"Report! The captives feigned to attack and kill the tiger's mouth, the head pass, and the elite cavalry of 8,000 people has broken through Ying'en Fort, and then Koujing Ping Shuozhou! ”

The news had just come from the main force of Gunbilik when it had just been attacked by the fast horse and had not yet been repaired completely, and Yang Yiqing's face changed slightly when he heard this.

The army of the lord of the Northern Yuan Khan's court, Bodi, had not yet been seen, but the Ordos tribe entrenched in the Hetao area moved first.

"I replied that it was so different from the usual storming of Yutai Ridge, it turned out that I first helped them tear the opening, so that my Xuanfu army could not move!" Yang Yiqing looked at Zhu Houxi solemnly, "Bo'an, I'm afraid it's about to start!" ”

Pressing from three directions at the same time, the border line of the Ming Dynasty in northern Xinjiang is too long.

"This is in line with the situation of the Tartars. Everyone has a big army all the way, and they have their own ability. Zhu Houxi nodded, "I believe in Bo'an's ability, and I believe in Jizhou's generals." Nowadays, the most worrying person is the West Road of Datong Town. ”

In the original scheme, the pocket went in two directions.

Considering that 20,000 households on the right flank of Hetao and Fengzhou Beach are more close, it is likely that they will attack together. The western defense line, which was broken through last year and had no time to be patched, will naturally be a breakthrough. Therefore, after the Tartars broke through from the west road, they were intended to let them into the bottom of the Sanggan River valley, and Li Jin, who was transferred to the north road, could lead his troops and Guo Xun's personal troops to intersperse and break the siege.

And I and Gunbirik are both lords of ten thousand households, and it is unlikely that they will cause a lot of trouble by joining forces together. If the West Road is to be encircled and suppressed, Datong will no longer be able to defend Yanghekou. I can't fight Datong, but it is very possible to plunder along the Yanghe River to Xuanfu Shangxi Road. Because the two fronts are tight, the fort can only be ordered to hold on, and then create a situation to lure me to go to Huai to annihilate it.

Putting Li Jin on the North Road is also a bait. As the deputy commander of the left, he also has enough power and prestige to intersperse the westward journey all the way, and bring some elite soldiers along the line.

But after the situation on the grassland changed, it was no longer the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan who would sit back and watch the right wing fight with the Ming Dynasty and consume strength.

I paid the price of a lot of casualties among my tribe, and Zhu Houxi used a word of ridicule to successfully make this action against only 20,000 households on the Mongolian right wing a national war on the whole front.

Now, Li Jin has been transferred to the Xuanfu to prepare the dumplings that I answered, and Zhu Houxi is not only worried about Datong West Road, but also worried about Yu Dayou who stayed there.

A generation of generals, it won't be folded like this, right?

"Sending Wang Xian to Huai'an, not only for the siege, but also for the feint attack in the direction of Datong, it also turned true. Now that the captives have really entered the Kou, Your Majesty, you can order Wang Dutai to go to Datong and order the Marquis of Wuding to lead his troops to the west. ”

Zhu Houxi nodded, "Since the new strategy has been agreed, General Staff Yang has issued an order." ”

One after another orders were issued from Xuanfu, some to the east, some to the west, and some to the south.

Li Quanli's Jingying army slowed down, not only to appear in the eyes of the front-line generals in Xuanfu Town with the best appearance, but also to wait for those "scattered" generals to return.

Tang Shunzhi, Zhang Jing, Yang Shen and others rushed between the Beijing Suburb Heavy Industry Park and Huailai, and the front line needed more new firepower.

After Guo Xun received the news that he had been captured in Shuozhou, Koujingping, he knew that he had to fight hard. He transferred a lot of personal soldiers to replace Li Jin's soldiers to guard Yanghekou, and went to the west to reinforce him, what he could rely on was the identity of the Marquis of Wuding and the chief military officer of Datong Town, and the second was that he must not live up to the emperor's blood and bravery.

