A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 617 Datong Taiyuan
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In the wind and snow, Zhong Xian looked at this Datong city known as the "Phoenix City". The city in front of him was very majestic. Enemy towers, wild goose pagodas and other pavilions are arranged in a ring, densely packed.

Each of the four city gates has an urn city, surrounded by the city wall, with a deep moat, and on each side of the city, there is a gate city. Each city is five miles to seven miles away. of Phoenix.

Seeing the towering battlements and the fortified appearance, Zhong Xiancai secretly praised, if the defenders are strong, even the Jingbian army will feel powerless if they want to attack such a city.

However, the facts have proved that the most important factor is people. With the strength of Datong City, no matter whether it faced Li Zicheng or the Qing army in history, they all surrendered without a fight.

Seeing Zhong Xiancai's ecstasy, Wang Zheng beside him couldn't help but be proud of the majesty of Datong City, it is rare for outsiders not to be shocked when they see it for the first time.

At this time, Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong, was rushing to the East Road, but he was not in Datong City. Since the fourth year of Chongzhen, when the eunuch Liu Wenzhong supervised the Datong army, there have been no eunuchs in the city for many years.

Right now, the most prestigious people in the city are Dai Wang, the prefect Dong Fu, and Wang Pu's father Wang Wei.

After receiving the urgent letter from his son Wang Pu, after much thought, Wang Wei finally gritted his teeth and decided to cooperate with Wang Dou. Now Wang Pu is very important in his heart, so he couldn't help but not pay attention to his opinions.

In the past, his son was just a playboy in his heart, but he didn't expect that he would become more and more promising, and now he is even named an earl, honoring his ancestors, and Wang Wei always felt radiant when he thought of it.

As the governor of the left, Wang Wei, with the seal of Jiu Pei general, has been the town's supporter for 50 years. His forces are deeply entrenched in Datong. There are few people in the city who can resist him.

After receiving the news that the Jingbian army was about to arrive, in order to show that he valued it, he braved the cold wind and went to greet him in person at the gate of Ying'en in Dongguan early in the morning. He was accompanied by the head of the Wang family and some gentlemen who were close to merchants in Datong City, etc. .

Wang Wei was experienced in the army and had seen a lot of knowledge. However, when he saw the Right Guard Baihu Battalion Jia and other troops led by Zhong Xiancai, he still couldn't help admiring him.

His son's new army has already been praised by him, saying that its youth is worse than blue, but compared with the army in front of it, it is far inferior, no wonder the Jingbian army is invincible.

Wang Wei praised, but the rest of the people were pale. Many people felt shuddering when they saw Jingbian Army for the first time. After hearing the name of Jingbian Army for a long time, it is more famous to meet them.

It was polite for Wang Wei to come out to greet him, he was dispatched by Zhong Xiancai's official position, so he naturally wanted to dismount to meet him, and he saw an old version of Wang Pu in front of him, but with a bigger figure and a slightly square face, surrounded by some people.

"The final general has met the king's governor!"

"Hahaha, General Zhong has worked hard from afar, so there is no need to be polite."

Wang Wei's beard and hair are all white, but his waist is still straight. When he walks, there is a sudden wind, and he is wearing a python robe, showing his former honor. He strode over and wants to support Zhong Xiancai himself.

Unexpectedly, before touching Zhong Xiancai's hand, Zhong Xiancai stood up by himself: "How dare you work on the jade toe of the king's governor?"

Wang Wei laughed, he looked Zhong Xiancai up and down, the general in front of him...

He was taken aback for a moment, then thoughtfully, and smiled: "Let the old man introduce you to General Zhong."

He introduced some people around him, and when he introduced the head of the Wang family, who was fat and rich, Zhong Xian looked at him with a soft tone but a serious expression: "The shopkeeper Wang abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, my general is very happy .”

The Patriarch of the Wang Family said in embarrassment: "The villain is ashamed. It was the teachings of Yongning Hou and Ding Xingbo that made him wake up."

Zhong Xiancai continued: "I, the officers and men of the White Tiger Camp, came to Datong City to arrest traitors, search the properties of thieves, and many other matters.

The Patriarch of the Wang family nodded and bowed, and said again and again: "This is natural, this is natural."

According to Wang Dou and Wang Pu's resolution, the Wang family is guilty, but it is not a serious crime, so after donating half of the family property, they can be exempted from guilt.

And after raiding everyone, Datong Town, and even after Shanxi Town, they are the king's family, and they have gained more than they have lost.

When Zhong Xiancai was talking to the Patriarch of the Wang family, Wang Wei smiled and said nothing, but kept looking at Zhong Xian with his beard.

Finally, Zhong Xian said to Wang Wei: "My Jingbian army came all the way, and I met many pedestrians and merchants. I don't know if the traitors near Huayan Temple and Shanhua Temple in the city are alert?"

Wang Wei's heart trembled, it seems that this man knows a lot about Datong City.

The streets and alleys of the main city of Datong are vertical and horizontal, and the layout of the city is centered on the four archways. It has four streets in the southeast and northwest. Huayan Temple, Shanhua Temple and the commercial street in Yuan Lane are mostly inhabited by monks and merchants.

According to the information of the Jing frontier army, most of the shops of the major families are located in the southwest streets of Datong City.

