PS: The second update is 18 o'clock

"Nanbanzi, Nanban is here, run!" A Mongolian soldier shouted in the street in panic, the city was already filled with gunsmoke, and it was almost impossible to see the figures coming and going, and behind the Mongolian soldier, the city gate was opened, along the city gate to the street in the city, a bloody corpse could still see the Mongolian armor.

The grain and grass wagons that have not yet had time to be transferred are scattered on both sides of the street, and the Dalu Huachi, Zhizhou and others who do evil on weekdays have fled without a trace, and only at the gates of those mansions can you see the gold, silver, pearls and jade that fell because they were in a hurry.

The smoke and dust dissipated, and a figure appeared at the city gate under the gloomy sky, and then countless cavalry followed him closely into the city, galloping along the streets of all sizes, and behind the cavalry, the red flag fluttered, and the Song soldiers of the brigade drove into the city.

The Mongolian black flag on the city gate, which had been flying proudly and looking at all directions, fell at random like flying in the wind, and was trampled by the Song army who entered the city, as if it had been integrated with the land under the flag, and it was difficult to distinguish it anymore.

"Quickly clean up the remnants of the Mongol Tartars in the city, don't disturb the people, seal the treasury, and clean up the blades, horses, grain and grass scattered along the road!" Several Yu Marquis and commanders stood inside and outside the city gate shouting loudly, and the queue of Song soldiers and soldiers who were moving forward quickly in front of them did not change in the slightest, as if it was not the first time they had heard these orders.

The war horse neighed, Yang Bao held the reins in his hand and looked up at the city gate, and smiled at the literati around him who were obviously not very skilled in horseback riding, so much so that he was sweating profusely, and said: "This Dengzhou will be handed over to Xie Xianggong, we have to move forward, maybe we can drink the celebration wine with Tang Zhen's stinky boy under Nanyang City at sunset." ”

Xie Fangde nodded, although it was very tiring to travel all the way, but this did not mean that he would forget his own work, not to mention that he would bring Wen Tianxiang, Wang Lixin and others to take over these recovered homelands before the Northern Expedition, whether it was for Xie Fangde or for those young and ambitious officials, it was exciting enough.

As for this little exertion, it's nothing!

Stretching out his hand and beckoning, a young man was already about to step forward, although his face was constantly dripping with beads of sweat, and it was difficult to hide his tired look, but his eyes were looking at the gate of Dengzhou, but he was blazing. Xie Fang pointed to the young man approvingly and said: "This is Hengshan Zhao Fan, and the envoy also has some friendship, quite appreciated by the envoy, has already won their Xie Yuan, originally planned to enter the Shidenke this year, but who would have thought that the Northern Expedition began, there were too many officials, Brother Song Rui arrested him, and the imperial examination does not need to be examined, first to preside over government affairs." ”

Zhao Fan smiled, his face became more and more determined: "Xie Xianggong really thinks highly of the little brother, the little brother has achieved nothing, thanks to the envoy not disliking him, inviting him to the letter, and it is such a magnificent thing as the Northern Expedition, Zhao Mouyan has the reason to fall behind." ”

Looking up and down, Yang Bao nodded with satisfaction: "Dengzhou will be handed over to you first, everywhere the Northern Expedition goes, there are all kinds of wastes to be revived, and it can test a person's gains and losses more than the imperial examination, so that Jun has always used his talents and talents, regardless of the source, the young man has done a good job, so that Jun will naturally not treat you badly!" ”

Zhao Fan nodded solemnly: "Nothing else, this is still confident." ”

Yang Bao laughed and drove his horse into the city with Xie Fangde, and couldn't help but glance back at Zhao Fan, Xie Fangde said with a wry smile: "General Yang, in just two days, you have conquered Suizhou, Guanghua Army, Junzhou, and today's Dengzhou and Tangzhou attacked by the Shence Army. ”

