Liu Yingxuan and others knew that the matter was urgent and important, and that night they ordered Zu Kefa to rush back to Datong overnight with a letter sent by Lin Dan Khan asking for help.

Victory Fort is eighty or ninety miles north of Datong, fortunately, the road from Victory Fort to Datong is open, Zu Kefa took the entourage of soldiers to travel in a hurry overnight, and the next morning just after dawn, he called open the north gate of Datong City, and went straight to the Datong Town General Military Mansion not far from the north gate.

Immediately afterwards, the army of the general army of Datong Town came out in all directions, and Zu Dashou personally took Zu Kefa and other confidant generals to the Yamen of Datong Governor to meet Fan Fucui, the governor of Datong.

In the morning, the second hall of the governor of Datong City was full of people, and it could be regarded as a gathering of heroes.

Fan Fucui, the governor of Datong, sat on the main seat, wearing a red official robe that was particularly conspicuous, and at this time, seeing that the civil and military generals who should have arrived had arrived, he immediately coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and then glanced at the officials in the second hall, and when everyone was quiet, he said in a deep voice:

"Ten days ago, Your Majesty had a decree, and the Liaodong Army reported that the ugly prisoners of Jianzhou made a detour to the west, and had the intention of attacking Mongolia in the west.

"A few days ago, the governor Yamen received instructions from Sun Gebu in Rehebao, saying that the slave chief Huang Taiji personally led the army of Jianyu to join the Horqin and other Mongolian tribes, and had bypassed the city of Ulan Hada and marched westward, and the intention of Jianyu to conquer Har in the west was undoubted.

"Early this morning, Benfuyuan and Zu Zongzhen have received another urgent report of the victory fort, and the army of Jianyu has arrived at the southern edge of the desert, and the soldiers are directed at the naturalized city where Lin Dan Khan lives! Lin Dan Khan sent an envoy to knock on the pass and ask for help from my Datong Fuzhen! ”

Speaking of this, Fan Fucui paused, and then continued: "For Lin Dan Khan's knock on the border to ask for help, whether I save it or not, and how to save it?" It is very difficult for this fuyuan to make a decision for a while, so please come here to discuss this matter! ”

Fan Fucui explained the ins and outs of the whole matter in a few words, and then looked at the few civil and military generals in the Datong governor's jurisdiction in front of him, waiting for their opinions.

Datong in this era belongs to one of the nine sides, and the position of the governor of Datong is to supervise the military affairs of Datong and manage food and salary, although he is nominally in charge of military and civilian affairs in Datong, but it is more focused on military affairs, which is equivalent to setting up a civilian commander in Datong Town.

Therefore, in addition to the governor, Datong did not set up a separate political envoy department, according to the inspection of the envoy and the command of the envoy, the state and county civil affairs are mainly managed by the Datong Prefecture, the affairs of the health office are managed by the Shanxi Xingdu Division, and the judicial supervision power belonging to the inspection department is carried out by the imperial court order according to the imperial history.

Therefore, in the second hall of the Datong Governor Yamen at this time, in addition to Fan Fucui, the governor of Datong and Zu Dashou, the chief military officer of Datong Town, the rest are Wu Fu, the supervisor of Datong Town, Ma Shiying, the prefect of Datong, Chen Shiqi, the military commander of Datong, and Ding Qirui, the newly sent inspector of the imperial court.

None of these people were good stubble, and the news that Zu Kefa had brought people into the city urgently early in the morning, they soon knew.

At this time, after listening to Fan Fucui's statement, everyone calculated in their hearts that although the matter was very urgent, the target of the Jianyu Western Expedition was Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department, not Datong Town.

Therefore, although everyone was surprised and confused, they were not panicked.

Although the rank of Datong Inspector Ding Qirui is not high at this time, but the power is not small, Governor Fan Fucui finished speaking, and he said first:

"Lin Dan Khan of Chahar is the old enemy of the country! Since Wanli to the Apocalypse, for more than 20 years, he has been fighting against the border towns outside the country, and his people are crazy and capricious, and they must not be gullible!

"And since he entered the Monan, he first expelled the king of Shunyi, and then occupied the naturalization city, and led the army to ask for wages more times, especially better than before! Imagine that Lord Fuyuan would come to attack Datong this time, and my generation would surrender to naturalization and ask for help, and Lin Dan Khan would come to help?!

"In a certain opinion, the east captives to attack the north captives is a matter between the outside of the plug, which wins and which loses, it is beneficial to me, my generation only needs to be strong soldiers and horses to watch from the wall, and when they are both defeated, they can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

Ding Qirui's statement is in line with Zu Dashou's intentions, but he didn't know everyone's intentions before, and Zu Dashou was unwilling to show his attitude.

After listening to Ding Qirui's words at this time, Zu Dashou immediately said: "Fan Fuyuan, according to what Lord Ding said, it is in line with the art of war!" Jianyu is the enemy of my generation, but the northern captives are also the enemy of my generation!

"At the moment, although my Daming and Lin Dan have a good relationship with each other, their arrogance and rudeness are still there! If what Gui Yingcha and others said is true, this time Jianyu came to the west, and there were as many as 100,000 people in armor and execution, and Zu had not tasted it for many years in Liaozhen! Jianyu came to attack Lin Dan, and my generation saved him, and the result was not only to survive the enemy, but also to invite trouble!

