At the exit of the north end of Bayan Canyon, fifty Mongolian cavalry gradually slowed down their horses, surrounded at the mouth of the valley, and the war horses kept snorting because of fatigue, but the canyon was too narrow, and could only accommodate one person and one horse, and it was uphill, and it seemed that only the "long snake formation" could be discharged.

Leading the way was their centurion Bayar.

There were only fifty cavalrymen, and if they attacked the Ming army, they would be a little less, but Bayar was really powerless.

The Mongol Chahar tribe suffered many blows from the Jurchens, and its strength was seriously damaged, not only the originally occupied grasslands of Monan and Liaohetao were seriously squeezed, but even many small tribes that were originally attached to them also followed the example of the Horqin tribe and openly fell to the Jurchens.

Lin Dan Khan was expelled to the south of Yinshan, because of the lack of pastures, gradually infiltrated south and west along the Qilian Mountains, which led to a conflict with Xiningwei, and at this time, the Chahar Department had completely lost the capital to confront the Jurchens.

Centurion Bayard barely gathered fifty soldiers, and more than ten of them were underage children, but they were only close to adults in height, and if they insisted on gathering enough hundred men and 100 horses, then all of them would not need to graze, and there would be no need for winter, and horses, cattle and sheep would now starve to death.

But the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, although in the battle with the Jurchens, the Tumut division repeatedly lost, but against the Han people, they still had a huge psychological advantage, at least their cavalry was not possessed by the Ming army, so when running long distances, even the rangers were saved.

Arriving at the entrance of Bayan Gorge, Bayar became cautious, he reined in his war horse, his eyes were fixed on the passage in front of him, although the Han people were not good on the battlefield, but they were good at using intrigue and trickery, these fifty cavalry were almost all his strength, and they were an important guarantee for him to plunder the Han people and maintain his status in the tribe, and he could not afford to hurt them.

There was a calm place in the canyon, but Bayar was still not at ease, "Chaolu, Bala, you go ahead to explore the way." ”

"Yes, Centurion!" Chaolu and Bala shook the reins and slowly drove into the canyon.

Suddenly, Chaolu's war horse stumbled, almost knocked him to the ground, take a closer look, the canyon is very humid, like a heavy rain has just fallen, the sunlight in the canyon is blocked by the trees, the light is very dark, so I didn't think about it just now.

"Be careful, the Han people may have an ambush!" Chaolu admonished his companion, but before he could speak, a bamboo stick flew out of the air, faster than an arrow.

"Not good!" Chao Lu secretly screamed, trying to dodge sideways, it was too late, the bamboo stick pierced from the front chest, and then from the back, the blood at the tip was falling drop by drop, his pupils were getting bigger and bigger, his eyes quickly dilated, and he fell upside down from the horse, just hit a raised rock, and his head was full of blood.

"Mom, who has the strength to pierce two layers of leather armor?" Barra shuddered, but his eyes searched the sides of the passage, but he couldn't see anything but trees, weeds, and thorns.

Bala turned over and dismounted, wanting to see if Chaolu was dead, but accidentally, he tripped over a rock, and the rock was kicked aside, only to hear a "whoosh" sound, and another bamboo stick stabbed at him.

This time Bara saw clearly, the bamboo stick was not thrown by anyone, but flew down directly from the treetops, the speed of the bamboo stick was too fast, he tried his best to dodge, but his footsteps had not yet moved, the bamboo stick had already made close contact with his chest, and it was another pair!

Barra's lips opened to shout something, but a stream of salty blood gushed up his throat and oozes from the corners of his mouth, and he couldn't make any sound.

He was very unwilling to die like this, but his body did not obey the call, shook twice, and fell on Chaolu's corpse.

"The cunning Han people, there is indeed an ambush," Bayar was furious, and the long whip in his hand was raised to the wind, and he shouted loudly: "Release the arrow!" Although it is estimated that there are ambushes of the Ming army, he is not afraid, as long as there is a head-on duel, the Han people are not much more fierce than sheep, besides, he has not seen the soldiers of the Ming army until now.

The arrows swept towards the trees on both sides, but the trees were so dense that most of the arrows were fired at the trunks.

There was no movement in the forest, and seeing that the arrows were wasted, Bayar stopped the archers with a big move, and by this time the soldiers had almost already shot three arrows.

Although the soldiers stopped shooting, there was still an arrow on the bowstring, which could be shot at any time if they noticed any movement.

"What's going on? Could it be that all these greedy and fearful of death have escaped? Bayar didn't believe it, just now he saw two bamboo sticks shooting out of the forest, and his two subordinates were killed and under the bamboo sticks, how could there be no Ming soldiers? Are they obscured from view? Immortal Heaven, don't you miss the Mongols anymore?

Thinking of Changshengtian, Bayar's heart tingled, Changshengtian used to be the support of the Mongols, assisting the Mongols in establishing a huge country, but after the Mongols split into the four khanates, they may have angered Changshengtian, and since then the situation has deteriorated, and now not only have they been driven out of the customs by the Han people, but even the Jurchens can bully them, not only have many small tribes been co-opted, but even the abundant water and grass on both sides of the Xilamulun River can only become a memory.