"The three guards of the right guard, Yulin, and Weiyuan were ordered, and killing the tiger's mouth was just a feint to contain them, and Ben Hou did not move them. But if there is still a loss, come and see you! He commanded with a cold face while wearing armor, "Summoning the order to Ping Yuwei and go south to aid Jingping at full speed." Ordered Yunchuan Wei and Zuo Wei, commanded Tongzhi to stay behind, and commanded each to lead 1,000 elite soldiers to meet Benhou in Mayi! ”

There is another sentence: "Summons Liu Kai, Li Jian!" Be sure to keep the enemy in the well in the future! Ten days! As long as they can hold on for another ten days, they will be my Guo Xun's brothers with different surnames in the future! If there is any problem in the past, I will show your majesty, and there will be no fault! ”

Out of the back hall, in front of them stood Chen Qisheng, the deputy military envoy of North Hebei Province, and Qiongyu, the supervisor of the household department stationed in Datong.

"Wang Dutai is coming in the starry night, the soldiers are like fire, and Benhou is the first to pull out. The two, if Shuozhou is lost, Datong is isolated and helpless, and the grain and grass are cut off. ”

Needless to say, no matter what overt and covert battles there were in the past over food, now they are all grasshoppers on a rope.

If Datong is defeated, everyone involved will be guilty of it.

Chen Qisheng and Lou Qiongyu nodded solemnly, and then looked at each other.

Fortunately, I didn't listen to the reckless man that time, and did something to let the court know that Datong was complicated. Is the emperor afraid of complications? The reason for the current situation is not small because of his humiliation of the Lord of the Northern Yuan.

It has really become a once-in-a-decade war, if something is done by the Northern Yuan Dynasty to ridicule the great tomorrow, then the officials of Datong Town will really die without a place to be buried.

The good old days are gone.

After such a level of national war, there will be no more private markets and tacit understandings.

If the Ming Dynasty is defeated, the border towns will be purged. If the Ming Dynasty wins, they will be as safe and sound as last year's victory in Shuozhou.

At this moment, they also sincerely hope that Liu Kai can command the armies of the Western Road, at least until the reinforcements arrive.

……

Fresh memories are attacking Liu Kai.

"How many days?"

"It's been three days, General."

Nine days before the destruction of Fort Ying'en, the military situation on the western route was urgently sent to the east.

The captives were blocked by Yu Dayou on the way to Jingping, and that was three days ago.

Outside Jingping Fort, there were still only Tartar sentry horses, but no army was seen.

In this way, Yu Dayou has been there with only more than 2,000 troops, blocking the nearly 10,000 troops that have been reported for four days.

And Liu Kai, as always, still stayed in the fort.

He admires Yu Dayou, but the "good" in his mouth is because he can survive longer.

Liu Kai hoped that Yu Dayou would stay as long as possible.

"General, are we really not going to send reinforcements?"

"The military order has not arrived, what are you anxious about?" Liu Kai shouted, "Pinglu, Jingping, and Shuozhou are the gateways to Datong!" Now that the captives are attacking on a large scale, as long as these three cities are still there, the captives will not dare to go deeper. The captives feigned to attack and kill the tiger's mouth and the partial head pass, but now there are nearly 10,000 troops raiding Ying'enbao to kill in, do you know that there are other ambushes? If I go to help, the well is empty, and this portal is broken, who will be responsible? ”

Well-founded and convincing.

This well is nearly 300 miles away from Datong, and now that the emperor is driving in person, all sides are facing enemies, how to arrange this side of Datong West Road, Guo Xun alone can not have the final say.

Liu Kai felt that he could delay it for two more days on the grounds of military orders.

But the day of the military order came, Liu Kai's expression changed at first, and after listening to the military order, his eyes lit up.

