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Acting Prince's Mansion, in the hall.

More than twenty captain-level officers stood on both sides, looking at the chief general above, Zhang Tianlin.

On the left and right sides of the two sides stood Ke Tianxiang, Zhang Heimian and Lao Zhu respectively.

At this moment, Lao Zhu's face was unusually serious.

Because of the news that just came from Qinzhou, he couldn't help but be not serious.

Ping Nanbo Liu Zhong, who guarded Lu'an Changzhi, fled without a fight!

Everyone here knows what this means, Liu Zhong ran away, and there will be no one to guard the party!

That means that the east side of Taiyuan is wide open to the Jin Army!

The troops of the Tartars can go on a rampage in the Shangdang area!

And the impact doesn't stop there, Lu'an is the gateway to the east of Shanxi, and now it has been lost.

Yuan Zongdi, who was guarding Pingyang, and Ma Chongxi, who was guarding Guguan, became a lone army, and if they were not swallowed up by the dumplings made by the tartars, they would inevitably evacuate to the southwest of Shanxi, that is, Fenzhou, Pingyang and other places.

In this way, the advantages that could have relied on the topography of Shanxi's mountains and rivers are completely gone.

Shanxi...... It's hard to keep!

This question is not only known to Lao Zhu, but also to every officer here.

So the most important thing for them now is to discuss what to do next!

Retreat, or hold on!

This question deeply troubled Zhang Tianlin.

For Zhang Tianlin, who followed Li Zicheng from Liukou to the emperor, he knew Li Zicheng very well.

He could guess that Li Zicheng would never give up Shanxi.

Because as soon as Shanxi is released, it means that Shaanxi is completely exposed to the iron horses of the Tartars, and there is no place to hide if you want to.

But now Datong has become a lonely city isolated by Daibei Xiongguan.

The entire Datong Province, except for the town where they are now located.

All the other states and counties are lost!

Or it's not so much that it's lost, it's that it's not in touch.

But for those of them who have been marching and fighting all year round, not being able to get in touch is equivalent to losing ground, and there is no difference between the two.

If they continue to defend Datong Town in the future, there will be only one way out.

Nothing will change except that it will slow down the advance of some Tartars.

Shanxi still has to lose.

This situation is not what Zhang Tianlin wants to see.

What he wants is a Shanxi that can block the Tartars from going south, not a Shanxi that makes the Tartars feel like no one.

After carefully looking at the sand table map on the table, Zhang Tianlin suddenly planted the small flag in the middle of Shanxi Province.

said: "Since Datong has become a dead city, then let's go here!"

Taiyuan Mansion!

Seeing the place Zhang Tianlin was pointing to, Lao Zhu couldn't help but nod secretly.

Taiyuan is not only an important prefecture and county in Shanxi, but also a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

I think that during the Northern Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zonghan, the general of the Jin Dynasty, led an army of 100,000 to attack the Song Dynasty, attacking cities and plundering land all the way, even Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, and even the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianjing, which was captured.

However, he was rejected in a small Taiyuan city.

At that time, the defender Wang Yu only had more than 20,000 defenders in the city, but he stubbornly resisted the Jin Dynasty for more than 200 days!

You must know that Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time, only lasted more than 20 days!

This Taiyuan is more than ten times harder than it!

In the end, if it weren't for the interruption of water and food in Taiyuan City, the soldiers would have lost their strength from hunger, and it would have been able to last even longer!

This shows how easy it is to defend and difficult to attack.

Moreover, Taiyuan is also the central lifeline of Shanxi, which extends in all directions, connecting Datong Mansion in the north, Ping, Fen and other prefectures in the south, and only more than 500 miles away from Xi'an in the west!

It's crucial!

Defending this place means guarding the entire Shanxi!

At this time, it was when Lao Zhu was thinking.

A lieutenant on the left stepped forward.

"Handsome! Why do we have to retreat! Can't we stay in Datong?! ”

"Let's stick to Datong, are we still afraid that we won't be able to stop those bullshit tartars?!!"

This person shouted loudly, and instantly made Lao Zhu's thoughts return to reality.

Hearing these fierce words, Lao Zhu couldn't help but look at this person in surprise.

Looking at its length, it is not a look of five big and three thick, with a full face.

Why are you so brainless?

Still clinging to Datong? What to hold? Take the lives of the soldiers?

"Hold on? Yes, as long as you can make those two generals listen to you, we will stick to Datong. ”

"How? Can it be done? ”

At this time, Zhang Tianlin said with a gentle smile.

"Huh?! This ......"

When he heard this, the man was dumbfounded.

How could he control those two thousand generals, if he could control it, he would have been promoted to general a long time ago.

But he still said stiffly: "Da handsome, we don't need those generals at all, it's all up to us to defend ourselves."

"Guarding by yourself? You're not sick in the brain, are you?! ”

Zhang Tianlin's face changed instantly, and she grabbed the small flag on the sand table with an angry face and threw it over.

Bian still scolded: "You fool! Still on your own? Hold your head to it! Or take the lives of thousands of our brothers to guard the 100,000 army of the Tartars! ”

"If your brain is not good, think more about it and then propose!"

"Do you understand! You're a clear-headed Hanbi!! ”

In the face of Zhang Tianlin's fragrant mouth, the man didn't refute, just stood there and let Zhang Tianlin curse.

And Lao Zhu was staring at this magical scene with wide eyes at the moment, a boss cursing his subordinates in public, this behavior should have attracted complaints, but the surrounding lieutenants looked strange.

It's as if they've been like this a lot, and they've long been used to it.

The black face standing beside Lao Zhu on the side looked at Lao Zhu's amazing magic.

Secretly leaned over and whispered in Lao Zhu's ear: "Don't make a fuss, this is all normal behavior."

"Don't look at the general scolding him so hard now, but he will still let him do whatever he wants, this is normal, and you will slowly get used to it in the future."

God TM slowly get used to it!

The corners of Lao Zhu's mouth twitched slightly, he couldn't understand this magical scene.

When thinking about his previous life, even if his subordinates did something wrong, he rarely criticized them.

I often tell them in private.

Unless it's something very important, he wouldn't say that about his subordinates.

He believed that this would not only damage the majesty of the commander, but also damage the relationship with his subordinates.

Although he couldn't understand Zhang Tianlin's operation, Lao Zhu would not be stupid enough to stop Zhang Tianlin.

Strictly speaking, he is not Zhang Tianlin's descendant.

was only sent to assist Zhang Tianlin in defending Datong Mansion.

He is not qualified to ask for anything from others, didn't he see the real subordinates, Ke Tianxiang and Zhang Hei Yan were indifferent.

Why should he bother to get involved in this matter, maybe you persuade him, and the people themselves are not happy, don't end up displeasing to both of them, then it will be a big loss.

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