Outside the Great Wall, the wind on the grassland was suddenly tight, and more urgent and tighter than the wind was the fierce sound of horses' hooves.

Tens of thousands of Tartar horsemen were galloping towards the south at full speed, scattering the yellowed weeds in all directions, and the little prince in the middle of the procession, Boyan Mengke, kept looking ahead, knowing that it would not be long before target buildings would rise at the end of the horizon.

Before he could really see anything, there were already scouts galloping over in front of him: "Great Khan, thirty miles further forward is the Ming Kingdom outpost fortress, if you continue to move forward, you will definitely be noticed by them." "Its intention is already very obvious, it is to ask his own Great Khan whether to stop first, and then send a team of light horsemen to secretly take down this Ming outpost fortress after it gets dark.

The little prince's gaze swept over the battle-spirited Mongolian soldiers around him, and a trace of determination quickly flashed on his face: "No need, just order everyone to rush over at full speed, I want to take the lead and let the defenders in the partial pass know our determination and strength!" At this time, the army was in full swing, and he didn't want to waste time.

The scout immediately received the order, and quickly passed on the order of the Great Khan, which made the spirit of the cavalry on the horse even more lifted, and the speed of the long cavalry rushed forward faster and faster.

In the blink of an eye, they rushed past for several miles, and at the same time, there was a fortress four or five zhang high and a circumference of Li Xu in front of them. The little prince immediately drew his sword in his hand and roared: "Rush up for me and kill everyone in there!" ”

......The Mongolian cavalry who had received the order howled like wolves, and as soon as they lifted their bodies, they had already switched to the back of another horse specially used for battle, with their bows in their hands and arrows wound, and they slaughtered the small lonely fort more than ten miles away like hungry wolves hunting.

At this time, the defenders in the fortress had already discovered these terrible enemies emerging from the end of the horizon, and they all looked solemn. Under the orders of their own generals, they silently climbed to the top of the city, which was not very high, and brought up all kinds of weapons for guarding the palace, making full preparations for guarding the palace. However, in their hearts, they didn't have the slightest success, looking at the huge cavalry team, they knew that with their own dozens of people, they couldn't hold it at all, and they couldn't escape.

But even so, these soldiers on the front line of the Ming frontier did not panic, let alone escape. Ever since they were sent to guard the fortress outside the Great Wall, they had come to this realization, knowing that they would always face this bitter battle.

"Look at this posture, this time the Tartars actually used no less than 20,000 or 30,000 horses...... The generals led by them looked solemnly for a while, and finally came to the result that made everyone feel desperate. He then turned around and gestured to his brothers on the beacon tower: "Put three puffs of wolf smoke!" This is the most serious expression of the enemy's military information at the border pass.

The sergeant who lit the cigarette hurriedly obeyed the order, and as soon as the torch in his hand was lowered, he counted all the three clumps of wolf dung stored in the clay pot in front of him, and then three black and thick pillars of smoke rolled up and went straight into the sky. Even though a strong north wind was blowing now, the three pillars of smoke were still straight upward, and there was no shaking.

Soon after, the same three pillars of smoke rose again somewhere behind them, heading for the Great Wall defenses further south, and quickly spreading in both directions to the east and west.

This is exactly the effect of the Great Wall beacon fire, which caused the northern invaders the most headache. As long as one defender detects the enemy early, the beacon fire can make the defenders of the entire Great Wall defense line vigilant, and their surprise attack will lose its suddenness. But then the first lit beacon in the enemy's path will face terrible results.

Seeing the wolf smoke rising, the Tatar cavalry galloped faster because of anger, and in the blink of an eye, the distance of more than ten miles was left behind them, and thousands of Tatar elite cavalry had already been killed under the fortress. Without too many words and surrenders, the bow sounded like a thunderbolt, and thousands of arrows rushed towards the city like a storm.

How could the small earthen fort withstand such an attack, and in the blink of an eye, most of the defenders above fell to the screams, and the rest hurriedly retreated. At this time, hundreds of foot soldiers ran out of the Tatar ranks that followed those light horses, and they rushed up with long ladders, and with a shout, the long ladders were quickly erected at the head of the city, and then many cavalry abandoned their horses and stepped forward directly to the top of the city along the ladders, and launched a fierce attack on the stunned defenders.

"These Tartars really came prepared this time, and even prepared enough equipment for the siege. This time, it's dangerous for us to turn our heads......" When the bright and sharp scimitar slashed at the body, this was the last thing that came to the mind of the officer guarding the fort.

