In the eleventh year of Chongzhen (1638), in September, Ding Chou Miyun County

In the mansion of Deng Xizhao, the eunuch of the prison army, the wine and delicacies are intoxicating, the light songs and dances are confusing, and the silk and bamboo in the south of the Yangtze River are charming. A team of young and beautiful maidservants holding wine jugs in their hands continue to fill the wine glasses for the guests, and here is holding a birthday banquet for Deng Xizhao, the eunuch of the prison army, and the generals at all levels under the command of Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao, are lining up to present birthday gifts for the prison army.

A military attache dressed in the uniform of the general army raised his glass and congratulated loudly: "I wish the Lord of the Prison Army a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan!" With that, he drank the wine in his glass. This person is Wu Guojun, the chief military officer under Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao.

Wu Aheng is a native of Yuzhou. Ming Wanli has not been a scholar, and has served as the Zichuan Order, Licheng Order, Huguang Dao Imperial History, Zhejiang Patrol, Hedong Deputy Envoy, and the Governor of Jiliao until Jiliao. After he arrived, he trained his soldiers, raised baggage, set up strict barriers, built enemy towers, built cannons, and repaired moats, which can be described as meticulous

Today was supposed to be the day when Wu Aheng took the chief soldier Wu Guojun to inspect the Great Wall fortress together, but it happened to be the birthday of Deng Xizhao, the eunuch of the supervising army. Wu Aheng is very uninterested in eunuchs, and his relationship with Deng Xizhao has always been lukewarm, and he can't say three sentences when he sees him. This time, Deng Xizhao specially sent an invitation, and Wu Guojun suggested that Wu Aheng still go to the banquet.

"It's not easy to offend these people who don't have that job, otherwise he will say bad things about you in front of His Majesty, and bring out the emperor everywhere to restrain him, it will be like a fish in his throat~" Wu Guojun is not as good as Wu Aheng in battle, but he is more sophisticated and better than Wu Aheng. Wu Aheng felt that Wu Guojun's words still made some sense, so he took Wu Guojun to congratulate Deng Xizhao on his birthday, but he was still worried about the border defense

Wu Aheng toasted two glasses of wine in a row, and then arched his hand and said: "Supervising the army, Wu is not strong enough to drink, and the side plug will be routinely inspected today, please forgive Wu for military affairs, and he can't stay for a long time~"

Deng Xizhao blinked his goldfish eyes, shook his beardless fat head, and said with a smile: "I heard that Governor Wu drinks very well, and he has to drink heavily before every war." Why, do you think the wine here is not good? ”

Wu Aheng said with a smile: "Where is it, the prison army is here to drink and be beautiful, lingering, but it is true that military affairs are in place~" Saying that, Wu Aheng nodded at Wu Guojun, and Wu Guojun also got up and said: "The governor is indeed going to inspect the border plug today, it is indeed not prevarication!" ”

Wu Aheng arched his hand and said, "Farewell~!" With that, Wu Aheng turned around and left

The corners of Deng Xizhao's mouth curled slightly, and he said coldly: "Look at how our family will clean you up next time!" However, Deng Xizhao didn't expect that he would never have a chance to rectify Wu Aheng again, because Wu Aheng was embarking on a road of death. And he, Deng Xizhao, himself, is not far away

The wall is located in the east of Miyun County 80 miles, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack the Xiongguan dangerous pass, close the stone city, all are made of the huge stone of more than 1,000 catties, the city is two feet high and five feet, the width is one zhang and three feet, the city tower is a brick and stone structure, it is extremely solid, the north side of the pass is a cliff, there is a great wall more than 1 mile long on the cliff, there is a big iron cannon with a diameter of one foot long and more than one zhang on the city wall, there is a beacon tower on the top of the mountain in 2 miles before the pass, you can see the enemy dozens of miles away, once there is an enemy situation, immediately ignite the wolf smoke and send out a signal.

Just when Deng Xizhao was holding a birthday banquet for himself, Yue Tuo, the vanguard of the Qing army who entered the fortress for the fourth time, had already led his army to conquer the three villages outside the wall, but the castle was strong and difficult to attack. At this time, Yue Tuo's subordinate Guerjia Laosa and others caught a Ming soldier who had no time to escape into the castle, and after some torture, the Ming soldier confessed that although the wall ridge was difficult to fight, it was easy to climb over this natural danger from the east and west heights of the ridge. So Yue Tuo divided the army into four routes, and Wu Aheng and Wu Guojun, who happened to inspect the wall, hastily organized 8,000 horses to meet the battle. After three days of fierce fighting between the two sides, Wu Guojun fled, leaving Wu Aheng to fight alone

