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"Don't be afraid, everyone, the bandits don't have the equipment to attack the fortifications, they just need to hold on to the city wall, and they won't be able to enter our city. We have sent people to Qinghe to ask for help, and Qinghe reinforcements will arrive soon! Don't mess with yourself, as long as you listen to my Yue Xiang's orders, I will keep you safe. ”
Yue Xiang stood on a high place and shouted to the people below. At this moment, the people in the city were panicked, and most of them were walking around like flies without their heads. I originally thought that this Goatyu Fort was a safe place, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't hide from it. Outside the city, the horse teams with white flags scattered into several large groups, galloping back and forth around the fort and shouting, flying in the sky, showing off their strength. If it weren't for the fact that the whole city had been surrounded, it was estimated that there would be no few people who abandoned the city and fled or left the city.
All Yue Xiang could do at the moment was to try to appease people's hearts, and at the same time send his family to guard the city gate in case someone sacrificed the city. He did not know if Qinghe's reinforcements would arrive. Even if it arrives, it may not be useful, and it is estimated that Qinghe's simple equipment and the quality of the soldiers are not much better than this Goatyu Fort. And he will look for reinforcements, won't Huang Taiji be? The efficiency of the Eight Banners Army was only higher than that of the Ming Army, and there were large horse teams here, and perhaps even larger infantry nearby.
The walls of this type of fortress are less than five meters high and about three meters wide. The building structure is a mixture of earth and stone, the interior is built of rammed earth, the exterior is made of adobe bricks and rubble, there is no horse face and corner tower, only a south gate is opened, and the city gate is just an ordinary wooden door, probably only a simple long ladder or cave car can be captured.
Anyway, in history, the Eight Banners Army was famous for being good at digging city walls in all the battles, and later there were even iron leaders of engineering units who were specially used to dig city walls. If it is real, the earthen wall like Goatyu Fort probably can't help people dig it a few times.
Therefore, it is not enough to count on reinforcements that do not know whether they will come, and if you want to get out of the current predicament, you need to find another way quickly. Yue Xiang shouted loudly for a while, which seemed to have some effect, and the commotion of the crowd slowed down slightly. After all, his brave performance outside the city just now was seen by many people, and he unconsciously established him as an image that he could rely on in his heart.
"Big ...... My lord, how can this be good......" Yue Xiang finished flickering, but he heard a trembling sound around him, and when he turned his head, he couldn't help but be surprised that it was actually the four bad officials of the East Factory. These four guys were all as white as paper, and they followed Yue Xiang like a dogskin plaster, as if his side was a safe place.
"You guys? Why didn't you die...... Ah, I mean, why are you here? "Yue Xiang was immediately angry when he saw these four people, his subordinates died so much, and these four guys actually survived, which really made him feel unhappy." You can't escape?! ”
"No, no, no, they were wronged, Xiaguan and the others were wrapped up in the team of the other two adults and retreated to this city, and they did not flee from the battle, and please be aware of them. The adults showed their might outside the city, and the robbers who killed them turned on their backs, and the lower officials only wanted to go out of the city and follow the adults to kill the enemy for the country......" These four people saw that Yue Xiang's face was not good, and they were so frightened that their faces were colorless, and their farts were like a tide. The more Yue Xiang looked at them, the more unpleasant he became, and he had the intention to sprinkle the anger in his heart on them, and said angrily: "Didn't you say that the Jian bandits have repented and stopped going against Da Ming!?" What's going on?! Did you surrender and deliberately come back to earn us money!? I'm killing you! ”
"Huh? Treat unjustly! Wronged! Xiaguan, Xiaguan doesn't know what's going on! I think it was Chief Nanu who deceived us and others, and the subordinate did not notice it for a while before he fell into the trick. But he finally met the adults to expose his trick. The lower official swears to the sky, if there are two hearts willing to hit the sky with five thunders, the lower official is absolutely loyal to my Daming......"
The four of them were so frightened that they knelt down again and kowtowed, and spoke incoherently. Yue Xiang actually felt that this matter might just be a coincidence, because today's dispatch of troops was a temporary idea, and if Huang Taiji could calculate this matter, then he would be too godly. These people don't have any personal grudges with themselves, and now at this time, external enemies are around, and killing people first inside may affect morale, so Yue Xiang sent them to the city to serve as coolies.
