The yamen and gentry in the city are not useless, after all, this Huairen County has been maintained by them until now, the gong has sounded in the city, the errand and the big families have begun to be martial law and quiet streets, the clerks of the houses and workshops have begun to count the materials, and the officials of the barracks and the torture rooms are organizing people.

Now, at the critical juncture of life and death, Qin Chuan and Zhu Da, who can't rub sand in their eyes, are staring, everyone will not hide their secrets, and the entire Huairen County has begun to go all out.

No matter how small the city of Huairen County is, it is also a county seat, and it took a lot of time for Zhu Da to walk around the four city walls, not to mention that he had to advise and supervise along the road and give orders with continuous feedback, and when he returned to the north city wall, the cavalry brigade in the north was close enough.

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves seemed to ring in everyone's ears, and the guards on the city wall could hear the neighing of horses in the distance, but in fact it was impossible to hear it, and the conversation of everyone in the city unconsciously turned into a roar, as if no one else could hear it if they did not do so.

"Hold the weapon in your hand tightly, let's all be together, I'll be with you!" Zhu Da held the Pu knife in his hand and shouted loudly as he walked.

No matter how calm and inspiring the judgment is before this, when the real brigade comes, it is impossible not to panic, it is impossible not to be nervous and impatient, and even to be numb.

Finally able to see the passing horse team clearly, Zhu Da, who pretended to be calm and walked around the trail, also stood unconsciously, at this time, he really couldn't hear the people around him clearly.

The first thing that appeared in the field of vision was not a large group of people and horses, or two or three horsemen galloping in the snowy field, they were one with two horses or even three horses, running very fast, and after arriving at Huairen County, they began to circle around, and even approached the city wall, and the city head guards looked at each other, but they were very careful outside the range of bows and arrows.

At this distance, it is already possible to see the appearance of these squads of cavalry, as well as many other details.

I don't know why, Zhu Da subconsciously thinks that the Mongols on the grassland are taller and stronger than the Han people in the border town of Daming, and the Mongolian traders who appear in Zhengjiaji and elsewhere look no different from the Han people, so he feels that he can't be used as an example, and now he sees the Mongolian herdsman cavalry coming from the grassland, only to find that this subconscious impression is wrong, these Mongolian cavalry scouts on the horse, look much darker and thinner than the people of Huairen County, and they do have swords and bow equipment, but they don't see armor, just leather robes.

These squads of cavalry approached the city, and after a brief observation, they whistled and left, although there was no way to see too detailed expressions at this distance, but Zhu Da could clearly feel the disdain of the other party.

Some squads of cavalry turned back to the approaching brigade, while others continued to gallop south, which was called horse scouting.

The Mongolian horse team approaching in the distance was advancing like a landslide tsunami, and nothing between heaven and earth could stop its advance, and when it was really close to the visual distance, everyone at the head of the city realized that the Mongolian horse team was not moving fast, but only trotting.

Although they had enough psychological preparation, and even had the determination to break the boat, everyone in the city was shocked when they saw this turbulent trend appear nearby.

Some people have judged that "more than 10,000 horsemen", standing on the city wall and looking down, the cavalry tide seems to be endless, although the Huairen city is not big, but a single person can only be said to be small compared to the city wall, but at this moment, the huge city under the tide of the cavalry brigade, like a reef in the turbulent tide, is in danger of being submerged at any time.

The cavalry armor and weapons that pass through the city are very simple, the only thing that can be said is that most of them have two horses, and even one person with three horses, and those who can do one person and two horses in Datong border town are only the guards of the generals or above.

Most of the Mongol cavalry should have dressed the same as they had been in herding life, but they could also be seen in armor, which were more stout and lean than others, and often had banners in the hands of armored cavalrymen, and most of the cavalry acted according to these banners.

The Mongol cavalry crossing the border was indifferent to the county town of Huairen, and the cavalry on the periphery of the brigade just turned their heads to look at it, not to mention any curiosity, that is, there was such a small city there, and at random glance, each cavalry continued to the south under the guidance of the flag.

When the brigade moves, there are also hundreds of cavalry that move more slowly, they tend to stop at the edge of the brigade near the city, and then follow the brigade to continue southward, Zhu Da understands the intention, although the little Huairen does not pose any threat to this large army, but it is still necessary to guard against this side of the risky attack, any army must avoid being attacked on the flank.

Standing on the city, one would feel that the towering and heavy walls under their feet were not worth relying on, but would swing in such a tidal torrent that would collapse at any moment.

Looking at all this in front of him, all Zhu Da's previous confidence and determination began to waver, and the only trace of luck disappeared, not to mention the hundreds of unreliable forces in his hands, even if he mobilized all the people in Huairen County, regardless of men, women, and children.......

