readx; As the main force of the Eight Banners crossed the mountain beams and led the horses one after another, Zhao Shujiao did not look forward to the reinforcements from Zunhua and Jizhou. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBecause in the field, the cavalry under his command was not enough to stuff the teeth of the Jurchens.

Seeing that the Jurchens all over the mountains had already outflanked Xifengkou Guancheng from both wings, the Chinese army hurriedly persuaded: "Lord General Soldier, the Tartars have crossed the mountains, and there is no point in staying here. While the retreat is not broken, let's retreat quickly! ”

Zhao Shujiao stared at the enemy troops rushing down from the ridge and constantly approaching with a knife, and only after a while did he shake his head and said, "What you said is not bad. But it's not yet noon, and it will be a little while before the pigeons will fly back. Before getting an edict from the imperial court, the general must not retreat, because Zunhua and Jizhou are not in danger to defend, and once they retreat, I am afraid they will not be able to take it. Holding on here can also buy a little time for the big army. ”

Of course, the Ming army knew that they only had a few hundred people, and the so-called "holding on" was actually equivalent to dying here. But they were all the most elite and loyal soldiers under Zhao Shujiao, and when they saw that the lord would rather die than retreat, they all stimulated the blood of their whole bodies, and silently moved the bodies of their companions who had just sacrificed their lives for the country to the side, so as not to hinder the battle, and then stood strong between the battlements.

Zhao Shujiao ordered people to carry all the jars of spirits carried by the labor army on this inspection to the city, and immediately opened the altar with everyone to drink, and after pouring it down, he dropped the wine bowl, and laughed heartily: "Damn, happy!" Usually, I would have been afraid that you would drink and make mistakes, so I would not have dared to let you drink; Today, we are fighting to the death here, and we must not go to the Netherworld to report on an empty stomach. Ben will accompany you to drink enough and starve to death the Tartars who paved the way for us! ”

When everyone saw that the Lord was going to die, they all drank it all one after another, and there was a crisp sound of smashing bowls in the city. In an instant, several jars of liquor had bottomed out, and Zhao Shujiao sprayed alcohol at the head of the city, shouting in the direction of the enemy: "Dog's Tartar, grandpa has drunk beautifully, come, come to die!" ”

All the soldiers also shouted in unison, and the shouts soared into the sky and echoed in the valley for a long time!

It didn't take long for the Han Junqi to launch a second wave of attacks, and the Jurchen troops on both flanks were getting closer and closer to Xifengkou. At this moment, a Chinese soldier shouted in surprise: "Look, Lord Commander, the carrier pigeon is back!" ”

Zhao led the teaching hand to build a pergola and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw that in the east and west directions, there was a team of carrier pigeons flying towards Chengguan at high speed. There are three in the Shanhaiguan direction, and nine in the Jingshi direction!

But before the defenders could cheer, the Jurchens on both wings also spotted these carrier pigeons, raised their bows and looked at the sky, and fired arrows in unison. Almost in the blink of an eye, two of the three carrier pigeons in the direction of Shanhaiguan had been shot down, and five or six from the direction of Jingshi had also been shot down.

Seeing that the remaining carrier pigeons were in danger in the rain of arrows, Zhao Shujiao was anxious and angry, and suddenly raised his bow and shot, but the direction of shooting was the only way for the Jurchen arrows. The sergeants also learned from the main general, and they opened their bows and arrows, and they really blocked many sharp arrows shot at the carrier pigeons. The carrier pigeons took the opportunity to soar hard, and finally flapped their wings and landed at the head of Xifengkou City.

Zhao led the Jiaojiao to order the army to take down the secret letter and translate it. The content of the letter from Shanhaiguan was to ask him to retreat to Zunhua immediately, and said that Man Gui and Zu Dashou had led 30,000 border troops to help, and asked him to hold out until the reinforcements arrived.

