In the dense forest, a stag ran panicked from the forest to an open space. There were people in the forest on all sides, blowing horns and gongs, waving flags and shouting. The frightened stag didn't know where to flee and stood there blankly.
In the forest, Huang Taiji, Tian Cong Khan, leapt out of the horse, bent his bow and arrow, and aimed at the deer's neck. Just as he was about to loosen the string, his mount suddenly neighed, and its hind legs kicked up wildly, almost knocking him off the horse!
Huang Taiji turned pale with fright, and hurriedly reined in the horse, but the horse did not stop, and kept spinning on the spot. Huang Taiji knew something was wrong, and lowered his head to take a closer look at his beloved horse, and suddenly saw an arrow piercing the hem of the royal robe and scratching the horse's belly.
A bloody mouth!
When a guard who caught up saw this, he shouted anxiously: "King Khan has been hit by an arrow!" As soon as he shouted, all the Belles ran over, looking panicked and nervous.
Duduo glanced around and saw that Dorgon was in the forest on the left and Jierhalang was in the forest on the right. Looking at the direction of the arrow, he could only point straight ahead, so he pointed forward and shouted: "It's Big Beile!"
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The moment the arrow flew out, Dai Shan also saw Huang Taiji running towards him. It was too late to stop him. He only felt that the blood all over his body surged to the top of his head, and his head immediately swelled! When he saw Huang Taiji's hind legs leaping into chaos, he
When he kicked, he knew that something bad was coming. He yelled, "Tie up Meng Ke and bring him here!" Then he rode forward and headed straight for Huang Taiji.
When he arrived in front of him, before the horse could stand firm, he jumped down hastily, staggered a few steps, knelt down, and apologized: "It was my lax control. I shot the deer and accidentally hit the Great Khan's imperial clothes. Please punish the Great Khan! I will kill him right away."
Kill that blind dog slave!"
"Oh? Didn't the big brother shoot it?" Huang Taiji's tone was neither cold nor indifferent.
Dai Shan hurriedly shook his head: "No, it's Meng Ke!" This is the crime of regicide, how can you admit it.
Everyone looked at him angrily, but after hearing that Daishan said it was Meng Ke, they all looked towards the forest opposite and saw Meng Ke being tied up by Wu Hua Da.
Before Mengke could get closer, Daishan jumped up and whipped him down. Mengke fell to his knees with a bloody streak on his face!
"Meng Ke, was it you who shot me?" Huang Taiji asked coldly on his horse.
Meng Ke knew that he had committed a capital crime, so he kowtowed and said in fear: "Yes... it was shot by a slave, but it was not shot at Khan, but... shot at a deer. The number of slaves is ten thousand, and it is a crime of death for ten thousand people!"
Huang Taiji asked him: "Who asked you to shoot the deer?"
Hearing Huang Taiji's question, Dai Shan's heart tightened, and Yue Tuo's expression also changed.
Meng Ke just kowtowed and stammered: "No, there is no one. When the slave saw the deer standing, he raised his arrow and shot. The slave only stared at the deer and did not see the Khan appear. Big Beile saw it and raised his bow.
I knocked out the slave's bow, but the arrow was already shot."
"The dog slave wants to kill the Great Khan, come here, tie him to a tree and shoot him to death with thousands of arrows!" Haug shouted, and immediately all the generals with two yellow flags shouted:
"Shoot him!"
"Cut him!"
When the shouting stopped, Huang Taiji ordered: "Wash him a hundred times and let him go."
"Let him go? The crime of regicide is only a hundred lashes?" Hauge was stunned, wondering why Ama let go of this slave who wanted to harm him. Huang Taiji ignored his son and only said to the Belles: "Mengke
He did not commit regicide, he shot at my clothes by mistake, and his crime did not lead to death."
"How did Father Khan know that he shot by mistake?" Hauge was unconvinced.
