Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Under the city of Datong, the blood and flesh flying around a few days ago turned into a deathly silence. Since Prince Xin Doni sent Beile Shangshan to lead 20,000 troops to the south to open up the connection with the Green Camp in Shanxi, he changed the strategy of attacking Datong by force and replaced it with a long-term siege. The original 110,000 troops suffered 20,000 casualties, and another 20,000 were sent south. Now he only has 70,000 Manchu and Han soldiers under his command. The huge casualties made him realize the solidity of this majestic city. He ordered his subordinates to dig trenches around the city and plant fences in front of the trenches. This was not enough, so he ordered people to build a wall behind the trenches, intending to trap the guards in the city to death. After doing this, he quietly waited for news.

Also waiting was David Bars, Duke of Liang. After a brutal attack and defense, only 36,000 of the 40,000 defenders in the city were left, and 4,000 of the 10,000 civilians were also lost. Seeing the Qing army digging trenches, planting fences, and building earth walls outside the city, the old general seemed unaware and did not make any arrangements.

"Marshal, I request to lead my troops out of the city to harass the enemy," the Kazakh chief Tegus shouted to Ketu.

"Yes, we can't just sit there and wait for death," Bukhara's head of household, Sonom Tsering, also shouted.

Samarkand general Bayar, Turkestan Boyaruk, and Duqianchang Justen all requested to fight. After all, if the Qing army was allowed to build the earth wall, it would mean that the defenders would be trapped in the city and would never be able to escape.

"Why are you panicking?" Bars looked at the generals one by one with a calm gaze. Only after they calmed down did he ask Li Shiying, the governor of Shanxi: "Li Fuyuan, how long can the food in the city last?"

"Don't worry, Marshal. Ever since His Majesty led the army to capture Datong, he has been ordering all places to transport grain to Datong. Now the surplus grain in the city is enough to feed 100,000 people for a year," Li Shiying replied with a little pride.

Barth nodded slightly. "The defenders and the civilians in the city only have about 40,000 people. With the 60,000 civilians in the city, it shouldn't be a problem to hold out for a year."

"Marshal, I have ordered the implementation of a food rationing system in the city. The defenders and civilians must be well fed, and the common people only need to eat half full. This way our army can hold out longer," Li Shiying replied with a smile.

"I heard it all," Bars smiled at the generals, "The food and grass in the city are enough to support our army for more than a year. Datong is so important, it won't be long before the imperial reinforcements arrive. We just have to wait. It's a good thing that the Qing army is spending effort to build fortifications, which means they are scared and will not attack the city again in the short term. We can just use this time to strengthen the city defenses. Humph, they build theirs, and we build ours."

"But Marshal, are we really going to allow the Qing army to build earth walls to surround the city?" Sonomu Celing was still a little unwilling.

"Although Doni is young, he is quite good at commanding troops. Do you think he just built a mud wall? If I am not mistaken, the Qing army must have set up an ambush outside the city to wait for our army to leave. The enemy is numerous and we are few, so we cannot waste the lives of our soldiers in vain." Bars suddenly shouted, "Pass on my order. Anyone who leaves the city without permission will be executed!"

"Yes~" The generals were excited when they heard this and responded in unison.
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"Your Highness, the soldiers have been lying in ambush for nearly a month. The earth wall is almost completed, but there is no movement in the city. Should we withdraw the ambush troops and let them rest?" Gushan Ezhen Luotu asked Prince Xin Doni.

Donnie sighed, "Barth, the old general, has probably seen through our plan. Let the soldiers return to the camp to rest." "Yeah~" Loto took the order and left.

Seeing him leave, Doni thought of something: he had petitioned the court to transfer all the newly formed Green Camps in the north to Datong for service. The emperor not only agreed, but also ordered that the newly formed Green Camps in not only the north, but also Huguang, Jiangxi, Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Guangxi should be transferred to Datong. But after so long, why didn't the reinforcements arrive? Even if the southern provinces were far away and arrived late, why didn't the newly formed Green Camps in Jingji, Hebei, Henan and other places arrive? And Shangshan, a military report came a few days ago, saying that Huairen had been captured and was heading to Yanmen Pass. It should have been a new military report, so why is there no news so far?

