eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 225 Killing the Enemy

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 being replaced by the heir next to him will not cause any disturbances. After all, he has just ascended the throne, and the priority is to stabilize the court. Anyway, this is not the first time that the frontier has happened.

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao has supervised the country for many years, and he has confidantes in his hands, whether he is civil servants or military generals. He is also well prepared for silver, grain, grass, and military horses. Zhu Houzhao personally intervened in the line, but it was different.

It is five hundred miles from the capital to Datong by post road, which can be reached in one day in ancient times.But in order to convey the message powerful enough, the emperor sent Mao Yuwen to visit Datong and Guyuan in person.

By the ninth day of March, Jingying and Yang Shangyi had traveled for thirty days.There are more than 2000 miles on the road, and in late winter and early spring, the road thaws, and it is impossible to walk under the mud.

Zhang Yong, Zhou Shangwen and the eight guards of the Beijing camp were about to die.The Tatar army outside Lingzhou City may retreat beyond the Great Wall at any time and disappear into the vast desert.

From Qingyang Mansion, they crossed Qingping Pass and arrived at Anbiansuo, then they could enter the boundary of Ningxia Town, and then passed through Mengcheng Station, passing through Xining and Hui'an Forts, and then they could see Shigou City.

Shigou City is located in the back of the wide area between Lingzhou and Huamachi. Zana led [-] troops to ignore Lingzhou, so Shigou City will be the first to face the threat.

Yang Shangyi took another route and had already arrived at Dingbianying.

These areas in the frontier have strange names. In order to defend themselves, the frontier generals of all dynasties will build camps or castles according to their own ideas. After so many years, there are actually small forts everywhere. Of course, most of the combat capabilities are worrying.

Yang Yiqing was in Lingzhou, but the Beijing camp on the road and the marching route of the Ming cavalry were all in his mind. His most important job every day was to receive military reports in this regard and calculate how many days were left.

The closer you get, the more careful you have to be.

"Department, there are police in Shigou City!"

The people below reported this way, which actually made Yang Yiqing feel relieved, "The northern captives invaded the hinterland, after all, they still underestimated Daming and me."

The emperor's decree: No matter where the troops come from, all the soldiers who fought against the Tatars this time will be controlled by Yang Yiqing.

"The Beijing camp has arrived at Hui'an Fort, less than two hundred miles away from Shigou City, and Qi Boye (Qi Chengsui) has led [-] troops to pursue it. Send orders to Zhang Gonggong and Qi Boye respectively, asking them to fight in Shigou City Encircle Zana. The rest of the people will go out of the city with this official to rescue Qianniubao!"

There was a heavy snowfall in the sky, and the snowflakes stained the blood on the ground. Qianniu Fort 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 elder brother Ma Sheng rushed all the way from Datong to Ningxia. Yang Shangyi was in a hurry a few days ago, and they were about to run to death, but after arriving in Ningxia, Yang Shangyi gradually slowed down the 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 fetch water by the stream, and he ignored the water bottle just by meeting him, so he mounted his horse and rushed to the front of the team, "Father!"

The horse's hooves were raised high, and the demeanor was quite elegant, but Ma Yihuai scolded him: "Who is your father in the barracks?!"

Ma Rong didn't think about these details anymore, so he immediately changed his words 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 decisive decision, "We should be very close. You immediately take 3000 people to go ahead!"

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"Boss, Lingzhou soldiers really came to help!"

Huozhai laughed loudly, "This Yang Yiqing is still suitable for raising horses!"

Because he had already sent Tu Ke to lead [-] warriors to wait for them to come out in the middle of Huamachi and Lingzhou Institute.After looking at it for the past few days, they are basically sure that these frontier troops of the Ming Dynasty are no longer as good as when Qin Hong was there. As soon as you relax, your combat effectiveness will drop.

What Huozhai didn't think about was that before he knew it, he had already divided his soldiers and horses into pieces.

But his eyes were still on Qianniubao, Yang Yiqing personally led troops to help, why?
"Order, continue to attack Qianniubao!"

Huozhai was willing to do whatever it took, so the frontline attacks were naturally fierce. In the afternoon, someone came to report to him that the gate of Qianniu Castle had been broken.

Huosie was very excited.

If a small fort is broken 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.

"Bring the big knife!"

Huozhai galloped across the field on a tall horse, behind him were the strongest warriors in the tribe.

At this time, Qianniubao was like a hedgehog, stabbed all over the body, and the dilapidated city walls could no longer stop the Tatars. Go down to the city wall.

The sound between heaven and earth gradually dies down, and so does life...

Li Guan's hair was also disheveled. Behind him were a few remnants of soldiers, and in front of him were Tatar soldiers approaching step by step with machetes in their hands. There seemed to be faint and galloping hoofbeats in his ears.

