Sun Shoujing, Sun Shouli, Jin Guan and others were silent when they heard this, and the first duty of everyone in this battle was to stick to Pingyu Fort and prevent the Tartars from crossing the Pu River. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAt this time, there was no news of reinforcements, so with this little bit of soldiers and horses in the city, he risked sending troops to be careless and the whole army was in danger of being wiped out.

At this time, Ziren stood up and asked, "How many men and horses are there in the Mongolian Tartars, and how long do you two estimate how long Puhe can hold out?" ”

The two family members were chased by the Tartars all the way very embarrassed, and most of the seven people in the group were broken, how could they have the time to count how many people and horses the enemy had, one said that the Tartars were about 10,000 people, and the other said that the Tartars were more than 50,000. As for how many days this Puhe River can be held, the reply of the two is indeed very unanimous, less than two days.

Sun Shoujing frowned when he heard this, only Ziren said with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Come on, go and call Cao Xiyuan, my brother is trapped and he can't just lie on the bed as an elder brother." "Anyway, I called a few people who went out of the city to inquire about the enemy's situation at night.

The soldiers who can act as nights are the elite of the border army in Liaodong Town, because they have to go deep into the grassland from time to time to explore the Mongolian Tatar enemy, their martial arts and alertness are naturally beyond doubt. But this time, the patrol post actually lost a lot, which made Ziren inevitably a little suspicious.

According to Sun Yaozong, the officer of the night team, they encountered small groups of Mongolian sentry horsemen from time to time along the way, but the Tartars greeted them and left, and did not come forward to stop them. It was not until they approached the boundary of Puhe and received the family members who came to ask for help that they were besieged on all sides by hundreds of Mongolian cavalry. However, the Tartars did not do their best in the slightest, otherwise there was a high risk that none of them would return.

Sun Shouli, the oldest of the several people, suddenly spoke: "The Tartars have been prepared for a long time, and deliberately sent a sentry to ride back to report to us, in my opinion, the Tartar siege is fake, and it is true to lure us out of the city to send reinforcements." ”

Ziren thought for a moment, turned his gaze to Feng Wensheng and asked, "I don't know what the terrain around the Pu River is?" How far away is this? ”

Feng Wensheng hurriedly replied: "The Puhe River stands more than forty miles north of Shenyang City, and is built on a high ground on the north bank of the Puhe River. There are two roads to this place from Pingyu Fort, one of which is directly along the north bank of the Pu River, and the distance is about forty miles. The second is to detour to the south bank of the Pu River, but the distance is far more than two percent. ”

Ding Shoutie saw that when Ziren heard that he could detour from the south bank of the Pu River, there was a light in his eyes, and he persuaded in a low voice: "The general is in danger of this battle, I hope you will think twice." ”

If Ziren wants to send troops to rescue, he will inevitably fight with the Mongolian Tatars on flat land, and Wang Mingqiang, Zhou Daqi, Lei Zhenwei, and Wang Shouguan also have a trace of worry on their faces.

Ziren saw the concerns in the hearts of his subordinates, and Ling Ran said: "You and I are waiting for the sons of the Han family, but we are just cowering in the city and guarding, and we don't dare to confront the Mongolian Tatars head-on, what is the use of the court raising me!" I'm going to let this group of Tartar slaves see if there are any soldiers who dare to fight in Liaodong Town! While speaking, Ziren's gaze swept to the generals of Shenyang.

"Well done!" Sun Shoujing was so excited by Ziren that he patted his chest and said: "It's enough to defend the city in the past two days, and I'm desperate to count me with my godson!" ”

Sun Shouli knew his brother's temper, and even if he spoke out to dissuade him, it would be useless, so he stood aside silently.

Jin Guan, who has known Ziren for the longest time, asked puzzledly: "Brother Ding, you have just formed a bond with the Cao family, and you are a guest soldier, even if this Puhe Fort is lost, you can't be blamed, so why rush to save it." ”

"The Cao family also has a personal vendetta, killing slaves is the ambition of our men! Which is more important? Ziren asked rhetorically.

Since they have made up their minds, the people in the fort will send sentinels to Shenyang to send a message to Shenyang and begin to make urgent preparations. Ziren and Sun Shoujing each selected 500 men and horses, and sent a total of 1,000 troops. The rest of the men and horses were handed over to Sun Shouli to garrison Pinglu Fort, and Ziren left behind all the 10,000 enemies who had been temporarily driven out, and if the Tartars took the opportunity to attack, it would be enough for them to drink a pot.

