"It's all for a certain person, if something goes wrong in the transfer of grain and grass, you can see!" Standing on a grain cart, the Mongolian commander shouted at the top of his voice. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In front of him, the soldiers and Ding Zhuang came and went, even in the cold winter of Layue, all of them were wearing thin clothes, sweating profusely, carrying bags of grain and grass on their shoulders and in their arms. The Mongolian soldiers standing on the high place were all looking around, very vigilant.

This is the largest granary in the south of Yunzhou, grain and grass from the north of the Yanyun south, transferred to the Daimyo Mansion and then transferred to the two Huai and Heluo battlefields, but with the Ming army advancing northward, the Heluo area has fallen into the Ming territory, so the grain and grass from the north and south can only all converge to Yunzhou, in order to support the defense of Xuzhou and Yingtianfu.

Because of this, the commander felt a tremendous pressure on his shoulders. Although there were Mongol troops guarding Jeju, Daimyo's Mansion and other places behind him to cover the back road, he still felt bottomless in his heart when he led two thousand-strong troops to guard this granary.

"It's really strange, there are tens of thousands of people in Yunzhou City, why are there only two thousand people in this granary?" Lying in the snow, Ye Yingwu couldn't help but say in surprise while looking ahead with clairvoyance, "It stands to reason that the most important thing in the entire Yunzhou is this granary, two thousand people are not enough for one-fifth of the defenders, are the Mongolian Tartars dizzy?" ”

At this moment, the barren grass shook slightly, and Jiang Tie and two other soldiers pushed a prisoner and walked over: "Your Highness, catch a tongue." ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, put away his clairvoyance, the captive was also dressed as a soldier of the Han family, and looking at Ye Yingwu's face full of panic, obviously he didn't expect that he would be caught by two southern barbarians who came out of the ground when he walked into the grass to relieve himself.

When did the Nanban arrive at this granary outside Yunzhou, and what did they want to do?

Of course, it was evident that the captive's panicked eyes indicated that he was now more concerned about his own life. Ye Yingwu walked over and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, why is there only two thousand people in a huge granary?" ”

The captive hesitated a little, and Jiang Tie kicked him fiercely: "Answer truthfully, otherwise Lao Tzu will take your life!" ”

Looking at the blade reflecting the light of the snow, the captive's legs kneeling in the snow began to tremble, and he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes! Because the southern ・・・・・・, no, the Ming army has already killed the city of Xuzhou, and it is said that there is still a large army that has broken through several counties on the periphery of Yingtian, and Yingtian will not be able to defend it, so all the soldiers in Yunzhou have to be transferred over. ”

Ye Yingwu was stunned: "When is the order?" ”

According to Polo, there should be tens of thousands of people in Yunzhou, and it is impossible for him not to know about such a big matter as the transfer of troops, even if he spends all day drinking. If it is false, it means that Polo is still lying, and it is possible that Huang Wei is still helping him lie.

Although Polo is dead now, Ye Yingwu doesn't mind killing one more Huang Wei to be his companion.

The captives did not dare to hesitate: "Yesterday, during the third watch, people were dragged out of the bed and walked towards the south. ”

Ye Yingwu exhaled softly, yesterday at the third watch, Polo had already become a ghost under the knife. Looking up at the sky with the white belly of the fish, even if he burned the grain and grass by himself, I am afraid that the Mongolian Tartars would not have time to rescue.

