When the news of the loss of Yanchi County came, Song Nan was leading his troops across the West Cliff on the way to Yanchi, hearing such news, Song Nan couldn't help but look up to the sky and curse, blaming himself. It is unforgivable that his momentary mistake led to such a strict consequence.

He has long understood that the bald and fierce will break through the pass of the Great Wall regardless of the northward march of a qiē, but he miscalculated the continuous combat ability of the Tartar soldiers and horses and their planning, maybe these battles were fought too smoothly, and he had the idea of underestimating the enemy to the Tartars from his heart, Song Nan always thought that it was impossible to attack Yanchi, because although Yanchi County was close to the border pass, but the reinforcements from the surrounding Lingwu Ningxia and other places arrived quickly, and the defense of the walled fort there was deep and solid, and a new guard was added to defend the heavy army, and the bald and fierce could go to attack here to find their own death.

However, what I didn't expect was that the fierce attack of nearly 100,000 Tartar troops that suddenly appeared in the desert north of the Yanchi Great Wall in the desert land north of the Great Wall attracted reinforcements to the pass of the Great Wall.

The fault is that I didn't take into account that the Tartars also have reinforcements, and in the past ten days, the two sides have chased me to fight wits and courage, but they forgot that the Tartars can send a small group of soldiers and horses to break away from the brigade of soldiers and horses or climb the mountains or go out of the customs to report the news, which is completely their own mistake.

Song Nan's anxious self-blame looked in the eyes of everyone, Wang Yong, Ma Ming and other generals came to comfort Song Nan, this mistake was said to be Song Nan's miscalculation, but in fact, it was difficult to prevent it at all; The Tartars are running on four legs, and their movements have always relied on Song Nan's accurate judgment, and this time it was not a mistake, after all, the defenders of Yanchi have increased from 2,000 to 8,000, which is the largest dispatch that can be made with limited troops.

Song Nan only had 70,000 soldiers and horses at hand, and the cities in all directions had to be strictly guarded, and they had to block the movement of the Tartars, and if they were assigned to each place, the soldiers and horses would become a disadvantage, which was also a helpless thing. Is it possible to send a few guards and horses to guard the salt pond and let Ningxia Town become an empty city? Let the West Cliff Ferry become an empty ferry? Let Shizui Cottage Fort go, Helan Cottage Fort become empty?

It can only be said that the Tartar played shrewdly, successfully crossed the river unconsciously, disappeared out of thin air under the nose of the Ming army for a day and a night, and when he reappeared, it was already a pinch attack on the salt pond inside and outside, and no one could deal with it.

In the face of the relief of the generals, Song Nan felt a little better in his heart, he now understood the feeling of being led by the nose, and he also understood how big the anger in the heart of the bald man was, not long ago, he was led by his nose like this, and now it was his turn to be teased.

Yanchi was lost, and only a few small forts were left from the northeast of Yanchi to the Great Wall, and such a fortress could cope with the surprise attack of a small group of soldiers and horses, but under the sweep of the army, the role of the small fortress could not play a defensive role at all. In the end, we had to rely on the high wall that lay between the mountains, but how could it be defended.

Song Nan ordered a rapid march to Yanchi, how he hoped that his subordinates would lead the motorized troops of later generations, and they would arrive in half a day. But it's a pity that except for the 1,000 cavalry guards of the Jinyi Guard and the 3,000 cavalry in the army, all the rest are two-legged measuring scales. At the current rate, thank goodness to be able to arrive tomorrow morning.

Song Nan had to adjust his strategy, he ordered to gather all the cavalry to follow his light cavalry to support, and strive to arrive to support before midnight, although he knew that he was facing the attack of 100,000 Tartar soldiers and horses inside and outside the city wall, it was of little sense for these thousands of people to rush to, only 40,000 soldiers and horses under his command, 10,000 soldiers and horses guarding the West Cliff, and a guard and horse of Lingwu all arrived, and the gathered strength of nearly 70,000 troops could have the strength to fight. But now he has no choice.

For the general to go on a one-man adventure again, everyone expressed their opposition, this time Ye Fanggu followed the main purpose is to prevent Song Nan from coming again, but in the face of such a situation, Ye Fanggu did not say anything against it, only told Song Nan that if he wanted to go, he must follow, fulfill his duty as a wife, and not let her husband go into danger alone, the implication is to die together.

