Jiang Bin's head is as big as a fight, and now he is in charge of Wei in Ulzhou, and he has been comfortable for less than two months, and the Tartars have come to add to the blockage; Zhou Yuan, the governor of Ulzhou, was also depressed to death, although it was none of his business in military affairs, but it was his business for the people to be arrested, and those family members came to the yamen every day to kneel and make noise, and he, the parent official, could not sit idly by.

Zhou Yuan hurriedly went to meet Jiang Bin and asked Jiang Bin to find a way to rescue the people who had been taken away, and at the same time asked to withdraw the people who were building the walled fort to avoid further mistakes.

How could Jiang Bin agree to his suggestion? People want to be saved, and the walled fort must also be built, otherwise the defense in the north of Ulzhou will become hollow, and the Tartar soldiers will not have the walled fort to block and buffer, and the large fields on both sides of the Huhe River in the north will not be able to be cultivated.

Jiang Bin immediately summoned thousands of households and generals to discuss countermeasures, and finally decided to pull most of the troops of the Ulzhou Wei out of the city to protect the construction of the walled fort, and at the same time sent to find out the number of soldiers and horses of the Tartars, where they were stationed, where the captive people were imprisoned, and then how to rescue them.

More than 6,000 soldiers and horses, half of them were responsible for the safety of the reconstruction sites of the walled forts, and the other half were scattered in units of 100 households to patrol the wide ground in the northernmost part of Ulju to prevent the Tartar soldiers from sneaking up on the attack and collect intelligence.

Jiang Bin originally wanted Song Nan to stay in the city to defend the city, but Song Nan was unwilling to engage in specialization, and he couldn't rely on Jiang Bin's protection to be truly respected in the military camp, most of them still had to rely on their own true skills.

Jiang Bin couldn't resist Song Nan, so he had to let Song Nan take his men out of the city, since he didn't engage in specialization, everything would come according to the rules, Ma Ming's Beiqianhu was sent to the north of Montenegro Fort because he was familiar with the environment of the Northland, and was divided into eight teams within a radius of dozens of miles to patrol and investigate, and Song Nan led his soldiers to patrol in the northwest of Montenegro Fort thirty miles.

Because it was a real battle against the enemy, Song Nan didn't dare to take it lightly, fighting with the Tartar soldiers was not a joke, it was a life-and-death fight against him, and he couldn't get lucky; Song Nan had to mobilize all the military knowledge that later generations could recall, and relied on his veterans with rich combat experience to discuss together.

The place where Song Nan was stationed was called the Sancha River, but it did not live up to its name, only a shallow river two zhang wide flowed from west to east, and on both sides of it there were two dry river valleys stretching from the mountains in the north, perhaps this is the origin of the place name.

In view of the fact that it is necessary to choose a place with convenient access to water and a wide field of vision, Song Nan decided to camp near the hill on the north side of the Sancha River, firstly, to climb high and look far away, and to see the distance that is not close, and secondly, to build another high platform in the province for the purpose of reporting news; All you need to do is use a large stone to climb a fire pit at the top of the hill, pile pine needles and dead leaves, and cover it with branches and fresh leaves and green grass to light a fire at any time.

Some people suggested that Song Nan's general camp should be set up on the top of a small hill, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack; But Song Nan thought that this would also be easy to be counter-reconnoitred by the Tartars, so he ordered people to build a simple shelter with trees on the back of the hillside according to the slope, covered with soil and leaves, and from a distance, there was no clue; Everyone slapped their farts and praised Nan Ye for taking measures according to local conditions.

Song Nan didn't pay attention to it, he just concentrated on coming up with the best way for the current situation, this was the first time he led the troops out alone, although there were friendly troops stationed dozens of miles on the left and right, but Song Nan had seen fighting with the Tartars, the war horses were whistling, the wind was galloping, and within half an hour, a skirmish would end, and at that time, the friendly army was probably still halfway, so Song Nan thought that he couldn't rely on assistance, everything had to rely on himself.

Since the main task is to warn the Tartars when they go south, there are only a dozen or so war horses in their hundred-man team, so they can only be stationed here, and only a dozen horsemen are sent to investigate.

In order to change this idle situation, Song Nan ordered the soldiers to dig a pit on the road below the mountain, although I don't know if the Tartar soldiers will go south from the side of the Three Forks River, and this kind of waiting for the rabbit is not necessarily certain, but at least it is better than sleeping on the hillside.

In three days, the idle bird pain soldiers dug a thousand traps on the flat road below the mountain, and to the east was a stone field with tangled grass, which could not be dug by swords, not to mention, and it was not suitable for horse teams; So Song Nan ordered the excavation to be stopped, and ordered someone to cut down thick branches and plant them in the pit, and covered them with long grass mats and covered them with soil.

The soldiers didn't say anything on the surface, but muttered secretly, Nan Ye is idle and has nothing to do, what's the use of digging so many pits? Did the Tartars really pass through this place? Even if you pass through here, dozens of traps are enough, and thousands of traps are how many soldiers and horses are needed? We, the 100 people, saw that so many people had fled without a trace long ago, did we still go up and fight hard?

