Zhang Tianlin knew very well that if he really wanted to defend the city, his thousands of men and horses would not be enough at all, so he could only let those former Ming generals come to defend the city together, so he could barely have some hope.

However, letting those people help them when the Tartars have an advantage, it is equivalent to giving Datong to the Tartars with their own hands.

Expecting these uncontrollable armies to defend the city is really dying!

If Jiang Jian hadn't rebelled yet, it might have been possible for him to command those people.

As for letting them command it themselves? That's it.

Since he Zhang Tianlin rebelled with King Chuang, he can be regarded as fighting for most of China.

The city that was destroyed by itself just because of internal response, if not fifty, there are four or five.

And that's not even counting those who abandoned the city and fled.

What's more, just now Jiang Pai gave him a backstab under the moon, how can he trust that there will not be another Jiang Pai among those generals?

So, to sum up.

They can't defend the city, they must retreat!

And the only place where Shanxi can continue to defend is Taiyuan.

They must retreat to Taiyuan!

Just from which side?

Zhang Tianlin frowned and thought.

Du Wei and Lao Zhu who were present also looked like they were thinking.

"Dashuai, how about going south?"

A big man in his thirties stood up and said.

"Since the generals are not available, why don't we drive them away and let them be cannon fodder for the attack on Yanmen Pass and Ningwu Pass?"

"This can not only weaken the number of generals, but also use them to recapture Yanmen and Wuning."

"No!"

Before Zhang Tianlin could speak, Ke Tianxiang replied first.

"Let's not mention whether the generals are willing to retreat with us, even if they follow us to retreat and let them fight such a pass fortress, can they really fight down?"

"If we are trapped under the city, if we are discovered by the Tartars who are attacking from the east, will we be caught on both sides?"

After listening to Ke Tianxiang's speech, everyone found that this was indeed the case.

They have been fighting with these former Ming generals for decades, and they can be said to know the abilities of this group of people very well.

The Ming army was not satisfied with the salary, and the full salary was invincible.

This poem is a good example of them, although it is an exaggeration.

But they have all experienced it personally, and after the Ming army is fully paid, it is indeed difficult to fight.

However, there is another premise for this, that is, there is a good commander.

If there is no good commander, even if the Ming army is fully paid, it is still vulnerable.

This is the kind of problem they are facing now, they have neither paid these generals nor a good commander to command them.

So now the combat effectiveness of these generals is almost equal to that of the outcasts.

It's okay to let them cheer in the back, but if they take the lead, I'm afraid they will turn against each other in an instant.

They've seen this happen many times.

So these generals really can't be reused at this time!

Seeing that this proposal did not work, everyone immediately began to think about other directions.

Since the south side can't work? What about the West?

As long as you go to the west, you can go around Shuozhou, go around the north of Ningwu Pass and face west, and walk from Shenchi Fort - Wuzhai Fort - Qilan County, you can completely bypass Ningwu Pass.

In the end, you can go straight to Taiyuan by taking Lou Fu.

Thinking of this possibility, Ke Tianxiang hurriedly stood up and said his thoughts.

After listening to Ke Tianxiang's words, Zhang Tianlin's eyes lit up.

Does this seem like a feasible path?

You don't have to be careful with the Tartars to the east, and you don't have to worry about the siege.

You can take this road to Taiyuan.

Moreover, Shuozhou is also one of the few cities that can still be contacted, and the control of the city is still under the control of Dashun at this moment.

Seems really possible......

Just when Zhang Tianlin was thinking about whether this route was feasible or not.

Lao Zhu stood up and retorted: "Dashuai, we really don't have to worry about Tartars and sieges when we go to Shuozhou."

"But what about our heavy artillery fire and baggage?"

"Throw it all away?"

"What about the generals? Don't want it too? ”

As soon as Lao Zhu's words came out, Zhang Tianlin, who was still happy, suddenly froze.

Indeed, if you go to Shuozhou, you must travel lightly.

It was surrounded by mountains, and the terrain was complicated, which was not conducive to the advance of baggage and artillery, and these things had to be discarded in order to advance.

But this is unacceptable for Zhang Tianlin.

If these things are lost, even if they arrive in Taiyuan, what can they use to resist the tartars?

You must know that the Tartars also have cannons!

What's more, whether these former Ming generals will take them away is still a big problem.

What if you take them and mutiny halfway?

