Chapter 64 The Beacon Flames in the Sky

According to reliable information, the main force of the Tartars was stationed outside Huyukou, so Shen Chongming decided that the 36,000 iron cavalry would temporarily stop in Yanghe City, and only wait for Zhang Chi of Xuanfu to take 30,000 horses to cut off my retreat, and then kill Huyukou.

However, Shen Chongming and Wang Chonggu did not expect that Huyukou would be lost, and they only learned the news when they met someone sent by Xu Hai to report the news.

"What? Huyukou was lost, what did Tang Zhenhu eat! Wang Chonggu was furious, this Tang Zhenhu, he gave him the most important Huyu** to garrison, that is, he felt that with his ability, he could definitely make Huyukou foolproof, but he never thought that he would lose Huyukou at this last moment.

The messenger who came to report the news looked at Wang Chonggu, who was full of anger, and said resignedly: "Dashuai, Lord Tang was martyred, and thousands of soldiers from Huyukou except for a few people who came to my Yanghe City to report the news, the rest of the men and horses were all killed in the city!" ”

Now Wang Chonggu was stupid, looking at Shen Chongming with an ugly face, he didn't know what to say?

Shen Chongming frowned and pondered for a while, then looked up at the messenger and asked, "Where are the Tartar soldiers now!" ”

"Back to my lord, there was no trace of the Tartar near the small one before leaving Yanghe City, but Huyukou is only half a day's distance from Yanghe City, if the Tartar is dispatched, it must have arrived outside Yanghe City by now!" The messenger hurriedly said that he had traveled between Yang and Chenghu Yukou all the year round, and he knew the distance very well.

After saying this, the messenger quietly looked at Shen Chongming with some confusion, this person is young, but it seems that his status is not lower than that of Wang Dashuai, who is this?

"My lord, the Tartar soldiers broke through the Huyu Pass, I'm afraid our plan is going to run aground!" Wang Chonggu said with a frown, he finally planned to win a big victory with Lord Shen's arrangement, but he never thought that this would happen at this juncture, and now the most important thing is to drive me out of the customs to protect the people from the flames of war, in front of this matter, other things are irrelevant.

In this way, Wang Chonggu also resisted a great temptation, after all, it is a shocking miracle to defeat the Mongolian Tartars, if this thing is done, it is not difficult to be directly transferred to the military department as the chief soldier of Wang Chongguzheng's second grade.

However, if you do not quickly find a way to drive them out of the pass, then your own sin will be great, not to mention whether the court will blame you, and the conscience will not be able to pass this pass.

In the past, Wang Chonggu did have the worst plan, that is, after the pass was lost, he was able to enter the pass, and in that case, he could rely on the 50,000 horses stationed in Datong City to resist, so that although the people would still suffer, but as long as they could block the advance of the army and ensure the safety of the Beijing division, then he would be a merit to offset his merits.

But now the imperial court suddenly sent Shen Chongming as the governor of the Qincha to come to the abbot to fight, in that case it is another matter, after his arrival, whether Datong can hold it is none of his business, but the pass was broken by me before he arrived, but it is his own guilt, in case the court asks for the guilt, this crime has to be borne by himself, for all plans, of course, it is to drive me out of the pass, the smaller the loss, the lighter his guilt.

With such an idea, you can't blame Wang Chonggu for his own heart, he is also a veteran general in the army, over the years to guard the border pass many times with me to fight, not to mention the dead and wounded soldiers, just by virtue of many times to witness the tragedy of the corpses all over the field after the Tartar soldiers crossed, for the Mongolian Tartars have a deep hatred, in Wang Chonggu's heart, I can't wait to let go of the hands and feet of a big fight, no matter whether it is success or failure, it can be regarded as a mouthful of evil anger in the chest.

However, Wang Chonggu is not alone, he is also old and young, the success or failure of one person is small, I am afraid that something will go wrong and implicate the family, it is precisely because of this that he seems to shrink back in many things, and he is constantly criticized behind it.

Shen Chongming was able to come this time, which could be regarded as holding up a piece of heaven for him, and Wang Chonggu had the courage to let it go.

"Stranded!" Shen Chongming raised his eyebrows, but suddenly laughed: "Hmph, since I dare to come, then let's close the door and beat the dog, and he will not come back!" ”

Wang Chonggu was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, aren't you going to go to the rescue of Yanghe City!" ”

"Of course I want to go, but what I have to do now is not just to rescue Yanghe City, but to find a way to entangle me and get out, and when Zhang Chi leads the troops to arrive, it will be when I am dead!" Shen Chongming's face was full of sneers, as if the head of the answer was already in his hands.

Wang Chonggu shook his head: "My lord, if you want to entangle me so that I can't get out, I'm afraid it's difficult!" This time I replied to lead the troops to invade the territory, in order to just grab food to tide over the difficulties, if I learned that we killed, I would definitely not fall in love with the war, now that Huyukou is in their hands, he will withdraw when he wants to withdraw the army! ”

"Hehe, Lord Wang, think about it, since I am here for food, how can he not send someone to snatch food, his division of troops is our opportunity, just surround a fat and thin Tartar soldiers, I will definitely come to the rescue with the main force, then we only need to maneuver, it should not be difficult to drag on for two days, and according to the official's estimate, Zhang Chi will be able to rush to Huyukou within two days, at that time, it is the day of my death!" Shen Chong was famous, and a preliminary plan was already in his mind.

