There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Datong Mansion, Yuanzhou City.

Lin Feng was inspecting a dilapidated city. He could hardly see any people, and most of the decent houses had been burned down.

The corpses of the massacred people in the city had all been cleared out by the Zhenming Army who had re-arrived, and they were burned together. The smell of burning corpses still filled the air.

There are still black bloodstains everywhere in the broken walls of the city, describing the tragedy of that day.

Lin Feng also just arrived in Hunyuan Prefecture.

In late July, after receiving the news that the Ming and Qing coalition forces were launching a massive attack on Datong, Lin Feng made a series of deployments, but still felt uneasy about the direction of Datong. He quickly led the remaining 5,000 guard cavalry and Ma Ang, Huang Hongchang, and Li Xin and other royal staff rushed to Datong Mansion day and night.

The Guards Division originally had 8000 people. Li Xiongxing and Li Guo each took away a brigade of 2000 people to strengthen the Zhengdong and Zhengnan Corps. There were still 4000 people left, led by division commander Luo Kai.

After Li Dingguo completed the forced landing of the Ming Army in Jingzhou, Lin Feng appointed Li Dingguo as the brigade general of the Guards Division and selected a thousand cavalry to join the Guards Division, expanding the force to 9000 people.

On August 11, just two days before the outer city of Datong was captured by the Ming army, Lin Feng led the Guards Division to the vicinity of Longquan Pass.

At this time, he had contacted Yang Heng in the Weizhou area and learned that Datong City was still in the hands of Cao Xiong, which made him feel a little more at ease.

After analyzing the enemy situation around Datong, it was found that the Ming and Tat families had a total of 160,000 to 70,000 troops.

There are about 20,000 Datong garrison on our side, and there are about 30,000 people in Yang Heng's 1st Mobile Division and Deng Hao's 2nd Henan Combat Division.

There is a huge disparity in military strength, and it would be difficult to reverse the situation even with the addition of five thousand personal guards.

So Lin Feng urgently ordered 6000 people from Commander Zhou Zhiwei to join him in Longquan Pass, leaving 4000 regular troops behind, and urgently recruited thousands of people to defend the city.

Three days later, Lin Feng came to Hunyuan Prefecture with some officers and soldiers from the Guards Division and Zhou Zhiwei's Longquanguan garrison division, totaling 11,000 troops.

Seeing Yang Heng and Deng Hao, Yang Heng immediately apologized and said: "Your Majesty, I will eventually live up to your expectations. Dorgon led the Tatars to bypass Yuzhou, capture Hunyuan Prefecture and massacre the city."

Lin Feng didn't say anything after hearing this, but planned to go into the city to check it out.

After walking for a long time, he discovered that there seemed to be someone in the dilapidated yard. Lin Feng opened the door and walked in.

The old man and a child in the room tried to hide in fear, but were relieved when they found that the person who came in was not a Tatar.

"Old man, are there Tatars in your family too?" Lin Feng asked.

"May I ask the official's name?" The old man asked boldly when he saw Lin Feng's extraordinary bearing and the presence of a bunch of followers.

"Old man, this is Prince Zhenming, the supreme commander of our Zhenming Army." Yang Heng introduced.

The old man quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, you are finally here. Those evil Tatars kill everyone they see. My son was killed, and my daughter-in-law was raped to death by the Tatars."

Old man, I just happened to take my grandson to the cellar to get some items and escaped the disaster. My poor son and daughter-in-law! Your Majesty, you must avenge our Hunyuan people! "

"Old man, get up first. It was our Zhenming Army's failure to protect you that caused you to suffer a catastrophe. I swear here that I will kill all these Tatars to comfort the souls of the people of Hunyuan." Lin Feng swore.

"My lord, this old man kowtows to you!"

Lin Feng quickly helped him up personally and advised him to restrain his grief and raise his grandson well. Then he came to the state government office in Hunyuan with a livid face.

"Everyone, we have occupied a city, and the people support our Zhenming Army. We must be responsible to the people. Because of our negligence, the people were massacred. I don't know what you think when you see this. I feel very ashamed!" Lin Feng said.

Yang Heng stood up with shame on his face and held up his hands: "Your Majesty, I bear the main responsibility for this incident. I did not take the initiative to send troops to intercept the Tatars. They bypassed Yuzhou and massacred the city of Hunyuan. Please punish me."

Lin Feng looked at him for a while and said: "Yang Heng, of course you have the responsibility. Although the Tatars are powerful, you should at least notify the people to evacuate in time.

In view of your meritorious service in annihilating Duduo later, you will not be severely punished this time. You will not be the commander of the Northern Shanxi Corps, and I will take charge of it myself. "

Yang Heng: "Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Majesty, but my heart is cut by a knife. I would rather be punished as a small soldier, as long as I can fight the Tatars and atone for the sins of the people of Hunyuan."

"That's not the case. Just lead the troops and fight the Tatars." Lin Feng explained.

