171. Defeat the Tatars again
A few days later, Du Buyi took Xiaoyi back to Datong Mansion this time.
As soon as he arrived at Datong Mansion, he heard that the vicinity of Xuanfu had been plundered by the Little Prince's Department, and even the general Wang Jing was killed in battle.
Du did not forget to rush to the nearby town of Xuanfu to inquire about the Tatar raids.
At this time, Zhou Jin, the governor of Xuanfu, was very unreasonable, and blamed the looting of Xuanfu and the death of the general Wang Jing on Datong Town and the other two towns that Du did not forget.
Du Buyi was helpless, so he had to leave, and then sent a document to the Ministry of War to advise the Xuanfu to strengthen its defense, and the result may be that Zhou Jin bribed the people in the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War ignored Du Buyi's advice.
However, a month later, Xuanfu was again ravaged by Tatar soldiers, and Guan Shan, the new general of any month, was killed in battle.
Du did not forget that when he heard the news, he reported the defense matter of the Xuanfu of the Ministry of War here, but there was no reply for half a month, and Du did not forget that he could only write a letter and send it to Zhang Xuan.
Later, I learned that Zhou Jin, the governor of Xuanfu, was good at making friends with his henchmen in the court, and had contacts with many important ministers.
Emperor Zhu Houxi knew that after the Xuanfu was plundered twice, the generals were killed in successive battles, and he was also shocked, so he also wanted to punish the governor Zhou Jin.
Du did not forget that after presiding over one more Xuanfu defense, he became even busier, so he often stayed up all night to deal with various affairs.
Xiaoyi also carefully served Du Yiyi all day long, and never stopped.
Late one night, Du Yi didn't forget to see that Xiao Yi was lying on his desk and was about to fall asleep in order to serve him, so he persuaded Xiao Yi to rest early, Xiao Yi replied:
"Childe, you are working so hard now, you don't want to rest as soon as possible, how can Xiaoyi sleep!"
Du Bu Bu said again:
"Aren't I busy with military affairs, I have to build the Great Wall, and I have to keep an eye on the movements of the Tatar soldiers and think about how to deal with it!"
Xiao Yi walked behind Du Buyi and hugged him, and then said:
"Childe, don't you want Xiaoyi to accompany you for so long?"
Du did not forget to reply:
"But how could I hurt you!"
Xiaoyi said again:
"I've been your son for a long time, don't you dislike me?"
Du Bu didn't forget to stand up and turned to look at Xiao Yi, and said:
"How can I dislike you, Xiaoyi?"
Xiaoyi took the initiative to kiss Du Zhiyi and said:
"Childe, can you treat Xiaoyi as your woman tonight?"
Then he went on to say:
"Xiaoyi has been waiting for this day for so many years, but Childe has never given me this opportunity. ”
Du didn't forget to ask:
"Then will you regret it?"
Xiao Yi replied:
"Being able to accompany my son is the happiest thing for me, how can I regret it!"
Then he took the initiative to kiss Du Buyi.
Du did not forget that he hadn't touched a woman for several months since he left Xi Siqi, and at this time, he couldn't hold it anymore, so he responded.
After the two kissed for a while, the clothes were messy at this time, and Du Buyi said to Xiaoyi:
"Let's go to the room!"
Xiao Yi nodded, and was hugged back to the room by Du Buyi, and then kissed and caressed, and after the clothes were removed, Du Buyi asked Xiao Yi again:
"Do you really want to?"
Xiao Yi looked at Du Yi affectionately and nodded.
And then it was a rain.
Early the next morning, Zhu Zhen came to knock on the door, Du did not forget to quickly get dressed nervously with Xiaoyi, and then opened the door to ask Zhu Zhen what was the matter?
Zhu Zhen said:
"The Tatar soldiers are now going to invade Jizhou again, and now Liu Hui, the chief soldier of Jizhou, is asking for support from our two towns of Xuanfu Datong!"
Then he said angrily:
"These Tatars are really cunning, where we defend, the Tatars deliberately do not attack, and specifically bully the neighboring towns!"