"Did you hear it all? Ping Yuwei is coming from, indicating that Jingping is the top priority! The general army ordered that we would hold Jingping for eight more days at most, and there would be more troops to help. Hurry up and go to Mayi, let Li Jian lead his troops to Shuozhou first, and then bring grain and grass to Jingping! ”

The military order said that he was guarding Jingping, but he didn't say that he would go out of the city to reinforce Yu Dayou and fight with the Tartars in the wild.

Liu Kai said movingly: "General Yu refused to ride in Huangya Mountain in order to slow down the speed of the capture cavalry. If this battle is won, it will be played by the Ming court, and its immortal achievements will be recounted! ”

“……”

The people who heard his words were all close confidants, although everyone was in mixed moods, they all hoped that Yu Dayou could hold on a little longer and fight to the last person.

……

After the capture of Yingenbao, Gunbirik had two ways to get to Jingping.

One is from Ying'en Fort to the southeast, that road is better, you can also bypass the two forts of Zhuhu and Naihe. The other is along the bottom of the valley between the mountains, breaking the two forts of Zhuhu and Naihe, and attacking Jingping from the mountain west of Jingping. After laying the well and going southeast, you will be out of the mountains.

The reason for choosing this route, which is more difficult to march, is because as long as the two forts of Hu and Naihe are broken and hundreds of people are left here, two goals can be achieved: one is to cut off the road to reinforce the Bitouguan from the direction of Datong, and the other is not to worry about the Ming army bypassing from the direction of the Biguan River to cut off their own back road.

Isn't it more convenient to take the better path when you withdraw?

Moreover, they concentrated all their efforts to break through the two small forts first, and the Datong Ming army did not have time to reinforce.

The location of Huangya Mountain, the Biguan River makes an almost 90-degree bend here.

The Fort is located at the corner of the ninety-degree bend, and is a pass.

After this pass, turn east from the sewer at the foot of Huangya Mountain, and you can go to Jingping along the mountain road.

Unexpectedly, this has become a pass again, and these Ming troops on the pass are still broken.

Gunberik's expression was now ugly: "There are more defenders than the previous fort?" Isn't it just a thousand households? ”

“…… This thousand households are different, there are two thousand households. The ordnance was directly provided by the chief military officer of Datong, and the food and salary were personally recruited by the governor of Xuanda. ”

A tooth was broken here, and some of the people who had been captured in the three forts of Ying'en, Zhuhu, and Naihe were tortured again, and Gunberic finally learned more information.

“…… Yu Dayou! Gunbirick gritted his teeth as he pronounced the name, and then gritted his teeth and scolded his general, "What a shame that five people can't replace one!" This walled fort must be brought down! ”

The hill in the distance really doesn't look unusual.

But the earthen platforms at each level were too unfriendly to the cavalry. If you don't attack the mountain, you will have to be artillery. I want to attack the mountain, but I have that strange formation like a halberd and a hedgehog.

In the field battle, the grassland cavalry and the Ming infantry actually played such a battle loss ratio, which is indeed a great shame.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The sound of war drums sounded again on the mountain, and Gunbilik saw that on the only dirt slope on the hill that had not been built into the shape of an earthen platform, the armored soldiers had come down again, and one of the banners was held very high, and the word "Yu" was written on it.

There were fewer people, but among them, there were those holding the long steel swords, the long halberds, and the tall and square shields, and their morale was high.

Gunbiric's eyes were about to burst into flames: "You dare to take the initiative to invite battle!" Now I can put out less than twenty of that kind of formation at most, and I can't block it! If you don't break this village today, you won't be able to crusade next time, it's up to you! ”

Thinking of going to the bitter cold land of Qinghai, the vanguard general who was ordered by Gunbiric shuddered.

They've already lost nearly thirty percent, it's time for a rout, right?

The drums of war sounded again, and the trumpets sounded in unison.

