.Snowing before the New Year was almost a routine in Xuanfu area. On the 20th night of the twelfth lunar month, the north wind whistled, the sky became dark and dark, and the dark clouds in the distance were pressing down, as if you could reach it with your hand.
The next morning, the snowflakes fell, and soon wrapped a layer of silver between the sky and the earth. After another whole day, it was still getting bigger and bigger, without any intention of stopping.
I spent two days in a row. On the 22nd night, the snow on the road was knee-deep, and my eyes were covered with white space, making it difficult to tell the east, west, south and north.
But even in such a harsh environment, there was a long team moving. Those people were wearing thick fur coats and their entire faces were covered with thick headscarves, leaving only one eye exposed outside. It would be enough to see the people in front of them. They... each of them was holding a low war horse, and the bag on the horse was tightly wrapped around their bows and arrows. The wind was too strong and they could no longer ride horses. The snow was too heavy, which would seriously damage their hard bows. So they could only lead the horse, wrap the bows and arrows with blankets, and trek through the snow with difficulty.
Even if you can't see the appearance of these people, you can still be sure of them being Mongolians, because only Mongolians who were born in a bitter and cold place and worked hard since childhood can march in such bad weather. If the Han soldiers were punished, they would have been mutiny long ago.
On the first day of snow, the Mongolians motivated themselves like this. But on the second day, they still had strong winds and heavy snow. The weather was extremely cold. Even if they urinated on the ground, they could freeze immediately. Even if they could endure hardships, they could not bear it. As the team was moving, they could hear the sound of falling from time to time. Each stroke meant that a person or a horse had been frozen to death.
This was the team led by Huang Taiji and his three younger brothers. On the 18th, they left Ma Xiaoshan Mountain. In order to avoid the front checkpoints and beacon towers, they walked eighty miles eastward, then crossed the Great Wall, and rushed to Xuanfu City from the north.
If everything went well, they should have gone to Xuanfu City yesterday and launched a fierce feint attack, but the ghost weather was in trouble and they had not seen Xuanfu City yet. They blocked the wind, but they could only be better than nothing.
"Brother, will we be frozen to death?" Lin Taiji wrapped her body in a fur cloak, lay on the horse's back, and asked in a trembling voice. He was frostbite and his feet were unable to walk, so he seemed to want to watch.
Seeing that the other two younger brothers were also in a low mood, Huang Taiji had to comfort him loudly, "How could that be? We are the darlings of the Heaven of Eternity." The wind was too strong, and the voice was low and he blew away the words and couldn't hear them clearly.
"I don't believe it anymore." Bingtu Taiji shrank his neck and said loudly: "If Changshengtian favors us, would he welcome us in such bad weather? I see that it is useless to leave the prairie."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Huang Taijiji scolded: "This heavy snow means Changshengtian. Don't just look at how many people have been frozen to death, and think about it with its cover, we can escape the Ming army's checkpoints, and no longer have to sacrifice the lives of the warriors and pretend to attack the city!" He was very proud of his theory. He said to his younger brothers: "If you want to get gold, you have to pay silver. This is Changshengtian testing us. Is it worthy of this great victory!"
"This is his eighth repetition, right?" Broado Taiji asked the relatively silent Buyan Taiji.
"Not so many," Buhitohiko replied, "It's just the seventh time."
Huang Taiji was so embarrassed. If he continued like this, his prestige would be lost. He asked loudly: "Where has he been?"
After a while, a scout came over and said, "I'm here in Wangcun."
"How far is it from Xuanfu?" Huang Taiji asked loudly.
"The Scout of the Twenty Miles said, "From forward, it is the outer outpost of Xuanfu!"
This sentence works better than any magic pill. It makes the Taiji people suddenly feel energetic, and their subordinates have strength all over their bodies, and they all feel that it is about to create history.
Huang Taiji raised his hands excitedly and said to the people around him: "My warriors, the city will be broken tonight! The glory of Genghis Khan's descendants will be tonight! As long as you rush to Xuanfu City, there will be people who will open the city gate for us. The heavy wind and snow will be our best cover! Let us kill the Ming army in the bed!"
Everyone's emotions were mobilized, and even Lin Taiji, who was lying on the horse's back, was screaming, like a group of wolves howling!
Seeing this exciting scene, Huang Taiji felt the golden blood in his body burning, and he seemed to be possessed by Genghis Khan. He waved his whip and pointed at the front and said, "Who cleared the last obstacle for me!"
"I'll go!" Bingtu Taiji was infected by his courage and said excitedly: "Please agree with the elder brother.
"Go," Huang Taiji nodded and said in a deep voice: Be careful!" "Will it be cleared so soon?"
