"The flag! It's the emperor's banner..."

The soldiers on duty on the city wall roared loudly, which immediately caused a huge noise in the entire Dongguan Castle of Datong. The leading officer on duty in Dongguan Castle was Ma Shandeng from Mahjiajong, and there were twenty or thirty Mahjong people.

The disciples and servants are accompanied by more than a thousand soldiers with the same amount of troops. They are called soldiers, but in fact they are "temporary soldiers" hired by the various leading yamen in Datong Town - there are 130,000 soldiers with the same amount in Datong Town.

Thousands, but the salary is only 130,000 to 400,000. I don’t know if there are 900,000 that can actually be obtained? Of course, this salary cannot support 130,000 people, not to mention that Datong Town has to pay for it.

There is a lot of profit sharing. So this gap is inevitable... But Datong Town is a border town after all. I don't know when Tatars will break through the border wall and come in to plunder. So Datong Town

There is also the practice of "temporary soldiers" here. Every time the Tatars invade, the governor, general town, deputy general, branch guard general and other yamen who lead the army will use some of the money they usually withhold to recruit some temporary soldiers.

Guard the city.

It's okay for the Tatar to be waffling outside the city. The unlucky people are the people anyway. As long as the Datong Castle is not lost and the Tatars plunder it, the officials in Datong City will naturally be able to report their merits and receive rewards.

Therefore, the officials in Datong City can ignore the life and death of the people outside the city, but they are still very careful in city defense. Since the time when Hutu Dun Khan broke through the wall and invaded, the reinforcement work of Datong City and several surrounding fortresses has not stopped.

.When Zhu Youjian was about to return in triumph, there were still many temporary soldiers inside Dongguan Castle shouting slogans, transporting large logs and stones, reinforcing the battlements, and replenishing the garrison at the top of the city.

The east gate of Dongguan, Ying'en Gate, the north gate and Beiyuan Gate, and the south gate and Nanyuan Gate are all blocked with bricks and stones. Only the east gate facing the main city of Datong and the west gate of Yangmen Wengcheng are not blocked.

——There is a very wide moat between the west gate of Dongguan Castle and the Heyangmen Urn in the main city of Datong. There is a suspension bridge on the moat, which is of course closed now.

Because there is only a moat and two narrow roads along the city wall between the Dongguan West Gate and the Heyangmen Wengcheng. If the enemy wants to pass through here, he will have to be hit by cross fire from the walls on both sides, and there is no way to survive. Therefore.

As long as Dongguan Town is not lost, the Yanghemen Urn City in the main city of Datong will not be attacked at all. And the tall city wall of Yanghemen Urn City can provide enough cover for the west gate of Dongguan Town, making it difficult to capture.

....I have to admit that the city defense of Datong Town is really strong enough, even more than that of Beijing City. It’s just that the people guarding this castle are really not worthy of such a strong city!

On the day Zhu Youjian arrived in Datong Town, he gave an order to the clan descendants of the Dai Wangfu in the city, asking them to gather at Beiguan Playground City before 3:30 on the eighth day of the lunar month.

But today is the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. Who has seen an eldest son of the old Zhu family in Datong Beiguan Playground City? Forget it if you don’t go to Beiguan Playground City to gather. Anyway, this group of people has not been cowardly for one generation or two. Zhu You

The prosecutors claim to fire them, but in fact it is impossible to do that. This will offend the public!

However, in the early morning of the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, the emperor led more than a thousand troops to encounter the Han troops on the bank of the Yu River and started a fierce battle. After the news spread in Datong City, the acting king Zhu Dingwei, who was seriously ill and could not live long, was actually killed.

Frightened out of fear, he took a few of his children and a group of wives and concubines, and, under the protection of a small number of eunuchs and entourage, even called a few close kings to run away, regardless of the obstruction of the palace officials and eunuchs.

Moreover, he ran very smartly. While the main town Mangui was leaving the city and the governor Zhang Yiming was busy mobilizing troops and generals to support the front line, he used the excuse of going to Beiguan City to gather and left Dingwumen, the north gate of Datong Town.

, crossed the suspension bridge, but did not enter the Daxia Gate at the South Gate of Beiguan. Instead, we turned a corner outside the Daxia Gate, walked west along the moat around the city, bypassed Datong City, and then went all the way south.

....This cleverness really has a bit of the style of my ancestors back in the day.

But why doesn’t this cleverness use a good place?

Although the King of Datong has long been raised as a pig, he is still the backbone of the army and people in Datong City!