"Report~Military report~" Just as I was thinking about my worries, the personal guards brought me a military report.

"Oh, is it Prince Shangshan's military report?" Donnie was excited.

"To reply to Your Majesty, this is not the military report from Prince Shangshan, but from Duxian Tong," the royal guard hurriedly presented the military report.

"Uh~ Tong Yangliang sent a military report?" Donnie was stunned after hearing it. His intuition told him that something bad was going to happen. He opened it and read it. He was so angry that his face turned purple. The crown prince Zhuo Ligetu of Weiguo suddenly crossed the Great Wall from the outside of the Great Wall and defeated the Qing army in Tiancheng. General Bao Jing was killed. Tong Yangliang lost many soldiers and abandoned Tiancheng and Yanggao and was retreating to Datong. Humph! Only 16,000 of the 40,000 troops were left. They were really unable to fight again. What a jerk! Now is the critical moment for me to capture Datong. How can I let the enemy's reinforcements interfere with my plan!

"Tell Tong Yangliang not to retreat after he retreats to Baideng Mountain, and use the mountain to block the enemy's reinforcements. I will send Dulan Beile to lead 10,000 troops to reinforce him." After reading the military report, Doni responded quickly. After thinking about it, he was still worried, so he ordered Gushan Ezhen Luotuo to lead 15,000 troops to defend the west bank of Yuhe River, and Gushan Ezhen Yierde to lead 5,000 troops to garrison Leigong Mountain in the northwest of Datong. After all, most of the guards were fast-moving cavalry, and they could not be ruled out from bypassing Mobei and appearing in the north of Datong. After all, the prince of the Qing Dynasty found that he only had 40,000 troops left to besiege Datong. It was almost impossible to fortify the city with this amount of troops. Fortunately, the outer fortifications had been almost completed, and it was difficult for the guards in the city to break out.
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"Report ~ Prince Xin's military order." The army was defeated like a landslide. Governor of Xuanda Tong Yangliang led the generals of Tianjin Town Kede, Jiaozhou General Ke Yongsheng, Deputy General Lin Guoliang and other generals and 16,000 defeated soldiers were struggling to retreat from Yanggao to Datong. Halfway through the journey, they received the military order from General Anyuan Jingkou, Prince Xin Doni. After opening it, his face gloomy.

"Superintendent, what did Prince Xin say?" asked Kede, the general of Tianjin Town. This man was the first Ming Dynasty general to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the ninth son of the Khan Li Yongfang. Because he married Nurhaci's granddaughter and Abatai's daughter, in order to show his loyalty, Li Yongfang gave Manchu names to the remaining seven sons, except for the eldest son Li Yangeng and the second son Li Shutai. Because they were the first to attach themselves to the Qing Dynasty, the old Li family was reused and had a good relationship with the old Tong family.

"Prince Xin will not allow us to retreat. He orders us to hold Baideng Mountain to block the guards. He also says that he has sent Dulan Beile to lead an army of 10,000 to reinforce us," General Tong Yangliang handed the order to Yu Kede.

Kede's face changed after reading it. "The guards will arrive in a moment. Dulan Beile's troops may not be able to rescue us in time. We only have 16,000 soldiers left. How can we defend Mount Baideng?"

"Alas! Military orders are as strong as a mountain, and we can only do our best!" Tong Yangliang sighed and ordered Kede and Lin Guoliang's 10,000 troops to defend the mountain, and Jiaozhou General Ke Yongsheng led 6,000 troops to camp at the foot of Baideng Mountain, supporting each other. At this moment, he had only one belief, hoping that Beile Duran's reinforcements would come soon. (End of this chapter)