Chapter 51: A desperate battle

Early the next morning, the war drums outside Tongtian Pass sounded in unison, and the Tatar army and Lin Ziren's army surrounded Tongtian Pass from front to back.

"Fourth brother, what should I do now?" Wan Qi Ke'er had already broken into Tongtian Pass with Li Wu'er last night and met with the four princes.

Zhu Yun frowned, stood on top of the city wall, and looked at the enemy troops under the city: "Today is a vicious battle, there is no other way, only to be tough to the end!" ”

Zhu Yun raised his hand and just wanted to order the soldiers in the city to go into battle, when the voice of the herald came from behind him: "Report!" ”

"Speak!" The fourth prince turned around and said.

"Report to the four princes, Lin Ziren's army is approaching the rear of our army and has begun to attack the city! The army of the six princes was blocked by Lin Ziren's army, and they couldn't enter for a while! The herald knelt on the ground and said.

The fourth prince was shocked in his heart: "How many troops do we have?" ”

"Fourth prince, we can still move about 30,000 troops." When the adjutant general next to him said this number, his face was also ugly, although the Tongtian Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but he couldn't resist the enemy army and blocked all the roads, the Langzhong in the city was scarce, the soldiers were injured and could not be treated in time, and many soldiers died under the battlefield.

The four princes were helpless for a while, and now they were like a trapped beast, trapped in Tongtian Pass by Lin Ziren and the Tatars.

Wan Qi Ke'er saw Zhu Yun's embarrassed face, and immediately knelt down and begged for his life: "Fourth brother, I'll give me 2,000 men and horses, and I'll defend Lin Ziren to the death!" ”

Zhu Yun stared at Wan Qike'er with bloodshot eyes: "Are you crazy, they are 100,000 people, and your 2,000 people are like stones sinking into the sea, and they can't play a role!" ”

"If you don't try, how do you know! Fourth brother, now Lin Ziren is attacking the city, we must buy time for the six princes, once the six princes break through the enemy's formation, then Lin Ziren's men and horses are not worth mentioning! Please also ask the four princes for permission! Wan Qi Ke'er shouted, waiting for Zhu Yun's military order.

The fourth prince closed his eyes and raised his head to the sky and took a deep breath: "Okay, I'll give you three thousand people, and I will definitely guard the rear of Tongtian Pass!" ”

"Yes! Fourth brother, rest assured! Wan Qi Ke'er got up and walked down the city wall with Li Wu's second child.

As soon as they came to the city wall, Wan Qi Ke'er and the three of them saw that the nine hundred black armor guards had already been lined up, and no one spoke, but they were filled with a strong killing atmosphere, these days the black armor guards have also participated in the death battle against the Tatars, and they have really been on the battlefield, and the current momentum is completely different from when they were in Kyoto before.

Wan Qi Ke'er was stunned when she saw the black armor guard: "Who are you?" ”

One of the soldiers in the black armor guard walked out of the array and said to Wan Qike'er: "Young lady, we want to avenge the young general!" Kill Lin Yan!! ”

The black-armored guards behind him shouted in unison: "Kill Lin Yan!! ”

Wan Qi Keer's eyes were red, she went to Daming's military camp for such a life and death feeling, and when she saw that Hei Jia Wei could be so loyal to her husband, Wan Qi Keer was also infected.

Raise the spear in your hand: "Avenge the major general!" ”

With the 3,000 men and horses sent to her by Zhu Yun, Wan Qikeer took nearly 4,000 people to the rear gate of Tongtian Pass.

Dozens of soldiers defending the city were desperately blocking the city gate, and outside the city gate was Lin Ziren's army carrying a log and slamming into the city gate.

Soon, the soldiers defending the city could not hold on, the tall city gate was smashed open, and the enemy troops swarmed in, but as soon as they rushed in, the first wave of soldiers in front saw a row of soldiers in black armor standing neatly on the avenue opposite the city gate.

At the very moment when they rushed in, the soldiers in black armor threw something like a wooden stick at them.

"It's Thunderbolt! Hurry back! ”

One of the soldiers recognized it as a thunderbolt and shouted to flee out of the city, but the soldiers behind him were stuck at the city gate and had no time to retreat.

I can only watch Thunderbolt get closer and closer to me.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! "The explosions in the cave of the city gate continued, and the enemy troops outside the city who wanted to attack the city did not realize the seriousness of the matter, and were still desperately trying to break inside.

"Everyone, prepare! Throw! On the city wall, Li Wu led two hundred black-armored guards to see that the number of enemy troops who rushed into the city gate was almost five thousand, and they all stood up and threw a wave of thunderbolts towards the place outside the city gate.

Blowing up a gap in the enemy ranks, two hundred black-armored guards took out ropes and quickly rappelled down from the top of the city wall dozens of meters high.

One hundred men dealt with the enemy who was charging again, and the other hundred were to kill the enemy who had already rushed in the city gates.

Wan Qiker also followed, grabbing a rope in one hand and a spear in the other, leaping from the top of the city wall, stabbing an enemy general to death with a single shot.

However, although their tactics caught the enemy by surprise, the number of the opponent was too large, and they were not enough to see with a few thousand people.

Soon Wan Qi Ke'er fell into a bitter battle, and the soldiers around him also died due to the suppression of the enemy's numbers, even if the black armor guard had received special training, nearly two hundred people were killed and wounded at this moment.

"Young lady, let's retreat to the city first! There are too many enemy troops! Li Wu shouted at Wan Qi Ke'er after killing an enemy soldier.

Wan Qi Ke'er glanced back at the city gate, only to see that one of the city gates had been smashed, and now if he withdrew, the city would be completely undefended.

"Can't be returned! Even if you die, you have to die outside the city! Wan Qi Ke'er once again remembered the scene when she was in Jincheng at this moment, when Yang Bing brought 5,000 people to save her.