You must know that the entire strength of their Dashun is only 10,000 people, and these former Ming generals are close to 30,000!

If this is an inattentive mutiny, they don't have to say anything to go to Taiyuan.

I'm afraid they're all going to be caught on fire!

Thinking of this, Zhang Tianlin suddenly gave up taking the route of Shuozhou.

Start thinking about other routes.

"Dashuai, how about going north?"

Zhang Zhang, who had been standing by the side and listening, saw that a group of people stopped talking.

……

As soon as these words were spoken, the people in the audience suddenly became silent.

Even Ma Shiying, who had been eavesdropping on the carriage, was shocked.

Boy! This rumor spread from the west of the city to the south of the city, and it has actually become Chongzhen in Yingtianfu!

This is too TM to imagine!!

At this time, the atmosphere present was extremely quiet for a while.

Everyone seemed to be stunned by these remarks.

"Since you said that the first emperor is still in Yingtianfu, then you must know who the first emperor is, right? Say it and let's see! ”

While everyone was quiet, one of the two vendors stood up and asked.

"All the people of the entire Ming Dynasty who don't know that the first emperor has died in Shuntian, how could they run to Yingtian."

"You are clearly insulting the emperor, if you can't come up with evidence today, we ...... We're going to arrest you and bring you to justice!" ”

When he heard that the merchant was going to arrest him, he went to the court.

The cloth-clothed man's face visibly became terrified, but then he gritted his teeth.

It was as if I had made up my mind.

He yelled at the vendor, "Good! Do you want proof? ”

"I'll give you proof!"

In the eyes of the surrounding people.

The man in cloth said loudly: "This is the court has just interrogated from the mouth of the "monk prince", since you want it, then I will tell you!" ”

"The evidence is that the first emperor is in Ningguo Mansion! And at this time, he had already led the army into Ning Guofu! ”

And it won't be long before the emperor will crusade against the pseudo-"imperial court" in Nanjing! ”

"As for who the emperor is, I'm sure you've all guessed it!!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like throwing a torpedo into a calm pool in an instant.

Directly let everyone explode the pot!

"Do you know why the emperor wanted to crusade against the puppet dynasty? ”。

"It's because the emperor sitting on the dragon chair is not the real Fu King at all!"

"The first emperor crusaded against him in order to allow the real Zhu Ming royal family to ascend the throne!"

"And that person is King Lu!!"

"King Lu is kind to the people, everyone obeys it, and he should be the !!! of the Son of Heaven"

Before everyone could digest the previous message, another day of exciting news came from the mouth of the man in cloth.

At this moment, everyone couldn't sit still, and the exclamations of exhaustion in an instant rang out one after another.

"Oh my God!! The first emperor was actually in Ningguofu?!!! ”

"A few days ago, the imperial court said that the traitor who attacked Ning Guofu would not be ......!!!"

"It's scary to think about it, it's scary to think about it!!"

"Isn't it really ...... today?"

"Be careful! Be careful!! ”

“……”

"Quick! Go and get someone to catch the man in the cloth!!! ”

"Fast !!"

The carriage next to him instantly sounded with a slightly trembling voice of horror.

Ma Shiying was really frightened at this time.

It was not these rebellious remarks that frightened him, but the words that were written in his hands!!

What does this mean??

It shows that this matter is simply controlled by people in the court from beginning to end!!

What the resurrection of the first emperor, what Prince Daming, all fake!

It's true that you want to cause partisanship!!

And I'm afraid the real target is him!!!

This person actually said that the first emperor was attacking King Yongming in Nanjing, and the purpose was to let King Lu ascend the throne.

This remark instantly reminded him of the group of people in the Donglin Party!

Or rather, the resumption of the Society!

Previously, after the Nanjing Imperial Court was just established, the group of people in the Fushe Society and Shi Kefa always wanted to establish King Lu as the emperor.

He wants to make King Fu the emperor.

Although in the end, the four towns of Huaixi under his command took it by surprise and launched a mutiny, forcibly supporting King Fu as the emperor.

But Fushe, Shi Kefa and others have been trying to find out Hongguang's faults and want to re-establish King Lu as emperor.

Therefore, it is very likely that this Great Compassion Monk was done by the group of people from the Restoration Society!

They have both the motivation and the ability to do it.

