Xie Shen knew very well that with the temperament of Emperor Zhengde, he knew that the Tatars would definitely be furious after attacking Xuanfu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And how to dissuade the emperor is the first thing. He was really afraid that Yang Tinghe's impatience would be self-defeating.

It's better for him to say this.

Early the next morning, Xie Shen went to the governor's palace where Emperor Zhengde was located to face the saint.

Zhang Yong was sleepy after waiting outside the temporary dormitory in Zhengde all night, and he was shocked to see Xie Shen hurrying over.

"Little Pavilion Elder? How did you get here? ”

Xie Shen smiled bitterly and said, "I have something important to meet Your Majesty." ”

Zhang Yong secretly complained in his heart, the old man of the small pavilion in his heart is really a fiery character, and His Majesty is asleep now.

"Ahem, the emperor slept late last night, and he hasn't woken up yet, so why don't you wait for the little pavilion?"

The courtesan last night was personally sent to the emperor's dormitory by Zhang Yong, and the courtesan has not come out since he entered.

In addition to serving the Son of Heaven, Zhang Yong couldn't think of the second possibility.

Zhang Yong didn't think there was anything wrong with this. The emperor is not an ordinary person, and he is not so particular about the affairs of men and women.

In the eyes of the emperor, there is no essential difference between the daughter of the cabinet chief assistant family and the daughter of an ordinary person or a courtesan.

The whole world is not the king's land. In this case, any woman in this world theoretically belongs to the Son of Heaven, and what the Son of Heaven wants is only a matter of one sentence.

If today's son is a young man, when he is most vigorous, he is aroused by the slightest lust of the courtesan, and it is not impossible to indulge in a night.

Although Zhang Yong had not experienced the incident between the man and woman, he also knew that people were exhausted after the incident.

The Son of Heaven fell asleep, and it is reasonable to sleep straight until now.

"As it should be, if Your Majesty wakes up, please let Gong Zhang know."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."

Zhang Yong led Xie Shen to the side hall and reminded him carefully: "The emperor has been in a very good mood recently, don't be confused and talk about bad things at this time." ”

"Thank you father-in-law for reminding me, but there are some things I don't talk about and others have to say."

Zhang Yong was bored with himself, so he simply shut up and stopped talking. He said in his heart that he and Xiao Ge Lao were so bitter and hard-hearted.

Zhang Yong smiled and left.

After about an hour, Zhang Yong went and returned.

"Little Pavilion Elder, the emperor has announced your visit."

Xie Shen nodded and said, "Thank you, father-in-law." ”

But it was said that Xie Shen came to Zhengde's dormitory and performed the courtier's courtesy, Zhengde immediately stepped forward to help Xie Shen and said: "Didn't I say it, if you don't have a formal occasion such as a court meeting, Mr. doesn't have to make a big salute." ”

"Your Majesty, the ceremony must not be abolished."

Xie Shen didn't dare to be so proud of himself because of his status as an emperor.

"Mr. Duyi is. What is the reason that the gentleman has come to see me? ”

After a night of fun with the courtesan, Zhengde was still a little dizzy, rubbed his forehead and asked.

"Your Majesty, this matter is very important, and the minister will not dare to delay in the slightest, so he will come to see His Majesty."

After a pause, Xie Shen continued: "The Tatars are calling. ”

Emperor Zhengde was stunned for a moment, obviously not reacting to what Xie Shen meant.

"Sir said the Tatars called?"

Xie Shen secretly complained in his heart, why is His Majesty the Emperor so idiot.

"Exactly. According to the scouts, the Tatars had bypassed Datong and rushed to Xuanfu. ”

Although Xuanda claims to be one, it is actually fighting separately. Before Yang Ting and the governor of the three towns took office, there were many disputes between Xuanfu and Datong over the division of defense areas.

But the Tatars don't care about this, they will continue to take advantage of them as long as they seize the opportunity.

In addition, there are many collapses of the Great Wall between Xuanda and Da, and Hu Er can even approach the city of Xuanfu in Datong under the leadership of the local guide Nei Ying.

Of course, more often than not, Hu Er pounced on Datong, and the number of times he came to Xuanfu was very rare. This is why Emperor Zhengde was so surprised.

"How many people came?"

"According to the scouts, there must be at least 100,000."

The Tatars have long been torn apart after some internal strife. Although the current little prince Dayan Khan has unified Mobei, he is unable to unify Moxi and Modong.

In other words, the number of troops he can control is about 100,000.

Dayan Khan gathered the forces of the entire Mobei Mongols and went straight to Xuanfu, which means nothing to say.

Emperor Zhengde's face turned pale for a while, and his lips squirmed slightly: "Then, what should I do?" ”

It is one thing for an emperor to be martial, but quite another to command an army to fight an enemy army.

