Night finally fell.

The south bank of the Yuxi River and the north bank of the Yuxi River are very different, the south bank is unusually quiet when no cannons are fired, while the shouts of killing on the north bank are earth-shattering.

Shen Xi began to organize the construction of bridges.

In the northern part of the country on a winter moon day, when the temperature drops rapidly at night, the river water is unusually cold, and some officers and soldiers retreat quickly after going down the river, because after soaking in the biting river water, their bodies will lose consciousness and be washed away by the river when they cannot stand on their feet.

"Are there any ships?"

Only then did Shen Xi find that the materials he brought were seriously insufficient, and it was good to barely erect a pontoon bridge, and people could take it, but it was very difficult for horses and baggage.

As for the idea of transporting ox carts to the other side of the river to form mobile batteries to support the battle, one can only think about it in my heart.

"My lord, this army is in chaos, and it is a cold winter, and the river is about to freeze, not to mention that there is no ship, even if there is a ship, it cannot be recruited."

After all, the handsome guard had been in Yansui for many years, and he was extremely familiar with the situation around Yulinwei.

Shen Xi nodded and said, "Then continue to build bridges, at least send people across the river!" "He was talking about sending people across the river, but the officers and soldiers knew that they were taking the Ming army out of the other side of the river.

At this time, the Ming army on the north bank of the Yuxi River was not as embarrassed as imagined, at least after the continuous shelling on the south bank, they stabilized their position, their defense was more orderly, and they were even organizing a local counterattack.

The scales of victory began to tilt on the side of the Ming army.

"My lord, the Tatar soldiers and horses are retreating north, and if they don't pursue at this time, they will probably miss the opportunity."

The general Han Xing came over to ask Liu Daxia.

At this time, Liu Daxia was not afraid of the Tatars in front, because he knew that this was the best opportunity to pursue, whether to reverse the decline of Beiguan in this move, but if the army rushed halfway and sent out a few rounds of artillery behind him, it would backfire.

"Your Excellency, give the order!"

Many generals came to ask for their lives.

Liu Daxia said to himself: "Shen Xi, Shen Xi, the old man will gamble his life on you today, if you fire the cannon again at this time, the old man will be lucky to live, and he will definitely settle accounts with you when he goes back!" ”

Originally, Liu Daxia also wanted to say that he killed Shen Xi to comfort the souls of the soldiers, but after thinking about it, Shen Xi is responsible for firing cannons, and if he doesn't fire cannons, he is judging the situation, and Shen Xi didn't come to the riverbank, how do you know if he should fire cannons at this time? Such a great hero who came to rescue him from danger still wants to kill people, which is a bit unreasonable.

The most important thing is that Liu Daxia thought to himself: "Even if a few thousand soldiers die, it may not be worthy of leaving a Shen Xi for the Ming court." ”

"Command the three armies, pursue!"

Liu Daxia finally gave the final counterattack order.

As the military order was transmitted, the shouts of killing on the north bank of the Yuxi River suddenly rose, which startled the officers and soldiers who were sitting on horse-drawn carts and ox carts on the other side of the river to gnaw dry food.

"Lord Shen, have the Tatars come back again? Shall we fire artillery to help? "Song Shu came over to ask for instructions.

Shen Xi stood up and jumped on the ox cart and looked at it, the black light was blinding, although there was a moon, but it was still not clear from afar, and he didn't know the specific situation on the north bank at all, but he listened carefully with his ears, and the shouts were full of excitement and determination, and there was no fear and despair at all.

Shen Xi waved his hand, sat on the board of the car, and said, "If it's really the Tatars who are attacking, what are you shouting about?" At this time, it should be our army to launch a counteroffensive. ”

"Counterattack?" Not only was Song Shu excited when he heard it, but even Zhang Lao Wu and the young guard next to him also had a feeling of surprise.

I don't want to retreat at this time, but I can fight back, that is to say, I can complete the errand without building a bridge, not only is it not at fault, but it has merit?

The follow-up situation was exactly as Shen Xi expected, shouting and killing from near and far, which was enough to show that Liu Daxia was chasing the opponent north with his soldiers and horses, as for the outcome of the battle, he didn't have to think about it, anyway, success or failure couldn't help.

