Chapter 474 Captured Again
Chen Jinlong and his men had just crouched down when Tuoba Lian came up with a group of cavalrymen.
“Here it comes!”
"Shh-"
They ambushed a path that was very suitable for cavalry, hehe.
This is a mountain stream road with mountain walls on both sides, and the road on the ground is very wide.
Tuoba Lian and others just happened to catch up here.
"Be careful, there is an ambush on the mountain." Mountain stream road is one of the dangerous places.
But they saw that the top of the mountain was sharp and bare, and there was no place to hide people, so there was no possibility of an ambush.
At this time, Mr. Qin Liu and his men had already run far away, and only their silhouettes were seen. Tuoba Lian realized that it would be too late if he didn't chase them.
"Come here, let someone go this way first!" Tuoba Jin ordered.
Immediately, a rider jumped out, ran in the middle of the road, and galloped away.
Seeing that the scouts were fine, Tuoba Lian immediately ordered, "Chase at full speed!"
The Xianbei cavalry led by Tuoba Lian rushed into this section of the road, and then met with tragedy.
Soon, the wailing of war horses echoed throughout the mountain stream.
"They've fallen into a trap! The Xianbei cavalry have fallen into a trap!"
The panicked voices of the Xianbei cavalry could be heard from the mountain stream.
"Ambush, there is an ambush!"
"What's on the road?"
"What pricked the horse's hoof?"
After the hooves of the war horses in the front were pierced, their reactions varied. Some ran madly, throwing the Xianbei soldiers on their bodies away, while others knelt on the ground with their front legs in pain, and were then covered in blood from being pierced.
Someone also shouted, "Stop, those behind, stop!"
However, the cavalry was advancing at full speed, and the momentum was so great that they could not stop at all in a short distance, so the stampede occurred again.
A cavalryman, thrown from his horse, groaned as he landed on the ground. Enduring the pain, he dug the dirt around him and found a flat stone slab buried in it. Crystal-clear objects of varying heights were stuck into the slab. Blood flowed from it, a horrifying sight.
This thing is sharper than caltrops! It can pierce a horse's hoof or a person from any angle.
The cavalryman quickly reacted and shouted to the cavalrymen behind him, "Take the middle, the middle road is fine!"
When the people on the mountain heard this, they thought, it’s okay to go through the middle for this section, but it’s not okay to always go through the middle. If they go further, there will be an ambush in the middle, and only the two sides will be safe.
Just when Tuoba Lian and other cavalrymen were in chaos, Qin Sheng led his troops back and killed them.
Each of these people is very agile, and they were the ones who buried the glass and cement slabs, so they know exactly where to land on the road.
At this time, Tuoba Lian was thrown off his mount, and one of his arms and legs was stabbed. Knowing that he had fallen into a trap, Tuoba Lian was furious and wanted to play dead, but when he saw the enemy soldiers coming all the way and wanting to stab the corpses, he did not dare to play dead.
Looking at the Xianbei cavalrymen whose necks were cut off because they were unable to resist, Tuoba Lian's heart was bleeding. These were the best warriors of the Xianbei tribe. They were going to die in a foreign land before they had the chance to conquer cities and plunder lands for the Xianbei.
At this moment, a knife was placed across his neck. Zhu Dazhuang greeted Tuoba Lian, "Hi, Seventh Prince Tuoba, nice to meet you again."
Even though he was captured, Tuoba Lian still couldn't hide his arrogance. He just gave Zhu Dazhuang a look and asked, "Who are you?"
Zhu Dazhuang tied him up with a rope. "Don't you remember my old friend? The last time you were captured in Houcheng, it was me, Old Zhu, who hung you up with my thirty years of experience in butchering pigs."
Upon hearing this, Lu Dayou and others said: You are killing people and destroying their hearts.
At Zhu Dazhuang's reminder, Tuoba Lian recalled what happened a year ago, and his face turned very ugly.
After Zhu Dazhuang finished tying up the pigs, he nodded with satisfaction. His pig-tying skills had not improved at all over the years.
"It's a pity that Tuoba Jin didn't catch up." Otherwise, he could have tied up another one.
They had just dealt with all the cavalry on the road when the infantry arrived right behind them.
Seeing the tragic scene before him, the young Xianbei general leading the infantry looked at it in disbelief.
"Surrender, or I will kill him!" Qin Sheng sat on the front chair with his arms and legs spread out, the tip of the spear in his hand pointing directly at Tuoba Lian's neck.
The infantrymen looked at each other.
"Speak and make them surrender." Qin Sheng directly forced Tuoba Lian.
Tuoba Lian looked at the spear tip that was getting closer and shouted coldly, "Surrender, surrender to me!"
The young Xianbei general was the first to drop his weapon, and the infantry followed suit.
Zhu Dazhuang, Chen Jinlong and others led people forward to kidnap the man.
