Volume 3 Chapter 57 Support
Ji Nang led the army to break through Datong Town, and when the news came out, the entire government and the opposition were shocked.
No one suspected that this news was fake, because it was none other than Liu Tianhe, the governor of Datong, who had just learned that the Great Wall near Yanghe Wei and Zhenyuwei had been breached, so he sent people to report to the capital urgently.
He didn't dare to hide it, if he let the Tartars wreak havoc in Datong Town, or even break into Taiyuan Town, then he would be dead, spread the news, ask the imperial court and nearby border towns for support, and drive the Tartars out of Datong Town as soon as possible, and he might be able to escape the catastrophe.
In the face of this news, reactions from all sides were mixed.
Jiajing is naturally angry, how can it be fat, Xuanfu Town and Ganzhou Town didn't resist the attack of the Tartars, and Ganzhou Town also beat the Tartars away twice in a row, why was this Datong Town broken by the Tartars at once.
At this time, he really had the heart to cut Liu Tianhe, but in the end, he still held back, and killed the generals in battle, which was useless, so he drove the Tartars out of Datong Town first, and then he immediately issued an order to order Xuanfu Town and Taiyuan Town to organize an army to fully support Datong Town.
Yang Cong was not angry here, Datong Town was suddenly lost, he was really a little surprised, but after the surprise, he immediately began to organize people and horses, ready to rush to support.
The same is true of Zeng Milling in Taiyuan Town, when he heard that Datong Town was lost, he immediately ordered Zhang Da to lead 10,000 elite border troops to Yanmen Pass, ready to support Datong Town.
Of course, they did not dare to send troops indiscriminately, although they verbally promised to support each other, but there was also a premise, that is, there must be an order from the imperial court, and if there was no order from the imperial court, it would be a serious crime to lead the army to leave their own defense area without authorization.
The border towns on this side of Shanxi are urgently mobilized, ready to support Datong Town, and on the Shaanxi side, Xianning Hou Qiuluan is smiling and excited, Ji Nang finally broke through a border town, and now, he has the capital to brag.
How about it, the Tartars gathered more than 100,000 troops to come to Ganzhou Town, and they were repelled by "me" twice, and as a result, as soon as they ran to Datong Town, they attacked in less than a day.
Now you have nothing to say, say that I falsely reported my war exploits, how to explain that Datong Town was breached?
Ji Nang's army is not joking with you!
In fact, Jiajing also gave him an order, ordering him to assemble the Shaanxi border army, make a posture of attacking the Hetao, and force Ji Nang to return to help, but he stood aside to watch the excitement, and did not plan to send troops to the Hetao at all, anyway, Shaanxi is two or three thousand miles away from the capital, he said that he is gathering a large army, who can say that he has not assembled.
Yang Cong and Zeng Mian had already gathered their troops to the border of Datong Town, and as soon as Jiajing's will arrived, they led their troops to Datong Town.
Zeng Mian chose to support Datong Mansion City and cooperate with Liu Tianhe to deal with the 30,000 elite cavalry led by Ji Nang, while Yang Cong chose to support Ulzhou, because Ulzhou is just south of Xuanfu Town, less than two hundred miles away from Xuanhua Mansion City.
In fact, Datong Town is not defenseless at all, when it comes to defense, Datong Town can be said to be the most tight among all border towns.
The Great Wall is only the first line of defense in Datong Town, there are many cities and fortresses in Datong Town, according to historical records, Datong Town alone has more than 10 large and small cities, and there are more than 70 castles, and even every village has an earthen fort, as long as the Tartar cavalry comes, all the civilians will hide in the nearby city fortress and earthen fort, and it is unlikely that the Tartar cavalry wants to get too many benefits.
This is also the reason why Ji Nang has always chosen Xuanfu Town instead of attacking Datong Town in the past few years, because when the common people escape, they will basically take all the gold, silver, soft and grain, and they can grab some pots and pans at most.
In previous years, there was a shortage of everything on the grassland, not only lack of pots and pans, but also lack of food, no food, even if you grabbed pots and pans, it was useless, so Ji Nang rarely hit the idea of Datong Town.
However, this is different, because Xianning Hou Qiuluan has provided him with enough food, what he lacks is pots and pans, and the defense of Xuanfu Town is quite terrifying, he does not dare to go, he can only attack Datong Town.
This time, his tactical application was quite good, the troops were divided into three routes, and before the defenders of Datong Town could react, two of them broke through the defense line of the Great Wall.
He robbed it quite enjoyable, and it was good for ordinary people to take away the grain and gold and silver when they fled in a hurry, who would take care of the iron pot on the stove and the porcelain bowl in the cabinet, so everywhere the army went, he could "pick up" a lot of trophies, and seeing that his soldiers were almost full of pots and pans, his mouth was about to laugh.
If people who don't know the truth see this scene, they will probably think that this guy has something wrong with his brain.
Nima, pots and pans can't be eaten, what are you laughing at, is your brain in water or what's wrong?
It took him less than two days to rob this way, because Datong Mansion City was relatively close to Yang and Wei, less than a hundred miles, and there were many villages along the way, which was enough for his soldiers to rob.
Kundu Lihana was not as lucky as him as he was in the progress all the way, because Ulzhou was almost two hundred miles away from Zhenyuwei, and there were mountains in between, there was nothing to grab at all, the road was not easy to walk, and what was even more terrifying was that the reinforcements from Xuanfu Town had already rushed over.
Northeast of Datong Town, on the official road from Ulzhou to Guangling County, tens of thousands of Ming troops are speeding to the southwest with more than 2,000 fire dragon chariots, Yang Cong received news that nearly 30,000 Tartar cavalry are looting in Guangling County, and Zeng Mo and Liu Tianhe are leading the elite of the border army of Datong Town and Taiyuan Town to Datong Fucheng, that is to say, this Tartar cavalry is likely to be his only opponent, at least, before Zeng Mo and Liu Tianhe are defeated, he does not need to face other Tartar cavalry.
10,000 against 30,000, he still has some confidence, if 10,000 against 60,000, he may have to consider holding the city first and waiting for reinforcements.
While the army was running, a scout cavalry suddenly galloped in front of it, shouting: "Report, about ten miles to the southwest, scattered Tartar cavalry is looting in all directions. ”
This means that the Tartar cavalry is scattered in all directions, should you take the opportunity to rush forward?
Yang Cong looked back at the team behind him, then looked at the terrain around him, and finally gave up on this idea.
10,000 infantry against 30,000 cavalry, if they fight chaotically, they are definitely not opponents, their advantage is to advance in formation, not to disperse the battle.
He thought about it for a while, and then decisively ordered: "Back to the northern hillside, form an arrow formation, and block the passage on both sides." ”
This means that all the roads leading to Ulju and Zhenyuwei will be blocked, and the enemy army will be blocked in the territory of Guangling County.
At this time, Kundu Liha, who was more than ten miles away, also received a report and knew that the Ming army had rushed over, so he thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "Order all the leaders to lead the army to follow up and assemble." ”
After that, he took the five thousand elite horsemen and went straight to the direction of the Ming army.
The territory of Guangling County is still relatively open, he is not worried about being surrounded by the Ming army, and according to the report of the Ming army, this Ming army does not carry trebuchets, and he is not afraid of war with others.
The reason why he led the cavalry directly under him to run in the direction of the Ming army was mainly to observe the reaction of the Ming army at close range, if the Ming army was in a hurry, he would even rush over directly before the Ming army formed a formation, killing the Ming army by surprise.
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