"It's reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming! The defenders at the head of the city cheered when they saw a small group of cavalry penetrating the encirclement.

The Mongols, on the other hand, were in disarray. Especially when they heard the word "Mangui", they were even more frightened.

It turned out that this Man Gui was originally a Mongolian, and he entered the customs with his father when he was a child and became a subject of the Ming Dynasty. He joined the army at the age of twelve, and since he was a child, he has made many military exploits. But he was rude and had no scheming. At that time, it was stipulated that every time a soldier was beheaded, he could choose whether to be promoted or take five taels of silver, and Man Gui chose to reward silver every time. He was also addicted to drinking and gambling, until he was in his twenties, although he had beheaded more than 100 levels and exchanged hundreds of taels of silver, he had spent all his money, and he was still a small soldier. If he had chosen to be promoted like others, he would have been promoted to the general soldier.

Until the war in Liaodong broke out suddenly, Yang Hao attacked in four ways, and was defeated by Nurhachi, and the whole army was wiped out on the three roads.

At that time, Man Gui was also in this army, and Yang Hao saw him fight hard to kill the enemy, and cut more than ten pursuers in a row, and he was very brave, and he was greatly surprised, so he began to promote him.

Since then, Man Gui's career can be said to be a smooth progress, but in just a few years, he has been gradually promoted from the general flag of the army to a hundred households, garrisons, guerrillas, and generals, and this year he was finally promoted to the deputy chief soldier of Datong.

The town of Datong is one of the "nine towns" of the Ming Dynasty, and its status is very important. Man Gui was in charge here and had become one of the most outstanding generals of his time.

But because he was rude, didn't know anything about the rules of officialdom, and was a Mongol, no one in the court liked him. Including this time, the imperial court requisitioned soldiers and horses from all over the country to Shanhaiguan to resist the enemy, and Mangui repeatedly asked for battle, but Sun Chengzong and others repeatedly shirked it on the grounds that "Datong's defense is also important, and you must not leave your post without permission".

It wasn't until the army was about to start that Sun Chengzong found that although there were a lot of soldiers and horses in various places, the combat effectiveness was really worrying. Especially the generals who command the troops, don't look at the arrogance on weekdays, they are really going into battle, but they all shrink back one by one. What's the use of having more generals like this?

In desperation, he agreed to Man Gui's invitation to fight.

But this back and forth has delayed a lot of time. By the time Man Gui received the letter from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, Sun Chengzong had already led the army from Beijing.

Man Gui was anxious and earnest, and ordered 5,000 infantry to go out with grain and grass that night, but he himself led 1,000 cavalry day and night, desperately chasing Sun Chengzong's Chinese army.

When he chased him outside the city of Jizhou, he happened to run into a sentry sent by the Qi family army from Zunhua.

The sentry originally went to Jizhou to ask for help, but the four gates of Jizhou were closed and he was not allowed to enter the city at all. He was so anxious that he shouted under the city: "Zunhua is surrounded by the Mongols, and His Royal Highness King Xin is trapped in the city!" Please rush to the rescue! ”

However, he was answered by a barrage of arrows from the city!

The sentry never expected that he would sacrifice his life to break through the encirclement and run to Jizhou overnight, and he would be treated like this. I also thought that there were only a few hundred Qi family troops in Zunhua City, and there were no less than thousands of Mongols besieging the city, which was really precarious. Once the city is broken, not only will the king Zhu Youzhen be captured or killed, but the main general Qi Meifeng, who gets along with him day and night, and the five hundred Qi family soldiers who share life and death, will all be unable to escape the fate of death in battle, and they can't help crying bitterly!

When he was crying bitterly, Man Gui led the army to arrive. When he saw a horse crying under the city, he asked inexplicably, "Which officer are you?" A big man is crying and crying, what a system! ”

When the sentry saw that he was leading thousands of cavalry, it was as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and he didn't care to ask who he was, so he immediately rolled his saddle and dismounted, climbed in front of his horse, and cried to him about Zunhua's military situation and what happened to him.

Man Gui didn't wait to hear it, and then he was furious and said: "Who is the guard of Jizhou, I killed him!" ”

An officer at the head of the city heard his insulting remarks and shouted loudly: "Who are you who dare to speak foul language!" The four doors are tightly closed, which is a strict order from the eunuch Tu Zhong Tu Gonggong of Jizhou Town! You can't even dare to insult Grandpa Tu! ”

"I'll smear your mother's shit!" Man Gui roared wildly, then opened his bow and set up an arrow, and shot towards the city with one arrow!

The officer originally thought that if Tu Zhong was moved out, no matter how big the general was, he would obediently obey the order. Unexpectedly, that Man Gui didn't agree with a word, and he said that he would do it, and when he was caught off guard, he was shot in the right eye with an arrow, which went deep into the brain, and he didn't snort immediately, and died!

"Lord Commander, you're in trouble!" One of Man Gui's lieutenant generals was shocked and said, "How can we be a soldier who can afford to provoke the eunuchs?" You shoot his officer, and he has to tell you a hard story! ”

"Sue it! I'm afraid he won't make it! Man Gui saw that he had killed someone with this arrow, and he regretted it a little in his heart, but he refused to admit his mistake and stubbornly said to himself.

