The ninth year of Chongzhen, the tenth year of Tiancong, 1636 AD. This is a special time in history. Because in April of this year, Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty was honored in Shengjing (now Shenyang), with the year name Chongde, the founding name of the Qing Dynasty, and the capital of the country as Shengjing, which opened the prelude to the competition between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty for the world.

If you go outside, you must first settle inside. After Huang Taiji inherited the unification, he rectified the rule of officials, developed the military, boldly promoted the Han people, and expanded externally. The royal feud against him was reduced to a secondary contradiction, and a great power plan was set to conquer the dynasty in the east, subdue Mongolia in the north, and destroy the Ming Dynasty in the south.

In September of the same year, Huang Taiji sent his brave and warlike twelve brother Azig, who was later Prince Ying, to lead 100,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners to attack the Great Wall from Xifengkou. Then he went south, all the way like a bamboo, attacking the city and plundering the land, harassing Gyeonggi, and connecting more than a dozen prefectures and counties.

The Ming armies in various places were defeated one after another, and the urgent documents flew into Beijing like snowflakes. Emperor Chongzhen has no way except to enable the Tai Supervisor to resist, but the eunuch is not a man, intrigues, cruel loyalty, there is indeed a set, leading the troops to fight is indeed not good, in the face of the Tartars' aggressive offensive, the eunuchs led the troops to hide in the plateau, prevarication, lying about the war exploits, and some even privately suggested to Emperor Chongzhen that they cede the land and pay compensation, in order to get the Tartars to withdraw from the army, in exchange for a moment of peace.

The Son of Heaven guards the country. The Ming Dynasty's nearly 300-year reign made Emperor Chongzhen take into account the face of his ancestors, and could not bear to make an alliance under the city, in exchange for a temporary reluctance and stealing peace. had to order the border army to enter the guard, and on the other hand, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, was mobilized to lead the Tianxiong army and rush north to King Qin.

Located in the northwest of the Ming Jing Division, the Sanchakou Ming Army Guard Station is a hundred households, and a border army scattered from Pinggu was ordered to be stationed in the Sanchakou Guard Station to jointly serve as a defense task.

This border army, a total of eighteen people, headed by a general banner, they originally belonged to Cao Wenzhao's subordinates, after Cao Wenzhao died in battle, a guerrilla commander took them to guard the border, a few days ago encountered the Tartar iron cavalry, an almost one-sided melee, hundreds of Ming army losses, the general flag of 50 generals, now even the flag commander counted only 18 of them.

These 18 people, among them there was a seriously injured one, named Lin Yi, who received an arrow in the left chest, thinking that he was hanging, but he did not expect him to miraculously come back to life, and the flag commander Wang Jian had to order someone to carry him to this hundred households.

The head of the hundred households received an order to vacate two houses for them in advance for these eighteen people to live in.

Because Lin Yi was injured, he arranged a separate house for him, and let two border soldiers take care of him.

The first few days were okay, but after a few days, the two border soldiers got impatient. There is no filial son in front of the bed for a long time!

One of the two border soldiers is called Gao Yong, with a big clay face, not tall, and the other is called Zhang Hua, with a small narrow face and a water snake waist. After the flag chief left, Gao Yong and Zhang Hua scolded and threw Lin Yi on the straw couch and came out covering their noses.

I don't blame them for scolding their mothers, it's a hot day, and they stay with a dying seriously ill person all day long, and the smell is really bad enough.

"It's really unlucky, this kid is really dead, he was injured so badly, and he suffered all the way, and he didn't die?"

"Who says it's not, the Tartar's arrow is so powerful, I'm afraid he is the only one in the world who will not die if he is shot in the chest!"

asked Gao Yong to take a look at no one on the left and right, pulled Zhang Hua to the side and lowered his voice, "Brother, when do our brothers have to serve him?" ”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Hua, who was in the waist of the water snake, asked puzzled.

Gao Yong's face showed a fierce light, and he made a killing gesture in front of Zhang Hua, "Why don't you ...... tonight Well, then shave your head, go to the top to ask for some reward, stay here, sooner or later he will be killed. ”

Zhang Hua's waist shrank, then he calmed down again, gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously, "Even if he doesn't die, he is a waste, it's good for him to make some contributions to our brothers, it's not in vain for our brothers to serve him for so long." ”

In these days, it is not uncommon to kill good people and take risks. If the two of them can carry a Tartar head and go to ask for the seal, at least five taels of silver can be begged for, or they can be promoted to a small flag in the army.

