In the grassland in October, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the eagle is soaring. If you can use the eyes of an eagle to overlook the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains on the ground, you can clearly see a winding Great Wall, lying on the bend of the Yellow River, dividing the Ordos Plateau and the Guanzhong Plain into two boundaries. To the south of the Great Wall, it is the defense area of Yulin Town and Yansui Town of Daming, and to the south of the Great Wall, it is the vast grassland where the Ordos Department of Tatar is stationed for grazing. The Ulan Mulun River, which runs north-south, runs through the grasslands and plains, making the two ethnic groups who have been enemies for generations have to drink the same river water in embarrassment.

It is the late autumn season, the Ordos grassland is an eye-catching golden yellow, and the Ulan Mulun River is dotted like a bright silver belt, adding a lot of liveliness to this endless grassland. The water is clear and the sky is blue, and a few groups of fat and strong cattle and sheep are wandering on the grass by the river, seizing the time to munch on the rich pasture, making the final preparations for the coming long winter.

A herdsman rode on a horse, followed the sheep, and sang a Mongolian song in his mouth: On the beautiful grassland, there is a good girl, she is noble and beautiful, intelligent and kind, both civil and military, and she is the phoenix of our grassland. On the beautiful grassland, there is a good girl, she is noble and beautiful, intelligent and kind, both civil and military, she is our Zhongjin Beiji ............ Ordos"

Suddenly, he stopped singing, looked up and looked north, only to see several horses galloping in the distance. The herdsman's eyes were good, and he saw that the one running in front was a Mongolian girl wearing a Mongolian women's crown, dressed in a bright red suit, with a curved bow on her back and a Mongolian scimitar on her waist, extremely handsome and heroic. They were followed by Mongolian women with bows and swords............ Seeing this, his expression was relaxed, and he dismounted in surprise and stood on the side of the road, making a Mongolian salute.

Afraid of frightening the sheep, the group of women slowed down their horses, and when they came to the herdsman, the girl in red asked, "Uncle Ayigul, what is unusual here lately?" "The voice is as graceful as a lark on the prairie.

"Beji still remembers the name of the villain", the herdsman was flattered, did not dare to look up, and stammered to reply: "The villain has just returned from the south, everything is normal, and the southerners have not built a wall further to the north." ”

"I'll have to see for myself to be reassured." The woman smiled and said goodbye to the herdsmen, and continued south with her entourage.

The group of people and horses left for a long time, and the herdsman Ayigul was still there staring blankly, immortal God, he must be a lucky star "This month, I actually met the princess of the Ordos grassland one after another"...... Beji means "princess" in Mongolian.

The woman ran five or six miles south along the river in a hurry, and then she restrained her horse in front of a grassy knoll, and the red horse under her crotch was so great that it took only a few steps from galloping to stationary before she stopped on the grassy knoll.

The horsemen behind followed suit, and scattered around the grassy knoll, guarding the woman in red and on the red horse. One of the pretty women, who looked like a retinue, came up on horseback, and took out a sweat towel, and handed it over.

The Mongolian girl in red was holding a clairglass with a brass shell and looking at the south. Only then did he turn his face. It is actually a beautiful and handsome face, like a flawless jade, like spring plum blooming snow, and there is a heroic spirit in the beauty. In particular, her beautiful eyes like stars and moonlight contain infinite vitality and spirituality, as if she only needs to take a look at "heaven and earth can flourish and be vibrant."

The woman next to her is the maid she grew up with, although the two are very familiar, but every time they look at her, they will feel a flustered heartbeat. "She had to sigh secretly, no wonder those warriors of the steppe would be as clumsy as drunken cattle when they saw Begi."

After the girl in red wiped the fine beads on her face, she saw that her female companion was still distracted, and asked in a coquettish voice, "Zhuoma, what do you want?" ”

"Oh......... "Zhuoma stuck out his little tongue and quickly changed the subject: "I think, the place next to the Han people here is too close, so it's better for us to stay away." ”

"How can you see clearly from afar?" The girl in red gently pulled the pigtail in her ear" shook her head slightly and said: "Since I found out that the Ming army had repaired the side wall to the front of Shiyi, I have felt uneasy" said to Abba, Abba laughed at my child's blind thinking, and said to the eighth uncle, and the eighth uncle did not stop. Since the men won't listen, we have to pay more attention to them.

