Five months later, the holy decree came, the crown prince led the emperor to personally conquer Mongolia, and the military department ordered all departments in Liaodong to hurry up the deployment. Legend has it that the army of 300,000 are elite, at this time, from Gyeonggi to Huludao and then to Haizhou, after resting, they set out to fight for the Kulun Banner, Xu Yuan found that his father talked about military aircraft with the captains all day long, every time he talked about it, he must be lit all night long, all the departments in Haizhou City, are all in a strict battle, pillow and waiting, strictly guarding the city, receiving the army, only Xu Yuan is in the three major battalions, because most of the people who are familiar with the terrain are locals, so the task is to explore the terrain and rush to kill.

Haizhou City, Xu Mansion

For five months, Shanyuan took Xu Yuan out of the customs to hunt in the middle of the night every day, learning to judge the direction by watching the stars, the trend of water veins, and the wear and tear of rocks during the night march; Walk a variety of trails and practice the application of terrain and methods of warfare. Xu Yuan also became more and more curious about the old monk, how could such a person come here, with such skills, how could he be easily picked up by me? On the night when the holy decree came, Xu Yuan came home from the barracks, and was about to go to Shanyuan for advice, but he couldn't find him.

Xu Yuan was suspicious in his heart, but he couldn't find any clues about where the old monk went, and then went to the stone cliff late at night, tied the rope to his waist, tied to the big tree, jumped to the crooked neck tree, Xu Yuan, who was afraid of heights, did not dare to look down at all, he could only climb into the cave with trembling with his hands and feet, there was no change in the cave, and the same as when he first came, he walked in boldly, and found that there were some grass stems scattered on the ground, Xu Yuan didn't know what it was, picked up one and went home, and turned around in the cave again, there was nothing, so he had to go home.

On the second day, the lieutenant suddenly called him out of the ranks, telling him that his task was not to scout the cavalry, but to be assigned to the infantry formation, to train with the infantry from the Beijing division, and when the grain and grass artillery were ready, the army would go out. The man opposite him in the infantry camp was born a black man, and he didn't bully him when he saw that he was thin, and when he put the meal, everyone always ate in a circle, once upon a time in the cavalry camp, everyone knew that Xu Yuan was a relational household, and no one wanted to be next to him, and the infantry camp was mixed with the forbidden army, local soldiers, but he didn't care much about his identity or anything, which made Xu Yuan like this place a little more.

The black man saw that he was thin, so he sat down next to him, "In Xia Mengjia, I don't know what the name of my brother is?" "Xu Yuan." Xu Yuan was still looking at him, but he snatched the only piece of meat in Xu Yuan's bowl with a chopstick, "It seems that there is peace in the barracks, but in fact it is really dangerous, I ate your meat today, I will be embarrassed, I will be your eldest brother, don't worry, if there is anything, I will carry it for you." Xu Yuan looked at him speechlessly, thinking in his heart that he would just have a piece of meat and not bother with him. Meng Jia said: "My family is in Handan, Zhili, and there is still a younger brother named Meng Tong in the family, who is as thin as you, and when I came, he was taken away by the government to serve as a servant, and if he is lucky, he can still live." Xu Yuan lowered his head to eat, ignored him, he was not annoyed, and after eating, he went elsewhere to recognize his "younger brother".

Arrange the troops, the infantry is contradictory and used, the back row is the archers, and the last is the artillery battalion, the infantry is against the cavalry, I heard that it is the idea of His Royal Highness the Prince, what are the chances of winning? Xu Yuan muttered in his heart, suddenly, the soldier who divided the weapons gave him a big shield, and when he was frowning with a sad face and this action was inconvenient, Meng Jia took his big shield, "Brother's meat is not eaten for nothing, come, take the spear, but you have to kill the enemy bravely and build a military feat." ”

A day later, out of the city late at night, the cavalry in front and the infantry in the back, the target is to the Kulun banner, there is a day's journey, the army set off at night, but the city tower is brightly lit, Xu Shumu sent the army out of the city, silent, he understands that His Royal Highness the prince did not bring any generals who can fight, and this battle has to face the king of Chang, I am afraid that there will be more than auspicious.

