Yang Ling took Mahalu out of the big tent, and when he left the sight of the big tent, he strengthened his feet and went straight to the mountain pass. The main force of the Ming army has withdrawn to the middle of the mountain, defended on all sides, and only a small number of troops were left under the mountain to carry out Yang Ling's artillery retreat, frustrate the enemy's spirit, and stick to the strategy of waiting for reinforcements.

The war horses neighed, the flames were everywhere, a cloud of earth was sprayed into the sky with white snow, and in the thick smoke, there were constantly war horses that stepped on mines and fell to the ground with their horses. But the torrent of the charge did not stop in the slightest, and even if the frightened horse deviated from the direction of the charge, the knight on the horse did his best to adjust it to the right direction at once.

Thousands of war horses galloped synchronously, and everything in front of them became the target of being trampled, and no matter how skilled the warrior was, he had no ability to restrain his own war horse at this time, and everything that stopped would become an insignificant obstacle, and he would be trampled into meat without mercy in an instant.

The wolf flag flew over, and countless knights trampled on the snow and mud, rolling over. The guns and halberds were as dense as a forest, the snow-bright steel knives were piercing with sharp cold, and the sound of thunderous hooves was deafening. Xu Tai's face was pale, the blue tendons on his forehead were uplifted, he held a knife and stared at the approaching Mongolian cavalry, the cavalry who rushed to the front had already taken out their bows and arrows, and Xu Tai still did not give the order to fire the cannon.

"Buzz", like a wasp rising into the air, wolf-toothed arrows pounced with a bloodthirsty whistle, and all the soldiers quickly ducked behind the one-man-tall giant shield, while raising their hand-held round shields to protect the top of their heads.

"Tuk, tuk, tuk", the shield was covered with a layer of arrows, some arrows passed through the crack in the shield, shot the soldier's body, and some people fell down with a scream. After a while, the sound of "tuk tuk tuk" rose again, and a second round of sharp arrows hit.

Cavalry archery is the Mongolian cavalry's specialty, quite a lot of soldiers can shoot more than ten arrows in the first breath, if there is a large group of Mongolian cavalry rushing over, you can shoot dense fast arrows at the first time, far and accurate, extremely vicious, with arrows to attack the opponent immediately will fall off most of the horse.

Xu Tai is brave and good at fighting, and has gone deep into the desert, familiar with this set of tactics, and although the poisonous artillery is suitable for dealing with such a dense charge, but the range is not far, if you can't fire the cannon when the enemy cavalry breaks into the firing range, although the empty shells can frighten some of the horses, but in the process of reloading the projectiles, the Mongolian cavalry, which is as fast as the wind, can already rush to the front, and the so-called sharp weapons have to become burning sticks as long as the timing is not right, and they are useless.

The third wave of arrows poured on the giant shield like a rainstorm, and some soldiers who could not protect themselves fell with arrows, and then Xu Taicai roared like spring thunder: "Open the cannon!" ”

The Mongol cavalry, which had broken through the minefield, rushed to within a distance of thirty feet, and the swarthy muzzles of the guns spewed out tongues of fire, and in a deafening roar, thousands of lead bullets, stones, and iron nails counterattacked faster and more fiercely than sharp arrows, sweeping the Tatar army.

Under the sweep of the steel rain, even the most courageous Mongolian warriors and the war horses that were as young as dragons were also difficult to resist with flesh and blood, and for a while they were invincible, people turned over on their backs, wooden shields were tattered, and iron leaf shields also became sieves, and they flew into the air, and the Mongolian soldiers wearing only leather robes and leather armor were like a pile of fallen leaves in the wind under the terrifying power of dense artillery fire, like a mountain collapse and earth cracking, and were suddenly swept into the dust.

This wave of blows was too fierce, and the dense shock formation produced the greatest damage effect of the bombardment, and nearly a thousand warriors fell from their horses, and more than 500 blind horses covered in blood roared and rampage, and the unstoppable Mongolian cavalry was stunned.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Tai ordered the artillery to reload ammunition, and at the same time, twenty guns that had been waiting and not firing were on standby, in case the gap between the artillery fire was too large. Boyan also gave a death order, and ordered his cronies and general Bodarmo to immediately organize a charge and break through the defense at the foot of the mountain in the shortest possible time.

