Three days later, Yan Hu led the soldiers of the Eagle Yang Army to the periphery of Yanmen Pass, and the 2,000 Tatar iron cavalry that had been slowing down the march of the army were only a few hundred people left at this time, and fled back to the Tatar camp outside the Guancheng in a hurry.

At this time, Yanmen Pass was full of gunsmoke and bloodstains, and everywhere was a mess left after the war.

However, what makes Yan Hu happy is that Yanmen Pass has not been lost!

Seeing that more than 10,000 soldiers of the Yingyang Army had arrived outside Yanmen Pass, and nearly 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry who were besieging the city also temporarily withdrew and gave way to one side, Yan Hu immediately ordered the army to enter Yanmen Pass.

When Yan Hu saw the generals guarding the pass, he came to the top of the gate, looking at the boundless enemy army outside, Yan Hu's heart was also heavy.

Yanmen Pass is the ancient Xiongguan, when the famous general Li Mu of Zhao State broke 100,000 Hun iron horsemen here, and built Jingbian Temple; General Mengtian of Great Qin also led an army of 300,000 out of Yanmen to attack the Xiongnu in the north, but the Xiongnu were more than 700 miles away; Wang Zhaojun of the Han Dynasty was from Yanmen Pass out of the plug and pro, since then there has been a stable situation in this area of "Yaocheng Yan closed, cattle and horses are wild, there is no dog barking police in the third world, and there is no battle in Li Shu"; Yang Linggong of the Song Dynasty was also in a heavy trap at Yanmen Pass, and finally all the soldiers were wiped out, and he himself was seriously wounded in Chenjiagu in Shuozhou and was held by the Liao soldiers.

Nowadays, although the Guancheng of Yanmen Pass has been rebuilt repeatedly, with the gradual advancement of the Ming Dynasty territory to the north, the role of the Inner Great Wall as the "inner edge" has been lost, and the status of the Yanmen Xiongguan has gradually declined.

At this time, the east of Yanmen Pass went through Pingxing Pass, Bauhinia Pass, and Baoma Pass, and reached Gyeonggi to connect Hanhai; Go west to Xuangangkou, Ningwu Pass, and Yatou Pass to the Yellow River. Heng Mountain winds along the inner Great Wall on the top of the mountain along the northern border of Dai County, connecting Yanmen Mountain, Mantou Mountain and Caoduo Mountain into one.

Yanmen Pass is north of Yanbei Plateau and south of Ping Xinding Basin. Yanmen Pass is located on the ridge of Gouzhu Mountain in the north of the ancient city of Daizhou, on top of Yanmen Mountain. "The first pass of Jiusai respect" Xiongguan is close to the mountain, high on the mountain, and is one of the main central passages for the wild geese to go south and return to the north.

The siege of Yanmen Pass is built with the mountain, and the circumference is more than ten miles. The southern end of the wall is connected to the east and west wings of the castle, and to the north it extends along the ridge to the valley floor, where a gate is built. Outside the siege, there are also three large stone walls and twenty-five small stone walls, which act as barriers.

Yan Hu believed that as long as the troops and grain and grass were sufficient, it would be impossible to break through the Yanmen Pass with the current 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry!

There is a barracks of the Ming army on the hill directly north of Guancheng, and there is a school ground for military training in the southeast. Outside the west gate, there is the temple of the emperor, and there is the Jingbian Temple outside the east gate, which worships the famous general Li Mu of the Warring States period.

The old Guancheng to the west of the Guancheng is commonly known as Tielimen, and the two passes are connected by the Great Wall of stone, and the enemy tower, beacon tower, etc., are built to form a complete defense system. There is a section of the Great Wall of Baicaokou near the old Guancheng, the total length is more than ten miles, every one hundred and twenty steps or so, build a beacon tower and an enemy tower each, in the dangerous area, also set up a fortress, a ditch and a secret gate. Its east and west ends extend to the north and eventually connect with the Outer Great Wall.

With such a majestic pass, coupled with more than 10,000 soldiers of the Eagle Yang Army and the soldiers guarding the pass, Yan Hu is ready to fight to the end at Yanmen Pass, and will not let the Tatar iron cavalry cross the thunder pool by half a step!

At this time, it was getting late, and Yan Hu took Sun Deqi, the guerrilla general of the left battalion, Wu Hao, the guerrilla general of the right battalion, and Xu Yong, the garrison of Yanmen Pass, to inspect the inside and outside of the city.

The defense facilities in various parts of Yanmen Pass are quite complete, and after receiving the order of Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi, Xu Yong, who was garrisoned, also raised a lot of money and food, but after a few days of fierce fighting, these burdens were also consumed.

"How much grain and grass are there in the pass?"

"This ......"

Yan Hu glared at Xu Yong, who was hesitant, and asked loudly, "How many more!" ”

Xu Yong had no choice but to clench his fists and say: "General Qiyu, originally there were only more than 2,000 defenders in the Guan, and the stored grain and grass could still support for several months; But now there are too many reinforcements, and the increase in grain and grass in the pass cannot keep up, so it can only support the needs of the army for 15 to 20 days! ”

As soon as the words fell, Yan Hu's face suddenly changed greatly, although he led an army of more than 20,000 people to garrison Yanmen Pass, which can be described as impregnable, but in the face of the siege of 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry, the pressure was still huge.

Now the grain and grass in Yanmen Pass can only support ten or twenty days, which has not minus the loss of the fierce battle, once the grain and grass of the army is cut off, it will be dead!

