Chapter 311 Cowardly Tiger
The man arrived at the dense forest where Yu Ren and his two hiding, suddenly kicked off their horses and rushed into the forest. Yu Ren used the moonlight to see clearly that the person who was galloping was Li Xianzhong.
Li Xianzhong had just dismounted and more than ten cavalry chasing behind him arrived. Seeing that Li Xianzhong was about to enter the forest, these people hurriedly dismounted and chased after him.
Yu Ren pulled Lu Yue and followed them quietly.
Li Xianzhong was probably too panicked. Before he could run far, he was stirred by a vine. More than ten people following him rushed up and surrounded him.
These more than ten people were under Huang Yudie's men, and the leader was Sun Youcai, who had contact with Yu Ren in Taizhou.
Seeing that Li Xianzhong was in a desperate situation, he could no longer maintain the arrogance and arrogantness of his former second-generation master. He quickly threw down the sword in his hand and knelt on the ground to save Sun Youcai.
"Good king, please spare me!"
Sun Youcai walked up to Li Xianzhong, and he didn't expect that this grandson, who was said to be the first general in the Ming Dynasty, would be so unscrupulous. However, this also saved him a lot of trouble.
"You want to survive, but you don't want to. As long as you answer a few questions from me, it's enough." Sun Youcai stepped on Li Xianzhong's shoulder, held a single knife in his hand, and said carelessly.
"Please say, I will tell you everything I know and say everything." Li Xianzhong looked charming, and Yu Ren, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't help but want to rush up and slap him. But he was rational after all, and he still tried his best to control his impulse.
Sun Youcai looked at him with a slanted eye. "I'll ask you. Do you really have five thousand people?"
Li Xianzhong shook his head quickly. "No. That's the big talk I just said. We only have these five hundred people."
Sun Youcai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, showing a hint of pride. "I'll say it! How could the Ming Dynasty gather 5,000 cavalrymen so quickly to rush to help Yanzhou. In the battle just outside the pass, they were wiped out by the Jurchens, and most of the elite cavalry in the country were wiped out in that battle.
It was indeed your bravado.
OK! Since that's the case, you can tell me in detail about how you learned that Yanzhou was surrounded, how you came to help, and what kind of people you encountered on the road! If I am satisfied with it, maybe I will let you go. If there is a word to hide, don't blame me for being ruthless under the knife!"
As he said that, Sun Youcai let go of Li Xianzhong's shoulder, pulled out a single knife, and wiped the blood stains on the soles of his feet.
Li Xianzhong quickly pounded his head like garlic, "Yes. The villain must not dare to hide it.
I got the news of the Shandong rebellion about half a month ago. Ten days ago, I learned about the news of Yanzhou being surrounded by canal merchants.
After our father was convicted in the Battle of Sarhu, the whole clan divided into two groups, one group moved to North Korea, and the other group moved to Hejian. Our family was a group of people who moved to Nanpi, Hejian.
When I heard that Yanzhou City was surrounded, I immediately summoned the children of the entire clan to prepare for help."
When Li Xianzhong said this, Sun Youcai interrupted him.
"As far as I know, your Li family has been very peaceful since your father Li Rubai was convicted and committed suicide, and has never paid attention to the right and wrong of the court. Why did you act so positively this time?"
When Li Xianzhong heard this, his face turned red. This sentence obviously touched his pain, but he still answered honestly.
"To be honest, my father had a good relationship with King Lu before he was convicted in his early years. My father intended to marry Princess Wangyue, the only daughter of King Lu. King Lu also wanted to marry Princess Wangyue to me at that time. However, later his father was convicted, and the matter was put on hold and no one mentioned it again.
However, the villain still has such a fascination in his heart, and wants to marry Princess Wangyue into our Li family. Therefore, the villain took this opportunity to show his feelings in front of King Lu, in order to win Princess Wangyue’s heart.”
Sun Youcai smiled slightly, "So you have such a toad that wants to eat swan meat. But don't you think you are overestimating yourself? With your team of only 500 people, you want to defeat 200,000 of us?"
