Zhu Houzhao faced a much better situation than Yu Qian.

At that time, the elite of the Ming Dynasty was lost, and Yu Qian transferred the troops of the guards in Shandong and Henan, the grain transportation army on the canal, and the Japanese army to guard against the Japanese invaders into Beijing.

After all these three forces entered the Beijing Division, the strength of the Beijing Division expanded to 220,000.

Zhu Houzhao is much better, he has twenty-six personal guards, except for the four personal guards and brocade guards who garrisoned the imperial city, and there are still 120,000 elite infantry soldiers available.

In addition, Emperor Xianzong reorganized the 10 regiments and battalions set up by Yu Qian into 12 regiments and battalions, with about 120,000 people.

However, in the early years of Zhengde, the historical Emperor Zhengde only selected 60,000 and 500 sharp soldiers when selecting officers and military exercises. The rest are either old, weak, sick or disabled, or short.

In other words, the 12th Regiment Battalion was actually relatively dilapidated at this time.

However, in Zhu Houzhao's view, the crisis at this time happens to be an opportunity, on weekdays, the relationship between the 12th regiment and battalion is complicated, and generally speaking, it is better to organize and train the new army to poke the hornet's nest in the past. But at the moment, he can use this to do what Emperor Zhengde did in history again - that is, to choose a pawn.

Many difficult things have to be done with the trend.

It's like using a line to assassinate and arrest people, this time it's to use the war to optimize the Beijing camp.

At this time, the Beijing camp was actually managed by the Ministry of War, so this matter was also handed over to Wang Bing, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

"If the Tatars really attack, and the army of King Qin, who came from Henan and Shandong, will fight first, during this time, I and the military department will re-select and train the 12 regiments and battalions, and at the same time serve as a reserve force, if the guards of any city gate are weak, we will send the troops in the 12 regiments and battalions to reinforce in time. Da Sima, the war is urgent, there is no room for luck, the 12th regiment and battalion must be selected and trained quickly, and the shortage of people must be recruited and filled immediately, and even if there is no time to train, they can only let the battlefield teach them how to fight! ”

Wang Wei asked: "Your Majesty, at this time, the little prince of Tatar is in Datong, do you need to increase troops at all the passes from Datong to Beijing?" ”

Zhu Houzhao glanced at everyone, "It is necessary to increase troops, but you can't increase troops everywhere." ”

In other words, the defense should also be focused.

100,000 people, put 10 places, what's the point?

Wang Bingjin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said, "Xuanfu is an important town, and there is no need to increase troops, but the imperial court must give Yang Xing, the chief military officer of Xuanfu, a decree to him, so that he must stick to the city, the city is in the people, and the city is dead." Juyong Pass is the northern gateway of the Beijing Division, and it must be guarded, and the minister thinks that he wants to increase his troops here. ”

"I have looked through the records of the previous dynasties, and the Tatars should not have passed through Juyong. Xuanfu is in the north and Juyongguan is in the south, and the road in between can be ambushed in many places, and there are many troops in this area. On the contrary, it is the Bauhinia Pass, the road to Beijing, that is more likely. ”

First, Bauhinia Pass is far away from Xuanfu after all.

Second, Bauhinia Pass is not one of the best historical super passes, because there are many mountain roads that can be bypassed at this pass.

During the orthodox years, he also took the Bauhinia Pass first because he chose to go around to the back when the frontal battlefield was unfavorable.

Although the Bauhinia Pass guards fought desperately, they would inevitably lose the pass in the end.

"Here, you have to choose a brave general!"

Zhu Houzhao deliberately let the little Tatar prince enter the customs, and he wanted to defeat him completely inside.

If he is outside the pass, the little prince may have three times as many cavalry as Zhou Shangwen, and it is not easy to say who wins in that kind of field battle.

At that time, there were 90,000 elite troops, and they attacked the Ming Dynasty in four ways, and he himself led only one of them.

Therefore, no one proposed to let Xuanfu and Jizhou go to assist in the defense of Datong, since the enemy appeared in two places, it is possible that they will also appear in the third place.

The nine sides are all well-laid defensive systems that cannot be easily disrupted.

But after putting it in, he won't let it enter the Jingshi at will, it would be too risky, and there are still many villages and people in the vast hinterland, if he can, he still tries to control the battlefield within a certain area.

Of course, if the little prince chooses to attack Xuanfu and then attack Juyong Pass, it will be his own light enemy, and it is no wonder that others will not be surprised.

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At this time, Datong, the banner hunting, the soldiers and horses battalion, and the whimpering marching horn kept ringing through the valley. The Tatar soldiers spread over the mountains like a flood with the undulating flow of the terrain.

Summer is a season of blue sky and white clouds, and the sky is sunny and refreshing, but at this time, it is a continuous war, and black smoke and blood smear the earth.

Chang Dacheng and Liu Jiangjie were Zhou Shangwen's classmates at the Military Academy.

At the beginning, the emperor and they drank and talked happily, made an oath to each other, and said that if they were good, they would leave their names in history.

Now it's time to make good on your vows.

Zhou Shangwen felt that Chang Da had become a stable person, so he ordered him to be a general and be responsible for the guard of Datong City. Liu Jiangjie was ordered to be the general of Yanghe and was responsible for guarding the flanks of Datong.

Datong is actually okay, after all, the city is high and the walls are thick.

But the situation is urgent.

First of all, in the morning, Yang He's sent out a night to find that there were Tatar soldiers outside the Great Wall. In the afternoon, news came from the frontier dungeon, confirming that it was not a small Tatar army, but that there was also a Tatar army in Datong!

