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Liu Yingji stood at the head of Beiguan City, looking far away towards the north, with an unpredictable smile on his lips.

Although he was surrounded by trusted and reliable people at this time, Governor Liu didn't dare to show the pride in his heart too obviously: "Presumably at this time, the war on Bai Mountain's side should have almost ended." Zhong Yu is a messenger, and it should be an honor for him to be trapped in Baishan Mountain like Han Gaozu, and it has not insulted his identity, right? ”

In the afternoon of today, someone from Yinchuan Fort sent the news that Zhong Yu would go to Baishan Mountain today. After getting the news, Liu Yingji was naturally overjoyed, and felt that the big trouble that had been bothering him would soon be solved. Although he couldn't hear it when he stood here, let alone see the battle on the side of Baishan Mountain, dozens of miles away, he always had an illusion, and it seemed that he could see Liu Yingji and them being trampled into powder by the Mongolian iron cavalry from a distance.

As the governor of Datong, Liu Yingji has not dealt with the Tatars once or twice, and he still has a clear understanding of their combat effectiveness, even if it is the border army of Datong, it is not an opponent to fight them in the wilderness when the number of people is equal, not to mention those soldiers and horses from the capital.

Don't look at their usual swagger, but when they really get to the battlefield, these guys who haven't even seen blood a few times may be scared. As for those generals, they are even less worth mentioning, their on-the-spot response is not even as good as a general in the Datong garrison, and as for the courage, it is even worse. Liu Yingji was convinced that once the battle began, with the quality of these generals, it would not take an hour or two for the Mongol iron cavalry to completely destroy them, and then it would be a one-sided massacre.

"Zhong Yu, Zhong Yu, if you die, you can't blame me, if you want to complain, you have to investigate deeply, I have to use the power of the Tatars in order to protect myself." Thinking of this, Liu Yingji had to admire Li Jue, who came up with this plan to kill people with a knife.

On the same day, after seeing through Song Xueqiao's possible murder with a knife, he also proposed this trick of borrowing a knife to kill people, borrowing the hands of the Tatars to get rid of Zhong Yu. In this way, they will not only be able to keep their secrets, but they will also be able to avoid the responsibility of being killed. Even if the imperial court blames them for this, it can only blame them for their poor protection.

But everyone in Yinchuan Fort can testify that it was Zhong Yu himself who proposed to turn Datong alone, and who knew that they would be attacked by Tartars in the middle of the road?

"Tartar ......" Now Liu Yingji only has one dilemma left in his heart, that is, after this incident, will Amudai Hongtaiji's side notice something, and then use this to blackmail himself. However, it is not time for him to think about how to solve this problem, and it is a big deal that he will send troops to destroy his Chahar department, although it may pay a big price.

After slowly exhaling another breath, Liu Yingji squinted at the sky in the north that had gradually darkened, and said to himself in his heart: "It should be over, right?" ”

The battle was not over as Liu Yingji thought, and the Ming army, after paying a great price, finally retreated to Baishan Mountain, thus occupying a certain geographical advantage. And as the battle continued, the first brother of the battlefield in Jingying finally came out of the panic just now and began to defend in style.

After all, these Jingying sergeants are the elite recruited from all over the country, although they have never been on the battlefield and will be timid, but in the face of life and death, the desire to survive can make them overcome the fear in their hearts. Coupled with Yang Zhen's command with a calm attitude, he finally calmed down the morale of these hundreds of Ming troops who had retreated to the mountain, and began to let go of their hands and feet to defend.

Although the Ming army is inferior to the Tartars at the bottom in terms of troops, they are much better than the Tartars in terms of armament. They are soldiers of the Beijing camp, and this time they were ordered to protect Qin, so the imperial court naturally equipped them with the best weapons. And there are a hundred soldiers of the Shenji Battalion among them.

In this era when cold weapons are still the main means of warfare, the Shenji Battalion in the Ming Army is the only special unit equipped with firearms. Although the muskets at this time were far from being able to compare with later generations in terms of range, lethality, and difficulty in reloading, and sometimes they were even more convenient than bows and crossbows, in the condescending terrain of Baishan Mountain, the muskets played an unexpected effect.

Whenever a group of Tartars relied on their dexterity and dexterity to kill up the mountain, and the Ming army was unable to cover everything because of insufficient troops, Yang Zhen would send the hundred or so musketeers over. After a flurry of gunfire, the Tartars were left with a few corpses left behind.

Seeing that they could so easily repel the enemy, the morale of the Ming army would be boosted, and the fear and cowardice would dissipate. However, Yang Zhen also knew that this was only a temporary measure, and they were still too far away from truly getting rid of the danger.