"Youtu!" Ye Yingwu snorted, Xiao Yangzi hurriedly took out the folded map from his arms, and the other two soldiers hurriedly swept out a clearing, Ye Yingwu spread out the map, stretched out his hand and knocked heavily on the position of Ying Tianfu, "Who was closest to Ying Tianfu before the war?" ”

Yang Xu, who had been silent, said without hesitation: "Two Huai Army." ”

"・・・・・・No wonder," Ye Yingwu muttered, "I think General Wang didn't want to compete with the pickaxe's Tianwu army for credit, so he gave Bianliang to the Tianwu army, and he took the two Huai troops to kill Yingtianfu." This is invisibly helping a certain person, now the town of the navy is outside the gate of Xuzhou, if Yingtian is lost again, the Mongolian defense line in Shandong will collapse, so the Mongolian Tartars are in a hurry to put the Yunzhou defenders on top is not unreasonable. ”

Looking at the Lianhai area, Ye Yingwu sighed in his heart, a large part of the foundation of the two Huai armies was Xia Gui's Huai army, and the last Huai army was defeated on the road from Lianzhou to Yingtianfu. Wang Anjie led the two Huai troops to kill along this road again, obviously also meaning shame.

According to Ye Yingwu's original estimate, the two Huai armies should attack Bianliang together with the Tianwu Army, and now although the pressure on the Tianwu Army is much greater, at least Ye Yingwu does not need to take risks and gamble. It can be regarded as a gain and a loss, not to mention that Jiang Hao himself probably doesn't want the two Huai armies to get a piece of the pie. Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the eyes of the imperial court have been on Nanyang, and the Xuanwu, Shenwei, and Yongzhou military departments used to attack Nanyang have never had a place for the Tianwu Army to show its strength, so Jiang Hao must also want to prove the status of the Tianwu Army as the boss of the Ming Dynasty through this battle.

Although Jiang Hao is brave, he is by no means a reckless person, not to mention that there is a calm person like Yin Yu to help him, so Ye Yingwu is still very relieved about the Tianwu Army, even if he can't win the battle, Jiang Hao and Yin Yu have the ability to bring people back safely and steadily.

"Your Highness." Jiang Tie looked at Ye Yingwu, who was a little dazed.

Ye Yingwu Huoran stood up and ran quickly towards his war horse: "Jiang Tie, Wu Chucai!" ”

"The last general!" The two hurriedly stood up.

"The two of you will lead five hundred cavalry to outflank you from both sides, and the fire thistle terrestris will greet you, Xiaoyangzi, you and I will lead the rest of the cavalry and advance head-on!" Ye Yingwu lowered his voice, the sword in his hand was already out of its sheath, and he turned over and jumped on the war horse with three strikes and five divisions.

Jiang Tie and the other three hurriedly arched their hands at Ye Yingwu: "No! ”

"Kill!" Ye Yingwu tugged on the reins of the horse and said in a deep voice.

The earth suddenly began to tremble, and the commander turned his head in some surprise to see what happened to him forever. Two white-robed cavalry, as if blending in with the snow, suddenly burst out from behind the hillside, arrows whistling in the face like a wind. Several Mongolian soldiers who stood guard on a high place were shot almost instantly and rolled down.

"Southern Barbarian!" The Commander's pupils contracted violently.

There are only two thousand people stationed in the huge granary, which is simply a pie in the sky, and today it really made Ye Yingwu bump into it, before he also thought about repeating the old trick and disguised himself as a Mongolian cavalry, although it was risky, but after all, there was still a chance of winning, but who would have thought that now it was simply a paradise for the Praetorian Guard cavalry to rush and kill.

At the beginning, the 500 people in the 100 battles had the courage to rush left and right in the midst of the Mongolian army, but today they are facing two infantry and 1,000 troops with equal numbers, which is basically not enough for them to stuff their teeth. Ye Yingwu didn't give too many orders to Jiang Tie and Wu Chucai, but just let them show their abilities to the fullest.

