At the end of an offensive and defensive battle, it is still worth celebrating for the Ming army defending the city to be able to repel the menacing Mongolian people in the future. You must know that just a few days ago, everyone was still afraid of this battle, after all, the previous successive losses of troops and generals, and the defeat of losing cities and lands were too amazing.

In the past few decades, with the continuous decline of the Mongols, the Ming army, especially the defenders of northern Xinjiang, have become contemptuous of the Mongols. And this time they suddenly suffered such a blow, their mentality quickly changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and they actually had the idea of fearing the enemy and cowardly the enemy, if it were not for someone behind the supervision, the combat power of defending the city would be greatly reduced.

But now, looking at the scattered and even fragmented corpses of the Mongolian people under the city, the soldiers finally have complete confidence, and their momentum is much higher than before.

All these changes fell into Guo Rong's eyes, and he also showed a rare smile: "Pass the order, the brothers who have made meritorious contributions today will definitely be rewarded after the battle, and each of them will be rewarded with five taels of silver." In addition, the bereavement benefits for the war dead are doubled! ”

"Thank you for your compassion to the brothers!" When the surrounding generals heard this, their spirits were lifted, and they all bowed their hands and thanked them. For them, Guo Rong's right and left hands, of course, a few taels of silver is nothing, but if the brothers below have received such a high reward, then they will be more supported by the people below in the future, so this decision of his is naturally praised by everyone.

Soon after, this decision spread rapidly, and those Qiu Ba Da Da soldiers also cheered, which was even more exciting than just now, and slogans such as "General Guo is mighty" were heard from time to time.

Listening to these flattering slogans, the smile on Guo Rong's face unconsciously became a little thicker. However, when his gaze fell back on the outside of the city, looking at the corpses of the Mongolian people who had been left behind, and the enemy camp a few miles away, the smile on his face quickly disappeared.

After pondering for a while, Guo Rong turned his head to Zeng Rui, a subordinate beside him, and said: "After resting for a while, we will arrange enough manpower to keep an eye on the city, and we must not be complacent because of a slight victory this time, the enemy we encounter is not easy to deal with." ”

"The last general commands." Zeng Rui hurriedly clenched his fists and agreed. But then, he said with some puzzlement: "Why is the general soldier so careful, this time the Tartars have suffered a lot of losses in our hands, how can they attack again immediately?" ”

"Do you think we've won a big victory?" Seeing that there were no people around listening to the conversation between the two of them, Guo Rongcai said a little coldly: "Look at the corpses below, there are only about five hundred, plus those who were taken away under the injury, the casualties of the Tartars are thousands." And our own damage is also hundreds, and we are relying on the city to defend it, do you think we really won this battle? ”

"This ......" Listening to the calculations of his own general soldiers, Zeng Rui really can't say that his side has won.

Guo Rong's words continued: "And the reason why we can have a small victory in this battle depends on surprise." Now that the Tartars know that we have firearms, the next siege will definitely be guarded against, so it will not be easy to fight in the future.

"In addition, I have seen people who have escaped from other forts before, and according to them, there are some powerful people in the Tartars this time, who can climb several feet of high walls in the blink of an eye, and the individual combat is extremely fierce, far from the Tartars we are familiar with, which is the reason why many of the outer fortresses have been lost in a short period of time. If they do it again and attack at night, we must be prepared. ”

Hearing him say this, Zeng Rui's expression became extremely solemn: "The last general understands, and the last general will definitely not take it lightly!" ”

"I'm not just worried about this side, I'm worried about the other side." Guo Rong said, turned his head and looked in the direction of the south of the city, as if he wanted to see through the dark night sky: "Someone came to report just now, and Jinyiwei finally took down those Tartar spies before they made a big mess." But Tartar Xiaozuo actually hit the idea to Nancheng, which is really reassuring. ”

"Since the general is not at ease, why don't you send one to guard it?" Zeng Rui hurriedly proposed.

"Don't you want to? But now the number of troops in the city is limited, and there are Tartars who have to defend against them, but there are no extra troops to go to the south gate just in case. I just hope that those guys from the capital don't let me down. Guo Rong shook his head and said, the loss of 10,000 people does have a great impact on Datong.

After a pause, Guo Rong sighed again: "I just hope that this Yang Qincha can be the same as his other skills in using soldiers......" For Yang Zhen, he was still a little worried.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a faint shout of killing from the south, which made many soldiers at the head of the city stunned, and some even showed a panicked look.

