The battle that broke out outside the west gate of Tumu Fort began at noon and lasted for more than two hours, and in September weather, when the sun set in the west mountain, the battlefield was already full of corpses, and the air was filled with a heavy smell of blood. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For the Ming army, this was a war with no way out.

More than 5,800 foot soldiers, plus 2,000 men, engaged 4,000 fierce Tatar cavalry, and this was a battle with no chance of victory.

However, because of the existence of Shen Xi, there are Franc cannons, new muskets and suicide attacks using livestock, which gives this war more connotation.

Shen Xi is creating an almost impossible miracle of war, with almost one-to-one forces, infantry against cavalry, engaging in the plain terrain and gaining the upper hand in the battle.

It was the darkest day for the Tatar coach, the brave female general Aya Fire, because it was ...... She failed.

The invincible glory of the Tatar cavalry since the beginning of the war has not been continued in her, and the men and horses she led fell into Shen Xi's "treacherous scheme", and the number of Tatar cavalry shot by Shen Xi with Franc machine artillery before and after only exceeded 500 men and horses, and the soldiers killed by arrows, Franc machine guns and gunpowder tied to mules and donkeys in the chaotic battle exceeded 2,000.

The enemy was hit by Franc's cannons and guns at medium and long distances, and the Tatars were desperately approaching and caught in a dense battle formation, and the cavalry that relied on them to conquer the steppes was even more useless.

At short distances, the Tatar cavalry had to concentrate all their attention, looking at the spears that were stabbing from all directions, and the swords rolling on the ground ready to chop the hooves of horses, where was there time to draw their bows and shoot arrows?

In hand-to-hand combat, the two sides were stabbed to death by random guns or fell to the ground after being cut off the legs of horses, and once the Tatar cavalry lost its impact and became infantry, the advantage of the weapon was reflected in the strength of an inch long and an inch, and often the Tatars wielded their sabers to block left and right, but suddenly found themselves pierced in the chest by a spear from nowhere.

After more than two hours of bloody fighting between the two sides, the Ming army firmly gained the upper hand, and as the Tatar cavalry fell one after another, the circle of battle began to shrink.

"Ulala!"

Just when the Tatars were already in a state of collapse, the Tatar cavalry launched a final assault, this time aiming at Shen Xi, who had been at the forefront of the army but had been squeezed behind the battlefield after the battle.

Huo Aya's relatives led more than 50 horsemen after gathering and rushed towards Shen Xi.

There were a lot of guards around Shen Xi, but the Tatar Jedi counterattacked, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Huo Aya was covered in blood at this time, and there were several places on her body with colors, but she wanted to complete the final blow before she was defeated and died, and killed Shen Xi in one fell swoop.

But how can Shen Xi get along well?

At this time, Shen Xi himself held a new-style firearm in his hand, which was a sharp weapon he used for self-defense, and when the Ming army was rushed by this Tatar cavalry, only the soldiers around the mule cart formation remained organized.

The battlefield is full of "Kill! "Protect your lord!" Shen Xi had already withdrawn from the high platform at this time, because he didn't want to be shot through by an arrow from nowhere, and now he did the same as when he was attacked by the Tatar cavalry on the battlefield of Yuxi River, that is, to flee for his life as much as possible.

What to maintain the prestige of the boss has nothing to do with him, if even his life is gone, no matter how cool the pose is, it is in vain, what he has to do now is only to save his life, and wait for the opportunity to kill a few Tatars, so that others know that he, the commander of the three armies, is not easy to mess with.

The Tatars are menacing, Shen Xi temporarily gave up the matter of Liwei, although the mule cart is very safe under the carriage, but he still feels unsafe, at this time the place between the two rows of mule carriages is safer, except that the carriage has a certain height to block the bow and arrow, if the Tatars rush over, it is difficult to cross the barrier of the mule cart and the carriage.

"Protect your lordship! Yes! ”

Several officers and soldiers brandished long knives in front of Shen Xi, and they immediately became the priority targets of the Tatars, because these Tatars didn't know what these Ming soldiers were shouting, they only knew one thing, they couldn't let these talkative guys attract the attention of the Ming army, first clear the threat, no matter what he shouted.

When the Tatar cavalry fought hard to the back row of the Ming army, they found that Shen Xi, the commander of the Ming army, who was originally standing on a high platform and waving the flag to command the battle, did not know where to go, only the military flag was still standing there, but at this time it was already crumbling.

"Ulala!"

The Tatars could not find Shen Xi, so they killed them in the direction of the military flag.

In the eyes of the Tatars, Shen Xi should be with the military flag, even if they are not together, they can't kill Shen Xi, and pulling out the Ming army flag can also turn the tide of the war.

Only Huo Aya's eyes were sharp, and he found that Shen Xi had jumped into the middle of the mule cart array at this time, surrounded by mules and carriages loaded with artillery, and there were many guards with spears to defend them, because the mules and carriages were connected with other mule carts, so it was impossible to pass through the barrier of the mule cart array.

"Suffer death!"

In order to vent her resentment, Huo Aya spoke the language of the Ming people.

Huo Aya's pronunciation is very standard, from her understanding of the Central Plains culture, she rode her horse to Shen Xi's side to kill, more than ten steps away, the horse under her crotch suddenly rose into the air, in the stunned gaze of the surrounding Ming soldiers, in Shen Xi's puzzled gaze, the horse flew directly over the mule and the carriage four or five feet high behind it, and when it fell, it had crossed the car formation and appeared in front of Shen Xi.

"Protecting the ......"

