Tian Peng finished writing a military report to An Sanxi and reported on the situation at the mouth of the valley here. At the same time, we are reminded that there may be reinforcements in the direction of Datong. Beware of being outflanked by the Datong army from behind, cutting off the way back to the grassland.
Tian Peng dried the ink, put the military newspaper into an envelope, and printed it with wax. Give it to the communications troops to send out.
Tian Peng couldn't sleep, so he walked up to the long sandbag wall and looked out of the valley.
Under the cover of night, the camp opposite was a large one, surrounded by felled trees to form a fence. There are groups of soldiers patrolling.
Hou Shilu is a veteran after all, and he still has some abilities. Tomorrow's battle is expected to be more intense.
After the south gate of Zhangjiakou Fort was opened, the heads and servants of the eight major merchant groups rushed out with their belongings. They panicked and ran away as soon as they came out of the city gate. People were shouting and horses were neighing, and there was chaos.
Fan Yongdou led the people out of the city last, but they did not follow the crowd. The crowd was heading towards the mountain pass.
Because that's the only way to Xuanfu.
Fan Yongdou did not think that there was no one holding a handle there. He even thought that there might be an enemy responsible for stopping the attack somewhere outside the south gate. He didn't think these people could break through the resistance in the valley.
The group of people ran westward along the city wall. There is no gate on the west side of the city wall of Zhangjiakou Fort, so there is most likely no one to block it. After all, the Mongols only number about 10,000 people. The military strength is still relatively tight. You can’t cover everything.
Fan Yongdou led more than 3,000 people and a large amount of property to the corner of the city wall, and quickly left the city wall and ran towards the mountains.
There is a small village hidden in the mountains. It was a stronghold set up secretly by Fan Yongdou, and there were many camels raised there. There are also food and supplies.
At this moment, dozens of bright lights suddenly shone in the wilderness outside the south gate.
The bright beams of light in the dark night directly blinded these people's eyes, making them temporarily blind. This is when a battalion staying outside the south gate turned on the carbide lamp.
Immediately afterwards, Fan Yongdou heard gunshots that sounded like exploding beans.
At this point, he couldn't care less about being surprised. This time, the Mongols had given him so many "surprises" that he was too lazy to think about why the Mongols had so many muskets.
From the beginning of the street fighting, he was numbed by the intensive musketry. These muskets were the likes of which he had never seen before. The performance is so poor and the fire rate is so high, it’s simply outrageous.
Now he just wants to take away the more than 3,000 elite members of the Fan family.
He knew that the eight major business groups would not be able to survive in the Ming Dynasty. These people are his own people that he has secretly won over over the years, not the clan members. He has decided to abandon the clan and go it alone.
Fan Yongdou was already wondering where these Mongolians came from. He had even begun to doubt Yang Fan. After all, Yang Fan is the only one with many Mongolians on the grassland.
Although the banner they are flying is undoubtedly the sacred relic passed down by Tushetu Khan from Genghis Khan. But who knows if they colluded.
In Zhangjiakou Fort, where the eight major business groups are stationed, there are too many things that cannot be seen. I'm afraid I can't hide it this time. Fan Yongdou could even imagine that the shareholders of the eight business groups were all idiots. In all likelihood, they would go back to find those who stayed in Jimingyi and refused to enter the Xuan Mansion's Beijing camp.
Yang Fan's army included a large number of censors and officials from the Six Ministries. Most of these people are from the Donglin Party. This was specially arranged by the emperor to check and balance Yang Fan. These people are now trying to find ways to dismantle the Nine Borders and take the border troops away from the hands of local parties.
When these people come to Zhangjiakou Fort, they will never let go of this opportunity to overthrow the Jin Party.
When these things ferment, it is a disaster.
So we must make up our minds and leave early, otherwise we won’t be able to leave any later.
As for where he would go, he had already decided, so he went to Shenyang and joined Fan Wencheng. Daikin lacks business talents, and if he takes thousands of direct descendants to defect there, he will definitely be valued by Huang Taiji.
The eight major business groups are finished, and there are no eggs left under the overturned nest. At this time, you must make a decisive decision and make the right choice. Fortunately, his choices have always been correct.
At this time, in the distance behind, there were shouts of killing. Five hundred cavalry came out from the hiding place and slaughtered the core members of the merchant group and the bodyguards who were running around. There were even two unknown firearms placed high up, and they began to spit out fierce flames. The bullets shot out were like lines of fire, like whips, shooting at the crowd.
A large number of guards fought back with shotguns, and were soon swept to the ground like wheat.
Fan Yongdou's eyes widened in surprise. If this were a Mongolian Tatar, he could eat the riding crop. When did the Mongolian Tatars have such powerful firearms?
In the entire Ming Dynasty, there was only one person with the most powerful firearms, and that was Uncle Dingyuan.
"Hurry up, don't stop, go into the mountain immediately." Fan Yongdou roared. It seemed as if they didn't notice some of the servants who were secretly slowing down while carrying money on their backs.
As the Nancheng breakout broke out, large numbers of cavalry came from all over.
After all, a man cannot outrun a horse with four legs. These people were quickly surrounded, and the cavalry easily dealt with the rabble. The guards who dared to resist were hacked to death. The remaining people knelt on the ground and raised their hands in surrender.
At this time, the fighting in the city also ended.
An Sanxi rode the horse that Yang Fan rewarded him and walked into the south gate. The city was full of freshly extinguished fires, with black smoke still rising from the ruins. The soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, taking out the dead bodies and setting them up with firewood to burn.
The guardsmen began to ransack the houses, clearing out the belongings from the Shanxi merchants' mansions and transporting them to Duolun. A large number of captured shopkeepers, stewards, clerks, guards, grooms, and their family papers were trembling on the ground awaiting their fate.
"Commander, Fan Yongdou ran away. Among the eight major business groups captured, Fan Yongdou was not included. There were more than 3,000 people missing with him. Our people captured some of their guys, all of whom were carrying property. Trying to escape privately," Wang Hao said.
An Sanxi nodded, one day had passed. I am not equipped with horses this time, only camels, so I will definitely not be able to catch up.
"How is the progress of cleaning up the property? The master is keeping an eye on this matter." An Sanxi asked.
Chen Gang, the general of the Jiading Regiment, said: "We are ordered by the master to bring five sets of metal detectors. One set every five. We have already started searching the whole city. As long as there are metal objects within five meters underground, they can all be taken out. One No copper plate will be left out.”
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll give you three days to dig three feet into the ground and loot it all." An Sanxi said with satisfaction.
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Now that the snowstorm has stopped, the weather is getting warmer quickly. After all, it has already entered March. Although it is relatively cold at this time, as long as the cold wave passes, the ice and snow will soon melt.
"First, take all these unruly people from Mongolia to Tushetuhan's winter pasture. After spring, Song Yingxing will send technical personnel to guide them in building Ulaanbaatar City."
