That night, the soldiers on duty in Chengguan changed into winter clothes sent by Taiyuan Mansion in advance.

The soldiers who changed into winter clothes held their heads high in the cold wind, their waists were straight, they were no longer afraid of the cold wind, their bodies were hot, and there were faint beads of sweat on their backs.

In the past, I had to freeze after half an hour on duty and had to be rotated, but now I am on duty for an hour, and there is no chill in my body.

The arrival of winter clothes greatly increased the morale of the generals and soldiers of the entire Yanmen Pass, especially after learning about the cold-proof ability of this batch of winter clothes, the confidence of holding the pass suddenly increased.

Hearing that 6,000 sets of winter clothes were already on the way and would be delivered in four or five days, the soldiers were so excited that they couldn't sleep, and they all wanted to put on winter clothes as soon as possible.

The next day, Yanmen Pass sent a team of elite soldiers back to Xinzhou to greet them.

After all, Yanmen Pass can block the Jin army from entering the pass, but it can't prevent a small group of enemies from crossing the mountains and mountains outside the pass into the east of the river, killing people and setting fire to sabotage.

In the north of Laoxian County, under the escort of a team of Great Song Dynasty soldiers, the pack horse team in the vast snow slowly marched northward and trekked with difficulty, and they were the troops who transported supplies to the soldiers of Yanmen Pass.

After leaving Taiyuan City, they did not stop, did not dare to stop for half a day, and only wanted to send the military reserve to Yanmen Pass as soon as possible, because the deputy marshal issued a strict order that it must be delivered within five days.

For several days, this army marched in the snow, and the physical strength and energy were extremely exerted, but only when the pack horses were too tired to walk, they dared to rest temporarily.

The commander of this army is a commander, because of his tough fighting style and more familiar with the situation in Xinzhou, he was led by the deputy marshal Xin Qiqi to escort this batch of important materials.

The war horses under him gasped for breath, and the commander looked around, and the pack horses in the entire team walked slowly and weakly.

"General, rest, people can't walk, and horses are about to fall." An adjutant general beside him proposed angrily.

The commander raised his eyes and looked around, the surrounding area was white, and the field of vision was so wide that there was no enemy to hide within a radius of several miles.

"It's windy, go to the forest in front of you, rest there for an hour, boil some hot water, and let everyone warm up."

"Yes, General."

After the commander finished speaking, the lieutenant general beckoned, and led six horsemen to the direction of the woods in front, and he wanted to personally explore the reality and check whether there were any enemy troops lurking in the forest or nearby.

The transport team was still slowly moving forward, and whether it was pack horses, war horses, or escort soldiers and civilians, they all felt exhausted.

After two quarters, the lieutenant general came back from surveying the woods in front of him to report that there was no enemy ahead.

The commander then gave the order, and the team rested for an hour in the woods ahead.

Being able to rest for a while is a good thing for ordinary soldiers and civilians, who have suffered a lot in the past few days, and they can't freeze and can't eat hot meals.

The procession soon entered the woods, and the supplies on the back of the pack horses were taken off one by one, and the soldiers and civilians had to rest, and the pack horses had to rest.

The supplies are placed, the horses are tied, some people go to find dead branches and dead wood to make a fire, some people set up stoves and pots, some people feed horses, some people take snow, and of course, some people directly find a good place, sit down and rest, and wait for the hot water to be boiled.

In a short time, piles of bonfires were lit in the forest, boiling water and roasting the fire, without delay.

The snow melted in the rapidly heating iron pot, turning into somewhat cloudy water, and steaming heat came out of the pot.

The water boiled, and everyone took turns to fill the bamboo tube with them, and then they took hot water, gnawing on the dry food of the hard state, and the march was outside, and it could only be like this, the soldiers who had fought for many years had long been accustomed to it, and the civilians could eat it, and they would not be too picky.

Just when everyone was enjoying the rare ease and warmth, someone suddenly shouted: "Enemy! The enemy is coming! ”

The unprepared crowd was suddenly shocked and got up one after another.

Hearing this, the commander suddenly got up, turned around and looked around, and soon found that there was a group of unidentified people and horses on the north side of the forest who were quickly rushing in the direction where they were, the galloping horses, raising patches of snow, and the people on horseback were all holding bright swords, guns and weapons, and it was not Song people who looked at that outfit.

"The enemy is coming, all armed! Defend the woods and protect the supplies! In an instant, the Commander let out a loud shout.

After giving the order, the soldiers dropped the dry food and hot water in their hands, picked up the weapons beside them, and quickly formed a formation in the forest.

In a few moments, with fire as a unit, the soldiers formed a formation in the forest, holding supplies and civilians behind the army, preparing to meet the enemy.

After a short time, the unidentified horse team outside the forest rushed to within thirty zhang of the forest, and their identities were clear at a glance.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Since they are enemies, there is no need to say more, they are greeted by sharp arrows that cut their heads and cover their faces.

However, the other party rode horses, the speed was extremely fast, three rounds of arrows, they paid the price of dozens of people fell off their horses and rushed into the forest, and the Great Song soldiers were in close combat.

In an instant, life and death battles, flesh and blood flew sideways, leaving Yin Yin blood on the snow.

