The messenger threw himself on the ground and kowtowed: "Although Jianyu has broken through the city gate, the soldiers are still fighting bloodily. Hurry up and send troops to rescue, maybe you can recapture the border pass. All the troops near the Raven Falcon Pass have been transferred, and now count on your lordship, your lordship......"

Zhang Wen refused without hesitation: "I conclude that Jianyu entered the customs this time, and it was the main force of the Eight Banners who came, isn't it a drop in the bucket for me to go?" ”

The messenger sent by the Crow Pass was still crying and pleading, but Zhang Wen was only pondering, ignoring it. He looked like a hard-hearted man who didn't care about the lives of the soldiers of the Crowhull Pass.

The messenger begged for a long time, and when he saw Zhang Wen's appearance, he was indignant in his heart, and said: "Before, the lord fought under the border wall to build a captive, and there was no rescue at the Yahu Pass, because this pass is an important pass for the defense of the captivity, and the defenders cannot act rashly. ”

Qin Yulian had heard Zhang Wen's clever speculation just now, and her eyes immediately picked up, and she asked the messenger: "Didn't you say that the adults are narrow-minded and have a personal vendetta?" Lord Zhang is considering the overall situation, how can you spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain? ”

The messenger said with a sad face: "It's a lowly job that is in a hurry, talking nonsense, adults don't care about villains, you have to save your brothers no matter what!" ”

Everyone subconsciously turned their eyes to Zhang Wen, as if Zhang Wen would be able to come up with a good idea to repel the enemy army in the next moment, but Zhang Wen was busy himself, sometimes meditating, completely ignoring the anxious feelings of others.

After a while, four more people came in, namely Wang Xi, Zhang Zhao, Jiang Ji, and Li Xinde, the generals of Zhang Wen's four battalions. The four of them, young and old, walked to the door and bowed their hands together: "The last general will wait to meet the adults, but listen to the dispatch." ”

Zhang Wen turned around and said, "Have all the people gathered?" Wang Xi said: "All assembled, you can come out at any time." ”

"Okay," Zhang Wen glanced back at Qin Yulian and asked, "How is Qin Qian's injury?" ”

Qin Yulian immediately stood up straight and said, "It's no big deal, you can ride a horse." ”

Zhang Wen nodded, and then asked Qin Yulian to gather the white pole army, and asked people to take away all the sergeants who could be taken away in the military village.

The messenger saw that Zhang Wen was making arrangements, so he waited for Zhang Wen to order the army to open to the Raven Pass, but unexpectedly, Zhang Wen glanced at the messenger and said, "Do you want to go back to the Raven Pass, or do you want to go with us?" Come with us and look for a weapon, and stand in the camp. ”

The messenger was stunned: "Great ...... Adults don't go to the Raven Pass? ”

"As soon as you came in, I told you not to go to the Raven Pass. It's useless to go, to get a reward for the head of the Jianyu people? ”

The messenger turned and walked away in anger, without even saying a word. Zhang Wen didn't care, but only ordered someone to rush to inform Liu Ling to report the news, let him take a detour to Qinghe Fort, and then he also ordered to rush to Qinghe Fort. Together with Qin Yulian's cavalry, Zhang Wen led nearly 4,000 sergeants, and they arrived as quickly as possible before Jianyu attacked Qinghe Fort.

Qinghe Fort is second only to Fushun in the status of the castles in Liaodong, there were originally more than 10,000 garrisons, in the last years of Wanli had been captured by Nurhachi once, more than 10,000 soldiers and the young and strong people of the whole fort were all killed, has not been able to recover their vitality, the current defense and garrison are not as good as before, only more than 3,000 people in the garrison, the people are less.

When he arrived at Qinghe Fort, Zhang Wen took over the control of the castle as the imperial historian, and gathered 3,000 garrisons and organized them into a battalion, with He Sanzhao, the general of Qinghe Fort, as the commander of the entire battalion. He Sanzhao is an illiterate reckless man, the people below are called the third brother, and the people above are called the third brother.

"When the cavalry crosses the trench, the speed of the march will be slowed down, and more men will accumulate in the trench, and then we will be able to inflict a large number of casualties if we bombard them with artillery." As soon as Zhang Wen came, he asked people to dig three trenches outside the fort, and adjusted the range of the city's artillery, and now he is busy digging trenches with the sergeants with shovels, baskets, hoes and other tools.

The whole castle is very lively, not like a big war is approaching, but like a construction site. At the head of the city, Zhang Zhao was also busy, and he was selecting the sergeant who fired the artillery, and he seemed to have a lot of research on artillery warfare. I heard that Zhang Zhao was a lifter, and he used to be an adjutant in a certain city in Liaodong, so he was good at talking about military affairs, and he was good at fiddling with firearms.

After Zhang Wen dug the trench, he inspected the castle and rode to the castle to check the internal structure, at this time, the sentry entered the city from the east gate, and rushed to Zhang Wen's horse to report: "Report to your lordship, the sentry cavalry has found that the Jianyu cavalry brigade has captured the pine tree mouth and a wall, and is marching west along the banks of the Taizi River. ”

Zhang asked: "Where are Liu Ling's troops and the North Korean soldiers now?" ”

"At present, we are heading towards Qinghe Fort and have crossed the Taizi River."

