Early the next morning, war drums were beating outside Tongtian Pass. The Tatar army and Lin Ziren's army surrounded Tongtian Pass from front to back.
"Fourth brother, what should we do now?" Wan Qi Ke'er and Li Wu Lao Er broke into Tongtian Pass last night to meet with the fourth prince.
Zhu Yun frowned and stood on the city wall looking at the enemy troops approaching the city: "Today is a fierce battle. There is no other way but to fight to the end!"
Zhu Yun raised his hand and was about to order the soldiers in the city to go into battle when the voice of the messenger came from behind: "Report!"
"Speak!" the fourth prince turned around and said.
"Reporting to the Fourth Prince, Lin Ziren's army is approaching the rear of our army and has begun to attack the city! The Sixth Prince's army has been blocked by Lin Ziren's army and cannot enter for a while!" the messenger kneeled on the ground and said.
The fourth prince was shocked: "How many troops do we have left?"
"Fourth Prince, we can still mobilize about 30,000 troops." When the deputy general next to him said this number, his face was ugly. Although Tongtian Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, he couldn't bear the enemy's intention to use all the troops. The roads were blocked, doctors were scarce in the city, and soldiers who were injured could not receive timely treatment. Many soldiers died on the battlefield.
The fourth prince was helpless for a while, and now they were like trapped animals, trapped in Tongtian Pass by Lin Ziren and the Tatars.
Seeing Zhu Yun's expression of embarrassment, Wan Qike'er immediately knelt down and begged for orders: "Fourth brother, give me two thousand men and horses, and I will defend Lin Ziren to the death!"
Zhu Yun stared at Wan Qike'er with bloodshot eyes: "Are you crazy? There are 100,000 of them. Your two thousand are like a stone sinking into the sea, and they won't have any effect!"
"How will you know if you don't try! Fourth brother, Lin Ziren is attacking the city now. We must buy time for the sixth prince. Once the sixth prince breaks through the enemy's formation, then Lin Ziren's men will be worthless! Still! Please allow the fourth prince!" Wan Qike'er shouted, waiting for Zhu Yun's military order.
The fourth prince closed his eyes and looked up to the sky and took a deep breath: "Okay, I will give you three thousand men and horses, and they will definitely guard the rear of Tongtian Pass for me!"
"Yes! Fourth brother, don't worry!" Wan Qike'er stood up and took Li Wu and Lao Er down the city wall.
As soon as they arrived under the city wall, Wan Qi Ke'er and the other three saw that the nine hundred black-armored guards had already lined up neatly. No one spoke, but there was a strong atmosphere of murder. These days, the black-armored guards have also participated. During the deadly battle against the Tatars, I actually went on the battlefield, and the momentum now is completely different from the previous time in Kyoto.
Wan Qike'er was stunned when he saw the black-armored guards: "What are you doing?"
A soldier in the black armored guard walked out of the array and said to Wan Qike'er: "Young madam, we want to avenge the young general! Kill Lin Yan!!!"
The black-armored guards behind them shouted in unison: "Kill Lin Yan!!!"
Wan Qi Ke'er's eyes were red. She came to the Ming Dynasty's military camp for this kind of love of life and death. After seeing the black armor guard being so loyal to her husband, Wan Qi Ke'er was also infected.
Raising the spear in his hand: "Avenge the Major General!"
Taking the three thousand men and horses assigned to her by Zhu Yun, Wan Qike'er led nearly four thousand men to the rear gate of Tongtian Pass.
Dozens of soldiers guarding the city were desperately blocking the city gate. Outside the city gate, Lin Ziren's army was carrying a log and hitting the city gate.
Soon, the soldiers guarding the city could no longer hold on. The tall city gate was knocked open, and the enemy troops rushed in. However, just a few steps after rushing in, the first wave of soldiers in front saw the city gate facing the city. A row of soldiers in black armor stood neatly on the avenue.
The moment they rushed in, these soldiers in black armor threw something like a wooden stick at them.
"It's Thunderbolt! Get back!"
One of the soldiers recognized it as Thunderbolt and shouted to flee outside the city, but the soldiers behind him were already stuck at the city gate and it was too late to retreat.
He could only watch the Thunderbolt getting closer and closer to him.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" There were continuous explosions in the city gate cave, but the enemy troops outside the city who wanted to attack the city did not realize the seriousness of the matter and were still trying desperately to break in.
"Everyone, get ready! Throw!" On the city wall, Li Wu led two hundred black armored guards and saw that the number of enemy troops rushing into the city gate was almost 5,000. They all stood up and threw them outside the city gate. There was a wave of thunder.
After blowing a gap in the enemy's team, two hundred black-armored guards took out ropes and quickly rappelled down from the dozens of meters high city wall.
One hundred people responded to the enemy troops rushing in again, while the other hundred people attacked the enemy troops that had already rushed in through the city gate.
Wan Qi Ker followed closely behind, grabbing a rope with one hand and a spear with the other, jumping down from the city wall and stabbing an enemy general to death with one shot.
However, although their tactics caught the enemy off guard, there were too many people on the other side. Thousands of them were simply not enough.
Wan Qi Ke'er soon fell into a bitter battle, and the soldiers around him died due to the overwhelming number of enemy troops. Even the black-armored guards who had received special training had nearly two hundred casualties at this moment.
"Young madam, let's retreat to the city first! There are too many enemy troops!" Li Wu shouted to Wan Qi Ke'er after killing an enemy soldier.
Wan Qike'er looked back at the city gate and saw that one of the gates had been smashed. If he retreated now, the city would be completely undefendable.
"We can't retreat! Even if we die, we have to die outside the city!" At this moment, Wan Qike'er's mind once again recalled the scene when Yang Bing came to rescue her with five thousand people in Jincheng.
