Two days ago, Altan Khan received Xin Ai's first request for help, and because he was worried about Ma Fang's prestige, he wanted to go to support him personally.

At this time, his Xue Chan Zhao Quan suggested: "According to reliable sources, most of the defenders of Wanquan City went to the capital Qinwang" It is the time when the defense is empty and the people are panicking, as long as we take this opportunity and decide on a war, then no matter how it changes later, we are invincible...... "As the formulator of the entire Ji Rong, Zhao Quan knows the significance of taking Wanquan's right guard.

But the Mongols' obsession with Ma Fang is not something that Zhao Quancan understand. The Mongol leaders present followed Altan Khan across the steppe for a lifetime, and only suffered defeats under one person, that is, Ma Fang. So in their opinion, nothing is more important than defeating Ma Wangye.

However, Altan Khan was ambitious, and he hoped to capture Wanquan City, which is located at the junction of Beijing, Jin, and Mongolia, to open the nearest passage from Hohhot to Beijing City, and then force the newly ascended Ming Dynasty Emperor to open a border and mutual market, "in order to make his royal city prosperous and strong, so as to lay the foundation for eternity!"

Just when the two factions were arguing, news came from the fine work in Wanquan City that Shen Mo, the secretary of the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Rites and the commander-in-chief of the campaign, had led a brigade of civil and military officials into Wanquan City, and seemed to use it as his base camp.

"What a godsend!" Zhao Quan was excited at that time, clapped his palm and said: "Great Khan, as long as we cross the Xiaoyang River, we can go straight to the base camp of the enemy army, the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty are the most greedy for life and afraid of death, once they find that they are surrounded" must be like dough "let us ravage ......" Look at those Mongolian nobles, he smiled with a flattering smile: "As long as we surround the commander of the Ming army, no matter how many other armies there are", it is also a plate of scattered sand, let you ravage ......"

With such a great opportunity in front of us, there is really nothing to say. When everyone was quiet, I gave an order to let Buyan and Bingtu lead the army to support Xin Ai, and he led the rest of the nearly 40,000 horses to march to the right guard.

At this time, it was the dry season, and the water level on the Xiaoyang River was very shallow, "which could not stop the iron riders of the Rangata at all." At first, Zhao Quan was worried that the Ming army would store water upstream and release water when they crossed the river, but they sent scouts to swim up more than ten miles, and they didn't find a single human hair, but they were delayed for two hours.

After the whole army crossed the river safely, I put down my heart and said with a smile: "Xue Chan relax, I have dealt with the Ming army all my life, and I know that there are many stupid people among them, especially those civil officials who don't know how to pretend to understand...... which caused the generals to laugh wildly.

Zhao Quan couldn't laugh, because he remembered that the sect leader had instructed him that if he met someone named Shen Mo, he must be careful and careful. This man is scheming and unscrupulous" is by no means comparable to ordinary Ming officials. But the Mongols don't take the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty in their eyes at all, and now everything is in vain, so they can only see the opportunity to remind them more.

The Mongols soon surrounded the city of Wanquan, and Zhao Jin ordered to raise the troops and prepare for the siege...... In addition to assembling ladders and siege vehicles, there is also a very important task "that is, to drive the captured thousands of Ming people to the front of the battle, so as to be their own shields...... While accompanying me to answer, "Come to the west gate to inspect."

At this time, it was noon, Altan Khan reined in his horse, put his hand on the pergola and looked at the city tower, but saw the flag fluttering on the city wall, "suddenly, sound, a pole written" Shen, the word of the big flag, in the most conspicuous position in the central * center.

"That's the silent handsome banner......" I replied.

"Yes...... Zhao Quan looked at it for a while, and replied: "Look at the person sitting under the banner, and the people on the side are standing, Bacheng is the ...... surnamed Shen."

"Shouting ......," I replied in a deep voice.

