starling is not a bird

The grooms were all experienced men, and they tamed the panicked horse in a short time, and the carriage stopped quickly, waiting for the master's instructions.

: "Could it be an earthquake?"

As the tenth elder brother was about to stand up to check the situation, the eighth elder brother held him back and said nervously: "Don't go down, why is there such a noise in the earthquake, the elder brother will definitely deal with it, you stay by my side and don't walk around carelessly .”

Elder Brother Ten returned and pressed Eighth Brother's shoulder: "Mynah, don't worry about me, I'll go down and have a look."

Eighth Brother had no choice but to swallow his worries, and got up and went down with Tenth Brother. There was a strong wind outside, and the bean-sized raindrops hit the person, making him feel dull pain.

The servants opened their umbrellas early, and put on their cloaks quickly, protecting them from the cold wind.The eighth elder brother shouted at the guards: "Nalan, go to the front and ask about the situation."

Nalan Ying hurriedly rolled up the hem of his clothes and ran to the front of the team against the wind. The eighth elder brother and his carriage were in the middle of the team. There were about seven or eight carriages separated by the eldest elder brother's carriage, plus ten The following guards and internal servants were tens of meters away from each other.

Nalan ran less than a dozen meters, and the accident happened. There was a loud noise from the nearby mountain, and the rocks rushed down together with the clods. The horses were injured and panicked, and several grooms were knocked down. After coming down, before the people here came back to their senses, dozens of huge logs rolled down again. For a while, everyone was on their backs, and everyone didn't know how to deal with it.

The eighth elder brother has also experienced several earthquakes, but it is different from this time. The ground under his feet is not shaking, but the hills in the distance are constantly falling down. This is the first time he has encountered such a strange situation. Elder Brother pulled back: "Old Ten, stay next to the carriage, don't get hit by it."

Elder Brother Shi also realized that something was wrong, obediently obeyed his orders and hid behind the carriage, and the guards in front and behind rushed over, drawing their swords to guard against it.The eighth elder brother picked up the binoculars and tried hard to see a clue, but the wind and rain were too heavy to see anything, impatiently threw the things on his hand to Ma Qiyun, and the eighth elder brother began to feel inexplicable anxiety.

Going out this time is not the errand that I have promised, and there are quite a lot of troubles along the way. The eighth elder brother is not uneasy. After all, the capital is right in front of him. After such a trouble, I don’t know whether to go out I didn't choose a good time before, what happened.

Nalan, who went to inquire about the news, never came back. Eighth Brother felt even more uneasy. He wanted to check it out by himself, but he also knew that it was very inappropriate. When a batch of logs rolled down from the hills, Eighth Brother Brother always wakes up: Is this an ambush?

He hurriedly turned around and went to the carriage to search for the musket that he carried with him, handed it to Elder Brother Shi, bowed his head and said: "We are afraid that we have encountered a bandit, you hold the musket well, if anyone comes close, shoot, don't show mercy .”

Elder Brother Shi took the gun, nodded, and pulled the plug according to what Master Wu taught him before, and counted the marbles, eighteen, one was not a lot.Leaning on the carriage, looking at the eighth prince, he said, "Brother, take care of yourself too."

Before the words fell, the rain of arrows pierced through the rain curtain from the dense forest on the hill and fell densely. Ma Qiyun was so frightened that his heart was split, he threw himself in front of the eighth elder brother, and said tremblingly: "Master, it's dangerous!" , let’s get into the carriage and hide!”

Although the eighth brother is not known for his courage, at this moment, he doesn't know where his stubbornness is coming from: "Get out of the way, these young people are worth hiding? You are joking, do you still want to be a man?"

Pushing Ma Qiyun into the carriage with his backhand, the eighth elder brother raised his gun and fired a few shots at a distance not far away, and shouted in a calm voice: "What the hell, you are sneaky and dare not show your face, get out and suffer die!"

