Han Youniang had never seen a beacon fire, but she had heard about it countless times, so she naturally knew what it meant to light the beacon tower. The ferocity and savagery of the Tartars were to her what people now thought of the devils, a group of bloodthirsty beasts.

Yang Ling was more surprised than shocked, influenced by too many film and television dramas in later generations, in his mind, the so-called Tartars are all rough and heroic Mongolian warriors, hospitable and bold, maybe they are very brave in battle, but they are not ghost soldiers with lost surnames.

But after all, it was still a hostile two dynasties, and he would not be naïve enough to think that if someone attacked the city, he would show mercy to his subordinates, so he hurriedly took Han Youniang's hand and rushed towards the county office.

At this time, the city gates were closed, and the residents of the city had already poured out of their homes because of the beacon fire. It is not the first time that the little prince of Tatars, Boyan Mengke, can lead his troops to attack the border, but most of the time they dare not directly attack the pass like Jimingyi, for this kind of higher city, they do not have the ability to carry various siege equipment remotely, just for the sake of looting, the Tartars will not risk huge casualties to attack the city.

However, in ordinary small-scale battles, the beacon tower will not be used to transmit information, and tonight this situation is a bit special, as it seems that the pass has been directly attacked, how can these people not be alarmed.

Although Min County's order to be a county official was muddy, after all, he was born in the military, and when he heard the news that the Tartars were coming, he didn't even have time to put on his clothes and hurriedly ran out of the back hall.

The garrison here is only 260 people, led by two generals, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, once a war occurs, the local chief executive is responsible for the overall military operation, and the officers have no command power, so now the Min County Commander has become the commander of the theater garrison.

Min County ordered to do this is an old business, the next time sent a horse to get in touch with the nearest post station, to inquire about further news, while sending people to hurry back to the capital to transfer troops, Zhou Shi also sent someone to inform Ma Yicheng, requiring all military post personnel to wear knives and guns, ready to go to the city to support at any time.

Yang Ling was stunned on the sidelines, to be honest, since these days, he has dealt with large and small affairs on behalf of the Min County Order, and the Min County Order himself is like a puppet, although Yang Ling is grateful for the kindness of the Min County Order, but he looks down on him in his heart, and he can't imagine that he is handling the war in an orderly manner at this time.

After the Min County Commander finished assigning with spittle, he sighed, straightened his clothes, and shouted at the back: "Lao Tzu's armor and big sword, hurry up and bring it!" ”

After saying that, he turned his head and glanced at Yang Ling and Han Youniang who was standing behind him, and said with a smile: "His grandmother's, I'm afraid this year is not good, these tartars came to loot on the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, presumably because the heavy snow this winter froze many cattle and sheep to death, and they will not leave without enough food." ”

At this time, two domestic servants, one with chain mail and the other with a large knife, came out. Because this is a third-class county, the conditions are difficult, and the family of Min County Ling is not with him, so it is often these servants who serve.

Min County's order was not seen, so he took off his official robe in the lobby and began to change his clothes, and Han Youniang saw it and hurriedly retreated to the side room to avoid suspicion. The magistrate of Min put the chain mail neatly on, put the county official's robe on the outside, and snatched the big knife from the hand of the servant.

The knife is afraid that it does not weigh more than forty pounds, this Min County Order is holding a knife in one hand, his wrist is shaking, and the heavy big knife is dripping and turning in his hand, and then he slams it to the ground, smashing the blue brick ground debris sideways, Yang Ling Huo Ran was moved, although he knew that this Min County Order was born as a military attaché, he couldn't imagine that he actually made such a heavy weapon.

Min Xian Ling was dressed as a county magistrate, and the black gauze wings on his hat were still swaying when he walked, but he carried a sharp big knife, and his appearance was nondescript, he didn't care, and shouted majestically to the outside of the hall: "Go!" Follow me to the walls! ”

A bunch of officials who had arrived in the courtyard responded in a hurry, and a large group of people rushed out.

Yang Ling walked out of the county office, and the four red lanterns at the entrance of the yamen were gently swaying in the wind and snow, and the snow was falling more densely at this time, and large snowflakes were fluttering one after another, and the world was vast.

Min Xian Ling brought a group of people with swords and guns, and rushed to the city, and the streets were full of villagers scurrying around like ants on hot pots, and they didn't have time to pay attention.

