Yang Xin calmed down his good mood and pretended to be calm: "Why did Brother Luo say this? ”

Luo Er's face was full of bitterness, and he said: "Brother Yang, you don't have to hide it from me, Li Zhengqing, who took refuge in you, has already given up running with you, so I will tell you by the way, he won't bring anyone here tonight." ”

Yang Xin was suddenly depressed, it turned out that he was betrayed by a traitor!

Seeing his face, Luo Er smiled and said: "Brother Yang, please rest assured, I will never tell the sentry general about your business, brother, although the sentry general has the grace of knowing me, and now I have been promoted to the chief flag officer, but I Luo Er will never do anything about betraying my brother." ”

Yang Xin was finally relieved, and he didn't save his life by himself today, his face suddenly softened, and he smiled: "Then brother, thank you Second Brother Luo first, we are indeed ready to flee at night, this capital is afraid that it will not be able to hold it, even the enemy vanguard is so embarrassed today, once the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty arrives, the capital is afraid that it will be broken, Second Brother Luo might as well flee with us." ”

Yang Xin persuaded Luo Er to flee for his life for the first time, he knew Luo Er's character, most of them would not run, but this time he knew that he couldn't do it, respected him as a man, and didn't want him to die.

Luo Er smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yang knows who I am, and in this life I have already determined to follow King Chuang, save the people of Li from fire and water, and never give up. ”

Yang Xin could probably guess his answer, but he was just curious why he was looking for himself.

"Then I don't know what Second Brother Luo is talking about?"

Yang Xin asked curiously.

Luo Er sat down at the table and said: "I heard people say today that many people died in this siege, and nearly a thousand people were killed in the east gate alone, I heard that the south gate and the north gate fought more tragically, and more people died, the Qing army was brutal, and I am afraid that the city will be slaughtered after breaking the city, my brother has a reluctant request, when you run away tonight, can you take your sister-in-law and Tao'er with you?" ”

Yang Xin was stunned when he heard this, he didn't have the memory of the Qing army slaughtering the capital, the Qing army entered the customs this time, but he came to take the Han people, how could he slaughter the city in the capital?

After thinking about it, this is either a rumor or Li Yan's psychological tactics to smear the Manchus, although they don't need to be blackened enough, and they don't care about smearing it more black.

So he smiled and said: "Second Brother Luo is too worried, according to the brother, the Tartars will never slaughter the city." ”

When Luo Er heard this, he didn't have the slightest joy, but his face turned pale in disappointment, and he said: "If Brother Yang is embarrassed, just treat it as if the brother didn't say anything, and leave here!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

Yang Xin realized that Luo Er thought he was prevaricating him.

So he hurriedly stood up, grabbed Luo Er, and said: "Second Brother Luo, my brother just now is indeed from the bottom of my heart, if Second Brother Luo is really not at ease, it is not okay to ask my brother to take them out of the city, it is more dangerous outside the city, but brother, I have a secret hiding place in the city, if Second Brother Luo believes in his brother's words, he can hand them over to me and hide them with our family." ”

Luo Er naturally believed in him, otherwise it would be impossible to trust Gu on his deathbed, so he immediately handed over his wife and children to Wei Wu, and then left satisfied.

Looking at the back of Luo Er's lonely departure, Yang Xin has an illusion that the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return, this person knows that he is dead, but he still has no hesitation, and Luo Er, most of his life, is just a poor person who can't even eat enough, and he knows how to sacrifice himself for others.

At the time of the third watch, a group of figures appeared on the temple street, walking cautiously one by one, not daring to light torches, not daring to speak, quietly passing through the empty street, and moving forward silently under the silver moonlight.

Yang Xin's personal guard Yellow Dog was left in front to lead the way, and Yang Xin followed closely behind and walked towards the west gate.

When they arrived less than two hundred meters away from the city gate, Yang Xin and the others stopped and escaped into an uninhabited compound on the side, which was a temporary foothold they had already chosen.

Yellow Dog Katsu went to the city gate alone and disappeared into the night in a moment.

After a while, a bird cry of "cuckoo, cuckoo" was heard near the city gate, and a hundred households of the three battalions in charge of guarding the city gate were overjoyed, and said to another person: "Xu Sheng, it should be that they are here, let's go, let's go and see." ”

The Baihu named Xu Sheng nodded, turned back to his soldiers and said, "You guys are watching here, let's go over for a while." ”

After about a stick of incense, the two of them came to the courtyard where Yang Xin was located under the guidance of Huang Gouyu, and the three of them walked to the innermost room without saying a word.

The room was crowded with more than a dozen people, and it was Yang Xin with a serious face sitting in the middle.

"Master, you're finally here!"

Xu Sheng was overjoyed when he saw Yang Xin, and hurriedly walked over.

Yang Xin hurriedly stood up to greet him and beckoned: "Brother Xu, Brother Bai, come and tell everyone how the situation is now?" ”

The hundred households with Xu Sheng were called Bai Youcai, and the two walked quickly into the center of the crowd, Bai Youcai lowered his voice and said excitedly: "Brothers, good news, all the veterans of the Dashun Army in the West Gate today were transferred by Li Yan to support the South Gate, I heard that the South Gate fought extremely fiercely, and no veteran has come back until now, and all the veterans guarding the West Gate tonight are the new army." ”

"Ah......h

The crowd suppressed their joy and cheered in low voices.

The absence of veterans of the Dashun Army means that they can do whatever they want at the West Gate.

Yang Xin stood up with a look of disbelief, Li Yannai is a famous general on the battlefield, no matter what, it is impossible to make such a low-level mistake!

Xu Sheng saw his disbelief, and hurriedly continued: "Boss, this is all true, the third battalion already has eight layers of 100 households ready to escape, and the remaining 100 households said that they would not interfere, and the remaining 100 households who did not want us to escape have been restrained and imprisoned by our people." ”

"What?"

Yang Xin's face had changed greatly, and the others were also stunned in surprise, dumbfounded one by one, speechless, only Yang Xin frowned and asked, "Then how many people are ready to leave the city tonight?" ”

Xu Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, plus the other battalions who sneaked over, I'm afraid it will be more than 10,000 people, we are all waiting for the master to come, so that we can open the city gate and escape together." ”

Yang Xin was dumbfounded, these people are all scattered sand, rabble, and most of them are Yang Xin's dealers.

Yang Xin hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This is absolutely not good!" I don't deserve to be this leader. ”

Xu Sheng and Bai Youcai were also stunned, but they didn't expect Yang Xin to refuse, although it was a rabble, there were tens of thousands of horses, everyone unanimously elected him as the leading brother, and he actually refused.

"What then? They're all ready, they're hiding around here, just waiting to open the gates! ”

Xu Sheng was stunned and asked with a bewildered expression.