"Don't slack off." Shen Xi reminded loudly, "Be careful of being attacked by Tatar cavalry!" ”

Song Shu said with a smile: "My lord, please rest assured, the Tatars are fighting with Liu Shangshu's troops and horses at this time, and they don't have time to take care of us!" ”

"Really!?"

Under the light of the bright moon overhead, Shen Xi Huo Ran stood up, raised his right hand to his eyebrows, and looked at the group of cavalry rushing from the upper reaches of the Yuxi River.

Whether it was the soldiers of the Beijing battalion or the soldiers of the border army, they immediately panicked when they saw this situation, didn't they follow the ox cart out to "go for a ride" today, how could there be an enemy?

But this did not surprise Shen Xi!

The Tatars suffered twice from the Franco's machine guns, and even if they were unable to fight with Liu Daxia's troops and were forced to retreat north, they had to mobilize troops and horses to destroy these artillery.

Shen Xi subconsciously raised the small flag in his hand, but then realized that at this time, the Ling Qi was no longer useful, but would become a live target for others, so he shouted: "Turn the gun head!" Get ready to fire! ”

However, it was not possible to turn all ten cannons around this time, because the thirty ox carts that were connected together had to be dismantled and divided into groups of three, and before the guns could be turned, the Tatar cavalry was already shouting and rushing towards them.

Song Shu and other Beijing soldiers could not compete with the Tatar cavalry head-on, but fortunately, there were more than 300 border troops in the team, more than 200 infantry and nearly 100 cavalry, and at the same time, the number of Tatar cavalry that appeared at the beginning was not large.

But later, as more and more Tatar cavalry appeared in the west, the situation became critical.

"Boom-"

A cannon ignited, and the shell came out of its chamber and exploded in the distance.

This cannon not only frightened the Tatar cavalry who rushed over, but even Liu Daxia, who followed the army to the north, instinctively shrank his head.

"This kid, do you really dare to shoot?"

This was followed by a few more artillery pieces, sporadically, so that everyone on the north bank of the Yuxi River, who was gradually reminiscing, was in danger.

"No matter, rush forward and kill, as long as you rush out of two or three miles, you won't be bombed again, tell the whole army, you must not retreat without permission, otherwise you will be killed!"

Liu Daxia didn't care what the reason for this artillery was released, but the arrow had to be fired, even if he sacrificed some soldiers at this time, he had to teach the Tatars a lesson.

It is the time when the momentum is declining, and if you miss this great opportunity, you may not be able to encounter it in the next few years.

The north bank of the Yuxi River and the south bank of the river fought at the same time, but the situation was reversed from before, Liu Daxia's department was pursuing, which was generally smooth, but the south bank side was relatively miserable, and there were more and more Tatar cavalry crossing the river from the upper reaches, and now there were almost three or four hundred Tatar cavalry.

These Tatars seem to have accepted the order to die, and even if they fight to the death, they will destroy the Ming Franc cannon.

"My lord, if it doesn't work, I'll cover your retreat!" The handsome guard, seeing that the situation was critical, rode his horse to the ox cart, and said in a hurried voice as he looked around vigilantly.

As the leader of the army on the sidelines, the handsome guard didn't care about his own safety at all, and the first thing that came to mind was Shen Xi's comfort.

Of course, it was said to cover Shen Xi's retreat, but in fact, it was just a proposal to withdraw together, Shen Xi understood this truth, but still felt that this person was very sincere...... I can distinguish the priorities, know that I am the key to this battle, and leave Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood!

However, Shen Xi did have the idea of escaping at this time, after all, he wanted to rely on five hundred stragglers to fight against about four hundred Tatar elite cavalry, and there was no chance of victory. Yesterday, the Tatar cavalry almost made him surrender his life outside Yulin City, and today there is no terrain advantage compared to it, and the artillery on the ox cart cannot pose a threat to the Tatar cavalry wandering around.

"Let's go together, we want to die together!"

Shen Xi used his way to boost morale while directing the firing of the cannon, but at this time, his voice could no longer be conveyed. Of the more than 500 soldiers who came out with him, more than 100 had fled at this time, almost all of them were soldiers from the Beijing camp, and more than 100 were killed in battle, and less than 300 remained, all of whom retreated around the artillery, using the artillery as the last support.

This trick is very good, the Tatars have suffered a big loss of artillery in the past two days, and regard this thing as a "sacred object", even if the cavalry charges fiercely, they all wander around the outer circle, constantly pulling their bows and shooting arrows at the oxcart array. Fortunately, the ox cart formation is protected by wooden planks, otherwise the ox will be angry and will break up the defensive formation.

