On the first day of April of the sixth year of Jiajing, it was night. The stars were twinkling in the sky, and the insects outside the window sang enthusiastically, as if they were announcing the arrival of early summer to the whole world. In the room, two tall butter candles were lit up, illuminating as bright as daytime. Xu Jin, the commander of the three armies, wore a jade-colored gown, tied a flat scarf in all directions, and was sitting quietly behind the desk to copy the memorial, and his temperament became more and more gentle and elegant.

Just this afternoon, Wang Lin'er sent a pegasus to report the victory, saying that he defeated Altan's first powerful general Batai fifty miles north of Xiangshan and killed more than 20,000 Tartars, but Batai is still on the run, and the army is pursuing with all its might.

Although Batai escaped, this battle was still a great victory, so Xu Jin was writing a memorial to reward the generals for their success. Soon, the memorial was copied, and the beautiful regular script was pleasing to the eye. Xu Jin carefully checked the memorial again, and then dried the ink mark and wrapped it in after confirming it was correct. He said loudly: "Come."

A personal soldier flashed in from outside the door and saluted respectfully: "What are the commands of the Grand Marshal?"

Xu Jin handed the memorial to his personal soldiers and ordered: "Send people to the capital immediately, no mistakes should be made."

The personal soldiers responded to the promise, took the report and flew away.

Xu Jin packed up his pen and ink, stretched his waist in a comfortable mood, then leaned on the back of the chair, pillowed his hands behind his head, quietly listening to the croaking of insects outside the window, enjoying a rare moment of leisure and tranquility.

Although the troops sent to the northern expedition of Tatars had a crisis of annihilation, it was generally more smooth than expected. As long as Batae was eliminated, the remaining Altan would be difficult to become a climate. Maybe when the autumn was clear and the weather was cool, he would be able to return to the court and return home openly to reunite with Huoer.

When Xu Jin thought of Xue Bingxin, he couldn't help but feel a sense of joy and apology. If possible, Xu Jin was ten thousand people who were unwilling to Xin'er to participate in this cruel Northern Expedition. After all, it was her own woman. Who would she love her if she didn't love her? But with Xin'er's identity and the things she committed, she had to participate in this Northern Expedition.

Fortunately, the overall situation has been basically settled until now, and Xin'er's performance is remarkable. The contribution of killing Li Fuda and his son is enough for her to escape from crime. What's more, she also participated in the destruction of Tumot's headquarters and defeating Altan's first powerful general Batai.

Therefore, Xin'er's contribution was enough, and Xu Jin planned to transfer her to her side in a few days so that she would not take risks again.

However, there is a saying: misfortune depends on good fortune, and good fortune lies in bad fortune. Crisis often happens suddenly when you relax your vigilance, and unexpectedly give you a blow to the head, then press you to the ground and rub it hard, making you doubt your life.

Just as Shuai Shuai was thinking about carrying the beauty and reunion, a series of loud noises from the quiet night woke him up.

Boom-boom-boom!

It was the sound of the roaring cannon of Folang. Xu Jin suddenly jumped out of his seat and shouted hurriedly: "Come."

The captain of the personal soldiers, Zhao Datou, immediately led a team of personal soldiers to rush in. Xu Jin asked in a deep voice: "Datou, what happened outside?"

Zhao Datou shook his head in a daze and said, "Master, I don't know what happened yet, but the sound of cannons seemed to be coming from the southwest."

"Southwest direction?" Xu Jin frowned and said decisively: "Let's go, go to the top of the city!"

Xu Jin put on a black cloak, hung the holster of the double-barrel flintlock rifle to his waist, and walked out of the general's mansion surrounded by his personal soldiers. As soon as he walked out of the gate, he saw his father-in-law Xie Qing and his brother-in-law Xie Yidao walking towards him with weapons.

"Master, what happened to the cannon sound just now?" Xie Qing asked with a bright look. In the army, in order to avoid bad influence, Xie Qing and Xie Yidao both called Xu Jin the Grand Marshal like other personal soldiers in public.

Xu Jin calmly said: "I don't know it now, so I will follow my coach to go to the city wall to see it."

So Xie Qing and his son joined the team of their personal soldiers, protected Da Jin and quickly climbed to the top of the city at the south gate. When the guards on the city saw Xu Jin coming, they hurriedly surrounded him and saluted, "See the Grand Marshal."

The commander Yuan Hong, the commander of the Right Strike Battalion of the Fifth Army Camp tonight, was Yuan Hong, who was in charge of guarding the south gate of the city. Xu Jin nodded to Yuan Hong and asked in a deep voice: "General Yuan, what happened outside the city?"

Yuan Hong pointed to the southwest with a serious expression and said, "Master General, please see. It is estimated that General Jing's military camp was attacked. The last general has sent spies to inquire. The specific situation will be clear until the spies return it."

