In the early morning of the next day, Yang Yiqing's dream plan did not go smoothly, the sky was just bright, Yang Yiqing, who had just slept for less than two hours, was woken up by Peng Yue's loud voice, Yang Yiqing, who was still in a daze, was pulled up to the city by Peng Yue, rubbed his bloodshot eyes and looked at the city, and was suddenly surprised.

The siege battlefield under the city, which was originally occupied by the Tartars, was empty, with miscellaneous weapons, armor and corpses scattered on the empty ground where the morning mist flowed, and the tents and camps of the Tartars in the distance had also disappeared, and after the siege of the city last night, the Tartars had all ripped them away.

"On the fifth watch, the brothers at the head of the city heard the movement, and they could not see clearly in the dark, and thought that the Tartars were going to attack the city; But before dawn, the sound of horses' hooves became farther and farther away, and it was only after I could see clearly that I realized that the Tartars had withdrawn. Haha, I see. Peng Yue stayed awake all night, with dark circles under his eyes like a panda.

"This time, do you believe that Marquis Song is not an ordinary person, do you still want to scold him?" Yang Yiqing teased.

"Mo Ti Mo Ti, I don't know about others, I, Peng Yue, have thrown myself to the ground, and I Peng Yue will not question any decision he makes in the future, because I am not on the same level as him at all, and what he sees is something I can't see at all."

YANG Yiqing. With the black hair under his chin, he smiled, turned his head to look at the north, hundreds of miles north of the pale cyan mountains, there were Lingzhou and Ningxia Town, where it was peaceful, and there would be a fierce battle, but I don't know if Song Nan was really ready.

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When he sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to feint to attack Guyuan, he asked the remaining 30,000 cavalry to pretend to follow these 10,000 soldiers and horses as a rear team, but halfway he ordered a diversion to the north, and in only three days, he arrived in Lingzhou.

Whether the 10,000 cavalry who feinted to attack Guyuan can attract the follow-up of Song Nan's army actually doesn't care about Bald Meng, he just needs to hide people's eyes and ears and keep his true intentions from being exposed. When the Ming army learned that Lingzhou was attacked and rushed to reinforcements, the difference was at least seven or eight days, and by then Lingzhou had already been taken by himself, and he might have crossed the Yellow River to attack Ningxia Town.

After arriving in Lingzhou, he deliberately stayed in a valley for a day, hid in a valley for a night, and sent sentinels everywhere to find out the news. The news from the sentinels showed that there were no other soldiers and horses in Lingzhou City who had crossed the border except for the thousands of soldiers and horses who had recently been reinforced from Yan'an Mansion and other places in Yansui. That is to say, Song Nan is still hundreds of miles away. Guyuan's soldiers and horses caught up with the brigade in the starry night, although the loss was more than two thousand, but this is already a good result, if Song Nan sent cavalry to the rescue, and found that the number of soldiers and horses was only 10,000, then the remaining thirty percent of the ten thousand soldiers and horses would be the favor of Changshengtian.

On the hillside dozens of miles away from Lingzhou, looking at the vague shadow of Lingzhou City in front of him, he suddenly became more confident again. Although the results of this battle into the Ming Dynasty were not satisfactory, but now that this battle is fought, it is an opportunity to turn over. Taking Lingzhou and Ningxia Town is the biggest reward. In particular, Ningxia Town, which is the closest entrance to the Ming Dynasty in the Hetao area of the Tatar State, is more advantageous to take here than the Datong Xuanfu in the east, because the terrain of Ningxia Town can completely block the counterattack of the Ming army, and he has obtained a pass to attack the Ming Dynasty at any time. After a period of recuperation, it is to make a comeback.

His gaze crossed Lingzhou and fell to the Helan Mountain covered with snow in the north, this time the soldiers and horses at hand were indeed a little small, and there was no certainty in attacking Ningxia Town after taking Lingzhou, but fortunately, in the north of the snow-capped valley, his second son would definitely organize soldiers and horses to attack from the north, and under the attack from the north and south, Ningxia Town would be broken.

"Respected Great Khan, we are already close to Lingzhou, and we don't know when to attack."

"Don't wait, cut down wood and build a ladder immediately, tomorrow Buddha Xiao will take Lingzhou in one fell swoop, Ben Khan doesn't want to be entangled here, so Ben Khan announced, whose soldiers and horses can be the first to climb the head of Lingzhou City, who will be the head of ten thousand households in Ningxia Town, Lingzhou in the future, I allow your cattle and sheep to graze in the south of the Yangtze River in this Ming mouth, so that you can enjoy the delicious meals, gorgeous clothes and beautiful girls of the Ming people, do you understand?"

