Arrived under the city of Datong is the Mongolian army of Dorji's foreign domain and the eight banners of Wubai, Turush's iron cavalry, the strength of the force is no more than 10,000, since entering the customs has been smooth sailing, the morale of the whole army is booming, found that the Ming army actually dared to go out of the city to fight, immediately overjoyed. The Jin army boldly divided its troops, Dorji responded in the center, Wu Bai and Turushh outflanked left and right, and regardless of the fact that the opponent's strength was more than twice as large as his own, he screamed and pounced.

Cao Wenzhao did not hesitate to give the order to meet the battle, with Cao Bianjiao as the vanguard to concentrate forces to attack the opponent's middle, he has the experience of fighting in Liaodong - and the Jin soldiers must go all out from the beginning, and there must be no hesitation, otherwise the virtue of the Ming army is very likely to be defeated, bite together and fight no one can escape, and the advantage of troops can be brought into play.

The Ming army was lucky, a punch smashed on the head of the Mongolian army, Dorji's Mongolian soldiers were much worse than the Eight Banners soldiers in terms of combat power and weapons, and the only ones who could take the shot were cavalry shooting, but this could not scare Cao Bianjiao, who had experienced the battle of Kuku Hetun, did not care about this trick, and rushed to the front with the first soldier. The Ming army risked dozens of lives to break through the rain of arrows to intercept, pounced into the enemy formation and slashed and killed, Cao Bianjiao showed his might, the double swords were invincible, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and a swarm of bees pounced on it to fight. The Mongol army only had more than 4,000 people, and the horses and armor were insufficient, so they could withstand the full force of the 20,000 elite Ming troops, and they were beaten back step by step, and some even turned their horses and fled.

Cao Bianjiao saw that there was chaos in the enemy formation, and took the opportunity to kill Dorji's Daxu, and hundreds of elite iron horsemen of the Ming army killed a bloody road in the blink of an eye. Dorji is the second child of the Mongolian Taijiming family, and he has lived a peaceful and peaceful life for half of his life, and he has never seen such a big scene, and when he saw a gang of fierce gods rushing towards him, he was so frightened that he screamed and turned his head and ran. As soon as Dorji ran, Daxu immediately retreated, the Mongol army was terrified and chaotic, and the middle of the Jin army seemed to be about to collapse.

At this time, Wu Bai and Turushh suddenly exerted force on both flanks, and the dense rain of arrows beat the Ming army in a hurry, and Cao Wenzhao immediately sent out the cavalry in his hand to intercept it, but as soon as the cavalry fought with the Jin army, they turned around and fled. The next is the old routine, the Jin army opened the way with a rain of arrows to pursue the victory, the Ming army lost its armor and fled desperately, and the scenes that often appeared in Liaodong were repeated in Datong. Dorji found that someone was supporting him, and he also turned around to fight back, Cao Bianjiao knew that the situation was not good, and immediately beckoned his subordinates to retreat, and cut a bloody way out of the chaotic army to escape. The defeat was like a mountain, Cao Wenzhao not only couldn't stop his subordinates, but even he was almost squeezed off the horse by the deserters, the Ming army scrambled to flee for his life, but the Jin army suddenly stopped the pursuit, and the remnants of the soldiers escaped back to the city, Zhang Zongheng was shocked to see it on the city tower, and made up his mind not to go out of the city again.

"That's a defeat! The victory and defeat were reversed in just one hour, is this still the elite border army of the Ming Dynasty? Liu Zhilun wiped his eyes vigorously, the order of the governor of Xuanda still worked on him, and he dragged Li Yu over, but before he could do it, the Ming army was defeated.

"Cao Wenzhao doesn't know how to fight, and he dares to break through in the middle with the Jin army, and he can hold on to it for a while longer! Fortunately, we showed our faces, otherwise the Datong Ming army would be all over, forget it, he will still fight the thieves in the future. Bai Xianzhi spoke coldly on the side.

"The army of the Four Baylors must be behind us, let's withdraw too." Li Yu shook his head and ordered, complaining in his heart about Cao Wenzhao, this big brother has been fighting with thieves for a long time, and his ability seems to be declining, so he can't afford to provoke you, and it's good to fight guerrillas like Yutian and Fengrun.

The Fengzhou army turned around and retreated to Fort Victory, five cavalry battalions and three infantry battalions ran in vain, everyone was laughing at the Ming army all the way, Liu Zhilun hung his head and didn't dare to say anything, and he was also secretly scolding the Ming army in his heart, a random arrow could scare them away, and he didn't even have the courage to fight hand-to-hand with Jianyi, this kind of rotten soldier had no hope.

