In order to show his sincerity, Guo Rong has done a lot of work in the past few days, and soon won down some low-level officers with a bad reputation in the army, deducted all the charges of embezzlement of military salaries and other crimes, and also sent people to the Qin Cha Xingyuan and handed them over to Yang Zhen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In this regard, Yang Zhen did not refuse to come, and directly took these people into custody. Although these are just small shrimps, but they are just scapegoats, it is obvious that these guys are not clean either, and they really need to be cleaned up.

Seeing Yang Zhen cooperate so much, Guo Rong's heart was even more settled, and he felt that his plan had been completed and he could sit back and relax.

But before he could be happy for long, some strange things forced him to turn his attention to the outside of Datong City-it had been five days, and the few fortresses on the outskirts had not sent anyone to report the recent situation.

Because they are located in the border areas and often have a friction relationship with the Mongolian people, these fortresses outside Datong City will normally enter the city every three days to report the latest situation, and at the same time, they can also get some food and baggage from the city.

Although the road has been made difficult by the recent heavy snowfall, it is a little strange that several forts have not been sent for five days. If it was only one or two places that did not come, it could be explained, but a situation like this has not been encountered by Guo Rong in all these years.

"General, it can't be that they're in some trouble, right?" In the military discussion, some subordinates are not without worries.

"It shouldn't be that way, if the Mongols were really attacked, they would have lit a beacon fire and asked us for help." A different view was also raised.

But Guo Rong frowned tightly at this time, and the uneasy mood in his heart became more and more obvious. Although those fortresses are not many garrisons, they are the eyes and ears of Datong City, because of their existence, tens of thousands of troops in Datong City can stay here safely. If something really goes wrong in those places, they don't even know what's going on outside, and unless the enemy soldiers come to the city, they will be blinded.

After pondering for a while, Guo Rong finally said: "The stakes are very high, and we must not take it lightly. Well, send someone to the forts and see what the hell is going on. ”

"Yes!" Someone nodded hurriedly in response, but most people still don't take it too seriously in their hearts, it's all a moon, it's cold, and the Mongolian people are crazy, so they will find this time to attack Datong?

"You're crazy, you're really crazy!" The burly Ugu was very irritable and kept moving around the tent, like a ram in heat, and his eyes were a little red.

After saying these few words, he suddenly came to Tuta, who was sitting by the campfire for a long time, cutting a golden leg of lamb with a knife, and said viciously: "It's just that you want to pull out those small fortresses, and now you actually plan to lead people to attack Datong City, you are really crazy!" It was one of the strongest and most defended border towns in the Ming Kingdom, and our steppe tribes had never captured it, so you actually planned to attack in this climate, do you want so many warriors to die under the city of Datong? ”

Slowly chewing the fragrant leg of mutton, Tuta's face could not see the slightest emotional fluctuation, until the other party finished speaking, he wiped his hands and said: "Wugu, don't forget, you promised me when you were in Xuancheng before, and this time you will obey my dispatch when you use troops." ”

"That's why I've tolerated you until this time. Do you know what the consequences of your decision will be for the Prairie Ministries? You shouldn't have used troops in winter, but you're good, you've been out with troops all the time, and you don't have any intention of going back, do you want to seize power? Ugu said with some exasperation.

Tuta stretched: "I make this decision, naturally I have my own reasons, now that many fortresses outside Datong City have been uprooted by us, it has been completely isolated, and it is a good time for us to take it down completely." As for the climate you mentioned, it is nothing at all, as long as we can take Datong, the supplies there will be enough to replenish our army. ”

"You...... Don't forget, half of this army is mine, and they will never obey your orders if I give them a command. Wugu was already a little annoyed, and he couldn't care about it anymore, so he spoke directly.

These words made Tuta's expression froze, and then a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes: "Don't forget, what did you promise me before, what, what, now you have to regret it?" Aren't you afraid of the sins of the Immortal Heaven? ”

"That time was nothing but your way. Moreover, these days, I have always been very cooperative with you, but this time is a matter of life and death for tens of thousands of people, and I will never let you go your own way! ”

"It seems that you are determined not to let me lead troops to attack Datong?" When he asked this, Tuta played with the cleaver knife in his hand, making it circulate between his fingers, without the slightest stagnation.

"For everyone's sake, I have to do this, even if it will be infamous for going back on my word." Ugu stared at the other with a fixed gaze, not flinching.