Like Wen Fangliang, when Zhong Xiancai led the army approaching Datong City, he encountered many merchants and pedestrians along the way. When they dodged in a panic, they didn't think much about it. Watching around, this person is talking too much, and it is inevitable that he will leak the news.

Looking at Zhong Xiancai, Wang Wei laughed: "Don't worry, General Zhong, everything is under the control of this old man."

According to Wang Dou's instructions, Zhong Xian arrived in Datong City, and did not enter the main city, but lived in the Dongguan camp. Only when the Datong army ransacked the house, he would be supervised by others.

Accompanied by Wang Wei and others, Zhong Xiancai led his army into Dongguan.

There are three city gates in Dongguan, and there are forage factories, military training grounds, camps, etc. inside, and the residents multiply and have a large population.

Like the soldiers and civilians in Zhangjiakou, passers-by in Dongguan suddenly saw a strange army approaching on the street.

They are all healthy horses, with iron pointed helmets of the same color, and a big banner with the sun, the moon, and waves inside. One of the patterns is a larger white tiger. white mixed...

They rode forward neatly, with a terrifying momentum, which made the residents dodge one after another. Fortunately, seeing that there were veteran soldiers inside, the people felt a little relieved.

Soon, someone recognized the army.

"Jingbian Army, it's Jingbian Army..."

One pass ten, ten pass one hundred, everyone is talking about it, what is the Jingbian Army doing in Datong?
Many people think of what happened a few days ago, don't they?

Everyone had a premonition, Datong, something was going to happen.

Sure enough, not long after, all the gates of Datong City, including the gates of the main city, were all closed...

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There are Xuanshan Mountain in the west of Taiyuan Prefecture, Mengshan Mountain in the northwest, Fenshui River in the east and Dongwoshui in the southeast. In Ming Dynasty, there were 25 counties under its jurisdiction.

Taiyuan Fucheng, one of the 33 largest commercial cities in the Ming Dynasty, is not only Taiyuan Prefecture, but also the center of Shanxi.

The whole city is located on the east bank of Fenshui River. It consists of five cities: Fucheng, Jinwangcheng, Nanguancheng, Beiguancheng and Xinbao. The city is covered with bricks.

Along the city wall, there are four turrets, 92 small buildings, and 32 enemy towers. In addition to the outer moat as deep as three feet, it can be said to be stronger than an iron urn.

However, at this time, the defenders on the city looked outside in fear.

In the wind and snow, the banners outside are like a sea, and the dense cavalry are faintly visible in the snowflakes. Sometimes when a gust of wind blows, they seem to disappear, but when you look closely, their army formation is like a boundless and deep sea.

It was extremely cold in midwinter, but the army outside the city was silent without a single noise, except for the occasional neighing of healthy horses.

That kind of harsh military discipline and strong evil spirit made people feel suffocated.

"As expected, the elite frontier army who defeated the Tartars and returned home."

On the tower of Gongji Gate in the northeast of the city, Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi Town, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Not long after the other party arrived in Taiyuan, Zhou Yuji, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, was still on his way.

As he traveled along the way, news about the commercial war and Wang Dou's troops spread wildly, no more than Zhangjiakou's sudden attack, someone from Datong City led the way, the Jingbian Army and other troops came to Taiyuan and other places, the news could not be concealed.

In particular, after everyone spent a lot of money and great effort to win over the Pingxingguan garrison, as well as the troops from Daizhou, Xinzhou, Fanzhi, Dingnan, etc., after they failed to intercept them, everyone was in panic all day long. The relevant interest groups behind them, Just as terrified.

The news from the front keeps coming, Jingbian Army, Datong Army, and Shanxi Army are moving fast, they are getting closer and closer, the city of Taiyuan is in shock every day, since the day before yesterday, the city gate has been closed early, and no entry or exit from the city is allowed.

For Cai Maode, although he is an expensive governor, he has just arrived, and the government affairs are not clear. Rejection requires more caution in words and deeds.

Maybe he found out that Cai Maode had friendship with Wang Dou in Liaodong, so in the past few days, Cai Maode found that he could not command the local officials and soldiers.

"They're all ministers of the Ming Dynasty, why are they fighting each other like this?"

Looking at the army outside the city, Cai Maode sighed endlessly.

He looked outside the city, the densely fluttering banners, like the silent ocean before the storm, might erupt at any moment, besides these, there were teams of cavalry galloping back and forth along the walls of Taiyuan City, rumbling horseshoes sounded like thunder , Beating the hearts of the soldiers at the head of the city one after another.

Seeing these soldiers were all terrified, their faces turned pale, Cai Maode shook his head again, after all, it is a peaceful land in the hinterland, these guards have rarely been on the battlefield, and have seen blood, facing those elite soldiers who had fought bloody battles with the Tartars Jun, such a state of mind is obviously unsatisfactory.

He watched, Jingbian army arrived yesterday, they have not moved, I don't know what they are waiting for.

At this moment, an aide came over and whispered something to Cai Maode.

Cai Maode looked calm, he stroked the Buddhist beads on his wrist, and said: "Forget it, let Ben Fu go out of the city and persuade the army outside the city to stop fighting."

(End of this chapter)