In the end of the Ming Dynasty, the civil and military nobles were cheap, the civil officials were embarrassed, and the humiliation of the military generals was endless, and many troops, when they were in the Qin Dynasty, were also embarrassed by the civil officials, which led to the army mutiny. Although the Central Plains has changed the imperial court now, many people have not changed their habits, but this time, Tang Tong no longer has to give face to the prefect, he simply packed his clothes, rode out of Miyun City, opened the city gate, and welcomed reinforcements into the city.

"There is no need to arrange a reception banquet, send water, firewood and forage ........ to my soldiers." Zhang Nai went directly into the prefect's yamen, picked up the residual tea on the table that I don't know who originally belonged to, drank a few sips, and commanded.

Tang Tong immediately said: "Don't worry about the Hou of Lao Yi, the humble post has already ordered the headquarters to send his own meals and forage to entertain first, and before the evening, everything will be ready." ”

Zhang Nai nodded with satisfaction and asked, "What is the situation in Miyun, and what is the situation in Qiangziling?" ”

Tang Tong said: "The families of the soldiers withdrew the last group early this morning, and the rest were ordinary people. Therefore, the city and the city are visibly busy. The captives who entered the wall ridge have already retreated. ”

"Didn't you say that there were thousands of captives, and you sent them away at will, and what did you report to the capital for assistance?" Zhang Nai asked.

Tang Tong didn't dare to tell a lie, he opened the map, pointed to the direction of the wall ridge and said: "The captives entered the pass from here three days ago, and swept the villages east of the Chaobai River.

However, since yesterday afternoon, the captives and cavalry have retreated eastward on a large scale, and they immediately sent people to investigate, and found that the bloody battle of Modaoyu in the area of Qiangziling did not fall, and the Dongyu should not know how many soldiers and horses there are in Modaoyu, and they are afraid that they will be cut off from the back road, so they will evacuate for the time being. ”

"How many soldiers and horses are there in the Grinding Knife Valley?" Zhang Nai immediately asked.

Tang Tong said: "The lowly position knows not in detail, the emperor ordered the soldiers on the side wall to withdraw, some of the soldiers in the area of the wall Ziling withdrew from Miyun, and some stayed in the Modaoyu, if you don't count the escape, there are three hundred soldiers, but the Dongyu invaded in a big way, and there are many deserters, so the lowly position is not accurate." ”

"What about Gubeikou, is there any movement?" Zhang Nai asked.

A tributary of the Chaobai River, is from the Gubeikou into the border wall, this is also one of the complete city defense system on the Great Wall, is the most important fortress between Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan, has always been a battleground for soldiers, theoretically speaking, from the direction of Miyun into the east of the Kou, should take the Gubeikou is more convenient, there is more suitable for the brigade to enter and exit.

Tang Tong immediately said: "It's strange to say, Gubeikou has not found any traces of Dongyu's whereabouts, and he has asked his subordinates to contact him twice a day, which is the case. ”

Zhang Nai nodded slightly, thought about it, and said: "You quickly send your cronies to lead 300 people to support Gubeikou, if you don't find any signs of the enemy, two days later, pick up the defenders there, destroy the roads and bridges along the way, and as soon as the battle here is over, we will immediately retreat." ”

As soon as Tang Tong heard that Zhang Nai didn't want to stick to it, he was relieved, and immediately responded, and then arranged to go.

Sharpening the knife valley.

Guan Qi stumbled to the top of the beacon and poked his head out to observe the situation below.

With the garrison for many years, Modaoyu has formed a small village, two beacons stand in the north and south, because of the border pass, the soil walls of all the villages are very high, relying on a thousand general houses, forming fortifications, and outside the village, there are bonfires all over the ground, and the cavalry who entered the Kou are camping at this time, and there are people with torches patrolling.

Guan Qi is a general banner, responsible for garrisoning the wall Ziling, originally saw the East captives into the Kou, he should have fled directly back to Miyun to report the news, but because the horses were stolen by deserters, so they entered this Modaoyu, and the last group of evacuated troops gathered together, and Tang Tong understands differently, there are only forty-five soldiers here, the biggest official is Guan Qi, the general banner, and the rest went to Miyun to see the new monarch and changed the court.

