On June 20 of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Azig and Dege joined forces in Baozhou, and 50,000 troops surrounded Baoan City, and launched the main attack from the north of the city.

The defenders of Baoan City were less than 2,000, and there was a huge disparity in the strength of Jiannu, and Yan Shengdou, the governor of Baoanzhou, and Xu Guotai, the garrison, mobilized the people in the city to go to the city, and used artillery, stone rolling wood, and gold juice boiling water to repel Jiannu's repeated attacks.

On the second day, Jiannu suddenly shifted the direction of the main attack and launched a fierce attack from the northeast of the city.

Most of the artillery in the city was gathered in the north of the city, and it was too late to transfer it, so Yan Shengdou and Xu Guotai immediately mobilized a large amount of gunpowder and clay pots to hoard at the head of the city, and made 10,000 enemies to throw them downward to prevent Jiannu from landing on the city.

During the battle, the spies in the city ignited the gunpowder at the head of the city, causing a deflagration, and the soldiers and civilians at the head of the city were either burned to death by the fire or fell to the city one after another.

Jiannu took advantage of the rack ladder penny to attack the city in one fell swoop.

The city soon fell.

Zhizhou Yan Shengdou stood on the corner tower of the east city wall, and saw Jiannu pouring into the city like locusts, he couldn't help crying bitterly, and shouted "I can't save the people", and then drew his sword and killed himself.

The garrison Xu Guotai led the only remaining dozens of defenders around him to resist bloodily at the head of the city, and seeing that he was powerless to return to the sky, he ordered his men to flee for their lives, but he took off his armor and died on the female wall at the head of the city.

When the news of the destruction of the city reached the city, the families of Yan Shengdou, Xu Guotai and many other officials, or hanging beams or throwing themselves into wells, were martyred one after another, and countless people in the city committed suicide.

After Jiannu entered the city, they began to plunder and slaughter on a large scale, and all the property was taken captive, but all the young and strong who resisted were killed, and the rest of the young and strong were taken captive to be enslaved by Aha, and the old and young and the weak were all slaughtered, and even many young children were burned alive in the fire.

The once prosperous security city has become a hell on earth in the blink of an eye.

After letting his men set fire to the houses in Baoan City, Azig led the army to advance southwest, heading straight for Ulju and Lingqiu.

Almost at the same time, Derge led an army of 20,000 troops with blue flags and blue flags to plunder all the way south along the Longmen River until Yanqing Prefecture.

Huang Taiji saw that Xuanfu Town was seriously ill and there were many artillery, so he led the 30,000 troops of Zhenghuang Banner and Yellow Banner to the south, breaking through Jiajiaying, Lijialiang, Beizhuang, Dongjiazhuang and many other villages and forts.

Daishan's 30,000 troops were divided into three routes, plundering all the way in the direction of Shuozhou, and marched in unison.

The corpses of these four roads were all over the field, and the mourning shook the sky.

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Forty miles south of Shanyin County.

A small group of Mongol cavalry stopped in front of a deserted village, and the man at the head looked around for a moment, and then said in Mongolian: "Let's rest here for a while, Jeddah, you go and set fire to those thatched huts to see if any prey is baited." ”

"Yes."

A Mongolian man rode away.

It wasn't long before smoke billowed from the thatched huts, especially in the wilderness.

A few Mongolian men set up two small iron pots not far away, put water in the pots, put in a few pieces of meat, boiled the broth, and next to a few flatbreads skewered with branches, which were slowly roasted next to the fire.

"Ulan Bari, if there is no prey baited this time, do we still want to continue to go north?"

A young man asked the man in the lead, whose face was flushed because of the long years of the north wind.

The red-faced man asked rhetorically, "Are you going to rush back to see your mother-in-law?" ”

Another man next to him took over with a smile and said, "Ulan Bari, I heard my aunt-in-law say that Hari Chagai's aunt is about to give birth, and this is his first child." ”

"Oh? Hari Chagai, why didn't you say it earlier? I'll let you stay if I said it earlier. ”

"Hey, hey,"

The young man named Hari Chagai rubbed his head embarrassedly and said with a smile: "I just want to come out and kill a few enemies, and bring back the heads of the enemies to my newborn son." ”

"Hmm."

Ulan Bari patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, we will be able to go back soon." ”

"I see."

"Listen up, big guys."

Ulan Bari looked around, and said: "Two years ago, our tribe was slaughtered, and the surviving tribesmen were displaced, suffering from hunger and cold, and now the big guy is finally living a stable life, Lord Batu has also become a general, and has earned honor for the tribe, this time, we must also fight bravely to kill the enemy, bring glory to our families and tribes, so that our children and grandchildren can live a stable life." ”

"Good!"

A dozen or so Mongolian men around him slapped their chests and thumped.

The broth in the pot quickly boiled, the hard jerky began to soften, and the aroma began to diffuse.

A moment later, the dozen or so Mongolian men ate the broth and nibbled on the flatbread.

After eating and drinking, Harichagai stood on the small mound next to him, squinting his narrow eyes and looking around.

Hari Chagai refers to the eagle in Mongolian, and he, like the eagle, has a pair of keen eyes.

It didn't take long for several small black dots to appear in Harichagai's sight, rapidly approaching in their direction.

"Ulaanbari, someone is coming."

"Oh?"

Ulan Bari ran up the mound and looked in the direction that Hari Chagai was pointing.

"Eight in all, sixteen horses."

"Quick, get ready."

"Yes."

Twelve Mongol men stood in a small circle, each armed with bows and arrows, and looked warily at the uninvited guests.

Soon the sixteen horsemen arrived, with eight knights, one man and two horses.