Today's battle is not a strategy, the only goal of both sides is on the mountain, as long as the mountain is broken, then a son will live and live, otherwise everything will be over, as Boyan's henchman general, Bodarmo knows the importance of time, he immediately and the adjutant general Zhi Lin Dada each with two thousand cavalry, in the shape of goose wings from the wings straight down the mountain, the soldiers in the lead of the general roaring and howling to kill, all red-eyed.

Xu Tai sneered, and when they got closer, the poisonous artillery that did not need to shoot accurately at all only turned around slightly, and a large piece of dense iron nails and lead pellets shot out quickly, and the Mongolian cavalry hid in the foot, the iron shield armor was useless, and even the men and horses were stacked with a large piece.

The lieutenant of this charge was killed on the spot, and Bodar was blind in one eye, the corner of his mouth was wide open, and his white teeth were exposed, and he still charged with the remnants of his soldiers.

More than 100 soldiers in the Ming army position were killed under the attack of the Mongolian cavalry's arrows, and it was too late to reload the ammunition, and the spare twenty cannons roared again and sprayed a tongue of fire, and the remaining Mongolian soldiers in the smoke only had time to shoot two arrows, and they were already strafed and fell off their horses.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kenon gathered three thousand elite horsemen and rushed over with three wings on the left, middle and right, Boyan's heart was dripping blood, these were all his descendants, but at this time, he could not hide his selfishness, no matter how big the price was, he had to capture Baishan Mountain.

This large-scale collection of elite soldiers to loot the border passes, one is to avenge his son, but the more important reason is: the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has just died, the new son of heaven is a 16-year-old boy, the lord Shaoguo suspects, it was the best opportunity, but he never imagined that this little emperor was unequivocal, and he was more belligerent than Emperor Hongzhi.

He not only quickly recruited heavy troops to the border pass, but also sent the generals who were brave and strategic, the Tatar army was inseparable, exhausted all the baggage, and what he didn't expect was that the Ming army, which had always only defended and not attacked, had taken the risk of sending a strange army to sweep the entire desert with emptiness inside.

Due to the destruction of the three hundred guards under house arrest in Manduhai, he still doesn't know that the prestige of the Manduhai Empress in the desert has also fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, but before sending troops, he secretly arranged a horse to monitor the whereabouts of various departments, and the news that the tribes were attacked, cattle and sheep were killed, and grass was burned has been quietly delivered, and this news is tantamount to making matters worse for Boyan, who has just been defeated.

He has now just unified the desert by force, and once he suffers this setback, the ambitious tribes are bound to move, and the situation that has just been unified is bound to fall apart again, and the only way out is to kill the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and a major military victory can divert all problems on the grassland, so that his personal prestige will reach an unprecedented peak, and all the criticism and accusations will be scattered because of this great achievement.

The initiative of the Maitreya Sect provided him with an opportunity, so the desperate Boyan blocked this water breath and prepared to make a desperate bet. Breaking through the barrier and attacking, the strange soldiers suddenly arrived, who would have thought that he would fall from the sky? In the past, he could defeat 500,000 Ming troops with 50,000 horses and capture the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he was a descendant of the brave Genghis Khan, could he not kill Zhengde who was only 10,000 men and horses with nearly 50,000 horses?

As long as Zhengde can be killed, no one in the Ming court can command the world, and the ministers who are now in power Zhengde's cronies and the hundreds of officials who have lost power to fight back are bound to fight, and the kings are fighting for the heirs to add to the chaos, even if he can't take Datong and can't take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie, he can also calmly return to the desert and recuperate.

As for Yang Yiqing's army of nearly 100,000, it was not in his eyes at all. Yang Yiqing's troops are stationed in the Great Wall passes, guards, castles, although the total strength exceeds him, but the troops that can be quickly concentrated near Datong can not exceed him, and the Ming Emperor is here, the Ming army has no time to calmly arrange, all the soldiers and horses are bound to rush to King Qin at all costs, and the Great Wall passes will be flawed everywhere.

So as long as he can kill Zhengde before Yang Yiqing concentrates his troops and horses, he can use the advantage of fast cavalry mobility to jump out of the encirclement of the Ming army and escape calmly, all he needs now is time, because he only has a chance to fight, and now he is going to go with his flesh and blood, and he will not hesitate to do it.

