Chapter 71 was reduced to bait and said that it was half an hour to take the mouth of Wayao Fort, but as soon as the fight started, Bahan Naji laughed. Not for anything else, just because the 500 garrisons at the mouth of Wayao Fort are really weak. In only a quarter of an hour, the brave Tatar warriors attacked the city.

The reason why it is so easy is because the status of this tile kiln mouth fort is too unimportant. Compared with the soldiers at other passes, the 500 soldiers and horses here can only be called old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are responsible for maintaining the order of the people entering and leaving the passes on weekdays. And when it comes to the blade in his hand, he hasn't seen blood for many years.

Let them face the wolf-like tiger Tartar soldiers, they can't resist at all, and if they don't directly open the city gate and surrender, they can be considered worthy of the imperial court's annual salary.

Regardless of the cheers, Xin Ai was left with 10,000 horses to defend the pursuers behind, and I was the first to go out of the Wayao Fort and enter the mountains.

The mountain road is rugged, and people walking on the narrow sheep intestine path feel terrified, unless it is that kind of divine horse, otherwise it is impossible for ordinary war horses to pass from here. Seeing a war horse neighing down the hillside, I replied and turned back ruthlessly: "Pass the order, abandon all the war horses, and go around this mountain as soon as possible." ”

Not long after I answered out of Wayao Fort, Shen Chongming led a large group of men and horses to rush to the mouth of Wayao Fort. Looking at the dense Tartar soldiers at the head of the city, he ordered without thinking about it: "Siege!" ”

It can be regarded as Xin Ai's luck, at the moment before Shen Chongming and his troops arrived, he finally withdrew with his men and horses into the mouth of Wayao Fort. Although the city wall is a little lower, Xin Ai's heart is still steady. No matter how bad it is, he can leave these 10,000 horses and flee into the mountains.

The city wall of Wayaokou Fort is low and narrow, and it is too much to defend with 10,000 horses, except for the Tartar soldiers who face the attack of the Ming army at the head of the city, more of them are left in the city as a reserve. Xin Ai is confident, and with the 10,000 horses on hand and this low city wall, it is not difficult to resist the Ming army for two days.

Of course, he will never really resist for two days, as long as three or five hours pass, he will leave here first.

The Tartars were well defended, but Shen Chongming was not in a hurry. The reason why he attacked Wayao Fort was only to contain the Tartar forces, and as for the pursuit of the main force of the Tartars, he had Zhang Chi to do it for him.

He also knew that if the Tartars wanted to escape back to the grassland from the mouth of Wayaobao, they could only abandon their horses and baggage. In this way, although Zhang Chi, who was in Huyukou, had a longer distance, with the advantage of being all cavalry, it was no problem to catch up with the main force of the Tartars.

Xin Ai is not stupid, looking at the unhurried attack of the Ming army under the city, he immediately felt a little strange. After frowning and pondering for a while, he figured this out, but he was afraid that this Han general was planning to send another group of men and horses to cut off his retreat from behind.

Thinking of this, Xin Aike couldn't sit still. Counting with his fingers, although it took less than an hour for Father Khan to enter the mountain, he must have walked a long way, and even if he retreated now, he would not endanger the safety of the main force.

In response to this situation, Xin Ai made a slight adjustment, first letting 5,000 men and horses retreat into the mountain, and then followed himself. Of course, before leaving, he still gave a death order to the generals who continued to defend the city, and they must defend for another hour before they can retreat into the mountain, otherwise even if they escape with their lives, they will all be executed!

After receiving the order of Shen Chongming's general sent by Brother Erdan, Zhang Chi did not dare to delay, leaving 2,000 men and horses to continue to garrison Huyukou to prevent the Tartars from killing a horse gun, and he took the rest of the men and horses out of the north gate of Huyukou. The sword pointed to the northeast and walked away in the snow.

After walking hard for more than two hours on the mountain road, I finally saw the vast prairie. Although he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he didn't dare to relax, just let the exhausted warriors take a temporary break and eat some dry food to replenish their strength.

"Najib, take these horses and immediately rush to the nearest tribe to ask for help, and mobilize a group of war horses to meet as soon as possible." Waving his hand to call Bahannaji to his side, I replied and pointed back to the horses that had been following closely behind him.

These horses are the mounts of him and several of his subordinates, and it is not an exaggeration to call them divine horses. Such horses are not only fast and enduring, but also not comparable to ordinary war horses on the steppe in terms of courage. Although the mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, they followed out under the careful guidance of several soldiers.

"Grandpa, it's better for you to take someone first." Bahannaji shook his head. He and I both knew in their hearts that although they didn't have to worry about the pursuers behind them when they entered the grassland, the Ming cavalry at Huyukou could come at any time. Let the warriors fight against the Han cavalry on foot, not to mention Bahan Naji, even if I have no bottom in my heart.

So whoever leaves here first now will be safe, and Bahannaji will not leave his grandfather and run for his life.

I replied with a smile and said with kindness: "Najib, grandpa is old, and he can no longer continue to travel without stopping like he did when he was young." If you ask grandpa to go and find reinforcements, I'm afraid that the reinforcements will be exhausted if they don't find them, so don't push back. ”

How could Bahan Naji easily believe his words, and shook his head firmly: "Grandpa, you have not diminished your majesty back then, how can you say that you are old?" ”

I shook my head helplessly, and had no choice but to say: "Now the warriors are panicking, how can grandpa leave first, if you want the army's heart to be stable, grandpa must stay here." ”

"But Grandpa......" Bahannaji was about to speak, but was interrupted by my hand. At this time, the order of the Great Khan, you should carry it out at once. ”

Seeing that his face was full of majesty, although Bahan Naji was very reluctant in his heart, he could only touch his chest with his right hand and said: "Najib obeys the order, and I hope that the Great Khan will take care of himself." With that, he held back the tears in his eyes and walked towards the war horse.

