Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 180, Take this path

On the other side, Dai Quan was leading people to look for Shi Nai.

After asking several imperial guards, none of them knew where Shi Nai was.

In fact, at this time Shi Nai had already reunited with the Jia family.

The four major families are closely related. Shi Nai is Lady Jia's nephew and a cousin of Jia She, so the two are naturally allies.

During this period, Xiangyun ran into Yingchun and Xichun's carriage.

Although Xiangyun is usually carefree, she is still a girl after all. She was inevitably a little panicked when she suddenly saw such a scene of fighting. She felt more at ease only when she was with Yingchun and Xichun.

And seeing that Yingchun and Xichun were more frightened than her, Xiangyun was not so frightened anymore and even started to comfort Yingchun.

On the other side, Dai Quan couldn't find the prince, nor could he find Shi Nai, so he and his men were wandering around like a headless fly.

Soon, a loud noise was heard from outside.

"I am Fang Yong, Duke of Yonghuai. I am here to serve the king and protect him. Those who put down resistance will not be killed. Those who resist are all traitors!"

When Dai Quan heard that it was Fang Yong who came, he became even more flustered.

After Fang Yong arrived, a large number of Huaiyin troops began to pour in. The resistance of the Imperial Guards dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye, and countless people knelt down and surrendered.

As the saying goes, he who knows the times is a hero. Seeing that he had no chance of winning, Dai Quan just knelt on the ground obediently.

At this time, Dai Quan suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from afar.

Because most of the men were kneeling on the ground in surrender, the sounds of the battle became extremely obvious.

The sound was getting closer and closer, gradually coming towards this side.

Dai Quan looked up and saw a young man riding a white horse fighting with the Huaiyin army not far away.

Prince!

Dai Quan exclaimed in his heart.

However, the next moment, before Dai Quan could feel happy, there was a thunderclap and an arrow flew at high speed and hit the prince's knee.

It was a specially made arrow with great power, almost cutting off the prince's leg.

The prince screamed and fell off his horse.

Fang Yong did it on purpose.

With his strength, he could have shot the opponent directly, but he didn't do that. Instead, he chose to hit the knee which was not a vital point.

Although he did not know the prince, he saw the python pattern embroidered on the boy's clothes and knew that the other party was of noble status. Such a person would be more valuable to capture alive than dead, so he shot him in the knee.

The Huaiyin army quickly captured the prince who was unable to resist.

Dai Quan looked at this scene and wanted to rescue the prince, but he was powerless. There were too few soldiers around him. Even if he went up, he would only die in vain. It would be better to keep some useful people alive for future plans.

Fang Yong quickly surrounded the southward migrating team and controlled most of the people, but Emperor Longqing was not among them.

After questioning several people, they learned that Emperor Longqing had fled to the east.

Fang Yong immediately led a group of soldiers and horses to the east to pursue.

Fang Yong was not too anxious because he had ambushes in the east and Emperor Longqing could not escape.

However, Emperor Longqing led his men to escape quickly and fled to the Lianchi Village area in the east. At this time, the men and horses were a little tired. Seeing that there were no pursuers behind them, Emperor Longqing prepared to rest here for a while.

On the one hand, he had been living a life of luxury for a long time, and it was inevitable that his body could not bear the sudden disaster. On the other hand, he also wanted to wait here for Dai Quan and the prince.

However, just as Emperor Longqing stopped the car to rest, a large number of Huaiyin troops immediately rushed out of Lianchi Village and attacked Emperor Longqing's troops.

"No, there's an ambush!"

Emperor Longqing was horrified and quickly changed his car and fled.

Seeing this, the imperial guards around him rushed forward to buy time for Emperor Longqing.

The Huaiyin soldiers rushed forward like wolves and tigers!

