AWB Chapter 129 The assassination was successful
Chapter 129 The assassination was successful
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Compared with Fan Wencheng's home, the defenses at Li Yongfang's home are indeed tighter.
Li Yongfang was the first Ming army general to surrender to the Later Jin. After his surrender, he was immediately promoted to an important position. He also married the daughter of a Later Jin beile and served as the general of the Later Jin.
When Nurhaci led his army to attack Kaiyuan and Tieling, Li Yongfang participated in the battles and was quite active.
It was precisely for this reason that Li Yongfang was more afraid than Fan Wencheng of being assassinated by the Ming army's Jinyiwei.
If it were any other season, it would not be so easy for Lu Cheng to sneak into the backyard of Li's house without being discovered.
But it is winter now, and the guards of Li Mansion have relaxed their vigilance a little, which gives Lu Cheng the opportunity to enter the backyard.
When he arrived at the backyard and found the main room, Lu Cheng discovered that there were two maids on night duty in the room, who were now sitting at the table and taking a nap.
There should be a heated kang in the room, and I can feel the heat through the window. As expected of the son-in-law of the Later Jin, this treatment is different.
Lu Cheng walked to the door and stuffed a lit incense stick into the door through the crack. After waiting for a while, the two maids in the room tilted their heads and fell asleep on the table.
Then, Lu Cheng pulled out the dagger again, unbolted the door, walked into the room, and quickly approached the bed.
Li Yongfang was a general of the frontier army. He had been on the battlefield for a long time and was very afraid of death. His vigilance was much stronger than Fan Wencheng's.
As Lu Cheng approached the window, Li Yongfang seemed to wake up.
Lu Cheng immediately covered the man's mouth and nose with a drug, allowing him to fall asleep peacefully again. He glanced at the woman next to him and knocked her out in the same way.
Lu Cheng did not ask about Li Yongfang. He just searched the room and found a lot of jewelry, real gold and silver, and a large stack of banknotes.
The silver notes alone added up to nearly 30,000 taels of silver.
There was also a lot of real gold and silver, all of which were stored in Lu Cheng's storage space. It was much more than what he had gained before at Fan Wencheng's house.
Before surrendering to the Later Jin, Li Yongfang was a senior general of the Ming army. Many soldiers in Liaodong knew him. Lu Cheng specifically asked someone about Li Yongfang's appearance, and found Xiong Tingbi to ask for Li Yongfang's portrait.
Therefore, Lu Cheng recognized Li Yongfang directly without having to find anyone to confirm anything.
After searching the house for valuables, Lu Cheng beheaded Li Yongfang in the same way he dealt with Fan Wencheng before, and set up a booby trap.
This time, Lu Cheng placed explosive packs under both Li Yongfang's headless body and the body of the Later Jin "Princess".
After doing all this, Lu Cheng immediately left Li Mansion and quickly ran towards the city wall.
With the help of a flying rope, he skillfully climbed over the city wall and arrived at the location where he had agreed to meet Ding Xiu. Lu Cheng was already holding the heads of Fan Wencheng and Li Yongfang in his hands.
Without saying anything more, the two men immediately mounted their horses and headed towards Liaoyang.
Less than an hour after Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu left Hetuala City, a violent explosion suddenly shook the entire Hetuala City.
Not long after, two or three explosions sounded in succession, and the entire city of Hetuala was in complete chaos.
At this time, Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu had already left Hetuala City for dozens of miles and were completely out of danger.
There is no doubt that this was a beautiful assassination.
Go deep into the enemy city, successfully assassinate and behead, and leave quietly.
Before dawn the next day, Nurhaci received a report from his subordinates that his most trusted Han Chinese military advisor Fan Wencheng and his later prince consort Li Yongfang had both died at home. Not only were their heads chopped off, but their bodies were also blown to pieces.
For a time, the entire Later Jin was shocked.
The assassin had sneaked into the city and killed people without being discovered by anyone. Since the assassin was able to kill Fan Wencheng and Li Yongfang this time, he might be able to assassinate the Eight Banners of the Later Jin next time.
For a time, the entire Hetuala people were in panic, and Nurhaci immediately ordered the entire city to be blocked to search for the assassin.
After searching for a long time, they finally found some traces on a city wall and realized that the assassin had left.
Immediately afterwards, Nurhaci dispatched several thousand cavalrymen to pursue the assassin in several directions.
However, at this time, Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu had already rushed to a place hundreds of miles away without stopping.
They avoided the tribes along the way and did not stop until the evening.