"In the opinion of the ancestors, the slave chief Huang Taiji personally led the army to the west, at this time its momentum is flourishing, its edge is sharp, Mo Ruo town is quiet, strict formation, wait until the two captives fight, its momentum is exhausted, I Datong town asked for a decree, or can sit and collect the profits, in one fell swoop, Mo Nan also!"

Zu Dashou is the chief military officer of Datong Town, which is hung with the seal of the general of the West, and his status in Datong Town is naturally very important.

However, this time, Wu Fu, the imperial historian of Datong Town, disagreed with Ding Qirui and Zu Dashou's statement.

Wu Fu said: "Fan Fuyuan, Zu Zongzhen, Lord Ding!" Lin Dan Khan is unruly, and he is not a friend or foe with my Datong Town! However, the relationship between him and me, when this construction is menacing, it is inevitable that the lips and teeth will depend on each other, and the lips will die and the teeth will be cold!

"The slave chief led the army to the west this time, and it is bound to destroy Lin Dan Khan and then quickly, if Lin Dan Khan is difficult to support alone, then Datong Town will immediately face the enemy!

"If Lin Dan Khan is defeated and flees, Monan Mongolia will be in the hands of Jianyu, and from now on, the border and the outside will probably be owned by Jianyu! And if Lin Dan Khan surrenders to Jianqiang, Datong is especially dangerous! ”

"From Wu's point of view, today, Lin Dan, the Nu Chief and I are Daming, and their momentum is like the Three Kingdoms back then, and Lin Dan and I are both weak. If you can't join forces to build a captivity this time, once Lin Dan escapes or dies, Mo Nan outside the Datong border may be troubled from now on! ”

Although there are many disagreements between Wu Fu as the supervisor of the imperial history and the chief soldier Zu Dashou, they can still get along and work together, although they know that it is very inappropriate to watch on the wall, but they only talk to this extent.

After Wu Fu finished speaking, he listened to Ma Shiying, the prefect of Datong, say: "The northern captives, the enemy of the country, and the eastern captives are also the enemies of the country!" However, among the two enemies, there are also priorities!

"Lin Dan Khan of Chahar dominated the steppe in the past, and he was violent and stubborn, and he was invincible! However, looking at his envoy for help today, it can be seen that this famous king of captives has lost his ambition and no longer has the courage of the past!

"Lord Fuyuan is a minister of His Majesty's territory, and the safety of the important land in Datong Border depends on your lordship! The lower official dared to ask the lord, would he be willing to be a neighbor with the northern captives who had lost his ambition but knew the color of wine, or would he be willing to be neighbors with the eastern slave chieftains who led an army of 100,000 people to conquer the desert?

"The ancients had a saying, the lesser of two evils, and now the North Captives are no longer as brave as they were back then, which is the luck of my generation of border ministers! If Jianyu has Mo Nan, it will really be a disaster for my generation of border ministers! ”

Ma Shiying, since he was admitted to the Jinshi, has been traveling around as an official, never entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, never entered the Six Departments Corridor, and never entered the Hanlin Academy, and has not been infected with the problems of Qingliu civil officials sitting and discussing current affairs in this era, and there are not too many books in black and white.

After Ma Shiying said this, Chen Shiqi, the commander of Datong, continued: "Since Lord Fuyuan can't make a decision, why don't you hurry up and play Your Majesty, please do it!"

"What's more, it is undoubtedly certain that the Jianyu army will come west to Datong Border, and at this time, the Jianyu army in the land of Liaoshen will definitely be empty!

"Since the main force of Jianyu is unstoppable, why not avoid the truth and make up for it, and ask Your Majesty to send troops to Liaodong to copy its back road!

"At that time, if Jianlu hears that there is a police in Liaodong, he will definitely panic, and he can't stay under the fortified city for a long time, then I don't have to send troops to solve the danger of Monan, and then my Datong border army can unite with Lin Dan and pursue Donglu at the end, so a big victory can be expected!"

As soon as Chen Shiqi's words came out, Fan Fucui's eyes lit up.

The deliberations in the Yamen of the Governor of Datong did not end until noon, and under the auspices of Fan Fucui, these unanimous opinions were reached.

As for how to respond to the envoy of Lin Dan Khan in the north for help, the governor of Datong, Yamen, sent a letter to the imperial court, asking for a decision, and at the same time submitted Chen Shiqi's suggestion to Emperor Chongzhen to take advantage of the empty road behind the western expedition of Jianyu to send troops to Liaodong.

In addition, at the insistence of Wu Fu, the jurisdiction of Datong Town was divided into four defense areas:

Ding Qirui, the patrol of the imperial historian, went to Shuoping, and led the nearby governor to kill the Hukou official army for the west road.

The Datong cavalry led by Zu Dashou moved to Fort Victory as the middle road, and grasped the fighters nearby to defend the battle.

Wu Fu led 3,000 people from the standard battalion of the supervised army under his command to Yanghewei Baiyangkou as the east road.

Fan Fucui, the governor of Datong, Ma Shiying, the prefect of Datong, and others guarded Datong as the back road, and responded to the three roads along the border to supply grain, grass, baggage and other materials for the three routes.

That night, Zu Kefa rushed back to Fort Victory and conveyed part of the decision made by the governor of Datong to Guiying Cha and Kerestabu, who were anxious and eagerly awaited, and the two were disappointed and returned to the west in a hurry overnight!

Zu Kefa told them: "This matter is very serious, and it is difficult for the ministers to make a decision, and they have written to ask for a decision!" The naturalized city is strong, please stay put! ”10