Yu was still discovered. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xu Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

In fact, the thousands of people of the First Brigade were able to go so far under the noses of the Mongols, which is already thankful, of course, there is a large part of the credit of the two Huai armies and the Tianwu army to contain them, and in order to divert the attention of the Mongols, even the exploits of Li Xin and Bai Yue and others, who are not afraid of life and death, are also indelible. It was precisely because of the efforts and sacrifices of so many people, coupled with the lack of Mongol troops and the loose defense line caused by the deployment of defenses everywhere, that the first brigade of the two Huai armies was able to embark on this almost miraculous march road.

Of course, thousands of people crossed the border, and the Mongol Tatars were not deaf or blind after all, they would still see it, so when the first brigade was about to approach its destination, the Mongol army finally mobilized and surrounded it.

"There are two or three thousand riders on the south side, about six or seven hundred people on the east side, and I don't know how many there are on the west side, but it is estimated that there will be two or three thousand." Xu Chen put down his clairvoyance and couldn't help laughing, "Mongolian Tartars really look up to us!" ”

Although it was the first time for Gu Chao, the supervisor of the First Brigade, to face such a big battle as a general, this young man was not nervous, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked at the Mongolian army that was getting closer and closer: "The Mongolian Tatars are surrounded from three directions, and they should be the troops from Zhongdu, Juyongguan and the northeast respectively, and the Mongolian Tatars are obviously going to be desperate." ”

Xu Chen nodded, the northeast direction is the Mongolian army in Jinzhou, which is used to resist the entry of the Zhenhai Navy, and the army on the side of Juyong Pass is to resist the Tianwu army, as for the army in Zhongdu, it is used to fight head-on with the two Huai armies, and now the Mongolian Tartar army is coming from three directions, which naturally invisibly shows that the Mongolian Tartars attach importance to the existence of the first brigade.

But it's easy to understand, no matter what the appearance of the first brigade is for, the first brigade stands in the north of the capital, in the real hinterland of Youyan, no matter which direction it goes, it can threaten the lifeblood of the Mongolian Tatars, just like a sharp blade hanging above Youyan, of course, the Mongols will get rid of this sharp blade even if they are desperate.

"It won't take a few miles to go ahead is the Great Wall, but there are still more than thirty miles away from Gubeikou," Xu Chen glanced at the map, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, "The remaining thirty miles of land will depend on us to fight with knives and guns and flesh and blood." ”

Gu Chao was silent for a moment, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the north: "The Mongolian Tartars did not deploy defenses in Gubeikou before, and later they withdrew a large number of troops to go south and defend Jinzhou and Juyong Pass, and it is impossible to have spare strength to garrison Gubeikou, so this is why the Mongolian Tartars are desperate to stop us, after all, if we advance another thirty miles, this Youyan's Mongolian army will die without a place to be buried." And it is estimated that there should already be a team of people going to Gubeikou by now. ”

Xu Chen nodded, stretched out his hand, and there was already a trace of worry in his voice: "Follow this road all the way north along the Great Wall, which is Gubeikou, but now it seems that we have no way to rush to Gubeikou in front of the Mongolian Tatars, after all, the Mongolian Tatars are riding in unison and biting too tightly." ”

"Thirty miles, if you march quickly, you will definitely be able to reach it in four hours." Gu Chao said in a deep voice, "Even if the soldiers are tired now, they can seize Gubeikou in five hours, and the Mongolian Tartars are among the various armies of Youyan, the areas around Fangshan and Juyongguan are entangled by the Tianwu army, and the areas around Jinzhou and Xifengkou are entangled by the Zhenhai Navy, and we will do our best to be able to come up with so many troops to attack, so the Mongolian Tartars will inevitably send troops from them, and if we set off now, we will naturally be able to take Gubeikou before the Mongolian Tartars!" ”

