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The Rising Sun Chapter 475: Troubled Datong

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    In the prime of life, Borzigit was as majestic as a bear. Ida waved away the people on his left and right, then glanced at Qiqingha and said in a deep voice: "You want to go to Datong? Do you know the current situation in Datong?  "I know." Qi Qingha said in a deep voice: "There are ten thousand guards of Zhu Houye stationed in Datong." "Then do you know why these ten thousand guards are stationed in Datong?"  Qi Qingha couldn't help but be stunned, and quickly bowed and said: "I don't know." "Then I'll tell you." Ida said in a deep voice: "These ten thousand people came for Fengzhou Beach." Qi Qingha  He was stunned for a moment, and then said in disbelief: "Impossible, there are only ten thousand people, they dare to attack Fengzhou Beach?" "We did not use troops against Datong, but these ten thousand people came to Datong with light cavalry.  What are you doing? You¡¯re not going to attack Taiyuan, are you?¡± I paused briefly and said, ¡°How many troops do you want?¡± Hearing this, Qi Qingha was slightly stunned.  If the Ten Thousand Guards are really preparing to attack Fengzhou Beach, they must have extremely high combat power. Originally, he only planned to ask for 10,000 people, but now it seems that it is not enough. How many people are suitable?  He reacted very quickly and hurriedly bowed and said: "Everything is up to Father Khan's arrangement." "Our Borzigit clan is a golden clan. Bravery is important, but as the Han people say, when encountering major events, you must be calm. This war  Regarding the rise and fall of our clan, we must not be reckless. The detective report says that the muskets of King Yi's escort are extremely powerful. You can go to Datong to test it. There are many soldiers and horses, and the opponent may not come out of the city to fight. So take 10,000 people and another 500 iron  "Tiefutu is the iron tower soldier. The soldiers are wearing heavy armor, iron helmets, hoods on their faces, and cloaks on their shoulders.  There are branches on the body, and skirts and robes are draped from the thighs and below. It has a so-called long eaves on the outside and a felt pillow underneath. When riding on a horse, it looks like an iron tower. It is difficult to hurt the body with ordinary swords, spears, bows and arrows, so it got a good name.  "Iron Float Picture".  I don¡¯t have many iron pagodas in my hand, only five thousand, which are always very precious.  This time, he actually asked him to take five hundred people to Datong. Obviously, he wanted to test the lethality of long-range muskets against Tiefu Tu. Qiqingha hurriedly bowed and said: "I accept the order." Not long after Qiqingha left the tent, a Mongolian  A middle-aged Han man in uniform walked slowly out of the tent. This man was Li Tianzhang, the rebel general of Datong.  I rely heavily on Anda, and he is responsible for all the intelligence outside the customs.  After the ceremony.  Li Tianzhang bowed and said: "Khan, most of the Yi army has left Badaling, and they are accompanied by a large number of baggage horses." "Sit down." I answered and poured myself a glass of wine, took a big sip, and then said: "  What do you think of this battle?" "Khan." Li Tianzhang sat down cross-legged.  Cai Dao: "In the past few months, King Yi has reorganized the border troops in Datong and Xuanfu, formed tens of thousands of new troops, and also added nearly 10,000 new muskets to the two towns. Although the range is not as good as a hundred steps, it can still reach seven  Ten steps, beyond the range of the cavalry bow, and now there are 40,000 Yijun troops leaving the border. Forgive me, if it is a siege battle, there may be no chance of winning. In a field battle, there is still a sixty-seven point certainty, but there is a possibility that the Yijun troops will leave the city to fight in the field.  "Very small." I nodded slightly and said, "How about besieging the city and forcing the other party to fight with us?" "Khan." Li Tianzhang said without hesitation, "The problem is that we have hundreds of thousands of people."  How to solve the problem of food and grass for the army? "" Let Shanxi supply our food and grass," I replied solemnly: "In addition, we will send troops to the outskirts of Datong and Xuanfu!" After hearing this, Li Tianzhang's eyes lit up and he pondered a little.  Cai Dao said: "The Khan was wise and sent troops to plunder the forts of Datong and Xuanfu, and plundered their food and grass, but did not kill anyone. He drove everyone to Datong and Xuanfu. In this way, we can not only replenish our food and grass, but also  It can speed up the consumption of grain reserves in the two cities of Datong. "Good!" I replied, "This is a good idea! However, to be on the safe side, we still have to let Zhu Houye divide his troops."  He led the army to Xuanfu and settled in the Zhenguo Mansion. Before they could wash up, Bai Jue, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, and Wang Yi, the governor, who had just dispersed, went back and asked for a meeting outside the door.  Although he felt puzzled, Hu Wanli still ordered a few people to come in. The three of them entered the room. After the ceremony, the commander-in-chief Bai Jue said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, five hundred miles hasten the military report. The Tatars have broken through Baima Pass and Taiyuan Town."  