Jingming

Chapter 335: Does the Civil Fort Change Have to Repeat Again?

On the northwest side of Xuanfu Town, the most important pass is Zhangjiakou.

It is located at the junction of the Taihang Mountains, Yanshan Mountains and Yinshan Mountains, and is the junction of the North China Plain and the Mongolian Plateau.Since the night of the 21st when the North captured the border, Zhangjiakou was the most stressed place on the Xuanfu side.

But it was only under pressure, and Xuanfu could still withstand it.

Yutai Ridge is located about sixty miles northwest of Zhangjiakou. It is surrounded by the Great Wall in the north and surrounded by mountains in the east and west.There is a river in the southeast, which flows from the northwest to Zhangjiakou, and the area is open.The two intersections lead to Zhangbei outside the Great Wall, which is another strategic fortress west of Zhangjiakou.

Stationed here are the defenders of Xinhekou Fort.There are a lot of big guns and ammunition, but at this moment, listening to the sound of horns one after another in the northwest, and looking at the endless sea of ​​black and gray cavalry, their faces are turning pale one by one.

"Damn it! Hurry up, report to Xuanfu!" The guard's voice was exhausted and terrified, "There are so many people coming from the northwest, it must be my army! Report to Wang Dutai, and I say that [-] troops have arrived at Yutai Ridge. Our Xinhekou Fort alone can’t stand it! Quickly adjust Wanquan’s left and right guards and Huai’an Guards for reinforcements! No, there are also Datong Zhenlu Guards and Tiancheng Guards! I answer that the army is in Xuanfu, and Datong’s side can guard Yanghekou and kill Hukou. !quick!"

He didn't need to urge him too much, for the sake of his own life, the fast horse immediately ran southeast crazily.

"Beating the drum! Beating the drum!" He didn't care that his voice had changed, "We must hold on! Reinforcements are on the way!"

I was scolding Wang Xian in my heart: Damn it, since the West Road and the South Road have to be heavily guarded, why did I transfer myself from the West Road to the West Road?

She stayed well in Huai'anwei before, but now?It's just that in the past few days, less than [-] cavalry outside the side wall took turns galloping across the side wall and shooting sharp arrows, and nearly a hundred of their own soldiers had died in battle!

Now, the big banner that I answered is faintly visible, and the enemy cavalry is adjusting their formation and charging is imminent.

Looking at the front line, his face became paler and paler: how could he be able to defend against the attack of Wan Prairie Jingqi with his less than 400 defenders here, or more precisely with his remaining [-] soldiers? ?

Encountered enemies everywhere on the two thousand li side wall, only some troops in the hinterland are waiting for reinforcements.But reporting, dispatching troops, rushing to...

He scolded the dog emperor again in his heart: What is the reason for the imperial conquest?The emperor is on his way to Xuan Mansion, is he going to be the first frontier general to abandon his defense?Even if he returned to the rear alive, he might not escape death!
Because the emperor came to Xuanfu, I'm afraid Wang Xian would not dare to easily call out the inevitable Wanquan Right Guard and Huai'an Guard to go north for reinforcements!

surrender?Vote for your mother!I answer this is the first time it appears, how can it not stand up?

"... Killing a thousand swords! Kill!"

To the north of him, I Da stood quietly on a high soil slope, looking at the restless generals in front of him who were already restless on their horses.

"let's start."

He waved his hand lightly, and in the sound of the charging horn that sounded next to him, this hand seemed to blow a strong wind, and soon the cavalry in front of him were blown into huge black waves, heading straight to the distant place. It is considered a particularly steep side wall.

"boom!"

On the Great Wall, a sudden cannon sounded soon.

A smile appeared on the corner of I Da's mouth: We are still far away, who can we hit now?
Ming Jun was upset.

He and Bodi's grandfather, Dayan Khan, who had a great reputation in the grassland, once attacked for seven days but failed to complete the effort.

From dawn on the 22nd to today is five days.

"Round the attack, don't stop. Tonight, I will spend the night in the south of the Great Wall." I Da gave the order lightly, and then the corner of his mouth smiled, "Repeat again, break the door, kill anyone who doesn't run, run away Don't chase them to the end. Let them flee south and tell their people how badly they've lost here!"

