Just when Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, was pondering the strategy of the battle, the subordinates around him also muttered: "In addition to these four passes, the city of Datong Town, the east, south, and west of the city are not easy to attack. The last general estimates that we will defend the North Pass, as well as the north city wall of the city, there will be a fierce battle in the future, and we need to take precautions and plan early. ”

Xue Tong nodded and said: "We still can't fight the Tartars for a long time, we can only hope that the reinforcements from Yanzhou Town will arrive as soon as possible, and then see if we can find the Tartars' grain and straw land, cut off their grain and grass, and make them defeated." ”

On this day, the 200,000 troops led by the first set up camp outside the city of Datong Town, and there were camps in the four directions of the east, west, north and south of Datong Town, especially the north of the city to 20 miles.

That night, the army of Warat besieged but did not attack, and after nightfall, countless bonfires were lit in the camp, and the dense lights were like a city that never sleeps in the night, so that the defenders in the city were terrified.

There was a tense atmosphere in Datong Town, although it was already late at night, but the streets and alleys were full of Ding Yong's soldiers transporting rolling logs and stones, and the officers and soldiers were constantly patrolling, and the soldiers and civilians were in a high degree of tension.

Early the next morning, the Warat army did not attack the city, but it also sent troops and horses out to vigorously clear and burn the houses on the outskirts of Datong Town.

Datong Town is a prosperous place, not only outside the main city, but also outside the four passes, there are a large number of houses and shops, along the post road official road to spread out one after another.

These attached shop buildings obviously affected the siege layout of the upcoming Warat army, so they demolished and burned them in advance, and casually looked at what treasures, silks, grains and rice were left inside.

Looking at the flames in the suburbs and the smoke of wolves, the soldiers and civilians in the city were angry and sad, and their homes, ancestral houses, were turned to ashes in this fire.

Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, also climbed the city to look out, but it was a desolate scene in sight, after a whole day of sweeping by the Wara army, the houses outside the "horse wall" of Beiguan had been swept away, and the rest were all broken walls.

The essence of the suburbs of Datong Town was all destroyed, and even the trees on the hills on the left and near the city outside the city were all cut down by the Tartars, and the eyes were empty, like a thousand miles of red, only loess remained.

Even the fields outside the city are also in shambles, and the wheat planted in the fields has been trampled by the Tartar army, so the people of Datong should not expect a harvest this year.

These Tartars are simply locusts, they do not produce, and they cause others to not be able to produce, and everywhere they go, they are only dead and broken, these Tartars are simply beasts!

At this time, Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, said with deep disgust in his heart: "Don't let these Tartars enter Datong Town, otherwise this bustling market will only be left with broken wells and countless corpses and a sea of blood!" ”

The soldiers around them all nodded their heads in agreement.

If these Tartars enter the town of Datong, with the style of those Tartars who rob even an iron pot, they will only leave a piece of destruction wherever they pass.

Just when Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, and the soldiers around him were looking out, they suddenly heard the sound of the horn outside the city, and saw a black line spreading over the skyline, from east to north, endlessly.

"The Tartars are besieging the city!"

Xue Tong suddenly shouted: "Prepare for war!" Prepare for battle! Daming Wansheng! ”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The soldiers of the Ming army and the people defending the city at the head of the city raised their arms and shouted, the previous fear and tension suddenly disappeared, and everyone was only left with anger and hatred for the Tartars in their hearts, and they all entered their defensive positions under the leadership of their respective superiors, preparing to fight with the Tartars to the end.

At this time, in the mighty Warat army, a large sweat flag fluttered in the wind, the flag was snow-white, and the flag gun was silver.

Underneath the banner, he also rode on his black barge horse, which was a very tall steed, the whole body of the horse was dark gray, with white spots, the hair was many and curly, and the mane and tail were trimmed.

At first, he still wore a gray-white felt hat, a robe of the same color, a stainless steel armor outside, a double-inserted bow and arrow in the saddle, and a war knife hanging from his waist.

Whenever the wind howled, the banner would roll and tumble, and the red tassels on the big cloak and felt hat would also continue to flutter.

He also had a beard on his face, and at this time his eyes stared at the Guancheng not far away, and there was a resolute, composed, and military wisdom in his eyes.

