He Lin is more than 100 miles away from killing Hukou, if you gallop non-stop, you can arrive in half an hour, but in fact, most of the war horses can't do full speed gallop for half an hour, after all, it is flesh and blood, the heart can't stand it, if you forcibly gallop at full speed for half an hour, it is estimated that you will have to abolish if you don't die, plus considering the road conditions, it actually takes more than an hour from Helin to kill Hukou, that is, more than two hours.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, under the leadership of Wang Lin'er, the soldiers of the 3,000 Shenji Battalion rushed into the city of Hukou Pass with rolling yellow dust, and the heavy city gate was immediately closed in a hurry, and tens of thousands of iron horsemen of the Tartars also followed. Looking north from the head of the city of Hukou, but seeing the cavalry of the Tartars like a tide, rolling yellow dust straight into the sky, the Ming soldiers in the city were all shocked and changed color.

Xu Jin is very calm, the Tartar counterattack has long been expected by him, and now he has gathered more than 30,000 defenders to kill Hukou, according to the danger, even if he sends 100,000 iron cavalry, he can't take it, and whether he has 100,000 iron cavalry under his command is still two words, not to mention that the Ming army has sufficient backup, even if the troops are transferred to Xuanfu, they can arrive within a day, who is afraid of whom!

Therefore, Xu Jin was not in a hurry to climb to the top of the city to observe the enemy's 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 the dust, and reported with a happy face: "Handsome, good news." Lao Qi and Xiao Xie had successfully destroyed Bansheng City at dusk yesterday, killed more than 500 White Lotus thieves led by Li Zixin, defeated 3,000 Tatar cavalry, and had retreated in the direction of Yulin, but unfortunately failed to capture the thief leader Zhao Quan. ”

As soon as Wang Lin'er said this, all the border army generals led by Wang Bogu gasped, they had been stationed in the border fortress for many years, and naturally knew that the Tatar cavalry was powerful, and the Shenji battalion destroyed Bansheng City with 2,000 people, and even defeated 3,000 Tatar cavalry? Tsk, is it really fake?

"Well, well done!" Xu Jin said happily, although this trip failed to capture Zhao Quan, but the destruction of Bansheng City is equivalent to destroying a large granary of the Tatars, which is undoubtedly a gorgeous blow to both I and Zhao Quan, and I don't want to recover after a few years, no wonder I will be furious and come out to take revenge and kill Hu Kou.

"Commander Wang, you take the brothers of the Shenji Battalion down to rest and heal, and the others will go to the city with the officials." Xu Jin praised the Shenji Battalion and said.

Zhang Yin's eyes flashed when he heard this, and there was a hint of vague excitement in his eyes, hehe, the opportunity to kill Xu Jin has come so soon!

In fact, it is far easier to kill a person who is not afraid of death than it is to kill a person who is afraid of death, such as Xu Jin, a commander who must bow down to everything, always likes to run to the front line, as the so-called sword has no eyes, an unlucky person is hit by a stray arrow and gravel, and it is not very normal to die?

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

Next, Xu Jin climbed the tower of the city of Hukou Pass under the protection of the Jinyi guards and his own soldiers, and looked around, but saw that the mountains were full of Tartars.

Outside the city of Hukou Pass is a large open river valley, at this time the front army of the Tartar cavalry has arrived, about more than 10,000 people, but did not immediately attack, but outside the city Xu array, it is estimated that they will wait for the whole army to arrive before attacking.

About half an hour later, the Chinese army and the rear army of the Tartars also arrived one after another, and the rear army was responsible for transporting the baggage, so they walked very slowly.

Xu Jin has been holding clairvoyance on the head of the city to observe, and when he saw the siege equipment transported by the Tatar rear army, his sword eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, because in addition to simple tools such as ladders and battering rams, the siege equipment transported by the Tatars also included siege vehicles, arrow towers, bed crossbows, and return cannons and other sharp weapons.

Looking at the Tartars who were skillfully assembling siege vehicles, return guns, and arrow towers, the faces of the guards all became solemn, and the chief soldier Wang Bogu said in a deep voice: "I have long heard that the White Lotus thief Zhao Quan built Bansheng City in Fengzhou River, not only to produce food and various materials for the Tartars, but also to make siege equipment, now it seems that it is true, the Tartars have actually learned to use bed crossbows and return cannons, etc., how can this be true, Zhao Quan, these White Lotus anti-thieves are really harmful, and Lord Qincha's decision to send the Shenji Battalion to destroy Bansheng City is really correct!" ”

When all the generals heard this, they all nodded in agreement!

