Heartless

Emperor Chongzhen originally cared a little about the face of the late emperor, and was worried about the fact that there were many eagles and dogs in the Wei party in the court, so he sent Wei Zhongxian to guard the imperial tomb, but he didn't know that the spies came to report, and when he left Beijing at the age of nine thousand, he brought his own soldiers Thousands of people and dozens of chariots and horses turned around as soon as they left the city gate, and instead of going to Fengyang, they went straight to Jinzhou.

Where is Jinzhou?The throat of Liaoxi in the Ming Dynasty and the barrier against the enemy. The Jin army made repeated attempts when Nurhachi was alive. In May Tiancong Khan Huang Taiji raised troops to attack Ningjin, but ended in failure and retreat. How could it come back again in November? Manggurtai has pulled out several cities and is camping outside Jinzhou City.

Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Shanhaiguan, the three cities built a line of defense together, and it was also the last hurdle for Houjin to seek the Central Plains.

If the Shanhai Pass is broken, the territory of thousands of miles will be lost. After that, there will be nothing to rely on and nothing to rely on.

As expected by Kou Biancheng, when the Wei party was successful, it was domineering and offended many people. At that time, the impeachment of Nine Thousand Years and the Commander of Jin Yiwei came in a flood. Their words were convincing, and it was obvious that Wei Ye was right and wrong. It is impossible to die.

Wei Zhongxian's move was openly defying the imperial edict, not to mention that he clearly had the intention of surrendering to the enemy, so even the death of the iron certificate would not be exempt from such a serious crime of treason.

The commander of Jin Yiwei was a third-rank official, and since Ye Qianlang was one of the "five heroes" of the Wei Party, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't let him go easily.

Although it's a pleasure to pull out the nail in the eye, it's hard to believe how much friendship those banner officers and captains have with Mr. Ye, and whether they can take him back without favoritism or sacrifice.

It was General Zhenxi who took the initiative to ask for an order to arrest them. Emperor Chongzhen just showed his beauty and issued an order saying that as long as the heads of two people are taken back, there will be a great reward.

But it is said that Wei Zhongxian made arrangements all the way and distributed the family wealth all the way, but he was hunted down and killed all the way, and all the way was a bad battle.When he approached the Daling River that he had agreed with Mang Gurtai, he realized that there were more than a thousand guards around him when he left, some of them died, some fled, some surrendered, and now there are only twenty or thirty wounded and disabled soldiers left with him. An eunuch who has lost power and is guilty of crimes, he doesn't know whether he is loyal or stupid.

These years, when people were at the peak of power, holding a "red" ink pen, Wei Zhongxian's adopted son and righteous grandson recognized several dozen, and he was really guarded against and guarded more than trusting Mr. Ye who had changed his master, and only regarded him as a thing. A beautiful and easy-to-hand weapon, but this time I really discovered that this weapon is not only convenient, but also extremely sharp and invincible. With the sword in hand, it turns the world into purgatory, and there is a sea of ​​blood and corpses everywhere.

Running out of money and food all the way and desperately fighting for his life, he escaped at the gate of hell several times. The nine thousand years old who used to be aloof in the past seems to be quite out of shape, as if he has aged ten years.Wei Zhongxian raised his sleeves to wipe off the sweat and mud mixed on his face, smiled weakly at Ye Qianlang beside him, and said, "Our family never expected that it would be you who will accompany our family in the end."

Not to mention that Wei Zhongxian didn't expect it, even Ye Qianlang himself didn't expect it, let alone that Kou Biancheng never showed up all the way. Normally, with his gangster temperament of "I can only bear the world", he shouldn't and won't So easy to give up.

Right now is not the time to be sad and emotional, as he has just fought his way out of a siege a few days ago, although he killed another group of Ming troops who were not afraid of death, he also suffered many wounds on his body.Ye Qianlang wanted to take the wound medicine and apply it to the wound, but found a broken arrowhead pierced into the shoulder socket at some point. The arrowhead had obviously been poisoned, and the flesh was rotten to the bone at this moment, and the wound was covered in a strange purple-black color .

He took some river water to wash the wound, and handed the full water bag to Wei Zhongxian, saying: "Please use the factory water."

Wei Zhongxian poured a few mouthfuls on his back, suddenly felt a strange fishy-sweet taste in his mouth, and poured some water in the water bag on the ground, seeing the good yellow mud for a while, he was horrified: "Xiaoye, what is this water?" Look so red, taste so fishy?"

"'The dead without a head will be taken prisoner, and those who have a head will go with the headless.'" Ye Qianlang asked the accompanying guards for a dagger and a wine bag, and after spraying the blade with a sip of wine, he automatically took the deep The arrow embedded in the shoulder was dug out, "After Nurhachi captured Liaodong, the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners occupied a city and slaughtered a city, causing the dead of the Han people in Liaodong to pile up, and the Linghe River was stained with blood."

"Our family has already sent people to make an agreement," Wei Zhongxian doesn't care about the lives of the people in Liaodong, he only cares about whether his old and stiff head can be saved. Welcome, as long as our family's prosperity and wealth do not fall, there will be a day for you to come out."

