After the prince's victory in Gubeikou, he did not take credit for himself, but took advantage of the victory to pursue, and went to Datong to camp first.

In the prince's camp, the plan for the attack is being discussed.

General Yu Suzhong: "I also concentrated all the troops in Datong first, Dingdingmen is strong and difficult to destroy, our army can't attack it for a long time, so it's not a way." ”

Zhu Youyu: "Warat has detonated the torrent, and the reinforcements and grain and grass led by General Wang are still outside the city, and our people can't fill their stomachs anymore, but they don't have the strength to fight." ”

Mingyu looked at Youtang: "I have a way to bring in grain and grass." Our Liaoyang army has been fighting with the Warat Tatars for many years, and is particularly familiar with the surrounding terrain of Datong. The main road from Ulzhou to Datong City, although it is blocked by mountain torrents, there is a narrow road in Tiantai Mountain, which can lead here, and this narrow road is still dug through at the same time as Wara to ambush my Liaoyang, which is called the reincarnation of the heavenly road. ”

General Li Jinglong: "Mingyu is most familiar with the terrain here, and it is reasonable, but since he wants to block the retreat of my army, he will definitely not ignore this place." ”

Mingyu: "Yes, if I sneak alone at night, it's fine, if there is a grain and grass cart passing by, it will definitely alarm the soldiers stationed there, Your Highness can send a few good hands to take the pass of this narrow road, so as to facilitate the entry and exit of the grain and grass carts." ”

Youtang asked rhetorically: "Then what if we don't take it?" ”

You Yu sneered and said: "Brother Huang Mo is not joking, if you don't take it, how can the grain and grass come in, it will definitely be taken away by Wara, the royal brother just burned their granary a few days ago, Warat is now short of grain and grass, isn't the imperial brother sending charcoal in the snow?" ”

Mingyu looked at Youtang and seemed to understand his intentions.

Youtang: "Yes, they also need grain and grass, and the stolen grain and grass carts will be sent to the city, dozens of carts of grain and grass, if every grain and grass cart—"

Mingyu: "If we all hide one person, dozens of spies will enter the city, and then we will join the army." ”

Youtang was modest and polite and gave the credit to Mingyu: "General Zhang is really a good plan." But first of all, it is not an idle person, our army still has to send a vanguard to Datong to tackle key problems, and it is necessary to be more arrogant, in order to divert the attention of the army, relax the vigilance of the narrow road, and the spies on the grain and grass can move forward smoothly. ”

Youyuan: "Brother Huang, then I'll go and lead away the guards of Zhenguan." ”

Youtang: "No, this blitzkrieg to lure the snake out of the hole can be completed by bringing 300 people alone." ”

General Li Jinglong: "Your Highness, by all means, Your Highness must not be allowed to take risks in this matter." ”

Youtang: "Does the general think I'm a greedy person who is afraid of death?" The person who the Wara thief army pays the most attention to is Ben Shuai, and only I am the first soldier, and they will definitely make them think that our army intends to capture the gate of Datong. Needless to say, since the general is besieged here, I will definitely fight side by side with the generals and the army, and do my best to capture Datong. ”

General Li Jinglong clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Highness has hills and valleys in your chest, and the last general will look down on Your Highness." ”

Early tomorrow morning, the blitzkrieg begins:

There was a loud bang in their ears, and the sound was like a thunderclap on a sunny day, and even the ground under their feet seemed to tremble.

I saw that there was chaos below, and it turned out that the prince with an elite cavalry of two or three hundred people rushed over from the bend of the Hutuo River outside Datong City, and when the defenders were defenseless, he took the lead in firing a cannon at the camp that the Wara army had just set up in the west of the city.

The cannon blew up the fence of the camp and threw earth and wood everywhere. In the thick smoke, the defenders only heard shouts of killing on all sides, and no one could see how many people had come.

Some of these soldiers were recruits from Mongolia far away in the desert, and they had never seen the artillery fire of the Ming Dynasty, let alone directly faced the surprise attack of the artillery fire.

Hundreds of elite cavalry rushed into the camp with the sound of killing, and the camp was full of screams of crying fathers and mothers, and the frightened recruits didn't even have the courage to open their eyes and see the enemy clearly. Within a few minutes, the entire defenders in the west of the city were completely dispersed.

Everyone ran in the direction of the city gate, and you scrambled to hide in the city, only hating your father and mother for not having two more legs.

Zhu Youtang's attack came too suddenly, although the people in Datong City also heard the sound of cannons, they all thought it was thunder, and they were all wondering why there was thunder on a sunny day, and no one knew what happened.

The city gate was wide open, and he was standing outside the city to hand over to the prince Boyan and the princess Meiduo, who had just come to deliver food.

Before the family could say a few words, someone on the city wall suddenly shouted: "Oh no! Oh no! The enemy is coming! ”

As soon as he turned around, he saw countless soldiers rushing towards the city gate with their armor thrown away, and they cried out in a wolf-like voice: "The prince has been killed!" "If you don't run, you'll die!"

