Yongli Ming Dynasty

Chapter 117: Killing the Driver

Li Chengdong had a determined look on his face, staring closely at the generals in front of him.
When Ma Bao and the others heard Li Chengdong's words, their expressions suddenly changed.
Everyone finally understood what Li Chengdong meant by wealth and honor. Capturing the ruler of a country and destroying a dynasty is a greater wealth and honor than taking over Guangzhou.
However, when Ma Bao heard Li Chengdong's words, his face did not show much joy, but a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

Attacking and killing the emperor is certainly a great achievement, but since the emperor is traveling, he must be escorted by soldiers. They only have three or four hundred people. Can they really kill him?

Besides, that's the emperor.

Ma Bao looked at the braid hanging down the side of his face. He was a Han Chinese, but now he suddenly became a soldier of the Tartars and had to kill the Han emperor for the Tartars. He couldn't tell what he felt at the moment. He only felt that his emotions were extremely complicated.
Ma Bao saw Du Yong and Yan Keyi's eyes flickering, and everyone remained silent. After hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said
"General, what you said is indeed a great achievement, but since the emperor is in that team, he must have soldiers accompanying him. We only have so many people and we are alone in deep territory. If we get into a tough battle, it may not be a good thing."

"In my opinion, it is better to seize Guangzhou City as planned. The emperor will be frightened and flee when he sees Guangzhou City being captured."

"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was suddenly attacked and had no idea of ​​our situation. I'm afraid his first reaction would be to dispatch troops to protect his own safety. He would not dare to attack Guangzhou right away. This would buy time for the main force behind him."

"When the Ming court figures out our strength, our rear army will surely arrive soon. Even if the Ming army is decisive enough to attack Guangzhou City right away, we all have horses, so we can easily plunder and leave at ease."

"So I think it would be safer to continue attacking Guangzhou."

Du Yonghe and the others were so excited when they heard this that they paused. After thinking carefully about what Ma Bao said, they even showed a hint of hesitation.

What Ma Bao said does make sense. The Ming emperor is tempting, but they have to consider whether they can swallow him first. If the merits are lost, they can be re-established, but life is only this short.

On the contrary, if they follow what Ma Bao said, they have a great chance of taking Guangzhou City. At the very least, they can plunder the city and their lives will not be in danger at all.

Ma Bao's method is indeed more reliable for them.

Li Chengdong looked at Ma Bao, frowned slightly, but then he turned his eyes and spoke loudly again
"Brother Ma Bao, you are worrying too much. I have personally seen that team. There are only about 1,000 or 2,000 people. The vanguard cavalry is only 200 to 300, and the middle is full of baggage and women. According to my estimation, there are only about 700 to 800 soldiers in this team."

"The enemy is in the open, I am in the dark, and there are a lot of women in the team. As long as we rush in, the team will be in chaos."

"As long as the troops are in disarray, what good will it do him even if he has thousands of soldiers?"

The generals below heard this and nodded again

This team only has about 1,000 to 2,000 people, of which at most there are 1,000 soldiers. They have more than 400 people. As long as they can break into the team first, the team will surely be defeated.

The generals' eyes lit up again when they thought of this. Ma Bao saw the expressions on everyone's faces and his heart sank. He was about to speak, but Li Chengdong spoke first.

"The Ming Dynasty is unjust, levying heavy taxes and levying heavy taxes. Wars are raging everywhere in the country. We have no way to survive, so we join the army. If there is a glimmer of hope for survival, who would be willing to rebel?"

"We first followed Lord Dashun to start an uprising, and it was so joyful to kill corrupt officials and corrupt officials."

"Later, I followed Master Gao and joined the Ming court. I thought that the Ming dynasty would learn from the change of emperor, but it became even worse!"

"Mr. Gao was so loyal to the Ming court. He helped the Ming Dynasty to suppress so many rebellions after he surrendered to the Ming court. But what did he get in return? He was murdered in the dark by the treacherous officials in the court."

"It's a pity that Master Gao, a hero in his lifetime, didn't die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of those villains in the dark room of the Ming court."

"The Ming Dynasty is beyond salvation!"

