As soon as the Tartar attack passed, more than 100 corpses were left behind, and many people died at the pass, some people were lying on the ground spitting blood, and a pair of eyes gradually became godless.

A middle-aged man was wearing a piece of torn armor, and the sharp knife in his hand was completely soaked in blood, and the blood on it was both from his enemies and his brothers.

He walked up to a one-armed middle-aged man who had been pierced through the chest by an arrow, closed his eyes, and quickly swept the sharp knife towards the middle-aged man's neck.

The knife touched the muscles, and a low cry of sorrow came out of his mouth: "Brother, let's go." ”

The man's name was Tu Hu, both parents died, and he died at the hands of the Tatars thirty-two years ago, when he was six years old. In the blink of an eye, thirty years passed, and in thirty years, there were four hundred and seventy-three Tartars who died at his hands, and each of them was killed by his own hands.

This unforgettable hatred made him give up the opportunity to enter Beijing as an official, and also made him a thorn in Yang Rong's side. Fortunately, Tu Hu himself didn't want to get involved in the power struggle, so he had countless military achievements, but he was willing to take 3,000 people to stick to the most important Yajiao Mountain.

Today, no less than twenty seriously injured people were killed by him, and he felt his hand holding the knife trembling slightly, but looking at the painful wails and pleading eyes of those brothers, he had to continue to kill.

These are all brothers who fought desperately for the Ming Dynasty, some of them have passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, some are still sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers, and some are disabled soldiers who lost their body parts on the battlefield.

It stands to reason that they should enjoy the glory and wealth in the rear, but they didn't have such a choice, they chose to fight to the death with their generals and their robed brothers, and fought to the death in this hot land where hundreds of thousands of bones were buried.

"General, I'll come!" The man who had been following him lacked an eye, and an unbearable look flashed in his single eye.

Tu Hu said firmly: "I came by myself, they are all my brothers, and I personally sent them on the road." On Huangquan Road, I apologized to them again. ”

"This non-war crime is all Yang Rong's fault." The one-eyed general said indignantly.

He has followed Tu Hu since the day he joined the army, and he knows what Tu Hu's character is, because Xu Ning bought a thin-skinned coffin for the old man who had raised him for many years, and this thirty-eight-year-old man has been loyal to Xu Ning for twenty years. From joining the army at the age of eighteen to becoming the general manager of Datong Zuowei at the age of thirty-eight, he has been loyal for 20 years.

Xu Ning died in an accident, and Yang Rong took the throne, but Yang Rong, who was extremely jealous of Tu Hu, was afraid and replaced Tu Hu with the old, weak, sick and disabled.

If this battle is lost, then Yang Rong will really be fully responsible.

"Shut up!" Tu Hu reprimanded: "The defense line of Datong Town is nearly 700 miles, and the total number of border troops in Datong Town is only more than 100,000, which is simply not enough to guard every inch of land. The general soldier has his own plans, and it is not something that our subordinates can figure out blindly. Shut your mouth and do your thing! ”

As he spoke, he was very quick to end the life of an old soldier, and the look of pain flashed on his face, which made the other soldiers who saw it feel unbearable.

Originally, he didn't need to do such a thing in the future, but Tu Hu stubbornly said that he would send every brother who had no hope of survival on the road. This kind of pain should not have been endured by him, the Lord, in the future.

From this point of view, Tu Hu can be a fierce general who charges into battle, but he can't be a big surprise on the defending side.

"General, are we all going to die?" A slightly immature voice sounded in the corner.

The man who spoke was a young man of about fifteen or sixteen years of age, with an arrow embedded in his left arm, and the leather armor on his body had long since been lost, revealing a cloak covered with blood.

His eyes were so helpless that Tu Hu couldn't bear to look at the second glance after the first glance.

After hesitating for a while, Tu Hu's rough big hand touched the top of the young man's head: "Don't worry, we won't die, as long as there is hope, all of us won't die." ”

A look of hope rose in the young man's eyes, and suddenly, he gritted his teeth, grabbed the arrow on his left arm, and pulled it out with all his might, the wound cracked, and blood gushed out. The boy, who was only sixteen years old, fainted with a pale face.

"Bandage!" Tu Hu shouted very decisively and continued to walk towards the pass.

Eighty miles east of Yajiao Mountain, three thousand black iron horsemen were resting in a forest, and the smoke of cooking was burning in the wilderness, and the soldiers who had been tired for several days began to bury pots and make food.

"My lord, we have been looking for a long time, but we haven't seen the slightest shadow of the enemy." Fan Tong muttered dissatisfiedly.

He has a lot of ability, but he has been running for days, and the skin on his inner thighs has worn out, although this pain is nothing, but after sweating, the pain and itching are really uncomfortable.

Zhang Ru smiled: "Don't worry, if you really encounter the Tatar cavalry, it's good if you don't pee your pants." ”

Fan Tong glanced at Zhang Ru: "Adults also look down on people, I Fan Tong followed the adults from birth to death, and I really wasn't afraid." When I followed Master to the prairie before, I met Tartars, and I even killed a few of them! ”

Jiang Wei patted Fan Tong's shoulder and smiled: "I can't see that our Fan Commander is still a young hero!" ”

Fan Tong said: "Brother Jiang, can you not laugh at it, what I said is the truth." ”

Jiang Wei said again and again: "Well, well, really, really." ”

A few people chatted and chatted, feeling a lot more relaxed, although the tiredness on the body did not disappear, but it also did not have the previous fatigue.

