Chapter 282: Inside and Outside the Palace (81) Tang Yin's Ambush
Four days later, the capital has entered the Spring Festival atmosphere, but in Zhangde Mansion in the northernmost part of Henan, a group of people braved the wind and snow to lurk not far from Linhe Ferry in Tangyin County.
Tangyin has a long history. It has been inhabited by ancestors as early as the Yangshao Culture and Longshan Culture in the Neolithic Age of primitive society. In the Xia Dynasty, when Emperor Xia (Yinjia) died, Kong Jia set the capital of Xia at Dongsan, Tangyin County in later generations.
Xihe Village in Eleven Mile. Kong Jia also composed "Song of the Broken Ax" here, which became the pioneering work of "Dongyin" (Oriental music).
Since then, Tangyin has been at the center of Chinese civilization. By the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to Zhangde Prefecture in Henan. It was one of the three prefectures in Henan north of the Yellow River and was basically at the same latitude as Daming Prefecture in Beizhili.
In terms of terrain, Tangyin County is mainly composed of plains, long from east to west and narrow from north to south. To the west are the hills at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, and to the east are about 20 miles away from the county seat.
It is a plain, belonging to the floodplain at the foothills of the Taihang Mountains - that is, the alluvial plain.
Generally speaking, plain areas are not a good place to set up an ambush, but the reason why Tangyin County is called Tangyin is because Tangshui crosses it, and travelers from north to south must pass through the ferry at the first place after passing Anyang. The reason why these people set up an ambush
This has a lot to do with this element.
Why was it arranged at the first ferry south of Anyang? Because the visitor was Gao Wuruo, the younger brother of Gao Pragmatic. No matter how anxious he was when passing through Anyang, he had to go to a place to worship on his brother's behalf: Gao Pragmatic
His mentor was Duke Guo Wenzhen, a great scholar of Xianzhong Jidian.
Guo Pu passed away six years ago, when the war to aid Korea against the Japanese reached its first stalemate. In order to win for his mentor the posthumous title of "Wenzhen", which was second only to "Wenzheng" in the Ming Dynasty, Gao Pragmatic returned the favor.
He Xin School has reached some tacit compromises. This shows that Gao pragmatically insists on respecting teachers and Taoism - at least he must be upright in appearance.
In this way, if Gao Wuruo goes south this time, because Anyang is the only way to go, he must go to worship on behalf of his brother. This is an inevitable procedure for the Gao family as the "Zhongzhou Yifan".
Of course, because time is urgent this time, it is impossible for Gao Wu to do anything grand, and he can just follow the etiquette. But even so, this will lead to some changes.
For example, the Beijing cavalry led by him will never go in large numbers, but will detour most of them to wait for the rendezvous at the front. Gao Wuruo can only go to Guo Pu's tomb with a small number of followers, and then go south after paying homage.
Go find the main cavalry force.
In this era, crossing a river is a very troublesome thing, especially when a large number of cavalry need to cross the river, it is even more troublesome. It often needs to be arranged in advance, or to collect boats for ferrying, or to temporarily clear the pontoon to avoid being
Occupy the road.
The capital had sent people to notify these people who set up an ambush, and they knew that the number of cavalry was as high as 800. This number actually far exceeded the average ferry's half-day ferry capacity, so they judged that Gao Wuruo was likely to let these people go.
The main force of cavalry served as the vanguard to arrange the ships.
This leads to another detail, that is, there is Qishui to the south of Tangshui, and south of Qishui is the Yellow River. Therefore, after these vanguard troops have arranged the transportation of Tangshui, they have to continue southward to arrange for Qishui and
The ferry of the Yellow River.
Fortunately for Qishui, the arrangement of the Yellow River ferry is obviously the most critical. It must be done as a big deal and try not to waste too much time. And this means that after Gao Wuruo went to pay homage to Guo Pu's tomb, he continued
During the journey of about two hundred miles south, there will only be a small number of bodyguards and cavalry around him. It will not be until he reaches the Yellow River ferry that he can gather 800 cavalry again.
From this, the best place to set up an ambush was selected, which was Tanghe Ferry.
The number of people who set up an ambush could be said to be more or less, but it seemed to be around two hundred people. More importantly, this group of people actually had horses, and judging from the condition of the horses, they had been well treated.
Taking care of him, not to mention that the divine horse is abnormal, at least he is fat and strong.