However, the content of the letter from Jingshi was to ask him to immediately abandon Zunhua and Jizhou, set fire to the city, and lead all the soldiers and civilians to retreat south to defend Tianjin! The lieutenant officer was shocked and said, "Lord Commander, the two orders contradict each other, which one should we listen to?" ”

Zhao Shujiao sighed for a while and said: "Of course I listen to Jingshi, that is the emperor's order!" ”

"But if we want to burn Zunhua and Jizhou, this..."

"This must be the meaning of the saints, those civil officials are not so bold!" The corners of Zhao Shujiao's mouth showed a grim smile, "The whole army of the Tartars is attacking, our troops are insufficient, Zunhua and Jizhou will definitely not be able to hold it, do you want to leave it to the Tartars to loot?" It's still a fire to save trouble! Don't talk nonsense, come on, the whole army is on horseback and break through! ”

Originally, the defenders of Xifengkou were all infantry troops, but the three hundred pro-troops taught by Zhao were all cavalry, and now they have killed more than 100 people, so there is still a surplus of war horses. Zhao led the people down to the city and shouted, "Take off all the armor!" As he spoke, he took the lead and stripped naked.

Everyone was puzzled, and Zhao Shujiao smiled bitterly: "The Tartar horse is faster than our horse, if we don't take off our armor, we won't be able to run far, we will be overtaken." Now open the south gate and rush me! ”

Soon the heavy city gate was opened, Zhao led the way to the lead, and less than 200 shirtless Ming troops galloped out of the city and went straight to Zunhua, dozens of miles away.

But at this time, the Jurchen army had gradually closed, and the retreat was about to be cut off. Zhao Shujiao brandished a big sword on his horse and shouted, "Soldiers! Before the Tartar horse team arrived, they rushed out of the encirclement in one go! ”

The Ming army also knew that this was the only chance to escape, and if they waited for a large number of enemy horses to cross the mountains, it would be difficult to get out. So he followed closely behind Zhao Shuojiao's horse, like a sharp spear, fiercely inserted into the Jurchen ranks.

But hundreds of Jurchens have already ridden war horses, and their reputation of "riding and shooting the best in the world" is not blown. Seeing that the Ming army wanted to seize the road and escape, the Jurchens immediately organized a formation on the spot, launched a counter-charge, and frequently fired bows and arrows on their horses. This skill is not able to catch up with the Ming army for many years, and before the two armies can come into contact, half of the Ming army will be killed by arrows and fall off their horses, and the blood will stain the black land in the Xifengkou Pass red!

Zhao led the sect and the army to desperately use weapons to shoot arrows, and finally survived this round of arrow rain. But he was also hit by two arrows, deep to the bone, and the blood had already stained the bare upper half of his body red. Zhao Shujiao didn't realize it, seeing that he rushed to the enemy, raised his knife and roared, and cut an enemy soldier in front of him into two with his horse!

In an instant, two black torrents collided head-on, and between the lightning and flint, the cavalry on both sides were waving their weapons indiscriminately on their horses, frantically greeting each other. The sound of weapons clashing, the shouts of soldiers, the neighing of war horses, the sound of sharp blades piercing **, the screams of wounded soldiers... All the sounds intertwined, and the earth beneath your feet was completely shaken!

However, after the tea effort, most of Zhao Shujiao's pro-army suffered casualties, and only a few dozen horsemen followed closely behind Zhao Shujiao. Zhao Shujiao has already killed more than ten cavalrymen in a row, including two Niu Lu Ezhen, his own blood and the blood splashed by the other party have already dyed him into a bloody man, and he can no longer see the original color of white hair and silver beard!

However, as the Jurchen cavalry gathered more and more, the Ming army fought less and less, and it was always difficult to break through the encirclement of the enemy, and the battle situation was extremely dangerous. Finally rushed to a gap in the battlefield, the young lieutenant officer swung his knife and slashed a lone enemy to death, rushed to Zhao Shujiao's side and shouted hoarsely: "Lord Commander, the last general is here to drag the Tartars, you quickly break through!" ”

Zhao Shujiao laughed and said, "You are still too young, just rely on your two moments, and you also want to drag the Tartar?" After this will be broken, you give me a quick walk! ”

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