A large group of soldiers came out of Jingjing Pass. "Baima Pass, Jingjing Pass!"  Hu Wanli's heart sank. Anda and Jiajing cooperated quite well. As soon as he entered the Xuanfu, the two families began to exert their strength. After thinking for a while, he said: "How many troops do they have?" "The Tatars don't have many troops.  There are approximately 5,000 troops, and Taiyuan Town has 20,000 troops. "Is this harassing the capital?  Or do you want to cut off his logistical supplies?  Such a small number of people seemed a bit missing. Hu Wanli thought for a while, but he couldn't figure it out. He couldn't help but look at the two of them and said, "What do you think?" "Go back to Your Highness."Bai Jue bowed and said: "This small number of troops is not enough to harass the capital. The other party probably wants to cut off the supply line from the capital to Xuanfu." "It may also be" Before Wang Yi finished speaking, Tang  Jinbao reported outside: "Your Highness, Wanquan Commander Sun Jianjun is outside asking for an audience." "Let him come in." Hu Wanli said to Wang Yi: "Go on." "Your Highness." Wang Yi bowed and said: "Your Highness personally led the way.  The army left the customs and rushed to Datong. This news is known all over the world. Logically speaking, the coalition forces should gather in Datong. Is it to contain the troops by dividing the troops to attack the capital? " Sun Jianjun, the commander of Wanquan, strode in at this time and knelt down.  He said: "Your Highness, please come quickly to report that a large group of Tatar cavalry appeared outside Wanquan Right Guards City and Zhangjiakou Fort" Hu Wanli nodded and said: "It seems that I answer  This is to ask the king to divide his troops to garrison Xuanfu! Then he will leave 20,000 guards in Xuanfu." After a brief pause, he said in a deep voice: "Send an order to strengthen the Wanquan Right Guards and Zhangjiakou Fort.  Defense, we cannot let the Tatars break through." "I will wait for my orders," several people said hurriedly.  The few people who were waiting left, Hu Wanli took a bath, changed his clothes, and then leaned comfortably on the kang. He had been staying on the horse for this period of time, and he was really tired. For Anda cavalry to attack Wanquan right guard.  He didn't care about the city and Zhangjiakou Fort. Xuanfu was not far from these two places and could be reached in a day's march. There was now tens of thousands of troops in Xuanfu, so there was no need to worry.  He originally planned to divide his troops to garrison Datong and Xuanfu towns.  Now that Anda is forcing him to divide his troops by attacking Wanquan Youwei and Zhangjiakou, he has to be cautious. What backup plan does Anda have in Datong or Xuanfu?  Although the escort team came out this time with few artillery, with their current combat power, they can easily defeat less than three times the number of Tatar cavalry even in a field battle. Of course, pursuit is not possible.  The riding skills of the escorts were incomparable to those of the Tatars, and it was impossible to fire muskets on horses.  It's not a question of accuracy, but it's that you can't load ammunition at all on the horse, and you can't pursue it. Naturally, you can't expand the results. If you want to achieve a big victory.  He could only attract the Tatars to take the initiative to attack in the wild. He divided his troops and garrisoned them for this reason.  Too many troops.  I may not dare to attack.  And Anda forced him to divide his troops, and he was obviously confident of defeating them one by one. Why did I have such confidence?  Besides winning with more, what else can he do?  It is obviously impossible to win with more, although the guards are proud.  But he wasn't arrogant. He thought so hard that he squinted for a nap.  The Tatar soldiers' attack on Wanquan Youwei and Zhangjiakou lasted for two days, showing that the defenses were tight.  With no chance to take advantage, he decisively withdrew his troops. Then, good news came from Datong. Li Jian led his escort out of the city to fight against the invading 10,000 Tatar cavalry. They won a complete victory and wiped out more than 2,000 enemy cavalry in one battle. The news spread.  , the city of Xuanfu was filled with joy!  Although Hu Wanli was a little confused and couldn't guess what An Da's back-up was, after resting for three days, he still led 10,000 escort soldiers to Datong. Datong was the main battlefield. Although many civil servants and generals begged him to stay.  In Xuanfu, he was worried about Datong and insisted on going, leaving Liu Siwu in Xuanfu.  The army passed through Wanquan Zuowei, Youwei, Chenjiabao, Xuandajie, and Baiyangkou for a total of 240 miles to Yanghe City. This place was still a full hundred miles away from Datong Town. When the army arrived in Yanghe  On the day of entering the city, Hu Wanli received an urgent report from Datong of Xuanfu. On the Xuanfu side, Tatar soldiers once again attacked Wanquan right guard, Zhangjiakou, Kaiping guard, Longmen guard and Yanqing left guard.  On the Datong side, Anda and Jiajing jointly attacked the Datong Right Guard, Datong Left Guard, Yulin Guard, Weiyuan Guard, Pinglu Guard, and Andong Zhongtun Guard.  