At this time, these horses were already picking their bells, and the occasional snort in the snow-covered forest would not let the sound be heard at the ferry several miles away.
Even though the river water was supposed to be frozen at this time, because the frozen ice was not enough for horse racing, boats had already been arranged at the ferry to cut through the ice by hand, so the place was still noisy - that's why Gao Wuruo had to send someone to deal with it in advance.
These things are also caused by the weather.
"Why is this kid from the Gao family so lazy? If you don't come over here quickly, our brothers will freeze into popsicles!" A big man with a beard shouted angrily.
"Qiu Laoer, keep your fucking voice down!" A middle-aged scribe with a goatee glared at the bearded man with dissatisfaction, lowered his voice and yelled: "We are not fooling around here from Dongping. Today
This battle is a major event that will determine the lives and deaths of nearly a thousand people in the entire village. If it fails because of you, even if you cut off your head and become the master's chamber pot, you still won't be able to bear the consequences!"
When talking about this matter, "Qiu Lao Er", a bearded man, was obviously very angry, but he still lowered his voice and replied: "Straight bitch, ever since that Gao guy brought up the Jinghua Security Team, the brothers on the road have become less and less...
Way to live.
Thinking about how majestic our Dongping Water Village was back then, places like Anshan Shuiyi, Dongyuan Mayi, and even Xinqiao Mayi, how could we not honor our tens of thousands of taels of silver? The days we had at that time were so prosperous!
Who would have thought that since the establishment of that shit security team, these water horse stations have found a backer, and they actually raised the damn money to ask the security team to wipe us out! Over the past few years, the water village has been unable to establish its banner, not only the surrounding areas
I can’t collect my money, and I have to hide here and there... I really wish I could chop all these shit balls off one by one!"
"Cut down all the Beijing security forces? You must have that ability." The goateeted scribe sneered: "I have sent people to visit and investigate all over the country a long time ago, just in Shandong and Henan provinces.
There are probably at least 40,000 security forces, and almost all of them are equipped with firecrackers - the same kind as the official army.
Not to mention that these people, relying on the name of Mr. Gaoge, even have some general cannons in the team - the things that blasted our water village back then. Let me tell you, even if you, Qiu Laoer, practice Kung Fu, you can't
How many shots can that thing take?"
Qiu Laoer snorted coldly and ignored it. What kind of problem is this? As for any flesh and blood body, who the hell can take a shot from a general's cannon? It's not like everyone has seen the scene where that thing directly hits someone.
However, a good person was reduced to bloody foam on the spot. Not to mention leaving a whole body was a luxury. In fact, after the incident, even the human figure could not be reconstructed, it was simply a puddle of meat paste.
When the goatee scribe saw that he was silent, he continued: "But you don't have to be too angry. If we can kill this boy named Gao Wuruo today, it will be regarded as our revenge - he is still a senior citizen no matter what.
Brother, gold is precious."
"What's the point? It's not very pragmatic."
"Huh?" The goatee scribe sneered: "That is the court's 'world's bravest', a true hero who killed Mongolia to the point of sweating! Even if someone is standing in front of you, why do you still dare to be disrespectful to him? Kill him,
You deserve it!"
Qiu Laoer was furious when he heard this and stared at Tong Ling with his big eyes: "Why don't I dare!"
"Shut up, everyone!" The leader, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't help but glare at the two of them, and cursed angrily: "You motherfuckers, why are you still arguing after this time! How can you be a tall and pragmatic person?
Can we be good enough for him? How dare we kill him? You have time to talk nonsense, so why not save your energy and take down Gao Wuruo for me later? It’s a bargain.
chips, you know!"
This big boss is only average in stature among Shandong men, but his face looks quite tough. He is only wearing a thin jacket in the winter, which shows that his energy and blood are extremely strong. Although he is stronger than Mr. Qiu
He was half a head shorter, but his evil aura was stronger. As soon as he opened his mouth, neither of them dared to talk back, and each looked away.
However, Qiu Laoer seemed to be a little bit tongue-tied. After a while, he couldn't help but said: "Master, did I, Lao Qiu, remember something wrong? Didn't I say before that the big shot in Beijing wanted us to kill Gao Wuruo directly?
Is that so? Why is the boss now talking about taking him down as a bargaining chip? This is not... not..."
The boss glanced at him and asked: "Kill him? After killing him, will the man in Jingli be willing to fulfill his promise? Can you guarantee this?"