At this moment, a sentry came quickly: "Report! Your Highness, something is wrong! ”

Ye Yingwu frowned: "What's wrong?!" ”

The sentry rider said breathlessly: "North, there are seven or eight thousand Mongolian Tatar cavalry in the north are rushing towards this side, but the speed of the horses is not fast, and there are still seven or eight miles of land!" They are all ordinary Mongolian Tatar headquarters cavalry, and they even saw the banner of the cowardly Xue army! ”

Ye Yingwu was stunned: "Cowardly Xue Jun?!" ”

The main force of the cowardly Xue army has already followed Shi Tianze to the south, and now they have retreated to the left near Xuzhou one after another, Ye Yingwu knows this, and they are accompanied by Boyan's Southern Expeditionary Army, but they are about to be beaten into the "Northern Return Army" by the Ming army from all walks of life. These two main Mongolian cavalry showed off their might for a while, and they were once used as a sharp weapon for Mongolia to deter the Ming Dynasty, but now with the battle of Chenzhou, these cavalry, including the six or seven thousand cavalry that later Mongolia went south, have basically been buried in that snowy night and that ruins, where did the Mongolian Tartars come from?

"The cowardly Xue army is not only the part led by Shi Tianze to the south, but also the last one left, because to protect the safety of Kublai Khan, it is estimated that there are about 2,000 people, obviously this time Kublai Khan has done everything he can, and this cowardly Xue army has also been sent." Su Niang's eyebrows frowned slightly, "Husband, seven or eight thousand cavalry, and the elite of the Mongolian Tartars, why did they appear here, could it be that our actions in the past two days have finally attracted the attention of the Mongolian Tartars?" ”

"Impossible, even if Kublai Khan transferred the cowardly Xue army to the south, it is still thousands of miles away from Shangdu to Shandong, and even the news of the loss of Dengzhou has not reached Shangdu in the past few days, how can it be that the cowardly Xue army has appeared under our noses?" Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "There is only one possibility, the cavalry of the Mongolian Tatars has already gone south before, and their target should not be Yunzhou but Bianliang and Luoyang at the beginning, but because Luoyang was lost too quickly, and our army went ashore from Dengzhou, so the Mongols simply fell on us first." ”

"Mistaken?" Su Niang was stunned.

Ye Yingwu nodded: "Whether it's a mistake or sincerity, we can't take it lightly, tell the brothers, start faster, and then burn the grain and grass, as for the people who are caught, all of them will be released!" ”

"Your Highness, the cavalry of the Mongolian Tartars has obviously realized that it is not good, and is speeding up to this side, and it is estimated that it will be killed in less than a stick of incense!" It was the return of the horse again, and the soldier also had an anxious look on his face, "Please also ask Your Highness to make a quick decision." ”

The battle in front of him is basically about to stop, because there is no support outside the city of Yunzhou, and only 2,000 foot soldiers want to resist the cavalry, which is tantamount to an idiot's dream, so many Mongolian soldiers simply knelt on the ground and raised their hands to surrender, and Jiang Tie They were busy lighting the fire, but because there was so much grain and grass, it was not so easy to burn it for a while.

Especially now that the billowing black smoke is rising, the Mongolian Tatars are not blind, they can naturally see clearly, so their cavalry is now raising their speed, not to mention the kung fu of a stick of incense, it is estimated that they will be able to see them in a short time.

"Leave five hundred people and burn them, and the rest will come with so-and-so." Ye Yingwu held his saber and pulled the reins of the horse fiercely.

Among the 2,000 cavalry of the Praetorian Guard, there are 500 heavily armored cavalry, but because of the long-distance attack, the heavy armor is placed in Dengzhou, otherwise Ye Yingwu really has the courage to compete head-on with the Mongolian Tatar cavalry today. Now there are only 1,500 light cavalry that can be drawn out of his side, and it is not so easy to entangle seven or eight thousand Mongolian Tatar cavalry. In other words, Ye Yingwu can only hope to create miracles, although what he is best at is creating miracles.

Fifteen hundred cavalrymen in white robes who almost blended with the snow followed Ye Yingwu quickly, and Wu Chucai, who stayed behind, did not dare to slack off, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up the movements under your hands, Your Highness and the brothers will use their lives to buy time for us, we can't live up to their sacrifices!" ”

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"Bang!" A lone gunshot rang out, echoing across the field.

A Mongolian commander who rushed to the front of the horse fell in response. The rest of the Mongolian cavalry reined in their horses in panic, they had already seen the thick black smoke billowing up not far away, but this sudden change still made their hearts tremble.