"Suddenly hot! Suddenly hot!"

What responded to him was the howling of the warriors who had already set their horses and rushed to the front.

Bows, shells...the weapons thrown down from the Great Wall were just like pebbles thrown into the ocean of Mongolian cavalry that covered the mountains and plains, and they could not stop their wave-like attack at all.

Three hundred miles southeast of here is Juyongguan.

The [-]-five Jingying army can only travel thirty miles a day in the very safe Shuntian Prefecture within Juyongguan.

Starting on the morning of the 24th, they have only passed Baiyangkou and approached Juyongguan.

On the imperial chariot, the military situation from the northwest was constantly being sent here, Yang Yiqing and Li Quanli rode their horses to follow.

"...No trace of I Da has been found yet." Zhu Houcong looked at Yang Yiqing from the window with the curtain opened all the time, "Yang Qing thinks, where will I Da be the main attack?"

Yang Yiqing pondered for a moment: "Right now, all sides are encountering enemies, and none of the frontier forts dare to slack off. Judging from the military situation, they are all attacking the pass, but they are not going to break through with all their strength as usual. The enemy's cavalry is fast, I'm afraid it's just to see where the fatigue is showing first, and then go all out. Afterwards, they invade like fire, and even if they want to send troops to reinforce them, they can't catch up with the enemy's cavalry."

Zhu Houcong remained silent.

There have been schedules before.It is most likely that the enemy's main attack direction, except for Li Jin, is all side generals who have already had a bad record.But in the border fort, after all, there are still many soldiers and civilians who are completely involuntary.

The article he sent out through "Ming Pao", at least the generals in the border towns had different opinions in their hearts-okay, why did you humiliate the chieftain?

In a war, someone will always die.

The reason why Zhuhe has always had a market is because Bianzhen also doesn't want to die.

Zhu Houcong quickly suppressed his own thoughts: If you don't beat the Beilu first, people in the border town will die every year.

It was the ordinary soldiers and common people in the border town who suffered the most. After all, every time many frontier generals were guarded by their soldiers, huddled in the fort, and let the captives go away.

"It is ordered to Juyongguan. You don't have to close the door and put it under martial law just because I'm here. If some people want to flee south, let them enter. The expansion of the capital requires labor, and the transfer of food and wages also requires labor. If you are more courageous, you can leave outside Juyongguan first. You have to come to the nearest Huai to find something to eat, and Huai Lai also needs to work."

The great war is happening right in front of our eyes, and it is inevitable that some people escaped from the military disaster.

What's more, this time to set up a situation to lure the enemy to go deep, it is true that Xuanda's hinterland will inevitably encounter military disasters.Not everyone has the means and the ability to hide in the relatively safe castles in the border towns. There are not a few people who have fled south with their families. Even Xuandafu County has received the task of evacuating the people to the vicinity of the inner and outer three passes. , or in non-strategic mountains where the enemy cavalry has a very low probability of appearing.

It's already a bit of a strong wall and a clear field.

This is an impact that Zhu Houcong and the imperial court's strategy brought to Xuanda.

"...Only this once!" Zhu Houcong's tone increased, "This battle must be won! From now on, the flames of war can no longer be ignited on our land of Daming! Yang Qing, you should go to Xuanfu first, so that Wang Xian can go to Datong with peace of mind. !"

"The minister obeys the order!"

……

Governor Xuan Da usually stays in his arms, but now is not an ordinary time.

Wang Xian is in Xuanfu, about 120 miles from Zhangjiakou and [-] miles from Yutailing.

Coupled with the twists and turns of the road and the fast horses galloping desperately, it took more than half an hour, or at most two hours, for the latest military information to reach here.

In the army, there are too few BMWs that can run two hundred miles an hour.To maintain this speed, you have to change horses.

In the busy government office where people come and go, it was almost noon when Wang Xian received the military information from Yutai Ridge.

"Twenty thousand?" He suddenly stood up.

"Governor, the army is approaching, don't dare to make a false report!" The man who came to deliver the order had already cracked lips, "Even if it is less than [-], plus the captive cavalry who were attacking Yutai Ridge, the number must be more than [-]! "

Wang Xian stared at the map in front of him, his thoughts suddenly changed.