"Are you saying that one team will stay behind to stop the enemy, and the rest will move on?" Xu Chen frowned, although Gu Chao didn't say it explicitly, the meaning had been clearly expressed, if you want to get rid of the enemy and march forward, someone must stay, "That's fine, a certain selection of eight hundred capable soldiers interspersed with Gubeikou, and the rest of the people will be crucified here even if they die!" ”

Gu Chao grabbed Xu Chen's wrist and said in a deep voice: "If the brigade commander can trust so-and-so, so-and-so will stay and guard with the brothers, and the brigade commander will take the eight hundred people to Gubeikou." The task given to us by the imperial court is not to stay here and fight hard with the Mongolian Tatars, but to defend Gubeikou. This is a task that only a brigade commander can do. ”

"No, it's too dangerous for you to stay here!" Xu Chen immediately said, "The troops that the Mongolian Tatars can take out are all here, and there won't be many people in the team that goes to Gubeikou, so as long as the Mongolian Tatars are dragged here, it is very ・・・・・・ to hold Gubeikou."

Gu Chao looked straight at Xu Chen: "Our time is running out, don't argue anymore, you are the brigade commander, this is the will of the imperial court, it is the task of the first brigade, brigade commander, take the brothers to complete it!" ”

Before the words fell, Gu Chao turned around and ran halfway up the mountain, and the Ming army's crossbowmen had already deployed. At that time, in order to make up for the lack of firepower of the first brigade, Xu Chen really asked for a lot of firearms from Wang Anjie, so that he could replace the power with quantity, but he did not expect that before he reached Gubeikou, it became a barrier for the Ming army to deal with the Mongolian army.

Gritting his teeth, Xu Chen didn't have much more, as Gu Chao said, time was pressing, and he didn't have much chance to talk nonsense, and at least the number of Mongolian Tatars here was determined, and how many Mongolian Tatars there were in Gubeikou were still just speculation, maybe it was also a vicious battle, so in fact, there were many unknowns in the task of Gubeikou.

No matter what, they have already come here, and Xu Chen believes that even if he tries his best, he must do his best. The First Brigade will not live up to the expectations of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty, and will not live up to His Majesty's entrustment!

The old soldiers of all departments have been gathered, looking at this face that is actually not big but many have experienced more than one baptism of war, Xu Chen didn't say anything, just waved his hand, and these eight hundred soldiers did not hesitate to keep up with Xu Chen's footsteps.

And behind them, the sound of fire guns and divine arm crossbows sounded like thunder.

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"Brothers, rush with Lao Tzu!" A Ming soldier roared to his feet and rushed forward first. Arrows from crossbowmen and cannonballs from artillery flew over his head, whistling down into the mountains ahead.

The sound of explosions rose and fell, the green mountains looked more like plucked peacocks under the bombardment of artillery fire, and the trees that had risen to the sky had all been broken.

The Mongolian trebuchet was completely silent, and even the whole mountain was only the roar of the Ming artillery, which shook the heavens and the earth. You must know that the greater the movement of the Ming army here, the less pressure Gubeikou needs to bear, after all, the Mongols don't want to take care of one or the other, even if Juyongguan falls into the hands of the Ming army, it is only a matter of time, and the battle situation here is naturally best dragged on.

At the beginning, the Tianwu Army put on a posture with Shanxi as the main direction of the strategy, so Boyan and Shi Tianze, who originally had a small number of troops in their hands, naturally reduced the number of troops arranged in the Fangshan area, but who would have thought that when the main force of the Mongolian army appeared in Shanxi, the Tianwu Army not only did not meet it head-on, but directly turned to kill Ben Youyan.

In addition to being shocked, Boyan and Shi Tianze were also in a hurry to transfer troops to the front line of Juyong Pass, and they resolutely could not expose their flanks to the Ming army. It's just that their mobilization was still a step late, and the Tianwu army swept away the Mongol army in the area of Fangshan north of Yishui with a devastating momentum, and the front of the army was directed at Juyong Pass.

