The Battle of Lotus Leaf Mountain 2.0 became the Battle of Jingping.

The Tartar offensive was so fierce that it was impossible to see clearly at night.

Outside the west gate of Jingping, in the whistling sound of "flickering heat and heat", the enemy cavalry braved the arrows and cannonballs fired down in the panic on the city wall, and then returned the color.

The hum of the bowstring oscillating was incessant, and Liu Kai suddenly hid behind the wall.

He didn't dare to look at it, but there were still people under his command who dared to take a look.

Then he also said in a panic: "General, the Tartars are going to dig the city wall, they are really coming!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Kai lost his voice and said, "Could it be that they left in the afternoon to go to the surrounding villages to loot and rake the hoes?" ”

The Tartars swept the border, and generally broke one or two walled forts to deter the Ming border army.

The Mongols attacked the city, and there were trebuchets at the height of the year, but the most commonly used trick today is to dig out the walls.

The specific method is: while the cavalry shoots arrows to suppress the defenders on the city wall, send light cavalry with hoes and other useful tools to dig a gap in the base of the city wall.

There are many people and great strength, coupled with the climate and soil quality of the northern border towns, the old and disrepaired forts of the Ming Dynasty and not all have moats and other reasons, you really don't have to say, this trick is very good.

Now, the cavalry of Gunberik's brigade took turns throwing arrows to suppress the defenders at the head of the city, and a thousand men had already rushed to the bottom of the city walls, throwing off their arms and brandishing the iron hoes and other agricultural tools they had plundered along the way.

The voice, a hoe and a piece of land, all sounded in Liu Kai's heart.

"Quick! Falling rocks! Boiling oil! Golden Soup! ”

"Whoosh!"

A powerful Tartar arrow slashed past his ear, and Liu Kai's voice was torn: "Quick! All of them are here, let Lao Peng in the east of the city bring people over! ”

Gunbiric was also urging: "Hurry up! ”

The men led by the general army of Datong were constantly watched and harassed by the sentry cavalry he arranged, and now they were in full battle and marching slowly.

The good news is that they don't know why, and they also stayed outside the mountain pass leading to Jingping, perhaps fearing that they would ambush him.

The bad news is that the general soldier of Datong personally appeared here, and he still doesn't know what happened to me over there.

How could he leave the more important Datong and come here in person? Unless I no longer threaten Datong.

Was it sold by that kid? He retreated after breaking through Yutai Ridge and looting, wanting to bury his Ordos department here and use the fat Hetao to make up for the losses he suffered last year?

Gunbiric couldn't do that much: while the Datong general was delayed, he wanted to break through the incompetent Jingping as quickly as possible.

After plundering the well, he returned to Yingenbao from the road that had not been plundered and exited.

Only in this way can there be something to gain.

There's always something to be gained!

This night, he was frantically attacking Jingping, and Guo Xun was arranging for people to go crazy to explore the way: the Tartars retreated too strangely, and this mountain road to Jingping had become his own desperate road!

Now he could not sleep until about four o'clock in the morning, when someone arrived at his makeshift camp.

"You are under Yu Dayou's command? Seriously? ”

"It's true, when the Hou Ye patrolled the border and came here, he was still ......"

He dressed as an ordinary hunter, but quickly proved himself with many details. If the identity is reliable, what you say will be taken seriously.

Therefore, when he finished saying the rest of the words, Guo Xu jumped up in surprise: "Did the Tartar really suffer such a big loss at the foot of Huangya Mountain?" ”

"After the battle yesterday afternoon, the Tartars had no choice but to go to Jingping in a hurry. The small ones were locals, relying on the number of roads, and were sent out by General Yu to investigate the situation. Master Hou, there are at least more than 2,000 people left in the Tartars to watch us, but seventy percent of them are wounded soldiers. It's just that we have a lot of casualties, and the food, grass and ammunition are almost gone, but we don't dare to go down the mountain easily, for fear that the Tartars are cheating. ”

