Gui's horse neighed softly, a sign of its uneasiness, Gui reached out and stroked the horse's neck a few times, and leaned down to whisper a few words in the horse's ear, and the horse quickly regained its composure. Ah Gui mocked in his heart, if only someone could come and soothe himself like this.

Suddenly, there were several fierce dog barks in the distance, followed by the neighing of people and horses, which woke Ah Gui from his melancholy sentimentality, raised his right hand, jumped off the horse, and the three people behind him also imitated his movements, and the group walked forward with a half-bow.

Outside the bushes, two Houjin cavalrymen were shouting and scolding, trying their best to control the frightened war horses under their crotches, judging from their dress, they should be Ah Gui's peers. Ah Gui is very familiar with the tactics of the Jurchens, and four or five hundred meters behind it should be the brigade of the Houjin army.

"Shoot the horse!" Gui lowered his voice, and all three of his companions nodded, and he picked out a Qi Phong arrow (an arrow in the shape of a flat shovel) from Hulu and aimed it at the knight in front.

Sou!

Almost at the same time, the Jurchen knight at the front let out a scream, and the arrows in the shape of a flat-headed shovel cut his throat, and blood immediately spurted out of the carotid artery, and the mortally wounded knight fell weakly, but one of his legs was caught in the stirrup, and the frightened horse dragged his master away from home.

The arrow shot by Ah Gui seemed to be a signal, and the other three also shot their own arrows, and the other Jurchen knight's mount hissed and fell with the arrow, Ah Gui rushed up after shooting the arrow, and the Jurchen knight struggled with all his strength to crawl out from under the war horse that fell to the ground, and just grabbed the handle of the knife next to a black shadow rushed out, biting his wrist with a bite, but it was Ah Gui's beloved dog An Answer. The Jurchen knight screamed and threw his fist to hit the dog, but was hit on the head by Ah Gui with a knife back, and immediately passed out.

"Quick, take this guy away, Dongyu's brigade will be here soon!" Gui shouted. The rest of the soldiers hurriedly tied the hands and feet of the fainted Jurchen knight with cowhide ropes, carried them to the horses they had brought, turned around and fled to the top of the bullhorn hill.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" A Niu Lu Ezhen shouted to Ilden: "Erte was shot dead by the Ming army. As he spoke, a corpse was carried in front of Ilden, it was the Jurchen spy who had just been shot by the arrow, except for the arrow wound in the throat, there were no other wounds on the corpse, it was obvious that this was an excellent ambush, and the opponent was an excellent archer - it was not easy to accurately hit the horse knight in the throat with a Qi Qi arrow.

"Damn Ming army spies!" Elden held the arrow. The green tendons on his forehead were exposed, and those who knew him well knew that this was a precursor to his rage, and this Jiala Ezhen (the officer who commanded the five Niu Lu) was a Jueluo, a word that originally meant distant in Manchu, and was later extended to mean "Yuanzhi", and in the later Manchu Dynasty, it specifically referred to Nurhachi's grandfather, Aixin Jueluo. The descendants of the five brothers of Kyaw Chang'an, which later became commonly known as the "Red Belt". But Yilden got the position in front of him by no means by virtue of his bloodline, the Jurchens at this time did not have time to learn the small tricks of those civilized races, dozens of battles, strong physique, skilled martial arts and courage are the real basis for his promotion to this position. If Elden had a cool head and thorough insight. It is very likely that he will ascend to the position of Gushan Ezhen, the prince or even higher, but it is a pity that the heavens did not give him these valuable qualities, and even the position of lieutenant general in front of him was appointed because of his strong character and loyal obedience to the orders of his superiors.

"Catch up. Capture that Ming army spy alive, I want to use this arrow to gouge out all his eyeballs and avenge Erte! Elden yelled, following the custom of the Jurchens. He pulled out the dagger and slashed his cheek, smearing the back of his hand with blood. The Jurchen cavalry responded to the general's mobilization with a roar and rushed forward with their horses.

"Get out of the way!" Gui stood up from his stirrups. Shouting as loudly as he could, moist air erupted from his mouth, and when it met the cold outside, it immediately turned into a cloud of white mist.

