On June 27, the seventh year of Chongzhen, Dai Shan led an army of 10,000 to arrive in Shanyin County.

Originally, there were only 500 defenders in Shanyin County, Cao Wenzhao took up the post of commander-in-chief of Datong, and after returning to Datong Town, he urgently transferred Ma Jie, a guerrilla general on the west road of Datong, to lead 1,000 troops to defend Shanyin, and transferred Jingpingbao garrison Cao Qi to lead 800 troops to defend Mayi County.

As soon as Ma Jie arrived in Shanyin, he immediately mobilized the young and strong people in the city to participate in the defense of the city, and also mobilized all the big families in the city to donate money and grain, and seconded Ding Xiangyong and others, and finally gathered 4,000 soldiers and civilians to defend the city.

The behavior of Jiannu in the victory fort and many military forts on the side wall has spread to Shanyin County, and these 4,000 soldiers and civilians are afraid of Jiannu slaughtering the city, so they defend the city extremely desperately, and bravely block several attacks by the Jiannu army.

Because it was an expedition spanning more than 1,000 miles, the Houjin army did not carry large artillery, only a small number of small cannons captured after breaking through the Ming army's fort.

In the Daishan army, there are only a dozen tiger squat cannons and four Franco machine guns of different sizes, which cannot suppress the city head at all, and the four door openings in the city are sealed again, and the car can not play a role, and there are many stones and rolling logs on the city head, and it is difficult for the warriors of the Dajin Kingdom to climb the city along the ladder, and it is not an easy task to attack Shanyin City.

However, this place is already very close to Shuozhou, and Huang Taiji's order is to let them capture Shuozhou, wait for Huang Taiji's army to arrive, and attack Ningwu Pass after the two armies meet.

Now, the red flag Gushan Ezhen has broken through the Daiyue Town in the north, and is leading an army of 10,000 to advance towards Shuozhou, and Huang Taiji's army is still ten days away from here, so Dai Shan decided to take some time to capture Shanyin City first, and then it is not too late to go to Shuozhou.

San'in is a large and rich county, and the surrounding gentry have taken refuge in the city, and there must be a lot of grain and young laborers in it.

As a result, Daishan's army set up camp outside Shanyin City, and some soldiers and horses attacked the city every day, while the other part attacked from all sides, plundering villages and towns within a radius of dozens of miles.

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Forty miles south of Shanyin, Yue Yu encountered a lot of trouble at Maying Fort.

Mayingbao is a military fort built by the mountain, south of Heng Mountain, and there is a small river in the east, the river is not deep, but before they came, it has been widened to three zhang by the soldiers and civilians of Mayingbao, nearly one zhang deep.

The only directions that can be attacked are the west and north, and these two sides are gentle slopes, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The nearby squires and common people all hid in the fort with money, food, and finances, and crowded a military fort with a circumference of less than four miles, and as many as four or five thousand soldiers and civilians participated in the defense.

In the first attack launched by Yue Xuan, he lost more than 300 bannermen and soldiers, and then he did not dare to attack rashly.

When his father Dai Shan stopped at San'in Castle, Yue Zhi also set up camp outside the Maying Fort, besieged the Maying Fort, and slowly consumed the gunpowder, arrows, and stones and rolling wood in the city.

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Compared with the stagnation of Dai Shan and Yue Zhen, the pace of Yan Yechen with the red flag and solid mountain is much smoother.

On June 23, Ye Chen broke through Daiyue Town.

Hundreds of old and young children were slaughtered in the town, and all the money, food, property, young men and women were taken captive.

After only one day's rest, Wanyan Yechen led a large army, carrying more than 6,000 young men and women who had been captured all the way, as well as more than 18,000 stone grain, more than 30,000 taels of silver, and countless cloths, cattle, sheep, mules and horses, etc., along the Sanggan River to Shuozhou.

On the day of the march, suddenly a few horses galloped from the direction of Shuozhou, turned over and dismounted in front of Ye Chen, and took out eight heads from the back of the horse.

As soon as he saw those heads, Ye Chen's brows furrowed.