Li Xianzhong nodded quickly, "What the king said is. But I didn't think so at that time. I think your team is large, but they have no combat experience and are not strong in combat. These 500 people are all cavalrymen. With these 500 cavalrymen, it may not be realistic to defeat you, but it is no problem to rush into Yanzhou City.
As long as I can lead these people into Yanzhou City, King Lu will definitely look at me with admiration, and my affairs with Princess Wangyue will be hopeful."
"But, have you ever thought that even if you rush into Yanzhou City, can you stop us from breaking the city? When we break through the city, will your hopes still turn into bubbles? You can still save your life in it?" Sun Youcai asked.
"I'm not worried about this. Because I met someone before I set out. With this person taking action, I believe that the siege of Yanzhou City will definitely be resolved." Li Xianzhong said.
"Oh! Who?" Sun Youcai asked quickly when he heard this.
"Yang Zhaoji! The court has appointed General Yang as the general of Shandong to be responsible for the quelling of rebellion in Shandong."
"Yang Zhaoji? Is it Yang Zhaoji, the former general of Datong?" Sun Youcai asked.
"That's right. I heard that this person has always been very good at fighting. Even the fierce Mongols outside the pass are afraid of him. He is also one of the few generals of the general town left by the Wanli Dynasty. It is precisely because of his appearance that I dare to rush towards Yanzhou with confidence." Li Xianzhong said.
"Tell me how you met this person?"
"I met him at noon this day. At that time, I took my five hundred tribesmen and was still hesitating whether to continue going south. I happened to meet General Yang. He only brought fifty or sixty entourages at that time, saying that he was going to Jinan to take office and prepare for the quelling of the rebellion in Shandong.
He heard that my father was Li Rubai, so he strongly invited me to walk with him. The eunuch who was with him at that time also strongly invited me to walk with them. But I took people away on the grounds that the war in Yanzhou was urgent. It was because I saw him that I dared to go south to Yanzhou with confidence."
Before Li Xianzhong finished speaking, Sun Youcai asked, "Did you say Yang Zhaoji only brought fifty or sixty personal followers? There was no large army?"
"Yes, there are indeed only fifty or sixty people." Li Xianzhong said affirmatively.
"Where did you meet them?" Sun Decai's eyes flashed with excitement when he heard this.
"It's..." Li Xianzhong was about to say something, but suddenly he heard a silence behind him, "Stop!"
Everyone was shocked and looked behind them at the same time, and they saw that Yu Ren had drawn his sword and stood side by side with Lu Yue.
"It's you?" Sun Youcai was shocked. "Brother Yu is so brave. It's time. He is not running for his life quickly, but he has to force himself to save this cord!"
While talking, Sun Youcai quietly held the single sword in his hand. Yu Ren's hand reached out, he had seen more than once. He knew his opponent's strength and he could not resist it at all, especially when he broke out on the battlefield, it was terrible like a god of death. The long sword in his hand was like an invincible artifact, and no one could stop him wherever he went.
During this breakthrough battle, Sun Youcai watched his brothers die under their swords with his own eyes, and there were dozens of them, including many masters who were comparable to his own kung fu.
What's more, there is a little witch who is even more terrifying than him.
Although Sun Youcai was afraid, he also knew that this mission was of great importance. Especially the matter about Li Zhaoji revealed by Li Xianzhong just now. If they could find out Li Zhaoji's whereabouts and send a team of 100 people before he took office, they might be able to kill the newly appointed general of Shandong. With the beheading action taught by Yu Ren last time, Sun Youcai deeply realized the significance of this matter to the entire Shandong battle situation.
This matter is a major matter for them to smell the incense sect. Therefore, although Sun Youcai was afraid of Yu Ren, he still raised the courage and decided to take Li Xianzhong away from Yu Ren.
Yu Ren glanced at Sun Youcai and the others. These people were probably afraid of Yu Ren's might. They all held the swords tightly, but retreated behind Sun Youcai.
"Brother Sun. You and I are also destined to be together. I, Yu Ren, did not forget the friendship of fighting side by side in Taizhou. But now you and I are each the masters. I cannot be favored. As long as Brother Sun and your brothers abandon their weapons and surrender, I promise to keep you alive. How about it?"
Chapter completed!