Section 68 Rescue (ii)

The battlefield under the Great Wall gradually ended the chaotic situation, the Chahar people suffered a big loss by the sudden attack, but they quickly reacted, immediately retreated two miles to avoid the opponent's edge, and then erected a flag and blew a trumpet to gather the people who robbed everywhere, Li Yu originally intended to twist the opponent and fight indiscriminately, not to give the other party a chance to assemble, but his side was also chaotic, a large gang of men, women and children, most of them had no horses, only a stick in their hands, and what was even worse was that his arrows were running out, Li Yu understood that he would definitely fail miserably, Taking advantage of the retreat of the Chahar people to assemble, Li Yu ordered those who had no horses to retreat immediately, and those with horses followed him to cover, and a large number of old and weak women and children retreated to the west under the guidance of Han Dagong, and the young men and women on horseback assembled under the banner of Black Eagle one by one.

When Li Yu tore his throat and shouted in line, he suddenly heard someone calling him, he turned his head to see that it was Namu'er and Terrig who broke up in Kuku and Tun galloping towards him, Namu'er hugged Li Yu and cried loudly: "It's over, the East Outpost is finished, Ulu Taiji is dead, my Abba is also dead, there are so many people left in the East Outpost, Yuzi, why didn't you come early!" ”

Terrig couldn't help crying bitterly, he pointed at the Chahar people on the opposite side and shouted: "Humbaturu, you take us to beat them, they are the evil wolves of the steppe, kill them!" ”

"Namur, Terrig, now is not the time to cry, quickly organize your team, and we will fight the Chahar people together." Li Yu replied categorically, he glanced at the big flag on the pier platform of the Great Wall - the flag was embroidered with the words "Daming Xinpingbao Staff General - Fang", now the situation is critical, he only gathered seven or eight hundred people here, if you want to fight with the Chahar people who are outnumbered, you must ask Daming to lend a hand, he pointed to Namur, Terig and Meng Ke and said: "The Chahar people will attack us immediately, the three of you must use the fastest speed to put our people in order, I will go to the border wall." ”

Li Yu led Jeddah to gallop to the side wall with a fast horse, and when he arrived at the mountain pass, he met more than 300 people who were coming on, these people did not have horses, but they had swords, spears, bows and arrows in their hands, and they were shouting out of the mountain pass, and the leading man saw Li Yu and shouted: "Brother Yuzi, we are here to help you, let's fight the Chahar people together." ”

Li Yu grabbed his horse and glanced at the other party, shouted "Brother Mozhige", and jumped off the horse and hugged the man, while hugging Li Yu, Mozhige shouted: "Brothers, this is the Li Yu Baturu I told you, the bravest warrior in the Tumut steppe, we will follow him to fight those vicious Chahars." ”

The people of Shoukouyi immediately surrounded Li Yu, and excitedly said that they would follow Baturu to fight the Chahar people, Li Yu told everyone that we have too few people, and the arrows are running out, so we can only ask the Ming army for help, and he is now going to see the general of Xinpingbao. Mozhige immediately waved his hand and said, "Let's follow Baturu to find the general, and we will ask him for help." So, Li Yu led the group of people to the side wall along the same road, Li Yu arrived at the pass and shouted to the Ming army guarding the pass: I am Li Yu, the superintendent of the standard, I have something important to ask to see the general, please go and report it quickly.

Fang Zhikun was tired for most of the day, and was drinking water and resting, when he heard that there was a superintendent named Li Yu outside the gate who was looking for him, Fang Zhikun was taken aback, this kid named Li Yu had a fight with him in Baishan Mountain, why did he suddenly appear here? This guy won't get involved in this chaotic war between Tatars and barbarians, will he? He walked quickly to the battlement, and looked out at the guy who was fighting with him, he couldn't help laughing, and casually teased: "Little brother, why did you get here, are you unable to beat the barbarians, and you are chased here, it doesn't matter, the old brother will not die without help, give you a rope to climb up by yourself!" ”

"Brother Fang, the Chahar people are about to beat my people, I don't have time to chat with my brother, I know that my brother can't go into battle without the order of the official, and I can't let people enter the customs, please support me with some weapons, and the younger brother will remember the great kindness of the elder brother." Li Yu pleaded eagerly.

"No, the armaments of Xinpingbao are all registered, how can I give it to you casually, now you know to beg me, why don't you beg me when you fight with me, you still dare to hit me with a slingshot, Lao Tzu is still in pain, besides, you kicked me a few times, why should I help you?"

