Ten days later, near Shandanwei in Ganzhou Town, a strange offensive and defensive battle began.

The attacking side was more than 100,000 cavalry led by the 30,000 princes of the Northern Yuan Tatar Department on the right flank of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and the defender was tens of thousands of border troops led by Qiu Luan, the commander of Xianning Hou, the commander of Ganzhou Town.

Both sides were quite loud, as if they were afraid that others would not know that they were going to make a big move.

However, the course of the battle is quite strange, or rather absurd.

The more than 100,000 cavalry led by Ji Nang seemed to be menacing, and wanted to take Ganzhou Town, one of the nine important towns of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, but its forward more than 10,000 men and horses did not rush forward after breaking into Ganzhou Town from the Great Wall near Shandanwei, nor did they scatter and plunder, after they took the station of the former thousand households in Shandanwei, they stopped there, and the more than 100,000 follow-up troops led by Ji Nang did not even enter Ganzhou Town, but just watched at the gap in the Great Wall, as if they were afraid of rushing into Ganzhou Town and then being ambushed by the Ming army.

Was there an ambush in the Ming army?

Of course not, Ganzhou Town, together with the elite of the border army and the garrison, has a total of less than 70,000 troops, what do they do to ambush the more than 100,000 cavalry in Ji Nang!

Not enough, Xianning Hou Qiu Luan seems to be a fierce horse, he actually led 10,000 elite border troops and 20,000 elite guards to the Shandanwei station, as if he was ready to fight with Ji Nang.

As a result, the fish did not die, the net was not broken, and after the two sides shouted near Shandanwei for a day, Ji Nang actually led the army to retreat to the Hetao grassland in a "panic"!

How this battle was fought, outsiders do not know, however, after the war, Xianning Marquis Qiuluan repaid the merit, he declared that he personally led tens of thousands of troops in Ganzhou Town to fight a bloody battle with the Tartar cavalry, and finally repelled the Tartar cavalry, and captured the enemy's 54 heads.

The total number of troops participating in the battle on both sides was nearly 200,000, and it took nearly a day of bloody fighting to finally capture 54 enemy heads, isn't it a bit ridiculous?

This is not very ridiculous, because the Tartars are all cavalry, even if they are killed, their companions will try their best to take away their corpses, and it is difficult for foot soldiers to catch up, and sometimes the Ming army obviously wins, and a situation where a head cannot be grabbed may happen, and he has won fifty-four heads is already a lot.

Of course, it is not known how he came to be this head.

It is certain that it was not the Tartar cavalry, because the two sides did not engage at all, but only shouted around Shandanwei for a day, how could there be casualties.

Ganzhou Town is located in the extreme west of the Ming Dynasty, more than 3,000 miles away from the capital, what is the actual situation of this battle, of course, the court officials do not know, Jiajing does not know that they are acting, and even, Jiajing received the Xianning Hou Qiuluan's 800 miles of urgent report after praising it, and intends to promote it to the trilateral system, leading all the soldiers and horses in Shaanxi to fight against the Tartars.

Jiajing's side has not yet made a decision, but Ji Nang has moved, he seems to have suffered a big loss in Ganzhou Town, and he is very unhappy, so he decided to attack Xuanfu Town and take revenge.

Of course, this is just an excuse, the so-called "teacher is famous", you can't always hit others for no reason.

In ancient times, it was not right to hit others for no reason, if you want to beat others, you must have an excuse, even if you talk nonsense, as long as you believe it yourself, it doesn't matter whether others believe it or not.

The excuse for his attack on the towns of Shaanxi is that the border army of the Ming Dynasty robbed their horses and bullied their herdsmen, this Xuanfu Town is a little far away, and the 30,000 households on his right wing are not at all boundary, what robbed the horses, the excuse of bullying the herdsmen is too absurd, he naturally can't say it, he suffered a loss to retaliate against others, this excuse is barely said in the past.

As for why he suffered a loss in Ganzhou Town and went to Xuanfu Town to take revenge, it is unknown, and Ji Nang didn't bother to explain, this king is going to bully you, he is going to Xuanfu Town to loot, what can you do!