When the army of Kenon arrived, the cannons that had been hastily loaded with ammunition left dead bodies in the trembling of the earthquake, and the Tartars charged wave after wave under the strict orders of Boyan, and Xu Tai immediately drank and ordered the men to immediately go uphill, and under the cover of the shieldmen and musketeers, the soldiers began to move up the hill, and the gunners buried long fuses in the ammunition, and the last group withdrew from their positions.

The Tartars surged up the mountain like a wolf and a tiger, and the striker had just driven the horse to rush up the mountainside by taking advantage of the momentum, the explosives under the mountain rang out, and the severed limbs and stumps rained blood, and a huge horse's head flew to the halfway up the mountain, slamming to the ground, and the two huge horse eyes made people look cold.

Commander Uzhumuqin Le Ma glanced back, the charge formation was blown open a gap of about ten zhang, there were more than 300 people around, as long as they rushed up the mountain to occupy even a cup of tea, the follow-up troops could continue to rush up the mountain, he roared, and shouted in Mongolian: "Kill it, slaughter the Han people like cattle and sheep!" ”

The shouts of one after another have just sounded, the cavalry rushing in front has staggered and dismounted, the hillside is full of horse pits, buried thistles, the passage in the middle was originally paved with planks, at this time has been removed, although the speed of the slope has slowed down, but the horse's hooves suddenly stepped into the pit, still broke the horse's legs, and the horses that were injured by the thistles were also scratched and difficult to control.

At this moment, a group of brightly armored Ming troops appeared on the top of the mountain, and Uzhu Muqin couldn't help but gasp when he saw a row of winged gun handles behind them, and immediately shouted: "Dismount, use the war horse as a shield!" ”

It was too late, hundreds of Ming soldiers condescended, three-foot-long javelins drew a beautiful arc, flowing down, the powerful javelins could even pierce the horse's head with a shot, they were inserted into the human body without hindrance, a dull "poof" sound, and a fresh human life instantly turned into a cold corpse.

Altay led the army to rush up, and he was given only one order, at all costs, he must seize the hill as soon as possible, even if the whole army is gone. The counterattack of the Ming army was also fierce and cruel, and they also had no way to retreat, and if the Tartars rushed up the hill and awaited them, they would only die.

Yang Ling's firecrackers and Mahalu's Duoyan archers formed a perfect match, "bang, bang" a volley, the firecrackers immediately stepped back to reload their ammunition, Duoyan Sanwei's archers and the Tatars who attacked the hillside shot each other with the same skillful and exquisite skills, whizzing arrows like rain, some soldiers were bombarded like a sieve by the firearms, and some were shot like hedgehogs by crossbow arrows, the two sides took the hillside as a position, the dead bodies were like walls, wailing all over the field.

Yang Ling stood on the top of a high mountain, a place where the mountains were steep, and the Tartars could not attack the mountain from here, just to watch the battle. According to the situation of the Tartar forces attacking the mountains everywhere, Yang Ling constantly issued one command after another, deploying long-range attack soldiers such as firecrackers and archers, and preparing for hand-to-hand combat with sword and shield men, spearmen, and stick soldiers.

The Tartars are like a mad tiger, the Ming army does not retreat, the two sides are like two fierce beasts competing for food, fighting like a see-saw, falling into the madness of the previous servants one after another, there are more and more corpses on the ground, and the shouts and roars are far away from the sky.

Mahalu looked around with a solemn face, and said suspiciously: "Lord Yang, Boyan is not counting the casualties, the offensive is very urgent, the Tian Khan and the leaders of the various tribes are on the mountain, this is too dangerous, why hasn't the ambush army appeared?" ”

Yang Ling said with a smile: "General Mahalu doesn't need to worry, you see, although Boyan's men and horses are crazy, it is always difficult to take a step beyond Lei Chi, he didn't expect that there are 20,000 elite soldiers on our mountain, and it will not be a problem to hold on."

