Chapter 572 0567 [Tong Guan: I Seem to Be Torn Apart]
Under the morning sun, Li Bao stood bare-chested with a gun on the bow of the boat, and the boat was very small.
He looked more like a pirate leader than a general.
The entire battlefield was in chaos, with countless ships running rampant. The soldiers wanted to capture Tong Guan and get a reward. Many soldiers did not trust the Ming court, and took the opportunity to drive their boats to the shore and escape, disappearing into the mountains.
As they were blocked by the boats of the chaotic army, Li Bao simply led his troops ashore to intercept and recruit those escapees.
More than 700 Ming soldiers quickly recruited thousands of defeated soldiers.
Li Bao asked these defeated soldiers to form teams of 100 and elect their own officers. If the soldiers made trouble, the officers would be held accountable.
Tong Guan was surrounded by his soldiers in boats. When he was terrified, his general Xin Dao Zong also turned against him and scolded him: "You eunuch, why don't you surrender quickly!"
Tong Guan was furious: "It's true that I am one of the six thieves, but how much better can you be? In these years, you brothers have relied on me to rob so many military merits of friendly forces, and they want to skin you alive. Many people have already defected to Emperor Zhu. It's too late for you to betray your master now. Even if you go to the Xin Dynasty, you will not die well!"
Xin Dao Zong was stunned by these words, and then he shouted: "It will be a great achievement to catch you, but I don't care about any trouble in the future! Listen to my orders, rush over to catch Tong Guan!"
"Shoot arrows, shoot arrows, whoever dares to come over will be shot to death!" Tong Guan screamed at the top of his lungs, already like a madman.
The personal soldiers around him were selected from the Shengjie Army.
The guards looked at the approaching ships, then exchanged glances. The guard leader directly pressed Tong Guan down and shouted: "I have captured Tong Guan, you guys hurry up and retreat!"
Another guard rushed into the cabin, but he wanted to capture the puppet emperor and the empress dowager.
"The wealth and honor" was right in front of them, so how could the soldiers on the surrounding ships want to retreat?
Tong Guan's guards were usually arrogant and domineering, and at this moment they dared to snatch the great merit, which immediately made the other soldiers even more angry.
New and old grudges were avenged together, they rushed over in the boat, and fought bravely on the board.
Even if those guards were scared and left Tong Guan to run away, many soldiers were unwilling to let him go easily, and rushed over to hack and stab with swords and guns.
"There are treasures on the ship, you go and grab the treasures, I am not worth so much money!" Tong Guan shouted in fear.
A soldier rushed forward and pressed down on Tong Guan, shouting loudly: "Don't come over, I caught Tong Guan!"
Another soldier hugged Tong Guan's right leg: "I caught him too."
Several more soldiers came forward, grabbed Tong Guan's arms and left leg, and immediately declared the ownership of his limbs.
"Get out of the way!"
The soldiers behind were anxious and wanted to drag the soldiers off Tong Guan.
It was like a human version of the Five Horses Dismemberment, the soldiers in front pulled Tong Guan's limbs, and the soldiers behind pulled the soldiers in front.
Tong Guan screamed in pain: "If you are a man, give me a quick death, kill me quickly!"
Xin Dao Zong was eager to redeem himself, and he swung his knife to knock down a soldier, shouting angrily: "Get out of my way, don't argue anymore!"
Xin Dao Zong killed two people in a row, scaring the rest of the soldiers to retreat, and the soldiers quickly reacted-why am I afraid of you now?
Immediately, a soldier stood behind Xin Daozong and fired a shot without warning, and then shouted: "This guy is also a traitor, killing him will definitely be a credit!"
The scene became more chaotic, and the soldiers fought for credit, and even developed to swords and guns.
Tong Guan was lying on the ground, being trampled by the chaotic soldiers, and he couldn't get up at all. Blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and he thought that his internal organs had been injured. If he continued like this, he would be trampled to death alive.
From time to time, a soldier's body fell down, and he was already crazy for the credit.