This kind of work of surrendering before the battle is naturally in charge of Zhao Quan, and he has trained a few disciples with loud voices to specialize in this. Calling a shouter to come over" and gave a few words, the man took a megaphone made of iron sheets, turned his horse to the city, and said loudly: "Don't let go of the arrows, we Altan Khan want to send a few words to Shen Butang......"

After a while, a loud voice in the city said: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go......"

"Hey, I'll let it go," the man replied casually, causing the city to burst into laughter.

"Don't laugh, be serious......" The man said angrily: "People can just say it again, don't blame me for hearing it......" said and cleared his throat: "Wanquan City has been surrounded by our 100,000 army, you are already unable to fly, if you don't want to repeat the mistakes of Shizhou City, go out of the city and surrender early, our Great Khan can still give you a way to live!" Or else". What a hum ......"

"Blow it off......" shouted the people of the city, "how many of you are there?" I divided half of it and went out to do something else, I'm afraid it will be thirty or forty thousand at most......"

"Much more than you anyway!" The one who shouted was angry and ruined.

"That's not necessarily ......" the people in the city laughed and said, "I have a lot of soldiers and generals", and the ten thousand cities are also known as the "iron wall", so if you have the ability, start fighting......"

Seeing that the Ming army looked fearless, I replied and muttered, and whispered to Zhao Quan: "Xue Chan, as long as there are many soldiers and generals in this city, it is indeed difficult to capture it," "The information cannot be wrong...... ......" Zhao Quan shook his head, but also muttered in his heart, "After all, his inner line is only a low-level officer, "What if the information is not accurate?" After thinking for a while, he said softly: ...... Regardless of whether he is true or not, since we are here, we can't be scared back by him like this. I'll scare him first, if he is empty in the city, then he will definitely have a weak heart, what the hell, just try to know! ”

I nodded and said no more.

Zhao Quan then shouted: "Lord Shen, don't pretend to be calm, I know that your city is empty." You have to know the current affairs, abandon the city and surrender early" If not, we will wash the whole city in blood and level Zhangjiakou......" After speaking, the Mongolian cavalry laughed together, obviously in revenge for Fang Cai's ridicule.

On the tower of the city, the civil and military generals all stood "only silently and motionless, sitting on a hoarding chair." The sword in front of him was clubbed, his hands were staggered, and he was on the hilt of the sword, which was a great general's demeanor...... In fact, he also wanted to stand "helplessly wearing thick armor, wearing a heavy rotten silver helmet, and the cloak on his shoulders was also too heavy, although it was good-looking, but it was too tiring" to maintain a majestic posture, so he could only sit.

I couldn't see the face of the commander, and Commander Liu, who was on the side, felt the need to show it, so he said indignantly: "You can't let him talk nonsense!" My lord, let's release the arrows! "No! Don't you see him putting the people before him as a shield? Do not hurt the people! He silently held his helmet to make his vision clearer, and said lightly: "Today, the official wants to win them with a trick...... "Saying that, he asked him to come over and whispered a few words.

Commander Liu replied "yes", quickly walked down the city wall, and set up.

The silence made people shout again: "Listen, Tartar, you have brought too few people. Do you know how many soldiers there are in my city? Fifty thousand! I advise you to go home as soon as possible, "so as not to ask for hardship!" "Impossible! I'll let him have nothing to say......" Zhao Quan jumped to his feet, and finally couldn't hold it back, took the megaphone, and shouted towards the city: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing." If there are really 50,000 in your city, we are willing to release the people and retreat without a fight......" sneered in his heart, look how you blow it!

"Good" is a certainty! Who knew that Shen Mo agreed at a time: "You open your eyes and see, I will pull the army in the city to the head of the city and let you count the points," and then deliberately said loudly to Hu Yong: "You quickly go and inform" the soldiers to go to the top of the city and show them ......"

Hu Yong replied loudly: "Yes......" and quickly ran down the city tower.

The drums of an emergency assembly sounded in the city, and after a while, "four rows of soldiers in brown cotton armor appeared at the north end of the western wall." Although the military uniforms were in tatters, they were carrying flags, holding weapons, and walking in neat steps, and their morale was high. They marched through the entire length of the western wall, descending from the south.

