Xiao Yi and the others were about to bury Jin Qi, but more than 20 people walked out of the house next to them, and it seemed that they should be the villagers here. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 An old man came out and stretched out his big wrinkled hand, stopping Xiao Yi and the others from hastily burying the golden atmosphere.

I only heard the old man say: "Folks, come out, the officers and soldiers have already helped us drive away the Tartars." As the old man's voice fell, Xiao Yi and the others saw that the houses were slowly opened, and the hesitant people walked out one by one. These people were all dressed in coarse cotton clothes, all of them had black faces and rough hands, and although they came out, the people still hesitated.

A young man said to the old man: "Elder Qi, don't be deceived by the officers and soldiers, these officers and soldiers can't do anything." "That's it! How did that kid from the old king's family die, wasn't he just arrested and burned to death as a people's husband?!" A woman.

But when the old Qi heard this, he pointed to the Tartar corpse on the ground with his trembling hands, and said indignantly: "Look at who killed these Tartars." To help us kill these Tartars, they even died a good brother! ”

The surrounding people looked at the corpses all over the ground, and the officers and soldiers who were covered with injuries and fell to the ground in tattered mandarin duck battle jackets were silent. Xiao Yi, Shi Lu, Huang Yang, Shi Gang, Wang Dayong and Liu Tong also kept their heads shut and did not speak, especially Shi Lu, who clenched his fists even more.

The people were all pointing fingers at this scene.

I saw Qi Lao pointing at Xiao Yi and a few people again: "At this time, most of the officers and soldiers are not good people, but look at these people in front of you, what are they here for?" Without them, our fields would have suffered disaster. ”

The people were silent for a long time, and suddenly a middle-aged man in his forties stood up and said: "Everyone, the officers and soldiers help us so much, we can't let these good young men chill their hearts!" Let's help bury this officer and soldier who died in battle! Saying that, a little girl who had been hiding behind him also came out quietly, tiptoed to Shi Lu, handed over the simple windmill in his hand, and whispered: "Uncle, uncle, don't be sad, let's help you bury this uncle." ”

An old woman also arrived: "Yes, everyone, how can you say that these officers and soldiers also killed Tartars, they must be different from other officers and soldiers." ”

"Good!"

"Count me in!"

The villagers finally stopped hesitating, stepped forward one after another, and everyone worked together to bury Jin Qi in a very wide place, and also set up a tombstone, which was written "The Tomb of the Tartar Warrior Jin Qi".

Xiao Yi and the others felt that the people did not hate the officers and soldiers very much, all they needed was that you could keep them safe, and that was enough. If you do this, the people will be grateful to you, but unfortunately there were no officers and soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty to do this most basic point. Even if you try your best, but you still don't protect the people, the people will understand, and it will never be the same as in history.

Xiao Yi walked up to the old man, hugged his fists and said, "Old man, thank you for helping us, our last brother who died in battle with the Tartars was hastily buried." Qi Lao waved his hand and said, "Don't get in the way, do what you can." ”

Xiao Yi looked at the old man and always felt that this old man was a little special, so he asked, "Old man, can Xiao Yi ask some foreign words?" Qi Lao glanced at Xiao Yi and said, "Ask!" ”

"Elder Qi, what did you do when you were young?" Xiao Yi's attitude was extremely respectful. Before Qi Lao could answer, the middle-aged man with the girl came over and said: "Speaking of Qi Lao, but there are some cows, Qi Lao's father once followed the handsome Qi Jiguang Ping to attack the Tartars, and after he retired, he was idle here, and I often heard Qi Lao's father teach him a lesson. ”

Xiao Yi listened, Qi Jiguang! Hurriedly bowed again and said, "It turned out to be a famous general, no wonder, no wonder, no wonder." Qi Lao heard Xiao Yi say three times in a row, and asked, "How can it be strange?" ”

Xiao Yi smiled slightly and said, "Elder Qi, Xiao Yi is not talented, I want to ask for some things." Qi Lao glanced at Xiao Yi, slowly walked into the house, and said, "Come in!" When Xiao Yi heard that he actually agreed, he was excited as if he had found a peerless divine soldier, and immediately followed in excitedly.

When Shi Gang saw it, he said with a big grin: "Brother Xiao Yi, what are you doing again, why do you go into the house with an old man like going to the kang with a little daughter-in-law?" ”

Several people couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, Wang Dayong smiled and said: "You guy, Brother Xiao go talk to someone, just wait, where is so much." Wang Dayong lowered his head like a child who had made a mistake, and said, "Aren't I too bored to relieve the atmosphere?" As soon as he turned his head and saw that Liu Tong was actually there smiling, Shi Gang stood up and shouted: "Hey! Don't think that you kid won't clean you up if you kill a few Tartars, you kid wait! ”

"Don't, Brother Shi Gang, I was wrong!"

