Just when Ming Datong was inspecting, his brother Mingyang and Deputy General Guard: Jiang Xuan, came over anxiously and said, "Brother, it's not good!" The governor of Xuanda ordered us to immediately send troops south to stop the Liukou army, and it was reported that the Liukou had broken through the Ningwu Imperial Thousand Households, and could invade Datong Mansion at any time! ”

At this time, the general soldier of Ming Datong asked, "How much food and salary do you want to send to my army?" Mingyang and Deputy General Wei shook his head and replied, "Governor Xuanda only asked our army to dispatch the Datong Iron Cavalry to cooperate with the Shanxi Xingdu to command the four guards and horses of the envoy, so as to facilitate the dispatch of the car battalion?" ”

After analyzing the ideas, the general army of Ming Datong decided to gather troops to attack, after all, the crime of blatant disobedience to orders is not small, but the troops are sent but the strength has been reduced by half, only the infantry knife players and Datong bird gunners in Datong Town, and the Datong iron cavalry and halberd spearmen were not dispatched! Even the Datong artillery battalion was left in the city, and the general army of Ming Datong only brought 20,000 soldiers and horses to the city of Shanxi Xingdu and the commander of the Ming Xixing capital: Ning Fangluo, the Datong left guard, the Datong right guard, the Datong avant-garde, and the Datong rear guard under the rule, these four guards and horses converged together.

The general army of Ming Datong, who came on horseback, saw the neatly arranged Siwei Ming Army, as well as the artillery battalion and the car battalion troops on both sides, but because the car battalion troops had not been dispatched for a long time! As a result, they saw that the number of car battalions was reduced from two drum cars per battalion to one, that of rocket vehicles was reduced from four to two per battalion, and that of general vehicles was reduced from eight to four per battalion.

In addition, the gunpowder maker of each car battalion has increased by one person, who is used to operate and drive in turn, and each battalion has a total of 14 chariots and 28 helmsmen, and the general artillery is equipped with 20 personnel per vehicle, with a total of 159 personnel and one per 100 people, and the Yuanrong drum car and rocket car are equipped with 10 personnel per vehicle and a total of 90 personnel.

Looking at the changed car battalion troops and artillery battalions, it also made the general soldiers of Ming Datong a little more worried, after all, this car battalion has not been dispatched for three years since the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and some of the combat vehicles in disrepair do not seem to play much of a role in resisting?

At this time, the commander of the Ming Xixing Metropolitan Commander, who was wearing fish scale armor and a straight top bowl and a red flag, strode out of the capital mansion, and casually took off his battle robe and threw it to the soldiers behind him. ”

As soon as the words fell, the Ming saber player next to him raised his knife and killed three criminals pulled out of the prison to sacrifice the flag (in fact, the rebellious people!). When the army was dispatched, the commander of the Ming Dynasty went west, and then slowly rode over to walk with the general army of Ming Datong, and asked, "General Jiang, where are you going to meet the Liukou in this battle?" ”

The questioned Ming Datong general took the reins and replied: "Returning to the command of the Imperial Palace, the last general thinks that Shuozhou Wei is the best place to engage in battle, and now that Liukou has just taken Ningwu and guards the Imperial Thousand Households, he will definitely not expedite the march to the north, and he will definitely strengthen the defense in the area of Yanmen to defend the Imperial Thousand Households, Shanxi Town, and Limin Fort to prevent our army from breaking through!" And Shuozhou Wei is an official road area, and it is the only way to go north, and it can also play a role in facing the Liukou in this big Tongche camp. ”

At this moment, the commander of the Ming Xixing Metropolitan smiled, did not speak, and continued to hurry.

On the other side, after Emperor Dashun drank sobering tea, some soldiers came to report, "Your Majesty, the prime minister and the generals have important matters to meet outside the door, do you want to allow it?" Emperor Dashun waved his hand for the soldiers to announce their in.

