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There were still four or five thousand remaining troops in the Khitans retreating to the inner city. Cao Shili advocated a concerted effort, taking advantage of the enemy's panic, directly attached himself to the city to attack, caught one of them off guard, and captured the entire city of Datong in one fell swoop.

Ge Huaicong was worried that the inner wall of Datong was high and thick, and the raids were all cavalry, and they ran for a long time for days, exhausted and unwilling to 7,000 cavalrymen rush to get off their horses to attack the inner city. They decided to wait until the troops behind arrived.

In the early years, in order to prevent military generals from abusing power, middle and senior commanders, including battalion commanders, were strictly rotated and re-appointed in three years. It was strictly forbidden for military generals to control a certain army for a long time.

This made the Great Yue imperial guards many soldiers, but the soldiers did not recognize generals, and the generals did not recognize soldiers, which seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards.

During the Yuanxi period, in order to eliminate the old ills, the battalion commander, the commander of the generals, such as the generals and commander of the generals, were allowed to lead a group of lost horses for a long time to maintain the stability and combat effectiveness of the grassroots army. However, the appointment and promotion of senior commanders such as the commander and the commander of the commander were still maintained; even most of the commander and commander were interested in long-term vacancy.

Only when war is needed will the court temporarily appoint generals and ministers, or directly be the commander of the highest level of the battlefield at that time, and the Duguhou is in charge.

When Ge Boyi was approaching the war, he was in charge of the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, and had the authority to control the troops including the Tianxiong Army, and gathered troops from Lanzhou to expedition, but the command of the Tianxiong Army was still vacant.

Ge Huaicong was not only Ge Boyi's eldest son, but also as the third general of the Tianxiong Army, he was the highest military general who entered the Datong battlefield of the Khitan. Not only did the cavalry troops that had entered Datong be controlled by him, but the 18,000 troops who were rushing to Datong from Shuozhou were also controlled by him.

As a new general, Cao Shili had too many concerns. Although he was worried that the opportunity to fight was fleeting, Ge Huaicong did not accept his suggestions and he did not persist.

Yuehailou and Zhu Han had not agreed to make it. The combat plan that had been drawn up long ago was to wait for the subsequent infantry to arrive and then attack the strong enemy who was fighting stubbornly in the city. The general unauthorizedly changed the established combat plan.

Unless there are very necessary reasons, even if seven thousand cavalry dismounted and captured the inner city, they would have been ineffective.

More people think that Ge Huaicong's proposal is a safe plan.

In addition to Datong, the Khitan had 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers in Yingzhou, but they were all attracted by the main forces of the Eastern Army. Even if Jincheng, Huairen and other cities had thousands of soldiers and horses, their combat effectiveness was extremely limited, and they could not gather to reinforce Datong in a short period of time. At this time, they cleared the remaining enemies in the outer city and controlled the situation of the four gates. When the main forces of the Western Army's infantry arsenal arrived, even if it was difficult to win the inner city in a short period of time, the victory was already under their control.

Maybe the Khitan troops in Yingzhou were defeated without fighting after hearing the news that Datong was raided by Shuozhou Southern Affiliation, and the main force of the Eastern Route Army did not need to go to Datong City in the sky.

In short, there was no room for Xu Huai to interrupt, and he was not even qualified to come to Ge Huaicong to listen to the military discussion.

At noon, Cao Shili and Ge Yu's troops had already controlled the area near Shengdemen. Later, the main force of the Han army in the defenders either fled or surrendered, leaving only four or five thousand remaining soldiers retreated to the inner city, which created favorable conditions for the main force of the cavalry to enter and control the outer city.

Datong City occupies several times larger than Lanzhou and Shuozhou, so Ge ​​Huaicong did not rush to control the other three gates.

In addition to leaving a thousand guards inside and outside Shengde Gate, more than 6,000 other cavalrymen entered the Xicheng area directly. While cleaning up the remaining enemies here, destroying the houses lit before retreating to the inner city, they were waiting for the arrival of the main force of the Western Route Army.

Xu Huai's troops were soldiers of the Military Supervisors' College. On the one hand, they did not need to undertake combat tasks. On the other hand, Ge Huaicong would not really agree to Zhu Han sending the Military Supervisors' College out to inspect and constrain military discipline. He deliberately designated the house near the northwest corner as the garrison of the Military Supervisors' College.

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As a military officer, Xu Wukun participated in the military convention and rushed back to the garrison. He saw that all the generals had settled down. Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan, Tang Qing, Yin Peng and others were all in the yard on Xu Huai's side.

The station is next to the northwest corner of the city wall. When you stand in the yard, you can see the towering corner tower on the rammed earth wall; the city wall is about four meters high, and the two-story corner tower is for viewing and shooting arrows, which are also more than two meters high.

Xu Huai and Xu Xin'an are studying the terrain of the city walls and corner buildings.

