In the Datong General Military Mansion, Yang Rong stood under Zhang Ru with low eyebrows, and under him stood Ma Xuan, the captain of the personal guard with a cold face.

"Yang Rong, let me ask you again, do you want to let Ben go out." Zhang Ru said with a dark face, this is the fifth time he has looked for Yang Rong, and every time Yang Rong either shirks and says that he is not in good health or that he is busy with military affairs. This time, I finally blocked him, just to ask for a letter.

Yang Rong said pitifully with a bitter face: "My commander, don't embarrass me." That's a 300,000-strong Tatar army, not 300, not 30. There are only a few of you, three thousand old soldiers, and most of them have not been on the battlefield for many years. You are a birthday boy eating arsenic, purely looking for death. ”

Zhang Ru said lightly: "I know that you are good for me, but people are inherently once, or heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than Hongmao, it is better to die for Daming than to die in Willow Lane, Flower Street." Since we are wearing armor and holding the weapons of the Ming Dynasty in our hands, there is no reason not to break in.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many Wenchen have died on the way to admonish. Our generals will fight to the death, but the Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, and there are not many generals who fight to the death.

In this nine-sided town, how many generals have forgotten their duties?

There are many people who drink the blood of soldiers, and the evidence that Jinyiwei has alone is enough to make a big change in the generals of the Nine Sides. Over the years, the Ming Dynasty has accumulated deep shortcomings, and this Tatar attack is a disaster for the Ming Dynasty, and it is also an opportunity.

But we can't take the lives of ordinary soldiers, the battlefield has always been ruthless.

Therefore, I will go out with these three thousand soldiers and do my best to destroy the logistics supply lines of the Tatars, as long as they have nothing to eat, then it will be much easier for us to fight.

There are a lot of people in Datong, how many people can really fight, there are millions of soldiers on the nine sides, and how many soldiers can really fight to the death against the Tatars?

Knowing that the Tatar 300,000 iron cavalry are coming, if you look at these soldiers in your Datong Town, you look at their morale, what they have is not impassioned fighting energy, in their eyes, they will be able to see cowardice.

When Grandpa Cheng was still there, I was so majestic, but now, look at it again, what the hell does my Ming Jiubian look like?

If the people of Datong Town are like this, what will the soldiers of other towns look like?

Victory, only a victory, an exciting victory, can make all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have a competitive heart, so that they can really have the heart to die for the Ming Dynasty. ”

Yang Rong was speechless when he said this, he knew better than Zhang Ru what the morale of this Datong Town was.

The war was imminent, and he had also tried many ways to arouse the morale of his soldiers, but with little success.

"Do you have to go?" Yang Rong felt his throat dry, and his voice was dry and authentic.

Zhang Ru nodded seriously and said, "You have to go!" ”

"Okay, the last general obeys!" Yang Rong nodded in a heavy tone.

Several persuasions were fruitless, and at this moment, Zhang Ru's firmness made him feel powerless.

That night, the gate of Datong, which had been closed for a month, opened a gap, and the three thousand iron horsemen with bright armor and the carefully selected horsemen from the five hundred brocade guards lined up, and as the gate creaked shut, these people quickly disappeared into the night like ghosts in the night.

After Zhang Ru left with his troops, Yang Rong stayed up all night and talked with Ma Xuan very late.

Originally, he was a little unhappy that Zhang Ru stuffed Ma Xuan into him as a personal guard, and he always felt that this was Zhang Ru's eyes. But after a period of getting along, he found that the young man was very smart, and gradually he accepted him.

However, this is just an acceptance from outsiders, and in fact, he is hiding it from Ma Xuan when it comes to some confidential matters.

Ma Zhang, who knew all this, would never ask him what he did, but just helped him do things seriously and diligently.

However, on the matter of Zhang Ru leaving the city, Ma Xuan and Yang Rong had a lot of differences.

So after Zhang Ru left, Ma Xuan immediately came to his boss to ask for guilt.

The two were chatting in the inner room, and Ma Zhang's words made Yang Rong almost overturn the table. He said, you asked the governor to take 3,000 people out of the city to die, could it be that you want to be the governor of the nine sides?

Yang Rong trembled with anger, pointed his finger at the tip of Ma Xuan's nose and said: "You don't want to be arrogant, the commander has already made up his mind, it is useless to persuade him!" I don't know where the Tartar is now, and the Governor can't find the Tartar when he goes out of the city, so he will naturally come back. It's not the ability of this general, and you still need a personal guard captain to teach it! ”

Ma Xuan coldly pulled out the embroidered spring knife on his waist by an inch: "If the commander has a good one, Ma Xuan will fight for this life, and he will let you bury the commander!" ”

Yang Rong raised his hand and slapped Ma Zhang's face, and the slap hit Ma Zhang's face firmly, and the nosebleed flowed out when he landed.

Ma Xuan wiped away the nosebleed very calmly: "If the commander can return safely, even if you give me ten more slaps, I will stand still." If the Governor can't come back, I'll slap you back on your family. ”

"You." Yang Rong was so angry that he collapsed on the ground.

He has not been a general soldier for a long time, but after so many years in the army, it is the first time he has seen such a subordinate dare to talk to him like this.

