The fifth day of the sixth month of the seventh year of Chongzhen.

When the Houjin Dabeile Daishan and his son Yue led the army to the area of Maoerzhuang, they suddenly turned to the south and attacked the victory fort on the northern border wall of Datong.

Although Li Quan, the general of the town guard of Desheng Fort, had been on guard for a long time, the defenders in the fort were only 1,200, and Jiannu had a total of 30,000 troops, and the disparity in strength was too great and it was destined to be difficult to resist.

Daishan dug the side wall first, and the Jiannu army rushed in, surrounded the victorious fort, and attacked day and night.

Li Quan led the lone army in the fort to fight a bloody battle for a day and night, and finally could not keep Jiannu out of the fort due to the disparity in troops.

When the city was broken, the defenders in the fort had suffered heavy casualties, Li Quan saw that he was unable to return to the sky, knelt at the head of the city and bowed to the east three times, and then led his waist knife and killed himself.

After capturing the Victory Fort, Dai Shan and Yue Xue divided into two routes, all the way to the east to capture Zhenqiang Fort, and all the way to the west to break the Fort of Rejection.

Three days later, the two left only hundreds of Tumut troops to garrison a few military forts on the side wall, and the rest of the army went south in two ways, successively captured Hongci Fort and Zhenhe Fort, and then met under Datong City to surround Datong.

Because when Wang Pu led an army of 35,000 to exterminate Qinchuan, he did not advance an inch in Ninghua Qianhusuo, not only did he not recover Ninghuasuo and Jingle City, but also lost his troops and generals, and even let Qin Yi calmly march on the West Road and North Road, and successively captured Xingxian, Lanzhou and Baode Prefecture, and so on, Zhu Youzhen was angry and removed his general position, demoted to a general, and ordered him to make meritorious service for his crimes.

Now, Wang Pu, who had just been demoted, was ordered to garrison Huairen, Zeng Caofei was stationed in Ulzhou, He Sheng was stationed in Hunyuan Prefecture, and other generals and guerrillas were stationed in Yingzhou, Shanyin, Mayi, Shuozhou and other prefectures and counties, and Zhang Zongheng and Zhang Quanchang, the governors of Xuanda, returned to Xuanfu Town.

In Datong Town, Zhu Youzhen handed over to Cao Wenzhao, and the decree was to reappoint him as the chief soldier of Datong and preside over the defense of Datong.

Today's Datong City has Cao Wenzhao's 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry, as well as the town's generals and garrison soldiers and horses, a total of 6,000 troops.

From the day Datong was besieged, Cao Wenzhao inspected the city defense day and night, strengthened defense, and did not allow Jiannu to have a chance to take advantage of.

After three days of siege, Dai Shan saw that Datong City was well defended, so he ordered the army to withdraw from the siege and swaggered to Huailai, Mayi, Shuozhou and Ningwuguan in the southwest.

His ultimate goal is Ningwuguan.

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Laoyingbao is located in the east of the pass eighty miles, the east of the inner Great Wall, the north of the outer Great Wall, and the head of the pass into a horn, the strategic position is no less than the head pass.

The old camp fort guard is the general of the northwest road of Shanxi, and there are more than 1,300 defenders in the fort.

When the news of the fall of many military forts in the south reached Laoyingbao, He Qizheng panicked and hurriedly sent people to Pingyuwei and Shuozhouwei for help.

As soon as the people were sent out, the news of Jiannu Kouluo's announcement spread to Laoyingbao.

He was dumbfounded.

As soon as Jiannu arrived, Datong Town would definitely not be able to take care of him, the west was the Yellow River, and it was impossible for the friendly troops in Shaanxi to risk crossing the river to come to the rescue, and the military forts in the south were almost all lost.

Now, in the entire military town in the northwest of Shanxi, only he and Yitouguan Li Baba are left.

Qinchuan's several armies were approaching day by day, and even Ningwuguan, Qilancheng and Baode City had been captured, and his small old camp fort would definitely not be able to stop it.

If you abandon the city and flee, the court will investigate it afterwards, and you will either cut off your head or send it to the border......

He seemed to have no way out.

When He was in a hurry like an ant on a hot pot, his subordinates suddenly came to report that Li Baba came, saying that he was here to discuss countermeasures with him.

Li Baba and he are fellow villagers, both from Shanyin County, the two have a good relationship, often get together to drink, when he is helpless, Li Baba's arrival is like a life-saving straw.

After confirming that the other party was Li Baba at the head of the city, He Qizheng asked people to open the city gate and personally go out of the city to greet him.

"Eighth, what should I do? What should we do? ”

As soon as they met, He Qizheng twisted his brows into an inverted figure and asked anxiously.

Li Baba patted him on the shoulder with relief: "Brother, let's go into the city and talk about it, this time brother, I brought a jar of good Fenyang lamb wine, let's go in and drink and chat." ”

"Old eight, when is it......

"Brother, relax your mind, brother, I have a way."

