On September 26, the 40th year of Tianyou, in Datong, Shanxi.

The weather outside the pass was unusually severe, the west wind was fierce, blowing people's skin pain, not far from the Sanggan River, in a forest, lurking a team of Ming army spouts, they all wore big jackets and felt hats, ordinary Shanxi households dressed up, behind them there were more than a dozen fast horses tied to the mound, and the horses' mouths were chewed.

At this time, they were cautiously observing the surroundings, especially on the other side of the river, after crossing the Sanggan River, not far to the northeast is the east city of Shunshengchuan, and less than sixty miles north is the Huai'an Acropolis.

Jia Jue's Ruishi battalion and Xie Qiong's martial arts training battalion arrived in Ulzhou City yesterday, and they did not go to Juyong Pass with the army, but entered the territory of Datong in Shanxi Province through Bauhinia Pass, and made peace with the Datong general army Xiangyang Bo Wang Bin, who had received the emperor's secret order.

This time, Emperor Tianyou made a lot of money, not only to thwart the conspiracy of the civil officials, but also to cripple the three clans who entered the Kou, and give them an unforgettable lesson, so that the emperor could free up his hands to rectify the government with peace of mind, plus the remnants of the soldiers and horses in Xuanfu Town, a total of more than 200,000 elite horse infantry troops were mobilized, including 50,000 elite cavalry under the command of Cheng Yuan, the general soldier of Jizhou, and Jiang Zining, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Jiang Zining, the commander of the Shanhaiguan General Army, and Wang Bin commanded 10,000 cavalry, plus 20,000 infantry troops. Attack the enemy from the flanks and rear, cutting off their food routes and their way back.

However, when the army arrived in Ulzhou, the sentinels sent out to find traces of the Tatars along the Sanggan River, which indicates that the allied forces of the three tribes did not all go to Yanqing as expected, or that the Tatars had their own small calculations.

No matter what the situation is, Jia Jue and the three of them must lead the army into the territory of Xuanfu as soon as possible, and before that, they must capture a few Tatars to understand the situation there.

Seeing that there was no movement around, a Ming army sentry couldn't help but rub his face and scolded: "Mother's ball, they all say that the west wind in Shanxi is strong, but I didn't expect it to be so strong, and the skin is going to be scratched." ”

Before he could say a word, the officer on the side glared at him fiercely and shouted in a low voice: "If you dare to speak again, Lao Tzu will chop you!" ”

The soldier fell silent, the sentry is a dangerous job, the slightest carelessness will expose the hunt and be killed, and the mortality rate is very high.

At this moment, an old man in the west shouted in a low voice: "Head, there is movement in the west...."

The officer followed his gesture and looked, the smoke and dust were billowing and more than a dozen horsemen were running and chasing in the wilderness, and through the clairvoyance it was possible to identify those as Tatar cavalry, and the person in the front was a Han man dressed as an ordinary person, but the officer saw at a glance that something was wrong, because the horse under the man was a military horse of the imperial court, and he immediately understood that this person was not a sentry or a messenger sent by a city.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered: "Go, fuck it!" ”

Liu Xianglian kept shaking the horsewhip, urging the horses, and galloping forward like the wind, and there was the sound of arrows breaking through the air and the incomprehensible shouting and scolding of the Tatars behind her, as long as she ran through the woods, she would be safe.

He looked back, and there were more than a dozen Tatar cavalrymen still in hot pursuit, shouting loudly and drawing arrows with their bows and arrows.

Hearing the sound of the wind breaking through the air behind her, Liu Xianglian leaned to the left and dodged, relying on her flexible skills, dodging back and forth, and the sharp arrows shot by the Tatars never hit him.

However, Liu Xianglian's endurance after sitting down on the war horse was not as good as that of the Tatars, and after a while, Liu Xianglian was gradually caught up by the Tatars.

The Tatars formed a meniscus shape, and the two sides gradually closed to the middle, Liu Xianglian was startled, and the secret way was not good, he took a bow and arrow in his hand, and turned around sharply on the back of a whistling galloping horse, "Whoosh!" An arrow was shot right in the middle of the Tatar cavalry closest to him.

The Tatar cavalry screamed and fell off his horse.

"Whoosh!"

Liu Xianglian turned back again, and another Tatar cavalryman was shot in the neck and fell backwards and flew out.

At this moment, the Tatars were less than fifty steps away from him, the Tatars released arrows again, more than ten arrows shot from three sides, there was no way to dodge, helpless, could only turn over and dismount, the Tatar leader was fierce and abnormal, preventing other Tatar cavalry from attacking Liu Xianglian with bows and arrows, and he turned over and dismounted and pulled out a scimitar to fight Liu Xianglian.