The surrounding guards also seemed to be relying on them, and began to swear at that side, even insulting their parents' surnames, and the eighth elder brother didn't bother to take care of them. The tenth elder brother stood next to the eighth elder brother, sticking to the eighth elder brother Brother's ear asked: "Mynah, when did you become so brave? Hehe."

The eighth elder brother snorted heavily: "These bandits don't choose a good day to die. Fourth brother suffered a loss a few days ago. He never forgot to mobilize soldiers from various places along the way. There must be someone to greet him ahead of him. Just wait and see People should be cleaned up."

The tenth brother smiled lightly and pushed the eighth brother: "I just said, you are too powerful, mynah!"

The eighth elder brother squinted at his younger brother: "Are you stupid? You don't have to take advantage of the situation. The barren mountains like ours are also cleaned up by wolves if they are not cleaned up by people. If some people rely on it, should they rely on it quickly?"

While talking and joking, Nalan had already run back, and the eighth elder brother saw him in a state of distress, frowning, and before he could speak, Nalan had already rushed to him, his face was pale, and before the eighth elder brother opened his mouth, he rushed to him. Pushing in the carriage: "Master, hide quickly, the remnants of the previous Ming are ahead, with artillery!"

The thunder in the air unceremoniously threw a series of lightning down, and the whole rainy night was frightened by the flickering white light. The eighth elder brother looked blankly at Nalan's mouth opening and closing, thinking in his heart: How can he not fight? Umbrella?The rain all flowed into the mouth.

Nalan saw that the eighth elder brother was silent for a long time, and felt anxious, so he stretched out his hand and pushed him into the carriage, but the tenth elder brother recovered first, hugged the eighth elder brother's waist from the back, and pushed him repeatedly. Only then did he get him to sit in the carriage.

When Nalan closed the door of the carriage heavily, Brother Ten picked up the musket, stretched the barrel out of the car window, and pointed at the front of the night, only then did Eighth Brother wake up and wipe the cold sweat from his forehead wearily , sticky fingers, this kind of discomfort makes people feel real.

Elder Brother Ten didn't look back: "Brother, don't be afraid, I am very accurate with marksmanship, I will kill one when one comes, and I will kill one pair when two come, brother, just wait and see!"

Brother Ba swallowed the saliva in his mouth, only to feel the tightness in his throat: "Old Ten, you have never used artillery, I don't know!"

The tenth elder brother didn't know, but the eighth elder brother knew very well in his heart. When fighting in the northwest, if there were no firearms battalion, how could the Qing Dynasty win so easily?Those Junggar people were brave and good at fighting, and they were extremely fierce immediately. If it weren't for the firearm battalion, even if the Qing Dynasty wanted to win, it would have sacrificed more miserable victories.

The red dragon cannon of the former Ming Dynasty was even more frightening. When Li Zicheng broke through the capital at that time, the soldiers defending the city surrendered without firing the cannon. Later, when Li Zicheng became emperor, the army of the former Ming Dynasty took the artillery far ran away.

Huang Ama has also always wanted to let the Han Army Firearms Battalion develop more such weapons, but those craftsmen would rather die for their country than hand over the design drawings.When Huang Ama went to look for the last red dragon cannons, he found that the cannons had been smuggled into the mountains and hidden, only to wait for the third prince Zhu to use them again to restore the country.

At that time, the third prince Zhu who escaped was still alive. The tenth elder brother didn't know about it, but the eighth elder brother knew very well. Although that guy didn't have the heart to restore the country, but the people around him were too ambitious. Under the banner of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty, he raised righteousness.

All sorts of things, the commotion didn't stop until Huang Ama arrested the third prince Zhu Lingchi in the 50th year of Kangxi.Counting from the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there have been no less than a dozen uprisings in various places under the name of the third prince Zhu. However, those Han people are nostalgic for the former dynasty, and every time they cause a lot of alarm, wasting national strength and losing lives.