"Brother Fang, that's all the little brother's, if you don't get angry, just come down and beat me, the little brother really has no choice, I can only ask the old brother for help, the knife and spear are not easy to write, give me some arrows, if the little brother is defeated by those barbarians, they will definitely make trouble for the old brother."

"Look at your poor appearance, just give you some arrows, and get out of my way." Fang Zhikun burst out laughing, he also knew that the matter was urgent, and he didn't care about talking nonsense with Li Yu anymore, Li Yu hurriedly bowed down and thanked him, Fang Zhikun said with a cold face: "Brother Li, you beat me up against these bold and reckless barbarians, I really can't stand it and retreat to the side wall, brother, I am out of the way, and I desperately want to use the artillery on the side wall to teach the barbarian thieves a lesson, dare to go to Lao Tzu's territory to sprinkle, I can't cheapen them." ”

Dozens of bundles of arrows were quickly dropped in the city, Mo Rige excitedly led everyone to pick up the arrows and run, Li Yu hugged his fist at Fang Zhikun and said goodbye: "Brother Fang, junior brother is going here, after the battle, if you want the head, just go and get it yourself, junior brother doesn't need that." ”

"Get out, you still want to make trouble!" Fang Zhikun watched Li Yu leave with a smile.

Li Yu came back from a circle of the side wall, the two sides had not yet started fighting, Meng Ke, Namur and Terrig were frightened to form their ranks, ready to meet the fatal blow of the other side - the Chahars on the opposite side were at least more than three thousand, and they were less than eight hundred, but the other party lined up and looked at them stupidly, and there was no sign of making a move. As soon as Li Yu came back, he immediately distributed the arrows to everyone - Brother Fang was really happy, as soon as he made a move, he gave almost three thousand arrows, enough to fight for a while, Li Yu looked at the sky, and it was going to be dark in a few more hours, as long as he resisted this time, he would have a chance to escape, the Chahars were not familiar with the road and would never dare to pursue at night, he ordered Mozhige to take his men to carry bows and arrows to a nearby hill with a steep slope, and the cavalry immediately moved towards the mountain, he did not plan to attack, the Chahars were willing to spend time and then accompany, Anyway, as soon as it gets dark, he will flee, and if the other party attacks, his cavalry can resist for a while if he has Mozhige and his men condescending to shoot arrows to cover him.

The Chahar people were still arguing at this time, this team was the elite of the Gaoer barbarian households led by Karma Jinong, there were more than 3,000 people, and the Karma Jinong wanted to eat this team that had just been put together before dark, but he was caught off guard by Li Yu at the beginning, and lost three or four hundred people at once, Karma felt that he could not lose any more people, otherwise it would be difficult to go back and explain to the Gaoer Tuman Hatun who was in charge of this ten thousand households, he hit the idea to Gui Yingcha who was transferred to him for command, Ask Gui Yingcha, the ironclad cavalry of Sumu, to fight in the front, Gui Yingcha immediately refused, he and his Konott cavalry have participated in the battle of Kuku and Tun, as soon as he saw the black eagle flag, he was stunned, Gui Yingcha has a good reason, he has less than five hundred people in this Sumu, he can't bury the elite of the Great Khan in the hands of the rebels in these eastern outposts, he can be responsible for the flank cover, but the strong attack still has to be done by the Gaoer barbarians themselves, anyway, these unarmored troops are easy to replenish.

Gui Yingcha dared to openly disobey the order, Karma was so angry that he almost jumped up, pointing at Gui Yingcha and scolding, Gui Yingcha did not show weakness, and immediately followed the scolding, both of them are Chahar Khan's favorite ministers, Karma has Gor Tuman Hatun to make his decisions, but Gui Yingcha also has a sister Uyunna to blow the pillow wind to Chahar Khan, who is afraid of whom! As soon as the two quarreled, they turned over the adult bad accounts that used to fight for the pastures, subordinates and property, and said whatever was unpleasant, Guiying was said to have turned his face, so he simply slapped his ass and left, leaving the Karma and Gaoer barbarians behind.

Gui Yingcha ran away but made Garma determined to attack, he still has nearly three thousand cavalry, if he is scared away by the seven or eight hundred rabble on the opposite side, he is simply unable to be a Jinong, he ordered the armored soldiers in front, the unarmored people in the back, all the strength to attack, must be before dark to defeat the other party.

