Han Youniang had never seen a beacon, but she had heard it countless times, so she naturally knew what it meant to ignite a beacon tower. To her, the cruelty and barbarity of the Tartars were like the perception of the Japanese devils today, which was a group of bloodthirsty beasts.

Yang Ling was more surprised than shocked. He was influenced by too many film and television dramas in later generations. In his opinion, the so-called Tartars were all rough and powerful Mongolian warriors, both hospitable and generous. Perhaps they were very brave in war, but no matter how they said that they were not a devil soldier who lost all their human nature.

But after all, there are still two hostile dynasties now. He would not naively think that if he attacked the city, he would show mercy to his subordinates. He hurriedly took Han Youniang's hand and ran towards the county government.

At this time, the city gate was closed, and the residents in the city had already rushed out of their homes due to the beacon fire. This was not the first time that the Tatar prince Boyan Mengke led his troops to attack the border, but most of the time they did not dare to directly attack passes like Jimingyi. For such tall cities, they did not have the ability to carry various siege equipment at a distance. Just for plunder, the Tatars would not risk huge casualties to attack the city.

However, usually small-scale wars will not be used to send a message to the beacon tower. This situation seems a bit special tonight. It seems that the relevant pass has been directly attacked. How can these people not panic?

Although the magistrate of Min County was a chaotic county magistrate, he was a soldier after all. When he heard the news that the Tartars had arrived, he hurried out from the back hall before he even had time to put on his clothes.

There are only 260 troops garrisoned here, led by two generals. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, once a war occurs, the local supreme chief executive will be responsible for the overall military operation, and the officers do not have independent command authority. Therefore, the magistrate of Min County has now become the commander of the war zone security.

The magistrate of Min County was an old business. At that time, he sent a visitor to contact the nearest post stations to inquire about further information. At the same time, he sent someone to rush back to the city to mobilize troops. Zhou Shi also informed Ma Yicheng, asking all military post personnel to wear swords and guns and be ready to go to the city to support him at any time.

Yang Ling was stunned by the side. To be honest, for these days, he has handled affairs of all kinds and big and small on behalf of the magistrate Min County every day. The magistrate Min himself was like a puppet. Although Yang Ling was grateful to the magistrate Min County for his kindness, he looked down on him in his heart. He did not expect that he would handle the war in an orderly manner at this time.

After the assignment was completed in the spitting, the magistrate of Min County finally breathed a sigh of relief, tidied up his clothes, and shouted to the back: "My armor and big sword, bring it quickly!"

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Yang Ling and Han Youniang who was standing behind him, and smiled and said, "Oh grandma, I'm afraid this year's day is not going well. These Tartars came to rob them on the eve of New Year's Eve. I guess they had frozen many cattle and sheep to death in the heavy snow this winter. They would not leave if they didn't catch enough food and use it."

At this time, two servants carried chain mail and the other carried a big knife and walked out. Because this was a third-class county, the conditions were difficult, and the family of the magistrate Min County was not with him, so these servants served him every day.

The magistrate Min was not seen, so he took off his civil servant robe in the lobby and started changing clothes. When Han Youniang saw it, she hurriedly retreated to the side room to avoid suspicion. The magistrate Min put the chain mail neatly on it, put the robe outside, and reached out to snatch the big knife from the servant.

The knife was afraid that it would weigh more than forty pounds. The Min County Magistrate held the knife in one hand, shook his wrist, and the heavy sword turned around in his hand, and then he poked to the ground, smashing the blue bricks and ground debris flying everywhere. Yang Ling was moved suddenly. Although he knew that the Min County Magistrate was a military officer, he could not think of such a heavy weapon.

The magistrate Min was dressed as a county magistrate. As soon as he walked around, the black wings on his hat were still shaking, but he carried a sharp big knife, looking inconsistent. He didn't care at all and shouted out of the hall with great dignity: "Let's go! Come up with me to the city wall!"

A bunch of yamen runners who arrived in the yard responded in a mess, and a large group of people rushed out in a hurried manner.

Yang Ling walked out of the county government office, four red lanterns at the entrance swayed gently in the wind and snow. At this time, the snow was getting denser, and large snowflakes were rising, and the world was vast.

The magistrate of Min County brought a group of people wearing swords and guns, and rushed towards the city with big strides. The streets were filled with villagers running around like ants on hot pans, and they didn't have time to pay attention.