Seeing that Hauge was so frustrated, Huang Taiji was slightly angry and said coldly: "I saw his heart."
Hauge was still dissatisfied, and he said: "But after all, he shot King Khan! With such a light punishment, wouldn't those villains be more daring? He is just a Mongolian slave, and killing him is nothing more than killing a dog!" [
After hearing this last sentence, Huang Taiji immediately darkened his face and shouted: "He is a human being, my soldier, not a dog! Kill one to serve as a warning to others, to deter the lawless, and you cannot punish the crime lightly and kill the innocent in vain! Remember this for me,
Mongolians and Han people are all my people!" After saying this, he took the horse's head and said, "I'm going back. After being delayed for a few days, it's time to meet Lin Dan's son."
Behind him, Meng Ke fell to the ground and mourned, crying and shouting: "My slave, King Xie Khan, is a great favor from heaven and earth!"
In Jinyiwei North Town Fusi Imperial Prison, Wang Zheng, who was separated from Sun Yuanhua's cell by a fence, walked toward him tremblingly, grabbed the wooden fence, and cried out "Chu Yang" in pain but could no longer speak.
Weeping and unable to speak.
Chuyang is Sun Yuanhua's cousin, Wang Zheng is an old friend of Sun Yuanhua's teacher Xu Guangqi, and is Sun Yuanhua's elder.
Sun Yuanhua approached, held Wang Zheng's hand, and persuaded him in turn: "Senior, there is no need to cry for Yuanhua. Yuanhua has indeed betrayed the divine grace and deserves to die. However, senior is already old, so he must take care of himself!"
"It's unfair!" Wang Zheng murmured and said angrily, "It's not enough to kill one Yuan Chonghuan, we have to kill all the loyal ministers!" Sun Yuanhua didn't answer, was silent for a moment, and just sighed: "Yuanhua's death is not enough.
Unfortunately, it’s just…”
"Is there anything Chu Yang can't let go of?" Wang Zheng looked at Sun Yuanhua sadly.
"When Yuanhua Tianqi was dismissed in the seventh year and returned home, he did not avoid any suspicion. The only old friend he saw was senior. At that time, senior gave Yuanhua a farewell poem. Do you still remember it?"
Wang Zheng just nodded and said nothing. Sun Yuanhua turned away and chanted:
"I went to the woods to rest for a while and returned to the fields. I wanted to live in leisure and be filial and respectful.
The day flowers in the hall are full of color, and the osmanthus trees in the forest are showing off their flowers.
On the basis of talents, I have known the Hualiu species, and I can make decisions to clear the frontier smoke.
In the near future, the king of Ming Dynasty should have a dream to rebuild his meritorious deeds and conquer Yanran."
After reciting it, he sighed: "Oh, this Le Yanran's meritorious deeds cannot be restored."
These words made Wang Zhengsi burst into tears. He held it back for a while and smiled bitterly, "I didn't get it right, but you did."
"What did Yuanhua mean?" Sun Yuanhua didn't understand what Wang Zheng meant.
Wang Zheng smiled sadly: "Do you still remember your poem about the two-headed snake?"
Sun Yuanhua understood and sighed, "Yes, that's right."
"Sun Yuanhua, Master Xu, you are here!"
The call of the jailer came from outside, and the two of them looked over together. Sure enough, it was Xu Guangqi, followed by someone with a long and thin body. When they got closer and saw clearly, Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng were stunned. He was actually an Italian priest from Qintian Prison.
Tang Ruowang!
Sun Yuanhua stepped forward and shouted respectfully: "Students have met these two teachers!"
Xu Guangqi stepped forward and held Sun Yuanhua's hand, with tears in his eyes, and said: "Chu Yang, you can rest assured about your family. With me here, they will have no worries about food and clothing. Is there anything else you want to tell me?" [
Sun Yuanhua nodded slightly and did not say more about family affairs, but asked: "Have the rebels been defeated?"