It is clear at a glance here, if the ambush is close, it has already been discovered by Boyan, and it will take a while for our army to come, and by then Boyan will be tired, and our people will be like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, so that he will go to the sky and the earth and have nowhere to escape! ”

Mahalu listened to the slight peace in his heart, he saw that the men and horses of the Boyan on the left slope were attacking very quickly, and the two sides had started hand-to-hand combat halfway up the mountainside, among the people, the roar was like thunder, with each roar, the sword flashed, the shadow of the gun whirred, from time to time someone was stabbed to death, hacked to death, in an instant, it had become a flesh slaughterhouse, and the archers on the mountain were still shooting arrows at the Tartars behind them.

Mahalu couldn't hold his breath and said: "I'll go over there to see, the rescuers haven't arrived yet, don't let them go up the mountain."

Yinqi couldn't rest assured, Fang Cai also followed out of the big tent, she was just a guard, and now Duoyan Sanwei was fighting side by side with the Ming army, so Wu Hanchao was inconvenient to stop her, so she had to follow her.

Yin Qi stood aside, staring at Yang Ling carefully, and suddenly asked: "I heard that the farther away the generals of the Ming Dynasty are from the emperor, the more they can win battles, and the more they stay by the emperor's side, the more they are afraid of this, and they are afraid of this."

The Tatar iron horses are flying to and fro, and it is very difficult for you to catch his shadow, and now using the emperor as bait to attract his army and surround it from the outside sounds like a great strategy, but if the reinforcements are delayed, you yourself will be eaten, and now we will be eaten."

Why wasn't Yang Ling nervous in his heart? Originally, it was agreed that the wolf smoke would be ignited in case of danger, and Datong would send troops to rescue, but now the general army of Datong has received the news and sent Xu Tai to escort him, and there is no reason for no follow-up troops to support, unless Datong City is also attacked.

If that's the case, only Yang Yiqing's men and horses can be hoped for, but Yang Yiqing has very few soldiers and horses guarding the border, even if he comes with all his strength, it will take an hour, and by then it will be the end of the crossbow, and it is impossible to predict how much combat power there will be.

Yang Ling was afraid that he would lose if he said too much, so he didn't dare to answer her second question, but he deliberately smiled: "The girl's comment that the farther away the general is from the emperor, the more he can win the battle seems to be out of line with the worry in the second sentence, what does this mean?" ”

Yin Qi glared at him suspiciously with a pair of beautiful big eyes and said: "Because you don't look like you're obedient to the emperor, but it seems that the emperor doesn't have any ideas, and it's all like you're commanding, have you really discussed luring Boyan to come?" Didn't you fall for Boyan's plan? ”

Yang Ling's heart jumped, and he forced a smile and said, "Why did the girl say this? ”

Yin Qi pursed his lips and said, "You Ming people are very precious to the emperor, will you take such a big risk?" The more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes, you see, how urgent the offensive is under the mountain, you use the opportunity of the alliance to lure Boyan here, but you are so shaky."

As she spoke, she walked over to the cliff and leaned down to watch the battle below.

Yang Ling's heart suddenly became murderous, Duoyan Sanwei is a well-known wall grass, once he learns the truth, it is really difficult to say whether he will be wrong or turn against him. This little girl has been following Huadang, she must be his closest person, if she is allowed to go back to rap, more than 10,000 surnames on this mountain will be in danger of being buried in her hands, and even the Ming Dynasty, as well as all her relatives.

Next to him are his own personal soldiers, the battle situation is tight, and no one pays attention here, just stretch out his hand and push

Yang Ling was at war with heaven and man in his heart, one hand was raised in the air, and he couldn't make up his mind to kill at all, at this moment, Yin Qi had already turned around, and when she saw Yang Ling's eyes, she suddenly took a step to the side vigilantly, grabbed the scimitar on her waist, and scolded: "Am I right?" You want to kill me? ”

Yang Ling was stunned for a moment, and forced a smile: "Why did the girl say this? Why should I kill you for no reason? ”

Those beautiful big eyes made Yang Ling's face hot, and for the first time in his life, he had murderous intentions against an innocent person, although it was for more surnames, but why wasn't he using Duoyan Sanwei? A sense of shame rose in his heart.

