There is no uniform name for this ditch, but after tonight, it will be named after this battle.

The main battlefield was to the west of Zhen'anbao, an area more than a mile deep and three or four miles wide, which was enough for a large-scale cavalry to charge and move.

Bodi's sweat tent was moved to the corner of the hill opposite Zhen'anbao, which was called the tile kiln.

To the southwest of him, there were still people guarding the reinforcements that might arrive from the direction of Majiayao and Yunchuan.

However, for the time being, it is only necessary to attack Zhen'an Fort, which is built in the valley and flat land.

"Heavy mountains and mountains, mountains on all sides, east of the two estuary, the path leads to the border. The mountains are high and steep, and Shuo rides down them, and the momentum is like a building. Whenever you enter the interior, the fort is trapped, and the forest outside the mouth of the two rivers is overgrown, and it is especially difficult to detect. Its three rooms and all parts of the bay are all stationed in the pastoral, and it is not easy to defend."

In the Longchuan Acropolis, Tang Shunzhi recited to Zhu Houxi the record of Zhen'an Fort in the Ministry of War.

Zhu Houxi sighed: "When Bodi invaded, why did he just go all the way south from the Monolith Fort and invade all the way west from the Longmen Station? ”

He felt that this town was more difficult to defend.

"It's a big picture, it's just hard and then easy." Yang Yiqing said solemnly, "Now that the Tartars have chosen Zhen'an Fort to break through, and they have burned mountain fires to block the pursuing soldiers, and under the attack of sacrificing their lives, Zhen'an Fort is afraid that it will not last long." ”

Bodie was in a dazed state for a while, still trying to hold on to the Red Castle and wait for help, trying to win in defeat. However, the previous strategy at the western foot of Yanshan was to let the captives ride into the mountains after encountering the enemy, and the losses of Bodi's troops were very small. Then I replied that the victory of Yutailing shook the heart of the Ming army, and the army of all roads was contained by him in the northwest of Xuanfu. In the end, I replied that I would withdraw simply, and it would be difficult to transfer troops to encircle Bodi.

If it weren't for Wang Shouren's earliest reaction to recapture the Longmen Institute first, if it weren't for Bodi's unwillingness to fail, I am afraid that the current situation of encirclement will not appear.

But Bodi still has nearly 10,000 elite soldiers plus many captives in hand, and Zhu Houxi, Yang Yiqing and others in the Longchuan Acropolis do not know the current situation in that valley.

This mountain fire cut off the back road that Bodi and others were still clinging to, and it did stop the pursuit of the main force of the Ming army at the western foot of Yanshan.

Now it only depends on whether Zhen'anbao can do its best to defend until reinforcements arrive.

At this moment, the Chahar cavalry, which had previously attacked outside the Dragon Gate, was also moving to the north with all its might, and Zhen'anbao would soon be attacked by the enemy.

Zhu Qi also led his troops along the side wall to reinforce the rapid march with his legs, Fu Duo led his troops around the mountain fire in the northwest of Zhen'an Fort, and the only people who met the enemy in Zhen'an Fort were the 1,000 defenders who had originally fled back to Zhen'an Fort and stayed here - there were other fort piers on the side wall to be recaptured, encircled, and dispersed.

In addition to the strength of this thousand households, the people brought by Li Jin, He Quanan, and Yan Chunsheng are less than two thousand and a half in total, and the composition is complicated.

3,500 to more than 10,000.

Li Jin has the highest official rank, and is the left deputy chief soldier of Datong Town.

He Quanan and Yan Chunsheng are people in Jinyiwei, one is the commander of the Nanzhen Fusi Special Service Station, and the other is the head and commander of the Beizhen Fusi Special Operations Battalion.

Although the Zhengqian households stationed in Zhen'anbao belong to Xuanfu Town, they only have to obey orders obediently.

"Yan Yan, your brother, can you touch the mountains on the north and south sides like you did in Yehuling before, and specialize in fighting generals?"