As long as Dai Wang guards the city, the Datong army and people will know that Datong Town is still impregnable. Even if there are countless Tatars outside the city, everyone's hearts are still stable.

However, when Dai Wang and several county princes ran away... and they also fled in front of the battle when the emperor was marching out of the city to meet the enemy, this does not mean to tell everyone that today's emperor is like Shi Yingzong of Tumubao, calling the Tatars to fight.

Caught?

People in Datong City are still in chaos?

When people's hearts are in chaos, how can we defend the city?

So after receiving the news, Zhang Yiming, the governor of Datong, sent people to chase the king Zhu Dingwei. At the same time, he assigned the generals of the Ma family in Datong City. The children of the generals of the Ma family took their servants and temporary soldiers to guard the four Wengcheng (four urns) in the main city of Datong.

city ​​gates) and the east, south, and north gates (there is no Xiguan City in Datong). They also had people block the three gates in the southeast, north, and south gates, leaving only one gate facing Datong Town. They also had people block the gates.

The Qingyuan Gate at the west gate of Datong was also blocked. Madengeng was appointed by Zhang Yiming as the temporary Dongguan Branch Guard General, and brought more than a thousand people to work in the small town of Dongguan for two days and two nights, and finally blocked the three gates.

, and also deployed a lot of armor at the top of the city.

After the defense was settled, General Ma Da Ginseng, who had been busy for two days and two nights, felt a little overwhelmed. He found a quieter room on the tower of Yingen Gate in Dongguan and took a nap. Just when he was sleeping comfortably, someone came

Shouting in his ear: "The Emperor is back! The Emperor is back with his troops!"

What? The emperor is back?

Ma Shanshan opened his eyelids in a daze and saw an elderly servant of the Ma family with an old face full of excitement.

"Did the emperor win?" Madden asked.

"Victory, it should be victory!" said my old servant Ding, "It doesn't look like we have lost the battle... It's so majestic, and there are many captured Tatars in custody, and they are rushing

Lots of cattle, sheep, and horses! It looks like a great victory!"

"No! No...how is it possible?" Madenden felt something was wrong when he heard this! There are one hundred thousand Tatars on Baidenden! How many people does the little emperor have? The army in front of the tent is no more than ten thousand.

The servants that Mangui brought out, Zhenbiao, and some useless soldiers were all worth 20,000. How could they possibly win a big victory?

He got up as soon as possible, and did not let anyone put on his armor. He just took a robe and put it on himself, and then strode out of the city gate tower.

When he arrived outside, he found that the "temporary soldiers" in the city had dropped the earth and rocks in their hands, and mingled with the Ma family's servants to look at the scene to the east, and even let out large and small cheers.

Madeng Shanshan quickly shouted: "Beware! Beware! Be careful of fraud!"

As soon as he shouted, the people below immediately became vigilant - the Tatars are very cunning, don't pretend to be the Ming army to mess with the city! Those twelve triangular dragon flags, don't snatch them from the army in front of the little emperor's tent.

Coming!

"Quickly, send someone to ask for Governor Zhang!" Ma Shanshan sent someone to notify Zhang Yiming again, and then he took out a telescope and started to look around and investigate.

After watching for a while, I found the beaming Datong Town Commander-in-Chief Man Gui and the Town Biao Staff General Fang Shekun among the troops crossing the Yuhe River.

Looking at their festive looks, they don’t look like they were defeated and captured!

Did the little emperor really defeat the "running sweat" of Megatron Grassland?

Ma Dengshan quickly ordered his subordinate Qian Zong to guard the fortress. He took a few personal followers and Pegasus out of the west gate of Dongguan Town in Datong, then bypassed the town and ran towards the Ming Army brigade that was crossing the Yu River. Soon they He was stopped by the vigilant cavalry and led to Zhu Youjian's horse.

Zhu Youjian had seen Madang Madeng before, so after he dismounted and kowtowed, he smiled and said: "Madeng Mount, where are Governor Zhang and the King? I am blessed by my ancestors this time, and I have won a great victory... ..Let them quickly prepare a banquet for Qinggong and then come out to greet him!"

"Your Majesty," Ma Shanden said, "I have sent someone to invite Zhang Futai. He should be here soon... but His Highness Dai Wang cannot come."

"What? Fallen ill?" Zhu Youjian frowned, "Very sick?"

"No..." Maden Shan shook his head, "He, he ran away!"
Chapter completed!