(Thanks to the monthly ticket of the three of Thousands of Miles Pursuit, Leisure Ronin, and bobby75222) Chapter 273

The rain of arrows that spread like flying locusts shrouded the peak, but Song Nan had already prepared, when the rocket stopped yesterday, Song Nan gritted his teeth and spent more than 20 shotguns and gunpowder to widen the hole along the pit wall a few places, more than ten people hid in the pit, and the other group hid under the mountain beam in the north.

The Tartars seemed to be ruthless, shooting non-stop for nearly half an hour, but they did not send the Tartars to climb up and attack, which made Song Nan very puzzled; When the rain of arrows subsided, Song Nan secretly climbed to the edge of the cliff to look down, and suddenly found that the rear team of Tartar soldiers was marching north, which made Song Nan ecstatic.

Song Nan hurriedly informed everyone of the news, and everyone was also surprised, Liu Jin said happily: "The Tartars are about to retreat, it must be that the reinforcements of my army have arrived, and the Tartars are afraid." ”

Zhengde cried with joy: "It's okay now, the reinforcements have arrived, and we are out of trouble." The crowd cheered, and happiness filled their chests, and tears of joy followed.

Song Nan silently looked at the Tartar soldiers who retreated from the camp under the cliff, but he was very puzzled in his heart, if the reinforcements really arrived, it would be forgivable for the Tartar soldiers to retreat because of the difficulties, but in seven days, except for the soldiers and horses of the Ulzhou Guard, the reinforcements from other places should not be so fast, if it is a cavalry, it is still possible, but it is a pity that whether it is the two places of Datong Xuanfu or the capital regiment and battalion, it is a mixed class of troops with horses and feet, and it is impossible to have such a fast speed.

And another suspicious thing is that the rear army of the Tartars pulled out the camp and withdrew, and a large number of soldiers and horses in the walled fort were also pulling out the camp one after another, but the southern camp in the valley to the south a few miles away did not seem to withdraw the troops, maybe it was to prevent the Ming army from taking advantage of the evacuation to cover up, or maybe it was deliberately selling some flaws, in short, Song Nan felt that something was wrong.

"Lord Song, why aren't you happy at all?" Wan Zhi came to Song Nan's side with a grin, and was a little surprised to see Song Nan's eyebrows locked.

Song Nan said: "Wan Zhi, I don't think things are so simple, not to mention whether the reinforcements of the brigade have arrived, even if the Tartars retreat, why hasn't the military camp in the south moved?" ”

Wan Zhi squinted his eyes and suddenly smiled: "My lord, the most taboo thing for the army to pull out the camp is to take advantage of the chaos to pursue, and the southern camp is obviously to break the rear, in case the Ulzhou soldiers and horses in the south take advantage of the situation to attack." The Tartars are not stupid, they do not know the art of war at all, and they believe that we need to inform Jiang Da of the news of the withdrawal of the Tartar soldiers, and this is an excellent time to attack. ”

Song Nan was puzzled, but he was speechless to refute, only to see Wan Zhi shouting loudly and leading everyone to collect the arrows that were shot up, there was only one set of early warning and signals to transmit the enemy's situation in the Ming army, and the fireworks were raised and extinguished, and all these three times were the signal for the alarm to lift the enemy's retreat, which was the signal stipulated by the Ministry of War, and Wan Zhi wanted to use this signal to transmit the news of the Tartars' secret retreat.

Song Nan frowned and silently watched Wan Zhi and the others busy working, and suddenly shouted: "No, no, the Tartars are playing yin." ”

The busy crowd stopped looking at Song Nan in amazement, and Song Nan said hurriedly: "The Tartar is seducing Jiang Bin to attack by taking advantage of the situation; You think, if the Tartars withdraw their troops in front of us, we can think of delivering the news to Jiang Bin, but how can they not think of it? Nanying didn't move just to make this fraudulent plan more realistic. If Jiang Bin saw that the Tartars were retreating on all fronts, he would not dare to attack rashly, because he did not have enough troops and would never dare to take risks, in case of a plan, the whole army would be annihilated; And when the signal is sent by us, Jiang Bin will never doubt it, and he will not hesitate to attack with his army, which is exactly what the Tartars want to take advantage of us. ”

Everyone scratched their heads and looked at each other.