He stood there in a daze, everyone looked the same, even Wang Xiong was average, in this situation, everyone would only feel hopeless, and feel that nothing could be done.

I don't know how long it took, the endless cavalry I saw finally changed, and there began to be carts dragged by oxen and horses, some of the carts looked completely different from those used by the Ming Dynasty, and others were in the style of the Ming Dynasty, and the carts were stacked with materials, some were stacked very full, and some were empty.

It seems that the carts of the non-Ming shape are stacked fuller, in addition to the oxen pulling the horse, but also the people on the side to push it, and if the movement is a little slow, it will be whipped and beaten by the overseer.

Some of the coolies in the cart looked in the direction of the city a few times, slowed down, and was immediately beaten down by the overseer's head and face, maybe someone thought that this was not enough, a passing cavalry directly cut down with a knife, even if the people and horses were noisy, even if the hooves roared, but the scream still reached the city, Zhu Da could see the man struggling in a pool of blood, but the passers-by did not pay attention.

It was the Mongols who beat and cut people, and the Han people who were beaten and killed were the Mongols, and those Han people were slaves of the Mongols, and even captives who were looted in Datong.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Da was shocked, there were more than 20 years of memory, he always felt that the Mongols on the grassland and the Han people of the Ming Dynasty were originally a family, but he didn't expect that hundreds of years later, it is not the case now, the cruelty of the Mongolian invasion that he heard from children, and the sight of the Mongolian cavalry sweeping through Baibao Village on the mountain, are not so shocking to see in front of him.

Zhu Da suddenly realized that this is your mortal enemy, Da Ming looks at the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, I am afraid that they will not feel that the other party is the same as himself, and the Mongolian tribes are afraid that the same is true when they look at Da Ming.

This is the march of the army, not just the unscrupulous galloping forward of the cavalry, the Mongolian horse team that invaded Baibao Village a few months ago and ransacked Datong is at best a horse thief, just thinking about fast in and out, and the cavalry brigade wants to fight for a long time, it must have a huge amount of material support, and the number of people and horses in front of the large convoy is not much less than the number of cavalry.

In this way, it is very troublesome for the Liangtai Brigade to go or stop, since the other party is not stationed on the north wall, then it is most likely to be the east, Zhu Da reacted, and many people reacted.

"They weren't in the north, they went east!"

"The Zhu family will follow me to the east!"

When he saw that the cavalry had no intention of staying in the north, but continued to move south along the road on the east side of the city, Zhu Da did not delay and immediately checked the strength he could use and rushed towards the east.

Until now, it is not possible to determine whether the Mongolian brigade will attack Huairen County, but it is not in the north, then it is necessary to focus on defending the most likely east, do not dare to have any negligence, any possibility must be treated as real, Xiong Hu yawning may be unintentional, but for the nearby gnats is a catastrophe.

The other people in the city are in much worse condition than Zhu Da, and there are only a few who can hide behind the battlements with weapons in their hands to observe, and more people are kneeling behind the city wall or even lying there, feeling that they can't see the large number of people outside the city, which means that the enemy outside the city does not exist.

When people encounter excessive pressure beyond the limits of their tolerance, they either collapse or flee, as is the case with most people in the city in front of them.

Datong border town has been peaceful for more than ten years, Huairen County as the hinterland of the border town has not even encountered harassment, the only disaster over the years is the Tartar looting a few months ago, when the border beacon fire in the Zhengde period was warned, these young people on the city are mostly ignorant children, today is the first time they see the real Tartar army, this shock is inevitable.

Zhu Da's meticulous preparation and ruthless strong execution made the young people in the city except for the family and the young poor people have some preparation and confidence, otherwise it is possible to collapse and go crazy directly, of course, it may be that the scene in front of them is too shocking, and they even forget to escape.

As for Zhu Da's own new hometown, Ding and the young poor people who trained with him, they were also afraid of shock, but they were used to obeying orders in training, and orders were more priority.

So as soon as the shouting here, the backbones subconsciously followed the action, and the others also moved, and the city looked like it had not completely collapsed, and the general order was still maintained.

When he first started running, Zhu Da was running wildly with a knife, and the people behind him were also sparing no effort, the whole city was in a mess, after running a few steps, Zhu Da slowed down, and he was also hurriedly slowing down behind him, fortunately, he adjusted quickly, Zhu Da trotted with the marching rhythm of weekday training, and the others also kept up with the rhythm, and the formation was also neat and tidy.

Juda looked at the other walls as he ran, and there was no flag waving, which was a warning sign that the enemy was beginning to attack the city, which made him somewhat relieved.