At the same time that Zhu Changluo learned of the military report and urgently discussed countermeasures, the border of Daming and the military town of Datong.

From the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Datong is an extremely important military town, when there are many troops, reaching nearly 130,000 people, even if the Ming army is declining now, Datong Town has always been stationed with more than 50,000 troops.

But this border town, which has been quiet for a long time, is full of a strong smell of blood at the moment, and on the ancient Great Wall, countless exhausted soldiers and blood stains scattered everywhere show the current situation!

There's just a big battle here!

"What about our casualties?"

The new Datong chief soldier Dayun stood on the city wall, looked at the dense Mongolian tent in the distance, sighed, and turned his head to Wang Guodong, the deputy chief soldier behind him.

"Lord Commander, since the first large-scale attack of the Tatars, it is now the fourth wave, fortunately, the Beijing Division reacted in time and sent a general to preside over the overall situation, so far, although our army has suffered more than five hundred casualties, it has finally held!"

Wang Guodong is a man in his fifties, and his face is also covered with blood and fatigue at the moment.

Now it has been a day and a night since the Tatar raided Datong, and the Tatar suddenly attacked Datong, and the general soldier Jiang Jizuo was killed in battle, and he took over the command of the battlefield, and he has not rested until now......

"Okay, you go and rest, there is Ben General guarding here!"

Da Yun looked at Wang Guodong's tired appearance, waved his hand, and spoke.

But when he turned around, Dayun's face became more and more solemn.

It's the fourth time!

This is already the fourth attack launched by the Tatars, and in just one day, the opponent has launched so many attacks, which is simply too unreasonable.

You must know that all those who are generals know that quick success and quick profit is the way to death.

In many cases, the war is psychological, and whichever side cannot stabilize first will lose the opportunity.

And once you lose your sense of proportion, it is easy for the enemy to seize on the weakness, and then be restrained and defeated.

Dayun was also born as a border general, and once guarded important towns such as Datong and Gansu, and had a lot of dealings with the Tatars, so he knew better how the Tatars fought well.

To put it simply, the Tatars are good at guerrillas, not good at large-scale warfare, and the high mobility of the cavalry allows the Tatars to retreat and advance quickly, so all the time, the focus of each important town is to guard against small Tatar troops.

On the other hand, the Tatars were relatively weak in large-scale battles and siege warfare, although the cavalry had a great advantage on the plains.

However, this advantage is limited after all, and once the number of cavalry troops increases, its mobility will be limited, and its combat capability will be inferior to that of large groups of infantry.

In particular, the infantry of the Ming Dynasty made good use of the battle array, relatively speaking, the civilization of the Tatars was relatively backward, and it was far inferior in this regard.

Therefore, although there has been constant friction between the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty over the years, there have been few large-scale wars, let alone such large-scale conflicts.

Therefore, when Dayun received the military report, he felt extremely strange.

And after he rushed to Datong and took over the defense, this feeling became even stronger.

In one day and one night, four shocks, nearly 500 casualties, it seems to be extremely serious, but it is nothing in the eyes of Dayun.

The 30,000-strong army tried its best to attack, and if there was no such result, then the Tatars would not be a strong enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

What made him wonder was what would make the Tumut Department give up its long-standing good relationship with the Ming Dynasty and launch such a crazy attack that was almost fatal?

…………

At the same time, fifty miles outside the city of Datong, in the middle of a yurt standing tall.

The young leader of Tumert, Talik, walked up and down the tent in a fidget, like a mad lion, and roared at the generals below.

"Failed again! You group of waste, when will you be able to take Datong, and when will the three ladies be found? ”

The group of Mongolian generals below faced the irritable leader, silent, and could only bow their bodies lower and hide the anger in their eyes.

On the side of the big tent, a richly dressed Mongolian nobleman smiled and said.

"Pull Rick, don't worry, I think that even if Da Ming kidnaps the third lady, he won't dare to do anything to her old man! As long as we can take Datong, the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to sit still, and then we will talk about the conditions, not only to let them hand over the three ladies, but also to let them hand over more silk, salt and iron......"

"Yes, yes, yes, and tea and women!"

I don't know who the identity of this young nobleman is, and he dares to call the leader of Tumut by his name, and what is even more strange is that Rick is not angry at all, but instead puts away the state of being barbaric and irritable, pats the latter's shoulder, and says.

