Seeing that the Ming army was about to run, the cavalry of the blue flag hurriedly drove their horses to step over the corpse of the white swing tooth in front of them and chased after the Ming army.

At this time, Mang Gurtai's eyes were on fire, and he could be described as angry.

Damn Du Du, he didn't find out about the ambush of the Ming army, so he was confused by the way of the Ming army.

Just now, the Zhenglan Banner lost 1,500 people, although the four Niu Lu behind the palace were not strong, but they were used to charge Bai Swing Tooth Lama was his own heart, and seventy or eighty people were killed.

The most unacceptable thing is that at the last moment, dozens of people were killed by the Ming army's firearms, how could he bear it?

He roared angrily: "The iron-armored heavy cavalry of the Ming army can't run fast, let me catch up and kill them all." ”

At this time, the cavalry of the blue flag had already begun to bend their bows and shoot arrows forward, although the sky was already slightly bright, but the visibility was still very low, and the Ming army was wearing heavy armor, so the bow and arrow naturally had no results.

The Ming army at the rear of the team unhurriedly cut the bags hanging on both sides of the saddle with knives, and the contents of the bags continued to spill down as the horses ran.

Soon, the Zhenglan Banner chasing behind unnoticedly stepped on these sharp iron tribules.

In an instant, the pain spread through the four hooves of the warhorse, and it let out a deafening neighing sound. The pain and horror made it lose its balance, and the horse leaped sharply, throwing the Eight Banners on the horse to the ground.

The spikes on the tribulus pierced through the cloth armor into the flesh, and the man in pain screamed miserably.

Helplessly, Zhenglan Qi could only stop and clean up these iron tribules on the road ahead, but at this time, the Ming army had taken advantage of this gap and gradually moved away.

On the other side, as the sky gradually brightened, Du Du, who was pursuing the Ming army, soon discovered the problem, although they shot more than 20 Ming troops along the way, but the number of Ming troops in front of them did not seem to be much.

Moreover, they were getting farther and farther away from Qinghe Fort at this moment, and they had chased more than forty miles.

Oh no, I'm afraid I fell for the Ming army's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.

So he hurriedly ordered the troops to stop the pursuit and re-march in the direction of Qinghe Fort.

At this time, the Houjin army, which broke in from the direction of Weiziyu, had already arrived at Qinghe Fort.

The situation is similar at Weiziyu, the mountain road is rugged and difficult to travel at night, and the speed at which they pass is very slow.

Therefore, Yue Tuo, the eldest son of the Great Belle Daishan, led the 26 Niu Lu with red flags and went to Qinghe Fort first; And Huang Taiji's positive white flag was still behind him at this time.

The Red Flag had also lost more than 300 people in the Salhu area before, and at this time, Yue Tuo led 7,500 people had arrived outside Qinghe Fort.

What surprised Yue Tuo was that after he arrived at the agreed meeting place, he did not find the whereabouts of Du Du and Mang Gurtai.

They were much closer than they were, and they should have arrived a long time ago.

At this time, Tan Malai reported: "Qi Qi master, the gate of Qinghe Fort in front is closed, and no Ming army has been found in the city, it seems that the Ming army has abandoned Qinghe Fort." ”

Qinghe Fort was built in the fourth year of Chenghua of Ming Xianzong (1468), it is square, the circumference of the city is about 4 miles, the wall is about 3 meters wide, 6 meters high, the brick and stone are built, the white plastering joints are set up, the arrow buttress is set outside, and the daughter wall is set inside. There are lookouts on all sides of the city, and horse faces are built between the walls; There is a gate in the east, west, south and north, there is a moat outside the city, and there are 16 beacon towers.

After Jin conquered this place last year and destroyed part of the city wall, Yue Tuo is no stranger to Qinghe Fort.

At this time, no one saw Mang Gurtai and others, could it be that the Ming army had abandoned the fort, and they pursued the Ming army?

Anyway, let's go to Qinghe Fort first to see the situation.

With doubts, a red flag inlaid with Niu Lu carefully touched the city of Qinghe Fort.