"Hundreds of years ago, the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty ruled the Central Plains. Now the Ming Dynasty has gone against the grain and its luck has run out, so the Qing Dynasty has taken over the Central Plains again. This is the cycle of fate and cannot be resisted by human power."

"If you don't take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences. It is destiny that we have met the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It is destiny that wants us to destroy this unjust and incompetent emperor and end the fate of the Ming Dynasty."

Li Chengdong glanced at the generals below who were deep in thought, his eyes flickered slightly, and he continued to speak.

"Since the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty is in that team, there must be a large number of Ming Dynasty ministers among them."

"The Qing court has always been generous. We have been rewarded for almost all the contributions we have made along the way south."

"If we capture the Ming emperor this time, I only want the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The rest of the Ming court officials will be handed over to you. As long as we can capture the emperor and his officials, all of us brothers will be dukes in the future."

"Brothers, are you willing to follow me and fight for a place of nobility?"

Li Chengdong looked serious and spoke loudly, but his palm was lightly pressing on the handle of the knife.

"I wish to follow the general and serve him for generations to come!"

Du Yong, Yan Keyi and others blushed as they listened to Li Chengdong's words, and immediately shouted
Ma Bao's expression changed slightly, but at this time he had no choice. Li Chengdong put his hand on the hilt of the knife. If he still objected at this time, he would probably be taken down by Li Chengdong immediately.

Ma Bao made up his mind, his face suddenly turned red, greed appeared in his eyes, and he followed everyone and shouted, "I obey your orders!"

The people in the forest made up their minds to kill the Ming emperor, so they no longer hesitated. Everyone still put on outer robes to cover their leather armor and disguised themselves as an escort team and headed out of the forest.
But this time they did not go to the East Gate. Instead, the soldiers went straight through the north of Guangzhou City and headed west.
On the official road, Zhu Lang lifted the curtain of his carriage, and the gray city wall in the distance was faintly visible.
Zhu Lang looked at the Guangzhou city wall at the end of his sight, and frowned slightly. The wall was five or six meters high, but only three or four meters low. Two people could almost climb up the wall together.

Zhu Lang lowered the curtain, his face showing dissatisfaction. The Guangzhou city wall had obviously fallen into disrepair and was no longer usable.
When he arrives in Guangzhou, he must immediately send people to rebuild the city wall.

Moreover, the height of the city wall is too low. How can five or six meters be enough? The city walls of important cities in the north are as high as seven or eight meters. Guangzhou City must be built according to this standard.

Since the capital was moved to Guangzhou, Guangzhou would be the capital of the country in the future.

Moreover, if he can hold off the Qing troops in Jiangxi and Fujian this time, the Ming Dynasty will have to make Guangzhou its capital for a foreseeable period of time. In this case, it would not be excessive to attach great importance to Guangzhou.
Zhu Lang was thinking about repairing the city wall when suddenly there was a slight sound on the table.

Zhu Lang was stunned, looking at the blue and white teacup on the table. The white porcelain tea lid was faintly jumping, and the rim of the cup was clinking.

Then not only the teacup, but the entire carriage began to shake, and a huge exclamation came from outside the carriage.
Zhu Lang lifted the curtain of the carriage and subconsciously looked out. This sight made him stunned.
At the end of the sight, smoke and dust rose behind the team

Countless cavalrymen in black leather armor suddenly emerged from the smoke and dust, pressing towards the team like a high black wall, and the rumbling sound of horse hooves resounded throughout the fields.

The cavalrymen in front had ferocious expressions on their faces, and their bows were bent into full moons.
绷绷
The sound of bowstrings rang out, and a rain of arrows flashing with cold light suddenly covered the end of the team.
The imperial guards at the end of the team had no time to react and fell down in an instant. A red blood mist suddenly rose up in the team.
After two rounds of arrow rain, the enemy cavalry rushed to within a dozen steps of the imperial guards in the rear.
"Change swords and kill the enemy"

Suddenly there was a loud shout from the cavalry, and the riders in leather armor immediately replaced their bows and drew their long swords.
bang bang

The distance of more than ten steps passed in a flash, and the enemy cavalry rushed into the rear formation in an instant, and the rear team was immediately thrown to the ground.