"Now that I've seen it, it's okay." Dolma said, "Let's go back." ”

"yes, Begi, what's the point here?" Another female companion came over and said, "Today, Jinong's Battle will hold an archery conference in the Eight White Rooms, let's go back and watch the excitement." ”

"I think it's true that Duo'er wants to see Abutai." The girl in red looked at the side wall on the mountain in the distance and was safe and sound, and she was also in the mood to laugh with her female companion.

"Beji is laughing at people again............" Doer's face turned red into a big apple.

"Okay, let's go back", the girl in red smiled at Zhuoma, "Otherwise, our Duo'er will complain about me, alas......" and prepared to turn around. The women on the side also got on their horses one after another, preparing for the return trip.

At this moment, the girl in red seemed to feel something, her delicate body stiffened, and she turned her head suddenly, and saw a section of the city wall in the distance falling down. She couldn't help but widen her eyes, wanting to see if it was the Ming Army's unqualified project or some other reason.

When the dust settled a little, she finally saw that a large army of Ming troops was pouring out of the gap in the city wall. At the head of the procession, a group of scout rangers, rushed down the hill and dispersed in all directions to the north............ Some of them rode in their direction.

The girl in red was the first to come back to her senses, and Huā said with a gloomy face: "It's the Ming army!" As he spoke, he said to the frightened entourage: "Let's go quickly, Duo'er and Zhuoma will report to my eighth uncle, and I will tell Abba!" After speaking, he whipped the horsewhip, and the red horse rushed out like an arrow.

The rest of the women came to their senses at this time, desperately urged the war horses, and followed Beji closely.

The woman in red didn't know that while she was looking, there were also Ming soldiers watching her.

Removing the clairvoyant mirror from his eyes, Wang Chonggu, who was dressed in military uniform, said to Shen Mo in a respectful voice: "It has been discovered." ”

Shen Mo smiled disapprerovingly: "How can such a big movement not be discovered?" As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the troops that were gathering at the bottom of the mountain, and there was no end in sight. And on the mountain, there are still teams that come down quickly, divided into several units and rolled into the large army.

Seeing the spectacular scene of the army's advance, Wang Chonggu's eyes were moist, and he hissed: "Twenty-five years ago in Jiajing, Zeng Xiangshugong, who was the governor of the three sides at the time, "asked for the resumption of the Hetao, and said that the article was eight words...... Please take 60,000 yuan, every spring and summer, bring 50 days' salary, water and land exchange, and smash it! After a pause, he said in a trembling voice: "Today, Dashuai's long-cherished wish has finally been fulfilled, and his spirit in the sky will definitely guarantee you!" ”

"It's a pity that it's the dry season", after listening to Wang Chonggu's words, he was silent for a while, and then said softly after a while: "It has to be at the turn of spring and summer next year to realize Zeng Gong's long-cherished wish of water and land exchange." "Because the Ulan Mulun River that originates in the set, flows into Shenmu County in Shaanxi from northwest to southeast through Dongsheng and Yijin Horo, so the Ming soldiers can take a boat to Dongsheng, but it is now the dry season, and I don't want the boat to run aground while driving, and then use the Mongols as a target."

At this time, Qi Jiguang, Liu Xian, Jiang Yingxiong, Hu Shouren, Li Chengliang, Qi Jimei, Zhang Yuanxun and other generals who went out to fight, as well as supervised the imperial history and military equipment, came to the two commanders.

Shen Mo and Wang Chonggu will not go out with the army, the two are here to see off the army today. Because the army was already in enemy territory, he was silent and didn't talk nonsense, and with a wave of his hand, "a guard handed out bowls of wine to the generals." At this time, there were also more than 2,000 defenders of Shenmuwei at the foot of the mountain, carrying the wine jar to the front of the various armies, and poured a bowl of bowls into the hands of the soldiers who went out.

Shen Mo also took a bowl, raised the wine above his head, and said loudly: "Generals, there is Governor Wang in the rear to guard the border wall for you, and I will supervise the food and salary for you, so you can just kill the enemy as much as you want, and you don't need to worry about the future!" Please drink this full, I wish you a successful start, and we will wait for good news! ”

"I don't want to return it!" The generals also raised their wine bowls alof.

"I don't want to return it!" The soldiers at the foot of the mountain shouted a tsunami.

"!" Shen Mo roared, drank it all, and smashed the bowl to the ground.

"!" The generals shouted together, and then raised their bowls and drank them all, "and then smashed them to the ground!"