Xu Wukun walked in and asked, "Did you contact Lao Wu and the others?"

Xu Wukun and Zhou Jingzhao planned to have sneaked into Datong City early yesterday morning, but after Xu Wukun entered the city, he has been staying with Zhu Wei and has no time to pay attention to other things.

"The secret notes they left behind have been found, and Han Qi is bringing them over." Xu Huai said.

Now the Xicheng area is full of Dayue soldiers and horses, and the civilians in Datong City cannot walk around at will. When they see the marks left by Xu Wuji and Zhou Jing, they can only send someone to take them over.

As soon as Xu Huai finished speaking, a few steps came from outside. He looked over and saw Han Qi accompanying Xu Wuli, dressed in a dog fur shirt and Zhou Jing walked in.

"Lao Wu, what's the situation in the city now?" Xu Wukun asked anxiously.

"As Xu Huai guessed, although the news in Shuozhou was blocked well, the news of the imperial guards killing and looting foreign people in Lan Dai and other places had spread in Datong City, which was quite disturbing. Some people even secretly provoked and aroused conflicts. Yesterday, there were many fights and fights, and more than a dozen people were killed or injured in the Han and Fan family," said Xu Wuli, "Cao Shili and Ge Yu raided Shengdemen, and the fighting will of the Han army was very sluggish. After Ge Huaicong led his troops to arrive, the Han army collapsed without decent resistance. It was more or less related to this..."

"Since Xiao Linshi had anticipated all this, why didn't he strengthen his vigilance in Datong in advance, and let us seize the outer city of Datong so easily?" Xu Xin'an asked in confusion.

In Xu Xin'an's view, Datong has been more vigilant, and the cavalry cannot raid and capture the outer city of Datong, and the main force of the Western Route Army cannot continue to advance to Datong.

"The Khitan troops were even more unbearable. They could not support the battle on both sides, and even the confrontation in Yingzhou was difficult to last. We had to use tricks to eat our side troops all the way to turn danger into safety." Xu Wuli said.

"The fifth uncle said is one reason, and another reason is that Xiao Linshi's position in Xijing Road was relatively awkward at this time, and the military and political affairs of Xijing should not be under his control at this time." Xu Huai said.

Xiao Yanhan has now lowered her defense against him. Xu Huai has made every effort to conquer her. He has confirmed that Xiao Linshi was indeed demoted to Xijing two years ago as a group shepherd official.

The Yueting Court set up a group herds department to take charge of the raising of horses in the country; the Khitans also had a group herds department in China, but they mainly migrated some of their tribesmen to border states to raise cattle and horses. The purpose was not to obtain war horses, but to use this method to strengthen control and defense of border states.

The Khitans who migrated to the border prefectures were both civilians and soldiers, but as the imperial tent soldiers and their families at that time, they directly had the jurisdiction of the various palaces of the Northern Privy Council of Khitan. The Xijing Road Defense Envoy and the Xijing Left-behind Department had no authority to control it.

As a herd officer, Xiao Linshi could only choose elites from these Khitans during the war.

This also explains why Xiao Linshi led only 3,000 cavalrymen from Yingzhou to support Datong in the memory that flashed into Xu Huai's mind.

However, after the Battle of Datong, Xiao Linshi, who had a very deep foundation in Xijing Road, would undoubtedly once again dominate the military and political power of Xijing Road.

The weak Khitan royal court, who was unable to protect himself, could not curb Xiao Linshi's rise again on Xijing Road.

"Before, Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili ordered the Khitans and the young and powerful people in Shuozhou to clear the last doubts about the Cao brothers, but it is no longer necessary. When the military was just now, Zhu Han and Cao Shili advised Ge Huaicong to restrain the generals, and Ge Huaicong also agreed," Xu Wukun frowned and said, "I thought Ge Huaicong could really do this and might escape the great disaster. Now it seems that it is very difficult..."

Military discipline is like a wild horse. Once it breaks out of its reins, it is extremely difficult to restrain it again.

Xiao Linshi doesn’t need to deploy many people in Datong City. As long as he is provoked at a critical moment, the conflict will intensify like a flame burning.

What's more, Ge Huaicong agreed to restrain military discipline and looked quite reluctant!

Xu Huai looked up at the corner tower above the city wall and said to Xu Wukun: "Ge Huaicong cannot let us guard any city gate. We have no position to ask for it, but we must take over the warning matters of this corner tower!"

In the established historical trajectory, only hundreds of generals and soldiers who raided Datong in Datong in the Datong battle, fled, and naturally they were caught in a jar in Datong City.

As military commanders, Xu Huai and others did not undertake combat affairs. At this time, they had no position to guard any city gate. He did not intend to fight with the 3,000 elite troops led by Xiao Linshi personally to support him.

If they don't want to be caught in a jar, what they can do in advance now is to control this corner tower in the northwest corner so that they can directly climb over the city wall at critical moments...
Chapter completed!