Chapter 9 Chapter Nine: Friend or Enemy

There is only a thin line between life and death, and the willpower is fighting against the clutches of the god of death out of thin air—the god of death seems to be arrogant as if he can easily win at any time, waving his demon palms full of deathly energy imperviously, while uttering a mournful cry With a sound, he rushed towards the struggling life; the unarmed willpower could only grit his teeth, struggling to support and resist... "I am the son of heaven - I was born to stabilize chaos in Anbang..." The only reliance is this belief, which supports the strength of will, and gradually counterattacks from being able to maintain his invincibility—after spending a whole day and night, his willpower finally defeated the god of death, forcing the god of death to withdraw from the competition sadly The battlefield of his life.

Slowly opened his eyes, rolled his eyeballs, and subconsciously made a difficult voice from his throat: "Water..." A bowl of clean water was quickly brought to his lips. A spoon scooped up water from the bowl and put it into his mouth. A sweet feeling flowed down his throat; After that, I felt a little more comfortable in my heart. This time, instead of falling into a coma immediately after drinking the water like the previous few times, he was able to open his eyes wider, carefully see the people sitting around him, and clearly said a word : "Where am I?" Although the voice was small, it was clear, and everyone who heard it was amazed and surprised, and Eyidu was the first to cheer: "Thank God——you finally woke up!"

Not only did Nurhachi wake up, his mind returned to normal, but also the pain came back together, especially when he was injured on his neck. As soon as he spoke, the wound was touched, and there was a burst of bone-piercing pain; but once his mind recovered, his He had a lot of questions to ask in his heart, and he didn't care about the pain of the wound; he gritted his teeth and held back the pain, and asked clearly: "How long have I been in a coma? How is the current situation?" Several people told him in a hurry: "We are still in Onklo City - we have captured half of the city, and now we are confronting the defenders of Onklo City across a few alleys; they seem to be You have no ability to fight anymore, you only use crossbow arrows to defend your position, and there is no other movement. Our side is only defending the captured place, and did not continue to attack; you have been in a coma for a day and a night. Everyone is concerned about your injury and has not done anything. any action."

Nurhachi asked, "Is my injury serious?" "You were bleeding profusely, and you were unconscious. The situation was very dangerous; the wound didn't stop bleeding until half an hour ago—everyone wanted to retreat back to Jianzhou Zuowei, but your wound was bleeding profusely, and you couldn't stand on the road. Therefore, everyone decided to stay here and wait for your injuries to subside before taking any forward or retreating action!" This time, Shuerhaqi answered him alone: ​​"Now, you are finally out of danger—the bleeding has stopped, The person has also woken up, it seems that it is not in the way!"

There was also a smile on the forehead: "As long as you rest for a while, you will recover. After three months, you can still fight tigers like before!" Nurhachi was silent for a while and said: "This arrow, as long as it moves one more point, it will hit the throat-I will die. Why are you hitting a tiger!" Shuerhaqi said angrily: "The name of the person who shot you is Rocco—now that you are awake, we will launch an offensive immediately. I will catch that Rocco, tie him to a tree and shoot him with a hundred arrows." , call him a dead hedgehog!" As he said that, he jumped up and rushed out, but Anfeyangu caught up with him two steps, grabbed his arm, and pulled him back: "Don't be so impulsive! Although Nurhachi is awake, his injuries are still serious. It is too heavy to withstand the toss of war; moreover, the food and grass we carry are running out, so why not retreat to Jianzhou Zuowei first, and attack after Nurhachi's injuries are completely healed!"

Er Yidu tilted his head and thought about it, and agreed with Anfei Yanggu's opinion: "Keep the green hills there, and don't worry about running out of firewood. The most important thing is to heal Nurhachi's injuries first!" So, everyone decided to retreat and return to Jianzhou Zuowei. Nurhachi's body has always been very strong, and in addition to being only 26 years old, the arrow wound he suffered quickly recovered, but he left very obvious scars on his body; especially the scar on his neck, due to It was shot through the neck by an arrow, and there were two wounds. The scar after healing was like two pawns stuck on the neck. When I was young, I started to resume my usual chatting and laughing; once my physical strength recovered, I started to work again.

Of course, the focus of this work is to re-draw the plan to attack Onklo City. After suffering from the "Sharp Archer", he specially strengthened his defenses in this area; first of all, he referred to many styles of shields, designed It is different from the general iron rectangular shield, and it is round instead; and it has designed a special method of attacking the "sharp archer" at close range, so that the soldiers hold the round shield and roll to the ground to avoid the feather arrows The shooting range of the "sharp archer" is close to the side of the "sharp archer", attacking the legs - the sharp weapon of the "sharp archer" is the bow and arrow, this kind of offensive from the ground can make them unable to play their strengths.