Liu Jiangjie did not dare to be careless, on the one hand, he lit the wolf smoke and sent people to deliver the news to Datong, on the other hand, he strengthened martial law, prepared for war, and all the weapons used to defend the city were all pushed on the city wall.

First of all, four guns,

followed by a whole squad of archers,

Then there are the stones and other throwables that are prepared.

The battle to defend the city is always better.

But the Tatar army was fierce and enormous, and the dense rush cavalry was like ants. With the Tatar army already appearing in Huamachi and Zhou Shangwen leading the troops north, no one expected that the situation here would suddenly take a sharp turn for the worse.

It all came very suddenly.

“…… And in this battle, unlike the previous way of fighting the fire sieve department, the Tartars brought foot soldiers, they insisted on attacking the city, fighting to the death and not retreating, Yanghe only had more than 8,000 defenders, which was really difficult to resist. ”

Behind Chang Dacheng was an embarrassed soldier with blood on his body and wounds on his face, and he cried and described the tragic situation of the battle of Sunsun and the previous day.

"Where's General Liu?"

The soldier replied, "General Liu did not want to be captured, and finally met the enemy in the alleyway, and finally died because he was outnumbered!" ”

"Damn the Tartars! If you don't take revenge, I will always be with you! Chang Dacheng's fists were obviously clenched a few points, and he slammed the table hard, "Also, you just said that they brought foot soldiers, how many did they bring?" ”

"There should be 40,000 of them!"

"What about the cavalry?"

"Not less than forty thousand!"

This number made Chang Dacheng also quite pressured, Datong has been preparing for war in the past few years, but there are also 30,000 soldiers to fight, but if the Tatars bring so many soldiers and horses, he can only defend.

But the hatred of his brother Liu Jiangjie, he will not forget.

Since the beginning of the battle of Yanghe, Datong began to prepare for the tense defense of the city under his orders, because the Tatar army was amazingly large, and the capture of Yanghe was very fast, at this time some small outposts and castles outside were estimated to have fallen, and this situation forced him to bring the peaceful Datong City into the war within a few days.

All the soldiers returned to the camp, and outside the city were strong walls and clear fields, leaving nothing. He and Datong are like a bare nail, nailed between these valleys.

On the third day after the battle of Yanghe, the figure of the Tatar army began to appear under the city of Datong, military flags, war horses, spears, scimitars, a steady stream appeared under the city of Datong, and looking into the distance at a high altitude, 'this black cloud' seemed to have no end, and it could not be finished.

Chang Dacheng heard the news and immediately went to the city tower,

Below, in the middle front of the Tatar army, there was a burly man with two twisted braids.

This is not the first time Dayan Khan has come to Datong City.

"Shout, Kaesong surrenders, and Stay's life."

Dayan Khan spoke in Mongolian, and then several Tatar soldiers on horseback took the reins and came under the walls.

"The guards of the Ming Dynasty listen! Our Great Khan said, Kaesong surrenders and does not kill!! ”

Because of the distance, Chang Dacheng couldn't see Dayan Khan's appearance clearly, but he knew that the central area should be the location of the captive chieftain, and he could see these people under the city clearly.

The expression is arrogant and unpleasant!!

"Bring a bow and arrows!" Chang Dacheng roared.

Liu Jiangjie has already died in battle, as one of the eight people that day, if you want him to surrender here, it is better to call him to die!

When the bow and arrow are in hand, Chang Dacheng will directly hold the bow like a full moon.

Dayan Khan from afar also watched this scene quietly, but he was not worried.

The range of a bow and arrow is limited.

Combat-experienced soldiers do not put themselves within range.

Chang Dacheng didn't care, he opened his bow and took aim, and with a 'whoosh', the arrow flew out and landed directly in front of the shouting Tatar soldiers, only ten paces away.

That's the answer.

"You and other barbarian people, invade my borders, kill my people, are rude, righteous and shameless, and dare to call for battle in front of our army! Come on, bombard the damn with cannons! ”

Bows and arrows can't hit, artillery can.

And Chang Dacheng is not joking, he really ordered someone to light a fire, followed by a 'boom' that shook the sky, and two black shells crossed a parabola in the sky.

The Tatar soldiers below panicked and hurriedly led their horses to flee.

"Hahaha!"

That embarrassed appearance made the soldiers defending the city laugh.

Chang Dacheng shouted loudly: "Brothers, I, Chang Dacheng, am a Ming man, and I will never be a traitor to the chief of the Laush captive, just like a girl, I can't marry two people as mothers-in-law!" When a man is alive, he must be a hero, not a bear! Everyone is one egg hanging two eggs! I'm afraid of him! I'm going to kill him here with you today! I will give you a reward to the emperor for your meritorious service! ”

These are all very vulgar words, but the big head soldier only understands them.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Dayan Khan, who was outside the city, listened to this earth-shattering sound and said to the people around him: "After the first battle of Yanghe, the Ming army can still have this morale, it seems that this guard is a real man." ”

"Father Khan! Let the child take the lead and kill his sharpness! ”

The two armies were at war, and morale was quite important.

Dayan Khan knew that the morale of the defenders of Datong was strong at this time, but he was also dead on this trip, and this momentum must not be left behind.

At least you can't be shot twice and leave.

And it was his third son, Balsborot, who was an adult at this time, and had fought several battles with him over the years, and was also quite brave on the battlefield.

"Good! Bars and Grutai, each of you will lead 10,000 foot soldiers, attack from the left and right, and fight them so that they dare not show their heads again! ”

"Order!"

Chang Dacheng, who was on the city wall, saw the movement of the enemy army, and no longer had the idea of laughing, he waved his hand.

"Drumming!!"

(End of chapter)