When the fire appeared, the fire borrowed the wind, and when it encountered crude oil in the air and on the ground, the fire began to spread at a very fast speed, so that the fire in many places was one after another, and it was likely to spread to the whole city and could not be contained.

The damage inflicted on the Tatar horsemen in the city by such a fire was fatal. When there were flames everywhere, the first to be frightened were the horses that were still in the stables.

Animals are afraid of fire. When the flames came to their faces, the docile horses could not bear it, and had to neigh violently, and their whole bodies surged, and they jumped out of front of the stakes and ran down the street. And when they encounter Tatar warriors head-on, they will not listen to their dissuasion, but still go straight ahead, even if they knock the soldiers in their way to the ground, they still can't stop the momentum of running.

The neighing of war horses was everywhere, and when the fire grew larger and began to join together, some soldiers could not avoid being surrounded by the fire, and then a very miserable cry sounded, and the whole city became chaotic in an instant.

The soldiers on the castle tower were relatively lucky, and there were no barrels smashed here. When they saw the fire devouring their horses, their companions, and even the entire city of Taru, some of them finally couldn't help but shout, "This is the punishment of the gods for our hostility against the mercenaries." ”

"Ahh This is a heavenly punishment, it is not controllable at all, brothers, let us surrender, and relieve the wrath of the gods. ”

"We surrender, we are willing to atone for our sins."

When the sound was heard, more and more Tatar cavalrymen fell to their knees again, shouting loudly. There are even those who are quick and have rushed to the bottom of the city tower desperately, they want to open the city gates, rush to the feet of the mercenaries, to repent, and to atone for their sins with practical actions.

"Bastard, what are you doing? You are not allowed to open the gates, nor are you allowed to go out and surrender? Come on, kill all those who are delirious, kill them. Seeing that the situation was already in chaos, and even the soldiers in the city did not listen to the orders of his general, Su Xiao'er said with a blue face.

Under the shouting, some of the soldiers who were still sober rushed to the inner city gate with knives, facing their comrades who had gone crazy, first dissuading them, and when it was useless, they swung their knives and slashed. But the number of pro-soldiers is still too small, but there are too many crazy soldiers, and it has become a general trend, and it can't be stopped at all.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, several generals such as Muren, Hu Lin, and Gao Er rushed to the front of Ku Xiao'er with their own soldiers, "General, the will of heaven, manpower is invincible, please retreat." ”

His mouth moved, and he didn't want to admit defeat this time, but for now, did he have any other choice. In the end, he spit out a word with great difficulty, "Withdraw!" ”

Hu Xiao'er knew that the manpower could no longer return to the sky, so he could only rush out of the city, and when he had the opportunity, he could make a comeback or be able to rise in the east mountain. And before leaving the city, he did not forget the general Qige who attacked the city under Xuanfu City and there were more than 10,000 Tatar iron cavalry there. "Quick, send a fast horse to inform General Qige, and retreat quickly."

Collecting all the soldiers, and about 5,000 cavalry, a total of 6,000 people before and after, when the surrendered army opened the gate of Rentaru, suddenly led the army to rush out. The soldiers of the New First Army, who were waiting at the city gate, had already woken up from the initial shock, and under the orders of the battalion commander, company commander and platoon commander, everyone got on their horses and prepared for battle. When he saw the monstrous fire burning in the city, the steppe warriors who didn't know how many were shocked in their hearts, and at the same time, they were also thinking that the god of war was indeed the messenger sent by the immortal heaven, and even the gods were willing to help him, and they really didn't know who else would be his opponent.

The fire inside the city continued, the gates outside the city were wide open, and then countless Tatar cavalry rushed out. As soon as they appeared, they rushed straight at them with a frenzied momentum, looking like that, it was clear that they wanted the mercenaries to fight to the death.

"Blow the trumpet and kill the enemy!" Seeing that the general trend had been achieved, the army commander Hu Mang immediately opened his mouth and ordered an attack.

The mercenary soldiers, who were in high spirits and high morale, immediately rushed out of the front peak in battalion units, and launched a fatal blow against the remnants of the Tatar cavalry that rushed out.

The cavalry of both sides soon fought together two miles in front of the gate of Taru, and the new army, which had a great advantage in strength and morale, cut through the formation of the enemy's cavalry after only a few faces, killing the enemy to the point that he lost his armor and was unable to form an army.

"General, let's go quickly, I'll cut off the queen." Goyle shouted, and then took his own hundreds of soldiers and more than a thousand Tatar horsemen around him to form a human wall, blocking behind Ku Bao'er and the others who fled.

In the current situation, it is obviously impossible to leave them all. Only a part of it remains, and maybe there is a chance to get lucky.

