After nightfall, the north gate of Datong Town became silent, and the battle flag of the Great Bright Sun and Moon Jin Tao in the gate city had disappeared, replaced by the sweat flag of Wara.

also mobilized 20,000 troops again, together with the 20,000 troops who had attacked the city before, and fought fiercely around the North Pass, and the 3,000 Ming soldiers who defended the city fought bloodily, and finally the whole army was wiped out, and the North Pass of Datong Town was lost!

Although the Ming army also killed and wounded more than 5,000 Warat soldiers, these casualties were somewhat insignificant compared to the strength of Warat's 200,000-strong army.

This night, the entire Datong town was filled with a pessimistic mood, and the deputy chief soldier Xue Tong sent four teams of elites out of the city at night, ready to face Liu Juntao's troops in the south to ask for help, hoping that Liu Juntao could come to help as soon as possible.

At the same time, he was not idle, and ordered the general Alazhiyuan to lead the army to attack the Dongguan and Xiguan of Datong Town overnight, and ordered the king of Saikan to lead a group of generals to lead an army of 40,000 to the south, block the official road in the area of Nanguan, establish a defensive line, and prevent the Ming army from sending reinforcements north.

On this night, the whole town of Datong was noisy and fighting, and the general Alazhiyuan divided his troops into 30,000 troops, and attacked Dongguan, Xiguan, and Nanguan at the same time.

Compared with the north pass of Datong Town, the defenders of Dongguan, Xiguan and Nanguan are only a few hundred people, and these three passes are each facing the onslaught of 10,000 Warat troops overnight, and they can't resist at all.

In the midst of the fighting, the Dongguan, Xiguan, and Nanguan of Datong Town were all lost overnight!

At this time, the Ming army in the city of Datong only had more than 20,000 people, the rest were social soldiers, young and strong, and the number was only more than 3,000 people, in the face of the first division of 100,000 troops to defend the east and west sides of Datong Town, the king of Saikan led an army of 40,000 to hold the south of Datong Town, and the remaining 50,000 more than 50,000 troops were all assembled in the north of Datong Town.

Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, stood at the head of the north city, facing the Warat army that was frequently mobilized in the night, and his heart could be said to be gloomy.

Now the more than 20,000 troops in the city can't hold Datong Town at all, and if the huge city wants to be completely defended, it needs at least tens of thousands, or even 100,000 troops, but now there are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, even if it is difficult to stand in a circle on the head of the city, let alone face the fierce attack of the Wara army!

According to the estimation of Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, if the Wara army continues to attack at any cost, the town of Datong will be lost in three or two days at most, and then the nine-sided gate of the Ming Dynasty will be opened, and as long as the south captures the Yanmen Pass, you can turn to the land of Gyeonggi again and re-attack the city of Beijing!

"If you lose Datong Town, I and my soldiers are the sinners of Daming!"

Thinking of this, Xue Tong couldn't help but feel sad, and said secretly: "In this way, I should die here in battle, and I will never steal my life!" ”

Early the next morning, the Warat army unexpectedly did not attack, and the deputy commander-in-chief Xue Tong was relieved after thinking about it a little, after all, the Warat army fought all night last night, and it must have to rest at this time.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Warat army began to assemble, and Xue Tong also cheered up and came to the north of the city with his personal guards, preparing to defend the city.

At the same time, Liu Juntao, the commander-in-chief of Yanzhou Town, led the army to Xi'an Fort, thirty miles north of Yingzhou, Datong Prefecture, which was still more than 100 miles away from Datong Town in the north.

At this time, 83,000 soldiers from Yanzhou Town had been on the road for three days in a row, and Liu Juntao rested here for a day, and then went straight to Datong Town.

However, the soldiers of the army had just been stationed here, and the deputy chief soldier of Datong Town, Xue Tong, arrived at night without collecting it, and under the guidance of a team of soldiers, he came to the big tent of the Chinese army and knelt directly on the ground.