Facing Li Jin's question, Yan Chunsheng shook his head: "At that time, it was just a surprise. At present, although there are hidden places in the north and south, the Tartars must step on the town of Anbao before the main force can withdraw. Besides, the distance is too far for the arrows to reach. When it comes to meeting the enemy head-on, the brothers of our special operations battalion will not be of great use. ”

He looked at the brighter point of light in the west under the mountain fire and in the night: "I can try to touch the tile kiln mountain on the opposite side to see if I can sneak attack the chieftain." ”

"You can't beat the chief first!" Li Jin shook his head suddenly, "As soon as the captive chief dies, the Tartars will have no backbone, and they will definitely flee in all directions, so it's not good for them to concentrate on attacking Zhen'an Fort here and annihilate the enemy army." ”

"......" Yan Chunsheng looked at He Quanan.

In such a situation, do you really think that you can annihilate the enemy army? There are more than 10,000 Tartars, if you can't attack Zhen'an Fort for a while, won't you hit the side wall next to it and rush out?

"It's good to hold on, the number of Tartars who can storm the fort at the same time is not much different from the defenders." He Quanan said lightly, "There are so many people and horses in the Tartars, they must break through the side wall or Zhen'an Fort, and slaughter the defenders before they can leave." But if there is one person left, all of them need to divide their troops and break off, is this the method for the lord of the Northern Yuan to flee north? Here it comes! ”

He was right, the Ming army was not without cavalry. If the Beiyu is really the kind of panicked and blindly fleeing, they still need to climb some mountains to get to the dam when they get out of Zhen'anbao.

That's ugly.

At present, the military fort is in front, and their strength is several times greater, and they are united in their hatred of the enemy to break out of the fort, and they have not reached the situation where they need to disperse and flee.

In the limited field, the cavalry began to charge.

Bodie looked at his subordinates, his eyes split.

How famous was the cowardly Xue Jun back then? At this moment, it is to be used to attack the fort like this, just to level this fort and let their Great Khan "escape".

Even if it was really a breakthrough, Bodie still didn't want to be so embarrassed.

Since the cowardly Xue army went south, it has not really been defeated!

Even if it was faintly surrounded by the Ming army, didn't the Red Castle also defend it for nearly a month, and the Ming army couldn't break it quickly?

Right now, you just can't really be a rabbit with foxes and jackals blocking the holes everywhere.

Now Bodie has more shame in his heart than worry.

"Those who are trapped in the battle and break the fort, seal ten thousand households!"

He passed down the Khan's order, and shouted inside and outside Zhen'an Fort to kill Zhentian.

In the mountains to their northwest, Fu Duo had just bypassed some of the areas where the fire was most intense.

Separated by Majiayao and Tuogou, the mountain between Mao'eryu and Zhen'anbao is safe and sound.

"General! On the side of the Majiayao Pass, there are Tartar defenders! ”

The sentinel returned, and Fu Duo hurriedly asked, "How many people?" ”

"At most, three or four thousand horsemen can charge outside Zhen'an Fort, and there are at least three or four thousand after the break!"

Fu Duo pondered the number of people he brought, gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, you can't let them take turns to rush to Zhen'anbao. Go to 100 people to Majiayao in front of the mountain, they set fire to the mountain, let's let it too! The Tartars didn't know that the mountain wind was blowing down at night, so let them mess up first. ”

“…… General, in that case, the brothers in Zhen'an Fort will be afraid that it will be difficult to endure. ”

"There's a ditch across it! Was it the Tartars who were first disturbed by the smoke and the hot wind, or did they Zhen'anburg? Just go! Fu Duo looked behind him, "Go down the mountain, form a formation, and march to Majiayao!" ”

A few mountains to the east of Mumabao, there is the Black River Valley, which is already outside the border wall of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, Bo Di arranged for the subordinates of the Gubei Kou to watch Duoyanwei and contain the Jizhou army, and was leading more than 6,000 horsemen to the north at a rapid pace.

"Quick, when you get to the fork in the road, you follow me first on the path and over the mountain."

Now there is a rush for time everywhere.

