"Now the enemy's large army has withdrawn!" He held his waist and shouted to the Beiwei Army: "When they return to Xiangyang with food and slaves, it is the time to decide the outcome with our army! But before that, we must give them some strength! The Wanshan Fortress has been lost, and the next step is to attack Wutuo Ridge. If Wutuo Ridge is lost, the fortresses in the South Mountain will be in danger, and there is no danger to defend the outer periphery of Xiangyang! I order you to take advantage of the darkness of the night tonight and go out to the city to guard the castle! No matter how many troops the enemy sends, you must guard Wutuo Ridge! This is the sea of ​​swords and fires. Do you dare to go!"

Liu Zheng took a step forward and shouted loudly: "With the Beiwei Army, there is the Lutu Ridge!"

Everyone shouted in unison: "But with the Beiwei Army there, don't let the Hu people look at the Tuo Ridge!"

Zheng Yunming waved his left hand vigorously and shouted firmly: "Get out!"

In the dark night, a gap was slowly opened in the south gate of Xiangyang City, and the three hundred Beiweiwei and two hundred Zhenwu vanguards emerged from the city gate. Their target was to be at the Song army stronghold of Wutuo Ridge in the southwest. However, they had to sneak south into the Nanshan Mountains first, and then detour to Wutuo Ridge.

"When you are sneaking at night, be careful and do not have unnecessary contact with the enemy. The most important thing is to arrive at the Tuo Ridge as soon as possible." Bai Yijie asked: "What else do you have to ask? The deputy governor will agree."

Liu Zheng raised the wooden crossbow in his hand in dissatisfaction: "I asked us to go and guard the rush of the Tuo Ridge, but we only had to carry some of the night-fighting weapons. Isn't it a joke for the deputy governor?"

"Uh?" Bai Yijie smiled and said, "What weapons are you going to bring to guard?"

"At least fifty muskets, four bamboo generals, and they still have to have strong bows and crossbows." Liu Zhong complained: "I asked me to go out with my firearms, but I didn't let me bring more firearms and ammunition. Do you want us to face the elite cavalry of the Tartars naked?"

"You don't think about it. With so many weapons and arrows and ammunition, how can you move quickly in Nanshan?" Bai Yijie shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Get off quickly, everything will be broken down when you arrive at the Tuo Ridge."

He personally sent Liu Zheng and the last sergeant out of the city gate, and then ordered the city gate to close and walked up to the Nancheng Tower along the horse road. Zheng Yunming stood here, trying hard to identify the figures of his subordinates moving towards the Nanshan Mountain in the deep night, but it was obviously too difficult. Although Lu Xunzhi could still see it slightly, it was already extremely difficult for him to distinguish the figures of those far away.

"The moon is dark tonight, which is a good opportunity to break through the Mongol blockade." Bai Yijie said: "They will enter the mountain by dawn."

Zheng Yunming nodded and said, "Wait for a while, Yang Yu will take the initiative to launch a night attack, bringing the enemy's attention to the north gate. Naturally, no one is paying attention to this team breaking through the south."

"What I'm worried about is whether they can defend the fortress after they arrive at the Tuo Ridge." The direction he looked at was exactly the direction of Tuo Ridge: "After all, the Mongols were eager to clean up the periphery before the large army returned, and they would not stay there. They would keep their strength."

But from this moment on, he was powerless in the war against the Tuoling, and everything was about to fall on the young Liu Chi.

It was already dark, and tiredness slowly climbed on Tian Sui's eyelids, making his eyelids heavier and heavier. He tried hard to open his eyelids so that he would not fall asleep. When necessary, he pressed his face on the battle axe in his hand. It was the bloody axe, reminding him that the enemy was not far away and was peeping at the Castle Ridge Castle.

During the day, the Mongols carried out their first attack, which was a seemingly careless attack. About three hundred cavalry suddenly appeared at the foot of the mountain and divided into several routes to march up the mountain. Seeing the silent sound of the city and the flags were lodged. They immediately got off their war horses, without having to complete a team, rushed up along the mountain road, crossed the trenches and began to climb the city.

At this time, the Song army suddenly raised a flag, and the rolling wood and stones hit the unprepared Mongolian army like raindrops. There were even strong bows and crossbows that kept sniping. The Mongolian army suddenly fell into chaos and immediately retreated and fled. In their opinion, it was impossible to easily capture the Castle Ridge Castle. Only patiently prepare for a large-scale siege battle.