"Bang bang...... After another burst of dense gunfire, a Tartar attack before dark was repelled by the Ming army. All the sergeants sat down on the ground in a daze, gasping for air. This was the seventh attack they had repulsed, and they had been wrestling with the Tartars for two hours, both physically and mentally.

This is one of the problems that Yang Zhen is worried about. If it is a soldier who has been rolling on the battlefield all year round, he should still be able to maintain a certain amount of energy at this time, but these people in front of him are different, they consume much more than normal movements because of fear. Moreover, in the process of defending the position, they will not have the experience to maintain their physical strength, so they are more likely to get tired.

And that's just the least problematic issue. The shortage of food and drinking water is the most troublesome thing now. Because they were not prepared to be trapped, they only brought half a day's food and water with them. After two hours of fierce fighting, these things had already been eaten and drunk by the soldiers. In other words, next, they have to go hungry and deal with the enemy. Perhaps they were not taking this into account now because they were still focused on the enemy's movements down the hill, but once the enemy suspended his offensive because it was dark, the problem was inevitable. At that time, the wavering of the morale of the military will also be inevitable.

Just as Yang Zhen was frowning and didn't know how to deal with this problem, Mu Chun, the general of the Shenji Battalion, who had been regarded as his right-hand subordinate, walked over with a worried face and whispered: "Lord Qianhu, we have less than 20% of the ammunition left, I'm afraid that if we come again like this, the musket of our Shenji Battalion can only be used as a burning stick." ”

This is the third problem that Yang Zhen is worried about. Not only did they not have much water, but they also did not have enough ammunition for arrows and muskets. Again, no one expected that this would happen, if they had known that this would be the case, they would not have come out of Yinchuan Fort.

Yang Zhen pondered for a moment before nodding and saying, "I know." Don't spread the word about this, lest it shake the morale of the army. ”

"Humble duty understands. But ......" Mu Chun hesitated for a moment and said: "I'm afraid that this matter won't be hidden for long, as long as the Tartars attack once or twice, the matter will be known to everyone who is enemy and me, and then ......"

"Don't worry, I don't think it's possible for the Tartars to attack tonight. Today's losses are not small, and they are afraid that they will pay more casualties when attacking the mountain at night. Yang Zhen said with confidence.

When Mu Chun heard this, his heart was slightly calm, and he nodded and said, "I understand." So, do you think about what we will do tomorrow? ”

"Well...... Let me think about it. Yang Zhen said casually, but his eyes flashed with deep thought.

Yes, now that it has reached the critical point of life and death, it is naturally a dead end to defend it, because he believes that even if Datong learns the news, Liu Yingji and they will not send troops to save him. This was a trap they had set in order to put themselves and Zhong Yu to death, so how could they send troops to save them? And there is no capital to defend on his side, so there is only one choice - to break through!

But how to break through, where to break through, and when to break through this enclosure are the questions he has to consider. Now, he has thought of the answer to the last question, the breakthrough must be chosen before dawn, and the enemy must also be troubled by the dark night to break through, in order to level the balance of strength between the enemy and us to the greatest extent.

After thinking for a long time, Yang Zhen walked in front of Zhong Yu. At this time, Lord Zhong was still full of guilt and frustration, his head hung low, and he didn't even have any interest in talking.

At this time, he knew very well how much he had fallen for someone else's trick and how wrong he had been. It was his own willfulness and selfishness that caused so many soldiers to fall into a desperate situation. This realization made him hate to judge himself in front of everyone to apologize, but if he really wanted to do so, he lacked enough courage.

"My lord......" It wasn't until Yang Zhen greeted him that Zhong Yu came back to his senses from the abyss of self-blame, raised his eyes and smiled bitterly: "Yang Qianhu, it's all the official's fault that caused ......"

"Adults don't have to be like this, everyone has a time when they are blinded, as long as they wake up in time, there will always be a day of remedy." Although Yang Zhen was very dissatisfied with his previous series of decisions, he couldn't say these things at this time, and could only comfort him. Only then did they explain their current situation and crisis.

"How's that okay?" When Zhong Yu heard this, his expression became even more nervous.

"I've thought about it, and now the only way to survive is to break through. But it requires your cooperation. ”

"If there's anything I can do to help you, just say it, and I'll do it." Zhong Yu immediately said, he felt that this was the only compensation he could make.

Yang Zhen then whispered his arrangement, but Zhong Yu was shocked when he heard it, and he couldn't believe it......