Du did not forget and replied:
"It's no wonder that the Tatars are there, we can only blame the other important towns of our Ming Dynasty for their lax defenses and giving the Tatars a chance!"
Then he said:
"Lord Zhu, now hurry up and inform General Hu Hu and General Qiu Luan, and lead the 10,000 cavalry that have just been trained to support Jizhen!"
Xiaoyi on the side asked:
"Childe, you go get busy first, I'll prepare for you to go early!"
Du Bu did not forget to nod.
After eating two bites of breakfast, Bian hurriedly took Hu Hu and Qiu Luan to the direction of Jizhou.
Because Jizhou is the gateway of the Beijing Division, along the way, there are urgent documents sent by the Ministry of War without interruption.
When Du did not forget to rush to Jizhou, Jizhou City had already been surrounded by Tatar soldiers, and most of the nearly 100,000 soldiers stationed in Jizhou Town had retreated to the vicinity of the Beijing Division at this time.
If Jizhou missed, the Beijing division would be in danger, so Du did not forget to rush to the vicinity of the Beijing division where the Jizhou soldiers were stationed and asked about the situation in Tatar.
At this time, Li Fan, who led the Jizhou soldiers, said to Du Yiyi:
"Now that the Tatars have actually sent tens of thousands of elite cavalry to attack our Jizhen this time, it seems that their goal this time is by no means as simple as Jizhou!"
Then he slowed down for a moment and said:
"Now that the other passes in Jizhou have been lost, only our general soldier General Liu Hui in Jizhou City is stubbornly resisting and guarding with nearly 10,000 soldiers, and I am afraid that I will not be able to support it for a few days!"
When Du Bu heard this, he asked:
"Why don't you 100,000 soldiers come to your aid?"
Li Fan replied:
"Our soldiers are not the opponents of the Tatar soldiers, they have long been frightened, and now the imperial court orders us to defend the Beijing Division, if we go to rescue Jizhou again, the Tatar soldiers may also give up attacking Jizhou City and drive straight into the Beijing Division!"
Du did not forget to reply:
"This official knows!"
Then he said to Li Fan and others:
"Then you will guard the safety of the Jingshi, and this official will take people to rescue Jizhou City!"
After speaking, he took Hu Hu and Qiu Luan to Jizhou.
On the way, Qiu Luan asked Du Buxing:
"Lord Jingluo, can we save Jizhou? There are tens of thousands of Tatar soldiers!"
Du did not forget to reply:
"Let's go around and take a look first, and then figure out what to do!"
Jean took these cavalry all the way to a high ground outside Jizhou City, and at this time it was vaguely visible outside Jizhou City in front of him, and there were many Tatar soldiers stationed around, and these Tatar soldiers set up a lot of camp tents, emitting green smoke, and seemed to be cooking.
Looking at the city of Jizhou from afar, it was chaotic at this time, only to see that the people on the city wall were constantly killed and thrown out of the city.
Du Buyi took the opportunity to ask Qiu Luan on the side:
"Why is this happening?"
On the side, Qiu Luan said to Du Yiyi:
"These people must have wanted to go out and surrender before they were killed, there are many such things in our border city, as soon as there are thieves attacking, some timid people want to rush out of the city and flee for their lives, and the officers and soldiers naturally do not allow these people to disturb the morale of the army!"
Du Cheng said:
"Well, do you suspect that it was the Tatar army spies who instigated it?"
Qiu Luan replied:
"It's hard to say, because it is difficult to appease the hearts of the people, many of these people came to the border for profit, and of course they don't want to be trapped in the city and die!"
Du did not forget to sigh and said:
"It seems that the officers and soldiers do not know how to appease the people, and the people do not know how to sympathize with the officers and soldiers, which is really a great pity. ”
began to study how to rescue this Jizhou City.
Finally, after studying for a long time, a few people came back in a hurry and said:
"Since there are more than 70,000 Tatar soldiers attacking this time, and we only have 10,000 soldiers and horses, we can't fight head-on!"
Then he continued:
"It is estimated that our design to lure the Tatars into an ambush this time is no longer feasible, so our target this time is the food and grass of the Tatar soldiers and the looted materials, and these must be cut off, so that the Tatars may be disheartened and we have a chance to be defeated with one blow. ”
At this time, Hu Hu asked:
"How are we going to destroy the enemy's food, grass and materials?"
