Chapter 103: Take Datong

Although the Ming army divided its troops all the way, only 1,000 defenders were left in each small city, and there were still nearly 60,000 people.

Seeing Jianyu hurriedly closing the door, the forward cavalry stepped up and rushed towards the east gate of Datong.

Under the leadership of Gao Di and others, the rear team divided into two sides and rushed towards the north gate and the south gate.

At a distance of more than two thousand meters, the galloping cavalry arrived in an instant.

The city gate was only half closed, and the Ming army rushed over, and as soon as three grenades were dropped, the defenders of the city gate were killed and wounded, and the rest fled in all directions.

The cavalry of the front rushed in and opened the gates, and the cavalry of the followers rushed in.

The same is true of the South Gate and the North Gate, which were easily broken into by the Ming army.

In the face of a steady stream of well-equipped Ming troops, the Jianyu defenders had no power to resist at all, and the captives who had lost the command of the officers panicked, and there was no one to resist, and almost all fled to the West City Gate.

Because of the lessons of Jinzhou, Gao Di did not search for houses when he entered the city, but went straight to the treasury.

He and Ni Yuanlu have been to Datong many times, and the path is quite familiar. Soon after entering the city, he took control of the treasury.

Hundreds of soldiers searched the inside and outside of the treasury to make sure there were no lurking captives.

"My lord, my humble eyes have been blinded!" A soldier shouted excitedly.

When Gao Di heard this, he hurriedly ran over, and the door of the library opened, and the silver in the library could be seen from a distance.

"Does Jianyu treat silver as a stone, it's piled up 2 meters high in such a mess!" Gaudi exclaimed.

"My lord, there are them here!" In another vault, a soldier shouted.

Gao Di inspected the treasury, looking at one silver vault after another, "Oh my God, Jianyu is simply a silver porter!" ”

In another place, Ni Yuanlu led the soldiers straight to the granary, and when he saw that there were no captives arson, he took a long breath and walked inside while wiping his sweat.

When he saw stacks of bags of military rations, Ni Yuanlu couldn't believe his eyes, "Damn Jianlu, this is to transport all the rations of Shanxi Province to Datong!" ”

The soldier was also stunned, where had he seen so much food, and his eyes were about to pop out.

"Divide the troops to guard, before the emperor's decree, no one is allowed to move the grain and grass in the warehouse." Ni Yuanlu said.

"Yes!"

At the west gate of Datong, Jianyu or a single soldier or a small team rushed desperately outside the city.

They didn't dare to reflexively kill the Ming army when they were killed, and only by leaving their lives was the most important thing. Wait for the prince's army to come back in the future, and then avenge today's revenge.

The gates of the city are getting closer and closer, and the hope of survival is growing, and every escaped captive soldier uses what he has learned all his life to avoid being blocked in the city.

Rushing into the dark doorway and looking at the light in front of them, everyone was excited, as long as they rushed out, they could live.

Swish......

The first captive rushed out of the gate and continued to gallop forward, and behind him, people kept rushing out.

Zhu Youjian looked at the captives who came out of the West Gate, his eyes were cold.

He had already arranged 10,000 elite soldiers outside the west gate, forming a semicircle, completely blocking the retreat of Jianyu.

The reason why they did not rush into the city was because they were afraid that there would be deaths and injuries in the street fighting.

Now this way, not only does Jianyu have the hope of escaping, but he escapes out of the city, so that he can shoot accurately in the wilderness.

As soon as the captives who fled out of the city adjusted to the strong light, they saw a neat circle of the Ming army in front of them.

"Oh no, there's an ambush, ...... quickly"

Before he could finish his sentence, several sharp arrows had already pierced his body and he fell heavily under his horse.

The cavalry behind him was attacked in the same way, and they were all shot and dismounted.

The captives in the city did not know what was going on outside the city, and when they saw that their companions had successfully escaped, they waved their horsewhips and rushed towards the net of the Ming army.

