In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 222 The sneak attack became a joke
Faced with the fact that the military households wanted to help attack the city, the two Mongolian cavalry were immediately confused and did not know how to answer. They had no choice but to go back and report the matter to Zhou Meng.

Although Zhou Meng guessed the thoughts of these military households, he did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so he hurriedly sent people back to report to Namu Zhong, and then asked the military households to wait aside.

And when Namuzhong learned that the five thousand soldiers and horses sent over first did not find the ambush and encountered danger, the surrounding military households also took the initiative to come over to join them, so she did not hesitate and led the army early the next morning. A steady stream of people poured into Shahukou.

It took five days for all the 13-horse infantry and a large amount of food and baggage to enter the Great Wall and arrive at the Yulin Guards where the terrain was slightly flat.

At this time, the two commanders in the city, looking at the overwhelming troops and horses outside the city, were already so frightened that they were sweating coldly and their faces turned pale.

The Qianhu Residence and Baihu Fort with a radius of hundreds of miles have also closed their doors, and all the military attachés are frightened.

After a few days, the number of ordinary military households arriving from all over the country has reached tens of thousands, and military households are arriving from all over the country in a steady stream almost every day.

All the military households who arrived were in ragged clothes, with yellow faces and skinny muscles, and were no different from beggars.

Compared with the military households in the Datong Basin, the military households in these northwest mountainous areas were even worse, and the military attachés were more unscrupulous.

The military households have been oppressed and exploited for almost two hundred years. It has been like living in hell for generations. The military households have long hated the military attachés. Now the arrival of the Lin family army has made them hold back their hatred for more than 200 years. It all broke out all of a sudden.

Na Muzhong, Zhou Meng and other old people were a little better, and they were not surprised by this situation. After all, they had seen such scenes in Yanghe.

Fortunately, Zhang Cunren, Ebutu and other Mongolian leaders were all shocked.

Shang Kexi and Zhang Cunren were shocked that Lin Rui and Lin Jiajun were so popular among the people in Datong.

If the entire Ming Dynasty is like this wherever the Lin family's army goes, then if the world's surname is not Lin, then whose surname will it be?
Originally, the two of them did not have a high sense of belonging to the Chinese country, and they were forced to surrender and join. However, now they are determined to follow Lin Rui and seek a future.

Because the two of them know very well how difficult it is for an army to be so deeply supported by the people.

And throughout history, almost all such armies eventually achieved imperial hegemony.

Ebutu and the Mongolian leaders didn't think too much. They were simply excited that there were so many ordinary Han military households taking the initiative to help attack the city. Which city couldn't be conquered?
"Sister, my brother-in-law made a miscalculation this time. Why do we need a sneak attack here? With the help of these military households, we can knock down all these cities one by one at a very small cost!"

"Yes, Concubine, hurry up and let those Han carpenters build siege equipment."

"That's right, we Mongolians are responsible for shooting arrows in the back and letting them attack the city..."

The eyes of Ebutu and all the Mongolian leaders shone brightly.

"My dearest concubine, the Ming army actually chose to retreat to the big city. Our army should immediately leave the mountainous area and enter the open basin. We must not covet the small gains in sight and cause more than [-] troops to be wasted in the mountains!"

However, Shang Kexi hurriedly persuaded him that in his opinion, attacking these acropolis, Baihu Fort, and Qianhu Fort, which had no military value, was meaningless and a pure waste of time.

Even if we want to fight, we should take advantage of the Ming army to attack important military towns like Datong Shuozhou before they arrive.

"But these military households came here on their own initiative, and if we just left like this, wouldn't it chill their hearts? Once word spreads, I'm afraid military households and people everywhere will not be so enthusiastic in the future."

However, Namuzhong frowned and looked at the military households who had begun to go into the mountains to cut trees, and said with a troubled expression.

Shang Kexi and Zhang Cunren were stunned when they heard what Namuzhong said.

Obviously, they didn't expect this Mongolian woman to say such things and know how to win people's hearts.

The two of them didn't know that in order to become Queen Ma in the future, Na Muzhong studied almost every time she had free time. With Lin Rui's exaggerated teachings intentionally or unintentionally, they had long known the importance of people's support in conquering the world.

"What the empress said is reasonable, and it really cannot chill the hearts of these military households. I suggest that one of the generals can be left behind to organize these military households to attack the city. The army will not stop and attack Datong!"

Shang Kexi, who came back to his senses, suggested again.

"Well, let's do this, Zhou Meng. You will lead three thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry, and you will be responsible for organizing the army to attack the city. Remember, you must not mess around after the city is broken. You must follow the rules set by the king before. You must not violate military discipline and rules when acting."

Na Muzhong nodded, feeling that this was all she could do, and then ordered Zhou Meng in a rather stern tone.

"The last will obey!"

Zhou Meng quickly replied.

As a modern soldier, Lin Rui has always taken military regulations and discipline very seriously, with almost zero tolerance.

This made the entire Lin family army in awe of military regulations and disciplines. Not to mention the Han people, even the Mongols knew that military disciplines could not be violated, otherwise no one who begged for mercy would be able to escape the king's punishment.

Before this expedition, Lin Rui had repeatedly made it clear that anyone who violated military rules and disciplines would not be tolerated. Not only did each battalion send a military judge, but even the recruited Mongolian cavalry were sent to each tribe. A military judge accompanied them to supervise.