Because, the top of those heads was bare, and only a small braid was left on the back of the head.

This is the head of the warrior of their Great Golden Kingdom.

"What's going on?" Before Tanma could speak, Ye Chen asked with a frown.

The leader of the Tanma hurriedly knelt down and said, "Lord Hui, when the little one arrived at Mayi City, he found these eight heads on a tree five miles east of the city, and it looks like he should have died within these two days, and I don't know who did it." ”

After hearing these words, Ye Chen's face sank.

The Kalayi Zhangjing Laosa on the side was furious: "It must be those hateful Nikans who dare to kill the warriors of my Dajin Kingdom and hang their heads on trees!" ”

"This is a war letter to our Dajin Kingdom, Lord Ezhen, please transfer me 2,000 warriors, I will go and defeat Mayi City, kill all the Nikans in the city, and avenge the warriors of my Dajin Kingdom!" Glamorous e-books

"Brother Rausa, don't worry."

Wanyan Yechen's face eased, and he asked Tanma, "How is the situation of the guards in Mayi City?" How many troops are there? How many artillery? ”

"Returning to my lord, there is no one in a radius of ten miles outside the city of Mayi, and the small ones have not caught the sentinels of the Ming army, and they cannot find out how many defenders there are in the city, but there are not many artillery pieces at the head of the city, less than twenty, and most of them are tiger squat cannons."

"Hmm."

Ye Chen nodded, then lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Ye Chen suddenly spoke: "Lausa listens to the order. ”

"Humble duty."

"I order you to order five Niu Lu bannermen, as well as five hundred horsemen from the Ordos Department and the Tumut Department, and go to Mayi City first."

"But you can't attack the city, you can only blockade Mayi, don't let anyone in the city escape, and sweep away all the Han people within a radius of twenty miles from Mayi."

"If you encounter a strong enemy, you must not waste the battle, just contain the enemy, and when our army arrives, we will join forces to sweep away the enemy army, attack the city of Mayi, and avenge the lost warriors."

"Slag."

Raussa knelt down to receive the order, and then went with his retinue to order his troops.

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In Mayi City, the garrison Cao Qi and the county magistrate Liu Wenyuan stood at the head of the city, looking at an army coming from the west with anxiety.

That army had two flags, one side was written with the word "Li" and the other side with the word "Feng", the number was not large, only about 3,000 people, except for a few generals, the rest were all infantry, but the army was neat and orderly, and walked slowly outside the city, and then stopped by the Sanggan River, five miles east of the city.

It looks like this army is going to camp here.

Liu Wenyuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked, "Can Cao Shoubei see which friendly army this is?" ”

Cao Jue swallowed his dry throat and replied with some solemnity: "My lord, this should be Qin Chuan's soldiers and horses." ”

Liu Wenyuan's face changed: "That traitor in Luliangshan? ”

"Well, Shanxi guerrilla Qinchuan, the last general heard that His Majesty the Emperor has sent a decree to Ningwuguan and ordered him to go north to fight against Jiannu."

"Huh?" Liu Wenyuan was stunned, "Isn't he a traitor?" Why did His Majesty give him a decree? ”

"The last general doesn't dare to speculate on his intentions, now that Jiannu has entered the Kou, Qin Chuan can go out of the customs to resist the enemy, which is a good thing for us."

"But...... By the way, the heads in the east of the city were hung by them, right? ”

"It should be."

Hearing this, Liu Wenyuan's face changed greatly: "It's bad, it's bad, this traitor is trying to lure Jiannu to Mayi, and it's going to harm us." ”

Cao Jue didn't speak, only frowned and looked fixedly at the army that was camping.

At this time, one of the horsemen of that army rode towards the city of Mayi.

When he got closer, the man held a bright yellow scroll in his hand and shouted: "We are the soldiers under the command of the guerrilla Qin general in Shanxi, and we have been ordered to go north to resist the enemy, and ask the gentry of the city and countryside of Mayi to give 1,000 stone of grain and 100 head of cattle and sheep to labor the army." ”

"Huh?"

Liu Wenyuan in the city was stunned.