Chapter 189 Famous Buildings
Like a civil servant’s office, the front of the general’s mansion is the office and the back is the general’s residence.
The lobby was brightly lit.
All the generals gathered and listened to a general's report.
"At first, the sound of fighting was heard from the Long Wei Bo's residence, and soon it spread to the north city. I sent someone to investigate, but they were stopped."
"Who is it?" Qian Jun asked.
"The Tiger Guards' left guards seemed polite, but the flag officers who reported back said that those people pointed their knives at our brothers and would kill them if they said something wrong."
"The Huben Zuowei gained their reputation through fighting in Datong. Brothers, we are a little... scared." The general lowered his head in shame.
"Someone raided Chang Weibo's residence." Qian Jun said slowly, "Then the fighting moved to the North City. Most likely, Chang Weibo fled to the North City..."
Everyone nodded, and someone muttered, "It would be best if he died."
Whoever launches the surprise attack will be in trouble, but we are free.
"General."
A sergeant came in and said, "Commander Jiang sent someone to tell him that Chang Wei Bo is going to kill someone. If the general doesn't want to die, do it quickly."
Qian Jun stood up suddenly, "What did you say?"
"It was Jiang Ce!" The general who reported it was shocked, "It was actually Lieutenant General Jiang who raided Chang Weibo's base!"
But since Jiang Ce raided Jiang Qingzhi's base, why did he ask Qian Jun to take action?
And they also said that Jiang Qingzhi was going to kill someone.
"The one who went to North City... wasn't Chang Wei Bo!" Jiao Bin's face changed drastically, "It was Jiang Ce!"
Jiang Ce was defeated and came to ask for help.
"God! You are planning to rebel!" A general staggered out of the hall, but outside were Qian Jun's trusted servants.
"Where is Wang Yuanfa?" Qian Jun suddenly asked.
Only then did everyone realize that the deputy general was not there.
If you fail to come when the general convenes a meeting, you will be late.
If it is a war, Qian Jun can order someone to kill Wang Yuanfa.
There are enemy troops outside the city at the moment, so we can just say it's a war.
"General!"
Jiao Bin asked anxiously, "What should I do?"
Everyone looked at Qian Jun. Some slowly retreated out of the hall, while others gathered together.
Qian Jun pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife, and a conflict between his conscience and his desires was brewing in his mind...
……
Changhui was born a horse thief. It was his instinct to take advantage of others, and it was also his instinct to avoid a strong enemy.
But Jiang Qingzhi had hundreds of troops ahead.
Changhui was moved.
Jiang Ce said, "Jiang Qingzhi is cunning, maybe he will get reinforcements."
"All my men are brave soldiers. Even if there are reinforcements, I can defeat Jiang Qingzhi before they arrive."
Chang Hui looked at Jiang Ce, "The Han Chinese have a saying, wealth and honor are sought in danger. Now wealth and honor are right in front of us... If we capture Jiang Qingzhi, or kill him, we can at least be promoted five levels."
In an instant, Changhui saw ambition and greed in Jiang Ce's eyes, but then they turned into timidity.
"Jiang Qing attacked us three times before. I think he was forcing us to take risks. He showed leniency tonight. This is a three-way trap. No, I heard that he used the same tactics in Datong. I'm sorry, I don't have the courage to fight him now. I'm leaving now."
Jiang Ce shook his head, and Chang Hui cursed: "Ming people are really cowards!"
"You may be a coward or a fool, but if you had gone through what I've been going through these past few days, I'm sure you wouldn't be any better. Let's go."
Jiang Ce turned his horse around without hesitation, "Let's go!"
He fled in panic with his remaining troops.
Chang Hui hesitated for a moment, but he was unwilling to give up his wealth and glory. "Kill Jiang Qingzhi!"
"kill!"
Jiang Ce looked back while galloping, and was annoyed to see that there were no ambushes around Jiang Qingzhi. But he couldn't look back at this moment, as the morale of his men could not withstand the loss.
"There's someone on the roof!" someone asked.
Jiang Ce looked up and saw dark shadows appearing on the roofs on both sides. They were holding something unknown and were about to smash it down.