The Fengzhou army quickly withdrew from Datong, and Tiancong Khan immediately showed up - everyone is a veteran of using soldiers, and everyone has one hand.

Datong City is tall and strong, the city has never been broken for two hundred years, Tiancong Khan has no intention of hitting the iron plate, like in the Xuanfu, once again expressed his wish for peace to the Ming officials, and sent someone to shoot a book to Cao Wenzhao, so that he agreed with the peace discussion.

Cao Wenzhao was startled when he got the letter, he didn't have the courage to negotiate peace, he looked at Zhang Zongheng's eyes strangely, and immediately defended: "Jiannu is cunning, the most untrustworthy, my lord, please rest assured, the last general will never pay attention to them, so he will send people out of the city to challenge and kill their prestige." ”

Cao Bianjiao, who was brave enough to win the whole army, appeared again, and ran to the outside of the Jin Army camp with dozens of family members to shout. Tiancong sweated and was happy, the Ming army dared to go out of the city to challenge, this is a new thing, with a wave of his hand, ten Kabush soldiers jumped out of the horse, Cao Bianjiao and his gang fought more and less, but they were beaten back by others in three times and two times, and several family members were killed and injured. The Jin army applauded and laughed, showing off his might under the city, wantonly insulting the city, and the Ming army hid behind the battlements and didn't even dare to let go of a fart.

"Bolt, what's going on, you usually brag about how brave you are in the battle of Kuku Hetun, but you are so useless at a critical time!" Cao Wenzhao's face turned purple with anger.

Cao Bianjiao's face turned red, and he lowered his head and muttered: "It's different, there was Li Shuai's group at that time, they were bold, and they couldn't finish their strength." ”

Zhang Zongheng and Cao Wenzhao became more and more weak-hearted, and the two of them played a delaying strategy, and ran to the palace of the acting king to beg the acting queen mother Yang, please allow to ask Jianyi for peace, and promise that this is just a teasing of Jianyi, and will never take it seriously, they are still loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. The old lady made a contribution at the same time as the Han Siege, looked at the poor governor and the chief soldier who were kneeling on the ground, and reluctantly agreed, but the old lady never expected that these two guys had the idea of climbing the pole, and when they went back, they put the acting king first in the invitation and letter.

There is also a king in Datong City, maybe this time I met a person who understands - Tiancong Khan came to be interested, replied to agree to negotiate peace, in fact, his life is not easy, Fengzhou army gathered in the victory fort, always like a knife on his waist, although not yet started, but the two sides skirmished continuously, the atmosphere of the battle was unprecedentedly tense, the Baylors have proposed to withdraw the army as soon as possible, try to avoid a decisive battle with Fengzhou in the pass. Tiancong Khan also intended to withdraw his troops, but he didn't want to come in vain, and it would be great if he could force the Ming court to accept the peace talks.

Datong did not understand Tiancong Khan's mood at all, and began to play tricks again, Tiancong Khan's eager reply was like a mud cow into the sea, and Datong's peace envoy could not even see a shadow. Tiancong Khan can't wait, you don't dare to send people out of the city to negotiate peace, it's always okay to seal the letter back, if you don't give it, you just don't give it - Datong continued to shrink his head and ignore it. If you ask for someone, you have to be thick-skinned, Tiancong Khan put the captured clan Zhu Naiting back to Datong and continued to ask for a reply, but he didn't expect the surname Zhu to be thick-skinned, and he didn't even want his wife and children in the hands of Jin Jun, so he hid in Datong City and never showed up again, and the time dragged on in mid-August.

I met a liar again, and I deliberately delayed my work, the Ming army in Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan has entered Xuanfu, and it will not be possible to withdraw if I don't withdraw - Tiancong Khan was angry and hateful, and ordered the whole army to retreat north, and let Zhu Naiting's family go away, and it was not the first time that he had eaten a closed door, and he couldn't deal with the scoundrel villain.

When the Jin army arrived at the forty-mile shop in the north of the city, Tiancong Khan couldn't figure it out again, why was the Ming Kingdom so dead-eyed, I confessed that the ministers ignored me, and I had to be beaten and abused to be happy. He left a letter again: Erguo has always taken me as a subject country, I have no complaints, but Liaodong officials bullied our country, the emperor was deceived by his subordinates, the two sides fought for more than ten years, but there was no word to ask, so that our country's situation can not reach the emperor, if you send an envoy to distinguish right from wrong, then the two countries will die early, and you want to enjoy peace only in the evening, the officials of Erguo must falsely report their military exploits to deceive the emperor, otherwise how can my small country hold on to this day, and still have the strength to invade Erguo, with the emperor's wisdom will be able to understand these truths, the sincerity of our country's peace, Hei Yunlong lived in our country for a year and a half after being captured, and he knew the situation best, and he must have dared not tell the truth for fear of offending other ministers.

