Yulinpu is known as the gateway to Gaizhou, Abatai is very clear about this, and lose Gaizhou, the entire Houjin regime is facing the Ming army's soldiers, just the first time the Iron Fist Brigade sent troops to Fuzhou, Abatai gathered a Niu Lu and the general meeting above the allocation, Abatai said sharply to everyone: "This time the Ming army took advantage of the main force of my eight banners to sweep south, the cities were empty, the left road captured Fuzhou, the middle road captured Xiuyan, Phoenix, the right road captured Zhenjiang, besieged Kuandian, the Ming army was menacing, cut off the Liaozhong corridor, Now the Ming army guerrilla battalion is under the city of Gaizhou, according to the sentinel cavalry, a total of eight battalions of the Ming army of about 10,000 people, in addition to Fuzhou also stationed in Fuzhou two battalions of more than 3,000 people, I Gaizhou inlaid with yellow flags six Niulu, two Tumut Niulu, plus Shenyang emergency aid is a red flag a Niulu, inlaid with a blue flag a Niulu, in addition to Zhengbai, Zhenglan and other flags a total of more than 4,800 people, I have decided to set up an ambush in Xushan, surround the vanguard cavalry battalion of the Ming army, after eating the cavalry, the main force of the Ming army and Gaizhou City, a decisive battle! ”

Abatai said: "This time the Ming army entered the Kou, the situation is far more critical than the old Khan's eight-way encirclement and suppression, whether Xu Shan can exterminate the Ming cavalry, related to the life safety of nearly 5,000 bannermen in Gaizhou, you are all my Jianzhou warriors, riding and shooting unparalleled in the world, but I want to remind you that the Ming army that came to attack this time is not another family, but the Ming State Zhenguo General Yang Bo's department, this Ming army is different from other Ming troops, they have fierce firearms, tight formation, and have repeatedly defeated the elite of my Eight Banners, and in the autumn of critical survival, you must have the determination to fight to the death!" ”

Subsequently, Abatai ordered the Yellow Banner Gushan Ezhen Saltu to lead the three Niu Lu to set up an ambush five miles in front of Xu Mountain, and Tumut Niu Lu Amula and Zhenghong Banner Niu Lu Baidu each led the army and horses of the headquarters to attack left and right. The blue flag Bilu and the new Niu Lu Fu Cha were ambushed around Xu Mountain, and when the Ming army entered the pocket, they cut off the retreat in one fell swoop, and Abatai led the remaining Niu Lu to meet in Gaizhou. Abatai still didn't feel at ease after thinking about it, and called Saltu over and advised: "This battle is supervised by you personally, once the Ming army enters the pocket, you must resolutely attack until you eat the cavalry, Yang Bo's Ming army marches very fast, leaving you not much time to encircle and annihilate, if you can't complete the task." Military law engaged! ”

The terrain is narrow five miles north of Yulinpu, with Xu Mountain in the east and West Mountain and the sea in the west. Between the mountains, there is only a narrow undulating official road less than five miles wide, and Xushan is condescendingly guarding this road leading to Gaizhou, and the remote place name of Xushan is constantly mentioned in the mouths of the commanders of both sides, and no one expected that there would be an early decisive battle with Gaizhou Abatai. Yang Bo said afterwards: "Won the battle of Xushan." The scales of victory are beginning to tip in our favor." And the Eight Banners have such a saying: "The fall of Dajin began with the defeat of Xushan"

Yang Bo ordered all grain, grass, baggage and artillery to be abandoned, and an hour later he joined Li Dali's headquarters and took over the command of the whole brigade.

"The Tartars are short of troops, and it is difficult to eat my cavalry battalion in one bite. But the problem was that the cavalry battalion did not have enough ability to provide sustained fire suppression, and there was no equipment to hold on. The Tartars are waiting for work, and it is very likely to inflict heavy losses on the cavalry, so whether we can even arrive is the key to this battle, we are in a hurry, and the Tartars are also in a hurry, who can have the last laugh depends on whether we can run away" Yang Bo instructed the battalion commanders.