The adjutant general's mind was still clear, and he hurriedly suggested to Man Gui: "Lord Commander, I'm afraid that the eunuch guarding the town will get the news in a while, and he will send troops out of the city to fight with us." Rather than that, it is better to save Zunhua first. As long as you rescue King Xin, let King Xin write to the court, and Chen says that Jizhou will not be saved when he sees death, you can avoid this catastrophe! ”

Man Gui listened to his reasoning, and immediately let the sentinel lead the way, beat the horse and galloped, and went straight to Zunhua. When they arrived at the battlefield, it was the critical moment when the Mongols were attacking the city for the third time and had already captured the city.

When Man Gui saw the battlefield, it was really like a trapped dragon entering the sea, and he immediately became excited. He immediately ordered 900 cavalry to raid the Mongol camp, but he himself led 100 of the most elite subordinates to rush towards the Daxu banner of the Duoyan Division.

The Mongols originally focused on attacking the city, but they did not expect to be attacked from behind, and there was chaos immediately.

In particular, the hundred elite horsemen of Man Gui, all of them holding big swords, were extremely brave, like a black whirlwind, sweeping past the battlefield with the breath of death. Everywhere I passed, there were severed limbs and headless corpses, like cleaving waves!

When he heard Man Gui's self-registration, he was shocked and said, "Why is he!" ”

It turned out that Man Gui had served as a general of Xifengkou and had dealt with Zhe Lemei twice. He despised Su Zhimangui's brave name, and during his tenure, he did not dare to harass the border.

At this time, seeing that his soldiers had died tragically under Man Gui's broadsword, the murderous nature in the blood of Zhe Le's blood was also completely stimulated, and he shouted: "Stop the siege of the city, and destroy the reinforcements first!" ”

The Mongols were experienced in the battlefield, and they only panicked for a while, and then gradually stabilized their position. They turned over one by one, no longer paying attention to Zunhua City, but surrounded the more than 100 cavalry of Man Gui in three layers and three layers outside.

It's just that in this way, it will hurt the Mongols who have already attacked the city. There were only more than 20 of them, and they had just carved out a small position at the head of the city, and they were counting on their own people to continuously climb up to support.

The Mongols below turned around, and the Mongols at the head of the city were in despair. They didn't have time to climb down the ladder again, so they had to fight to the death with the soldiers of the Qi family's army.

But in such a narrow place as the head of the city, the mandarin duck array of the Qi family's army happened to show its might. In a short time, these more than 20 unlucky Mongols were completely slaughtered, and this time the siege was declared a failure again!

The soldiers and civilians at the head of the city cheered again, but Qi Meifeng saw the battle situation under the city clearly, and said to Zhu Youzhen urgently: "Your Highness, the reinforcements under the city are dangerous!" You are here to preside over the overall situation, and the last general will lead the army out of the city to rescue! ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that her arrow wound had not healed, her face was still very pale, and he said distressedly: "Your injury is not healed, you can't go!" Or I'll go! ”

"What's the use of you!" Qi Meifeng was so angry that he blurted out, and then regretted it greatly, and a trace of blood appeared on her pale face. She hurriedly stomped her foot, ignored Zhu Youzhen, and hurried down to the city.

At this time, Man Gui's cavalry was in a decisive battle to the death!

Although the Mongols lost thousands of people in the siege, and were killed by Mangui in a burst, suffering hundreds of casualties, the total strength was still more than 4,000. At this time, they gradually gathered their forces from all sides, and their numbers increased.

Man Gui saw that although his 900 cavalry had taken the Mongols' camp, they were also isolated outside because of a little delay, and he was deeply trapped in the battle, and he couldn't help but regret that he was too big.

But the battle situation was critical, and he could not afford to hesitate. With years of experience and instinct in fighting, Man Gui roared on the horse: "Rush up with me and seize the enemy's banner!" ”

In ancient times, there were no modern means of communication such as telegraph and telephone on the battlefield, and if the soldiers wanted to obtain the orders of the generals on the chaotic battlefield, they had to listen to and see. Ear listening, refers to the golden drum and horn, that is, the drum is to advance, the sound of gold is to retreat, and the horn is blown, it is to launch a general attack.

And this time, it is mainly to observe the flag. This flag is the symbol of the coach. The banner is advancing, indicating that the commander is advancing, and the soldiers will rush to kill when they see it; The retreat of the banner means that the commander is retreating, and the soldiers will know that the battle situation is unfavorable, and they will also retreat with it, so as not to be surrounded and eaten by the enemy.

And if the flag is taken away or cut off by the enemy, it means that the boss is basically finished. The so-called people don't go without heads, birds don't fly without heads, the boss is hanging, how can the battle be fought. Generally speaking, when this happens, most of the troops will collapse and be defeated.

At this moment, Man Gui had already made the most correct decision at the moment, and rushed straight to the enemy's most heavily defended Daxu Banner, in order to kill with one blow and completely disrupt the enemy army. Only in this way can we fight a bloody way out of the situation where the enemy is outnumbered!

The hundred cavalry under Man Gui were also Mongols he recruited from the Mongolian steppe. They were either fugitives from the tribe, or solitary shepherds, or simply horse thieves who lived by robbery, in short, all fierce warriors who were not afraid to die.

They were under siege at this time, but they were as cold and fearless as the main general, and immediately beat their horses like flying, followed by Man Gui, like a wounded tiger, and rushed madly towards the Chinese army where the scorn was located!