Du Buyi took a picture on the ground and said to the two of them:
"You see that the enemy's food and grass materials are not strictly guarded, I plan to personally bring five hundred cavalry with torches to raid their grain and grass at night!"
slowed down and said to Qiu Luan:
"General Qiu Luan, if you take two thousand cavalry and find that the enemy's food and grass are on fire, make a feint to attack the enemy's camp at the east gate, remember that the feint is the main thing, do not fight, if the enemy's morale is high, retreat immediately!"
Then he said to Hu Hu:
"You took all the other cavalry, and after seeing the fire in the enemy's grain and grass, you attacked the south gate of the Tatar army with all your might!"
Then he said to the two of them together:
"Our main purpose this time is to relieve the siege of Jizhou City, mainly to force the Tatar army to withdraw to the north, remember not to be greedy for merit to chase the enemy, and return to Jizhou immediately after the Tatar army retreats, do you know?"
The two of them said:
"Yes, we will do as Lord Jinglu instructs!"
Then Du Buyi selected five hundred war horses and horsemen who were good at running, and began to train them with orders.
In the middle of the night he began to take the group of cavalry back to the place where the Tatars had stored food and forage, and then rushed in with torches and the soldiers followed.
After a while, the entire Tatar soldiers' grain and grass were on fire, and when they saw the granary on fire, the Tatar soldiers suddenly woke up and panicked.
Qiu Luan first led 2,000 soldiers to the east gate to scare the Tatar soldiers, while Hu Hu took the remaining 7,000 cavalry and began to take advantage of the chaos to kill the Tatar soldiers at the south gate of Jizhou.
And Liu Hui, the chief soldier of Jizhou City, saw the opportunity to open the south gate and accompanied Hu Hu to surround and kill the Tatar soldiers outside the south gate.
Suddenly, more than 10,000 Tatar soldiers at the south gate were wiped out in a panic, and because the Tatar soldiers were wiped out at the south gate, and the grain and grass were also lost, the Tatar leader Mo Nan Wuhu had to lead other cavalry to flee back to the Tatar territory at night.
Because of the victory in Jizhen, Emperor Zhu Houxi was overjoyed, so he personally drove to Jizhou to reward Du and the meritorious soldiers.
He personally rewarded Feng Shihui as the chief manager of the Ming Dynasty's nine borders, Jingbian Hou, and had full authority to deal with the northern border affairs, and gave Shang Fang a sword that could be cut first and then played.
Du Buyi was proud of the spring breeze again, and then after arranging the defense of Jizhen, he began to return to Xuanfu.
At this time, Datong Mansion and Xuanfu and Taiyuan all had local prefects who prepared mansions for Du Buyi.
After returning to Xuanfu, Xiaoyi had just rushed over from Datong Mansion to accompany Du to celebrate.
Du Yi didn't forget and asked Xiaoyi:
"Xiaoyi, do you have any news of Siqi recently?"
Xiao Yi replied:
"Half a month ago, Sister Siqi wrote you a letter, and you don't even have time to read it!"
He immediately took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Du Buyi.
Du did not forget to look at the letter, only to see that it was written:
"Xianggong, my father has passed away, I know that you are busy with military affairs, and it is inconvenient to disturb you, I am now planning to leave to accompany my father's coffin back to Tongchuan, and after I go home and bury my father, I will go back to Datong Mansion to find you, Mrs. Xi Siqishu"
Du Zhen couldn't help but feel a little bit and said:
"I didn't expect my father-in-law to leave so soon, I didn't even have a chance to see him for the last time, although I have always been at odds with him before, but he is my father-in-law after all!"
At this time, Xiaoyi on the side comforted Du Yi:
"People are always going to die, look at it a little, Lord Xi will enjoy it for a lifetime, he is a stable official, soaring, although he is a little sleek, but he is also a good official, I heard that His Majesty also gave Lord Xi the title of Taifu!"
Du Cheng said:
"Yes, I hope my father-in-law can do the same in another world!"