"Here comes the Tartars!"

This sentence stunned everyone inside and outside the barracks for a few seconds. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThey also heard about the Tatars' entry into the Kou, but didn't the Di newspaper say that they were active in the Beizhili area, why did they come to Shandong? And it came to Dengzhou by the sea.

Su Thick Leg is the fastest to react, he has the most combat experience, and he knows that no matter whether the news is true or not, it is visible that there are pursuers behind, and he should immediately close the city gate to prepare for battle. Seeing that Lin Weiye was still stunned, he issued an order: "All the soldiers who have been trained will return to the barracks, and the artillery at the shooting range will also be withdrawn, and all will go to the city wall to prepare for defense." ”

The soldiers who were training outside the barracks and the artillerymen who were practicing at the shooting range hurriedly withdrew into the barracks, and under the arrangement and deployment of the battalion commander, under the leadership of the company commander and platoon commander, they went to the city wall one by one.

Lin Weiye came back to his senses and said to Su Bush: "You also know that I have never led troops, and I don't know anything about fighting, so the defense of the fortress will be under your full command, and I will not interfere." He was well aware of his own strengths and weaknesses, and even in wartime, Xia Nan grasped the big and let go of the small, only caring about the strategic direction, regardless of the specific operational command, he did not dare to command blindly, and simply fully delegated power.

Su Thick Legs nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Lord Commander, Thick Legs will definitely keep the barracks from losing." "He is still very sure of holding this small city in the shape of a star. Although there are many new recruits in the independent regiment, he has personally experienced the perverted defensive power of the city - when Bosuke defended the war, only with the temporary fortress made of rammed earth, the escort of more than 1,000 people repelled the repeated attacks of nearly 20,000 troops, and now this complete version of the fortress is naturally more powerful, and it is not difficult for 4 infantry battalions to hold it.

When the city wall was deployed, the cavalry battalion led by Ma Wei was already close to the barracks, only a few hundred paces away, and it only took a charge to enter. However, the Mongol cavalry behind also saw the barracks and knew that this was the opponent's retreat, so they began to speed up and shorten the distance between them and the cavalry camp, wanting to catch up with them before entering the city.

The number of horses in the cavalry battalion is limited, except for a small number of people who are one person and two horses, the rest are one person and one horse, and the back and forth has long exhausted the horsepower, and many people have fallen behind in the process of retreating because of the loss of their horses, some have fled into the fields, mountains and forests, and some have been captured by the Mongols. Most of the Mongols are one person with two horses, and even one person with three horses, taking turns to ride and maintain the relatively abundant physical strength of the war horses. Now that the goal has been achieved, this cavalry has no use value, and if it can catch up and kill a few, count a few.

Lin Weiye watched Ma Wei and his men struggle to escape the pursuit of the cavalry behind, and asked Su Bush: "What should I do, do you close the city gate immediately or let them in?" ”

Su Thick Legs looked at Ma Wei, who was getting closer and closer, and couldn't bear it, after all, this was the cavalry battalion commander he personally recommended, and he really didn't want to watch him being caught up and killed under his nose, so he said to Lin Weiye: "If the chief soldier can trust me, I want to try, let Ma Wei in, as for the chasing soldiers, I will find a way to deal with it." ”

Lin Weiye nodded hurriedly: "Your general has spent a lot of effort to make up this cavalry, and it's a pity to be reimbursed like this, so let it in!" ”

Su Rough Leg ordered: "Don't close the city gate, let the cavalry battalion in first, and send a battalion to guard at the city gate, if the pursuers mix in, kill them on the spot." Everyone on the city wall is in battle mode, and the pursuers are in range and shoot! ”

The soldiers of the separate regiment went to their posts according to the order. On the west-facing city wall, dense soldiers raised Qionghai-style rifles and were ready to shoot at any time; Behind the city gates, a whole company of soldiers fixed their bayonets and waited for the moment to fight the pursuers.

The cavalry battalion exhausted the last of its strength and entered the city gate at the speed of a sprint, and many of them fell to the ground with their horses after passing through the gate. Although he was inevitably injured, he was finally safe and his life was saved.

The Mongols, who were full of horsepower, came first, and before the city gate could be closed, they rushed in almost with the cavalry battalion in front and behind. After entering the city gate, the first thing they did was to wield their sabers to slash the opponent in front of them, blocking and closing the city gate, and buying time for the army behind. However, the opponents seemed to have been prepared for it, and large groups of infantry surrounded them, forming a steel line with bayonets, making it difficult for them to advance a single step.

Although some soldiers were knocked away by the galloping horses, the dense crowd still successfully blocked the momentum of the cavalry impact, and the door hole was too narrow to open, many Mongolian cavalry could not dodge, and crashed headlong into their own people, more and more war horses hit each other and fell to the ground, and the cavalry was forced to jump off the horse, and the infantry stiffened, and suddenly there was chaos.

Su didn't care about the battle at the city gate, he set his eyes ahead. Several blue background golden dragon flags appeared in the field of vision, and a large area of troops followed, and it can be clearly seen with binoculars that most of the people have bare heads, only a handful of hair in the middle, and a small pigtail, it seems that this is the tartar that Ma Wei said. The Tartar army followed the cavalry and was not far from the city gates, and if it was delayed any longer, there was a danger that the enemy army would storm the city gates, and if the battle to defend the city turned into a melee inside the city, the outcome of the battle would be difficult to say.

Su Thick Leg immediately made a decision and gave the order: "Let the pursuing cavalry come in and fight, don't entangle with them in the doorway, close the city gate immediately, close the door and beat the dogs." ”

The Mongols, who were in a state of confusion, could not advance or retreat, and when they were in a dilemma, they suddenly found that the pressure in front of them had been relieved, and the road was clear, and those Han soldiers retreated like a tide and gave way to the blocked road. The commander Arslen was overjoyed, and shouted with a knife: "Rush in and kill the Bright Dog!" ”

The Mongols, who had already jumped off their horses, got back on their horses, clamped their legs, and rushed into the city at a gallop. Taking advantage of the strong inertia of the war horses to run, they flattened their sabers, and easily slashed through the necks and chests of the soldiers with the help of horsepower, and the blood rose to the sky, killing dozens of people in an instant.

After leading his subordinates to rush for a few hundred meters, Arslen turned his head and charged in the opposite direction. As long as the horses can run and charge repeatedly, the infantry without formation will not be able to stop them. However, when he turned his head, he was surprised to find that in this short period of time, the opponent's back to the city gate quickly formed a hollow phalanx, and Rulin's bayonets were obliquely upward, like a steel horse rejection spear array.