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Hearing that the Tartars were searching for the people and preparing to drive them into meat shields, Qin Mu was thinking hard about countermeasures, when the sound of dense horses' hooves suddenly sounded on the west bank of the water, and Qin Mu couldn't help but be secretly shocked in his heart.

Li Jiu couldn't have come so quickly. Where did this cavalry come from? I didn't even receive and report in advance.

Qin Mu's gaze shot coldly at Yan Gaofei, Yan Gaofei was so frightened that he knelt down, and said in a panic: "My lord forgive me, my subordinates will go to investigate."

"Still probing a fart, people have already arrived, and you still need to investigate?" Pastor Qin took a long breath and tried his best to control his temper, now every decision he made might affect the life and death of the 20,000 army, and he had to control his emotions.

Fortunately, he was already trapped in death, separated by the Jushui River, even if it was an enemy, it was impossible to attack it for a while.

It's just that if it's really the enemy, it will definitely disrupt all its layouts and have a huge impact on the next battle.

Qin Mu raised his telescope worriedly and looked across the river.

After a while, with the billowing smoke and dust, a cavalry of two or three hundred people galloped closer, and from the telescope, you could see a person in front of him in red clothes, red pants and red cloak, like a burning flame flying by.

Qin Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but arouse his incomparable curiosity, Red Lady, hasn't she been fighting in the Henan area? How is it here?

Qin Mu, who was full of doubts in his heart, swept towards Yan Gaofei again, Yan Gaofei knelt and shook his head, with a look of shame and remorse.

"Get up, the next time something like this happens, you won't have to stay overnight."

After Qin Mu finished speaking, he didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, after the Red Lady's men and horses stopped on the other side, she had already shouted eagerly, Qin Mu asked Yan Gaofei to swing the boat over and pick up the people.

The red lady was covered in dust, and there were dark red blood stains on her clothes. It can be seen that he fought on the battlefield, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes.

As soon as she came closer, she said continuously: "Qin Mu, quickly lend me a few thousand soldiers and horses, my subordinates are fighting fiercely with the Qing army in Wuyang Pass, and they are about to be unable to support it, you can quickly lend me a few thousand men and horses." ”

"Wuyang Pass? Tell me first, what is the situation at the bottom? ”

"Who has time to rub their tongues with you, my men and horses are dying, do you borrow or not?" The red lady was so anxious that she shouted loudly. His eyes were red, and tears were rolling in his sockets.

"See for yourself." Qin Mu pointed to the Qing army a few miles away and said, "I myself am now in a dead place."

"You're saying you can't borrow soldiers?"

"Definitely"

The red lady had red eyes and interrupted him loudly: "What's wrong? You directly say whether to borrow or not, give me the truth, my men and horses are still fighting with the Tartars, do you know? ”

"Why are you like this, as the commander of the army, you are so frizzy will only make more people follow you to death. Can you listen to me finish. was repeatedly interrupted by the red lady, and Qin Mu was also a little angry.

"Okay, you say, say it quickly."

Qin Muyi pointed to the Qing army in the north and said, "This battle is not only related to my personal life and death. It is also related to the war situation of the whole world. At this time, if you don't explain the situation clearly, let me lend you troops, this is absolutely impossible. Besides, it's useful if you're in a hurry. No matter how urgent it is, at this moment and a half, I must first explain the situation clearly, and then I can make corresponding arrangements. ”

"Then I'll cut it short. My men were forced to retreat to Wuyang Pass, the Tartar Lekde Hun pursued closely, and brought artillery, my men were almost running out of arrows, there was no food, and they were so hungry that they couldn't even hold their knives, and now they had no way to retreat, so they could only fight hard with the Tartars, and they were killed and wounded."

"Luckedhun? How many troops does he have? How many troops do you have? ”

"There are six thousand Tartars, and we have thirty thousand, but most of us are old and weak, women and children."

"You are stupid, the west of Wuyang Pass is Tongbai Mountain, and the east is Dabie Mountain, can't you let the old and weak women and children retreat into the mountain first?"

"What do they eat when they retreat into the mountains? We're running out of food, and a lot of people are starving to death, you know? The red lady's eyes are red again, and her emotions tend to get out of control.

At this time, Yue Zhongliang next to him hurriedly said: "My lord, the north of Wuyang Pass is 70 miles away from Xinyang, and it is less than 300 miles away from here. It is one of the nine major Xiongguan passes, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. Moreover, once Wuyang Pass falls into the hands of the Tartars at this time, it will only take two days at most for the men and horses of Luckedhun to be killed here, which will definitely have a significant impact on this battle. ”

After Yue Zhongliang's analysis, Wuyang Pass suddenly became a strategic place that cannot be ignored at present.