Nurhachi first ordered craftsmen to forge fifty round shields, and then selected fifty soldiers from among the sergeants to be trained by Eyidu and Anfei Yanggu. The method is practiced very skillfully, holding a short knife in one hand and a round shield in the other, rolling on the ground as smooth and agile as a ball.When Nurhachi personally checked, the fifty people divided into two teams and rushed towards the two targets; the round shields they held protected them like clam shells, so that they could fend off long arrows at a long distance and roll over. After reaching the range of the feather arrows, they rolled faster, and it didn't take long for them to roll to the target's feet. The twenty-five people hugged together and captured the target alive.

"Great! Great!" After watching their performance, Nurhachi applauded happily, and said loudly: "With these fifty people, Wengkeluo City can be captured in one fell swoop!" Sure enough, when his army attacked the city of Onklo, the "Rolling Team" immediately displayed their usual excellent training and rolled towards the two sharp archers Ergoni and Rocco. Ergoni and Luo Ke were captured alive within a stick of incense. Ongkeluo City was of course captured smoothly. After the city lord and several major events were released, Ergoni and Rocco were tied up and pushed up.

When the enemy met, of course they were extremely jealous. When they thought that Nurhachi was almost killed by the arrows of the two of them, the anger in their chests burned even more. punishment. These two men were also tough men, their hands were tied behind their backs, and they heard these cruel propositions in their ears, but their faces showed no fear, they stood upright with their chests straight, and they didn't even blink their eyelids. Seeing the expressions of these two people, Nurhachi couldn't help but secretly nodded twice, thinking in his heart: "During the Three Kingdoms period, the veteran Huang Zhong was originally an enemy of Liu Bei, but he made a lot of contributions to Liu Bei in the future - the same is true for Yan Yan. When he was captured, he proudly shouted: "There are generals who cut their heads, but there are no generals who surrender!" It has been passed down through the ages as a good story; even that reckless Zhang Fei can make General Yan surrender with respect, can't I? The law is like a god, if it can be used for me, it will definitely make a lot of contributions!"

Thinking of this, he immediately stood up from his seat with a smile on his face, and walked a few steps forward. First, he said to his three younger brothers, E Yidu, and An Feiyangu, "The two armies are fighting, and the aim is to win." , This is a truth that is not easy through the ages; we led the army to attack Onklo City, and the two of them, as the guards of Onklo City, shot me with arrows in order to protect Onklo City. There is nothing wrong with it! I was seriously wounded, which shows that their martial arts are superb and their archery is exquisite; people like this who are loyal, brave, and martial arts have always been respected and loved. It would be a pity if they missed and killed them , why should they be executed instead?" These few words were beyond the expectation of everyone present, even Ergoni and Rocco, the two parties involved, were dumbfounded by hearing them, and they were stunned on the spot, unable to make a sound. But Nurhachi continued calmly and calmly: "From the time when the two of them shot me with an arrow, I was thinking that these two people are my enemies, so they shot me for the sake of Onkeluo City—— If they serve me, they will definitely shoot the enemy for me, and with their martial arts, they will definitely make a lot of contributions for me..." At this time, everyone suddenly realized, and Ergoni and Luo Ke's eyes flashed a touch of emotion; both of them walked up to them, clapped their hands on the shoulders and said: "Huang Zhong and Yan Yan are both famous generals, shouldn't they be worthy of your emulation?" As he spoke, he winked, and the sergeant who was in charge of escorting the two immediately untied them. As soon as the rope was untied, Ergoni and Rocco both prostrated themselves on the ground and said in unison, "From now on, we will pledge our allegiance to the death..." Nurhachi stepped forward to help the two of them up personally, and he looked up to the sky and laughed happily and said, "I have two more partners who are fighting together!" Therefore, after counting the people, animals, property and other war interests in Wengkeluo City, he combined them with all the original left guards in Jianzhou, and then distributed them according to the concept he had drawn up a few days ago. The people are organized into a "Niulu" unit, and an "Ezhen" is appointed to lead them. The three younger brothers, E Yidu, and Anfei Yanggudu each lead one or two Niulu, while Ergoni and Luo Ke was also appointed as Niulu Ezhen, commanding three hundred people. With such handling, he not only won the sworn allegiance of Ergoni and Rocco, but also made all the people under his command who belonged to Jianzhou Zuowei sincerely praise his broad-mindedness and tolerance, and came to him from all directions. The men and horses who served under his command are like a spring, talking endlessly...