The Ming army and the Mongol army fought across the wall of Malianbao from morning to the west. The bloody wind and rain killed and injured countless people and horses. Twice, the Mongol army had broken through the defense on the wall, Yan Hong was so shocked that he almost ordered the Jinyi guard to hurry forward to reinforce, but Ma Fang personally carried a big knife and led his own soldiers to fight and drove the Mongols down. Dozens of Mongol troops who entered the village were all annihilated, and Ma Fang's own soldiers also suffered more than 20 casualties. When the border army on the city wall resisted desperately regardless of life and death, the other part of the border army hurriedly carried earth and stones, and blocked it behind the open gap to form a new defense. Relying on this courage to resist the death, despite the ferocity of the Mongol offensive, Malianbao finally held on.

When the sun set and darkness began to cover the outer land, a terrible trumpet sound was heard in the distance, and the Mongol army retreated like a receding tide, leaving only corpses in one place. On the walled wall of Malianbao, the Ming army also suffered heavy casualties. Especially in the three gaps in the wall, the corpses of both sides are piled up, your knife slashes into my neck, my spear stabs into your belly, and even hug each other's legs and twist arms, tangled together. Blood was pouring down from the pile of corpses, and although the heat had long since dissipated, the smell of the fishy smell was still unabated. In the air, thousands of jackdaws quacked, circled and fluttered, and sometimes landed on the corpses outside the city, pecking a few bites.

After confirming that the Mongol army had retreated, Ma Fang arranged the defense of the city, and ordered the wounded to be rescued, the corpses to be buried, and the weapons, arrows, and armor in the gap were collected. Yu Dayou took the initiative to say that the border army fought hard during the day, and his Fujian army was willing to replace the vigil. Ma Fang thanked him for a while. It's hard to resist hospitality. He accepted 500 Min troops and the border army to keep vigil together. He also arranged for elite colonels in the border army to serve as guides and liaisons.

Subsequently, Yan Hong summoned the generals and gathered again in his room. He was a little apprehensive in his heart, but he had to pretend to be indifferent: "Ma Zongrong, in a battle during the day, he will thwart the fierce flames of the Tartars, and the border army of the right guard is really the elite of the country!" ”

Ma Fanglian said: "Don't dare to be." This is the command of the Qin mission in person, so that the soldiers can use their lives. ”

Yu Dayou said: "Qincha." General Ma, although we won the battle today, our army also lost hundreds of people. And the Marlian Fort was damaged in several places. If this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid I won't be able to last long. ”

Ma Fang patted his chest and said, "General Yu don't worry." Although Ma is not a famous general, he is very familiar with the temperament of the Tartars. The more you are afraid of him, the more fierce he becomes, and if you want to be ruthless with him, he will fear you. Now that it has come to this point, it is not interesting to look forward and backward, in short, the horse has a life one day. One day, Bao Qincha and General Yu were fine. If they really can't survive being broken by the Tartars, they have to let them know. The bones of the Ming boy are hard. ”

Yan Hong clapped his hands and said, "General Ma said it well. With your pride, I think this Marenburg will be able to hold it. You think, now there are more than 6,000 soldiers who can fight in the border army in the village, plus the Fujian army and Jinyiwei, the total strength is 89,000 people, and there are more than 2,000 people, which can be used to carry soil and stones. How could the Tartars gnaw off Marenburg so easily? Besides, with me Yan Hong here, Yang Junmen still doesn't lead the army to help? This time, after returning to the court, I will definitely ask for credit for everyone in front of the heavenly family and my grandfather! ”

Yu Dayou said: "Ma Zongrong and I are both military generals, and it is our duty to wrap the body of Ma Leather, but if Yan Qincha accompanies him to be martyred, he can't help it." General Ma, now defending Malian Fort and defending Qincha is always an errand. These 2,000 soldiers under my command, you just have to call and arrange. Although they did not tolerate the cold, they all wore leather robes now, and the rest of the desperate fighting was not avoided. You have been in the side court for a long time, and this Tartar's tactics are naturally familiar, so I would like to ask you to make more arrangements. ”

Ma Fang said: "Very good, then I'm not welcome." The Tartars used their soldiers, and they were very cunning, and often attacked at night. Usually in small groups of rangers, more than hundreds, less than dozens or more than ten people as a team, back and forth, approaching the castle, cold arrows shouting. If you are fully vigilant, in the end it will be empty, and his men and horses will not stop in dozens of teams, and one team will come in turns, so that you will be tired day and night, and finally exhausted, and it will be difficult to defend again. If you don't take precautions, maybe one day he will really surprise you with a large army, and you will be caught off guard. ”

Yun Chu said: "The Tartars use this strategy, but it is very difficult to prevent. Why don't our troops also divide their troops into several routes, each time they are dedicated to defending the city all the way, and rest the rest? ”

Ma Fang nodded and said, "What General Yun said is very good. If it is an ordinary fortress, the garrison is thin and not enough. I now have nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in Malianbao, so I might as well use this strategy. After nightfall, with 500 border troops and 500 Fujian troops as a shift, a total of three shifts, take turns to defend the city. When he was defending the city, he made half of his men patrol the city, and half of them rested under the city. If the Tartars do not attack in such a big way, I will combine work and rest, and I will not be exhausted by my troops. If the Tartars attack in a big way, I have a thousand men who will quickly enter the battle, and the rest of the troops will come later, so that the fort of Marlen will be unfazed. Qin Cha and the portable brocade guard, you might as well rest. If the military situation is urgent, we will bother Lao Qin to supervise the war. ”