"What a Yu Dayou! What a brave general! He hurriedly asked, "You came from this mountain leading to the west of Jingping, and you can see that the Tartars are hiding ambush soldiers?" ”

"Nope. The villain first went to the west of Jingping to take a sneak look, and the Tartars were attacking Jingping, but there were only more than 1,000 people. ”

Guo Xun asked suspiciously: "Only more than 1,000 people?" ”

"When the villain arrived, there were indeed only more than a thousand people. However, the Tartars seem to have won a game, and the villain sees them burning a bunch of corpses, which should be Jingping's brothers. The man gritted his teeth, "There are at least four or five hundred brothers!" ”

Guo Xun's fist creaked: Liu Kai of the dog day, such a straw bag!

"Ben Hou met with the chief of the captives in Lotus Leaf Mountain, and he immediately turned back to Jingping, did you see it? Or have you heard movement in the mountains? ”

Thousands of people are hurrying, and the momentum should be not small.

"At present, there are a lot of Tartar scouts, and the villain took the risk to peek at the situation of Jingping, and returned to the mountain, which was preparing to go to Shuozhou for help. Unexpectedly, when I arrived here, I met the sentry cavalry sent by the Hou Ye. ”

Guo Xun nodded and began to pace.

"It's nearly forty miles to Jingping...... Huangya Mountain ...... It's less than 20 miles of mountain road from Jingping, right? ”

Guo Xun confirmed it, and after receiving a positive answer, he said categorically: "Since the Tartars have suffered such a big loss in your hands, then I ran away when I saw Ben Hou before, but I am afraid that I did not deliberately prepare for an ambush." A few of you, one man and two horses, immediately follow this brother around the path to Huangya Mountain at full speed. The herald General Yu said that if he could still bear it, he would only take the 100 people in the mandarin duck camp, and then touch the southwest of Jingping from the mountains with this brother. ”

He looked at Yu Dayou's subordinate: "I ordered to make rice here, and it will be pulled out at dawn." There are 2,000 people here, and when they reach the southwest of Jingping, they will first guard the hillside. You ask General Yu to bring the general's flag, Ben Hou wants to use his prestige to scare the captive horse! ”

“…… Master Hou, we fought hard for four days, and the Mandarin Duck Battalion became less and less fought, and the Tartars knew it. When I saw General Yu's banner, I wouldn't believe that all of our people on Huangya Mountain had come to Jingping. Even if we really go, then we will go over the mountains and mountains for two nights and one day, how tired we should be. Moreover, the Tartar sentry cavalry from Huangya Mountain to Jingping has not been broken. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, isn't there still this marquis?" Although Guo Xun was full of confidence, he still told him, "You told General Yu the truth about the fact that you took the chief with 5,000 elite horsemen, met Benhou and 2,000 people in Lotus Mountain, turned around and returned to Jingping." No matter what General Yu decides, Ben Hou can't sit back and wait, he must rush to Jingping as soon as possible! ”

Jingping has also been defeated, and he is afraid that after he goes to Jingping, Jingping has been broken.

It's been a night of delay.

After that, he loudly ordered to bury the pot and make rice, and sent a few more heralds.

They all went to urge reinforcements from all walks of life to rush to Jingping, including the large troops who had set out from Datong to follow Guo Xun.

"Tell Shuozhou to send additional soldiers and civilians, and take a small road to Huangya Mountain to transport 500 stone of grain, as well as cannonballs and gunpowder! Ben Hou went to Jingping, and the Tartars couldn't hit Shuozhou, so there was no need to save it! In Shuozhou, Yu Dayou resisted 10,000 troops in Huangya Mountain, killed 3,000 enemies, and Huangya Mountain was safe and sound! The remaining Tartars were unwilling to be defeated, and divided 5,000 troops with the intention of plundering Shuozhou, but they had been driven back to the west of Jingping by Benhou! ”

“…… General, this battle exploit has not been tested......"

Guo Xun's eyes widened: "Let you do what you do, just do it!" ”

From here to Shuozhou, the fast horse arrived in about an hour.

