In the process of communication, although the two disagreed, they both appreciated each other more during the discussion, and Mu Yi's doubts slowly disappeared.

After most of the day's-for-tat communication, the two finally decided on a general battle plan. They decided to divide the new 50,000 men into two teams, one of 20,000 men, who were responsible for helping to build fortifications and gallop to the perimeter, led by Mu Yi's lieutenant Li Luan;

The other team followed Mu Yi to the Datong Left Guard to support the local area, and received a letter of appointment from Nian Fu to lead the defense affairs of the Datong Left Guard.

The two armies first built fortifications and walls in and around the area, and strengthened the execution of night patrols; And through tracking, searching and other ways to investigate the possible or temporary location of the Tatars, so as to prepare for the later counteroffensive.

Such a plan is precisely because the two have reached a consensus that the whereabouts of Tatars are unpredictable, and if they do not have accurate information, they must not attack rashly, and not everyone can chase down Mobei like Huo Quai, and seal the wolf Juxu.

Although the Tatars suffered from natural disasters, the combat effectiveness of the army should not be underestimated, and the main task at present is to defend and collect intelligence in preparation for future defensive counterattacks.

Nian Fu was happy that the imperial court had sent a good assistant, while Mu Yi was even more excited because he had mastered the military command of a place for the first time, and he had such a powerful colleague, which made Mu Yi even more confident.

This battle must be won!

Mu Yi to Datong left guard has been more than a month, during the Tatar also attacked, but under the leadership of Mu Yi were easily resolved, for the border town of Datong, to do a good job of defense must do a good job of coordination, at the beginning only Nian Fu one person commanded, naturally is a lack of skills.

But with Mu Yi's assistance, the two worked together, and all parts of Datong were more united under the cooperation of the two, and the previous state of fighting separately has been greatly improved.

While making a defensive posture, Mu Yi also secretly ordered Li Luan to find some soldiers in the army who looked similar to the Tatars, give these soldiers a large amount of silver taels, and send these soldiers to the Tatar army, pretending to trade, but in fact they obtained information and bought people's hearts.

After more than a month of investigation, the base of Tatar was finally located in two locations - Musa River and Tsuto.

The Mustang River is close to the water source, which is suitable for transportation and can be used as a base camp for logistics; With its proximity to Datong and Jingshi, it is an excellent place to support and retreat in any direction.

Mu Yi began to focus on these two places, and he still needed more information before he dared to move.

Before you know it, another month has passed.

At the border gate, Mu Yi also received several letters from her mother Shen Mei, all of which were written by her mother who missed her son deeply, although he obviously hadn't been away for long. Why is my mother's letters so frequent?

Could there be something going on? Mu Yi wrote a reply to report her safety while thinking about these questions. But there was no clue in a short period of time, and Mu Yi stopped thinking about it.

The spies in front again came with information that a large number of Tatar troops were advancing towards the rapid capital of the city. After constant harassment, they finally had to make a big move. This time, such a big battle should not be directed at Taiyuan, but to the Beijing Division.

If the enemy attacks the Kyoshi, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court. Fortunately, the Tatars presented the soldiers sent by the Ming army posing as merchants to buy military rations.

This proves that the Tatar march, although it was huge, could not last, and this is the reason for the rapid march. After getting these news, Mu Yi wrote a letter to Nian Fu about the information he had obtained.

Nian Fu is not very convinced of this. He himself sent a lot of spies, why didn't he get such important information? If the enemy is so powerful, how can there be no movement at all?

Although Nian Fu was puzzled, he still basically believed Mu Yi's speculation. According to Mu Yi's request, he sent Wei Ang to immediately lead 20,000 elite soldiers to garrison the capital, and at the same time, his subordinate Liu Dali led 10,000 soldiers to quickly purchase the equipment to defend the city and send it to the capital to assist in the defense.

Within two days, Wei Ang had arrived at the capital and hastily set up a defense with the local garrison, but before it could be completed, the Tatar army had already been killed. The first two days of the Tatars were only tentative offensives and did not make any major moves.

On the evening of the second day, Wei Ang and the local Taishou Zhao Yi gathered his men to continue to discuss tomorrow's countermeasures.

"After two days, we probably figured out the number of ways the Tatars attacked.

They haven't organized an effective big offensive so far, but that doesn't mean they won't. We will continue to strengthen the defense of the North and East Gates, and step up night patrols to prevent enemy attacks. Zhao Yi was still deployed as usual.

"Although the enemy mainly marches from the east and north gates, I think the southwest must also strengthen its defense."

Wei Ang added, "The enemy is menacing, but for two days in a row he does not attack in a big way, and there will be deception in it." In addition, they came in a hurry, but they suddenly set up camp in front of the city, the purpose of which was to find out our reality.

As far as I can guess, at present the Tartars must have light cavalry around the city to take our west gate, and then the army will attack from the northeast. If nothing else, within three days there will be an enemy attack on Simon. ”

"The winter is over, the enemy's horses are thin and hairy, how can such a surprise attack force be organized?"

