October 26 of the second year of Chongzhen, in the middle of the night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Great Wall is a pass.

The six or seven meters Shangguan River flowed quietly under the castle tower, glowing silver in the moonlight. Above the tower, several faded lanterns swayed back and forth in the howling north wind, and the dim light flickered as if it were about to be extinguished at any moment.

Da'ankou Pass is one of the important passes in the Great Wall of Jizhen, when Qi Jiguang rectified the defense of Jizhen, on the basis of the ancient Great Wall, rebuilt the fort, beacon tower, city wall, and led the Shangguan River to make a moat, so that it became a moat that the ethnic minorities outside the Saiwai did not dare to cross. However, due to the frequent wars at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Duoyan and Anda Khan and other departments had captured here, so the damage was great. The imperial court couldn't afford to spend money to repair it, so many of the functions of Daankou were long gone, and many piers were deserted, which could not be compared with those years.

Seven or eight Ming soldiers stood curled up behind the battlements with their necks curled up and shivering, their hands shrunk into their sleeves, and the weapons beside them were still lying crookedly to the side.

One of the youngest, with pockmarked faces, looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, and his body was like a thin monkey, shrunk into a small ball and crammed between the two old men.

It didn't take long for his stomach to growl.

Using his arm to pestle an old man beside him, the pock-faced soldier asked, "Old Wei, do you have anything to eat?"

The veteran known as Lao Wei, who looked like he was forty or fifty, said without raising his head, "There's a fart." I haven't been paid for a month, and I still want to hunt for wild food?"

Mazi glanced at Lao Wei with disdain, and said in a big or small way, "When the lunch was open, the soldiers secretly stuffed you with half a bun, don't think that Lao Tzu didn't see it." Quick, take it out!" As he spoke, he reached out and groped in Lao Wei's arms.

"You donkey egg, one day I'll dig out your donkey eye!" Although Lao Wei scolded, he didn't move, and let the pock-faced soldier take out the hot bun in his arms.

Seeing this, another veteran also came over, "Donkey eggs, leave some for grandpa!"

The donkey egg divided the bun into three, one piece was given to the old one, one piece was kept for himself, and the remaining piece was handed to the old Wei.

Lao Wei turned sideways, pointed his butt at him, and scolded softly, "The donkey eats the rest, but grandpa doesn't eat it." ”

The pock-faced soldier grinned, put the bun in his mouth and chewed it, and said vaguely while chewing, "Lao Wei, Lao Tzu will give you a pension in the future." Seriously, I don't fool you. ”

Lao Wei kicked the pockmarked-faced soldier, and then continued to shrink his neck and take a nap.

The north wind became more and more violent, and the dark clouds quietly obscured the moonlight, and the whole world suddenly went black, only the lanterns on the castle tower emitted a dim light, barely able to illuminate things within two or three meters.

Under the city walls, in the dark, seven or eight ladders quietly leaned against the wall. Seven or eight dark shadows, under the cover of the north wind and night, quietly climbed to the top of the ladder. The ladder was more than two meters away from the city, but they jumped up the wall with a slight leap.

A meter away, a Ming soldier was napping with his neck curled, so one of them took a short knife from his mouth, covered his mouth sharply, and then quickly stabbed him in the neck.

The Ming soldier struggled and slapped the battlements with his hands, but the sound was muffled by the north wind.

Here, more and more black shadows rushed up, and more than thirty people gathered at once.

The clouds blew away, and the moonlight fell again.

If you look closely, you can see that they are wearing three layers of armor, with chain mail on the inside, cotton armor in the middle, and iron armor covered with cowhide!

These people are the Bayala soldiers who terrified the Ming army.

Bayala, which means "protector" in Manchu, was an extremely elite presence in the Later Jin army. The basic administrative unit of Houjin is Niu Lu, each Niu Lu has a theoretical jurisdiction of 300 households, about nearly 1,000 strong men (16-40 years old), and Bayala, is from these nearly 1,000 strong men selected ten of the most capable warriors, and then gathered together, the number of Ba Ya La army ranging from two or three hundred to five or six hundred, through brutal training, regardless of its individual ability or military quality, are much higher than the ordinary army, its combat style is similar to modern special forces, responsible for protecting the high-level, reconnaissance, sabotage, assassination, raids, etc.

This is the historical Bayala, but in this world, Bayala will also receive the guidance of the Houjin masters, learn more powerful martial arts, and eventually train into a killing machine. In the Bayala army, even the most ordinary soldiers have a very high social status, and each Bayala soldier has at least ten clothed minions, which can be seen. It can be said that becoming a Bayala is the dream of every post-gold man.

After gathering more than 30 bayalas, they quickly and silently touched along the city wall.

The pock-faced soldier had just finished eating the bun, and he shrank up contentedly and took a nap between the two veterans. It didn't take long for him to suddenly notice that Lao Wei was writhing violently. When he opened it, he saw that Lao Wei had already tilted his neck and fell to the side, and blood was still spurting from his neck!

The pock-faced soldier thought he was having a nightmare, but he was reluctant to pinch himself, so he wanted to reach out and pinch Lao Wei. Although Lao Wei loves to scold and love to be red-faced, he has a knife mouth and a tofu heart, and he occasionally bullies him big or small, and he will not ......

Thinking of this, the pock-faced soldier gradually stagnated, and the scene in front of him began to become more and more blurred.

Blood spurted out of his neck as well.

The pock-faced soldier felt light, as if he saw Lao Wei calling him, telling him that he could change shifts and go down to sleep well......

After quietly touching the nine Ming soldiers on the city wall, the more than thirty people looked at the brightly lit city tower, and then kicked the door open.

The more than 20 Ming soldiers inside were startled, and jumped up, and after seeing the bright knife in the opponent's hand, they understood what was happening, and they all wanted to take weapons, but found that there were only seven or eight weapons for more than 20 people in the room!

The room was suddenly reflected, and blood was flying......

The screams of the tower were soon heard by the soldiers under the city, and forty or fifty Ming soldiers rushed up the stairs to support.

At this time, more than a dozen people wearing Ming army armor ran from the city and went straight to a water gate in the southwest of the city wall. The Water Gate was guarded by more than 20 Ming soldiers, and they had already received the news of the attack, so they were extremely nervous.

Seeing a teammate running to support in the dark night, these people breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, although there were only a dozen people, but it was better than nothing.

Seeing that the other party was a little angry, the leader couldn't help but be vigilant, pulled out his waist knife and rushed to the person and asked, "Dare to ask the friendly brothers, but the subordinates of the guerrilla general?"

The person who came arrived in proficient Chinese, "Exactly, General Wang sent me to wait and see, there is nothing wrong here, right?"

The leader was overjoyed, and hurriedly led people forward to greet him, saying, "It's just in time......!

But before he could finish speaking, a cold light crossed his throat, and the whole head flew up suddenly.

Before the remaining defenders could understand what was going on, they were stabbed seven or eight more.

"It's a spy!" someone yelled, and immediately launched a counterattack.

The people who came sneered and raised their knives to meet them.

In the moonlight, the sword light flew together with the shadow of blood.

The remaining dozen or so Ming soldiers soon fell in a pool of blood, and only one of these "Ming soldiers" who came over was slightly injured.

The men immediately ran towards the water gate, opened it with a quick movement, and then took out the fire fold and lit a firework.

"Boom", the red sparks in the yellow suddenly exploded, like a thunderclap, waking up the night sky of the Ming Dynasty.

"Elder He, it's time for us to go. "One of them.