The next day, Jiang Caiwei and Su Qiqi left Datong under the escort of the Thirty Soaring Cloud Riders and went straight to Fuzhou, where there was no news for three months.

Five days later, the Tatar army on Yajiao Mountain attacked again, this time, taking the only grain in the city, and after running for fifty miles, they launched a brazen attack on Dingbian Fort.

The sudden army overwhelmed the city, and the Dingbian Fort garrison Dai Yuting was caught off guard, and the defense line that had been arranged was completely torn apart after an afternoon of fierce fighting.

Five thousand defenders were killed in the battle, and the remaining two thousand fled in a hurry under the leadership of Dai Yuting, and it was not until after entering Zhenchuan Fort that they immediately sent people to report to Zhang An and Ma Zhang, who were sitting in Datong Fucheng.

The defenders of Datong reacted very quickly, and the 30,000 troops under the leadership of Ma Xuan set out from the city of Datong Fucheng, passed through Zhenchuan Fort, and launched a defensive attack on the Tartars with Yang Hewei, Gaoshan Wei, Zhenyuwei and other guards.

In the case of a lack of food in the Tartars, defending is the best way to attack.

Dai Yuting, the general of the defeated army, knelt in front of Ma Xuan, his head hanging down, as if he was close to the burden.

This time, Dingbian Fort was attacked by the Tartars, and he was driven out of the Dingbian Fort by the Tartars in just one hut, and he didn't even have time to burn the food in the fort, which was already a big mistake.

From the moment Zhang Ru ordered the fortification of the wall to clear the wilderness, all the guards unswervingly implemented Zhang Ru's strategy, whether they were all killed in battle or escaped from defeat, they were not allowed to leave a grain of grain for the Tartars.

Ma Xuan didn't say a word with a dark face, his fists clenched, and he seemed to have the urge to rush out and go to Dai Yuting.

"Ma Shuai, Yuting didn't expect the Tartars to suddenly attack, and in order to preserve his strength suddenly, he was also helpless. Please also ask the marshal to spare him this time for the sake of Yuting's military merits in Daming Border Town. As Ma Xuan's confidant and Dai Yuting's brother, Yang Cong felt that he needed to help intercede.

Ma Xuan was unmoved: "What you have done is beyond my tolerance. You are my confidant, as long as you follow the arrangement of Lord Zhang, the commander of the three armed forces, you will be able to get your military merits safely. You say, how did you set up the Dingbian Fort, if you don't say that you are ugly, Lao Tzu's army will serve you. ”

Hearing this, Yang Cong breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Xuan was angry, at least he didn't kill Dai Yuting.

Dai Yuting snorted: "The last general will arrange the military camp completely according to the commander's orders, and all the defenses are concentrated in the direction of Yajiao Mountain on the northeast side. But the Tartar soldiers were divided into two routes, and the defenders of Dingbian Fort were only 5,000, and in the face of 20,000 cavalry, it was really unsustainable.

The brothers died too many in battle, and with one charge, they all dispersed.

In desperation, the general had no choice but to order people to retreat. Before leaving, I asked fifty dead soldiers to burn the grain with fire oil, but the enemy had a light crossbow captured from Yajiao Mountain, and the fire oil was drenched, and before the fire could burn, my brothers were all gone. ”

Speaking of this, Dai Yuting's voice became a little choked.

He was the commander of the first army, and his brother was wounded or killed in battle, and he was not feeling well. He also hopes to be able to win, but there are some things that people don't think, and heaven will do it.

In the final analysis, it was the Ming army commander and the soldiers below who ignored the problem of the Tatars being able to learn to use light crossbows, which is why this lesson appeared.

"You're still here to give me a reason! Now it's talking behind closed doors, and there's not a single outsider here. Tell me the truth, are you drinking again? Ma Xuan was furious and slapped the teapot on the desk to smash.

For his henchmen, if he, the main general, didn't understand, he would really be in Datong for nothing. In the past, Dai Yuting liked to drink two sips when he was in the pro-guards, and at that time, Ma Xuan didn't know how many times he said it, but it had little effect.

This time, if Dai Yuting missed Zhang Ru's good deeds because of greed, he really planned to kill his relatives with righteousness.

Dai Yuting stopped talking.

The reasons he said before were all more objective reasons, and the subjective reasons were indeed because he was greedy and misguided.

Drinking is a compulsory course for him every day, and if he doesn't drink that day, his heart is like a cat's paw scratching, and he feels uncomfortable.

If he could wake up, maybe there wouldn't be so many dead and wounded soldiers here in the war a few days ago, and grain and grass wouldn't be rations for the Tartars.

He didn't dare to say it because he knew Ma Zhang's character. Zhang Ru may not be able to do anything righteous to kill his relatives, but Ma Xuan can definitely do it.

Here in Ma Xuan, even the old oilmen in the army who hate such things as military discipline the most will know what it means to be like a mountain of military orders.

Seeing his reaction, Ma Xuan drew his saber, and nodded as he walked: "Okay, good, it's really my good brother, taking my words as a deaf ear, ruining the boss's good thing." Today, Lao Tzu killed you, and next year's cold food today, Lao Tzu will send you a few carts of wine, so that you can drink enough on Huangquan Road. ”

Yang Cong was startled, seeing that Ma Zhang's expression did not seem to be fake, he panicked, and immediately rushed over and hugged Ma Zhang's feet with both hands: "Ma Shuai, spare your life!" The old generation was greedy for cups and delayed the military plane, which was indeed his fault, but now Datong is the time to employ people, and he also asked Ma Shuai to allow him to make meritorious contributions. ”

Dai Yuting knelt in place and didn't know how to dodge, so he knelt so stubbornly.