The Tartars are coming, and they are coming faster than in previous years, and Yang Cong's side is not completely ready.

Ji Nang's action this year is indeed a bit fast, because the Ming border army is fully prepared, he did not attack Ningxia Town and Yansui Town, as for Ganzhou Town, he is just a false shot, received a little benefit from others, these three places, he took a total of less than two months to turn around, he led the army back to Hetao, it was not yet May, and when he repaired, and then led the army to set off, it was only early May.

Generally speaking, he has to go to the three towns of Ningxia, Yansui and Ganzhou for at least about three months, and when he sets off to Xuanfu or Datong at the same time, it is basically the end of May, and the Hetao grassland is more than 2,000 miles away from Xuanfu Town and Datong Town, and it will take him nearly half a month on the road, so the time for him to arrive at Xuanfu Town or Datong Town is generally in mid-June.

However, this time it was different, and he would be able to reach Xuanfu Town by the end of May.

Yang Cong received the 800-mile urgent alarm from Ningxia Town and Yansui Town, and was really shocked, at this time, the Xuanhua Factory only built a total of more than 1,000 fire dragon chariots, more than 600 trebuchets, more than 20,000 small thunderbolts, more than 1,000 giant thunderbolts, and more than 5,000 crossbows, which is not enough to equip 20,000 horses, and the Tartars are about to rush over!

Fortunately, the Tartars still have to leave most of the centaurs to garrison in the Hetao, and there are only about 50,000 horsemen who can rush over, and with the existing weapons and equipment, they can also fight with the Tartars, as for the victory, he is really not sure.

In desperation, he could only send urgent letters of help to Datong Town and Taiyuan Town, asking for the support of the governors of the two towns.

The new governor of Shanxi, Zeng Miao, and the governor of Datong, Liu Tianhe, were not as bastards as Chen Da, and after Yang Cong sent a letter asking for help, they quickly gave a reply.

Liu Tianhe, the governor of Datong, agreed to send Lu Gang, the chief soldier, to lead 10,000 elite border troops in Datong Town to support, and Zeng Miao, the governor of Shanxi, also agreed to send Zhang Da, the chief soldier, to lead 10,000 elite border troops to provide support, but the premise was that Tartar really attacked Xuanfu Town.

This really can't be careless, because the Tartar cavalry is moving too fast, and no one knows where they want to fight until they actually attack.

Sometimes they shouted that they wanted to hit Xuanfu Town, but they just made a false shot in Xuanfu Town, and then suddenly ran to hit Datong Town; Or they shouted that they wanted to fight Datong Town, but they just shook a shot in Datong Town, and then suddenly ran to fight Xuanfu Town, this kind of thing, Tartar has not done it.

In short, this kind of thing can't be unguarded, so Zeng Mo and Liu Tianhe didn't dare to transfer the elite of the border army under them to Xuanfu Town to coordinate the defense in advance, they could only wait until Yang Cong and Tartar started the war before sending troops to support, that is to say, Yang Cong had to withstand at least two days or so before he could usher in reinforcements from Datong Town, and at least five days before he could usher in reinforcements from Taiyuan Town.

The pressure was a bit high, and Yang Cong could only go all out to deal with it.

After he received the news, he led 10,000 elite border troops, 10,000 elite guards and 1,000 Shenji battalion soldiers to go straight to the dining room fort to garrison, as for Xuanhua Fucheng, he directly handed over to Yun Mao, the general of the Beijing camp.

Yun Mao's subordinates already had 1,000 elite Beijing battalions, and Yang Cong mobilized 5,000 guards for him to defend the terrifying city of Xuanhua Mansion City, coupled with the continuous production of thunderstorms and giant thunderstorms in the city, it should not be a problem to defend it.

In addition, he also fulfilled his original "promise", ordering Li Fengming to lead 5,000 garrisons to garrison Zhangjiakou Fort and the nearby Great Wall, and ordered Wang Fuchen to lead 5,000 garrisons to garrison Xinkaibao and the nearby Great Wall.