Yan Hong said: "Very good. There are two generals in command here, and Ben Chin is not going to get an axe. How to fight, General Ma made the decision, and General Yu worked hard. Benchin sent only a reward of silver. This time it is not as good as Jinan, there is no million gold and silver that has been confiscated from the White Lotus Sect bandits' pseudo-holy treasury, but Ben Qincha still has tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets. Today, another 5,000 taels will be sent to reward the border troops in the bloody battle. If you want to mobilize my brocade guards to help in the battle, you just have to speak. By the way, also, we are trapped in the city, and we must prevent the White Lotus Sect bandits from making trouble in secret. General Ma, most of your border troops will follow you in life and death, and I don't think it's a big problem. General Yu's Fujian soldiers, as well as Ben Qincha's Jinyi Guards, were either brought from Beijing or Jiangnan, and there should be no risk inside. It's just that most of these more than 2,000 people were recruited in the vicinity of Xuanda, and the sources are complex, but they must be guarded against. ”

Yun Chu said: "This is easy. As long as the people are organized into squads, each squad has about 100 people, and the two Jinyi guards are the chief and deputy captains, and they are supervised by the commander, and the orders and prohibitions are strictly followed by the provisions of the military law. At night, the teams were scattered and stationed, and 50 Jinyi guards were secretly prepared, and if any of the people of that team dared to make trouble, the rest of the teams were ordered not to move, and the elite soldiers of the Jinyi guards were used to kill the people who made trouble. In this way, even if there were some White Lotus Sect disciples mixed in it, it would not shake the overall situation. ”

Yan Hong nodded: "So hard for everyone." It's not too early, so let's go and get busy. Yan Hong himself took Zhang Qingyan back to the inner account.

In the inner tent, Zhang Qingyan frowned slightly: "Xianggong, it is now the fourth day since the Mongolian army cut off the connection between Malianbao and the Great Wall." It stands to reason that Yang Shun had already learned the news of the Great Wall beacon fire. The iron cavalry of the border army under his command, coming to help in the starry night, should have arrived a long time ago. Now that there is no movement in the direction of the right guard, I think most of the situation has changed. If Yang Shun is a dog, if he really dares not to send reinforcements, this is of course his own death, but we also have to think of a way. ”

At this moment, there were only two people left, and Yan Hong no longer pretentious, stroked her hair and said, "Qingyan, you are right." This time, whether Yang Shun was distracted or afraid of the enemy like a tiger, in short, this reinforcement did not come so timely. And after Xin Ai Huang Taiji surrounded Malianbao this time, he actually waited for two days before launching an attack, and I think he is also fearless about this. Yang Shun, a bastard, dared to let me go, and he would definitely clean him up when he returned to Beijing this time. As for the current situation in Malianbao, after all, with Ma Fang and Yu Dayou, two ruthless people, I don't think it is so easy for the Mongolian Tartars to gnaw down. Anything else...... I can only act on the opportunity. At the military meeting, I had to force my composure, so as not to shake the morale of the army. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Hong sighed again: "Fortunately, Yue Rong stayed in Datong, and nothing happened to her and the child in the womb." This way, I also have less to worry about. ”

Zhang Qingyan heard Yan Hong's words, his heart was slightly sour, and he smiled forcefully: "Xianggong, now it is me Zhang Qingyan who is here to accompany you, and when the time comes, I will protect you in the army to break through, what do you think?" ”

Yan Hong said: "Qingyan, you are both civil and military, and you are sincere to me, and you can be accompanied by your confidante, it is thousands of troops, and I am also willing to be happy." After pausing for a moment, he couldn't help but smile again: "If Zisu is also here, the two of you will combine your swords, and Ben Qincha will be as safe as a rock."

Zhang Qingyan took a sip and said: "Xianggong has to look at Shu, so he has a wishful thinking." You might as well simply move the whole Zhongyi League again, with Shao Jing and Shao League's master a sword to protect you, at least protect you in the chaos this time Qin Cha broke out, think about it or do it. ”

Yan Hong thought of Shao Jing, and there was an indescribable boredom in his heart, he sneered, held Zhang Qingyanhao's wrist and said: "What a girl with sharp mouths and sharp teeth, she speaks with thorns, but I see that Ben Qin sent you a military law to do." With that, with a little force, Zhang Qingyan was pushed down on the tiger skin in the tent.

Thirty miles outside the Yellow Wolf Slope of Ximalin. The mountain col of Binsuri is inaccessible, the land is barren and the grass grows, and the wild beasts are infested, and now it has become a military camp full of people. Tens of thousands of Ming troops set up camps here that stretched for more than ten miles. Banner hunting, war horses neighing, a good heavenly army weather. The camp is like a long snake, and the seven inches in the middle are the standard camp of Yang Shun, the governor of Xuanda and the right attendant of the military department. In the standard camp formation, it is Yang Shun's Chinese army commander's account.

In the handsome tent, Yang Shun was dressed in a robe and was sitting in a precarious position. Behind him was the master Yan Ru, and dozens of generals were lined up on both sides, including generals, guerrillas, and commanders of the guard post and thousands of households who participated in the battle with the army. Everyone was solemn, and no one spoke for a long time.

Yang Shun looked at everyone and coughed: "Generals, this time this time the governor led the army out of the Great Wall to fight the thieves, what are the benefits, you may as well express your opinions." This is a pre-war meeting, and there is no need to hide anything. (To be continued......)