thirty-three
"It's back, it's back, open the gates!"
Outside the city, the two horsemen separated, turned around and returned. A crack opened in the city gate, allowing Yue Xiang to enter. As soon as they entered the city, they were surrounded by everyone, and after retreating from everyone, Dong Ma and the others asked, "How?" How's the talk? Will he quit? ”
Yue Xiang told the story outside the city, and finally said: "This woman is a hot potato, and there is no benefit at all in staying in our hands. It is said that we caught it, and the final reward for this merit is not known to be on whose head, and the benefits will not be the share of our miscellaneous volunteers. Moreover, Jianyu will raise a large army to retaliate afterwards, but it is we who will suffer from the crime, so it is better to exchange her for a way for the brothers to live. ”
Of course, this opinion was discussed a long time ago, and naturally no one objected. But when they learned that Yue Xiang wanted Huang Taiji to leave three hundred heads, they all showed surprised expressions.
Of course, they didn't say anything on the surface, but also praised Yue Xiang for being righteous enough, and they must have decided in their hearts that there would never be any hope for this matter, if Huang Taiji really did this, even if he was the owner of the banner, he would not want to maintain his prestige in the banner in the future. No mentally sound leader would betray his subordinates in this way, let alone a shrewd person like Huang Taiji.
But it's too late to stop it, let alone say it, but I hope in my heart that I won't anger Huang Taiji because of this incident.
But Yue Xiang knew that this matter might not be hopeless, because Huang Taiji seemed to have figured out something, and three hundred heads might not need him to come out. And he did this not only for the sake of an explanation for his subordinates who had been wiped out by the entire army, but also for himself.
Now the strength he had painstakingly gathered was gone, and the only thing left was fame, which was the only capital for his future comeback. Although he had been confused and confused about himself just now, he didn't know what he should do without doing this. Be an ordinary person? This is no longer interesting for a person who has experienced the cycle of life and death, if he is so ordinary, why should he be reincarnated? Is it destiny or is it God letting me make my own choice?
He felt like he was searching for an answer, but he didn't know what the question was.
Tell the two that the time is set for tomorrow and ask them to prepare early, and take the Ming army in the fort away as much as possible, there is no point in guarding this small castle at present, there is no food in the city, and the defenders are looking for wild vegetables and fishing and hunting outside the city these days. Fortunately, at this time, the natural ecology of the Northeast is still a prosperous scene of "sticking spores and scooping fish, and pheasants flying into the rice pot". Since it is useless to stay here, it is better to pull back to Qinghe to help defend the city, otherwise it may be taken captive by the Jurchen soldiers.
Anyway, Goatyu Fort is also administratively under the jurisdiction of Qinghe City, and the transfer of troops from here is not unwarranted, and who still has the heart to care about those unrealistic and ridiculous military orders, it is wise to concentrate forces.
Dispersing a limited number of Ming troops into this small castle, and occupying an obvious disadvantage in mobility, completely passive defense, this is simply to create favorable conditions for the Eight Banners Army to break through. The Eight Banners Army is the best at fighting this kind of battle, but unfortunately in history, the Ming Army didn't know how many big losses it had suffered, and I didn't know how many people died until they perished, and it didn't seem to have learned this lesson.
As for the Zhengbai Flag Horse Team outside the city, Yue Xiang was not worried that they would take the opportunity to make some small moves, Huang Taiji was not dealing with him now, in fact, when they were outside the city, the two of them felt that something was wrong. Yue Xiang may have caught up with this matter by chance and inadvertently exposed it. With Huang Taiji's cleverness, it is estimated that he will soon understand what is going on.
In fact, Yue Xiang could probably guess that if it was really not Huang Taiji's people, it might be the secret army of another banner. This matter is nothing more than an open and secret struggle between the Eight Banners and Nurhachi's sons of Beyler, all for the position of the Great Khan, and among the four Beylers, except for Amin, who is ironclad, the other three are all suspicious.
Even Huang Taiji is suspected of directing and acting himself, and with his ruthless shrewdness and character, there is nothing he can't do.
But if it weren't for him, then it would be the Great Belle Daishan who would bear the brunt. Huang Taiji has recently won one after another by offering advice to Nurhachi, and he is in the limelight, and Dai Shan may also feel threatened. And Huang Taiji is always cold, and the snooping on the Khan position and the intention to challenge him may be too obvious, and it is natural for him to take some measures to defend his position.
Anyway, there is no morality and ethics in the barbarian tribe like the Jurchens, and it is their nature to worship power. If the problems cannot be discussed, they habitually want to use extreme means to dialogue, the winner survives, and the loser dies, this is their way of life.
