Chapter 322 Recover Datong and liquidate the general ledger(1/2)
A Tartar got up late at night to release the water, but accidentally found that countless people outside the city were rushing towards Datong Town. He was frightened and then let out a shrill scream.
The scream soon woke hundreds of Tartars sleeping on the top of the city with blankets. They grabbed the weapons next to them and stood up to look outside the city wall.
It would be fine if I didn't look at it, but when I saw it, my heart almost burst into pieces. It turned out that hundreds of meters away from the city wall, a long dragon of torches was winding towards the city wall. The fire dragon was about 2,000 meters long, and the number was at least 1,000.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"Go and report to the general!"
The Tartars were frightened and screamed. If they were riding their beloved horses on the field, the Tartars were not afraid at all, but for the first time, they were completely unsure of guarding the city.
The Ming army naturally heard the screams from above the city wall. Bai Jingting and Zhang Fakui were both very upset. Originally, they wanted to sneak up on the city wall and attack the Tartars, but the Ming army in this era was generally suffering from night blindness. Even with the guidance of stars and moons, they were still like blind people and could not see anything at night.
Bai Jingting and Zhang Fakui had no choice but to light the torches, but because the torches were too bright at night, they were discovered by the Tartars.
Since he was discovered by the Tartars, he might as well turn the sneak attack into a strong attack. Zhang Fakui shouted loudly, "Soldiers, kill me. Those who climb the city wall first will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver, and promoted to three levels!"
Since ancient times, China has always offered high rewards before every war, and it has been tried and done many times. Of course, this time is not surprising.
"The Ming Dynasty has won thousands of victories!"
After hearing Zhang Fakui's shouts, more than 10,000 soldiers were full of morale, and screamed and rushed towards the city wall of Datong Town with a cloud ladder.
Bai Jingting ordered the auxiliary soldiers in charge of logistics to light dozens of large oil pans, and the blazing fire made the night look like daytime.
The Tartars could see the situation below clearly under the fire, and took bows and arrows and shot them at the Ming army below. However, there were too few Tartars on the city walls. Only two thousand Tartars had to guard the four walls. Even if the Tartars had sharp arrows, it would be difficult to cause huge damage to the Ming army.
"Call it quickly!"
"Call them to death!"
The Tartar generals roared repeatedly. Every time the arrow rain fell, they could always hit dozens of Ming troops, but there were tens of thousands of Ming troops, and this arrow rain was just a drizzle.
Moreover, the Ming army below were not slags who had no power to fight back. After all, they were all border troops from Xuanfu Town. Even if they were not as good as those of the Tartars, they were only slightly inferior.
"Swoosh swish swish..."
The Ming army's archers kept shooting towards the city. Although the hit rate was extremely low, due to the large number of people, the coverage rate was higher than that of the Tartars. Under the cover of the Ming army's arrow rain, people were constantly hit by arrows and injured.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
While the Tartars were busy shooting with the Ming army archers, in just a moment, hundreds of ladders leaned on the city wall, and countless Ming troops climbed up towards the city wall at a rapid speed.
There were only 500 people on the Tartars' wall, so naturally they ignored their heads and were soon rushed to the wall by the Ming army. The two sides launched a cruel battle with blood and blood.
Although the Tartars were stronger in individual force than the Ming army, more and more Ming troops climbed up the city walls. In the end, the Tartars were outnumbered and completely submerged by the Ming army. The Ming army only suffered hundreds of casualties and invaded Datong Town.
The Ming army that invaded the city opened the city gate. Zhang Fakui waved his hand and ordered the entire army, "After entering the city gate, first block the city gate and remove all the Tartars in the city! In addition, I will reiterate that after entering the city, the soldiers of the three armies should strictly enforce military discipline and strictly prohibit any disturbances. Otherwise, if they are verified, they will be killed without mercy!"
"Abide by the order!"
The Ming army roared in unison, and then the troops were divided into three groups and rushed towards the other three city gates.
With such a big noise, as long as the people in the city were not deaf, they also understood that the Ming army's royal army had come back to Datong. The people of Datong were both happy and worried about this.