With two horses riding non-stop, the two of them covered more than two hundred miles in just one day.
After finding a secluded forest, Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu stopped to rest and took out some hay and soybeans to feed the war horses.
Looking at the two heads hanging on the warhorse, Ding Xiu was still a little bit unbelievable: "Uncle Master, are these really the heads of Fan Wencheng and Li Yongfang?"
"If it weren't for them, would I have to go through so much trouble?"
"Uncle Master, your assassination skills are really amazing. One strike can make the target flee thousands of miles away, just like what is described in some historical novels."
"If you can go through rigorous training, you can reach this standard. However, this behavior is still a bit risky. It's okay to try it occasionally."
"Can I learn it?"
"Of course, go back and train with the special operations team first."
"Forget it, I think I'm more suited to charging into battle."
Ding Xiu's personality is indeed not suitable for special operations. He is more suitable to be a brave general who charges into battle.
"Okay, let's eat something quickly, rest for a night, and continue our journey tomorrow."
There was a simple tent and fur coat on the horse's back, so the two could take turns to rest at night.
The next morning, the two simply packed their bags and continued on their journey. Near dusk, they approached the border of the Later Jin Dynasty.
At this moment, Lu Cheng stopped and called out, "Ding Xiu, let's go do something big tonight before going back."
"Uncle Master, are you saying that we should find a tribe to rob?"
"Yes, what do you think? Do you dare?"
"What's there to be afraid of? If I follow my uncle, I will dare to go through mountains of swords and seas of fire."
"Okay, when I came here, I found that there is a small tribe five miles to the southeast. I estimate that there are less than 500 people at most, and the cavalry should be less than 100. We will sneak in tonight and kill people and set fire."
"it is good!"
After eating and drinking, the two men found a place to rest for a few hours. After it was completely dark, they quietly approached the tribe.
The small tribes of the Later Jin were equivalent to the villages of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Later Jin lived in a bitter and cold place, and the children of the Eight Banners were more fierce, and as long as they were adults, they could serve as soldiers and fight.
Although it was just a small village, it would be difficult for Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu alone to kill all the people in the village.
Therefore, the two of them went straight to the largest tents in the village, threw a cloud of smoke into each tent, waited for a moment, rushed into one of the large tents, and quickly packed up the valuables.
After collecting all the things, they threw a pack of explosives into each tent, and then they hurriedly left, came to the outside of the tribe, rode their war horses, and headed towards Liaoyang.
The two men had just run a short distance when the explosive packs behind them exploded one after another, sending one tent after another into the sky, and the entire tribe was in complete chaos.
After they had run a few miles, they heard faint sounds of pursuit from behind.
The two men ran for another ten miles. When they passed a narrow mountain road, they stopped running and turned around to wait for the enemy to approach.
This mountain road can only accommodate two or three horses walking side by side at the same time. Even if there are many enemies, they will not be able to move here.
Soon, more than forty cavalrymen caught up with them.
Lu Cheng drew his bow and shot arrows one after another, killing five or six Later Jin cavalrymen in succession. Only then did the cavalrymen begin to fight back.
Now, if Lu Cheng sits on his horse without moving, his bow and arrow can still be very accurate.
Seeing the enemy's arrows coming, the two men jumped off their horses and ran towards the enemy from the hillsides on both sides.
Dozens of cavalrymen were crowded on the mountain road, lined up in two rows. Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu only had to face two or three enemies at a time and could easily deal with them.
The Later Jin cavalry behind realized something was wrong and jumped off their horses and surrounded this side.
However, by the time the cavalry from behind caught up, Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu had killed seven or eight Later Jin cavalry together.
When it comes to infantry combat, Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu were obviously better at it. Dealing with these Later Jin Tartars was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables. The Tartars fell one after another, and more than half of them were killed or wounded in a blink of an eye.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Tatars turned around, mounted their horses, and fled.
Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu chased for a distance and killed two or three people before stopping.
The previous explosion was heard from far away. Other tribes nearby that tribe might come to support them, and more Later Jin cavalry might chase them at any time.
Therefore, Lu Cheng and Ding Xiu decided to quit while they were ahead, and hastily cleaned up the battlefield, collected the usable weapons and supplies, hung them on the horses, and drove more than 20 war horses towards Liaoyang.
Not long after leaving the territory of the Later Jin, the cavalry squad arranged by Lu Cheng appeared in front of them. They quickly rushed to the south of Liaoyang City, where Lu Cheng was stationed...