Datong, the border army battalion.

More than two dozen baggage trucks were parked in the open field, loaded with mines and modified general's guns.

Zhu Hui looked around the car and made sure that there were no reinforcements, and couldn't help but be disappointed: "I waited here for more than ten days, and the imperial court sent you a hundred people?!" ”

Song Jing bowed slightly: "Student Song Jing is a student of Hanyuan, and this time I am here to help the country announce the thunder array." ”

Zhu Hui read military books at the age of six, and went to the battlefield with his father at the age of eight, but he had never even heard of the thunder array.

"You nerds, you can bluff people, and you can repel the Tatars with these iron lumps alone?"

Jiang An looked at the iron bumps of more than twenty cars, as well as the dozen or so firearms, and was slightly disappointed.

Perhaps, the imperial court also has no troops to deploy.

"Guogong, I'll make another plan."

It's useless to complain, the battle situation is urgent, and reformulating the plan is the best choice.

"The country is slow and slow."

Song Jing took a mine from the car, equipped it with gunpowder, buried it in the ground, and protected the lead with a bamboo tube.

After pulling everyone away, he flicked the lead with his fingers.

Boom!

The mud and sand splattered, and the broken pieces of iron shot in all directions, blasting the big tent next to it.

Zhu Hui was blocked by his own body, and when he looked at the more than 20 cars of iron bumps, it was as if he saw a mountain of gold.

"What kind of secret weapon is this?"

"It's not a hidden weapon, it's a firearm, it's called a mine." Song Jing bowed slightly.

"There are so many mines, why worry that the Tatars will not retreat!"

Jiang An looked up to the sky and laughed, ecstatic.

Song Jing looked sad: "Not necessarily." ”

The gunpowder and fuses of the mines need to be arranged on the spot, and if they are configured in advance, they will be extremely dangerous to transport.

In other words, these more than 20 cars of iron lumps are all empty.

Secondly, it had to be set up outside the city, so that the Tatars could not see it.

Zhu Hui listened to Song Jing's words, and the joy on his face slowly dissipated: "There are 70,000 Tatar troops outside the city, how can you get out?" ”

Jiang An gritted his teeth and said: "Why don't you lead the troops by the last general and lead the Tatars to the east, is it enough to delay for a day?" ”

The Tatars and Jurchens were wise, and beyond a day, they must have known that he had the intention of procrastinating.

If you want to continue to delay, you can only start a real war with the Tatars.

Song Jing shook his head: "At least two days." ”

Zhu Hui's mind was running fast, thinking about a strategy, and after a while, he said: "Come on, go to the sand table!" ”

The soldiers moved the sand table up, and Zhu Hui pointed to the small mound on the sand table: "You lead the troops to lure the enemy and lure them to Maoerzhuang."

If they give up pursuing you, and turn back, I will meet them again and lead them to Yao'er Ridge.

So there were two days. ”

"But Datong Town is empty, and the enemy army will not attack the city directly?" Song Jing asked.

Jiang An shook his head: "No, there is General Hongyi on the city wall, and I don't know my Datong's troops."

If they don't see Baoguo Gong out of the city, they won't attack the city.

In other words, if they see Baoguo Gong outside the city, they will definitely turn back and attack the city!

So, it's up to you! ”

Song Jing's heart was like pressing on a mountain, but after a while, his face became serious again.

"Students want to give it a try."

After nightfall, I couldn't see my fingers.

The city gate south of Datong was quietly opened.

Jiang An took 10,000 soldiers and horses and quietly melted into the night.

With only 10,000 troops, the Tatars would surely rise up and destroy them in order to reduce Datong's military strength.

After a while, he heard the sound of war drums from the sky, and the roar shook the sky.

The firelight lights up the night on the horizon.

Zhu Hui stood on the wall of the Beiwu Gate and said to Song Jing: "Let's go out of the city." ”

The Tatars will attack the northern gate.

Therefore, Song Jing will set up a minefield in the north.

More than 20 baggage carts were pushed out of the city, and although the soldiers could not prepare gunpowder, they could dig mine pits.

Song Jing instructed to dig a pit at a distance of one zhang.