Because of the hot weather, the knights on the horses did not wear hats, and their heads were bare, and they all had a pigtail like a rat's tail on the back of their heads.

Obviously, this is a gang of Jiannu.

When there were still a hundred paces away, the group of Jiannu pulled the reins of the horse, turned in a direction, and began to circle around Ulaanbari and the others.

Ulan Bari frowned slightly, and shouted in unfamiliar Manchu: "We are the Karaqin Left Banner Sentry Horse, belonging to the White Flag Camp of the Dajin State, who are you?" ”

The gang of Jiannu didn't respond, and after sparing a whole circle, someone shouted: "Which Taiji battalion of Horqin are you?" ”

"Selentai Ji."

"Who is it really with the white flag and the mountain?"

"Lord Elden."

"Which adult will enter the customs with you? Where do I enter customs? ”

"I'll wait for the three young Belle Lords to enter the customs through the dragon gate."

When Ulan Bari answered, he kept putting his right hand on his left chest and bowed his head slightly as a sign of respect.

The Jiannu didn't ask, but whispered a few words to the person next to him, and then nodded.

"We are the sentry horses under the tent of the Great Beyler, and when we saw that there was smoke here, we came to check the situation, and the army of the white flag and the white flag were not in Xuanfu? How did you get here? ”

"Lord Ilden has led a large army in the direction of Datong, and ordered us to come to the sentry first."

"Hmm."

Na Jiannu nodded again, and then said a few words to the person next to him.

Soon, the eight Jiannu dismounted one after another, two of them led the horses to the side not far to tie them, and the other six walked towards Ulan Bari and the others.

"What did you grab? I've been on the road for a long time, I'm hungry, is there any delicious mutton? ”

Ulan Bari pointed to the two small pots: "There is only meat soup." ”

The leader Na Jiannu looked at him and said with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, we won't rob you of your loot." ”

Ulaanbari didn't respond, only smiled at him, and then asked his men to put away their bows and arrows.

The group of Jiannu ignored them, but sat down around two small iron pots.

Not far away, two Jiannu who had tied their horses also came over.

"Hari Chagai, Tara, you deal with those two, and the others will kill those six with me."

Ulan Bari whispered, then quickly removed the horned bow from his back, skillfully drew his arrow, bent the bow, and took aim at the leader of the Jiannu who had just spoken to him.

The others also took out their bows and arrows, each aiming at their own target.

"Oh no, they're enemies!"

The leader Na Jiannu reacted extremely quickly, quickly took off his shield from his back, and blocked it in front of him.

At that moment, more than a dozen sharp arrows roared, one of which was tied to the shield, and the diamond-shaped armor-piercing arrow pierced through the wooden shield wrapped in cowhide, revealing a section of arrow behind it.

Before a few Jiannu next to him could react, they were hit by arrows one after another.

These Jiannu are the Tanma of Houjin, and they all wear a layer of cloth iron armor and a layer of cotton armor, which is extremely protective.

However, Ulan Bari and the others were carefully selected marksmen from the Chi'er Mountains, and their archery skills were extremely accurate at a distance of more than a dozen paces, and the arrows they used were all carefully crafted diamond-shaped armor-piercing arrows, and the arrows were heavy arrows as thick as a finger.

At a distance of only ten or so paces, these armor-piercing heavy arrows could easily hit the armor of the distorted cloth-faced iron armor, and even directly pierce through the armor, and then fiercely penetrate the cotton armor and penetrate into Jiannu's body.

In the first round of arrows alone, Jiannu was injured six, four were shot in the leg and fell to the ground, two were pierced by armor-piercing arrows through the double armor and pierced into the body, and one was very unlucky by an arrow that pierced through the cheek and reached the back of the head, killing him with one blow.

The only one who wasn't hurt was the leader of the Jiannu who reacted the fastest.

As soon as the rain of arrows passed, the leader of the Jiannu roared like a fierce tiger with a wooden shield and pounced on Ulan Bari.

Ulaanbari's name refers to the red tiger in Mongolian, and he is also a famous warrior in the Chi'er Mountains.

When Na Jiannu first pounced, he had already mounted a second arrow and aimed it at Na Jiannu's right foot.

With a "whoosh", the Jiannu fell to the ground and rolled on the ground, struggling to stand up while roaring angrily.

Ulan Bari threw the horned bow, pulled out the Mongolian scimitar at his waist, strode forward, swept away the weapon in Na Jiannu's hand with a knife, and smashed the back of the knife on Na Jiannu's arm with a backhand, and then kicked Jiannu to the ground with a big foot.

"Who the hell are you?" Na Jiannu asked with a hideous face as he struggled.

Ulan Bari didn't respond, but only slammed his hands and feet a few times with the back of his knife, making the bones rattle and screaming like a pig killed by Jiannu.

The battle was soon over.

Eight Jiannu, one dead and seven wounded, one was seriously injured, and Ulan Bari simply cut off the head with a knife.

After the six Jiannu were tightly tied, Ulan Bari walked up to the leader of the Jiannu and said lightly in Manchu: "We are the Chi'er Mountain people of the Chahar Department, and now we are warriors under the command of Lord Qin of Shanxi. ”

That Jiannu's face changed: "Lord Qin? Qin Chuan? ”

"That's right." Ulan Bari nodded.

"Lord Qin has to catch a few live mouths, so you are very lucky."

So saying, Ulaanbari picked him up on his shoulders, threw him on his horse, and tied him with a rope with the saddle.

Not long after, these twelve Mongolian men took the captured weapons, armor and prisoners, and led a dozen war horses to gallop in the direction of Ningwu Pass.