When he returned to Taihang Mountain again, Li Mingyi always had an indescribable feeling. The last time I passed by Taihang Mountain, there was a big battle that almost cost him his life. This time he will be greeted by a big war. This time, though, he didn't want to nearly lose his life again.

This time, he did not act with Wang Mingyi, but followed Han Liuyun to Taihang Mountain first to meet the Taihang Sanren. He and Wang Mingyi agreed that the two sides would meet in the upper party up and down Taihang.

When he came to the Taihang Pass, the Taihang people had been waiting here for a long time. This time it was not only the people of the Taihang faction who came, but also thousands of bandits from the Taihang Mountain.

Along with the Taihang Sanren and Li Mingyi, there were also two bandit leaders from Taihang Mountain, Jiao Ting and Lu Fang. After Li Mingyi revealed his identity, the two sides exchanged politeness.

Taihang Sanren asked first: "Prince Wang, I don't know when the reinforcements of the Cold Clothes Legion will come, I will wait for the friendship of the landlord." ”

Obviously, the Taihang people already knew Li Mingyi's identity, so they called him Wang Gongzi instead of Li Gongzi.

Li Mingyi said: "The reinforcements of the Winter Clothes Legion will go directly to the Shangdang, you don't have to wait here, just go with me to the Shangdang rendezvous." ”

The people of Taihang Mountain obviously had some concerns and were not good to say it directly, Taihang Sanren and the two bandit leaders looked at each other, or Taihang Sanren opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know how many people from the Cold Clothes Legion came this time?" ”

It's no wonder that the Taihang people have concerns, after all, this time Beimu is said to have more than 100,000 people, which is an army that can conquer the entire state. There are only more than 5,000 people here, how dare they easily go out to meet Beimu. As for where the number of more than 100,000 people came from, no one knows. So much more and more to pass on.

Li Mingyi didn't know their concerns, but he also knew what the master had explained at the beginning.

Li Mingyi said: "This time, the Winter Clothes Army dispatched 30,000 troops, which is enough to deal with Beimu. ”

As soon as these 30,000 numbers came out, it was obvious that the people of the Taihang faction seemed to have a backbone. After all, everyone knows the bravery of the Wintercoat Legion. In the eyes of everyone in the Ming Kingdom, the 30,000 Winter Clothes Legion was enough to face the 50,000 Northern Pastoral Cavalry without defeat. Coupled with the local defenders in Bingzhou, it is enough to deal with more than 100,000 Beimu troops.

So Jiao Ting said: "Thirty thousand! Sure enough, at the critical moment, it still depends on the Coldcoat Army. Those three battalions are known as 300,000 troops, and there is not even a single figure so far. ”

Lu Fang also asked on the side: "I don't know when the 30,000 army will be able to go to Shangyang City, Prince Wang." This Shangyang City has been besieged for twenty days, and I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on. ”

Everyone looked at Li Mingyi, and they were obviously very interested in solving Shangyang's difficulties. Judging from Lu Fang's reaction, Li Mingyi understood that Lu Fang should be the force supported by the Li family in Taihang Mountain, otherwise he would not be so concerned.

Li Mingyi said: "You don't have to worry, my grandfather is in Shangyang City. I'd love to go and rescue Shangyang City right away, but it takes time for the army to move. My second brother was speeding up with the cavalry at this time. You can reach Shangdang tomorrow, and you can reach Shangyang City in three days. ”

Lu Fang was overjoyed, and the big stone in his heart was put down.

Taihang Sanren said: "Commander Lu is relieved now." How could this King of Xiliang not save the Li family. No, Li Gongzi won't come. ”

Lu Fang hugged his fists and said, "It's me who is too worried." ”

Li Mingyi discussed with the three of them again, and then took the Taihang Mountain troops to Shangdang and waited for Wang Mingyi to come to rendezvous.

On Shangyang City, at this time, the wind was loud and there was a sense of slaughter. The garrison officer Li Ziwen once again led the soldiers to inspect the city defense, and only then did he return to the camp to see his father Li Fuming. Li Fuming was already waiting for him in the tent.

Without waiting for Li Ziwen to speak, Li Fuming asked, "How is today?" Can Beimu have a siege? ”

Li Ziwen shook his head and said, "Except for the first day when Beimu attacked once, there has been no attack in the past twenty days. I have been patrolling the city defense for the past few days, and I have seen Beimu's camp from afar, and they should have no intention of attacking the city. ”

Li Fuming was born in a literati and didn't know much about military affairs, so he just nodded when he heard this, and said: "It's just right that there is no plan to attack the city." It's time for our reinforcements to arrive in the next few days. ”

Li Ziwen thought he was talking about the three major battalions of the Holy Capital City. After counting the time, he said, "It shouldn't be so fast." Even if these three-person battalions arrived in Shangyang City quickly, it would take at least ten days. Not to mention, there is also the possibility of encountering snipers from Beimu on the road. ”

Li Fuming glanced at his son and said, "I'm not talking about the three major battalions. Wang Buyi couldn't wait for our Li family to be killed by Beimu, how could he come to the rescue with all his heart. I'm talking about those in the west. ”

Li Ziwen thought that his father was talking about the Taihang group of thieves, and he said: "The number of Taihang group thieves is not large, and they are undisciplined, and it is useless to come." Father rest assured that there are still 3,000 defenders in Shangyang City. My Li family and the families in the city can also pull out thousands of house slaves, and they will definitely not let the Northern Shepherds break through. ”

Obviously, father and son are not talking about the same people. Li Fuming said: "I'm not talking about this group of bandits. I'm talking about your brother-in-law's army. ”

"The Coldcoat Army?" Li Ziwen came back to his senses and said, "The Coldcoat Legion has been disarmed several times, and it is difficult to defend Liangzhou, how can we have the spare strength to support us?" ”

Li Fuming said earnestly: "You, you still underestimate your brother-in-law." I bet the Coldcoat Legion will come. And it will arrive before the three battalions. ”

Although he was not interested in the Coldcoat Army in his heart, Li Ziwen did not interrupt his father's interest. Just nodded in understanding. In his opinion, it was useless for the Winter Clothes Legion to come, but there were tens of thousands of northern herdsmen outside the city. The entire legion has only 25,000 people, what is the use of the Wintercoat Legion coming?