Looking at Xie Fangde with some surprise, thinking that Xie Fangde had to send someone who had not even completed the merit examination to preside over this state capital, it can be seen that the officials under his command who had been stored before had long been unable to make ends meet, and after understanding, Yang Bao smiled and shrugged his shoulders: "Xie Xianggong, you see that this is not a certain and Han Xiao (Tang Zhenbiaozi) who don't want to slow down, it is really because the Mongolian Tatars have no troops stationed in the city north on this road, and they give up the city, we can't do without it." ”

Xie Fang was a little speechless for a moment, after all, what Yang Bao said was also true, the purpose of the Northern Expedition was to recover his homeland, and now along the way, except for Suizhou, Junzhou and other towns along the Han River at the beginning, there was decent resistance, and the city gates were all open everywhere, and the Mongolian Tatar officials and defenders had already fled after looting the people, leaving a mess for the Song army.

For the Mongol Tartars, they don't want to do this, but the elite of the Mongols who quelled the Shandong rebellion before and the 150,000 troops selected from the soldiers selected from Li Pu's rebellion have been wiped out in Xiangyang, and now the only remaining elite is rushing left and right in Lianghuai, as if entering a no-man's land, but if they want to return to Heluo to resist the Tianwu army, they have more than enough strength but not enough, after all, they still have Ye Yingwu, Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui, the three Southern Song Dynasty generals in front of them, not to mention how Ye Yuanjun is, Even if it is Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui, which one is easy to deal with?

As for the Sichuan and Shu side, although there are still many elite Han infantry and even Mongolian cavalry in Liu Yuanzhen of Tongchuan Mansion and Liu Yuanzhen of Chengdu Prefecture, they have been restrained by Zhang Jue, who has heard the wind, and in the past few days, Gao Gao and Zhang Jue have joined forces to constantly harass the Mongolian camps in Lizhou, Puzhou, Langzhou and other places, and there is a decisive battle in Sichuan and Shu, which makes Liu Yuanzhen and Liu Cheng worried, where is there any kung fu to care about the Central Plains.

The consequence of this is that along the line from Xiangyang to Heluo, the Mongols have been empty, and there are less than 500 soldiers guarding each city, which is basically to help transfer grain, grass and wealth and help those Mongolian Daru Huachi to escape, especially the latter.

"How many officials are going to discuss with Brother Song Rui," Xie Fang gritted his teeth, even if he broke his leg, he couldn't let these cities empty and no one watched, "In addition, the matter of leaving people to garrison the city will be entrusted to the general, and now while the Mongolian Tartars have not eased their breath, they must rush forward." ”

Yang Bao nodded solemnly: "This is natural, as long as there is still a soldier left in this city, the Divine Guard will no longer watch this city fall into the hands of foreign races." ”

"You don't have to worry about the officials yet." Suddenly a voice came from behind them, Yang Bao and Xie Fang hurriedly looked back, and an old man came leisurely on horseback, "You young people, although you young people let go in front of you, although our old bones are not of much use to the country, it is more than enough to talk about it." ”

Xie Fangde and Yang Bao both showed a look of surprise and surprise on their faces, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed their hands respectfully: "See Jiang Xianggong." ”

It was Jiang Wanli who was sitting alone on horseback, for Jiang Wanli, who was once in the position of Governor of Political Affairs and was faintly the leader of the world's Shilin, even if he was not Ye Yuanjun's elders, Xie Fangde and Yang Bao did not dare to slack off.

The old man stretched out his hand to stroke his gray beard, looked at the messy streets, and couldn't help sighing: "Since Duanping entered Luo, I was finally able to re-set foot on this homeland, if it weren't for the Northern Expedition, which is related to the life and death of the national people, and for the grand wish of my Chinese Han people for a hundred years, maybe the old man would not have been running around here for a long time. ”

Before the words fell, the old man had already turned over from his horse, the smoke of gunfire had not yet cleared from the streets, and there were even traces of blood on some walls. It's just that Jiang Wanli didn't care about that, but turned around and faced the southeast direction, and slowly knelt on the ground.