Wang Chonggu shook his head: "My lord, our troops are not superior, and I will definitely fight with our army if we retreat in a hurry, even if we drag it out, I'm afraid that our losses will not be small!" If this is the case, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"Lord Wang, this opportunity is really rare, think about it, if the big thing is successful, Mongolia will definitely fall apart and fall into a civil war, when they are in flames together, they will not want to return to their current strength within twenty years, of course, they will not dare to invade the border again, this deal is very cost-effective!" Shen Chongming stated his reasons for doing so, in order to convince Wang Chonggu.

Although as the governor of Qincha, he can completely use his power to suppress people to settle this matter, but in that case, Wang Chonggu will definitely feel awkward in his heart, and there will be a gap between the top and bottom, and his strength will be greatly reduced.

However, Wang Chonggu was really unwilling to gamble with the lives of his soldiers, shook his head and said: "My lord, although what you said is reasonable, but if I want to escape, I can leave most of the people and flee by himself, and our men and horses alone can't stop him at all, so what should we do then?" ”

"It doesn't matter, if you can annihilate the 50,000 army of Alta at one time, the strength of the Mongolian Tatars will definitely be greatly damaged, at that time, I am afraid that I will never have the opportunity to go south to invade the realm of bipolar spiritual cultivation in my lifetime!" Shen Chongming had already made up his mind in his heart, and he would not change it at all because of Wang Chonggu's persuasion.

At this point, Wang Chonggu has nothing to say, after all, Shen Chongming is the boss, and no matter how much he says, it will be in vain if he doesn't listen!

"Alright then!" Wang Chonggu nodded helplessly, and then said: "But Lord Shen, we have to speak first, we can only fight around and not fight!" ”

"Do your best!" Shen Chongming said perfunctorily, and then turned back and ordered: "Erdan, take the people to investigate the enemy situation first, if you miss the official matter, you will look good!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Brother Erdan didn't say a word, turned around and beat his horse to select more than a dozen soldiers of the Shenji Battalion with superb riding skills and galloped northward.

Brother Erdan took the lead with the manpower, and Shen Chongming then led the team to go straight to Yanghewei, where is the main force, and it must not be far away for him to exclude the snatching of food.

Let's go back and talk about Yanghe City, since the cloud ladder was built, Xin Ai, who lost face, commanded his men and horses to start a crazy siege of the city, but fortunately, I sat in the Chinese army to suppress him? Otherwise, this guy will have to ignore the casualties.

But even so, Yanghe City was also trembling under the repeated attacks, a thousand trained soldiers scattered along the city wall, and although the three thousand strong men recruited were also determined to protect their families at the cost of their lives, the combat experience was really pitiful, not to mention the clumsiness of the defense, and the casualties also rose sharply.

"My lord, there are heavy casualties at the East Gate, and Sun Baihu has come to ask for help!" A sweaty soldier stumbled to Xu Hai, who had just sat down against the wall and wanted to take a breath, and said.

Xu Hai gasped, his two eyes swept back and forth, and the bitterness in his heart was overflowing, it had been almost two hours since the Tartars began to attack the city, and the north gate that he defended was not a heavy casualties, and most of the 1,000 strong men who cooperated in the defense were lost, and only half of the three hundred soldiers were left, and they were all wounded, exhausted, and their combat strength was less than half of the usual.

However, Sun Baihu, Xu Hai, knows that such a well-known tough guy has never known hardship and tiredness, this time he actually took the initiative to ask for reinforcements, but I am afraid that he really can't stand it.

For the current situation, Xu Hai is like a mirror in his heart, according to the current offensive of the Mongolian Tatars, it is the limit for him to hold on for half an hour with his men and horses, if the reinforcements do not come at this time, then Yanghe City will be finished.

"Okay, you go back and tell Sun Baihu first, and the official will immediately let people support him!" Xu Hai looked up at the soldiers who came to ask for help and said.

Seeing the soldiers take the order with joy on their faces, Xu Hai sighed slightly and waved his hand to call over the last of his guards: "Go, select twenty brothers and fifty strong men to support the East Gate, and be sure to let Sun Baihu defend the East City!" ”

The guard looked bitter: "My lord, the defenders of our north gate can't be transferred!" Otherwise, I'm afraid that even an attack by the Tartar soldiers will not be able to stop it! ”

"Bastard, do you think the east gate can still be held after the north gate is lost? Hurry up and bring people over, the Tartar attack is about to begin! Xu Hai reprimanded loudly, and then turned to look at the Tartar soldiers under the city who had begun to line up again to prepare for the attack.

Seeing him like this, the guard stomped his feet fiercely, and reluctantly beckoned seventy people to go straight to the east gate.