Zhang Wen thought for a moment, and immediately gathered all his troops and horses to leave Qinghe Fort in a hurry, preparing to go to the Taizi River to cooperate with Liu Ling's troops to attack Jianyu. Halfway through, an east wind suddenly blew, and Zhang Wen realized the influence of the wind direction on the firearms, and immediately ordered the whole army to turn around, make a detour to the east, and advance towards the battlefield.

Near the Taizi River, the army was marching towards Qinghe Fort in a very unfavorable manner, and Liu Ling saw that the Korean soldiers fell far behind, and scolded loudly. Liu Ling was tall and big, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his voice was very loud, and many ugly words came far and wide into the ears of the North Korean soldiers. Jiang Hongli, who led the North Korean soldiers, was full of complaints, but he couldn't have a seizure, so he could only endure it.

At this time, the sentry cavalry rushed from the east and reported to Liu Ling: "There are tens of thousands of cavalry in Jianyu, and the distance is fifteen miles. ”

Liu Ling looked at the slow-moving Korean infantry in the rear, and thought that it was not a way to leave them alone, so he made a decision immediately.

"Order the formation, prepare to meet the enemy!"

The first part of the Jianguo army moved from the main formation to a hill in the southeast, and Liu Ling knew that Jianguo was about to start attacking, so he ordered the drumming to prepare for battle. After a while, the Jianyu cavalry swarmed and rushed straight in front of the Ming army, and then the cannons roared, and the earth trembled in the sound of cannons and horses' hooves.

The sound of thumping was endless, white smoke was rising in all directions, and the battlefield was full of noise and buzzing. Jianyu rushed to the front of the Ming army, and the front continued to pounce, and the rear fired a volley of arrows. After hearing only the sound of swishing, the air was covered with black dots, which tilted down towards the Ming army camp like rain. In the Ming army's array, as if grass had grown from the ground with a bang, clumps of arrows were densely inserted, and the people standing in the camp fell down like a strong wind blowing through a wheat field. The sound of gunfire and shouts around was too loud, and the screams of people before death were drowned out.

Liu Ling got up from the ground, his body was full of arrows, fortunately, the vital parts were protected by heavy armor, and he was injured in many places, but he could barely support it. Liu Ling shouted violently, put the heavy knife across his waist, and rushed up with a roar, his boots stepped on the ground, kicking up a puff of dust, and Liu Ling ran like a leopard and crashed into the crowd of Jianyu.

"Ahh Liu Ling raised his head and let out a long roar, frightening the surrounding Jianlu to take a few steps back, Liu Ling immediately mentioned a turn, and swept the heavy knife across his waist with a snort, and Jianlu died instantly. Jian Yu screamed as if praying to some god of theirs, and then rushed up to hold Liu Ling's heavy sword, while a group of infantry soldiers with spears stabbed from all sides.

Liu Ling gasped for breath, and with a force on his arm, the heavy knife had no momentum after it was framed, and he couldn't pull it out, seeing the guns around him smashing over, Liu Ling immediately made a decision, put down the heavy knife, jumped forward, and lifted the builder in front of him to the ground with one kick.

Liu Ling was panting with his bare hands, covered in blood, and the great consumption of physical strength and arrow wounds made Liu Ling's courage no longer exist, but Jian Ling was still afraid of him, because Liu Ling was too fierce just now, almost beyond the scope of Jian Ling's cognition.

Liu Ling gasped for a moment, took two steps with difficulty, and waved the spear in his hand. Seeing that Liu Ling was at the end of his rope, Jian Yu slowly retreated, withdrawing from his attack range, and some cavalry drew their bows and arrows behind them, shooting Liu Ling. "Poof!" An arrow hit Liu Ling's thigh, Liu Ling snorted, almost fell down, grabbed the barrel of the gun with both hands, and gritted his teeth. He raised his head and sighed, knowing that there was no way, the defeat was just around the corner, but he was still thinking in his heart: Damn, kill a few more pads.

Liu Ling stretched out his hand to wipe a handful of blood from his eyebrows, and glanced angrily at the surrounding Jianlu, who was very nervous when he saw his gaze, and couldn't help but take two steps back.

At this moment, suddenly there was a "......bang bang" in the east, and sometimes a loud "bang" sounded, which was the roar of the general's cannon. The people in the camp of the Ming army shouted: "Our reinforcements are coming!" Reinforcements are coming, kill! ”

Shi Jianyu's whole army had already rushed into the camp of the Ming army, scattered in various positions, and suddenly firearms sounded in the upwind, and they couldn't deal with it for a while. With a "whew", a solid cannonball pierced through the crowd of Jianyu around Liu Ling, and he died instantly, Liu Ling laughed and said: "Fight, fight well!" ”

On the battlefield where the sand and soil were flying, Zhang Wenyi rode a fiery horse and led the army to gallop, turning the tide of the battle in an instant. Liu Ling's subordinates saw that Zhang Wen was wearing armor and his momentum was unstoppable, as if they had seen a life-saving immortal, and the Ming army, which was originally shrouded in death, was full of momentum in a blink of an eye, and the blood of battle was ignited in their hearts.