Yue Tuo rode on Mashan, and he could see Wu Aheng who was still fighting with a knife from a distance, and he said to Gualga Lausa: "Lausa, have you seen it? That person is Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao of the Ming Army, and he is a brave general, but today~! Yue Tuo raised his hand proudly, "I will be a ghost for my Eight Banners Athlete!" ”

Laosa is a Mongolian, surnamed Guerjia, living in Anchulaku, Huang Taiji Vavarkha Department, taking Anchulaku, Laosa joined the Qing army, "These Han people are southern barbarians, they will only dump each other, even if there are heroes?" Rausa raised his saber high and shouted to the Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners behind him: "Descendants of Genghis Khan, follow me to fight!" ”

"Roar~~" The Mongolian soldiers were like rainbows, and under the leadership of Rausa, they joined the battle circle and surrounded Wu Aheng

Wu Aheng's general Lu Daming took Wu Aheng's 300 family members to guard Wu Aheng in the core, and the Qing soldiers continued to fight with Lu Daming's troops around this circle, and there were more corpses piled up around this circle than anywhere else, like a spiral meat grinder

"Governor, there is still a good horse under the mark, please break through the Governor!" Lu Daming's helmet was lost in a while, his hair was sticky because it was stained with blood, and the Yanling knife in his hand was full of chips, like a saw

Wu Aheng straightened his helmet, and then looked at the Qing soldiers who were constantly gathering around, he looked up to the sky and laughed, "Daming, even if I can escape for a while, how can I escape military law?" Instead of sitting on the sin and dying, it is better to return the horse leather shroud! Wu Aheng's voice was already hoarse, and Wu Aheng lifted his armor skirt, wiped off the flesh and blood stained on the Yanling knife, and then shouted: "Da Ming Jian'er, I want to kill a thief chieftain, if you want to come, you don't want to go!" ”

"I'll follow you to the death!" Wu Aheng's family members roared in unison

"Kill ~~~~~" Wu Aheng Yan Lingdao pointed at Yue Tuo's big sword, so the spiral meat grinder began to move in the direction of Yue Tuo, every time Wu Aheng yelled in a hoarse voice, the Ming army rushed forward a few steps, even if Guarjia Laosa led the Mongolian soldiers to fight desperately, it was to no avail. Yue Tuo saw that Wu Aheng's banner was getting closer and closer to him, and hurriedly sent a team of Balaya soldiers to surround him.

But after all, there were many Qing soldiers, and the battle circle of the Ming army was getting smaller and smaller, and it was completely overwhelmed by the Qing soldiers in less than a stick of incense. Lu Daming was pierced in the chest with a spear, and at the moment he fell to the ground, he saw Wu Aheng being beaten to the ground by several Qing soldiers, "Dashuai~~~" His lips twitched a few times

Lausa escorted Wu Aheng to Yue Tuo, "Kneel~" Lausa kicked Wu Aheng's foot hard, Wu Aheng was already exhausted, and knelt down in front of Yue Tuo's horse with a plop

Wu Aheng stubbornly wanted to stand up, but his shoulders were firmly pressed by Lausa, and Wu Aheng scolded: "In the world of life, kneel down to the heaven and earth, kneel down to the monarch's father." You are a slave, a lowly breed like a beast, and you are not worthy of me to bend your knees. ”

"Bastard!" Rausa raised the handle of the knife and hit Wu Aheng in the mouth, and suddenly Wu Aheng's mouth was full of blood, and several teeth were knocked out, especially scolding

Yue Tuo was patient and said: "The general is a talent, you Han people have a saying that a good bird chooses a tree to perch, and a good minister chooses the master to do things." Now the Ming Emperor is mediocre, and it is already the waning sun, and my Qing Dynasty is like the rising sun in the east. Why didn't the general follow the example of King Sanshun (Gongshun King Kong Youde, Zhishun King Shang Kexi, and Huaishun King Geng Zhongming)??? ”

Wu Aheng spit out a mouthful of blood and shot at Yue Tuo like a sharp arrow, Yue Tuo dodged with his head sideways, but was still splashed with a little saliva, Wu Aheng scolded with a smile: "I am a general of the Ming Dynasty for my life, and I am a heroic spirit of heaven for my death, and I will never bend my knees to slavery, and I will kill if I want to!" ”

"Sharp-tongued ~ a southern barbarian who doesn't know what to do!" Yue Tuo was annoyed and angry, "Come on, cut off his kneecaps first, so that he can only bend his knees forever." Pull out his tongue and knock out his teeth, so that he will never be able to speak~ and then the five horses will be separated! ”