"!" The soldiers responded to the tsunami. Then they raised their bowls and drank all the wine, and a mountain clattered the bowl.

"Let's go!" Shen Mo waved his hand violently, "All the generals saluted together, then turned around and strode down the mountain."

The drums and horns on the mountain sounded in unison, and the soldiers sang the military song in unison: Tianwei swept across the Yellow River, and the Qiang people sang all the Han songs.

Moyan crosses the mountain and flows backwards, and goes from the west of the church to make Enbo. ,, the flag team is like a splendid pile, and the silver is beaten back.

First teach to clean the Anxi Road, wait for the source of the river to drink the horse..., this time the troops attacking the grassland, with the 10th battalion of the new army as the main backbone"... Of the ten vanguard battalions, there are two cavalry battalions, four infantry battalions, two chariot battalions, and two radiant battalions. With 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers sent by Yulin and Yansui, a total of 100,000 horses. Among them, there were 32,000 cavalry and more than 15,000 vehicles of various sizes.

There were no people, and all the supplies and vehicles were transported by foot soldiers. Of course, this is also related to the fact that all the people in Yulin and Yansui are soldiers...... All of them are military households, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find them.

An attack of this scale is already the limit for the current Da Ming. Shen Mo had already told Qi Jiguang that if the war didn't go well, they shouldn't expect there to be troops on the border to support them, and even before the dry season passed, they had to protect the supply lines themselves. Therefore, in order to avoid repeating the drama of Han Li Ling's exhaustion of food and no way back, the weight of the army on this expedition was enough to hold out for three months without any supplies.

With so many men and horses to cross the Great Wall and regroup outside the border, it is sure that any commander will be driven crazy at the thought of it. In fact, all the efforts made by Shen Mo before were to avoid a tragedy in the process..."He took great pains to conceal the whereabouts of the army, so as not to make the Mongols aware of his intentions, and he was prepared first: a long time ago, he asked Wang Chonggu to expand the border wall to the north to include the entire Shenmu Mountains. Because the rugged and difficult mountainous terrain is a nightmare for the heavy troops, if the army is blocked in the mountains, it will be a direct tragedy.

But even if the side wall is repaired to the last mountain and the army is moved into place in advance, so many men and horses will be transported down the mountain and regrouped, it will take half a day at the earliest. During this time, the Ming army was inevitably panicked and fragile, and if it was covered up by the Mongol army, it could also cause a tragedy.

According to Jinyiwei's intelligence, today the Mongols hold an annual archery competition in their Taimiao Babai Room, so most of the men grazing around Ijin Horo will be attracted to it, and the surveillance of the border wall generation will naturally be relaxed, so they will attack today.

However, the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, who knew that as soon as he acted, he was seen by those few Mongols, which made Qi Jiguang, who was silenced and awarded the post of commander-in-chief of the former enemy, sweat until all the combat troops were lined up on the slope in front of the mountain, and he was relieved.

It was not until just over half of the afternoon that scouts came to report that 5,000 Mongol cavalry had appeared twenty miles ahead, and they were about to arrive.

At this time, although the heavy troops were still struggling to cross, the cavalry troops were all ready to fight, and this point of enemy cavalry could not arouse Qi Jiguang's nervousness, he looked at the cavalry general who was ready to try, and said loudly: "Which general is willing to lead the army to go, will be the godson of the road for a while!" ”

"The last will go!" Qi Jimei was the first to pop out.

"The last will go!" Li Chengliang took a step slowly.

Liu Xian and Jiang Yingxiong were also eager to try, and they both wanted to grab this first battle, but they held their own identities and didn't want to compete with their juniors, so they didn't say anything.

Qi Jiguang looked at the two of them, and finally his eyes fell on Li Chengliang and said: "General Li, I'll ask you to take a trip, this is the first battle out of the customs, you must win!" ”

"Qi Shuai rest assured" Li Chengliang laughed and said: "I'll take the head as a guarantee!" As he spoke, he turned over and got on his horse and whistled, "Boys, go with me!" "It is full of gangsterism, which is very different from the strict style of the Qi family's army.

"Unexpectedly", Liu Xian and Qi Jiguang are old acquaintances, and said with a smile when they saw this: "There are still such live bandits under Yuan Jing." ”

"General Li is a genius, and I can't bear to erase his personality." Qi Jiguang replied lightly.

"Oh, so we'll have to wait and see." Liu Xian laughed and said.