"This is the ...... of Xuanfu's soldiers" Altan Khan and the towns of the Ming army are old relations, and naturally the soldiers of each town can be distinguished at a glance, of course, "the main basis is the difference in military uniforms, because the clothing of the border army is made by the towns themselves", so the style is very different, but the color is very different.

When about 5,000 people in brown wore brown went down," another group of officers and soldiers in gray cotton armor appeared, also carrying flags and weapons, full of spirits and neat steps.

"This is Datong's soldier .........," I replied, gasping cold.

The gray-clad army numbered a little more, "up to 7,000 men," and after it had passed, a group of officers and men in black uniforms came out.

"Guyuan's soldiers!" , the Mongols gasped again.

After the black-suited officers and men went down, 6,000 men in earthy yellow, 5,000 in navy blue, 4,000 in gray-black, and 5,000 in rag-colored ....... When they walked down the city wall, they quickly took off their military uniforms, put on a different set, and then formed a team, set off again, and the cycle continued, in fact, there were only six or seven thousand people.

Li Chengliang and the others looked at Shen Mo's eyes straightened, and they knew why the adults would rather set off half a day late, and also collect their replaced military uniforms from the troops of King Qin...... The Ministry of War has set aside winter clothes, although the quality is not good, but it can still keep out the cold, the original single clothes can not be worn, when Shen Mo promised the general soldiers, the household department will use new clothes to exchange with them, in just half a day, they have collected the required ** military uniforms, and then use a cart to pull it to see the perfect right guard.

It turned out that it took a lot of effort to "come out for this one!"

"Keep an eye on the fine work......" The team rumbled in front of him, and the silent voice could only be heard by Nian Yongkang beside him.

"Adults let go of ......" Nian Yongkang said in a low voice: "The entire Wanquan City is under our control, and if you don't want to spread it, you can't fly out even if you have wings......"

"Very good......" Shen Mo gave him a look of relief from you, and then stopped talking.

One "one"! "One, one", "

I Da, Zhao Quan and others under the city kept looking up at the Ming army, "My neck is sore at this moment." One by one, the more you look at it, the more empty your heart becomes, "The more you look at it, the whiter your face becomes."

Seeing that the Ming army was still going out in a steady stream for half a day, I replied and muttered: "How many soldiers is this responsible.........

Zhao Quan swallowed and foamed: "I did a rough calculation, and it's almost four hundred." If there are such soldiers, "we really can't fight ........."

"Didn't you say that the city was empty!" , the Mongolian nobles looked at each other angrily.

"That's what my inside line said, ......", Zhao Quan said helplessly: "Who knows where to come out of PS early" said and wiped his nose and said: "It won't be them cheating, right?" ”

"What kind of trickery?" The Mongolian nobles sneered: "You have also seen that those soldiers are from different places, how can they be faked?" "If you want to say that silence is used in this strategy, it is obviously a very vulgar strategy" But because of the incredibleness of a certain link, it makes people believe it. That is, no one would have thought that someone could collect the military uniforms of different military towns, not one set or two, but thousands of sets each" If it weren't for the Ming army to gather together to change winter clothes, I'm afraid no one would be able to do it!

Even if the Mongols scratched their heads, they couldn't imagine that Shen Mo could be so perverted and transport those stinky military uniforms from the capital. It can be seen that the magic of application lies in the single-mindedness, and the "key to turning decay into magic" is still to be fully prepared.

Zhao Quan didn't argue, but he still had a killer copper, so he ordered his disciples to "hang a white lotus flag with a red background in front of the formation." This is their flag, as long as that eyeliner sees it, it will definitely try to get the truth out.