Although it is only more than 100 miles in total, it is not easy to walk, after all, it is night, and it is between the mountains.

Zhu Qi was also urging, he had just arrived at the Horse Husbandry Fort, and he must be behind the speed of the captive horse, after all, his people all relied on their legs.

"Bring all the torches! Are you the garrison of Muma Castle? Bring your family soldiers and go with Ben Hou! The Tartars can't take care of this side anymore, and the Tartar Khan is blocked in Zhen'anbao! ”

At the moment, as long as the real combat power.

If you can't keep up with the team, you can simply stay and garrison.

Zhu Qi just wanted to rush to Zhen'anbao as soon as possible.

Li Quanli and He Xun had only arrived south of Yunchuan Fort at this time, and they were faced with a mountain fire that was already burning extremely strongly, and from the mountains on both sides of the valley to the northeast, thick smoke and hot wind continued to pour into the valley.

"Can't wait!" He gritted his teeth, "Wet your clothes in the river, cover your mouth and nose, and rush with Ben!" The Tartars also passed like this, and they didn't have a good time, and they had their last breath left! ”

On this night, every army that surrounded and intercepted needed to show the endurance to travel dozens of miles.

After all, Bodie still didn't wait for the last moment when the encirclement was really thick and dense, although it was a mistake to set fire to the mountain.

Now, this mistake inspired Fourdo.

After being poisoned by the smoke and hot wind carried by the mountain fire on the way from Yunchuan Fort, a fire also ignited on the mountain behind his buttocks.

In the ravine to the northwest, the war drums and shouts of the Ming army rang out.

Li Jin's eyes lit up: "It's so fast!" Brethren, reinforcements are coming! Be sure to block every side wall! ”

He even raised his sword: "Trap the camp, follow the generals to kill from Qingyun Temple, so that they can't go up the mountain from the north!" ”

Qingyun Temple is on the hill outside the north gate of Zhen'an Fort, and Li Jin knows that the reinforcements have arrived, and the Tartars will definitely rush to kill more frantically when they are surrounded on all sides and that Wayao Mountain is also on fire.

But he Li Jin is also crazy, and he is bent on making the Tartars unable to rush out.

Now he was going to break the way through which the Tartars had rushed from this narrow ravine to the north of Fort Zhen'an, breaking through the side walls where the defenders were few.

Under the fluttering flag, Li Jin took the lead and shouted: "Datong Li Jin is here!" This year, the one who burned the side wall is Lao Tzu! ”

Forced by the wildfires, Bodi's Daxu had to move between the valleys.

On such a battlefield, a move in the big battle means that the battle situation has changed.

The war drums and shouts of the Ming army from the direction of Mayaogou made many captives look back at the valley in the southwest that was dark red by the mountain fires.

The Han people are chasing so fast, so what about waiting? Will there be a shout in that direction as well?

The first to shout was not from the southwest, but from the southeast.

Muma Fort was less than twenty miles away, and Zhu Qi hissed, "Keep shouting!" The brothers in Zhen'anbao heard it, so that they could grit their teeth and persevere! Shouting makes the Tartars frightened, panicked! ”

In a panic, it is possible to be even more desperate, so let the defenders of Zhen'an Fort know that reinforcements are on the way, grit their teeth and insist.

It is also possible that they are really panicked and flee in all directions, and then the power will also be scattered. And on the Great Wall, there are still defenders at intervals.

Now, when Zhu Qi passed by Muma Fort, there were five hundred more people, and they were still nearly ten miles away from Zhen'an Fort, but they all ripped their throats and wasted their strength.

The sonic boom was several miles away, and it became a fact.

This voice was also heard by the Bodi reinforcements on the east side of the Great Wall.

What can they do? I could only speed up my horse's pace, wanting to rush to the east of Zhen'anbao as soon as possible.

Li Jin fought bloodily, and he had already heard of Yu Dayou's mandarin duck formation.

He won't do that kind of thing, he'll just fight bravely.

