On the prairie, the sun sets over the long river, and the fried rabbit returns on horseback with a soldier of the Yi family who is full of Gui.

Looking at their dress, it seems that they are all ordinary herdsmen from small tribes nearby.

Over a small slope, there is a Ming army in ambush here, led by a tiger with a bear's waist, gray hair, it is Man Gui.

Man Gui stepped forward a little anxiously.

"How? Is Yingchang City high? ”

Fried Rabbit shook his head, took out the water bladder in his waist pouch and took a sip, "It's not very high, but it's the same as Guihua City, it's all made of green bricks, it's very strong, and there are earthen walls outside." ”

Man Gui frowned, "So difficult? Isn't it necessary to use artillery to take it? ”

Fried Rabbit nodded, "However, this death-fearing ghost of Shubu went to the mutual market and took away the general combat power, and now in the old camp of Yingchang, the rest is only two or three thousand strong soldiers." ”

"Dashuai, if you can trust me, I only need to bring a thousand people from the headquarters, and I can open the city gate for you in a night attack and burn their savings!"

Man Gui said cheerfully, "You and I are both Mongolians, how can I not believe you?" ”

"It's just that this is the Holy Lord's decree, and the stakes are very important, and there is no room for failure!"

Man Gui looked at Zuo Liangyu who was on the side, "General Zuo, I have heard that although you are illiterate, you have a brave temperament, and you are a well-known martial artist in the Liaodong Army." How about giving you the first step this time? ”

Zuo Liangyu has always been a self-motivated person, and excitedly gave his hand to the order, "The chief soldier has an order, and he dares to disobey his orders." ”

Fried Rabbit smiled on the side and said nothing, but he didn't expect Man Gui to say to him again, "Fried Rabbit, I also have a credit for you here." ”

"Once the city is broken, some of the thirty-six families will inevitably report to Shubu's place, and some will go north to inform the small tribes and Jianzhou of the nomadic tribes outside Karaqin."

Man Gui said with a serious expression, "I will give you two thousand horses, no matter how you do it, you must not let the news in the city be revealed." ”

Fried Rabbit solemnly received the order, and said with some unease, "Man Shuai, aren't you afraid that I will take this opportunity to flee with my subordinates?" ”

Man Gui laughed, "The world is so big, where can you Horqin people flee to?" Whether to flee to Jianzhou, or to flee to the Tiger Chief (Lin Dan Khan). ”

The fried rabbit was silent, Man Gui patted him on the shoulder, and then went to arrange for the battalions of the horse infantry artillery to eat and prepare to march into the night.

In order to avoid being discovered in Yingchang's old camp, the place where Mangui and them were ambushed was ten miles away from the city.

Fortunately, the 36 families of Karaqin did not arrange strict military discipline for sentry cavalry, and they were not discovered.

Zuo Liangyu led the Changping army in front, the artillery camp was in the center, and Man Gui and Fried Rabbit led the cavalry to guard the wings, just letting the horses trot.

There are countless stones looming in front of the army, like a city, but not a city, Man Gui was a little nervous, and hurriedly asked the fried rabbit, "Is it Yingchang City ahead?"

Fried Rabbit smiled helplessly, "That's the Ashatu Stone Forest, which is a famous scene in Yingchang except for hot springs." Isn't it possible that Man Shuai has never been out of the plug, and he doesn't even know about here? ”

Man Gui smiled, "Although I am a Mongolian, I have been a military household in Dengzhou since I was a child, and I have been a soldier in Liaodong to eat food since I became an adult, but I have never been here." ”

When Fried Rabbit heard this, he became interested, "Since you are a Mongolian, how can you be born in the mainland?" I know that Karaqin and Gurk, these border guards, were born and raised in Sri Lanka for generations. ”

Man Gui patiently explained, "I am different from them, when Hong Wuye swept through the United States, no matter what race he was born in, but if he surrendered to my Ming Dynasty, he could be placed and become a military household." ”

"Whether it is Mongolia or Jurchen, as long as you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and make contributions, you will have a background."

