According to the intelligence, the Inner Five Forts and the Outer Seven Forts have fallen, so only other strategically located forts belonging to the Datong jurisdiction are left to hold on?

You know, those forts are not safe.

And most of the time it acts as the work of the local military administration.

The military newspaper also said that 30,000 soldiers and civilians had died under Hazir's butcher's knife.

This......

How is this possible?

Is it really 40,000 people that Hazir TM is bringing?

The most important thing is that Hazir's army has entered the core area of Datong.

Those people living in the realm of Datong are being slaughtered inhumanely.

His face was frozen and he crumpled the military newspaper in his hand.

He knew that Datong was about to fall completely.

Because this piece of information is also time-sensitive.

From the moment he received it, the time it was sent from Datong Military Town was at least half a day ago.

According to Hazir's stormy offensive, in half a day, anything bad can happen.

Zhou Xian sighed.

Begin to accept such an ending.

He knew very well that once Hazir took advantage of Daming's unpreparedness to attack Datong.

It must be prepared and will not give up rashly.

Because this is very much in line with Hazier's mentality and situation at this time.

After all, Hazir is now a caged beast in Mongolia.

The leaders of the other Mongol tribes, under the slogan of revenge for Gegemu, wanted to eat between the Ming and Jiannu.

As a result, the situation in Mongolia has put Hazir in a dilemma.

If Hazir wants to survive in the cracks, he will not dare to fight to the death with those Mongol khans alone.

That would only intensify the Mongol crusade against him.

So he can only transfer the internal contradictions.

Now there is also Dolgon's support, and it is because of him that he has decided to attack the Ming Dynasty.

In Hazier's plan, as long as he takes Datong, the head of the nine-sided important town of the Ming Dynasty, into his hands.

That curbed almost all military operations in the northwest direction of the Ming Dynasty.

When the time comes, Mongolia and Jiannu will suddenly find that the Ming Dynasty is vulnerable.

Then they will no longer besiege Hazir, but join Hazir and Dorgon's side.

Join forces to deal with the Ming Dynasty.

If the military operation proceeds smoothly in this direction, there will be no need for Huang Taiji of Jiannu to increase troops here.

50,000 people guarded the border town of Datong, which was enough to look down on the entire Central Plains.

It can be said that Hazir is desperate this time.

Therefore, the disaster in Datong Town will continue to be staged.

But now, Zhou Xian has always had a doubt in his heart.

Why didn't Hazir attack Xuanfu?

But directly wave the teacher Datong?

And why is the defense of Datong Border Town so fragile at this point in time?

What went wrong?

The Ming Dynasty hoarded 100,000 troops in the fifty-three forts in the border town of Datong.

but was defeated by 40,000 men one after another.

And lost the city and lost the land.

It stands to reason that the nearest border town between the Ming Dynasty and Hazier's department is Xuanfu.

The direct use of troops against Xuanfu can greatly shorten the supply speed of the Mongol cavalry.

But he was willing to go near and far to attack Datong?

None of this is a coincidence.

It's that Hazir knows that he can get benefits from Datong's side!

Why would Hazir know?

Zhou Xian pondered and meditated, and eliminated all unreasonable factors, and then there was only one place left that could be explained.

Zhou Xian never expected that the Datong, the head of the nine sides, would be nothing.

Fortunately, his decree to Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi, was clear enough.

The grain and grass supported by the Ming Dynasty in the northwest are currently hoarded towards Yanmen Pass.

Yanmen Pass guards the last line of defense of Datong border town, and it is a heavenly moat.

Zhou Xian waited for himself to settle in Yanmen Pass, and then had a duel to the death with Hazier.

As the concubine of the prison country, his march to the northwest this time is of great significance.

Not only military, but also political.

After all, Zhou Xian's every move represents the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, he is now full of prestige in the Ming Dynasty.

It has won the support of many civil ministers and military generals.

If Zhou Xian is stable at this time, he will have the real ability to defend the country.

Unconsciously, Zhou Xian had already led the army into the open official road.

Although it is in Shanxi, because of the outbreak of the war in Datong Province, the army of Shanxi also began to converge there.

But those soldiers were soldiers who hadn't fought in years.

In the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, the voice of military power was far less than that of the north.

Just when Zhou Xian arranged for the army to camp in place, rest for an hour and continue to march.

Xue Gang, the forward general of the Praetorian Guard, turned back.

As a striker, he has the right to spy on military newspapers.

Therefore, the Jinyi guards who were surrounding Zhou Xian did not stop him with a horizontal sword.

"Chitose, about two miles ahead of the army, a large number of disaster victims are heading south."

"The last general asked them, saying that they were refugees who had escaped from Datong to avoid the disaster."

When Zhou Xian heard this, he immediately turned over and dismounted: "Quick, go to the front to meet them." ”

The army travels, and the food and grass are available.

This road marches to the northwest, and the mountains and rivers are far away.

And it's densely forested.

It is difficult for those affected by the disaster to get out without food.

"Chitose, please come with the last general!"

Xue Gang turned around and led the way in front, and Zhou Xian walked forward with arrows under the protection of Jinyiwei.

And Lu Delin, the commander of Jin Wuwei who accompanied the army, was counting the number of soldiers in each department under his command.

It was about two miles away.

Zhou Xian saw a crowd of people under a hillside in front of him.

It is indeed a refugee who fled from the north.

They were unclothed, emaciated, their ragged clothes were already very thin, and their faces were filled with anxiety and fear.

It seems that there are 180 people, of which more than half are elderly and children.

The rest of the middle-aged men were looking around vigilantly.

It was found that there were officers and soldiers of the imperial court rushing over.

There was a mixture of surprise on their faces, but after a moment the surprise turned to fear.

Because over the years, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court were sometimes more hateful than robbers and robbers.

But soon, the fear on the faces of the refugees was gone.

Because they have nothing to distribute, and have nothing to lose.

Even the younger children are very resilient.

stared intently at the officers and soldiers who came intently.

Xue Gang walked forward and said to the refugees: "Fellow countrymen, this is the master of the current dynasty, and now the king of the Ming Dynasty. Why don't you pray quickly? ”

When all the refugees heard this, they couldn't believe it.

Unbelievably looking left and right.

saw a large number of brocade guards coming with Zhou Xian.

The refugees immediately looked frightened and knelt down in fear.

"Get up, all of you." Zhou Xian said to everyone: "Get up." ”

Zhou Xian glanced at them, their faces were sallow, the corners of their mouths were chapped, and many of them had thorn wounds on their legs and feet.