The sound of the gong in the early morning was like thunder, exploding Zhangjiakou. People in the shantytowns cried out to pack up their belongings urgently, and swarmed into the city.
Fortunately, these people received the order to besiege the city and did not enter the city. They just set up a siege on the periphery to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to leave. It seemed that they had the intention of deliberately driving outsiders into the castle.
For a time, the two city gates of Zhangjiakou were full of people fleeing the city.
Zhangjiakou Fort is a fortified city and cannot be captured easily.
Therefore, the troops that arrived first did not attack the city immediately. Instead, they ran around and cleared the area. They implemented battlefield interruptions and continued intimidation, prompting the people to flee into the castle.
Wang Hao looked at the panicked people running towards the city and ordered: "Don't worry about those people, control the outside of the city first, and don't let the news leak out. No one person or horse is allowed to leave the city."
After all, the business groups in Zhangjiakou have an intricate relationship with the local guards and soldiers. If something happens in Zhangjiakou, they are likely to come to support. What we have to do now is to delay the news, and the later the news is spread, the better.
There are only two city gates in Zhangjiakou Fort, which are very easy to seal. Just be careful to drive all the people from the outer shantytowns into the city. This can prevent the news from leaking.
With the arrival of the large group of people, An Sanxi came to a high ground outside the city and used a telescope to observe the situation in the city.
"Did anyone escape?"
"Report, no one has escaped. We have set up two internal and external blockades. We have also arranged a squadron to blockade the valley leading to Xuanfu Town in the south. They passed there in advance. No one can faint. The news will definitely not spread.
"Wang Hao said.
At this time, the heads of the eight major business groups in the city were woken up one after another. At this time, they happened to be the deepest sleepers. When one by one was woken up so early, they immediately knew that something big had happened.
Fan Yongdou asked while putting on his clothes: "You can see clearly, they are soldiers and horses of Tuxie Tuhan."
"Young master, yes, you can see clearly from the city tower that the flag they are flying is Tushetu Khan's, and they even have his flag and drum representing the blood of the Golden Family. They cannot lend these things to others."
Fan Yongdou broke out in a cold sweat. There is only one possibility for the Mongolians to come out in the heavy snow this season, that is, they really can't stand it any longer. What comes at this time is a pack of hungry wolves.
Fortunately, the camel team was sent out three days in advance. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to leave at this time.
"Have you reported to Xuanfu Town and Datong Town?"
"Master, this time the Mongols are different from the past. They took control of the mountain pass last night. They only showed up at the city gate early this morning, and they didn't go to rob the shanty towns outside at all, but went around to race horses. It seemed to drive the people away.
Enter the city."
Fan Yongdou gritted his teeth and said: "When did these Mongolian Tatars become so cunning? They are afraid that the news will be leaked, so they drive the people into the city to catch turtles in a jar."
"Master, what should we do? There is only one thousand soldiers in this city. There are actually only more than 500 people, and there are not 200 who can fight." The housekeeper said anxiously.
"Why are you panicking? I'm going to see the old man. Please come forward and convene a meeting of the heads of the eight families to discuss countermeasures. Each of our eight business groups has more than 2,000 guards, plus the bodyguards in the city, Minzhuang
, no matter how hard they managed to gather 20,000 people. The castle is so strong, the Mongols are not good at attacking the city, and they won’t be able to defeat it for a while. When the surrounding border troops gathered, the Mongols themselves retreated."
An Sanxi saw that the siege of the city had been successful. The people outside the city had already fled into the city. There was no one left outside the city. Only empty and messy thatched houses in shanty towns were left.
"Burn all the surrounding houses and knock down the remaining walls." An Sanxi ordered.
This is to clear the obstacles on the offensive road so that the army can attack the city.
The east gate and south gate were now closed. A large number of guardsmen ran up the city wall and began to defend. However, 500 people could not stand on the city wall at all. It was difficult to defend even one city wall.
Xuanfu Town is very large. At its peak, there were 150,000 troops stationed in Xuanfu Town.
But the Zhangjiakou Fort is very small. There are surprises all around the city. The city is three feet and two feet high. It has two gates and is very strong.
In other words, one side of the city wall is only 500 meters long. The garrison only has half of the actual soldiers, about 500 people.
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Soon, the guards of the merchant group ran up the city wall to help guard the city. These merchant groups had a large number of firearms, all of which were illegally purchased from the border troops.