The Tatar took advantage of Liu Xianglian to get up from the ground, laughed wildly, and raised his knife to slash at Liu Xianglian.

"Kill!"

Liu Xianglian pulled out the sword at her waist, and with a "click", the leather armor on the Tatar's wrist was cut open by the blade.

The Tatar was immediately annoyed and angry, and raised his sword to slash forward left and right, attacking again and again.

Liu Xianglian's sword in his hand, with ease, one sword after another slashed at the wrist and chest of the Tatar, finally, this sword wrenched the leather armor on the wrist of the Tatar in the air, with a scream, the Tatar covered his right hand, blood continued to ooze, just now Liu Xianglian's sword cut off his tendons.

The rest of the Tatars suddenly burst out with a beast-like howl, and rushed forward with a long knife like crazy, at this moment, a group of Ming troops rushed out of the woods, and more than a dozen arrows flew over, and in an instant, a group of people turned on their horses, and more than a dozen Tatar cavalry were shot down most of them, and the remaining five Tatar cavalry saw that the situation was not good, and immediately pulled out their horses and turned back and fled.

"Kill!"

Liu Xianglian cut off the head of the Tatar officer with a sword, turned over and chased after the fleeing Tatar cavalry, a sword slashed, blood splashed, and another sword cut off the head of another Tatar, and the head rolled out a foot away.

The Ming army sentry was ruthless and merciless, leaving only one Tatar to be surrounded in the middle, and with a "whew", a horse rope was accurately put on the Tatar's head, and the rope was tightened in an instant, and the Tatar was pulled off the horse backwards.

"Hahaha!"

"Drive! Drive! ”

With a shout, the Tatar was dragged by the Ming army sentry scout, and ran around the battlefield twice before stopping, the Tatar helmet had already fallen off, and his face was also blurred with flesh and blood, looking at the Ming army who surrounded him, he kept struggling, and a Ming soldier kicked him in the chest, the pain made his body extremely bent, and his mouth let out a miserable scream.

At this time, the sentry officer came over, followed by Liu Xianglian, who was tied up, because no one could prove his identity, he could only be temporarily tied up and brought back to the camp.

Looking at the Tatar cavalry huddled on the ground, the officer sneered: "Don't let this dog Tartar die, our brothers will rely on him to get promoted." Cut off all those heads and go back to the camp to receive their rewards. ”

.......

A small place called Mandarin Duck Mouth in Ulzhou suddenly became lively, there was an additional military village outside the small city, thousands of tents were neat and orderly, four tall wooden arrow towers stood in the four directions of the military village, and the soldiers on the arrow towers were vigilantly watching the surrounding situation.

This is the temporary camp of Jia Jue, Xie Qiong and Wang Bin, and at this time, the three of them are sitting in the big tent to discuss military affairs.

"Brother Xie, we are under a lot of pressure in this war, if Your Majesty's strategy cannot succeed, then Zhen Guogong and the others will be in danger. Also, we still haven't been able to figure out the exact number of the Three Clans Alliance..."

Datong General Xiangyang Bo Wang Bin sat there with a gloomy face, looked at Xie Qiong and said.

Xie Qiong nodded silently, Wang Bin had a point, they had to destroy the forces they had left around Xuanfu before the grassland people could react, and they had to recapture Zhangjiakou Fort and the Great Wall Pass, and cut off their reinforcements.

Xie Qiong got up and walked a few steps in the big tent, sighed worriedly, and said: "Actually, what we really have to worry about is Chao Nei, this time the grassland people are too weird, especially the fall of Zhangjiakou Fort, it's not that simple, we must have no problem here, I'm worried that something will happen to Zhenguo Gong!" ”

Wang Bin was taken aback and asked anxiously, "What's going on?" You can make it clear! ”

Xie Qiong first glanced at Jia Jue, and then said: "I suspect that someone in the court made peace with the grassland people, betrayed the interests of the court, and wanted to repeat the scene forty years ago. ”

Wang Bin immediately sat up straight.

At this moment, an anxious voice suddenly came from the door, "Master Hou!" ”

"What's the matter?"

Wang Bin looked up and asked.

"The sentinel has returned, bringing urgent information."

"Come in."

After a while, the sentry officer walked in, half-knelt and saluted, and said, "See Master Hou!" ”

"What did you find?"