Bah!
Jiang Ce smelled a familiar scent.
"It's kerosene!"
Changhui saw the horse in the front fall down. Amid the neighing of the warhorse, Jiang Qingzhi on the opposite side, holding a cigarette in his mouth, reached out to take the torch handed to him by Sun Chonglou, lit the cigarette, and threw it forward.
The torches flew past in circles.
It fell right into the middle of the charging enemy cavalry and bounced a few times on the ground.
boom!
The flames rose suddenly and quickly spread toward the long street.
Changhui's men were enveloped in a sea of fire.
The fire men and fire horses were howling and running around.
In the firelight, you could see groups of soldiers busy demolishing houses on both sides of the long street.
"Quick, tear down this row."
“Some people don’t want to leave.”
"Put it out."
Seeing his subordinates struggling in the sea of fire, Chang Hui's eyes were red with anger, "Jiang Qingzhi..."
"Retreat!" Without waiting for his order, the deputy general ordered a retreat before the fire spread.
The two led the remaining thousand cavalrymen to retreat towards the city gate. Chang Hui's eyes were filled with tears. "I failed to accomplish any meritorious service, and instead lost most of my men. The Khan will not forgive me when I return!"
"Let's just go back to being horse thieves!" The deputy general seemed indifferent, "Let's escape first."
"go!"
Thinking of the hardships he had gone through in his life, which would eventually turn into ashes, Changhui fell on the horse's back and spat out a mouthful of blood.
But he once heard a Ming Dynasty smuggler say something.
"As long as the mountains remain green, there will be no shortage of firewood! Jiang Qingzhi, the mountains remain green, the rivers remain flowing, we...will see you later!"
There was a sudden stop ahead.
"Why did you stop?" the deputy general cursed.
Changhui saw his subordinates in front of him were stunned.
An ominous premonition arose in my heart.
He and his deputy general rode forward.
Under the north city.
Rows of infantrymen were standing ready.
The roofs on both sides were filled with archers.
The chevaux de frise were densely arranged between the two armies.
Behind them were also archers from the Ming army, drawing their bows and ready to shoot.
A large flag was moving forward in the firelight.
On the other side of the chevaux de frise is the desperate Jiang Ce.
"Wang Yuanfa, it's you who really betrayed us."
Under the big flag, Wang Yuanfa said in a deep voice: "I have been waiting for you for a long time on the orders of Chang Wei Bo. If you drop your knife and kneel on the ground, you can live longer. Otherwise, today will be the day you die."
Jiang Ce laughed bitterly and said, "They've already plotted a rebellion, what's the point of still living? Fight your way out." He fed these servants with money and food, and most of them were willing to die for him.
"Fire arrows!"
Archers on the roofs on both sides continuously poured down arrows, and behind the chevaux de frise, the rain of arrows was equally dense.
Of the more than a hundred remaining soldiers of Jiang Ce, only about ten were left before they could rush to the flag.
Jiang Ce led them into the residential areas on the left, and just in time Chang Hui and his men rushed over to fill the gap they left.
"kill!"
Chang Hui raised his knife and shouted, "If you don't want to become a corpse on the Jingguan, fight your way out of the city!"
Wang Yuanfa sneered, "Raise the fire!"
Suddenly, a huge fire broke out on the top of the city.
Rows of soldiers lined up on the top of the city wall facing the city, and then walked down.
Waves of archers gathered on the city walls.
The density of the arrows made Changhui believe that only a single rain of arrows would turn himself and his men into hedgehogs.
He turned his horse around.
"Go into the city, burn everything you see, kill the people of the Light..."
Even if he died, he wanted to vent.
Hundreds of enemy soldiers followed him and turned to rush into the city.
"Deputy General, do you want to attack?" someone asked Wang Yuanfa.
Wang Yuanfa shook his head. “The order given by that uncle was to defend the North City. The rest has nothing to do with me.”
He looked at the night sky and suddenly smiled bitterly, "From now on, there is no place for me to stand in Xuanfu. That uncle is really..."
He thought of the night when Jiang Qingzhi and Xia Yan came to visit him and did not mention the embezzlement of military pay, but asked him to obey orders. Wang Yuanfa even hesitated.