On the south gate, nearly 100 officers and soldiers were looking nervously at the city. This gate is facing the gate of the north and south official roads, the east and west gates are built near the mountain, not suitable for war horses to gallop, even if the Tartars come to attack, it is difficult to mobilize a large cavalry to attack the east and west gates, relatively speaking, it is relatively safe, so only 70 officers and soldiers are sent to garrison, and a general is patrolling back and forth on horseback.

The general manager of the south city gate was standing at the head of the city and was looking at the city, and when he saw that the county lord had brought someone to come in person, he hurriedly ran over and clicked on one knee, clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Humble Jiang Bin see Lord Min."

Min Xian Ling waved his hand and said: "Excuse me, Mr. Jiang, is the Tartar here?" ”

Jiang Bin smiled and said: "My lord, the lights are not as good as the city, and I can't see it clearly, but if you don't see the torches of the Tartars, there are at least no less than a hundred people, but although you can rest assured, there are lowly positions, and they can't attack them."

Yang Ling looked at this general carefully, this general Jiang was extremely handsome, he looked like he was in his early twenties, with a strong figure and a fierce expression, and he didn't seem to care about the Tartar soldiers.

Yang Ling couldn't help nodding secretly, in the previous impression, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all cowardly, otherwise the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty would have personally conquered, and the 500,000 army would not have been defeated by the 100,000 army led by the Taishi Wara, and even the Emperor Yanjing was lost. He also thought that the officials of the Ming Dynasty would be as pale as dirt as soon as they heard the name of the Tartars, and he couldn't imagine that a county magistrate and a general who guarded the city here were all courageous.

Master Min laughed and said, "Let's go and have a look." A group of people went up to the city, holding the arrow stack and looking at the city, only to see that the city was pitch black, more than 100 torches were flowing around, and a strange cry came from the city.

In the middle of the official road under the city, more than 20 torches were gathered, reflecting several figures, shouting something to the city from afar. Lord Min sneered and said, "Just a hundred and ten people want to capture my Jiming Station?" ”

Jiang Bin pointed to the east and said, "My lord, one of the scouts sent by Fang was shot dead by the Tartars, and the one who fled back reported that the fighting in the direction of Erli and a half shook the sky, and the Tartars must be attacking there."

Erli and a half, Wulitai and the patrol shop are the closest passes to the Jimingyi on the left and right, but if you want to further attack Juyong Pass, you must break into the Jimingyi, so as soon as Lord Min heard that the main attack of the Tartars was two and a half miles, he knew that this time they were difficult to cross in the cold winter, and they regarded Daming as their warehouse and came to loot grain and grass.

Therefore, the purpose of the Tartar soldiers under the city is only to block the city gate, in case the city sends troops to rescue Erli and a half post. Min Wenjian has not used knives and guns for more than two years, his arms are so idle that he is itchy, and when he saw the Tartars under the city shouting and screaming around the city wall, he was overjoyed, he turned his head to Jiang Jiang and said: "Jiang General, prepare a war horse for me, and send forty people to follow me out of the city to repel the Tartars."

Jiang Jiang also wanted to go out of the city to fight, but he didn't dare to act rashly without the order of the official, and he was overjoyed when he heard the order, and hurriedly shouted to his subordinates: "Come on, bring two war horses, the archers in the city are ready, and the two sentinels Liu and Li will lead the team to fight with the adults and me!" ”

Yang Ling was quite surprised to see that they only led forty people out of the city, next to Wang Bantou was originally Lord Min's personal soldiers in the army, seeing Yang Ling's surprised expression, he smiled and said: "Master Yang thinks that he has not seen the courage of Lord Min, Lord Yang was originally the commander of Datong under the command of Lord Du, and his martial arts are outstanding.

Two cavalrymen and forty colonels went out of the city to meet these Tatar cavalrymen on tall horses? Yang Ling was a little uneasy in his heart, but thinking that the forty-pound machete was used by Min County's order, how much more than one or two hundred catties when this big knife was wielded, that martial arts must be good, even if he was not invincible, there would be no danger, so he relaxed a little.

The city gate was opened with a creak under the city tower, this small city has no moat, and there is no drawbridge, twenty archers on the city gate tower pulled out their bows and arrows, and waited for the momentum, and the city under the city Lord Min and Jiang Jiang led a total of forty officers and soldiers to rush out of the city.

