Lu Ze thought he was hallucinating from hunger, and this was not the first time. The last time he was very hungry, he was also hungry and hallucinated to see a table full of chicken thighs and large pieces of beef, and a large pot of rice that was enough for the entire town of Qiang Fort to eat.

After feeding his stomach a little and understanding that this was a luxury, Lu Ze became more and more depressed to think about this fantasy. Later, gradually, Lu Ze just felt that the more hungry he was, the more he would miss Deng Laifu.

He always felt that Deng Laifu, a thirty or forty-year-old general, was not like their group of half-grown officials, but like a child and his father. In the face of a group of half-sized children with a big appetite, at this juncture of troubled times, it is estimated that anyone will only fight out, regardless of it, or any big family will also have some thoughts, choose a few good-looking, clever and clever to be a small servant, and be a slave and a servant for the rest of his life.

But Deng Laifu, a veteran who has never married a daughter-in-law in his life, has inexplicably kept raising it, and has persevered, raising this group of children for half a year.

Thinking like this, Lu Ze missed Deng Laifu even more.

But you can't always think about it, you still have to be on duty on the battlefield, he straightened his chest, and remembered the words that Deng Laifu taught before leaving: "Be a good soldier!" Defend this Great Wall, worthy of the food given by the people behind you! ”

So how many people can eat a little bit of food?

Lu Ze complained, but he still obediently listened to Deng Laifu's previous thoughts. He puffed up his chest and held a rusty iron knife and stared ahead.

Ahead is the northern frontier, and beyond the walls is the vast wilderness, which is the land of the Mongols. Suddenly, Lu Ze rubbed his eyes and saw Deng Laifu.

"Got the boss?" Lu Ze felt a little as if he had seen a hallucination, but as Lu Ze pinched his wrist fiercely, when he looked more closely, he was surprised to find that under the city, a man and a horse, galloped towards the south.

Horses are thin horses, and people are veterans like thin bamboo poles.

The veteran soldier is thin and thin, but he shows his superb horsemanship on his horse, which accompanies the galloping ups and downs of the warhorse. What is especially striking is that there is a sheep tied to the saddle behind the veteran!

A sheep with half of its fur plucked!

The sheep was tied to the saddle and ran up and down with the horse, so as not to be conspicuous.

It's still a familiar feeling, it's a familiar put total!

Lu Ze was very happy: "The general is back!" ”

"Son, hurry up and beacon fire!" Deng Laifu shouted two or three hundred steps away from Zhenqiang Fort.

The distance was a little far away, and Lu Ze couldn't hear it clearly. But soon, he understood what was happening.

Behind Deng Laifu, thousands of horses galloped.

What a spectacle it was!

On the grassland, which covers the sky and the sun, there are war horses everywhere and human heads everywhere. From left to right, from east to west, it is as if the entire edge of heaven and earth has become a sea of people and a sea of horses.

Lu Ze was stupid, he saw this scene for the first time, one person was hostile to ten thousand people, and at this moment, he understood how small he really was.

At this moment, a fast horse rushed out of the large group like a scissor and chased directly behind Deng Laifu.

The horse chasing Deng Laifu was extremely miraculous, the whole body was pure black, there was no miscellaneous hair, it looked oily and slippery, and as soon as he accelerated his speed, he chased after Deng Laifu at a speed visible to the naked eye.

On the contrary, Deng Laifu, who had already opened up a distance of more than 100 paces, was riding an old and thin old horse, and the old horse was quite fast in dragging the thin veteran, but when a sheep was added, the speed was much slower.

But Deng Laifu neither lost the sheep nor had any intention of returning to fight, he stared at Lu Ze standing on the city wall: "What kind of stupidity are you doing, go and light the beacon fire!" ”

"Put the total! You...... Behind you! Lu Ze's legs were rooted, looking at Deng Laifu who was about to be caught up under the city wall, his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were all tied together: "It's all chasing soldiers!" ”

As soon as Lu Ze's words fell, he saw that the miraculous war horse behind Deng Laifu was speeding up again, chasing towards Lu Ze, it was no longer a speed visible to the naked eye, it was almost at a distance that could be attacked!

This person is Balhara, the son of Ijin Horo Qiza Sakbayin!

Balhalla rode a pure black war horse under his crotch, and he was already less than eighty steps away from Deng Laifu.

And Deng Laifu galloped for a while, and finally there were only less than fifty steps left from Zhenqiang Fort.