"Really?"

"Seriously."

"Okay, hurry, get into the city."

In He Qizheng's eager greeting, Li Baba led his two hundred personal soldiers into the military fort.

He Qizheng directly led Li Baba and a few of his entourage into the General Staff's Office, while the two hundred soldiers stayed outside the Bureau.

"Come, go and slaughter the little lamb, and greet ......"

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He Qizheng was just shouting in the direction of the kitchen, Li Baba hurriedly interrupted him, and continued: "Brother, brother, I caught two fat wild sheep on the way here, and I thought of coming over to have a few drinks with my brother, so I roasted them when I rested on the road, and our brothers rubbed him well today." ”

"Hey, it just so happens that your brother and I haven't eaten wild sheep in a few days."

"Come on, bring the wine and meat."

Li Baba shouted back, and then climbed He Qizheng's shoulder into the house.

A few of his entourages brought in a fat sheep that was roasted brown and had a strong smell of meat, and a large jar was placed on the table.

This is the well-known Fenyang lamb wine, which is the Xinghuacun wine of later generations.

With the aroma of the roast fat sheep, how greedy it is to swallow saliva.

"Hey, eighth, why haven't I seen these brothers of yours? Wow, this kid is handsome, more handsome than his little daughter-in-law, where did you find such a handsome boy. He Qizheng asked while swallowing his saliva.

"Hmmm......"

Li Baba scratched his head, not knowing how to answer.

At this time, the entourage, who was more handsome than the little daughter-in-law, arched his hand at He Qizheng with a smile, and said: "I praised Luo Wentian under the account of General Qin in the guerrilla attack in Shanxi, and I have seen General He." ”

A big man next to him, who was five big and three thick, with leopard eyes and a beard, also hugged his fists and said in a rough voice: "I am Luo Da Niu, the first official under General Qin." ”

"General Qin has no battalion officer Liu Youzhu under his command."

"Huh?"

He Qizheng blinked his eyes in a daze, and then his face changed greatly: "Old eight, you want to harm me?" ”

"Brother, don't get me wrong, brother, how could I hurt you?"

Li Baba hurriedly walked over, trying to climb his shoulder.

"Don't come here."

He Qizheng pointed at him with one hand, and looked at Luo Daniu, Liu Youzhu and the others vigilantly.

"Ugh."

Li Baba sighed helplessly, and said: "Don't hide it from my brother, brother, I have indeed joined General Qin, but this time, I didn't want to harm my brother, but I wanted to have a good talk with my brother, if my brother is willing to serve General Qin, it is naturally the best, if not, my brother can also take his family to leave freely, and I will never be embarrassed." ”

He Qizheng squinted: "When did you take effect?" ”

"Just the day before yesterday, not only me, but also Lougou Fort, Yongxing Fort, and Daworming Fort were also lowered."

"What good did he promise you?"

"From the dragon's work, glory and wealth."

The corners of He Qizheng's mouth twitched: "You are really bold enough, the Ming Dynasty has not fallen yet, so you dare to mention the work of the dragon?" ”

Luo Wentian on the side took over the words and said with a smile: "General He, the Ming Dynasty has not fallen, but it is almost over." ”

As he spoke, Luo Wentian opened a few porcelain bowls, picked up the jar of lamb wine with a little difficulty, and filled several bowls with wine.

"General He, what the Ming Dynasty is like, needless to say, even if my general doesn't rebel, it won't last a few years."

"Humph! Qin Chuan is capable, why doesn't he serve the court? ”

"The general of my family said that the current court is rotten, and it is no longer worthy of his service, and he wants to establish a new court, a kingdom of the Celestial Empire that can give the people to live and work in peace and contentment, sweep the eight desolations and six he, and let all countries come to court."

"Sweeping the Eight Desolations and Liuhe...... How is this possible? ”

Luo Daniu on the other side suddenly pulled out a dagger, inserted it into the fragrant roasted whole sheep, and said in a rough voice: "The general of my family is only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he swept the northwest of Jin Province where tens of thousands of border troops gathered, and in three or five years, do you think you can sweep the Central Plains?" In another ten or eight years, you can talk about it, can you sweep the eight wildernesses? ”

He Qizheng opened his mouth, but found himself speechless.

"Don't be stunned, sit down and eat, this sheep will be cold later, let's talk while eating."

Liu Youzhu sat on the stool, picked up the bowl, poured a big sip of wine, then pulled out a dagger, cut off a large piece of mutton, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

"Brother, come on, come on, we haven't drunk together for a while."

Li Baba stepped forward and climbed over He Qizheng's shoulder.

He Qizheng looked at the long knife on Luo Daniu's waist, and then looked at the hideous scar on Liu Youzhu's face, and finally sighed lowly, then sat down, picked up the porcelain bowl, and drank the wine in the bowl in one go.

After drinking, He Qizheng put a handful of porcelain bowls on the table and made a wine gap.

"Say, if I descend, what shall I do? If not, what then? ”