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Chapter 48

After He Xing jumped off the city wall, he didn't dare to turn his head back, but just ran for life. He had practiced martial arts since childhood and ran very fast, and soon surpassed many Ming soldiers and civilians running in front of him. He no longer cared about those pitiful people. If he surpassed them, he would win. Then he heard the screams of Ming soldiers and civilians and the screams of Jin soldiers from behind him.

"Don't kill! Let's surrender!" The Ming soldiers and civilians who could not escape knelt on the ground and raised their hands.

The fierce Jin soldiers rushed up with bloody steel knives. When they saw the Ming soldiers and civilians kneeling on the ground, they raised their swords and fell, and the surrendered Ming soldiers and civilians all had their heads and heads.

Just when the Jin soldiers were able to kill, the Bayala soldiers shouted outside the city: "The Khan has an order, and I will give up the sword and surrender!"

The Jin soldiers were forced to stop and captured the surrendered Ming soldiers and civilians, and took them outside the city to wait for shaving their heads.

Teams of surrendered Ming soldiers and civilians were taken out of the city and sent to the Jin army camp.

Dorgon and Duoduo brothers looked at the captured Ming people and were dissatisfied: These cowardly Ming dogs are killed! What's the use of keeping them! But neither of the two brothers dared to disobey the Khan's orders, nor did they dare to raise any questions.

Huang Taiji ignored Dorgon and Duoduo, two younger brothers he disliked, but said to the generals around him: "Yesterday, the Japanese Khan asked someone to persuade him to surrender. Although Nikan in the city had not surrendered, no one replied. My Khan knew that the defenders in the city must be greedy for life and death. As long as our army attacked, if they did not attack again, the defenders in the city would inevitably abandon the city and escape. Now, today they only had a single attack and conquered Da'ankou."

"The Great Khan is indeed brilliant!" The Belebatulus in the golden tent bowed and praised, "With us such a hero, why fear the Ming Kingdom will never be destroyed!"

Huang Taiji continued: "Whether it is a Ming or a Meng person, as long as you shave your hair and braid it, you will be my subject of the great gold! No one is allowed to harm you at will!"

Then Huang Taiji ordered that all the captured Ming soldiers and civilians be shaved, and after braided them, they would hand them over to Mangguertai, appointing Mangguertai to station Da'ankou to manage the Ming army surrendered soldiers, leaving behind two Niulu Jin soldiers and 500 Mongolians, responsible for guarding the surrendered Ming army, and ordered the surrendered Ming army officer Li Sizhong to serve as guerrillas and assist the Jin army in Da'ankou.

After arranging the surrendered soldiers of the Ming army and the men stationed in Da'ankou, Huang Taiji ordered the Jin army to march towards Zunhua City several miles away.

He Xing ran away in a desperate situation. He himself had safely escaped from the pursuit of the Jin soldiers. What he had to do now was to pick up his mother and younger brothers and sisters before the Jin army arrived in his village, so as not to be harmed by the Jin army.

The Shanwen armor and helmet on his body had long been discarded by He Xing. Although this set of armor was good, it was time to escape. What he needed was a hurry. He could not run away on his legs, but if he ran away in heavy armor, he would not be able to run away. He had to go back and report the news before the Jin army arrived in his village.

There were three other people following He Xing, all of whom were conscripted to build a city in Da'ankou to defend the city. One of these three people was named Tang Chong, the other was named Wu Fugui, and the other was named Liu Ergou. In addition to the older Wu Fugui, the other two were his younger brothers.

Wu Fugui was originally a young man living in the capital. He worked as a waiter in an inn and made a living by working. However, a while ago, news of Jiannu's invasion came to the capital. Rice prices in the capital rose. Wu Fugui, who could not afford to buy rice, had to give up the waiter's work and work as a coolie outside the city. He moved the rice and grain transported from the south by the canal. He wanted to get close to the water and get the month first, so as to use this as an opportunity to buy cheaper grain. Who knew that after he got off work a while ago, he was about to go home, but was captured by a team of officers and soldiers and sent to Da'ankou to serve as a civilian.

When the three and He Xing were in Da'ankou, they lived together in a corner under the city wall, and the four of them were already in love with their brothers.

However, it took more than ten miles to travel, He Xing and his three brothers to travel for more than half an hour before returning to their own village.

This is a typical poor rural area in the north. Needless to say, the villagers' lives are very poor. Although the Jin army has not yet robbed here, the years have not been good in recent years, and the government has been constantly squeezing. The people are pale and thin, most of the villagers are wearing tattered clothes, and children are even playing with their butts.

In fact, this place is better than Shaanxi. Shaanxi has a severe drought, and the people have no harvest, starvation is everywhere, and there are many victims. Gao Yingxiang has already started a crime.

This is not the most difficult time. In a few years, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others have been in trouble one after another, which has caused the disaster to make the north, which has already suffered from famine. Every time, they go, they plunder the county villages, rob all the ordinary people and turn them into refugees, and they will continue to attack the next city. At that time, nine out of ten rooms are empty, and corpses are everywhere. The people who died have no coffins or even straw mats, and they are thrown on the side of the road and are eaten by wild dogs, and even people eat people. Of course, He Xing, who is not a time traveler, naturally does not know these things. What he is going to do now is to protect his relatives.

"Friends, run away quickly! Jiannu has broken Da'an's mouth!" He Xing rushed into the village and shouted with a loud voice.

"Mom, brother is back. Get up quickly, Jiannu is here to call him!" In a dilapidated thatched hut, a girl about ten years old shook desperately a middle-aged woman lying in bed.

"Xiuying, take your brother with you and leave! I'll carry my mother away!" He Xing broke in from outside the door.

When they learned that Jiannu had invaded, the village had already been in chaos. The man urged the women who cleaned up the bottles and jars and urged them to leave their things and run away quickly. However, many women were reluctant to leave the furniture at home. Some were holding a large iron pot in their hands, some carried the clay pots put into the net bag, and some people put the ragged furniture on a cart.

He Xiuying pointed to a pot of pickled pickles at home and said, "Brother, bring everything with you."

"I don't want anything, let's go!" He Xing scolded.

Anyway, the things at home are not worth a few copper coins, so it would be a pity that He Xing would throw them away. Now it is important to save his life. If you don’t leave, no one will escape once the Jin cavalry arrives.

He Xing carried his mother and walked out of the house. He put his mother in a mule cart, asked his sister and brother to get in the cart, and then brought a mule, drove the cart and ran towards the capital.

"Brother, I am from the capital. When I arrive in the capital, your family will live in my house. Don't worry, I will arrange my younger brother and sister." Wu Fugui, who was following him, said to He Xing.

Although He Xing's sister He Xiuying is young, she is graceful and elegant. She has a pair of buns on her little head. Although her clothes are torn, her skin is white. She likes to laugh very much. When she smiles, she gives people a sweet feeling. She is a very likable little girl. When Wu Fugui sees He Xiuying, she likes her very much.

The villagers took their families and lined up with bottles and jars, reluctantly left the village where they lived for generations. Under the leadership of He Xing and others, they fled to the capital. The team moved very slowly. After walking for an hour, they only walked three miles away. At this moment, Liu Er, who was left behind by He Xing as a scout, hurriedly ran to report to him: "Brother! No, Jiannu is catching up!"

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