Zhao Congfu stopped his horse and saw that it was Mu Ling's army who was rescuing him. He couldn't help being surprised and happy.
At this time, Zhou Shaohuan and Ye Yaoyao also rode up with soldiers from another reconnaissance platoon to support them. When they saw that it was Zhao Congfu, he had a dusty face, bloodstains all over his body, and two wounds on his body. They were also very surprised and hurriedly He dismounted and saluted Zhao Congfu and said, "Zhao Zhenfu, why are you here?"
Zhao Congfu naturally knew them. He knew that Ye Yaoyao was Shang Yi's wife, Zhou Shaohuan was a commander of the Muling Army and one of the main generals under Shang Yi, and Duan Peng was Shang Yi's guard captain. He quickly asked : "Mr. Zhou Ba, are Mr. Shang Qian here?"
Zhou Shaohuan said: "Our Lord is not here, he..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Congfu interrupted: "We are currently being besieged by a group of gangsters not far ahead. The situation is very critical. I broke out of the siege and was planning to return to Beijing to call for reinforcements. When I broke out of the siege, There are six people. Except for me, everyone else will be dead. I just happened to meet you. Please ask Mr. Zhou to quickly lead people to rescue us."
Zhou Shaohuan couldn't help being surprised and said: "Who has such courage to besiege Jinyiwei? Is he a bandit?" But he was thinking in his heart that this was near the capital, and the bandits probably wouldn't kill him. Come here.
Zhao Congfu gave a bitter smile and said: "I don't know either. This group of gangsters is not only large in number, but also all of them are tough. Now Shen Tongzhi knows that they are surrounded and in danger. If they are late to rescue, I'm afraid it will be too late." ."
Before Zhou Shaohuan could speak, Ye Yaoyao immediately said: "Don't waste any more time, we will go to rescue Shen Tongzhi and the others right away." Turning around, she said to Zhou Shaohuan: "Duan Peng and I will lead the two reconnaissance platoons first. Hurry over on horseback. You can go back and mobilize a company of soldiers, and then come to support us. Take action immediately."
Zhou Shaohuan also knew that the current safety of Shang Yi depended on the return of this group of Jin Yiwei to the capital in order to clarify the facts. If something unexpected happened to the Jin Yiwei, I am afraid that Shang Yi would really be unjustly buried in the bottom of the sea. So he immediately said: "Sister-in-law, you guys Go first, I will bring someone to catch up soon."
Ye Yaoyao immediately said to Zhao Congfu: "Zhao Zhenfu, please lead the way."
Only then did Zhao Congfu realize that something was wrong with the atmosphere of Mu Lingjun, but he had no time to ask in detail now, so he nodded and said, "Follow me." After saying that, he shook the reins, and the horse immediately spread its hooves and ran away. . And Ye Yaoqi and Duan Peng, with two platoons of men and horses, also urged their horses to follow closely behind him.
After running for a while, I turned a corner and saw a vast field in front of me. In the open space in the middle of the field, there were two or three huts. I saw a group of people waiting, each holding weapons, and they were besieging these two people. There were about a hundred people besieging the hut. Like the few people who attacked Zhao Congfu just now, they were all dressed in the same color and wore black cloth around their heads and faces. Only two eyes were exposed. They were scattered on the ground. There are still many corpses lying there, including the group of besiegers, and many of them are Jin Yiwei.
Zhao Congfu said: "This is it. Shen Tongzhi and the others are hiding in the house. It seems to be okay."
Although Duan Peng was young, he had experienced many battles with Shang Yi. He immediately ordered: "Everyone dismount, line up in four rows and prepare for battle."
At this time, the group of thugs who besieged the hut also discovered them. Seeing that they were all in Ming army uniforms, they knew that reinforcements must be coming. They did not dare to continue the siege, so they retreated for a while, and then separated from the group.
Thirty or forty people came to kill Muling's army.
But after such a pause, Mu Ling's army formed a column, and the twenty-five musketeers in the front row raised their muskets and pointed them at the rushing gangsters.
"boom--"
A series of loud noises rang out, and among the gangsters who were charging towards Mu Ling's army, more than ten people were immediately pierced by musket projectiles. The whole person leaned back, and some were beaten backwards.
They flew upside down, but ended up falling to the ground motionless.
The rest of the gangsters were not only stunned for a moment, but they immediately raised their weapons and continued to charge towards the Muling Army. However, the second row of musketeers from the Muling Army immediately took over the positions of the first row of musketeers.
, once again fired merciless bullets at the gangsters.
As the gunshots rang out, another row of gangsters fell to the ground dead, followed immediately by a third row.
After three more rows of musket fire, less than ten of the strongmen who attacked Muling's army were left. Finally, they could no longer hold on and ran back, leaving more than thirty corpses scattered everywhere.
, lying in front of Mulingjun.
In fact, there was still a row of musketeers in the Muling Army who did not fire, but they were stopped by Ye Yaoqi. Taking advantage of the retreat of the gangsters, they quickly moved toward the two huts while on guard. The gangsters were in the main formation.
The personnel inside were also shocked by the fierce firepower of the Mu Ling Army just now, and for a while they did not dare to approach the Mu Ling Army again. They could only watch as the Mu Ling Army moved into the hut.