"Oh, that's it." Qiu Laoer suddenly realized it and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, none of these scholars are good, and what they say is just like farts. We really can't believe them too much."
The goatee scribe from before knew that this fellow was referring to Sang and Huai, so he couldn't help but sneered: "Soldiers never tire of deceit. In the eyes of those in the court, we are just thieves. Since we are thieves, they can do whatever it takes... This principle is inherently unreasonable.
, but this has been done since ancient times, so what can we say?”
The head of the family glared at them again, waved his hand and said: "There is no need to discuss this matter anymore. In short, many minds can never be wrong. After all, this Gao Wuruo is Gao Pragmatic's younger brother, even if he is just a concubine, he is not an ordinary person.
Someone will definitely take care of it.
If we just give him to Kacha, if Shen breaks his promise and gets fat, he will not only refuse to remove the gum for us, but also blame all the matter on us, it will be like yellow mud sticking to his crotch, which is either shit or shit.
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So we have to keep this guy alive. When the time comes, whether we talk with Shen or Gao, we will have something to talk about... What we want is a way out, what we want is money, not money.
Get involved in all the bullshit going on between these people."
Everyone felt the same, but before anyone responded, one person suddenly reminded: "Master, here's the idea!"
The boss quickly turned his head and stretched out his hand towards the man. It turned out that the man was holding a monocular telescope. Judging from the degree of wear and tear, it should be an early product of Jinghua, but I don't know how it fell into the hands of these people.
Taking over the monocular telescope, the boss quickly looked towards the official road. Sure enough, he saw thirty or forty horsemen riding in the snow ahead. Although these people were marching in the cold winter, their speed was not slow.
The horse even looked better than the family's wealth that they had worked hard to accumulate for many years - after the Dongping Water Village was destroyed, these people almost became horse bandits, and they were quite confident in the horses in their hands.
"Be careful later. These guys seem to be riding the Ujimqin horses that the Mongols are most proud of. Try not to kill them, we will need them."
"Okay!" Qiu Laoer became excited and asked, "How many people did the Gao family bring?"
"Including himself, there are thirty-seven riders in total." The boss did not put down his binoculars, and while observing, he said: "They are still four or five miles away from the ferry. When they arrive at the ferry, we are not in a hurry to start. Everyone
Take a few sips to warm yourself up first, but not too much...
When they start to feed the horses and drink water at the ferry, we will quietly approach them, the closer the better, and then take action immediately. Mr. Wang, you don’t have any skills at all, so just lead the people to snatch the horses; Qiu Laoer, you accompany me
Arrest people; the rest can just kill people... Remember, we only need to be high-minded, but others must be killed."
Everyone agreed in a low voice, and began to take out the leather bags around their waists and pour themselves wine. Drinking at this time was first to warm the body, and secondly to strengthen the courage. Of course, no one would say the second reason.
As for warming up the body, it is different from usual wine tasting. You need to drink in large sips to give a greater stimulation in a short period of time. However, this should not be done excessively, otherwise you will be in big trouble if you get drunk. From this point of view,
The people in Dongping Water Village are quite experienced.
At this time, the headmaster spoke again and ordered: "Pass this down and tell the brothers that if the high official is the one wearing the fox-cropped cloak, you can tell at a glance, so don't greet him randomly."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The men immediately spread the word, and now they just need to wait for Gao Wuruo and his party to arrive at the ferry, and start giving horses as the boss wants
Feed and water.
However, just at this moment, another person suddenly said in a hurry: "Master, a ship is coming from the south bank!"
The boss was immediately startled. He quickly turned his telescope and looked towards the south bank. Sure enough, he found that there were ships on the south bank heading towards the ferry on the north bank. What was even worse was that there were not many ships coming, even under the white sky and the earth.
It could be seen that at least a dozen ships were carefully sailing along the cracked ice zone.
The Tanghe River is not a big river, it is just a tributary of the Weishui River, so the river surface is not wide. Even if the incoming ships do not dare to go too fast due to the limited ice crack zone, they can reach the shore in a stick of incense.
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At this time, the leader took a deep breath and decisively ordered: "The situation has changed. Without further delay, take action immediately!" After saying that, he immediately wrapped himself tightly in the "cloak" made of white cloth and used for camouflage in the snow, and got on his horse.
, the others did not hesitate and made the same move one after another.
More than two hundred horsemen, wearing white cloth cloaks, quickly approached Gao Wuruo and his group of thirty or forty horsemen.
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