He Lin is only more than 100 miles away from the Khahukou. If you keep running, you can reach it in half an hour. But in fact, most of the war horses cannot run at full speed for half an hour. After all, they are flesh and blood, and the heart cannot stand it. If you force the full speed for half an hour, you will probably have to be ruined even if you don’t die. In addition, considering the road conditions, it actually takes more than an hour from He Lin to the Khahukou, which is more than two hours.

At about 3:00 p.m., under the leadership of Wang Lin'er, the three thousand Shenji camp soldiers rushed into the city of Shahukou with rolling yellow dust. The thick city gate was immediately closed quickly, and tens of thousands of cavalry of the Tatars followed one after another. Looking north from the head of the Tatars' city, they saw that the Tatars' cavalry were like a tide, and the rolling yellow dust rushed straight into the sky. All the Ming generals in the city changed their colors in horror.

Xu Jin was very calm. The Tartars' large-scale counterattack had long been as expected. Now more than 30,000 defenders have gathered in the Killing Hukou. If Altan sends 100,000 iron cavalry, he will not be able to take it down even if he sends 100,000 iron cavalry under Altan's command. Moreover, if the Ming army has sufficient support, even if he can dispatch troops to Xuanfu, he will arrive in one day. Who is afraid of whom!

Therefore, Xu Jin was not in a hurry to climb up to the city to observe the enemy situation, but summoned Wang Lin'er, who had just entered the city, to inquire about the situation.

Wang Lin'er came to Xu Jin in a hurry and reported with joy: "Master, good news. Lao Qi and Xiao Xie had successfully destroyed Bansheng City at dusk yesterday, killed more than 500 Bailian rebels led by Li Zixin, defeated 3,000 Tatar cavalry, and retreated to Yulin. Unfortunately, he was unable to capture and kill the thief leader Zhao Quan."

As soon as Wang Lin'er said this, the generals of the border generals led by Wang Bogu took a breath. They have been stationed in the frontier for many years, and naturally they know the strength of the Tatar cavalry. The Shenji Camp destroyed the Bansheng City with two thousand people, but they defeated three thousand Tatar cavalry? Tsk tsk, is it true?

"Okay, beautiful job!" Xu Jin said happily. Although he failed to capture and kill Zhao Quan on this trip, destroying Banshengcheng would be equivalent to destroying a large granary of the Tatars. It was undoubtedly a magnificent blow to Altan and Zhao Quan. He could not recover his vitality in a few years. No wonder Altan was furious and went out to retaliate and kill Hukou.

"Commander Wang, you will take the brothers from Shenji Camp down to rest and heal the wounds. Others will go to the top of the city with me." Xu Jin praised Shenji Camp and said.

Zhang Yin's eyes flashed when he heard this, and a hint of obscure excitement was hidden in his eyes. Hehe, the opportunity to kill Xu Jin is coming so soon!

In fact, it is easier to kill a person who is not afraid of death than to kill a person who is afraid of death. For example, the commander like Xu Jin who always likes to run to the front line. As the saying goes, a sword has no eyes. If a person is unlucky to be hit by a rock and gravel, isn't it normal to die?

Zhang Yin is very confident that Xu Jin will be unlucky on the city!

Next, Xu Jin climbed the city tower of the Khukou Pass under the layers of protection of the Jinyiwei and his personal soldiers. Looking around, he saw the figures of Tartars all over the mountains.

There was a large open river valley outside the city of Shahukou Pass. At this time, the front army of the Taurus cavalry had arrived, with about 10,000 people, but did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they lined up around the outside of the city, probably waiting for the entire army to arrive before launching an attack.

About half an hour later, the central and rear troops of the Tatars also arrived one after another. The rear troops were responsible for transporting the baggage, so they walked very slowly.

Xu Jin kept watching with his eyes wide open on the top of the city. When he saw the siege equipment transported by the tarzihou army, his eyebrows frowned, because in addition to simple tools such as ladders and siege rails, the siege equipment transported by the Tatars actually had sharp weapons such as siege cars, arrow towers, bed crossbows and Huihuans.