Yang Bo said to Wang Tiehammer, the commander of the rescue battalion of the two cavalry companies he personally led: "You must rush through the sniper circle of the Tartars, and choose a hill or woodland with complex terrain after joining the cavalry battalion. As a typical defensive battle! ”

More than 600 cavalry of the two companies urgently equipped with supplies, including shovels, digging picks, lead and ammunition, as well as flintlock pistols that were enough to equip two companies, and some thistles used as obstacles......

Sending Wang Tiehammer away, Yang Bo still couldn't rest assured, he issued several orders in a row, just as the main force to conquer Yulinpu's second flintlock battalion as the general reserve of the whole brigade, the first, the third flintlock battalion as the forward, so He Jiu commanded in front, and named the name of Liu Bingwen of the Intelligence Department, let him temporarily take over all the battalion sentry horses, and continuously inquire in the direction of Xushan.

Yang Bo finally said to the instructors of each battalion: "Abatai has been hit hard, this time the northward expansion plan is considered a success, Xushan is the key, no matter how many casualties there are, as long as I take Xushan, you must let all the soldiers understand its meaning, so that they can carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and death, these are to please you." ”

After speaking, the poignant suona rose loudly, and the battalions began to run and pull, slamming in the direction of Xu Mountain......

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Xu Shan

Zhao Long led the cavalry battalion unscrupulously into the encirclement, and chased nearly seven or eight miles, the terrain began to narrow, and soon, a sentry horse came back quickly and reported: "Zhao Tou, on the left flank of our army five miles away, there are Jiannu vests in the direction of Gaizhou, and the number is about 1,000 people, and they are approaching our army."

Zhao Long was originally a little faintly worried about entering this small place, but before he could speak, another horse came to report the military situation, and on the right flank of the cavalry, a red flag and a yellow flag appeared, with about five hundred vests, three or four hundred infantry, and at least more than a thousand auxiliary soldiers, who were rushing towards the cavalry battalion.

Zhao Long's worries became a reality, and he waved his hand to the sentry rider: "Revisit"

Everyone realized the seriousness and looked at Zhao Long, Zhao Long swallowed his spit and said: "The Tartars seem to have plans to ambush us and others, and now they can only retreat first."

Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhao Long said again: "If the Tartars have the intention to set up an ambush, I am afraid that the back road has been broken, and the strength of my cavalry battalion is enough for the previous road, I am afraid that the Tartars will be entangled." Under the siege of several roads, we will definitely lose too much. ”

Tong Jiaqiang said hurriedly: "It's too late to make a decision now, you give the order!" ”

In a moment, the banner of the cavalry battalion changed. The whole battalion changed formation, turned the horse's head, and began to break through to the original road, along the way the outpost continued to gather the news, and the Tartars behind him found that the cavalry battalion had plans to break through, and had chased over at full speed, and the forward was less than five miles away from here. The situation is very critical.

The closer he got to Xu Shan, the more worried Zhao Long became, as he turned the Tartar's territory upside down like a loach during the Fuzhou raid. He ran away with the smallest cost in the face of the Tartars' encirclement several times, and now the Tartars' calculations are obvious, and it is obviously not easy to get out of the predicament, and the best way is to spend some time building a position in favorable terrain as a stronghold. But Zhao Long didn't dare to take this risk. Because he was not sure when Li Dali and they would be able to rescue him, if they were besieged by the Tartars for more than half a day, the cavalry battalion lacking defensive equipment might enter the fate of the sin military camp, but as soon as they rushed out of the encirclement, the loss of the cavalry battalion would be at least more than half, and even if they rushed out, they would not be able to explain to the adults.