"Lin Dan, my friend, I'm glad I met you, otherwise I really don't know what to do? You will be Tumut's forever friend! ”

"Great Khan, according to his subordinates, this Lin Dan is the most suspicious, the third lady is staying well in Tumut, as soon as this Lin Dan comes, the third lady will go to Daming inexplicably, and it won't take long for him to disappear, maybe it was this Lin Dan who kidnapped him!"

As soon as the words fell, a stout man at the bottom couldn't hold it anymore, jumped out and said with a stalk on his neck, looking at Lin Dan's eyes full of thick vigilance.

"Nonsense, Lin Dan is a descendant of the noble Golden Family, a descendant of Genghis Khan, the eldest grandson of the Great Khan of Mongolia, he is the most honored guest of Tumut, how can you slander indiscriminately! Come on, drag it out, three hundred! ”

However, this man's words suddenly made Pullik furious, and he roared angrily.

Immediately, two heavily armed guards came in, one on the left and one on the right, trying to arrest the man, but before the two of them could get closer, another sturdy and magnificent Mongol frowned and shouted.

"Retreat!"

Obviously, the status of this Mongolian who spoke in the tent was not low, and with a low shout, the two guards were suddenly frightened and did not dare to move.

"Gabiyatu!"

It's just that the behavior of this Mongol also caused the anger of Pullik, but this person's status is obviously different from the one just now, and Pullik only roared in a low voice.

The middle-aged man known as Gabiyatu was not in a hurry, and he touched his chest with both hands and saluted.

"Honorable Great Khan, I heard that there is a saying in the Ming Dynasty called Dai Guilty and Meritorious, now the whereabouts of the three ladies are unknown, and we are at war with the Ming army, it is the time to employ people, I implore the Great Khan to use a broad mind to forgive Uli Jitu's momentary gaffe, he is also because he cares about the whereabouts of the three ladies, so he has such an action, the top priority is to find the whereabouts of the three ladies, not to fight each other!"

For this explanation, Pullic still looked at him coldly, and it was obvious that he was really angry, but Lin Dan on the side stepped forward and said.

"Pullik, my friend, I know how suspicious your army and people are of me, but I assure you with the glory of the Golden Family that the disappearance of the third lady has nothing to do with me, it must be a conspiracy of the Ming army to drive a wedge between our friendship!"

"Hmph, Lord Lin Dan said it easily, the glory of the golden family, this may be okay for Dayan Khan, but you are not qualified enough!"

Compared with Pullik's courtesy to Lin Dan, this Kabiyatu spoke much more politely, and his tone was also very arrogant, which made Lin Dan squint his eyes suddenly.

However, Lin Dan was not very human after all, so he quickly suppressed his emotions and said self-deprecatingly.

"Lord Kapiyatu is right, Lin Dan is just a royal grandson, not the Great Khan of Mongolia, and he can't represent the Golden Family, but Lin Dan also wants to ask, Tumut...... Who's in charge? Tarikgui is the chief of Tumut, and he has already said that he will drag Uligitu out to fight, but you stop him for no reason, is this how you respect your Great Khan? Or did you only listen to the orders of the third lady, and did not regard Ralik as your Great Khan? ”

When he said this, he was heartbroken, and his face suddenly fell, and his gaze at Kapiyatu was faintly a little unkind.

However, this Kapiyatu is a nobleman of the Tumut tribe and the ruling minister of the Tumut tribe, maybe this kind of heart-wrenching words are useful in front of others, but in front of him, in exchange for only a sneer.

"Hmph, I, Kapiyatu, am loyal to the Tumut tribe, how can a villain like you be separated? On the occasion of this war, you first instigated the Great Khan to raise troops to attack Ming, and then asked the Great Khan to punish the generals because of you, and now you are still dissociating the relationship between me and the Great Khan, Lin Dan, I really doubt now, is the disappearance of the third lady related to you? ”

"Don't make any noise!"

Just as Kapiyatu was approaching Lin Dan step by step, Pullik, who had been keeping a calm face, finally spoke.

His face was irritable, but his tone was not as angry as just now.

"Kapiyatu's loyalty is known to the gods, I naturally have no doubt that Lin Dan came from afar, he is the best friend of the Tumut Ministry, without evidence, no one should doubt him indiscriminately, Ulijitu was also in a hurry just now, I will forgive him this time......"

