Yang Chen relied on his extraordinary skills to finally light the beacon fire and let the information about the attack on the security fort pass out, but he knew that he couldn't relax yet, on the contrary, this was the most dangerous time.

Just now, the archers outside the fort could shoot arrows at themselves accurately in this darkness, so now that he lights a fire and illuminates a beacon tower through the air, won't he become the target of the other party? Knowing this, he quickly threw away the torch in his hand and drew the saber from his waist into his hand.

And just as he held the knife in his hand, two sharp whistles sounded, and two sharp arrows flew towards him left and right. Just as Yang Chen judged, the other party was already a little annoyed and angry after he missed and was lit by him just now, and finally showed all the tricks.

In the face of such an offensive, Yang Chen naturally didn't dare to be rash, and quickly twisted his wrist and waved the knife in front of him, just intercepting the two sharp arrows that reached his body and smashed them away. But at this moment, he secretly screamed in his heart, because after blocking these two arrows, he found that another feather arrow was shooting head-on at a faster speed, and the movement of this arrow was also muffled by the whistling sound of the first two arrows, until the arrow was close in front of him, he did not find it.

The other party is really a good archer, and he actually integrates the virtual and real art of war into these arrows, and the previous two arrows are more disturbing to people, but the real killer is this third arrow. Seeing that the knife in his hand was too late to swing up to block, and it was a little late to even twist and dodge, Yang Chen's body also stiffened while his heart sank, and then the whole person suddenly fell down like a felled tree.

When this scene fell into the eyes of those blinded people outside the fort, they naturally thought that this arrow hit the target and shot the person. But in fact, when Yang Chen fell, the arrow was still half a foot away from him, and although the fierce wind it brought was already painful, it was a line slower after all. Eventually, the arrow flew out almost grazing his face, nailing it to the earthen wall. Just by looking at the momentum of half a foot of its shot into the earthen wall, you can see how powerful this arrow is, and what kind of miserable situation it will be if it really hits the door.

Yang Chen, who was in a state of flux, naturally did not get up again to greet the arrows outside, so he took this opportunity to quickly jump down the stairs and down the beacon tower. Now that the beacon fire had been lit, there was no need for him to stay there.

At the same time, finding that the beacon fire behind them had been ignited, the Ming army defending the fort immediately let out a burst of cheers, and their morale was also boosted.

The Tatars outside the fort were obviously demoralized, and they even had a trace of worry in their hearts, as soon as this signal was issued, soon the Ming reinforcements would come to the rescue.

However, this did not affect Bohuer's determination, and he immediately roared again and ordered: "Kill the past, will our warriors on the steppe be stopped by such a small earthen fort?" ”

"No!" Everyone shouted in unison, and they were still a little hesitant to rush towards the security fort with a more ferocious posture, even if someone fell from time to time, it was difficult for them to hesitate.

Suddenly, an attack and defense that was much more dangerous and tragic than just now unfolded inside and outside the earthen walls of this small security fort, arrows flew sideways, swords and guns swept through, and from time to time people were injured and fell.

After discovering that the ordinary defense was difficult to resist the attack of the Mengren, with Ma Qianyuan's order, five or six soldiers quickly rushed over with a log as thick as a human waist, and with a shout, there were iron nails planted around the body, and the log like a mace was pushed down the fortress wall by someone.

With a roar, the log rolled down the outwardly tilted earthen wall, colliding head-on with the Mongol warriors who were trying to ascend the city. In an instant, the screams were accompanied by flying flesh and blood on this section of the wall, and the twenty or thirty Mongolian people who climbed up from this section of the wall were smashed to the point of crying wolves, the top ones were directly smashed by the logs, and the iron nails on the top, and the lower ones were directly touched down the city by their own people. As soon as the people at the bottom who had not yet been in the city saw such a big killing weapon rolling down, they immediately didn't care about continuing to step forward, turned around and ran, and finally didn't get hurt by the log.

At the same time, there were also Ming soldiers on the other two sections of the fort wall who pushed down the grinding plate-sized stones. Although its lethality was smaller than that of the nailed log, it also killed and injured more than a dozen or twenty Mongolians in one fell swoop, suppressing the enemy's vigorous attack.

But even so, Ma Qianyuan didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and immediately ordered the archers to continue to greet him. In the rain of arrows, the Mongols who had retreated from the wall were hit hard, and with a scream, they had to retreat again, and finally came to a place almost a mile from the fort before they stopped their retreat.

Seeing this scene, Bohuer almost had his nose crooked. The morale that he had just inspired was actually broken by the defenders. However, he also knew that this was not the time to pursue the matter, so he could only speak again to appease and encourage the army, and after a little preparation, he sent a team to attack the earthen fort again.