Ma Xuan said angrily: "Yang Cong, you fucking let go of Lao Tzu, if Lao Tzu doesn't kill him today, how can Lao Tzu explain to the boss." ”

Yang Cong didn't continue to argue, just holding Ma Xuan's feet so stupidly and not letting go.

Ma Xuan was so angry that he yelled, and there was nothing he could do about Yang Cong. He has a lot of henchmen, but Yang Cong and Dai Yuting are his right-hand men.

He can't kill Yang Cong because of Dai Yuting's fault alone, in this case, the rest of his subordinates may not be as good as these two people.

Just when there was a lot of commotion inside, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Okay, okay, I heard your conversation." It's true that he likes to drink, but it's not necessarily because of drinking that he delayed the military plane, you kid is now in the position of the general soldier of Datong and began to unload the mill and kill the donkey, what do you want the people below to think of you. Quickly put the sword down, babbling like a child who has not grown up. ”

Ma Xuan said aggrievedly: "Boss, if he doesn't do anything bad, maybe we can drive the Tartars out of Daming's territory faster." ”

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The person who came in was Zhang Ru.

He originally planned to discuss the next countermeasures with Ma Xuan, after all, Zhang An refused to deal with him head-on because he took 2,000 people to hide in Datong Thousand Households.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the door of Ma Xuan's military tent, he heard the conversation inside, and he was not in a hurry to enter, so he listened quietly at the door.

waited until he felt that Ma Xuan really wanted to kill people to vent his anger, so he took the initiative to walk in and play the round.

Zhang Ru stretched out his hand to help Dai Yuting who was kneeling on the ground, and the latter knelt on the ground in a daze like an iron block without stretching his feet.

After squeezing it hard, seeing that Dai Yuting didn't mean to get up, Zhang Ru waited for Ma Xuan to glance at him, and reprimanded: "Your people refuse to move without your military order, do you really want me to do it myself!" ”

Ma Xuan was embarrassed and indignant, and the dynasty Yuting shouted: "Hurry up and get up, embarrass Lao Tzu here." ”

Zhang Ru raised his hand on Ma Xuan's head is a brain hammer: "What are you verbose, you have such a brother, that is a blessing you cultivated in your previous life." There will be no life, and the king will not obey. Only such a team can really play its role on the battlefield. If anyone can stand up if they say a word, the position of your Ma Zhang, the general soldier, will have to be handed over sooner or later. ”

Ma Xuan was blushing by Zhang Ru's words, and quickly changed the topic: "Boss, why are you here." ”

Zhang Ru said lightly: "Didn't I hear that you put the responsibility on your subordinates, let's take a special look at how your General Ma cleaned up his subordinates!" ”

Ma Xuan glanced at Dai Yuting and explained with a smile: "Boss, you have wronged me to death, this kid drank and made a mistake, I can't wait to take him out with dozens of military sticks." ”

Zhang Ru said in a deep voice: "A master general, except for the matter, does not know the reason from himself, but instead pushes the responsibility to his subordinates, which is the most shameless practice." You know that he is good at drinking and greedy for glasses, why did you let him serve as the garrison of Dingbian Fort alone! After something happened, I didn't know how to ask myself, ask myself if I had done something wrong, but instead grabbed the generals under my command and kept insulting, is this the Datong general I want? ”

Ma Xuan sneered and said, "Okay, boss, it's all my fault, don't be angry." ”

Zhang Ru didn't mean to stop at all, and continued: "Look at other people's attitude of admitting mistakes, and then look at your own attitude of admitting mistakes. You fucking took people to hide in Datong Mansion City, did Lao Tzu scold you half a sentence after coming to Datong? Now it's good for you, grabbing your subordinates is a scolding. ”

Ma Xuan muttered very aggrievedly in his heart: You didn't scold me, but you didn't say anything if you beat me in front of tens of thousands of soldiers.

Of course, his grandfather could only say this in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it in front of Zhang Ru.

Zhang Ru said that he was tired, and then pointed to the map on the table and said to Dai Yuting: "Go, bring me the map." ”

Dai Yuting may have been carried away by this sudden happiness, and after Zhang Ru opened his mouth to laugh at Ma Xuan, he still ignored Zhang Ru's orders.

At this time, Ma Xuan couldn't sit still at all, and raised his foot to aim at Dai Yuting's ass is kick: "The commander told you to go, what are you kid doing!" ”

Dai Yuting immediately ran over this time and brought the map to Zhang Ru, and Yang Cong also carried the table over.

Spreading out the map, Zhang Ru pointed to the location of Dingbian Fort on the map with his index finger and said: "You see, this is now the Tartar's lair, but the real Tartar's lair is still in Yajiao Mountain." The food in Dingbian Fort can make 5,000 people hold on for half a month, that is to say, even if these tens of thousands of Tartars are saved, they can only support five to six days.

After Dingbian Fort is the place where the town's captives are located, how do you think the next war should be fought? ”