For ten years, Xue Wei guarded Taiyuan Prefecture and controlled the Datong border troops. The Tatar tribe never broke through the Datong gate.
But that's because the Tatar tribe felt that the gains outweighed the losses by forcibly breaking through.
If the Tatar tribe encountered a life and death crisis and would starve to death if they did not capture Datong, then it would be better to die on the battlefield than to starve to death.
If the Tatars move south regardless of the cost, Xue Wei may not be able to hold on to the city, but the cost must be quite heavy.
After all, the Tatar Khan has not been idle for more than ten years. What he probably thinks about the most is how to attack the city.
More importantly, if the purpose of these Tatars is not to attack the city and seize land, but just to plunder food, they can even ignore the enemies of the big city!
As long as they reach the pass, they don't attack the city, but only plunder the wild areas. It will be difficult for Xue Wei to deal with it.
Therefore, he had to be cautious about this matter.
The day after receiving the information, he took his bodyguard and his adult son Xue Bei and headed north together.
It is worth mentioning that Xue Da's son was not born to his wife, Princess Xianyou, but to Nana's concubine when he was serving as the commander of the Guangzhou Guard in the south.
After all, he married Princess Xianyou in the late Northern Expedition. Although the couple had a son and a daughter in these years, the two children were still young and could not go to the battlefield.
On the contrary, Xue Bei, the eldest son of the concubine, has grown up and is about the same size as his father. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and has followed Xue Wei on the battlefield a few years ago.
The father and son rode side by side and ran towards Datong Mansion.
Taiyuan is about 500 miles away from Datong. Because of riding horses and changing horses along the way, it only took more than a day for the father and son to rush to the Datong border army camp, where they met the general Wan Zhong who was guarding the camp.
Ten years have passed. Wan Zhong, who was very calm at the beginning, is now even more calm. After growing a beard, he also looks a lot more majestic. Xue Bei strode forward, half-knelt on the ground, bowed his head and saluted: "Uncle!"
Wan Zhong stretched out his hand to help him up, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Da Lang is strong again. Why don't you stay in Taiyuan with your father in the future? Stay with me in Datong for a few years. After a while, When Uncle Nian Wan retires, you will take over my position and guard Datong."
Xue Bei smiled honestly: "Uncle, you are still young."
General Xue on the side coughed and said, "I haven't thought about retreating yet, but you should think about retreating first."
Wan Zhong smiled: "I have been away from home for too long, and I always want to go back to my hometown in Taizhou Prefecture. General, you are different."
He smiled at Xue Wei and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to return to Taizhou Mansion again in your life."
Xue Da snorted and said, "General, I will report to Duke Shen later and ask him to keep you in the north for the rest of your life. If I can't go back to Taizhou, then you can go back?"
Wan Zhong smiled and did not answer.
General Xue put his hands behind his back and walked towards the tent: "Okay, the military situation is urgent, let's raise the tent to discuss the matter."
Wan Zhong glanced at Xue Bei and said with a smile: "Da Lang, why don't you go beat the drum and raise the account?"
Xue Bei responded quickly and strode towards the big drum at the entrance of the handsome tent.
Wan Zhong's voice came: "Stop your strength, don't break my drum."
General Xue on the side laughed and cursed: "You kid, are you talking about me?"
The old god Wan Zhong said: "It's not like you haven't broken it before. This kid looks exactly like you when you were young."
The two generals entered the commander's tent while talking. At this moment, the generals had not yet arrived. If people don’t have food to eat, they will probably head south soon.”
"If the matter was not serious, I would not report it to you so quickly."
Wan Zhong said silently: "If the Tatar tribe goes south, we will probably only be able to fight with them, and we will have to rely on a few passes, a few big cities, and the new firearms sent by Duke Shen."
"The Tatars are too flexible. Once they enter the border, it will be difficult for our people to catch up with them.
It would be difficult to encircle it."
