Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 310, the flames are everywhere

The tribal leaders in the Golden Tent naturally couldn't see the hesitation in Dayan Khan's heart at this time. For them, they had been waiting for this day for several months.

At this time in the past, they had plundered wantonly in the hinterland of Ming Dynasty, enjoying the pleasure of getting something for nothing, enjoying the joy of plundering.

When it comes to looting in the south, the atmosphere in the Golden Tent becomes warmer and upsurge. The food, tea, salt, gold, silver and jewellery, iron pots, kitchen knives, and fragrant beauties of the Ming people, just thinking about these things makes people's blood spurt. Zhang, excited.

As for Dayan Khan, drinking warm wine with a smile on his face, he began to calculate in his mind how to break through Daming's defense line with the least cost, and bring these prairie wolves to another feast.

The gathering speed of the prairie army was faster than expected. For people on the prairie, they immediately became a prairie warrior with a scimitar and a bow and arrow. One person brings at least two war horses, and the speed of travel is very fast.

In just a few days, Dayan Khan assembled an army of [-] and marched towards the south in a mighty manner. All of a sudden, there was a sudden change in the situation.

On the vast border of the Ming Dynasty, on the long Great Wall, the flames of war are raging, and the smoke of the war is constantly rising; on the official roads in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the eight hundred miles of intensified battle reports are heading towards the capital one wave after another. After sending it away, Emperor Hongzhi began to sleep badly again.

Different from the past, this time, Dayan Khan adopted the strategy of pretending to attack Xuanfu and mainly attacking Datong. Naturally, the purpose was to open the gap with the least loss. Dayan Khan clearly knew that the biggest problem in all these going south was how to break through A line of defense like a moat.

The army he led was very large. On the long defense line, there were not many places where his army could pass quickly, and it could even be said that there were very few places. There were heavy guards from Daming on several key points, which he was more familiar with. It is the middle line of Datong, Xuanfu, and Taiyuan, which is also the most traveled route in the past.

However, Dayan Khan also belongs to the kind of person who suffers from a disadvantage and does not have a long memory. Last year, because of the appearance of a telescope, his trick of feigning an attack was seen through. He had to take the western front to Gansu and Shaanxi to plunder.

He hasn't figured out how his plan of feint attack was discovered, and how the position of the main force of his army was discovered by the people of Ming Dynasty. This year he actually adopted the strategy of feint attack again this year.

On the hillsides of the prairie, teams of scouts from the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty also consisted of one man and two horses. Everyone carried binoculars in their hands. It is possible to find traces of the grassland army within a radius of dozens of miles.

Even though Dayan Khan dispatched a lot of scout teams this time, the main job of these scout teams was to clean up the scouts of the Ming army. The scout team had to flee back, because running slowly meant death.

This is also an important reason why Dayan Khan was able to easily break through the defense line many times in the past, because they had a clear picture of the movements of the Ming army, but the Ming army was completely in the dark about their movements.

You can use very simple feint tactics to easily break through the defense line of the Ming Dynasty border army. After entering the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, you can also grasp the movements of the Ming Dynasty army, lead the Ming Dynasty army around, and wait for the Ming Dynasty army to get tired. , they bite it hard and eat it easily.

This is also one of the important reasons why the Ming army defended the city.

Because the city can still fight a dozen, if you go out of the city to fight in the field, it is basically the rhythm of courting death and delivering food.

But now the situation has subtly changed. The scouts of the Ming Dynasty had binoculars, so they could spot the traces of the prairie people early. Grasp the movement of the grassland.

Last year, the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty took advantage of the telescope to grasp the movements of the grassland people in advance, and used their tactics to teach Dayan Khan a good lesson.

"This little prince, it seems that the suffering he suffered last year was not enough, and he used the old trick of feint attack again."

With the change of the grassland army, the frontier army of Ming Dynasty also began to be on high alert. Liu Yu is the head of Xuanfu and Datong. It was also awarded by Emperor Hongzhi.

Liu Yu is a fellow of Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he is an official of Henan origin. He is especially valued by Liu Jian.

