Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

Chapter 620 I Will Still Be Your Brother in the Next Life

Zhang Shikang, who was running for his life, also heard the shouting behind him. He only thought that this scene had appeared in some unknown novel, but never thought that it would happen to him one day.

Have I become a thief?

He keeps calling me a thief on the left and a thief on the right. It's really unpleasant to hear.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a little regretful for wearing such flashy clothes. It was shining with gold in broad daylight, and it looked like a conspicuous bag.

He couldn't lose his robe like Meng De while running, and he didn't have a beard, did he?

"Brother, go first, I'll cover your retreat!" Sun Dasheng opened his eyes wide and suddenly drew out his sword.

"I'll stay too." Xu Wenyuan said subconsciously without any hesitation.

The other brothers in the Second Sons Group all chose to stay. Even the usually timid Wang Jingduo gritted his teeth and said:

"And me, I fired a crossbow."

"Brother, hurry up and leave. The Ming Dynasty can do without us, but it can't do without you!" Seeing that Zhang Shikang did not respond, Xu Wenyuan urged.

I originally thought that this action was just a little dangerous, but I didn't expect Dorgon to be so crazy. He whipped the warhorse under his crotch until it was bloody.

The warhorse under Zhang Shikang's crotch came from Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng loved horses the most, so all the horses he picked out for Zhang Shikang were good horses.

Xu Wenyuan and others all knew that their eldest brother could run faster, but he did not choose to leave them behind.

But Xu Wenyuan was telling the truth. Even Zheng Chong, who was not very smart, knew that without his eldest brother, they were nothing and might still be playing cockfighting in the restaurant.

The eldest brother is different from them. Not only does he carry the expectations of His Majesty on his shoulders, but their father and the entire family are also counting on him to help them make a lot of money.

They can't drag down Big Brother anymore.

"Stop talking nonsense. The worst that can happen is that we die together. The earth will still turn without anyone. But I, Zhang Shikang, only have a few of you brothers. Get out of the way!"

As Zhang Shikang spoke, he pulled out a short gun from his left leg. It was hastily made for him by Lao Bi and others from the General Manufacturing Bureau before he went on the expedition.

Although his accuracy was not very good at this distance, Zhang Shikang had to give it a try. He turned around while running and fired a shot at the back.

He did not attack Dorgon himself, as the warhorse was a bigger target.

But after hearing a bang, Zhang Shikang felt his right hand go numb from the shock, and the pistol almost slipped out of his hand.

Unfortunately, the shot didn't even hit the target, and Dorgon and others were frightened by the loud noise.

"What is that? How can there be a musket like that?" Duoduo frowned.

In the past two years, he has suffered a lot from the Ming army's firearms, and he intuitively feels that the Ming army's firearms are becoming more and more powerful.

But the musket in Zhang Shikang's hand just now was less than 20% of the length of their bird guns, which almost overturned Duoduo's cognition.

"He took out another one! What on earth is this bastard—ah—"

Duoduo was about to complain, but he heard another bang, and unfortunately the bullet hit his horse's neck.

The warhorse suddenly lost its balance and fell to the ground with Duoduo without even a cry.

Fortunately, Duoduo was experienced and he took advantage of the situation by doing a series of donkey rolls to relieve the huge impact force.

Dorgon just turned his head to look at him and continued to pursue without asking any questions. Duoduo's guards were about to stop to protect him, but Duoduo shouted:

"Don't worry about me, keep chasing, we must catch that bastard alive!"

Duoduo was almost mad with anger. A dignified prince was made so embarrassed by a little rascal.

Those personal guards did not dare to disobey and followed Dorgon like crazy.

Zhang Shikang put the short gun back into the holster on the outside of his thigh. The effect was good, at least delaying Dorgon for a moment, but it was still too troublesome to load gunpowder into it.

"Brother, you'd better leave. These years I've followed you have not been in vain. I want to be your brother in the next life. I beg you!" Xu Wenyuan continued with red eyes.

They are no longer children of fifteen or sixteen years old. After years of life and death, their temperaments have been tempered to be tough enough.

If there is anything you really don’t know how to deal with, it’s probably the situation right now.

When we were young, we didn’t know what separation was, but on the battlefield, if we weren’t careful, we could be separated forever.

To be or not to be, this is the question that must be answered.

"Damn it, I'm going back by myself. Do you want me to feel guilty for the rest of my life?" Zhang Shikang said angrily while whipping his horsewhip wildly.

Zhang Shikang really thought so. If he left these idiots behind and went back alone, he didn't know how to face their parents, nor did he know how to face himself.

In short, it will be very uncomfortable. He doesn't like such days and there is no meaning in it. Either live happily or die happily.

Zhang Shikang never thought of himself as mature. Except for unavoidable political and military affairs, he always acted on impulse.

He even thought more than once that he might die accidentally and find out that it was all just a dream. He might have been tired from delivering food and fell asleep on the eMule.

Although there are a large group of brothers here, a brother who is an emperor with a lot of problems, a family who loves him and endless money, it is simple and unpretentious.

The future life is not bad either. If you work hard as a delivery man for ten years and pay off your mortgage for another thirty years, you can mortgage a small house in Yuzhou.

If I try harder to save money and borrow a little more, maybe I can come up with a betrothal gift of tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan, and maybe I can live like an ordinary person.

It's a pity for the gentle and lovely Chen Yuanyuan, the well-behaved and obedient Kou Baimen, and the five or six or seven equally outstanding concubines who leave him to his own devices.

They might be sad. Oh, and my eldest wife who is very strong and stays in the military camp, I don’t know if she will be angry that I sneaked out this time without her.

At the critical moment of life and death, Zhang Shikang's mind was filled with endless sighs like a revolving lantern, and then turned into a silent sigh:

"To live, we live together; to die, we die together!

That way, no one has to feel guilty.”

Zhang Shikang's words undoubtedly touched everyone's heart, and many people's eyes became even redder.

But Xu Wenyuan obviously did not want to fulfill Zhang Shikang's wish. He was only a few months younger than Zhang Shikang. When Zhang Shikang was not around, everyone listened to Xu Wenyuan.

Xu Wenyuan was moved and gave Sun Dasheng a wink, who quickly understood what he meant.

"Ah - Sun Dasheng, why did you hit me!" Zhang Shikang felt a hit on the back of his neck, turned his head and found that it was Sun Dasheng who did it.

He immediately understood that this guy wanted to knock him out so that he could be taken away by force.

Xu Wenyuan was so angry that he wanted to curse.

"The force I used is enough to knock an ordinary person unconscious." Sun Dasheng showed a bitter smile on his face that was uglier than crying.

Sun Dasheng really felt guilty. Maybe because he hadn't done it well, his elder brother would have died with them.

Everyone was running wildly while getting angry at Sun Dasheng, completely unaware that Zhang Shikang was staring into the distance, his smile almost uncontrollable:

"Come on, stop embarrassing yourself here. Our reinforcements are here."

"Huh?" Sun Dasheng's eyes widened.

But a mile ahead, a large group of cavalry were galloping.

The one who took the lead was Sun Weifan, the Duke of Huaiguo and Deputy Marshal of the Imperial Guards.

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