As soon as the attack of the Karma was launched, Li Yu couldn't eat, these people of him were actually a group of ordinary people who could ride and shoot, and the combat effectiveness could not be compared with the other party at all, after a few rounds of shooting with the other party, Li Yu ordered to retreat to the hill where Mozhige was, this trick made the Karma suffer, the rain of arrows shot on the mountain quickly shot down dozens of Chahar people, Karma was angry and wanted to pack up the infantry who shot arrows, but he soon found that the slope of this hill was too steep, and the cavalry could not rush up at all, while he was in a hurry, Li Yu detoured back to his flank, Shot dozens of his unarmored soldiers, and by the time he turned around and fought back, Li Yu had slipped away with his people.

Karma is also a battlefield general, and immediately understood that Li Yu was deliberately wasting time, he ordered to leave a thousand households with 500 people to dismount and attack the archers on the mountain with all their might, and the other more than 2,000 people followed him to attack the opponent's cavalry.

Garma was ruthless, the Chahar people poured in like a tide, Li Yu commanded everyone to shoot a rain of arrows that could not suppress the other party at all, and he also suffered a lot of casualties, so he had to retreat step by step, the original design of the infantry and cavalry with tactics was useless, and now they had to rescue Mozhige - Mozhige These weapons are mainly bows and arrows, and the number of knives and spears is very small, and they can't hold on to the mountain for a long time. Li Yu was also a little flustered, this Chahar army not only has an absolute advantage in numbers, but also has strong combat power and proper scheduling, Chahar directly under Wanhu is indeed not comparable to the stragglers of Etok, and if he fights hard, he may be wiped out, and he must make adjustments.

"Na Mu'er, you take someone to pick up Mo Rige, immediately break through, and retreat along the mountain road to the side wall, Chen Erzhu, you come to me, as soon as Mo Rige retreats, he immediately blows the military horn to withdraw," Li Yu was anxious, and kept shooting arrows at the Chahar people who rushed over, and the other party also desperately released arrows in the direction of the Black Eagle Flag, Li Yu kept screaming and getting off the horse, Li Yu himself was hit by a few arrows, fortunately, the fish scale armor he was wearing was well-made and did not hurt the flesh, Li Yu shouted loudly, "Run, turn back and forth to attack, no one is allowed to stop, Shoot hard at the Chahars and cover the retreat of their brothers on the hill. ”

Li Yu struggled to support, Namur rushed to the bottom of the mountain with more than 200 people in one breath, and killed the Chahar people under the mountain, Namur continuously shot out Mingdi into the air, signaling Mozhige to retreat, Mozhige was almost unable to stand it, heard the sound of Mingdi and immediately rushed down the mountain, and immediately a Chahar soldier came to intercept it, and the Wushen warrior who was temporarily designated as a hundred chiefs Bai Yintu was able to kill, threw away the archers and raised their maces to kill the enemy group, Namur saw that the situation was critical, shouted and raised his knife and led his men to pounce, Engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Chahars. Rushing down from the hill, Morrig shouted, "Protect me, protect me!" Several Shoukouyi people with swords and shields immediately surrounded him in the middle, Mozhige took the opportunity to shoot several arrows in succession, and shot several armored Chahar soldiers who rushed in front to death, the Chahar people were a little timid for a while, and Mozhige took advantage of the situation to meet Baiyintu, who had been killed all over the mountain. Namur was overjoyed, and immediately ordered a retreat, the people of Shoukouyi were extremely familiar with the terrain and roads outside the Great Wall, and after a while, more than 200 people who were alive went into the mountains, but Mozhige was red-eyed, and under the cover of Baiyintu, he sealed the throat of a Chahar officer with an arrow, and robbed the good horse of the dead ghost, and then retreated.

Chen Erzhu's horn sounded, Li Yu led people to desperately flee under the side wall, there are mountains, forests and hills outside the side wall, where is he going to hide and continue to spend time with the Chahar people, of course Karma will not let go of these people, bite them to the death, the rain of arrows is overwhelming towards this group of fleeing enemies, Li Yu also used the retrospective arrow to fight back, but it is obvious that Li Yu has suffered a big loss, and the strength and speed of the retrospective arrow are too limited. The group of Shoukouyi people who had burrowed into the mountains saw that their people were in danger, and they slipped out in groups to cast cold arrows, but this was to no avail, Li Yu was chased in a mess, and he was already thinking about whether it was time to abandon the war horse and burrow into the mountain on foot.