Behind these fleeing soldiers, there was another cannon sound, coupled with the billowing smoke and dust from the hooves of the Ming cavalry chasing them, at first glance it seemed that the attack was simply thousands of troops.

Boyan and Mei Duo had never seen such a scene, so they turned around in fright and hid behind Yexian.

Even those who had been on the battlefield countless times panicked first, and while running towards the suspension bridge, he opened his throat and shouted: "Pull the suspension bridge!" Pull the suspension bridge! ”

When the Warat army who rushed to the city gate saw the drawbridge rising, they were even more frightened, and everyone was afraid that they would be stopped outside the city.

But no matter how fast they run, they can't be faster than the galloping horses. Zhu Youtang rushed to the front first, and the cavalry of the forward battalion followed closely behind.

Seeing that the suspension bridge was about to rise, Zhu Youtang shouted: "Cut it!" ”

Xie Qian, who had been following behind Zhu Youtang, hit the horse hard, and the four hooves of the war horse jumped up in the air.

He picked up his steel knife in mid-air, and in a single blow he split the rope connecting the drawbridge into two sections.

In the cheers of the Ming army, the suspended bridge that had risen fell violently, and the people and horses on the bridge fell into the water one after another.

He also resisted desperately with a small group of men and horses with Boyan, and Xie Qian and the stormtroopers he led tried to rush to the drawbridge several times, but they were blocked.

He also retreated into the city gate with Boyan Meiduo, and the city guards pushed the door hard, and the heavy city gate was finally closed.

The soldiers who fled outside the city saw the city gate closed, and they all stopped in despair, and no one resisted anymore, and they all became prisoners of Zhu Youtang.

For a while, the outside of the city was full of Warat soldiers squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, and the originally neat camp seemed to have been swept by a tsunami, and it was completely in ruins.

Zhu Youtang rode forward to the gate of Datong City, and before he could speak, a general on the city wall poked his head out and scolded him.

The general scolded very ugly, the cavalry behind Youtang was full of anger when he heard it, and the few soldiers who had been following him couldn't hold it back, and Xie Qian, who was anxious, rushed to the horse, wanting to step forward and scold back.

Youtang raised his hand, stopped Xie Qian, and said in a deep voice: "Give me a bow and arrow." ”

Xie Qian was stunned for a moment, then immediately untied the bow and arrow on his back and handed it to Youtang.

Youtang squinted his eyes, opened his bow and set up arrows, and as soon as the bowstring was loosened, there was a "whoosh" sound, and the general in the city who kept scolding fell to the ground.

In an instant, the city and the city were silent.

Youtang threw the bow back into Xie Qian's hand, raised his long sword, and lit the frightened stone defenders on the city wall in the air. Behind him, hundreds of cavalry shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky.

Mingyu watched this scene from afar, and her heart was pounding. She had an urge to rush forward now, shouting with the cavalry, for this lightning victory, and for the sake of Youtang's divine arrow.

Mingyu has never been so sure, he will definitely win this battle that can decide Zhu Youtang's life and death!

Just when the first army was desperately resisting Youtang's vanguard camp, the grain and grass carts with spies in the narrow road sneaked into Datong City smoothly.

According to Youtang's arrangement, the secret agent spread the news in the city: the Ming army is about to enter the city, and the Ming army has already entered the city.

On the same day, Zhu Youtang led the army to defeat the thief army, and also saw that the general trend had gone, and led the remnants of the army to flee to Hebei in a hurry.

So far, the lost territory of the border has been regained, and it has returned to peace.

After the victory of the army, in order not to disturb the people in the city that night, the army camped outside the city, Youtang stood on the high slope and looked down, Mingyu saw Youtang, his heart was happy, and he carried the marching kettle to Youtang.

"Your Highness, after a day of fighting, you must be thirsty, come and drink water ————."

Youtang politely replied "thank you", took the kettle, and took a sip of water.

It was at this time that it was pouring rain

Seeing this, Mingyu hurriedly took off his cloak to protect himself from the rain for Youtang, but despite the height difference, his hands were raised high, and the foot pads were high, but he couldn't reach Youtang's head, so he had to lean all the cloak towards Youtang, but he didn't know it in the rain, which was very embarrassing but very cute.

Seeing this, Youtang reached out and took the corner of the cloak, stretched out the two corners with his man's big arms, and protected Mingyu under the cloak, and the two looked at each other.

Youtang just thanked Mingyu according to etiquette, but Mingyu's heart trembled slightly, secretly happy, and the deer in his heart broke in.

"He can be with the person he likes under the screen between heaven and earth, he holds up the cloak for her, he cares about himself, doesn't he?

Or whoever does it, he responds like that, is it? ”

The rain was falling, and Mingyu's face was crimson and her heart was pink.

But when Mingyu was happy, the rain stopped, and Youtang quickly put away the cloak, handed it to Mingyu, and told her to go back to the camp early and walk straight down the high slope by herself.

Mingyu watched the rain stop, thinking about how the rain could stop so quickly, she was very disappointed, looking at Youtang's back, she wanted to stop him and tell her what she meant for him.