"Not at all," Bingtu Taiji spat and said, "There is no fire in the stove, okay
Huang Taiji said disapprovingly: "The Han people are most afraid of hardship. They must have watched the snow and the cold weather, and they felt that we would not be able to go out in this kind of weather. So they hid in the city and enjoyed their happiness."
Everyone also felt that this was the reason. So they continued to move forward. After walking for about another hour, they finally saw the outline of the city wall in the distance. Xuanfu City appeared faintly in the wind and snow, and finally arrived! The exciting moment finally came!
Although the sound of wind and snow was loud enough, for caution, all war horses were put on cages to prevent screaming, and even people were asked to hold a piece of cloth on their mouths to prevent accidental preparations. Everything was done silently, and more than 13,000 brave Mongolian cavalrymen quietly touched a mile outside the city.
Huang Taiji looked at the city, and it was still dark and thunderous. He couldn't help but think: "The Ming army is indeed careless. It seems that God has told me to accomplish anything." He ordered his top general, the most famous commander of the Eastern Mongolian grassland, to lead a thousand elite cavalry in his headquarters to serve as the vanguard. His mission is to connect with the inner guard of the North Gate, and then control the city gate, so that the army can go straight in and win this battle! History will remember this moment!
Looking at the vanguard troops gradually moving away, Huang Taiji asked Xiao Qin who had come out from somewhere early and said, "Master Xiao, is there any problem with you?"
Xiao Qin shook her head and said, "There will be no problem. The guard of the North City Gate is the most fanatical believer. If I hadn't been suppressing me, I would have led people to Bansheng long ago. Now, he will have the opportunity to become the guardian he has always dreamed of, and he will definitely do this." He said lightly, "Not only he is an insider, there are many people in the city. When the war comes, they will set fire everywhere, causing the Ming army to fall into chaos!"
"That's great! That's great!" Huang Taiji took a deep breath and said, "Follow up!" The army slowly followed the shadow of the vanguard and headed towards the north city gate. " "Didn't," and knocked three times lightly. This was the secret code that Xiao Qin and Nei Ying had already agreed. The same three sounds came from the city below. Khalerizhi stood in his ears and looked at him without hearing any response.
"Is it too windy? The people inside didn't hear it?" The White Lotus Sect protector who was cooperating with his actions whispered.
"Well" Zheleri moved forward a little, then used some strength to knock the clapper, making three louder sounds. This time, I was lucky and there was a response immediately, "I heard that the city also "dangdang. Three sounds."
"I heard it, I heard it!" The Protector said in a low voice excitedly.
Zheleri nodded, waved his hand to the subordinate behind him, and then headed down to the city gate first. However, as he got closer and closer, he disappeared out of thin air.
Then the cavalry following him disappeared one after another, only dull falls heard
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The White Lotus Sect protector who was behind opened his eyes, looked at the earth and swallowed Mongolian cavalry. After a long time, he screamed shrillly: "There is an ambush!!"
This sound seemed to awaken the sleeping Xuanfu City. Torches lit up one after another at the top of the city, and countless Ming soldiers shouted loudly! At the same time, crossbows, spears, and rolling stones and wood were all covered, covering the Mongolian vanguards crowded under the city gate like raindrops.
Huang Taiji and others looked at the scene of the strange peak in a daze, and saw a thousand priests covered by the arrow rain stone curtain. There were less than two hundred people who could escape their lives!
"What's going on?" After being stunned, Huang Taiji suddenly roared at Xiao Xue, "Didn't you say you've already arranged it?"
Xiao Qin was also stunned and said blankly: nbsp;nbsp; "What the hell is going on?" What he didn't know was that just at this time yesterday, someone asked the same question. He turned the time back to three and a half days. At that time, the Mongols had not crossed the Great Wall. Was it the sky or the clear sky, and there was no sign of snow at all. But it was still cold.
In this way, people will not get up if they can rest on bed, let alone put up a door. There is no way to get up on time. Qiu Qianhu is one of these miserable people. He is the custodian of the North City Gate of Xuanfu. This job is fat. But it is very bitter. He has to be free every day and stare at it every day.
As usual, eat a bowl of egg noodles cooked by the woman, hang the sword around her waist, put on a thick cotton cloak, and say, "I'll go!" and walk outside.
In winter, he doesn't ride a horse, but walks to and from get off work. On the one hand, he doesn't move on his horse, and he will be frozen. On the other hand, he keeps wandering around the streets and alleys for a while, and then goes to work. Everyone in his family is used to it. He only thinks that this is a quirk of middle-aged people, so he is the one who is so
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Today he turned to an alley behind Chenglong Temple, and his eyes were casually patrolling the walls on both sides, and he was about to go out of the alley. He suddenly stopped, looked at the group of patterns on the left wall, and then quickly left.