After tying up the people, they dealt with the dead or injured war horses.
They first rescued the injured warhorse to the other end of the road.
While Zhu Dazhuang was rescuing the horses, he kept muttering, "These horses are innocent, please save them if you can." As for the dead ones, there was nothing he could do, he could only drag them back and kill them for meat.
Chen Jinlong argued with him, "Then you put glass shards in the trap before? The horses were injured."
Zhu Dazhuang rolled his eyes. "Nonsense, how can the enemy's horse be treated the same as my horse?"
The others tried to hold back their laughter, and understood that these war horses were enemy horses before, but now that they were captured, they became our horses, so he felt sorry for them.
Liaoxi County, Governor's Office
Under the guidance of Lu Mingzhi, Gu Zhang met Lu Songli.
As soon as they met, Gu Zhang said, "It's really not easy to see you."
Lu Songli smiled and said, "Uncle Gu, please take a seat. It's quite easy to see me. It's not as exaggerated as you say."
Gu Zhang was Zhan Ruoshui's senior brother, so Lu Mingzhi called him Uncle Master, and Lu Songli followed his calligraphic style.
Gu Zhang sighed. It was also the wrong timing. His junior brother had gone back to his hometown to visit relatives. He didn't know what he was dawdling about and hadn't returned yet, leaving him with no one to pass on the message.
"I wonder what Master Gu wants to talk to me about?"
Gu Zhang carefully took something out of his arms, opened it, and carefully placed it on the table. "Madam Qin Liu, please take a look."
Huh? Lu Songli pinched a little of it with her fingers and put it under her nose to smell. It smelled of sulfur and saltpeter.
"Master Gu, what is this?" In fact, Lu Songli already had the answer in her heart.
Gu Zhang smiled and said, "It's hard to explain it with words. Why don't I try out the power of this thing? Madam Qin Liu, can you go out and take a look?"
Lu Songli nodded in agreement.
They found a secluded place in the back garden. Lu Songli asked people to clear the area, and Gu Zhang began the experiment.
Gu Zhang buried a purse filled with homemade explosives in the ground, piled stones on top, and used straw coated with pine oil as a fuse. After he lit it, he quickly retreated.
There was a loud bang, and rocks and soil were blown away.
Lu Mingzhi widened his eyes.
Seeing that Lu Songli was not afraid of this thing, Gu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Songli felt that there was still room for improvement in its power.
She also told Gu Zhang her intention and asked him if he was willing to continue studying this thing in secret.
When Gu Zhang heard her ask this, he obviously knew the purpose of this thing, so he was willing to do it.
So, Lu Songli called Xiao Kun to assist Gu Zhang in his research and daily life.
After the two left, Lu Songli asked Lu Mingzhi to keep it a secret.
In the afternoon, the good news reached the governor's mansion.
"Report! Sixth Master has captured Tuoba Lian and wants to know what to do with him?"
Lü Songli quickly issued instructions. There was nothing much to say about this; it was definitely to order the two Xianbei armies attacking Pingzhou to cease fire.
So, when Tuoba Xun and Tuoba Jin were preparing to attack the city again, Tuoba Lian was once again taken to the Houcheng city wall and hanged up.
After the experienced Zhu Dazhuang had hung the man up, he saw him twisting uncomfortably and teased him, "Tsk tsk, is this your second time? Seventh Prince Tuoba, haven't you gotten used to it yet?"
"Brother, what should we do?" Tuoba Jin asked.
After the seventh brother was captured, he realized that something was wrong, so he left Longcheng and rushed to Houcheng overnight to meet up with his eldest brother Tuoba Xun.
Tuoba Xun was speechless. His seventh brother was in someone else's hands. What could he do? Believe it or not, if he continued to order the attack on the city, his seventh brother would be immediately beheaded.
He didn't care about the result, but he was afraid that his father Khan would hold him accountable.
"Sound the retreat!"
"Everything will be discussed after consulting Father Khan!"
Wencheng County sent a jade token that identified Tuoba Lian as the Seventh Prince. Upon seeing the token, the generals there also hesitated to act rashly.
As a result, the two battlefields opened up by the Xianbei in Houcheng and Wencheng County were forced to cease fighting.
Bingzhou Yanmen, the main tent of the Xianbei camp
"Why has Pingzhou been so difficult to capture?" Tuoba Khan asked, looking at the map. "Have you figured it out? How many troops are there in Pingzhou?"
The ministers replied, "Khan, the Second Prince has led his troops to support the Seventh Prince. I believe there will be good news soon."
"Yes, wait until the two princes capture Dragon City, then send troops to support the eldest prince in capturing Marquis City, and everything will be settled."
At this moment, the message sent back by Tuoba Xun through the eagle arrived.
"Khan, bad news! The Second Army was defeated and the Seventh Prince was captured!"
"What?!"
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