Zhengde's northern tour wanted to take the opportunity to escape from the capital and have a good time eating, drinking, and having fun, who would have thought that the Tatars would pounce on them as soon as they arrived in Xuanfu.

"Your Majesty, Xuanfu Town is impregnable, as long as it does not hold out, the Tatars will retreat on their own if they cannot break the city for a while."

Xie Shen did not think that the Tatars would carry a lot of grain and grass.

In fact, the so-called grain and grass of the Tatars are cattle and sheep.

The men and the strong fought on the front line, and the women and children tended sheep and cattle in the rear, separated by a maximum of tens of hundreds of miles.

In this way, as long as there is no military ration, cattle and sheep can be slaughtered.

But this time, Dayan Khan led the crowd to attack Xuanfu, and the speed of the march was bound to be very fast, and the logistics may not be able to keep up.

Xie Shen estimated that Dayan Khan had brought rations for more than ten days at most, and if he had been looking at the city and sighing, it was estimated that the Tatars would have to return to the desert in disgrace.

Emperor Zhengde fell silent.

He had always felt that the Tatars were nothing more than chickens and dogs, but when he really faced them, he found that people would be afraid.

Although he believed what Mr. Xie said that Xuanfu would not be easily conquered, he subconsciously still wanted to hide in a safer place.

After a fierce ideological struggle, Zhu Houzhao still sighed and said: "Just according to what Mr. said." I also don't think Hu'er will stay in Xuanfu for long. ”

At this moment, it is impossible for Zhu Houzhao to leave.

Not to mention that Hu Er is menacing, it is likely to surround the Xuanfu.

Even the Tatars had not yet arrived in the city, and his retreat at this time was devastating to the morale of the army.

The more dangerous the time, the less Zhu Houzhao can have a sense of fear, and he must work together with the army to keep the enemy out of the country.

"Who knows about this?"

"Back to Your Majesty, no one else knows about it except Governor Yang and his ministers."

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction.

At the moment of the great enemy, the most important thing that cannot be messed up is the morale of the army.

If the army was in turmoil at this time, without the Tatars, the Xuanfu garrison would have to collapse.

"Is it too late to mobilize the troops of other towns?"

"I'm afraid it's too late."

Xie Shen sighed and said, "If Hu Er marches with all his might, it is estimated that he will arrive at the city in a day or two. ”

Xuanfu Town is not a static defense system, it has many forts, so it can achieve timely warning.

The news that Xie Shen got came from the fort a hundred miles away.

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For Dayan Khan, the Ming Emperor's northern tour was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Since he inherited the throne, he has always hoped to restore the glory of his ancestors and re-enter the Central Plains.

To this end, he used countless means to unify the various tribes of Mobei, so that the grassland people could unite under his tent and fight for the glory of the Golden Family.

But Xuanda's line of defense is an obstacle to his success, and only by crossing this line of defense can it be possible to recover Dayuan.

They are the descendants of Genghis Khan and have never lacked such ambitions.

But ambition alone is not enough, the walls of Datong and Xuanfu are too strong, so strong that the people of the tribe look at the city and sigh.

Every time Dayan Khan led the iron cavalry to the outside of Xuanfu Datong, the Ming army closed the city gate and did not come out.

Dayan Khan had no choice but to order his people to loot near the fortress and fortress.

But this time was different, the immortal heaven sent down Ruizhao and let the Ming Emperor come to Xuanfu.

Dayan Khan decided to make a desperate bet that the Ming Emperor would go out of the city with him to fight.

He personally led the army to bypass Datong and go straight to Xuanfu.

This time, he was going to gamble everything and the future of his tribesmen.

"Khan, there's Brown Cloud Castle ahead."

Dayan Khan squinted slightly, looked at a fortress not far away, and let out a long breath.

"Take this fortress down and don't leave a single one alive."

Dayan Khan ordered coldly.

Brown Cloud Fort is the closest fort to Xuanfu.

If they were to run back to Xuanfu to report the news, it would greatly affect Dayan Khan's plans.

"Yes!"

Ten thousand commanders Timur clenched his fists and received his orders.

For the Mongol cavalry, these forts were nothing more than fish on a board that could be cut at will.

"Woo woo, woo woo~"

A low horn sounded, and a vanguard of two thousand men rushed towards Brown Cloud Castle.

Taking the Brown Cloud Castle and going straight to Xuanfu City is the wish of every Tatar cavalry at this moment.

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"Boss, what do you think that's that?"

Liu Shuo looked at the billowing yellow dust rising in the distance and asked vigilantly.