When Liu Tong saw that he was discovered, he immediately covered his mouth and immediately admitted his mistake, but his mouth was covered, and his shoulders were still shaking there, and he seemed to be unhappy. Shi Gang yelled, "Let your kid hold it!" "I went to chase Liu Tong to fight, of course, just for fun.

After a while, Xiao Yi walked out of the door in high spirits, still holding a different knife in his hand, but the stainless steel knife captured by the Baya soldiers on his waist was in the hands of Qi Lao.

Shi Gang curiously stepped forward and took the knife, surprised. It is said that this knife is not as short as the Ming knife, but it is not as long and sharp as the Japanese knife. The handle of the knife is long enough for people to hold and slash with both hands at the same time, and since the blade of the knife is not as heavy as the ordinary Houjin Pick Knife, it is also enough for Xiao Yi to hold it with one hand.

Shi Lu held the knife in front of him, glanced at the old man, and said, "This knife is similar to the Qi family knife." Qi Lao laughed, and said yes, it seems that this little brother has some knowledge. Xiao Yi also said: "Old Qi's father was an officer of the Qi family's saber team, and this Qi family's sword was guarded by his father for many years. It was I who exchanged it for the steel knife I used to trade from the Tartar Baya soldiers, which was a fair deal, but Xiao also knew how much Qi Lao had paid for this, and this knife could be said to be poured into all the memories of Qi Lao's life. Qi Lao, you look up to me Xiao Yi so much, this Qi family knife will definitely spread widely in the future, and I Xiao Yi swear here! will never dishonor the name of the Qi family's knife, and thank you Qi Lao for mentioning it, Xiao also understands a lot. Saying that, Xiao Yi actually knelt down towards Qi Lao.

Not only Xiao also swore an oath, but Huang Yang and Shi Gang also knelt and swore half, and they would never live up to the trust of the villagers. Then under the eyes of the people and Qi Lao, he turned over and galloped through the state.

At this time, Tongzhou was already a gathering of border soldiers, Yuan Chonghuan had gone to Hexi, Huang Taiji was aware of Yuan Chonghuan's military intentions, and did not intend to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army in Tongzhou, but stayed in Zunhua, 800 soldiers, and led the army to bypass Tongzhou.

Yuan Chonghuan originally planned to gather heavy troops in Jizhen to fight to the death, but the Huang Taiji soldiers divided into two routes, attacked Zunhua, and bypassed Jizhen Bentongzhou. Yuan Chonghuan immediately changed his strategy and led his army to Hexi between Beijing and Tongzhou, intending to intercept it and line up the battle line outside Beijing.

But for some reason, Huang Taiji learned of the movements of Yuan Chonghuan's army again, and once again bypassed Tongzhou by means of Shunyi and Sanhe, and went straight to Beijing. In this way, Yuan Chonghuan's military intention to intercept in Tongzhou fell through again.

In this way, the battle line was pulled from outside the gate to inside the gate, then to Jizhen, and then to Tongzhou, and finally had to defend Beijing. Yuan Chonghuan not only did not stop Huang Taiji outside the pass, but also did not succeed in stopping him outside Beijing. Huang Taiji's army not only approached Beijing, but also burned and looted all the way, trapped several cities, and guarded everywhere, and Zunhua, an important town in Jingdong, was one of the areas that fell. Even if Yuan Chonghuan knocks him out, he will not be able to escape the impeachment of the official Yushi.

Xiao Yi and his entourage are still near Shimen Town at the moment, and they are even farther away from Tongzhou.

Wang Dayong asked, "Xiao Yi, should we go directly to Tongzhou to defect to Sun Chengzong?" Xiao Yi thought for a while and asked, "What month is it now?" ”

Huang Yang replied: "It's the beginning of December. ”

Xiao Yi said in his heart, unconsciously he had been in Daming for two months, and time passed so quickly. After thinking for a while, Xiao Yi said: "Let's go straight to Jingshi and go to the outskirts of Jingshi to find Lu Xiangsheng." After Shi Gang and the others listened, none of them asked why, and their intuition told them that they just followed Xiao Yi. Because for so long, from fleeing from Da'ankou, to killing the four Tartars outside the gate, and then to Xiao Yi's leading coalition army, none of the decisions Xiao Yi made were wrong. Several people gradually developed the practice of listening to Xiao Yi's words, after all, it has always been the case.

Several people nodded, all of them shouted, and went straight to Jingshi!