In the smoke and dust, a few sparse arrows shot over, landed at the feet of the Ming soldiers, the Ming soldiers of the brigade roared angrily and rushed up the hillside, and the Mongols who survived the fierce shelling also pushed the wooden rolling stones that had been prepared in the camp for a long time, and the huge stones smashed down the head and face, and the queue of the Ming army was already very scattered, but it was still ploughed out by these stones A flesh road.

The soldiers of the Ming army roared angrily and kept moving forward, and some soldiers kept falling, but the soldiers behind did not hesitate to go up. Although it was the first attack, the Tianwu Army still showed its full strength, and for the Tianwu Army, which was in full swing, it was naturally best to take it directly.

"Let the second brigade follow, and the artillery will also shoot forward!" Jiang Hao did not hesitate to give the order, "The 3rd Brigade and the 4th Brigade are ready to attack, and they must take the mountain pass as soon as the mountain is taken!" ”

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the stone bullet almost hit the place where Jiang Hao was standing, so frightened that Yin Yu personally brought people up to drag Jiang Hao down, Jiang Hao waved his hand violently, did not let them come forward, and laughed coldly: "I didn't expect the Mongolian Tartars to hide a trebuchet behind the mountain, so that the artillery could concentrate on bombardment, and it couldn't be let run away!" ”

"General, you go down first, it's too dangerous here!" Several division commanders in charge of the command stepped forward one after another and said, "The safety of the general is related to the success or failure of the Tianwu Army, please leave first!" ”

Jiang Hao drew his sword in one hand and said in a cold voice: "The Mongolian Tatars want the life of so-and-so, how can it be so easy, you don't have to worry about so-and-so, continue to rush!"

The generals hesitated a little, and looked sideways at Yin Yu on the side, and only Yin Yu could stop Jiang Hao at this time. Yin Yu frowned, and just about to say something, a cheer broke out in front, and the soldiers of the Ming army had already rushed up the hillside, and it was conceivable that the Mongolian army on the other side of the hillside was retreating in a hurry.

Jiang Hao Huo Ran looked at several division commanders, these generals didn't care about anything else, and ran forward quickly, the sound of drums sounded, and the third and fourth brigades, which had been waiting for the battle, rushed to the mountain pass like a tide. And the artillery of the Ming army spared no effort to pour out their anger on the mountain pass.

Because at that time, the Mongolian infantry and cavalry troops in the Youyan area were attracted to the Baigou River to confront the two Huai armies, and some of them were mainly scattered in the suburbs of Zhongdu and the Jinzhou line, so the Tianwu army actually did not delay much time and did not consume much ammunition along the way, so that the Ming artillery finally found an opportunity to pour out their anger at this time.

"Nankou, this is taken down." Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, "The number of troops and the fierceness of the resistance of the Mongol Tatars in the south are far inferior to our previous conjectures, which is really strange and strange. ”

Nankou is the barrier of Juyong Pass, if you want to attack Juyong Pass, you must first take Nankou, and it is impossible for the Mongols not to know this truth, so it is certain that they will be heavily fortified at Nankou, but now these Mongolian Tatar defenders in front of them have not even withstood an attack by the Ming army, which is obviously a bit abnormal.

"This is not a good thing," Yin Yu walked up to Jiang Hao, "With the character of the Mongolian Tatars, it is absolutely impossible to hold on for such a short time, after all, the south entrance is the only barrier outside of Juyong Pass, and the Mongolian Tatars will send enough troops to defend the south entrance even if they are overstretched, and nine times out of ten they will give a death order to hold on for how long or how many times we attack." ”

Jiang Hao frowned and said in a deep voice: "Well, there is indeed something wrong with the Mongolian Tartars today. ”

"There is only one possibility, the Mongol Tatar army is not insufficient, but for some reason, it has to be temporarily withdrawn, resulting in the emptiness of troops in this southern mouth for a while." Yin Yu's voice carried a deep worry that was difficult to hide. The supervisor of the Tianwu Army, who has always been known for his steadiness, can be regarded as a person who has seen strong winds and waves, and it can make him feel worried, which means that this matter is really fatal.