The so-called happiness is all compared. After these brutal rule by the Tartars, the people of Datong missed the Ming court, which was full of shortcomings but could make the people survive.
Now that the Ming Dynasty's royal army has returned to Datong, the people are naturally very happy and prayed secretly for the Ming army in their hearts, hoping that the Ming army can annihilate the Tartars and recover Datong.
What is worried about is that the Tartars are vicious and brutal. If the Ming army is defeated by the Tartars, the people will not only be happy, but may also be angry by the Tartars and become the venting tube of the Tartars, and the people will be even more unable to survive.
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The Tatars knew that Spatu was spending the night in Mi Mansion, so a team of Tartars rushed to Mi Mansion to inform Spartu of the Ming army's siege.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Open the door!"
When they arrived at the gate of the Mi Mansion, more than a dozen Tartars dismounted, they slapped the gate rudely outside the door and shouted.
"Here's here!" The concierge of the Mi Mansion opened his dazed eyes, opened the door, and put more than a dozen Tartars in.
"Old man, you are so slow to die!" The Tartar leader whipped the doorman and then asked, "Where is my general?"
A fleeting fierce light appeared in the eyes of the concierge, but the next moment, he nodded and said, "Sir, General, are visiting the west wing."
"Let me lead the way, hurry up, don't be too slow!" The leader of the Tartar said without any rejection.
"Yes, yes, yes, please, Jun Ye." The gatekeeper said respectfully.
Then, the gatekeeper led a team of Tartars to make mistakes. When he arrived at a narrow alley, the gatekeeper showed his flexible skills comparable to that of a young man. He drilled into a door with his waist. The Tartar leader was alert and was about to remind everyone to be careful, but suddenly a loud shout exploded in his ears.
"shoot!"
At this time, dozens of men in black appeared on the roof, one by one, one by one, and shot hard at the Tartars below.
"Puchi phuchi..."
"Dingdong jingle..."
There was no cover in the alleys, and several people were quickly caught in the Tartars. The remaining Tartars waved their swords and tried desperately to block them, but in the end they were flooded by the arrow rain and all were shot into hedgehogs.
Soon, a team of servants rushed into the alley and checked the Tartars' breath. Then they reported to a figure in the dark, "Master, all the Tartars have died."
Mikudao nodded slightly and said, "Since there is nothing wrong in the mansion, I will go to the Tartar camp to support the young master."
"Yes, Master!"
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The city was full of soldiers and horses, but the Tartar camp was quiet. But after approaching the camp, he heard the Tartars snoring like thunder from the camp.
Mickeylin led hundreds of knights to the Tartar camp and found that there was no one guarding the camp gate.
After invading Datong, the Tartars had probably reached the limit of their contempt for the Ming people. They never expected that the Ming people who were greedy for life and fear of death would have a day to counterattack Datong. Therefore, in addition to being cautious in the first few days, their defenses against the Ming people became increasingly relaxed, so that after the Mi Mansion sent a thousand jars of Erguotou, everyone rushed to drink, and even the gate was too lazy to guard.
The entire camp of the Tartars was filled with alcohol and disgusting vomit. Mickeylin slapped in front of his nose, intending to block the stench that was coming from his nose.
A servant who explored the way in advance reported to Mickeylin and reported, "Master, all the Tartars have fallen asleep, and no one is guarding the entire camp."
Mickeylin lit up when he heard this. The Tartars' defense was so slack, which was a god-given opportunity to burn the Tartars camp!
He immediately ordered, "Hurry, move all the dry firewood into the camp, and sprinkle all the remaining Erguotou in the dry firewood."
Mickeylin is a well-informed person. Although he doesn't understand why alcohol, which is also liquid like water, can not extinguish the fire, but will help burn, he knows that alcohol can help burn.
"Yes, the eldest young master!" The servants also didn't understand why they had to sprinkle the wine into the dry wood, but since it was the eldest young master's order, just do it.
Hundreds of kudzu broke into the Tartar camp with their dry firewood on their backs, evenly distributed bundles of dry firewood around the Tartar camp, and then poured all the dozens of jars of 2 pots left by the Tartar into the dry firewood.
