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Chapter 35 Ambush

When Yang Ling heard the call, he looked back and saw Han Youniang and Ma Lian'er each holding an umbrella, walking towards him with light steps across the courtyard. Ma Ling'er was still wearing a white fur, as pretty as if she was in a painting.

Han Youniang is shorter than Ma Lian'er. She is wearing a blue plaid skirt and a light pink raft. Although she is not as stunning as Ma Lian'er, her pretty face and gentle smile are as pretty and friendly as a girl next door.

She was carrying a basket covered with blue cloth, and the umbrella was tilted towards one side of the basket, and the other side was covered with snowflakes. Yang Ling hurriedly walked down the slow steps, nodded to Ma Lian'er, then came up to take the basket from the young lady's hand, and pulled her to the corridor. While brushing off the snowflakes on her forehead and shoulders for her, she asked: "What are you doing in the morning when you snow so heavily?"

Han Youniang put away the umbrella, sniffed her fingers that were slightly red from the cold, and her little nose wrinkled like ripples in spring and said sweetly: "I'm sending food to my husband, I've also cooked two eggs. My husband is busy with work, so he can't go hungry."

Yang Ling said angrily: "You, I'm still afraid of being hungry at the office?" He pulled the young lady and turned around and said to Ma Lian'er: "Miss Ma, come into the house quickly. There is wind in the corridor, be careful of the wind and cold."

Ma Ang joined the army, and changed from a civil servant to a military servant. He wanted to register at the county government office. Seeing that it was snowing heavily today, Ma Lian'er wanted to go another day. But when she saw that the young lady was about to go out, she followed her out and turned to the post office first.

At this time, seeing the young couple's affectionate appearance, Ma Lian'er felt a little disappointed. She took off her hat and tied her hair, which was even brighter than black satin, paused the snow on her boots, and silently followed her into the room.

Yang Ling hurriedly finished his meal. As soon as he put down his chopsticks, the doorman limped in. Seeing that the new wife of the official secretary and the daughter of the previous official secretary were there, he did not dare to stay for too long. He hurriedly took out the letter he received yesterday and handed it over, and smiled and said, "Sir, this is the letter sent last night. The person who came here designated to hand it over to the master."

Yang Ling didn't know who would write to him, and took the letter to brush the floor and tear the seal open. Then he noticed a strange fish pattern next to the hot paint seal on the back. Yang Ling couldn't help but feel shocked. The secret letters of the Jinyiwei? I read those that were already opened yesterday, so I'm not afraid of anything. But I'm not from the Jinyiwei. Now I'm dismantling the secret letters of the Jinyiwei randomly, so don't cause any trouble.

Since the letter had been opened, he didn't have to think about it at this time. He pulled out the letter paper, hoping that there were trivial matters inside, so even if someone knew about it, it would be no big deal.

Yang Ling looked carefully at the content of the letter and felt relieved. There was no secret matter in the letter. It was a great joy that could be made public. He hurriedly put the letter away and said excitedly: "It turns out that the enemy chief killed by Lord Min the night before was the Tatar prince. This time Lord Min made great contributions!"

He slapped his high-highs excitedly and said, "I'll tell you, sir, now, Miss Ma, you and Miss Ma are here later, and wait until the snow is low before going home."

Han Youniang nodded obediently, Yang Ling hurriedly walked out. Ma Lian'er remembered something and suddenly said, "Brother Yang, I'll go with you. My brother was in a hurry yesterday, I'll go to change his nationality for him."

Yang Ling agreed to it all, and immediately called the post office to bring another horse, and the two went straight to the county government. The magistrate Min was lying on the kang and asked the doctor to change the medicine. After hearing the news from Yang Ling, he first opened his mouth wide enough to stuff an egg into it. After staying for a while, he wanted to read the letter twice again, and then laughed like an old hen that lays eggs.

He was afraid that the sound of laughter would bleed the wound and he laughed like this, but he didn't expect that he would laugh so hard that his body trembled even more violently.

Seeing that he was laughing in pain, Yang Ling felt funny. It was obvious that recklessness also had the benefits of recklessness. Who knew that this reckless man took away such a great contribution with just one knife?

Lord Min smiled and the smile suddenly condensed on his face. He thought for a while and changed his color and said, "No, Boyan Mengke's eldest son is a disabled person. I heard that he always valued the second prince Xulie Boqi very much. Now that his son has been killed by me, the Tatar army retreated easily, which is really suspicious.

The army just now announced that our army had set out in the early morning of this day to look for the enemy. If Boyan Meng can lead the army to avenge his son, it would be very bad. This news must be informed immediately. Master Yang, you should catch up with General He Shen and tell him the news."

After hearing this, Yang Ling knew that the matter was urgent, so he quickly agreed and ran out hurriedly. Ma Lian'er had his civilian status and was waiting for him in the front hall. Seeing that he was eager to get on the horse with a hurried face, he quickly led the horse to follow him and asked, "Brother Yang, why are you so panicked?"

Yang Ling whispered loudly: "This morning the army set out to pursue the Tartars. Since the Tartar prince was killed the day before yesterday, the Tartar prince might not have really retreated. If they were revenge, they would probably have retreated and set up an ambush in secret. I will chase General He Shen and tell him the news." As he said that, Yang Ling turned his horse and headed straight for Nancheng.

