Before the arrival of the Mongol brigade, the county town of Huairen was restless, but now it was silent, and the whole city seemed to be dead, and occasionally the sound of scolding and scolding of the servants sounded, and soon it fell silent again.

The garrison of the northern wall reached the east, and the reserves in the city began to move eastward, and when they ran to this side, the scene was no different from that of the north, and the Mongol brigade, whether it was cavalry or a large convoy transporting supplies, continued to move south.

Zhu Da and the garrisons who ran over were panting before they could catch their breath, and they saw a black flag erected on the south wall shaking rapidly, Zhu Da scolded in a sullen voice, raised the Pu knife in his hand and pointed to the south, and shouted: "The east side is on strict alert, follow me and follow me!" ”

A black flag indicates that the situation is not right, but the enemy has not yet attacked the city, and the siege will have another signal performance, although Zhu Da is restless in his heart, he is still unhurried to run, although the team is running around the city, but it is still neat and orderly.

When Zhu Da and his people rushed to the south, he saw that the original garrison at the head of the city had already straightened up from behind the battlements of the city wall, and nervously observed outside.

Some of the men and horses of the brigade outside the city continued to march south, but most of the oxen and horses and carts and a small number of cavalry began to turn.

Do you want to start the siege in the south? But why go around in a big circle, it is the basic art of war for the team to attack in the direction of attack, and it is taboo to change direction and then arrange it, and the Mongolian brigade obviously will not understand.

"Half to the west and half to the east! Prepare for the city! "It doesn't matter if the other person makes a mistake or not, you have to be prepared for what you can.

However, the Mongol team that turned did not approach the side of the city wall, nor did it arrange siege equipment at a suitable distance, but only turned around the city, and the movement of the Mongol team did not pay any attention to the reaction of Huairen County, whether it continued to go south or turned, and only regarded the movement of Zhu Da's team at the head of the city as non-existent.

This kind of blindness made everyone in the city more and more nervous and frightened, and at the same time, they were also a little dazed, but in this situation, Zhu Da's rapid breathing began to slow down.

"There's no reason for the Tartars to besiege the city like this." Compared with Zhu Da, who had just quietly adjusted, Wang Xiong was very accustomed to such a scene and said very calmly.

Zhu Da didn't answer, just looked at the people and horses under the city who were still moving westward, watched them turn from the brigade, did not stop, kept heading west, and watched the team below continue to go west, Zhu Da suddenly thought of whether the other party wanted to surround Huairen County, or to go around to the west by surprise......

When the large convoy of the Mongolian brigade has been going west, Zhu Da finally realized the intention of the other party to surround the city, the cavalry moves fast, the large convoy moves slowly, if you change direction when marching together, it is easy to cause congestion and chaos, the reason why you go around the circle is to use Huairen County as a "roundabout".

But what should be guarded must be guarded after all, but this time when he ran to the west, Zhu Da's breathing was very steady, and he was not so anxious.

"The Tartars went to our Zhuangzi......"

“...... They stopped over there......"

The county town is surrounded by plain terrain, and at the height of the city wall is the Zhuangzi where Zhu Da gathered and trained the refugees, and now it can be seen that the Mongolian convoy is parked there, and it looks like it is already unloading and camping from a distance.

Seeing the scene in the distance, Zhu Da was speechless for a while, he didn't expect the Mongolian army to be so connected with his own family.

As for why he could figure it out, the number of cavalry and carts of the Mongol army was huge, the only way to enter and exit the city was the city gate, and the open space outside the city gate was not so empty and spacious.

By camping outside the city, you can react to any situation as quickly as possible and put in the most effort possible.

“...... When I was with the eldest master, the officials and soldiers still knew that they were camping outside the city, and now all border towns are going to live in the city......" Wang Xiong sighed behind him, and he also understood.

"Hearing you say that, the officers and soldiers can't count on it?"

"It can also be counted on, and you have to gather tens of thousands of people to be counted on."

Zhu Da and Wang Xiong replied to each other, both of them were a lot more relaxed, and now this scene has shattered any illusions and luck before, but it is open.

It will not be much easier to be easy, after all, in such a situation, Zhu Da and Wang Xiong are still silently looking at the tide of the army outside the city, at this moment the sun has sunk in the west, and the brigade in the northwest direction is about to approach the county seat of Huairen......

The Zhu family, the young cha and the young men who were defending the city also calmed down a lot, because the Mongolian brigade was always moving on the field at a distance outside the city wall, and they didn't even show any attention to this side, the giant beast is terrifying, but if it only circles around you, people quickly adapt to it, and then become numb.

Not only did the city calm down, but even the county town was no longer silent, and began to be angry, some people cried and some scolded, some people maintained order, and occasionally they could hear two children's laughter, they didn't know that the catastrophe was coming, but they felt fresh, but this laughter was quickly stopped by the elders.