"Turai, let go of the few Ming Guo details that you just caught, and give them a few taels of silver, so that they can bring the letter back to Datong." Tiancong Khan summoned Tulai and instructed him that he didn't dare to hope that this letter, which was a little incomprehensible, could reach the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, but he vented his grievances and seemed to be in a better mood.

Tiancong Khan stared at Turai for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Erlu is not far away in the Victory Fort, do you want to see him?" ”

Turai's face flushed, and his heart was about to jump out, Tiancong Khan smiled and continued: "Go and see him, you haven't seen each other for many years, I know you still think about him in your heart." ”

Victory Fort, Du Wenhuan entered the General's Mansion with a cold face, several military affairs in the study were discussing the military situation around the map, seeing the old man come in, Li Yu got up and said hello, but his eyes glanced at the young man behind him, this person was dressed in civilian clothes about thirty, but his physique was tall and strong, and he had a mighty gesture, which should be a military general.

"Yuzi, let me introduce you, this is the son of your Uncle You Shilu, You Renjun, the current official army guerrilla, and followed his father to suppress thieves in Shanxi." Du Wenhuan pointed to the young man and said.

"Brother Yuzi, I've admired your name for a long time, my second uncle and my father often mention you, saying that you are the leader of our younger generation of Yulinwei, and Brother Yu has long wanted to see you." You Renjun stepped forward to salute Li Yu.

"The little brother can't afford this big name, Brother You is a brother when he comes, don't be polite!" Li Yu grabbed You Renjun and asked with concern about You Shiwei and You Shilu's situation, "I haven't met Second Uncle You and Third Uncle You for a long time, how are they doing?" ”

"It's not very good, I followed my father to suppress thieves, it coincided with the great drought in Shanxi, the more thieves were suppressed, I don't know which year is the end, we don't want to do it, my second uncle is not happy in Shanhaiguan, there are Wenchen pressing him above, and there are a group of people in Liaoxi below, almost nothing," You Renjun shook his head and sighed, and then his face changed and said, "Brother, I took a detour to run to you, and I have to rush back soon, my second berto father brought you a message, and someone in the court wants to try you." ”

"I've heard some rumors, but I don't know what they're trying to do with me?" Li Yu asked.

"My second uncle doesn't know, but the Hubu Shangshu Hou served as the governor of Changping, and he had some friendship with my second uncle, and wrote to him that Fengzhou was plotting against him, and sooner or later it would become a big trouble for the imperial court, and the household department would not give Fengzhou a liter of rice and a penny of silver, and asked the mountain navy to prepare to exterminate Fengzhou, and also hinted that the emperor had approved this policy, and there would be a big reward after the matter was completed," You Renjun glanced at it, Li Yu still sneered, and added, "The officials and troops of Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan have arrived at Xuanfu and are heading towards Datong, my second uncle, you can rest assured, He will never be difficult for you, but Wu Xiang must be guarded against, this person is greedy for profit, Jinzhou also transferred a large number of elite soldiers to him, Zu Dashou and Jiannu have never been so generous before. ”

"Zu Dashou secretly corresponded with Jin Guo, I was aware of it when I was in Liaoxi, Fengzhou and Jin Guo trade cut off his financial route, and he must hold a grudge, as for Wu Xiang, and Cao Wenzhao of Datong is just a villain of fame and fortune, whoever gives benefits will do it with whom, Yuzi, these people have to beware." Du Wenhuan said.

Li Yu nodded, bowed down to thank You Renjun, You Renjun hurriedly waved his hand, and said that their father and son had three or four thousand people in Shanxi, most of whom were Yansui's children, and if there was a place where it was useful, they would definitely help.

You Renjun quietly left Fort Victory at night, and an emergency meeting was held in the General's Mansion overnight, Liu Zhilun and Li Huai and Yun Rong, who had arrived a few days ago to transport military rations, entered the main hall, and hurriedly asked what was wrong, Du Wenhuan informed them of the news brought by Liu Wenzhong and You Renjun, but did not say the names of these people, just said the friends in the pass.

"Ming Guo likes to be sophistical, no matter how despicable things can be done, in this case, we don't have to be polite, Hanmin, the autumn harvest is over, let's go to Shanxi." Yun Rong said.