Song Nan agreed without thinking about it, he didn't have time to figure out what was dangerous or not, and the 1,000 brocade guards and firearms cavalry battalion at hand was the elite of an elite, these people climbed the Great Wall Pass early was the biggest threat to the Tartars, the reason why he wanted to take the risk was to hold on to the pass to the death, and would isolate the bald and fierce Tartar army outside the pass, and not let them easily break through the pass.

The military order was issued, although Song Nan and Wang Yong immediately broke away from the brigade and rushed to the rescue, the 37,000 brigade of soldiers and horses under the leadership of Ma Ming and other generals accelerated their pace, and they must rush to Yanchi before tomorrow and move according to the situation. The arrangement was completed, and Song Nan immediately led 4,000 cavalry to leave.

The sun is scorching, the surrounding yellow sand is long, the eyes are full of sand and rubble, and little green is seen. Four thousand horsemen galloped on this gray, steamer-like gravel wilderness, almost fainting with thirst and heat, and the war horses under their crotches were foaming at the white foam and panting, compared with the war horses in the north, these horses that the court ordered the farmers to raise were sick men at all; couldn't run more than ten miles, Song Nan had to order to get off the horse and rest, not to let people rest, but to let the horses rest, and most of the water he brought went into the belly of these bad horses. Even if it's a bad horse, you can't live without them at this moment.

At last it was dark, and the sun went down, and the heat subsided, and at last the situation was much better, and the moonlight was bright, and the road could be recognized, faster than during the day. Finally, at the time of the third watch, I passed through more than ten walled forts that had been burned down, and saw the burning Yanchi County from a distance.

Even in the middle of the night, the city is noisy and loud, the sound of crying and shouting is far away, although Yanchi County is a small place, but it is in the most marginal area, when there is no war, it is a market in the border trade, and from the name of this county, you can know that well salt is produced here, and it is the best green salt in the Ming Dynasty. Although the salt trade is the monopoly of the imperial court, it can not resist the secret private buying and selling, and the reason why many shops here are set up is not to really come here to do business, but to privately buy and dump green salt to sell it at a high price in the mainland. The businessmen naturally came with their families, and there were many local residents, and a small county town was also lively, with a population of more than 20,000 soldiers and civilians on weekdays, and it was a small city that was bustling.

And at this moment, these people are in dire straits, they have nowhere to escape, when the general city is broken, the people will be evacuated with the army or flee on their own, but the Tartar army comes from the southwest, and the north is the Great Wall Pass with barren mountains and mountains, and the people are not allowed to take refuge in the pass, and there is nowhere to go to escape by opening the city gate, the southwest is the Tartar, the northeast is the Tartar, where can they go? Could it be that you hide in the wilderness of the barren mountains and deserts and wait for the wild wolves to divide their bodies?

These people had no choice but to stay in the city, and those who were guarded hid in the cellars waiting for the light of day, and those who were unprepared retreated to their homes, hoping that the Tartar soldiers would show mercy and not kill innocents indiscriminately.

In fact, the bald man did give an order not to kill innocents indiscriminately, but his soldiers and horses did not think so, in the past few months, 100,000 troops have fought here from Jiayuguan, running thousands of miles, and the brothers around him have also died, and it is already a very lucky thing to survive. Some time ago, they were chased away, they had nothing to eat and were forced to eat horse meat, and they ran for days and nights without sleep, and now that they have taken here, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief and go home safely.

So soon after the city was broken, a catastrophe befell the heads of the people of Yanchi, the Tartar soldiers broke into the houses in groups, robbed the gold and silver treasures, grabbed the chickens and dogs, and it was still light, and the people who did not like the eyes went up with a knife, and when they saw the woman pressing down, they pulled their pants and committed violence, and for a time the city was full of smoke and miasma, and the chickens and dogs were restless and cried and shook the sky.

The bald man naturally knows this, but he has no intention of stopping it, according to his previous thoughts, when he encounters a fierce city of resistance, he will slaughter the city after taking it, and now since he is not slaughtering the city, the brothers are going to make a fuss, and it is up to them to make a fuss about the sullenness held during this time, and if they return to the country, they will still have trouble.

Until the middle of the night, the beasts in the city still did not stop, they opened their red and terrifying eyes, searched for prey, and turned a Yanchi county town like a hell on earth.