Although Jiang Hao is a short-tempered and straightforward person, he can always sit in the position of the general of the martial army on this day, and be able to take charge of the main army that Ye Yingwu relied on to become famous, which shows that Jiang Hao's own ability in strategic planning and other aspects is still outstanding. Before Yin Yu finished speaking, Jiang Hao had already understood: "Xu Chen, the first brigade of the two Huai Army, is probably in trouble." ”

The Mongolian army can not disappear for no reason, and after the entire south pass to Juyong Pass, this road is not long, although it is mountainous, but for the cavalry-based Mongolia, it is not an ideal ambush location, especially the Ming army has enough firearms, even if Mongolia is condescending, it may not really be able to take advantage, so the Mongols will not choose to set up an ambush north of the south pass, and the army will naturally not all shrink to the Juyong Pass, and the most likely is to the east of the south pass. The Mongolian army has a clear division of labor in the Youyan area, and if there is no special reason, it is impossible to easily mobilize the army, especially if the army in the Fangshan area is not transferred, but the defenders are directly drawn from the south entrance, which can show that there are 100,000 urgent things happening.

And the only one that can make the Mongolian Tatars burn their eyebrows is naturally the first brigade of the two Huai armies, which is the top secret of the main forces of the Ming Dynasty. Because the task of the First Brigade is the top priority of the entire Northern Expedition, not to mention the Mongols, even the Ming army is actually kept secret to the level of army commander, and the soldiers below don't know at all, let alone leak secrets. So now the Mongols urgently mobilize troops, there is only one possibility, that is, the existence of the first brigade has been discovered by the Mongol Tatars, aware of the existence of this army, the Mongols are naturally desperately mobilizing troops to encircle and suppress, not to mention the defenders of the south pass, I am afraid that the defenders of Juyong Pass, if necessary, they will also have to move.

"But even according to the speed of the rapid march, the First Brigade should not be able to reach Gubeikou now." This is what really worries Yin Yu, after all, the original task of the First Brigade was to defend Gubeikou, block the retreat of the Mongolian Tatars as much as possible, and at the same time attract more Mongolian troops, and play a key role in the final victory of the Ming Northern Expedition, so the First Brigade should have long had the consciousness of facing the Mongolian army coming from all directions, but if the First Brigade has not arrived at Gubeikou, then I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up.

"It's too late to think about it, let the brothers hurry up and clean up the battlefield, the First Brigade and Gubeikou are the most important." Jiang Hao said in a deep voice, "Since the Mongol Tatars have even drawn the troops at Nankou, it is estimated that the defenders of Juyong Pass will also be drawn a lot, at least the cavalry that may outflank us at any time should be evacuated." In the face of the main army gathered by the Mongol Tatars from all over the place, even if the first brigade of the two Huai armies became famous in Hecai Town, it was impossible to hold on for long, especially once they were trapped in the open field, it was very likely to become a good meal for the Mongol Tatars. ”

Yin Yu nodded: "Divide the troops?" ”

"Divide the troops!" Jiang Hao said without hesitation, "A certain and Chinese cavalry will search east now, if you can find the Mongolian Tartars, it is the best, if you can't find them, you can't let the Mongolian Tartars live in peace." Lao Yin, you take the rest of the brigade to storm Juyong Pass now, the more lively the fight, the better, our side is fierce, and the Mongolian Tatars over there can't calm down to deal with the first brigade of the two Huai Army! ”

Yin Yu didn't hesitate at all, nodded and looked at Jiang Hao, but said in a deep voice: "Take care!" ”

"Take care!" Jiang Ho turned around and walked towards his mount.