Watching Bahannaji take a few horsemen and horses away, I couldn't help but sigh. Although he was safe for the time being, he did lose this battle completely. Not counting the 10,000 horses led by Xin Ai to block the pursuing soldiers, there are now less than 20,000 people around me. After counting, more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded in a big battle last night, which is a rare heavy casualty in many years.

And almost all the horses they brought were thrown away, which was undoubtedly worse for the Tatars. And the consequences of this will also be serious.

The Han people do not need to be counted, but the Warats, who have been peeking at the Tatars for a long time, will definitely take this opportunity to raise troops to attack. With so many elite centaurs damaged this time, it will be a lot more difficult to resist them.

"Let's go." Frowning, I stood up and ordered. The sparse Tartar soldiers immediately stood up and rallied, and walked briskly towards the north.

"Report-" The scout horse galloped back, and a spy turned over and dismounted and ran in front of Zhang Chi, knelt down on one knee and said: "Report to your lord, there are traces of Tartars thirty miles away from the northeast!" ”

Zhang Chi's eyes widened, and he hurriedly asked, "But the main force of the Tartars?" ”

The spy shook his head, "I'm not sure about the small ones, but there are quite a few people, at least five thousand!" ”

This can make Zhang Chi embarrassed. Separated by a wall, the two sides are like two different worlds. Although the Kannai is also very cold, it is much smaller with the wind blocking power of the mountains. Outside the pass, the wind was howling and it was difficult to travel, and by the time he rushed from Huyukou to the mountain pass, the Tartar had long since disappeared. All that was left was the chaotic traces of the large group of people passing through the mountain pass.

The north wind was howling, and the footprints on the ground could be buried by the snow in a few breaths, and Zhang Chi couldn't be sure which way the Tartar had fled from. But he didn't dare to stay too long, so he first sent out spies to search around, and he also led people to fight north, hoping to catch up with the Tartar soldiers who were likely to flee north.

"Northeast, 5,000 centaurs?" Zhang Chi frowned, touched his chin and began to wonder, could this be the bait thrown by the tartars, otherwise why would he flee from the northeast?

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi felt that it was impossible. After all, 5,000 centaurs is not a small number, and even if I am hard-hearted, it is impossible to throw 5,000 centaurs as bait. Maybe this was a deliberate route for me to take, after all, everyone thought he would go all the way north. Now that he has come by surprise, it is also very possible.

"Chase!" Zhang Fen gritted his teeth and made up his mind, whether it was a bait or not, eat these 5,000 centaurs first!

These 5,000 centaurs are none other than the ones that Xin Ai led to retreat first. Counting that the Ming army at Huyukou would appear, Xin Ai, who had escaped from the mountains, used his brain to think of a clever plan. That is, if you don't play cards according to common sense, you will flee to the northeast, so that you have a great chance of escaping the pursuit of the Han people.

It's a pity that the times are not good, although Zhang Chi looks rough, but he is a naturally cautious person, while chasing north with a large group of people, he even scattered a horse to look for traces of Tartars nearby. Providence is like this, and it can only be blamed for Xin Ai's bad luck.

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that just twenty miles behind his buttocks, more than 2,000 Tartar soldiers were being chased and killed by Wang Chonggu with men and horses, fleeing all the way to the north. The situation was so miserable that I had to take off my clothes to reduce the burden.

Although the road was difficult, an hour later, Zhang Chi still led his men and horses to see the Tartar soldiers in front. At the same time, Xin Ai, who had been worried that someone would catch up, also discovered Zhang Chi's pursuers.

"Report-" Zhang Chi was about to give the order to destroy this Tartar army, and another fast horse galloped over. "Report to my lord, a detachment of Tartars has appeared forty miles to the west, numbering about two thousand, and is heading north at this time!"

Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, and he had the urge to slap himself twice. Damn, it looks like the Tartars really threw the bait, and these 5,000 people must be too! Pity my gritted teeth and make up my mind, but in the end I still fell for my old immortal strategy! From this point of view, this old boy should have fled directly to the north, and the 2,000 men and horses must have been deliberately left behind to delay the pace of the pursuers.

However, in the current situation, it is no longer possible for Zhang Chi to turn around and continue to chase the main force of the Tartars to the north. In this kind of windy weather, the speed of the war horse facing the wind is not much faster than the speed of two legs, and it is too late to turn around and chase the main force of the Tartars, so it is better to eat the five thousand Tartar soldiers who are bait before making calculations.

"Brothers, rush!" With a loud shout, Zhang Chi beat his horse and killed the Tartar soldiers led by Xin Ai, and the soldiers behind him followed one after another, like a dark cloud pressing down on the five thousand Tartar soldiers.

Seeing that so many cavalry of the Ming army appeared, Xin Ai, who was unlucky, was so frightened that he was so frightened that he no longer cared about the 5,000 men and horses under his command, and directly waved his whip and rode the sweaty BMW under his crotch to turn around and flee north.