The snow was white, and the thick snow pressed on the branches, which slipped from the branches from time to time.

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun stayed at Orion's house for two days, and finally on the afternoon of the third day, the sky cleared and the snow stopped.

"Brother Ye, let's go first. Xiong Wei gave Orion a salute.

Orion looked at the bear reluctantly.

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun insisted on continuing their journey north, and Orion saw that they were thinly dressed, so he found two pieces of his own clothes for them to wear, and gave them two leopard skin clothes to keep them warm.

Orion said worriedly: "Brother, you better not go too far to the north, otherwise it will be good to run into your army of the Southern Dynasty, and if you encounter the Jurchen tribe, you may encounter something." ”

"Big brother, don't worry, we won't go too far. Xiong Wei walked over, shook Orion's hand, and said, "Brother Ye, we will meet again." You can rest assured. Besides, with your two leopard fur coats to protect us, we will be fine. ”

"Haha!" Orion laughed as he listened, "Don't say it, you two really have a bit of our Jurchen flavor when you two wear my clothes." ”

"Big brother, there will be a period later!" Xiong Wei finished speaking, and took Xia Yun to the north.

Xiong Wei led Xia Yun and walked in front, stepping on the thick snow, making a "squeak, squeak" sound. With this foot, the snow was already drenched in the calves.

The two of them walked a little further, and as far as the eye could see, it was still white, and nothing could be seen.

"Xiong Wei, where should we go?" Xia Yun looked at the silver-clad world, a little unclear about the direction.

Xiong Wei also looked over, as if he was going anywhere, and he had no direction.

Just when they didn't know the direction, they suddenly saw several Han people, running towards them.

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun looked at them at the same time, and Xia Yun said, "Xiong Wei, this seems to be our people. ”

Xiong Wei nodded, and said kindly: "It seems that yes, let's go over and have a look, and ask for directions by the way." ”

The two of them hurried over and found that the men were covered in blood, and it seemed that they had escaped from nowhere.

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun hurriedly walked over, and when they saw Xiong Wei and Xia Yun dressed with a bit of Jurchen flavor, their faces were shocked, and they fell into the snow.

Xiong Qi hurriedly helped them up and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?"

One of them was a little bolder, looked at Xiong Wei carefully, and said tremblingly, "Are you Han or Jurchen?"

"Of course I'm Han. Xiong Wei said firmly.

"Then where are you from, and why are you wearing Jurchen clothes?"

"We are from Jingshi, this girl's clothes are because they are too cold, and a friend of the girl's real people gave them. ”

The man looked at Xiong Wei and Xia Yun carefully, and said, "Judging by your appearance, you don't look like a Jurchen. ”

Xiong Wei touched his head embarrassedly and said, "Then where did you come from, and why do you have blood stains on your body?" ”

"Eh, you don't know! Nurhachi led his troops to besiege Fushun City, the Ming army guerrilla Li Yongfang surrendered, the thousand general Wang Mingyin who defended the city died in battle, and more than 500 cities of Fushun Dongju, Magen, Dan, and Taiwan, Fort, and Zhai were all occupied by the Houjin soldiers, and the whole city fell, and the Houjin soldiers drove all the residents in the city to Guangning City. ”

"What?" Xiong Wei was shocked, "Won't the general defending the city resist?"

The man added, "It's too late for him to resist." It is said that ......"

On April 14, the third year of the Mandate of Heaven (1618, the forty-sixth year of Wanli), Nurha's red soldiers invaded the Ming Dynasty in two ways, attacking Dongzhou and Magendan with the four banners on the left flank, and he personally led the four banners on the right flank to take Fushun.

Fushun City is located on the bank of the Hunhe River, is the place where the Ming and Jurchen exchange markets, because Nurhachi was engaged in trading activities in Fushun when he was young, so he knows the situation of Fushun City well, and the guard general guerrilla Li Yongfang also knew Nurhachi, so he was defenseless.

On the same day, Nurhachi sent people to Fushun to inform him that a large Jurchen caravan of 1,300,000 men had come to Fushun to trade the next day.