Looking at the Tartars who were skillfully assembling the siege cars, Huihui cannons, and arrow towers, the expressions of the guards became solemn. General Wang Bogu said in a deep voice: "I have heard that the White Lotus thief Zhao Quan built Banshengcheng in Fengzhou Sichuan. Not only did he produce food and various materials for the Tartars, but he even made siege equipment. Now it seems that it is true. The Tartars actually learned to use crossbows and Huihui cannons, etc., which is outrageous. The White Lotus thief Zhao Quan and other White Lotus thieves are really a disaster. The decision of the imperial envoy to send the Shenji camp to destroy Banshengcheng is really correct!"

When the generals heard this, they nodded deeply and agreed!

Zhang Yin looked at the sky. It was already sunny now. It was almost dark when the Tartars assembled all the siege equipment. It seemed that the Tartars would only launch an attack tomorrow, which is a pity!

Next, as Zhang Yin expected, when three Hui cannons and three arrow towers were set up in the Tartar formation, it was already dark, and the sun was probably about ten minutes to sink to the mountain.

"Sir, it's dark. The Tartars will probably launch an attack tomorrow. We don't have to stay on the city." General Wang advised. In fact, this guy had already thought about it, but Xu Jin, the imperial envoy, was still on the city. He dared to let go first.

Xu Jin nodded and was about to go to the top of the city, but the Tartar formation outside the city suddenly started to scratch, shouting, and two refrigerated cannons (stone throwers) were slowly pushed to the front of the formation by the Tartars.

Seeing this, Xu Jin couldn't help but let out a light whistle, and the generals also looked tight. Could it be that the Tartars planned to attack the city overnight?

The atmosphere above and below the city became tense. The gunners at the top of the city immediately aimed at the gun, ready to destroy the opponent's Hui gun at any time. However, the Tartars seemed to be very clear about the range of Mingjun artillery. They pushed the two tall Hui guns near the range of the artillery and stopped.

Squeak squeak squeak...

The lever of the Huihui cannon was slowly pulled away by more than a dozen horses. The Tartars quickly placed huge rocks into the trough, and there was only a loud bang. The trough swung violently under the lever, and the huge rocks placed inside instantly flew into the sky.

"Protect the General!" Zhao Datou, the personal soldier, pressed Xu Jin down with a push. The other personal soldiers of the Shenji Camp hurriedly raised their shields and squatted down, protecting Xu Jin's surroundings tightly and forming a fortress.

Boom...

There was only a shocking sound outside the city, and then there was nothing on the top of the city. The generals stood up and looked outside the city and were immediately happy. It turned out that the Tartars's return gun arm was not adjusted properly. The huge rock flew up into the sky after leaving the tumbling bucket, and then landed almost vertically, instantly smashing the Hui gun to pieces. The nearby Tartars were affected and suddenly felt sad.

The Ming army on the top of the city pointed outside the city and burst into laughter. Xu Jin stood up and looked at the split Huihuan and the Tartars lying around with blood screaming, he was speechless!

Wang Bogu laughed and said, "Barish barbarians are barbarians, they are so arrogant. These Tartars have never learned anything. They are half a bucket of water - they are shaking very much!"

All the generals burst into laughter!

However, at this moment, the second Hui cannon of the Tartars was also launched. There was only a loud bang, and countless stones roared towards the city of Khukou Pass. The sharp sound of breaking the wind shocked the generals' expressions. They hugged their heads to avoid each other in a mess, including Zhang Yin, but this guy was always paying attention to Xu Jin's direction from the corner of his eyes.

boom……

The Tartars's reel cannon sounded powerful, but almost all hit the corner of the city wall. Only a few pieces flew up to the top of the city, smashing the roof of the city tower to splash.

Just as everyone was dodging with their heads in a mess, a pointed stone bounced out of Zhang Yin's hand and shot towards the back of Xu Jin's head.

Originally, Xu Jin was surrounded by Jinyiwei and his personal soldiers, and they were holding shields, but Zhang Yin's eyes were vicious and seized the opportunity to take action. At this time, a personal soldier holding a shield was moving, so a gap appeared between the shields.

Seeing that the powerful stone was about to penetrate through the gap and hit the back of Xu Jin's head, a general was hit by another general next to him, and his body moved. Zhang Yin's stone actually hit his shoulder.

puff……

The sharp stone directly penetrated the general's shoulder, and blood and flesh splattered instantly. The unlucky general immediately screamed and fell to the ground, holding his shoulder and struggling in pain.
Chapter completed!