It took about a cup of tea to arrange all the dry firewood. Mickey Lin lit the firewood with his own hands and threw it on the dry firewood. The fire immediately started to burn.
Feeling the heat wave coming from the fire, Mickey Lin didn't dare to stay in the fire for too long, and quickly ordered, "This place is dangerous, everyone will evacuate!"
"Dadada..."
After a burst of rapid footsteps, Mickeylin brought hundreds of meters of servants and all the servants were withdrawn from the Tatar camp a hundred meters away.
“It’s so hot…”
"Oh my God, it's going to go out!"
"Put the fire!"
After a little slump, the raging fire finally ignited all the Tartar camps. The Tartars, who were originally immersed in their sleep, were swallowed by the flames, and they made tragic howls one by one.
But the sea of fire was ruthless. In addition to the hundreds of bundles of dry firewood brought by the Mi Mansion’s servants, the Tatar camp was filled with Erguotou everywhere. When these two things met, they burned countless Tartars to death.
Some Tartars rushed out of the tent with flames and plunged into the large water tank used to prevent fire in the schoolyard. However, the water in the large water tank had already been hollowed out by the Mi Mansion's servants. The Tartars pierced into the water tank were like fat meat entering a wok, and they were burned into coke.
Some Tartars were even rolling on the ground, extinguishing the fire on their bodies and fleeing to the camp gate, but Mickeylin led hundreds of knights to guard here. As soon as they rushed out of the gate, they were shot into hedgehogs.
More Tartars were not even able to rush out of the camp and were burned to death by the fire. They all drank a lot of Erguotou. When the flames burned, they ignited the Erguotou in their stomachs. Under the attack of the flames inside and outside the body, there was no other way except death.
The flares of the Tatar camp located in the west of the city almost illuminated the entire Datong Town.
With such a huge movement in the city, Jiang Yunkai and other traitors were naturally awakened. When they learned that it was the Ming army who attacked the city, they were not too worried. After all, the Tartars deployed 10,000 troops in the city, and their combat power was far superior to the Ming army. If the Ming army had not been attacked ten times the army, they would not have thought of attacking Datong.
It was only when they saw the fires in the Tartar camp soaring into the sky that they became panicked.
It should be noted that the Tartar camp has 8,000 troops. If there is an accident in the Tartar camp, then there will be only 2,000 typing left. How can we defend this huge Datong City?
The servants they sent out to find out the news soon came back with bad news, saying that somehow the Tartar camp had a raging fire and the eight thousand Tartars were buried in the fire.
Before they could reply from the bad news, some other servants sent back a bigger bad news to them. The Datong city gate was lost, the Ming army blocked the four gates and had already entered the city.
The successive blows finally made Jiang Yunkai and other traitor patriarchs unable to sit still. They understood how serious the evil they had committed was.
Datong was lost, ten thousand border troops were annihilated by the Tartars, and ten thousand captives who surrendered to the Tartars were cut off and cast into Jingguan. During the Tartars' rule over Datong, there were tens of thousands of people who were forced to death by the Tartars.
Not to mention that Datong, as one of the nine major towns of the Ming Dynasty, was related to the national defense and security of the entire Ming Dynasty. As Ming people, they worked hard for the alien race and sold the entire Datong town to the alien race.
After the fall of Datong, the entire Ming court fell into an absolute strategic passive state. Lin Danhan even led an army of 110,000 to advance eastward to attack Beijing City, with the intention of destroying the Ming country.
It can be said that traitors such as Jiang Yunkai committed unforgivable crimes against Daming and Datong. Once the Ming army recovered Datong, the ending of waiting for them would definitely be more than death. They would probably be cut into pieces and exterminated by the nine clans.
"Jiang Yunkai, it's all your fault! If you hadn't said you would imitate the story of Lu Buwei's strange goods and dedicate Datong to the Tartars, my Jiang family was still the family of Jishan in the Ming Dynasty, how could it have fallen into such a land today?!"
"That's right, it's because you took the lead in surrendering to the Tartars that we were in such a dangerous situation. Once the Ming army comes, my Jiang family will be destroyed by you for a hundred years!"
To be continued...