Go to Datong again, relay all the way, and it only takes half a day.

Guo Xun wanted to tell Datong, tell Xuanfu, and tell the emperor that the captives on Datong's side were not a big trouble.

Although there are a lot of people, they have suffered such a big defeat, and their morale has been frustrated.

He figured it out, the captive chief was not to set up an ambush, but was worried that he would be ambushed, so he turned around and ran.

Guo Xun didn't know that they had suffered such a big loss.

Now, he is still advancing to Jingping at the pace of the march - not fast, not fast. Otherwise, if he appeared in Jingping as a tired soldier, if he was washed away as soon as he saw his face, the good situation that Yu Dayou had fought for would be gone.

Guo Xun arrived at Jingping for the news, and arrived at Huangya Mountain in the afternoon. Several people did not hesitate to run through the mountains, and it took nearly three hours to arrive.

The three Guo Xun's personal soldiers were already stunned when they saw the more than 200 heads hanging outside the wall: this was definitely a solid victory.

Such a cottage, which was hastily built in less than a month, blocked nearly 10,000 captives for three and a half days, forcing them to take a detour.

"Why didn't Jingping come to help?" They were unbelievable.

"I'm afraid there's another reason." Yu Dayou listened to the words of the sentinel he sent out, and pondered the severity, "Master Zhao, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Benxue shook his head: "The general decides on his own." At this extraordinary time, I can only say that whatever you order, the generals will listen. ”

"Guo Hou has ordered Ping Yuwei to go south? When will the military order be sent to Pingyuwei? ”

After getting the answer, Yu Dayou counted the time, and then said, "I'm not going!" Here I went to tell Guo Hou and invited him to Jingping to call the chieftain to lure the enemy into the depths. Pingyuwei has gone to Ying'enbao to cut off its back road, Jingping has been surrounded by three sides, southeast and north, and I Yu Dayou also have Yu Dayou on the west road. I can defeat it but not destroy it, and that's on purpose. My Ming Wang Shi knows that the Tartars have no big harvest when they go out of the nest, and they will definitely be unwilling to go deep into Shuozhou. ”

After that, he pinched his wrist: "My generals have to rest for another day." Tomorrow, I will lead my men to restore the river fort first, and wipe out the hundreds of defenders and Tartar wounded soldiers in the fort. When the military intelligence is transmitted to Jingping, the Tartars must turn around to rescue, and after this, they will go to the Eccentric Pass, so that they can break through the Guanxi and flee inside. Please tell the Hou Ye that he will block the 5,000 captives here again. Whether you can annihilate thousands of enemies in one battle depends on whether Hou Ye can lead his troops in time to flank the attack. ”

Guo Xun's personal soldiers listened with enthusiasm.

Annihilated thousands of enemies in World War I, what kind of credit should it be?

Compared with Guo Xun, they actually trusted Yu Dayou's plan more.

Without further ado, after resting and drinking water and eating some dry food, they immediately turned around again and went from the mountains to Jingping under the leadership of the locals who had recruited under Yu Dayou's command.

When they set off, Zhao Benxue asked Yu Dayou in private: "Isn't there only 2,000 people around Guo Hou?" The Tartars will not let him enter the city safely, and he can hold the siege of the Tartars outside the city? Afraid of becoming bait, you can also fish the Jingping defenders to go out of the city to rescue. ”

Yu Dayou stopped pinching his wrist: "Ping Yuwei should have arrived in Jingping." Since it hasn't arrived yet, there's no hope for it. The Tartars have suffered here before, and they will not relax their sentry. Yingenbao is in their hands, and they know whether the Pingyuwei has gone or not. Even so, they will only think that Guo Hou is a lie. I only led a hundred mandarin duck battalions to join Guo Hou, which was useless. Now, I only hope that Guo Hou can have two or three points of Wuding Hou's ability, at least for a few hours. ”

Zhao Benxue didn't expect it, and opened his mouth slightly: "Are you also using Guo Hou as bait?" ”

Yu Dayou nodded: "At this moment, there is only one thing that can completely mess up the hearts of the Tartar army, that is, the Naihe Fort is lost, and the defenders who stayed there are all wounded!" There were nearly three thousand people there, how many troops could accept the death of so many soldiers? Besides, I fought fiercely for several days, and there were many casualties. If they simply captured Naihe Fort, they would think that this might be coming from the direction of the Partial Pass, and they would attack Naihe Fort together, which would be done! ”

"But can you capture Naihe Fort now?"

