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When everyone went up to the wall, they were immediately stunned by the scene outside.
The narrow mountain road was densely packed with people, and the cries and shouts shook the ground, and most of them turned out to be civilians dressed as Han Chinese. There are a lot of Jianzhou flagmen in the middle, constantly firing their bows and arrows. The Han people were pushed and driven by the Jurchen bannermen behind and forced to move upward, and no one dared to resist, and a large group of people were rolling towards the wall.
"This ...... This ...... "The enemy is at present, and Yang Shan and Yue Xiang have also forgotten about the fire merger." Yang Shan didn't expect the enemy troops under the mountain to see through his delaying tactics and come so quickly; What I didn't expect was that these Tartars could use such a vicious scheme, clearly letting the Han people use them as shields.
The people next to him were also dumbfounded, they were patronizing what was going on inside just now, and no one knew that the Tartars had forced so close. Because the order to retreat has been given, most of the fighting spirit of the villagers has been discharged, coupled with the factor of infighting, some people turned around and ran back, and the rest of the people were also half-squatting to avoid the cold arrows that flew continuously, and retreated step by step.
"How...... How?! Rouge Tiger was anxious and frightened, and his voice was out of tune. Although they usually rob houses and houses, and the lives of people in their hands are heavy, most of the people outside are people near Sancha'er Fort, and they have some incense on the grass next to their nests. What's more, now it's dealing with the Tartars, and the Han folks outside are emotionally divided into the same camp by them at the moment, and they can't do it if they want to kill their compatriots.
"Don't let the Tartars come over!" Mao Wenlong knocked a cold arrow away, and roared with a white face. "If you want to fight, you can fight, and you can't control others at the moment. If you don't fight, go quickly! "He doesn't care about the lives of the people outside, at this moment he doesn't count, and the weapons and bows in the village are insufficient, otherwise he would have ordered a concentrated firepower to bombard the outside world.
Yue Xiang didn't know what to do for a while, the other party was overwhelming, and he had the absolute upper hand, and he came to do it again. Intellectually, he knows that now is not the time to be soft-hearted, but emotionally he is really soft-hearted. However, after such a delay, the black-pressed crowd crashed into the wall, and under this huge impact, the wall of the wood and stone structure trembled significantly. Then the sound of the gate smashing exploded, and it was clear that someone outside was smashing the door with a heavy weapon such as a giant axe.
The people in the village were completely messed up, and Yang Shan couldn't stop drinking. Some people beckoned down with bows and crossbows, others turned around and fled, the unified command had been completely lost, just when everyone had no master, Wang Yining suddenly flashed out from the side, snatched the fire in Yue Xiang's hand, and shouted: "Hurry down the wall, everyone go!" Set fire to stop the enemy! As he spoke, he shook the fire and threw it into the stack of firewood below.
The firewood below is full of fire-burning things such as sulfur and oil, and it ignites when it comes to an open flame. Everyone hurriedly jumped off the wall, and after this last psychological step, there was nothing to scruple about. All the people turned around and ran towards Erdaozhai for their lives. As for whether this fire will burn to the people outside, they have to psychologically comfort themselves that the Tartar should retreat in the face of difficulties, and it will not be so inhumane.
Yue Xiang ran to Xiao Wan's side, turned his head and saw that there were already flames flying and smoke rising to the sky behind him, the entire wall had turned into a sea of fire, the suffocating heat wave kept coming, the surroundings were in chaos, and several of his own families couldn't find anyone. And outside the wall, there was a scream, and there seemed to be a huge force constantly impacting.
"Let's go!" Yue Xiang pulled Xiao Wan to take advantage of the chaos and ran towards the path that he had planned in advance, he would not follow Yang Shan and them all the way if he was killed. And at this critical juncture, no one can take care of the two of them. Climb over a stone cliff to the edge of the wall, outside is a very steep slope, covered by dense woods, as long as you drill into the woods, you can hide your body by the cover of trees, from here it seems that you can lead to the opposite eunuch temple.
Yue Xiang felt that there should be still time, but as soon as they climbed the slope, they heard a loud rumble behind them, and the entire burning wall collapsed, and in an instant, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and it turned out that they couldn't withstand the pressure of the crowd outside and were pushed down.
In the screams, a whole row of charred and blackened figures rushed in, and then they were buried under the collapsed and burning remains of the wall, and then the people outside were pushed from behind to squeeze in from the mouth, and people continued to fall on the red-hot wreckage, or crush the flames under them or be swallowed by the flames, the scene was terrible, but more people with fireworks all over their bodies like headless flies broke in and scurried around, and the air was filled with the unpleasant smell of burnt human flesh.
Yue Xiang somehow remembered the fire in Goat Yu Fort, and Xiao Wan next to him turned pale with fright, and Yue Xiang covered her mouth first, so she didn't scream.
The two hid behind a big tree, but saw the people outside the village pouring in like a tide, and the bannermen swung their knives to kill the people who stood in the way, cutting flesh and blood, and desperately chased them to the mountain, it seemed that Yang Shan's vote had become their main target. The scattered Han people scurried around regardless of their heads, and some even ran in the direction of the two of them, but the Jurchen bannermen seemed to ignore them and chased them up the mountain.
