The reason is very simple. First, both sides are actually very tired and want to take a breather. The Ming army rushed for more than ten miles, and so did the Tatar reinforcements. Second, neither side is sure of victory at this time, and they are hesitating, or maybe Said they were waiting.
Wait for your own follow-up reinforcements!
Therefore, a confrontation situation was formed at this time, and there was no rush to get started.
But this situation is very difficult. The reason is very simple. In addition to the psychological tension and suffering, there is also the weather, which is extremely cold!
The snow was knee-high, the biting cold wind, and the small but dense fine snow penetrated straight into the neck. After a while, the soldiers on both sides stood in the wind and snow, and their hands and feet became numb from the cold, their legs trembled, and some even They could no longer hold their swords. The soldiers at the higher point were even more miserable. Those at the bottom could still take shelter from the wind in the corners of the ruins, but they at the top could only carry it.
Under such an environment, no matter who it was, whether it was friend or foe, they could not last long. Just at this moment, my stomach was growling. After all, it was almost noon.
It can be described as being hungry and cold!
I can still hold on to my stomach, but even if I can bear the cold weather, I can't bear it for long, otherwise I will either get frostbite or freeze to death.
In the yard, the bleeding on Zu Dabi's body had been stopped. Several soldiers carried him to the barracks and found a dry place to sit. At this time, his face was pale and blue. This was due to excessive blood loss. Seeing that he was limp and trembling, the soldiers collected some dry firewood in the yard, used firewood to light it with great difficulty, and then set up the wood to burn it. After a while, the yard was ablaze. There were three fires and more than twenty people gathered around to keep warm.
Luo Sansheng's face was solemn. He was overjoyed just now when the reinforcements arrived. He thought he would be able to break out of the encirclement soon. But after waiting for a long time and there was no movement, he finally saw the situation clearly. At this point, he had little chance of winning if he tried to break out. Outside He didn't know exactly how many friendly troops had arrived, but if they didn't take action now, it meant they were short of manpower and had little chance of winning.
There were a total of twenty-sixty-seven people in the courtyard. Zu Dabi was seriously injured, and all five or six of his men were seriously injured, almost losing their ability to fight. Most of Luo Sansheng's men were also wounded.
I looked up at the sky, it was gray and it looked like it was getting dark.
The Tatar soldiers were also very cold. Suddenly they saw smoke coming out of the yard. They couldn't help but jump to their feet and cursed for a while. Then they asked people to look around for dry wood to light a fire. On the opposite side of Guimenguan, they also quickly asked their men to look for hay and wood to light a fire to keep warm. .
Huozhezi is equivalent to the match lighter of later generations. Although it is not a must-have for everyone, at least three or five out of ten people have one, especially the patrol team that is out on a mission, almost everyone has one.
Not long after, thick smoke and flames shot up into the sky from the abandoned Xingshan Fort. For a moment, people felt like they were back to the day three years ago when the Qing army broke through Xingshan Fort and set fire to the city.
Although Xingshan Fort is in ruins, there is a lot of wood and there are many pine trees on the mountain, so the fuel is quite sufficient. So now, there are more than ten or twenty fires of various sizes inside and outside the entire fort. One or more people gathered around a pile to warm themselves up by the fire, staring at each other and whispering. Archers at the top also took turns coming down to warm up the fire every once in a while.
Zu Dabi was also warming himself by the fire in the yard in the middle of the ruins. His men found an earthen jar in the yard, filled it with snow, put it on the fire and turned it into hot water for him to drink. After drinking the hot water and warming himself by the fire, his body warmed up and his complexion improved. He was getting a lot sleepier and his mind was gradually clearing up. He squinted and saw the thick smoke billowing from the broken roof above. He exhaled for a while and said, "It's almost time to rest. It's time to take action."
Luo Sansheng heard the sound and turned to look at him: "The Tatars didn't take action because they were not in a hurry, because we were trapped by them, and there were all their people outside the yard. Maybe we didn't take action because we were short of manpower, and we were afraid of rats..."
Zu Dabi smiled bitterly and waved his hand to interrupt him: "I am so old and immortal, I have become a burden." As he struggled, he was about to get up, but the severe pain of the wound made him couldn't help but grin...
