Facing the Mongolian soldiers who rushed over even more violently, as a civilian official, Xu Xiu, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, who was holding a steel knife and standing like a stabbing stab, had a pale face and clenched teeth. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

He knew that the Ming troops who were guarding him and fighting desperately around him had reached the limit of support in the face of twice the strength of the enemy army after the people were defeated.

One Ming soldier after another, screaming and falling. These light cavalry, which were originally used to chase and guard, are now in such a state of pure infantry combat, and it is actually not easy to achieve the same battle loss exchange ratio while engaging twice the enemy army.

At this moment of desperate fighting, Xu Xiu suddenly thought of his past.

At first, he was just a child in Huangxian County, Shandong, and he took the test three times, but he never got it, and he went home disheartened to be a teacher who taught children enlightenment, who knew that the times were not good, only a year later, he encountered Kong Youde's rebellion, Xu Xiu's family was killed, and he was the only one who was lucky to get out and escaped the disaster of the sword soldiers.

After Kong Youde's rebellion was pacified, the population of Huangxian County was greatly reduced, and children were even more scarce, so although Xu Xiu was alone, it was not easy to make a living.

At this time, Li Xiao, who had just finished building Chifeng Fort, recruited scholars on a large scale in Zhaoyuan, Huangxian County and other places, and Xu Xiu, who was trapped in his livelihood, did not hesitate to sign up at the moment.

Soon, Xu Xiu, with his good eloquence, impressed Li Xiao, who was interviewed in person, and was arranged to become a preaching supervisor in the Supervision Division.

He first served as a supervisor in the auxiliary corps, and then, after Li Xiao attacked and killed the Liukou Black Scorpion who invaded Shanxian County, Xu Xiu was transferred to the position of Propaganda Supervisor for the prisoners of the Liukou New Annexed Army.

Soon after, Xu Xiu was transferred to the newly established prison and civil servant of the newly established rampant team because of his excellent work.

Later, Li Xiao led the army to aid Jinjiazhuang Fort on Xuanfu North Road, and after successfully repelling the Qing army that entered the customs, he then built Jintang City in the original Jinjiazhuang Fort location. And Xu Xiu, who has excellent work ability, was arranged to stay in Jintang City to serve, and then, Xu Xiu was promoted step by step until he became the current director of the Golden Wolf Camp Supervision Department.

Now when he became the envoy of the Tu Mo Ministry, he unknowingly had spent nearly four years in Li Xiaojun.

Now he is in a high position and respected in the Tiger Army, which was personally named by the emperor. Compared with the original teacher who couldn't even support himself, it was like two people.

And last year, Xu Xiu finally got married in Jintangcheng and married a Shanxi woman who was originally a homeless person, and the family lived happily in Jintangcheng. And at the beginning of this year, his son was also born smoothly, and Xu Xiu sacrificed to his ancestors in tears, and the Xu family finally had a queen.

originally thought that going to the Tumut Department to ask for relatives this time was really a dull task, but I didn't expect that Abahanar Khan Hailigu, who had a backbone in the back of his head, would attack this small courtship team so despicably.

It's just that at this point in the battle, this courtship team of only more than 100 soldiers and dozens of people has killed nearly 400 elite Mongolian cavalry, which can be called a miracle.

At this time, a Mongolian soldier howled and squeezed away the guards next to Xu Xiu and rushed over, but when he was about to raise his knife and slash, a sharp steel knife had pierced his chest.

This was Xu Xiu's first killing.

He stabbed the steel knife deep into the Mongolian soldier's chest and stirred it vigorously.

The Mongol soldier's face was twisted and hideous, and he roared and slowly fell to the ground.

"Brothers, our army has fought so far, it is enough to comfort Lord Li!" Xu Xiu, whose face was stained with blood, shouted loudly: "Brothers, we are here today to fight to the end against these hateful Tartars!" Kill the Tartars and go to heaven! ”

"Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!"

"Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!"

The remaining 60 or so Ming soldiers, in the fierce battle, desperately shouted this slogan that they don't know how many times they were shouting.

There was still a trace of inexplicable hope in everyone's desperate eyes.

If we are destined to die in this distant foreign land, if we are destined to shed blood and give our lives in this cold grassland, then the children and grandchildren of the Han family who are loyal to us will definitely be able to enter the gate of heaven with their heads held high.

And seeing the rest of the Ming army, still fighting desperately and stubbornly like this, Abahanar Khan Hailigu was furious, he stared at his blood-red eyes, roared fiercely, waved his bent waist knife, and directly took Xu Xiu, who was protected by the Ming army in the array.

Capture the thief and capture the king first.

Hai Ligu was sure that as long as this hateful Han leader was killed, the remaining Ming army would no longer have the courage and motivation to fight, and would be at their own mercy.

In the inner circle, Makata, seeing that in the outer circle, those Ming and Mongolian soldiers who fought desperately together, did not worry about their own safety for a while, but were deeply shocked by this fierce battle situation.

