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Chapter 147 Panic

On the defense area of ​​Shanxi Town, there are many castles and road piers in a criss-cross pattern.Generally speaking, large-scale military forts are built every 30 to 40 miles. In some places with relatively flat terrain, such as Kelan Road, there are even large military forts every 20 miles.

As for the Huludun where the beacon fire alarms are, in Shanxi Town, there is at least one pier every two miles. In the Zhaibao defense area, there are also twelve fire road piers.

There are special pier troops in Huolu pier and the enemy's platform, and they are on duty.When setting off beacon fires in case of alarm, there are also systematic regulations for conveying enemy information: zero thieves below [-], use only the sound of cannons to spread four ways, and do not light beacon fires.More than a thousand thieves are a big move, and the beacon is spread more than a hundred miles away.If there are more than [-] people, the beacon fire will continue, spreading along the border to the town.

This time the Mongols invaded with more than [-] people. The beacon fire along the way had spread all the way to Ningwuguan Town, Shanxi Town along with hundreds of fire roads in Shanxi Town.

When the Mongols were still forming a team under the city of Pianguan, the news of their ten thousand invaders spread throughout Shanxi Town.At the same time, each military fort also went out everywhere, reporting the specific news they received to each channel, and each channel participated in the military preparations, and urgently reported it to the town and city commander.In the end, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town urgently sent a pond report to the imperial court, asking them to send troops and horses to support them.

Shanxi Town, Ningwu Pass.

When the news of the Mongol invasion spread to Ningwu Pass through the smoke of the wolf, the town, which was still bustling and lively in the past, suddenly became panic-stricken. Fleeing far into Daizhou, Xinzhou and other places.

The town was also shocked three times a day and closed several times.In the 19th year of Jiajing, the Mongols once crossed the town and robbed Xinzhou, Nao County and other places.

Shanxi Town has not been subjected to war for many years, and now captive horses are invading again, and everyone is in panic.

"Where did the captives go? Where are they referring?"

In the town government office, Commander Liu Ming'an's face was a little pale, and his saliva was a little dry, but he kept asking his subordinates who were on guard.The scale of the Mongolian invasion this time was huge, so he couldn't help being nervous.

As a rule, when foreign enemies invaded the border towns, the garrison troops refused, and the wandering soldiers went out to attack. out.

However, my family knows their own affairs. As the general of Shanxi Town, Liu Ming'an can't understand the soldiers in Shanxi Town very well. Most of them are guard militiamen, who rarely train or see Mongols. When they suddenly encounter a huge Mongolian army entering the army, it is good not to panic and disintegrate, let alone lead the soldiers out of the fort to attack.

Although there are four battalions of nearly [-] soldiers, two battalions of pacesetters, and two battalions of skirmishers in Liu Ming'an Town, Liu Ming'an doesn't have the slightest sense of security.Needless to say, most of the two battalions of skirmishers were old and weak, but the pacesetters of the two battalions, that is, their own soldiers, had been slacking off for so many years, and they would have been unable to fight for a long time.

What Liu Mingan is concerned about right now is whether those Mongolian troops will fight to Ningwu Pass.

He calculated that there were more than 1 Mongolian troops in Yijing this time, and on the way to Zhenyi in Shanxi, in Pianguan City, there were thousands of soldiers led by Piantouguan Yousan General.In the old camp fort, there is a deputy commander in chief, who also has thousands of soldiers and horses.There is also the important Limin Fort General, Pandaoliang, Shenchi, Limin, Bajiao, Ninghua, Changlin, Yangfang and other castles under its jurisdiction, with a total of more than 9000 officers and soldiers guarding the key points in front of the town. place.

With so many soldiers blocking the way, the Mongolian army must not be able to reach the town for a while.Even if they hit the town, after being blocked by various military fortresses and dividing troops everywhere, their strength must be limited.Thinking of this, Liu Mingan felt relieved.

The faces of his generals were also not good-looking, and one of them bowed and said: "Report to the military gate, according to Tang Ma's report, most of the captives have already passed Yongxing Fort, and now I don't know whether they are going to Limin Fort or Bajiao Fort, or go to Lougou Fort."

Liu Ming'an said sharply: "It is very important for the captives to move towards the enemy's situation. We must find out whether they are going to Limin Fort or Lougou Fort. They must report to our army every hour."
The man answered yes and turned around.

Then Liu Mingan sat down with an anxious expression on his face, and the rest of the relatives looked at each other with strange expressions.

In fact, there was a word in everyone's mind that Liu Mingan was so concerned about whether the Mongols were going to Limin Fort or Lougou Fort.If the Mongols were going to Limin Fort or Bajiao Fort, then these Mongols came straight to Ningwu Town.If they went straight to Lougou Fort, then they were going in the direction of Wuzhai Fort.

This year, Wuzhaibao has a bumper harvest, with hundreds of thousands of stones in the area, and the countless workshops and factories built in the territory, the wealth is insane.It is impossible to say that those Mongols are not salivating, that is, the soldiers and generals in these towns are all salivating, but they just can't do it.

