When Tan Bai gathered all the five thousand Qing soldiers under his command, he discovered that Liu Ruyi was bleeding from wounds all over her body and had passed out from the pain!
Tan Bai had no choice but to call in the shaman who accompanied the army to treat Liu Ruyi's injuries. He anxiously led five thousand Qing cavalry and rushed toward the southwest of Pinggu City!
Although the Manchus and Qing Dynasties had established a state, they still had not gotten rid of the shadow of the slave society in many aspects, such as medical care!
The army shaman was a woman in her fifties, with a wrinkled face, gray hair, and various colors on her cheeks. At first glance, she didn’t look like a human being, but more like someone deep in the Changbai Mountains.
The 'wild monkey' here!
She didn't check Liu Ruyi's injuries at all. She just lit an incense burner and burned a stick of incense. Then she started to jump up and down, and kept applying the spilled incense ashes to Liu Ruyi's wounds.
superior!
Liu Ruyi was helpless, but in order not to expose any flaws, she had to be treated as her 'guinea pig!'
At this time, a guard walked in at the door, but it was Liu Meng, the guard commander who came from the Liu Mansion in Licheng. He quietly made a gesture to Liu Ruyi, which meant that Tan Bai had left the city!
Liu Ruyi understood, nodded slightly, winked at Liu Meng, and stretched out his hand slightly!
For a moment, Liu Meng rushed forward like a crazy cheetah, and struck the shaman on the back of the neck with his palm. The shaman didn't react at all, his body tilted, and he fell to the ground in a daze.
Just when Liu Meng was about to take the life of the shaman, Liu Ruyi waved his hand to stop him, "It's not easy for her either. Leave her a way to survive! Let's go, our business is important!"
"Yes!" Liu Meng responded, and hurriedly protected Liu Ruyi and rushed out of the door.
At this time, Tan Bai had already led a large army to rescue him. In the Pinggu County government office, there were only some literati in the accounting room and the managers of various supplies.
A Han steward saw Liu Ruyi coming out and hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "General, are you okay? It's best for you to rest here for a few days and recover from your injuries before leaving!"
In this era, although many Han literati had defected to the Manchus, their treatment was not high. Seeing the official robe of Niu Lu Zhangjing on Liu Ruyi, this manager's attitude was extremely respectful!
But Liu Ruyi couldn't care about these details at this time, and hurriedly said to the steward: "How long has Lord Tanbai been gone? No, I have to go to help Lord Tanbai!"
The Han steward couldn't help but admire him and said hurriedly: "Master Tanbai has been walking for an hour. If the general catches up quickly, he should still be able to catch up!"
"Okay! Thank you very much! Go and prepare twenty fast horses for me. If I can save the horse this time and make a meritorious service, you will definitely benefit from it!" Liu Ruyi said seductively.
"Ah? Yes! Yes!" The Han steward was overjoyed and hurriedly took Liu Ruyi and more than a dozen people to the backyard of the Pinggucheng County Yamen.
This was supposed to be a large garden, but now it has been turned into a stable by these Manchu and Qing Tatars. It is full of fat and strong horses. Even if Liu Ruyi does not understand horses, he can tell at a glance that these horses
, definitely not ordinary!
The Han steward was busy claiming credit and explained: "General, this is the Tatar horse that has just been paid tribute by the Horqin tribe, which is what we commonly call the 'sweat-blooded horse'. It has not yet been presented to the emperor! General, you are not many in number.
The little one, the little one has made the decision privately and picked out fifteen horses for you!"
Liu Ruyi was overjoyed, damn, he really made a fortune now! This bloody horse was a treasure that could not be bought with a lot of money, but at this time, he got fifteen horses so easily!
Liu Ruyi hurriedly took out his pocket, only to find that there were only banknotes and no cash. He hurriedly winked at the dozen or so guards behind him. The guards knew what they were doing and dug around, collecting thirty or forty taels.
Liu Ruyi handed all the money to the Han steward, "Brother, thank you so much! When I come back in a few days, I will definitely give you a generous reward!"
The Han steward was also overjoyed and said hurriedly: "General, hurry up and go! Don't worry, everything here will be supported by small ones!"
Liu Ruyi nodded, glanced at him gratefully, took a dozen personal guards, rode on a sweaty horse, and quickly ran towards the south gate of Pinggu City!
At this time, Tan Bai led the 5,000-strong army and had already left. There were only less than 1,000 Qing soldiers left in Pinggu City. Moreover, most of the troops were left in the city to guard the Han slaves. At the south gate, there were only a few dozen Qing soldiers.
Soldiers are on patrol!
Seeing Liu Ruyi and his party rushing towards him, the leader of the patrol patrol hurriedly said: "Brother, why are you back again? Master Tan Bai has already led his army out of the city!"
Liu Ruyi hurriedly said: "That's it. I want to follow Master Tanbai and save the driver! Brother, please do it for your convenience!"
After Liu Ruyi finished speaking, he calmly took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, which was three or four taels, and gently handed it to the leader of the Qing soldiers.
This was what Liu Ruyi could keep when he was in charge of the Han man, but now it has been put to great use!
The leader of the Qing soldiers weighed it up and was immediately overjoyed. He was also a Han, but he was not a soldier. His treatment was humble. At this time, he innocently made a windfall. How could he not be overjoyed?