"It depends on how many people they come in."
General Xue reached out and knocked on the table, and said in a deep voice: "My black armored cavalry is now not inferior to the Tatars' fine cavalry. They can compete with the Tatars in terms of speed."
"We only have five thousand mysterious knights."
Wan Zhong said slowly: "If it exceeds 10,000, we don't need to come over to discuss matters."
Xue Wei frowned and said nothing.
Wan Zhong said softly: "Another point is that the Tatar tribe may not necessarily go south from us. It is possible to go from the Xuanfu Sanwei or the Shaanxi border in the west."
"Moreover, the Tatar Khans have suffered losses from us. They may be more likely to move south from elsewhere. Then we will have to rush to support them, and our troops will not be enough."
He looked at Xue Wei and asked: "Should we say hello to General Su first? If necessary, borrow troops from them. After all, our Huai'an army is in the same spirit..."
Xue Wei lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "I have informed Mr. Shen that the specific matters will be arranged by Mr. Shen, so let's not get too troubled."
"General Su's side..."
Xue Wei frowned and whispered: "The young Marquis is in Liaodong now."
Wan Zhong nodded silently: "I understand."
At this time, the generals above the commander of the Datong border army camp had slowly arrived. After seeing Xue Wei, everyone half-knelt on the ground and bowed their heads in salute.
"I've met the general!"
General Xue raised his hand silently: "Everyone sit down, let's discuss something."
"yes!"
…………
Yanjing.
Shen Yi received Xue Wei's report almost at the same time as the imperial court.
Mr. Shen was sitting in his study room. He first looked up at the clock. After waiting for more than half an hour, he got on the carriage and went all the way to the palace, where he successfully met Emperor Hongde.
It was afternoon now, and Emperor Hong De was meeting with an eminent monk from Dajue Temple. After waiting for a while, Mr. Shen was invited in. Before entering the Ganlu Hall, he ran into the eminent monk head-on.
This is an old man who is sixty or seventy years old, with a kind face and kind eyes.
When he met Shen Yi, he first looked at Shen Yi, then bowed his head and saluted: "The poor monk Huijue has met Lord Shen."
Mr. Shen was not in the mood to chat with him. He just nodded slightly and prepared to pass by.
Monk Huijue smiled and said, "Master Shen is full of karma and has such a murderous aura."
Shen Yi glanced back at him and said calmly: "The great monk is a monk from the north. For the great monk, Mr. Shen is naturally full of karma."
Monk Huijue shook his head and said with a smile: "The poor monk was originally a monk from Jiankang, and was invited by Your Majesty to preside over Dajue Temple."
Mr. Shen was a little surprised, and then looked at the great monk up and down.
Monk Huijue clasped his hands together and said, "However, although Lord Shen has a lot of karma and has immeasurable merits, even though he will not achieve enlightenment in this life, he will have no karmic rewards."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "You are a great monk, you can talk."
After saying that, he clasped his hands in front of him and strode into the Manna Hall.
In the Manna Hall, His Majesty the Emperor was reading a yellowed ancient book. When he looked up and saw Shen Yi, he smiled and said, "I knew you would come."
Shen Yi bowed and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty already knows."
"knew."
Emperor Hong De motioned Shen Yi to sit down, then looked at Shen Yi and said, "What rules does Shen Qing have?"
"I think we should send an envoy to the Tatar tribe to tell them that Emperor Chen is so generous that he can sell them some grain to help them tide over their difficulties."
"besides…"
Shen Yi whispered: "We should consider sending more troops to Datong to prevent unexpected events."
The emperor thought for a while, nodded and said: "The Tatar Khan was conferred by me, and he is nominally a vassal of our Dachen. Selling them grain is the right thing to do. As for increasing the army..."
"Where does Shen Qing think we should add more?"
"Su Ding's headquarters, or..."
He looked at the emperor and spoke slowly.
"Lingsu's headquarters."
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