At the south city gate, nearly a hundred officers and soldiers were staring at the city with nervous expressions. This gate was facing the gate of the north and south official roads, and was built on the mountain from the east and west gates. It was not suitable for horse racing. Even if the Tatars attacked, it would be difficult for them to mobilize a large group of cavalry to attack the east and west gates. It was relatively safe. Therefore, only 70 officers and soldiers were sent to guard the gates, and a general was on horseback and inspected.

The headmaster at the south gate stood on the top of the city and looked down at the city. When he saw the county magistrate coming in person, he rushed over and pointed his knees, clasped his fists and said, "I am a man from Jiang Bin, see Lord Min."

County Magistrate Min waved his hand and said, "I'm exempted, General Jiang, are the Tartars coming?"

Jiang Bin smiled and said, "Sir, the lights are not as bright as those under the city, so I can't see clearly. However, if you don't look at the torches of the Tartars, there will be no less than a hundred people. But even if you don't worry, you have a humble position and you can't catch them."

Yang Ling looked at the boss carefully. This boss Jiang looked very handsome. He looked in his early twenties, with a strong figure and a tough look, and seemed to care about the Tartar soldiers at all.

Yang Ling couldn't help but nodded secretly. In his previous impression, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were extremely cowardly. Otherwise, the Ming Emperor would have personally fought, and the 500,000 army would not have been defeated by the Ola Grand Tutor, and even the emperor was lost. He thought that the Ming Dynasty officials would look like earth when they heard the name of the Tartars. Unexpectedly, a county magistrate and a commander who guarded the city here were all courageous.

Lord Min laughed and said, "Let's go and take a look." The group of people went up to the top of the city and looked down at the city with arrows. They saw that the city was dark, with more than a hundred ignition trunks flowing everywhere, and strange screams came from the city.

The official road under the city was hit by an arrow, and more than twenty torches gathered, reflecting a few figures, shouting something to the city from afar. Lord Min sneered: "Does only a hundred people want to capture my Jiming Post?"

Jiang Bin pointed to the east and said, "Sir, one of the explorers sent just now was shot to death by the Tartars. The one who escaped reported that the fighting sounded loudly in the direction of Erli and a half, and I guess the Tartars were attacking there."

Erli and Miantai, Wulitai and Patrol Shop are the closest passes to Jimingyi on the left and right. However, if you want to further attack Juyongguan, you must enter by Jimingyi. Therefore, when Lord Min heard that the Tatars were mainly attacking Erli and Mian, he knew that this time they were unable to cross the winter again, so he regarded the Ming Dynasty as their warehouse and came to plunder food and grass.

Therefore, most of the Tartar soldiers under the city were just to block the city gates, in case the city sent troops to rescue the Erli and a half posts. Min Wenjian has been using swords and guns for more than two years, and his arms are itchy. When he saw the Tartars riding horses on the left and right sides of the city walls, he was overjoyed. He turned his head to the Jiang Ba Zong and said, "Jiang Ba Zong, prepare a war horse for me and send forty people to follow me out of the city to repel the Tartars."

President Jiang had already wanted to go out of the city to fight, but he didn't dare to act rashly without Shangguan's order. When he heard the order, he hurriedly shouted to his subordinates: "Come here, take two battle horses, and the archers in the city are ready. Liu and Li lead the team to fight with me!"

Yang Ling was quite surprised to see that they were leading only forty people and dared to leave the city. Wang Bantou next to him was originally a personal soldier of Lord Min when he was in the army. When he saw Yang Ling's surprised expression, he laughed: "Master Yang thought he had never seen Lord Min's bravery. Lord Qian Zong, the general officer of Datong, was a great general under Lord Du. He had excellent martial arts skills. When he wiped out the bandits, he led only one whistle and killed more than a hundred bandits in Niutou Mountain and fled in panic. This time, the flag would definitely be victorious."

Two cavalrymen and forty small schools went out of the city to fight these Tatar cavalry riding tall horses? Yang Ling felt a little uneasy, but thinking about the 40-pound machete that weighed 40 kilograms was used by the magistrate Min, and the sword was more than one or two hundred kilograms when it was swung. His martial arts were definitely good. Even if he was defeated, he would not be in danger. Then he felt relieved.

The city gate was opened under the city tower. There was no moat or suspension bridge in this small city. Twenty archers on the city gate tower pulled the bows and arrows, ready to wait. Lord Min and Jiang led the total of forty officers and soldiers out of the city.