If these Mongols go to Wuzhai Fort, then the town will be safe, and the things there are enough for them to rob.Although there will be disasters inside and outside Wuzhai Fort, what does it matter to them?

Just when everyone was fidgeting, the relative who had gone out suddenly came back in a hurry, and he said loudly: "The military gate, the military gate, just got the reward from Tangma, most of the thieves, about 7000 people, passed through Lougou Fort Down, go straight to Wuzhai Fort."

"That's great." Chief Soldier Liu Ming'an slapped his thigh fiercely, and everyone in the hall was also discussing, with a hint of gloating in his tone.After the Mongols went to Wuzhai Fort, the town of Ningwu was safe now, but Wuzhai Fort was about to suffer. There was only one battalion of soldiers and horses there, and it was impossible to stop more than 7000 Mongolian troops.

Liu Mingan woke up from his gaffe just now. He coughed and said, "Pass down the order and keep an eye on the situation of the thieves. All the armies will dispatch troops along with their own army and prepare to reinforce Wuzhai Fort at any time. The generals will work together. Let's attack the captives together."

Everyone in the hall clasped their fists and responded loudly. As for the dispatching of troops, when it will be transferred, I don't know.

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On the tower of Pianguan City, the military officer Gao Qi, General Li Shen of Piantouguan, and some generals in the city stood on the wall, watching the groups of Mongolian cavalry roaring and demonstrating below the city, all of them had expressions on their faces. There was a big change, and the faces of some defensive soldiers were even more ashen.Fortunately, the city walls are high and deep, and the Mongols have no siege equipment, so they are not afraid that they will attack the city.

According to the report of the horse exploration, the Mongolian army under the Pianguan city now only has more than 3000 people, defending Hekou, Pujiawan and other places to ensure their back road is smooth.Most of the more than 7000 people went to the castle in the inland.

These days, the Mongol army at the mouth of the river, seeing the defenders at the pass, shut the city gates tightly and dared not go out to fight, they even showed off their might, slaughtering villagers, raping and looting everywhere.While going down to Pianguan City every day to provoke, but none of them, the defenders closed the gates of the city and did not come out.Moreover, during these days, Gao Qi and others who were in the remote pass also sent troops to ask for help from the deputy commander-in-chief of the old camp, but they all thought that the thieves were powerful, and they did not receive orders from the commander-in-chief, so they dared not take it lightly. The theory of motion was blocked back.

At this time, Gao Qi in the city looked at the groups of Mongolian cavalry who were howling like ghosts and wolves, his face turned green and white for a while.Suddenly, he gritted his teeth, and said to General Li Shen next to him: "General Li Shen, I heard that there are only more than 3000 Tartars in the city, and I have [-] soldiers and horses in the city, plus the nearby places. How about going out of the city and attacking the castle to cut off the way out?"

General Li Shen was taken aback, and said: "Master Bing Xian, you can't do it, the captives are fierce and brutal, and I'm going to fight against the guards, no doubt I'm hitting a stone with an egg."

What Gao Qi wanted to say, General Li Can only begged bitterly, and several generals beside him were also shocked and tried to persuade them together. Finally, Gao Qi sighed and gave up the idea of ​​going to war.

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When the flames of war spread to Wuzhai Fort, Huang Laifu, a guerrilla in Wuzhai Fort, not only ordered Huoludun under his jurisdiction to immediately set fire to the police, but also immediately ordered martial law.

According to the beacon situation, if the Mongols come to Wuzhaibao, it will take at least two days.Therefore, at Huang Laifu's order, all the workshops, factory workers and merchants outside the fort, the tenants of the livestock farms, vegetable gardens and orchards, the refugees, and the students in the university all immediately retreated to Wuzhai Fort.Immediately, Wuzhaibao, a Zhouqili city, was crowded with people from all over the place.

As for the garrison of each farm, it is to strengthen the defense.These farms, small ones have thousands of people, and large ones have thousands of people.In the past two years, after vigorous construction, the 30 farms in Wuzhaibao have been built like small military forts. The fort is still strong.In addition, the soldiers in the farms are well-nourished, tall and strong, and they farm in their busy hours and practice in their free time. Their combat power has long surpassed that of some ordinary battalions in Shanxi Town.

In these farms, the villagers are warriors, women and old people, all of whom have their own fighting spirit.In Huang Laifu's plan, if the farms were attacked by captives, they would light beacons as a warning, and other farms and Wuzhai Fort would immediately send troops to help. The army does not have this problem.In addition, it is winter now, and the harvests from all over the place have already been put into warehouses and returned to Wuzhaibao City. Even if the Mongols come, they will not worry about any loss or waste.

In just one day, all the residents, merchants and workers in the wilderness in Wuzhaibao retreated into the farms and Wuzhaibao city. The evacuation was orderly, and there was no panic in Shanxi Town.

The Wuzhai Fortress was fighting hard, waiting for the Mongols to come.

(End of this chapter)