Unexpectedly, this Ming army, which has such a small number, can wipe out several times the Mongolian soldiers, and can still fight to the death with the Mongolian soldiers who are still twice as large as they are, which is really admirable.

And such a brave Ming army is really a useless and cowardly army that Khan Ama despised extremely in the past?

It's just that how long can these Ming troops who are not afraid of death and bloody battles and will not retreat last?

Those *** temperamental, bloodthirsty and cruel Mongolian soldiers should have done such terrible things to themselves.

Thinking of this, Makata's heart suddenly tensed again.

At this critical moment, something happened that neither of the warring parties could have imagined.

From the southern horizon, a thin black line seems to suddenly emerge.

And in an instant, this black line immediately became thicker and larger, and from the direction of the horizon, it surged towards the small hill that was fighting desperately.

"Ahh King Khan, reinforcements from the Ming army are coming! ”

Garu's voice sounded in horror behind the king of Bahhanar Khan, Hailigu, who was fighting desperately.

Yes?!

No way?!

Will there be reinforcements from the Ming Army?!

Heligu retreated, turned his head to look, and in the direction Garu pointed, he was surprised to see that from the southern border, a large number of cavalry had appeared in a surging manner, and from a distance he could see the banners waving, and the swords, guns, and armor on each person's body shone with a little golden light in the bright sun.

Abahhanar Khan Hailigu, who was originally crazy and fiery mood, instantly fell to the bottom of the ice lake.

This reinforcement of the Ming army is really fucking coincidental.

It's over, it's all in vain!

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Galu's voice on the side was already loud.

Hearing the shouts of their own great Jinong, the Mongolian soldiers who originally thought that victory was in their hands and had a high will to fight suddenly became like frosted eggplants, and they quickly died.

Garu took a mount to Heligu and told him to flee immediately down the mountain.

Seeing that their own leader was the first to flee down the mountain, and they didn't know who shouted, the Mongolian soldiers who were originally besieging in all directions turned around and rushed down the mountain. Those who had horses fled ahead, and those who did not have horses followed behind without hesitation, staggering downhill.

At this time, Xu Xiu and other Ming troops, who originally thought that they were dead, were surprised to see the Mongolian cavalry turn around and flee one after another, and they didn't know why these Mongolian soldiers gave up the victory and retreated when the victory was about to arrive.

It wasn't until they saw the Ming soldiers rushing towards them from the southern border that these soldiers, who were exhausted by this time, understood what had happened.

"Okay, Lord Li personally led the cavalry of the Golden Wolf Battalion to help, it's really providence!"

Xu Xiu held a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and when he saw the heroic and vigorous figure of Chifengbo Li Xiao, who was the first to lead the crowd in the mirror, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

The Ming army, who were fighting desperately, immediately let out a long cheer, and many people brandished their swords and cried loudly.

It's not easy, but at this moment of dying in the battle, I actually waited for my own reinforcements.

Because at this time of the battle, everyone was already wounded, all of them were out of strength, and they were extremely tired, so Xu Xiu did not order the remaining Ming troops to pursue.

Because, he was convinced, these Mongolian Tatars who fled in embarrassment would never be able to escape the pursuing soldiers of the Golden Wolf Battalion.

Xu Xiu was right, Li Xiao from the south, 600 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, 500 flying harriers, 100 escort cavalry, and 500 Manchurian cavalry who were selected from the original Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner soldiers who had been reformed for a year, still wearing the armor of the Zhenghuang Banner cavalry, a total of 1,200 cavalry, rushed to outflank the Mongol soldiers of the Abaghanar Department who were fleeing in a hurry.

Soon, the Flying Harriers and the Manchurian cavalry, who were outflanked from the left and right flanks respectively, successfully overtook them, and the Mengma cavalry, who had been exhausted by the bloody battle, blocked their retreat in front.

Soon, the Xuanhu heavy cavalry and Li Xiao's escort cavalry also rushed over in time and surrounded the fleeing Mongolian cavalry of the Abahanar Division from behind.

Seeing that the Mongolian army was firmly surrounded by himself and could not escape, Li Xiao, who led the crowd to chase the enemy, was very happy.

Speaking of which, Li Xiao was able to arrive here so coincidentally, thanks to the Qing princess Makata, who fled.

It turned out that on the same day, after Makata and Ezhe fled with a group of personal soldiers, they immediately reported to Li Xiao in the form of flying pigeons in the security department of Liaodong to inform Li Xiao of the major changes that had occurred in the Qing Kingdom.

Two days later, Li Xiao received the letter, and he immediately keenly thought that if he could firmly control the fleeing Makata and Ezhe and others in his own hands, it would be tantamount to a major blow to the Qing State, and at the same time, he could better unify the Mongol tribes.

So, Li Xiao immediately made a decision and immediately led all the cavalry of the Golden Wolf Battalion to the north into the Mongolian steppe to search for Makata and others who were fleeing westward.