Ye Qianlang took a deep breath, gouged out the rotten flesh, threw the bloody broken arrow aside, and shook his head: "This subordinate does not intend to return to Houjin."

Wei Zhongxian asked suspiciously: "Don't return the gold? Then why did you protect our family to come here with all your might?"

"The factory owner and I just take what we need. In order to wipe out the Wei party, Emperor Chongzhen not only sent the elites in the army, but also paid a lot of money to pursue them..." With a "hiss", he tore the clothes into strips of cloth, biting one end with his teeth, Wrapping the wound one by one, "Across the sky... If there is no factory master to manage and walk with these thousand guards all the way, I will not be able to get here alone."

Surprisingly, even in the face of adversity, Wei Zhongxian still has such a calm and meticulous mind, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but secretly sighed that he hadn't lost his eyes at the beginning, and after sighing, he asked: "Xiaoye, what are your plans for the future?"

Although the wound has been treated hastily, the black blood on the shoulder socket is dripping endlessly, soaking half of the clothes in an instant.After days of fierce fighting, his true energy had been greatly damaged, Ye Qianlang's lips were dark purple, and his complexion looked even more gloomy. After a long while, he managed to move his lips: "Leaving the customs..."

When it was near Youzhong, there was a twilight afterglow, lifeless.Facing the gradually darkening sun, he closed his eyes, his brows and eyes were no longer as cold and repulsive as before, but they were really full of boredom.

"I beg... be safe."

The fact that they don't give up money may not necessarily be due to a little bit of national righteousness in their chests, but it is because they are happy not to go against their will, and happy to do things willfully.

Whether Huang Taiji enters the pass or Kou Biancheng ascends the pass, there will be no peace in the pass.

And for the half of my life, I tried my best to fight for the picture, and I was nothing more than wishful thinking about the word "Ansheng".

Finally, on the second day, I arrived at the bank of the Alkaline River, a tributary of the Ling River. I looked up and saw that the sky was like washing, but there was no one around, except for a lone goose passing across the sky occasionally. The place was strangely quiet.

Knowing the place where Mang Gurtai decided to meet, Wei Zhongxian said it was too unlucky. In the second year of the apocalypse, Nurhachi sent troops to invade Guangning. The guard he appointed at nine thousand years old fled without a fight. Instead, tens of thousands of Ming soldiers fought on their own. , and fought desperately with the Houjin soldiers here, until the gunpowder, arrows and stones were exhausted, and the whole army was wiped out.

Not far from the river, there is a forest of chaotic stones. The stones are covered with spots of rust, as if the blood has not dried for many years, and they are like stone tablets written in vermilion lacquer and seal script.

Whenever the wind blows over the steles, all the steles cry out in unison.Wei Zhongxian was terrified when he heard it, but he didn't care about thinking about it. He shivered violently in the wind, and called out sharply: "Where are the Dabeile people?"

Who would have imagined that he would have put Chongzhen in the same position, and now he would be thwarted by someone else—the moment his words fell to the ground, ambushes surrounded him, shouts shook the sky, and suddenly he saw a few silver lights in the tall grass After a flash, there was a rain of arrows.

The arrow is a meteor arrow, and the rain is pouring rain. The first burst just falls, and the latter burst immediately catches up, covering the sky and the sun, and recovering like a net.

In the moment of life and death, Ye Qianlang pulled Wei Zhongxian behind him with one hand, and with the other hand, he swung his long sword to block the flying arrows to protect himself.

Backing straight to the bank of the surging river, the rain of arrows stopped. Except for Wei Ye and two people, the rest of the people were killed by the arrows.

Although Jiu Qiantui was unscathed, two arrows hit the person protecting him, one arrow only slightly scratched the flesh on the arm, while the other hit the thigh, more than three inches into the flesh and blood.

What is strange is that among these ambush soldiers there are both Manchus and Hans. Ye Qianlang shook his body but did not fall down. He recognized the armored clothes, skirts and tasseled spears of the Houjin soldiers, and also recognized the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Chain mail and iron mesh skirt.

The heart said that what should come will always come, so it is good to make a break at this place.

The leader has shaved hair and braids, looks heroic, and is dressed in shiny lacquered armor, which is obviously different from ordinary Houjin Bingyong.Wei Zhongxian was already paralyzed by the sudden rain of arrows, but when he saw the man, he immediately jumped forward and said, "Da, Da Baylor...have you forgotten the agreement with our family?"

"I remember." Mang Gurtai laughed three times with his face up, "It's just that you old stray dog ​​can neither guard the house nor go to battle to kill the enemy, even if you bark twice, it's very unpleasant. I want you What's the use?"

He turned sideways and smiled at the person beside him: "General Kou, I have seized the relic of the Great Treasure King of Dharma. You take these two heads and go back to fool your emperor. Today you and I will form an alliance of Linghe, and in the future we will conspire with the Han family. How about it? "

With the weapon broken in his hand and his bloody clothes mottled, Ye Qianlang stood firm, looking up at the man beside Mang Gurtai.

The man also looked at him for a moment.

The westerly wind suddenly blows, and the sky is full of fallen leaves.