"Others can't attack it, but I can attack it." Yu Dayou said solemnly, "I will be the flag, do they still see less?" They can fight, less than a thousand! ”

After that, he began to order: "Divide into three teams!" All the way around the back of Huangya Mountain, to block the direction of the head pass. Follow me all the way to block the tiger and Naihe Fort. The rest starts from Huangya Mountain and goes directly to the front. In the afternoon, bury your head in sleep, eat and drink to your heart's content! As soon as it gets dark, let's go! ”

It's dark.

The news arranged by Guo Xun to be transmitted to Datong and Xuanfu was only relayed all the way to Zhu Houxi on the night of the third day of the fierce battle in Huangya Mountain.

Yang Yiqing couldn't help but shout: "Okay! What a Yu Dayou! Your Majesty! ”

If he hadn't sent a Yu Dayou to Shuozhou, even if Guo Xun had ventured to take over the army reinforcements by slashing his own generals this time, Shuozhou would have been rotten at the moment.

Zhu Houxi also couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and he also breathed a sigh of relief: "Now, I just need to concentrate on Xuanfu." ”

When the news of the destruction of Ying'en Fort came, I finally moved, and Bodi also appeared in Longmen River.

The battle situation is still changing, I Da turned out to be attacking Xuanfu with Bodi, and the Tartars outside Gubeikou, a small half of them are from the Chahar department, and more than half are from the Wuliangha department. That Yan Sanwei is Wuliang Ha Sanwei.

As Zhu Houxi said before, Duoyan Sanwei will be who will win and help whom.

As long as the Ming Dynasty here in Xuanfu is defeated, then even if the three guards of Duoyan do not attack Jizhou, they will contain the defenders of Jizhou so that they cannot move at all, so that Bodi can use me as a forward and concentrate on attacking the defenders of Xuanfu Town.

Right now, the pressure on the Xuan Mansion is the greatest.

Not only did Bodie come, but I turned out to be waiting for his reserves. Now, in addition to the 3,000 horsemen who are still harassing or waiting for an opportunity outside Yanghekou, his total strength on this side of Yutailing is also increasing.

There are more than 15,000 Tartars in the northwest of Xuanfu, and the Longmen Castles in the northeast are also facing more than 10,000 elite soldiers from the central ten thousand households of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Coupled with the people who transport grain and grass in their logistics, it is not an exaggeration to call it an army of nearly 100,000.

If the trappers were allowed to penetrate the bottom of the Sangan River valley, it would be an unimaginable situation.

The results of the first battle of Huangya Mountain are a great boost to the morale of the army that is now redeployed in the north, west, and east of Xuanfu.

Zhu Houxi did not hesitate to issue an order on the spot and promoted Yu Dayou to the general of the Datong West Road.

The battle exploits have not yet been checked, but the emperor conveyed a message: those who have made meritorious contributions in this battle will be rewarded.

As for Liu Kai's, everyone doesn't know the detailed battle situation of Datong West Road, but Liu Kai may have died in battle.

After all, Huangya Mountain is next to Jingping, and Liu Kai is the general of the West Road Division, so this should be the line of defense he arranged, right?

Liu Kai is not dead yet, because death has stimulated his great potential.

It wasn't that he didn't think about surrendering and giving it a try, but after trying his best to defend the night last night, the captives who had rested a little in the morning began to attack the city again like crazy. And what they shouted from the people who supervised the war, the people under Liu Kai who went to the Tartar tent to engage in a "private market" understood it.