To the south of Mayaogou, the people led by Fu Duo also began to engage the enemy.

When the fire from the direction of Akagi spread from both sides of the Longchuan River, he first led a large army to break through the Yunchuan Fort that was blocked there.

By the time Bodi led his troops to the southeast of Yunchuan Fort, it was already late at night.

They then entered the valley leading to Zhen'an Fort and burned the back road, so that Fu Duo only had time to clean up the remnants of the Yunchuan Fort.

Then, another night of rapid marching, which left a lot behind, the less than a thousand and a half elite soldiers under his command, were now facing the charge of three times the captives in the narrow valley.

The valley is very narrow, only a little over a hundred steps wide.

On Fu Duo's left hand side is the mountain fire that he ordered people to ignite, and now they have to endure the trouble it brings.

But in the small valley facing the southeast, he stared at the generals with reddened eyes: "I have guarded the border all my life, when has I ever had such an opportunity?" The Lord of the Northern Yuan is in front! Array! Hold on! As soon as dawn came, they had no chance to escape! ”

It's almost dawn.

All night, there were wildfires and foehn winds, all fleeing and blocking.

Military orders? It's too late, every Ming army general who is around this battlefield can only make decisions based on their instincts.

Now, it is the moment when General Zhenshuo and Fu Duo, the chief military officer of Xuanfu, have the least number of soldiers around him. The valley is narrow, and once the army is broken, there is no escape.

What weapon? What stratagem?

At this moment, it is a real narrow road encounter.

But Fu Duo was right, the Mongolian cavalry who wanted to escape had too few chances to be really blocked by such a hope.

Now, the merit of slashing and even capturing the Lord of the Northern Yuan prompted their instinct to make a decision, stimulating them to support the rapid march of the night with adrenaline, so that they could still forget their fatigue and pain at the moment, and hold the weapons in their hands tightly.

The same was true for the Mongol cavalry, who fought for their lives.

At dawn, it was Body's generals who rushed to the east of Zhen'anbao.

"Sudden heat! Flashing heat! ”

The Mongol cavalry inside the Great Wall heard the roar of their kindred, coming from outside the border walls.

"Sudden heat! Flashing heat! ”

They were demoralized within the border walls and responded with shouts.

But at the same time, it also prompted them to strengthen their determination, and they just sacrificed their lives to attack Zhen'anbao.

“…… Thirty-seven! Thirty-eight! At the head of Zhen'an Fort, Yan Chunsheng counted the numbers, and his eyes were more joyful, "It's dawn!" Look for the official to fight! ”

He saw the Great Banner of the Lord of the Northern Yuan, which stood in the middle of the valley about five hundred paces southwest of Zhen'anbao.

"You three, bring a tiger squat cannon and follow me to the south mountain!" Yan Chunsheng's eyes lit up.

The people of the special operations battalion must know everything, and the previous mission did not require them to do such a thing, but now there are artillery in Zhen'an Fort.

"Boom!" The defenders in Zhen'an Fort can now aim more accurately and farther with their guns, instead of staring at the captives who rush closer and crowd more horses.

"You don't have to save arrows and shells! Reinforcements from the south are coming soon, and reinforcements from the north are on their way! Hold on for another hour or two, and even if the Tartars break through the wall, they will continue to fight! Xiong Baihu, you three Baihu and I will go to the east for reinforcements, don't let the Tartars break Zhen'an Fort from the outside! ”

In Zhen'an Fort, He Quanan did not take over the defense, but he could serve as the commander of the other wing.

To the east of Zhen'anbao, the sound of horses' hooves stretches far away.

In that direction, there was a cavalry that was not much less than the Tartars in the Great Wall.

On the east and west sides of Zhen'an Fort, it will immediately withstand the attack of nearly 20,000 troops. After Li Jin led 600 people down the mountain to block the Tartars from breaking through the side wall from the north, the strength of the troops in Zhen'an Fort was already below 2,000 at this moment.

After a night of fierce fighting, there were many dead and wounded.

