Lan Zhen immediately led Yunxi and others to the stables. At this time, four to five hundred people had come here to ride on their horses, and more than a hundred people were queuing up to receive their horses. There were also Lan Lian in front.
Three to four hundred people blocked the Mongolian cavalry. The rest were either dead or hiding in the tents waiting to die.
Lan Zhen asked her personal entourage to lead more than 200 soldiers to the fence, and replaced Lan Lian and his party when they came back to mount their horses.
At this time, there was another rumbling sound. Lan Zhen's expression changed. She dismounted, put her ears to the ground, listened, and said: "There are at least three thousand more cavalry, and we must leave immediately." Then she got on the horse and took these mounted people with her.
The soldier went to the rear of the rear camp, and Yunxi followed him closely.
Lan Zhen and his party rode horses to a small gate in the back camp. Lan Zhen asked the guards to push open the blockage to make the door bigger before going out.
But before all the soldiers left the rear camp, Mongolian soldiers had already touched the place.
It turned out that Xian Tugan led his troops into the front camp and killed 7788 Ming soldiers in the front camp. After that, he also found that they were divided into front and rear camps, and then immediately left 500 people in preparation. The remaining Mongolian soldiers were divided into 100 and 200 soldiers.
He worked together as one and spread out to search for the place where the soldiers from the rear camp had escaped, because he expected that the Ming army would not dare to wait for reinforcements that would arrive in two or three days and put the prince in danger.
The leader of the Mongolian soldiers who discovered Yunxi and the others was a very senior man. When he saw them, he immediately blew a whistle, then turned his horse and fled back. He still wanted to save his life and enter the Central Plains to enjoy the blessings.
But Lan Zhen also reacted very quickly. With an order, hundreds of people nocked their arrows and fired their bows, shooting the dozen Mongolian soldiers to death in the blink of an eye.
But Lan Zhen's face became more solemn. She looked back at the dozens of people who had not come out of the back camp and said, "Leave now."
A member of the household said: "Dong Liang, there are still people who haven't come out yet!"
Lan Zhen said: "It's too late, let them wish for themselves." Then she led Yunxi and other soldiers who had no idea what they were doing and rode eastward.
Although Lan Zhen shot and killed the Mongolian soldiers the moment they blew the whistle, Ye Xiantugan, who had sensitive ears, still heard the whistle, and then he loudly said: "All warriors, follow me to capture
The prince of the Southern Barbarians!" Then he rushed forward with the remaining Mongolian soldiers.
Wang Ma, who was stationed at Yanghe Fort, also woke up when Ye Xiantugan's whistle sounded. He also went north to participate in the Northern Expedition. But at first, he thought it was a small group of Mongolian soldiers who had infiltrated, so he didn't pay attention.
I felt that with the cooperation of more than 2,000 people outside the fort, the small group of Mongolian soldiers could be wiped out.
But when he walked to the wall of the fort, he realized something was wrong. At a glance, he discovered that these Mongolian soldiers had broken through half of the camp, and the rumble of horse hooves sounded in the northeast. There should be thousands of Mongolian soldiers heading this way.
Rush over.
Ouma immediately shouted: "Light the beacon quickly!" Then he immediately ran to the top of the beacon tower.
As expected, the soldiers on the beacon tower were standing there stunned. Wang immediately went to slap the soldiers twice, and then lit the beacon fire himself.
Then the king's horse descended from the beacon tower and came to the main hall. As expected, five hundred households had been awakened by the rumble of horse hooves, and then gathered in the hall.
Wang Ma stood at the door and said: "Everyone, go immediately to gather the soldiers from this hundred households. Later, follow me down the fort to attack the Mongolian soldiers."
One of the hundreds of households said: "Wang Qianhu, there are only thirty horses in the fort, and there are thousands of Mongolian soldiers below. If we go down hastily, the whole army will be wiped out!"
Wang Ma shouted: "His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun is below! If His Highness the Emperor Taisun makes a mistake, none of us can escape His Majesty's thunderous wrath! Men are slaves for generations, and women are slaves for generations. Who wants his own offspring?
in this way!"
After hearing Wang Ma's words, the man from the household suddenly turned pale, stopped talking and went to gather his soldiers.
At this time, the civil servants Qi Tai and Lian Zining who were staying in Yanghe Fort came over. It turned out that because Qi Tai and Lian Zining were civil servants, Shang Yunxi forced them to stay in the fort by issuing orders last night.
Qi Tai said anxiously: "Wang Baihu, His Highness is attacked, you must go down immediately to support His Highness!"
Wang Ma said: "Lord Qi Shuzi, I have already called up all the soldiers and then come down to the fort to support you."
Qi Tai said: "Okay, give me and Lian Zining a knife each, and we'll go down too."
Wang Ma advised: "Master Qi Shuzi and Master Lian, you should stay on the fort. It will not help you two to go down!"
Lian Zining said: "Your Highness is in danger. As officials of the East Palace, how can we ignore it?"
Wang Ma looked back at the gathering of more and more soldiers, and had no intention of talking to Qi Tai and Lian Zining. He strode forward and knocked them unconscious before they could react. Then he walked towards
A small open space inside the fort.
