Yinshi, Goat Valley Fort.

It was already light, and the thousands of people in the fort had gathered in the open space behind the door. They all stiffened after a tense night's sleep, for they didn't know what would be waiting for them outside the city when the gates opened. Whether it will be able to escape smoothly or whether it will be a dead end, no one knows.

Most people's eyes swept over the bodies of those reinforcements from Qinghe City from time to time, and the most common one was Yue Xiang. It seems that he is now a lifeline that can give them confidence and hope. Even if his calm expression lingered on his face for a few more moments, it would make them feel at ease.

Yue Xiang's composure was naturally half faked, and he wasn't sure what the final result would be, although he had a good idea. In his experience, the more carefully you plan in advance, the more likely it is to have unexpected situations in the implementation process, and no matter how well you plan, there will be unexpected blind spots, and 100% of the time it will bring trouble. Moreover, now he has no such experience in commanding a large army of thousands of people in advance, he used to be only a platoon commander, and it is okay to command dozens of people, but thousands of people, that is the work of the regiment commander.

But at this time, he also knew that there was no hesitation on his face, how many people looked at him. Although he felt that he should not and was not prepared to take on such a responsibility, when everyone was spontaneously arching him up, he was naturally in the position of the one who gave the order.

He looked up at the city, where Abbhai was tied to it, and one stood on each side, two knives resting around her neck. Her mouth was gagged and she couldn't make a sound. Thousands of people were silent, except for the snorts of war horses and the occasional restless hoof, everyone was waiting, waiting for that moment to come.

The eighteen surviving family members under Yue Xiang are also recovering at this moment, the two cult demons Ma Sandao and Li Shoucai don't know how to survive the chaos, and Bi Mazi and Chen Wumin are also there, as well as Yue Shan. This is the only place where Yue Xiang is gratified, at least his henchmen are not dead. He had put on his armor at the moment, and he was as formidable and mighty as possible, and thanks to the burghers for picking up most of the armor they had discarded, of course, the wounds on his body did not allow him to make very violent movements, let alone wield his heavy three-pointed knife.

In the midst of this suffocating wait, the sound of horses' hooves of thunder finally sounded from far to near outside the city. Yue Xiang and the others' expressions seemed to be relaxed and even more nervous, and their faces calmed down. But most of them shuddered when they heard the sound of horses' hooves beating on the earth, thinking that they would lose the protection of the city walls in a moment, just as a sheep would be exposed directly to the fangs and claws of a tiger, and anyone would be afraid.

"My lord, the pigtail soldier...... Come...... Here it comes! The trembling voices of the patrolmen came from the city.

Yue Xiang immediately went to the city, it was early in the morning, and he could already see a general outline outside the city, only to see countless white horse teams galloping from a distance, gathering on the side outside the city. Soon a large crowd gathered, and many of them threw their contents into the open space near the city walls, and soon spread a patch on the ground, and the smell of blood blew in the air.

Huang Taiji is worthy of being Huang Taiji, Yue Xiang secretly praised in his heart. In the face of such an efficient war machine, I really don't know how the Ming Dynasty should fight this battle.

But now is not the time to praise, Yue Xiang went down to the city, said a few words to the people next to him, opened the city gate a gap, went out from the inside, and when he got closer, he saw that the ground was full of bloody human heads, some were bald or short-haired, some were wearing braids, all men.

These are all Jurchen heads, densely scattered all over the place, and there can be hundreds.

On the opposite side, a horse rode out, it was Huang Taiji. He ran to Yue Xiang not far away and stopped, and said loudly: "Yue Xiang, the three hundred heads you want have already been brought to you, and now you can release them." ”

"Don't worry, everyone is looking for a way to live, and I don't need to provoke you to find yourself unhappy. The man you want is in the city. As he spoke, he pointed back, Huang Taiji looked up in the direction of his finger, and immediately said with a calm face: "What do you mean?" Do you want to regret it? Hurry up and remove the knife for me! ”

"Hehe, I'll naturally withdraw the knife. Please forgive me, this is a last resort, our army really can't stand the iron cavalry charge in the field, I let people go first, if Sibeile repents, then I can't advance or retreat outside the city, I'm afraid that it will be killed by you in a while. Besides, who knows if there is any other ambush outside the city? Fourth, Baylor's trip is quite unsmooth, in case you have the intention of killing people...... Hehe, I have to guard against it. ”

"What shall I destroy?" Huang Taiji looked confused.

"We're friend or foe, and I'll know what I mean when I think about it."

Huang Taiji smiled slightly, put away his confused expression, looked at Abahai in the city and said, "That's right, we are friends and enemies, so why should I believe you?" ”

"Make a private peace with the enemy before the battle, this is to turn around, no one is poor, how can I take the initiative to mention it."