The black-armored cavalry had cruel expressions on their faces, their long swords flew left and right, countless body parts and broken walls flew up, and the air was immediately filled with a strong smell of blood.
"braid"

"They are Tartars. The Tartars are coming to kill us!"

The black-armored enemy soldiers rushed left and right in the team, constantly attacking the imperial cavalry who wanted to gather together.
Finally someone in the crowd reacted and shouted in horror.
The crowd was quiet for a moment, and then suddenly there was chaos.
When the stunned crowd heard that the Tartars were coming, horror appeared on their faces, and they stampeded forward as if they were risking their lives, fleeing towards Guangzhou City, which was several miles away.
Zhu Lang sat in the carriage with a dull look on his face. At this moment, the front was already in chaos and the carriage had already stopped.
Zhu Lang didn't react until he heard the shouts from the crowd.

He looked at the black-armored soldiers with ferocious expressions who were constantly strangling the crowd, and then he discovered that these people actually had a long thin braid behind their heads.
These people are actually the Qing army Tartars!
"Your Highness, the rear army has been defeated, Guangzhou City is ahead, run away quickly!"

Li Guoyong's face was pale. He brought a tall brown warhorse from somewhere, with a look of panic on his face.

At this time, Zhu Lang's convoy was less than three miles away from Guangzhou City. They could even see the colorful tents set up by the west city gate and the groups of people gathered in front of the city gate.
Those people were originally going to go out of the city to welcome the Guangzhou officials of His Royal Highness the Regent, but now seeing the fighting in the rear, there was chaos in front of the city gate, and countless figures were scrambling to escape into the city gate.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, please leave quickly, it's too late."

Li Guoyong looked anxious and kept pulling Zhu Lang's arm, trying to drag him out of the car.
But Zhu Lang still sat in the car in a daze, not moving a muscle.

Zhu Lang's mind was blank, and he only felt a faint call coming from his ear. He felt as if someone was shouting something in his ear, but he couldn't hear it clearly. It was only then that he gradually came back to his senses.

He looked at the black-armored Qing soldiers at the end, who were slashing and killing with blood all over their bodies. There was only one thought in his mind: How could there be Qing troops here? Guangzhou is located in the hinterland. How could there be Qing troops here?
He knew that the Qing army had raided Guangzhou in his previous life, but that was because the Yongli Emperor and the Shaowu Emperor fought for the throne of the Ming Dynasty. Shaowu Emperor sent all the soldiers in Guangzhou to fight against Yongli, which made the Qing army's raid successful.

But now even Emperor Shaowu is gone, why would the Qing army still raid Guangzhou? How could they raid Guangzhou?

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from among the black-armored cavalrymen.

"The Ming Dynasty has run out of luck, the Qing army has arrived, the false Ming emperor, please dismount and surrender immediately"

When one cavalryman shouted, all the cavalrymen shouted together.

The cavalrymen's braids fluttered behind their heads, and their long swords were waving incessantly. For a moment, the whole area was filled with shouts of people dismounting and surrendering.
At the front of the team, Li Chengdong was wearing iron armor and riding a horse. He flashed the long sword in his hand, and the head of a cavalry soldier flew up.
Li Chengdong wore an iron helmet and a black iron mask on his face. There were twisted ghost patterns painted on the iron mask, making him look ferocious and terrifying.

He shook off the blood on his long sword and looked forward. Not far ahead, he saw two large yellow dragon banners falling to the ground.

When Li Chengdong saw the yellow dragon banner, his eyes suddenly fixed. When he saw the bright yellow figure sitting beside the car, a surprising light flashed across his face.
A loud shout suddenly rang out in the field.
"Catch the emperor and make him a duke"

In the chaos, the burly general in iron armor pointed his long sword, and dozens of riders behind him suddenly rushed through all directions and gathered behind Li Chengdong.
"Catch the emperor and make him a duke"

Dozens of black-armored knights also shouted in unison, and the shouts suddenly resounded throughout the field.
The cavalrymen galloped forward, like a black iron spear that pierced through all the horses and men along the way, and then rushed straight towards the figure in the dragon robe in the center of the team.
I saw a classmate leave a message, saying that he wanted a role, and the next battle between the two sides just happened to need some supporting roles

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