By this time all five hundred soldiers had risen, two hundred gathered in the open space inside the fort, and the rest crowded in the surrounding areas.
The king mounted his horse, turned around and shouted: "Brothers of Yanghe Fort, the Emperor's Grandson is under the castle now. If His Highness the Emperor's Grandson makes a mistake, then we will definitely be punished by His Majesty. The men will be slaves for generations, and the women will be slaves."
It has been advocated from generation to generation. In order to rescue His Royal Highness the Emperor and for our descendants to live like human beings, come with me."
Then Wang Ma took the lead and rushed out of the fortress. More than ninety people from four hundred households and one hundred household followed Wang Ma and rushed out of the fortress. The remaining ten people took Qi Tai and Lian Zining to the beacon tower.
Qianhu Ning Wei of Huailai Guard in the east was on duty tonight. He was following Xu Day's example in reading military books at night. Suddenly the soldier on duty on the beacon tower came down and said: "Ning Qianhu, the beacon fire is lit in Yanghe Fort in the west, and the fire is still very strong.
big."
Ning Wei put down his military book and walked up to the beacon tower, and found that the beacon fire in the west was indeed very big. It turned out that the Ming Dynasty had a system, and the size of the fire that lit the beacon fire indicated the number of Mongolian soldiers. Although it was not accurate, it could give a rough idea to nearby guards.
.So when Ning Yuan saw this situation, he knew that Yanghe Fort was trying its best to light the beacon again, and immediately murmured to himself: "So many Mongols attacked Yanghe Fort?"
Then he immediately remembered that Yunxi had passed through Huailaiwei and headed west a few days ago. He estimated that he was probably near Yanghe Fort. His expression immediately changed, and he got off the beacon tower and ran to the residence of Commander Yu Ai.
Yu Ai rubbed her sleepy eyes and met Ning Wei. Ning Wei ran in and immediately said to Yu Ai: "Commander, there is a beacon fire in Yanghe Fort to the west!"
Yu Qi said confusedly: "Yanghe Fort is the fortress of Shanse Tiancheng Guard, right?"
Seeing that he hadn't reacted yet, Ning Wei said loudly: "Commander Yu, His Highness passed here a few days ago, and he is probably nearby now."
Yu Zhen said: "What's most likely there," and then he reacted, his face turned pale, and he was completely awake. He stood up and said, "Wake up all the cavalry soldiers from Qianhu immediately." Then he said to his own soldiers:
"Immediately wake up all the Qianhu, Qianshi, and colleagues." Several people agreed and came down.
Not long after, all the thousands of households, officials, and colleagues gathered in the meeting hall. They didn't know what happened yet, but they noticed the pale faces of Ning Wei and the commander Yu Ai who were on duty, and they secretly guessed what happened.
matter.
The commander, Yu Wei, did not give them too much time to guess. He scanned it and asked, "Where did Xing Qianhu go?"
A minister said: "Xing Qianhu went to the city to see his wife and children today."
Yu Zhen said: "Xing Yuan has been relieved of his post as Qianhu and demoted to the rank of chief soldier. Deputy Qianhu will temporarily take over his post."
The commander had to talk about the matter, but Yu Zhen had already said: "The beacon tower was lit just now in Yanghe Fort, and His Highness is probably marching near Yanghe Fort at this time."
Then he looked at the officer whose face was also pale and continued: "It is not yet certain whether His Highness was attacked, but if His Highness is at fault, I won't go into details about what will happen to us. Everyone can imagine it."
"Peng Ju, after dawn, you gather three thousand households and set off for Yanghe Fort. The infantry marching at night will probably scatter if there is a cavalry attack."
"Ning Wei, call the cavalry Qianhu immediately and follow me to Yanghe Fort."
"Sun Tai, immediately send people to light the beacon tower, and then send people westward to Prince Gu's Mansion to inform His Highness Prince Gu of this matter, and all guard posts along the way should be informed."
Then Yu Qi went down to put on his armor.
At this time, two soldiers from Qianhu Cavalry were chatting quietly. One of them was named Ma Ying, and everyone called him Ma Laosan. He said to the other: "He Gang, I remember your boy is over two years old."
, how is it, can you speak now?"
He Gang said with a satisfied look on his face: "I can talk now. I have also saved some money and plan to send him to study when he is seven years old. I also asked our Zaoqi Zhang and Zhang Baihu to teach him martial arts so that he can grow up."
Join Prince Gu's palace as a bodyguard, or enter the capital's martial arts hall."
Ma Laosan said: "It's quite far-fetched. But I say, it is possible to join Prince Gu's palace as a guard, but it is too difficult to enter the martial arts hall."
He Gang said: "You will know when you have children. I also know that it is difficult to enter a martial arts hall, but if a person has no ideals, what is the difference between him and a salted fish!"
Ma Laosan said: "I have never read a book, and people like you who have read books would never think of going together."
He Gang said: "Those who have read or not studied are still serving as soldiers and eating royal food. By the way, you are now old enough. Do you have a wife?"
When Ma Laosan heard what He Gang said, he said with a smile on his face: "As I said, my father told me about a daughter-in-law from an ordinary farmer's family. I have seen her. She has a big butt and is fertile."
He Gang said: "Congratulations, then I'll wait for the wine to be served at your house."