After the audience finished singing the praises of virtue, Huang Taiji finally got down to business, put down the wine glass in his hand and said:

"Now that my army has gathered under Datong City, where to go next, what do you think, let's listen to it and discuss it together!"

After Huang Taiji said this, the person with the highest status in the account besides Huang Taiji was Mang Gurtai, and he only heard Mang Gurtai take over and say:

"Since our army broke through the border, it has been devastating all the way, invincible, and it can be seen that the southerners are weak and timid!

"Since entering the customs, I have also heard that the chief military officer of Datong Town is the ancestor of the ancestral family in Liaodong, this person was only a deputy general in Jinzhou before, and he got this position by virtue of his ancestors, in the words of the Han people, this is a typical gentleman, and he does not think about it!

"Now that my army has gathered, the city of Datong is surrounded on all sides, and the people in the city are already unable to fly, why doesn't the Great Khan surrender to him? If it refuses to surrender, the Great Khan will supervise the army to attack it again, and with my Dajin Hundred Battles Hero, he can break it in one battle! ”

Everyone listened to Mang Gurtai's words, some nodded frequently, some were silent, and Yue Tuo, who had not spoken much, suddenly said at this time:

"Great Khan! Never! Datong, the northern barrier of the Southern Dynasty also! Not to mention that the city is high, there must be cannons and firearms on it!

"Although the minions led the army to storm the victory fort, the losses were also heavy, the Sunit department of Susai Batu Lu Jinong, the Abaga Department of Du Sigarza Saktu Jinong was killed in battle, the slave Benqi Gushan Ezhen Yechen, the slave's brother Benqi Melle Ezhen Dahai, were all wounded, and the banner of the banner was composed of nearly 3,000 people killed and wounded!

"The minions have thought so far, and the firearms of the Southern Dynasty are far sharper than before! Don't worry about it here! ”

Yue Tuo's words were immediately echoed by Darhan, Yanguli, Fan Wencheng and others. Ｘ

Darhan also said: "Great Khan! The foundation of my Daikin country is archery, horse riding and archery! A man who is good at shooting is not enough to be tempered for a few years!

"This is my Eight Banners Force, every time I encounter a field battle with soldiers in the Southern Dynasties, I often take one as ten, and ten as a hundred! Such a field force cannot be used to attack the city! ”

Speaking of this, Darhan looked at Huang Taiji, saw that he was nodding his beard, and continued to bow his head and say:

"It seems that this Datong Xiongcheng, since ancient times it is a place where soldiers must fight, I have Datong, then the north is also fixed, and the Ming country loses Datong, then the door is open! With the rulers and ministers of the Ming Kingdom, there will be no room for great harmony!

"Our army is besieging Datong, and the Ming Kingdom will inevitably send troops to rescue, so that our army can set up an ambush on the road, and the field will break it and annihilate it!"

As soon as Darhan said this, the people in the tent are all veteran generals who have fought old battles, and naturally know that this is a strategy to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and for those who are not willing to take the lives of their subordinates, it is naturally much better to encircle the point and send reinforcements than to attack the city with ants.

Fan Wencheng wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

Since entering the pass from the killing of Hukou, he has been persuading and even urging Huang Taiji to hurry up and lead the army straight to Juyong Pass, and quickly break through Juyong Pass before the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers did not react.

Because at that time, the Ming Dynasty was besieged, and it was a good time to really implement the encirclement and reinforcement.

However, along the way, he continued to advise Huang Taiji to advance rapidly eastward, so that the Zhenghuang Banner army, as well as the Mongol leaders such as Naiwen Korqin who were on the expedition, lost a great opportunity to loot, and many people had opinions about him, including those female Allah who belonged to Zhenghuang Banner.

In just ten days, he captured several cities one after another, and drove thousands of miles, even if everyone had horses, and some even had more than one horse, they were also tired enough.

Therefore, those ministers of the Zhenghuang Banner, Gushan, Mele, and Jialamen, as well as the leaders of the Mongol tribes who had annexed Houjin, were angry when they heard that he Fan Wencheng had advised the Great Khan to advance eastward without stopping.

Why did Fan Wencheng fight to offend so many people, and repeatedly advised Huang Taiji not to waste time and go straight to Juyong Pass?

That's because although he has always advocated going south to attack Ming, but after Huang Taiji led his army west to Chahar this time, he always had a feeling of unsteadiness and was always faintly worried about the safety of Liaodong.

Mao Wenlong is not dead!

And not only did Mao Wenlong not die, but Sun Chengzong, the Minister of Military Aircraft of the Ming Kingdom, also took a group of men and horses to guard the return road of the Dajin ** team outside the border of Jizhen!

If this trip can't be resolved quickly and rush to the city of Ming Kingdom as soon as possible, who knows what adverse changes will occur in the future?

Only by rushing to the vicinity of the Ming Kingdom Jingshi as soon as possible can we mobilize the army outside the border of Sun Chengzong's Jizhen to come back to help, so that the certainty of victory in the field battle is greater, and the retreat is also guaranteed!

