Although he knew that the people in the city were suffering, Song Nan could not go to the rescue, and his 4,000 cavalry was simply not enough to attack Yanchi County and confront more than 10,000 Tartar soldiers.

Song Nan waved his hand silently, and the four thousand cavalry quietly bypassed the county seat of Yanchi, marching from the barren beach in the north to the pass of the Great Wall in the mountains. Song Nan was in a very heavy mood, obviously seeing the Tartar soldiers wreaking havoc in front of him, but he couldn't rescue him, this feeling was extremely bad; The idea of the complex buried in Song Nan's heart suddenly became extremely strong; What is the reason why the Tartars are so arrogant and constantly invade the border of the Ming Dynasty, who gave this small barbarian tribe the opportunity to develop and grow into a stubborn disease?

These questions are not asked, but one thing is obvious, the Tartars who occupy the Hetao Plain are at the doorstep, they have the Hetao as a springboard to attack whenever they want, and they will be driven to the north of Yinshan, and set up important towns on both sides of the top of the Yellow River to resist the enemy, which will make the Tartars lose the supply of the fertile land of the Hetao, so that they can struggle to survive in the north of Yinshan, or solve the problem of the border trouble of the Ming Dynasty.

An hour later, four thousand horsemen accompanied by the howl of wolves in the wilderness came to the continuous mountain range in the northeast of Yanchi County. On the road to the Great Wall Pass further north, there are five or six such forts in the north and south, which can be used as a defensive buffer for the main pass, and if a small group of enemies rush through the pass, they will definitely not be able to break through the outpost.

Song Nan had seen such a walled fort pattern, and during the Beijing Camp competition, the offensive and defensive battles in the Badaling area were carried out in a walled fort like this. In terms of scale, each walled fort can accommodate 500 to 1,000 soldiers and horses, but Song Nan knew that these walled forts in front of him would definitely not have a full Ming army stationed, because Xu Tai's martial arts training camp was only 6,000 people, plus the defeated soldiers in Yanchi County, plus the soldiers and horses originally stationed here, the number would not exceed 12,000 people. If there are too many soldiers and horses stationed on the periphery, the pass of the Great Wall will be overstretched.

Wang Yong personally led more than ten horsemen to the front to test, and after entering the mountain pass, he was discovered by the night sentry of the Ming army, and suddenly the gong sounded loudly, and the arrows rained down from the shadows on the slopes on both sides. Wang Yong shouted loudly: "Listen to the people guarding the fort, Song Nan, the general of Zhenguo, led his troops to reinforce him, and the general came to meet him quickly, and ordered someone to report to Xu Tai, the commander of the training camp, and asked him to come to greet him." ”

The soldiers guarding the fort will be suspicious, Wang Yong stretched out his hand and pulled a bow and arrow, hung the number plate of the Jinyi guard on his waist on it, and shot it to the hillside where the Ming army was hiding, the Ming army on the hillside picked up the number plate and presented it to several hundred households guarding the fort, Wang Yong's Jinyi Guard's pro-army yamen affairs The weight of the number plate is known to everyone, the general of the town and the country Song Nan's official is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, this Wang Yong is his inseparable henchman, even if Song Nan is not there, Wang Yong's personal arrival is enough to prove his identity.

Several hundred households came out of the valley, saluted Wang Yong respectfully, and then followed Wang Yong to Song Nan's horse and knelt down and saluted; Song Nan asked them to get up and asked, "What is the situation at the main pass of the Great Wall?" ”

A hundred households arched their hands and said: "Report to the general, after Xu Houye took over the pass, he encountered the fierce attack of the Tartar army outside the Tartar pass, and the five walled forts in the northeast of the pass have all fallen, and now our army is defending according to the Great Wall, and has just repelled a wave of attacks by the Tartars before sunset." ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "What about the casualties?" How many more soldiers and horses? ”

The hundred households shook their heads and said: "I don't know this humble position, the humble position and several hundred households led more than 1,000 people to be ordered to guard the southwest walled fort, Xu Hou Ye said that the Tartar soldiers in Yanchi County will attack early tomorrow morning, so we are arranging fortifications overnight and preparing to roll stones." ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "Okay, the army will arrive tomorrow, this official led four thousand cavalry to bypass Yanchi County to come to help, and you will lead the way and lead us to the main pass." ”

The hundred households hurriedly agreed, led the cavalry team to the valley in the head, and entered the valley, hundreds of black shadows stood silently on the hillside, obviously paying attention, Song Nan waved his hand slightly to the slopes on both sides, which was regarded as greeting them, at the same time, his eyes fell on the valley mouth between the walled forts, and suddenly stopped and said: "At dawn, more than 10,000 Tartars in Yanchi County will focus on attacking this road to the main pass, how do you more than 1,000 people plan to defend?" ”

"Back to the general, we have prepared a large number of rocks and rolling logs on the slopes on both sides, and as soon as they come in, we will let them taste it."