These firearms are very miscellaneous, but there are also five to six thousand matchlocks. After all, the business group's property is in this castle, and their team's safety is still very important.
At this time, An Sanxi saw a column of smoke rising from the city.
Wolf smoke, wolf smoke was lit in the city.
An Sanxi was very sure that there were no beacons in Zhangjiakou Fort. Then this wolf-sheep was an impromptu idea they came up with and lit it up with some random stuff.
"Have all the beacons around been cleared?" An Sanxi asked.
Wang Hao said: "All the fifteen beacons around were taken down by our scouts. It was useless for them to light the beacons. There are no beacons around, and no beacons can be seen no matter how far away they are."
Fiberhome communication is like this. It requires station-to-station transmission. As long as one or two adjacent stations fail, the transmission cannot continue.
The troops controlling the beacons were the first to set out, and they touched down the surrounding beacons in advance.
At this time, a lot of broken wood was piled up in the square in front of Wenchang Pavilion in the city, and kerosene was poured under it. After it was lit, thick smoke rose up because the wood was damp.
But the effect was not good, because there were snowstorms during this period. Sometimes there was no wind, and sometimes the wind was very strong, causing the smoke to disperse.
Wenchang Pavilion has windows all around, and its shape is lighter than that of a building. Its plane is often square or polygonal. There are usually partitions or railing corridors around it for distant views and recreation.
Wenchang Pavilion is not very high. It is square, facing north and facing south. The platform base is made of stone strips and bricks. The platform base is 8 meters high. The center of the door opening is the dome roof, with an incised Bagua stone as the upper center. In Wenchang Pavilion's
The "Four Gates" opened up four streets in the east, west, south and north of Drum Tower. Wenquxing is enshrined in Wenchang Pavilion.
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"Building". It has a single-eave mountain tile roof, yellow and green glazed ridges, with a width of 3 rooms and a depth of 2 rooms. There are nine crests kissing beasts on the top, cornices and wing corners, brackets and arches, etc. The craftsmanship is very exquisite.
At this time, the heads of the eight business groups gathered in Wenchang Pavilion to take charge. The confidants and staff of each family gathered here. The leader of the family soldiers was on standby downstairs. Everyone knew that once the Mongols invaded, they would
All useful things here are gone.
All livestock and people will also be brought to the grassland. And this time they are the people of Tushetu Khan. They are the Outer Khalkha people on the back of the Gobi, which is even more remote and poor. After the fierce
A lot of good luck.
In the Jade Emperor Pavilion, there are two Taishi chairs at the main seat, and four chairs on one side facing each other below.
The two chairs at the main table were occupied by two local military officers. After all, no matter how powerful the businessman was, his status was still relatively low.
Zhangjiakou Fort is located on Shangxi Road (one garrison general is stationed in Wanquan City), with 1 garrison. Laiyuan Fort is equipped with 1 garrison. There are 7,603 officers and soldiers stationed on Shangxi Road. They were reduced in the middle of Wanli year, and the remaining officers and soldiers
1,239. By the Chongzhen period, there were 1,199 officers and soldiers.
On these two chairs, one is guard Hei Yunlong, and the other is camp commander Wang Fen.
Hei Yunlong is a man of true ability and a loyal minister.
Hei Yunlong (1585-1644), courtesy name Congwu, was originally from Datong, Shanxi Province, and was born in Qianwei, Si Xuanfu, Wandu (now Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province).
He held the positions of Zhangjiakou garrison officer, Geyubao commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief of Jizhen, commander-in-chief of Xuanfu town, and commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan.
During the "Jiji Rebellion" in the second year of Chongzhen (1629), he accompanied Datong's generals Man Gui to Beijing and Qin Wang, and fought with the Hou Jin army under the walls of Beijing. He was defeated and captured, and was placed under house arrest for more than a year. He later waited for an opportunity to escape back to the Ming Dynasty.
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In the 17th year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng's army defeated the Xuanfu. Hei Yunlong cursed and refused to surrender, and his sons Hei Mingxiao and Hei Minglian were martyred at the same time.
"Everyone, you are all local big businessmen. Today, the Mongolian Tatars suddenly besieged the city. I and General Wang Fen have limited troops. Let's discuss together today how to defend the city. After all, if the city is broken, you will suffer the most.
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After Hei Yunlong finished speaking, he glanced at the eight family heads and representatives sitting below.
Sitting below were eight people including Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa. These people were the actual principals of each business group.