And it happened that Abahai was walking with him, and Dai Shan sent someone to destroy the Weining camp, but it happened that Yue Xiang arrived with people at that time. Probably Dai Shan would not have expected the Ming army to be so quick and resolute in advance, and it is no wonder that after the Fushun fiasco, the Ming army everywhere was in a rumor, and they swept the snow in front of the door, if it weren't for Xiao Wan's matter, Yue Xiang estimated that he would not have gone to this troubled water.
So even if you don't go, then maybe these people will deliberately leave some traces of ulterior motives after they are burned, and it is difficult to say who these traces will eventually point to, but they will definitely be able to get around the object they want to frame. Judging from the fact that the gang claimed to be a white flag, it was Huang Taiji who was framed this time.
Huang Taiji and Dai Shan are at odds because of the competition for the throne, and Abahai has a close relationship with Dai Shan, if he returns in vain this time or tries to transfer the responsibility to Abahai again, maybe it will hit Abahai's position by Nurhachi's side, so it will indirectly hit Dai Shan's status, which is the simple but reasonable motive that those conspirators prepared for Huang Taiji. Sometimes the conspiracy does not need to be too complicated, and the so-called evidence is not necessary, mainly depending on the meaning of their old Khan.
If the Great Khan wants you to die, it will be useless for the whole world to prove your innocence.
In this case, then Dai Shan is really not a simple character, dismantling his own platform and blaming Huang Taiji. I just don't know if Abahai knows about this, most likely Abahai told him the news, and he even calculated it with Abahai, or it could be that the two conspired. If Huang Taiji didn't know in advance, he would probably lose a game this time, and even his life would have to be lost.
Who would have thought that Dai Shan, who was implicated in Abahai's scandal in history and the impact of his own family scandal (Yue Xiang suspected that these two things were planned by Huang Taiji), was embarrassed and finally lost the qualification to inherit the throne. It seems that the person who can lead the two red flags alone cannot be incompetent.
Huang Taiji and Dai Shan...... Yue Xiang pondered these two people, these two should have only been secretly competing before, and now they don't know what the result will be if they are so open. At this time, Huang Taiji was not as prestigious among the Eight Banners as he was in the following years. Now although he is jealous of Daishan, he will not end well if he really fights against him, at most he will lose both......
…… Lose both?
Outside the city, as the sun set, Huang Taiji stood there with his hands behind his back, as if thinking, but his face still maintained the expression of the ice cube. None of his men dared to disturb him, but stood at a distance waiting for his orders. The Horse Rangers have been sent out from all sides, and the only thing to do now is to wait for news.
He trusts his own judgment, and sometimes things are not necessarily as simple as they seem.
He had repeatedly analyzed the news reported by the scouts he had sent to the Weining camp to investigate, and the information about those people he had received from Yue Xiang. The scene of Tunzi has basically been cleaned by the Ming army, and no one is there, but some valuable traces can still be found in some places outside Tunzi, and the scouts he sent are all experienced and specially trained veterans, and the same Eight Banners Army naturally knows the tactics of those sneak attackers well, and they know very well which directions and routes to attack Tunzi in that kind of terrain is the best choice.
They found a very clear horsehoe print on the land there, and the horseshoe was engraved with a special pattern, which he knew only had in Daishan's Zhenghongqi. A broken arrow was found in another place not far away, a kind of wolf tooth carved feather captured from the Ming army, and only his white flag was currently available.
It is already clear that this is a blatant frame-up. The Ming army's carved arrows are not difficult to get, and it doesn't mean that others don't have them, and some people are deliberately directing their eyes to their own side.
But he is not a vegetarian, he is usually responsible for the intelligence work of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally knows the truth that he knows himself and knows that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles. He knows a little about some small actions that some people usually do secretly and privately. Today, based on the information he usually knows, he has circled the suspect in his mind. Fortunately, this group of people happened to run into this horse team of the Ming army, so they didn't have time to arrange calmly, and they were responsible for their own losses today.
A horse galloped in the distance, and in the blink of an eye, it was the scout horse he had sent.
After listening to everything in the report, the corners of Huang Taiji's mouth showed a murderous and gloomy smile. As he expected, this kind of disgraceful troops did not dare to operate in the territory of Jianzhou, thinking that they must have another secret base, and they set off immediately after receiving the order, without the slightest slack, but they were still preempted by the opponent, which obviously showed that one of their camps was nearby.
Sure enough, I found it, and Huang Taiji's eyes were full of murderous power. Leaving such soldiers and horses alone will definitely be a disaster in the future. It's better to cut the grass and eradicate the roots as soon as possible.
