, Qianhu, thank you young prince for your promotion!" Huang Shouzheng received the order loudly.
Zhao Heng, Sun Qi, Cui Wanfu and others saw this scene with envious expressions on their faces. As soon as Huang Shouzheng arrived, he became one of the top five figures in the Zhou Palace.
However, they also knew that Huang Shouzheng was originally a member of the imperial court, and when he defected, he brought more than 300 people with him. It was normal for him to be valued.
After Huang Shouzheng officially surrendered, the group did not waste any time and immediately headed towards the north ferry with food, grass, gold, silver and ordnance.
On the way, Feng Yuan pulled Huang Shouzheng, and Jiang Yingjie kept talking, intentionally or unintentionally trying to teach him a few words.
"Huang Shouzheng's martial arts and military training abilities are similar to Jiang Yingjie's, and he also has a certain ability to command battle formations. He is a talented person!"
Feng Yuan secretly made an assessment of the subordinates he had just taken over.
Hua Hua Hua! There is a faint sound of river water coming from ahead.
After walking on the road for more than half an hour, everyone finally arrived at the ferry in the north of Jinling. Two large ships had already docked at the riverside. These were pre-arranged ferries.
"It's a bit strange! We killed a thousand households and slapped those uncles in the face, but they didn't send anyone to chase them?"
He was about to board the ship and head to Jiangbei, but Gu Rujin had some doubts on his face.
According to his calculations, after their group reunited with Jiang Yingjie, Jinling's pursuers would arrive. He also deliberately reminded everyone to be alert.
But the expected pursuers never arrived. It was really puzzling.
"It's not that the pursuers didn't arrive, they rushed ahead of us! Young prince, brothers, you haven't been in Jinling for a long time, and you don't know Uncle Xincheng and Duke Wei well!"
Huang Shouzheng explained aloud.
"The soldiers in the city are useless. It's okay to let them wave flags to cheer. It's harder to get them to go into battle and kill people than to climb to the sky! The most powerful people in Xincheng Bo and Wei Guogong's hands are not the soldiers, but their servants.
And the experts from several escort bureaus! The backers behind the several escort bureaus in the city are the honorable nobles of Jinling!"
"Another point is that the use of large groups of people to fight outside Jinling City has a huge impact. They are well-informed. No matter where we land, we can't hide it from the other party's eyes and ears! So I concluded that these pursuers have crossed the river in advance and are in Jiangbei
Waiting for us!"
"You can let them come, but why are you afraid of them?" Jiang Yingjie said coldly.
Feng Yuan said nothing and took a deep look at Huang Shouzheng. His thinking was clear and worthy of reuse.
Half a day later.
Feng Yuan and his seven or eight hundred people have crossed the river and arrived in Jiangbei. Their destination is near Pizhou in Huai'an Prefecture.
Huai'an Prefecture is close to Shandong, and a large number of refugees in Shandong go south, so they can choose young men to train their troops. Moreover, the rivers here are crisscrossed and the land is fertile, making it easier to raise troops in the fields with half the effort.
After the Jiashen Incident in the future, King Fu, King Lu, King Chong, and King Zhou who broke out from Kaifeng Mansion with Feng Yuan all gathered here. Generals Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie also withdrew from Shandong to Huai'an.
If Feng Yuan can recruit all these people, he can become one of the few people who can influence the general trend of the world.
"My young prince, the mountains ahead are densely forested, and it is the only way to Huai'an Mansion. Be careful of enemies ambush!"
When he came to an important road, Huang Shouzheng looked at the surrounding environment and quickly stepped forward to remind him.
"Master Sun, Master Cui, go and explore in front!"
Feng Yuan nodded slightly and waved his hand, and more than 600 people who were rushing stopped and were on guard. Zhao Heng and Jiang Yingjie held down the handles of their knives at their waists.
Sun Qi and Cui Wanfu were very good at making light bodies. After receiving the order, they immediately ran towards the mountains and forests ahead. The two of them were as agile and agile as flying birds, and they ran far away in the blink of an eye.
Soon, there was a commotion in the forest ahead, and there seemed to be the sound of weapons clashing and fighting.
Sun Qi and Cui Wanfu ran out in a somewhat embarrassed state, with Cui Wanfu even having a laurel hanging on his shoulder.
"Everyone, be careful, there's an ambush inside!"
As if they found that the ambush was ineffective, a large number of people and horses rushed out from the mountains and forests. There were as many as a thousand people.
Everyone had a sinister look on their faces, and there were seven or eight men in different costumes at the front. Two of them had gray hair and were quite old.
"The five elders of the Wen family of the Shiliang sect?"
After Zhao Heng saw these two old men, he recognized each other's identity and was immediately surprised. He did not expect that the nobles in Jinling City were actually involved in the Shiliang Sect.
Chapter completed!