"Why are there so many people here......" Yue Xiang's first sentence after waking up was like this, and Dong Mingchuan and Ma Gong next to him breathed a sigh of relief. He fought fiercely before, with many injuries on his body, and serious physical exertion, even if he was born with divine power, the iron man could not support it, and when he confronted Huang Taiji outside, his spirit was tense, and his physical fatigue was temporarily in a state of numbness, and when he successfully escaped into the city, his spirit relaxed and he fell from his horse and fainted on the spot.

Sensing that his body was bandaged, Yue Xiang endured the pain and slowly sat up. Fortunately, after long-term martial arts training, the injuries on his body are not serious. Sitting cross-legged, closing his eyes and silently exercising his internal strength to breathe, fortunately, there was no one who knew how to use yin hands among the people who fought with him, and his dantian was not injured internally. After about twenty minutes, the fatigue in my body was reduced a little, and I drank a few large bowls of water, and my strength recovered by half.

Seeing that Yue Xiang was able to stand up, Dong Mingchuan's eyes straightened. The eighteen family members who escaped alive with him were all exhausted, most of them were still in a coma, and no one could move even if they were awake, and all of them had muscle strain. Only Yue Xiang woke up and walked all over the ground after a while.

It seems that he has picked up a good body, and of course Yue Xiang understands his current situation. Just now, my hands and feet were sore and shivering, but now my fatigue has subsided. This kind of physical fitness shows that he has exercised to a certain extent, and in his own time, it was probably the level of running a triathlon. There is also the wonderful qigong just now, the fatigue of that qi running in the meridians in the body for a week will be reduced, which may be the legendary internal strength.

At this moment, there was a gloomy fog in the city, and the family members they brought were commanding the Ming army in the city to move the iron cannons, guns and rockets up, lifting the corpses and wounded down from the city, and the screams and cries were endless.

As many as 149 people died in the shooting with the horse team with the white flag outside the city just now, most of them were arrows in the chest and head and neck, which happened to be the range that the female wall could not cover when the defenders stood and released the arrows, which shows the terrible riding and archery kung fu of the Eight Banners Army. Seventy-seven were wounded, and above the city was already a pool of black and red blood flowing down the cracks in the walls.

"These people are all defeated soldiers from Fushun a few days ago, and they were driven away by the captured horse team and have no way to escape, and they all gathered here. It's good that these people are here, otherwise we can ......rely on our manpower alone" Ma Gong was silent when he said this, Yue Xiang thought of his family, and his heart ached.

I didn't expect the casualties to be so heavy, more than 300 people when they came, and now there are only 18 left. They are all excellent warriors, and they will not hesitate to fight for him with just one word of their own, and will never back down even in the face of an enemy several times their size. Look at the appearance of these Ming soldiers in the city, no wonder this era says that officers and soldiers are inferior to private soldiers, and whoever puts it on him also sees it this way! It is difficult for people to look up to the virtues of these officers and soldiers!

More than 300 friendly troops outside the city and thousands of people on the other side are playing with their lives, and none of the more than 2,000 big men in the city dare to go out of the city to support, it is really useless to go home! Otherwise, why would I have suffered such a heavy loss, what a bunch of mud that can't support the wall! If the army of the Ming Dynasty is in this situation, then it will be a fart, you give him an atomic bomb, and he will probably lose the battle or fight it the same.

He came to the place where the eighteen men who had fled with him were lying. I saw that their faces were bloodless, beads of sweat the size of beans were pouring out on their heads, their eyes were closed, their teeth were clenched, and a military doctor was taking care of them. Yue Xiang inquired about the situation, and felt that he couldn't do anything now, so he retreated again, he made up his mind in his heart to at least bring these eighteen people back alive, there were too many people who had died today.

"Has the Jianyu horse team outside retreated?" Yue Xiang after this battle can be regarded as a thorough understanding of the power of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, before he only read the text in the book, saying how powerful and brave the cavalry was, he always felt suspicious. Isn't it just cavalry, no matter how powerful it is, how powerful can it be? Now only by experiencing the battle can you know how strong these cavalry groups are.

How powerful the war horse is when it rushes, it is no exaggeration to say that it can knock people into the air, even if it is the same cavalry, it can knock the opponent over with men and horses. Coupled with the stunt of riding and archery kung fu, long-range shooting and close attack, the field charge is really invincible.

