Chapter 23 Beheading
Zhou Shixiang had to worry. There were only 30 bandits from Daqiao Mountain who entered the city, but the Qiang General of the Qing army led more than a hundred people to run to the west gate. At the moment, they were frightened and were only concerned about running away. But once they found that the Li Dingguo army was not the one who entered the city, the trouble would be great.
Don’t be afraid of ten thousand in everything, just be afraid of something!
When the night suddenly raised an incident, they killed and set fire. The people of Daqiaoshan did a good job. But if they really wanted to fight against the Qing army, they were afraid they would not be their opponents at all. What's more, the bandits of Daqiaoshan were actually a group of mobs! If the Qing army hadn't feared Li Dingguo like a tiger, how could this fox's plan to pretend to be a tiger!
Zhou Shixiang was worried that things would change and wanted to fly to the West Gate. However, he had no other way to imagine except killing the Qianzong of the Qing army in one fell swoop and causing the remaining Qing army to collapse completely due to no one's command.
"Driving!Driving!Driving!"
Zhou Shi shook the whip several times in a row, and the big green horse under his crotch obviously felt the anxiousness of the new owner on his back, but the road ahead was not smooth. There were burning houses everywhere and crowds of people everywhere. Even if it was determined to run faster, it would not be able to.
There were several times when the big green horse almost hit the crowd in front of him. If it weren't for the good riding skills he had learned when he was a cavalry in his previous life, Zhou Shixiang might have fallen down many times.
I want to arrive at Ximen as fast as possible, but I don’t want to hit the crowd. There is nothing in this world that both worlds are beautiful!
Although he didn't want to, the big green horse knocked a middle-aged man who was busy running for life to the ground. He didn't bother to look at the man more. Zhou Shixiang was already leaving with guilt, and only the screams of the man and the curses of the people came from behind him.
"Kill, kill me!"
Before he arrived at the west gate, Zhou Shixiang heard the shouts and killing in front of him. Looking at the fire, dozens of Qing soldiers and more than twenty men from Daqiao Mountain were fighting under the city gate. Under the sword and fire, twenty or thirty corpses were already lying on the ground.
The place under the city gate is very small, dozens of people twisted and killed each other, and the light inside is dark, so I can't see who is who is. I can only judge whether it is an enemy or a friend based on whether it is a hair or not on my head.
Zhou Shixiang didn't see Boss Hu, and his heart sank. He thought Boss Hu had already died, but when he saw the people of Daqiao Mountain under the city gate, he was not panicked. He heard Ge Wu's voice vaguely. He couldn't help but know that Boss Hu must not be dead, otherwise these bandits would not be still fighting against the Qing army, and they would have dispersed long ago.
The Qing army's snake cannot do without a head, and the bandits cannot do without a head!
In addition to the dozens of Qing soldiers who were grabbing the gate under the city gate, Hu Shixiang saw several Qing troops riding horses less than ten feet away from the city gate. Because they were too hasty when they ran away, these Qing troops did not wear hats and were wearing some clothes randomly. It was impossible to tell from the clothes that one was the Qianzong of the Qing army.
However, this did not make Zhou Shixiang difficult. He looked carefully for a while and found that one of the people kept making gestures at the city gate, shouting something from time to time. The other Qing soldiers riding horses were just around him and had no gestures. Zhou Shixiang thought about it and knew that the Qing army who made gestures must be the Qian General, and most of the rest were his personal soldiers.
Shoot the man and shoot the horse first, and capture the thief first!
After determining which target to be killed, Zhou Shixiang took a breath and pulled out Yuyunlong's sword from the scabbard. With a force of his legs, the big green horse immediately neighed, spread his hooves and rushed forward.
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At this time, Kong Guoliang was already so anxious that he smoked from his orifices. He did not realize that it was not the Ming army who entered the city, nor did he find that the opponent's main personnel were trying hard to stop him from escaping. He only thought that these people were the inner responders who sneaked in from the Ming army, and the Ming army's large team had not arrived yet.
The reason for this is that I have to thank those Luo Ding people who were even more panicked than the Qing army. It was their loud shouts that covered up the voices of the real enemies in the city, making Kong Guoliang unable to tell how many enemies there were. He only thought that the Ming army had entered the city, and if he did not escape from the city, there would be only a dead end.
It has been a long time since he was delayed. Kong Guoliang, who was only a slight chance to leave the city, looked very ugly. He wanted to dismount and seize the door himself several times, but he was afraid that he would not have the chance to run away again after the horse was dismounting, so he had to pin his hopes on Shao Jiugong who was commanding people to seize the door.
Just as he was so anxious that he didn't know what to do, the neighing sound of war horses suddenly came from behind him. Kong Guo was shocked and felt an unknown feeling: Could it be that the Ming army's cavalry was chasing him?!
Turning his head and seeing where there were any Ming army cavalry, only one man and one horse galloping towards him. Kong Guoliang was stunned, not knowing whether the other party was an enemy or a friend. When he saw the tip of the knife in the man's hand pointed at him, he immediately woke up and shouted at his personal soldiers: "Stop him, stop him!"
"twitter!"
Two Kong Guoliang's personal soldiers waved their swords and rushed towards Zhou Shi. As personal soldiers, their life and death were already integrated with the generals, and they had much more food, drink and pay than others on weekdays. How could they not work hard for Kong Guoliang?