"General! Datong City is about to be unable to hold it, please send troops to help immediately! ”

After saying that, the man kept kowtowing and crying on the ground without closing the night.

Liu Juntao was also taken aback when he heard this, he originally thought that there were 30,000 soldiers and horses in Datong Town, coupled with the perfect and solid defense facilities in Datong Town, it would definitely not be a problem to hold on for a month.

Who would have thought, it has only been a few days, and Datong Town has come to ask for help, and it will not be able to hold it!

Liu Juntao hurriedly inquired, only then did he know that the Great Khan of Warat had also attacked Datong Town Day and Night regardless of the cost, at this time, the four gates of Datong Town had all been lost, and tens of thousands of Warat troops were constantly attacking, and the city was about to be lost!

Hearing this, Liu Juntao also frowned, first asked his soldiers to take those who did not accept the night to rest, and then immediately called the generals of the various armies, together with Liu Zi'an, the head of the Investigation Department, and Zhang Yuqing, the chief of staff of the Zanhua Department.

After everyone arrived, Liu Juntao told the latest situation of Datong Town, and then said: "Our army must go north immediately, and we must repel the siege of the Wara army before Datong Town is lost!" ”

Everyone also had a lot of discussions, but after some discussion, everyone agreed with Liu Juntao's opinion that the army should immediately pull out the camp and go north.

However, there were some disagreements about the route of the army to the north.

After all, according to the information provided by those nights, there are now tens of thousands of Warat troops led by the King of Saikan in the south of Datong Town, and even if the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou Town can break through the defense of the Warat army, it will take some time, and it is really a question whether Datong Town can hold it during this period!

As a result, everyone discussed bypassing the south of Datong Town and directly killing Datong Town.

But on the specific route, there was a disagreement among the people.

Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Zhang Yuqing and others all advocated that the army march westward from Xi'an Fort, pass through Jinping Mountain, Yunchuanwei, and Gaoshansuo, go around to the north of Datong Town, and directly invite the main force of Warat led by Ye Xian to fight, so as to achieve the effect of relieving the siege of Datong.

Liu Zi'an, Chen Ziping, Sun Xu and others think that the terrain around Jinping Mountain is rugged, and it will definitely take a lot of time for the army to travel together.

Therefore, several people advocated that the army march eastward from Xi'an Fort, and go around to the north of Datong Town through Xujiazhuang Fort, Settlement, and Zhenchuan Fort.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Juntao felt that it was better for the army to march from the east, and taking the route from the east could save a lot of time.

Moreover, Liu Juntao also decided that after the army went around to the north of Datong Town, he immediately established a defensive line between Leigong Mountain in the west and Baishan Mountain in the east to cut off the rear route of the Wara army.

"After cutting off the back road of the Tartars, our army immediately launched an attack on the Yexian Division! In this battle, I want to make Warat corpses all over the field, and I want to make the Tartars have their hearts and souls broken! ”

On the same day, Liu Juntao led the army to pull out the camp and march eastward, and at the same time called the team who came to ask for help, and asked: "Our army immediately rushed north to help, but in order to stabilize the morale of the soldiers in the city, I want to send someone back to report the news, so that the soldiers can hold on, do you have the courage to go back?" ”

Those who didn't listen to it at night all said loudly: "I am willing!" ”

The first Bai general said loudly: "General rest assured! Even if I climb, I'm going to send this news back to the city! ”

Soon, the team broke away from the brigade of tens of thousands of soldiers without collecting at night, and rushed straight to the town of Datong in the north.

Liu Juntao rode the horse army, looking at those who did not collect at night, and did not know that a few of these people could reach Datong Town alive.

This journey is very dangerous, but these Ming soldiers did not hesitate at all, and all of them died generously, this is the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, this is the heroes of China!

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao took a deep breath, looked to the north and said angrily in his heart: "The Tartars are rampant and shameless, have repeatedly invaded the national dynasty, and have committed many crimes in China. In this battle, I will make the Tartars pay the price for the invasion in the south, the price of blood! ”