This time, before a Ming officer and soldier finished speaking, half of his head was cut off by Huo Aya's sword, and Huo Aya continued to kill Shen Xi's side, Shen Xi didn't care about any image at the critical moment, as long as he could save his life, even if he used the most cowardly and unreasonable method - directly drilled into the pile of people.

Aren't you trying to kill me? You leap over on a single horse, and your fists are hard to beat with four hands, how about a horse with four legs? My side is full of people, and you can kill four or five by yourself, or ten or eight, so how can you deal with fifty or sixty people?

As the commander of the three armies, Shen Xi had no scruples about escaping, and while squeezing into the crowd, he shouted loudly: "The reward for killing this person is one hundred taels!" ”

The temptation of money is incomparably huge, the bounty is one hundred taels, how huge the number is, ordinary soldiers don't dare to think about it, they only know that this money can be spent for a lifetime, and then a woman will kill it, and the follow-up Tatars have been intercepted and surrounded by many people, no matter how fierce a woman is.

The Ming man also looked down on women, even if it was a Tatar woman, so Huo Aya thought that the Ming soldiers would dodge and avoid so that she could chase and kill Shen Xi, but she didn't expect the surrounding Ming soldiers to rush towards her like chicken blood.

Huo Aya had been slashing on the battlefield for two hours, she was already exhausted, and at this time it was already the end of the crossbow, Huo Aya also wanted to muster up Yu Yong to pursue Shen Xi, but found that Shen Xi slipped faster than a mouse, she slashed and killed two Ming soldiers who raised their spears and stabbed over, and shouted in despair: "Shen Xi, come here, I will fight you to the death!" ”

Shen Xi heard the voice a little far away, and his heart was settled, he was afraid that Huo Aya would shoot him with a bow and arrow, so he simply entered the pile of people with a short body, and he didn't even show his head, so that Huo Aya didn't know which direction Shen Xi fled in later.

Aya wielded her sword, and although she was valiant, her horse could no longer hold it, and after being stabbed in the belly with a spear, the horse finally lost its support and fell forward.

Huo Aya fell, she jumped over, and was about to stabilize herself and stand on the ground, continuing to search for Shen Xi's traces, but found countless spears and swords beckoning at her.

"Ding, ding, ding!"

At the last moment, Huo Aya opened the tip of the spear and the long knife that attacked, but at this time, her whole body was already out of balance, and before she could land, she felt countless large hands catch her.

"I've got it alive!" There are Ming soldiers shouting.

"I've got it, too!"

Huo Aya felt that her war knife had been unloaded, and even the armor had been stripped away, leaving only the soft armor inside, and the person was raised above her head, and many Ming soldiers wanted to grab a handful of her and find a token to prove that they were the one who captured Huo Aya alive, so that they could go back to Shen Xi to ask for the reward of one hundred taels of gold.

"Shen Xi, come out!"

Huo Aya's body lost her freedom and was caught, but she still struggled desperately in the air and shouted, but unfortunately she was facing the sky at this time, and she couldn't see where Shen Xi was.

Shen Xi didn't respond so stupidly, because there were still remnants of the Tatar cavalry not far away at this time, Shen Xi tried his best to keep a low profile, and even took off his coat, because there were many "baby soldiers" in the Beijing camp, and the rest of the Tatars except Huo Yan didn't see his appearance clearly, so he was very safe now.

Soon after, Huo Aya was tied up, and the Ming soldiers almost dismantled her, but they knew that the bounty for catching her alive was higher, because this was the traditional rule in the army.

The dead fire silk is worth a bounty of one hundred taels, and the living fire silk should be worth two or three hundred taels, and many people go up to grab a handful, so that the soft armor of the fire silk is scratched, and then some people want to come over to grab the fire silk, so they hear Shen Xi beckoning: "Everyone has a share, no need to fight!" ”

Only then did the crowd of soldiers around the fire aya stop a little.

Over there, more than 50 horsemen who came over with the Tatars had been killed or captured by the Ming soldiers, and only the Tatars were left to resist sporadically in the distance, but it was no longer a climate.

"My lord, we have won!"

Hu Songyue, who returned victoriously, was like a triumphant general, and came to report the good news to Shen Xi, he himself did not expect that last night he also lost a lot of men and horses because of the problem of taking water, and the invincible Tatars in his eyes were defeated today, under the command and dispatch of Shen Xi, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were like heavenly soldiers and generals.

"Your Excellency!"

More soldiers gathered around Shen Xi.

Before, it was still Huo Aya who was lifted to the sky, but at this time, it was Shen Xi's turn to be lifted above his head, and Shen Xi escaped from the Tatars, but he couldn't escape the officers and soldiers under his command, so he was lifted above his head.

Shen Xi felt like crying without tears at this moment, and shouted: "Let this official come down!" ”

No matter how loud he was, it was in vain, and the energetic officers and soldiers were like going crazy, and the shouts of celebration of victory drowned out everything.

Shen Xi was held high above his head and thrown up, Shen Xi felt that there were countless hands touching him, he wanted to scold, but even if he scolded, he couldn't even hear himself, and he was afraid that he would become a target for the remnants of the Tatar rangers, so he simply kept silent.

In the end, Hu Songyue, Liu Xu and others rushed over to relieve Shen Xi, and when Shen Xi was put down, they found that they were no longer clothed.

"Presumptuous, are you doing this to adults? What a guts! ”

Hu Songyue was just about to scold, but suddenly found that he had also become the target of the soldiers, and was quickly taken off his horse and thrown into the sky. (To be continued.) )