The last one to arrive was Wu Ming, the deputy chief soldier who guarded the western battalion.

Wu Ming arrived half an hour later than the other generals, and when he came, Cao Yue had already informed the generals of the situation and was discussing how to resist the enemy. Wu Ming was late, Cao Yue was very dissatisfied, and severely reprimanded him in front of the generals.

Cao Yue's public reprimand suddenly made Wu Ming's face gloomy. However, he couldn't help but not have a seizure, he had already sent someone to Beijing who exposed Cao Yue's misdeeds, and he believed that if Emperor Chongzhen received this concert, Cao Yue's good days would come to an end.

If Cao Yue is arrested and imprisoned, then the post of the general soldier of Datong belongs to him, and at that time, what Cao Yue did in Datong will become his achievements, and he will also become a powerful general soldier commanding 50,000 soldiers and horses, and no one dares to underestimate him.

Wu Ming did not have anything to do with Cao Yue, but immediately admitted his mistake, saying that he came from outside the city, and it was very difficult to travel because of the ice and snow, so he delayed the time, and asked the chief soldier to punish him.

Seeing that Wu Ming admitted his mistake, Cao Yue didn't care too much, and immediately informed everyone of the latest enemy situation.

Listening to Cao Yue, Jiannu actually invaded the south in this weather, and it was only more than 100 miles away from Datong, and many people's faces suddenly changed.

Although Datong now has 50,000 horses, most of them are recruits, although Cao Yue's training is very strict during this time, he has not experienced actual combat, and everything is unknown. The soldiers and horses of Jiannu's southern invasion could not be a minority, and with the 50,000 recruits of Datong, it was uncertain whether they could resist most of them. Many people have a chilling feeling in their hearts, especially Wu Ming, the deputy chief soldier, who has already regretted coming to Datong a little.

If he hadn't come to Datong, he wouldn't have met this battle a year ago, and maybe he would still be enjoying happiness in Shandong. Wu Ming's pride in wanting to replace Cao Yue just now was suddenly gone. All he was thinking about now was how to avoid the battle.

"Jiannu came from afar, the weather is so bad, they must be sleepy and lacking in combat effectiveness, and I have 50,000 town troops in Datong, guns, bows and arrows and other weapons are sufficient, and there is no shortage of food, we have now discovered Jiannu's whereabouts, there is no need to be afraid!" Cao Yue also saw the nervous look on the faces of some generals, and cheered them up first.

After a pause, he said again: "But we can't have any slackness, we must have twelve points of vigilance, and use all means to block Jiannu from Datong City." The general had already asked the Wei prefect to move the people outside Datong to the city, and the people from other counties also hid in the city as much as possible, so as not to give Jiannu a chance to burn, kill and loot. Under the strong walls and clear wilderness, even if we can't defeat Jiannu, under this kind of weather, Jiannu can't stay under Datong City for a long time. Before the order is announced, the generals can say whatever they have thoughts and suggestions. ”

As soon as Cao Yue's words fell, Cao Jie, the general of the first battalion, immediately stood up and said very arrogantly: "What the chief soldier said is very reasonable, in the bad weather now, even if we defend the city without fighting, we can force Jiannu to retreat." They ran long distances in this kind of weather, just to take advantage of our unpreparedness and catch us off guard. Now that they have lost this opportunity, we will be able to thwart the conspiracy of Jiannu. ”

Zhao Tai, the deputy commander-in-chief, also immediately stood up and said: "The strategy of the commander-in-chief is very good, the wall is cleared, the people and their grain are moved to the city, and the Jiannu is not given the opportunity to replenish the grain and grass, even if they bring dry food, it is impossible to stay under the city of Datong for too long, and they will soon retreat." If they dare to attack hard, they will be defeated under Datong City. ”

Other Cao Yue's cronies also stood up one after another, expressing a similar meaning, don't have any fear of Jiannu, their capital city of Shengjing was destroyed by the chief soldier himself, and now there are many generals in Datong, are you still afraid of them?

