Chapter 228, Chema City
(Changing the scene, will it be a little fresh?) )
In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the twenty-second day of the fourth lunar month, morning.
The Ying'en Gate on the west side of Shanhaiguan slowly opened, and several Ming soldiers came out listlessly carrying ash guns. They pushed away the horses stacked in front of the gates, leaving a small gap for people to pass through. Outside the city gates, dozens of villagers were whispering, waiting to enter the city.
At this time, the capital was already a little hot, but Shanhaiguan did not feel the arrival of summer, and the sea breeze blowing along the valley in the morning was still slightly cool. The tentacles of the Xiaoice era have not yet fully spread out in East Asia, and for people in this era, there is just a feeling that the cold time seems to be getting longer and longer.
The terrain of Shanhaiguan was originally dangerous, and the battle of Ningyuan a few months ago made those Tartars suffer a rare defeat, so the entire pass was less tense and more peaceful than before. Ying'en Gate is facing the direction of the capital, and it is not a heavily guarded place, so the few soldiers guarding the city gate are not very attentive, and some cold weather makes them wrap the thin cotton armor on their bodies hard, and they muttered in their mouths, nothing more than complaining about why the thieves are still so cold at this time.
The villagers who had been standing outside the city for half a night were obviously even more cold and thirsty, but at this time, where did they dare to say anything. Seeing the gates open, they stood up one by one, moving their bodies in the early morning sun, their stiff and tingling joints now their worst enemy.
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came to mind on the post road in the distance, and from Fang Xiangshang, it seemed to be the post station outside the city. It's just that the sound of this horse's hooves is nowhere near as loose as it used to be. The sound of horses' hooves falling like a torrential rain echoed repeatedly in the valley. Listen faintly. There is a kind of momentum of the wind and the horses.
These villagers have also been in battle for a long time, and just hearing the sound of horses' hooves can tell that they are afraid that someone from the border army is coming, and listening to such a hurried sound, they are afraid that it is an urgent matter. When encountering such a big event, they were trampled to death by horses in the middle of the road, and no one could say anything, so the villagers hurriedly retreated back to the side of the road. For fear of colliding with the officials behind.
However, those soldiers were very nervous, and these soldiers who had retreated from the front line still remembered the scene of the iron horse glacial river in their dreams, and they had an indescribable sense of fear for the sound of the horse's hooves galloping in a hurry. As if the scene of their teammates being split apart by their side had just happened yesterday, these soldiers invariably retreated a little, the ash rod in their hands still trembling a little, and the panic and surprise in their hearts were clearly visible on their faces.
The galloping horses came so fast that almost in a breath, more than a dozen horses galloped all the way to the front of the pass. Only then did the people see that there were many horses. But there were only 3 riders, and the galloping horses behind them were all baddled. Seeing that it was these three riders with three horses, they never stopped, and galloped all the way to here.
When the soldiers saw such a scene, their hearts calmed down slightly, and while they were busy putting the rejected horses across the road, they shouted at the riders: "The front of the gate is heavy, no trespassing, the military documents are delivered, go to the old dragon's head." ”
The three riders watched from afar, unmoved, but a rider who looked a little thin waved his hand, and a large man suddenly jumped high from his seat and jumped all the way to a place not far from the rejection. Not at all with those defenders, the body suddenly grew countless sharp steel thorns, shining in the sun, and suddenly exerted force, just a rush, boom, and smashed those horses that refused to collide.
At this time, the herd of horses had already whistled past, and the strong man grabbed one of the horses with a wrench, ran two steps, turned over the saddle and got on the horse, turned his head and threw down a bag, and said in a deep voice: "Clear the customs RU lead." ”
Although the man's voice was low, it was like thunder in the sound of galloping horses, although it was not grand, but it was rumbling and moving, and it was constantly moving in this valley. Hearing such a voice, Mo said that those villagers, even the officers and soldiers guarding the door were panicked in their hearts, Mo said that they could not move a single step, and could only watch this group of horses rush into the urn city in a blink of an eye.
On the other side of the urn city, the general who guarded the gate was hurriedly ordering people to lower the inner city gate, and the soldiers on the female wall also woke up suddenly, and they all took out their bows and crossbows one by one, and nervously faced the open space under the wall.
The group of horses rushed so fast that in a blink of an eye they rushed through the gate in front of them, and before anyone could ask questions, the rider at the front of the horse team suddenly got up from his horse, and floated in the air like a fairy for several feet, his body was still in the air, and he didn't know when a strange short stick had appeared in his hand.
Facing the inner city gate, which was still falling in front of him, the short staff in the rider's hand flashed in an instant, and with a loud bang, the mechanism that lowered the city gate was shattered.