"When the lowly was investigating the enemy in the Sanggan River, he met an unknown soldier who was being chased and killed by the Tatars, and the lowly rescued him, and successfully captured a Tatar alive, and the lowly stayed in Xuanfu for several years, so he understood the steppe dialect, and learned from the Tatar that the Tatars were besieging the Huai'an Acropolis."

"Can that man tell who he is?"

Wang Bin was a little surprised, Xie Qiong waved his hand and said, "Bring it up and ask." ”

Wang Bin nodded, "Bring it up." ”

The officer got up and walked to the tent and shouted, "Come in!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the two soldiers immediately escorted Liu Xianglian, who had her arms tied, in.

Xie Qiong was stunned.

Jia Jue and Wang Bin were also stunned.

Although Liu Xianglian is a disciple of the side branch of the Liguo Mansion, because of his bold temperament, cool and good at playing guns and swords, and quite chivalrous feelings, he is also a little famous in the vein of Xungui, so many people recognize him.

Jia Jue's predecessor had fought with Liu Xianglian several times, and he was quite envious of him.

"The little nephew has seen two uncles!"

Liu Xianglian looked at Xie Qiong and Wang Bin who were stunned, and said loudly.

Wang Bin woke up and shouted loudly: "Don't let go of it yet!" ”

"Wait!"

Xie Qiong bit his teeth, "Why are you here?" And why was he hunted down by the Tatars? ”

Hearing this, Wang Bin reacted and looked at Liu Xianglian with a gloomy face.

After being silent for a while, Liu Xianglian spoke, "I am the Beizhen Fusi Baihu, and I am the order of the commander of Feng Ma to investigate the information of the three clans of the Xuanfu Grassland, and I have important information!" ”

Wang Bin asked, "How to prove it?" ”

Liu Xianglian was stunned, her chest fell to the ground together, and after a long while, she adjusted her breathing and said: "I was ordered by the commander of the horse, and as for the identity of the waist card, all the identity cards were left in Beizhen Fusi, however, I can swear in the name of the ancestor of the Liu family, everything I said is true, if there is half a sentence of deception, the sky will hit five thunders, and the ancestors will be in the spirit of the sky..."

"That's it!"

Jia Jue stood up and said loudly: "There is no need to swear, I believe your words." ”

So saying, he stepped forward and untied the rope from his body, and said to the officer, "Go down first." ”

Wang Bin's eyes flashed, "Listen to Uncle Jia, you guys go down." ”

Liu Xianglian hugged her fist at Jia Jue, thanked her, and said directly to Wang Bin: "Master Hou, I was ordered to go to Xuanfu to investigate intelligence, and on the way to Tumubao, I encountered the patrol of the Warat people, and we learned a news from the captured Warat population that the alliance of the three clans has besieged the Huailai Acropolis, with more than 200,000 troops, and they are stationed on the bank of the Fushui River, waiting for the imperial army. ”

Liu Xianglian recounted the details of how they were chased and killed by the Warats and Tatars all the way, and finally said: "Except for Baoanzhou, which was broken by the alliance of the three tribes, the rest of the cities are still in the hands of the garrison. However, due to the lack of troops, they could only defend the city and wait for rescue. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed and said: "Xuanfu Town originally had more than 30,000 defenders, but unfortunately, on the way to rescue Zhangjiakou Fort, we encountered the main force of the grassland coalition army that had just entered the customs, and the 10,000 elite infantry troops were all wiped out. ”

The big tent couldn't help but fall into silence, and after a moment of silence, Wang Bin finally spoke, "We don't have to worry about it from Zhenguo Gong, they will take care of everything." Let's talk about what's in front of us. ”

Xie Qiong: "First rescue Huai'anwei, then relieve the siege of Xuanfu Town, and finally rescue the army of the Marquis of Changning who is trapped in the Longmen guard, so that we will have sixty or seventy thousand elite troops." ”

"Huai'anwei wants to be saved, but it is also necessary to embankment the Tatars besieging Xuanfu Town, so I decided to let the Ruishi battalion go to relieve Huai'anwei, and you and I ambushed the Tatars who came to help on the road between Huai'anwei and Xuanfu Town, so that our victory rate will be greatly increased."

Hearing this, Xie Qiong couldn't help it, looked at Wang Bin and said, "Otherwise, I'll lead the martial arts training camp." ”

Wang Bin didn't raise his eyes, but said lightly, "There is no danger in this trip, as long as you use your brains, you will definitely be able to win." ”

Jia Jue slowly closed his eyes and exhaled deeply, he opened his eyes suddenly, and shouted, "Good! ”