Father can be an enemy to the country

Without further ado, Lan Yu left five hundred people to garrison Qianhu Station to cut off traffic and prevent anyone from passing by and finding Qianhu Station empty.

He took a large force, led by Na Laitu, and rushed to Qingzhou through the snow overnight.

With the cooperation of Lai Tu, the army easily took out two outposts along the way and arrived near Gyeongju City at the fourth watch of the next day.

The wind in this area was indeed much lighter, and only the snow fell silently. Under the guidance of the faint lights on the city wall, nearly 20,000 troops quietly entered an abandoned military camp outside Qingzhou City.

Xu Yelu has introduced this place before. It was the headquarters of the armed guards who guarded the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty. It was abandoned in the Yuan Dynasty, leaving only a piece of ruins, but it is no problem to hide the whereabouts.

Lan Yu ordered the army to rest as soon as possible in the abandoned military camp. People and horses all had some food to recharge their batteries for the big battle after dawn.

He personally took five hundred picks, wearing a white cloak and a snow palm made of hardwood as a frame and woven with rawhide straps, and silently lurked under the south city gate two miles away.

Only when we get closer can we see that the Gyeongju City Wall built during the heyday of the Jin Dynasty is indeed very tall. In addition, with the continuous heavy snowfall, the city wall is covered with a thick layer of ice. Trying to climb up with ropes is no more than wishful thinking, so we can only be honest. The original plan was actually implemented.

Lan Yu then and the soldiers carefully dug a snow pit each, hid themselves in it, and then covered their heads with white cloaks, so that they could keep out the cold and hide themselves.

During this period, the soldiers patrolling the city went back and forth several times, but no movement was detected below the city. This was normal, because they didn't even look outside the city. They all shrank their necks like quails from the cold, and just wanted to finish their errands and go back to the house to warm themselves by the fire.

Without knowing it, the Ming army has already been ambushed below...

When everything was ready, the Five Hundred Selectmen and Lan Yu lay quietly in the snow pit waiting for dawn.

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The soldiers didn't know how long they had waited. They felt that their bodies were about to freeze, and the snow on their cloaks was getting thicker and thicker. Worried that too much movement would cause the snow on the cloak to fall off and alert the defenders at the top of the city, they remained motionless and gritted their teeth to hold on.

Finally, the city wall in front of us became clearer and clearer, gradually revealing its true appearance... The earth-yellow city bricks were covered with a thick layer of ice shell. That is the result of snow turning into water on sunny days, and water turning into ice at night, which accumulates over time.

At this time, there was a heavy sound of horse hooves coming from behind. The soldiers resisted the urge to turn back. When the dozens of horsemen came to the city gate, they saw that it was the brothers who were responsible for opening the city gate.

Wearing fur coats, fur hats, and cotton Mongolian robes ripped from the Mongols, they came to the city with Lai Tu surrounded.

The defenders on the city finally heard the noise and asked loudly in Mongolian: "What do you do?"

"Answer in Chinese." Ma Cheng, Lan Yu's adopted son, whispered behind Lai Tu.

"I am Lai Tu!" Lai Tu shouted in Chinese: "Who is on duty?"

Sure enough, the defender understood what he was saying, and he said in Chinese: "It turns out it's Lao Lai, I'm on duty."

"Aruba, open the city gate quickly." Lai Tu pretended to be anxious and said, "I have something urgent to enter the city."

"What's the matter, calling the door so early?" Aruba asked.

"We, Qianhu, ate uncooked meat last night, and soon after he complained of stomachache. The pain made him roll on the ground, so we had to take him to the city overnight to find a doctor!" Lai Tu pointed at him and rode beside him. Said: "Please help me quickly, he fainted on the way!"

Aruba took a closer look and saw that A-Rabbit had his head drooped and his eyes closed. He could only ride on the horse with the help of another person behind him.

"Oh, are you so sick?" Aruba was surprised: "Why do you look like a dead person?"

"So you hurry up and open the door!" Lai Tu shouted: "If you delay for a while, there will be no hope!"

"But..." Aruba looked confused: "Qianhu said, the king is not here, so we can't open the city gate casually."

"I understand what you Qianhu mean," Lai Tu waved his hand and said, "Tell him to do us a favor. We will check out the personal favors Mulun Qianhu owes him, and give him ten jars of mare's milk wine!"

"Wait a minute." Aruba went down to the city. After a while, he ran back and said, "We Qianhu have said that we are all our own people, and we can't drink. But your white-chased iron-hoofed horse , we Qianhu like it very much.”

"..." Lai Tu's face suddenly darkened. On the grassland, a mount is a person's life. Moreover, the hoofs of his white-chased iron-hoofed horse are hard and not easily cracked. No matter what route he takes, there is no need to shoe him, and he can walk on the rugged mountain roads strewn with rocks. It was the special horse of Genghis Khan's cowardly army.

Nowadays, not only the Mongolians have degenerated, but the Mongolian horses have also degenerated. Purebred iron-hoofed horses like his own are already very rare. The other party actually asked for his horse to open the door. It was really taking advantage of others and bullying them too much!

"Promise him." Ma Cheng shouted behind him: "It's not really for him anyway."

"That's right, why didn't I think of it." Lai Tu was stunned when he heard this, and defended himself in a low voice: "It's all caused by not having an iron pot and having to eat half-cooked meat."

In fact, it’s really not the case. This is a slow brain reaction caused by a severe lack of vitamins. It has nothing to do with eating half-cooked meat...

Then he said angrily to the city: "Okay, I will give this horse to you Qianhu. Please open the city gate quickly."

"Open the door, open the door." Aruba then ordered loudly.

So, ten Mongolian soldiers worked hard to push the crossbar on the winch. Amidst the squeaking sound of the winch turning, the heavy thousand-pound brake began to rise slowly.

It took almost a cup of tea for the gate to rise, and then the soldiers at the gate hole put two thick logs into the grooves on both sides of the jack to support it, to prevent the jack from falling suddenly.

It took almost another cup of tea, and more than 20 soldiers were tired like dogs. No wonder the defenders were reluctant to open the gate. It was really not easy to open it once.

"Come in quickly." Aruba came to the gate of the city in person to welcome Lai Tu and his party, in fact, mainly to welcome his white iron-hoofed horse.

Lai Tu and others surrounded the lifelike Azhitu and rode forward. At this time, everyone's heart was in their throat, fearing that they would be discovered and all their efforts would be wasted.

Fortunately, all of Aruba's attention was focused on the white iron-hoofed horse, whose hooves were small and upright, thick and round, and the color was like black jade. The ears were pointed and the neck was curved, the belly was slanted, and the hind legs were very long. It was really a good stallion picked from a thousand miles away.

Aruba's mouth was almost watering. When he got close, he couldn't wait to pull Lai Tu's reins and said, "Come on, little darling." Who knew that at this moment, a cold light flashed, and a Mongolian soldier next to Lai Tu actually drew his sword and slashed at him. Aruba's attention was all on the horse, and he was caught off guard and his head was taken directly!