Yin Qi snorted coldly and said, "Because you are afraid that we will rebel and defect." General Yang, don't look at us so badly, although my father sometimes falls to the side of Boyan, it is also for the survival of the entire tribe. ”

She shook her head and sighed: "Don't worry, now that I have boarded your thief ship, I can only go down with you, and it is too much to defect at this time, so even if my father is suspicious, I will help you cover it up, I just hope that your army can really arrive in time, otherwise you will harm our family."

Yang Ling was ashamed of himself, he suddenly shouted: "Someone! ”

Yinqi's body shook, and with a slam of the scimitar came out of its sheath, the blade pointed directly at Yang Ling's throat, and the guards who rushed to the front immediately drew their knives and pointed at Yinqi when they heard the sound.

Yang Ling said frankly: "In the past, Duoyan Sanwei swayed before Da Ming and Tatar, so this official can't rest assured. But the girl is right, the enemy is at present, we should trust each other and work together to tide over the difficulties, if we still doubt each other at this time, then we really have to end up together."

Yin Qi looked at him for a long time, suddenly her wrist flipped, and the scimitar brushed into the sheath with a sound, and she said with a smile: "You Han people are really cunning, these words are good, in fact, it just tells me that you are dead, and we can't live."

Hum! I tell you, Boyan has begged my father, as long as I promise to marry Boyan, and Duoyan Sanwei will also return to the Tatars, we still have a way to live, so we will try to help you, but if your men and horses do not arrive in time, if all the tribal leaders are killed, our people will be swallowed up and will be reduced to slavery.

Therefore, when this mountain is breached, we will definitely choose the latter between the destruction of the whole clan and the survival of submission, and I am willing to sacrifice myself for the sake of my clan! ”

She said very calmly, her eyes were pure like a spring water, and she exchanged her own chastity for the survival of her clansmen, this kind of Han woman was influenced by the concept of chastity as big as the sky, even if she did it, she was ashamed to say it, but she said it was extremely sacred.

Yang Ling thought about it and said solemnly: "Okay! We make a gentleman's agreement, this mountain can be defended, we will do our best to defend it together, when the mountain peak is captured, I will die for the country, the behavior of the nobles, up to you! ”

Yin Qi stared at him for a while, and nodded solemnly.

Yang Ling turned around and said to the guards: "Go, light the wolf smoke, and report to all the nearby passes!" ”

The Tatar assault forward wedged into the advance like an axe chisel, its momentum was like a tide, unstoppable, and the Ming army rushed to kill like a zigzag on the slopes of various mountains, the Tartars' fast horse advantage could not be played, but the victory was in the crowd, all fierce, and the Ming army condescendingly occupied the geographical advantage, is also desperate, swearing not to retreat.

Guns and arrows rained, white blades were in the air, tens of thousands of people sacrificed their lives and forgot their lives, and the entire killing battlefield was boiling, but the Tartars rushed to the middle of the mountain and then took half a step forward with endless blood and dead corpses to pile up, looking at this situation for an hour, they didn't want to attack the mountain peak, and then the Ming Dynasty reinforcements should have a few ways to kill.

"Woo", the arrow came first, and when the roar came to the ear, a wolf's tooth arrow had penetrated into the chest of a Ming army like lightning, and the arrow cluster came out through the back, with a large puff of blood, and the strength was extremely fierce.

As soon as the Tartar who had released the cold arrow mounted the second arrow, he was shot in the head by a fire gun. Xu Tai and Liu Dabang mallet one with a gun, one with a stick, guarding in front of the mountain weapons concealed the sound of wind and thunder, like a poisonous dragon churning, piercing, stabbing, sweeping, sweeping ......, there are constantly fierce Tartar soldiers around them falling, the two of them fully controlled the horizontal range of fifteen or sixteen steps, no one can enter, this majesty inspired the surrounding soldiers, the knife hand has abandoned the shield, both hands hold the knife and the Tartar fight.

This is a tough battle, and the final victory or defeat only depends on the strength of the troops and morale of the two sides, and has little to do with whether the battlefield deployment is reasonable, the proficiency of the teamwork, the completeness of various ordnance, and the use of strategy. So far, it is still the side that has the upper hand.

