Twenty miles south of Mayi City, Zhao Wu stood on a mound and looked around with a telescope.

Looking at it, the movement of his hand suddenly stopped, and the telescope was quietly facing the northeast.

After looking at it for a while, Zhao Wu put away his binoculars and looked at the nearby terrain again.

Soon, he pointed to a piece of farmland and said, "Sprinkle thistle terrestris here, and prepare for the next set." ”

"Yes."

More than a dozen people under his command opened the skins they brought with them and sprinkled thistle terrestris in the farmland.

After all his subordinates were scattered, Zhao Wu took the lead in running to the edge of the ridge not far from the side, holding a bow and arrow, and lying down in the dry ditch.

He ran over for more than a dozen nights, and lay down in the ditch with bows and arrows and arrows in his hand.

One of the people who stayed outside at night covered them with the prepared bellflower until there was no flaw visible from the outside, and then bypassed the thistle area and waited quietly.

When the gang of Jiannu appeared in sight, the man turned around and ran away without retracting.

There were eight of them in the gang, and at first they just rode their horses forward without hurry, searching around aimlessly, and when they saw that someone was fleeing for their lives, they roared and chased after them.

While chasing the field, a sharp-eyed Jiannu spotted thistles glowing with cold glow from the sun.

"There's thistle."

The Jiannu shouted loudly and slammed the reins of the horse to stop it.

The other slaves also grabbed the reins of their horses and immediately slowed down.

At this time, in a ditch not far away, more than a dozen figures suddenly jumped up, and before Jiannu could react, a bowstring sound sounded.

Eleven armor-piercing heavy arrows made a "whoosh" sound to break through the air, and six Jiannu fell in response, and the remaining two were very lucky, only suffering a few skin injuries.

But only temporarily.

Zhao Wu quickly took out the second arrow, buckled it on the bowstring, pulled it with the momentum, almost didn't need to aim, and shot out with a flick of his hand, and a Jiannu also fell in response.

The last slave threw himself on the other side of the horse and turned his horse's head to escape.

But before the war horse under his crotch could run, it was shot into a hornet's nest and fell heavily to the ground, crushing Najianu under him.

Zhao Wu put away his bow and arrows, drew his long knife, and strode to Na Jiannu's side, placing the long knife on the opponent's neck.

"Say, where are Dai Shan and Yue Zhi? Where's Yan Yechen?"

"If you invite it truthfully, I can give you a good time, otherwise you will be better off than dead."

……

At the same time, Liao Sangun was marching northeast along the Sanggan River with a battalion of 1,500 tigers and leopards.

In addition to the cavalry, there were more than a dozen mule and horse-drawn carts, which were loaded with assembled wooden planks.

Qin Chuan's task to Liao Sangun was: to cross the Sanggan River from the south bank, go around to Wanyan Yechen's back, and launch a surprise attack from behind.

Those planks were intended to be used to build the pontoon.

The premise of this mission is to avoid being detected by Jiannu's sentinels.

Therefore, there was a scene where Zhao Wu took the night to kill Jiannu Tanma.

Almost the same thing is happening twenty miles northeast of the city of Mayi.

A team of Jiannu sentinels found that not far away, several Ming army spies were looking at them unscrupulously.

Jiannu has not caught the Ming army spies in this area, and is trying to catch a few to torture and ask about the deployment of the Ming army in this area.

Seeing that those Ming troops were sent to the door, Jiannu immediately dispersed and outflanked the mound.

However, when they rushed to a distance of more than 100 paces, they found that at the feet of the Ming army, there were still a dozen or so people lying on their stomachs, disguised with bellflowers, and aiming at them with bird guns.

The gang was taken aback, and just as they wanted to turn their horses' heads, gunshots rang out.

As soon as a row of gunshots rang out, seven of the eight Jiannu fell, and the surviving one hurriedly turned his horse's head and galloped into the distance.

But it didn't take long for the second platoon of guns to go out, and the Jiannu fell down.

On Hongtao Mountain, not far behind this Ming army, 4,000 soldiers and horses led by Luo Daniu and Luo Ba were marching along the rolling mountains to the east.

The task given to them by Qin Chuan was to go around from the north to the back of Wanyan Yechen, complete the encirclement with Liao Sangun, and completely defeat the Jiannu on this road.

At this moment, Qin Chuan was leading 5,000 main forces to set up camp twenty miles west of Mayi City, waiting quietly.

Wait for Li Dingliang and Feng Yilong to defeat the Jiannu forward, and wait for Yan Yechen's main force to drill into the encirclement.

……

In Mayi City, after hearing that the knight under the city asked for food, Liu Wenyuan's first thought was: Didn't Qin Wei just capture many prefectures and counties in the northwest of Shanxi Province and grab a lot of grain? Why did you still go to Mayi to beg for food?

"We are the soldiers under the command of the Shanxi guerrilla general Qin, who was ordered to go north to resist the enemy, and asked the gentry of the city and countryside of Mayi to donate 1,000 stone of grain and 100 heads of cattle and sheep to labor the army."

Seeing that Liu Wenyuan at the head of the city did not react, the knight under the city shouted again.