After reading the battle reports one by one, Hu Wanli's face suddenly dropped with gloom. This turned out to be a full-scale attack!  Are Anda and Jiajing crazy?  Even if they go crazy, it is impossible for two people to go crazy together. This is not a battle to capture a city. All three parties should be very clear that the elimination of viable forces is the main purpose of this battle. What is the intention of Anda and Jiajing?  Clearing obstacles?  This is not like it. Even if the obstacles are to be cleared, the most is to clear the obstacles on the attack and retreat routes. He called Zhu Xizhong. Zhu Xizhong was also confused about this and could not figure out the intentions of Anda and Jiajing. This made Hu Wanli feel confused.  A layer of shadow has been cast, this battle in Datong may be more difficult than imagined!  Hu Wanli, who was completely puzzled, did not dare to delay any more and accelerated his march, but it still took three days to arrive at Datong. The acting king Zhu Chongyao, Nanyang Bo Li Jian, the governor of Xuanda Zeng Xian, the governor of Datong Shi Dao, and the general of the Datong army arrived at Datong.  Wang Sheng led a group of men out of the city for several miles to greet them. Faced with the massive welcoming ceremony, Hu Wanli turned a blind eye and did not even stop. He urged his horse to pass by.  Looking at Hu Wanli's back, the acting king Zhu Chongyao, who had just passed his forties, couldn't help but be speechless. This was too embarrassing. Could it be that he, the vassal king, was to blame for swinging between Jiajing and him?  I saw Zhu Chongyao¡¯s expressionIn response to the situation, Zeng Mian, the newly appointed Governor of Xuan Da, slightly fanned the rising dust and said with a smile: "Not only is Datong in danger across the board, Xuanfu is also in crisis across the board. His Highness King Yi may be worried about the military situation"  "As he was talking, he saw that Li Jian had already mounted his horse and chased after him. He quickly stopped talking, bowed his hands to Zhu Chongyao, took the horse, turned over and gave him a whip.  Hu Wanli entered the city quickly and went straight into the Prince Dai Mansion and moved into the Chengyun Hall. He had only a little impression of the Prince of Datong. Now the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty have completely lost their former glory and are no different from being imprisoned.  , he was simply too lazy to bother thinking about it. However, because Datong was an important military town, King Dai had one more task than the mainland vassal kings to stabilize people's hearts. Especially when foreign invaders invaded, King Dai did not escape, which was conducive to stability.  The morale of the military is to appease the morale of the people.  The reason why Hu Wanli has some impression of Dai Wang is because in the third and twelfth years of Jiajing, there was a mutiny in Datong. The rebels twice surrounded Dai Wang's palace and demanded the support of Dai Wang. They rebelled. Dai Wang stayed away from Xuan Mansion.  After Hu Wanli finished washing, Tang Jinbao reported outside, "Your Highness, the acting king and all the civil and military officials of Datong are outside asking for an audience." "Please come in first." Hu Wanli casually ordered to stay in the house.  It's better to meet the host first and say hello.  King Zhu Chongyao was outside the palace. He saw a group of guards coming in and out, but he didn't even see a eunuch. He couldn't help but be surprised. When King Yi left the capital, he didn't even bring a single eunuch with him?  It seems that King Yi is more strict with eunuchs than Jiajing!  However, how can a group of guards with rough hands and feet serve them well?  Do you want to send some eunuchs?  Or a palace maid to King Yi?  Just as he was thinking about it, Tang Jinbao had already come out of the palace and raised his voice: "I have an audience with King Xuan!" Only asked him to have an audience?  Zhu Chongyao was a little panicked, so he hurriedly entered the palace, knelt down and said, "My brother Zhu Chongyao kowtows to Brother Wang." After that, he bowed five times and kowtowed three times.  Perform the courtesy of the king and his ministers.  "There is no need to be too polite on behalf of the king." Hu Wanli said slowly: "The king who ruled Datong for generations is actually the clan's shield" He praised a few words, both salty and not indifferent.  He said directly: "I will discuss military affairs first. We will talk about friendship in the evening. You call everyone outside." Zhu Chongyao was originally going to send a few people to accompany him. Upon hearing this, he quickly bowed and bowed out.  , and after a while, a group of civil and military officials filed in outside the palace.  After everyone greeted them, Hu Wanli asked directly: "How is the war situation in Datong?" Seeing him asking about the war situation, Governor Zeng Xian of Xuanda was very worried and quickly and respectfully replied: "Go back to your highness. The bandit army is strong, only  Around Datong, more than 200,000 people gathered, and almost all the Tongyouwei, Zuowei, Yulinwei, Weiyuanwei, Pingluwei, Andongzhongtunwei and surrounding beacon castles were destroyed. " "  Have all the castles been demolished?  More than 200,000 troops?  Although he had expected it and heard the report, Hu Wanli still felt a little panicked. After spending so much effort, Anda and Jiajing must have a big plan!  