Huairen County seemed to be frightened and froze just now, and now it has returned to normal, although this noise has affected the slaughter of the city, but it has also made everyone more calm.

Zhou Qingyun and Chang Kai came to Zhu Da's side, and after the convergence, they had nothing to say, and looked at the Mongolian army outside the city together, the sun was about to set, but the movement of the people and horses outside the city had not stopped, and the cart turned to the Zhuangzi in the west, and it turned out that Zhu Da's grange had become a big camp, and the cavalry continued to go south.

“...... The Tartars march on the grassland, and they only walk up to thirty miles a day, grazing and marching, but as soon as they enter our Daming, they are light cavalry and rush forward, and supplies are obtained by looting......"

The absolute speed of the Mongol team outside the city is not fast, but for the march of the brigade, it is already the level of the speed of the soldiers, in the state and county guards in the south of Huairen County, and even in the prefecture and county towns in Shanxi, I am afraid that it is too late to be prepared, or can not prepare too neat defense, can only become fish on the chopping board, for many young people It is the first time to see the Mongol invasion, but for Yuan Biao and Xiang Yue is common sense.

"Are they going to Shanxi?" Zhou Qingyun asked in a sullen voice, he and Zhu Da, as well as most of the family members and young poor people, have never been out of Datong, Shanxi is just a distant concept.

Wang Xiong stood farther away, and when he heard this, he continued: "With so many people breaking the mouth, I'm afraid I don't just want to go to Shanxi." ”

"Tartars won't do a loss-making business." Zhu Da said thoughtlessly, some people understood, some people were confused, but Fu Yu, who was standing a little farther away, explained to Meng Tian, "With so many people dispatched, it would be a loss if they looted in Datong and Shanxi, so I have to go to more places." ”

Not only did Juda and them have idle discussions, but all the garrisons at the head of the city were a little out of their nervous and desperate mood, and many people were there to talk worriedly.

The sun was about to set, the sky was cloudy, and the afterglow of the setting sun would be full of clouds, and everyone in the west and north of the city, including those in the southwest corner, straightened up from behind the wall and looked blankly to the northwest, not at the clouds, but at the second army of Tartars who had broken in the northwest direction, and now arrived here.

The cavalry, the Mongolian and Ming carts, some are full of materials, some are vacant, there are also a large number of Han captives or slaves, and even the cries of women come, along the west and east side of the border plug to break in, along the way there are a lot of hundreds of households and villages can be looted, Taiping for so long, there are not many people like Zhu Dateng so tight.

The Mongol brigade from the northwest did not turn after reaching the county seat of Huairen, and the large convoy transporting supplies had already adjusted to the right side of the line, turning towards the grange, while the cavalry brigade continued to the south.

By the afterglow of the setting sun, in Huairen County, you can see that the grange where Zhu Da originally lived has become a huge camp, the carts are unloaded from the livestock, and according to certain regulations, they are lined up on the periphery to do fences and official work, and the houses and shantytowns are all used.

Looking from afar, you can still see smoke rising from the houses and piles of bonfires burning, and some people can't help but say, "Didn't we take the pot with us when we left?" "If the brain is broken, the tartar will not carry the pot".

Zhu Da glanced back at Wang Xiong, since he knew that the Mongolian army was coming, his expression had not changed much, but at this moment he was a little pale, with Wang Xiong's keen reaction, he didn't even notice Zhu Da turn around, just stared at the grange outside the city blankly.

At this time, not only Zhou Qingyun came here, but the leaders of the family and the young poor people all came over, they noticed that Zhu Da's expression had frozen, and they also saw Wang Xiong's face pale, but Wang Hu, who was also experienced, was still in the city, and the others didn't know why they had such a reaction.

Zhu Da glanced at everyone, except for Chang Kai with a bitter face, most of the others were nervous but not desperate, Zhu Da hesitated before opening his mouth, let them know, will he collapse in despair, if he doesn't let them know now, when the matter comes, there is no psychological preparation, and it will be even more troublesome when he is caught off guard.

"Do you know why the Tartars chose Huairen to camp here?" Zhu Da threw out a question first.

Everyone shook their heads, but Fu Yu over there thought hard, Zhu Da was asking and answering himself: "I'm afraid that the Tartar soldiers and horses that came through this breach will have more than 20,000 horsemen, such a large-scale team, if it only enters and exits from one route, it will move too slowly, and it will be easy to be blocked by our officers and soldiers, and only from one place, it can only break the defense of this place, and there is still a threat in other places." ”

When Zhu Da talked about this, everyone began to listen carefully, and Wang Xiong was also attracted.