The dead piled up on the hillside, the stumps and broken arms, scattered everywhere, the blood stained the ground, the bloody blood, stimulated the killing intent in the chests of the soldiers, bows, knives, shields, guns were thrown together, knives and arrows were shot, like breaking waves, blood stained clothes and armor, and they did not care, all the people seemed to be crazy, just kept waving their weapons, forgetting life and death, forgetting fear.

At the foot of the mountain, Boyan rode his horse back and forth, encouraging the soldiers to move forward bravely, and now every moment of time drags on, his hope of success is a little smaller, how can he not be anxious?

At this time, a Tartar general came panting and said, "Great Khan, forty cannons have been installed, are they used to attack the mountain?" ”

When Boyan heard the great joy, he immediately reined in his horse and said: "Quick, immediately transport it to the front of the mountain, attack the mountain with cannons, continue to assemble it in the back, all the one hundred and twenty cannons will be used for me, I will see where Zhengde is still fleeing, hahahaha."

A trumpet sounded, and the Tartars who attacked the mountain retreated down the mountain one after another, and the soldiers on the mountain were stunned: "The Tartars have retreated? Are they going to abandon the attack and flee? ”

But then they found that the Tartars were pushing dozens of tall wooden shelves down the mountain, each with hundreds of Tartars behind them, holding long ropes in their hands. The officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp were inexplicable, but the officers and soldiers under Xu Tai and the men and horses of Duoyan Sanwei exclaimed one after another.

"Back to the artillery, they brought back to the back artillery!"

Xu Tai shouted: "What are you afraid of? This place is surrounded by plains, all land, where did they get the boulders and throw them into the mountains? The soldiers were relieved when they heard this.

The "return cannon" is framed with large wood, and the joints are connected with metal parts. The gun carriage has a rotating gun shaft horizontally. The long pole fixed on the shaft is actually a kind of stone thrower, which is used to throw stone projectiles, and there are as many as 100 ropes tied down, each of which is pulled by two people, and the range can reach hundreds of steps.

When the Mongols attacked Xiangyang, they threw boulders with back guns, and a volley destroyed the walls of Xiangyang, and the battle of Xiangyang, which lasted three years, was settled. Similar trebuchets in the Central Plains have appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, this kind of return cannon installation is simple, the Northern Song Dynasty Jingkang Jin soldiers attacked Bianliang, once overnight more than 5,000 cannons, I can't think of Boyan for success, actually drove horses to transport a large number of equipment, assembled at the foot of the mountain.

It's just that the boulders used can't be made of local materials, and no matter how powerful the Mongolian war horses are, it is impossible for dozens of miles to carry hundreds of pounds of boulders, what do they want to use to attack the mountain?

The "return artillery" stopped at the bottom of the mountain, this distance was already the end of the crossbow as far as the arrows went, and there was no way to harm them, so the officers and soldiers on the mountain could only hold their blades and wait quietly.

The corners of Boyan's mouth showed a sinister smile, he didn't expect that the men and horses on the mountain and the intelligence were wrong, and it seemed to be more than doubled, so that the offensive was frustrated, but with this sharp weapon, how long could the Ming army, which only had simple mountain defense equipment, be able to defend?

Although trebuchets were mainly used to throw boulders to smash the city walls and kill soldiers, during the Mongol army's westward expedition, in the Battle of Warsaw, they suddenly had a clever plan and set a precedent for chemical warfare in the world.

When the Mongol army attacked Constantinople, the plague epidemic in the army, the Mongol army simply threw the corpses of the dead soldiers into the city with artillery, so that the plague in the city broke out, and it is said that the infected merchants in the city escaped by boat and brought the Asian plague bacteria to Europe, which caused the "Black Death" that made Europeans smell and changed, and killed one-third of the population of Europe at that time.

After the division of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, most of the Kou cavalry who attacked the border were for the purpose of plundering, except for the year before last, in addition to the big and the use of the "Hui Hui Cannon" to throw boulders, it was rarely used, so even Xu Tai did not think of other uses.

The "Hui Hui Cannon" at the foot of the mountain was properly placed, and a burning giant ball flew straight to the top of the mountain, slamming to the ground, and a choking smoke immediately dispersed, and I don't know what was stuffed inside, and the broken ball was still burning, exuding a spicy and choking smell.

At the foot of the mountain, one after another smoke balls and meteors were thrown towards the mountain like the moon

(To be continued)