The first to walk in was the prime minister of Dashun, followed by the general and his wife of the right battalion of Dashun: the red lady, and a group of generals wearing armor, which made Emperor Dashun guess that he must have come to persuade him to send troops when he saw this situation? But at present, Emperor Dashun has been frightened by Ning Wu's Ming Shanxi General Soldier: Zhou Yuji, and his Yongwei battalion! He had long been in the mood to withdraw his troops.

In addition, I was thinking in my heart that it would be so difficult to fight for a few Ning Wu guarding a thousand households! In the north, there are also Shanxi Xingdu Division of Datong Mansion, Xuanfu Sanwei of Wanquan Division of Beizhili, Juyongguan of Yanqingwei, Changping Prefecture of the north gate of the imperial capital, etc., adding up to at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, if they are all like this, let alone entering Beijing! Whether he can reach the capital alive is a question?

Therefore, Emperor Dashun pretended to stretch out his hand and said, "Li Gongzi, you groom official is not good to hold the bride in the house and enjoy the joy of family, why do you come to see me?" ”

Seeing Emperor Dashun, who was deliberately pretending to be confused, the generals opened their mouths to persuade, "Your Majesty, if we don't rebel, we have already reversed!" If we don't go east, we've already gone east, and now we have taken the area around Shanxi Town to garrison the Great Wall, but we can't stay here forever, right? Could you please send a message, do you want to continue to go north or go back to Shaanxi to declare the political secretary? ”

Seeing that all the generals had spoken, Emperor Dashun was not good at refusing in person, only Prime Minister Dashun stood without saying a word, he glanced at the Prime Minister of Dashun next to him, and asked, "Prime Minister, what should you do in your opinion?" ”

Of course, the prime minister of Dashun hoped that the Shun army would continue to go north, but he was afraid that he would make Emperor Shun unhappy when he said it? Don't you say? It will chill the generals again!

So he gave an example and said very euphemistically: "I don't know if Your Majesty has ever heard of the late Han Dynasty in the fifth year of Jian'an, 200 A.D., Jizhou Mu: Yuan Shao, ordered the general to be the main book: Chen Lin, to discuss Cao Cao's writings?" However, the Han chariot cavalry general: Cao Cao, was suffering from a head stroke in Xudu, but in the "Battle of Guandu", he defeated the Yuan army of Jizhou and captured the general...? ”

After listening to this story, the stupid Emperor Dashun still didn't understand what this meant? In fact, Prime Minister Dashun used this incident to refract the moment and told Emperor Dashun that this was a move that had to be sent on the string, just like what Chen Lin said to Cao Cao when he was captured, "The arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent!" ”

In addition to the fact that Emperor Dashun has no culture and can't understand, even many Shun generals are as ignorant as listening to stories! Only the general of the right battalion of Dashun: Li Yan, heard the meaning, so he stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister means that the current situation of our army is already at the end of the crossbow, and it is difficult to turn back!" If you retreat, you may be hunted down by the Xuan Daming army? Second, the code of troops and food is not very stable, if it drags on for a long time, it will give the Ming Dynasty time to dispatch troops to counterattack, so the end will abide by the will of the prime minister. ”

Seeing that all the generals were sending troops, Emperor Dashun had no choice but to gather the army to meet the battle, just when the general of the right battalion of Dashun asked for his life to be the vanguard, and the red lady next to him also led the troops to open the way in front of the husband.

After a while, the heavy armored soldiers of the Shun army who crossed the Great Wall and drove into the official road of the Shuozhou Wei Plain were marching in an orderly manner, and suddenly a soldier saw the figures of many soldiers on the official road in the distance, and the visual inspection was about 700 steps? Because there are many banyan trees and osmanthus trees on both sides of the official road to block the view, the soldiers of the Shun army are not sure whether the army on the right is friend or foe.