The two Niu Lu's soldiers and horses were left behind, and these six hundred people were more than enough to deal with the Ming army in the city. The remaining three Niu Lu will quietly leave with him in the night, and for those "horse thieves", tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, and most of them will never see the sun tomorrow again......
In the evening, Yue Xiang and Xiao Wan spent the night in a hut in the inner fort, knowing that Qinghe City would take in these lost dogs, the Ming soldiers in the fort were all elated. Most of the people were packing up their things, Yue Xiang gave an order, try to travel as lightly as possible, don't bring anything that you can, and burn all the remaining materials when you leave tomorrow, and you can't leave a single grass to Jianyu.
"Xianggong, are you really going to let that woman go?" After dinner, Xiao Wan sat opposite Yue Xiang, obviously still holding a grudge against Abahai. As the successor of the White Yang Sect, although she is not very interested in and does not know much about the trick that her father and eldest brother have done, the trick of the Sun Dementorship to press the bottom of the box will never be passed on to outsiders. Her father told her that only her own family could practice this kind of exercise.
She had a hundred and twenty reasons not to like that Abahai, especially when she saw the scene when that sassy fox spirit seduced Yue Xiang, she couldn't help but go crazy when she thought of it.
"She is the bargaining chip for our lives, if we don't hand over her, will we hold her and die together?" Yue Xiang glanced at her, "Besides, aren't you all making trouble about these things?" Xiao Wan hurriedly lowered her head and didn't dare to say anything more, Yue Xiang looked at her coldly for a while, and said, "What's going on with your Baiyang Sect?" Tell me about it. ”
Xiao Wan's face was embarrassed, and she couldn't say why, in fact, she was still young at the time, she didn't know all the words, she couldn't memorize the three-character scriptures, and she didn't know much about the scriptures and treasures made up by their family. It's just that her father and brother occasionally tell her something, Bai Yang seems to have something to do with Hongyang, but Hongyang believes in the Mixed Yuan Ancestor, and Bai Yang believes in Nan Wu Tianyuan Taibao Amitabha Buddha, Nan Wu Wuliang Holy Buddha Salvation Guanyin. In the future, Maitreya of the White Sun will be in charge, and Allah of the East will come into the world. At that time, his brother was worshipped by believers as the Allah of the East.
According to her, in fact, most of the believers in the sect are ordinary peasant people, and she has never seen the archmage who can call the wind and rain and scatter beans into soldiers. Not to mention that in some novels, the White Lotus disciples are all martial arts masters who can fly with swords, and there is nothing like that. Most of the masters in the sect are literati who have studied the teachings and spread the Dharma everywhere, and some of them practice some martial arts only for physical fitness and self-defense, and they are not as evil as the legend is at all.
However, there is a special martial arts group in the sect called the Bangmao Society, which is actually every sect has such an organization, which is a martial arts group dedicated to fighting. When a sect is in trouble, ordinary means can't solve it, so they will use a mallet to solve it. At the time of the Baiyang Uprising, the backbone of the rebel army was the members of the Bangmao Society.
"But then Daddy failed, and most of those uncles and uncles were killed......"
"Oh, that's right." Yue Xiang pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Then are there any people who keep in touch with you now?" Xiao Wan's face changed when she heard this, and she didn't know what to say.
"Hmph, I know if you don't say it, the place you are actually going to today is the Weining camp, is there a person in your sect who has settled there, you should go to him today. Otherwise, how dare you two women go on the road alone on this world? Someone must have answered. ”
was exposed to the hole cards, and Xiao Wan had to admit it. It turned out that there was indeed a master in the Ning camp who lived there incognito, and it was he who hid Xiaowan back then and escaped the pursuit of the officers and soldiers. Later, Xiaowan returned to Qinghe to marry Yue Xiang, and the old master also settled in this Weining camp, still guarding her secretly. At present, this master is the only one in the sect who knows her identity.
"I see, that's ......" Yue Xiang's expression was very complicated, he thought that the destination of Huang Taiji was Weining Camp, and Abahai said that he came here to find someone, involving Abahai himself with the mysterious power of the White Yang Sect, and it was clear in a few tandems, if they didn't figure it out, they were here to find the old master, in other words, their real target should be Xiao Wan.
Yue Xiang didn't know how this news leaked out, but Ma Sandao and Li Shou could find out, which means that others could also find out, and there is no impermeable wall in this world. And Abahai is very likely to know the whole thing, she and Xiaowan have met, and it is likely that she will be suspicious of her identity, and she will not know her identity if she is not sure.
This stinky is really cunning......