Fried Rabbit sighed, and asked curiously, "Isn't the Jurchen being hostile to the Ming Dynasty, could it be that in this case, the Ming Dynasty also dares to use the Jurchens?" ”

Man Gui said disdainfully, "That Huang Taiji still dares to reuse the Han people, why don't I dare to use the Jurchens in the Ming Dynasty." ”

"You have surrounded the Jingshi, and I have a colleague Heiyunlong by my side, who is from the Haixi Jurchen nobleman, and has a blood feud with the old slave."

What Man Gui said was quite novel to the fried rabbit, he was groaning, and suddenly pulled Man Gui and said, "Man Shuai, let the foot soldiers stop advancing, I heard a large number of horses galloping ahead." ”

Man Gui is in an enemy country, and he is also quite vigilant in his heart.

Hearing the warning of fried rabbits, he immediately asked his soldiers to remind the foot soldiers in front to stop and hide, and sent scouts to check the movement.

After a while, Zuo Liangyu came from the front, slightly stunned, "Chief soldier, why do you want to stop?" The Karaqin people rode only two or three thousand horses. Our army has a horse artillery army to sweep the formation, and if you overthrow it, you can destroy it. ”

Man Gui reversed his previous affinity, "The art of war is cloudy, and the disaster is greater than underestimating the enemy." Although Karaqin has two or three thousand horsemen, do you know if the bundle will suddenly return? Are other tribes nearby? Don't act until you know the enemy's situation! ”

Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to reply, and saw that the fried rabbit was lying on the ground, his ears were close to the ground, using traditional methods to listen to the enemy's situation, and said mockingly, "How, how many soldiers and horses does the other party have?" ”

Fried Rabbit raised his head with a solemn face, "I don't know, but such a big movement, at least there are as many as 10,000 riders." ”

Man Gui and Zuo Liangyu choked. Zuo Liangyu even retorted, "In the afternoon, you still said that there were only two or three thousand soldiers and horses, why did ten thousand horses come out?" ”

The fried rabbit's face turned red, and he just looked at Man Gui.

Man Gui thought for a moment, then said to Zuo Liangyu, "The whole army is armored and ready to meet the enemy." ”

He added, "Our army is out of the fortress, and it is impossible for those who are bound to get the news in advance." If you want to ambush, you won't wait until now. Therefore, even if the other party has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is a temporary one, and it is by no means our opponent. You should be careful to restrain your subordinates, and don't be careless. ”

Zuo Liangyu had no intention of fighting again at this time, and hurriedly returned to his own position.

Just as they were waiting, the scout returned.

"Lord Commander, it turned out that there were a thousand people in Yingchang City who went out of the city in the middle of the night for some reason, and they also brought a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock, and the momentum was huge. But not in our direction. ”

Man Gui was a little surprised. The fried rabbit next to him suddenly realized.

"I see, these people must belong to thirty-six families, and in order to compete for the goods in the exchange market with Daming, they only went out of the city in the middle of the night."

Man Gui was puzzled, "Is it worth them to fight for some goods in such a hurry?" ”

Fried Rabbit smiled bitterly, "Man Shuai, you have lived in Han for a long time, and you don't understand the difficulties of our outside the plug." The Ming Dynasty has strict restrictions on all kinds of traded materials, and the iron pot and iron knife are the most strictly controlled, followed by salt and tea. ”

"If you go early, you can grab a cup of iron pot as an heirloom. If you go late, you only have moldy tea, can you not compete like this? ”

He turned to Man Gui and said, "I was too worried, disturbing the army, please punish Man Shuai." ”

Man Gui smiled in his eyes, "Where is it, if you can warn in advance, not only is there no fault, but also meritorious." Wait for this time to conquer Yingchang, and then talk about meritorious deeds and rewards! ”

After that, he asked the soldiers to notify Zuo Liangyu and lift the guard.

was tossed like this for a while, and when the whole army of Datong came to Yingchang City, it was already dawn.

There were already a few wisps of smoke wafting through the city.

But then there was the roar of the Hongyi cannon, and the hastily built earthen wall outside the brick wall collapsed!