Tu Meng understands this very well, but the death of Batumon has already made him angry. If he died in the battle with Akito, he would feel better, but he died under Akito's conspiracy.
, which made him unacceptable.
During the day, he suppressed his angry impulse and allowed his men to slowly retreat to a range far beyond the reach of the Ming army's artillery. However, this did not mean that he would give up like this. After traveling a long distance, not only
He didn't get any benefits from Mingren, but instead lost a son. If he retreated to the grassland like this, he would still be Dayan Khan. He was clearly a scapegoat and a coward. Not to mention that his whole life's reputation would be ruined, and he would become the son of all the people.
The laughing stock of the people.
Therefore, he wants revenge, and he wants these Ming people to pay the price with blood for what they have done. This night, he does not intend to let Ming people live comfortably.
There were shouts of killing in the distance. It was several thousand troops he sent out to harass the city. In the dark night, Akito's artillery had no effect at all. On the contrary, bows and arrows were more effective. Of course, he didn't
Counting on his men to be able to climb up to the top of the city is just a tactic to exhaust the army. In fact, once the Ming people's artillery fires, these people will retreat, and the cycle starts again. He believes that tonight, on top of the city,
No one in the Ming army dared to relax.
In fact, even if the Ming army was lax, facing the tall city wall of Datong, his men could only look at the city and sigh, and could do nothing except vent their anger by throwing arrows at the city top. Same as the last time he came here
Datong was different. At that time, there were trees everywhere that could be used to make ballista ladders. Today, his men have searched both sides of Datong for twenty miles. In addition to catching some Ming people who had no time to escape, they also
Not much usable wood was found.
"Father!" A handsome young general walked into his tent and interrupted his trance.
Seeing the person in front of him, Tu Mengke smiled slightly, and the grief of losing his son seemed to fade a little.
"It's so late and you're still not sleeping, why are you here with me!" He patted the brocade cushion beside him: "Come, Agelina, my little skylark, sit down next to Father Khan!"
The young general known as Agelina took off the hat on her head, her hair flowing down like a waterfall. She walked lightly to Tu Mengke and sat down next to Tu Mengke.
"Father, are you okay!" Agelina looked at her father with some worry. Fortunately, her father's body was still as majestic as a strong horse on the grassland, and he did not become worse because of Batumon's death.
He was rickety. Except for the intense sadness between his eyebrows, he was no different from usual days.
Tu Meng had seven sons and more than a dozen daughters. Batumeng was definitely not his favorite son. Although he was very angry after losing a son, it was nothing compared to his inheritance.
, what he cares more about is the reaction of his generals and herdsmen to him. Ajilina wants to see the expression of grief on Tu Mengke's face, but I'm afraid that is impossible.
On the contrary, Agelina was his favorite daughter, so much so that when she came to Datong this time, she also wanted to come with the army, and he agreed without even thinking about it.
"You have always disliked Batumon, and now that he is dead, you don't seem to be very happy!" Tu Mengke touched his daughter's head, rarely showing his tender side.
"No matter how much I don't like him, he is still my brother!" Agelina lowered her head and said softly: "If I have the opportunity to avenge him, I will not hesitate at all!"
"This is the daughter of my Borzhijin clan!" Tu Meng smiled with satisfaction. Death in battle is not terrible, but fear of death in battle would be a great insult to the noble surname of Borzhijin clan.
"You will have this opportunity, don't worry, you will definitely have it!" He nodded, his tone was very sure.
"We only have enough food for three days!" Angelina did not come simply to comfort her father. This was her purpose. Her father, who was angry, might take revenge on Akito at all costs.
He would not listen to what others said, but his father was still willing to listen to his words.
"I know!" Tu Mengke nodded again, "Besides, the weather is getting colder, and it might snow in the next few days!"
"Then you still let them harass the city. Akito is on guard. Such a city cannot be conquered in a day or two!" Agelina stared at her father with puzzled eyes.
He is still as wise as ever, but it seems that he cannot understand his father's intentions.
Seeing the confusion in Ajilina's eyes, Tu Meng pulled over a map in front of him. Thanks to the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, the topographic map of the Ming army was not available to the generals below the lieutenant general of the Ming army.
Yes, there was one in front of him.
"Look, this is Datong. Our army came all the way from Fengzhen. Except for Hongci and two Ming army forts, which blocked our way and were destroyed by us, these dots of military forts and villages,
We don’t have time to deal with them this time!”