In the prince's tent

Youtang said to the generals: "In this battle, thanks to the generals, the soldiers marched quickly and commanded properly, and successfully hindered the thief army. ”

All the generals returned the salute, and General Yu Suzhong said: "Your Highness doesn't need to thank you, it is Your Highness's good strategy and formation that successfully attacked the elite soldiers from the east of the thief army, so that this deployment is foolproof." ”

Youtang: "That commander still has one more thing to explain, our army has entered the city, I am strict in governing the army, upright, all soldiers under my command are not allowed to rob neighborhoods and shops in the city, and they are not allowed to bully the people. Will the generals know? ”

Generals: "Your Highness is wise. The end will be remembered. ”

Youtang: "This battle is successful, all the soldiers have meritorious, pass the order, spread wine and food, today, I want to congratulate all the soldiers together." ”

All the generals left the tent, but Mingyu still didn't go,

Ask Youtang: "Your Highness, when will we leave?" ”

Youtang: "As soon as this battle is over, when the soldiers finish repairing, they will officially enter Datong." ”

As he was talking, Youyuan ran into the tent, holding the heart guard that Mingyu gave to Youtang in his hand, touched his chest and said:

"Brother Huang, this heart shield you gave me can come in handy, when a spear stabs me on the battlefield, it hits this position, that is, it makes me suffer less of this, if it really pierces, maybe I won't see the imperial brother."

"Don't talk nonsense, how can you not meet. Then you have to thank General Zhang. This is the secret recipe of the Liaoyang Army. ”

Youtang patted Youyuan on the shoulder. I was glad that I gave the heart shield to Youyuan, otherwise I would have regretted not protecting my brother on this expedition.

"Zhu Youtang, how can you be like this, how can the things I send you to others casually."

Mingyu glared at Youtang with a look of grievance and anger, and took a few steps forward to Youtang. Because it was too close, Youtang was panicked and leaned back.

"Hey———, General Zhang, do you want to react so violently, so rude to my imperial brother, how did I become "someone else", and what if I use it? Youyuan said unevenly.

Mingyu glanced at Youtang sadly, and ran out of the big tent.

Youtang felt a little innocent and inexplicable, and the thoughtful Youyuan faintly felt that something was wrong, and smiled evilly, but he didn't break it.

That night, Youtang and the generals drank wine, a little drunk, and were helped back to their camp by Youyuan, and when they were about to reach the door, Mingyu jumped out again, and Youyuan supported the drunk Youtang together, and entered the camp of Youtang together.

You Yuan couldn't help it: "I said General Zhang, didn't you take a fancy to my imperial brother, today I was inexplicably angry and gave me a heart guard, and now you are running out to take care of my imperial brother." ”

Mingyu didn't answer, and said to Youyuan, "Give me back the heart goggles, this girl doesn't want to give them to you." ”

Youyuan deliberately joked to Mingyu: "My imperial brother is a hot-blooded man, a hero, and worthy of General Zhang's admiration."

General Zhang is slim, blue-hearted, capable of writing and martial arts, familiar with the art of war, and is indeed a match for my imperial brother.

However———— with my understanding of the imperial brother, he is not close to women, he is pure-hearted, and in his eyes, if he wants to marry the crown princess in the future, his father arranged it for him, I'm afraid you will be amorous. ”

Mingyu avoided his sharp question and said, "I didn't expect King Xingxian to be so flamboyant, the girl is already amorous, so why not do it yourself?" Then I won't bother with you, and the heart goggles will be my gift to you. ”

"You mean to say that this is a bribe from my sister-in-law."

Saying that, the two of them helped Youtang into the account, Mingyu saw that Youyuan was holding up with vulgar movements, for fear of falling Youtang, so he stepped forward to support Youtang's waist,

Youyuan was dissatisfied and said deliberately: "Hey, where are you touching?" I just want to take advantage of my royal brother. ”

Mingyu glared at Youyuan fiercely, "Why are you talking so much." I didn't take advantage of him, look at how you take care of Your Highness, he is about to be shaken up by you. ”

Youtang was drunk, and when he heard a woman's voice, he said something in his mouth: "Where is the woman?" Get out! ”

As he spoke, he pushed both of them away, stumbled on the bed, and then fell asleep, with a quiet face, which made people look at me with a feeling of pity.

Mingyu admired it quietly, but had no intention of leaving.

You Yuan looked at it and quipped: "I said sister-in-law, my imperial brother has an order to let you go out, I think you are reluctant to leave." ”

Mingyu's face turned red, and he rushed forward and pretended to hit Youyuan, "Don't talk nonsense."

At this time, Dongyang broke in, saw Mingyu, and was very happy.

"Mingyu, but I finally found you, everyone was drinking and celebrating all night, but I couldn't find you, I just heard General Yu say that it seems that he saw you follow the prince, it's really ———。 Let's go, what are you doing here, go drink with me. Dongyang said and pulled Mingyu out.

Mingyu still looked back at Youtang lying on the bed, he was really reluctant and wanted to stay and take care of him.

You Yuan was overjoyed and thought, "This Zhang Mingyu is a bit interesting, I really want to be my sister-in-law." ”