Don't let these guys reveal their place. Yue Xiang couldn't show up to stop it, so he had to pull Xiao Wan and quietly retreat. didn't take a few steps back, and suddenly a person came out of the bushes beside him, Yue Xiang was scared into a cold sweat, and showed his knife like a reflex, Xiao Wan almost sat on the ground. The man even made a gesture and signaled not to make a sound, Yue Xiang looked at it fixedly, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, it was none other than Wang Yining.
This guy didn't pay attention to where he ran in the chaos after setting fire just now, but he didn't expect to get into this place one step ahead of Yue Xiang, and the three of them carefully retreated into the trees behind them, there were many trees on the slope, and there were many places for hands and feet to pedal, so as to stabilize their bodies on this steep slope.
From a distance, it seems that the Jurchen Tartars have come with two leaders and looks. Under the command of these two men, a group of Tartars began to surround the scattered and chaotic crowd, and all the Han people who tried to escape were captured and brutally killed. The other team continued to chase upwards. The fire continued, and the Tartars shouted and began to organize people to extinguish the fire.
It's safe for now...... Yue Xiang slowly retracted his head and looked at Wang Yining and Xiao Wan. The faces of the three of them were all black, white, and full of soot and sweat, Yue Xiang lowered his voice and asked, "Why didn't you go all the way with Yang Shan?" ”
"Now it's a life and death with them all the way, don't you see that the pigtailed soldiers have already chased them as targets? Your trick Li Dai Tao stiff took out the golden cicada and played dangerously. However, with my Wang Yining's ability to meet each other, it seems that you kid should not die, so there is a better chance that you may leave alive. In addition, I also want to see what the legendary Gaohuai Tibetan Gold is like. ”
"Yang Shan, can they run?" Yue Xiang wiped the sweat from his face.
"Who knows, the opportunity is about five to five. I don't think this Tartar leader is an idle person, but Yang Shan is a local snake, and he has been operating here for several years, so he must have a way to escape, and his kung fu is not a vegetarian, so I am afraid it will take a lot of effort for the Tartar to catch him. ”
"Phew, the longer the two of them spend, the better. Let's go, don't wait for the fire to burn over there. Yue Xiang looked over there again, but saw that the process of fighting the fire was not smooth, although most of the people were struggling to fight the flames, but the high temperature still scorched the branches of the nearby treetops, some of which were already on fire, and the fire had a tendency to spread to this side, and it was about to turn into a forest fire......
"Hurry up, hurry up and put out the fire!"
Inside the cottage, Lange yelled loudly. Although he expected that these Han bandits were playing a delaying tactic, he did not expect these people to be so ruthless and actually use fire attacks to stop their pursuit. You must know that in the mountains outside the pass, there are hundreds of hectares of primeval forests everywhere, and as long as there is a little spark, it may cause a forest fire. Once that kind of fire, it can't be extinguished by manpower, unless it dies on its own.
Both the Han and the Jurchens who grew up outside the pass knew the common sense that they could not just light a fire in the woods, which could lead to a catastrophe that would exterminate people and animals for hundreds of miles, and it was impossible for these bandits not to know these things. Now he is using this method against himself, which makes Lange frightened.
If these people play a trick, lure themselves into the village, and then put a fire like Zhuge Liang burning Xinye City, then they may be more than lucky.
But on the other hand, he was even more convinced that there must be a secret way to escape on this cottage, otherwise how would these Han people dare to use this kind of means that they would die with themselves, and he didn't think that these Han people had such courage.
It seems that these Han people have also seen through their own discordant schemes, and estimated that Yue Xiang was on it, and Shiertai, a deadly guy, led people to catch up. There are more than 20 teams of people and horses sent out to surround the mountain, and there should always be one or two ways to block the retreat of these people. But now the fire cannot be extinguished, there are already signs of causing a mountain fire, the fire is really ignited, and these thousands of people are not enough to see.
Now his heart is also anxious like a cat scratching, hoping that Shiertai's movements will be faster, no matter what, he doesn't think that for the sake of a mere Han people, it is worth all these thousands of Jurchen warriors to ride in and bury him.
"Master! You see! While he was in a hurry, one of the guards next to him stepped forward to report that Lange followed the direction of his finger and looked into the distance through the smoke, but saw nothing.
"See what?" Lange's brow furrowed.
The guard also looked over there again, with a strange look on his face. "Back to the master, the slave seemed to see someone in the mountains and forests over there just now, but he couldn't see it again."
"Do you see clearly?" Lange's face was calm, and he looked over again, but there was still no sign of any suspicion, but he vaguely saw that there seemed to be a small ruined temple in the mountain forest opposite.
“…… Damn the minions! The minions didn't see it clearly. Seeing that Lange was in a bad mood, the guard couldn't help but scold himself in his heart for being stupid, so he didn't have to come to find a nail to touch at this time, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed. He wasn't sure if he really saw clearly, and now that the heat was scorching, he might be hallucinating.
"Hmph, dog minion! Net to Lao Tzu to make trouble! ”
Lange cursed, but looked over again. His character was so careful, although he was sure in his heart that Yue Xiang must have run to the top of the mountain, but for the sake of insurance, he still decided to send a few people over there to check it out, and there was no big mistake in being careful.
"Alright, now that you've seen it, take ten people over there to take a look. If you're so confused, watch out for your dog's head! ”……