He hurriedly asked his men to open the city gate and said in admiration: "I wish my brother will be promoted and make a fortune soon!"
"Haha! Thank you for your kind words, brother!" Liu Ruyi smiled, but a cold light flashed in his eyes!
After a moment, Liu Meng raised his sword and cut off the head of the Qing soldier leader. He shouted: "Brothers, do it!"
"Yes!" More than a dozen personal guards jumped off their horses like wolves and tigers, and rushed into the formation of these Qing soldiers defending the city in a moment!
Most of these soldiers guarding the city are the lowest-grade servants. They don't even have armor on their bodies, and their weapons are only inferior spears. They are no match for Liu Ruyi's dozen personal guards. In a moment,
All of them have been killed!
Liu Ruyi took out three firecracker tubes from her waist, stepped onto the city gate, and lit them one after another!
For a moment, the fireworks set off by firecrackers streaked across the sky, drawing beautiful arcs!
The Colored Stone Army, which had been waiting in the woods outside the city for a long time, rushed over one after another and rushed straight into Pinggu City!
The Qing soldiers in Pinggu City were unable to resist at all and fled in all directions, leaving many dead and injured!
At this point, Pinggu City, the important logistics town of the Qing army, had been completely captured by Liu Ruyi without any effort!
At this time, Tan Bai led five thousand Qing troops and ran all the way. Sure enough, they found traces of a large group of Ming cavalry eighty miles away in the southwest!
But those Ming army cavalry didn't dare to fight at all, so they ran away and disappeared without a trace!
Tan Bai was concerned about Huang Taiji's safety, so he did not dare to pursue him and continued running to the southwest. Soon after, they quickly discovered Huang Taiji's camp!
"Slave Tan Bai, the rescue came late, please forgive me!" Tan Bai hurriedly kowtowed to Huang Taiji!
Huang Taiji was startled and asked hurriedly: "Save me? Rescue what? Aren't you in Pinggu City? Why did you come here?"
Tan Bai was stunned and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, this servant has received your request for reinforcements and has just come from Pinggu City day and night!"
"What call for help? When did I send a call for help?" Huang Tai was extremely angry and looked straight into Tan Bai's eyes.
Tan Bai broke out in a cold sweat. Only then did he realize that something was wrong. He hurriedly recounted what happened to Huang Taiji!
After Huang Taiji heard this, he almost spurted a mouthful of blood on Tan Bai's face. He raised his foot and hit Tan Bai's chest hard, "Trash! You trash! Don't you have any brains?"
If I were to send troops to ask for reinforcements, why would I send Han military flags? Ah~~~!!!”
"The slave deserves to die, the slave deserves to die!" Tan Bai really wanted to die. He was shrewd all his life, but he was blinded by the benefits. He didn't even notice such a simple flaw!
However, it was too late to say anything at this point. Tan Bai hurriedly responded: "Your Majesty, those Ming troops don't have many people. Let's rush to Pinggu City now. The slaves must retake Pinggu City for the Emperor before dark."
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Huang Taiji sighed slightly and nodded. As of now, this is all that can be done!
At this time, He Renlong and Hu Dawei's troops ran all the way and reached Pinggu City!
"Good boy, Brother Liu, you, you are really amazing! You actually captured Pinggu City!" He Renlong looked at the city in front of him in disbelief and sighed!
But Liu Ruyi had no time to talk nonsense with He Renlong and said hurriedly: "Shuai He, Commander Hu, although we have captured Pinggu City, after Huang Taiji wakes up, he will definitely launch a fierce attack on Pinggu City. For this plan, we
It’s better to defend this city first!”
Hu Dawei nodded, "What Brother Liu said is absolutely true! If necessary, just tell Hu Dawei to do it!"
He Renlong also said: "Old He, it all depends on Brother Liu's orders!"
Liu Ruyi nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly started the intensive arrangements!
Pinggu City was originally the logistics base of the Qing army, with abundant grain, grass, and materials. Liu Ruyi even found a dozen Folang machine artillery in the inventory of the Qing army. Although the caliber was a bit small, they were artillery!
Liu Ruyi immediately ordered and pulled them all to the top of the city!
Fortunately, the Caishi Army has many craftsmen who are proficient in gunpowder this time. It is not difficult at all to operate this artillery! If Huang Taiji doesn't come, that's it. If he dares to attack the city, he must be given a taste of this.
In the evening, Huang Taiji led more than 10,000 Manchu and Qing troops and approached the foot of Pinggu City.
Tan Bai looked at the south gate of Pinggu City in disbelief. He really couldn't imagine that in just one afternoon, Pinggu City had been built into a military fortress!
Looking at the dark Ming army heads on top of the city, Tan Bai couldn't help but take a breath. If they wanted to attack by force, it would be difficult for ten thousand of them!
"Your Majesty, slave, slave deserves to die! Please punish me, Your Majesty!" Tan Bai knelt down in front of Huang Taiji with a crying face, like a bereaved dog!
Huang Taiji was not that angry at this time. He quietly stared at the dark muzzle of the cannon on the top of the city, but he sighed in his heart, "Liu Ruyi, Liu Ruyi! I, I still underestimated you!"
He turned his head and glanced at Tan Bai, and said slowly: "Get up! Retreat five miles, and the army will set up camp!"