Guan Shanyue was lying on the kang and was asleep, after last night's incident, Zhao Ruixue, the little girl, was also bold, and he didn't know when Guqiu arrived beside him, although the two were hugging each other across the quilt, this picture was still very loving. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, a rush of horns sounded, and the entire Yulin Fort was suddenly in chaos. Guan Shanyue was the first time to come to Yulinbao, although he didn't know what the rapid horn sound meant, he intuitively judged that it would not be a good thing, and Zhao Ruixue, who woke up, hurriedly got dressed and lit the dim oil lamp.

Sure enough, after a while, there was a post station guard, panting and slamming the door of the Shanyue room, "Master Yicheng, Master Yicheng, the Tatars are here to commit a border." Cao County ordered me to inform you, hurry up to the post station to guard the granary, prepare the rolling stone and boiling oil for defending the city, this group of Tartars they are eighty percent here to grab grain. ”

Zhao Ruixue's face turned pale when she heard this, although she had never seen Tartar before, but when she heard Aunt Wang talk about their cruelty, she was immediately worried about Guan Shanyue's safety.

Guan Shanyue hurriedly opened the door, and after telling Zhao Ruixue not to go out until he came back, no matter what happened, he turned around and got on the horse with the post guard with an anxious face, and galloped in the direction of the post station.

When passing through the city, Guan Shanyue saw that the city gate had been placed with a rejection horse, and the guards on the street were rushing towards the city wall with spears, bows and arrows and other weapons to defend the city.

I heard from the messenger that this group of Tatars had broken into Yongning City on the east road of Xuanfu Town by taking advantage of the darkness of night. They bypassed the heavily guarded city and left the remnants to harass and pinn down, and used the advantage of cavalry to run long distances, specializing in small cities like Yulinbao, which had weak garrisons, and their purpose was very clear: food.

The reason for the incident was that Hou Jin saw that the Jiliao line could not be attacked for a long time, so he aimed the spearhead at the relatively weak Mongolian tribes, and they could be regarded as mentioning the Ming Dynasty to share the firepower. Now that they have suffered from drought again, seeing that they can't survive the winter, they Lin Dan Khan asked the Ming court for 400,000 taels of silver for emergency relief, and according to the custom, they will give them at least 200,000 taels, who knows that Chongzhen, who slammed the door, only gave 80,000 taels.

This completely annoyed the Mongolian tribes, and after conspiracy, they concentrated more than 50,000 troops to suddenly attack, and along the line of Xuanfu Town and Datong Town, they frantically plundered.

Beacon fires were lit on the entire front line of Xuanfu Town, stretching for hundreds of miles, as if incarnated into a fire dragon.

Coming to the post station, Guan Shanyue arranged the guard task while organizing people to quickly transport rolling stones and sasswoods and other city defense equipment to the city wall, seeing that there were not enough people, he handed over everything in the post station to the little official Zhang Debiao, rolled up his sleeves and joined the transportation team.

These city-guarding equipment were all stored in the post station by Cao County's order, which made them miserable. When the group of people were tired and out of breath to deliver the last batch of supplies, Cao Xian Ling had already led people to fight with the Tatars.

There were more than 500 Tatars attacking Yulin Fort, and this group of Tartars took advantage of the cover of night and the cloud ladder that they had snatched from nowhere, and launched a frantic attack against the rain of arrows from the defenders.

The guards at the head of the city, hiding behind the battlements of arrows, shot at the Tartars who set up ladders below the city. However, there were too many Tatars, and it didn't take long for them to storm the city walls.

"Resist, resist, resist labor and management! Hurry up and use the rolling stone sasswood, hold on for a while, as soon as the Shenji Battalion in Juyongguan comes, our task will be completed! Cao Xian Ling had now changed into a pair of armor, and under the protection of his own soldiers, he slammed a steel spear with dozens of catties in his hand at the Tatar soldiers besieging the city, while shouting at the defenders on the city wall.

Suddenly, a gap appeared on the east side of the wall, and several Tatar soldiers rushed up, and they brandished their scimitars in their hands and slashed at the soldiers defending the city.

Cao Xian Ling was already red-eyed, and he wanted to rush over, but he couldn't get over for a while when he was pinned down by the Tatar soldiers under the city, and he could only watch the Tatar soldiers at the head of the city gather more and more.

Guan Shanyue, who was under the head of the city, saw that the situation was urgent, and immediately made a decision, waving his hand at the more than 100 post guards behind him, "Brothers, I don't need to say it, we all have to die if the city is broken, and those who want to live will follow me!" With that, he rushed to the city wall, picked up a steel knife along the way, and fought with the Tatar soldiers.

The Tatars have been harassing the border all year round, and the level of their ferocity has long been seen by this group of postmen. Although he was afraid in his heart, he still clenched his teeth in order to survive, and pulled out the steel knife on his waist and followed Guan Shanyue behind him to rush towards the group of Tatar soldiers who suddenly came up.

Although Guan Shanyue was a weak scholar, he was not afraid of danger, organized the post guards to develop their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and dispatched troops and generals in a very orderly manner.

The desire to survive overcame the fear of death, this group of post soldiers was much more numerous than the Tatar soldiers at the head of the city, under the leadership of Guan Shanyue, three or five people attacked one person, with more attacks and less, and even forced the Tatar offensive to be suppressed.

