In the summer, Nan returned to Tianjin Wei and was very depressed. When he intercepted Abatai in Shandong, he felt at ease, but when he arrived in Tianjin, he was constrained and everything was not going well. Now Huang Mengjia has not returned from the capital, and the transfer order of the military department is also far away, without the order, it has become an impossible task to persuade nearby friendly troops to fight, and even the grain depot that is close at hand cannot successfully obtain military rations because of the evasion of the military preparation Dao Panda.

Bad news always follows. Wei Lianheng came to report: "The spies we sent out have reported: The Tartars have arrived in the Cangzhou area, are collecting grain everywhere, and are expected to enter the Tianjin border tomorrow." ”

"So there's only one day left for us?" Xia Nan sighed and looked to the north, "If things can't go as we wish, let's intercept Abatai alone, even if we can't completely annihilate this army, at least tear off a few pieces of meat, so that the Tartars will run around when they see our Qiong Navy in the future." ”

In such a short period of time, he didn't have much hope for Huang Mengjia's trip to the capital, without the order of the Ministry of War, Wang Hong, the chief soldier of Tianjin, was unwilling to fight, and Liu Guozhu, the chief soldier of Baoding, who was far away in Bazhou, might not be able to fight, and it seemed that the Qiong Navy would definitely have to face the Tartars alone without foreign aid. Infantry vs. cavalry, the initiative is always in the hands of Abatai.

The precious day passed, and the sky slowly darkened.

Xia Nan was thinking about how to deal with the current situation in the camp, when there was a commotion outside the door, and Su rushed in with sweaty legs, shouting excitedly: "General, General Liu of Baoding is willing to fight, and he will send all the five thousand cavalry under his command." ”

Xia Nan stood up and asked in disbelief, "Really?" ”

"It's true!" Su Bush looked excited, "Mr. Liu said that as long as he kills the Tartars and doesn't pull out the silver, he is willing to come." However, the cavalry will set off early tomorrow morning and arrive at Tianjin Wei in the afternoon, and they can't bring much dry food, so they want us to provide grain and grass. ”

"No problem with food and grass! Put our grain and grass on top first, and if it is not enough, we will find soldiers to prepare for it and ask for it. Xia Nan clenched his fists tightly and paced back and forth happily, "Great, as long as there are more than these five thousand cavalry, the chances of leaving Abatai are much greater." ”

Su Thick Legs wiped the sweat on his face and said: "General Liu is a cheerful person, as soon as he heard that we ran from Guangdong to Tianjin to fight the Tartars, he was amazed, and said that he was willing to do his part for the Tartars, without mentioning any conditions, and he didn't ask about the order of the Ministry of War." If it weren't for the cavalry traveling lightly, they would even bring their own grain and grass. ”

Xia Nan sighed: "Daming is rotten everywhere, but there is still no shortage of bloody soldiers!" This Liu Zongbing is a man, I remember him. ”

Now that there are reinforcements, the original battle plan has to be revised.

In the brightly lit barracks, everyone sat in a circle. Sima De suggested: "Wang Hong of Jinghai is unwilling to fight, and Liu Guozhu of Bazhou is willing to send troops, our original triangle is missing a corner, and there is no way to do the siege." It's better to take the three regiments of our Qiong Navy as the main force and fight head-on, Liu Guozhu's 5,000 cavalry is waiting for an opportunity on the flank, and when the Tartars want to escape, they will go up and entangle. ”

Wei Lianheng agreed with this plan: "As long as the five thousand cavalry can entangle the Tartars, we can chase after them, step by step, and consume the Tartars' forces little by little." Even if we can't kill Abatai in the end, we can basically gnaw down this army, and it will be a heavy blow to the Tartars. ”

"Okay, that's it!" "Tomorrow, we will take the initiative to face the battle and try to consume the strength of the Tartars." Liu Guozhu's cavalry needed to travel for a day to reach Tianjin, and if we held on a little longer, they would be able to rest a little longer and regain some strength before they had the energy to fight with the Tartars. ”

In the early morning of the next day, all members of the Qiong Navy went out of the Tianjin Acropolis and assembled near the official road, blocking the necessary road from Cangzhou to Beijing.

A few hours later, the spies sent out reported one by one:

"Report! The Tartars have already left the border of Cangzhou. ”

"Report! The Tartar scouts have entered Tianjin. ”

"Report! The Tartar Striker was only a hundred miles away from Tianjin. Their scouts began to drive away our men, and we couldn't get close to the Tartar army. ”

……

Xia Nan sighed: "There are not enough cavalry, not even qualified spies, and we can't implement battlefield covering, so we can only let the Tartars cut off our eyeline." ”

Lin Weiye said unintentionally: "If our territory borders the Mongols, it will be convenient to get war horses, and cavalry will not be a problem." ”

"Bother?" In the summer, Nan's heart moved, Qiongzhou Mansion hung alone on the sea, and it was impossible to border Mongolia; The power in Shandong slowly penetrated the past, but it was still thousands of miles away from the northern grasslands, but if it could take over the city of Beijing and mobilize the resources of the whole country, including the border towns on the border with Mongolia, everything would not be a problem.

However, this possibility was too far away, at least for now, and Xia Nan shook her head and focused her energy on the upcoming battle again.

After the Houjin army drove away the spies of the Qiong navy, the news from the front was close to being interrupted, and the time when the enemy arrived in Tianjin could only be estimated based on experience.

Flags fluttering, guns and cannons, the army is ready to fight, Xia Nan and everyone stand in the middle army, waiting for the arrival of the old opponent.

"It's coming, it's coming!" There was a commotion in the crowd.

Some black dots appeared on the horizon, quickly approaching this side. Xia Nan raised his binoculars and took a closer look, it was some cavalry wearing silver-white armor, about the Bayala white-armored soldiers who were responsible for battlefield reconnaissance and shelter tasks.

Spotting the large army ahead, the white-armored soldiers stopped their advance and scattered to the sides, as if to make sure that there were no other armies in ambush around them.

After a while, many banners of blue and golden dragons appeared on the horizon, and then the cavalry of black pressure appeared, and the two armies that had fought fiercely in Shandong met again.

Xia Nan couldn't help but look to the west, not knowing when the 5,000 cavalry of Liu Guozhu, the general soldier of Baoding, would arrive and put into the battlefield, they were the key to successfully intercepting Abatai.

In the Houjin army, Abatai rode his horse to the front of the battle, looking at the army in the distance, and the big "Qiong" flag was faintly visible. He was shocked, "Aren't these people all infantry, how can they still rush to the front of us, are they all heavenly soldiers and generals, and they can't fly?" ”

Gartu, whose arms were wrapped in white cloth, said on the side: "Lord Belle, they are battalion soldiers from Guangdong, far away from Shandong, and even farther away from Tianjin, they can't travel long distances by land to the north to fight, and the supply of grain and grass can't be met. ”[.]