"Since the enemy is attacking with the strength of the whole country, it should not be difficult to organize this point of force, and we should be fully prepared at this time."

"The defenders of the west gate and the south gate are enough to resist the enemy, although the enemy is numerous, but the strength is not enough, and if you can't attack again, you will naturally retreat in the future." Zhao Yi said confidently that this was the most cultured sentence he had ever said in his life.

"Since the general has made a decision, I also ask me to lead my troops and horses to the southwest gate defense line to garrison, and the front line will be handed over to you without worry." Wei Ang considered that he was here to help after all, so it was inconvenient to argue with Zhao Yi too much, just do what he wanted.

"Since you have already decided so, when you go back to the governor of the year, you don't want to compete with me!"

"That's nature."

On the second day, Wei Ang led his army to take over the defense of the west and south gates, which was also the third day of the Tatar attack.

On the third day, the Tatars were still only tentative, and did not make any actual attack. Today, Liu Dali also arrived in the capital with the city's defense equipment and soldiers.

"Could it be that the raiders are in some obstacle?" After Wei Ang got the battle report, he muttered to himself.

After a while, he sent spies to intercept the information again.

Sure enough, on the fourth day, the spies brought information that there were traces of Tatar troops fifty miles west of the city, and the number was about nearly 10,000.

Wei Ang was very curious about why so many people could touch it quietly, but he also urgently allocated 5,000 elite soldiers, so that many banners and war drums were ambushed in the surrounding mountains ten miles outside the city, and he himself led a large army to defend the city. At the same time, soldiers were sent back to Taiyuan to ask for help.

On the evening of the fourth day, the whole army was on alert.

On the fifth day, the offensive in front of the east and north gates began to become fierce. The Tatars tried to make the Ming army unable to take care of themselves by attacking from both sides, so as to break the city in a big way, but they almost reached their limit in the fifth day.

The long winter had just passed, the Tatar army was already short of food, and coupled with the heavy snowstorm, this war was already the limit of what the Tatars could organize. For this cavalry, success or failure is in one fell swoop!

It's a pity that the Ming army they encountered was more shrewd than them.

The Tatar army marched about ten miles from the city, when suddenly flags were waved on both sides, and the drums of war were noisy, as if there were enemies on all sides. At this time, Wei Ang also received the signal, and immediately led the soldiers out of the city, and the only hope of the Tatars was completely annihilated.

However, this is not the end of the matter, Mu Yi's side not only found out the itinerary of the army, but also found out the location of the enemy's military quartermaster this time.

Since the whole Tatar army was basically on the main battlefield, and there was basically no danger to the left guard of Datong, on the fifth day of the Tatar siege, Mu Yi led 5,000 elite cavalry to attack the local baggage, just burn and kill regardless of looting, and dealt a heavy blow to the enemy's rear.

Within a few days of the attack on the baggage, the Tatars slowly retreated.

When the emperor received the battle report, he praised the front-line battles and rewarded Nian Fu, Mu Yi and others respectively. and ordered Mu Yi to lead the troops back to the court, and Wei Ang stayed in Datong to assist Nianfu.

Mu Yi and Nian Fu cherished each other, and when they parted, they drank a lot, and promised to meet again another day.

After returning to the court, the emperor rewarded Mu Yi greatly, and even more vigorously overrode public opinion, and on the premise of retaining his original position, he named Mu Yi as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, responsible for the guarding of the imperial city.

Hearing these news and witnessing the emperor's appointment of Mu Yi, Lord Sun was angry, but he had to squeeze out a smiling face to the Mu family to celebrate.

"Master Mu, I heard that your son has returned victoriously and has become the commander of the Praetorian Guard, so I brought some small gifts to congratulate me today." As he spoke, he beckoned his men to move their things under the car.

"Lord Sun is polite, the dog can return victoriously and safely because of the blessing of today's son Shengming, and Lord Sun is the important minister of the emperor today, and our family has to follow Lord Sun closely!"

Shen Mei was also very happy to see his son come back safely, and the Mu family feasted the guests to celebrate Mu Yi's victorious return. Mu Yi returned smoothly after more than two months of expedition, not only Mu Yi himself did not expect it, but even the emperor did not expect it.

The emperor thought in his heart that since this Mu Yi had such talent and courage, he would definitely be able to assist himself in establishing his merits and reviving the Ming Dynasty; And Mu Yi also found that he seemed to have grown a lot after this expedition, and now he is more confident that he can be independent, and make contributions to the Mu family and the Ming Dynasty;

And Mu Heyun is still as mediocre as usual, but he knows that the emperor really treats the Mu family as a confidant this time. Being able to hand over the military power of the Praetorian Guard to his son, Mu Heyun's goal has achieved another big step. Wait a little longer, and you're ready to get moving.