Chapter 2 Time is running out

Zhao Quan and Wang Tingfu got up to greet the outside of the tent, Qin Jue didn't dare to move lightly behind the back of the chair, pricked up his ears to listen to the movement, Zhao Quan's voice was very polite: "It turned out that General Wu Enqi arrived, and the guest of honor would not wave your greetings." ”

Just by his voice, he could hear the smile on his face when he spoke, Qin Juexiang was a little strange: "In terms of official position, Zhao Quan should be higher than Wu Enqi, but his attitude is so respectful, but why?" ”

Wu Enqi snorted and asked coldly, "King Menggu, what are you doing here?"

Wang Tingfu hurriedly said: "General, the military advisor asked me to arrange for tomorrow's escort of baggage." ”

Zhao Quan also said: "Exactly." ”

Qin Juexiang was a little puzzled: "The Mongolian king, could it be that Wang Tingfu was made a prince? No, Zhao Quancai was just a military advisor, how could he be crowned king?" ”

In fact, King Menggu is the same as Zhao Quan's guest of honor, it is Wang Tingfu's Mongolian name, but it is just a homonym with the three characters of Mongolian King, but he can't think of this section anyway.

Wu Enqi said: "The Great Khan has something to discuss with you. Zhao Quan asked: "I don't know what's going on?" Wu Enqi was a little displeased: "I don't know, do you want me to go back and ask, and then come back to tell you?" Qin Juexiang could feel a kind of coldness and disdain from his voice, and said: "Wu Enqi is a close friend of my answer, and you can get a glimpse of it from his tone, it seems that the situation of Zhao Quan's party among the Tatars is indeed passive and unfavorable, walking on thin ice, hehe, you dog traitor deserve it." ”

Zhao Quan hurriedly laughed and said, "The general said that he was laughing, let's go." ”

Qin Juexiang listened to the sound of footsteps and went away, screaming in his heart that he was unlucky, secretly wondering if he had started earlier, why not let them go like this now, and lose a lot of work in vain. I have the heart to wait for them to come back, but I don't know how long to keep it, it's not early now, so it's better to go back, otherwise it will not be easy to hide until dawn. Thinking of this, he put away the knife and turned around to find the empty water truck out of the camp, hidden at the bottom of the last car of the convoy, the original method out of the camp, but the smell of tea on the road overflowed, watching the Tartars gather around the fire to drink, one by one, their expressions were uncertain, and they thought: "Huang Taiji is not fine enough, he can tell Wang Tingfu about the affairs of the jacket Dusi, and he may not be able to see the wind elsewhere." In addition, he led the army to leave the camp, and the movement was not small, and I couldn't hide it if I wanted to. ”

When he returned to the city, the people were overjoyed to see that he was safe and sound, and they were even more excited to hear what he had seen and heard. Qin Jue said: "The Tartars withdrew and withdrew, but when they went south, they broke the Jingping, destroyed the old camp, and looted all the villages and counties they passed, so this wealth can't be taken away by them like this." Chang Sihao said: "Yes, the paper can't contain the fire, Huang Taiji's departure and the retreat preparations made by the rear army can't escape people's eyes and ears, even if other people don't know the true situation, they must have doubts in their hearts, at this time when the army's heart is floating, we should take advantage of the situation to pursue." ”

Chen Sheng was worried: "The former young master has already mentioned it, and I am very careful about this, and I will personally be responsible for the rear." There are no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in our city, and even fewer can be dispatched, and it is not easy to break the enemy. Everyone nodded when they heard this, and they all knew in their hearts that I was very good at using soldiers, and Datong had been guarding for so long, and it was not guaranteed to end up in the end, which was more than worth the loss. A staff general said unhappily: "Ladies and gentlemen, the previous Wang Chonggu sent an envoy to deliver a letter and set a date, he sent troops to harass the rear of the reply and carry out the nest smashing operation, let's take the opportunity to assist in the attack, and now that the general soldier of Lei has broken his jacket, are we just sitting in the city?"

Chang Sihao said: "We have been besieged in the city these days, and we are really suffocating individuals, and now we have a God-given opportunity, we should kill all directions, export bird gas, how can we miss it!"

The artillery commander said: "That's right! The opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come again, I have replied that since I arrived in Datong, I have suffered two setbacks, morale is low, the army has no fighting spirit, and the southward plundering has gained a lot, it is not easy to transport, and the action will inevitably be slow when we leave, and we have few soldiers, so it is best to launch a night attack, so that the enemy does not know our roots, and he is scheduled to withdraw his troops tomorrow night, this is God to help me win, what more doubt?" As soon as he finished speaking, several generals immediately expressed their support.

An Ziteng stopped: "Don't worry, everyone! I have a big answer, although there are such defeats, but our army is prepared to attack him, I am afraid that there is no chance of victory, it is better to wait for him to retreat, and then send an army to intercept and kill him in the middle." We have few soldiers, and we have the advantage of fighting and retreating quickly, even if we succeed, once the enemy counterattacks, these things will become a burden, and the best way is to destroy them. ”

Chen Sheng nodded and said: "Yes, there is a huge difference between the enemy and me, our army may win a small victory, but I will never be defeated, the strategy of a surprise attack halfway, I think it will work, if the battle situation is unfavorable, there is still a distance on the way to retreat as a buffer, so as not to let the Tartars take advantage of the situation to counterattack Datong." We sent troops to cooperate with General Lei's troops to assist in the attack, and as long as we won the victory, even if we achieved our goal strategically. Everyone felt that this method was feasible, and the previous few hesitants also changed their attitudes, rubbing their fists and palms, and a little unsteady. After discussing this, everyone's eyes fell on General Yan again, there are thousands of families, and there is one person in charge, and he must make a decision.

