In October of the fifth year of Tianshun, north of Datong Town.

The main force of 100,000 Tatars has been stationed here for a while, but they have never been able to defend it, which makes Liu Juntao very annoyed.

Therefore, Liu Juntao ordered the general Sun Xu to rectify the Tiger Ben army, and prepare to test the Tatar army and attack it.

And the officers and men of the Changshui Army led by General Zhou Zongsheng were also ready to respond.

Just when the officers and men of the Tiance Army were preparing to fight, the general Yan Hu sent a fast horse to deliver an urgent military report: the 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry advancing west suddenly turned near the left of Weiyuanwei and plunged into the Mo'er Mountain near the left, and the Yingyang army could not catch up with the speed of the Tatar iron cavalry army and lost it!

At this time, the general Yan Huzheng was in charge of the iron cavalry of the police station, and the soldiers who did not collect the night were searching for traces of the Tatar army near Mo'er Mountain.

However, in order to prevent the 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry army from suddenly killing elsewhere, the general Yan Hu suggested that the troops and horses in the southeast of Shanxi should be immediately mobilized to the north to strengthen the defense around Weiyuanwei.

After receiving this urgent report, Liu Juntao frowned, and said to the staff led by Zhang Yuqing: "It seems that the 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry on the west road is not just a suspicious soldier, then there must be a deeper plan!" ”

Everyone also discussed, and spread out the map of Shanxi Province, and planned together with Liu Juntao.

After everyone planned for a while, Zhang Yuqing said: "Could it be that Xiaolai is going to use these 50,000 iron horsemen to go around and come back and attack our back from the south of Datong Town?" ”

Liu Juntao shook his head and said: "The road is too far, there are too many cities and passes along the way, and it is impossible for the 50,000 troops of the Tatar Iron Cavalry to hide their traces, and this move will not succeed!" ”

"Wei Yuanwei?"

After speaking, Liu Juntao stared at Wei Yuanwei while thinking, and the many praise paintings around him were also frowning.

After a while, Liu Juntao stared at Wei Yuanwei, glanced south, only to see Pingyuwei, Jingpingsuo, Shuozhou, and Mayi in the south, and finally looked at Yanmen Pass at the junction of Datong Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion!

"Isn't it?"

Liu Juntao couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, could it be that these 50,000 Tatar iron horsemen who came here wanted to take advantage of the mountainous terrain such as Mo'er Mountain, Jiao Mountain, and Big Worm Ridge all the way south to seize Yanmen Pass?!

You must know that occupying Yanmen Pass is equivalent to opening the door from Shanxi to North Zhili, and 50,000 Tatar iron horsemen can go all the way to the east and go straight to Beijing!

At this time, although there were more than 100,000 Gyeonggi garrisons, and they were also trained by Liu Juntao, their combat power had been greatly improved, but in the face of 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry that drove straight in and suddenly killed, whether these Gyeonggi garrisons could resist it, to be honest, Liu Juntao had no bottom in his heart.

Moreover, Liu Juntao can also know that if the target of these 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry is really Yanmen Pass, then it must be the elite soldiers and horses selected by the Bad, and it must be the most elite iron cavalry of the Tatar Department, then the Gyeonggi garrison is even more insufficient!

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao said loudly: "Order General Yan Hu to immediately rectify the Yingyang Army of the Division, immediately lead his troops south, and pursue all the way to Yanmen Pass along Pingyuwei, Jingpingsuo, Shuozhou, and Mayi!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they began to talk about it.

Zhang Yuqing exclaimed: "Governor Xian! Could it be that the 50,000 Tatar iron horsemen killed the Yanmen Gate? There is a basis for this! ”

Liu Juntao said: "There is no evidence yet! But it's also a possibility. ”

"It's just a possibility to mobilize the Eagle Yang Army to the south? Governor, isn't this move a little in a hurry? ”

"As soon as the Yanmen Gate is closed, the gate of Gyeonggi will be opened, we can't take this risk!"

"What if the 50,000 Tatar horsemen are still wandering around the Mo'er Mountains? As soon as the Eagle Yang Army withdrew, these 50,000 Tatar iron cavalry could completely turn the Weiyuanwei area upside down! ”

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "Compared with losing Yanmen Pass, the loss of Weiyuanwei is still bearable!" Let the Eagle Yang Army be stationed in Yanmen Pass, and then send some soldiers and horses from Datong Town and other places to gallop to help Wei Yuanwei! ”

Zhang Yuqing and the others were also silent when they heard this, and everyone knew that Liu Juntao's deployment was the most secure, so they began to issue orders and sent them out quickly.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also sent someone to send an urgent report to the Ministry of War again, asking the Ministry of War to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

Although Liu Juntao's troops were still in the confrontation with the Tatar army at this time, there were not enough reliable troops in Liu Juntao's hands, and there were too many places to defend, so the troops were a little stretched.

At this time, Zhang Yuqing said: "Governor Xian, should we withdraw to Datong Town first and camp outside the north gate of Datong Town, so that we can send out an army of soldiers and horses to gallop to other places to prevent the Tatar iron cavalry from running around." And once there is a change in Yanmen Pass or other critical passes, you can also rush to the aid as soon as possible. ”

Liu Juntao thought for a while, then agreed, and immediately gave up the plan to attack and test the main force of the Tatar army, and ordered the armies of all departments to alternately cover the retreat and return to Datong Town.

The next day, Liu Juntao led the army to retreat more than 20 miles, and it was still nearly 20 miles away from Datong Town.