Xu Guangqi said: "Dengzhou has been recovered. Li Kong cannot defeat Laizhou. It is the end of his powerful crossbow."
Sun Yuanhua lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "The only thing Yuanhua is worried about is the Eastern affairs. The students think that in order to secure the border, it is better to collect people from the Liao and make those who are good generals select and train them bravely, so that the Liao people can supplement the Liao soldiers."
, it can save a lot of recruitment costs, use Liao soldiers to guard the Liao land, and in particular, it can strengthen the nostalgia for the hometown, use the Liao land to store Liao grain, and also gradually reduce the cost of transporting grain and grass, so as to maintain peace at home in the midst of foreign wars.
Tao. Students think this is the key to today’s affairs.”
Xu Guangqi nodded frequently when he heard this. After Yuan Hua finished speaking, he sighed softly, pointed to Tang Ruowang and said, "I invited him here to perform the absolution ceremony for you and Wang Tao."
After hearing this, Sun Yuanhua hurriedly turned to Tang Ruowang and knelt down. After Tang Ruowang looked at him with a complicated expression, he took out the Bible with his left hand and slowly put his right hand on Sun Yuanhua's head.
In Denglai, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, who failed to surrender, decided to return to Dengzhou immediately. In order to confuse the Ming army in Xiaoguanzhuang, Li Zhongfu led 10,000 people to stay in the camp, and the remaining 40,000 troops evacuated at night.
Li Jiucheng's generals Xia Yuanliang and Zheng Qigang were the vanguard of the army. They led 6,000 soldiers to march towards Dengzhou ahead of the main force.
When they arrived at Zhaoyuan, Xia Yuanliang's eyelids were twitching, and he felt that there was danger ahead. He told Zheng Qigang, but Zheng Qigang didn't take it seriously, saying that the Ming army in Dengzhou only had a few thousand people, and it wouldn't be easy to let ten of them dare.
Don't dare to go out lightly. Just rush forward boldly. Once you reach Dengzhou, you can conquer the city in one go and win this first achievement. If you are lucky and can capture Shi Dayong, you will have to cut him into pieces before you can release him.
This bad breath in my heart.
Zheng Qigang felt bad in his heart. In the battle of Xiaoguanzhuang, he had seen how powerful the Jinzhou Army was. If reinforcements from the Ming Army had not arrived, the Jinzhou Army would have been wiped out long ago. There would be no disaster today. He was feeling aggrieved under Laizhou City.
After a few months of hard work, now we have to evacuate in despair. No one can bear this feeling.
The sun was rising high, and there was nothing but green shade in the field of vision. There was not even a bird in sight. There were 6,000 people on our side. Even if there was an ambush, there was no need to be too frightened. The top priority now was to get to Dengzhou as soon as possible.
, Xia Yuanliang knew very well what the consequences would be if he failed to capture Dengzhou. Li Zhongfu's ten thousand people would only last two or three days at most before the Ming army saw the truth. By then, all the Ming troops in Xiaoguanzhuang would come out and Dengzhou
But the state has not yet been captured. For the rebels, a real disaster is approaching.
Send the order and speed up the march.
When the soldiers who were tired of running for their lives heard that they wanted to speed up, they immediately started to complain, but they still speeded up under the officer's order.
After walking for another two or three miles, there was an open land in front of us, overgrown with weeds, and a few small woods on both sides.
The rebels at the front stopped almost instinctively. They looked at the open space ahead in astonishment.
There was no one in that open area, but there were people in the woods on both sides.
The people hiding in the forest seemed to have no intention of hiding their whereabouts. After the rebels arrived, they drove out of the forest without any scruples and shouted brazenly.
One ride, two rides, three rides
In the blink of an eye, nearly a thousand horses rushed out of the forest, one after another.
The rebels looked carefully and saw that every one of the cavalrymen had a human skull hanging on their chests. The hollow hollows of the skulls gave off a ferocious and terrifying light.