"Lord Song, the Tartars aren't so insidious, the Tartars are all barbarians who drink blood, they will think so deeply?" Liu Jin was poured cold water by Song Nan, and he was unwilling.

Song Nan sneered: "Don't you have a head when you are a tartar?" If the Tartars are not shrewd, how can shrewd people like you and me be trapped here? People who are treated as fools will die very miserably, even if the Tartars really retreat, we can't take this risk, it is obvious that the reinforcements have not arrived, otherwise no matter whether the Tartars withdraw or not, our Ming army will also launch an attack to rescue the emperor. ”

Liu Jin said: "You are too careful, the great opportunity to pursue is in vain, the emperor has been trapped by the Tartars for seven days, how can you let the Tartars pay the price to eliminate the hatred in your heart." ”

Song Nan said angrily: "What do you know? If you are not careful, you will bury thousands of lives of the Ulju army, and it will be too late to regret it. ”

Liu Jin was a little embarrassed by Song Nan's reprimand, Song Nan didn't care what he thought in his heart, turned his head to Zhengde and said: "Your Majesty, you must not send a signal for Jiang Bin to pursue, if the Tartars really evacuate, we can still get out of trouble, and when the emperor arrives at a safe place, we will mobilize troops and horses to pursue." ”

Zhengde crossed his hands and said, "Okay, it seems that I am happy in vain." ”

Song Nan said: "Be careful. ”

Everyone had to stop and sit down, and watched as the Tartar soldiers withdrew one after another to the north of the mountain pass, where the valley was criss-crossed and criss-crossed, and after the Tartar soldiers withdrew from the mountain pass, there was no trace of it, only the yellow dust and smoke were rising, and half of the sky was yellow dust.

In the afternoon, the Tartars of the southern camp also began to withdraw from the camp, sure enough, Jiang Bin's Ulzhou soldiers and horses did not take advantage of the situation to attack, they did not know whether the Tartars had an ambush, only sent hundreds of cavalry to cruise in the front to observe, the Tartars did not seem to care about their snooping at all, and finally 5,000 soldiers and horses also swaggered out of the mountain pass.

After all the Tartars had evacuated, the valley suddenly became empty and lonely, and everyone stood on the top of the beacon tower and stared at the mess all over the ground below, and for a long time everyone did not know what to say.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the emperor is blessed with all the heavens, caused by the power of heaven, the Tartar looks at the wind and escapes, he is really the king of divine power and holy martial arts." Liu Jin suddenly knelt down in front of Zhengde and kowtowed and cried.

Zhengde was a little overwhelmed, and looked at everyone: "This ...... And that's the end of it? The Tartar is gone? ”

Liu Jin said: "Aren't you leaving?" It turns out that Lord Song was too worried, and the Tartar was taken by the divine power of my Ming Emperor and fled in disgrace. ”

Zhengde was pleasantly surprised: "Then I can go down this damn beacon tower and go back to the capital?" ”

Liu Jin said: "Isn't it, Jiang Bin, a fool, has not come to take over yet, and he is trembling and does not dare to send troops over, he is as timid as a mouse; What are you still doing? Hurry up and start the beacon fire and send a signal for Jiang Bin to lead the army to take over? ”

Several officers with knives hurriedly lit the piled arrows, and when the fire rushed out, it sprinkled gravel and limestone to emit yellow smoke, and then repeated three times after extinguishing, and soon saw smoke and dust rising from the south, and more than a dozen Ming army scouts came to check, and soon rode back again.

Half an hour later, the Ulzhou Wei army led by Jiang Bin appeared in the south of the valley, the army ran forward, and soon arrived five or six miles away in another half an hour, the banner in the army was waving in the wind, and the reflection of the soldiers' blades was dazzling.

"If you don't protect the emperor, why are you stunned?" Liu Jin scolded.

Everyone hurriedly cleaned up the stone steps that had been damaged, and seven or eight people guarded them up and down, escorting Zhengde down the beacon tower with trembling steps one by one.