The two chief generals in the castle told him that there were reinforcements, so he naturally believed them very much, but at this critical time, there was still no news of the reinforcements, and it was not the Ming army that came following the sound of horseshoes, but the Tatars. The leader of the Tartar tribe, Huosie.

"General He, it looks like we won't be able to wait for reinforcements."

Li Guan's left hand was covering his lower abdomen to the left, where he had just been stabbed.

He Yanheng knew that the Qianniu Fortress could no longer be defended, and it was their pride to be able to block the first two attacks, but then again, who doesn't want to live? All the soldiers in the fort are already here, and there are less than 200 people in the past, and Not one was uninjured.

Even a child like Han Twelve Lang has a wound on the lower left cheek.

"...At this time, I won't lie to you anymore." He Yanheng knelt on one knee, with one hand still on one person's body, "There is no reinforcements at all."

Hearing these words, Li Guan suddenly felt a kind of limp energy attacking his whole body, he swallowed hard, "No... no reinforcements?"

"A month ago, Empress Xiaosuzhen passed away, and a few days ago, I heard that Emperor Daxing passed away. I don't know what kind of chaos has become in the court, and which high-ranking official would care about a small Qianniu in the frontier?" Fort?"

As soon as these words came out, the two hundred soldiers were all desperate.

They were almost surrounded and exhausted, even if they ran, they couldn't run very far, not to mention that the Tatars still rode horses.

"Will not!"

A childish voice sounded from the crowd.

"There are reinforcements, there must be reinforcements! My father said, His Highness will send reinforcements!"

The words are firm, but where are the reinforcements?

Click, click, click.

Huoshai rode on a horse and approached step by step, chattering for a while, and then a soldier beside him asked: "Our leader asks you, who is Changxing Bo?"

Chang Xingbo?
Most of the soldiers of the Ming army looked at each other in blank dismay, how could there be any Changxing Bo?He Yanheng was still surprised, "Do we have an uncle here?"

"Or... General Yu from the Military Academy?"

This is possible, there are honorable ones in the military academy.

But Yu Zizai was already lying on the ground at this time, with blood in the corner of his mouth and pale face.

Han Twelve Lang suddenly understood one thing.Yu Zizai always wondered why the Tatars came to attack Qianniubao again and again during his lifetime. It turned out that they had important figures here.

"Uncle is really uncomfortable?"

He Yanheng was also not sure, he looked at other people, but no one could give an accurate answer.

On the contrary, Li Guan said: "I only know that there are indeed honored children in the military academy, and there is a decree from above. The honored children of the military academy are not allowed to reveal their identities in the army, and those who violate it will be executed."

This way, things get interesting.

Han Twelve Lang respected Yu Zizai even more in his heart, "My father is still the uncle of the imperial court?"

The Tatar translator murmured these words to Huozhai. After hearing this, Huozhai not only believed it, but was furious, and reprimanded his subordinates: "What's the use of our tribe wanting a dead Changxing Bo?!"

The soldier had no choice, but suddenly thought of something, and immediately pointed to Han Shierang, "That kid is Uncle Changxing's son, and he calls Uncle Changxing his father!"

Li Guan saw that the faces of these people showed fierce looks again, and immediately raised his gun, blocking in front of everyone.

Huosie laughed, but before the laughter landed, he heard the sound of 'boom boom boom'.

The sound moves from far to near, and gradually becomes very obvious.

On the field, there were three thousand cavalry coming on snow, and the one in front was not Ma Yihuai, but his eldest son Ma Sheng leading the cavalry.

"I saw it, there was a fire there! There are northern captives!"

The horse legs ran out of afterimages and broke through the snow curtain formed by the heavy snow. The small city of Qianniubao was like a small dot in the field. As it ran, it became clearer and clearer. obvious,

Corpses, horses, spears thrown into the ground by provoking corpses, mutilated military flags fluttering in the wind...all of these tell the story of tragedy.

When the following Ma Yihuai and Ma Rong really saw the Tatar soldiers, their faces became serious.

"Ma Rong, report to General Yang! General Yang, please come quickly!"

"The end will be ordered!"

Ma Rong came to the side of the team on a big horse. He held up his knife and shouted while going backwards: "Kill the Tatars and earn military merit!"

When their guards usually patrolled the border, they often confronted scattered Tatars. I am afraid that they are not afraid. Many of the officers are from the military academy.

"Kill the Tatars and earn military merit!"

Ma Yihuai didn't expect that his youngest son would do such a thing, but since he had already shouted, it is natural to encourage the army's prestige, and he even drew his knife and shouted,

"Kill the enemy!"

Three thousand fine horses galloped across the field, rumbling like an earth dragon coming, and Yang Ziying was also flying high like a gust of wind.finally……

close!Closer!

(End of this chapter)