It's just that today's horse team of 1,000 people makes people feel that they can crush everything unstoppable, and Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Banner is still one of the five flags in the Eight Banners, and the combat effectiveness of the Shangsan Banner, which is the strongest by Nurhachi, can reach what level Yue Xiang can't imagine that once the cavalry corps composed of thousands of soldiers of this kind charges all over the mountains, what kind of overwhelming force it should be.

"They didn't retreat, they retreated to a place outside the range of bows and arrows, and they also sent people to block the road into the mountain, it seems that they are planning to fight us to the end, those people ...... Is it really the cavalry of Jianyu? Ma Gong finally hesitated, but still asked. He could see the whole battle clearly in the city, and the thrilling battle made him shudder.

"They are the white flags in the Eight Banners of Jianyu, and this time even their banner master, Huang Taiji, has personally stepped out, and it is the man who was dealing with me outside the city just now."

"Huang Taiji?" Dong Mingchuan shuddered involuntarily on the side. "Huang Taiji is also here? That's terrible! ”

"What's wrong with you? What about Huang Taiji? Ma Gong gave him a strange look.

"You haven't heard of Huang Taiji, I heard that there are more than a dozen sons of Nurhachi, the leader of Jianyu, but four of them have been named Baylor to lead a banner and become the main general of the first army, known as the four Baylors. This Huang Taiji is one of them, and the news that the spies of the officers and soldiers have come back to say that among the four beylers, Mang Gurtai is the most fierce and good at fighting, and this Huang Taiji is known for his cunning and resourcefulness. I heard that it was the idea of this Huang Taiji to attack Fushun, and it was also the strategy of this Huang Taiji to ambush Zhang Zhenshuai's army later. This person can be regarded as a first-class powerful person among the Jianyu......"

Dong Mingchuan's words were only half said, but the rest didn't need to be said anymore, everyone understood. The leader of the first class of Jianyu personally came here on horseback, and he didn't think it would be because he believed in the horses and came out for an outing. I don't know what big action is being planned, but I happened to run into it unintentionally, thinking that those horse thieves also said that they were Huang Taiji's subordinates, and everyone's hearts were up.

"Did you send someone back to report the news?" Yue Xiang was quite calm, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he said: "It seems that we can only count on Qinghe's reinforcements, even our people will be sent to death when they go out to fight in the field, their cavalry shooting is really powerful." He was very angry at the incompetence and cowardice of the officers and men, but anger is anger, and at this time we must not lose our coolness, and the more critical the moment, the more we must maintain a calm and objective judgment.

In fact, he himself knew that even if the officers and soldiers in the city came to the aid just now, they couldn't stop the defeat, and at most his own people could die less, but this meant that other people would die more. If you have selfish intentions, don't others save them? No one's life is blown by the wind, and he intends to keep more elite soldiers from strategic considerations, but ordinary soldiers who think about this are just eating food and being soldiers. Everyone is a soldier, and their lives are all the same, so why exchange my life for someone else's?

This is a common idea in the current Ming army, the Ming Dynasty has already emphasized literature and light on military force, coupled with the continuous deduction of food and salary, all kinds of maladministration, no one has the heart to really sell their lives. Anyway, it's just a mess, and everyone mixes together. Over time, the bloodiness and rigidity of the soldiers were eroded in this way, and the army lost its military spirit and became a paper tiger.

This is the result of more than a decade of accumulation, and it is impossible to reverse this situation in a short period of time. While there are sometimes examples of sudden outbursts of madness infected by the bloody atmosphere of the battlefield, those are not really brave. If you want to re-boost their morale, it's useless to talk to them in the vernacular. Most of these people are illiterate peasants, and he may not be able to understand what you tell him about loyalty, righteousness, benevolence, and bravery. Only by letting them see where the interests are, where the hope is, and making them feel that they have a future with you, will they really work hard.

This is the case with the whole general trend now, including the general trend in the future. The soldiers of the world no longer obey orders from the imperial court, they will choose for themselves who to follow. This is the so-called "heroes in troubled times", as long as they are capable, they can basically afford to pull the team.

But in the face of such a group of officers and soldiers in the fort who were like walking corpses, Yue Xiang really felt helpless. At the same time, he himself has no way to boost morale, if there is a pile of real money placed here, it will have an immediate effect, and there will be a brave man under the heavy reward. It's a pity that I don't have anything on hand, and it's not easy to promise empty checks, most of these people are veterans and experienced people, and they probably don't know how many times they have fooled their superiors before.