The lieutenant generals Gao Gao and Zhu Yang, who had already handed over the letter of surrender to Cao Yue, also stood up together, expressing their confidence in defeating Jiannu.

Wu Ming, the deputy commander-in-chief, finally expressed his position, saying that he hoped that under the leadership of Cao Yue, he could create another miracle and defeat Jiannu.

Seeing that all the generals expressed their positions like this, but no one said anything substantial, Cao Yue immediately announced his plan.

Datong Prefecture has Hunyuan Prefecture, Yingzhou, Shuozhou, Ulzhou four prefectures and Datong, Huairen, Mayi, Shanyin, Guangling, Lingqiu, Guangchang seven counties, these prefectures and counties, basically in the south of Datong, can not play a role in Datong. Jiannu came from the north, and the first to bear the brunt was Datong City.

It can be said that Cao Yue only needs to defend Datong City, and other states and counties basically don't take care of it. However, just in case, Cao Yue still sent a military order overnight, ordering the defenders of all states and counties to be on strict alert to prevent Jiannu from sneaking attack.

Soon, the sergeant who delivered the order braved the bitter cold and went to deliver the news overnight.

Cao Yue invented skiing and sledding, and the sergeant who transmitted military information did not need cavalry, and could just march on skis, which was much less difficult than riding a horse.

Most of Cao Yue's newly recruited men and horses were inside and outside Datong City, and he planned to let all the battalions stationed outside the city go to the city early tomorrow morning. How to defend, he also made arrangements. He personally guarded the north gate of the first and second battalions, Zhao Tai, the deputy commander-in-chief, led the third and fourth battalions to guard the west gate, Wu Ming, the deputy commander-in-chief, and the five or six battalions of the deputy commander Gao Gao guarded the east gate, and Zhu Yang also led the soldiers of the two battalions to guard the south gate.

The other two battalions were used as reserves, while civilian soldiers were requisitioned for transport and logistics personnel.

After the task was arranged, all the generals were also ordered to leave, and Cao Yue left Cao Jie to discuss how to fight the battle that would take place tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. After the two of them counted for a while, Cao Jie left. After fully understanding the training of the firearms battalion led by Cao Jie and the performance of the musket in the cold weather, Cao Yue felt more confident.

He believed that even if the musket could not be used, he would be confident that he would repel the attacking Jiannu with his current strength and readiness.

A very important factor that made Cao Yue full of confidence was that Datong City was built very strongly, and Jiannu, who did not have heavy firearms, wanted to break through Datong City in the winter, which was tantamount to a fool's dream.

Since it was the Gyeonggi Pyeongpyong Domain, the military position of Daedong was very dangerous. Xu Da, the general of Hongwu five years, added on the basis of the old city, built 54 watchtowers around the city wall, 96 nest shops, the horse face outside the city wall is convex and concave, arranged in an orderly manner. The protruding part is the battlements of the city wall, twelve on each side, plus four corner piers. The pier is a trapezoidal structure, and a military platform is built outside the four corner piers, and the upper frame pedal communicates with the city wall.

The city wall of Datong is tall, and there are strong urn cities at the east, south, west and north gates.

Datong City has a unique phenomenon, it is not a separate quadrangular fortress-like city, Datong City pattern is composed of four parts: the main part is the tall and strong town, in the south, east and north walls of the town there is a self-contained quadrangular city, respectively called the South City, the East City, the playground city, and each city also has an independent urn city and the moon city, all of which are not far from the town city, and are connected with the main city with a suspension bridge.

If you want to enter Datong Town, you must first pass through one of the three small cities, and you need to pass through at least four to six gates alone. It is to enter the small city on the periphery, the suspension bridge of the main city does not take the initiative to put down, and still can not enter the town of Datong, this kind of defensive measures make the town of Datong really become a safe place that is impregnable, and it is a famous city with quite characteristics in ancient Chinese military architecture.

Leaning on the strong city to defend it, there are 50,000 horses under his command, Cao Yue's self-confidence is not skyrocketing, so it's strange!