After eating, everyone took a nap, and if they did not rest, I am afraid that if they did not meet the Tatars, they would have to be dragged down by themselves first.

I didn't know how long I slept, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in my ears, Zhang Ru bounced up from the ground suddenly, and the embroidered spring knife on his waist was already unsheathed the moment he opened his eyes.

At this time, the owner of the footsteps happened to be four or five paces away in front of him, and the man was the cavalry of the Jinyi Guard, and he was also a scout in the army.

"General, I found wolf smoke ahead, look at the direction, it seems to be in the direction of Yajiao Mountain." Nati got down on one knee.

Zhang Ru frowned and asked, "Yajiao Mountain is at least eighty miles away from here, and the wolf smoke shouldn't be able to spread such a long distance." ”

Ti Qi explained: "It is true that Yajiao Mountain is a little far from here, but Pingyuan Fort and Weiyuan Fort have been lit with beacon fires. Although you can only barely see the beacon fire of Pingyuan Fort here, the beacon fire of Weiyuan Fort is not far from here. No traces of the Great War were found in Weiyuan Fort, so his subordinates speculated that either something happened to Pingyuan Fort or something happened to Yajiao Mountain. ”

Zhang Ru nodded and said: "Your analysis is very reasonable, pass the order, a stick of incense, go!" ”

It wasn't clear what the problem was, so he decided to go to Fort Weiyuan first. Fortunately, there is a direct road between these passes, and there is no need for a detour.

Soon, the veterans who heard that there might be a war ahead climbed on horseback, and the cavalry of the Jinyi Guard also clenched the embroidered spring knives at their waists one by one.

The old pawns had more solemnity in their eyes, they had fought with the Tatar cavalry, and knew how powerful they were; And the riders' eyes were more excited, this group of calves who had just come out of the nest, they didn't know how powerful the tiger was, they really wanted to taste it.

The speed of the cavalry has always been very fast.

The twenty-mile journey took less than half an hour, but when they arrived at the bottom of Weiyuan Fort, they realized that there had been no war here at all, and they lit the beacon fire when they saw the beacon fire on the side of Pingyuan Fort.

Originally, the guard general wanted to send people to reinforce him, but he was afraid that Weiyuan Fort would be lost, so the guard had to retreat and light the beacon fire, hoping that the people above could see it.

Zhang Ru did not dare to stop, and ordered all the cavalry under his command to speed up and quickly whip up their horses to Pingyuan Fort.

An hour later, when he arrived at Pingyuan Fort, where there was no fighting, he immediately realized that something was wrong with the situation, and once again let the army gallop, this time to the westernmost Yajiao Mountain.

As the junction of Datong Town and Shanxi Town, Yajiao Mountain is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Because it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the walls here are easier to construct than in other places.

Zhang Ru guessed that it was for this reason that Tatar would regard Yajiao Mountain as their first choice. The enemy obviously knew the Ming army's operational policy very well, and this kind of place, whether it was Datong Town or Shanxi Town, would think of it as soon as they reacted that the other side would send people to defend it.

Once no one increases the number of personnel, I am afraid that the Raven Horn Mountain will be destroyed soon.

At this time, the fierce battle at the Yajiao Mountain Pass was in full swing, and the Ming army was good at defending the city, and those big cavalry were good at long-distance running operations.

The bed crossbow on the city wall pierced the air with a terrible whistling sound, and after it was drilled out straight, it would soon become a string of sugar gourds intertwined with human and horse flesh.

Those Tartars have been fighting with the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and they have also gained a lot of experience, not only preparing a large number of quilt chariots to resist the attacks of bed crossbows and arrows at the head of the city, but also many soldiers have ridden war horses and temporarily cut down trees to make cloud ladders.

Although the workmanship of these things is simple, they avoid the heavy long journey, save a lot of time, and at the same time can catch the Ming army off guard.

From time to time, the powerful Tartar marksman would shoot arrows at the top of the wall, and those who hid under the battlements were fine, but the soldiers who happened to shoot arrows out were miserable. If you are not careful, the serpent-like arrow will penetrate your chest, and there will be no chance of survival.

The two sides come and go, from time to time someone will die, the defenders at the head of the city are getting fewer and fewer, the boiling oil is still pouring down, and the Tatar cavalry climbing on the ladder will be doused with boiling oil if they are not careful, and then let go of their hands and fall down from the city with a miserable howl.

The enemy in the east had already begun to ascend to the top of the city, Tu Hu shouted, and the whole person flew into the air, tiptoe on those robed brothers, and rushed towards the east with the guards around him.

A few Ming soldiers laboriously waved the longbow in their hands, this thing could not cause much damage to the enemy at all, and after a few swings, the longbow broke into several sections. Then, the sharp Tatar scimitar stabbed into the chest.