Guo Rong's heart also chuckled: "Could it be ...... What's going on over there? ”

When he was hesitating whether to send someone over to support, suddenly a violent roar came, and the force was extremely strong, shaking the ground of the entire Datong City for a while, and even the soldiers on the head of the city clearly felt this, and it also made everyone's hearts suddenly go up.

"This ...... What's going on? ”

"It's Nancheng...... Could it be that a Tartar has invaded from the south? ”

"Should we rush to the rescue? But if you rush over at this time, isn't it too late? And those Tartars down there......"

As they spoke, many people subconsciously looked at the Mongolian camp outside the city, and sure enough, they saw that the camp, which was already very peaceful, was moving a little chaotically at the moment, and there were torches moving rapidly everywhere.

Seeing this, Guo Rong hurriedly called two relatives: "You two, hurry up to Nancheng to see what is going on, if you really fail to hold the city gate, come back immediately to report." ”

"Yes!" The two pro-soldiers did not dare to slack off, and after receiving the order, they quickly rushed down the tower, and after turning over and jumping on the back of the horse that had been prepared below, they hurried towards the south of the city as fast as possible.

At the same time, in the Mongolian army camp outside the city, many people and horses did begin to mobilize.

Tuta looked thoughtfully at the still calm head of Datong City, and secretly made a judgment in his heart: "Could it be that Daba's side has already succeeded?" ”

Before, he was still very confident in his plan to secretly cross Chen Cang on the Ming Plank Road, after all, in a short period of time, they had successively won many fortresses on the periphery of the Ming army. But now, because he had just suffered a loss under Datong City, his confidence could not be as sufficient as before, but he had doubts.

But in any case, judging from the movement, the vibration and loud noise just now came from the south, and it had been arranged before, so it was necessary to cooperate with the launch of a new round of attacks on Datong.

With Tuta's order, the Mongolian army, which had just rested, went into battle again, howling and braving the darkness to launch a fierce attack on the northern city of Datong.

This time, however, they had learned the lesson of the day, and instead of rushing headlong into the city wall to accept the baptism of those guns, they stopped early, and then quickly bent their bows and arrows, and used the best bows and arrows to suppress the Ming army at the head of the city.

Although the Ming army has been on guard, this time it is still a little unexpected by everyone. The range of the bows and arrows of those Mongolian people was actually farther than that of the Ming army, although it was at night, their accuracy was not low, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Ming soldiers who had planned to wait for the enemy to approach were shot with stones, and a few unlucky ones were even more unbalanced, and they fell into the city with a scream.

And when the people saw this, their morale was greatly boosted. But surprisingly, this time they did not take advantage of the victory to kill, but actually covered the city with bows and arrows so far away, as if they wanted to continue to harvest human lives in this way.

That's where Tuta is smart and cautious. He knew very well how bad it was for his side to attack the city at night, and once the defenders of the city had the upper hand, those who rushed to the city could easily be annihilated. Because they only need to drop some torches for lighting, they can make the people in the city have nothing to hide, and they will be greeted by an overwhelming array of arrows, wood, stones, and oil, and they will not have time to escape.

Therefore, he could only call for men to suppress the attack of the defenders at the head of the city with bows and arrows from a distance. If the people he arranged really opened the south gate of Datong and entered the city, the defenders would naturally be in chaos. At that time, if the front and back are flanked inside and outside, these Ming armies will naturally collapse completely.

Since there is a more secure way to break the city, of course, it is better to be careful.

After seeing the other party's strategy, Guo Rong also had a headache. Because of the limited range of the arrows, the Ming army really fell into passivity. But soon, he had an idea: "Go, push me all those cannons to the city." ”

Soon after the order was given, there was a rumbling sound, and several artillery pieces made of steel of hundreds of pounds were pushed and pulled to the mouth of the moat. Guo Rong's eyes flashed with fierce light and murderous aura, pointed to the faint Mongolian army in the distance, and shouted at several gunners: "If you see it, hit me, you must give them something powerful!" ”

"Yes!" The gunners immediately began to adjust the angle of the muzzle, and then someone poured gunpowder and a thick projectile, and as the fuse was ignited, the gun roared again, and the gun body slammed straight back because of the recoil, almost knocking several gunners down.

But the effect of these cannons is not small. Although the Mongols were outside the range of the Ming army's bows and arrows, they were within the range of artillery, and they actually killed thirty or fifty people in just one round of shelling. This caused the Mongol ranks to be in confusion, and then they retreated as if they were day.

Even though he knew that the interval between the Ming artillery firing was extremely long, Tuta still did not want to risk his life.

Now, the people on both sides of the city and the city are counting on what the outcome of the incident in the south of the city will be......