Faced with nearly ten times the number of captives, Zhen'anbao could not hold on for long, although reinforcements were on the way.

Now every little longer it holds, the better the chance of victory for the Ming army.

Bodi also understood this truth, and after listening intently to the sound of the east side of Zhen'anbao, he drew his scimitar: "Leave a thousand people in the south to bite the Han people over there, and the rest of the people will charge with Daxu!" ”

As a Great Khan, how can he not have martial arts?

He also grew up on horseback!

The trumpets shook the heavens and the earth, the sun was rising, and the wind direction was changing between the valley and the mountaintops.

"How far is it?"

In the valley to the southwest, Li Quanli, He Xun and others arrived in an open area, where there was a ravine in the east and west directions.

"After this pier, there are only ten miles of land!"

"Chase!"

Their movements were also quickly detected by the Mongol sentinels scattered in the south.

The sentinel cavalry quickly returned, Bodi was already on the way to charge, and only most of the men who stayed behind to intercept the reinforcements rushed into the horse kiln ditch to defeat Fu Duo's thousand cavalry.

There is also a time difference. Ten miles away, Li Quanli and they want to arrive, no matter how fast it is, it will take an hour.

Can you arrive with a weak leg? Fight right away?

"Guard the Great Khan! Kill! ”

Here, the fight is much more tragic than that of Huangya Mountain and the suburbs of Jingping.

The Ming troops who can rush here at this moment are all real elites.

Fu Duo is surrounded by his strongest family soldiers and personal soldiers, and it is also the strength that the other generals he brought with him to rely on to gain a foothold in the border town.

Although the total number of people is just over 1,000, it is still being consumed.

"Grit your teeth!" Fu Duo heard the marching cry in the southwest, "The reinforcements from Chicheng and Yunchuan have also arrived, less than ten miles!" ”

The sound reverberates a little farther between the valleys.

Bodie heard it too, but can he turn back now?

It's the most important moment!

At this time, Yan Chunsheng only took three people and ran quickly in the mountains south of Zhen'anbao.

Bodie set a fire, in the southwest.

It burned overnight, and now it has spread to a close place, but the ridges are crisscrossed, and it has not yet reached the hill south of Zhen'anbao.

Such a mountain is naturally also the point of attack of the Tartars, so Yan Chunsheng went around further.

"Hurry up! Faster! ”

Yan Chunsheng held the bow, and the three people under his command carried the cannon barrel, gun carriage and ammunition respectively, but after going down the city wall, it seemed that they could walk on the ground in the mountains.

They circled along the woods on this hill, which was less than half a mile in circumference.

When I ran to the south side of the mountain, there was a fire on another hill more than 100 paces away, and the sound of trees exploding was like firecrackers.

"Watch out for your step, it's steep here!" Yan Chunsheng added another sentence after speaking, "The fire can't burn." ”

Separated by a small valley of great steepness, it would not burn unless the wind carried Mars to the mountain.

Even if it burns over, there will still be some time.

After only a hundred steps, they touched the west side of the mountain.

Not far from their feet, there were captives who were rushing towards the hill from a slightly lower terrain, hoping to break through Zhen'anbao from the heights to the south.

At this moment, from a high vantage point, Zhen'anbao was already full of enemy troops to the south, south, and north—the northern side, which had been under the least pressure, was now being attacked from outside the city walls by Tartar reinforcements.

The four of them didn't make a big move, and Yan Chunsheng's subordinates asked in a low voice, "What should I do?" Yan Tou, there are still more than 400 steps away from Daxu, and he can only shoot one shot. ”

"Two shots at most. If you don't want to die, three guns. Another added.

Yan Chunsheng knew that there were indeed only two chances at most - Tartar was not a fool, could he stay where he was and let you fight?

As soon as the cannon sounds, there will be Tartars staring at them under their feet, and the second cannon is still Yan Chunsheng can buy a little time with his archery skills.

Squinting at the situation, he commanded in a deep voice: "Wait! ”

We need to wait for an opportunity for them to get closer and play more accurately.