Unexpectedly, this time I could meet the Yudang of the former Ming Dynasty, as well as the cannon of the former Ming Dynasty. At this moment, Brother Ba just wanted to smile wryly. God is indeed fair, and he gave himself a chance to be reborn, but it often caused a lot of trouble. Do you know if you can escape this time?

Ever since he was reborn, Eighth Brother has been somewhat superstitious. Thinking that if it wasn't for his strong recommendation, Tenth Brother would still be reading the Four Books and Five Classics happily or unhappy in the Forbidden City at this moment, and he had some gloomy thoughts in his heart.

Thinking of this, the eighth elder brother moved his body lightly, sat on the back of the tenth elder brother, put his arms around his younger brother's waist, and made up his mind to protect his younger brother no matter what happened.

Elder Brother Ten turned around and smiled softly, "Mynah, don't be afraid, I will protect you."

The eighth elder brother smiled lightly and said: "Old ten, we will definitely make it through, brother stands in front of you."

Before the words fell, there was another rumble. The eighth elder brother was like a mirror in his heart. This was planned a long time ago. He just waited for himself to take the bait, and then he would be able to beat himself without a single soldier. It is inevitable to be caught off guard and avoid it.You see, the stones and logs that have been rolled for a long time, but no one came down. It is estimated that the sound of the cannon just now blocked the road sandwiched by the hills.

I'm afraid that if I don't wait until dawn, I will be beaten to pieces, so I just rush down there, it's really a good strategy.

But the eighth elder brother didn't want to believe this evil, let go of the younger brother in his arms, and was about to jump off the carriage, making up his mind that he would drag a few backs if he died.

Elder Brother Ten hurriedly stretched out his hands to pull him, and when the two were pulling, the carriage shook violently, the door of the carriage was pushed open vigorously, and Nalan's head stuck in: "Master, there are rolling stones on the mountain, His Highness said, I'm afraid it would be better if I lost the carriage and rushed out on horseback, otherwise I would be beaten passively!"

Eighth Brother took a deep breath and nodded: "Got it, bring the horse over, move quickly, and let the guards move quickly, I still have a few lances here, and I'll share them with you, take them first Let the musket clear the way before leaving."

After thinking for a while, he said, "Don't lose the carriage either. Let Your Highness wait for a while, let someone drive a carriage to explore the road first, divide their firepower, and then we will ride on horseback."

Nalan nodded and was about to leave when Elder Brother Shi stopped him again: "Go and find some people to bring over the wine jars from the seventh carriage at the back."

Nalan was taken aback for a moment, thinking that Elder Brother Ten is too out of tune, what time is this?Still thinking about my wine!

Elder Brother Ten stretched out his foot and kicked him lightly: "Hurry up, bring a few more wine jars, share a few more for each person, and when we start to rush, first take a torch and light the wine jars, and go outside Throw it away, I'm afraid it will be of some use. It's a pity that the master's good wine, let's keep it for your lives!"

Nalan finally understood at this moment, and happily agreed, he took someone to get the wine. The eighth elder brother felt a lot calmer at the moment, seeing his younger brother thinking so carefully, he felt a little guilty.

It's just an ambush, why did you lower your heart just now, not daring to live, only to die?I am really handicapped!

He raised his head and hammered his younger brother's shoulder, with a bit of relief and pride in his eyes: "Good guy, when did you become so powerful? Did you steal some fairy peach and fairy fruit? It's too much to not give it to brother. ?”

Elder Brother Ten rubbed his nose, and smiled naively: "Mynah always likes to bully me, really, why don't younger brothers be allowed to be majestic too?"

The two laughed and filled their muskets, and the guards led two horses over. Waiting for the signal from the elder brother in front, the two got on the horses and prepared to rush out of the encirclement.

There was also a faint sound of charging in the distance, and no one could hear clearly through the rushing rain, whether they were shouting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty or returning my rivers and mountains.