Chapter 137: The beacon fire breaks out
The sound of artillery fire and the shouts of killing in Pigeon Cave instantly filled the sky, making everyone nervous at this moment.
Zhu Zaijing suddenly stood up and said with a serious face: "They are coming!"
Teng Xiang and others also immediately put away the kettles and dried meat in their hands, with equally nervous and serious faces. Looking in the direction of the pigeon hole.
Zhu Zaijing immediately ordered: "According to the original plan, five hundred people on each side of Huangyugou will be on standby, and the remaining 1,500 people will be ready to respond at any time. No one can act without permission under my order. Kill! ”
Zhu Zaijing moved in a hurry, and Teng Xiang quickly grabbed Zhu Zaijing and said nervously: "Your Majesty, your rich body must not be put in danger. Let me go."
Zhu Zaijing looked back. He said to Teng Xiang, "You really should go. I am on the right side of the mountain, and you are on the left side of the mountain. After I send out the arrow, you and I will immediately act at the same time to push down the rolling rocks and logs from the top of the mountain to complete the task." After that, he immediately urged everyone to retreat safely and not to be reluctant to fight at all."
Ignoring Teng Xiang's obstruction, Zhu Zaijing turned around and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Soldiers, the time has come to make contributions to the Ming Dynasty. , defend the Ming Dynasty with me, and be loyal to your father! I swear that I will take the lead in this battle and live up to your expectations!"
Zhu Zaijing's breath is very steady, and his voice is very penetrating, The sound of the drink spread hundreds of meters, and all the 2,500 people gathered around could hear Zhu Zaijing's voice carefully.
At this moment, their mood could not help but become excited again, and their morale was once again high.
With the prince acting with them, what else could they say?
Besides, as the soldiers and horses of the Four Guards Camp of Yumajian, their food, salary and equipment are also the best among the imperial guards of the capital. The imperial court has raised them for so many years, and now they need to work hard for the imperial court. Where do they have any reason to retreat?
"We will follow the prince to the death!"
Everyone was half-kneeling on the ground at this moment, expressing their loyalty to Zhu Zaijing.
Zhu Zaijing stopped writing time and immediately ordered Teng Xiang to set out with 500 people. At the same time, he also took action with 500 people.
The Anda army and the cavalry of Duoyan's three guards, who had been marching for a day outside Pigeon Cave, finally arrived at the target location.
At this moment, An Da was also riding a tall horse and standing under a large banner. He looked at the small pass of Pigeon Cave from a distance, and his eyes couldn't help but shine. Compared with the heavily guarded Gubeikou, The Great Wall was indeed much smaller, and it was impossible to gather too many troops to snipe their move south.
Ida laughed at Yingke, "Yingke, this time I will remember the Tiaotou Kung Fu!"
Yingke followed up with a smile and said: "The Great Khan is wise and powerful. I will not dare to take credit."
After hearing what Yingke said, Ada stopped being pretentious and immediately issued a military order, "Zamsu, I will give you half an hour to lead a group of ten thousand households. Take the Pigeon Hole with force!”
"The last general has received the order!"
Zamusu immediately led a siege force of ten thousand households towards the pigeon hole in front.
At this moment, the Ming army guarding Pigeon Cave suddenly felt the ground shaking like an earthquake, and heard the shocking sound of killing outside, and their hearts went cold for a moment.
They never dreamed that the Tatar army would attack from their small pass. In normal times, there are still nearly two thousand men and horses stationed here. In conjunction with the surrounding Great Wall beacon towers, they can also More than five thousand troops can be gathered in a very short period of time.
But now that most of the troops have been deployed to Gubeikou for defense, there are only the old, weak, sick and disabled left, and they are simply unable to stop the enemy's onslaught. But they don't have any escape route. Once they abandon the customs, it will be a capital crime, and it will also affect their families. However, if they die in battle, their families will still receive pensions.