The recruits had not passed the test of war, and fearing that they would be defeated before the battle, Ziren transferred the veterans of Zhou Daqi and Wang Shouguan to each division and organized them into three banners, each flag was equipped with four wheelbarrows, and the two divisions totaled more than 320 foot soldiers.

Coupled with the more than 50 surviving cavalry of the Wang's Command Hard Cavalry Division, and the entire Firearms Division of Lei Zhenwei, the number is only a lot more. Everyone immediately acted as ordered, and the entire Pingyu Fort was instantly busy. In a short time, a group of soldiers was assembled and ready to set off.

In order to speed up the march, Ziren did not bring non-combatants except for medical officers. All the soldiers carried two catties of pancakes and meatballs, which could be eaten by the soldiers for three days. The two medium-sized Furlong machines of the Firearms Division were too heavy to carry and inconvenient, so Ziren did not carry them this time, so he borrowed the four small sample Franc machines of about 100 catties in the hands of the golden crown, and the pack horses were responsible for the shipment.

In terms of armor, Ziren already has a surplus in his hands. In addition, after days of fierce fighting, a lot of them were captured from the Mongol Tatars. After intense repairs by military craftsmen, more than forty pairs of iron armor were added. This time, the infantry and cavalry were all dressed in iron armor, and the gunners of the firearms division were uniformly dressed in iron cotton armor.

Due to the urgency of time, many armor tools only nailed some nail pieces and iron blades to the damaged parts, which looked somewhat worn. But as long as you can defend against the Tartar's knives and arrows, you can't care about these at this time.

Because of the obstruction of the Pu River, the Tartars' troops were blocked on the north bank. Ziren inevitably had an accident, so he asked Sun Shoujing to send out the night to investigate the situation in the south bank.

Taking advantage of this free time, Ziren ordered the headquarters to gather at the school to give a lecture. Although there have been many victories in these days, the protection of the city wall still makes many soldiers uneasy.

Ziren looked at the audience with a calm face, and one team after another of the soldiers lined up in a row, and said loudly after a while: "Wu Gaoyang, Zhen Lixing、......, come forward to listen to the reward." ”

When the words landed, I saw eight soldiers who had made meritorious contributions to the battle come forward and stand behind Ziren in turn.

I saw Ziren say loudly: "Wu Gaoyang is a Tatar slave for revenge for Shangguan, and he will be awarded a hundred taels of silver for the post of chief of the flag." Zhen Li sent artillery to kill the enemy, and awarded the post of team chief with a reward of 50 taels of silver...... "After rewarding these meritorious people one by one, in front of all the soldiers, he handed over the silver with white flowers, and did not forget to pat the shoulders of several people to show encouragement.

Although Wang Mingqiang, Zhou Daqi and others have greater credit, Ziren knows that there is nothing more to boost the morale of the soldiers than to see their colleagues who accompany them day and night, rewarded for their meritorious service in killing the enemy. Looking directly at the blazing eyes of the soldiers in the audience, he continued: "I know how much everyone is worried about going out of the city for this rescue. The Mongol Tatars have been a disaster for hundreds of years, and the war in the wilderness is indeed difficult to deal with. ”

At this time, Ziren deliberately stopped and gave Ding Shoutie a color.

Shoutie understood, and carried up the large box containing the Tartar's head and the silver, and dumped it on the platform. The face of the Tartar still carried the pain of dying, and the reflection of the silver light was very piercing.

Ziren's eyes were like eagles, he glanced at everyone, and shouted: "But so what, these days the Tartars have not broken their heads under the city, and they have paved a way for us to be promoted to the rank of official and knight, and the future of being crowned a wife and a son, everyone has the ambition to follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!" ”

Out of the desire for fame and fortune, the uneasiness in the hearts of the soldiers disappeared in an instant, and under the leadership of Wang Mingjian and others, they raised their arms hoarsely and shouted: "Kill slaves ~ will win ~"

Sun Shouli, Sun Shoujing and others, who were watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but admire in their hearts: "What a tiger and wolf army." ”

(The next chapter will be updated tomorrow before 12 o'clock) (To be continued.) )