There is no impermeable wall in the world, although Guo Rong, Zhou Zechuan and other civil and military officials tried their best to conceal it, but only one day later, the news that nearly 10,000 officials and troops were killed by the Tartars outside the city quickly spread in Datong City, and immediately caused a panic.

As the people who grew up in a border town like Datong, their hearts are always much bigger than those in other places, after all, Mongolian people will commit so many times every year, but the scale of these years is far less than before. However, every time the Ming army was defeated in the past, it was only a small defeat, and it was impossible for anyone to pose any threat to Datong City.

But in today's battle, a full 10,000 army was annihilated outside the city, which means that the Tartar troops outside the city must far exceed this number.

As soon as the idea arose, it quickly spread throughout the city, and many people had the idea of fleeing the city. It's a pity that at this time, all the gates of Datong have been completely closed, how can they just leave? For this reason, many powerful people also had some conflicts with the guards guarding the door, which made people even more uneasy.

At this time, Zhou Zechuan could only issue a notice based on the public opinion of the government, and at the same time personally came forward to appease, and at the same time arrested some suspicious people who deliberately provoked. In the case of both soft and hard hands at the same time, the situation in the city was finally temporarily controlled.

But everyone knows that this is just the beginning, once the Mongolian army attacks, the situation in the city will only be more tense than before, whether it is the people or the army, someone needs to stand up and cheer them on. For this reason, Guo Rong and Zhou Zechuan were very busy, and they were also so nervous, just waiting for the start of the war.

What makes people feel strange and uneasy is that it has been three days, and the army of Tartars, who thought that the other party would take advantage of the victory, is still standing still outside the city. Although they could see the size of the Mongol army outside from a distance when they climbed to the top of the city at this time—it was an army of almost 50,000 men, and it seemed that there was still a possibility of increasing the number of troops—they still did not mean to attack the city in a hurry, but only put on a posture of besieging the city.

"When did these Tartars become so shrewd? Besiege but not attack, this is to wait for us to mess up first, and then we can start. Guo Rongyuan looked at this situation, and his expression became extremely serious.

And the generals who came up with him were also worried, but someone still comforted them: "The general doesn't have to worry, although we lose for a while, but Datong City is not an ordinary city, and the Tartars have suffered countless losses here, and they don't dare to attack it easily this time." As long as we stick to it and wear down their spirit, we can turn defeat into victory. ”

If there was no defeat in that battle, Guo Rong's confidence in his heart would only be more than that of his subordinates. But now, he was not so optimistic, he just nodded his head with a bitter face: "You are all staring at yourself, there must be no more mistakes, let alone the slightest contempt for the enemy." ”

And in his heart, he felt even more uneasy. Tartar put on such a posture, there must be another way to do it, but I don't know how many of those unstable factors in the city can be found out by relying on Yang Zhen and Jinyiwei's people, and how many can they take?

Guo Rong obviously has some worries about the strength of Yang Zhen and Jinyiwei, but for Jinyiwei himself, he is full of confidence in this.

In the past, they faced extremely treacherous and cunning guys in the capital, such as the White Lotus Sect. At least judging from the current situation, these meticulous works should have been inserted into Datong in the past year or two, and most of the people with problems can be found through the household registration files of the yamen.

Although the household registration management of the Ming Dynasty has too many deficiencies compared with later generations, it has also been quite perfect. Basically, the entry and exit of people in every town have been recorded, and this is naturally thanks to the Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's meticulous arrangements for the founding of the country. The classification of civilian households, military households, and artisan households not only made it difficult for their descendants to have more room for change, but also completely tied most of the people to the land of their hometowns. Even after two hundred years, there are a lot of mobile and migratory populations, but they are all registered with the government, so for Yang Zhen and them, the people who need to be checked are not all the people in the huge city, but those who have only come in the past two years, especially those Han people or people of foreign races who have come from the north - not my race, their hearts will be different.

Although some people may be wronged because of this, for the safety of Datong, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, and even the stability of the Central Plains behind it, they can only kill 1,000 by mistake, not one person.

At this moment, in the Qincha Xingyuan, the literate Jinyi guards were arranged in a lobby, and in front of them, there were volumes of household registration files, which were all found from the yamen of the prefect of the county, or the yamen of the governor, and many of them were covered with a thick layer of ash.