After pondering for a while, he said: "Have the casualties and losses been reported?" "Back to Your Highness, there were not many casualties in Renyuan, but other losses were serious." Zeng Mian hurriedly and cautiously said: "In the past two days, large groups of soldiers and civilians have been fleeing.  In Datong City, the Tatars were uncharacteristic of themselves and did not plunder the population and rarely killed people. "For the past two days, Hu Wanli had been thinking hard about Anda and Jiajing's intentions. When he heard this, he immediately became confused.  After reacting, he couldn't help but cursed secretly, "What a damn yin!" Anda and Jiajing wanted to bring all the families of officers and soldiers from surrounding guard stations to Datong, consume Datong's grain reserves, and force Datong's defenders to leave the city.  The decisive battle, they are obviously ready for a long siege!  Although there are many defenders in Datong, the only ones who can really fight are his 20,000 escorts!  The tens of thousands of defenders had been ravaged back and forth by the Tatar cavalry and had lost their fighting spirit. They were frightened when they saw the Tatar soldiers attacking the city, let alone going out of the city to fight with the Tatar cavalry!  After a long while, he glanced at everyone and said: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Datong City? How many people are there? How long can the grain storage in the city last?" Although Zeng Mian was new to the post, he had done a solid job. He bowed and said:  "Replying to your majesty, there are more than 135,000 original horse-mounted infantry officers and soldiers in Datong Town. Except for those who have escaped during the holidays, there are actually more than 83,000 officers and soldiers and more than 51,000 original horses.  In addition, there are actually more than 23,000 horses, excluding the forts, cities, camps, roads, and camps outside the city" At this point, he suddenly reacted and said in shock: "The Tatars are uncharacteristically.  You are not allowed to kill, do you want to drive the surrounding soldiers and civilians into Datong City to consume food and grass? " Wang Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Datong, is a veteran general with rich experience. Upon hearing this, he quickly bowed and said: "Your Highness, I have sinister intentions.  "Please close the city gate!" "Your Highness! No," Datong Governor Shi Dao quickly bowed and said, "Rejecting the soldiers and civilians outside the city will harm your Majesty's moral integrity, and it will easily shake the morale of the army and cause turmoil in the city."You know it's a trick, why do you still fall for it?  Zhu Xizhong, Duke of Chengguo, said in a deep voice: "Xiaoren is the thief of Daren. A moment of benevolence will only kill the soldiers and civilians of the city. I sincerely pray to close the city gate!"  Seeing that Li Jian remained silent, Hu Wanli glanced at him and said, "Li Jian, what do you think?"  " "Go back to Your Highness.  "Li Jian bowed and said: "I don't have a good plan for now, but I secretly think that we should save people first. If the city gate is closed, the soldiers and civilians outside the city will not escape death. The 30,000 new troops in the city have been training for three months, and they can still be used.  .  " Hu Wanli nodded and said: "As the prince of the supervising country, I am sitting in Datong City, but I refuse to allow the soldiers and civilians outside the city to enter the city to survive. If this is really the case, I am not even worthy of supervising the country. I open the city gate wide, but I must be careful to say goodbye. At the same time,  The city is under martial law to prevent spies from sneaking in, and the inside should be coordinated with the outside.  " "I obey the order.  "Everyone hurriedly bowed and responded. "The king is tired and they have all dispersed.  "Hu Wanli glanced at Li Jian as he spoke. After so many years together, Li Jian was naturally familiar with him. After exiting the main hall, he quickly turned back. However, Hu Wanli had already moved to the Nuan Pavilion, sitting cross-legged on the Kang, sipping hot tea.  , seeing him come in and salute, he slightly nodded and said: "Sit down and say.  " As soon as Li Jian sat down, he said: "Your Highness came to Datong this time, and the baggage and horse team was quite large  " Hu Wanli said with a smile: "The reason for walking slowly is because there is too much baggage. This time when I came to Datong, it was difficult to bring artillery. I only brought fifty carronade cannons with four basic ammunition and three thousand muskets. It was really a good luck.  If they don't come up, almost all the horses and mules in the capital will be requisitioned.  "As he spoke, he asked: "How do you feel about fighting against the Tatar cavalry?  " " Very strong.  Li Jian said solemnly: "In this attack, the Tatars should be trying to test our weaknesses and charge repeatedly. Otherwise, it would be impossible to kill more than 2,000 people. They also have the heavy armored cavalry mentioned by His Highness, but  , the heavy armored cavalry is of little use, they can also be shot one at a time a hundred steps away.  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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