Seeing the flag that suddenly appeared, "Shen Mo and Nian Yongkang suddenly tensed. Helping the heavy helmet, he whispered silently, "Okay?" ”

"If it doesn't work, it has to work!" Nian Yongkang said with a hideous face. For the sake of insurance, all the guards standing guard at the head of the city are now Jinyi guards. And the White Lotus Sect in the army has been secretly arrested, but no one can keep it together, "Among those officers and soldiers who go to the opposite line, will there be any fish that slip through the net, if they don't care about life and death and pull their throats to the city, this half day will be in vain."

The brocade guards on the head of the city were also very nervous, "Jin Du has wound the crossbow arrows that have sealed his throat with blood, and he is ready to kill anyone who has any abnormal movement at any time."

"Sing!" Shen Mo suddenly said with a row of thighs: "Sing the song I taught!" ”

"The Ming Dynasty is heroic, and the chivalrous sword of the rivers and lakes is like a rainbow! The iron-blooded man is ambitious! Expel the Tartars and defend the country! This is the first gong of Shenzhou, "the first gong!" The soldiers sang loudly in unison, and the sound shook the sky, causing the Mongols in the city to change color when they heard it.

At this moment, no sound covered "plus the murderous deterrence of Jinyiwei" to the end of the tour, so there were no accidents.

一凵一"

"Maybe it's not a chance." Under the disdainful gaze of I Da and the others, Zhao Quan said suspiciously: "I'll contact you again in the evening." ”

Seeing that the sun was setting, "Altan Khan, who had been watching the Ming army walk in line all afternoon, knew that his subordinates had lost their sharpness" and could only say depressedly: "Eat first, and then make plans." "It's not a dry wait this afternoon, at least the Bansheng troops have already set up the barracks...... It is said that since recruiting troops in Bansheng, these tasks of building bridges and paving roads and setting up camps in the village no longer have to worry about their Mongols.

Soon after returning to the camp, I was sulking while drinking alcohol, and I was still thinking in my heart whether I would lose too much if I fought at night.

At this time, a report came from outside, saying that a team of men and horses and more than a dozen carts came out of the city, waving a white flag, "saying that the labor army is coming."

"Lao Jun?" A sneer hung on the corner of My answer's mouth, which is not unusual, because the Ming army often does this kind of thing behind their backs, and at the same time, it will be accompanied by bribes, just to calm things down and let them retreat.

"What do they want?" I asked.

"Nope"

"I'm sorry." I replied and smiled at his subordinates: "Then if you don't eat for nothing, you won't eat for nothing, and if you eat, you will eat for nothing!" Everyone laughed, diluting the previous depression a lot.

Although he accepted the gift of wine and meat, for the sake of safety, he did not immediately divide it, "but let people spread out some and give it to the captive Han people first."

I and his subordinates felt that they were very disgraceful...... If you take advantage of it, you don't have to promise anything, so why not? "They fell for silent calculations again." Because silently sending these drinks and food over, it will invisibly make them feel that the Ming army does not want to fight.

After the performance in the afternoon, the Mongols did not dare to underestimate the strength of the troops in the city, whether they were suspicious or convinced, but they did not want to fight, which undoubtedly conformed to their previous impression of the Ming army, which was often tens of thousands of Ming troops cowering in the city, seeing thousands of Mongolian cavalry burning and looting outside the city, but they did not dare to fight at all.

In this way, the will to fight was hollowed out unconsciously. The mindset has also changed...... thinks that you can achieve your goal without fighting, at least you can knock a bamboo stick hard.

At this time, Zhao Quan also came back, and nodded with a face like ashes, and he finally received a secret letter from the city, and wrote clearly in the secret language of the White Lotus: "There are indeed 50,000 soldiers,!"

I replied that he completely broke off the heart of the war, and swallowed with difficulty and spat out: "Come and don't be rude, kill twenty sheep and send them to ......" Since fighting is not a good way, let's talk. sighed and said, "Invite Lord Shen out of the city for a meeting!" ”

After more than half an hour, news came back from the city: "Lord Shen has already set up the wine and delicacies, waiting for Altan Khan to enter the city to meet." ”