The winter in Liaodong is still so cold and windy, and the moat has long been frozen, which does not play the slightest protective role.

It was already midday, but the sky was still very dark.

Seventeen or eighteen soldiers picked up a thick tree trunk and used it as a striking log, trying to break open the city gates; But unexpectedly, the gates of the city were opened with a light bunch.

Through the city gates, they found that the school grounds in the city were empty, and the flames in the furnace were about to be extinguished by a cold wind. Looking up, there was no one on the city walls or towers.

It turned out that the place was already empty, and they excitedly waved torches at Yue Tuo in the distance, reporting that there was nothing abnormal here.

The Eight Banners outside the city also urged their mounts to advance towards the fort with confidence.

Just as a few soldiers were holding torches and cannons high to observe the city walls, the neighing of horses was suddenly heard.

As several triphorse ropes were pulled up by the Ming army, the cavalry at the forefront suddenly fell to the ground.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Countless firebolts and bows and arrows attacked them, and a large number of Ming troops armed with knives and guns suddenly appeared behind the haystacks in the school field.

Niu Lu really shouted: "Retreat quickly, there is an ambush here!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a bullet pierced his chest, and the Ming army above the city gate quickly threw several repulsive horses from the city to prevent the red flag from escaping.

The cavalry, who had not yet entered the fort, was soon greeted by bows and arrows and firearms from the towers behind the city walls, and for a time they were in a mess.

I have to say that although it is difficult for the Ming army's guns to play a role in field battles, they are really sharp weapons when used in this kind of close-range ambush warfare, and the distance of more than ten steps, no matter how heavy the armor is, it can't resist.

In this kind of melee, the range is short, and the powerful three-eyed gun has an advantage over the bird's gun.

Yan Mingtai not only has the 500 three-eyed guns left to him by Li Rubai, but also the 500 bird guns left to him by the Eastern Route Army, which can be described as strong firepower.

In just a pillar of incense, a Niulu's Tartar was killed by the Ming army more than 240 people, and only 50 or 60 horsemen escaped.

However, the Tartar's reaction was fast enough, using the bow and arrow and saber in his hand, and he also killed and injured more than 50 Ming troops in the melee.

Yan Mingtai shouted: "The brothers who don't have armor directly change into the armor of the tartars, cook the war horses that died in battle, and let the brothers eat and drink to their heart's content, from now on we will eat meat at once, everyone must hold on, and get a hundred taels of silver from Li Dashuai alive." ”

Then the Ming troops up and down the fort erupted in thunderous cheers!!

Yan Mingtai knew that the most brutal battle was about to begin. The reason why he took such a big risk to put these prisoners in was for the sake of these two hundred war horses, where did he get the morale if he didn't eat and drink?

Yue Tuo saw the anomaly of Qinghe Fort and immediately sent men and horses to support, but unfortunately when they arrived, the gate of Qinghe Fort was already closed.

The Ming army in the city did not show their heads at all, but hid on the city walls and towers, and used the gaps in the arrow stacks to secretly fire guns under the city; Although the arrows of these Eight Banners were shot at the city in waves, it was difficult to shoot the Ming army, and even if they hit their heads, it was difficult to wear the iron helmets of the transparent army.

What made them most angry was that the iron helmets of many Ming gunners had just been captured from the red flag.

At this time, a heavy snowfall fell in the sky, which greatly reduced the accuracy of the bow and arrow.

In this way, the Ming army cowered in the city, drinking hot soup and gnawing on horse meat.

Although the northwest wind blowing against the city wall on a cold day was not pleasant, the Tartars' bows and arrows were too powerful to be shot by them if they did not stick to the wall.

After all, as long as you live, there will be 100 taels, and the Ming army in Qinghe Fort persists happily and painfully.

Yan Mingtai even nibbled on horse meat and said: "Collect all the bows and arrows that the Tartars shoot into the city, the firewood in the city is limited, and these arrows can also be used to make fires." ”

The Ming army in Qinghe Fort was completely uneasy about the routine, and the helpless Yue Tuo had to make a ladder to hit the wood and attack the city on the spot.

He must enter Qinghe Fort and flay this group of Ming troops alive.

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