"The Great Khan is wise!"

Kapiyatu put his hands on his chest, bowed again, and immediately spoke.

But he didn't look at Lin Dan, which made the latter angry, and his eyes looking at the former were also full of gloom.

It's just that everyone present didn't notice that in the corner of the sweat tent, two guards who were embarrassed in place, one of them lowered his head, but his face was extremely solemn......

…………

Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Changluo didn't know about the quarrel in the Mongolian sweat tent thousands of miles away.

After getting Ma Gui's affirmative answer, he nodded slightly, but he no longer talked about the cavalry, but showed them the news that Jinyiwei had submitted a few days ago, and continued to ask.

"Now that Tumut is colluding with Chahar, the two are in a mess, I want the army to be in harmony, and I am afraid that Chahar will take the opportunity to sneak attack, if according to the opinion of the two generals, how should the border troops be deployed?"

Although Ma Gui wanted to ask where the emperor could conjure 10,000 cavalry for him, the emperor was obviously unwilling to tell him at the moment, so he had to focus on the sand table in front of him.

However, when he suddenly heard the news of the friendship between the two departments, Ma Gui's heart was also a pang, no wonder the emperor insisted on going to war with the Tatars, you know, Chahar and Tumut are different, even if Tumut is strong, at most it can only be regarded as a tribe of Tatars, but Chahar is different, Chahar is the Great Khan of Tatar, the co-owner of Mongolia, once Chahar comes to attack, it is impossible not to face the war.

It's just that in this way, the situation is obviously much trickier!

"Your Majesty, Chahar's military strength has declined over the years, although it is the Tatar co-master, but it is really relying on the legacy of Dayan Khan, and the strength of the headquarters is less than 30,000, but logically speaking, the two departments have joined forces and should jointly send troops, but now the leader is only one Tumut, which is really strange!"

After pondering for a moment, Ma Gui stared at the sand table in front of him tightly and spoke.

"In terms of location, the Chahar Department is the closest to Xuanfu, and may take advantage of Tumut to attract the attention of our army, sneak attack Xuanfu, cut off my logistics, and make it difficult for our army to take care of the head and tail, but the art of war is cloudy, the virtual is real, the real is false, and before the enemy situation is discovered, the minister does not dare to make a conclusion! However, just looking at the current situation, in the opinion of the ministers, Datong should send troops to reinforce, and the Xuanfu does not need to do it for the time being, and order the town guards to be vigilant immediately, and once the news is detected, report immediately! In this way, effective judgments can be made! ”

However, as soon as Ma Gui's words fell, there was a noise outside, and then Liang Yong walked in, and behind him, he was also followed by Luo Sigong, the commander of Jinyi Guard!

"Your Majesty, there's an urgent military report ahead!"

"Bring it!"

Zhu Changluo suddenly frowned and stretched out his hand.

Luo Sigong took out a tight small note from his sleeve and handed it over, Zhu Changluo opened it and took a look, but his face sank.

"I see! No wonder Tumert came to attack me in a big way! ”

"Your Majesty, but a report on the military situation ahead?"

Boldly, Ma Gui asked.

saw that the Son of Heaven nodded and said softly.

"The news just came, after Lin Dan visited Tumut, the three ladies wanted to come to Daming to visit for some reason, but they disappeared inexplicably on the way to Datong, and Tumut Khan pulled Lik on the grounds that my Daming held the three ladies hostage, and raised an army of 30,000 to attack Datong!"

"The third lady is missing? No wonder ......"

After Ma Gui heard this, he was also quite shocked, but he immediately looked clear.

He has guarded in Datong Town, and he has also dealt with Tumut, so it is naturally clear that the peace between Daming and Tumut for so many years is actually indispensable to the credit of one person, to be precise, the credit of a woman!

This woman is the third lady!

Although the current Tumut is nominally based on Tuo Lik, but in fact most of the power is still in the hands of the three ladies, and the three ladies have always been very obedient to the attitude of Da Ming, so over the years, there have been countless disputes on the border, all of which were settled by the three ladies themselves, so when he first received the military report, Ma Gui was still wondering, how could the three ladies suddenly change their attitude and start attacking Da Ming, but it turned out that this was just the decision of the hairy boy who pulled the knees......