However, Liu Juntao received an urgent report that he did not receive it at night: 100,000 Tatar iron horsemen followed him and re-encamped a dozen miles north of the army.

Moreover, the Tatar iron cavalry was also abnormal, at least more than 30,000 iron cavalry troops attacked in all directions, divided into more than a dozen teams of soldiers and horses, and were attacking the fortresses attached to Datong Town in the north.

"Zhenhe Fort, Baoan Fort, Hongci Fort, Denmen Fort, Settlement, Yanghekou and other places have all been besieged by the Tatar Iron Cavalry!"

At this time, Liu Juntao was even more convinced in his heart that the target of the 50,000 Tatar Iron Cavalry in the west was definitely not Wei Yuanwei, and it was more likely that his troops were plotting against Yanmen Pass!

The movement of the main army of 100,000 Tatar iron cavalry in front of him is obviously entangled with the main army of the Tiance Army and does not let the main force of the Tiance Army go south to defend, Liu Juntao is full of fighting spirit in his heart!

"Set up camp on the spot! All guerrilla generals and above will immediately go to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters! ”

After a while, the generals of the Longxiang Army, the Changshui Army, and the Huben Army gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, plus the staff members composed of officials from the Zanhua Department, the Central Department, the Intelligence Department, the Inspection Department, and the Military Department, and the Chinese army's big tent was crowded.

Liu Juntao first told everyone about the current battle situation, and then said: "It is very likely that the Tatar Department will send 50,000 elite soldiers to raid Yanmen Pass, although there is no definite evidence, but our army has to guard against it!" ”

"Order the staff general Yan Hu, immediately lead the Eagle Yang Army to rush to Yanmen Pass at full speed to set up defenses, and order the Yanmen Pass defenders to obey the dispatch of General Yan Hu!"

"Order!"

"Order Xue Tong, the chief military officer of Datong Town, to immediately dispatch 10,000 elite soldiers to the area of Weiyuanwei to assist in the defense."

"Order!"

"Order Yuan Chengbin, the new deputy general of Taiyuan Prefecture, to mobilize troops and horses to garrison various places east of Yanmen Pass."

"Order!"

"General Sun Xu listens to the order!"

"The last general!"

"Lead the Tiger Ben Army to attack immediately, support the fortresses in the north of Datong Town, and compete with the main force of the Tatar Department everywhere!"

"Order!"

After the deployment, Liu Juntao asked Lan Siqi, the head of the Central Department, "Does the military department have a reply?" ”

Lan Siqi said: "Not yet! ”

"Then write an urgent report, if the military department does not reply, then urge it one by one!"

"Subordinates obey!"

Zhenhe Fort.

More than 3,000 Tatar iron cavalry have surrounded Zhenhe Fort, and hundreds of archers are firing volleys in the distance, which have suppressed the more than 600 Ming soldiers guarding here, and the soldiers can't raise their heads at all.

The Ming army set up a thousand generals here, leading more than 800 soldiers to garrison.

At this time, in the face of the siege of more than 3,000 Tatar iron cavalry, the soldiers held out for an hour, and more than 200 people were killed and wounded, and the situation became more and more critical.

Although there are some firearms in Zhenhe Fort, there are not many of them, and the power is far less sharp than the equipment of the soldiers of the Tiance Army.

"Light the beacon! Light the beacon fire! ”

Mr. Qian shouted loudly and asked for help from the surroundings, but then Mr. Qian despaired.

I saw that the wolf smoke that rushed into the sky could be seen in all directions of Zhenhe Fort, and the fortresses around Zhenhe Fort were attacked by the Tatar iron cavalry.

"Damn it!"

Mr. Qian roared angrily and shouted at the soldiers around him: "Fight to the death!" Fight to the death! ”

Hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army also knew that there were no reinforcements left in Zhenhe Fort, so they cheered up and fought to the death.

An hour later, 3,000 Tatar iron cavalry smashed open the gate of Zhenhe Fort, and 1,000 heavy armored iron cavalry bore the brunt of the storm, riding their horses into Zhenhe Fort, and the 200 Ming soldiers guarding the gate of Zhenhe Fort knocked people on their backs, and the bloody battle began.

However, with the follow-up Tatar iron cavalry rushing into the fort, hundreds of Ming soldiers from the thousand generals died in battle.

By the end of the evening, Zhenhe Fort was lost!

On the second day, in addition to the Fort of Zhumen and the settlement, which were spared the loss of the Fort of Koumen because of the timely support of the Tiger Army, more than a dozen fortresses such as Baoan Fort, Hongci Fort, Zhenhe Fort, Yanghekou and so on were all lost.

The Tatar cavalry burned and destroyed all these forts, and then returned to the Tatar camp with the captured baggage.

Liu Juntao was furious when he heard the news, and at this time he had already deployed the defense around Yanmen Pass, especially the general Yan Hu had led more than 10,000 soldiers of the Eagle Yang Army to rush to the aid of Yanmen Pass, so Liu Juntao had no worries, so he immediately ordered the army to advance five miles to the north, re-encamp, and prepare for a big battle with the main army of 100,000 Tatars.

When tens of thousands of Tiance soldiers set up camp, Liu Juntao was also meditating in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"If the 100,000 Tatar soldiers and horses in front of the army are led by the Male, then who is the commander of the 50,000 Tatar elite soldiers?"

Liu Juntao kept recalling the historical materials of the Tatar Ministry and the information of the Tatar Ministry collected by the Ministry of Intelligence, but he could never think of anyone else in the Tatar Ministry who could lead the army alone except for the Tartar Ministry!