After this gunshot, the snow-covered field fell silent again, if it weren't for the fact that the body of the commander was still lying on the snow, blood was constantly flowing, and his mount was constantly screaming on one side, as if the gunshot just now was just an auditory hallucination.

"Spread out!" The leader of the Mongolian Wanfu shouted, but he didn't know that his roar had just exposed his location. Above the wasteland, the dull roar of the fire gun echoed again. There was still only a moment, but one of the guards beside the captain had been knocked to the ground.

Missed!

But even so, the demon hidden in the snow was no longer silent.

"Nanban, there must be Nanban!" Captain Wan's pupils contracted, and his voice was subconsciously lowered. He saw the fate of the commander and his guards clearly just now, and looked around nervously as he rode into the crowd.

It is impossible for the firearms of the southern barbarians to hit too far, and there are only one or two sounds, indicating that there are not many of them, and it is most likely that they are hiding in this vicinity, but yesterday a goose feather snow fell, and no one has been walking on the wasteland, not only there is no trace, but the snow has not passed half of the calf, who knows whether the ups and downs in the dim sunlight are human beings hiding or natural hills.

And the smoke billowing up in the distance is also reminding the commander that the Nanban has obviously succeeded in sneaking up on the granary, and if he doesn't rush to the rescue now, not only may he not be able to keep any food, but he won't even see a single Nanban man's hair.

What's more, these people under his command went south from Shangdu and walked along Yanyun to the river, because it is uncertain how many southern barbarians there are in Luoyang, and the loss of Chenzhou leads to the loss of Bianliang and it is not of much significance to go south, so they turn to Yunzhou to cover the transfer of grain and grass, and after some tossing, the dry food brought by the brothers around them is no longer enough, and this place is sparsely populated, and it is a vast snowfield, where to find food.

Therefore, the only thing that the commander can hope for is the grain in Yunzhou in front. If all this grain is burned, you will have to go hungry. Even if he still has the seven or eight thousand cavalry around him, like a wolf and a tiger, once he is hungry, he is uncomfortable and powerless.

There was no other unusual sound on the snowfield, only a cold wind.

Captain Wan gritted his teeth, maybe this was just two or three sentries in ambush by the Southern Barbarians bluffing with firearms, or hurry forward.

Seeing that the Mongolian cavalry was wandering for a while, and then continued to the south, Ye Yingwu put down his clairvoyance, spit out the grass roots in his mouth, and stretched out his hand, and Xiao Yangzi next to him hurriedly handed over the firecracker. Just now, His Highness fired two shots in a row, and although the latter one missed, he still convinced these arrogant Praetorian Guard soldiers, and they asked themselves if the operation of this fire gun was not of such a high level.

Stuffing a handful of snow into his mouth, Ye Yingwu exhaled lightly, if he didn't lower the temperature of his mouth to the same as outside, it would be easy to let out white air and expose his position. The fire bolt was aimed at the Mongolian cavalry who were getting farther and farther away, and a sneer flashed at the corner of Ye Yingwu's mouth.

"Bang!" There was another crisp sound, and one of the Mongol cavalrymen behind the palace fell in response.

Only this time, it was no longer just a lone gunshot, three gunshots rang out, and after three shots, all the Praetorian Guards armed with firearms opened fire at the same time. A thousand muskets poured fire on the Mongol cavalry in the middle of the road from both sides of the road, and although the Mongol cavalry had dispersed, they fell one by one like a sickle cutting wheat in the face of this sudden blow.

"Southern Barbarian, kill!" Captain Wan finally couldn't help it, and the gunfire told him that he was not encountering one or two Southern Barbarian sentinels, but most likely the main force of the Southern Barbarian cavalry that was running for a long time. I received the news from the Daimyo Mansion that they had broken through Zizhou and Qingzhou one after another, and now they have finally caught up. (To be continued.) )