Zhu Youjian looked at the captives who kept rushing out to send them to death, and suddenly remembered the shooting games in his previous life, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

"The revenge of the slaughter of the city is half avenged...... Zhu Youjian muttered.

An hour later, Gao Di rode a pitch-black war horse, and led two hundred guards who also rode black horses behind him, and slowly drove out of the city gate with a high spirit.

Zhu Youjian saw it from afar, and said in his heart: It seems that a lot of war horses have been captured, and a dark horse team has been gathered.

A hundred steps away from Chongzhen, Gao Di turned over and dismounted, walked forward quickly, knelt down and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, the number of defenders in the city is very small, and they have all been killed now. The minister ordered the soldiers to search all the houses, and found no hidden prisoners.

A total of 312 enemy corpses were found inside and outside the city, and after their heads were cut off, they were transported to mass graves on the north side of the city for burning. ”

"Gao Qing did a good job." Zhu Youjian said.

Gao first looked like he was awesome, "Thank you for your praise, please let the emperor enter the city!" ”

After the words fell, he waved towards the city gate, and more than 200 soldiers rushed out of the city gate in an instant, lined up neatly on both sides of the gate, standing solemnly.

Zhu Youjian looked at the pomp and circumstance that Gao Di had painstakingly created, did not give an evaluation, grabbed the horse's belly, and stepped forward.

Datong City covers an extremely wide area, tens of thousands of troops have all entered the city, according to the establishment of the residence division, Zhu Youjian checked the granary, ordered to allocate part of the distribution to the soldiers, after dark began to bury the pot for cooking.

Hundreds of horses were killed in this battle, and at this time they had already been cut into pieces, and the Ming army that had traveled a long distance was feasting.

Datong Mansion, Zhu Youjian and Gao Erren had dinner and began to analyze the situation.

"Your Majesty, the northern part of Jin is close to the Mongolian steppe, and after many massacres of the city, the captives have not been deployed much, but there must be many captives in central and southern Jin, and our army should defend carefully and attack cautiously." Ni Yuanlu was very careful.

Zhu Youjian listened and said, "Don't worry, Azig is doing his best to contain the thieves, and there are not many people left in Shanxi." Tomorrow we will march south and seize Taiyuan. ”

Seeing that the Long Army had already figured out the strength of Jian's troops in Shanxi, Zhu Youjian was very confident in taking Shanxi quickly.

Gao Di felt a little risky and said: "Your Majesty, Shanxi is responsible for the situation, and the minister suggested sending Jinyi Wei and the scouts in the army to investigate first, and then do the march." ”

Zhu Youjian thought for a while and said, "Then you can arrange it overnight." Before the news came back, the supplies in the city were transported back to Beijing. ”

"Yes."

"Oh, yes." Zhu Youjian seemed to remember something, "What about Li Yan?" Still in the prison car? ”

Ni Yuanlu also remembered this, "After a series of battles, how can anyone pay attention to him, it is estimated that this will still be in Juyongguan." ”

"It's good to teach him a lesson." Zhu Youjian smiled, "Send someone to summon him to Datong, do something serious, and atone for his sins." ”

"No! The emperor, Li Yan instigated the king to trespass, and his heart must be wrong and cannot be reused. Ni Yuanlu said.

Zhu Youjian didn't answer him and said: "Li Yan has been with the thief for a long time and is very familiar with Shanxi. I want him to come here to preside over the division of the land among the people. Just let Jin Yiwei look at it more, he can't turn over the big waves. ”

"Yes." Gao Di hurriedly agreed.

Ni Yuanlu glared at Gao Di and swallowed his rebuttal back.

"When Li Yan came, let him check the habitable people in Datong and the surrounding cities, and send people to gather the people hiding in the mountains, go directly to the city to live, and distribute food.

At the same time, clarify the farmland in northern Shanxi as soon as possible, ignore the owner or not, and redistribute it all. ”