Yu Dayou stood on the road in the mountains, which could only accommodate less than thirty horses, and calmly commanded: "Serpentine! ”

The location was carefully chosen by him. As he said at the beginning, this mandarin duck array is not conducive to engaging the enemy in a large-scale battle.

But in such a narrow terrain, no matter how many enemies there are, they can only rush over in part and in part.

If the mandarin duck battalion that is blocking the hill ramp is not defeated, the enemy cavalry will have to face the earthen platform, and face the cannonballs and arrows on the earthen platform.

From the original more than 30 groups of mandarin duck small formations, there are now only 19 groups.

More than 100 people were killed and wounded in the Mandarin Duck camp, and more than 300 people were killed by the enemy on the earthen platform, but more than 500 people left at the foot of the Yellow Cliff Mountain, and more than 1,000 people were wounded and fled back.

Now that Yu Dayou gave an order, the nineteen groups of mandarin duck formations staggered and staggered, holding their breath and preparing to engage in battle.

The results of the past three days have given them a lot of confidence and courage, but today it will be even more difficult.

In the mountain village, Yang Bo was amazed: "It's really a husband and a wife!" ”

It's just that there are also worries: "Why haven't the Jingping reinforcements arrived yet?" ”

Zhao Benxue sneered: "The border generals are cowardly and cowardly, and there will be no shortage of dynasties and generations." How many days will there be enough food in the village? ”

The students went to Bianzhuang and Baidiangou, and the villagers knew that General Yu was fighting to the death with the Tartars here, and some of them raised some grain, and some were helping to transport grain. After tonight, the two hundred stone of grain that was previously stationed on the side of the Wolf's Den Mountain will be transported. ”

Yang Bo paused, his eyes darkened: "According to the current number of generals, it can still support eight days." Ten days is enough to continue fighting. ”

The number of people will be smaller and smaller, and the rations that can be spread between each person will naturally increase.

Zhao Benxue has seen the cruelty of the war with his own eyes now, and his feelings in his heart are quite different from before.

Now the Tartars faced by Da Ming are much weaker than those of Song Shi. Now the armor and ordnance of the Ming generals are also better than then. Because this Shuozhou guards thousands of households is a special case, the ordnance and food are probably the best in the Ming border army, and they are all just recruits.

If the general is brave, the soldier's heart will gradually stabilize and dare to fight to the death.

But after all, it is a fight to the death.

It seems that there is no need to worry about food, what to worry about is that the soldiers are getting fewer and fewer and the reinforcements are delayed, and the morale of these recruits who are inspired by the results of the first day will collapse?

Today will be very different.

Seeing that the mandarin duck array under the mountain had become a serpentine scattered distribution, Zhao Benxue said solemnly: "Weiyue, you have a good future, do you really want to stay here?" Today, there will be Tartars rushing up the mountain! ”

The young Yang Bo looked at the general flag fluttering under the mountain, and his blood surged: "The student believes in General Yu!" I believe that the imperial court will not abandon Shuozhou! The student is Xie Yuan of Shanxi Province, and now all the soldiers in the village know about it. The students can still be here, why don't the generals dare to fight? Students can't go! ”

"Good! I'll tune ten marksmen to the sentry post! You hold this mirror, check the enemy, shoot the general! ”

Yang Bo took the binoculars, he was not as talented and martial arts as Yu Dayou, but he knew that Zhao Benxue needed him to play a more tactical role.

Shoot a man before a horse, capture a thief before capture the king.

Those who will be able to rush up the mountain today will have some of the bravest Tartars and captives among them. The ordinary soldiers outside the wall and inside the wall didn't have time to think much about distinguishing, but he could.

Ten of the archers in the army were assigned to him, so most of the most threatening Tartars who rushed up the mountain had to be handed over to him to dispose of as soon as possible.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a gap between the serpentine-shaped scattered mandarin duck arrays.

This intersection will still be a meat grinder, but now it is much looser.