So at this moment, the only Qianhu official in Pigeon Cave stood up. He pulled out the knife in his hand and excitedly ordered: "Light the beacon and prepare to fight!"
< br>Although Pigeon Cave is small, it also has the help of several artillery pieces. Although these artillery pieces cannot change the outcome of the battle, they can at least block the enemy for a short period of time and give the Ming army at other passes time to provide support.
The beacon fire of Pigeon Cave soared into the sky from the beacon tower. The long red flame instantly became the most dazzling presence under the nightfall. The nearby beacon tower also saw the beacon fire of Pigeon Cave. They were all so frightened that they quickly lit the beacon tower they were guarding and began to deliver the message.
All of a sudden, starting from the Pigeon Cave, the beacon fire along this line of the Great Wall suddenly erupted. When everyone saw the flames of these beacon fires soaring into the sky in the dark night, their hearts couldn't help but tingle.
It turned out that they had all fallen into the trap. The Tatars outside the Great Wall actually attacked in the east and west. It seemed that they were going to enter from the Gubeikou. In fact, the place where their main force really wanted to attack turned out to be the pigeon hole that had never been taken seriously.
When the governor of Jiliaodu, Yushi Wang Ruxiao and the general Luo Xihan, who were supervising the battle at Gubeikou and blocking the Tatar army's attack, saw the beacon fire coming from the direction of Pigeon Cave, their hearts skipped a beat. Get up.
Both of them never dreamed that the bandits who seemed to be storming Gubeikou turned out to be just a feint attack force. No wonder they fought for a long time but still failed to exert their full strength. It turned out that their main force had already detoured to the west of Gubeikou. Pigeon hole attack.
Tuotuo, who was in charge of the feint attack outside Gubeikou, looked at the beacon fire burning on the Great Wall and suddenly laughed.
Tuotuo drew out his long sword and shouted to his men: "My sons! The Great Khan has launched an attack. We must buy time for the Great Khan! Listen to my general and attack Gubeikou with all our strength, dragging Gu Beikou Mingjun!”
The soldiers under Tuotuo also screamed at this moment, got on their horses, raised the long swords in their hands, and headed towards the Gubeikou Great Wall without fear of death.
The thundering sound of killing and the rainbow-like momentum really held back the troops at Gubeikou.
At this time, Wang Ruxiao and Luo Xihan couldn't help but feel anxious like ants on a hot pot, and their moods were extremely bad.
Although Gubeikou is heavily guarded, the number of these heavy troops is less than 20,000.
And now the entire capital only has 40,000 to 50,000 troops, so if they want to overwhelm the prepared Anda army in terms of strength, the 20,000 of them must hold on to the Great Wall for at least three days. , to buy time for King Qin’s soldiers coming from Xuanda.
But now the situation has taken a turn for the worse. It was originally thought that the Tatars were going to attack Gubeikou, but now there is only one unknown number of suspected soldiers at Gubeikou, and the beacon fire in the direction of Pigeon Cave has been ignited again.
Such a dilemma made Wang Ruxiao and Luo Xihan anxious. What should they do?
The bandit attack in Gubeikou is not sure whether it is true or not, and the beacon fire ignited in the direction of Pigeon Cave is obviously urgent. If there is any mistake, the consequences will be disastrous.
Wang Ruxiao and Luo Xihan gritted their teeth and glanced at each other. Wang Ruxiao said: "Commander Luo, I will guard Gubeikou here. You can immediately bring a support force to the Pigeon Cave. We must not let the thieves break in, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"
Luo Xihan also knew the seriousness of the matter. Although there were not many troops in Gubeikou for them to take away, they could not let the pigeons go! The beacon fire in the cave was ignored, so the only solution now was to forcefully divide the troops and rush to the rescue of Pigeon Cave.
But even if you run along the Great Wall, it will take at least more than an hour to run from the Gubeikou Great Wall to Pigeon Cave. I don't know if the guards at Pigeon Cave can hold on for an hour.
(End of this chapter)