Kong Guoliang's soldiers were the Green Camp soldiers from Jiangxi. The Green Camp soldiers were not equipped with cavalry arrangements, and they were all infantry. Only generals at all levels were equipped with Mongolian horses as mounts. Most of their personal soldiers were only equipped with inferior horses for transportation. Therefore, compared with the big green horse that seized freedom from Yunlong under Zhou Shixiang's crotch, the two personal soldiers of Kong Guoliang looked short and small.
With the great advantage of the big green horse, he immediately developed a good skill in his previous life. How could Zhou Shixiang take the two Kong Guoliang's personal soldiers seriously? When he rushed to the horse, he waved his sword and slashed it. He immediately hit the face of the Qing soldiers on the right. But when he heard a scream, he fell from the horse, and the ownerless cavalry rushed forward without knowing how to do it.
The personal soldiers of Kong Guoliang on the left were already complaining when they saw the Mongolian horse under Zhou Shixiang. When they saw their companions being hit by the opponent, they felt cold and they were not as good as killing. They turned their heads and wanted to avoid it. However, the big green horse's movements were faster than it. As soon as the horse's butt turned, they were already hit by Zhou Shixiang's back. The blade was thrown off the horse with the inertia of the big green horse.
Zhou Shi killed two people in succession, and his movements were so fast that Yun Long was stunned. He knew that this person was invincible, so he subconsciously wanted to run out of the city quickly. However, Shao Jiugong led his men to death but failed to take them off. He was anxious and hated, and Zhou Shixiang rushed towards him again. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and squeezed his horse to meet him. On the horse, he was frightened and his eyelids kept pounding. How could he have the courage of the past?
Kong Guoliang rushed up, and the remaining three personal soldiers hurriedly followed him, but they were a little slower.
The brave one wins when we meet on a narrow road!
Zhou Shixiang, who had already stabilized Kong Guoliang's several heads in his momentum, was not afraid. He rushed forward with one sword. When the two mounts met, a blood column spurted into the air, followed by a broken arm falling to the ground. The broken arm still held a waist knife tightly in his hand.
The moment his arm was chopped down, Kong Guoliang felt that thousands of arrows were so painful that he lost his arm. He could not balance immediately. After shaking a few times, he fell to the ground. After a heavy blow, he was dizzy, but he was still a man. He held his broken arm and did not shout, but instead wanted to stand up again. Unfortunately, Zhou Shixiang would not give him a chance to stand up. The big green horse passed by, and the long knife passed by his neck, and it was cut into pieces.
Kong Guoliang's left hand instinctively wanted to touch his neck, but his head was drooping before it reached the middle of his neck. Ren Shang was standing, but the braid on the back of his head was hanging to the front waist.
"Mr. Kong is dead, Lord. Kong is dead!"
The three personal soldiers who witnessed Kong Guoliang's death screamed. The Qing army who heard the sound was stunned. Shao Jiugong even shuddered and looked back. In his sight, Kong Guoliang's body fell to the ground, his head sank on the ground in front of him, and he didn't move.
It's over!
The only breath of Shao Jiugong's mention fell down and stood there blankly.
"Those who surrender are exempt from death!"
Zhou Shixiang was standing with his sword and his voice was so loud that he could hear it clearly inside and outside.
When everyone in the Daqiao Mountain in the city gate heard the sound, they cheered. Ge Wu shouted excitedly: "It's Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou!"
"Brothers, Brother Zhou killed Tartar Qian Zong, Brother Zhou killed Tartar Qian Zong!"
Although Boss Hu could not see the Qing star outside, the sudden stop of the attack on the opposite side made him sure that the Tartar President Qian was indeed killed by Zhou Shi. The excitement in his heart was really hard to describe in words. If Zhou Shi could not kill the Tartar President Qian, I am afraid that these subordinates in the city gate would not be able to hold on.
No one knew what to do about the remaining Qing army. They neither fought with the bandits in front of them nor retreated, but just stared blankly.
"You Mr. Qian is already dead. Do you want to be buried with him? Put down the sword in your hand. If the Han people don't kill the Han people, I guarantee you will not die!"
Zhou Shixiang didn't want to cause trouble. It would be best if these Qing troops could put down their weapons, but it was already a victory. He didn't want the darkness before dawn to have any unnecessary casualties.
"Mr. Shao, what should I do?"
Someone from the Qing army was moved and looked at the remaining officer Shao Jiugong and pointed at him to make an idea.
Shao Jiugong smiled bitterly. If Kong Guoliang was not dead, it would not matter if all these people died. As long as he could escape to see Kong Guozhi, Shao Jiugong would still be in charge and would have soldiers under his command. But now, when Kong Guoliang died, Shao Jiugong would have no way out. Even if he could escape, Kong Guozhi, who was his brother, would not let him go.
Seeing that everyone was shaken, and thinking that the Ming army did not have the habit of massacring Qing army prisoners of war, Shao Jiugong was also willing to sacrifice his life at the moment. Now he should save his life.
"Brothers, you have surrendered. We have done our best. Lord Qian will not blame us if you know underground."
"It's down!"
Hearing what he said, the Qing army immediately felt relieved, threw the swords in their hands on the ground, and then honestly retreated from the city gate and walked to the open space in front.
Boss Hu used to be Li Chengdong's personal soldiers, and some men under him also served as Ming army. Naturally, he knew how to deal with these surrendered Qing army. According to their ideas, it would be better to kill them all because they kept these Qing soldiers. After all, they were short of manpower. If these Qing army knew the truth, they would definitely cause chaos if they were unwilling to accept it.
Chapter completed!