Ying'en Gate was originally in the direction of the capital, relatively speaking, the guards were a little lax in peacetime, and the rolling wood and stones were not prepared, and the stone sandbags used to block the city gate during the war were even more sparse. Being struck so hard by the rider that the gate was stuck in the middle and could not be lowered, and there was no obstacle behind the gate, and the horses rushed up, and in the blink of an eye, they ran away.
However, the rider, before he landed in the air, was grabbed by the strong man who followed Zuihou, and suddenly threw him far forward, and the next moment, the rider had landed on an empty saddle horse, and turned around with the horses, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
The guerrillas standing on the inner city wall watched these people rise and fall and rush into the pass, and there was a panic in their hearts.
It is a trivial matter that the pass was washed down, and the upper side pursued it, there is always a response, kill a few people, and then talk about the city gate is in disrepair, zuihou up and down, and can always pass the pass, which is nothing more than the difference between being willing to pay more and pay less. What the guerrillas were worried about was that the three riders in front were not the main force, and the real main force was falling behind, and they were afraid that when the time came, the mountain pass would not be able to be defended.
At this moment, the guerrilla suddenly felt that the earth trembled endlessly, and his heart was even more frightened, and he hurriedly ran to the observation deck of the outer city wall along the female wall, Xiangxia took a look, and his legs were weak at the moment, and he almost sat on the ground.
I saw that on the post road in the distance, Huhula didn't know when, a team of hundreds of horses appeared, behind the team, there were many foot soldiers following behind, looking mighty and mighty.
On the border pass, whenever there is a large-scale military movement, the relevant documents have already reached the various passes along the way before the army is dispatched, so the guerrillas naturally know that there is no large contingent in the pass to pass through the Shanhaiguan recently.
And the team in front of him is obviously not expected by the guerrillas. It is a capital offense to lead the army to move without authorization without having a military department document, and if there is a military department document and there is no advance support, it is also different. Guerrilla knockdown is not afraid that this is chaos in the pass, but I am afraid that the Tartars will go around the Shanhaiguan and come in disguise from behind, which is terrifying.
When the officers and soldiers defending the city were trembling, the horse team behind them had already approached the front of the pass, and before the defenders could ask, a fiery fan with a red body rushed out on horseback, raised his head and shouted to the people by the city gate: "Lin Shenxian has arrived, no one else is waiting for him, quickly retreat." ”
When the guerrilla heard this voice, he was stunned for a moment, and his heart was overjoyed, and the thought of being broken through just now was temporarily put aside, and he hurriedly put on his armor and ran along the stairs of the women's wall towards the gate.
Others don't say it, but this Lin Immortal is the most popular big man in Beijing recently, all kinds of legends aside, just one point, where this immortal has passed, there is no place where the blood is not a sea, bones are piled up, it is not an exaggeration to say that this immortal is a bad star.
However, the so-called troubled times use important ministers, and such a bad star is naturally not a good thing if it is in the peaceful years, but at this time, the appearance of such a evil star who kills gods and kills Buddhas and drinks blood from Ru Mao can calm everyone's hearts.
The distance between the capital and Shanhaiguan is not very far, and the merchants and military families come and go, so the changes in the Jingshi side of Shanhaiguan are naturally clear, and they know what this Lin Shenxian subordinates don't know how many ghosts and spirits have been taken for their lives, and they are somewhat curious. Later, I heard that Dongchang invited this immortal to clean up the Beijing Division, and ate up and down a Guogong Mansion, and after a short time, it washed away the blood of a Hutong where a Datong businessman gathered, and in addition to curiosity, he was a little afraid, knowing that this was the fairy's sharp eyes, but he was afraid that he could not rub the sand.
A few days later, there were rumors that Dongchang asked this immortal to inspect the border pass to see if there were any demons and monsters who stirred up the crowd and disturbed it. Hearing the news, the Shanhaiguan border army was both panicked and happy. I am afraid because this immortal is really capable, not the kind of person who pretends to be a ghost, and I don't know if I can hide some things. Rejoicing is because there are such immortals out of the horse, and the border is only afraid that it will be calm for a long time, and the young people will definitely look at the wind and rats.
No matter how frightened or joyful they were, the guerrillas guarding the pass here heard that they were not disguised as Tartars, and they didn't care about distinguishing between serious and fake, so they hurried down the stairs and were about to go out of the city to greet them.
Not to mention the chaos on the side of Ying'en Gate, but the herd of horses rushing into the gate here began to be a little chaotic in the narrow street, and it was still early, and there were no pedestrians on the street, so it was not dangerous. But even so, dozens of horses were crammed into the small streets and galloped, and they still collided and shook.
At this time, the knight sitting at the front turned his head and spoke loudly, but these words were not in Chinese language, they sounded like the words of Franco's side.
"Parin, how do you get around now?"
"Xiangyou, don't stop, it's Chema City over there, and the person you're looking for is there."
"On the right? Haode, you guys keep up. ”
"We're right behind you, move fast, we don't have much time left." (To be continued......)