On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Daxing passed away. In less than two days, the Northwest Army reported to the Qianqing Palace. The matter of replacing him with the next heir would not cause any trouble. After all, he had just ascended the throne, and the priority was to stabilize the court. It was not the first time that the border incident had occurred.
Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao had been supervising the country for many years, and he had confidants in both the civil servants and generals. He was well prepared with silver, grain, grass, and military horses. To put it bluntly, I was waiting for this time. Ming Dynasty was still very inefficient in many places, but in On the line that Zhu Houzhao personally intervened in, it was different.
The distance from the capital to Datong is 500 miles. In ancient times, it could be reached in one day. But in order to deliver a powerful message, the emperor sent Mao Yuwen to personally visit Datong and Guyuan.
By the ninth day of March, Jingying and Yang Shangyi had traveled more than thirty days. There are more than two thousand miles on the road, and in late winter and early spring, the road thaws, making it impossible to walk under the mud.
Zhang Yong, Zhou Shangwen and other eight guards in the Beijing camp were dying of panic. The Tatar army outside Lingzhou City may retreat beyond the Great Wall at any time and disappear into the vast desert.
They passed Qingping Pass from Qingyang Prefecture to Anbian Station, and then entered Ningxia Town. Then they passed Mengcheng Station and passed Xining and Hui'an Forts to see Shigou City.
Shigou City is located at the back of the wide area between Lingzhou and Huamachi. Zana led 10,000 troops and left Lingzhou alone, so Shigou City was the first to face the threat.
Yang Shangyi took another route and had arrived at Dingbian Camp.
The border areas all have strange names. In order to defend themselves, the border generals of the past dynasties would build camps or castles according to their own ideas. Over the years, there are actually small castles everywhere. Of course, most of them have poor combat capabilities.
Yang Yiqing is in Lingzhou, but the Beijing camp on the road and the marching route of the Ming cavalry are all in his mind. His most important job every day is to receive military reports in this regard and calculate how many days are left.
The closer you get, the more careful you need to be.
"Budang, there are police in Shigou City!"
The people below reported this, which actually made Yang Yiqing feel relieved, "Beilu invaded the hinterland, but after all they underestimated Ming Dynasty and me."
The emperor's imperial edict: No matter where the troops come from, all the generals in this battle against the Tatars will be under the control of Yang Yiqing.
"The Beijing camp has arrived at Hui'an Fort, less than two hundred miles away from Shigou City. Qi Boye (Qi Chengsui's courtesy name) has also led 20,000 troops to pursue him. Send orders to Eunuch Zhang and Qi Boye respectively, asking them to stop in Shigou City Encircle the Zhan Division. The rest of the people will follow me out of the city to rescue Qianniu Fort!"
It snowed heavily in the sky, and the snowflakes stained the blood on the ground. Thousand Cow Castle was dyed white, but the stream outside the city was dyed red. The stream merged into a nearby river and flowed to an unknown distance.
Ma Rong and his eldest brother Ma Sheng rushed all the way from Datong to Ningxia. A few days ago, Yang Shangyi was so anxious that they were about to run to death. But after arriving in Ningxia, Yang Shangyi gradually slowed down his marching speed, otherwise all his strength would be lost. What should I do if I encounter an enemy on the road?
Ma Rong went to the stream to fetch water. As soon as he saw him, he ignored the kettle, mounted his horse and rushed to the front of the team, "Dad!"...
The horse's hooves were raised high, and his demeanor was quite elegant, but he was still scolded by Ma Yihuai: "Who is your father in the military camp?!"
Ma Rong didn't think about these details anymore and immediately changed his mind and said, "General, I saw blood in the stream!"
Without further ado, Ma Yihuai immediately went to report to Yang Shangyi.
Yang Shangyi also made a prompt decision, "We should be very close. You immediately take three thousand people to take the lead!"
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"Chief, the Lingzhou soldiers have really led their troops to help!"
Huo Si laughed loudly, "This Yang Yiqing is still suitable for raising horses!"
Because he had sent Tuke to lead 20,000 warriors to wait for them to come out in the middle area between Huamachi and Lingzhousuo. After looking at it in the past few days, they were basically sure that the frontier troops of the Ming Dynasty were no longer as good as when Qin Hong was around. At that time, the governor of Qin divided the land and organized the army. The Ming Dynasty's army was powerful, but the troops could not be replaced in two years. As soon as you relax, your fighting power will drop.
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What Sisi didn't think about was that, unknowingly, he had divided his troops into pieces.
But his eyes were still on Qianniu Fort. Yang Yiqing personally led his troops to help. Why?
"Order, continue attacking Qianniu Castle!"
Huo Si was willing to do whatever it took, so the attack on the front line was naturally fierce. In the afternoon, someone came to report to him that the gate of Qianniu Fort had been breached.
Firesieve was very excited.
If a small fortress is destroyed one by one, it will definitely not be able to defend against the army, no matter how many ambushes and traps are set by the people inside.
"Get the big knife!"
Huoshai rode a tall horse across the wilderness, and behind him were the strongest warriors in the tribe.
At this time, Qianniu Fort was like a hedgehog, pricked all over its body. The tattered city wall could no longer stop the Tatars. On the city wall, Ming soldiers were stabbed through the body one by one and then kicked. Go down the city wall.