The government does have a register of every resident who settles down, but after the registration it is put on the shelf, and it is generally not looked at again unless there is some special reason. And now, obviously, that special time has come.

In addition to these household registration files, Yang Zhen also asked people to find out the deed in the city, and then compared the two to find out if there were suspicious people. It's a tedious practice, but it's much easier and less troublesome than searching all over the city without a destination.

After two days of searching, Yang Zhen and the others have found more than 20 problematic people. These people either entered Datong this year, or they are businessmen from the north, or their identities do not match the houses they rent and buy.

Since there is a suspicion, Yang Zhen naturally will not let it go. Immediately, an order was given, and the people under his command were dispatched.

However, this time, Yang Zhen himself did not lead the team. Now he is no longer the Qianhu who had to rush to the forefront in everything in the past, just catching a few spies, and he can't work his dignified Lord Qincha and Jinyi Wei Du Du to take action.

And those brothers under his command did not disappoint him, in the case of deployment, dozens of brocade guards who are good at fighting and taking people suddenly broke into the door, even if those guys were on guard and immediately resisted, they were not their opponents at all.

It is said that two of them were skilled in martial arts, and they actually fled to the street after a fight, but they were shot into hedgehogs by the crossbowmen who had been there for a long time. This also frightened the surrounding people.

And after bringing these guys back to Qinchaxingyuan and tortured them for a while, they asked for their true identities from some people, and they were really tricked. The only drawback is that the people who arranged for them to infiltrate Datong this time actually sent them alone, and they didn't know their identities with each other. This made it difficult for Jinyiwei to follow the vine and take down other small works that might be hidden in the city.

When the results of the interrogation were handed over to Yang Zhen, his brows also furrowed: "This person who made this arrangement has some brains, and he actually knows how to use this hand to protect the safety of the fine work, so as to avoid being caught by us." By the way, did they have an explanation of who the Tartars were arranging all this? ”

"It's a man named Tuta, I heard that he is a powerful character who has emerged in the past few years, and even their Khan Mutu is obedient to his words." Some subordinates hurriedly reported.

"Tuta ......" Yang Zhen felt that he seemed to have some impression of this person, but he couldn't remember exactly how it was, so he could only keep such a personal situation in mind for the time being.

"Governor, there are still some people who refuse to recruit, should we continue to torture?"

Yang Zhen only thought about it, then waved his hand and said: "That's it, depending on the situation, these spies don't know each other's identities, even if they confirm their identities, it's useless, let's lock them up first." ”

After everyone left, Yang Zhen muttered again: "The situation still seems to be a little doubtful, if there is really no connection between them, how can they cause any turmoil in the city?" After all, to do this, you still need the cooperation of everyone! Thinking of this, Yang Zhen rushed over again......

At this time, it was already the third watch, because the battle was imminent, the curfew in the city was a hundred times stricter than before, and from time to time a patrol of soldiers and horses would pass by. At this time, if someone dares to violate the ban, it is either a matter of eating a board, or being killed on the spot, which is also very likely.

But even in such a situation, there were still people who were drilling in the alleys of the city in the dark like Yun Xian a few days ago, and these people were also very familiar with the situation in the city, so they actually avoided more patrols, and finally came to the back door of an inn called Wangkelai, and successfully touched in.

At this time, there was a panic in the city, and there was naturally no business in the inn. But strangely, the light was on in one of the rooms at the moment, and a few of them quickly touched it.

After a few moments, six or seven grim-looking men came together. If the people of the city were present, they would have been surprised to find that there were some of the most famous merchants in the city.

"I didn't expect the government to move so quickly, and in just two days, we took away our layout for nearly a year."

"It's a good thing that we listened to the Khan's meaning and didn't contact them before making a move, otherwise it would be dangerous."

"So what's next?"

After this question was asked, everyone's eyes fell on the face of the innkeeper. And this middle-aged shopkeeper, who usually looks very amiable and even a little cowardly, has a fierce look in his eyes at this time: "There is no way, I can only take a risk." Our men are ready to go outside the city, and tomorrow, tomorrow at noon, we will ......."

Under his planning, everyone showed excited looks one by one!

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