The reason why the 200,000 troops outside the city were chosen instead of the 50,000 inside the city was deeply considered. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhou Yanshan, an old fox, thought that although the 50,000 people in the city were easy to fight, Zhu Yong could mobilize other people to stop the attack at any time. Moreover, the Beijing army, like the border army, is not good at street fighting. Once they attacked the troops in the city, even if they defeated Zhu Yong, they would not be able to compete with the Jinyi Guard, who knew everything about the forty-nine cities and fifty squares.

Outside the city, as soon as the ocean is flat, they don't need to defeat an army of 200,000, they just need to concentrate on opening a gap, and then the world is vast, and they can forget where they want to run.

The sound of rustling was not very loud at night, but it was very distinct, and no one was lighting a torch, and they were all out of the city in the dark.

Along the way, Zhou Yanshan also reminded him to be afraid, for fear that those subordinates would make too much noise.

Strangely, the border troops outside the city did not seem to hear such a big movement and did not warn.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the enemy camp, Zhou Yanshan was overjoyed.

As long as he breaks through this line of defense, as long as he kills these border troops, the news should not be able to spread far away for the time being, in that case, he can completely escape.

Running to a place and controlling the people of a place can even be used as a threat to ensure that his family is safe in the capital.

Fifty zhang away from the border army camp, everyone lowered their bodies, Zhou Yanshan pulled out the ringing arrow buckled around his waist, and put it into the sky with a whoosh.

Immediately afterwards, the shouts of killing were loud, and nearly 60,000 people rushed towards the border army camp.

A few Datong soldiers who were sleeping soundly looked around a little dazedly, as if they didn't quite believe their ears.

Immediately afterward, they saw a group of people rushing towards them with voices in the darkness of the night.

"Sound the gong, sound the gong to warn." Some soldiers who reacted quickly immediately shouted for people to sound the gong, and those who reacted slowly began to confront the enemy before they could react and save them.

Zhou Yanshan was old and strong, holding a ghost head knife of ten catties, eight taels and four coins in his hand, and raised his hand to cut a somewhat dazed border soldier to the ground.

The blood flowed out, and the Datong border guards who saw the red only reacted at this time.

Seeing that an old man directly killed one of his brothers, another border soldier immediately rushed forward.

Zhou Yanshan is really not an ordinary general, this sudden attack, he was almost killed. The backhand is a knife, and the huge force directly cuts the spear in the hand of the army over there in two.

At this time, Ma Zhang's side also reacted.

He was already tossing and turning because of Zhang Ru's arrival, and it was even more difficult to sleep, but he suddenly heard the sound of shouting, and he immediately got up to gather his subordinates.

The tired soldiers were cried out of bed by the sound of trumpets and gongs and drums, but fortunately these soldiers had developed a good habit at the border, and the soldiers did not unload their armor. At the first moment, someone rushed out of the barracks with weapons.

Some people stepped on their horses, some formed defensive circles, some people rallied closely around the commander, and some people rushed forward to kill.

In the face of unexpected situations, the reactions of the people under Ma Zhang's command are very good. From the beginning of the sneak attack to the formation of a regular defensive posture in the end, it took less than a cup of tea.

This is still because the soldiers are already very tired after a day of fighting, otherwise Ma Xuan is sure that his people will be assembled in half a cup of tea.

Zhou Yanshan obviously didn't expect the border army to react so quickly, so he cleaned up those open piles and secret posts, and the people had already made a defensive posture.

In order not to startle the snake, his men are all foot soldiers. Even if he wanted cavalry, there weren't so many war horses in the capital that he could equip with.

Now, they suffer.

The people who rushed to the front were all Zhou Yanshan's people, and Lu Jiugang's people were broken in the back. Unexpectedly, he rushed to kill, but let Lu Jiugang's people escape.

Originally, Zhou Yanshan thought that if his people rushed out early, his chances of survival would be much greater. As for his son-in-law who was sent to death from time to time, that is not a problem for him to consider now.

Wan'an has become a lost dog, Zhang Wenxuan not only did not die, but also took hundreds of thousands of border troops to surround the capital, and united all the troops of Zhu Yong, the prince of the country.

Under the situation of being attacked from both sides, he Zhou Yanshan and Lu Jiugang wanted to live, which was simply a fool's dream.

After organizing an effective defense, Ma Xuan gave the order in an orderly manner.

Three thousand crossbowmen stepped forward, hid behind the shieldmen, and began to shoot into the darkness.

If you don't aim, it's just aimless shooting, and whoever dies under the rain of arrows can only count them unlucky.

After four or five rounds of arrow rain, the arm strength of the 3,000 soldiers was damaged, and they immediately retreated, and a 3,000 man came up. After another ****, all the shield soldiers got out of the way and let the cavalry behind them attack.

This is not in the capital, this is not street fighting.

When it comes to field warfare, in this era, except for artillery, I am afraid that there is nothing comparable to cavalry.

After all, this is an era in which cold weapons are dominant, and no matter what kind of foot soldier it is, it can't really go head-to-head with the cavalry.

Rush to kill! Constant killing.

The people under Zhou Yanshan's command all knew this, and if they didn't rush over, they would only have a dead end.

However, Ma Zhang's cavalry is not vegetarian, these 8,000 cavalry are not many, but they are all the elite of the elite. War horses are good horses selected from hundreds of thousands of Tatar war horses after the Third Datong War, and people are also soldiers who roll back and forth on the battlefield I don't know how many.

In one charge, the rebels in the most central position fell in large pieces.

This area has become a real vacuum.

Where the cavalry passed, there was not much to live.

The cavalry, who had overcharged, turned their horses again and began a second charge.

Zhou Yanshan shouted in the chaos: "Rush, rush forward, kill them, and we will have hope of living." ”

Even though only a few people heard his shouts, many people followed him and attacked again.

This is a group of outlaws, who can no longer find any color in their eyes except for battle.

Slaughter.

Only the killing frenzy can make them find a shred of reason to live.

Ma Xuan was also red-eyed, and many of his brothers were killed, most of them were elite crossbowmen. You must know that the last thing he worries about is the crossbowman, because he doesn't think the other party will rush over so quickly.

Unexpectedly, in the end, he fell behind.

In the end, Ma Xuan also personally participated in the war, and the two sides were in a mess.

Zhang An and Wang Zhou, who had already gotten up, stood together, one looked at the situation in front of him with a clairvoyant mirror, and the other touched his beard and smiled without saying a word.

"When will you do it?" Wang Zhou asked.

Although Ma Xuan didn't deal with him, he was also a former brother after all. (To be continued.) )