Zhao Ji nodded and agreed: "We can mobilize at least 50,000 elites, it is enough to occupy Shanxi, it is time to teach the Ming court a lesson." ”

"It is not difficult to occupy Shanxi or even Shaanxi, the difficult thing is how to govern, this year, Shanxi is full of displaced people, how to clean up this mess? Marching into Shanxi, at least not yet. Li Huai immediately objected, and then sighed and said, "Hermes-Epitek, let me be honest with you, in order to fight this year's battle, we have to issue more silver banknotes, and the silver banknotes in circulation have more than doubled the silver deposits, so I'm scared when I think about it!" ”

Du Wenhuan pondered for a moment and said: "I have always advocated marching into Guannai, but the current conditions are not ripe, and the threat of the Jin army staying in Xuanda is too great, so I want to attract their attention to Guanningjin and Jizhen and Yuzi, and fight with them, hurt them, fear them, and force them to break their delusions from now on." ”

Li Yu listened to everyone's speeches, and was silent, but his eyes glanced at Liu Zhilun, the naturalized governor was like sitting on pins and needles, Fengzhou really didn't treat him as an outsider, and never hid anything from him, but the consequence of this was to pull him into the water step by step, and he couldn't extricate himself.

"When Datong Senator Zhu Yiqian came back, he quietly said a word, I think we should tell everyone, he said, 'Li Shuai is a good person, be careful of treacherous schemes', and there should be a traitor in the court," Liu Zhilun slowly spoke, for the first time he did not call himself "this official" in his words, he sighed and continued with red eyes, "But, Han Min, the people are innocent, you can protect the 300,000 people in Fengzhou, why can't you help the people in the pass, can you bear to watch them being plundered and enslaved, and their families are ruined, so let's send troops, For China, not for the Ming Dynasty, take on the important task of saving the world. ”

Li Yu lowered his head, and after a long while, he raised his head and replied, "Master, I don't have this ability!" ”

"'Heaven and earth have righteousness, mixed with manifolds', a good strong man, know that he can't do it, even if he dies, he will not hesitate, Hermes-Epitek, let's fight for our master and apprentice."

Li Yu silently walked out of the door, paced back and forth in the courtyard, and returned to the house after a while, glanced at everyone coldly, and slowly opened his mouth to give an order: "The Great Commander's Office immediately issued a ******, ordering Deputy Commander Liu Xingzuo to move to Xinpingbao and command the Xinghe Infantry Battalion, Cavalry Battalion and garrison troops and other departments of the Eastern Front. ”

"Willing to play for Toyosu!" Everyone, including Liu Zhilun, stood up and chanted.

With the issuance of the ******, the whole Fengzhou immediately boiled, the fear of the last Jin army's westward invasion has become a thing of the past, and people are more eager for battle and military exploits - our Fengzhou is invincible in the world, regardless of his Ming country, Jin country or Chahar, whoever dares to come will be right.

Outside the victory mouth, there was a lot of noise, and a group of garrisons came majestically with weapons on their shoulders, and the loud military song resounded inside and outside the side wall:

The red flag is raised under the barbarian mountain, and our soldiers are mighty and strong;

The general is gracious to the people, and his comrades are in good spirits;

The desert smoke rises from the side wall, and the Jin Ge Iron Horse is in a hurry;

The blood is heroic, the country is dead, and the captives have been extinguished.

"Willing to serve Fengzhou, this number of goods will be 20% off, knives, spears, bows and arrows, armor everything, you can also pay in installments and rent." The merchants lost no time in selling their goods, and many of them immediately changed into military uniforms after selling their goods, shouted "Guys, Lao Tzu is going to the front", and walked into the barracks triumphantly - naturalized merchants are also soldiers, and some are still officers, and this scene often occurs in the barracks:

"Aren't you the shopkeeper of Tofu Workshop, why are you also a soldier? Yo, it's still a boss. ”

"Willing to serve Fengzhou, a little money and grain boss, aren't you the boss Wang who opened the sauce shop, heh, you are the president of Qian, the official salutes."

"Didn't you just get the love of the official, become a copywriter, and give your brothers a help."

When the officers of the garrison were in trouble, they were surrounded one by one, and Li Jianji and his gang brought in the croppers who had planted military fields and vocational fields, and they even wanted to make military merits in order to be naturalized and divide the fields.

"Why don't we have our share in such a good thing as fighting, we are not afraid of death, and we have to serve as soldiers to serve Fengzhou."

"That's it, Fengzhou talks about 'freedom, equality, and benevolence', is it easy to plant military fields and vocational fields for you, why don't you let us be soldiers?"

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At the time of the full mobilization of Toyosu, Turai arrived at Fort Victory.