Ziren didn't dare to accept this gift and hurriedly bent down to help, seeing that the people were reluctant to get up, he said anxiously: "Folks, please get up quickly!" Protecting the territory and the people is the duty of our generals. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoSeeing that the people are in trouble, how can they sit idly by and not save them! ”

"It's hard to do it to the folks." Li Laoliu, who was also rescued by Ziren from the Mongols, also came over to help persuade him, and when he saw that the people were excited, he began to kowtow to Ziren incessantly, and said with a change of words: "My generals have injuries on their legs, if you keep doing this, the generals have to stand here to accompany them, which is not good for the injury!" ”

Listening to Li Laoliu's words, everyone noticed that Ziren had a splint tied to his right leg and a cane, and he was indeed injured, so they stood up one after another. Tie Weineng and a few other people who were quite prestigious among the people came over, and said with gratitude: "The grace of saving lives cannot be repaid, we were ruined by the Mongol Tatars, and we are willing to devote ourselves to the work of the general's dogs and horses to help the general kill all the Tartar slaves as soon as possible." ”

Ziren's martial arts are obvious to all, and under the leadership of Tie Weineng and a few people, more than ninety percent of the people have expressed their willingness to follow Ziren.

When Ziren was now employing people, seeing that the people were willing to defect, he replied with a smile: "Thank you for your trust, I, Ding Shouming, promise not to treat everyone badly." After that, he looked at Ding Shoutie and said: "The people have suffered a lot in the Tartars, go and help them get some food, and then help deal with their injuries, register them later, and bring them back to the fort for resettlement later." ”

"General, don't worry!" Ding Shoutie received the order and immediately went down to do it.

After a while, the hot white porridge was brought to the people, and there was a piece of oily bacon on the porridge, and in addition to this, each person also received a white-flour steamed bun. When the people suffered for a long time in the Tartar camp, they could not remember the last time they had such a meal, and they immediately swept away the food.

Ding Shoutie then led someone to help them deal with the whiplash wounds on their bodies, and at the same time began to record everyone's strengths one by one.

Although Ziren tried his best to save the people, there were still more than 100 people who died in vain in the chaos, and the people who successfully withdrew into the city had a total of 912 people, of which more than 800 people joined Ziren's command.

When the Mongol Tatars plundered the people of the Ming Dynasty, they would slaughter the old and the young. Men who are skilled and strong are left behind to serve as craftsmen and coolies. Ding Shoutie got busy and found that most of the people rescued were craftsmen, carpenters, bricklayers and other craftsmen. The rest of the people were also strong, but they were a little emaciated by the Tartars. It only takes time to recuperate.

Ziren, who was resting under the city, was overjoyed after receiving the report.

At this time, Wang Mingqiang and Li Yongfang came over, and Wang Mingqiang said with a dull face: "Report to the general, a total of 13 horsemen under my command who went out of the city to rescue me this time were killed, 17 were injured and are being treated with all their might, and nearly half of the men and horses have been lost after days of fighting. Tang Yaoshun was also shot in the left shoulder by a Tartar's arrow. Fortunately, the armor is strong and there is no fear of life. With that, Wang Minggang lowered his head with an unhappy face.

The Mongolian Tatars are numerous, and it is inevitable that there will be heavy casualties in order to rescue the people, Ziren sighed, and persuaded with good words: "The king's order is hard not to be sad, the cavalry department has repeatedly made war exploits in the past few days, and after the Tartars are defeated, I will expand the number of horsemen, and then you will be promoted to the position of a thousand households." ”

Hearing Ziren say this, Wang Mingqiang had a little more energy. At this time, Ziren noticed a scar on Li Yongfang's cheek beside him, and asked with concern, "Yongfang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Listen to Ziren asked. Li Yongfang immediately replied: "If you know the general's words, the Mongolian Tartar archery is tricky, I was targeted by the Tartar without putting a few guns on the city, and the Tartar arrows were shot into the battlement, and I was injured by the bow and arrow in a hurry to dodge for a while." At this time, the distressed bared his teeth and continued: "Although the Bird Gun Men have iron armor to protect themselves, but the Tartar arrows are specially shot at the front door, and the Bird Gun Team has five people killed in this battle, most of them are killed by one arrow, and another seven people are wounded, and the injuries are not easy to treat in the face and throat. ”

See the finely drilled bird guns. Half of the battle was lost. Although Ziren was distressed, he knew that it was not a crime to suffer heavy casualties with only more than 20 bird guns and Tartars, so he persuaded Li Yongfang to go down to rest. But in my heart, I began to think about how to make my own bird gun as soon as possible. Show the Tartars the power of this row of guns.

As soon as the two left, Wang Shouguan, who had been on guard in Beicheng before, saw that Tartar had not moved for a long time and was worried about the foot injury of his "brother-in-law", so he would also come to visit. Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, he persuaded him with kind words: "Brother-in-law, you can take it easy next time you go to war." Don't always rush to the front, or there will be three long and two short, and my junior sister won't be able to spare me. ”

"Brother Wang's words are wrong." With the relationship between Chu and Chu, Ziren did not treat Wang Shouguan as an outsider, and patiently explained: "There is an old saying: as a general, when you know astronomy, you know the geography and the middle and the people, when you are strong in the shawl, you have the courage to take the lead, and you don't care about difficulties." Brother Wang has been in the army for many years, whether it is martial arts or battlefield experience, it is not below me, as long as I can spend more time on marching and fighting in the future, I will definitely have a chance to be promoted in the future. ”

Wang Shouguan is almost forty years old, and it is inevitable that he will be a little lazy after many years of fighting in the army, knowing that Ziren is deliberately beating himself, he replied with a smile: "That's nature, that's nature." ”

Ziren continued at this time: "Brother Wang, you and Zhou Daqi will send some brothers to harvest the heads of the Tartars outside the city later, and after that, they will be repaired, and the Mongolian Tartars will come to invade the territory tonight." Thinking about picking up cheap tartars, they all retreated, and the rest should fight with us. ”

……

Late that night, hundreds of Tartars wearing leather armor and carrying hooks quietly approached Pingyu Fort under the cover of night.

Although the two of them led the troops to attack him during the day, there were still nearly 30,000 horses in the combined army of Da Brain, Chang Ang, and Bai Hong, and they were unwilling to withdraw their troops. Feeling that Ming would be unprepared after winning during the day, he decided to send the elite of the clan to attack at night. After killing the Ming people who were keeping vigil, open the city gate and enlarge the army into the city.

The one who led the troops to attack the north wall was Changang's commander 'Zhike', and when he cautiously approached thirty steps below the city, he saw that the Ming army was still not aware of it, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, and then suddenly felt that the ground under his feet became muddy.

He did not dare to carry torches during the night attack, but looked down in the dim moonlight, and found that the ground seemed to be soaked with some kind of oil and water.

When the Tartars under the city were wondering, Ziren, who had been preparing for a long time on the city wall, said loudly: "Release! ”

Nahai, Ma Shinan, and other people who were good at shooting immediately ignited the fire-igniting thing wrapped around the bow. Rockets streaked across the sky like meteors, shooting towards the ground wet with corpse oil at the Tartars' feet. (To be continued.) )

PS: (The next chapter will be updated before 10 o'clock tomorrow night)