At this time, Ma Ang from Tingfeng Guard came in with a document and said: "Your Majesty, I received an urgent report from Datong City. Hong Chengchou's Ming army broke through the outer city of Datong City yesterday, August 13th. "Ma Ang, Huang Hongchang, Li Xin and other palace staff also came with the personal guard division.

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng asked: "Where are Cao Xiong and the others?"

"They are still organizing resistance in the inner city, and Master Cao and the others have predicted that the outer city will be lost, and have built a complete inner city defense line in advance. It should be no problem to hold on for more than ten days." Ma Ang continued to report.

Lin Feng came to the map hanging in the meeting hall, read it several times and said: "Currently, Datong City has been captured by Hong Chengchou's Ming army. The main Manchu-Tatar force led by the Tatar chief Dorgon is still in the Xi'an Fort area south of Datong City. .

We currently have only over 40,000 troops. Should we immediately rescue Datong City, or should we attack the Tatars first? Let’s all talk about it. "

"Your Majesty, the Tartar chief Dorgon caused a massacre in Hunyuan City. We absolutely cannot let them return to Liaodong unscathed.

Otherwise, we will not be able to explain to the more than 10,000 Hunyuan people that we will finally be willing to lead the remaining 11,000 people of the 1st Mobile Division to fight them to the death. "Yang Heng said eagerly for revenge.

"Your Majesty, Cao Xiong and others from Datong City are holding on to the inner city and must be waiting for our rescue. The spirit of our Zhenming Army is to never abandon or give up. We must not leave them alone," Zhou Zhiwei said.

"Your Majesty, fighting the Tatars must be the first priority, but we have to save Datong City. Our small number of troops must be carefully planned. I feel that we can focus on solving one direction first, and then send some troops to support the other direction." Deng Hao suggested.

"Your Majesty, although the troops led by Hong Chengchou to attack Datong City are many, their elites are limited, and the more troops there are, the greater the reliance on logistics.

It has been half a month since they attacked the city, and the food they brought with them must have been eaten. If they can find their food route, they can break the siege of Datong with only a small number of men and horses. "The newly appointed combat department Zanhua Li Xin suggested.

After hearing this, Lin Feng looked at the map carefully and asked: "Hong Chengchou conquered Datong City but did not receive food supplies?"

"No, Commander Cao organized a strong wall to clear the country. Hong Chengchou did not receive any supplies from Datong." The spy continued.

"Very good, this Cao Xiong is indeed capable." Lin Feng praised.

He paused and pointed at the map and said: "Zhiwei, I will give you a difficult task. You immediately take your six thousand officers and soldiers to the east of Datong City, find the Ming army's food route, and cut off their food route." Come and force Hong Chengchou to retreat."

"Yes! But your lord, with only the 6,000 men of our Longquan Pass division, we probably won't be able to stop the retreating army of Hong Chengchou and others. We're afraid of letting them escape." Zhou Zhiwei said worriedly.

"Hong Chengchou's Ming army and Dorgon's Qing army, we can only concentrate our efforts on one of the two armies.

Dorgon committed a massacre in our Hunyuan City. Even if we wipe out all the troops, we still have to keep them.

As for Hong Chengchou's Ming army, let them live a little longer. "Faced with the dilemma of choosing between the two, Lin Feng could only make a difficult choice.

"Understood, the general will do his best to cut off the Ming army's food routes and help Datong City rescue the siege." Zhou Zhiwei replied.

"Okay, let's start without further delay." Lin Feng ordered.

"Yes!" Zhou Zhiwei took the order and left.

Lin Feng then looked at Yang Heng, Deng Hao and Luo Kai who were still left behind, and said to them: "We still have less than 35,000 people, and the Tatars have less than 40,000 people. Let's fight for the field battle." Do you have the confidence to defeat them?"

"Yes!" everyone replied.

"Yang Heng, you take the remaining 10,000 troops of the First Mobile Division and pretend to be an emergency rescue force in Datong to attract Dorgon to attack.

Then rely on Bailitong's instantaneous communication advantage. When Dorgon's army appears, you immediately form a formation to defend, and use Bailitong to notify Deng Hao's Henan Second Combat Division to outflank him. I led the Guards Division to conduct a beheading operation on Dorgon based on the battlefield situation. "

"The prince's plan is wonderful. We killed Dorgon's half-brother Duduo. When he saw that we were alone, he would definitely lead his troops to intercept us." Yang Heng praised.

"Your Majesty, now our Tingfeng Guards are equipped with multiple Bailitong units, which enable us to control the enemy's situation in real time. Timely field operations are more conducive to taking advantage of the coordination and cooperation of our forces." Ma Ang continued.

One plus one who can cooperate closely on the battlefield will definitely be greater than two.

It is also an army of 5,000 people attacking each other. If an army is divided into two teams, one team temporarily forms a defensive formation, and the other team attacks from the side and rear in time when the opponent is fiercely attacking. This will inevitably cause the enemy's psychological panic and defeat.

"Okay, everyone, please act accordingly." Lin Feng ordered.

(End of this chapter)