Not only the military affairs conference, he has also deduced countless possibilities in the past six months.

As long as the enemy's main force shows up, no matter where the main attack is, there will be many plans.

To defeat first and then win, and to lure the enemy to go deep, you also need to lose justifiably, lose without collapsing, lure to be true, and lure in the right direction.

Yutailing... Now we still have to figure out Alda's psychology based on the latest military situation, and evaluate what actions the enemy troops facing other border towns will take.

"Five days!" Wang Xian said after only a moment of silence, "Order Yu Tailing to order Xinhekou Fort to hold for five days! After five days, reinforcements will arrive!"

"Dutai, how could it take five days? Wanquan Youwei hasn't moved yet, they have to be ordered to go out today, and they can reach Yutailing in one day at most!" The orderly who was about to rest almost went dark when he heard it. .

Wanquan Right Guard was stationed between Zhangjiakou and Yutailing, only [-] miles away from Yutailing.

"Wanquan right guard can't move lightly! If the Tartars attack east and west, and see the rapid increase of Yutailing's troops, they will know that Wanquan right guard has already moved. The enemy cavalry turns to attack Zhangjiakou at night, and it will only be a matter of one night!" Wang Xian He couldn't help but say, "In the old days when Dayan Khan's [-] troops attacked Yutai Ridge, the defenders still defended themselves for seven days and seven nights! Five days later, reinforcements from Wanquan Left Guard, Zhenlu Guard, and Xuanfu Guard will arrive!"

Now the orderly was really exhausted and passed out.

When he was still conscious, he just thought: Is this the same as the Battle of Yutailing back then?At that time, they first fought in Zhangbei and retreated to Yutai Ridge. The Tartars surrounded Yutai Ridge three times, just wanting to eat up the soldiers who came to help them. That's why the remnants of Yutai Ridge stayed guarded for seven days and nights.

Now, there is a frontal siege wall on Yutai Ridge.The intention of the Tartars to fight quickly is obvious, and it is a posture of fighting for the first battle at any cost!

Soon, the messengers rushed from Xuanfu to all directions.

There must be procedures for the transfer of troops, and the two chief soldiers, Fu Duo and Guo Xun, have to give orders—yes, the Zhenlu guards in Datong who are closest to Yutai Ridge, and the Zhenlu guards of the two guards of Tiancheng, how can Guo Xun Can you not know?
Normally speaking, there is absolutely no reason why the border fort cannot be held for three or five days.No matter how many enemy troops there are, they are still relying on the wall to resist the enemy.What's more, the cavalry are not good at attacking the city, so what about ten times the strength?

Wang Xian's arrangement was normal, and the reason why the messenger fainted was because he knew his own guard.

He who led the troops from Huai'an to "strengthen the defense" of Yutailing, neither dared to ignore the fact that there were actually many more empty places under his hands, and he was not a person who could fight.

Hearing this, he relaxed instead - anyway, he has already arrived in Xuanfu City at the back, and he can't care about other things.

He didn't need to do the matter of returning the military order, so he passed out in a complicated mood.

The Daming Border Town has accumulated evils for decades, and under this extraordinary large-scale invasion by the northern captives, the price must be paid after all.

It was around three o'clock in the afternoon that day, and the soldiers who were going to pass the orders to Yutai Ridge just passed Wanquan Youwei, and ran into the defeated soldiers who fled to Wanquan Youwei head-on.

He couldn't believe his eyes: Can he lose so quickly?
……

Before the emperor left Juyongguan, Yu Tailing was defeated.

In the morning of the next day, the main force of Al Da, who had rested overnight in Yutailing, reappeared to the west of Wanquan Youwei, but there were not so many people.

"Zhangjiakou!"

Wanquan Youwei is an established guard post between Zhangjiakou Fort and Xinhekou Fort. According to the rules of the frontier army, it is also a three-point battle and seven-point settlement.

Those who can sit on the commander of a guard in the border town are actually "extraordinary in strength".They are indeed able to fight, but it is their family soldiers who can fight.No matter how large the scale is, it is difficult to exceed a thousand.

Now seeing that Yu Tailing was defeated yesterday, and the cavalry arrived at Wanquan Right Guard today, the number of people was reduced by more than half. The Commander of Wanquan Right Guard made a decision immediately.