Song Nan looked at the steep slopes on both sides and nodded: "It's a solution, but the valley is wide, how much effect can your rolling wood and stone do?" If the Tartars were to walk in the middle of the valley, it would be a question of whether your rolling boulders would be able to roll into the middle of the valley. ”

Several guards of the fort looked at each other, they didn't think about this problem, but this is not something they can solve, the terrain is like this, but it can't be changed, the only way is for the archers on the hillsides on both sides to shoot arrows into the middle of the valley, trying to kill.

"Listen, at once order a pit to be dug in the middle of the valley, and the horses will be placed, and the tartars will be rounded on both sides, and your rolling wood and stones will come in handy." Song Nan pointed.

Several hundred households suddenly realized, but scratched their heads again.

"What's wrong?"

"General Yu, our manpower is too small, just the arrangement on the hillside and the archery trenches dug to prevent the Tartars from attacking the walled fort, our more than a thousand brothers will have to stay awake all night, if the Tartars are allowed to attack the walled fort, then there is nothing to talk about."

Song Nan understood their words, the Tartars would definitely try to seize the walled fort, everyone knew that marching from the valley must first eliminate the threat on the slopes on both sides, and only when they did a good job of defense means to make the Tartars feel hopeless to take it, or when they delayed too much time, they would choose to rush straight through and ignore the harassment of the Ming army on the hillside.

Song Nan pondered for a moment and said: "Wang Yong, leave two hundred fire guns and guards to help them defend here, and leave three hundred soldiers and horses to help them set up a pit in the valley to prevent horses and dig a pit. ”

Wang Yong immediately ordered Zhao Baihu to lead two hundred firearms and brocade guards to stay, and left another three hundred cavalry to assist. The Jinyi Guard's personal guards are famous, and the double-barreled shotgun firearms in their hands are the legendary divine weapons, which are the most suitable for guarding the highlands, but Song Nan held more than 20 of these firearms and persisted under the siege of tens of thousands of Tartars for nine days, and he didn't let the Tartars climb the beacon tower of Xinpingbao. With this sharp weapon to defend the palace, I suddenly felt a lot of peace in my heart.

Song Nan led the cavalry to continue to move forward, the three hills in front of them were lined up, this is the last pass close to the defense line of the Great Wall, after these three walled forts, and further, the horses can only be abandoned, because there is no way out; On the black mountain beam in front of you, a long dragon composed of lights lies between heaven and earth, needless to say that it is the Great Wall of Miracles built by the Ming Dynasty with huge manpower and material resources.

Although the winding and undulating dragon can only see the silhouette under the moonlit night, the lights on the Great Wall stretching for miles, the figures of soldiers running back and forth, and the blazing beacon fire on several high beacon towers, outline a huge wave of war scenes, this is the front battlefield, is the last barrier to keep the Tartars out of the country.

Xu Tai heard the news of Song Nan's arrival, and was overjoyed to lead his subordinates to greet him, although after several hard battles, Xu Tai's face did not show any tiredness, but looked radiant, which made Song Nan's heart somewhat comforted, the situation he was most afraid of did not appear, and the first thing he was most afraid of meeting was Xu Tai's complaint, or a dejected look.

Before Song Nan could ask, Xu Tai gushed endlessly: "The dog Tartar is really fast, the humble duty has just arrived at the salt pond, but it is already a step late, and after receiving the news that nearly 100,000 Tartar soldiers and horses are attacking the Great Wall, the humble duty has to give up the rescue of the salt pond and rush here to defend first; Damn, the salt pond had to be lost. ”

Song Nan said: "Your choice is correct, these 100,000 Tartars suddenly appeared, and they were to take over the bald beast to break through from here; Once this place is breached, it is doubtful whether the bald man will go back, so the situation will get worse. ”

Xu Tai nodded: "That's true, I thought at the time, if the general did this again, he would definitely make the same choice." From yesterday noon to evening, the Tartars attacked no less than ten times, and they were not as fierce as they were. The five walled forts on the periphery had all fallen, forcing me to deploy defenses along the pass of nearly three or four miles along this line. The general personally came to command, and the humble post was more confident. ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "Let's go to the city wall first, I'm ashamed, it's the first time I've climbed the Great Wall in person, and it used to be close at hand, but I didn't set foot half a step, and I didn't think that I would have to fight side by side with it today." People can't say that the Great Wall is not a hero, and today I want to be a hero. ”

Xu Tai laughed and said: "This is not right, if the general is not a hero, who in the world can be called a hero?" The general is not on the Great Wall, and he is also the first-class hero in the world. ”