Behind the first and second of them, they were full of Warat generals, and the king of Saikan, the Agara Zhiyuan and others were all accompanying them.

Everyone observed Beiguan and the main city of Beicheng for a long time, and first thoughtfully said to the Arazhiyuan behind him: "This Datong town is very strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, we have no intention of attacking the city before, this time we led the troops to come, we must not wait for it to be taken lightly." ”

And everyone knew that the artillery of the Ming army was powerful, and many of them could hit more than two miles away, so they also waited for others to be far away when they spied on the north pass of Datong Town.

Among the generals of the Wara army, the Arazhiyuan was in charge of the general affairs of the attack and plundering of the city of Datong Town, and he said: "Great Khan, the last general has found out that the north pass of Datong town and the north wall of the main city are the main sections of the Ming army's defense, and there is a horse barrier wall along the east, west and north sides of the periphery of the north pass, which is about fifty to one hundred steps away from the city wall. ”

The burly body of the Arachiin was still covered with thick and heavy armor, and the horses under him seemed to be unable to afford it.

After listening, he also pondered first, and said: "The Ming court has mobilized reinforcements to rush to Datong Town, and the reinforcements are Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Yanzhou Town, our old opponent!" Therefore, there is not much time left for us, we must take Datong Town as soon as possible, otherwise it will be even more difficult for us to take Datong Town at that time! ”

Both the king of Saikan and the Zhiyuan of Arazhi agreed very much, and both of them suggested that they should also attack the north pass and the north city wall of Datong first, and concentrate the superior forces to consume the strength of the Ming army, so as to save the time of attacking the city.

Although such a plan will increase the casualties of the army a lot, it is the best plan to take Datong Town before the Ming reinforcements arrive.

also said in a deep voice: "Okay, the army is attacking the city today, let's try how powerful the defenders in this Datong Town are." ”

After that, he also mobilized troops and horses, and arranged 30,000 troops on the east, west and south sides of Datong Town to contain the strength of the Ming army, and at the same time concentrated 100,000 troops to assemble outside Beiguan, preparing to start storming Beiguan of Datong Town.

Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, stood nervously at the head of Beicheng, looking at the soldiers and horses of Wara who seemed to be able to spread all the way to the end of the world, and the people shouted and neighed, and they didn't know how many sergeants were in the middle.

At this time, there are only more than 1,000 defenders in the North Pass, although the number is not much, but it is equipped with several artillery pieces, and there are a lot of rockets, and the North Pass is not big, more than 1,000 people can be defended effectively, plus the main city of the north city can also be supported by artillery and bows and arrows, it should not be a problem to hold the North Pass.

Of course, the premise is that these soldiers must have the courage to fight!

At this time, Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, suddenly heard the horn sounding on the side of the Wara army, and saw a commotion in the Wara army, and then several small military formations came out of the big array, Xue Tong roughly estimated that they might have tens of thousands of people.

Suddenly, Xue Tong sighed, he could see very clearly, there were not only shield bearers, spearmen, and archers in the various formations of the Varat army that was coming, but there were also many people pushing many rushing carts, and there were also more than 20 ladders.

Seeing this, Xue Tong also hurriedly gave an order, and gave an order to Beiguan through the sound of flags and war drums: immediately open fire and shoot at the rushing car of Wara.

The passionate war drums sounded, and the shouts of the generals at all levels of the Ming army came and went:

"Prepare for battle!"

"Artillery preparation!"

At this time, the gunners of the defenders of Beiguan constantly observed the distance approaching by the Wara army at the head of the city: "Eight hundred paces ......"

The black-pressed army of Warat was coming, and many people were still struggling to push several rushing cars.

"Six Hundred Steps......

Soon the gunner reported another distance.

"Five hundred and fifty steps ......"

"Knock out the Tartar rush car, and each cannon aims autonomously!"

Immediately, a squeaky metal sound sounded, and the gunners of the five cannons kept adjusting the angle of the muzzle, and with a loud bang, one of the guns fired first.

Then another cannon spewed out thick smoke, and with the shell in front, a large iron ball weighing more than five catties flew viciously towards the Warat army formation.

The fierce and tight sound of artillery was heard one after another, and in the large expanse of rising gunsmoke, five cannons opened fire one after another, each aiming at its own target and bombarding.