Song Nan stood at the top of the peak with a confused expression, his brows furrowed into a pimple, Dai Su'er gently pulled his sleeve and said, "Childe, go down." ”

Song Nan silently took her hand and slowly went down to the middle, suddenly stopped and shouted loudly: "It's not good, the emperor, turn back quickly; The Tartars have tricks. ”

Everyone who had almost arrived on the ground was stunned, turned their heads to look back, and Liu Jin reprimanded loudly: "Hugh is talking nonsense, Song Nan is as timid as a mouse, the emperor doesn't care about him, you guys are stunned, and help the emperor and the princess." ”

Before the words were finished, I heard a noisy sound of horses' hooves, dozens of horsemen suddenly poured out of the dead corner of the walled wall, and then dozens of Tartar soldiers rushed out of the dilapidated stone houses in the walled fort, one by one waw wow strange screams rushed to Zhengde and others who had stepped on the ground, and then, a Tartar on the walled wall whined and blew the horn, accompanied by the low and long sound of the horn, the hooves outside the mountain pass in the north rumbled and covered the sun, the Tartar soldiers went and returned, a large group of thousands of cavalry rushed to the ground with lightning speed, and the long knives held high were like forests, Shine brightly in the setting sun.

The sudden change occurred, everyone was dumbfounded, the Tartars actually set up an ambush, leaving ambushes in the dead corners of the sight, waiting for the moment when Zhengde stepped on the ground; Moreover, the Ulzhou Wei army was already five or six miles away, and a large force of Tartar cavalry rushed to it, and there was no way to avoid it, so it could only fight hard with the Tartars.

It's all over now.

Song Nan's heart was like ice water, and he worked hard to resist for so many days, but in the end, he fell short, and the emperor, the soldiers and horses of Ulzhou were all finished.

There was almost no room at all, it was impossible for Zhengde and the others to climb back to the peak, Song Nan grabbed Dai Su'er's waist, regardless of the danger of the stone steps being damaged, he jumped down in quick steps, and almost rolled down the stone steps several times, thanks to the pull of the guards around him, he reached the ground safely, and his body was cut by the gravel and was bloody.

Song Nan didn't care about his injuries and shouted: "Protect the emperor and rush out, and follow the reinforcements and horses." ”

Wan Zhi and the others came back to their senses and shouted a promise, and in the midst of the loud cheers, the guards drew out their shotguns and fired a series of fires, and when they landed, they knocked off their horses several Tartar cavalry who rushed in front of them.

Song Nan shouted: "Grab the horse." ”

One of the guards stepped forward and grabbed the reins of a horse and pulled it back, and several arrows pierced his body, and the guard fell to the ground with a scream.

Wan Zhi roared angrily, and the fire gun knocked down the two archers who were aiming, and rushed forward to grab the horse that was about to escape, and did not forget to take the fire gun of the dead guard and insert it into his waist.

Song Nan shouted: "Wan Zhi, help the emperor to get on the horse, you escort the emperor to the round with Lord Jiang, and we will drag the tartar for you." ”

Wan Zhigao shouted: "Your Excellency, you are still escorting the emperor, and you will be dismissed." ”

Song Nan scolded angrily: "If you are so long-winded, Lao Tzu will kill you." ”

Wan Zhi was helpless to Song Nan and said in front of Zhengde: "Your Majesty, please get on the horse, and Weichen will escort the emperor out of here." ”

Zhengde panicked: "What about the imperial sister?" Song Nan, what about the princess? ”

Song Nan shot down the two Tartars with a bang, turned around and shouted, "The emperor will go first, and the princess will be handed over to Weichen." ”

Zhengde knew that it was useless to fight, so he stepped on Wan Zhi's knees and climbed onto the horse, Wan Zhi turned over on the horse, and Song Nan shouted: "Brothers, aim at the archers in front of you, put it!" ”

Bang!

Seven or eight fire guns roared at the same time, shaking people dizzy and tinnitus, and eight or nine Tartars in a row in front of them were knocked down by Qi Qi, taking this opportunity, Song Nan reached out and slapped his palm on the horse's buttocks and shouted: "Go." ”

Wan Zhi shook the reins, the war horse flew out, several Tartar soldiers desperately stepped forward to block, Wan Zhi cut down the embroidered spring knife in his hand repeatedly, cutting the two Tartar soldiers to the ground, the horse rushed straight out, and after running dozens of steps, 'boom' smashed the gap in the south wall blocked by the branches.

The huge impact force made the horses stumble on the hillside repeatedly, but fortunately, Wan Zhi's riding skills were very good, and he managed to stabilize the horse's body and urge the horse to gallop down the hillside.