"My lord, you better withdraw, the Ming Dynasty can't live without you!" The young guard rode to Shen Xi's chariot and pleaded bitterly. At this moment he was hit by an arrow in the arm, and his face was covered in blood, and he did not know whether it was his own blood or the blood of the Tartars.

"Brother, I hurt you."

Not long after, another wave of arrows came at him, and the young guard's horse under his crotch was hit by two arrows, and with a scream, the horse fell with a bang, and the whole person rolled to the ground.

Shen Xi hurriedly jumped down from the ox cart and casually found a shield to block, at this time he didn't want to take a spear or a big knife to find the Tatar cavalry desperately, he had to be cowardly when it was time to coax, even if he was lying on the ground and pretending to be a corpse, he could do it.

"Protect Lord Shen!"

The young guard struggled to get up from the ground, snatched the shield from the hand of a border soldier, and rushed in front of Shen Xi with his long knife, just in time to block a few arrows that came at him.

Shen Xi was secretly ashamed, if it weren't for himself, this benevolent brother would be the governor of the yamen when his level was equivalent to the commander of the general guard, and he didn't have to lead the troops out of the city to make mistakes as the general banner, it was really "harmful"!

A bloody battle continues, but the situation on the south and north banks is very different...... The situation was good in the pursuit of the Tatars on the north bank, while the Shenxi side on the south bank was full of dangers, and they were always facing the test of life and death.

In the end, Shen Xi simply got under the ox cart with his whole person, no matter what the situation was outside, the most important thing was to save his life.

The battle lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and there was no end in sight, when a long string of torches suddenly lit up in the distance, and it seemed that cavalry was approaching.

"My lord, it's our cavalry, they've come to our aid from the water." The young guard had a look of surprise on his face, and he was in a miserable state as he was hit by another arrow in his arm and shoulder.

The Yuxi River is not very deep in the end, and people can't come over, but the high-headed horses can barely cross the river when they reach the places where the upstream and downstream rivers are wider and the water flow is not so turbulent, which is also the fundamental reason why the Tatar cavalry was able to cross the river and sneak attack before.

Seeing that there were reinforcements crossing the river on the side of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatar cavalry did not have much fighting spirit, and after a period of whistles, they fled in the direction of the lower reaches of the Yuxi River.

Looking around the ox cart, there were already corpses on the ground, and the ox cart was on fire, but fortunately, the gunners and loaders who did not have to go into battle carried the boxes containing gunpowder and shells to the outside of the ox cart formation, so as to avoid the tragic situation of a series of explosions.

"Tatars are Tatars, barbaric and vulgar, come and find someone to fight hard, if it were me, the first thing would definitely be to ignite the gunpowder!"

Shen Xi got out from under the ox cart, and he was terrified.

If the Tatars had really ignited the gunpowder, the shells would have exploded in the heat, and he had to blow him to pieces just under the ox cart with the cannonballs above his head.

"Which general is leading the team? Which general is leading the team? "As soon as the reinforcements came, they didn't ask anything else, but first asked who the person who commanded the troops was.

"I am."

Shen Xi jumped back on the ox cart.

Those Ming cavalry who gathered over didn't expect that the person who commanded the artillery before was actually a young man, and they hurriedly conveyed Liu Daxia's military order: "Lord Shangshu has an order, and urgently order the generals to transport the artillery across the river and cooperate in the pursuit of the Tartars!" ”

Shen Xi scolded angrily: "Lao Tzu just escaped death, you let me transport cannons across the river?" If you can transport it, even if it is, Lao Tzu will not accompany you! ”

Shen Xi took out the momentum that he had just entered Yulin City yesterday, and scolded people without any ambiguity.

Those cavalrymen stared dryly, this little brother is really different, even the head of the household department and the governor of the three sides dare to scold?

If it weren't for the fact that you had just saved our lives, we would have pressed you to the ground and beaten you violently!

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PS: The third update is sent!

The wire of my daughter's teeth is loose, and tomorrow the Son of Heaven will have to take her to Chengdu Stomatological Hospital, she has a headache! Don't worry about it for now, the Son of Heaven has the cheekiness to ask for a monthly pass, and will continue to watch three more tomorrow! (To be continued.) )