Song Nan didn't expect anything at all, it was just a kind of exercise for the soldiers to move their bodies, and later Song Nan was also bored, and turned the trap into a work of art to build, and a person used a blade to repair the trap he dug slippery, making it as if he wanted to live in it.

For a few days, there was not even a shadow of a ghost, and the cavalry sentries who went out to investigate every day also brought any useful news, but the trap played a role, the wild wolves and robes haunted at night and strayed into it, and were caught a dozen of them, but they brought everyone a few sumptuous barbecues, and the soldiers said in their hearts: "It can be regarded as giving Song Baihu face, otherwise it would be ridiculous to die when this matter is reported." ”

On the morning of this day, Song Nan crawled out of the grass nest and practiced yoga on a flat ground on the hillside, seeing that the sky was gloomy, it seemed that it was going to rain, and suddenly remembered that the grass nest camp on the hillside did not dig a drainage ditch, and he was afraid that he would become a water rat when it rained, so he collected the momentum and prepared to ask someone to dig the ditch quickly; Suddenly, several soldiers on the top of the mountain who were in charge of lookout rushed down and shouted, "Nanye! Where is Nan Ye? There is a case. ”

Song Nan hurriedly caught up, followed a few soldiers to climb to the top of the slope, and looked in the direction of their fingers, only to see a black smoke rising into the sky under the gloomy sky in the west, which was the signal of the enemy attack that had been agreed, because the clouds covered the sky, the contrast was not very sharp, and it was difficult to detect it if it was not in the background of the ground in a high place.

"The west is Zhao Baihu's place, Brother Nan, what should we do? Do you want to help? "Li Daniu faced a real battle for the first time, and he was a little flustered and a little eager.

Song Nan frowned and thought for a while: "To the west of Zhao Baihu is the three hundred men and horses led by Ma Qianhu, which is the most heavily guarded place, if the Tartar soldiers are not large, they will definitely not be able to escape, let's rush over immediately and help kill the enemy." ”

Everyone hurriedly packed up and set off, and marched west under the mountain, and after not walking two or three miles, they suddenly saw smoke and dust rising in front of them, and their feet shook, and it seemed that a large group of cavalry rushed towards this side.

Song Nan hurriedly ordered to retreat to the hillside and hide to see who came; After a while, the black-pressed cavalry came to the foot of the mountain, and everyone poked their heads out among the grass and trees, and immediately gasped.

Oh my mother! There was the same exclamation in everyone's hearts, there were six or seven hundred Tartar soldiers under the hillside, and the black-pressed cavalry was followed by a long line of bloodstained Ming soldiers who were tied up, and hundreds of people.

Song Nan took a breath of cold air, these guys must have successfully attacked the construction site of a walled fort, otherwise where did these people come from; A guard with sharp eyes saw at a glance a Ming army officer in the crowd who was tied to a horse with five flowers tied to a horse and stumbled and scolded, it was Zhao Baihu who was stationed in the west.

Everyone's eyes looked at Song Nan in unison, what should I do? There are so many Tartar soldiers, and there is no chance of winning at all, but watching the Tartar soldiers pass by here, and capturing the people and the Ulzhou guards, do you sit idly by?

Song Nan's heart was thinking about another problem, every walled fort construction site was guarded by soldiers, the Tartars attacked the construction site and fled back, it was impossible for the defenders in other places not to know the road, but it was possible that the foot strength could not keep up and was chasing behind; The reason why Zhao Baihu fought with him was probably to delay time, so that Jiang Bin could lead a large team of men and horses to catch up with the Tartars; All he had to do was to follow Zhao Baihu's choice, show up, drag the Tartar, and wait for Jiang Bin to arrive.

Looking at the direction of the Tartars is to go east along the Sancha River, it can be seen that the Tartars must have broken through the defense line from the west, and the attacked construction site is very likely to be the Huaishu Fort in the west, but after the attack was successful, it was discovered by the Ulzhou army, and it must have also notified the soldiers and horses in the north, and the Tartars understood this and chose to go west, but they didn't know the way, and there were also a few hundred-man troops stationed here in the northwest; In order to avoid being caught by the Ming army, they would keep running west.

Song Nan has no choice, it seems wise not to show up, but he will be dealt with by military law afterwards, even if Jiang Bin is not to blame, Song Nan will never make this choice, how can he tolerate the Tartar soldiers swaggering away from front of the Ming officers and soldiers and the people.

"Prepare to light the beacon." Song Nan calmly ordered.

The general banner and several small flags under his command had solemn faces, and they knew that Song Baihu was going to work hard, and since he was at this point, it was useless to be afraid, so he could only fight for his life.

The two soldiers quickly rushed up the hillside from the forest, lit a beacon fire, and the dead leaves and dry wood caught fire quickly, and when they met the damp branches and leaves covering them, a puff of black smoke rose into the sky.