On the 15th, the Houjin vanguard troops pretending to be merchants came to Fushun City, and the Fushun soldiers and civilians went to trade outside the city, at this time Nurhachi's army suddenly arrived, and the Houjin army in Fushun City should join forces to attack Fushun in one fell swoop, and the Chinese army Qianzong Wang Mingyin, the general Wang Xuedao, Tang Keyshun and other battles were killed, and Li Yongfang surrendered.

On the same day, the Four Banners of the Left Wing also conquered Dongzhou and Magendan. Li Hongzu, the general of Dongzhou, was killed in battle, and Li Dacheng, the garrison of Ma Gendan, was captured.

Xiong Wei listened, his heart was very uncomfortable, and he couldn't wait to fight on the battlefield immediately. He asked excitedly: "Then how to get to Quang Ninh City, and what is the situation now?"

"What, you're going to Quang Ninh?" the man glared at him with wide eyes when he heard Xiong Wei's question.

"We weren't going before, but now I hear you say that. We'd like to see it. Xiong Wei said nonchalantly.

The man hurriedly persuaded Xiong Wei, "I think you are looking for death." We managed to escape from the Jurchen cavalry, and now the whole area is occupied by Nurhachi. Soon he will go south to kill Jingshi. If you don't run away, go north!"

"Yun'er, do you say you want to go?" Xiong Wei looked at Xia Yun.

"You said you were going, so of course I'm going with you. ”

"Let's go, then. Xiong Wei looked at the man again, "Go to Guangning City, do you just follow this road all the way north?"

"We see that you two are really dead. yes, that's all the way north. The man pointed to Xiong Wei as he spoke.

Xiong Wei tilted his head and looked ahead, he wanted to ask something. The men ran away.

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun continued north.

The farther north they went, they noticed a little blood on the snow.

"Xiong Wei, we have to walk alone, Fushun City has been occupied by Nurhachi's troops. We'll have to think about what to do. Xia Yun followed closely behind Xiong Wei, talking as she walked.

"These two armies are fighting, there must still be our troops, we must first find a way to find our troops, find out the situation of Nurhachi, and then we will go back to Beijing to report to the emperor. Xiong Wei walked and looked back at Xia Yun, and said softly, "Is it cold?"

Xia Yun shook her head.

Xiong Wei took her hand, feeling that she was trembling, he saw that Xia Yun's lips were already purple from the cold, and her little face was also red from the cold, and he felt very uncomfortable. He said helplessly: "Hold on for a while, we must find our army today." Otherwise, it will be too late. ”

The two of them moved on again. I don't know how long they walked, but the two of them finally arrived in Quang Ninh City.

The two men stood at the gate of the city, which was closed. Xiong Wei shouted: "Open the door, we are the messengers from Jingshi." ”

As he spoke, he also took out the gold medal given by the emperor.

The soldiers guarding the city looked at it, and the two of them were dressed as Jurchens, and he shouted: "The two of them are Jurchens, and they are spies." Hurry up and release the arrows. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the archers released many arrows at Xiong Wei and Xia Yun.

Xiong Wei hurriedly hugged Xia Yun and stepped back. When they saw Xia Yun and Xiong Wei retreating, they also stopped firing arrows.

"I didn't expect them to know the gold medal. Xiong Wei frowned and looked at the closed city gate, "No, the two of us are wearing this clothes, and it is impossible to enter through the main gate like this." The two of us have to think of separate solutions. ”

"I think they're scared when they look at us in this dress. Xia Yun analyzed.

Xiong Wei lowered his head, also looked at his clothes, and said, "I was in a hurry just now, and I forgot about this." I guess I can't change them back now. ”

Xia Yun smiled slightly and said, "With the two of us, we are still stumped to enter this city?"

Xiong Wei looked at Xia Yun, smiled similarly, and said, "Okay, then let's rest for a while, and then we will go straight in." ”

Xia Yun and Xiong Wei came to the city gate again, this time they didn't knock directly on the door below, but found a remote corner.