Tian Sui, who had won the first battle, did not dare to relax his vigilance. After all, although the castle defender is still strong, it is just a drop in the bucket compared to the tens of thousands of troops outside the city. Moreover, the day before yesterday, Deputy General Wang fled at night after hearing that the Wanshan Fortress fell. It cannot be said that the morale of the army is not damaged. If he had not tried his best to lobby, the defenders of this castle would have escaped. And he tried his best to persuade the defenders to stick to it, it would have been selfless. He was much more awake than all the soldiers in the castle. At this moment, he wanted to escape to the south to seek a glimmer of life. He could only destroy himself. The wilderness in the south now

The mongol cavalry must be covered with hungry Mongolian cavalry, who searched for every grain of food and every head in the hinterland of Jinghu Lake. They could only encounter more and more enemies to the south. But if they fled back to Xiangyang City, they would definitely be sentenced to death by Zhao Jingshi. Even if Zhao Jingshi could let them go, Vice President Zheng would never spare them. At this critical moment of survival, how could a noble young man like Vice President Zheng, who was from a famous official, be sympathetic to the fear of the grassroots generals and soldiers facing the army? As long as you show a little timidity, he would not hesitate to rectify the law on the spot to strictly enforce military discipline.

According to the impression Wang Sui got in the army about Deputy Chief Zheng, this little Yanei was definitely cruel at the critical moment. Now the only way is to bite the bullet and defend the castle of the Tuoling Castle. This is a large castle built by Zhao's commander himself, with exterior walls, moon walls, moats and horse-resisting horses. There are city towers and forts, just like a mini Xiangyang City. There are clean wells, sufficient food and grass, and quite perfect defensive equipment in the castle. Instead of abandoning the castle and being chased by Mongolian cavalry in the wild, it is better to calm down and rely on this fortress to fight the Mongols to the death. The Zhao commander and Deputy Chief Zheng of Xiangyang would not be ignored when they saw that the Tuoling River was besieged and ignored.

Rather than saying how much he believed this, it would be better to say that only using this false statement could support his uneasy heart. After all, the status of the Tuo Ridge is not as important as that of Xiangyang City. Xiangyang can sacrifice this place in exchange for precious time. At that time, either the court sends reinforcements, or the Mongolians retreat in the spring. This is just a chess piece that the men in the city can sacrifice. Perhaps it was because of this that Deputy General Wang risked being chased by the Mongols in the wild and fled overnight.

Tian Sui looked under the city wall for a while. There was a rustling sound of the mountain wind blowing the leaves in the dark, and there was no other sound. But suddenly, he heard a very blurry sound of branches breaking. The torches on the top of the city could only illuminate a very small area, and other than that, it was a vast dark night. He immediately became alert, held the battle axe in his hand, and woke up his sleeping companions one by one, waiting for the arrival of the enemy's surprise attack.

After a moment, several figures touched the city wall, but did not rush to climb. The leader shouted in a low voice: "Where is the defender? We are the team coming to reinforce in Xiangyang! Please come out and answer~!"

He could call Tian Sui's name accurately, so of course it was probably a real reinforcement. But Tian Sui didn't dare to be careless and shouted: "You wait for someone to be hung up to be interrogated!"

The man under the city became anxious and raised the wooden crossbow in his hand and shot an arrow at the city. The crossbow arrow was nailed straight to the moon-watching sign on the top of the city.

"I saw it clearly! This is a crossbow arrow made by craftsmen in Xiangyang. Could Mongolian sneak attackers use such crossbow arrows?" Liu Zheng shouted in dissatisfaction.

Tian Sui took off the crossbow arrow from the moon watch plaque and looked carefully under the illumination of the torch. There was indeed a line of small characters written on the crossbow arrow, which was written on the manuscript of a craftsman in Xiangyang in a certain month.

Tian Sui was overjoyed and hurriedly opened the city gate and welcomed Liu Zhong and his army into the city.

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"President Zheng specially ordered us to come and guard this place!" Liu Zheng asked the first sentence when he entered the city: "Military Bai said that the place is fully equipped with weapons, where is it?"

Tian Sui then remembered that Bai Yijie had indeed been here before the war started. He left some things here. He hurriedly led Liu Zheng to a warehouse near the center of the castle. The warehouse was filled with all kinds of firearms, as well as the Sixteen Bamboo Generals and a Copper General, carefully covered with felt cloth, waiting for the arrival of the users.

Liu Jin nodded: "Very good. Get up tomorrow morning and move some of these roches to the city wall. The Tartars will come up soon!"

Tian Sui asked, "Why start moving now, why wait until tomorrow?"

Liu Zheng looked at him with contempt: "Grandpas have been struggling for two nights and daytime, so they have to take a nap first, otherwise the Mongols will attack them tomorrow. Wouldn't they be sleepy and fight with them to the death?"

He grabbed another pound of fire thorns and threw them to Tian Sui, who hurriedly reached out to catch them.

"It's dark and dark. If the torch is not effective in the warehouse, we will explode into the sky without the Mongolians attacking us." He yawned: "Let everything be left for the sun to come out tomorrow!"
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