Chapter 685 Three Ups and downs

The development of the matter is unimaginable. A few hours after the Huangshagang victory, Changning's soldiers and horses were still cleaning the battlefield. While Changning and his generals were still discussing how to attack next, a faint fire came from the direction of Gansu Town 80 miles behind him.

Standing on the hillside near the left, the firelight in the direction of Gansu Town is clearly visible. If you listen carefully, you can still hear a dull roar like an explosion; all this makes Chang Ning suspicious.

This time, in order to fight to the death with the Tarot soldiers in front of us, Gansu Town was almost dispatched, and all the five guards of Gansu were dispatched, leaving only more than 3,000 soldiers and horses guarding the fortress on the left side of the Great Wall, and only more than 3,000 soldiers and horses were left in Gansu Town. Chang Ning didn't realize the horror of this matter at first, but now, his heart is in panic.

Soon after, the sentry in charge of the guard sent more bad news that the beacon on the north Great Wall Pass had all been ignited, that is to say, Gansu Town must have been attacked.

Changning had no choice but to immediately order the army to save him. However, he ignored that there were still more than 30,000 Tasan soldiers in Wan'an County in front of him. The Ming army had not yet turned the horse's head. The gate of Wan'an County opened, and the Taran soldiers rushed out in the dark night.

Chang Ning had no choice but to order a war. In the wilderness where he could not reach his fingers, a fierce battle of life and death was staged again. However, unlike the battle during the day, the mentality of the Ming army has changed greatly. Gansu Town in the rear is being besieged. How can they safely entangled with the Tatans in front of them? In this heart Driven by the state, the Ming army fought and walked in the direction of Gansu Town, intending to retreat into Gansu Town in time and stick to the strong city.

When the sky was slightly light, I don't know how many people the Ming army lost in the night, but I can finally see the shadow of the high city wall of Gansu Town. Although there were fireworks in the city, Changning calmed down a little when he saw the dragon flag flying over the city. Although at least 10,000 soldiers and horses were lost this night, if more than 20,000 of his men could retreat to the city, they could still stop the pace of the Tatars.

Just as he ordered everyone to retreat into the town of Gansu, a scene that made him heartbroken and frightened happened. The dragon flag flying on the tower made a ratt in the morning wind, like a broken paper kite falling on the head of the city. At the same time, an angry eagle flag slowly rose to the flagpole of the tower, which was a tartan. The military flag is the symbol of the Tattars.

The low horn sounded around, and countless figures of tars appeared above the city. A figure appeared on the tower with his waist, making a shocking laughter and shouting in unfamiliar Chinese: "I, Dayuan Dayan Han is here, and I will surrender and don't kill! If you don't surrender, kill them all!"

There was a rumble, and thousands of round things were thrown down at the head of the city and fell on the gravel ground under the city. That's thousands of heads, all of which are the heads of the soldiers and civilians in the town.

Chang Ning's eyes were cracked, but he knew that there was no chance to survive today, and it was impossible to surrender. If the grand general of Ming surrendered in order to live, it would be a lifelong shame, even for more than 20,000 lives.

Chang Ning slowly ordered the rectification of the formation, and his generals and soldiers knew that the last moment was coming and were silently ready. Chang Ning sat on the horse and watched the Tatar soldiers lying in ambush around him slowly approaching. The Tatar pursuers who chased him all night also filled in the gap from the West, and his mood was clear. The Tari in front of us is within sight, and there are 70,000 or 80,000 people at the confluence of the two places. It can be seen that the original information was completely wrong. The Tatari soldiers used the breakthrough of Jiayuguan to attack east as a part, successfully transferred the tiger away from the mountain, hollowed out the garrison of Gansu Town, and then raided the Great Wall Pass of Gansu Town, took down the empty city of Gansu Town with lightning, and tore open the defense system of the nine-sided town, which was as solid as gold.

Although he was killed here today, the news here must be spread out. Otherwise, the two Tasan soldiers will converge together and take Shandan and Yongchang in one fell swoop to the southeast, thus threatening the safety of another important town, Fanzhen, or they will go directly to Liangzhou and go deep into the hinterland, which is the situation of flowering on all sides.

Chang Ning ordered his own soldiers to take the pen and ink, spread a letter on the back of the horse, wet the tip of the pen with the saliva in his mouth, and hastily wrote the war report submitted to the Ministry of War, writing: "Lord Lu, the strategy of turf soldiers to transfer the tigers away from the mountain, and attacked Gansu Town when our army attacked the thieves in the west. Now they have now converged together. The number should be about 80,000. The humble position is trapped to death. When the death war is not reduced to loyalty to the country, only ask the court to quickly dispatch troops and make a complete plan, so that you can no longer fall into the tricks of the enemy army. If the day of expelling the Tatazi, please don't forget to collect and bury the bodies of those who died in the war, and sprinkle a glass of water and wine.

After writing the letter, Changning called his messenger soldiers and gave the letter to him. He ordered him to rush out to report the news, named 500 cavalrymen pretending to break through and escort the soldiers to break through the siege; 500 cavalry were mostly killed and injured, and the messenger soldiers also successfully broke through the siege. Changning shouted without any worries, and raised a nine-foot iron gun in his hand to rush to rush to the enemy. Array.