Li Bao asked his generals to recruit the chaotic soldiers who had landed, and he stood on the shore to observe with a telescope, and saw the spectacular scene on the boat clearly.
This guy had no idea of stopping it, and he gloated: "Tong Guan, the dog thief, is lucky, and he was treated like the King of Chu in the past."
Because the credit was too fierce, a clever guy took advantage of the gap and swung a knife at Tong Guan's arm.
One knife didn't cut off the arm, so he quickly added two more knives, then picked up the broken arm and jumped into the river.
"Ah... Kill me, kill me, give us a quick death!"
Tong Guan was in so much pain that his eyes were streaming, but he couldn't faint directly.
Someone demonstrated, and others followed suit, swinging their knives at Tong Guan. In a blink of an eye, Tong Guan was chopped into a stick, and finally fell into a coma due to the pain, and finally his head was cut off by the chaotic soldiers.
After these soldiers divided Tong Guan's body, they ran to divide Xin Daozong's body.
After all the bodies were divided, they fell into a melee again, and the soldiers who had "goods" in their hands jumped into the river and fled.
"Little emperor!"
Finally, someone remembered that there was a puppet emperor in the cabin, so he ran to search the cabin and soon fought with Tong Guan's personal soldiers hiding in the cabin.
Xie Ruyi, Mao Kui and other Fujian officials were escorted by soldiers to Li Bao one after another. They deceived the soldiers, saying that they would be rewarded if they sent them ashore, and they were very proficient in saving their lives.
"The guilty minister xxx kowtows to the general!"
A bunch of officials knelt down directly, now just wanting to survive, no longer caring about dignity.
Before these people stood up, a soldier swam ashore, holding half of his arm in his arms, and rushed towards Li Bao frantically.
After being stopped by Li Bao's personal soldiers, the soldier knelt down, raised his arm and shouted: "General, this is the traitor Tong Guan. I only grabbed a piece, I dare not ask for a great credit, please give me a small credit!"
The civil servants turned pale with fright and hid behind Li Bao, fearing that some soldiers would come to divide their bodies.
The chaos lasted for nearly an hour, and the battlefield finally calmed down. Li Bao asked the civilian officials to take the surrendered soldiers to clean up the loot.
Not only were the puppet emperor and the queen mother captured, but also many treasures that Tong Guan had stolen from maritime merchants.
One of the three-foot-tall red corals made Li Bao's eyes grow hot. He smacked his lips and said to himself: "Take this treasure back and offer it to the prince. My mistake of sending troops privately can be deceived."
"Dangdangdangdang~~~"
At this moment, the soldiers on guard at the top of the mountain sounded a warning gong, and Li Bao quickly went over to ask what was going on.
The sentry also ran down the mountain frantically, panting and saying: "There are several boats coming in front, and there are many soldiers standing on the boats!"
"Form up a formation to defend against the enemy!"
More than 700 Kuizhou soldiers brought by Li Bao quickly formed a defensive formation on the shore.
The captured soldiers who had not yet completed their recruitment were also ordered to board the boats. Many boats blocked the Minjiang River to prevent the enemy from rushing over by boat.
However, I saw a few ships coming upstream. They landed early and stood there stupidly. A general came up alone and knelt down: "Mingzhou Defense Envoy Shen E, please pay homage to your Excellency, General Ming Dynasty!"
"Mingzhou? Are you soldiers from eastern Zhejiang?" Li Bao frowned.
The general named Shen E said: "At the beginning of the year, we followed Tong Guan to Fujian to suppress bandits. Because he wanted to return to his hometown, Tong Guan no longer trusted us. There were many brothers who were left by Tong Guan in Tingzhou and Jian Ning. A few days ago, we went with Xin Xingzong to Jianzhou to suppress the bandits. We were blocked by Nanjianzhou City on the way, so Xin Xingzong ordered the troops to withdraw back to Fuzhou. "
Li Bao asked: "Where is Xin Xingzong?"