The generals were overjoyed and shouted in unison: "Long live the Great Khan, we will take the lead in taking Lingzhou." ”

The bald man smiled with satisfaction, and his eyes became cold: "Having said that, if you can't take this place, they will drag it here for a few days, and Song Nan's army will catch up from behind, and we will all have to go here to see Changshengtian." Before Ben Khan dies, you all have to die before Ben Khan, and no one wants to live, because your incompetence leads to the defeat of the battle, and I will punish you severely before I die. ”

The Tatar generals were terrified, and they all knew that this battle was either your death or my life, and they couldn't take Lingzhou without the Great Khan, and their own people couldn't go back.

When the Tartar cavalry emerged from the horizon of the southern hills, Lingzhou was quickly reported; Lingzhou Commander Huang Zheng, Yansui General Soldier Zhang An, Yan'an Zhongwei Commander Wu Zhongxiao, and Lingzhou Governor Xie Changhe immediately held urgent consultations to discuss strategies to resist the enemy.

However, the soldiers and horses that can be transferred to the left are all transferred, and the Ningxia guard in the rear originally only had three guards and horses, and when the Tatars broke the Jiayu Pass all the way south, the general soldier Qiu Yue led the Ningxia avant-garde to reinforce, and the remaining two guards shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending the Great Wall in the north and the Helan Mountain Pass, which was absolutely immovable, and the soldiers and horses that could be used were only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city.

"Guard, guard. Defend until General Song's reinforcements arrive, and we will succeed. "Huang Zheng is clear about the current situation, the Tartars are going to take the road to the north, and they must take the stumbling block of Lingzhou, the reason why Song Nan sent troops to reinforcements is that he thought of today, so Song Nan's army will inevitably follow behind, and if he arrives, things will be easy to do.

"What are you going to keep?" The prefect Xie Changhe was a big fat man, his eyes were cloudy, and when he heard that the Tartars were attacking, he was already frightened.

"We have only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the Tartars have 40,000. Lingzhou's city defense is already weak, the imperial court has not allocated funds for repairs in recent years, and several city walls have fallen into disrepair and collapsed for a long time, and they are simply blocked with earth and stones, how can this withstand the attack? ”

"Governor Xie, what is the reason for being cowardly before fighting? If you can't defend it, you have to defend it, and if you lose Lingzhou, you will make way for the Tartars, and the Tartars will attack Ningxia Town; If Ningxia Town is lost, all of us will lose our heads. "Zhang An, the chief soldier of Yansui, is very dissatisfied with Xie Changhe's timidity, here he has the biggest official position and the most confidence to speak.

"General Zhang, on the one hand, actively defended the city, and on the other hand, sent people to send a letter to General Song, asking his reinforcements to come and reinforce quickly, otherwise it will be really difficult to defend." Huang Zhengdao.

"yes, I think so too." Wu Zhongxiao also said.

"Are you so afraid? I, Zhang An and the Tartars, have also fought a hundred battles, and when I attacked Datong in the Mongolian Fire Sieve Department, I led my troops to meet them, and encountered them in Zhumakou and Tartars; The Tartars have thirty percent more soldiers and horses than me, and they haven't been beaten to the ground by me, do you think I, the general soldier, are mixed in? That's a real thing. The gun is really earned. I didn't say it, I am the chief military officer here, and you all have to obey my command, but you can't wait for the soldiers and horses of the general of Zhenguo to come to help, and the Tartars don't want to take Lingzhou from me. Zhang An was full of confidence.

Xie Changhe, Huang Zheng and the others felt a little relieved when they heard this. The war is approaching, and it is always a great comfort to have an experienced leading general, who is still willing to take on the responsibility of command, and has a momentum in his body.

At dawn the next day, the Tartar soldiers and horses arrayed under the Lingzhou city blew a piercing horn, and the Ming soldiers at the head of Lingzhou City looked down at the city one after another, and saw that the Tartar soldiers and horses were slowly adjusting their formations and preparing for the siege. The soldiers swallowed nervously, and rushed to their respective positions according to the commander's orders, and the archers put their bows and arrows on the bowstrings, quietly waiting for the moment of battle.

The horns in the Tartar barracks became hurried and high, which was the signal for the attack, and after a piercing shout, thousands of Tartar cavalry came in a straggler formation, with bows and arrows on their backs, and thick armor in front of them and on their horses, this was the heavy archers of the Tartars, which were specially equipped for the siege of the city, and these people could shoot arrows up against the rain of arrows at the head of the city, unless the archery was too accurate to shoot where their armor could not cover, Otherwise, their heavy armor will ensure that the bow and arrow will not damage them.

Behind the cavalry archers, the cavalry of 10,000 people followed closely and charged out, the two horsemen kept a distance of dozens of paces one after the other, and immediately the cavalry assisted each other in their hands and held a long ladder, which was to rush to the city wall as fast as possible.

When the Tartar soldiers and horses entered the firing range, the defenders of the Ming army at the head of the city fired thousands of arrows under Zhang An's shouting order, and the battle of Lingzhou kicked off with a rain of arrows and a buzzing bowstring.