Although the Goat Valley Fort is not big, it is also one of the military strongholds operated by the Ming Army along the Great Wall of Liaodong, and from the warehouse in the fort, a total of two Furlong machine iron cannons, three tiger squat cannons, five boxes of rockets, and a bunch of stone cannons, ten barrels of gunpowder and some large and small cannons, which are all the family resources in this Goatyu Fort. However, judging from the altered and messy accounts in this warehouse, this thing is only a part of the original materials, and as for where the rest have gone, Yue Xiang can probably guess it. Obviously, the soldiers here are also living a hard life, and since the court is in arrears of food and wages, it is naturally no wonder that the people below rely on the mountains to eat the mountains.
Moreover, even these only remaining firearms did not look so reassuring, the ash on the iron cannon was very thick, the muzzle of the cannon was covered with dense cobwebs, and the cannon body was rusty, and it was not touched for I don't know how long. Those powder kegs look like they've been around for years, and no one can say if the gunpowder in them is still useful.
"There is only such a thing in this city, none of our people can use it, so we can only rely on the people in this city." Dong Mingchuan was obviously relieved. Yue Xiang didn't care about this, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, some of the soldiers here have seen battles in Fushun and Jianbandit, and Zhang Zhenshuai's team should still be able to fight, and if you look for it, you will definitely find a gunner." We can only count on these people now. ”
"By the way, what about the woman you captured who built the bandit?" Ma Gong came out from the side, and according to his meaning, he didn't know if he could survive today, so he just brought that girl to let everyone have a good time first.
Since ancient times, women have always been a good way to boost morale in war. Besides, the appearance of this Jurchen girl is really beautiful and attractive, and there is a bewitching style all over her body, which is the kind of mature woman who is the most attractive to men. Ma Gongchu's saliva almost flowed out when he saw this woman, but he didn't move her because of Yue Xiang's face. After all, this is the person Yue Xiang desperately caught back, and if he wants to go, Yue Xiang should go first.
Yue Xiang frowned slightly, although he had seen the cruelty of war, but after all, he had grown up with a modern revolutionary education, and he attached great importance to the sense of honor of soldiers, and habitually disliked this kind of proposal.
But he also knew that in this kind of war in the feudal era, there was no such concept of so-called humanitarianism, even if the righteous side won the battle, it would still rape and plunder the losing side, which was the common sense of the current era. Moreover, he felt that there was no real justice or evil in the war, that the winner was the king and the loser was the loser, that history was always written by the victor, and that the victor would definitely not write his own atrocities in order to flaunt himself.
At a time like this, he alone cannot change the perception of this era. Since you can't ask the environment to adapt to you, you can only adapt to the environment. Although Yue Xiang was disgusted with this proposal, he did not oppose it after thinking about it, and now the first consideration is his own survival, and he has to stand aside in terms of morality. He didn't expect to be shaken so quickly, it seems that the saying that war can turn people into beasts is really true.
"This woman is likely to be an important figure in the bandits, let's wait until I'm done interrogating her. I wonder she's our talisman. ”
When I came to the room where the prisoner was held, I saw the woman standing in the corner, wearing a short brocade cheongsam with a light brown collar and narrow sleeves, lined with precious fur, and decorated with gorgeous gold cloud patterns on the outer edge. The two short shawl shoulders are divided into left and right, and they are also decorated with cloud patterns. The black fox fur exposed under the shoulder pads was smooth in color and soft in texture, protecting the creamy snow-white neck.
The ears are covered with pearl earrings of pure gold, and the sleeves have royal blue horseshoe sleeves. The lower body is a long pleated skirt, also decorated with rich gold lines. The lower part of the cheongsam is looser, and the upper part is tightly tightened to reveal the plump curve of the breast and willow waist. The appearance is even more glamorous and moving, with willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, fair skin, and sexy red lips. There is an indescribable grace and luxury in the mature and charming style, and that kind of temperament and clothing are definitely not what ordinary women can have.
Yue Xiang somehow felt that this woman's eyebrows and eyes seemed to be a little similar to Xiao Wan, they were all beauties, but in terms of temperament, they were absolutely incomparable, and this woman seemed to give people a feeling like the king of mature women. It's really hard to imagine that this cold and miserable land of Jianzhou Nuzhen can give birth to such a beautiful woman.
What made Yue Xiang even more concerned was that this woman's expression was quite calm, and she didn't seem to be afraid of them.
Interesting...... Yue Xiang really didn't look at her carefully when he caught her, and she was panicked at that time. But now that she has adjusted her state so quickly, this woman is really not an idle person. He walked over and looked her up and down a few times with his hands behind his back, the woman who can be ranked with Huang Taiji must not be simple, this woman ...... Still can't think of it.