Zhang Yin looked at the sky, it was already getting weaker now, and when the Tartars assembled all the siege equipment, it was estimated that it would be dark, so it seemed that the Tartars should not attack tomorrow, but it's a pity!

Then, as Zhang Yin expected, when three return cannons and three arrow towers were erected in the Tartar array, the sky was already dark, and the sun was estimated to sink in about ten minutes.

"Lord Qincha, it's getting dark, and the Tartars estimate that they won't attack the city until tomorrow, so let's stay at the head of the city." Wang Zongbing persuaded, in fact, this product has long been thought of, but Xu Jin, the lord of the Qincha, is still in the city, and he dares to slip away first.

Xu Jin nodded, and was about to go down to the city, but the Tartar array outside the city suddenly stirred, shouting and shouting, and the two return cannons (stone throwers) were slowly pushed to the front of the formation by the Tartars.

Seeing this, Xu Jin couldn't help but sigh lightly and stood still, and the generals also looked nervous, could it be that the Tartars planned to attack the city overnight?

The atmosphere above and below the city became tense in vain, and the gunners at the head of the city immediately aimed their guns, ready to destroy the opponent's return guns at any time, but the Tartars seemed to know the range of the Ming artillery, and they pushed the two tall return guns to the range of the guns and stopped.

Squeak squeak......

The lever of the return cannon was slowly pulled away by more than a dozen horses, and the Tartars quickly placed the boulder into the dump, only to hear a loud bang, and the dump was thrown violently under the drive of the lever, and the boulder placed inside instantly flew into the sky.

"Protect the marshal!" The pro-soldier Zhao Datou pressed Xu Jin to his stomach, and the other pro-soldiers of the Shenji Battalion hurriedly raised their shields and squatted, protecting Xu Jin's surroundings impenetrable and forming a fortress.

Bang Peng......

There was a shocking noise outside the city, and then there was nothing to do in the city, and the generals stood up and looked outside the city, and they were immediately happy, and the return cannon arm of the Tartar was not adjusted, and the boulder flew up into the sky after leaving the tipping, and then fell almost vertically, and instantly smashed the return cannon to pieces, and the nearby Tartars were affected, and the sorrow was everywhere in an instant.

The Ming army at the head of the city all pointed to the outside of the city and laughed, Xu Jin stood up and took a look, and saw the fragmented return cannon, as well as the Tartars lying around bloody and screaming, and was speechless!

Wang Bogu laughed and said: "Barbarians are barbarians, Mu monkeys are crowned, these Tartars have not learned at all, half a bucket of water - very shaking!" ”

All the generals burst into laughter!

However, at this time, the second return cannon of the Tartar was also launched, only a loud boom was heard, and countless stones screamed and flew towards the city of Hukou Pass, and the sharp sound of breaking the wind shocked the faces of the generals, and they all held their heads in embarrassment to dodge, naturally including Zhang Yin, but the corner of this guy's eyes always focused on Xu Jin's direction.

Rumble......

The return cannon of the Tartars sounded mighty, but almost all of them hit the foot of the city wall, and only a few pieces flew up to the top of the city, smashing the roof of the tower and splashing it all over the place.

Just as everyone was dodging in embarrassment, a sharp stone bounced out of Zhang Yin's hand with a hiss, and actually shot at the back of Xu Jin's head.

Originally, Xu Jin was surrounded by Jinyi guards and personal soldiers, and they were all holding shields, but Zhang Yin's eyes were vicious, and he saw the right time to make a move, and at this time, a personal soldier who raised a shield happened to move, so there was a gap between the shields.

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

Burst......

The sharp stone directly drilled into the general's shoulder, and in an instant, the flesh and blood splashed, and the unlucky general immediately screamed and fell to the ground, holding his shoulder and struggling in pain.

Zhang Yin scolded in his heart, but even if the opportunity was a little indulgent, it was impossible for him to make up for another shot, so he had to pretend to lie on the ground with his head in his hands to avoid the flowing stones.

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