Chapter 133: Out of the City to Fight
"The minister thought that Lin Dan Khan's front army was only a hundred miles away, and they were all cavalry, and when the morning and evening came, Keri could reach Datong. If His Majesty hastily moves Taiyuan Mansion, once it is discovered by Lin Dan Khan, Lin Dan Khan will definitely chase and kill, and then I am afraid that the army will be in chaos before the battle, which is really a blessing and a curse. Xiong Tingbi analyzed.
"If you hold Datong, can you hold it?" Zhu Youxiao then asked.
"Datong is a nine-sided land, the city is strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, and the whole army is united, and there is no problem in defending Datong. What's more, the nine borders are the important towns of the country, and hundreds of thousands of reinforcements can arrive in Datong in half a month at most, and Lin Dan Khan will be defeated at that time. Xiong Tingbi said with an oath.
"What are the chances of winning if you go out of the city to meet the enemy?" Zhu Youxiao asked again.
"The minister thinks that sticking to Datong is the best policy, and going out of the city to meet the battle is the next policy." Xiong Tingbi persuaded.
"All you have to do is answer my question." Zhu Youxiao said.
"If you go out of the city to face the battle, only 30% of the ministers are sure to defeat Lin Dan Khan." Xiong Tingbi replied.
"It's so low, it's only 30% sure." Zhu Youxiao said in surprise.
"Lin Dan Khan's commands are all cavalry that have been fighting for a long time, and the Longteng Army is a new army, and it has only been more than a year since it was formed, and half of the new recruits have been recruited this time, and the training is only half a year. Xiong Tingbi said.
"What if you only deal with Lin Dan Khan's 10,000 pioneers?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"It's also 30% sure." Xiong Tingbi said.
"Why?" Zhu Youxiao asked suspiciously.
"Although the enemy only has 10,000 light cavalry, if our army's 50,000 elites are exhausted, the enemy will definitely avoid fighting, and if there are too few, our army will not be sure of victory." Xiong Tingbi explained.
"I thought I had to try, and this 10,000 light horsemen was undoubtedly the best test. It is said that the new army spends millions of taels of food and salary, but when it is time to use it, it is not used when it is needed, what is the use of training the new army? Zhu Youxiao said dissatisfied.
"Please think twice, Your Majesty." Xiong Tingbi said.
"Your Majesty, please think twice." Immediately afterwards, the civil and military officials below dissuaded together.
"Can the 30,000 Longteng army plus the original Datong defenders hold Datong for the month?" Zhu Youxiao didn't pay attention to the others at all, but continued to ask.
"Yes." Xiong Tingbi nodded and said.
"Then send 20,000 people out of the city to meet Lin Dan Khan's 10,000 vanguards, I really want to see how sharp the knife of the new army is?" Zhu Youxiao decided.
"No." Xiong Tingbi replied.
"Rest assured, no matter whether the 20,000 Longteng army succeeds or fails, I will definitely stick to Taiyuan." Zhu Youxiao assured.
"Your Majesty." Seeing Zhu Youxiao say this, everyone also felt a little relieved.
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Lin Dan Khan's 10,000-strong vanguard army was led by his uncle. When Da Brain heard that Zhu Youxiao was in Datong, he immediately took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the vanguard army of 10,000. In the eyes of Lin Danhan and others, Zhu Youxiao is a piece of fat, as long as Zhu Youxiao can be caught, the Chahar Department can really eat and drink spicy.
After encountering the scouts of the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent Zhu Youxiao from escaping from Datong, Brain Mao had to speed up again to approach Datong. If Zhu Youxiao really ran away from Datong, he believed that Lin Danhan would definitely not give him any face because he was Lin Danhan's uncle. Moreover, whether or not Zhu Youxiao can be captured is related to the great cause of Lin Dan Khan's unification of Mongolia.
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"The Third and Fourth Armies went out of the city overnight, preparing to meet the enemy vanguard." After Xiong Tingbi received the emperor's will, he immediately began to arrange for 20,000 people to go out of the city to face the battle. The First Army and the Second Army have the most veterans and the strongest combat power, and Xiong Tingbi deliberately stayed to defend the city, while the Fifth Army has the most newcomers, and Xiong Tingbi has left behind the battle power.
"No." Chen Si replied together with Yao Yuanjun. Chen Si was the chief soldier of the Third Army, and Yao Yuanjun was the chief soldier of the Fourth Army.
"Immediately order the two armies to assemble, Your Majesty has something to say." Xiong Tingbi commanded.
"No."
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20,000 people, 20,000 fresh lives, at this time, because of Zhu Youxiao's decision, he had to go out of the city to fight to the death with Lin Dan Khan's vanguard.
War has always been cruel, but if Zhu Youxiao wants to defeat Jianyu, it is impossible to solve the problem by relying on defense to Zhongxing Daming, and offense is the best defense, and only by completely and completely destroying the enemy can this problem be fundamentally solved.
"In the forty years of Wanli, Lin Dan Khan led 30,000 troops to invade my Ming Dynasty, burning and plundering all the way, hundreds of people were killed, countless women of the Ming Dynasty were taken captive, Lin Dan Khan left, leaving only sorrow and pain for the Ming Dynasty; In the autumn of the forty-third year of Wanli, Lin Dan Khan invaded the Ming Dynasty again, from Guangning to Jinzhou for hundreds of miles of frequent attacks, this invasion killed tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians of our Ming Dynasty, and the women who were taken away from the Ming Dynasty were countless, what happened to these captive women? I believe I don't say it, and everyone knows it. Zhu Youxiao raised the microphone and said loudly.
"I often wonder, what did I do wrong, why did I suffer such a disaster? Even if there are natural disasters, but we still have to suffer such man-made disasters, isn't it good for us to coexist peacefully? Have these unarmed people sinned against them as well? ”
"Later, I figured out that these robbers simply thought that our Daming was a fat sheep, and if they had no food or clothing, they would come to me Daming to grab a round, and if they had no women, they would come to my Daming to grab a round. Is my Daming really just a fat sheep without any resistance? Anyone can come and grab a handful and go? ”
"I have also figured out that we can never coexist peacefully with Donglu and Jianlu, and the peace we want is by no means something that can be obtained on our knees, only by standing up and fighting with our own lives can we get the peace we want. The peace that comes from your knees is not the peace we want, and in the end you will only get shame and suffering. ”
"In the second year of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty, the tragedy in the world has already told us this truth. At that time, the imperial court represented by Song Huizong and Song Qinzong all knelt in front of the Jin people and gave their wives and daughters to the Jin people to beg for the so-called peace, but what did they get in the end? They only got the country's ruin, and the Han people only got shame and suffering. This shame and pain still pierces my heart all the time, and I swear to myself that I will never let this shame happen again, even if I shed the last drop of blood. ”
"For this oath, for the sake of the Ming Empire, I decided to form a new army, the new army from the first day of formation is to defend my Ming Dynasty, that is, to protect my Ming Dynasty from outsiders forever, in order to no longer stage the shame."