In order to deal with the possible pursuit of the Qing army, Li Xiao brought the Xuanhu heavy cavalry and the remaining flying harrier light cavalry, and also brought a group of 500 former Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner cavalry who had just finished their labor reform from the Jintangcheng coal mine and sulfur mine and were training in Jintangcheng.

Li Xiao asked them to form the Manchurian cavalry post of the Golden Wolf Battalion like the Manchurian cavalry post of the Zhengbai Banner of the Chifeng Battalion, and Karamu, who had surrendered himself in the border city of the town and had now become one of his cronies, became the commander of the cavalry post and went out with him.

These Manchurian soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner were all the elites of the Zhenghuang Banner who were captured by Li Xiao by pretending to be a Qing army when they were in the town border city in the west of Beijing last year, and then they numbered as many as several thousand people, and they were arranged by Li Xiao to go to the coal mines and sulfur mines in Jintangcheng to mine and reform through labor.

After more than a year of re-education through labor, under heavy physical labor, more than 200 Manchurian Tartars died in the process of re-education through labor, and the remaining 2,000 or so Tartars were reorganized on the spot to become auxiliaries of the Golden Wolf Battalion after the end of the re-education through labor.

And now, among these auxiliaries, Li Xiao first selected 500 Manchus who had the best cavalry and archery skills and learned Chinese characters well, and established the Manchurian cavalry outpost.

Of course, the Manchurian cavalry post of the Golden Wolf Battalion, like Li Xiao's Manchurian cavalry post of the Chifeng Battalion, has a supervision department composed of all Han Chinese officials, who is in charge of the merit assessment, cultural education, and military discipline inspection of the soldiers and soldiers, so as to ensure that the army has two sets of teams for combat and life, so as to divide the control of the generals over the soldiers and strengthen the actual control of the grassroots soldiers.

Moreover, in the past year or so, these Manchurian soldiers, whether they were mining and labor reform, or when they were auxiliaries, had high-intensity brainwashing and education from the supervisors every day, and now these Manchurian soldiers with long hair, dressed like the Han people, and their daily life habits are no different from those of the Han people, everyone has their hearts and minds, and they have also quite identified with their own Han identity.

There were even many Manchurian soldiers who gave themselves Han names, and after becoming auxiliaries, they married Han women in Jintang City and started a family.

Therefore, Li Xiao was very relieved about this Manchurian cavalry outpost composed of elite cavalry of the original Yellow Banner. The search operation of the steppe entered this time brought them with them, and it was regarded as an additional light cavalry as important as the Flying Harrier.

What Li Xiao didn't expect was that this Makata group didn't meet them, but they happened to arrive here and saved the courtship team that was attacked by the rebellious Abahanar tribe.

At this time, it was almost noon, and the blazing sun in the middle of summer made the heat wave on the grassland rolling. It's just that in this hot and dry environment, there is silence in the entire besieged position.

Abahanar Khan Hailigu, panting, stared at him with an extremely resentful gaze, accompanied by several guards, a young general who was slowly riding out of his horse and had an extraordinary figure and bearing.

Dressed in bright silver stainless steel armor, wearing an eight-petal phoenix-winged tasseled helmet, a brute lion green jade belt around his waist, bronze greaves and combat boots wrapped in his feet, and a bright red woven flower cloak, this majestic general rode a tall horse with a black body and snow-white hooves.

At a glance, this young general, the clear mirror on his chest, which is as clear as a lake, is reflecting the blazing sun, shining brightly, shining with a charming luster. On the spire of the eight-petaled phoenix-winged tasseled helmet made of stainless steel with smooth patterns, the tall red tassel made of bright red tassels resembles a cheerful beating red flame in the sunlight.

Hai Ligu sighed secretly in his heart, this person is so majestic and brave, I am afraid that it is their main general Li Xiao. I thought that I had always heard of this Li Xiao young hero, with an extraordinary record, but I didn't expect that until today, I finally saw the real person.

Soon, after the young general rode his horse and approached, the guards next to him shouted in Mongolian: "My lord, it is Li Xiao, the Ming Chifengbo, which Mongolian tribe are you from, and you are so bold that you dare to sneak attack my team?!" “

There was silence in his answer.

The besieged Mongol soldiers all bowed their heads, dejected, and no one answered.

The guard sneered and continued to ask, "What, are you all dead dogs!" When our army asked, no one dared to answer, could it be that they were all deaf? ! “

"! You Han dogs can see clearly, Lao Tzu is the Khan King Hailigu of the Abahanar Department! “

Hai Ligu, who was humiliated like this by a guard, had a hot face, and he took a few steps forward and shouted fiercely at Li Xiao.

At this time, Hai Ligu was surprised to see that Li Xiao, after listening to the guard's translation, actually nodded to him with a smile.

Then, Li Xiaofu whispered to the guard.

The guard's eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly: "Wait a minute, Uncle Chifeng has an order, if there is an attack on the Tartar chief Haili Gu on the spot, Uncle Chifeng can be exempted from the death penalty and let him live!" “