The small flag officer in the army is not big, and he can manage ten people. Five taels of silver is not much, but it is better than serving a sick man here, and the two of them know that the Tartars are wreaking havoc in this area, and they may come back one day and take with them more than 100 people in this place. I don't know when the reinforcements from the imperial court will come, and even if they do, what can they do? Except for Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Iron Cavalry, who can beat these wild boar skins?

When it was time for dinner, Gao Yong and Zhang Hua brought Lin Yi's food over and threw it there, whether they liked to eat or not, the two of them closed the door and went out to eat with the food.

"Brother Gao, after tonight's done this kid, let's just leave?" Zhang Hua, who was with the waist of the water snake, glanced at the room while eating.

"Why don't you walk here and wait for thunder?" Although this coarse tea and light rice, Gao Yong ate it with relish.

"Brother Gao, how does the girl who helped the cook look?"

"You want to hit her, he's the daughter of the head of a hundred households, be careful of your head."

Zhang Hua, the small narrow face of the water snake's waist, shrank his neck in fright, "Senior brother, I'm just talking...... Just talk......"

The two of them finished their meal and put away the dishes and chopsticks. Pushed the door into the house, intending to dump the bowl of food next to the sickbed, but the two of them were dumbfounded. The rice bowls and food bowls are empty, the chopsticks are placed on the bowls in a proper manner, and the floor is clean. There was no one else in the house except for Lin Yi, a half-dead sick man, where did these meals go?

When Gao Yong and Zhang Hua looked at each other, Lin Yi on the sickbed miraculously sat up, and smiled gratefully at the two of them with a bleak face as paper, "There are two laborers these days, Lin Yi is grateful." As he spoke, he clasped his fists at the two of them and arched his hands.

In fact, Lin Yi woke up, but this Lin Yi is no longer Lin Yi.

This Lin Yi is a member of the 21st Century Chinese Marine Corps, who was ordered to carry out a special mission, fought for his life with the enemy, and sank to the bottom of the sea together. When I woke up, I found that I had crossed over, and I had traveled to a person with the same name and surname in the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty. This Lin Yi is also relatively heroic, but his skills are not as good as others, when he fought with the Tartars, he was hit by an arrow, and after he was killed, he was occupied by Lin Yi's soul, and he miraculously came back to life. In the past few days, it has been a process of merging the two bodies and minds, and now that they have all been fused, Lin Yi's injuries are of course healed quickly, and when he felt very hungry, he ate the food by himself, where did the two border soldiers outside the door know?

Gao Yong and Zhang Hua were even more stunned, obviously, Lin Yi ate the food by himself today, usually if he wants to let him eat, he has to do it together, one supports, the other feeds, it takes a long time to toss, today he can complete these difficult actions by himself?

Lin Yi recovered so quickly, Gao Yong and Zhang Hua couldn't be happy at all, and after being shocked, they hurriedly put on a smiling face.

In fact, if you look closely, the smiling faces of these two border soldiers are very far-fetched and stiff.

"Haha, it's easy to say, little brother, you look good today...... Rest well. ”

The two of them only agreed, let Lin Yi lie down again, and put away the dishes and chopsticks. Closing the door, the two of them went outside, muttering, "Senior brother, are we still doing tonight?"

"You're scared, why don't you do it?"

"It's not me......" Zhang Huayi grinned, remembering Lin Yi's yellow-skinned expression just now, and his heart was a little worried.

Gao Yong's black face went down, and his two round and big eyes showed a fierce light, "What am I?" Three watches of the world, so as not to have too many dreams at night. When it was done, the two of us flew away. ”

"Okay." Zhang Hua's small narrow face gritted his teeth again, and finally made up his mind.

It's the third watch. In the dead of night, everything is silent. From time to time, I could hear the terrible howl of a hungry wolf coming from the mountains in the distance.

The two people who had been prepared for a long time got up as soon as they turned over, and looked at Lin Yi on the bed who was motionless with his face facing inward, he should have fallen asleep a long time ago. The two men went to the door again and pretended to go to the toilet and went around to see no one, and the two men took the knife off the wall.

"I'll let the wind go at the door, and I must be sharp when I start." Gao Yong lowered his voice very low, and as he spoke, he carried a steel knife and guarded the door vigilantly.

Zhang Hua held the knife, stabilized his mind, and then tiptoed towards Lin Yi's bed, the faint moonlight shone in, reflected on the knife, shining with clear light.