But the men of the village were also armed, and the women were also involved in the defense, making it look like there were more than 200 soldiers.

"At least a thousand, probably more." A veteran soldier whispered in Guan Qi's ear, with a bloody cloth wrapped around his neck, that two days earlier, Guan Qi had taken a dozen soldiers with him and attacked the camp of the Dongyu at night, burning the grain and wagons they had stolen, and the veteran Yuyu had been wounded in that battle.

What they didn't know was that it was that battle that made the Dongyu cavalry brigade, which had penetrated deep into the Chaobai River, think that Modaoyu was still a threat, and hurriedly turned back.

"The people up there listen ........" When Guan Qi and You Yu were discussing in a low voice, a group of cavalry approached, and under the moonlight, the two could only see the cold light emitted from their bodies, and the people below shouted: "I am the commander of the protectors around the Qing Emperor, Aobai, the first emperor gave the name Baturu, you surrender immediately, I will guarantee your survival." ”

Guan Qi coughed lightly and asked, "May I ask if you are your second Baturu?" Yesterday, someone said, what kind of subordinate is he of the king of Baturu County, you are the official of Baturu, or the official of the king of Baturu County? ”

Yesterday, the two sides conducted a round of negotiations, Guan Qi found that the main force of the breakthrough was not Manchuria, but the Horqin cavalry, and the commander of the troops was Manzhu Xili, the brother of the Manchu Empress Dowager, and the king of Horqin's Dorobatulu County.

"Of course, the king of the county is the greatest!" Ao Bai didn't dare to make a mistake, and said loudly.

"Hehe, then aren't you a stupid bird, Lao Tzu doesn't even surrender to the king of the county, what kind of bullshit escort commander you are. Hurry up and get out of here, and be careful of Lao Tzu shooting an arrow through your throat. Guan Qi scolded and said, he asked You Yu in a low voice: "Can you shoot him?" ”

"It's okay to shoot, not necessarily to shoot, it's too far, he's wearing armor." Yu Yu took out the horn bow, observed it carefully, and responded softly.

"Do your best." Guan Qi said.

Yu Yu reminded in a low voice: "Lord Zongqi, why bother to provoke them. Annoyed, what if you really want to attack? ”

"Shoot him!" Guan Qi did not explain, but gave an order to Yuyu.

You Yu suddenly got up, bent his bow and set up an arrow, and the arrow cut through the air and shot straight away.

Under the moonlight, Aobai's iron helmet erased a spark, obviously, Yu Yu hit, but did not shoot through his iron helmet, by, Yu Yu shot an arrow, this arrow is a steady and ruthless hit Ao Bai crotch war horse, the war horse pain, manpower and rise, almost threw Ao Bai down, fortunately Ao Bai riding skills, clamped the horse's belly, leaned down, up and down on the horse's back, and then found an opportunity, rolled down.

Although he was not injured, the iron helmet was thrown somewhere, and the weapon on his body was gone, and he was extremely embarrassed.

"Lord Aobai, are you alright?" A few people supported Ao Bai and asked with concern.

Ao Bai was named Baturu by Huang Taiji, the name of bravery, the Manchu Qing Dynasty knew from top to bottom, where was so embarrassed, and in the face of an unknown defender, he was furious and scolded: "What are you doing in a daze, order troops, and break this bullshit house." ”

At the top of the beacon, Guan Qi raised a torch and said loudly: "What Baturu, it turns out that he is a fool who can't even ride a horse, you can kill him, Lao Tzu is waiting for you here." ”

The beacon is the middle of the defense of the Modaoyu, but it is the crudest fortification on the side wall, this beacon is five feet high, the top is only half the size of a courtyard, but there is only a patio located in the abdomen, so the attackers can only climb up.

Ao Bai tried to persuade the enemy to surrender, but he was humiliated and attacked rashly, and there was nothing but a makeshift ladder, so the beacon held the siege of two hundred men with only seven or eight men.