On the road to the west, even the Warat people dare to block their way, these lowly Warat people, they are not the descendants of the golden family, not even the Mongols, if it were not for Genghis Khan's kindness to take them in, they are afraid that they will starve to death in the cold mountains and forests, and now they have developed strength, and they dare to turn around and bite their masters.

The most annoying thing is the Han dog, don't dare to really knife real # gun Ming, will engage in some dirty small actions, people are not at peace at all times, if the main cavalry of the Great Khan is here, Xiningwei must be completely bulldozed, so that this piece of grassland, all become the Mongolian pasture, the Han people only ration the Mongolian urinal pot, the Han girl is good, both able to give birth and obedient, but now ......

Bayar looks up at the sky, Immortal Heaven, where are you?

"What is the centurion going to do now?"

Bayar withdrew his gaze, as if he had finished praying, his eyes widened and round, and his gaze swept over all the trees on both sides, not even the weeds and thorns, but he still did not find any trace of the Ming army.

"A few more people, bow and arrow cover."

Bows and arrows are the treasure of the Mongols, especially when dealing with the Ming army, fast, accurate, ruthless, the Ming army often has not entered the range of attack, under the first wave of long-range strikes of the Mongolian cavalry, the embarrassed escape, and then there is a one-sided massacre, the old man once told him that the wounds of the Ming army are usually in the back and back of the head.

"Yes, Master Centurion."

A tall Mongolian man with long arms, a short beard, and a dark face agreed, and then ordered five more soldiers and began to probe in front, this time, they were especially careful, especially in the direction of the treetops, not only the speed of the war horse was slow, but the bow and arrow in his hand were also aimed at the front, constantly changing direction, as long as there was any wind and grass, this arrow would shoot out mercilessly.

"Whoosh!"

Another bamboo stick fell from the sky, and the soldier who was being targeted was prepared, and his body jerked sideways, trying to avoid this deadly bamboo stick, but the bamboo stick was too fast, unimaginably fast, and as soon as his body started, the bamboo stick arrived.

"Phew!"

The bamboo stick stabbed into the soldier's right shoulder, and before it diminished, he was nailed to a tall poplar tree beside him.

"Ah......" The soldier suddenly lost his strength, his body collapsed, hanging on the trunk of a tree, pulling his right shoulder, the wound was torn, and in the scream, blood splattered more than a foot high.

At this time, the remaining soldiers had not yet turned the corner, Bayar saw in his eyes, his anger was about to burn to the beard of Changshengtian, and he wanted to tear the Han people in ambush to pieces before he could relieve his hatred, "Tadrakan, hurry up and rescue him." ”

The black-faced man named Tadrakan was near the wounded soldier at this time, and when he heard the words, several people walked towards the old poplar tree, but they were worried about the bamboo stick coming from the air, and while observing the left and right fronts, they hurriedly tore the wounded soldier off, regardless of the soldier's howl like a pig that was crushed to the ground and ready to bleed.

Several men carried the wounded soldier out of the valley, and then untied the strips of white cloth from his body and tied the wound, and the soldier had fainted in pain, shrunk into a ball and fell on the grass outside the valley.

Bayar saw that he had broken three people in a row, but he didn't even see a single hair of the Ming army, he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and with a shake of the horse's reins, he was about to rush into the canyon in person, and Tadrakan grabbed him, "Master Centurion, let's let the humble post rush again!" ”

Bayar looked at this empty valley, there was nothing to see except ordinary trees, thorns, and weeds, and even the sunlight was eerie, but this place had become their death passage, "Is there a way to go around this canyon?" ”

"No, my lord, there is no passage except this canyon, unless it is a detour to the West Sea."

"A detour to the West Sea? That's too far! "Bayar has to say anything more, Tadracan has already entered the canyon with the soldiers, and Bayar is pleasantly surprised to find that there is no longer any barrier where the soldiers have walked just now.

Although the soldiers made their way up the slippery slope, they soon made their way to the corners of the canyon and into the next section of the canyon.

Bayar could no longer see the soldiers, and he gestured: "Quick, let's keep up, in case there are other ambushes in the canyon, we should prepare early." ”

More than a dozen soldiers surrounded Bayar and entered the gorge together, and when the soldiers in front of him were about to catch up with Tadrakan, Bayar had just come to the corner, and at this moment, only the sound of bowstrings could be heard, and several feathered arrows pierced through the woods, and shot rapidly at several cavalrymen in front.

The distance was too close, and the Mongol soldiers couldn't dodge, and three people were hit by arrows in an instant.

The archery skills of the Ming army are really inferior, worse than these Mongolian soldiers 108,000 miles, the distance is so close, the arrows that hit the Mongolian soldiers, less than fifty percent, and the strength is insufficient, after penetrating two layers of leather armor, it is already the end of the strong crossbow, only a few inches into the flesh, only one soldier was shot in the head, and he didn't snort after falling off the horse, I am afraid that it will not be, and the other two soldiers are not seriously injured because of the protection of leather armor, but even frightened, they also fell off the horse.