There was a lot of dew in the morning air.
The top of Tianchengwei's city began to be busy again, with groups of officers and soldiers carrying supplies to defend the city.
Large pots were set up in several places, boiling golden juice.
The busy people on the city wall were the border troops brought by Wang Bao, while the soldiers and horses of the Tiancheng Guard could only watch others working from a little further down the city.
"Do you think our commander really just left the task of defending the city to others?" A guard soldier with a spear not far from the city wall looked up at the busy people on the city wall. The figure muttered to the others around him.
A soldier next to him with a wooden stick in his mouth said nonchalantly: "It's a good thing to have someone else guarding the city for us. Could it be that you still want to fight the bandits outside the city?"
"I always feel awkward. No matter what, this is our natural guard's place, but now we let a group of border soldiers dictate what we do. Don't you feel uncomfortable?" said the soldier with a spear in his hand.
The soldier next to him curled his lips and said, "What's so uncomfortable about this? As long as I'm not allowed to fight with the bandits outside the city, I can defend the city whoever I love."
His words represented the thoughts of most of the guardsmen of Tiancheng Guard.
A group of extremely bored guard soldiers looked at the frontier soldiers and horses who were busy above and below the city.
After an unknown amount of time, an officer on horseback appeared in front of the guardsmen.
"What are you doing here? Let me go to the top of the city to defend the city." The officer pointed at the guardsmen in front of him with the riding whip in his hand.
One of these guard soldiers said: "If the defense of the city is not all left to the border troops, why are we allowed to go up the city wall ourselves?"
"Stop talking nonsense, this is the general's order. If anyone dares to disobey, don't blame me for enforcing military law." After the officer finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and walked towards where other guardsmen gathered.
"I thought nothing would happen without us, but I didn't expect that we would have to fight the gangsters outside the city." One of the guardsmen said cursingly.
After scolding, I should go to the city wall to defend the city.
No matter how much they cursed, no one dared to actually disobey military orders.
There were already many soldiers and horses of the border army on the city. As soon as these guard soldiers came up, the city suddenly became crowded.
The soldiers and horses of the frontier army looked down upon the soldiers and horses of the guard station, and the people of the guard station looked down on the soldiers and horses of the frontier army who had just suffered a defeat. Both sides occupied a place on the top of the city and were divided into different small circles.
It was nearly noon.
Several leading soldiers carried porridge buckets and brought meals to the soldiers guarding the city on the top of the city.
Normally there are only two meals a day, and no meal at noon. Now because of the siege of the city by bandits outside the city, there is an extra meal at noon.
Every soldier who participated in the defense of the city could drink a spoonful of porridge.
The porridge in the barrel was not strong enough to hold up with chopsticks, but for the officers and soldiers who had been busy on the city wall for a long time, having a bowl of porridge made their stomachs feel better.
"No, the bandits are coming." A sharp-eyed person on the top of the city pointed at the outside of the city and shouted loudly.
As soon as the officers and soldiers guarding the city heard that the bandits were coming, many people looked outside the city.
Many people even lay on the crenels and looked outside the city.
Outside the city, in the direction where the bandits were encamped, countless dust was flying, and a black mass of cavalry was seen galloping from a distance.
"It's the cavalry, the cavalry of the bandits."
"Maybe they are reinforcements sent to us by the imperial court."
The officers and soldiers at the top of the city all said anything, but more rational people believed that the cavalry that arrived was the cavalry of the bandits.
The rebels had just laid siege to the city yesterday. There were not so many cavalry in the counties near Tianchengwei, and it was impossible for the reinforcements from Datong Prefecture to arrive so quickly.
Soon, the order to defend the city was issued.
In this way, all the officers and soldiers guarding the city knew that the cavalry that suddenly appeared outside the city were the soldiers of the rebels.
"Our general and several thousand households combined may not have so many cavalry." On the top of the city, the soldiers at the guard station whispered.
The people on the side heard this, hummed, and said, "Didn't you see that these cavalry outside the city are all one man and two horses? Not to mention our Tiancheng Guard, even the border army can't find a few."
The large group of cavalry that came from afar stopped not far outside the city. The officers and soldiers on the top of the city could clearly see these cavalry.
The officers and soldiers on the top of the city became increasingly busy.
Whether it is the city's defenders or these soldiers, they all know that the war will begin soon. At this time, no one dares to be lazy. In order to survive, everyone works hard.
The cavalry that came to Tiancheng Guard was Tan Zaiwang's cavalry battalion.
After he and the cavalry battalion arrived at Xinpingbao, they only rested for one night. At dawn the next day, he led the cavalry battalion to Tianchengwei.
Liu Qingzhou, who was stationed outside Tiancheng Guards City, was also surprised when he saw Tan Zaiwang and the cavalry battalion.
Although their Second Battle Division also has some cavalry, the number is too small and they are barely used to serve as sentries and convey messages, and cannot be used as cavalry in combat.
Now with Tan Zaiwang's cavalry battalion, it can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings of their second combat division's lack of cavalry.
"Liu Yingzheng, I support you under Zhang Shizheng's order." Tan Zaiwang, who dismounted, said to Liu Qingzhou who greeted him.
The entire cavalry battalion stayed not far away, and he only brought a few cavalry to Liu Qingzhou's military camp.
Liu Qingzhou said with a smile on his face: "Tan Yingzheng, it's great that you guys are here. To be honest, I was still thinking about when your cavalry would come to Datong. I didn't expect that you would come just after I finished talking about it, haha."
He very much welcomed the arrival of Tan Zaiwang and the cavalry battalion.
"Your arrival is like dew after a long drought for us!" Ji Kui, standing next to Liu Qingzhou, said equally enthusiastically.
Faced with the enthusiastic attitude of these two people, Tan Zaiwang was very happy and said with a smile: "To be honest, I regret not arriving two days earlier. If I had arrived in Datong two days ago, maybe I could have been with Liu Yingzheng and you guys. Confront the official army.”
"Haha, it's not too late now. Wang Bao, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, is in the city. With your cavalry here, he won't be able to escape at all this time." Liu Qingzhou said with a smile.
The last time Wang Bao escaped with part of the Xuanfu troops, he felt very regretful.
If Wang Bao and Yang Guozhu could be captured in the battle two days ago, there would be no way that so many soldiers and horses of the border army would be brought to Tiancheng Guard by Wang Bao.
Tan Zaiwang nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, he will definitely not be able to escape this time."
Several people quickly arrived at the big tent in the camp.
The three people sat down around a wooden table.
Liu Qingzhou's guard poured a few glasses of water and gave them to the three people respectively.
"Tan Yingzheng, did you meet Deputy Shizheng Gao and the others on your way here?" Liu Qingzhou, who had just taken the tea vat, asked Tan Zaiwang straight to the point.