Xia Yun stepped on Xiong Wei's shoulder, jumped over, kicked on the wall, and then did a front flip, and climbed over the city wall.

Xiong Wei saw that Xia Yun had succeeded, he took a few steps back, rushed over quickly, kicked the wall with his feet, took a few big steps, and suddenly jumped up.

Xiong Wei looked at the soldiers guarding the city, and was very angry, and they all fell asleep against the edge of the wall. He said angrily, "Can you not lose this way?"

"We asked them to take us to the general who was defending the city. Xiong Wei said and walked over quickly, grabbed the ear of a soldier and said, "The Jurchens are here." ”

When the soldier heard this, he hurriedly jumped up and shouted, but his ears were dragged by the bear, and he groaned in pain.

He covered his ears and trembled with fear as he looked at Xiong Wei's dress.

When the surrounding soldiers heard the movement, they all gathered around them, pointing their spears at them.

Xiong Wei took out the gold medal, shook it in front of them, and said, "If I want to kill you, I am still waiting for you to come and kill me. ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't move.

Xiong Wei said impatiently, "Hurry up! Wait, I'll kill you all!"

Only then did the soldiers react and hurriedly took him to the general.

"General, they want to see you. "A soldier returns.

Before Xiong Wei finished speaking, he reported to his family and said, "I am the guard with a knife in front of the Zhengerpin Emperor, Xiong Wei." Dare to ask the general, respect the surname. ”

The general guarding the city looked at Xiong Wei's dress, and then looked at his appearance, a little confused for a while, he looked at the soldier who brought Xiong Wei.

The soldier hurried over and whispered a few words in his ear.

Xiong Wei also listened quietly, and he vaguely heard the soldier tell the general about what had just happened at the city gate.

After listening to this, the general looked at Xiong Wei and said, "I am the general guarding the city of Guangning City, Zhang Chengyin." Your Excellency's outfit?"

"Oh!" said Xiong Wei impatiently, "you don't care about my clothes." I heard that Nurhachi had already fought under Quang Ninh. What are your countermeasures for the enemy?"

Zhang Chengyin sighed and said: "Don't hide it, Nurhachi is brave and good at fighting, and Li Yongfang, the defender of Fushun City, surrendered, which makes me very passive in Guangning City." I have sent men to ask for reinforcements from the generals of the other cities, and I expect that they will be there soon. ”

"How many are Nurhachi, how many are we?" Xiong continued.

"We have about 10,000, and Nurhachi about 20,000. ”

"Nurhachi's 10,000 is an elite soldier, and our 10,000 is estimated to be inferior to the other party's 5,000. ”

"My lord, how can I say this? Aren't you trying to grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige?" Zhang Chengmeng said angrily.

"Just now, when we came, we came over the city wall. When I came over, I saw that the soldiers on duty at night were sleeping. If Nurhachi had come, I'm afraid these soldiers would have become dead souls by the sword!"

When Zhang Chengmeng heard this, he was also very excited, and said: "Whoever is on duty tonight, and whoever leaves his post without permission, will all be dealt with by military law." ”

"Generals have laws to govern the army, but now is not the time to punish soldiers, it is better to let them make meritorious contributions. What do you think?"

"Guilty of meritorious service?" Zhang Chengmeng didn't quite understand what Xiong Wei meant.

"I'm going to take a team of elite soldiers to attack Nurhachi's camp!" Xiong Wei looked at Zhang Chengmeng and said very seriously.

Xia Yun was surprised when she heard this, and said, "What did you say? Why did you never tell me?" ”

Xiong Wei continued: "Right now, Nurhachi has already killed Guang'an, but it won't be long before he kills Jingshi. Nurhachi was a good soldier, and his men were brave. We Central Plains people, in terms of physique, cannot be compared with them. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Xia Yun and said, "Yun'er, haven't you noticed that our Central Plains people are shorter than their Jurchens. What's more, the snow is continuous, they have grown up in the north since childhood, and their ability to resist wind and snow is stronger than ours. So, we have to outwit. ”

"Outwitted?" Xia Yun paused, looking at Xiong Wei curiously, "What do you want to do?"

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