But in this way, it is undoubtedly worse for Qin Mu, because there is another uncertain factor, because of uncertainty, the pressure is getting heavier and heavier.

He turned his head and asked Yan Gaofei, "Li Jiu, where have they been?" ”

Yan Gaofei hurriedly replied: "According to the itinerary, I should go to Suizhou." ”

"Hurry up and pass on the official's order, let Li Jiu immediately dispatch two thousand men and horses to gallop to Wuyang Pass, go quickly."

"Whoa!"

"Wait, Red Lady, you send a few people to Suizhou with my people for communication and liaison."

"Okay, I'll leave here." The red lady turned around and was about to leave.

Qin Mu hurriedly stopped: "Wait, aren't you short of weapons, food and grass?" It's useless for you to rush back now, I will send an order back to Wuchang to raise some weapons, grain and grass for you to bring back to Wuyang Pass. ”

"How long will this take?"

"Counting the distance from here to Wuchang, it will be tomorrow night at the earliest."

The red lady hesitated, Wuyang Pass was in danger, and she didn't want to delay for a moment.

But from another point of view, she has 30,000 people, although most of them are old and weak, women and children, but there are also four or five thousand soldiers who can fight, and the reason why she can't hold Wuyang Pass is mainly because of the lack of weapons, food and grass.

She weighed it, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you until tomorrow evening." After saying that, she sent a message across the river and sent a few people back to Wuyang Pass, telling her subordinates that reinforcements were coming soon, and weapons, grain and grass would soon arrive, so as to enhance the confidence of her subordinates in defense.

At this time, a few miles to the north, Azig captured nearly a thousand unarmed people, and then dispatched troops to drive these people with swords and guns to make human shields, and gradually approached the front of the Qin army, and the whining horn and horn sounded again in the four fields.

The soldiers of Qin looked at the old and weak women and children who were ragged and frightened from a distance, trembling under the knives and guns of the Tartars, crying for a while, and the movements were a little slower, and they were immediately whipped with leather whips by the fierce Tartars, and their clothes were torn to pieces, and their skin was opened.

Who doesn't have parents, wives and children? Who doesn't have siblings? Seeing this scene, the Qin sergeant was stunned, his steel teeth were crushed, and he wanted to rush up immediately and shatter all the Tartars into pieces.

"The son of a bitch, there is a kind of you who let the horse come directly."

"Azig, Lao Tzu Ri, your ancestors are eighteenth generation."

"If you have the ability to let go of these defenseless people, Lao Tzu will fight with you."

The Qin army was furious, and the angry scolding came one after another, and he couldn't wait to rush up immediately and fight with the Tartars. But as high-ranking generals, Su Jin and others knew that once these people were driven over by the Tartars, it would be a catastrophe for the Qin army;

On this plain, once the infantry formation is opened, it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated in the face of the fierce impact of the Qing army's iron cavalry.

"My lord, what should I do?" Su Jin hurriedly asked for instructions, and the hand holding the knife jumped straight.

Qin Mu felt a throbbing pain in his heart, what was in front of him was a difficult decision, on the battlefield, the soldiers on both sides were fighting, and he could accept how many people were killed or injured, because the mission of a soldier is to defend the country and the people with his life.

But after all, the thousands of people on the other side were defenseless people, and now they wanted not to be overwhelmed by these people, so they had to order them to be slaughtered in front of the formation.

Reason told Qin Mu that he could only be ruthless, but after all, people are not cold-blooded animals, and in the face of thousands of innocent lives, it is extremely difficult to immediately choose between reason and humanity.

"My lord, there's no time to hesitate."

"My lord, if they fulfill their Tartar wish this time, they will do it again next time."

"Your Excellency, give the order."

As those people got closer and closer, Su Jin and the others persuaded one after another.

The red lady suddenly shouted: "Why are you like this? Do you have no parents, wives and children? I have heard your military oath, what love the people, love the nation, not afraid of sacrifice, and would rather die than yield. Have you all forgotten? You are soldiers, you are used to protect the people, this is what you said, my red lady has never said such a thing, but for the sake of twenty or thirty thousand people, my people are almost exhausted, do you know"

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PS: The red lady shouted: My people are almost exhausted, no weapons, no food and grass, ask the brothers for fire support, help me kill the enemy, kill the enemy, kill the enemy

Ask for a commuter pass!

Ask for support!

(To be continued......)