"Come on, come on!" A few guards ran out to move away from the horse, and the sharp-eyed ones had already seen the sturdy Jurchen knight who was tied up on the back of the horse, and said with a smile: "Ah Gui, caught a live one?" After receiving the reward, you can invite everyone to have a drink! ”

"Drink your mom x!" Ah Gui almost rolled off the horse, he threw away the reins, grabbed the collar of the man who had just spoken, and said in a low voice: "Quickly move the horse back, insert a few more rows of antlers, the brigade of tartars is behind in a blink of an eye!" “

The guard's face immediately turned pale, his lips trembled twice, but he didn't speak, he could only nod his head to show that he heard clearly. Ah Gui dropped the other party's collar, walked quickly to the wall, and shouted loudly, "Where is Master Qian?" Take me to see Master Qian."

"Say, what's your name? How many people do you have? What are you doing this time? Feng Jingshi's face was very gloomy, and on the surface he was very calm, but if you looked closely, you would find that the corner of his right eye was beating slightly.

The Jurchen knight sitting on the ground didn't speak, he just stared at Feng Jingshi and Ah Gui viciously, with only naked hatred in his eyes. Suddenly, he jumped up from the ground suddenly, trying to knock Feng Jingshi down, but the Ming soldiers who had been prepared for a long time tightened the noose around his neck, and the tough cowhide tightened the prisoner's throat, but he still tried his best to stretch his neck and open his mouth wide, Bai Sensen's teeth couldn't stop biting, not so much a human being, but a mad beast.

"Don't say yes?" Feng Jingshi was not intimidated by the madness of the Jurchens, he sneered, suddenly pulled out his saber, stabbed it into the other party's mouth, and shouted: "Then why do you still have a tongue?" “

"Your Excellency!" Ah Gui grabbed Feng Jingshi's arm and said in a low voice: "This person is very useful to us, the time is tight now, not the time to kill." “

"Hmm!" Feng Jingshi forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, drew back his saber, and shouted: "First draw thirty lashes and lock them up!" “

Almost all of these Ming soldiers were Liao people, almost all of them had a grudge against Hou Jin for killing their fathers and taking their wives, and when they heard the rumors, they were going to drag the captives down for execution, and the man suddenly said a Manchu language, Feng Jingshi was stunned when he heard this, and turned his gaze to Ah Gui, who had dealt with many Yehe Jurchens when he was in Guangning. I know a lot of Manchu.

"My lord, this guy said that they Jurchens are warriors, not dogs and horses, and they are used to being stabbed, not whipped!"

"You want to die, I won't let you die!" Feng Jingshi snorted coldly, and was about to order the prisoner to be dragged down for execution, but when he heard a horn from under the hill, his face changed slightly, and his eyes turned to Ah Gui. Both men saw a hint of fear in each other's gazes.

At the foot of the Niujiao mound, the Jurchen cavalry jumped off their horses, about half of them dismounted to rest, while the rest began to use axes to cut branches and rattans in the woods to make long cards against the Ming army's arrows and firearms, apparently the Jurchen generals were preparing to take the Ming fortress on the top of the hill with a sudden onslaught.

"My lord, there are almost 500 people in the east, if they are ready to attack again, it will be very disadvantageous to us!" Gui said in a low voice.

"Hmm. So what do you think you can do? Feng Jingshi asked in a low voice.

"Gotta find a way to provoke the leader of the Eastern Captives!" Ah Gui hesitated for a moment, and whispered a few words in Feng Jingshi's ear, Feng Jingshi thought for a while: "That's it, just follow your method." That tartar can't seem to say anything anyway, but be careful! “

"Hmm!"

Elden gulped down jerky and dough, his back clinging to a thick red pine hugging each other, the sticky pine resin flowing down his shoulders and neck. But he didn't care. Not far away, Houjin craftsmen are weaving rattan plaques from harvested twigs and rattans, and then covering the rattan plaques with two layers of wet cowhide, which looks rather rough and is actually very useful. It only takes two people to lift it, and its area is enough to protect a dozen people, whether it is a bow or a three-eyed gun, it is not possible to penetrate the rattan card and hurt the person behind it. In the open space in front of him lay two sets of heavy armor, which each Houjin soldier who asked to be the commander had to put on these two armors and jump, run, and wield his weapon. Only the most powerful, nimble, and courageous man could make Elden nod his head, and the chosen one happily took off his armor and stood behind him. As is customary, these people will take on the task of the first wave of attack, they have the right to receive half of the entire booty, the first to climb the city wall can get one-tenth of the entire booty, even the loot of the war dead will be transferred to his family, no one can deprive the selection of the spoils of war, this is the iron law of the Jurchens. According to past experience, the Ming army was rarely able to withstand the onslaught of the Jurchen heavy infantry.