Until the follower of Jiang Qingzhi came over.
Wang Yuanfa still remembered Jiang Qingzhi's expression at the time. He pointed at the young attendant and said easily, "This is His Royal Highness Prince Yu."
Unless he wants to rebel, Wang Yuanfa can only obey orders.
Wang Yuanfa knelt down immediately.
"Your Majesty, take your orders!"
……
The houses on both sides of the long street were still burning, but the fire did not spread.
You can even see through the flames that someone is busy behind.
It seems like they are demolishing the house.
The kerosene on the street was almost burned out, and the corpses of the men and horses were curled up in groups. The flesh and skin burst when the horses' hooves stepped on them, and the crackling sound was endless.
In front, hundreds of Ming troops were lined up.
Ma Fang was among them.
He was assigned to the Huben Zuowei and served as a small flag officer.
At this moment, the enemy is galloping towards us.
Ma Fang took a deep breath and was about to encourage his men, but he found that their expressions and breathing were normal.
This……
If the soldiers of Xuanfu had faced the charge of the enemy cavalry, they would have been scared long ago.
In front, Jiang Qingzhi raised his hand.
"Fire arrows!"
A rain of arrows flew past.
The warhorse fell to the ground, and amid the screams of both horse and man, Jiang Qingzhi pointed his sword forward.
"Tiger Guard Left!"
Everyone took a step forward.
The momentum rushed out, and the flames seemed to tremble and flicker continuously.
"Attack!"
Arrows rained down, knocking down the enemy cavalry in front. It was impossible to launch a large-scale cavalry charge on the long street, and the following enemy cavalry were forced to slow down.
And at this moment, the Ming army infantry arrived.
Cavalry that lose speed become targets for infantry armed with spears.
The cavalrymen were stabbed off their horses one by one.
Ma Fang led his men to charge forward. After killing one man, he felt that using a long sword was not enough, so he grabbed a spear and rushed to the front.
In front, a small flag was surrounded by two riders and was about to be defeated.
A long spear stabbed over like lightning, and a rider fell off his horse. Just as Xiaoqi was about to turn around, the spear attacked again.
The enemy cavalry fell off their horses, and Xiaoqi retreated quickly, shouting to his comrade who saved him: "Brother, thank you very much. Hey! What's your name? I'll treat you to a drink later, and you won't leave until you're drunk!"
"Ma Fang!"
The long spear waved and cast a spear shadow, and no enemy cavalry in front could stop it.
Xiao Qi was shocked, "What the hell! Where did this powerful general come from? Why have I never heard of him before!"
Hundreds of remaining enemies were quickly wiped out, leaving only dozens of them.
In the middle are Changhui and the deputy general.
Jiang Qingzhi came over surrounded by people.
"Put aside your sword and kneel on the ground to avoid death!"
"Fight him!" someone shouted and rushed out.
The knife flashed, and Sun Chonglou raised the head and roared, "Those who don't surrender will be beheaded and their heads will be used to build a memorial for them!"
He felt that it was not majestic enough. "I will stand on the very top, with a pee pouring down from above, hahahahaha!"
"It seems that they are all tough guys." Jiang Qingzhi said.
Chang Hui said: "I have received the Great Khan's kindness for many years, and I have always dreamed of following the Great Khan to the south to herd horses and recreate the great Yuan Dynasty. But after tonight I know that this is just a beautiful dream. The Great Khan is not awake, but I am awake."
Changhui knelt down.
"Changhui is willing to surrender."
As the torches flickered, the deputy general knelt down.
The soldiers knelt down one by one.
There was no one standing in front of Jiang Qingzhi.
In my mind, the ancient and desolate atmosphere became stronger and stronger, and the cauldron was speeding up...
Jiang Qingzhi looked to the north and said:
"Does Altan want to go south to herd horses? I was thinking of going north to build some buildings. What a coincidence."
Changhui raised his head and smiled flatteringly, "I wonder what kind of building you want to build, Changhui is willing to serve."
Everyone saw the young noble looking towards the north and said in a clear voice:
"Jingguan!"
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