The white beard danced in the wind, and the robe was also hunting in the wind, Jiang Wanli was already in tears, and he fell to the ground deeply, his face trembling and sticking to the bluestone street, as if he wanted to listen to the sound of the earth. The soldiers of the Divine Guard Army who passed by all stopped in their tracks, and looked at this old man who seemed to be alone in the world's grandest ceremony.

After a long time, Jiang Wanli slowly straightened up and looked at the gloomy sky silently.

It's back, Da Song, myself, it's finally back!

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"Kill!" Countless Mongol cavalry shouted and urged the horses, and the sabers hid in the darkness a rolling killing intent like angry waves.

The sound of horses' hooves stomping the wilderness came from far and near, and arrows whistled back and forth in the sky. In the darkness, neither side could see where the other came out of the other or where they were going, only to the south, to the south! A desperate block, a desperate impact.

"Divine Arm Crossbow!" A Yu Hou wiped his face, he no longer knew whether it was blood or sweat, the entire armor was already viscous, and he didn't know how many people and soldiers had fallen. Hearing Yu Hou's roar, four or five figures appeared in the darkness and pulled the trigger sharply in the distance.

There was no need to aim in such darkness, because the darkness ahead was full of Mongol Tartar cavalry. Yu Hou carried the spear in his hand, and only his eyes were not red, as if there was a flame burning.

"Kill!" With a roar, the spear in his hand stabbed fiercely at the figure of the centaur that appeared.

People turn on their backs, and the neighing is incessant.

"Don't fight, retreat, the crossbowmen shoot their feet!" A strong and powerful hand grabbed Yu Hou, who had fallen into madness, "Take your people, go!" ”

"Let go of me, Lao Tzu is going to kill these Mongolian Tatars, kill!" That Yu Hou had fallen into madness, and the blood between his hands and the spear had been tightly condensed, and the gun seemed to be a part of Yu Hou's body at this moment, like a dragon out of the water, roaring silently in the dark!

The man who grabbed Yu Hou's arm pulled him over mercilessly, and the man's eyes in the darkness were the same blood red, and the same flame burned: "Obey the order!" ”

Yuhou Huo Ran woke up, immediately recognized who it was, shivered all over his body, and hurriedly pushed the man fiercely: "Envoy, it's too dangerous here, you go first, you go first, even if your subordinates fight for their lives, they have to cover the retreat of Envoy." ”

"This is not a retreat, so-and-so tells you, this is not a retreat!" Ye Yingwu said coldly, "We are here to lure the Mongolian Tartars to take the bait, not to fill ourselves here!" ! Xiao Yangzi, with the brothers, blocked the Mongolian Tartars, and let Wu Chucai, the one, hurry up and come up. ”

Xiao Yangzi was stabbed in the waist, but he stepped forward quickly with a knife in his hand like no one else, and several cavalrymen rushed to his left and right, with a crossbow in their hands, and there were screams in the dark, but more Mongolian cavalry had appeared in front of him, and a pair of eyes seemed to bloom with the green light of the steppe wolf's eyes, not only the town navy was crazy, but the Mongolian cavalry was also crazy, just desperately rushed into the unknown darkness, and waved the saber in his hand fiercely.

"Spear!" Wu Chucai's fiery shouts came from behind him, and hundreds of spearmen rushed out in the darkness, and although the rows of spears did not flicker, they still couldn't change their yearning for blood and death.

Ye Yingwu breathed a sigh of relief, and Wu Chucai stepped forward quickly: "The subordinates are late, please forgive the king." ”

With a wave of his hand, Ye Yingwu was holding his sword, his war horse had been killed just now, in the darkness where the sound of killing shook the sky and he couldn't see his five fingers, he couldn't find a replacement war horse at all, and Xiao Yangzi and the others who wanted to give him a horse were kicked away by Ye Yingwu.

At this time, each of their personal guards was stronger and more useful than Ye Yingwu's martial arts.

"Where is Su Renzhong?" Ye Yingwu relieved himself and asked in a deep voice.