"General, what are you doing?" Luo Sansheng quickly held him down.
"What are you doing? Of course you want to kill us. What's the point of wasting your time here..." Zu Dabi became angry because of the pain. He grabbed the knife beside him and tried to stand up: "You should hang yourself upside down. The worst is death. I can't bear it." I can’t bear this grievance, and I don’t want to cause trouble to all of you..."
"General, it was said outside that our army will be here soon. Why do you...if you insist on doing this, have you ever thought that those more than 20 brothers died in vain!"
Luo Sansheng's words were a bit harsh, but he had nothing to do. This old boy's mind was different from ordinary people's, and his behavior was too crazy and irritable, so he had to use words to control him.
Sure enough, Zu Dabi, who had been looking crazy just now, slowly sat down again, the muscles on his face kept beating, and he said after a while: "If we can't wait for a long time, or the Tatar reinforcements are coming!"
"If we can't wait for a long time, then since we can't escape death, we will die in freedom! At that time, our humble position will not stop you, but if the Tatar reinforcements come too, then we will find a way to the front of the mountain by car. Take one step Take a look!"
Gui Men Guan stood by the fire and stretched out his hands to roast for a while, then rubbed his ears, looked around, found a broken wall, hummed and climbed up to look towards the north. There was a place twenty meters away from him. On the broken wall, there were about a dozen of his men warming themselves over a fire, and more than ten meters ahead was a Tatar fire with about a dozen people warming themselves up. There were two fires not far away from them, each of ten people. The remaining people, a few meters away is the courtyard of the military camp.
In other words, there were at least thirty Tatar soldiers on the south side of the courtyard, and there was a fire with more than ten people standing outside the courtyard door. As for the north side of the courtyard, it was not clear.
Now that I have rested and my hands and feet have warmed up, I am beginning to wonder whether I should do something or not. There are seventy or eighty people on our side, and there are more than twenty in the yard, which can be considered a hundred, and the Tatars are about the same. troops.
Although there is not much chance of winning, it is not an option to keep wasting it. As the old saying goes, long nights lead to many dreams. It is a good thing to wait for reinforcements to arrive, but if you cannot ensure that the opponent's reinforcements arrive first, then you will lose the opportunity.
At the gate of death, I decided to take action. I gathered a few people to squat in the corner to discuss how to act. That was one word, hurry!
With lightning speed, while the thirty or forty Tatars on the south side of the courtyard were eliminated, a part of the troops blocked the Tatars on the north side of the courtyard, and then joined forces with the three provinces of Luo to respond from the inside out. They blocked it and rushed out from the inside!
Just rush over... Hey, no, there is a cry from ahead, and I rush forward, shouting: "But the Tatars are taking action!"
He thought that the Tatars were going to attack the courtyard, but when the sentry at the front told him, he realized that it was a false alarm. The Tatars did not take action, but they made some moves. As if they had guessed what the hell was going on, they suddenly sent more people to the courtyard. To the south, there were at least fifty or sixty people!
When the ghost gate was about to be closed, they were angry. What kind of nonsense did they have to plan? They just got started. So he called his men: "Brothers, get ready to work" and shouted to Luo Sansheng to get ready, and both sides started to do it at the same time.
But at this moment, an archer at a higher point suddenly shouted: "Boss Ghost, reinforcements are coming!"
He was stunned at the gate of hell: "Whose is it, ours or the Tatars?"
"Ours" the archer above pointed down the mountain to the south: "We have reached the foot of the mountain, there are twenty or thirty people..."
This made Guimen Guan a little confused. The Ming troops patrolling the trenches had come over. The next reinforcements could only come from Tashan Fort. But if they came from Tashan Fort, how could they only come with more than 20 or 30 horses? Could it be that they underestimated the enemy? Got it!
He also suspected that the Tatars were coming from behind, so he asked the people above to see clearly, and told a few of his subordinates to quickly go down the mountain to check. At this time, he could not take action. If there were reinforcements from the rear, he would wait until later to take action. The chances of winning are better. If the Tatars come to attack us, we have to think about how to break out of the encirclement quickly.
Reinforcements from the Ming Army came, but Guimen Guan never dreamed of who they were.
That's right, Chang Yu has finally arrived!