Just as Iirden was concentrating on choosing a striker, suddenly there was a sharp sound in the air, and an arrow pierced the air and stabbed hard at the red pine tree behind Iilden, and the splattered pieces of bark fell all over Elden's body. He stood up suddenly, and saw a Ming knight on the hillside not far away, and the arrow he shot must have been shot by him, and he was letting go of his throat and shouting in this direction.

"What did you say?" Although Ilden was a Jueluo, he didn't know Chinese at all, so he had to ask Goshha next to him, and Goshha hurriedly translated it. It turned out that the soldiers of the Ming Army were asking the Houjin soldiers if there was any warrior to fight him alone.

"Humph! Such a little trick, am I a fool when Iilden? Yilden sneered: "Don't pay attention to him, if you get close, you will shoot arrows away, and it will not be too late to clean up after resting and attacking in one fell swoop!" ”

"Wow!" Nagoshha answered, and the order was given, and Ilden sat down to continue selecting the striker. Although his brain is not smart, he is also experienced in a hundred battles, and he is already very familiar with how to fight, and this little trick really can't coax him.

Ilden picked there for a while, and when he heard that the Ming cavalry stopped shouting, he couldn't help but smile coldly in his heart, thinking that the other party had no way to take him, and had already retreated by himself. But at this time, Goshha came up with the package in both hands, and said in a low voice: "My lord, the Ming army threw this thing over, and only said that it was a gift for adults!" ”

"Gifts?" Ilden took it and looked at it, but it was a calf trunk pants that were rolled up and I didn't know what it was wrapping, but when I opened it, it was a human head, and I saw that he was glaring angrily, and his scalp had been shaved for a long time, revealing only a money rat tail braid, which was another Jurchen spy who was captured alive. Ilden was furious at this time, and was about to have a seizure, but he heard the Ming knights on the hillside shouting loudly again, this time in Manchu, and he heard it clearly.

"Why don't you stay at home like this, why do you come out to die like this?"

"Someone, give me armor!" Ilden shouted loudly, and he handed the head to Goshha on the side: "Pack it up, wait for me to capture the Ming army's stockade, and take the heads of those southern barbarians to pay tribute to the heroic souls of our army's sons!" ”

At this time, Ilden had already selected more than sixty selectors, and when he heard his order, all the selectors responded in unison and put on their armor. Even at this time, the Houjin army was still not chaotic, more than a dozen soldiers without armor raised long cards and walked in front, behind were more than a hundred archers, and then behind were the heavily armored Xuanfeng, these experienced warriors formed a loose three columns, each column maintained a distance of about ten meters, and moved slowly towards the top of the hill.

"The Tartars are up!" Ah Gui jumped off the war horse, his breathing was a little short, this was because of his nervousness, he pointed to the Houjin soldiers on the hillside: "There are still half of the people below the hillside. ”

"Well done!" Feng Jingshi patted Ah Gui's shoulder excitedly: "You go to the back and rest for a while!" ”

"No!" Ah Gui shook his head: "I'm not tired, I have to think of a way to give the Tartar a little bit in the waist, I can't let them come up like this, there are many of them!" “

"Well, yes, you go and pick a few people, you have to be bold and have good equestrian skills!" Feng Jingshi nodded: "Wait for my order." ”

Gui answered, but instead of retreating to rest, he walked along the inside of the wall, and whenever he saw a Ming soldier who was so nervous that he stood straight and exposed his body to the wall, he kicked the opponent's ass and lectured him with a rude joke: "Are you so hot that you want the feather arrows of the Tartar to make a hole in your back to cool off?" Gui's joke worked, and the person he kicked recovered from that tension. When Gui turned a circle, the black dog suddenly rushed to his feet and looked at his master with those slightly green eyes. Ah Gui bent down, hugged his partner's head into his arms, gently rubbed the fur on his neck, and said in a low voice: "An'a, let's go!" You've done everything you have to do, get out of here and go to the woods, where you can live well! ”

An Da stared into Gui's eyes, as if it understood its master's words, and the astute beast stuck out its tongue and licked Gui's palm, circled around Gui twice, and ran away. (To be continued.) )

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