In such a short distance of fifty paces, Lu Ze finally reacted, he suddenly took out a basket from Zhenqiang Fort and threw it down, and shouted loudly, calling a few panicked half-sized children to throw this basket down: "Boss, come up quickly!" ”

Deng Laifu finally rushed to the city wall, he watched a few stupid boys shouting for help towards him, and a little moist tears slowly appeared on his face: "There is also a comrade-in-arms, these silly boys...... But ......"

In the shouting behind him, Deng Laifu Mali dismounted, and when Deng Laifu did not step into the basket, he looked at the package on the old horse, and took out a longbow from it.

This bow looks very old, and the repaired places are all over the bow body, and even the arrows are only three or five left, and when you count them carefully, it turns out that there are not three or five, but two of them are broken, and only the last one can be used, but there are many broken things, and it seems that there are so many three or five branches.

Seeing Deng Laifu's movements, Balhallalma stopped his movements and took out a compound bow from his horse.

Deng Laifu dropped the sheep on his horse again, put it on the basket, stood still, drew his longbow, and aimed it at Balhalla.

Balhalla looked at the veteran, and a strange feeling rose in his heart.

But soon he got into the mood.

This is the atmosphere of battle, the atmosphere that smells of blood.

"Put the total ...... Always ...... him" Luze's eyes fell on the half-plucked sheep on the basket, and his eyes were moist.

Just when Lu Ze's eyes were crooked, under the city wall, two feathered arrows that pierced the sky flew out.

Puff......

A dull voice sounded, and Lu Ze turned his head again, and the pure black steed turned around the dock and returned to the main position of the Mongol army.

Just when Lu Ze just wanted to feel a little surprise in his heart, Deng Laifu turned around with difficulty, and on his chest, a feather arrow trembled slightly, he looked at Lu Ze and squeezed out the last bit of strength: "Bring the sheep, ...... Burn...... Balefire! ”

Lu Ze couldn't control his tears and ran to the beacon tower.

The remaining half-grown children watched Deng Laifu slowly fall next to the sheep, and cried one after another, one ran down with a rope, and the other called more than ten young men to hang Deng Laifu and the sheep up with a basket.

At this time, it was 1644, and on the afternoon of May 27, 276 of the Ming Dynasty, the beacon tower of Zhenqiang Fort was lit.

Subsequently, the Fort of the Barrier to the west and the Fort of Hongci to the south were lit.

The lit beacon fire rose into the sky with billowing wolf smoke, and it was eye-catching in an instant, and it could be seen carefully and carefully from more than ten miles away.

From Hongci Fort to the south, the beacon fire of the lonely shop was lit in turn, and on the city wall of Datong, there was a commotion.

Wei Jingyi, the governor of Datong, walked on the northern city wall, looked at the wolf smoke rising into the sky, and his heart sank suddenly: "The house leak happened to rain overnight...... How can you pass this level......"

Datong General Military Office.

Jiang Hao played with the iron egg in his hand, closed his eyes, and sat in the study. His study rarely came in, and he didn't read. But somehow I also heard people talk about the benefits of meeting guests in the study, and they became vassal.

So far, there have been few distinguished guests, and one of them has come to him who feels both dangerous and tempting.

This person is Huang Yunfa.

The name has also gained a lot of fame in these three Jin places.

Because, this is one of the eight Jin merchants.

Now, the big businessman sat in the house of the general soldier of Datong, slowly stood up, and said softly: "In short, the thoughts of the northern dignitaries, the villain has already conveyed them. There is a slight change here, so the distinguished guests from the north have asked me to convey the sincerity on my behalf......"

Jiang Hao opened his eyes, and he saw an envelope in the corner. "It has also been conveyed. Huang Yunfa said softly: "I believe that the chief soldier is such a handsome man, it must be easy to understand it......"

"Your words, a little too much!" Jiang Hao said impatiently and picked up the teacup.

Huang Yunfa laughed with him, disagreed, bowed his head, stood up straight and walked out of the study.

After a full dozen breaths, Jiang Hao moved again, he sighed, wrinkled his brows, and forced himself not to look around.

But Fang just didn't do enough, and now that there is one person in the house, what else can be installed?

Thinking so, Jiang Jiu walked over and opened the envelope. The envelope was slightly opened, and silver tickets were sprinkled inside.

Denomination, full value...... Twenty thousand taels.

"What a big stroke...... Jiang Hao pinched, and suddenly found that he couldn't let go.

……

Acting royal mansion.

Wei Jingyu stood in front of Zhu Chuanqi and put out the military information he received one by one: "According to the reliable information obtained so far, the new Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Tulai led the Mongolian Eight Banners and a small number of Manchurian Eight Banners with a total of more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, claiming that 100,000 soldiers and horses have conquered Zhenqiang Fort and entered Datong Town......