Seeing this, the charging general raised his sword and shouted: "Let the horses listen to you, get closer, avoid them, and rush to the mountain!" Shoot them first and let them see clearly when they raise their shields! ”

If there is a free space, you can avoid it with superb horsemanship.

The village on the mountain collapsed, and the nineteen regiments of iron lumps at the foot of the mountain were melted away sooner or later.

On the way, Yu Dayouqing clenched his knife and shouted: "Dance! Left ten! Right ten! Shout! ”

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

“……”

Under the shouts in unison, the people in the mandarin duck formation who performed their duties moved mechanically according to their usual training.

In the rain of arrows, the serpentine-shaped mandarin duck arrays began to move left and right.

The enemy cavalry general gritted his teeth: Fuck, this doesn't care about the formation, let's see what you can do.

"Heat!"

"Boom!"

On the earthen platform, the sound of cannons also sounded again, and Gunbiric's face in the distance was dark: Is this Yu Dayou the son of Emperor Daming? Why hasn't he run out of ammunition yet?

Blood flowers bloomed around the Mandarin Duck Formation at the foot of the mountain again, but it was no longer as bright as on the first day, and the formation was much looser after all.

Finally, more and more enemy horsemen rushed up the mountain, although behind them, those mandarin duck formations were still turning fast or slow, and from time to time someone would turn on their backs, and the screams and roars of anger were heard in the sound of arrows and projectiles breaking through the air.

In less than a stick of incense, Yu Dayou's hands began to be sore.

He knew that most of the soldiers would only be worse physically than him.

"Change formation! Turtle shape! ”

In the midst of the hissing, the rest of his formation immediately shouted in unison, which had the effect of amplifying the sound, and the standard-bearer in his formation, who had to take the risk of arranging, also waved the flag, up and down three times, and left three times.

The drumming in the village changed, and then, the fifteenth regiment of half-mandarin ducks began to gather at the slope of the upper mountain.

Gunbirick watched from a distance, his eyes lit up: "Rush forward, send some more people to rush over!" ”

In the sentry tower on the mountain, Yang Bo pointed in one direction: "There, the one with the gray and white leather robe and beard!" ”

"Whoosh!" Two or three arrows followed.

"Kill all of them stuck in the mountains! Listen to my orders, and prepare to open the gate of the village to collect the troops! Zhao Benxue also spoke nervously.

There are fewer and fewer people in the Mandarin Duck Battalion, and the soldiers have the greatest physical exertion, and they can no longer be as strong as they were in the previous three days. Yu Dayou, the chief general, cannot afford to lose, otherwise the army's morale will collapse.

Today this can only be regarded as a small victory, waiting for the mountain Mingjin to withdraw the troops, only relying on a low wooden fence on the earth platform and a dozen groups of tiger squat artillery protected by a few sword players and archers hurriedly withdrew. After entering the gate of the village, they breathed a sigh of relief: the general said that they would go out of the village again today, and then they would only guard the village.

In the distance, more cavalry was pouring in, and the soldiers of the Mandarin Duck Battalion rolled all the way back to the gate of the village, and many people's hands were shaking.

The first batch of more than 70 enemy horsemen who rushed up the mountain were now killed and wounded in the point killing of archers and gunners in the village.

When passing by a Tartar wounded soldier, Yu Dayou rolled his big knife, his head was broken, and he slowly rolled down the dirt slope.

The results are quite fruitful, but the first level is very few, how can there be time to collect?

At the bottom of the dirt slope, the horse's hooves trampled the head, but the horse's footsteps swayed. Immediately, the cavalry almost threw it off, and then it was stabilized with superb horsemanship.

A pair of angry but bloodthirsty and crazy eyes looked at the top of the cottage, because the gate of the fortress that had been opened while waiting for the return of the Ming army that had descended the mountain was close at hand.

It's too late to close the walled door!

After rushing in, it's time to slaughter the Ming army to take revenge!

"Heat!"

(End of chapter)