At dawn, Jiang Min's cavalry arrived outside Datong City and kept patrolling around. The city suddenly exploded, and the wealthy families packed up their belongings and prepared to escape. Although they got the news that Song Jun was coming a few days ago, everyone didn't believe it. Today I really saw Song Jun, and they couldn't help but not believe it.
Li Shunying asked her to go to the temple to offer incense and left the house early. No matter who calls, she just doesn't answer. Hong Hao and Zhao Bolin went out early and went to a friendly vegetable farmer's home near Huayan Temple, where they drank tea and played chess in the vegetable garden.
Gushen's family couldn't find the two of them, so they had to pack up their belongings and leave the east gate of Datong.
By noon, the princes and nobles in the city rushed out of the door one after another. Some go out of the north gate and go to Fengzhou. But most of them still left the east gate and went to Xuande. They didn't know that there was a Song army waiting for them ahead.
At noon, the Song army arrived outside the city. Li Shifu's cavalry blocked the east, north and west directions, and Shu Jiming gathered outside the south gate. For a time, people in the city of Datong were panicked, and all the major families sent people to watch at the top of the city to see what the Song army wanted to do.
Liang Xing licked his lips and asked Jiang Min: "Du Tong, what should we do?"
Jiang Min looked up at Datong City in front of him, and after a while he said: "Although Datong City is big, there are no soldiers in the city, so it is said to be easy to capture. However, this time we are not only here to capture the city, but also to Leave an impression on the people in the city. Order all the artillery regiments to go to the south of the city and blow down the south wall."
Liang Xing said yes. The soldiers on one side got the order and rushed to give the order.
Jiang Min said to Chi Yuping: "Leave it to Chi Yuhou to attack the city. Others, it is better to follow me to see who is in the city."
After saying that, he got off his horse and walked into a nearby private house that was requisitioned as the headquarters.
A large picture was placed on the table, which listed the senior Jurchen officials living in Datong Mansion, divided into categories according to their official positions. From the marshal of the capital to the county magistrate of Yunzhong and Datong, they have everything.
Before Jiang Min left the table, he said to everyone: "This is the Jurchen official from Yunzhong City. Let's discuss how to deal with him after he is caught."
Liang Xingdao: "For such important national matters, Xuanfu must explain them before leaving. Just handle them according to Xuanfu's wishes. Why do you need to ask us?"
Jiang Min thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense."
Order the soldiers to remove the map and lay out the map around Datong. Said: "This is the map around Yunzhong. After occupying Yunzhong, we must defend various places to prevent the Jin army from counterattacking, and even more to prevent the Xixia from taking advantage of the situation. Now I will arrange the post-war defense. You heard clearly."
After finishing speaking, he pointed to the map and said: "After occupying Yunzhong, Deputy Commander Liang Xing will lead a baggage regiment and an engineering regiment to occupy Baideng to the east to prevent the Jin army from coming from the east. The strength of the two regiments should be enough , the Jin people cannot mobilize more troops for the time being. Zhang Qianjia in the south has occupied Yuzhou, and all roads are blocked."
Then, looking at the crowd, he said: "I will lead two cavalry regiments, an artillery regiment, and an engineering regiment to go west to occupy Dongsheng Prefecture. If Xixia dares to come, we will give them a head-on attack! As long as they occupy Dongsheng Prefecture, Xixia There won’t be any big problems with the direction.”
Then, he glanced at everyone. Said: "Wei Ren will follow me to Dongsheng Prefecture, and Yunzhong City will be handed over to Chi Yucheng and Qiu Sheng first."
Chi Yucheng and Qiu Sheng were shocked. Seeing Jiang Min looking at them, they hurriedly crossed their hands and said yes.
Jiang Min said: "You all know that Yunzhong is just an empty city, and it is not difficult to occupy it. Xuanfu has prepared so many of us, of course it will not be for an empty city, but for the entire surrounding counties of Yunzhong. It is estimated that the Battle of Taiyuan After that, Xuanfu should arrive in at most ten days. During these ten days, everyone must be alert and make sure nothing goes wrong!"
Seeing Jiang Min's serious expression, everyone hurriedly crossed their hands and said yes.
After looking at the noisy crowd near the city gate, Nianhan snorted coldly and climbed onto the city tower.
Outside the city gate, the artillery of the Song Army had been lined up, and the dark holes were aimed at the city wall near the city tower. It is already known that there are no artillery on the city wall. The Song Army's artillery is very close to the city wall, and the Song Army's activities can be clearly seen on the city.
After watching it for a while, Nianhan shook his head secretly. There is no army in Datong City, and all the strategies in mind are of no use. Just like now, Nianhan knew that if there were artillery on the city, he could disperse the Song army by firing the artillery. If you have troops in hand, you can send troops out of the city to charge a few times. But no, a clever woman can't make a meal without rice, and Nianhan can't help it either. I can only watch helplessly as the Song army does whatever they want there.
How many days can Datong City hold on? Nianhan couldn't tell for sure. It depends on how long the city wall can withstand the Song army's artillery.
The rich people in the city were still quarreling over who should open the city gate so that they could escape. These people didn't even look at it. The Song Army's rangers were already everywhere outside the city. How could they possibly escape?
Sometimes, Nianhan really wanted to raise a butcher's knife and kill a few of them to wake them up. I just knew in my heart that at this time, Datong Mansion could no longer be in chaos.
At this moment, black smoke rose from the artillery outside the city, followed by muffled noises one after another. Nianhan felt unsteady on his feet and swayed violently.
The quarreling people below the city finally stopped talking, and then they made frightened noises and fled in all directions.
Nianhan stamped his feet. The city wall under his feet was still strong, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, my family had left the city this morning and should be dozens of miles away now. In this dangerous situation now, we are lucky to have family members.
As soon as Hong Hao took a sip of tea, he suddenly heard a muffled sound and felt like the world was spinning.
Hold the cup tightly and look at the tea in the cup. After a while, he said: "What happened just now?"
Zhao Bolin said: "The Song army has begun to attack the city. Now there are artillery in the army. I was lucky enough to see it when the king was trying it out, and it looked like this."
Hong Hao said: "The wealthy households in the city have been busy for a long time, and they finally started to attack. At this time, I really want to see what the imperial soldiers and horses look like at the top of the city. Once they attack here, they must not be ordinary."
Zhao Bolin smiled and said: "So what if we go and see it? The army is naturally like an army, and it will still look like that even after we fight here."
After saying that, he laughed with Hong Hao.
The Song army had already begun to attack the city, and the doubts in the hearts of Hong Hao and the two men were gone. According to the current situation of Datong City, the city will be destroyed within three or four days at most. The two of them just need to wait here quietly, there is no need to do anything more.
It has been four years since the third year of Jianyan's envoy to Jin. Hong Hao thought about his homeland all the time, and finally got what he wanted.
So why not Zhao Bolin. From being a relative of the emperor to being a slave, especially in the years before Hong Hao came, it was hard enough. Master Wang finally came over and could return to his homeland. How could this not make people feel sad and happy at the same time?