Seeing this, Cao Xian Ling looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, wiping a handful of blood from his face, "Brother Guan, I didn't expect you to be both civil and military!" Brethren, my old Cao Ke has withheld your wages. How do you twist like a girl, why are you not as good as the postman brothers! Herald, give me the order to go down and beat me hard, defeat the lifeless, win the battle Lao Cao invites you to eat mutton! ”

The soldiers defending the city in Yulin Fort suddenly boosted their morale, and they even had the upper hand. Cao Xian Ling usually trained the group of soldiers guarding the city under his hands, and their more than 400 people were also a group of elite soldiers, or they would not have been able to stalemate for so long under the onslaught of the Tatar soldiers.

The Tatars were silent for a moment, and then rose like a tidal wave, and launched a new attack, which was a little more fierce and fierce than before.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang Xianzhong, half of the soldiers are injured, don't you lift the oil pot up, I'll cut off your head now!" Cao Xianling's face was covered with blood, and he was vicious and vicious by the torches.

"This is coming, the brothers in the back should hurry up, or you will be the one who will get out of the oil pot!" I saw a man made of pig iron beaten into stubborn copper, with a long body and a golden face, like a living Hades, leading a dozen guards to carry a pot of hot oil to the city in a hurry.

Zhang Xianzhong stood at the head of the city and glanced contemptuously at the Tatar soldiers besieging the city, and pursed his lips, "The mantis arm is not self-sufficient, fried grasshoppers, go you!" With that, he poured a large pot of hot oil on the Tatar soldiers under the city.

There was a burst of rattling sounds, and the Tatars who were climbing up the ladder scattered like scattered abacus beads, rolling on the ground in pain, and wailing in bursts of pain.

The defenders of the city then carried several cauldrons full of boiling oil to the top of the city, and poured them on the heads of the Tatars who were besieging the city, and wailed again.

Seeing that the people under the city were fried on the spot like hell, Guan Shanyue was frightened, raised his eyes to look at Zhang Xianzhong, and secretly wondered in his heart, could it be that the living Yama King in front of him was the legendary founding emperor of the Great Western Kingdom.

Listening to the continuous wailing under the city wall, Zhang Xianzhong, the general manager, seemed to enjoy it very much, and greedily sniffed the aroma of meat overflowing in the air, "The brothers under the city are working harder, this is our old enemy." Cao County Order, judging from this taste, this cavalry is the iron cavalry of the Mongolian Horqin Division, and I have learned their power in Yansui Town. But they can't make the climate like this, how about our guys go out to activities? ”

Cao Xian Ling laughed wildly, and just as he was about to reply, a herald came to report, "Report, hundreds of fleeing people have gathered under the gate in the north of the city, and they have to let us open the city gate and let them out." ”

"I don't have the time to talk to them, don't open it! There must be someone secretly clamoring for this, at this time there are Tatars outside the city, what is the difference between letting them out and letting the Tatar soldiers in? Cao Xian Ling's sword eyebrows were raised, and his face was angry.

Guan Shanyue didn't expect this Cao County Order to be such a bold and careful person, and her understanding of him in her heart changed a little.

Zhang Xianzhong frowned and thought for a while, "My lord, I guess it's that group of grain, they still have a friendship with me when it's dark, and they have sent more than a dozen jars of wine to my defenders, but I refused." Now there is another Tatar siege...... It's not good, my lord quickly sent people to the north gate of the northern city, there are Tatars in the city, they are not attacking the city, but entering the city to grab food! ”

Cao Xian's subordinate Zhang Xianzhong was convinced, and even if he dispatched his own soldiers to rush towards the north gate under the leadership of Zhang Xianzhong.

But it was too late, and at this moment a fire suddenly rose at the same time in the direction of the post station and the direction of the north gate, and now the fool could see that it was showing the way to the Tatar soldiers.

"It's not good, it's going to the granary, everywhere is the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled!" Guan Shanyue was sweating profusely, and the granary was a year's ration for the soldiers defending the city of Yulin Fort, if he lost it, he would definitely die, and even the group of post guards would have to be implicated.

Guan Shanyue hurriedly bid farewell to Cao County's order, and led his more than 90 unpainted post guards to turn over and rush in the direction of the post station, praying that God would bless them to arrive before the arrival of the Tatar soldiers.

When the fleeing people gathered at the north gate saw the flames rise, they suddenly showed the murder weapon in their arms, and turned into a group of hungry wolves and killed the guards guarding the city gate by surprise. Before Zhang Xianzhong arrived at the north gate, the so-called fleeing people had already opened the gate of the north city of Yulinbao Post City, removed the rejection horse at the gate, and opened the door of the entire north city gate.

The Tatar soldiers, who had been lying in ambush outside the north gate for a long time, lit torches and rode their horses wildly, whistling in the direction of the post granary.

Guan Shan Yuehuo was in a hurry to arrive at the post station, after all, it was a step too late, the gate of the post station had been breached, the courtyard was already full of rockets, dozens of Tatar soldiers were fighting with the defending post guards, and the group of internal servants were frantically loading food to the cart that had been prepared long ago.

Now the post station is as bright as day, Guan Shanyue saw Jia Defu at a glance, and the Jia Degui brothers were arrogantly directing this group of people to carry grain to the grain truck.

Guan Shanyue now suddenly realized that Jia Defu gave the post station a hundred stones of grain that day "kindly", which was clearly to explore the way for today's trip. Since ancient times, traitors have been the most hateful, but he didn't expect the fifth column in the Ming Dynasty to be rampant to such a degree.

"Dog, put down the food and spare you from dying, how can my Ming land allow you to trample on this group of Xiaoxiao!" Guan Shanyue's angry eyes erupted with fire, although he knew that he would hit the stone with an egg, he still shouted at the Tatar soldiers and the group of fine workers, and resolutely led the team to fight with a knife.