With a single charge, the fortress outside the Bean Pass was captured by the Tatar army, and all 58 soldiers defending the fort were slaughtered.

During this period, the little prince did not even stop, and still led the other soldiers and horses to move forward quickly. Because he knew that once the beacon fire was lit, it meant that the deviation pass ahead would definitely be guarded against, and it also meant that the news had spread, and maybe the surrounding Ming defenders would send troops to the rescue. He must hurry up and conquer the deflection level in a short time!

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In the middle of the county government.

As Yang Chen stopped drinking, the movements of the few soldiers who were about to step forward to escort Tana stopped, which also made Dong Qian's face sink: "Yang Dianshi, what do you mean by this?" Do you want to defend this female tartar? ”

"I believe she's innocent, she's just being deceived. I also hope that Master Dong will not embarrass her. Yang Chen said, and solemnly arched his hand to the other party.

"Hah...... It's about the safety of the Great Wall, it's about the safety of Your Majesty, but you said it yourself, and now you actually want to protect this female Tartar, Yang Dianshi, don't you think it's a contradiction? Dong's responsibilities are there, and I can't promise you this time. Someone, bring her down for me. Dong Qian didn't mean to be accommodating at all, he just waved his hand and immediately ordered.

Yang Chen's body moved slightly, as if he wanted to stop their actions again, but the action had just been made, but he stopped again, and looked at the courtyard outside the door in a daze: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......"

When the others heard this, they also hurriedly followed his gaze to look out, and saw Zhengde striding west in a crowd of people, only to see that this always kind Son of Heaven was looking at himself and others with an angry face at this time, which made everyone present feel nervous, and for some reason the Son of Heaven was actually furious.

After walking into the room and sweeping his gaze over everyone present, Zhengde finally stared at Dong Qian: "Dong Qian, are you guilty?" ”

"Minister......" Dong Qian was in a trance, completely unaware of what mistake he had made, he just stood there stunned, speechless. Fortunately, Zhengde is not an emperor with a deep city, so he can say whatever he wants, and immediately said: "I felt strange outside just now, in the past, you people had to follow me wherever I went, as if I was afraid that I would be arrested." But today, you, pay you back...... I didn't even go out with me, which is really weird. Sure enough, when I came back, I knew what you were thinking, and it turned out that you were hiding from me to take people here. Such a fun thing, you dare to deceive me, aren't you afraid that I will cure you for the crime of bullying the king? ”

This made everyone present more and more surprised, and they couldn't turn around from Zhengde's brain circuit for a long time. And he himself still looked indignant: "Since you know that there is a problem with these Tartars, why don't you report it to me as soon as possible, and I can take them down with my own hands!" ”

"Your Majesty, this is Wei Chen's idea, after all, this matter is a bit dangerous, you can't let Your Majesty take this risk." Yang Chen finally understood, it turned out that the emperor was furious because he felt that everyone had arrested people without telling him, this son of heaven really had strange ideas.

"Hmph, don't you want to take all the blame on yourself, if they don't have the intention to hide it, they will listen to you?" Zhengde glared at everyone hatefully again: "What the hell is going on?" What is the identity of these two male and female tartars? Is it a spy sent by the grassland? ”

Yang Chen's reaction was quite fast, and as soon as he saw the emperor asking, he hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this Qinggel is indeed sent by the little prince of the Tatar Department, Boyan Mengke, to try to spy on the intelligence of our border pass, and even assassinate His Majesty. But this Tana girl has been wronged, and she really has the intention to come to me to warn us and help us deal with the coming troubles. ”

"Brother Yang......" Looking at Yang Chen, who was trying his best to defend himself, the last bit of resentment in Tana's heart dissipated, although the other party had deceived him before, but that was also his duty, not to mention that this matter was not too wronged, after all, Qingge did have other thoughts. In this way, she was nervous about Yang Chen, for fear that he would be treated as a spy by the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom in order to protect herself, but she also knew her identity, so it was difficult to say anything.

Yang Chen didn't have too many worries, he only knew that he couldn't let the woman in front of him suffer an injustice, otherwise his conscience would definitely not go, so he looked back at the Son of Heaven with a thoughtful face fearlessly, just waiting to talk to him.

Zhengde's gaze scanned back and forth between Yang Chen and Tana, and then a smile appeared, he already understood something.

Just as he was about to say something, suddenly several guards outside exclaimed, "That...... What is that? ”

These exclamations immediately attracted everyone's attention, and almost everyone raised their eyes to look out, and saw three wolf smoke rushing up from the originally blue sky......