Among the forty primary schools, there were twenty sword and shield soldiers and twenty spearmen, separated from each other in the shape of geese wings. Jiang Bin held the war horse and was about to shout loudly to the Tatars on the opposite side. Unexpectedly, Lord Min controlled the reins with one hand, and walked slowly on the road with a big knife for a moment. Suddenly, he shouted: "The thief chief violated my border, come and die quickly, and rush!"

After saying that, he raised his knife to the top, knocked his feet on the horse, and drove his horse like flying, heading straight for more than a dozen Tatars who were slanted with animal skins and carrying bows and arrows in front of him.

Jiang Bin's eyes were straightened. He knew that Lord Min was originally a Qianzheng under the command of Du Renguo, the general of Datong. General Du was called Du Crazy. He never paid attention to the strategy of fighting the enemy in the battle, nor did he know how to cooperate with the troops. Usually, as soon as the enemy and us contacted each other, they immediately led their troops to rush in and fought in a group. There were a 60-pound thick-backed machete in his hand. There were really few people who could stop him. It was really a person who blocked people and killed Buddhas.

However, when the two armies fight, they are not able to decide the outcome of the battle by being a hero. Although he is bloodthirsty and warlike, he kills many Tatar soldiers with his own hands, but he always loses more than he wins. Whenever he encounters defeat, he will be angry and chopped his armor with a knife to vent his anger. Unexpectedly, this magistrate of Min County is the same as his general.

Jiang Bin was anxious. If the magistrate of Min County had any good intentions, he would not have enough ten heads to cut. At this time, he didn't care that all his subordinates were Buxiao. He immediately waved his sword and shouted: "Follow me, kill me!" Jiang Bin's arm strength was extraordinary and his riding skills were good. He used two three-foot-long sabers to kill the horse. He held the knife in both hands and controlled the horse with his legs. He chased the county magistrate Min Wenjian and left.

Seeing this, forty primary schools had to follow the horse's butt and chase it wildly. The night was dark and the road was slippery and the snow was thick. In an instant, all formations disappeared and became a group of scattered soldiers.

The county magistrate rode a good horse, and it was a short distance from the ground. He loosened the reins, raised his sword with both hands, and rushed straight towards the group of people in his twenties who were clustered in the middle, "Catch the king first." The county magistrate who didn't know much about literacy understood this principle.

The young man under the torch was wearing a tiger-skin robe, a bow on his shoulder, and a long spear in his hand lies across the saddle bridge. His mission was to harass the troops in the city and intimidate them so that they could not leave the city to rescue the officers and soldiers of the two and a half posts. This task was extremely relaxed.

As soon as he arrived at the city, he ordered everyone to hold two torches and run around the open land under the city, bluffing to intimidate, and stood here and shouted loudly. He knew a little about the defenders here in advance, and expected that there were not many defenders in the city and the county was controlled by civil officials. Under this momentum, he would never dare to go out of the city to fight, so he was a little careless.

It was also his fault that he was unlucky. Today he met the Mad County Magistrate under the command of the Mad Mad General Datong. Not only did he go out of the city to meet the enemy, but he rushed over alone. The Tatar general was a stone's throw away from the city gate. The soldiers under Min Wenjian came out to fight and had not even lit the torch. He stood here without knowing that the officers and soldiers had already left the city. Although the County Magistrate Min shouted at the city, he was also scolding the officers and soldiers in the city loudly, and he didn't hear it clearly. He thought that the Ming officers and soldiers were scolding each other back on the city.

At this time, heavy snow was everywhere. The Min County Magistrate was riding a black horse, wearing a green county official robe, which was integrated with the night. Although the horse's hooves were fast, Tatar cavalry were rushing around, and they didn't care even more. It was not until the Min County Magistrate rushed to the front, held his sword in his hands, and rushed into the crowd. Under the cover of more than ten torches, they realized that this man was from the Ming Dynasty.

One side was unprepared, the other side was galloping and heading straight closer. The young man in tiger-skin robe stared wide in horror. He saw a riding fast in front of him. The man was wearing a civil servant robe with a big Ming official robe. The yellow bird with wings spread on the front of the robe could see clearly. The man was wearing a black hat on his head, and the wings flashed up and down at a very high angle, and it was extremely elastic and had not broken yet.

Immediately, the civil servant had a dark face, his small eyes wide open, his bearded face, and his hands were raised high in the air in a strange posture.
Chapter completed!