Now it may be that Shi Kefa was beaten down by him, and they felt that if they didn't fight back, they would be completely suppressed by themselves, so they came up with this Great Compassion Monk.

Delusional to let King Lu be the emperor again!

Ma Shiying, who got this conclusion, immediately became anxious.

He wants to go to the palace immediately and report to Zhu Yousong!

At this time, the subordinate who had just been sent to arrest the man in cloth also hurried over.

"My lord, the man has already run away, and the little ones have not found him."

Hearing this, Ma Shiying was even more sure of his guess.

This man can disappear so quickly, maybe it was planned a long time ago!

Immediately ignored the man in cloth, and hurriedly said anxiously to the coachman.

"Immediately! Right away! Go to the palace now!! ”

"Fast !!"

Seeing Ma Shiying roaring angrily, the coachman did not dare to slack off.

Immediately waved the whip in his hand, and the carriage drove quickly towards the palace in an instant.

Leaving a group of stunned subordinates standing behind him.

And just after the carriage left, in the corner on the left, a man in cloth suddenly appeared!

It's the man who wasn't caught!

The man in the cloth stood in the corner and looked at the dust kicked up by the carriage in the distance.

Until the tail of the carriage could no longer be seen.

The man in the cloth then turned and left.

After turning around and turning around, when he came to the door of a house, he knocked lightly on the door three times.

The door was opened from the inside.

"Shousuke has already gone to the palace."

As soon as he entered the door, the man in cloth said to the old man who was sitting in a chair.

"Are you sure it's Shousuke-sama?"

"Sure, the little one saw Shousuke-sama show up with his own eyes, and he definitely can't go wrong."

"Okay, you can go to the backyard and get the reward."

"Thank you, sir!"

Hearing this, the man in cloth immediately happily went to the backyard to receive the reward.

After he left, the old man, who had been sitting upright in his chair, gestured to the guard next to him with his hand to his neck.

Seeing this, the guard nodded.

Walked to the backyard and conveyed the meaning of the adult to the brother who was hiding in the shadow.

About a pillar of incense after the time.

The guards changed their clothes and walked back again.

Seeing the guards returning, the old man did not ask him how he was.

After all, the fact that the guards were able to return safely already explained the answer.

Gently taking a sip of the tea on the table, Ruan Dacheng sighed and said.

"Shousuke-sama, don't blame the lower officials, after all, this is also the most beneficial result for you."

That's right, this old man is Ruan Dacheng, who has just been promoted to the secretary of the Ming Army!

At the same time, he is also the minister of Conglong who supported Zhu Yousong as the emperor with Ma Shiying!

It can be said that he and Ma Shiying belong to the same camp.

So Ma Shiying guessed that the Donglin Party was dealing with him, and he was simply falling for Ruan Dacheng's strategy!

And Ruan Dacheng's purpose in doing this is to make Ma Shiying mistakenly think that Qian Qianyi and others are preparing to deal with him, so that Ma Shiying can defeat the Donglin Party-Fushe!

……

He then stood up and asked.

North?

Zhang Tianlin was stunned, the north was something he didn't expect, because it was all grassland.

It belongs to the place of the Mongols.

Can they let those Central Plains people who have hardly been to the grassland in their lives go?

Seeing that Zhang Tianlin was silent, Zhang Hei continued to speak.

"General! We also have our own horses, which can jump out of Datong and run to the front set of Fengzhou. ”

"And if the Mongols want to intercept us, it will definitely take a long time to assemble their troops."

"With the speed of our cavalry, it is completely possible to gather them and run to Baode!"

"In this way, won't we be able to reach Taiyuan safely?"

After speaking, the tone of Zhang Hei's face had become triumphant.

Such a miraculous method was something he had to think about for a long time.

There was no problem at all.

After Zhang Hei's words were spoken, the generals present thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was really the case.

According to this method, it seems that you can really reach Taiyuan safely?!

Even Zhang Tianlin thought the same way, and even he thought more about it than Zhang Heiface.

If they go to Fengzhou, they can not only reach Taiyuan safely, but also make a small-scale surprise attack on the Mongol tribes.

Maybe you can catch some cattle and sheep on the way, or some other windfall.

But just when everyone thought it was possible.

Lao Zhu stood up again.

"General Zhang, you can indeed reach Taiyuan safely with this method."

"But I don't know if you've ever thought about a question?"

"After we arrive in Taiyuan, what should we do with the baggage?"

……