Although they did not know the emperor, they still recognized the dragon flag. They were destined to have such good fortune. If they could get the credit for capturing the emperor, they would not have to worry for the rest of their lives!
Emperor Longqing was very anxious, but at this moment, there was a click from below. Due to the snow, Emperor Longqing's carriage hit a stone buried in the snow when turning, and the axle broke. At this time, the Imperial Guards had already started fighting with the Huaiyin Army. They were no match for the Huaiyin Army and were beaten back step by step by the Huaiyin Army, with heavy casualties, and could not maintain their formation at all.

Emperor Longqing was so frightened by this scene that he no longer cared about the carriage. He hurriedly got off the carriage, mounted his horse with the help of several personal guards and began to flee.

"His Majesty!"

Concubine Zhou called out sadly in the car.

Emperor Longqing pretended not to hear. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for him to care about his concubines anymore.

If there was enough time, he could kill Concubine Zhou first to prevent her from being humiliated by the bandits, but now his time was too urgent, and the Huaiyin army behind him was so close that he didn't even have time to kill Concubine Zhou.

Emperor Longqing kept whipping the horse under his crotch with a whip, hoping to go faster.

Emperor Longqing knew how to ride a horse. When he was in the palace, he often went hunting and played polo.

Although he rarely rode after becoming emperor, the basic riding skills were still there.

The Huaiyin Army behind them broke through the obstruction of the Imperial Guards and pursued quickly, but their distance from Emperor Longqing was getting farther and farther.

Just because their horses are not as fast as Emperor Longqing’s horses!

The horse ran too fast. The archer had never seen a horse run so fast before. He made a mistake in prediction and failed to hit the horse after several attempts.

Emperor Longqing's horse, like the prince's horse before, was a treasure presented by the envoys from the Western Regions. It was one in a million and naturally not comparable to ordinary horses.

The Huaiyin army could only watch Emperor Longqing escape.

Emperor Longqing fled at full speed on his horse, but on the road he saw smoke and dust billowing ahead, and it turned out that countless Huaiyin troops were coming to attack him.

This is Fang Yong’s team.

At this time, there were pursuers from both sides, so he could only choose to escape in the north or south direction.

Seeing this, the trusted guard of Emperor Longqing said:

"Now is the time for me to repay your majesty's kindness. Your majesty, please exchange clothes with me and take this northern path. I will deal with the pursuers. I think the enemy will not expect your majesty to escape back."

Emperor Longqing thought about it and felt that what the other party said made sense.

He left the capital and moved south, and now he is running north. He is back to the capital again, which the other party would never expect!
So he quickly exchanged clothes and fled north alone.

The guards quickly changed into Emperor Longqing's robes and pretended to be Emperor Longqing with the rest of the guards.

At this time, the pursuers had caught up, and the distance between the two sides was only two or three hundred meters.

Seeing this, the guards deliberately did not run away in a hurry to help Emperor Longqing buy time. Instead, they shouted in their dragon robes:

"I am the Emperor of Daxi. Are you trying to rebel by killing me?"

The guard's original intention was to attract the attention of the pursuers, but what he didn't know was that Fang Yong was in the army at that time.

When Fang Yong saw that the other party was wearing a dragon robe, he was delighted. He quickly took out his bow and arrow and shot an arrow, directly killing the other party's horse.

The guard had never expected that the other party could actually shoot his horse with an arrow from a distance of two or three hundred meters. He got up from the ground in embarrassment and hurriedly prepared to replace the horses of his teammates.

Fang Yong saw his intention and shot another arrow, killing his teammate's horse as well.

Soon, the guard in the dragon robe was captured by Fang Yong and his troops.

"How dare you be so rude, you idiot!"

At this time, the guard was still buying time for Emperor Longqing.

However, Fang Yong had already seen through it.

Although the two men changed their clothes, they did not have time to change the clothes under the dragon robes, including the shoes on their feet. As long as you look closely, you can tell that this is not Emperor Longqing.

Thinking of the man who looked like a guard fleeing to the north, Fang Yong immediately realized that the other person was the real Emperor Longqing, so he hurriedly led his men to chase him to the north.

I didn’t expect that Emperor Longqing could escape so well.

Fortunately, he also has an ambush in the north...

(End of this chapter)