Chapter Forty-Eight: Building the City

The mighty young and strong team crossed the gate under the protection of the garrison of the Datong Mansion Guard and left the Datong Mansion.

The procession stretched for more than a dozen miles, and soldiers on both sides were patrolling back and forth, attracting the attention of migrant workers.

But the soldiers did not let up in the slightest, and when they left the high walls of Datong Province, they were already under the threat of the Mongol cavalry.

According to past habits, the grassland people did not have any good feelings towards the Han people, except for horse bandits, few people usually operated in the area that Datong Province thought it was.

The merchants and gentry of Datong Mansion also looked like they were eating melons and watching a play on the city wall, discussing how long the action of the Acting Wangfu could last.

They didn't know about the gambling fight between Zhu Gui and Hei Muhan, let alone the ups and downs on the grassland.

But with their experience of living in Datong Mansion over the years, they feel that although the Mongols have suffered two losses at the hands of the king, they will not let go of this kind of slap in the face this time.

Many people even opened a gambling game for this, and only one-tenth of the people who could take the action of the king for more than a week this time.

When Hu Shidao reported this matter to Zhu Gui's side, not only did he not get angry, but privately asked someone to bet.

So overnight, the multiplier of the game has been tied.

This made many people speculate about who was so optimistic about the Dai Wangfu.

The team of 7,000 people finally arrived at Hujian Gorge.

Scar, who was originally entrenched in the nearby Wolf Gang, sent a team of guides to assist the people of the Acting Palace's Mansion to complete the exploration of the surrounding terrain.

The soon-to-be-built Hujian City is the key to connecting Heimu City and Datong Province, and the Mongols naturally understand this, so it must be built very strongly.

Although the Blackwood tribe had migrated away from the original place, the movement here also attracted his attention.

While reporting the matter to the Golden Horde, he sent a number of scouts to find out more detailed information.

However, Zhu Gui had already prepared, and the soldiers of the palace and the cavalry of the guard station set up several interception nets, coupled with the secret posts sent by the Wild Wolf Gang, so that the Mongolian scouts did not approach Hujian Gorge.

They only noticed the smoke rising from the direction of Hujian Gorge from a distance, indicating that a large number of people had gathered there.

This made Heimuhan a little strange.

The place where the two sides fought was where the original Blackwood tribe was located, what did they do when they gathered so many people in Hujian Gorge?

And there has been no news from the Golden Horde, although Hei Muhan is a little uneasy in his heart, all he can do is to find more well-connected tribes to borrow troops.

So in this strange atmosphere, the city walls on both sides of Hujian Gorge are getting higher and higher.

This is not only due to the large number of workers, but also mainly due to their high morale.

Not only can they eat enough every day, but they will also be praised by their neighbors when they return home, and they are all proud to work for the king.

A week later, Hujian finally rose from the ground, and when the Mongol cavalry saw from afar that the towering walls were full of soldiers with three-eyed guns and Hongyi cannons, they fled in terror.

Hei Muhan couldn't wait any longer, and went directly to the Golden Horde in person to find Tian Khan Chen, who was presiding over the grassland conference, and told him about it.

"Tian Khan, Hujian Gorge is the main way to attack Datong Mansion, and now it has been built by the Ming people A high city, if we want to attack Datong Mansion one day, this city will be stuck in our throat like a bone, and many grassland warriors will die because of it."

Hei Muhan said in a deep voice.

Tian Khan frowned slightly, and finally realized the seriousness of this matter.

"In this way, the grassland conference will be over in three days, I will allocate 3,000 cavalry to you, you have to pull out the new city before the decisive battle, if you can't do it, there is no need to talk about other things."

"Thank you Tian Khan, I will definitely win in the next place."

Hei Muhan's face finally had a happy color.

Tian Khan's tribe was the Mongolian cavalry with the most cavalry and the most elite on the steppe.

Although they were both cavalry, the cavalry of the Blackwood tribe was nothing more than infantry on horseback.

These 3,000 cavalry are enough to crush the entire Blackwood tribe.

If there was this force in the previous two wars, he would not have worshiped so badly.

Of course, this is Kurokihan's own idea.

He returned to the Blackwood tribe with three thousand cavalry, and this time he did not waste time, and even the cavalry did not rest for a night, so he went straight to Hujian City.

When Zhu Gui received the news, the bell of the warning had already sounded on the city wall.

Zhu Gui was neatly draped and came to the city wall, he first saw Xu Yingxu, who was looking into the distance with the 'clairvoyance' he gave to the other party.

"How's it going?" Zhu Gui walked over and asked.

"All cavalry, numbering around three thousand, and wearing iron armor, are not the same as the Mongol cavalry we encountered before."

Xu Yingxu said with a frown.

"So it's the elite? This king is the elite. ”

Zhu Gui was not worried at all.

What is the difference between cavalry siege and infantry?

And this time, in order to resist the attack of the Mongol cavalry, he did not ask the craftsmen of Datong Mansion to make defensive weapons such as rejecting horses.

Besides, compared to the 20,000 Mongolians who rushed to the newspaper, he naturally preferred the other party's way of saving his grandfather from the gourd baby.

Now the first task is to destroy the living forces of the other side.

After destroying these three thousand, the other party will only have 17,000 left.

"Lord Wang, the city has not been fully built, the defense measures are not perfect, there are only three thousand defenders in the city now, and the rest are farmers."

Xu Yingxu reminded.

"Don't worry, this is not far from Datong Mansion, as long as we send a signal for help, reinforcements will arrive within half a day, and the siege does not have ten times the number of troops and siege weapons, this king wants to see how they attack the city."

As the two spoke, the rumbling of horses' hooves approached the city walls.

Because the Hujian Gorge was surrounded by high mountains on both sides and the passage was long and narrow, the Mongols could only attack from this side.

It takes a long time for them to go around the other side.

This is very beneficial to the defenders.

However, Zhu Gui was not happy for long, when he saw these Mongols take their longbows from their backs and start throwing them.

A volley of 3,000 people immediately rained down arrows from the sky.

The defenders on the walls were ill-prepared, and some fell from arrows.

"This ......"

Zhu Gui was taken aback, this was the first time he had experienced the horror of the Mongolian archers.

And the opponent is not over yet, immediately start the second round of volleys.

"Remove the walls and find cover."

Zhu Gui shouted loudly.

As a result, his voice attracted the attention of the enemy, and the rain of arrows on his side immediately became dense.

Xu Yingxu pressed him down, but at the last moment, Zhu Gui reflexively pushed him behind the battlements.