But he still ran forward and said to the general of the right battalion of Da Shun, who was riding slowly, "General Qi of the right system, the little one found that there is an army on the right side approaching this way?" Do you think you want to dodge? ”

I saw the general of the right battalion of Dashun asking, "Can you see clearly how many people are on the other side?" The soldier replied, "About ten battalions, right?" As soon as these words came out, the general of the right battalion of Dashun laughed on the spot, and he ordered the soldiers to hide the Black Tiger Shunzi Banner and the Zizi Banner, leaving only his own commander's flag (Li) for the other party to see, and let the soldiers ambush on the left and right flanks to prepare for battle at any time, and he led the headquarters of 300 people to continue to advance.

At this moment, the Datong Four Wei Ming troops marching on the opposite side also noticed something unusual? Ming Datong Left Guard Commander: Attack the sect, wave his hand to let the soldiers stop, and run to the middle of the team to the west of the Ming Dynasty to command the war horse and report, "The commander of the line, there seems to be a rogue banner in front of the front?" Looks like they're approaching us too, do you want to ambush them? ”

The arrogant commander of the Ming Xixing Commander relied on the fact that there was a Datong car battalion and so many mobile troops, and there was an artillery battalion to cooperate, so that he didn't take the rogues in his eyes at all, so he ordered: "The general Chuanben ordered a frontal attack in formation, and Ben was going to destroy this liukou and boost the prestige of our army." ”

So the left guard of Datong, the right guard of Datong, the avant-garde of Datong, the rear guard of Datong, the four guards of the Ming army began to prepare for battle, and the general of the right battalion of Dashun, who realized the crisis, also accelerated forward, and appeared in the sight of the Ming army with three hundred people, and the two sides launched a head-on confrontation.

He persuaded the commander of the Ming Mountain West in front of him and said: "Your Excellency, there are only hundreds of Liukou people, and they are not afraid of our army at all!" Will the last one suspect that the other party is cheating? Be careful! ”

But the commander of the western capital of Mingshan, who was proud of the enemy, said: "So what? Will the Doge still be afraid of them? Command archers and musketeers to shoot. As soon as the words fell, before the herald went to inform the flag waver, he saw the rogue general on the opposite side, and after slowly stepping forward on horseback and approaching 100 steps, he shouted, "Listen to the Ming army on the other side's official road, I am the general of the right battalion of Dashun: Li Yan, today's patrol unfortunately encountered you, and you can be regarded as admitted!" Before he died, he begged to fight with the main general for a few rounds, but I don't know if I can answer the contract? ”

As soon as he heard that the other party was going to fight alone, the general soldiers of Ming Datong thought that it must be a plan to delay the army and was not credible, but the commander of the Ming Xixing Capital did not think so, but he still felt that the other party was very backbone, and it was not too much to ask for a battle before he died! He agreed to this request without hesitation, and it was useless for the generals behind him to persuade him!

The commander of the Ming Xixing Commander who rode forward alone also waved his hand and said to the generals behind him, "This governor orders the whole army not to act rashly, and do not take any action until the governor has decided the victory or defeat." ”

After speaking, he rode his horse and galloped to the front of the enemy general, quickly stretched out his hand and pulled out the lancet and slashed it from the side, but was bent down and dodged by the rogue general, and after a circle, he met again with swords on both sides, and sparks were sparked together, and after they dispersed, they fought a few rounds, and they were dazzled by their respective soldiers.

In order to quickly solve this stream of rogues, the general soldiers of Ming Datong made a move, he asked the archers of the four guards of Datong to draw the bow at the rogue soldiers, trying to shoot them to catch the rogue generals while they were in chaos, just as they were about to release the arrows, hundreds of sharp arrows suddenly flew out of the woods on both sides, densely blocking the sky, Mingyang and the deputy general soldiers of Wei inadvertently looked up to see this scene, and were so frightened that they hurriedly grabbed the shields of the soldiers around them and squatted down to avoid the arrows, and the general soldiers of Ming Shanxi on the side also pulled two shield soldiers and squatted down and shouted, "Defend the shield!" ”

But the arrow fell very fast, and dozens of people were shot before the Datong Siwei Ming army lined up! Even the Che battalion troops were shot ten people! The artillery battalion suffered a hundred dead and wounded, and only a few artillery men ran to the shield formation and survived.