Fang Zhikun stood on the highest pier, gloating as he watched Li Yu being chased all over the ground, and one of his guards said with emotion: "This Li Dusi has two hits, and it is not easy for a group of rabble who have temporarily gathered to fight until now, Lord General, if you don't let the last general go out of the pass and stab the brute buttocks, help Li Dusi." "- This garrison fought in a group last time, fell into a trap and was captured, but Li Yu treated them well, did not beat and humiliate them, and invited them to breakfast, he had a good impression of Li Yu.

"Old Sun, let's not make up for this excitement, the soldiers of Xinping Fort are not as good as this rabble, but it is still appropriate to help that muddy boy," Fang Zhikun said with a smile, he patted a cannon beside him, "Just use these guys to scare the barbarians, I haven't seen this thing used in the army for more than ten years, let's try it today." ”

Sun Shoubei said with a bitter face: "These cannons are older than us, and some of them have been placed here for hundreds of years, and no one dares to use them!" If the cannon is blown up, we won't be able to explain it to the top. ”

"What are you afraid of! Fill the gunpowder, leave the line of fire longer, and if it ignites our brothers, stay away, and if you hit it, it will be unlucky, and if you don't hit, you can scare them, and it doesn't matter if you blow up the chamber, let's find a few masons to re-paste it and still make decorations, you can rest assured, no one above will take this seriously. ”

Fang Zhikun said that he would do it, and took Sun Shoubei to choose a few artillery pieces that could still be seen, and found a group of fort guards who had used three-eyed guns and were busy, and they were still scared at the beginning of the soldiers, and they heard that they could run away after lighting the line of fire, and they immediately became interested, and they also wanted to see what was going on with this old antique. The soldiers filled the guns with enough gunpowder and loaded them with solid iron balls, and a few of them pretended to aim for a while.

Seeing that he was about to stop, Fang Zhikun waved the flag and ordered the cannon to be fired, and with eight loud sounds, the old man completed his first live fire after arriving at Xinping Fort, but he immediately felt the ground under his feet tremble, and then he heard someone shouting, "Someone is exploding, someone is injured." ”

Eight artillery guns fired, three of them blew up, blowing up a large part of the battlements, a few soldiers who were hiding far away were also beaten by the elusive fragments, two of the five cannons that were shot out were still steaming under the side wall, and no one knew where the remaining three went, Fang Zhikun was so angry that he stomped his feet and shouted: "What the hell is this, whoever touches this thing again in the future just doesn't want to live." ”

Fang Zhikun saved Li Yu with these cannons, and the Chahar people were startled by eight loud noises, and then a cannon smashed heavily in front of them, and immediately bounced up and flew towards them, the Chahar people dodged in horror and crowded into a ball, but the cannon fell under their feet and never moved again, after a big mess in Chahar, more than a dozen guys were squeezed off their horses. Something even more terrifying came, and then two more cannons flew over, this time they couldn't dodge, one guy was hit by a cannon, and the whole person flew out of the horse, and the other cannon was even more ruthless, smashing a guy with people and horses into a blur of flesh and blood, the Chahar people were scared stupid, they didn't know if they would give them a few more cannons on the side wall, they stayed in place for a while and didn't know what to dodge, and some guys even began to shrink back. Karma also hesitated, the Ming army on the side wall made a move, this is troublesome, the Great Khan specifically said that now no matter what, you can't turn your face with the Ming army, Chahar and the Ming army are allies to deal with the Jin State, and the half-starved Chahar is still counting on reaching out to the Ming State to ask for money and food, since he has made up his mind to ask for food, then he can't tear his face with others.

Li Yu finally had a chance to breathe, the pursuit of the Chahar people almost made his team collapse, and there were only four hundred people left who could flee with him, taking advantage of the daze of the Chahar people, he led people to rush up a hillside, regrouped in formation, the sun had already begun to set, and if he held on for a while, he would have a chance to get out, but he couldn't beat him, so he had to abandon his horse and run into the mountains behind him to escape.

Li Yu wanted to fight the trapped beast, Karma was hesitant, the two sides were at a stalemate for a while, at this time the horn of the Ming army came from the west, a Ming cavalry was galloping towards them quickly, the big red flag of the Ming army was particularly eye-catching, Karma looked up at the sky, shook his head helplessly, now he can only retreat, and must not clash with the Ming army.