The defenders at the head of the city were in jubilation, and after repelling the enemy's first attack, the fear in the hearts of the soldiers had gradually dissipated, and they were already convinced that with the location of the fort and the defensive weapons, they could withstand the attack of the seemingly fierce enemy outside.

After Ma Qianyuan let out a long sigh of relief, he turned his head to look back, and saw Yang Chen, who came down from the beacon tower, talking to the Mongolian woman beside him, which made him feel certain in his heart. Just now he was really worried that this outsider with the identity of Jinyiwei would follow in Li Jia's footsteps, but now it seems that this person has some ability, no wonder he can be sent to the outer edge of this place by Jinyiwei.

Tana and the other Mongolian people who were within the fortress walls were obviously shocked by this offensive and defensive change, not only their faces were full of surprise and admiration, but their mouths were also full of admiration: "It turns out that the Ming Kingdom is so powerful in defending the city?" Unexpectedly, with only a few dozen people, we were able to defeat the most elite warriors on our grassland. ”

Yang Chen, who had returned to them at this time, smiled: "Actually, this is just a small test. And the weapons in this security fort are still quite simple and scarce, if it is replaced by those gates on the Great Wall, it is 3,000, even if 30,000 Mongolians do not want to enter the city. His tone was full of confidence and pride.

"Is that true?" Tana asked with wide eyes, full of curiosity and confusion.

Yang Chen nodded solemnly: "That's nature, otherwise how can I protect myself?" Take the side pass where I am located, for example, although there are not many defenders there, but they are enough to withstand tens of thousands of enemy troops and are impregnable......" As he said this, his heart suddenly jumped, and a question came to mind.

Perhaps in the past, only one or two thousand men and horses were enough to withstand the onslaught of tens of millions of enemies, but now...... If something really goes wrong with closing the wall, and then let the enemy catch the flaw, the result will not be easy to say. This made him a little anxious in his heart, just thinking that he could rush to Datong as soon as possible and report the matter to Lord Yang Yiqing to prevent the tragedy from happening.

Tana didn't notice the strangeness in his expression, but just followed her own thoughts and said, "Yes, the Great Wall that lies in front of the steppe is too majestic and dangerous, and it is not something that we steppe cavalry can attack. That's why my father will oppose the Great Khan's invasion of the south, but others don't think so......"

Just when the two of them were sighing with emotion, Ma Qianyuan had already come to them, and he also bowed his hand to Yang Chen: "This time, fortunately, Lord Yang helped out, otherwise I don't know how many brothers would have been killed or injured for this beacon fire." ”

Yang Chen pulled out of his thoughts at this time, and hurriedly clenched his fists and smiled: "Since you are in the castle and have the same hatred, you should do your best." By the way, were the Tartars repulsed? ”

Ma Qianyuan nodded: "For the time being, he was repulsed." However, judging by their stance, it should not take half an hour for them to fight again, so I have asked the brothers below to be on guard. ”

"They are here because of us people, and they don't want to burden you......" Tana glanced at the Ming army at the head of the city with some guilt.

Ma Qianyuan waved his hand: "You don't have to apologize, as long as what you say is true, it is worth it for more than fifty brothers in our castle to die." Besides, we are not easy to get along with, these Tartars want to gnaw on my security fort, and we have to see if they have a good pair of teeth, so as not to collapse his mouth full of teeth. As long as they survive tonight, reinforcements will naturally arrive around noon tomorrow at the latest. ”

"Reinforcements won't arrive until noon tomorrow?" Yang Chen asked in surprise: "It's just been a change now, Datong is only more than thirty miles away from us, can't we get there in an hour or two?" ”

Ma Qianyuan glanced at the other party and knew that he didn't know enough about the rules of the border army, so he patiently explained: "You don't know, even if we light the beacon fire in time, it is impossible for Datong to send troops at night." After all, it is taboo to send troops late at night, if this is a plan by the Tartars to lure the enemy, it is precisely to lure the defenders of Datong out and besiege them, and the losses will be great. Therefore, at night, Datong will only send a small number of scouts to investigate the enemy outside the city, and will only mobilize troops and horses to rescue us after dawn. ”

"I see." Only then did Yang Chen understand and nodded. But in this way, he was a little worried: "Mr. Ma, can such a small number of people in our security fort really stop these hundreds of Tartars for a night?" ”

"This ...... I, Ma Qianyuan, and my brothers will definitely go all out, even if they fight to the death, they will defend this fortress! Ma Qianyuan said solemnly.

Shortly after his words fell, a whining horn sounded outside the fort again, and a new round of enemy offensive began!