Thinking of this, Yan Hu sent someone to report the situation to Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi, and asked for reinforcements to be sent as soon as possible, and at the same time strictly controlled all the grain and grass in Yanmen Pass, and implemented a ration system from now on, so as to save grain and grass and delay time as much as possible.

At this moment, a burst of horns sounded, and Yan Hu's face changed slightly, knowing that this was the 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry that had begun to attack!

"Tell the whole army to prepare for battle!"

"Order!"

At this time, all the soldiers of the Ming army in Yanmen Pass had been mobilized, and all the soldiers were busy performing their duties.

A large number of weapons and fortification equipment were piled up on the city walls, and the soldiers were constantly transported everywhere for the soldiers to use.

The tense atmosphere before the big war enveloped the entire Yanmen Pass, and those Yingyang soldiers were okay, after all, they had experienced a lot of battles before, but the expressions of the defenders in Yanmen Pass were not very good-looking.

Yan Hu stood on the city tower and looked up at Da Xuan standing on the city tower for a long time.

Daxu is about ten zhang high, towering into the clouds, and the red and white flag is embroidered with a huge "Ming" character.

Yan Hu was very excited, he was originally just a hairy boy in Yushanji, and it was after Liu Juntao that he had today's achievements, he was able to lead an army of 20,000 against tens of thousands of Tartars, as a citizen of Yan and Huang, he was about to defend his home and land for the Ming Dynasty, throwing his head and spilling blood, what a proud thing!

The winter sun, yawning lazily, looking at the withered yellow grass below, was in a bad mood. Without green grass, no vibrant flowers, no lively and lovely birds, the grassland is like losing life, everything is gray and unrefreshed.

Uketu Khan looked at the pale sun in the sky and shrunk his neck.

At this time, the wind in the field outside Yanmen Pass was too strong, and before it was a very cold day, the cold air had already begun to drill into the clothes.

The army marched quickly on the field, looking at the flags fluttering, the galloping horses, and the excited faces, and the heart was happy.

"Yanmen Pass, when I take you down, I will dismantle you, see how you will stand in my way in the future!"

Yan Hu saw the enemy, and from the distant horizon, a huge group of enemies slowly walked towards him. The soldiers of the Ming army in Yanmen Pass almost heard the sound of the alarm drum, and they swarmed up the city tower, crowded to the edge of the city wall, and looked at the field outside the gate.

The 50,000 elite iron cavalry from Uketu Khan were divided into three teams, with 30,000 troops in the center, 10,000 iron cavalry on the left flank, and 10,000 iron cavalry on the right flank.

Colorful battle flags fluttered in the wind, bright swords, guns, swords and halberds were dazzling, a group of Hu soldiers walked in a neat pace, and a long queue of cavalry lined up, under the command of the loud and high horn horn, stepped on the same pace, and walked firmly over.

On the city wall, the soldiers of the Ming army silently lined up in a scattered formation, motionless as they watched the enemy gradually approaching Yanmen Pass, and everyone's heartbeat was beating nervously with the pace of the enemy's advance.

Yan Hu saw that the soldiers quickly woke up from the shock, and nodded with great satisfaction. He turned back to the herald standing behind him and said, "Tell the drummer to beat the drums!" ”

The herald immediately withdrew from the crowd and said to the flag commander standing on the outermost part: "The general has an order, beat the drums and form a team." The flag commander immediately jumped to the battlements of the city wall and stood, and played the flag at the drum platform on the tower of Yanmen Pass.

The fierce sound of drums sounded in the ears of every soldier like a muffled thunder from the sky. The fighters immediately scattered like a frying pan, looking for the battle flag of their own troops, and assembled under the battle flag as fast as they could.

At this time, Yan Hu stood at the bottom of the city tower, looking at the two soldiers on the left and right lined up, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of pride in his heart. I saw him pull out his long sword suddenly, hold it high above the top, and shout loudly: "For my emperor, kill ......"

The soldiers around him followed him, raising their arms and shouting: "Kill ......"

The soldiers farther away heard it, all the soldiers heard it, the guerrilla general Sun Deqi of the left battalion, the guerrilla general Wu Hao of the right battalion heard it, and even the drummers heard it, and they all looked excited, raised their arms and shouted: "Kill...... Kill ......"

A killing sound soared into the sky, shocking the sky.

However, as if he had not heard the shouts of the Ming soldiers, Uketu Khan rode on his horse with an expressionless face and led the army to move forward resolutely.

The two sides are three hundred paces apart.

Uketu Khan raised his hand and signaled for the army to stop. The 50,000 horses stopped in unison as if they were one man, and at the sound of the huge horn.

The Ming army was suddenly silent, standing neatly on the city tower, watching the movement of the enemy army, ready to enter the battle at any time.

Uketu Khan rode his red horse and began to run along the Chinese army. He slowly drew the sword from his waist and slammed it high above the top. At this moment, more than a dozen horns sounded at the same time, and then the 50,000-strong army shouted a roar that shook the earth and the mountains almost simultaneously.

This roar came so suddenly, so intensely, so thickly, so hugely, almost in an instant, it swept all living beings in heaven and earth.

"Kill!"

The roar of 50,000 horses is unimaginable, it is enough to make an ordinary warrior's blood boil, no longer afraid, no longer retreating, no longer afraid of death, and indomitable until the blood-stained battlefield.

The soldiers of the Ming army were all stunned.

The roar of 50,000 people seemed to shatter the Yanmen Pass, as if to shake them all into powder. This roar was a huge shock to the self-confidence of the Ming soldiers.