Duan Peng organized the soldiers to form an array in front of the hut, only to hear a surprised voice saying: "Zhao Zhenfu, I didn't expect you to bring reinforcements so quickly." Following the voice, Shen Yang came out of the house.
came out. Following Liu Zhiyong, Zhou Wei and others also came out one by one. Ye Yaoyao knew these people, and she felt relieved to see that they were all safe and sound.
At this time, Zhao Congfu stepped forward and said: "Master Tongzhi, our lives were inseparable. We encountered Muling's army, and it was Muling's army who saved us."
"Oh! Is it the Muling Army?" Shen Yang also felt a little surprised and said, "Is Mr. Shang Qian here or not?"
Zhao Congfu glanced at Ye Yaoyao and felt a little embarrassed, and said: "Reporting to your lord, Mr. Shang Qian did not come. Mr. Shang Qian's wife personally led the army to rescue us."
Others were a little surprised when they heard this, but Ye Yaoyao took a step forward, bowed down and said: "Master Tongzhi, my husband was wrongly accused and imprisoned in the Dali Temple Prison. I can only save you."
He saved me."
After hearing this, all the Jin Yiwei felt even more strange, but Shen Yang said: "Mrs. Shang, you should get up first. I know everything about Mr. Shang Qian. As long as we enter the capital, we will definitely clear up the grievances of Mr. Shang Qian.
Just don’t worry."
After hearing this, Ye Yaoyao was completely relieved and stood up. At this time, Zhou Wei asked in the classics: "Master Shen, what is going on? What happened to Mr. Shang Qian?"
Shen Yang glanced at him and said: "Zhou Zhenfu, don't worry. I received Commander Luo's secret letter and found out that Mr. Shang Qian was only temporarily wronged by a traitor, but with Commander Luo taking care of him in the capital, everything will be fine."
It's just that I'm afraid of leaking the news, so I didn't tell you. After we return to Beijing and clarify the facts to the emperor, Mr. Shang Qian will be fine." After a pause, he said: "The top priority now is still the immediate matter.
This group of thugs has been defeated, and we cannot return to Beijing to rescue Mr. Shang Qian."
After hearing this, Zhou Wei just said "Oh!" and said no more. Ye Yaoyao said again: "Please don't worry, sir. There are more than 200 people behind us. We will be here in a while. There will be no need then." I’m afraid of these gangsters.”
After hearing this, Shen Yang felt relieved and laughed loudly: "Okay, we must capture a few alive then. I want to see who dared to offend our Jin Yiwei by eating the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's guts." It’s on my head.”
It turns out that after the war in Shandong ended, Shen Yang was ordered by Luo Yangxing to go to Hebei to find out the news. Because Zhou Yanru requested an order to supervise the division and sit in Hebei, Shen Yang's actual purpose was to find evidence against Zhou Yanru.
After receiving Luo Yangxing's secret letter, Shen Yang immediately understood the seriousness of the matter. Whether Shang Yi could be convicted would directly affect the future of Jin Yiwei. Moreover, this was a great opportunity to bring down Zhou Yanru, so it was also Not caring about collecting any other information, he immediately returned to the capital with Jin Yiwei.
Unexpectedly, when they were about to arrive in Beijing, they were attacked by this group of unknown gangsters. At the beginning, there were only more than thirty gangsters, so Shen Yang and others did not take them seriously. Because in the Hebei area, they have gathered with several other groups of Jin Yiwei, and now there are more than 60 people. None of them are mediocre, so what does it mean to think that they are just a group of thieves?
When Nazhi started to take action, he discovered that all these gangsters were very capable, and some of them were very powerful in martial arts. Although Jin Yiwei was not weak, he was basically no match in a one-on-one situation. Moreover, people More and more people gathered together. At first there were more than thirty people, but soon two more groups gathered, and there were almost ten people. The Jinyiwei were naturally unable to defeat them, so they had to fight and retreat. Fortunately, they found two huts here. Yang and his Jin Yiwei retreated into the hut to garrison, and then Fu Qiang regained his footing. Then he sent Zhao Congfu and five men to break out and rushed to Beijing to seek help.
But after Zhao Congfu left, the gangsters actually gathered another group, and the number of people besieging them actually exceeded a hundred people. Shen Yang and others resisted desperately, but they were still in danger. If Zhao Congfu hadn't met Ye Yaojia and the others on the way, they would have moved camp. , they could rush to the rescue in time, but they might not be able to hold on for a long time. However, most of the Jinyiwei have been killed and injured after resisting until now, leaving only twenty-five people, and most of them were injured. Fortunately, several leaders, Shen Yang, Liu Zhiyong, Zhao Congfu, Zhou Wei and others are all safe and sound.
But now that the Mu Ling Army has arrived, everyone is finally relieved. Because they have all seen how powerful the Mu Ling Army's muskets are. No matter how high their martial arts skills are, this group of gangsters are still made of flesh and blood, so how can they withstand the muskets? ?Not to mention that he still has reinforcements. Now we are just waiting to see the good show.
At this time, Shi Peng came to Ye Yaojia and said, "Sister-in-law, these gangsters are preparing to attack again."
Ye Yaoyao looked into the distance and saw that this group of gangsters had gathered everyone together and were approaching here. Then he said: "I am not as good at fighting as you, so I will leave it to you to command! But Just hold on to this place, wait until Brother Shaohuan brings his men, and then we can attack together."