After the city was broken, not a single one remained. The proceeds of plunder shall go to the soldiers.

So what the can you surrender?

Liu Kai cried and had to keep it.

"Don't leave anything to chance! The Tartars have already let go, and after the city is broken, they will slaughter the city! They went crazy and attacked the city, because they knew that reinforcements were on their way! Hold on for three more days! ”

Pingyuwei, what about people?

Li Jian, what about people?

In the previous military order, these two people should be able to lead their commanders to assist in the defense as soon as possible!

The so-called guarding for ten days is not to let yourself keep ten days alone, but to let these three people plus Yu Dayou keep it for a total of ten days!

Why am I the only one holding on now?

Liu Kai felt Yu Dayou's previous feeling of being isolated, but he forgot that he had left Yu Dayou alone.

This day was the most difficult for Liu Kai.

For his men were tired from a night of hard fighting since the Tartar army had gone and returned last night. Under the fear, the materials for defending the city were consumed uncontrollably, and now they are becoming less and less.

But the Tartars seemed to be really crazy, and they didn't seem to need to rest.

You should take a break, right? How many breaks you have!

As if hearing Liu Kai's prayer, in the afternoon, the Tartars finally temporarily stopped their offensive and began to rest on the northern slope of the mountain crossing from Huangya Mountain.

During this period, the sentinels in the Tartar array continued to go to the southeast and north of Jingping and the direction of Huangya Mountain.

When it was close to dusk, Liu Kai was already very sleepy, but he didn't dare to sleep.

In his tired eyes, he saw the Tartars regrouping, and he couldn't help but shout in his heart: Do you want to fight at night again? Are all Tartars brutes?

But he soon learned that there was another reason for the Tartar's reaction.

In the southwest of Jingping, in the direction from Shuozhou, the banner of the Ming army finally appeared.

"Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming! Liu Kai was overjoyed, and immediately made his subordinates clamor, "Pass it on, reinforcements are coming!" ”

Amid the cheers in Jingping City, the captives were divided into two parts. One of the nearly 2,000 men remained in the camp, and the other 4,000 divided into two arrows and rushed straight to the army that came to help.

As soon as they arrived, they were not on a firm footing.

Guo Xun felt that the cheers on the side of Jingping City were too harsh, so he could only order loudly: "Array!" Array! The sentry has said that they have attacked Jingping for a day and a night, and there is only one breath left! Hold on to this first! Those who know Tartar talk, shout those words! ”

Now he was scolding Liu Kai in his heart: Fuck, just put Tartars to attack reinforcements? Can't you lead your troops out of the city to contain it? Happy to call you mom?

Liu Kai's face had already changed on the city wall.

From the binoculars, he saw who came to help: Wuding Guo.

The general soldier himself came, and as soon as he came, he was raided.

To save or not to save?

That must be saved! If your own coach doesn't save him, even if he wins this battle, he will be killed.

"Soldiers! Point soldiers! Come out of town with me! ”

This time I had to go in person, with a personal soldier who I regarded as my life.

Even if the rescue is not in time, at least there must be a posture of going out of the city to rescue.

Guo Xun was very difficult to support and crumbling.

After all, except for the two hundred personal soldiers he brought, the rest of the people were brought by Ma Yi to guard the thousand households. Among them, only the original Li Jian's more than 300 soldiers can be regarded as good combat effectiveness.

but four thousand of them were four thousand.

"Steady! Steady! Guo Xun himself was also very nervous, his life was already on the edge of the cliff, "The city gate is already open, and reinforcements are on the way!" ”

For a while, I couldn't figure out which side was the reinforcement.

In fact, he was talking nonsense, because Liu Kai opened the east gate, and he couldn't see it in this direction at all.

It is safer to open the east gate, but it is longer to walk the distance.

After all, Liu Kai went out of the city gate and led nearly 2,000 people - there were a lot of dead and wounded, and some people had to be left to guard the city gate.

