At the head of the city of Datong Mansion, Sun Chuanting stood here, staring at the city that had been burned to ruins, without saying a word.

In many places, there are still dead bodies, broken hands and feet, and even more severed heads. Many of the women's bodies were naked. All of these, without exception, have become stinky.

The chief soldiers Gao Jie and Gao Ruli stood behind Sun Chuanting. They knew that when they came all the way and saw the border pass plagued by the Mongol Tatars, it was estimated that the governor's heart was already full of anger.

In the past, although the Mongolian Tatars also often entered the autumn valley. However, at that time, the Ming Dynasty had a million border troops, and even if the Mongol Tatars invaded the Guannei, there would soon be officials and troops from all over the country to fight the Mongol Tatars back.

But this time, not only because of the years of war, the border army was transferred to quell the rebellion, if they died in the field, they would either become thieves and never come back. It can be said that by the time of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the border defense was actually quite empty.

However, what is even worse is that in order to fight the Battle of Songjin and rescue Jinzhou, the imperial court once again transferred the border army, and transferred all the troops that could be transferred here, and the result was that the whole army was wiped out.

In addition, in the past few years, the Mongolian Tatars have not entered the customs for several years because of civil strife. Even if you hit Akiya, it will be a few months late. Therefore, this sudden attack was beyond the expectations of everyone on the border gate.

It can be said that the loss of the border pass this time was unprecedented and heavy. The defensive line west of Zhangjiakou, except for the important town of Yulin to protect itself, was attacked by the Mongol Tatars almost along the line. In particular, this Datong has even fallen.

Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides, led the army from Guyuan and hurried to the northern border pass, and along the way, he saw the tragic situation after being plundered by the Mongol Tatars. When he arrived in Fugu County, he received the will of the imperial court, and entered the territory of Shanxi to assist in the defense of Xuanda.

Along the way, it was still full of devastation. The situation in Shanxi is even worse than in northern Shaanxi.

Mainly in northern Shaanxi, there is a Ming army stationed in the important town of Yulin, and those Mongolian Tatars mainly rob and dare not stay longer.

But on the Shanxi side, Datong, which was originally a military town to protect this area, fell unexpectedly, resulting in the complete absence of the force to defend the border, which made the Mongolian Tatars unscrupulous, and the disaster was naturally more intense.

Sun Chuanting led the troops from Guyuan, and by the time he arrived, the Mongol Tatars had already retreated, and only this devastated and ruined walls and corpses everywhere proved that robbers had come.

At this time, Gao Jie and Gao Ruli did not dare to speak, for fear that the Governor would take them out of his anger when he was angry.

But who knows, they didn't say anything, but Sun Chuanting suddenly turned his head to look at the two of them, his face was pale, and he shouted coldly: "Rest for a day, tomorrow you will lead the cavalry out of the customs, and pay for the blood debt!" No matter what you do, I just need to see each of you come back with your head to pay respects to these dead souls. Then the official will play the chapter again, and explain everything here! ”

"The last general obeys!" When Gao Jie and Gao Ruli heard this, they didn't dare to slack off, and immediately clasped their fists with both hands and said loudly.

For a long time, the Ming Dynasty has also retaliated against the Mongolian Tatars for beating Qiugu, rather than just repelling the Mongolian Tatars. Sometimes, it is estimated that it will be the time when the Mongolian Tatars will come to attack the Autumn Valley, and in order to destroy their Autumn Valley, they will take the initiative to attack the steppe and attack them first.

Of course, all of this happened before. Since the beginning of the Shaanxi Rebellion, there has never been such a thing.

However, it is also the case, for going out to fight the Mongolian Tatars, as a general of the Qin army, there is no psychological barrier, and there is no fear at all. Even if he is a thief like Gao Jie, because he is also a man who grew up in northern Shaanxi, he also has no psychological burden.

Not to mention, along the way, they have also seen the tragic situation in northern Shaanxi and Datong, and as court officials, of course they will have the will to retaliate.

At this time, when they heard Sun Chuanting's cold drink, and he also connected it with his recital to the court, they immediately knew that this time, they must have to take revenge fiercely!

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By the next day, the infantry had cleared all the dead bodies from the city outside the city, burned them in a fire, and then dug deep pits to bury them. Otherwise, there is a possibility of a plague.

Looking at a very large tomb that had been raised, Sun Chuanting looked at the more than 15,000 cavalry troops who had been assembled and were ready to go, and shouted with a cold face: "Pass the order, don't come back without a head!" This official wants the Tartars to remember, killing people pays for their lives, and I will open the country by expelling the Tartars, even if it is eventful now, it is not something they can bully! ”

The voice is not loud, but it is murderous.

When Sun Da and the others heard this, they immediately rode their horses and drove their horses along the side of the military formation, shouting loudly to pass Sun Chuanting's words to every cavalry soldier to know.