Yu Yu stood behind the breastwork, he had already seen the defense of Dongyu's armor, and he didn't want to waste his strength with the horn bow, but held a short spear, guarding against the enemy, the torch on the top of the beacon had been extinguished, but Dongyu's good shot still killed an unlucky guy who dared to lean out.

Therefore, Yuyu only stabbed the enemies who rushed up with his short spear, and of course, he had a more important weapon, the lime bag, and whenever someone poked his head, he would scatter a handful of lime and stab it there.

Yu Yu also understood why Guan Qi would take the initiative to humiliate the important minister next to the Emperor Dongyu, Guan Qi just wanted to provoke him, and the enraged Dongyu wanted to cut off Guan Qi's head, so he put the main attack force into Fengsui, instead of hitting the lower courtyard.

In the distance, the reinforcements led by Zhang Nai were advancing in the dark, and along the way, only traces of broken cars and camping abandoned by Donglu were found, and no ambush soldiers were found in Dongyu.

Time passed quickly, in the blink of an eye it was already the fourth watch, out of the valley, there was a river flowing in front of me, the river was shallow, you could wade through, but there were many rocks under the water, and the cavalry needed to lead the horses over.

"After crossing the river, there are still seven or eight miles to Modaoyu." Tang Tong said to Zhang Nai, his expression was a little excited, because he found that although Zhang Nai was young, he had enough experience in fighting, and he divided the soldiers and horses into two teams, one stayed at the valley mouth to prevent being copied, and the elite scouts advanced along the mountains and forests, and there were rattan soldiers in front to prevent the enemy from ambushing.

Along the march, Tang Tong became more and more convinced of Zhang Nai.

Zhang Nai nodded slightly, he called Suarez and asked, "I'm going to meet the enemy here, how do you arrange your artillery?" ”

Suarez, apparently prepared, said: "I propose to leave the baggage battalion in this Horseshoe Bend and set up an artillery position. And my artillery and your horse foot cross the river and occupy the high ground by the river, where my artillery can be placed on the high ground and your cavalry in the pine forest behind the high ground. ”

"That's right, the enemy is cavalry, and this river can prevent them from going around, but why set up positions in this horseshoe bend?" Zhang Nai asked.

"You only brought here eight hundred cavalry and a thousand infantry, we don't know how many of the enemy there are, if there are many. When we retreat, we can let the artillery withdraw to Horseshoe Bend first, and cover you with fire across the river. Of course, if you are sure that the enemy is not an opponent, you can do otherwise. Suarez grinned.

"I like to be steady, General Su, go ahead and do it." Zhang Nai said.

Tang Tong saw that the two of them had set up their positions, and immediately said, "Yihou, you need someone to bring the enemy in, I think I can do it." ”

Zhang Nai laughed: "General Tang, you are already the earl of Dashun, so you don't need to take the risk yourself." ”

Tang Tong immediately said: "I thought that the lowly position could establish meritorious service in the battle of Shanhaiguan, but Wu Sangui did not give the lowly position this opportunity, this time, please Yihou Chengful." ”

Zhang Nai nodded: "I have always been steady in my use of soldiers, but I will never refuse brave people, you take some of them, I will send cavalry to prepare to meet you." ”

"Thank you, Yihou." Tang Tong said.

Sharpening the knife valley.

Ao Bai sat on the Hu bed, listening to the reports of the people below, and the bruises on his face burst out.

“...... This Ming army is really treacherous, as long as we go up, we will splash lime, and seven people have already been broken, and there are more than a dozen people who don't know if their eyes will be blind. Lord Aobai, you can't fight anymore, our guards are all selected from the banners and cattle records to serve the emperor, even if you fight, you can't fight this beacon anymore. ”

Ao Bai now also knew that he had made the mistake of reviving the division because of anger, but he swore to take it down, and he said: "Okay, just pause, you immediately go to the rear team to give an order, let the Han army be faster, and when they arrive, I will blow up the gate of this stockade with gunpowder." ”

As soon as he said this, an explosion came from outside the tent.

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