Looking at it like that, Ma Xuan is not relying on Zhang Ru as a backstage at all, not to mention that Zhang Ru's future is uncertain, once Zhang Ru has an accident, Ma Xuan will never have anything else to rely on except for the father who is the head of the household department in Nanjing. He didn't believe that Ma Xuan couldn't understand these questions, but on the contrary, Ma Xuan had to deal with him in this situation.

This made Yang Rong feel powerless.

At this time, he realized what Zhang Ru's intention was to let him temporarily lead the troops to fight before leaving, that is, after Zhang An's reinforcements arrived in Datong, let him hand over the military power in his hand to Zhang An, and then obey Zhang An's dispatch.

Yang's hand in the air was put down, and Yang Rong said weakly: "What do you want?" ”

Ma Xuan looked at Yang Rong and didn't speak.

After a while, Yang Rong pondered in his heart for a moment and asked, "How many people do you want, is a thousand enough?" ”

Ma Xuan's intention to contradict him, after some anger, the smart Yang Rong figured out that this young man who was born in the border army and then entered Jinyiwei did not want to contradict his boss at all, he wanted to take this opportunity to ask for someone with him.

What do you want people to do? Naturally, he sensed that Zhang Ru was in danger and went out of the city to rescue, and he was afraid that Zhang An would not have this opportunity to ask for someone after he arrived here, so he aimed at himself who was weaker than Zhang An and had a much shallower foundation in Datong Town than Zhang An in Xuanfu.

Ma Xuan immediately said, "Give me 5,000, and I'll give you four more slaps." ”

Yang Rong couldn't cry or laugh, and scolded angrily: "At most, give you three thousand people, the defense line of Datong Town is not short, these people in your hands are not enough, give you another five thousand, the iron hooves of the Tartars may break through the defense line at any time." ”

Ma Xuan thought for a while and said, "Deal." ”

Yang Rong patted his ass and stood up, and he glanced at Ma Xuan when he regained the confidence of the chief soldier: "Today's matter, I will give you a hurry for the time being, and when the commander returns, let the commander deal with you." ”

Ma Xuan arched his hand and said slightly apologetically: "Thank you for your understanding!" The commander has the grace of knowing Ma Zhang, and Ma Xuan can't know the kindness and not repay it. This time, the governor knew that there would be no life or went to Datong without hesitation, and he had already made up his mind to die. Ma Xuan is not talented, and he is willing to live and die with the commander. ”

Yang Rong waved his hand weakly: "Go!" If I were ten years younger, I wouldn't be as impulsive as you. You can rest assured, after General Zhang came, he would have handed over the military power to General Zhang, and the 3,000 people in your hands would be under your direct command, and there was no need to hand over the military power. ”

Ma Xuan bowed his hand again, but this time he bowed deeply: "Thank you, general." ”

Yang Rong shook his head, closed his eyes, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Only two days after Zhang Ru left the city, Yang Rong took people to look at the topographic map in the White Tiger Festival Hall, and a rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded in the barracks.

Several people looked at each other, and their faces invariably became solemn. After a while, a young man directly opened the camp tent and walked in, and after seeing Yang Rong, he knelt down on one knee and raised a small bamboo tube in his hand above his head: "General Yu, the Tatar vanguard army is less than twenty miles away from Yajiao Mountain. The defenders of Yajiao Mountain were less than 3,000 people, unable to resist 10,000 vanguards, and General Tu asked the general to send reinforcements. ”

Yang Rong's eyes glared: "What is Tu Hu doing to eat, three thousand people are guarding Yajiao Mountain, and they even say that the troops are insufficient." More than 600 miles of defense line, who knows when and where the Tartars will attack, let him guard Lao Tzu, if he can't hold Yajiao Mountain, don't come back to see the general. ”

3,000 men faced 10,000 Tatar cavalry without siege equipment, and it was indeed a loss in terms of troops, but the defenders defended according to the danger, and it was impossible to say that they could not hold it at all.

That's why Yang Rong reprimanded Tu Hu vigorously, because if he was to guard Yajiao Mountain, he would definitely not say that he couldn't defend it when the war started.

The messenger turned pale and quickly withdrew.

One of the generals persuaded: "General, most of the 3,000 defenders of Yajiao Mountain are old, weak, sick and disabled, no matter how powerful Tuhu is, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist 10,000 Tatar iron horsemen!" ”

Yang Rong was surprised: "Old, weak, sick and disabled? What's going on? ”

The general said: "The general has forgotten that Tu Hu is Xu Ning's henchman, the general."

Yang Rong suddenly remembered that because Tu Hu was once Xu Ning's henchman, the soldiers he gave Tu Hu were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and such a team, in the face of 10,000 Tatar iron cavalry, to win the battle, I am afraid that it will be really difficult.

He immediately ordered: "Send 2,000 people to Tu Hu, be quick." ”

The distance from Datong to Yajiao Mountain is not close, and it is still a big question whether 2,000 people can be rescued in a hurry to mobilize 2,000 people.

Yang Rong covered his head, not knowing whether he was regretting or blaming himself.

At this time, Yajiao Mountain has fallen into a bitter battle, and the Great Wall of Yajiao Mountain has been dilapidated, and there are broken walls and ruins everywhere.