"The cavalry must have gone to the south. They want to defeat the left guard who came out of the city to help, and then go around to the south to attack Zhangjiakou. If the enemy and the bandits succeed, my Wanquan right guard will be alone, and the enemy will be defeated on the west road! Wanquan left guard There is no room for loss with Chaigou Fort to the west, otherwise the northwest gate of the Xuan Mansion will be wide open! Soldiers are precious, go to Zhangjiakou and report to General Fu, and I will rescue Wanquan Zuowei together with General Fu!"

He didn't completely abandon the acropolis of the perfect right guard. The heavy responsibility of defending the city was handed over to the commander, and he, the commander of Shangxi Road, had more autonomy, so he led his family soldiers and five hundred elites from the east gate. Out of the city, all the way south.

At this moment, Zhu Houcong had just passed Juyongguan, Huailai was less than [-] miles ahead, and Tang Shunzhi came here.

The news about Yu Tailing's army came last night, and the emperor's expression was very ugly.

It was Yutai Ridge that fell within a day when the Xuanfu greeted the emperor himself.Each of the more than 500 defeated soldiers who fled to Wanquan Youwei City could shake the morale of the army.

Breaking through Yutai Ridge in one day, even if it is said that there will be three or four thousand cavalry casualties, it will only highlight the determination and madness of I Da this time.

"I know that the border town has been corrupted for a long time, but unexpectedly it has been corrupted to this extent. Just a few hours..."

"...Since the dawn of the 22nd, in fact, it has been five days. It's just that my army suddenly appeared and attacked head-on like desperately." Tang Shunzhi said, "This time the Tartars are very different from usual. They are not looking for a side wall. Invade weak places, and then swim and plunder with the speed of horses, wait for the defenders to go out of the city to fight in the field, or attack the hinterland to defend weak forts."

Zhu Houcong was noncommittal, but only ordered: "Send a message to the Xuanfu, and I and the Jingying army have passed Juyongguan! The frontline soldiers should not slack off because of the enemy's sneak attack and temporary defeat. The Tartars want to attack the fortress and show off our power, but I believe in the generals of the Xuanfu. Can win a hundred enemies!"

The decree hurried to the Xuan Mansion, but Yang Yiqing and Wang Xian were arguing in front of many people in the Xuan Mansion.

"Yu Tailing's defeated army fled to Wanquan Right Guard, and the commander of Wanquan Right Guard ran to the Left Guard. He commanded Tongzhi and led the army to abandon the defense and head east to Zhangjiakou. The morale of the troops on the Shangxi Road was already broken!" Yang Yiqing was furious, "Xuan Mansion is fortified like this Wang Jingshan, since the captive chieftain showed up with a large army, why didn’t he send Wanquan Right Guards to quickly reinforce? Even if the Tartars attacked eastward and westward, wouldn’t it be faster for the Xuanfu to rush to Zhangjiakou? Where is Fu Duo?”

"...Yutailing's defenders are defeated in one day, even Wanquan right guards are too late to reinforce!" Wang Xian said with a sullen face, "It is my crime to use inhumane people! Your Majesty insists on visiting Xuanfu in person, the three guards of Xuanfu Can I move lightly? Since the General Staff is in the Xuan Mansion, what to do now, the General Staff has made up his mind!"

"You are Governor Xuanda!" Yang Yiqing looked at him coldly, took a few deep breaths, and said, "The Tartars have taken down two forts in a row, and the remaining fortress on the northwest wall has become a lone army. Try to send orders to let them go along the side wall Let's move to Zhangjiakou. The other reinforcements to the west must be deployed in the west of Xuanfu City, and someone needs to be in charge. What do you think of Wang Dutai?"

"I'm going to be the commander in chief!"

Wang Xian turned around with a sullen face, walked to the door, paused, and said a word: "The general staff should also persuade His Majesty, it is safest to stay in your arms!"

Within three days, the battle situation in the Xuan Mansion changed drastically.

Everyone dared not make a sound: Isn't even the town of Xuanfu safe?

The Son of Heaven, who is in his arms, always reminds people of those five words: the change of the civil castle...

Are old things going to repeat themselves?
　a little late, sorry
　　
　
(End of this chapter)