The eastern foothills of the Summer House Mountain.

The valley is very secluded, surrounded by dense trees, and even when the weather is still cold and everything is withering, the trees here can allow the army to march in seclusion.

Nearly 40,000 Tatar cavalry troops are resting here, and the Tatar Uktu Khan and a group of generals are discussing the military situation.

"This time our army retreated, and the morale of the warriors of all divisions was very low. Great Khan, if we go back like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to deter the tribes on the grassland! ”

The generals present were all confidants, so they didn't take anything into account when they spoke.

Xiao Lai pondered for a while, and said: "Our battle is not a defeat, at most it is an unfavorable attack and an active retreat, and those tribes can't make any big waves after they go back!" ”

"It's just that I don't know what the battle situation on the Datong side is now, speaking of which, we haven't received the battle report from the Datong side for several days!"

When one of his subordinates talked about the situation of the Datong war, his heart suddenly palpitated, and his brows were also tightly locked.

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the guards who were on guard in the distance, and then a centurion rushed over with a pale face.

Seeing this, the centurion and the generals were secretly frightened, only to see the centurion lower his voice and say, "Great Khan!" A team of general Wengleng's personal guards arrived just now, and these people brought back a piece of news......"

Speaking of this, the centurion's face was full of sorrow: "Great Khan! The 100,000 army of Datong Town was defeated! ”

Xiao Lai suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and the generals around him were also exclaimed.

Even if Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi of the Ming Kingdom, led the army to fight against Datong Town, there were 100,000 iron cavalry in the Tatar department, and it would not be defeated so quickly!

The centurion told the story of the return, and when he and everyone learned that there was a civil strife in the army, the Ming army was decided, and everyone was immediately angry, and some generals even shouted that they would wipe out all the Maori children after they returned!

At this time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Go!" Secretly take down all the guards who sent the letter back, and make sure that the news doesn't leak out! ”

Everyone was stunned at first when they heard this, and then they nodded in agreement, at this time, stabilizing the 40,000 iron cavalry army is the most important thing, otherwise everyone will not be able to escape.

Xiao Lai continued: "Now according to the news of Tanma, the Ming army on the side of Yanmen Pass has attacked, and tens of thousands of Ming troops are following. And to the north, I estimate that Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi, must have led his army south, at least tens of thousands of elite Ming troops are coming, and we are in a situation where we are suffering from the enemy on our backs! ”

The generals are also talking about it, and many people are advocating fighting to break the net, and if the army turns south again, maybe they can raid and take Yanmen Pass, and turn defeat into victory!

But at this time, he was still sober and said; "This battle is over, what we have to do now is to bring these 40,000 troops back to the grassland safe and sound!"

The generals also calmed down when they heard this, and began to discuss the route of the northward retreat, after all, everyone knew that with the current situation of the Tatar army, once they encountered Liu Juntao's department, which was sharp, it would definitely be more auspicious.

However, Xiao Lai said fiercely: "Before we retreat north, we must fight another battle to extinguish the arrogance of the Ming army, otherwise after we go back, I am afraid that we will really not be able to deter the grassland departments!" ”

The next day, at the eastern foot of Xiawu Mountain, Huyukou.

More than 8,000 Gyeonggi Ming troops are resting here, and the army goes further, it is the northern foot of Xiawu Mountain, and more than 100 miles to the north is the famous Mayi County, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was to gather hundreds of thousands of heavy troops to ambush in Mayi County, preparing to encircle and annihilate the main army of the Xiongnu, but later the news leaked, causing the Xiongnu army to flee in advance.

At this time, a group of Gyeonggi generals were discussing while eating, and everyone thought that the continuous discovery of the abandoned baggage of the Tatar tribe along the way showed that the Tatar department had lost its courage now, and it was a good time for the army to take advantage of the victory in the pursuit.

Half an hour later, the 8,000-strong Ming army began to set out and continued its pursuit to the north.

At noon, the army was already very tired, but the generals still did not intend to order the army to rest, and were still supervising the rapid advance, for fear that the Tatar army in front of them would run away.

When the Ming army arrived in a narrow valley, it was already afternoon, and more than 8,000 Ming soldiers had only eaten some dry food while marching, and they were already exhausted.

The commander-in-chief of the army rode on his war horse and looked at the surrounding terrain, and his heart was also excited, and his brows furrowed slightly.

This chief officer also hesitated, such a terrain is impossible for tens of thousands of iron cavalry troops to pass quickly, why hasn't he caught up with the Tatar army until now!

Could it be that the message sent by not receiving it at night was wrong? Or maybe this is the path that the Tatars wanted to walk on their own!

Thinking of this, the chief officer hurriedly ordered the army to stop advancing, more than a third of the more than 8,000 soldiers and horses of the Ming army had entered the valley, and most of the remaining soldiers and horses were crowded at the entrance, and the whole army had begun to be confused.

When the army stopped advancing, more than 8,000 people suddenly became crowded and confused.