Yan Chunsheng believed that this opportunity would not be too far away, because the reinforcements from the south had already shouted miles along the side wall.

Zhu Qi's own legs were already very sore, and he didn't know how long he would be able to stand firm after arriving at the battlefield.

Almost overnight, on the road, uneven, what is this concept?

But he believed that the Tartars were no better.

When they arrive, it can be said that the end of the strong crossbow is the end of the strong crossbow, and it only depends on who is stronger.

He and his men may not be strong enough to capture the cavalry, but they have walls—if the walls of the Great Wall and Zhen'an Fort are still there.

"Rest, eat, drink! In a quarter of an hour, the last two miles will be completed! ”

In order to be stronger when he arrived on the battlefield, he chose to trust the defenders of Zhen'anbao. He can work so hard to Fu Ninghou, and the generals over there are the same, right? Moreover, if their fort is broken, none of them will live.

Zhu Qi and Li Quanli coincidentally made such a choice, making a final rest before entering the battlefield.

Only Fu Duo was crumbling in the horse kiln ditch, and the soldiers around him had quickly plummeted to less than six hundred.

is as crazy as Li Jin, and there are less than three hundred left around him, and there is no chance to return to Zhen'anbao.

Now, if Body's forces were directed to his side, he could flee from the valley north west of Zhen'anbao.

But Bodie didn't choose to do so.

There were also reinforcements from the Ming army in the north, so that the command of the commander, who had been fighting fiercely for most of the night, turned over to the ridge and suffered from the condescending arrows and artillery fire of the Ming army from the side wall?

At this moment, the town of Anbao is already so fragile that it can't withstand a few blows.

Because of his personal charge, the soldiers around him were also falling rapidly.

Daxu attracts artillery fire and arrows, and Bodie is fearless and helps him block arrows. If Destiny makes him get shot, then what is there to say?

Instead, he was exposing the other front-facing captives to fewer shots.

In a roundabout, he ran south nearly two hundred paces from the wall of Zhen'an Fort, and the guards and cavalry in front of him and behind him all turned sideways and threw arrows into Zhen'an Fort.

"Bodie is here! Immortality is above, and Dayuan will win! ”

When he said this, he was going to shout to the reinforcements east of Zhen'an Fort.

What followed was a flurry of responses from the east and west sides of the Great Wall.

"Immortal Heaven is above, Dayuan will win!"

Yan Chunsheng didn't expect him to wait for the opportunity so quickly, without waiting for the reinforcements from the direction of Mumabao to the south, so that the Tartars could reorganize their offensive on the south side of Zhen'an Fort and make room for them.

Now, he saw that the lord of the Northern Yuan under Daxu led people to make a roundabout from outside Zhen'anbao, and was about to go around the hill in the south and charge again.

More than 300 steps, more than 200 steps, 200 steps......

In an instant, he only felt that the heavens and the earth were quiet, and the air was no longer filled with choking smoke and heat, and his hand naturally pulled the strong bow.

Without his command, his three brothers knew that this might be the best opportunity.

At a certain moment, Yan Chunsheng still heard the sound of the fuse being ignited next to him, but he held his breath and did not smell the smell of gunpowder.

In sight, there was only the Mongol Khan wielding a knife to inspire his subordinates.

A few years ago, Yan Chunsheng was a hunter in Huguang.

Now, he, the prey that the hunter is targeting, is too important.

This was destined to be the most important arrow of his life. If he misses it, he will regret it for the rest of his life.

"Boom!"

A deafening sound sounded beside him, and Yan Chunsheng released the bowstring at the same time.

The cannon rang out, so close to Bodie, he subconsciously looked in that direction.

The ones who reacted quickly only had time to tighten the reins, trying to get the horses hoof to cross to the south side of Bodie.

An arrow, a bullet, quickly appeared in Bodie's sight.

Dayan Khan's grandson, the lord of the Northern Yuan, and the son of Arak Khan, Bodi, commented that arrows are faster than bullets.

Yan Chunsheng had already turned around: "Run!" ”

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