In front of his eyes, the spearmen of the Zhenhai Navy and the cavalry of the Hundred Battles who had fought desperately could barely stop the crazy Mongolian cavalry, and dazzling blood flowers bloomed in the darkness, dark red and dark red, which was terrifying. As for the strong bloody smell in the wind, it has long been difficult to erase.

"Just half a mile ahead, all the compartments are ready, just waiting for the Mongolian Tartars to enter the urn." Wu Chucai gave up his mount to Ye Yingwu and said in a low voice, "There are still more than a thousand sons left in Lao Jiang, and there are more subordinates here, there are still two thousand people, do you want to have another batch." ”

"That's enough," Ye Yingwu waved his hand, "No need to fight anymore, if Boyan doesn't get in, even if he comes again, he won't be deceived, let the crossbowmen gather and suppress the formation, let's withdraw, the rest is up to Su Renzhong." ”

Wu Chucai nodded, and greeted him, the town navy non-commissioned officers of the brigade replaced those sons and daughters led by Ye Yingwu, because Wu Chucai was at the forefront, so he resisted a Mongolian Tatar assault less than Ye Yingwu and Jiang Tie, and this team of town navy non-commissioned officers had more strength left.

The sudden change of opponent in the dark surprised the Mongolian cavalry who had fallen into madness, especially the dense whistling arrows of the opponent took the lives of many Mongolian cavalry who were charging intensively in the dark. There are not many arrows left in Ye Yingwu's team of crossbowmen, so it is difficult to form enough long-range strike force, and he has long been eager to leave all the rules and regulations behind the Mongolian cavalry who tore these southern barbarians to pieces in the dark, and just blindly launch a group assault, who would have thought that he would suddenly be attacked by the Song army so suddenly, and there would be countless casualties for a while.

The Mongolian cavalry who came to their senses scattered to the two wings in panic, but the divine arm crossbow of the Zhen Navy followed like a shadow, constantly pouring arrows, so that the Mongolian cavalry, which was obviously about to break through the defense line of the Zhen Navy, had to turn around and turn back.

"The Southern Barbarians have changed again." Hearing the sound of horses' hooves retreating from front in the dark, Huai Du couldn't help frowning and looked at the silent Boyan beside him.

"Although Ben Shuai didn't play the flag, Ye Yingwu still guessed the existence of so-and-so." Bo Yan said slowly, "We plan to decide the winner in a surprise attack, and Ye Yingwu doesn't plan to take advantage of the fact that there are only cavalry around him and the number of people is small. ”

Huaidu tightened the reins of the horse: "After catching up with this Song army from the south of Tianchang, we have lost nearly two thousand troops, but even Ye Yingwu is not clear whether he is here, and he is getting more and more southward step by step, and the last general is always a little uneasy in his heart." ”

Boyan looked ahead, as if he could see the scenery in the darkness ahead, and said in a deep voice: "Ye Yingwu's strategy is actually very clumsy, as long as he is a person who commands the army, even Zhao Kuo, who talks about the army on paper, can see it, but he knows that there may be a net not far ahead, and he will also hit it headlong." Ye Yingwu is betting with us whether he will lead you and me into the trap first, or you and I will destroy him in this field first. ”

Without waiting for Huaidu to speak, Boyan took a breath lightly: "Ye Yingwu can guess even if he guesses, we are now suffering from the enemy, the southern barbarians have broken through the Han River, and are going north to Heluo non-stop, and Li Tingzhi is also breaking through Huaibei, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Shandong, so compared to Ye Yingwu, you and I need a hearty victory now!" ”

As Boyan's deputy, Huaidu is not unaware, because Shandong and Heluo have been threatened by the most direct threat, and Mongolia can only desperately shrink its forces in this area, and it is difficult to resist the Song army's edge, so although Kublai Khan believes that Boyan will save everything for him in Huainan, he still can't help but send a letter every once in a while urging Boyan to fight quickly.

Ye Yingwu clearly got Boyan and Huaidu right, and he couldn't allow the two of them not to take the bait. (To be continued.) )