After the explanation, Namuzhong did not delay any longer and asked Ebutu to lead 5000 cavalry to clear the way first, while the main army followed and charged towards the Datong Basin in a mighty manner.Five days later, the army arrived at Datong City, and at this time Lin Rui also led [-] people to bypass Piantou Pass and fight non-stop to Shuozhou.

"Report, Your Majesty, Shuozhou City is under martial law. Not only are the gates of each city closed, but there are also many defenders on the city walls. It seems that they have been prepared for it."

"What? Did we get discovered when we were crossing the Yellow River?"

After listening to Tan Ma's report, Lin Rui frowned immediately. This time he took a detour and attacked not the Ming army, but the two cities of Shuozhou and Datong.

Because he was not afraid of the Ming army in field battles, his only worry was that they would hide in Datong, Shuozhou, Yanghe and other strong cities to defend themselves when they saw something bad happened.

In this way, even if the army breaks into the Great Wall and wants to capture these big cities by force, it will probably have to pay a huge price. If you want to completely control the Datong area, you must capture the two cities of Datong and Shuozhou.

That's why he asked Na Muzhong to lead the main force outside the Great Wall, bluffing and launching a feint attack, attracting all the border troops in the Datong area to defend the Great Wall, and then taking advantage of the two cities being empty, he entered from the south and captured them in one fell swoop. At that time, not only The frontier troops guarding the Great Wall will not be able to escape, and the entire Datong will also fall into his hands.

But now there were so many border troops stationed in Shuozhou City, which really surprised him.

After all, Shuozhou is located in the south. Even if Shuozhou City strengthens its security after the beacon tower on the Great Wall is lit, it is not possible to send so many soldiers and horses to guard the city.

Lin Rui didn't give up and personally led a group of cavalry around the Shuozhou city wall, and also cursed in anger.

Because there are no less than five thousand defenders on the four walls alone, and they are all regular soldiers with swords and guns, not young and strong servants guarding the courtyard. In this way, the city can muster at least tens of thousands of troops to defend.

The [-] cavalry and [-] dragon cavalry led by him are absolutely impossible to attack. Even if he recruits nearby military households and civilians to join the siege, it is estimated that they will not be able to defeat them in a short time.

The Zhizhou and the three guerrilla generals in the city looked at the Chinese army that suddenly jumped out from the northwest, and they almost died of fright, secretly saying that it was very dangerous.

Especially the magistrate of Shuozhou and the large gentry in the city. If three guerrilla generals had not come to garrison with [-] soldiers and horses a while ago, Shuozhou City might have been attacked by this insidious Lin family army.

That was where the Lin family army left in the first place. Now everyone can naturally imagine where this Lin family army came from.

Just when Lin Rui was planning to let Shuozhou go and attack Da Da directly, the sentries sent by Namuzhong also arrived.

Knowing that the Ming army had no defense at all to kill Hu Kou, Na Muzhong and the others had entered the Great Wall unimpeded ten days ago, and now they had all reached Datong City. Lin Rui was almost shocked.

At this moment, Lin Rui still didn't understand that it was a joke to build the plank road openly and covertly plan Chen Cang's sneak attack.

Hong Chengchou and Wang Pu actually gave up the defense line of the Great Wall and chose to huddle in the city and defend, causing him to hit the cotton with both open and covert fists.

But he also had to admit that this kind of cowardly tactics would be useless no matter how good your strategy was.

Even if you have some tricks up your sleeve, what can you do if they don't accept the move and just stick to the city?

No need to guess, Lin Rui also knew that Datong, Yanghe, Xuanfu and other important towns must have heavy troops stationed at this moment.

At the same time, he also understood Wang Pu and Hong Chengchou's wishful thinking, which was just to let them attack these big cities.

Once the attack fails for a long time, it will lead to heavy casualties and low morale. At that time, various Ming armies will attack, and the outcome can be imagined.

When Lin Rui arrived in Datong with his troops, Namuzhong, with more than [-] troops and tens of thousands of civilians, had already begun to fill in the moat outside Datong.

This time Namuzhong did not wait for the military households to come over on their own initiative, but took the initiative to send people to recruit as soon as they arrived.

"Your Majesty..."

"Rui Lang, should we attack Datong first, or should we divide our forces and attack other cities at the same time?"

Lin Rui's arrival made Na Muzhong relieved, and everyone seemed to have found a backbone.

Lin Rui waved his hand, and the first thing he looked at was the Minister of Military Justice: "After the army entered the Great Wall, did anyone violate military discipline and rob ordinary people and military households?"

"Back to the king, that is, the cavalry from various Tumut tribes initially harassed nearby villages. All the offenders were executed by military law by the concubine. Since then, similar incidents have not happened again. Those who were harassed and robbed The people have also been appeased."

"Well, as the saying goes, there is no rule without rules. We are regular troops, not bandits. No matter what the rules of the Mongols were before, but now they have joined our country and been organized into the Chinese army. Until disbanded, we must follow the rules of our Chinese army. According to the rules, everyone is treated equally in the army, regardless of race, gender, and no one is exempted. You will be given the rewards you deserve. After the battle, I will naturally give you the reward, but whoever dares to do things on his own will not tolerate it!"

Lin Rui then nodded to Namuzhong and sat down on the main seat, then glanced at the leaders of the Tumut tribe and said coldly.

"He is the king. From now on, I must strictly restrain the warriors of the clan."

The leaders of the Tumut tribe also hurriedly promised, but they were relieved to see that Lin Rui did not hold them responsible anymore.

(End of this chapter)