Liu Wenyuan came back to his senses and shouted with some annoyance: "Go back and tell your general that there is no food in Mayi City." ”

"My general said, if Mayi City does not give food, I will immediately withdraw after defeating the Jiannu forward, and when the Jiannu army is pressed, those squires in Mayi City will not only be unable to keep their food, but I am afraid that they will also suffer the disaster of destroying the door and slaughtering the city."

After shouting this, the knight did not hesitate, turned his horse's head and left.

"You ......" Liu Wenyuan's face turned blue with anger.

Cao Jue on the side sighed helplessly and said, "My lord, according to what he said, please ask the squires to donate some grain, cattle and sheep, otherwise...... If he defeats the Jiannu vanguard and retreats, after the main force of Jiannu arrives, he will inevitably pour his anger on our heads, slaughter the whole city, and avenge the dead and wounded Jiannu. ”

"Huh?"

Liu Wenyuan's face changed greatly.

"This ...... Qin Wei is really treacherous and vicious, extremely vicious. ”

"Lord Liu, in these extraordinary times, you can only exchange extraordinary means for the safety of Ma Yi."

"However, there are at least twenty or thirty thousand Jiannu approaching Mayi, even if Qin Yi is given grain, cattle and sheep, can his three thousand men and horses stop Jiannu?"

"Yes."

Cao Jue nodded without hesitation.

"Lord Liu, after the fall of Ningwu Pass, the surname Qin has collected a large number of troops, and the total number of troops at present is by no means less than 20,000, according to his temperament, either he will not go out of the pass, but only shrink in the area of the Great Wall to strengthen his defenses, if he wants to get out of the pass, he will definitely do his best to win the battle with certainty."

"You mean, there's reinforcements in the back?"

"Yes, it is likely that there are more than one reinforcement all the way, the last general has recently been studying his method of using troops, and found that this person is indeed very powerful in using soldiers, and he deserves to be bold and careful.

"The last general guessed that he should be in the next game of chess, and the three thousand soldiers and horses outside the city were just soldiers crossing the river with one hand."

Liu Wenyuan frowned, and the expression on his face was hesitant.

"My lord, there are several gentry in the city, and it is enough for a family to donate hundreds of stone food, if the surname Qin wins the battle, we can also take advantage of the victory to attack, kill Jiannu, and make great contributions."

Hearing this, Liu Wenyuan's eyes lit up, and he gritted his teeth again: "Okay, this official will go and persuade those squires." ”

Several squires in the city have already donated a batch of money and grain, which is used to recruit young and strong people to defend the city, and when they heard that Liu Wenyuan said that they would donate grain again, they all complained about poverty, and none of them were willing to donate.

In desperation, Liu Wenyuan had no choice but to tell the truth, saying that the surnamed Qin not only hung a few Tartar heads on the trees outside the city, but also sent soldiers and horses over, if they couldn't get food, they would first defeat Jiannu's forwards, and then retreat after completely angering Jiannu.

When the time comes, the wrath of Jiannu will be poured out in the city of Mayi.

Hearing this, the squires were dumbfounded.

Liu Wenyuan persuaded him for a long time, and a few squires nodded before they asked, and then asked their families to prepare grain, cattle and sheep.

In the evening, Liu Wenyuan sent 1,000 stone of grain, 20 cattle and 80 sheep out of the east gate.

Li Dingliang and Luo Ba, who were stationed in the east of Mayi City, immediately asked people to slaughter 30 sheep, and let their 3,000 soldiers eat a meal of meat.

The next morning, spies from Jiannu began to appear in the east, observing the army outside the city from a distance of several hundred steps.

At three o'clock in the morning, the vanguard of Jiannu arrived.

The 2,500 cavalry led by Laosa included 500 cavalry each from the Ordos Department and the Tumut Division, and 1,500 banners with five oxen inlaid with red flags, of which 85 were Bayala, who were the Kabush Xianchaoha, that is, the vanguard of Bayala, which had just been established by Huang Taiji before the expedition.

Among the remaining more than 1,400 people, there are still 500 vests, and the rest are infantry armors.

After seeing that there was an army outside the city, Laussa let his vanguard rest in place, and sent out sentry horses to go in all directions, and sentry everywhere.

At noon, the horses came back one after another, and there were no other Ming troops within a radius of twenty miles.

Rausamo pondered for a moment with his beard, then shouted to the side, "Gorgarna, go and see the firearms and appearance of the Ming army." ”

"Slag."

A horse in the vest next to him rode away, ran until the Ming army was two hundred paces away, and then began to circle around while carefully observing.

About two quarters of an hour later, the vest ran back, knelt down and said: "Lord Zhangjing, the Ming army is surrounded by a group, and I can't see the situation inside, I only see a dozen tiger squat cannons and hundreds of bird guns outside, and the military appearance is quite neat, slightly stronger than other Ming troops." ”

"Hmm."

Rausa rubbed his beard again, bowing his head in deep thought.

After a long time, he suddenly raised his head and said loudly: "Attack in formation, eat this Ming army directly, lest they hide in the city, and it will be difficult to attack the city at that time." ”

"Scum!"