Ma Lian'er turned over and walked around the horse and walked around the place twice. Thinking that her brother was also in the army. If there were really Tartars ambushing, wouldn't it be a pity for the chaos? She finally couldn't rest assured, and she whipped the horse whip and galloped towards the south city.

At this time, only some old, weak and disabled soldiers were left to guard the camp. Yang Ling asked Ming that the army had set out for an hour, and was anxious and immediately chased him along the muddy road trampled by the army's chariots and horses. However, the road outside the city was not as flat as the road in the city. Yang Ling was a beginner to ride a horse, nervously holding the reins of the horse and panting, which was even more tiring than getting rid of the horse.

He ran for more than a mile and heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. He turned his head and saw Ma Lianer rushing towards him. At some point, she had taken off her fur coat, revealing her green skirt and jacket, and putting a fox fur vest on her upper body. Her figure was indescribable, and her horse galloping was even more graceful.

When the horse arrived, Yang Ling said anxiously: "Miss Lian'er, why are you here? Well, you have good equestrian skills. Hurry up and let the army stop moving forward in case of an accident."

Ma Lian'er frowned slightly and said, "How could the army stop, how could he listen to me, a woman? Did that secret letter bring it?"

Yang Ling slapped his head and said, "Oh no, I forgot about Lord Min."

Ma Lian'er snorted coldly after hearing this, suddenly reached out and pressed the horse's back, and thrust his waist, and he actually stood on the horse's back. The horse was still running, and this riding skill was really amazing. Ma Lian'er said to Yang Ling: "Let go of the reins of the horse, I'll ride the horse."

Yang Ling threw away the reins of the horse in a daze, but didn't know how she wanted to control it. She saw two horses brimming with one another. Ma Lian'er jumped and landed gently in front of Yang Ling. The sole of the boot was knocked back and ordered: "Give me the horse kick."

Yang Ling pulled his feet away from the kickstick, feeling unstable, and hurriedly hugged Ma Lian'er's slender waist. Ma Lian'er was suddenly hugged by the man. Although he was ready, his spine stiffened and his abdomen became tense.

She took a long breath, pretended to be nothing, picked up the reins and said, "Hold me tightly, I will take you, the postmaster, to see General He Shen!"

Ma Lian'er grew up outside the Great Wall and had a very good equestrian. Both of them were very light and were not as heavy as a heavy armored soldier. The two of them had one horse and two straddled each other, which not only did not affect the speed of the horse, but she ran faster and more stable under her superb horse control skills.

At this time, General He Shen's army had entered Wohu Mountain. The spies sent last night brought back information this morning: the Tartars had swept the chariots, horses, cattle and sheep from Wulipu and sent people to transport them back to the frontier. However, the enemy had not retreated. After the Jiming Post was frustrated, they retreated to Yumutun and divided a small group of troops to loot nearby villages and towns.

General He Shen couldn't help but get the correct information. Anyway, there was only one way to Jimingyi ahead, so he unexpectedly took the way out, so he started five armies in the snow and wanted to launch a surprise attack for the Tartars.

In the words of Ye Yujun, the heavy snow was long, and the Tartars would not have expected our army to arrive suddenly. In the past, Li Xu entered Caizhou at night and made great achievements. This time, he highlighted the surprise troops and wiped out all the enemy troops. He could also leave his name in history and chase the ancients.

The army left the city six miles away and entered the Hulu Valley. On both sides of the valley were endless mountains, and in the middle was a gourd-shaped valley. Although General He Shen was eager to make contributions, he was not a new recruit and young general. He had not been blinded by utilitarianism. He immediately ordered the army to stop advancing and poke out to explore the horse first.

Seeing that General He Shen was unable to stop the army, Ye Yusu followed him and pointed to the valley ahead, saying, "Sir, the mountains on both sides of the canyon ahead are not in a hurry. Both sides extend hundreds of feet from the top of the mountain. There is no cover on the mountain, and there is no hidden troops at all. If the Tartars set up the ambush on the mountain peak, the distance is so far, and bows, arrows, swords and guns will not pose any threat to our army. With these gentle slopes of hundreds of feet, it is difficult for the rolling wood and rocks to play, so don't worry."

Eunuch Liu leaned out of the car and looked around and said, "Well, although our family does not know about military affairs, the bare mountain is so bare that it is really impossible for people to hide. It is surrounded by mountains on both sides. It is absolutely impossible for the Tartars to encircle front and back. Moreover, the Tartars have fewer people than us. How can they do it with less surrounds? We can move forward with confidence."

General He Gan smiled and said, "Haha, what the two military supervisors said is that this general is just worried that the valley is narrow and our army can only be arranged in a long snake, and there is no echo in front and behind. If the Tartars set up an ambush in the front and the subsequent troops cannot rush to support and cannot give full play to the advantages of the troops, it will inevitably cause major casualties. It will not be too late to wait until the horses explore the enemy situation."

After half an hour, the four explorers all returned, but there were no enemy troops ahead, and there were no snow in the valley, and there were no tramplings of carriages and horses. You should know that although the snow is very strong now, if there are large groups of people and horses, it is impossible to hide all the footprints. General He Shen was relieved and immediately passed the general order to speed up the reserve troops, quickly cross the valley, and go straight to Yumutun.
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