As the closest fort to Xuanfu City, Brown Cloud Fort is the outpost of Xuanfu. Once there is an enemy situation, the garrison must send someone to transmit the news back to Xuanfu City, so that the general army can be deployed in time.

The garrison officer Ma Chen pushed Liu Shuo away and looked into the distance.

The yellow sand rolls up, and there is a posture that covers the sky and the sun.

Is there another sandstorm?

Ma Chen was wondering to himself, but Liu Shuo exclaimed: "Boss, why is there the sound of horses' hooves." ”

Ma Chen didn't dare to be careless, and immediately leaned down and listened to the ground.

I only heard the rumbling hooves of horses, which was deafening, and the sound was heard by thousands of riders.

"Damn it!"

The Great Wall outside Xuanfu City has collapsed sections because of disrepair, so there are horse thieves from time to time.

But horse thieves are only a few hundred at most, and they can never be thousands.

Although Ma Chen didn't want to believe it, there seemed to be only one explanation......

"It's the Tatars!"

Ma Chen clenched his fists.

"You hurry up and get out of the fort, and hurry back to Xuanfu City to report the news."

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"It's all at this time, hesitating a fart, waiting for the Tatars to ride over, you can't leave if you want to!"

"Chief, how could I watch you fight the Tatars and run away. I can't! ”

", this is an order, it's an order, do you understand?"

Ma Chen almost roared: "Go fucking quickly." ”

"Hey, take care of yourself. I immediately returned to Xuanfu to find the chief soldier to move the rescuers. ”

As a garrison of a fort, Ma Chen, the military attache of the fifth grade, is absolutely the highest authority, and his words are the golden rule.

Liu Shuo categorically did not dare to disobey the military order.

"Pass my orders, all on alert, and prepare for battle."

After Liu Shuo left, Ma Chen drew his saber and ordered calmly.

The Ming Dynasty set up a general army for the border area, and there was a garrison under the general army, and the garrison was responsible for the overall planning of the specific fortress city, and there was also an assistant defense under it.

This is to ensure that someone can go up in time after the garrison dies in battle, so that there will be no embarrassment of scattering the dead soldiers.

Although Brown Cloud Fort is the strongest fortress around Xuanfu, built according to the mountain, leaning on a stone mountain at its back, the fort wall is no more than two zhang high, much lower than Xuanfu.

If the Tatars wanted to attack hard, it was still possible to attack.

The most important thing is time, if there is enough time to call for reinforcements to arrive, they can still get out of danger.

As a garrison officer, Ma Chen had no choice but to fight to the death and fight to the last moment. If reinforcements don't arrive, he has nothing to complain about, because that's his duty.

There were more than 1,000 garrisons in Brown Cloud Castle, all of whom were battle-hardened veterans, and Ma Chen began to prepare various equipment to defend the city under the order.

In a short time, the vanguard of the Tatar cavalry had arrived under the Brown Cloud Castle.

Ma Chen took a deep breath and prepared to fight the Tatars to the death.

But the Tatar detachment suddenly separated, and out of the middle came a detachment carrying a ram.

The ram looked like it had just been made, and it didn't even have time to remove the branches. Several other groups of people carried ladders to the bottom of the fortress.

Ma Chen was stunned, how could the Tatars still make rams and ladders? Could it be that they learned from the craftsmen they had taken back from the Han land?

Ma Chen's plans were all disrupted.

"Boss...... What should I do? ”

"Throw the logs and rolling stones, smash these beasts down, and don't let them build the ladder!"

Ma Chentong said with red eyes.

"Subordinates obey!"

Under the command of the generals, the soldiers immediately smashed the rolling stones and skulls piled up at the head of the city towards the city.

The Hulu who had climbed up the mountain path had just finished setting up the ladder when they were smashed into meat sauce by the rolling stones and logs that had been thrown down.

From time to time, the screams of misery were heard, which greatly shook the hearts of the vanguard army of the Tatars.

Timur saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, drew out his long knife and reprimanded him severely: "Don't retreat, attack the city, give me the siege." Death to those who retreat! ”

His pro-soldiers immediately drew their knives and blocked the retreat of the vanguard. If anyone dares to escape, they will be killed by law enforcement without mercy.

It was precisely by virtue of strict military discipline that the army under Timur could have such a strong combat effectiveness.

The soldiers who were in the mood to retreat had to carry the ladder to the castle again.

Fortunately, the Ming army died down a little during this period of time, and they could barely build a cloud ladder.

But just as they were trembling and halfway up, hot oil poured down and opened their hot skin. The scorched skin emits a foul stench, which is disgusting.

"Ahh

The sizzling sound of hot oil soaking the skin, accompanied by the screams of the Tatar soldiers, made Brown Cloud Castle feel like an Asura hell.

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