"Pass my order, martial law in Haizhou City, the artillery battalion will stay behind, and the other two battalions will assemble for training and be ready to support at any time!"

At noon, the Kulun banner, in the king's military tent

A young man stood in front of the tent, looking at the bare grassland with only one lonely city standing, infinitely desolate, "Pass my order, the infantry siege ladder department, the artillery battalion department and the three o'clock in the afternoon began to attack, the cavalry is scattered in a radius of ten miles, if there is any hostile situation, immediately come to report, if there is no enemy situation, the front army joins the siege, before dark, be sure to capture it!" "Yes!" He turned around, looked at the map in the tent, clenched the sword in his hand, made meritorious achievements, and subdued the minister, at this moment.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the battle began, the artillery battalion fired ten thousand cannons, and then there was a fire on the city tower, the drums sounded, and the infantry slowly approached the city wall under the cover of the big shield, at this time, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared in the city, brandishing a scimitar and rushed over, the infantry could not dodge, and the formation was scattered, which is not a good sign, in a panic, Meng Jia grabbed Xu Yuan behind him, and shouted with a big shield: "Kill!" Before the archers knew what was happening, their heads were cut off, and the infantry reacted, hurriedly surrounded the cavalry, cut off the legs of the horses with their swords, and lifted the Mongols high with their spears and threw them down, stabbing them to death together.

At this time, the bow and arrow on the castle tower had been quietly aimed at them, and the leader Usai asked, "Who is the noise just now?" The sergeant under his command pointed at Meng Jia, who was still covering, "Give me a shot and listen to my arrow!" "Woo---" An arrow pierced the sky, and thousands of arrows were fired in an instant on the city tower, "Where is the siege ladder?" Charge, take a step back, and slash! The captain who supervised the battle shouted, under the drum of the second watch, the infantry launched a charge, Meng Jia and Xu Yuan withstood the rain of arrows and climbed up with difficulty, is there still a rolling stone thrown down, Meng Jia set it aside, and Wu Sai on one side saw this person, "Bow come, arrow come." With a bow and an arrow, the arrow hit Meng Jia's elbow and shot into the heart, Meng Jia fell, without a word of wailing, just handed the shield to Xu Yuan, and fell.

In the tent of the king's army,

"Report -- our army is fighting with the defenders by storming the tower." "Newspaper -- our army has captured the south gate." The young man didn't have any expression, as if this was all expected by him, "Any autumn, you will go to support with the right army, capture the Kulen banner before dark, and take the prince who defends the city, Usai." "Yes!"

At that time, the troops suffered 30,000 casualties, and finally were able to enter the city, the Kulun banner city was broken, and the defender Wusai fled. The prince ordered the whole army to rest for one night and continue the battle tomorrow. Two thousand prisoners of war were taken back to the country as slaves.

"Report --- the grain and grass in our army's city were burned by the people who were requisitioned and forced into labor." "Report --- Changwang cavalry still has twenty miles according to this, and there is about an hour to come."

The crown prince's face on the throne was gloomy: "Close the city gate and defend the Kulun banner." "Your Royal Highness the Prince, by all means, our army is short of food and grass, and it won't last long." "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, our army was tired yesterday and must not fight again." "Order, order Huludao, Haizhou guard Guan Lin, Xu Shu, come to support quickly, our army will stick to the end, is there a shortage of food and grass, he raised his head and looked at the various generals standing, slaughtered the city, the grain obtained was used as the army, the head was the enemy, two thousand prisoners, killed, and hung the head outside the city."

"Refuse to fight, rest for two days, and when reinforcements arrive on the third day, we will fight out of the city together!"