Unable to think of a way, Yue Xiang remembered that he still had a trump card. is the woman who was captured by him, this person is an important person, even a hero like Huang Taiji cares about her identity, but now this trump card is probably invalid, and Huang Taiji is likely to have disregarded her life and death.

"You two go to the city and keep an eye on it, don't take the initiative to provoke. The squad ignored them, and the squad released arrows and found a dozen good archers to fight at the head of the city, so as not to waste too many arrows. Anyway, they can't get past the moat for the time being, so I'm going to say a few words to my daughter-in-law alone! ”

After sending the two away, Yue Xiang entered the house, but saw that Chen was still lying on the bed. But her maid had already woken up, and when she saw her master Yue Xiang appearing from outside, her face changed, and she knelt down directly.

"Humph! You two have done a good job! "Yue Xiang didn't fight when he saw this girl's ring, he came with him so much, so many people have died now, and he is still trapped in this small castle. This girl ring was bought from outside a year after Chen got married, and it was Chen Xiang at that time, so there is no need to ask whether it must also have the background of the White Lotus Sect.

Inquire about the situation at the moment to know what happened. It turned out that it was similar to what he thought, Chen's conscious identity was revealed, and he had no face to face Yue Xiang, so he left a letter and prepared to run away from home. She is a woman after all, his father's Baiyang Sect is just a strange symbol to her, she just wants to be an ordinary woman at home and teach her husband and children to live a peaceful life, sometimes he sees things clearly, but sometimes he has no ability to adapt to things.

When Yue Xiang had a showdown with her, her reaction was typical of submissive thinking. Think not about how to solve the crisis at hand, but how to escape. felt that her husband hated her, and she had no place in this family; Second, I am afraid that once my identity is exposed, the government will come to take people. As a result, the more I thought about it, the more I thought about it, and finally I got to do so much.

"Confused, when did I say I was going to divorce my wife! What if you are the White Lotus Sect? In my family, I don't care what you teach, you are all my Yue Xiang's women. Except for me, the king of heaven and Lao Tzu don't want to move your fingers. ”

"Cheap concubine...... The concubine has no face to face the ......"

As she spoke, Chen's sobbing sound came from the bed, and it turned out that she didn't know when she had woken up. When she was attacked by a horse thief on the way, she thought that she would never see Yue Xiang again, but she didn't expect that the first person she saw when she opened her eyes turned out to be her man. Needless to say, just looking at Yue Xiang's injury, she completely understood what was going on. All kinds of complex emotions came to my heart together, and tears came out of my eyes silently.

I am really stupid, my husband is obviously desperate for his life to save himself, but he is still thinking nonsense there. is really a stupid woman who is in the midst of blessings and does not know blessings.

"......" Yue Xiang looked at her and didn't know what to say, in order to save her, hundreds of his subordinates all went in. Although there is nothing to say about the battlefield where the soldiers died, after all, it was hundreds of lives, and there was Yue Xiang's hope and hard work, and all the efforts of the soldiers were buried outside the city in a short time.

"Do you know how many people died to save you? Did I fucking save you from those dog mongrels just to listen to you? You don't want to think about who Lao Tzu is fighting so hard to break into the Tartar Knife Mountain! Are you worthy of me when you say this!? ”

Chen covered his mouth, tears welling up.

"I don't care what your family did before, you will enter the door of my Yue family, and you will be a member of my Yue family. You will be an identity in the future, that is my Yue Xiang's wife, you just need to obey orders what I tell you to do! The sky is falling, and I am on top of it! Do you understand? ”

Although Yue Xiang's words were harsh and blunt, the true feelings revealed in them were warm. Chen couldn't bear it anymore, sat up and threw himself into Yue Xiang's arms, hugged him tightly and cried bitterly.

"I'll give you another chance to make a choice now, if you still treat me as a husband, go home with me, and listen to me honestly in the future. If you insist on leaving, I will no longer stop you, and we will be strangers from now on. You choose for yourself, whether you want to follow me or wander the world by yourself, think about it yourself......"

Yue Xiang's voice was painful, and that sad tone deeply pierced Chen Xiaowan's heart, and at that moment, her choice was no longer in suspense.

"Cheap concubine...... I know ...... wrong."