However, Emperor Hongzhi didn't like him very much all the time, because Liu Yu was a man of bad conduct. When he was in charge of the border town, he set up a private horse market to make a lot of profits, and then bribed the powerful.

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi didn't know this at this time, otherwise he would not have used him to govern Xuanfu and Datong. In history, Liu Yu made a lot of money by setting up a private horse market, and then used the money to bribe , During the period of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, he even colluded with Liu Jin. From the official to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, he was one step away from entering the cabinet.

However, with Liu Jin's downfall, he was quickly impeached, dismissed from office, and Ziren deposed as a citizen.

From Liu Yu's resume, it can be seen that this person is actually quite ambitious, a person who yearns for climbing, so he is very good at using the resources at hand.

He and the chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian, are fellow villagers, so they often go to where Liu Jian is.

Then he had a good relationship with his immediate superior, Ma Wensheng. Under Ma Wensheng's recommendation, he became the head of the Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi, and he was the big boss of the border town who held the military power.

Holding Bian Town in his hand, he also used his power to set up a private horse market. Needless to say, the price of horses in ancient times, a random horse, even the cheapest one, would cost tens of taels of silver. I don't know how much money I made.

Once he had money, he worked hard to climb up the ranks, established a good relationship with the celebrities around the emperor, and became sworn brothers with Liu Jin. With this relationship, he became the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and almost entered the cabinet.

Because of his ambition, this Liu Yu is somewhat thoughtful and able to do something. Last year, he was rewarded by Emperor Hongzhi for giving the little prince a blow. This gave him hope of promotion.

So when the grassland army changed, he also responded in time, dispatched a large number of scouts, grasped the movement of Dayan Khan's army very accurately, and made his own judgment.

"This feint attack on Xuanfu, the main attack is Datong."

Liu Yu was very sure of his own judgment, and began to allocate troops based on his own judgment. Most of the troops from Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi were concentrated here in Datong, ready to fight Dayan Khan's army.

Sure enough, a few days later, the Xuanfu was first attacked by Dayan Khan's feigned attacking troops, but because the city wall was much higher, the feigning attacking troops did not achieve any substantial results at all.

In the past, the feint attacking troops might have become the main attacking troops. Because the frontier troops of the Ming Dynasty were struggling, their combat power was low, and the defensive fortifications were in disrepair for a long time, so sometimes the feint attacking troops could easily break through the defense line, and then The feint attack became the main attack, and then the attack was roundabout, easily breaking through the defense system of the Ming Dynasty frontier army.

Because he had a clear insight into Dayan Khan's movements and goals, Liu Yu also lined up troops, and also created a maze for Dayan Khan's side, deliberately creating the illusion of mobilizing heavy troops on Xuanfu's side, In this way, Dayan Khan will go all out when attacking Datong.

Liu Yu's strategy worked, and Dayan Khan thought that his feint attack plan had succeeded, and led his army to Datong in the first time.

"Clang~clang~"

On the city wall of Datong, which is more than ten feet high, on the watchtower, the watchman saw the mighty army coming from the grassland with a telescope early on, and soon sounded the siren.

"Haha, it's finally here, what a high city wall, I'll see how you fly in."

On the city wall, Liu Yu is full of confidence, with enough troops in his hands, and relying on such a strong and tall city wall, even if Dayan Khan's [-] troops are overwhelming this time, he will not panic at all.

In his mind, he was thinking about fighting a good battle this time, looking back to his fellow villager Liu Jian, and walking around with Ma Wensheng, maybe he could be promoted, and even be awarded a title or something. Jobs can be passed on.

"This~"

Unlike Liu Yu, who was full of confidence, when the army from the prairie came to the edge of the tall city wall, the leaders of each tribe were dumbfounded. Why did the city wall become so high all of a sudden?
Last year, the city wall was only half as high as it is now. Now it is as high as the mountains on both sides. How can this battle be fought?
"Are we going to fly there?"

As for the ordinary prairie warriors, they were even more frightened by the majestic and tall city walls in front of them at this time, and felt that unless they had wings, they would not be able to pass at all.

　Don’t be afraid of greed, but people who don’t do anything, everyone agrees, right?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)