How many enemies there are outside the forest, the Great Song soldiers don't know, and when they give the order, they only know how to fight to the death and never stop.

The civilians behind them had experienced a bloody battle, and the bloody atmosphere was disgusting, and they were afraid in their hearts, so they dared to stay there, and they fled into the depths of the woods one after another.

At this time, the soldiers only cared about killing the enemy in front of them, where could they still care about the civilians behind them, and in an instant, hundreds of civilians almost all fled without a trace.

There seemed to be a constant stream of enemies outside the woods, and no matter how many they fell, there were always enemies in front of them who were rushing up one after another.

Because it was an escort of supplies, there were not many troops brought out this time, and if the two sides fought to the death, they would definitely not have an advantage.

After a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, as more and more soldiers fell, the previously hastily formed formation gradually collapsed, and the enemy broke through the forward line and rushed into the line.

As soon as the defense line was broken, the soldiers could only rely on small formations to fight separately, and it was difficult to form a unified front, and the materials piled up behind them were exposed to the enemy.

"General! There are too many enemies, what to do? Withdraw, or we'll have to answer here!" The adjutant general was anxious to see the soldiers fall one by one, the enemy breaking through the defensive line, and watching the supplies exposed in front of the enemy's eyes.

"Can't be withdrawn! This batch of supplies was transported from Jinan Prefecture, thousands of miles away, and even if we die here, these things cannot be lost! Pass the order down, whoever says goodbye again, kill! ”

After the commander finished speaking, he stepped forward with his spear, and with a single shot, he pierced the enemy soldiers with a wave of his sword, and joined the warband, which had already begun to be chaotic.

The general order has been given, what else can the adjutant general say.

"Herald, fight to the death!"

After the adjutant general finished speaking, he quickly rushed into the enemy army with his gun, and even picked two people off their horses, and the shadow of the gun flew over, killing and killing.

When the order spread, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty became more and more heroic and fearless of death.

Because they know that it may be difficult to survive today, but if they can kill an enemy before they die, they won't lose, and they will earn if they kill one more!

This Great Song army fought desperately, and never thought of asking for help, not because they didn't want to, but because it was not necessary.

This place is more than 50 miles away from the nearest Lao County, no matter how fast the horses run in the snow, it will take three hours to rush over, and when the reinforcements arrive, it is also a day later, and now it is impossible to hold out for a day with the enemy's short soldiers, and the melee is a mess, unless the enemy retreats by himself.

However, how could the enemy retreat easily, they finally came to the pass, it was to sabotage, taking advantage of the heavy snow to close the road, the grain road was their first target.

In their opinion, as long as the Song army's grain route was cut off, or the Song army was harassed to transport grain, and there was no supply of grain and grass, the Song army in various fortresses would not be able to continue to hold on, and with the arrival of a colder winter, they could only retreat obediently, and then the Jin army could easily take all the passes and fortresses in the north.

This was the second time they had attacked the grain convoy, and they had not appeared before them, and it was fifty or sixty miles away from the garrisons in the front and back cities, and it was difficult for the Song army to support.

This Song army transport team has been staring back and forth for two days, waiting for today's opportunity, no matter whether the transport team will rest here or not, they have to stop this batch of materials, and they can also stop it, because the troops they have gathered exceed the transport team, all of them are elite warriors outside the border, and one is ten!

There will be no reinforcements for the transport team, they are fully confident and capable, and they will eat all the people and materials of the other party, and not even give the Song army any slag, because their attack is not very fast, after all, the lone army enters the pass, and if you want to save your troops, one less person will lose a point of strength.

The Song army in the woods had no reinforcements, and there were important supplies behind them, so they could only fight desperately, killing one more enemy if they could, and swearing to protect the supplies sent to the border from afar.

Although the enemies outside the forest are constantly rushing into the woods, they are actually not in a hurry, they have time to eliminate this grain transport team at a smaller cost, so they choose to fight in turns, taking turns to enter the woods to fight, instead of rushing in all at once, as long as they can ensure that the Song army in the forest cannot rest or run, this victory will ultimately belong to them.

Half an hour later, the fierce battle in the woods continued.

If everything develops according to the enemy's plan, the Song army's convoy will be destroyed, and the Song army's supplies will become theirs.

However, the truth is that everything can be changed.

Nearly an hour had passed, and the last thing the enemy wanted to see had appeared.

An army from the direction of Yanmen County in the east appeared in their field of vision!

The number of that army was not very large, but when he saw them, he sped up his speed and urged his horses to rush straight over, as if there were thousands of horses and thousands of troops behind them, and the momentum was amazing!

As soon as the enemy saw the variables appear, he immediately ordered the men and horses outside the woods to adjust their direction, set up a formation, and prepare to face the battle, probing the reality of the other party, after all, in front of this transport team, they have already suffered a lot of losses, and they can retreat easily, naturally not!

In a short time, the cavalry unit of the Song army, which numbered several hundred people, came forty or fifty zhang away, and the speed of the impact did not decrease at all, and it was indomitable.

Just as the cavalry team was rushing towards the enemy formation with all their might, they heard a shout from the team: "Quickly report to the general, find a small group of enemies three miles ahead!" ”

The order was issued, and immediately a Song soldier broke away from the cavalry, turned his horse's head and galloped away in the direction of Yanmen County.