This is a battle with great disparity in strength. More than 20,000 Ming soldiers fought for more than three hours in the face of 70 to 800,000 Tatar soldiers and horses. It was not until the end of noon that the tragic war ended with the last Ming soldier.

Under the white sunshine, the air is filled with the smell of smell of corruption, and the overlapping corpses and slowly flowing blood stain the gravel ground red; a large number of vulture hovered in the air, and even waiting for the living people still walking on the battlefield to pounce down and bite the flesh.

Since yesterday's battle with the Tarot, more than 40,000 officers and soldiers who participated in the war in Huangshagang have now been almost destroyed. Although the Tatars paid a great price, they killed and injured nearly 20,000 people; but for them, 20,000 people were exchanged for the lives of more than 40,000 Ming army soldiers and Gansu Town, an extremely important breakthrough; with this breakthrough, the entire nine border defense lines of the Ming Dynasty had been torn; like a huge and strong embankment. The dam, a landslide, is meaningless no matter how strong the other places are.

The bald man can stand on the top of the high town of Gansu. In a loud laugh, his falcon-like eyes slowly looked east from the battlefield full of corpses under the Gansu town. Under the blue sky and white clouds in the distance, the green mountains were in his eyes. His eyes crossed the mountains, the scenery in the distance, and looked far away places.

No one can understand the mood of the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty. In the morning, they were bathed in the sun and hailed down at night, and everyone fell into the ice cellar. This huge gap made all the core ministers who were summoned into the palace and imperial study last night still unable to slow down. They were silent and only used their eyes to communicate and pry with each other.

Zhengde sat on the chair with a pale face, and his hair looked extremely messy. Obviously, he was so shocked by the amazing news that he forgot to take care of it. In front of him, Lu Wan knelt on the ground, his buttocks pouted high, and complained in tears.

"Your Majesty, please punish me. All this is my fault. I didn't consider it carefully. Please punish me."

Zhengde looked at Lu Wan with disgust and muttered, "What's the use of punishing you? Can my 40,000 soldiers come alive? Can Gansu Town be restored? I regret it very much. I shouldn't listen to you. I should believe what Song Nan said. The Taran is full of tricks and should not underestimate the enemy. I regret it to death."

These words are more hurtful than slaps. The people involved in the decision-making on that day are basically here, which is to blame all the people here.

Yang Tinghe said lightly, "Your Majesty, Lord Lu was not the only one who made the decision on that day. When it comes to responsibility, we are all responsible for what we do, but now is not the time to talk about this. The situation of the Tarot's trick to seize Gansu Town is already 100,000 urgent, but I believe that the matter is not unimaginably bad. What we need to do now is to quickly formulate a strategy to prevent the tazis from entering eastward and guard Liangzhou, Fanzhen. These two places are not allowed to be lost.

Zhengde sighed slightly and said, "Where's Song Nan? Call him. I want to hear his opinion."

Zhang Lun said in the corner, "No one informed him that his current identity cannot participate in such a major event without the emperor's permission."

Zhengde opened his mouth and was about to speak. Yang Tinghe said, "Your Majesty, these are all important ministers in the current dynasty. I don't know how many things I have experienced. It's not been a day or two for me to fight with the Tsartars. Victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers. Does this defeat make me panic? I suggested that Yang Yiqing, the chief of the three-sided general, immediately be ordered to work with the Shaanxi provincial capital to draw up the defenders to reinforce Liangzhou Fan Town. At the same time, he ordered the generals of the towns to strictly think about the movement of the tarians, so that the tarians would not regain their old skills when our army was transferred. In addition, the emperor immediately needs to appoint a general to the northwest to command the enemy; the minister suggested that Xu Guangzuo, Duke of Ding, come out of the mountain for military affairs. The more at this time, the more calm we need to calm down and stabilize the situation. When we are in chaos, the hearts of the people are also in chaos. Emperor, calm down.

Zhengde calmed down and sighed, "What do you think of Yang Shoufu's proposal? Can the Duke Dingguo take on an important task? He has been idle at home recently, and I don't know if he still has the heart to resist the enemy.

Yang Tinhe said, "The Duke of Dingguo is old and strong. Of course, he is competent. The emperor doesn't have to worry. Just send him some effective assistants. The emperor can appoint Yang Yiqing as his deputy, or use Shenying Qiu Yu and others as his deputy. I will be talented and have no need to worry about it. If it hadn't been for the British public-demand commander-camp to stabilize the situation in Beijing, the British Duke is also an excellent candidate.

Everyone can hear that Yang Tinghe deliberately avoided the name Song Nan. He knew that once something happened in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, the emperor's first thought of Song Nan. In this situation, the first choice in the emperor's mind must be Song Nan; he can't let Song Nan have a chance to turn over and rise again. In fact, his words are not Don't boast that more than a dozen people in the Ming Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of such a war, could be competent. He just wanted to weigh more, so that Zhengde would feel at ease and no longer be entangled with Song Nan.