Among the forty colonels, there were twenty sword and shield bearers and twenty pikemen, separated left and right in the shape of goose wings, Jiang Bin reined in the war horse, and was about to shout to the Tatars on the opposite side of the land of a stone's throw in a loud voice, but unexpectedly, Lord Min controlled the reins with one hand, and walked slowly on the road with a big knife for a while, when suddenly he shouted: "The thief chief has violated my border, come and die under the knife quickly, rush!" ”

With that, he raised his sword over the top, slammed his feet on his horse, and flew straight towards the dozen or so Tatars in front of him, who were wrapped in animal skins and carrying bows and arrows.

Jiang Bin's eyes were straight, he knew that this Lord Min turned out to be a thousand generals under the command of Du Renguo, the general soldier of Datong, Du Zongbing was called Du Maniac, and he never paid attention to any battle strategy when killing the enemy in battle, and he didn't know how to cooperate with many arms.

However, the battle between the two armies, after all, is not a single hero can determine the outcome of the battle, although he is bloodthirsty and belligerent, and personally killed a lot of Tatar soldiers, but he always loses more and wins less, and every time he encounters defeat, he angrily splits his armor with a knife to vent his anger. Unexpectedly, this Min County Commander and his chief soldier are in the same style.

Jiang Bin was anxious, if there was a good guy in Min County's order, his ten heads would not be enough to cut off, and at this time, he didn't care that all his subordinates were foot schools, so he immediately waved his knife and shouted: "Follow the adults, kill me!" This Jiang Bin's arm strength is outstanding, and his riding skills are good, so he uses two three-foot-long horse chopping knives, holding knives in both hands, controlling the horse with both legs, and chasing the county master Min Wenjian.

Seeing this, the forty colonels had to follow the horse's ass and chase wildly, the road was slippery in the dark night, the snow was very thick, and all the formations disappeared in an instant, and they became a group of stragglers.

The county magistrate rode a good horse, an arrow away, and he rushed to it in an instant, he loosened the reins, raised his knife in both hands, and rushed straight to a young man in his twenties who were clustered in the middle of the group of people like a gust of wind, 'Capture the thief and capture the king first', this county magistrate who is not literate understands this truth.

Under the torches, the young man was dressed in a tiger-skin robe, with a bow on his shoulder, and a spear in his hand lying across the saddle bridge. His mission was to harass the garrisons in the city and intimidate them, lest they go out of the city to rescue the officers and soldiers of Erli and Banyi, and this task could be said to be extremely easy.

As soon as he arrived at the city, he ordered his subordinates to hold two torches, and ran around in the open field under the city, bluffing to intimidate, and he stood here shouting and scolding, he also knew a little about the defenders here in advance, and expected that there were not many defenders in the city, and the county was controlled by civilian officials, so he would never dare to go out of the city to meet the battle under this momentum, so he was careless.

It should be his bad luck, today he met the madman county order under the command of the Datong madman general soldier, not only went out of the city to meet the enemy, but also rushed over single-handedly. This Tatar general stood a stone's throw away from the city gate, Min Wenjian's soldiers came out to fight, not even the torches were lit, he stood here and didn't know that the officers and soldiers had left the city, although the Min County Commander shouted under the city, because he himself was also loudly scolding the officers and soldiers in the city, he didn't hear it clearly at all, and it was the Ming officers and soldiers who scolded back in the city.

At this time, the snow was all over the sky, Min County Commander rode a black horse, wearing a cyan county official robe, and the night was integrated, although the horse's hooves were sick, all around were the Tatar cavalry who were bluffing on horseback, they would not care, until Min County Commander rushed to the front, both hands with knives, straight into the crowd, in the cover of more than ten torches they recognized this person as a Ming person.

One side was unprepared, the other side was galloping, straight closer, the young man in the tiger skin robe was shocked to widen his eyes, only to see a horse in front of him, the person on the horse was wearing a Ming official robe, the front of the official robe a yellow bird with open wings can be seen clearly, this person is also wearing a black gauze hat on his head, the hat wings flickered and shook up and down at a great angle, but the surname is very good, and it has not been broken.

Immediately, the civil official had a swarthy face, small eyes wide and round, a full beard, and his hands held high in the air in a strange posture.

The horse was as fast as lightning, and for a while a dozen Tatars didn't have time to react, until the hands with strange postures slashed down at the shoulder strap of the tiger-robed young man, and the torches reflected a light in the air, that they found that the great Ming civil official was holding a machete with a cold light in his hand.

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