"General Liu, let's fight hand in hand this time!" Zhang Wen pulled the reins to stop the horse and shouted in response to Liu Ling through the crowd.

When Liu Ling heard Zhang Wen's shouting, his blood immediately boiled, and he killed several Jianyu with a big knife. Zhang Wen cooperated with Liu Ling to order the drum to attack, and the drum sounded three links, and the whole army fought and advanced in a stacked formation, and went straight to the rear flank of Jianyu.

Zhang Wen and Liu Ling fought side by side, which immediately reversed the situation on the battlefield. The rear wing of the Jianyu was suddenly strafed by a rain of bullets, and they were all in chaos. Zhang Wen saw the opportunity and shouted loudly: "Cavalry attack!" ”

Qin Yulian's white-pole army immediately rushed out of the gap between the bird's guns, killed the generals, and rushed the rear wing of Jianyu's cavalry to pieces. Zhang Wenbu's camp took advantage of the victory and advanced for another period, and the main force of Jianyu entered the range of the Ming army's forward, and was beaten to the point of crying father and mother, and did not know the number of reinforcements, for fear of being bitten and annihilated, he immediately withdrew from the battlefield.

The battle was suspended, and Zhang Wen immediately asked people to heal Liu Ling's injuries, and Liu Ling saw Zhang Wen and first bowed his hand to him: "Lord Zhang's life-saving grace will be remembered in the end." ”

Zhang Wen hurriedly helped Liu Ling and said, "I heard that General Liu severely injured the Beile Emperor Taiji of Nanurhachi, which makes me admire it very much. However, this time the captives were taken by surprise, and they will definitely go head-on again, the Ming army is seriously damaged, and this second battle is not easy to fight, so we have to withdraw to Qinghe Fort immediately. ”

Hearing this, Liu Ling spat hatefully: "If it weren't for the fact that the North Korean soldiers ran away at the critical moment, our casualties would not have been so serious." At this critical moment, we have to rely on our own people! ”

Zhang asked: "Time is running out, we have to retreat before Jianyu attacks." General Liu, you immediately ordered your subordinates to lead the army to go first, and my men still have combat effectiveness, so they will cover behind. ”

Liu Ling was a little moved when he heard this, and he was not polite, so he immediately ordered someone to lead the army to retreat to Qinghe Fort. Zhang Wen's infantry also ran away and marched sharply north. The Jianyu advance chased after him, the cavalry resisted, and they fought and walked, each with casualties, and when they dragged to Qinghe Fort, the Jianyu army had already been exhausted by Zhang Wen's style of play.

Early the next morning, the main force of Jianyu began to prepare for the siege of the city, and before the hoarfrost on the dead branches and leaves had not yet melted, the two sides began an artillery battle. To say that the artillery battle Ming will not be afraid of Jianyu, not to mention that Zhang Wen also has a geographical advantage.

At present, the Jianyu could not make their own ammunition, and only relied on capture, and the ammunition was insufficient, so they stopped shelling, probably preparing to bombard the city gate with artillery. But how could Zhang Wen not guess their thoughts, just as Jianyu pushed the ladder and the artillery through the trench, Zhang Wen immediately gave the order to open fire, and the artillery, which had already adjusted its range, immediately blasted the Jianyu artillery and the ladder into pieces.

The city's artillery then shelled the trenches, and the prisoners suffered heavy casualties in the trenches, and in some places they were almost filled with corpses.

Jianyu's follow-up men and horses immediately pressed up again, and the second attack was more troops, as if they were unwilling not to take Qinghe Fort. Jianyu attacked the city from the east, west, and south, and left the north, of course, hoping that the Ming army would escape from the north gate, so that they could use cavalry to chase and kill.

And when the Ming army struggled to kill the Jianyu soldiers on the city wall, a Jianguo army began to dig the corners of the wall with wooden planks, trying to dig up the city wall, destroy the city first, and then rush in. Zhang Wen immediately asked people to use a "grenade", which is a primitive grenade. Bullets, ignited and thrown at the enemy, although the lethality is not large, but it can blow up wooden planks.

But this group of builders tried their best to dig up the city wall, and one group fell, and the second group immediately made up for it, desperately digging up the corners.

At this time, a reckless man wearing heavy armor walked into the tower, it was He Sanzhao, the general of Qinghe Fort, He Sanzhao's face was pale, and his words were a little unclear: "My lord, let Jianyu dig like this, the wall will collapse in a few hours, if you ......"

"If Jianyu rushes into the city, our army will definitely be defeated, and the city will not be able to form a deep camp, so we can only fight each other, and our army is generally untrained, and there is not much hope of fighting with people and guns." Zhang Wen had a calm expression on his face, and followed He Sanzhao's words.

Zhang Zhao, Wang Xi and other generals immediately became flustered in their hearts, they followed Zhang Wen from Suzihe to Yahu Pass, and came back from the pile of dead, and they trusted Zhang Wen very much, but Zhang Wen said so now......

"But who says we have no other way to win?"