The sounds between heaven and earth gradually cease, and so does life...
Li Guan's hair was also messy. Behind him were a few remnant soldiers, and in front of him were Tatar soldiers holding scimitars and approaching step by step. There seemed to be the faint sound of galloping horse hooves in his ears.
The two generals in the fort told him that there were reinforcements, and he naturally believed them. But at this critical time, there was still no news about the reinforcements. What followed the sound of horse hooves was not the Ming army, but the Tatars. The leader of this tribe is Huo Si.
"General He, it seems we can't wait for reinforcements."
Li Guan's left hand was covering the left side of his lower abdomen, where he had just been stabbed.
He Yanheng knew that Qianniu Fort could no longer be defended. It was their pride to be able to block the first two attacks. But then again, who didn't want to live? All the soldiers in the fort were already here, and there were less than two hundred people in sight, and No one was uninjured.
Even a child like Han Twelve Lang has a wound on the lower left side of his face.
"...At this point, I won't lie to you anymore." He Yanheng knelt on one knee, one hand still resting on someone else's body, "There are no reinforcements at all."
After hearing this, Li Guan felt paralyzed and paralyzed throughout his body. He swallowed and said, "No... no reinforcements?"
"A month ago, Empress Xiao Suzhen passed away, and a few days ago I heard that Emperor Daxing passed away. I don't know what the chaos is in the court now, and which official would care about a small Qianniu in the border area. Fort?”….
As soon as these words came out, the two hundred soldiers were all desperate.
They were almost surrounded, and their physical strength was exhausted. Even if they ran, they couldn't run very far, not to mention that the Tatars were still riding horses.
"Will not!"
A young voice sounded from the crowd.
"There are reinforcements, there must be reinforcements! My father said, His Highness will send reinforcements!"
That's true, but where are the reinforcements?
Ta, tap, tap.
Huoshai rode closer step by step, chattering for a while, and then a soldier next to him asked: "Our leader asks you, who is Chang Xingbo?"
Changxing Bo?
Most of the soldiers of the Ming army looked at each other, how could there be any Changxing Bo? He Yanheng was still surprised, "Do we have an uncle here?"
"Or maybe... General Yu from the Military Academy?"
This is possible, there are distinguished people in the military academy.
But Yu Zizai was already lying on the ground at this time, with blood at the corner of his mouth and a pale face.
Han Twelve Lang suddenly understood something. During his lifetime, Yu Zizai had always wondered why the Tatars came to attack Qianniu Fort again and again. It turned out that they thought they had important people here.
"Is it true that you feel uncomfortable, uncle?"
He Yanheng was not sure. He looked at the others, but no one could give an accurate answer.
Li Guan, on the other hand, said: "I only know that there are indeed noble children in the military academy, and there is a decree from above that the distinguished children of the military academy are not allowed to reveal their identities when they go to the army. Anyone who violates them will be killed."
Now, things get interesting.
Han Twelve Lang respected Yu Zizai even more in his heart.
"My father is actually the uncle of the imperial court?"
The Tatar translator murmured these words to Huo Si. After hearing this, Huo Si not only believed them to be true, but also became furious and reprimanded his subordinates: "What is the use of a dead Chang Xingbo in our tribe?!"
The soldier had nothing to do, but suddenly thought of something, and immediately pointed at Han Twelve Lang, "That child is the son of Chang Xingbo, and he calls Chang Xingbo his father!"
Li Guan saw that the faces of these people were fierce again, and he immediately raised his gun and stood in front of everyone.
The fire sieve laughed, but before the laughter could reach the ground, a sound of "boom, boom, boom, boom" was heard.
The sound came from far to near, and gradually became very obvious.
On the field, three thousand cavalry came through the snow. The one at the front was not Ma Yihuai, but his eldest son Ma Sheng, who was leading several cavalry.
"I saw it, there was fire there! There were Beibei!"
The horse's legs ran out of the afterimage, breaking through the snow curtain formed by the heavy snow. The small city of Qianniu Fort looked like a small dot in the wilderness. As it ran, it became clearer and clearer. Under those broken walls, the traces of the battle were very clear. obvious,
The corpses, the horses, the spears that were picked up from the corpses and stuck on the ground, the incomplete military flags fluttering in the wind... all these tell the story of tragedy.
When Ma Yihuai and Ma Rong saw the Tatar soldiers later, their faces became serious.
"Ma Rong, go report to General Yang! Please come here quickly!"
"The general has his orders!"
Ma Rong drove his big horse to the side of the team. He held up his knife and walked backwards while shouting: "Kill the Tatars and earn military merit!"
Their guard often had confrontations with scattered Tatars when patrolling the border. I am afraid they are not afraid. Many of the officers are from military academies. Don't say they are afraid. Damn it, they have been waiting for this day of war.
"Kill the Tatars and earn military merit!"
Ma Yihuai never thought that his youngest son would act like this, but since he had already shouted, he naturally had to encourage him to boost the army's power. He even drew his sword and shouted,
"Kill the enemy!!"
Three thousand horses galloped across the field, roaring like an earth dragon coming, and Yang Ziying was also flying high, sweeping like a strong wind. finally……
Close! Closer!
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