On the wall behind him, there were a string of children's graffiti-like symbols, a total of five, including the moon, bird, sun, dog and human face.
On the way to the north city gate, he was full of these five people, Mo, and no one could say hello to him. When he returned to the duty room, Yi Qianhu Guanbu Ha drew the five patterns he had remembered in his heart, and then took out a hand-sized booklet from his arms and compared them one by one.
Oh no, it's twenty-one. Qiu Qianhu said in his heart: "The sun is north, and the dog is Xu hour. The person who opens his mouth means opening the door. He silently said: "The door is twenty-one, north, Xu hour, and the twelfth lunar month is 21, Xu hour, and the north city gate is opened!"
He finally breathed a little relieved, knelt down toward Xibeiyi, kowtowed three respectfully, and whispered: "Master, I understand what you mean by old age. Please rest assured, I will not let you down!"
Then he stood up as if nothing had happened, put his things in his mind, sat behind the big case, and whispered: "Call Chen Shuban!"
After a while, a common scholar came out and bowed to him, "Qianhu, what are the instructions?"
"Has the on-duty list been released for the late month?" The patrols of the city wall worked in two shifts day and night. As for whom and which shift, it was always arranged by Chen Shu Office. Qiu Qianhu never asked about it.
His question asked Chen: "It has been shipped out and is about to be looked at by Qianhu." As he said that, he put a table on Qiu Qianhu's table. Usually, he just signed it directly and never looked at it.
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Chen Shuban didn't know what he was thinking, but the boss in his heart was unwilling to whisper: "If I were to schedule this, I would definitely be blamed for death by them." Of course, "they refer to those confidants of Qiu Qianhu.
"It's okay" Qiu Qianhu smiled rare: "Tell them that I'm here too at night, see who dares to have an objection."
"That's true." Chen. The officers and soldiers patrolling the city were complaining, but Lord Qianhu was on night tonight, who dared to sneak back? He had to curse and rush over the city, thinking, the head of Qiu was broken, isn't this pushing people to death?
But their resentment soon disappeared because Qiu Qianhu ordered everyone to withdraw their teams and return to the barracks to keep warm.
A responsible Baihu said: "Do you leave two sentries?"
"No need!" Qiu Qianhu said carelessly: "In this snowy day, there is a layer of ice on the city walls outside. The Mongolians would not have any idea of ​​us unless they had wings." The Baihu wanted to say something, but his subordinates pulled in and said: "Mr. Qiu treats you to drink, don't you not give me the gift?"
It turned out that Qiu Qianhu had bought a lot of wine and meat and wanted to reward his close subordinates. Then everyone suddenly realized that no wonder the adults were scheduling the night shift. If it were during the day, who would dare to drink and eat meat without restraint?
Since it was Qiu Qianhu treating guests, everyone was completely relieved. They drank a big bowl of wine, ate meat in large pieces, feasted, and shouted. They suddenly felt that this windy and snowy night became extremely cute and became hazy...
Not long after drinking, one, two, three, and the officers and soldiers got drunk one after another. After a while, no one was awake except Qiu Qianhu and his few confidants.
Qiu Qianhu wiped his hands, put on a cloak, and said solemnly: "Success and failure are here!" Then he took a few confidants out of the barracks and headed into the city gate.
As soon as I entered the city gate, the wind suddenly became less. I didn’t have to speak loudly, and then a confidant said, “Qianhu, is the door open now?”
Qiu Qianhu shook his head and said, "Wait, when will the signal come?" He paused and said, "You can lift the door latch first, just shake the winch up later."
"What are you doing with the door latch?" A voice came from the other end of the city gate, which made Qiu Qianhu and others lose their souls. After turning around with difficulty, they saw the torch transparent, and the soldiers of the Jinyiwei and Xuanfu blocked the city gate tightly.
Qiu Qianhu knew that it was exposed, but he was unwilling to give up and said anxiously: "Open the city gate!" Several subordinates were also stubborn, and they did whatever they wanted. Two went to shake the winch. Two went to lift the door bolt, and they were very busy.
But how can the city gate weighing 8,000 pounds be opened just by opening it?
Until the Jinyiwei rushed up and knocked them to the ground, he did not raise the city gate even an inch.
Qiu Qianhu didn't want to be a prisoner, so he wanted to commit suicide by dying, but was knocked behind his head with a stick and fainted. Before he lost consciousness, he had only one thought: "I'm sorry, my master, my disciple didn't open the door after all. Your guardian should choose another wise man."
Chapter completed!