"Don't go!" Zhao Long made a decision to save his life, and he said to Tong Jiaqiang: "I can't explain to the adults when I break through, so I can only drag the Tartar for now." Counting on the rescue of the Iron Fist Brigade, our army sent troops this time. The purpose is to defeat and consume the elite main force of the Tartars, humiliate the Tartars, and blow their will. ”

"Find a hill, the whole battalion will build a position to hold on, and the horses will give up" Zhao Long had a hideous expression on his face, and said fiercely: "If you want to encircle and annihilate us, you have to pay the price, and the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be for us." ”

Tong Jiaqiang said with some concern: "Give up the horses, we won't be able to go at all!" ”

Zhao Long didn't answer, but said: "Send out the sentry horse, you must stand out to inform the adults and tell us the location"

A mound on the edge of the official road, the cavalry battalion all dismounted and climbed the mountain, many soldiers were reluctant to follow their mounts that ate and lived together, holding the reins and refusing to give up, because Zhao Long issued an order for the whole battalion to control the use of water, those horses ran for a long time, and were exposed to the scorching sun, and they were so hot that they stuck out their tongues, but under the strict order, no soldier dared to secretly give them water.

Only to the mountainside, a large number of black shadows appeared on the northern horizon, countless flags appeared in an instant, armor of various colors reflected in the sun, soon, the western Tartars of Zhejiang approached the foot of the mountain, looking down from the mountain, there were heads rolling everywhere, for the actions of the Ming army, the sentinels who arrived first kept whistling and circling, waiting for follow-up orders.

In the distance, the lonely sound of horses' hooves sounded on the official road in the south, and a sentry dressed in the Ming army lay dead on horseback and rushed to this side, he suddenly looked up and realized that something was wrong, and wanted to escape but there was no way to advance or retreat, many Tartar sentry horsemen greeted and divided into several squads to surround them.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Long closed his eyes in pain, and Tong Jiaqiang said: "It's our sentry horse, it doesn't seem to be prominent."

Zhao Long was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "My lord will never give up on us."

After a while, Zhao Long said dejectedly: "How long can you keep it, what else can you do?" ”

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Yu Xuezhong rode on a snatched war horse, closely followed the majestic Greeland, on both sides of the road, more than a dozen Ming army sentry headless corpses were naked, naked piled together, their armor and equipment were stripped off, but Grelan was not qualified to participate in the distribution, the master and servant looked at those sharp knives and swallowed spit, just now the Ming army sentry rode frantically fled in the direction of Fuzhou, Niu Lu who was ambushed left and right immediately decided, and a cannon shot cut off the retreat, Grelan was a little puzzled, the Ming army seemed to be very cunning and did not hit the ambush circle, But their days would not be long, and when they heard that the front army had besieged them on a small hill, Jia Lazhangjing began to form a team on the official road, preparing to participate in the battle to besiege the Ming cavalry.

"Master, the Ming army is fed with beans on weekdays? Look at the shiny fur," Yu Xuezhong touched the mane on the horse's back soothingly, and said to Gree Lan while flattering.

"How much silver did you touch?" Greenland asked in a whisper

Yu Xuezhong lowered his voice, leaned out and said, "There are more than twenty taels in the blanket." ”

Grelan snorted and scolded, "Damn, these Han dogs are dressed brightly, but they are actually fucking poor." ”

Yu Xuezhong didn't care, he was full of smiles, there was Ge Lilan to take care of, that Niu Lu promised him to carry the flag after he went back, just now he was crazy and waved a knife and followed Ge Lilan down the mountain, even the Niu Lu master admired his courage, as a result, he not only robbed two good war horses, but also touched some silver taels, Niu Lu in view of Ge Lan's bravery, allowed them to keep the things they robbed, Yu Xuezhong was thinking about it, and it was the official flag to carry the flag, if he went back and divided a few acres of land, and then bought a Nikan woman, Yu Xuezhong's heart was full of joy, he was busy thinking about how much he had gained this time, but when he thought of the small-footed Nikan woman in Xiuyan, Yu Xuezhong seemed to be crazy...... (To be continued......)