"I didn't expect there to be a character like you in the Ming army, hum, it's a pity that I voted for the wrong master. The Ming Dynasty is exhausted, and sooner or later it will fall, and if you hold on to it, you will eventually be buried with it. Huang Taiji's tone was full of regret and sternness, as if he had not given up on Yue Xiang. However, judging from his later attitude towards Hong Chengchou, this person's patience has always been very strong. Even a hardcore scholar like Hong Chengchou, who has read sage books and read all his life, can't consume him.

"What if the Ming Dynasty is exhausted? The Ming Dynasty is really out of play, and it is not your turn to build a Jurchen to come out and make trouble. Don't think too much about yourself, and don't underestimate the strength of the Ming Dynasty too much. A dynasty that can exist for more than 200 years is not just a fall, maybe you think that the officers and soldiers outside the gate are vulnerable, that is because the imperial court has not yet taken care of you. When you get started, you will know how much power such a huge country has! And now, you are at best a group of semi-civilized savages, don't think that if you win a few hordes of savages like you, you think that you are invincible in the world, you have a fatal weakness but you don't know it yet; And the officers and soldiers have the power to destroy you, they just haven't noticed it yet, but someone will let them know about it! ”

Yue Xiang shouted loudly, most of them were modern grammar that was more vernacular than the vernacular, even Huang Taiji, the "Ming Dynasty Tong", did not understand all of it, but he knew that Yue Xiang was responding to what he had just said, and most of the content was insults and intimidation. Huang Taiji didn't laugh angrily, in his opinion, this was just a manifestation of Yue Xiang's anger, annoyance, and anger.

"It's useless to talk too much, and you'll understand when you see a real chapter on the battlefield in the future! You're a man, and I hope you can live until the next time you see me. Remember, your life is mine. The cold tone revealed an inexplicable magnetism, and Huang Taiji's gaze pierced Yue Xiang's eyes like two knives.

"Each other, I have also booked your head, but don't die at the hands of your fifth brother before I die." Yue Xiang also did not show weakness, Huang Taiji's face changed, and asked, "How do you know that it is my fifth brother?" ”

"I know a lot more than you think. Dai Shan had no reason to take such a risk, not to mention that he still had a leg with Abahai, so naturally he would not implicate her. You can be self-directed, you can definitely do it. But these more than 300 human heads are real. Then if you calculate it, only Mangru Gutai has the ability and motivation. The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind. ”

"It's not certain who the yellow finch is!" Huang Taiji said a sentence between his teeth, of course, with his talent, once he learned who was doing the ghost, he would definitely have a lot of opportunities to retaliate.

Yue Xiang put his fingers in his mouth and whistled violently, and dozens of horsemen rushed out of the city gate and came straight to the two of them. Huang Taiji pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and was not afraid, as if he didn't look at these people at all. Dong Mingchuan and Ma Gong looked nervously at Huang Taiji not far away, it was the first time they had looked at this legendary number one wise general of the Jurchen Jin Kingdom so closely. Now there is a legend on the ground in Liaodong, that is, what Jin Keming.

It is said that the Jurchen Eight Banners were originally the eight little dragons in the sky, just because the sun and the moon in the sky were connected together a long time ago, the Jade Emperor asked them to separate the sun and the moon, and these eight small dragons formed a "gold" character, because the golden character happened to have eight strokes, and the sun and the moon were opened from the middle with the tip above, and the eight little dragons also exhausted their strength to land in the mortal world and became the ancestors of the Jurchen Eight Banners.

The sun and the moon are bright, and the meaning of this story is to imply Jin Keming, which is estimated to be a rumor spread by those Jurchen spies everywhere. But there is another version that is more interesting, it is said that the top two strokes of the golden character are the two flags of white and red, and it happens that it is said that it is Daishan and Huang Taiji, so these two people are the most well-known in the Han land of Liaodong, and Huang Taiji has won the battle of Fushun and annihilated Zhang Chengyin's troops, and it is even more famous, faintly overshadowing the momentum of Daishan. The Ming army also gritted his teeth when talking about this person, and regarded him as a big trouble.

Now this big man appeared in front of them alive, knowing the danger but couldn't help but want to see what was going on, but Yue Xiang didn't give them a long time. He ordered them to quickly pick up all the heads on the ground, and then divide the whole army into five teams, and set out a group every other time for incense, and every other time for someone to come back and report to him that he was safe.

After everyone nodded and went back, the city gate opened not long after, more than a dozen cavalry leaders, hundreds of people ran out of the city in a hurry, along the river straight to the mountain pass, the order at the city gate was chaotic for a while, probably someone saw others go first and couldn't help but want to run away, causing chaos, as a result, the family members killed several people in a row before the scene was calmed. After the first wave of people went out, the drawbridge was raised, and the way out was cut off.