Li Mingyi took the people of Taihang Mountain to Shangdang County to prepare to meet Wang Mingyi. But as soon as everyone arrived, they found the traces of the Northern Herding cavalry.

This group of cavalry was not very numerous, only five or six hundred, all dressed only in leather armor. But such a group of cavalry actually dared to attack Shangdang County. The city walls of Shangdang County are not very tall, and thousands of families live in the city. There is no garrison in the county, only more than 100 people who catch fast and help. The county commander brought in more than 1,000 strong men who were temporarily brought in and were struggling to resist on the city wall.

The Northern Herding cavalry got several ladders out of nowhere, suppressed the city head with bows and arrows, and then dozens of people attacked the city wall.

When Li Mingyi arrived, Shangdang City was already in danger. Seeing this situation, Li Mingyi didn't think about it, so he let the people of Taihang Mountain form three phalanxes and pressed up.

Seeing that reinforcements were coming, the Beimu cavalry did not retreat, and rushed directly outside the city towards the people in Taihang Mountain.

Where have the thieves of Taihang Mountain been so despised, five hundred people, they actually dared to attack the phalanx of five thousand people here. At that moment, he also greeted him with a roar.

It's just that this group of northern herdsmen is very cunning, they don't come into contact with the people of Taihang Mountain, and every time they reach a distance of seventy steps from the military formation, they are shot by a rain of arrows, directly hitting one piece, and then they stick to the military formation and go away. After a while, I came back around. The people in Taihang Mountain have no armor, and they only have some hunting bows in their hands, so there is nothing they can do with these cavalry.

There is also a plain outside this Shangdang City, and there is nowhere to hide. These Northern Herding cavalry have relied on this method in the past few days, and I don't know how many troops who have come to help.

Li Mingyi didn't expect this, and it took two rounds of feather arrows to come back to his senses. The best tactics of this nomadic tribe are to form a wall of cars and people, and then use a strong bow and a crossbow to shoot at the opponent. But now he has nothing in his hands.

Seeing that the opposite side turned the horse's head again, Li Mingyi knew that if he was shot by the opposite side for three or five more rounds, this side would collapse. So he gritted his teeth and said to the Taihang Sanren: "It's not a way to go on like this, let everyone retreat to Shangdang City first." We'll lead a thousand elites and see if we can trick these rangers over. ”

Although the Taihang people didn't understand military affairs, they also knew that it was definitely not a way to just be beaten up and not fight back, so they said hello and led everyone to retreat to Shangdang City. The Shangdang City and County Commander had already seen the reinforcements, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and immediately opened the city to accept reinforcements.

In order to prevent chaos, Li Mingyi and the Taihang Sanren personally led a group of disciples of the Taihang Sect to break the queen. The five hundred northern herding rangers, seeing that the city gate was open, and the reinforcements were vulnerable, wanted to take advantage of the chaos to enter the city.

This is the moment that Lee Mingyi was waiting for. The people of Taihang do not have bows and crossbows and armor in their hands, but their martial arts are extraordinary. So when the five hundred rangers came up. Li Mingyi directly took more than a hundred disciples of the Taihang faction and killed them. As soon as the two sides fought, the five hundred rangers found that the opposite side had extraordinary martial arts, and they actually rushed without breaking down.

Jiao Ting and Lu Fang were also ruthless people, and when they saw that the three sons of King Liang were all on in person, they no longer had the courage to escape, so they directly took their cronies and killed them back. The two teams were strangled together in an instant. After all, there are many people in Taihang, and their martial arts are also exquisite, and they will have the upper hand after a while.

Seeing that the Beimu rangers did not break through the opponent's army formation, they wanted to retreat. But Li Mingyi didn't allow them to withdraw, and at the moment he took the people of Taihang to entangle them.

This battle lasted for more than an hour, and finally the Northern Rangers left more than half of the corpses before retreating. Although the people of Taihang were victorious, they were not happy. When I returned to the city, I counted nearly 500 dead and wounded.

"His grandmother's, these northern herdsmen are really hateful. actually shot arrows from a distance, if it weren't for the third son's strategy, the other party would think that there was an opportunity. We're probably going to be bad. Jiao Ting looked at the corpses of his brothers on the ground and scolded.

The Taihang people were also very distressed, and all the people who came out with him this time were the elites of the Taihang faction, and nearly 300 people were killed and injured in this battle. Seeing this, he just blackened his face and didn't speak.

Also with a black face is Li Mingyi. Only then did he understand what the master meant by his words, don't let the people of the Taihang faction be sent to death easily. Under the superiority of Beimu's cavalry and archery, although these people of the Taihang faction were numerous, they were useless in the wild. It is impossible to rely on these people to relieve the siege of Shangyang City.

Li Mingyi said: "Everyone is here to repair for a while, and when my second brother comes with the Wintercoat Army, I will act later." ”

The people of Taihang had already identified Li Mingyi at this time, and when they saw this, they only nodded in agreement.