He pointed at the map and told his daughter how to read the map, "Have you seen it? Let's point out the way. We have been walking for more than ten days! I tried my best not to delay, otherwise, it would be ours.
You can’t get enough food from Datong City!”
Agilina nodded, but noticed the numerous marked Ming army forts on both sides of this straight line, and said slightly surprised: "The Ming people put so many people here, let's just break in like this!"
"There is no use in large numbers. No matter how many sheep there are, they are no match for hungry wolves!" Tu Mengke corrected his daughter's point of view: "In addition to the Datong left guard, Datong right guard, Yanghe guard and Gaoshan guard, the Ming army had heavy troops.
In this place, those other small military forts are not worth mentioning at all!"
He paused, "Besides, even if we take down those small military forts, it won't be of any benefit to us. There aren't many things we need. Real food, grass, and ordnance are all stored in these Davids. However, we can only use these places."
It's not easy to fight. Akito has been very effective here in recent years. Once he touches these Davids, the annoying little military forts around them are like those vultures eating carrion on the grassland, surrounding them from all directions! Counting it all,
The gain outweighs the loss!”
"Then why did Father Khan want to attack Datong?" Agilina tilted her head and asked. Since it is not easy to fight, we can do business and exchange for some food to go back. Then the herdsmen will survive this winter.
"Ever since I knew that I couldn't find the wood for those early siege equipment around Datong, I didn't think about continuing to attack Datong!" Tu Mengke said, while pointing to a location on the map: "Here is Baishan Mountain.
It is the only way for the reinforcements sent by Yanghe Guard and Gaoshan Guard to support Datong. Many years ago, an emperor of the Han people was besieged here. I don’t want to besiege their emperor, I just want to eat them. These two guards came after a long journey.
The exhausted army is enough, and then we can move our troops eastward, catching the Ming Dynasty by surprise, and take them straight to Yanghe and Gaoshan. However, I guess the defenders of Datong do not have the courage to pursue us!"
"So, Father Khan, you are disturbing the city here to deceive those Ming people!" Agilina's eyes had little stars in her eyes. This was her great and wise Father Khan. She felt a little worried about her worries just now.
I feel ashamed. Over the years, my father Khan has fought in all directions, but this time he returned without a great victory.
Tu Mengke tilted his head slightly, and his face became a little cold: "Not only did I lie to them, I will actually attack the city tomorrow. However, since we don't have the equipment to attack the city, we have to deal with those Ming soldiers captured today.
The common people are gone, we don’t have any extra food to feed them!”
Angelina was silent, she knew what Father Khan meant. When fighting on the grassland, when a certain tribe was strong and Father Khan was not willing to sacrifice the lives of his sons, he would often use this move to catch
The women, children and old men of the other tribe were asked to charge forward. Facing their own tribe, no matter how brave the warriors were, they could not draw their bowstrings. At this time, the cavalry of Father Khan, who was following these women, children and common people,
She would swarm forward and cut the opponent to pieces. Although she didn't like Father Khan's tactics in her heart, she had to admit that this tactic was really useful.
I wonder how the Ming troops on the city walls will deal with this situation tomorrow. Agelina thought silently.
..In the dark night, two horses were breathing heavily in the night, running towards the city with twinkling lights in the distance. When the defenders on the city heard the sound of horse hooves, they became alert, and more torches were fired.
Gathered towards the top of the city.
"Datong is in danger. The Tatars are invading in large numbers. We are here to deliver the order under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief!"
The knight came to the top of the city and shouted loudly. He didn't care at all about the tense situation on top of the city. His hoarse voice showed that he hadn't drank water for a long time.
There was a slight commotion on the top of the city. After a while, a hanging basket was lowered from the top of the city. At the same time, the bows and arrows in the hands of the soldiers on the top of the city were still pointing at the people below. In this night, the human eye could not see very far.
It's useless to have torches. Who knows if these two people are coming to cheat the city, and who knows if countless Tatars will be following them not far behind them.
"Put your badges and military orders in the basket!" Someone shouted loudly on the top of the city.
After a while, the hanging basket was slowly put away. In the middle of the hanging basket, there was the belt badge of the General Military Mansion and the military order sealed with paint.
"Let the basket go down and hoist them up again. Although this thing is real, the people may not be real!" An officer guarding the city muttered, "If what he said is true, this time it will be very troublesome.