General Yan had already established and overturned several plans in his heart, and he was afraid of chasing the army when he withdrew his army, and he wanted to chase and fear of ambush, and it was not easy to defend the city, so it was even more difficult to go out of the city to attack him. The soldiers talk about the example of winning more with less, but the question is, how many such examples can there be in history? Before thinking about making progress, how can there be no one in the city to defend before thinking about retreating? Calculating, if you want to attack, you can't win chess and ignore your family, except for the necessary left-behind sergeants, strong women, old and weak, and a small number of militiamen, at most more than 3,000 people can be mobilized, although the Tartars have left Huangtaiji, there are still more than 60,000 people left, and in the face of more than 20 times the number of troops, how can this battle be fought? Seeing that everyone's eyes were converging on him, he also felt heavy on his shoulders, and he was very embarrassed, and when he looked sideways, he saw Qin Langchuan squinting his eyes and was silent, and leaned over and asked, "Old lady, in your opinion, what should we do?"

Qin Langchuan's eyelids closed slightly, and he glanced at the dripping copper kettle next to him, and the scale indicated that the time was already three quarters.

He said lightly: "I just ask, do you want to fight, or don't you fight?"

General Yan looked at him for a while, then swept around, and saw that everyone's eyes were shining, and he looked eager to ask for battle, and his heart was full of pride, and he said resolutely: "Fight!"

"Good!"

Qin Langchuan Huo Ran stood up, raised his head and said, "Time is not waiting, start preparing immediately!" Yan Zongbing was stunned: "What?" The other people present were also stunned, not knowing what he meant. Qin Langchuan explained very quickly: "When I withdraw the troops, we will inevitably increase our precautions and be well prepared, what else will we fight with that little force?

Everyone was slightly stunned, all of them showed their faces and clasped their hands, Datong was just guarding the palace was already left and right, I replied that I was confident of the public, and I never dreamed that the Ming army would steal the camp now, and at this time he was not ready to stop retreating, and it was indeed the best time to attack. General Yan was overjoyed and worried: "It's just that the enemy is heavily fortified, and if you want to attack it, it is much more difficult than intercepting and killing halfway." ”

Qin Langchuan nodded and said: "Yes, I have a regular camp and it is extremely difficult to break through, I have two methods, which can be used in combination to make the other army chaotic, but one of them will weaken the city defense, and it cannot be used unless I am determined." ”

When General Yan saw his expression, he knew that he still had hesitation in his heart, and he was afraid of winning instead of thinking of victory in battle, so how could he defeat the enemy?

Qin Langchuan smiled: "Okay, so let's go through the details together." Absolutely loud, you will carefully explain the situation of their camp again!"

"Yes!" Qin Juexiang agreed, feeling that he had been valued, and he also felt a little like a general in the army, his heart was very beautiful, he took a pen and ink on the table and even talked about the painting, the generals and the Qin family gathered to watch and discuss, Qin Langchuan combined with the graphic geography to explain his own strategy and arrange, everyone was overjoyed, and after a while, they each led the order Xingchong to disperse out of the arrow tower, and went down to prepare according to the plan.

An hour later, the inner doors on the east and west sides of Datong opened, the double city gates slowly twisted, the sergeants were fully equipped, lying in the doorway, people holding branches, horses wrapped in hooves, silent, waiting for orders, a pair of eyes revealing warm expectations, excited.

More than 100 ropes in the eastern city were thrown down, and countless black shadows slid down the city like droplets, crossed the moat, and quietly lurked in the sea of grass, opening a long line.

As soon as the ambush was completed, the Tatar night patrol came around the city, about 500 horsemen, following the previous route, and entered the ambush circle unconsciously.

Qin Jue sounded a short whistle, and suddenly the darts in the grass were shot violently, the sleeve arrows were flying, and the bows and crossbows were fired together, these ambushes were all good archers selected by the Qin family's Taiyuan rudder and in the army, for example, five hundred Tatar cavalry stood under the horses, not to mention that the arrows were not sent out, and some people were even exempted from a single word.

Everyone rushed forward, mending the knife one by one, and suddenly a horse galloped like a fly, and rushed out, and immediately one person pulled the iron beam to hide in the pedal, as if he was a centurion. Several people in the vicinity shot together, and the darts broke through the wind and chased the horse, but none of them hit. Suddenly, an arrow stabbed from the left corner, and the latter came first, penetrating through the horse's belly and sinking into the feather, piercing the man and horse.

The war horse "Ku Qiu" fell to the ground with a bang, and Qin Juexiang retracted his bow and sneered, thinking that this turning arrow would be easy to come. Looking back at the silence and the silence, there was no one anymore, relieved his heart, took out the fire and shook it three times towards the city.