But this time, he didn't say it.

Because Huang Taiji is in high spirits, and now that the situation is very good, speaking out these concerns will inevitably disappoint Huang Taiji and other nobles.

And in Fan Wencheng's thinking, with the Ming Dynasty's ignorance of the monarchs and ministers, there may probably not be any problems.

In the evening of the same day, Huang Taiji led the ministers of Baylor around him and the leaders of the Mongolian tribes who belonged to him to set the next strategy.

First, the army continued to surround Datong from the west, south, and north, giving the defenders of Datong an opportunity and hope to flee or ask for help.

Second, send a letter to the city to persuade them to surrender and give them a few days to think about it.

The army under Huang Taiji took advantage of this time to recuperate, and at the same time gave the defenders of the city time to divide or send people for help.

Finally, after the end of the rest period, if the defenders in the city break through, or if Shanxi, Xuanfu, and Jingshi have Ming troops to help, Huang Taiji's army will have plans to win the field battle outside Datong City.

If the defenders in the city just can't hold out, and the troops in the direction of Shanxi, Xuanfu or Jingshi do not come to the rescue, then Huang Taiji will lead the rested army to attack Xuanfu and Juyong Pass.

In this way, that night, Fan Fucui and Zu Dashou, who were in Datong City, got the letter of persuasion from the slave chief Huang Taiji to shoot into the city.

Huang Taiji said in the letter of persuasion: "Now I have led the army here, not to destroy the country!" Chahar's Lin Dan Khan is fleeing westward, and all the tribes in Monan have been returned to my Dajin! I inquired and learned that Er Guosui gave Chahar more than 100,000 gold and silver treasures! Instead of spending this huge amount of money on useless people and useless places, why not reconcile with my big gold?!

"If the monarch and the ministers are willing to do so, I should respect you as a great power, and you should also regard me as superior to Chahar. In this way, you and I are listed as the great powers of the world, and we are about brothers, and the subjects of the two countries will not benefit each other in one fell swoop?!

"Now I have more than 100,000 soldiers in Datong City, and if you surrender to me, the wealth of the feudal territory will still be there, and the people in the city will be able to save their lives, and the people who control the strings and hold halberds can also be unharmed.

"If you are obsessed, then it will be easy for our army to break the city of tens of thousands! At that time, the people in the city will dare to defend the city and slaughter them, which is a sin for others!

"If there is no reply within three days, the people of the city will want to resist! On the day of the destruction of such a city, it should be killed! ”

Huang Taiji shot more than ten copies of this kind of persuasion into the city, but fortunately, all of them fell on the city wall, or fell in the urn city within the city wall, and did not fall into the hands of the people and merchants in the city, otherwise, I am afraid that it will be chaotic for a while.

That night, Fan Fucui, Zu Dashou, Ma Shiying, Sun Yingyuan and others got these letters of persuasion, and they looked at them one by one, all of them were silent.

After a while, Sun Yingyuan looked at several Shangguan who were silent and silently thinking about something, so he took the lead in saying with an excited expression:

"Lord Fuyuan, this must be a conspiracy and trickery used by the captives to disrupt the hearts of our army!

"Now that Jianyu has broken through the nonsense, no matter whether he originally had the intention of negotiating peace with money, there is absolutely no possibility of making peace with money at this moment!

"And I'm a dignified descendant of Yan Huang and a Chinese noble, how can I bend my knees and build an ugly state?!"

Zu Dashou looked at Sun Yingyuan, then at Fan Fucui, and said: "Those who are relied on by Jianyu are only archers and horses, and they have always been afraid of attacking fortifications and are good at field battles!" Now I have Datong Jiancheng to rely on, and there is no reason to open the city to surrender to the enemy!

"Besides, behind Datong is the Xuanfu, and behind the Xuanfu is the Jingshi! His Majesty has awarded Zu the seal of the general of the expedition to the west and entrusted him with the important task of the chief military officer of Datong, and Zu has no possibility of bending the knee to the enemy! ”

After saying this, Zu Dashou looked at Fan Fucui, clasped his fists and said: "Datong Cun, Zu Moucun!" Datong is broken, Zu is dead! If Lord Fuyuan thinks about the people in the city, then the Zhongnu chieftain will disrupt the hearts of our army and the people! ”

The news of the death of Zu Dacheng and Zu Kefa has been transmitted to Datong, and Zu Dashou is sad and angry, but also strengthened his determination to fight to the death with Jianyu.

At this time, Ma Shiying also got up and left his seat, and said to Fan Fucui: "Although Datong is an isolated city today, it is a live move for His Majesty the Emperor to restore Daibei in the future!"

"And my generation of civil servants who defend the land, since they have been studying, those who have been diligently seeking, are not they able to turn the tide for the court at this time, and support the general of the building for the Son of Heaven? !

"Although Xia Guan is a scholar, he is willing to defend this lonely city for the Son of Heaven!" r