"Ask her who she really is, and tell her that as long as she answers honestly, it won't hurt her."
Dong Mingchuan stumbled to translate his speech, but who expected this beautiful woman to smile and said, "You don't have to bother so much, I understand your Han language." It turned out to be an official dialect with a slight northeast accent.
Yue Xiang and the other three of them were taken aback, thinking to themselves, this woman is really not simple, she is so proficient in a foreign language, I don't think it will be nothing to learn to play. He laughed, nodded and said, "Our Han people are not bad, are you a Jurchen, or a Han Chinese?" ”
"What about the Jurchens? What about the Han Chinese? Everyone is raised by their parents, and the blood on their bodies is red, is there a difference? The beautiful woman's voice was soft and pleasant, as if it were a natural sound, and there seemed to be a kind of magic that could convince people.
Ma Gong and Dong Mingchuan were stunned when they heard this, and then a trace of confusion flashed in their eyes, and they stopped talking. Yue Xiang was surprised in his heart, thinking to himself that this woman didn't have a racial opinion in her heart? It's really rare that someone in this era has such an opinion, and he is a Jurchen. I couldn't help but nod and said: "It's no difference, everyone is from the earth, and everyone may be from the same country in a few hundred years." ”
Naturally, this beautiful woman didn't understand what the earthlings meant, but she was still satisfied with this result. "Since there is no difference, why did the strong man invite me here? Could it be that you are here to invite me as a guest? Or ......" The beautiful woman dragged out her voice, and a pair of phoenix eyes seemed to burn with a lustful flame, staring at Yue Xiang's eyes.
"Or is it that the strong man has taken a fancy to my beauty and wants to be close to me?"
The voice was delicate and soft, Yue Xiang felt as if there was a strange force that picked up the ** in his chest all of a sudden, and suddenly he wanted to make love with this woman. He could even feel the hot smell of lust emanating from this woman. He showed an ambiguous smile on his face: "What if I fall in love with you?" ”
"According to our Jurchen rules, women are the property of men. Whoever is stronger is whomever it is, isn't it the strong man who is the strongest person here? ”
"That's natural, otherwise I can snatch you out of Huang Taiji's hands?" Huang Tai Chi ...... Something flashed through Yue Xiang's mind, but then disappeared again.
The beautiful woman moved the lotus step lightly, leaned in front of Yue Xiang, and gently raised her jade hand to caress Yue Xiang's cheek, "Then I am the person of the strong man, may the strong man have mercy on the body of the slave." From now on, the slave is owned by the strong man, and the strong man must not let others touch the body of the slave family. "The voice is very obscene.
"Hehe, my woman will never let others touch her, and whoever dares to touch my woman will kill her. Well...... What did I just want to ask you? Yue Xiang felt that his mind was a little confused, but it was all right, now he just wanted to quench the fire with this seductive beautiful mature woman first, and the eyes of Dong Mingchuan and Ma Gong behind him flashed with fanatical lust.
The woman's exclamation rang out.
Yue Xiang looked at the beautiful woman who had been held tightly in his arms, one of his hands had lifted her long skirt, and the front of her dress was already ajar, and there were still traces of his saliva on her snow-white breasts. He looked at the beautiful woman who was also surprised in surprise, but found that her face was as usual, and she didn't look emotional at all.
He found that he really didn't know what was going on just now, and it seemed that he had followed the meaning of this beautiful woman all the way, but he still felt that it was normal, what was going on? This woman is beautiful, and she won't let herself get to this point? I forgot about the serious things.
And Ma Gong and Dong Mingchuan rubbed their temples and looked uncomfortable. Yue Xiang let go of the woman in his arms and looked back at the door. I saw my wife Chen Xiaowan standing at the door, her apricot eyes wide, and the exclamation just now came from her mouth.
"This ...... No...... I didn't know what was going on......"
Yue Xiang felt a little at a loss and embarrassed. Subconsciously wanted to justify something, but Chen Xiaowan walked towards him quickly as if he hadn't heard it, and when he was opening his mouth, he saw Chen Xiaowan standing directly in front of the beautiful woman, like an old hen protecting a chick.
And what he felt from Xiao Wan was a very obvious murderous aura. And Xiao Wan's tone turned out to be cold and cold that she had never heard of.
"Sun Dementor! Who are you? Why do you use the Great Technique of the White Sun!? ”