Suddenly, there were horns on both sides of the valley, and countless flags were seen emerging from the dead trees on both sides.

The Ming army in the valley suddenly blew up the nest, and those Gyeonggi generals were also shocked, shouting loudly, wanting to command the army to withdraw from the valley as soon as possible.

The chief officer also shouted: "Retreat! The whole army withdraws from the valley and assembles! ”

But at this time, more than 8,000 soldiers of the Ming army were already unable to advance or retreat, and they were all crowded in the valley, and at the time of chaos, the mountains on both sides of the valley rose with bursts of arrows that covered the sky and the sun!

What made the hearts of all the Ming soldiers cold was that after the first two rounds of the arrow rain, the third wave of arrow rain suddenly burned, and countless rockets shot into the dense Ming army, which immediately aroused one after another screams.

"Whew! Call! ”

At this time, the wind was dry, the valley was full of dry trees and dead grass, and the valley was still blowing dry and cold wind, under the help of dense rockets, the whole valley suddenly burst into flames, and in a blink of an eye, more than 8,000 soldiers of the Ming army were swallowed up.

Black smoke rose with the wind, almost enveloping the valley.

On the mountains on both sides of the valley, more than 10,000 Tatar iron cavalry troops led by Xiao Lai were cheering, and the sound of cheers was mixed with the wails of the Ming soldiers in the valley, which made people shudder.

When Xiao Lai led more than 10,000 Tatar iron cavalry to the north to converge the main army, the fire in the valley was still not extinguished, but at this time, the morale of the 40,000 Tatar army had recovered to the peak, and nearly 10,000 Ming troops were annihilated in a battle, which was a great victory!

"Let's go! Let's march from the mountains to the west and go back to the grasslands! ”

He laughed and gave the order, and the 40,000 Tatar horsemen plunged headlong into the mountains, and soon disappeared without a trace.

It didn't take long for the night of Yanmen Pass to send back the news of the annihilation of the 8,000 Gyeonggi soldiers and horses, Yan Hu's inquiry was like thunder, originally thinking that those Gyeonggi generals would suffer a loss and return back, but he never expected that these idiots would be wiped out!

"The Tatar army must be rushing north, and it must be reported to the governor urgently!"

After Yan Hu sent out a fast horse, he strictly ordered the soldiers of the Eagle Yang Army to guard the Yanmen Pass, in order to prevent the Lai from being hot-headed after the big victory, and turned south again to raid the Yanmen Pass.

A day later, Yan Hu also received an order from Liu Juntao, in which Liu Juntao strictly ordered Yan Hu's defenders to guard Yanmen Pass and not lead the army to attack north!

Seeing this order, Yan Hu also breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, in that valley, Liu Juntao looked at it with a solemn face, the surrounding soldiers of the Longxiang Army and the Tiger Ben Army were cleaning the battlefield, and the soldiers were all angry, especially when the body of a soldier of the Ming Army was transported out, all the soldiers were even more angry.

General Sun Xu, General Zhou Zongsheng, and a group of guerrilla generals all came to the battle in anger, and they must kill the Tatar army.

Liu Juntao was also frosty, and after sending the order to Yan Hu, he ordered the army to set off immediately, and Guangpai did not collect the traces of the Tatar army at night, and at the same time, the soldiers of the Longxiang Army, the Tiger Army, and the Changshui Army immediately went north, and the three armies divided the soldiers into three roads and went north in a zigzag shape in order to search for more places.

However, Liu Juntao led the three soldiers of the Longxiang Army, the Tiger Army, and the Changshui Army to pursue all the way for three days, and the army went north from Xiawu Mountain until it passed through Mayi County, and even the traces of the Tatar army were lost!

This made Liu Juntao angry, and immediately issued an order to the garrisons in Shanxi in the name of the Shanxi Governor's Office, ordering all the garrisons in Taiyuan Mansion and Datong Mansion to be sent out at night to assist the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army in searching for the traces of the Tatar army.

At the same time, Liu Juntao continued to lead the army north, but until the army entered the territory of Datong Province, no trace of the Tatar army was found.

At this time, Liu Juntao calmed down, he must have known that he would lead the army to surround his troops, so he must have escaped from an unexpected route!

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao also sighed, this battle is quite anticlimactic, although he broke 100,000 Tatar soldiers and horses, but the casualties of the Ming army are not small, the 20,000 Jinggi soldiers and horses who went to Yanmen Pass to support have all been wiped out, together with the battle losses of the Tiance army and the casualties of the original defenders of Yanmen Pass, these are all added together, and the casualties of the Ming army in this battle are also as many as 40,000 or 50,000!

And that's not even counting the various fortresses in Datong Town that were destroyed by the Tatars, as well as the loss of property everywhere!

When Liu Juntao led the army back to Datong Town and began to deal with various post-war recovery matters in Shanxi, he received information from the Ministry of Intelligence, the Military Department, and the Inspection Department: Xiaolai had led the Tatar army to return to the grassland from the Yulin area!