Shen E replied: "Last night he led his troops to land and station in Baisha Town. He also sent troops to plunder Baisha Town. Two ships were killed by the general and escaped. They met Xin Xingzong in Baisha Town. Xin Xingzong took them with him. The Shengjie army ran away, and all of us Jiangsu and Zhejiang soldiers were left behind by him."
Shen E was actually very guilty because Zhejiang soldiers like them were also involved in the looting of Minqing County and Baisha Town.
One by one, both hands are covered in blood.
It's just that everyone is looking forward to returning to Zhejiang, and their way is blocked by Jianzhou and Nanjianzhou, so they can only take the risk and surrender to Li Bao.
Li Bao asked about the situation carefully, and Xie Ruyi said: "If someone in Nanjianzhou blocks it, Xin Xingzong can only escape to Youxi. Then he goes over the mountains and ridges, collects ships at Qingyang Iron Station, and goes straight down Xixi to Quanzhou. , when you get to Quanzhou, you can escape to Guangzhou by sea ship.”
"What states and counties are there along the way, and what is the specific terrain?" Li Bao asked.
Xie Ruyi said: "They are all connected by mountains, and they will pass through the three counties of Minqing, Youxi, and Qingxi (Anxi) along the way. General, it is best not to pursue him. Xin Xingzong can find a place to get off the boat, and if he gets into the mountains, he will have to send a large army to search for him." Mountains are the best. I suggest you not to force him into the mountains. The general can take a sea ship to Quanzhou in advance and wait for Xin Xingzong to lead his troops into a trap. "
Li Bao asked: "Can he only escape to Quanzhou?"
Xie Ruyi said: "Fujian is full of mountains, and there are only a few roads that are easy to walk. Xin Xingzong may not go to Quanzhou, but the march is extremely difficult, and it is likely to cause a mutiny in the victorious army. In order to appease the soldiers and escape as soon as possible, Xin Xingzong mostly Will run to Quanzhou."
Li Bao felt that Xie Ruyi was a talent and asked, "What is your name?"
Xie Ruyi replied: "I am Xie Ruyi. He was originally a general judge of Jianzhou. He was promoted to a judge of Fujian for his merits in suppressing bandits."
"Have you ever led troops to fight?" Li Bao said with a smile.
Xie Ruyi said: "We are just annihilating a group of bandits in Jianzhou. We would never dare to do anything in front of the general."
Li Bao said: "Fuzhou will be put in your charge for the time being. You will be in charge of the civil affairs, and Yang Yingcheng will be in charge of the surrendered troops. Waiting for the imperial court to send someone to take over."
Zhao Qi also wanted to show off: "There are Fan thieves causing chaos in Jianzhou, and the governor of Nanjianzhou also supports military autonomy. The general can write to these two states to ask them to submit to the Ming Dynasty immediately to prevent the chaos from continuing to expand. Tingzhou and The two Zhejiang soldiers in Jianning can ask General Shen E to persuade them to surrender and return home if they promise to submit to the Ming Dynasty. "
"Very good. You are also a talented person. Please bring forward any strategies you have." Li Bao didn't know much about the situation in Fujian and was eager to use local officials to do things.
Cao Zai took the opportunity and said: "The governor of Zhangzhou is in the same year as me. I can write a letter to persuade him to surrender."
Mao Kui also said: "There is the Zhongliao gold farm in Shanghang. We must guard against the two Zhejiang soldiers looting the treasury, and we must guard against the officials there filling their own pockets. The general can send hundreds of elites to take over."
Cao Zai was enlightened and continued: "There are Longmen Silver Center, Meiying Silver Center, Longquan Silver Center, Shicheng Silver Center, Dayan Silver Center, and Shipai Silver Center in Nanjian Prefecture. The governor of Nanjian Prefecture must keep an eye on it. Well, it’s easy to embezzle a lot of silver at this time!”
"So many banks?" Li Bao asked in surprise.
In order to please the new dynasty, these officials racked their brains to give Li Bao advice. They were not so active when serving as officials in the Song Dynasty.