In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 82
The Ming Dynasty's city defense and border defense were really well built. Even though more than two hundred years have passed, the Great Wall that was originally built is still intact and stands among the mountains.

The height of the Great Wall is actually not uniform, but is built according to the topography and mountain topography. Some terrains are dangerous and mountainous, so the Great Wall is very short, only one or two meters. Some deserts that are rare in human contact only have a simple earth wall.

But open valleys such as Monolith Castle, which can be used by armies, are very well built. The walls are not only two feet high, but also covered with blue bricks. There used to be a water gate, but it was in disrepair and was washed away. Then they used horse-repelling stakes placed across the river instead.

However, no matter how good the defenses are, they still rely on people to defend them.

In a terrain like the Monolithic Fortress, only a hundred people were needed to defend it carefully. Even tens of thousands of troops could block it for a while until subsequent reinforcements arrived.

But at this time, there were only a few 40 people stationed on the tall and solid city wall. Most of them were sleeping in the thatched huts under the wall. Only a few people were holding rusty spears and leaning against the wall stacks to shoot. Dozing off.

If it were daytime and someone was attacking, these dozens of people might be able to light the beacon towers on the hills on both sides as a warning, but now it was Zhou Meng and Huang Ben who led them and easily climbed up the city wall and captured them all. .

Even the two slackers guarding the beacon towers on both sides were lifted out of their sleep.

Lin Rui came to the thatched cottage behind the wall and looked at the more than 40 Ming soldiers kneeling on the ground. His face couldn't help but twitch.

These people are said to be officers and soldiers, but they are only a little bit better than beggars. The mandarin duck jackets they wear are shabby and dirty. They are all skinny and skinny, with dirty looks on their faces. They must have dozens of broken guns on the ground. Hundreds of years of history.

In the entire team, only one person looked like a soldier.

"Which of you is the leader?"

"Come back, sir, I'm the commander-in-chief..." The old man, whose military uniform was relatively clean and looked like a soldier, replied tremblingly.

I only thought that Lin Rui and the others were the servants of some general or commander. After all, the equipment they wore made them look like the best of the best.

"Why would your Lordship send a few of you to guard such an important pass? Aren't you afraid of a Tatar sneak attack?"

Lin Rui hated the fact that iron cannot become steel, and finally understood why during the Chongzhen period, the Tatars broke through the border wall just like visiting the vegetable market.

Come when you want, leave when you want, enter wherever you want, and exit wherever you want.

"This……"

Faced with Lin Rui's question, the commander-in-chief was hesitant and didn't know how to answer. He couldn't hold back a fart for a long time.

However, I was even more certain in my heart that this group of people was probably sent by the superiors for a surprise inspection, but they were just too unlucky.

Lin Rui didn't bother to ask any more questions and asked Huang Ben to lead a team of people to be on guard. Zhou Meng took the remaining people to escort the prisoners and demolish the city wall by the river. At the same time, he sent five people back to report the news.

More than 300 people worked from midnight to dawn before finally demolishing a two-foot-wide gap in the city wall.

The reason why the city wall needs to be demolished is because although the water in the river is not deep, it will still affect the speed of the war horses when passing through. In addition, the horse-repelling stakes must be moved away and the wooden stakes nailed in the water must be pulled out one by one. It is not as troublesome as demolishing a section of the city wall directly to save time and effort, and it is also more convenient for cavalry to pass.

"It's not good! There are Tatars. The Tatars are coming. Run quickly..."

"Go and light the smoke."

Seeing the cavalry rolling in from a distance, the dozens of guardsmen who were carrying bricks at the gap suddenly turned pale with fear and immediately shouted to run away. The commander-in-chief finally remembered to let people light the smoke.

"Keep your fucking peace, I'll chop anyone who dares to run away!" Huang Ben shouted, calming the panicked crowd.

"Sir, there are Tatars, run away!"

"Yes, sir, it will be too late if you don't run away..."

Everyone was frightened by the steel knives in the hands of Huang Ben and others, and did not dare to run anymore, so they could only speak anxiously like ants on a hot pot.

"What the hell, I've killed at least this many Tatars!" Huang Ben Niupi raised the knife in his hand and straightened the five fingers of his other hand.Seeing that they were all sweating profusely, he grinned: "Don't worry, the Mongolians who came are all my young master's men. They won't kill you or take you away. Keep working. Bar!"

"Ha ha…"

When the other Han soldiers saw the frightened embarrassment of these guardsmen, they all burst out laughing proudly.

However, the guards' hands and feet were still so weak that they couldn't do their work at all. They wanted to run but didn't dare to run, not to mention how uncomfortable they were.

"Rui Lang, husband..."

Not long after, Namuzhong and Habeier led the army to the wall. They looked at Lin Rui standing on the wall and were very happy.

"Don't delay, come in quickly." Lin Rui greeted quickly.

Namuzhong and Habeer also knew that the Jurchens would not give them much time, so they immediately commanded the Mongolian cavalry and began to pass through the gap in an orderly manner.

Until then, the guardsmen believed what Huang Ben had just said, but their legs and feet were still shaking involuntarily as they looked at the Mongolian cavalry passing by.

However, wolf smoke was lit on the hilltop further away, and then the wolf smoke continued to rise from the beacon towers.

In less than an hour, the entire Datong Xuan Mansion was filled with smoke, and countless civilians and military households, old and young, rushed to the nearest castle.

As for the Dushi Fort that was the first to see the smoke, Baihu Qianhe immediately ordered the gates to be closed to keep out the escaping military households. The military households had no choice but to flee into the mountains one after another.

For a time, there were military households fleeing for dozens of miles.

Seeing the smoke igniting, Lin Rui didn't care. If the Ming army didn't notice such a big movement, then it would be really hopeless.

In fact, he wanted to be quieter and negotiate with the hundreds of households guarding the gate, but he knew that they would not be able to let them in, and he had no time to delay.

Indeed, an hour later, more than 1 war horses were able to pass through the gap, and Sony followed up with the Jurchen cavalry.

"Jurchen dog, come on, come after me, why don't you chase me?"

"Come here if you have the guts?"

"Didn't you have fun chasing me? Why don't you dare to chase me now?"

"Ha ha…"

At first, it was just the Han soldiers yelling at the Jurchens not far away on the wall. Later, the Mongolian teenagers also started to curse. Sony was so angry that he almost vomited blood. All the Jurchen cavalry also looked livid.

Although Sony wanted to rush forward immediately and cut this group of horse bandits and Mongolians into pieces, he also knew that just rushing forward like this would not be much different from dying.

After wandering in the distance for a while, they had to retreat thirty miles to wait for Hauge's main army.

"Rui Lang, what should we do now? Will the Ming army come to attack us?"

Obviously, Namuzhong also knew that Lin Rui did not come in through normal means, otherwise he would not have caused chaos. Looking at the gap on the side, he was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, the Ming army doesn't know our details and won't dare to come in a short time. Send someone to talk to the hundreds of households in Dushi Castle first to see if they can exchange for some food, and then make plans!"

Lin Rui waved his hand and said.

Unless necessary, he did not want to conflict with the Ming army. He just wanted to exchange some food and then take the road to Hetao. Of course, if the Ming army regarded him as an enemy, he would not be polite.

(End of this chapter)