On the frontal battlefield of Tongtian Pass, the 30,000 troops sent out by Hatan were fighting to the death with the Ming Dynasty army, and it had been nearly two hours, and neither side had a winner.

Hatan gritted his teeth angrily and turned his head viciously to Helian, "Helian! You take your men and horses to kill them, and take the Tongtian Pass for me! ”

Helian agreed expressionlessly: "Yes, eldest prince." ”

Helian then walked back to his camp and led 8,000 men and horses to Tongtian Pass.

On the city wall, the deputy general saw that the Tatars not far away had sent another group of men and horses, and immediately ran back to report to the fourth prince, Zhu Yunyu: "Four princes! The Tatars have another detachment! ”

"What! How many people? "The four princes were shocked, when did the Tatar army have so many in their hearts?

"About eight thousand people." The adjutant general pondered for a moment and said: "The fourth prince, why don't we take back the brothers outside, and wait until the sixth prince comes with troops, our..."

Before the adjutant general's words were finished, the book in Zhu Yun's hand was thrown to the ground: "Bastard! At the moment of the great enemy, how can you withdraw the army! ”

The adjutant general was so frightened that he bowed his head and did not dare to speak.

"When you retire, your morale is gone." Zhu Yun sighed, picked up his weapon and walked out of the door.

Coming to the city wall, Zhu Yun looked at the soldiers and enemy soldiers who were fighting under the city wall, and suddenly found that something was wrong.

I saw that in the melee under the city wall, many Tatars were slashing each other, which made those Ming soldiers not know what to do.

"How so?" The lieutenant followed, and was also dumbfounded by the scene in front of him.

After the 8,000 Tatars rushed over, they did not attack the Ming soldiers, but went straight to the rear of the 30,000 enemy troops, and these 8,000 men and horses had a reddish-brown cloth strip tied to their left arm.

The four princes were holding their hands on the city wall, squinting at the situation below, and suddenly saw a familiar figure, the figure was riding on a horse, holding a long knife of the Ming Dynasty army, waving it vigorously, but the clothes he was wearing were Tatar clothes.

This person is Yang Bing, who infiltrated the Tatars, and last night Helian and Harz secretly gathered the Ko people's cronies' army, fortunately, these Hartz's former subordinates were very loyal, and they were very excited when they saw Harz again.

In the morning, Yang Bing made a plan, because he knew that Hatan would definitely send Helian who was not with him as cannon fodder, so he planned it, and after Hatan gave the order, they directly led people to attack the rear of the Tatars besieging the city.

"Hahaha, Yang Bing, you are still alive! All of them! Look at it, it's our own people with red strips of cloth! The fourth prince, Zhu Yunde, finally had a smile on his face.

The soldiers below also received an order not to attack Helian's men and horses, and in an instant, Hatan's 30,000 horses were killed and wounded.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the leader hurriedly ordered a retreat, and in the end less than 20,000 men remained.

The 8,000 men led by Helian and the army of the Four Princes were merged.

After the enemy retreated, Yang Bing came to Tongtian Pass and met the fourth prince, Zhu Yun.

"See the Four Princes!" Yang Bing immediately knelt down.

Zhu Yun was no longer as cold as when he first saw Yang Bing, and hurriedly picked up Yang Bing: "General Yang get up quickly, it's really a farewell of life and death." ”

Yang Bing hugged his fists: "Fortunately, God didn't accept my life." ”

As soon as Zhu Yun wanted to speak, a soldier came to the side and hurriedly reported: "Four princes!" General Wan Qi is in a bitter battle, and he can't hold on anymore! ”

Yang Bing's eyes widened: "What! Kerr is there too? ”

The fourth prince, Zhu Yun, patted his head: "Hurry up and send troops over to support!" ”

When he turned around and wanted to explain to Yang Bing, he only saw the back of Yang Bing riding on a horse galloping towards the back of Tongtian Pass.

"Poof!" The spear penetrated the enemy's body, and Wan Qi Keer stood in place with the spear, already panting, and the enemy corpses under his feet were almost piled up.

However, Wan Qi Ke'er's face did not have the slightest fear, but looked at the approaching enemy army and laughed: "Hahaha, Yang Bing, I'm about to go to you." ”

Wan Qi Ke'er gritted her teeth, raised her left hand and hooked her hand at the enemy soldiers who rushed over, she was already injured in the leg, and could only stand in place and wait for the enemy to come up.

When the enemy saw that Wan Qi Ke'er was injured and looked so beautiful, they rushed up one after another.

Not far away, Li Wu and the others, who were also trapped by the enemy, shouted: "Young lady, run!! ”

Wan Qi Ke'er waved the spear vigorously, but her physical strength was already overdrawn, and the hand holding the spear had begun to tremble.

An enemy soldier with a spear in one hand stabbed Wan Qi Keer in the shoulder, Wan Qi Keer grabbed the spear, and raised his other hand to aim at the enemy soldier's head.

"Bang!" With a thud, a thumb-sized bloody hole appeared in the enemy's head.

But at this moment, Wan Qi Ke'er also reached her limit, her body fell backwards uncontrollably, she closed her eyes and smiled and waited for death to come.

Suddenly, a pair of hands wrapped around her body, followed by another gunshot.

Wan Qi Ke'er opened her eyes, the voice was too familiar to her, and what caught her eye was the familiar but unfamiliar face.

"Rest here for a while." Yang Bing said softly, and then motioned for the soldiers behind him to come over and help Wan Qi Keer bandage her wounds.

He then rose and charged at the enemy, followed by the Hartz and Koren soldiers.

When Li Wu saw Yang Bing, he thought he was hallucinating, until Yang Bing came to him and patted his head: "What are you in a daze!" ”