Gao Jie and Gao Ruli stood at the top, and after seeing Sun Da and the others return to pay the order to Sun Chuanting, they raised their arms and shouted: "Kill ......"

Their personal guards, hearing the shouts of the commander, immediately followed and shouted: "Kill ......"

When more than 15,000 cavalry soldiers heard this, they immediately shouted: "Kill ......."

They were busy cleaning up the ruined city, and when the soldiers of the infantry army heard this movement, they all looked up at the cavalry. There is no need to ask, they can naturally see that the cavalry is going to take revenge. Hearing the angry voice, they all shouted one by one: "Kill ......"

Just this kung fu, the sound of "killing" shook the sky, and it echoed in the sky above this Datong Mansion for a long time.

The wind blew, and the smoke from the burning corpses drifted in the wind, as if nodding.

There were no more superfluous words, Sun Chuanting waved his hand, Gao Jie and Gao Ruli responded with fists, and then each drove their horses back to their own formation, and with the same wave of their hands, Bento Pioneer Ma went north, out of the Great Wall, and stepped into the vast grassland.

Three days later, Sun Chuanting was on the top of the arrow tower, and he had already finished writing the recital to be sent to the imperial court, and he waited for the cavalry sent to return, and he would add the last sentence: "The minister has sent troops to retaliate, and the blood is flowing like a river." ”

Stand at the head of the city and look around.

At this time, the people who had taken refuge in the mountains and forests had already learned that the official army had arrived, and the Tartars had retreated and began to return to their hometowns one after another. However, the tragic situation in their hometown made them full of sadness, and they had to rebuild their homes silently.

Looking at these, Sun Chuanting's gloomy face couldn't hide his anger. If you don't kill the Tartars, they won't have any scruples!

In the future, he did not guarantee that the Tartars would not invade the pass. But he wanted the Tartars to understand that if you kill innocents indiscriminately in the pass, how desperate you have done, then I can also send troops out to kill, and when you enter the customs again in the future, you will have scruples and dare not kill again!

As for whether he can win, Sun Chuanting has no worries.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Qin soldiers have been the most capable soldiers. Although by now, the most elite soldiers have been killed in battle. However, a new generation of Qin soldiers is also growing.

If he formed an army empty-handed, Sun Chuanting would not dare to guarantee the combat strength of the army. However, this time he returned to Qin to serve as the governor of the three sides, and the court gave him great support. To be precise, it was Xingguo Gong who gave him a lot of support.

not only said that the emperor gave him a clear intention to support his "Qingtun Replenishment" policy, but also gave him enough time to straighten out the soldiers and horses.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting not only had money, grain and land in his hands, but he could select the elite from the Qin soldiers. If such an army can't defeat those Mongolian Tatars who are as poor as Hanako, then what kind of prisoners and thieves will be killed!

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves rushing and looked at it.

Sun Chuanting found that the voice did not come from the north, but from the south, and it was also an urgent messenger for eight hundred miles.

When he saw this, he was taken aback.

Eight hundred miles of urgency is generally not a good thing, but a hurry, a very urgent thing.

Didn't the battle of Kaifeng be won, how could there be an eight-hundred-mile rush? Sun Chuanting was a little puzzled, his brain teaser was spinning, thinking about the possibility: Could it be that Li Zicheng killed a horse pistol and defeated Guogong?

As soon as he thought of this, he was in a hurry.

After four or five years in prison, he realized more than ever before that it is not enough to just bury one's head in work, but also to have people in the DPRK and China.

Now he has a thigh like Xingguo Gong in the court, which is his greatest support. If it were possible, the last thing he wanted was for Xingguo Gong to have an accident.

Therefore, he could not even wait for the messenger to go up to the city. He turned around at once, and went down to the city, and went out to meet the messenger.

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After a while, he listened to the messenger's message, and after reading the letter again, he was relieved: Guogong is fine!

But then, he became nervous again. Then Li Zicheng plotted against Sichuan, and if he was about to succeed, he would be in big trouble. In the urgent letter, Guogong asked him to immediately return to the aid after arranging the border pass in the north, and take the Shu Road from Hanzhong into Sichuan to reinforce the imperial court officials and troops in Sichuan.

Thinking of this, he immediately turned his head to look north, the fastest was the cavalry, but now the cavalry has been sent out by himself. When he will come back depends on the war in the steppe. He also issued a military order to each of them to come back with their heads, which took even longer.

It's okay now, it's time to delay things!

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting was a little anxious. However, at this time, there was no means of communication at all, and they could only wait for the cavalry to return on their own.

At this time, it is useless to be anxious.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting re-stepped up the deployment of border city defenses, and at the same time prepared to wait until the cavalry returned, and then he was ready to return to Shaanxi and reinforce Sichuan.

The backwardness of transportation and communication in ancient times made many things far less convenient than those of later generations. This not only affected the side of the Ming army, but also the side of the Mongol Tatars.