"Please also ask Sibeile to withdraw the ambush soldiers lying in ambush on the mountain road, in case there is any misunderstanding between them, it will not be good."

"Hmph, you have arranged it so carefully, even if there is an ambush in a certain family, you will have a way to deal with it." Huang Taiji had a playful expression on his face, but then said: "Don't worry, there are no ambushes on the mountain road, you can put your heart in your stomach, look good when you walk, don't treat any lynx beast as an ambush." When the time comes, I will be scared to pee my pants, and a certain family can not afford to eat it. ”

Yue Xiang ignored his sarcasm, just secretly calculated the time. The first group gradually moved away and burrowed into the mountain road, and after about a while, the second group was released from the city and began to run south along the route they had just taken. After a while, men came to him on horseback and told him that everything was well. Yue Xiang's heart was a little more relaxed.

Finally, when the last group of people also began to evacuate, there was also news that the first group of people had safely crossed the Bapanling and successfully arrived in Qinghe. Yue Xiang will retreat with the last team, and he said to Huang Taiji: "Don't dare to have Lao Sibeile to send him off, the green mountains will not change and the green water will flow for a long time, let's see you back, the people in the city are there, and the four Baylors can go to rescue themselves." ”

Saying that, he turned around and turned his horse to leave, but Huang Taiji shouted: "Go slowly, don't let your subordinates withdraw their knives!" It turned out that the knives in the hands of the two people on Abahai's left and right were still on his neck. With a wave of his hand, the cavalry suddenly rushed over and cut off Yue Xiang's front.

"Hehehe, Sibeile can see clearly, those two people are not real people, but fake people made temporarily last night, but they are realistic. In fact, it was the noble man who was alone in the city all along. ”

"Huh?" Huang Taiji was suspicious and looked at the city again. At this moment, the sky was already bright, and he was closer to each other, and if you looked closely, they were really two dummies, but they were wearing thick armor and wrapped tightly. It's hard to believe that they do so much like real people. He turned his head and looked at Yue Xiang with a cruel smile: "You shouldn't tell me, aren't you afraid that I will leave you here now?" ”

"You won't, aren't you afraid to leak the news?"

"I'm sure there are very few people who know about it, no more than three people. You won't take the initiative to publicize it, and you won't even say that you have had an encounter with me when you go back, don't you think? As long as I have a good caliber with Abahai, why should I be afraid of your nonsense, your news can't even enter the territory of Jianzhou, how can you spread rumors? ”

"It's amazing!" Yue Xiang really praised him this time, this Huang Taiji saw it too accurately, and everything he said was to the point. "Of course, no one believes the rumors we spread, but don't forget that someone can. Have you forgotten your good fifth brother? ”

"Why does he listen to you? Besides, you can't even see his face, how can you get the news to him? ”

"We can't see him, but someone does. Have you forgotten the horse thieves in the Weining camp? You killed all the people in their lair, but I forgot to tell you that we actually caught a few alive and brought them back to Qinghe in advance. And we took a few small things from Abahai's body, and if we let those people go, would they have found their master? ”

Yue Xiang's face was fearless, and he looked very relaxed. "Let me tell you one more thing, the gunpowder has been planted in the city, and if you continue to linger here, the whole city will be burned in a while. When the time comes, don't talk about saving people, hum ......"

“…… Okay, well, I really underestimate you! Yue Xiang, someone remembers you! Huang Taiji ordered a team of people to enter the city immediately to rescue people, "Wait for a certain family to confirm that it is okay, you can leave!" With an opponent like you, you won't find it boring to fight on the battlefield in Japan. ”

Yue Xiang said with a solemn face, clenched his fists: "Si Beile, there are more than 200 wounded soldiers of our army in the city, Yue has nothing to do, just ask Sibeile to leave them a whole corpse, find a place to bury them together, and Yue will one day move their corpses back to their hometown." If the four Baylors were willing to agree, the matter would be completely over, and there would be no further trouble. In the future, when we meet on the battlefield, we will divide life and death, I don't know what Sibeile will do? ”

“…… Well, that's a deal! ”

When Abahai was surrounded by everyone and went out of the city, Huang Taiji attacked his horse to meet him. In a short time, flames also flew into the city. The whole Goat Valley Fort was wrapped in thick smoke and flames, and the huge column of smoke went straight to Xiaohan.

When Abahai came closer, he looked at Yue Xiang's eyes a little complicated. Huang Taiji waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”

Yue Xiang turned the horse's head, clasped his fists and shouted, "There will be a period later!" Then he flew away from the dust......