"Then there's no way." Tuta sighed softly and leaned forward.

Hearing him say this, Wugu's brows stretched a little, and he only said that the other party had already compromised: "Go back at this time, in fact, our credit is not small......

Just as he spoke, the forward Tuta hand suddenly stretched out, and the small cleaver cut a graceful arc in the air, slicing the throat of Ugu, who was not at all guarded.

Wugu only felt a chill in his throat, and then he saw Dapeng's blood spurting out, and his body was even more weak, and then he knew what was happening. But because his throat was cut, he couldn't even make a sound, so he could only cover the wound with one hand and point to Tuta in front of him, who had gently retreated to the side, with horror and anger on his face.

Wugu couldn't have imagined that the guy who was talking to him just now would do this, and it was a ruthless move to take someone's life, and this kind of change made him a little unconvinced that it was true.

But the blood and lives lost told him that he was indeed about to die.

Looking at Ugu, who was dying, but still staring at him with wide eyes, Tuta just smiled indifferently, wiped the knife with a cloth that still had a few traces of blood, and then said: "Actually, Mutu has long wanted your life, who told your people to listen to you as a patriarch all the time?" There's no way, only by killing you first will they truly become our people. But don't worry, your death must be valuable, and since I have made up my mind to take this Datong, I will definitely be able to capture it. ”

When he finished speaking, he looked at Ugu again, only to find that he had already lost his eyes and breath, but he was dead.

After throwing the bloodstained cloth in his hand on Ugu's face to cover his face, Tuta strode out of the tent and then said to the people outside: "I have discussed with Ugu that tomorrow I will lead troops to attack Datong and tell everyone to prepare for battle." ”

"Yes......" The people around him did not suspect him, and quickly agreed, and they got busy.

Tuta, on the other hand, stood still and looked far to the south: "Soon, Datong will fall into our hands. When the time comes, the land of the Central Plains will also crawl under my feet! Thinking of all this, the corners of his mouth hooked.

It was another day at noon, and the heavy snow had stopped for many days, and a round of sun, which was not too hot, hung high above people's heads, warm.

The defenders of Datong City also looked particularly lazy because of this kind of sun, and their movements were half a beat slower than usual. It's almost the New Year, and they are more thinking about what clothes to buy for their mother-in-law and baby, as for defending the city, do they need to care about this at this time? For hundreds of years, no one has ever sent troops to attack a fortified city like Datong at this time.

So when the three puffs of wolf smoke rose violently from the front, many people subconsciously rubbed their eyes, just saying that they were dazzled. It wasn't until it was confirmed that it was a warning beacon of a large enemy attack that the people at the head of the city began to convey the news in panic.

At the same time, some people also muttered: "Judging from the direction of this wolf smoke, it should be from Balibao, which is eight miles away from the city, but why is there only one fortress that emits smoke?" How could those fortresses in front of them not even move at all, and how did those enemies bypass the dozens of fortresses in front of them and appear under Bali Fort? ”

This question also quickly arose from the bottom of his heart after Guo Rong received the report from the head of the city, and judging from the strange things that combined with the news of the severance of the fortress before, an extremely uneasy judgment had taken shape in his heart: "Could it be ......?"

At the same time, the sound of killing inside and outside Balibao was already shocking.

As a fortress next to Datong City, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention, there are also 500 elites. In Guo Rong's previous opinion, as long as such a fortress was held, even if it encountered ten times the enemy, it could be calmly defended for several days, so as to wait for reinforcements.

But everything in front of him was completely different from his judgment. Although only 2,000 men were attacking the city, these Mongol warriors, who had abandoned their horses, quickly climbed to the top of the city with incredible agility and went head-to-head with the city's defenders.

Although the Ming army had poured arrows desperately at the enemy under the city as if they didn't want money, they still couldn't do much to delay the approach of the Mongols and their ascent to the city. In just half an hour, hundreds of people had already climbed to the top of Balibao, which was not very high, and then the soldiers of the two sides began a desperate struggle.

The screams and shouts resounded through the four fields......

Half an hour later, Balibao was completely lost, except for a few clever ones who fled while the enemy had not yet controlled the portal, and the rest of the Ming troops were all killed on the spot.

At this time, the golden sunlight shone on the head of the city and the outside of the city, making the bloodstain look particularly poignant......