Goyle took the initiative to stay, seeing that Ku'er, who was riding his horse under the protection of his own soldiers, his eyes were wet, he knew what would happen after making this decision, but at this moment, he seemed to have no choice.

"Let's go." After only a moment's hesitation, Ku Xiao'er's whip whipped hard at the straddle horse, and under the protection of the two generals Mu Ren and Hu Lin and hundreds of personal soldiers, they finally broke out of the encirclement of the new army and headed straight for the southwest.

The remaining general Goyle with thousands of cavalry only lasted less than half an hour, and all of them were destroyed, among which Goyle was killed by more than a dozen swords, thus announcing the defeat of the Tatar iron cavalry and the brilliant victory of the new army.

In this battle, the fire in the city killed about 1,000 Tatar troops, burned more than 2,000 people, killed 3,000 enemy cavalry, and collected nearly 13,000 soldiers.

Ku'er fled with a few generals and more than 500 horsemen, and the threat of the Tatar cavalry vanished, and he was defeated.

"Clean up the battlefield and get ready, there's a big fish coming." Seeing that the sun was setting after the First World War, the army commander Hu Mang ordered his men to bury the pot and cook rice, and at the same time ordered the army to take turns to rest for the next big battle.

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On the city of Xuanfu, Shi Wanshan was in the corner of the city tower, and Deng Qiang, Guhe, and Ning Wenfeng sat opposite each other.

He had already informed the three of them about Yu Can's arrival during the day, and then the four of them discussed it together for a long time but did not come up with a reason.

They all have the same question in their hearts, the four doors of the Xuanfu are closed, how does this know the news from the outside? After the last incident in Dalu City, Ning Wenfeng deliberately strengthened the patrol in the city, even if a bird flew into the city, it would be discovered. But the problem is that I haven't received any reports, how did the news come about?

There is another question, Yu Can said that the Tatar iron cavalry will retreat, what does it rely on? Will they really be so obedient and retreat?

I can't think of a reason, so I just don't think about it. The four of them came to the castle tower early, ate and drank here, and waited for the situation to change.

A pair of chopsticks took a bite of food, and Furukawa, who had not been injured for a long time, put it in his mouth, and then said, "Commander, you said that we wouldn't be tricked by that person named Yu Can, so we suddenly gathered the army." If the news is fake, wouldn't it be in vain? ”

"Yes. If this incident is stabbed to the court by someone with a heart, I am afraid that I don't know how many people will impeach us. Deng Qiang, the eunuch guarding the town, also nodded in agreement. He doesn't care whether the soldiers are tired or not, nor does he care about the death of the soldiers, he only cares about one thing, that is, how the court views them, which will directly affect the emperor's attitude towards him and his future in the future.

Listening to the doubts of the two, Shi Wanshan said with a deep face, "To be honest, I don't know how true or false Yu Can's words are. But thinking that he is willing to vouch for his life, there should be no fake. Oh, by the way, is Yu Can here coming? ”

"Here we are." The one who answered him was the commander of Ning Wenfeng, "I came as early as when it was just dark, and now my people are watching his every move, if the news is false this time, he will definitely not live." ”

"Okay." Shi Wanshan nodded, "Even if he dares to gamble with his life, what's the harm if we play with him, wait." Tomorrow at the latest, we will know by dawn. ”

The deadline given by Shi Wanshan was at dawn. It's just that I didn't wait for that time at all, and it was only in the middle of the night that the Tatar iron horsemen under the city began to move. General Qige had received a scout of the fast horses sent by Ku Po'er and was aware of a fire in the city of Taru.

The back road is cut off, and there will be no reinforcements and food and grass in the future, and there may even be mercenaries. At this moment, it seems that there is no other choice but to retreat.

"Pass the order, march out battalion by battalion, try not to make any movement, especially not to alarm the Northern Ming army." Qige summoned the generals and issued them the order to withdraw their troops. It's just that he still kept an eye on it, and didn't say anything about the defeat of Ku Xiao'er, only that the general was going to start a decisive battle with the mercenaries, and the troops were insufficient, and they needed to come back for help.

For Xuanfu City, which is as hard as a king's shell, the Tatar iron horsemen who are not good at attacking the city have long been a little tired, and now they have the opportunity to leave here, naturally no one objected, and they all agreed happily, and then they each started to retreat according to the plan.

The retreat of the Tatar army had been carefully arranged, and if it were ordinary, in the dark of night, I am afraid that they would have retreated smoothly without being discovered. But now it's different, dozens of scouts have already been sent to pay attention to their movements, and as soon as they move, the news was immediately sent to Shi Wanshan.

"Did they really move?" Hearing the report of the scout boy, Shi Wanshan looked surprised. Deng Qiang and others on the side were also very surprised, and wrote everything on their faces.