On the front battlefield of Tongtian Pass, the 30,000 troops sent by Hatan were fighting to the death with the Ming Dynasty army. It had been nearly two hours, and neither side had a winner.
Hatan gritted his teeth angrily, turned around and said fiercely to Helian: "Helian! Take your troops and kill them, and win the Tongtian Pass for me!"
Helian replied expressionlessly: "Yes, the eldest prince."
Helian then walked back to his camp and led eight thousand men and horses towards Tongtian Pass.
On the city wall, the deputy general saw that the Tatars had sent another troop not far away, and immediately ran back to report to the fourth prince Zhu Yun: "Fourth prince! The Tatars have sent another troop!"
"What! How many people?" The fourth prince was shocked, wondering when did the Tatar army grow so large?
"About eight thousand troops." The deputy general thought for a moment and said, "Fourth Prince, why don't we take back the brothers outside. When the Sixth Prince comes with his troops, our..."
Before the deputy general finished speaking, the slip in Zhu Yun's hand was thrown to the ground: "Asshole! How can we retreat when the enemy is facing us!"
The lieutenant was so frightened that he lowered his head and dared not speak.
"If you withdraw your troops, your morale will be gone." Zhu Yun sighed, picked up his weapon and walked out.
Arriving on top of the city wall, Zhu Yun looked at the soldiers and enemy troops fighting below the city wall, and suddenly noticed something was wrong.
In the melee below the city wall, many Tatars were killing each other, which made the Ming soldiers not sure what to do.
"How could it be?" The deputy general followed and was dumbfounded by the sight in front of him.
After the eight thousand Tatars rushed over, they did not attack the Ming soldiers. Instead, they went straight to the rear of the thirty thousand enemy troops. Moreover, the eight thousand Tatars had a reddish-brown cloth strip tied to their left arms. .
The fourth prince held his hands on the city wall and squinted at the situation below. Suddenly he saw a familiar figure. The figure was riding on a horse. He was holding a long sword from the Ming Dynasty army in his hand and was waving it vigorously. , but the clothes he wore were Tatar costumes.
This person is none other than Yang Bing, who has sneaked into the Tatars. Last night, Helian and Hartz secretly summoned an army of trusted men from the Ko people. Fortunately, these Hartz’s former subordinates were very loyal. Seeing Hartz again Very excited every time.
Yang Bing had made a plan in the morning, because he knew that Hatan would definitely send Helian, who did not agree with him, as cannon fodder, so he used the plan. After Hatan gave the order, they directly led the people to attack the Tatars who were attacking the city. rear.
"Hahaha, Yang Bing, you are still alive! Everyone! Look out for us, the one tied with the red cloth is one of us!" A smile finally appeared on the face of the fourth prince Zhu Yunde.
The soldiers below also received orders not to attack Helian's troops. In an instant, Hatan's 30,000 troops suffered heavy casualties.
The leader saw that something was wrong and hurriedly ordered a retreat. In the end, only less than 20,000 people were left out of the 30,000 troops.
The eight thousand troops led by Helian and the army of the fourth prince were merged together.
After the enemy retreated, Yang Bing came to Tongtian Pass and met the fourth prince Zhu Yun.
"See the Fourth Prince!" Yang Bing knelt down immediately.
Zhu Yun was no longer as cold as when he first met Yang Bing, and quickly helped Yang Bing: "General Yang, get up quickly, it's really a life and death parting."
Yang Bing clasped his fists: "Fortunately, God did not accept my life."
Just as Zhu Yung was about to speak, a soldier ran up to the side and reported hurriedly: "Fourth Prince! General Wanqi is in a tough battle and can't hold on any longer!"
Yang Bing's eyes widened: "What! Ke'er is here too?"
The fourth prince Zhu Yun slapped his head: "Hurry up and send troops to support!"
When he turned around to explain to Yang Bing, he only saw the back of Yang Bing on a horse galloping towards the back of Tongtian Pass.
"Pfft!" The spear penetrated the enemy's body. Wan Qike'er stood there holding the spear, panting, and the enemy corpses under his feet were almost piled up into a mountain.
However, there was no trace of fear on Wan Qi Ker's face. Instead, he laughed as he looked at the approaching enemy troops: "Hahaha, Yang Bing, I'm going to find you soon."
Wan Qike'er gritted her teeth and raised her left hand to hook the enemy. Her leg was injured and she could only stand there and wait for the enemy to come up.
Seeing that Wan Qi Ke'er was injured and so beautiful, the enemy troops rushed forward one after another.
Li Wu and others who were also trapped by the enemy not far away shouted: "Young madam, run quickly!!!"
Wan Qike'er waved the spear vigorously, but his strength was already exhausted, and the hand holding the spear began to tremble.
An enemy soldier held a long spear and stabbed Wan Qi Ke'er in the shoulder. Wan Qi Ke'er grabbed the spear and raised his other hand to aim at the enemy soldier's head.
"Bang!" There was a sound, and a bloody hole the size of a thumb appeared on the enemy's head.
But at this moment, Wan Qike'er also reached her limit, and her body fell backwards uncontrollably. She closed her eyes and smiled, waiting for death to arrive.
Suddenly a pair of hands hugged her body, followed by another gunshot.
Wan Qike'er opened her eyes. The voice was so familiar to her, and what came into view was the familiar yet unfamiliar face.
"Take a rest here." Yang Bing said softly, and then motioned to the soldiers behind him to come over and help Wan Qike'er bandage his wounds.
Then he stood up and rushed towards the enemy army, followed by soldiers from the Harz and Ko people.
When Li Wu saw Yang Bing, he thought he was hallucinating until Yang Bing came to him and patted his head: "Why are you so dazed!"