When they appeared in the southeast corner of Jingping City, Guo Xun finally saw it: "Drumming!" Beat the drums! Hold on to this wave! ”

Liu Kai is also: "Array!" Beat the drums! Hold on to this wave! ”

He didn't forget that there were nearly 2,000 people around the chieftain, and the Jingping defenders could only accept Guo Xun into the city, how could they be too far from the city gate? What should I do if I get dumplings?

So Guo Xun's eyes were split: What the hell are you doing monkey play? Does anyone pay attention to you? Is Lao Tzu passable?

Liu Kai listened to the sound of his war drums in embarrassment, the captive chief did not move, and the four thousand horsemen still only continued to impact Guo Xun's military formation.

Both sides complained to each other.

Liu Kai: Can I get by? This is obviously the Tartars trying to earn the defenders out of the city, and if I go a little further, they will rush over! Master Hou, are you a waste? How can you bring only a few people like that?

Guo Xun: Waste Liu Kai! Waste Pingyuwei! Dead waste Li Jian!

Only Gunbiric is serious: success or failure is here.

He waited for his moment like a hunter.

Liu Kai guessed correctly at all.

In the past two days, the sentry cavalry has reported one after another: there are really only 2,000 people around the chief officer of Datong, and it can be seen that the good and the bad are uneven during the march. In other directions, no reinforcements were found for the time being. On the side of Naihe Fort, there is no movement on Huangya Mountain, and Naihe Fort is safe and sound.

In this case, while attacking Jingping overnight, he lured Guo Xun to reinforce quickly, and at the same time let half of the people rest well at night.

In addition, he rested for a while in the afternoon, and the most tired ones at the moment were also resting beside him.

It's better to be able to capture Jingping before, since you can't capture it in the first place, now is the best strategy.

The 4,000 people who attacked out, don't look at the momentum, but in fact, they didn't do their best.

Now, Gunberic was waiting for the defenders to come out of Jingping City and move in the direction of their commander.

That's their manager. With Gunbiric's understanding of the Ming army, as long as their commander was not completely defeated and killed, the Jingping defenders could not sit idly by, unless the commander ordered him to return to the city and be willing to die in battle.

At least the battle to kill this Datong chief officer, a little better, the main force of Jingping is lost.

In any case, this is the best chance to turn the tide of battle!

If the chief officer of Datong dies in battle, the news is passed back and forth, and the command is chaotic, he can at least leave enough time for himself to loot in Datong with peace of mind, and then calmly withdraw.

It was completely dark.

When it was dark, the horses did not dare to run fast for fear that they would not be able to see the road clearly.

The Jingping defenders should always be bold and start moving, right?

Liu Kai had to move, and continued to beat the drum on the spot, he was afraid that Guo Xun would become more and more angry.

"Did you hear what Guo Hou shouted? The Pingyu guards have cut off their back road, and the Tartars have been attacking the city like crazy for the past two days, and that's for it! In one go, as long as this period is defended, they will have to retreat! All cheered up and lined up to save Guo Hou! ”

It was completely dark, and Huangya Mountain was as usual.

But on the mountain path, where the cavalry could not come up with a sentry, the two teams ventured through.

There are not many people, only two or three hundred.

When there are fewer people, there is less movement.

Yang Bo stayed in the village, and he was very nervous.

With such a few people, how bold is it to block the Tartars in Naihe Fort in three ways?

It is not that Yu Dayou has established unimaginable prestige in the first battle, and these people dare not follow him desperately.

But when you think about it, it's not impossible: less than a thousand, plus some wounded soldiers.

Our Shuozhou guards thousands of households against the Tartars, as if one person can be exchanged for five people......

I don't know if this time it's offensive rather than defensive, and whether it can be so fierce.

After resting for two days, I ate as if I was not short of food......

On the other side of Jingping, Gunbirick looked at a black shadow that was indistinguishable in the distance, and coldly ordered: "Go!" ”

The night that decided the fate of Datong Town had arrived.

(End of chapter)