After digging, it is necessary to leave obvious markings, so that the Tatars do not step on it and the people will step on it in the future.

These dumb mines need to be discharged.

However, if it rains, it will be fine, the sealing of the iron ball is not strong, and after the gunpowder is wet, it will not be used.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

Song Jing looked at more than 20 baggage trucks, and only two of them were allocated, "Guogong, the student's estimate is wrong, it will take three days to ......"

"............" Zhu Hui.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion stationed in Datong were all sent to configure gunpowder materials, install mines, and learn and sell them now.

Ten miles north of Datong,

The Tatars still had a small force, and the entire Jurchen army, stationed here.

Dayan Khan's third son, Baalsborot, was the commander of this southern expedition.

He took the binoculars and saw the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, working outside the city.

"Send someone to see, what are the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty doing?"

Soon, half an hour later.

The spies, riding on black horses, quickly rushed into the Tatar positions, "Prince, they are growing vegetables!" ”

"Growing vegetables?"

Balsborough was furious, and the king went south with 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack your city, and you still grow vegetables in a good way?

It's an insult!

"Send troops immediately and attack Datong Town!"

"The third prince can't, this is a radical method, he must want to induce the prince to go, and then capture him.

The art of war of the Ming Dynasty, there is a saying that you want to capture the old and the thief and capture the king first!

It's better to wait for the army to annihilate the elite of Datong first, and then we will attack. ”

The military advisor Mandulu hurriedly dissuaded.

He was a well-known military advisor in the Ordos Department and was sent to assist the Third Prince in the siege of the city.

"Humph! Tomorrow, my iron hooves of the Tartars will tread all the vegetables they have grown! Balsborough roared.

Datong Town, an open space in front of the North Wuding Gate.

Song Jing ordered people to use radishes and vegetables to make marks, if they used stones, there were many stones on the ground, and they couldn't distinguish them at all.

Moreover, the use of green turnips can confuse the Tatars.

In the minefield, you have to leave yourself a way out, which is extremely exquisite.

If you don't have enough turnips, use a small stick.

At the end of the day, it was buried hundreds of feet away.

Zhu Hui's face was solemn: "Tonight, it's time for my father-in-law to go out of the city, and before I come back, it will be commanded by you and Father-in-law Miao." ”

Miao Kui was arranged by Xiao Jing to go north to supervise the army.

"Don't worry."

Zhu Hui led a team of men out of the city.

Maoerzhuang outside the town of Datong.

It was here that Yingzong met Warat and was taken captive.

Jiang An and the Tatars chased for a day, fought and retreated.

After all, the Tatars saw through his trick and withdrew their troops.

But when they returned to the camp, they met the Ming army again in Yao'er Ridge, and there were quite a few of them, more than 10,000 people.

"It's Bao Guogong! He's out of the city, report to the third prince quickly! ”

Zhu Hui tried his best to stop it, but there were still more than 10,000 cavalry, rushing towards Datong, they were about to attack the city.

"Stop them."

The more they stopped, the more the Tatars felt that they had fallen for the trick of diverting the tiger from the mountain.

Dark clouds slowly gather in the sky,

Song Jing stood on the city wall and began to worry, the waterproof nature of the mine was not strong.

If it gets wet with rain, it will be invalid.

But how to get the Tatars and Jurchens to attack the city?

"My lord, what should I do? It's going to rain! ”

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion all knew that gunpowder was the most afraid of water, and no firearm was spared.

Song Jing panicked in his heart, and seemed to have lost all his strength.

If the enemy cannot be broken, the people of Baoguo and Datong will be killed by their own officials.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and the soldiers of Datong had a depressed face.

"It's coming!"

"What's coming, what are you calling blindly?"

"The Tatars and Jurchens are coming!"

I saw that yellow dust was rolling in the sky in the distance, like a sandstorm, and countless cavalry rushed towards the city gate.

Miao Kui was terrified: "Lord Song, can you withstand the mine?" ”

Jiang An and Zhu Hui rode their horses back, and were shocked when they saw the billowing yellow dust in the sky.

But even if they go all out, it will take an hour.

Moreover, the Tatars and Jurchens, with 70,000 troops, could only intercept them desperately even if they rushed to Datong Town.