"I got this news from Jinyiwei." It seemed that he felt that his words were not credible enough for the governor, Wei Jingyu emphasized with a wry smile.

Acting King Zhu Chuanqi's face was a little moved, and said: "Originally, I thought that the difficulties in Shanxi Town were only temporary, and I Datong could still help one or two. I didn't expect ...... Now it seems that we are in even greater trouble...... Now ......"

Shanxi includes Datong Mansion, and the only military general who can be called a good leader is Zhou Yuji, the chief soldier of Shanxi Town. But before, in order to support Ning Wuguan to stop the thieves, Datong also supported Ning Wuguan a lot, and even let Zhou Yuji go. Now......

Wei Jingyuan listened to Zhu Chuanqi's words, and it was not surprising that this acting king had no choice.

But he didn't come towards Zhu Chuanqi, his eyes were always on the other elder in the main hall of the palace: King Zhou.

For this virtuous king, Wei Jingyu has a lot of respect, and knows that behind this person is the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, another person walked in eagerly, and everyone looked over and found that it was Wei Yunshan, the Jinyi guard. I only heard Wei Yunshan say with a solemn face: "The Xuanfu is in a hurry, and ...... I received news that the wealthy merchants in Zhangjiakou were bribing the generals, and I had to rush over in the starry night. ”

When everyone heard this, they were not only shocked to show off their wealth, but also quietly lost. Without Wei Yunshan, Datong's security is one point less.

Zhu Gongyu, the king of Zhou, listened to everyone's words and understood that it was time for him to make a decision: "I personally wrote to ask for help from the Holy Lord's troops to save him!" Pacifier, please! ”

Wei Yunshan should go down, and the clouds in his heart condensed.

……

Shanhaiguan.

"How many days is this?" Wu Sangui was on the gate of Shanhaiguan, and sniffed softly at his son-in-law Xia Guoxiang beside him.

Xia Guoxiang keenly felt that this seven-day cycle had a particularly special objection.

But with Xia Guo's confidence in his relationship with Wu Sangui, he still doesn't know what kind of secret is hidden. The only thing that has it is to remember this day and say in a low voice: "Back to King Pingxi, this is the fourth day, and there are still three days left." ”

"Three days, three days......" Wu Sangui waved his hand and called out the Xia Guoxiang.

He thought of Zu Dashou, and even more thought of those Sanshun kings who were about to move.

The soldiers of the king of Sanshun were ready, but Dolgon insisted that all the Han army banners work together to fight side by side, and they had not yet set off.

What made Wu Sangui feel even more weak was that this time he came back to urge a few Han army flags, and when he really wanted to send troops, would the Manchurian nobles fall by themselves?

There is no way to stop ......

What's more, there is that Dolgon's own brother Azig in Jinzhou City.

He vaguely guessed the dependence in King Sanshun's heart.

But that doesn't help him judge the situation at hand.

"Three days, three days, Zhu Cihong, what are you doing?" Wu Sangui yelled angrily in his heart.

There are still three days left, and Shanhaiguan will send troops.

When the time comes, no matter what he Wu Sangui thinks in his heart, he will definitely still send troops!

……

Jingcheng Pass.

Li Jiantai was very proud: "But I finally got rid of those few broom stars, and every day with a straight face in front of me, a few officials with thousands of generals, in front of me, is even a little more powerful than the local governor." And there is no royal law anymore! And that Xu Huanwu is even more treacherous! ”

Behind him, a group of master's staff congratulated one after another.

Li Jiantai was so happy that he burst out laughing.

Qi Shan and Xu Huanwu were taken away by Gu Yanwu, but Li Jiantai was very happy.

"What can make the proprietor so happy, I'm afraid there is something else!" A sharp-eyed master looked at Li Jiantai's eyes and guessed at the moment.

"Zheng Quan, this time, I let you guess! That's right! Li Jiantai said loudly: "This superintendent wants to go to Naguguan in person and 'fight' a victory!" ”

Within a few days, Li Jiantai rushed to Guguan.

Immediately afterwards, more than 1,000 heads were sent to the desk where Zhu Cihong was located in Baoding City, along with the good news of Xifengtai's victory and Li Jiantai's signature.

"What a victory!" Zhu Cihong sighed: "I didn't expect that this Li Jiantai is quite capable of fighting." With less than 10,000 soldiers, he repelled the elite Li Yanbu of the Shun army in the field, but blocked Pingdingzhou. It's really unexpected, by the way, are the results of the Privy Council's examination out? Those heads, are they true or false? (To be continued.) )