Boom boom boom boom...

Just as everyone was talking, another dense sound of cannons came, but the fire was about ten miles southwest of the city, and the sound of shouting and killing, horse hooves, and even the sound of weapons colliding were clearly heard in this quiet night.

Xu Jin's heart couldn't help but sank slightly. The location was the camp of the general of Xuanfu Jing Dachu. It was obvious that the camp of Jing Dachu was being attacked at this moment. However, since the Xuanfu soldiers had time to fire, the opponent's sneak attack was obviously not very successful.

Speaking of which, after Xu Jin sent Wang Lin'er and Xie Sanqin to carry out the mission, there were only 40,000 troops left by his side. Apart from the 20,000 Xuanfu soldiers led by Jing Dachu, only 18,000 people from the five military camps were left.

Now, the five military camps are responsible for defending the city, while the 20,000 Xuanfu soldiers led by Jing Dachu are stationed on the banks of the Luan River about ten miles southwest of the city, echoing the defenders in the city.

Xu Jin and others stood on the top of the city and waited for about half a stick of incense. Then they saw a horse rushing to the city gate in the night outside the city with a torch, which was the spy who was heading for investigation.

"Report that General Jing's camp is being attacked by the Tartars, and the opponent's troops should be no less than 30,000." The spy reported loudly to the top of the city.

As soon as he finished speaking, another spy rode his horse and shouted loudly to the top of the city: "Report that General Jing's camp is being subjected to fierce attacks from the Tartars, and the opponent's troops are estimated to be around 50,000."

Immediately afterwards, several cavalry and horses came to report, two of which were sent by Jing Dachu. The enemy troops reported were different, and some even reported that the enemy troops had 100,000.

The Ming soldiers on the top of the city all looked solemn, and their eyes were all looking at Xu Jin. The latter was as calm as ever, with a frown of sword eyebrows, and his mind was quickly pondering the origin of the Tatar cavalry that suddenly appeared.

It is obvious that the enemy troops reported by the spies were so large that they lied about military information. It was really hard to tell them. However, after analyzing the reports of these spies, Xu Jin estimated that the opponent's military strength was at least 30,000 to 40,000, which was more than the Xuanfu army, so Jing Dachu would probably not be able to resist it.

"Master, this afternoon, I received a good news from General Wang that Batai led 40,000 to 50,000 defeated soldiers to flee. At this time, the person who attacked General Jing's camp was not Batai, right?" Huang Qi, the commander of the Left Strike Camp, said in a deep voice.

Xu Jin nodded and said indifferently: "This may be very big."

Yuan Hong, the commander of the Right Strike Camp, said in surprise: "It is reported that this man is extremely brave and is the first powerful general under Altan. General Jing is afraid that he will not be able to resist it. The general should send troops to help quickly."

Xu Jin did not comment and looked up silently into the distance. At this time, the sound of cannons became even more intense, and gunfire sounds like beans vaguely came. The generals stood there quietly with breath holding their breath, feeling uneasy, and the atmosphere was like a tense bowstring.

No wonder the generals were nervous and nervous. At this moment, the troops in the city were very empty, only 18,000, and most of them were infantry. The elite troops in the army and more than half of the firearms were taken away by Wang Lin'er. If there were indeed 40,000 to 50,000 Tatar cavalry attacking Jing Dachu at night at this time, even if the whole city went out to support it, it would probably be useless.

At this moment, the hearts of the soldiers were covered with a shadow, just like when they learned that Qiu Luan had been wiped out, the military rations were lost, and the retreat was cut off by the Tartars.

Xu Jin was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned around and looked at the city, and said to himself with a strange look: "Is it God's will?"

Just when the soldiers and two soldiers were confused, they saw Xu Jin's expression in a slight voice, "Commander Yuan, send someone to order Jing Dachu to resist the enemy for more than an hour, otherwise the military law will be dealt with. Commander Huang, I will lead the Left Shore Camp and transport all the Buddha cannons to the Longgang Mountain behind within half an hour..."

When all the soldiers were excited when they heard Xu Jin assigning tasks in an orderly manner, they felt inexplicably calm. Since experiencing the last Jedi counterattack, all the soldiers have been respectful to the head coach Xu Jin, as if they were gods. Seeing the general so calm at this moment, they naturally have increased their confidence.

"Commander Ma, you are responsible for pouring all the main buildings in the city with tincture oil. If the tincture oil is not enough, sprinkle gunpowder and hay. Anyway, how can you catch fire easily?" Xu Jin issued an order with a calm expression.

The soldiers couldn't help but take a breath of air. Will the general want to burn the entire city?

Soon, Xu Jin assigned the task and said calmly: "After an hour, everyone must complete it, otherwise the military law will deal with it."

The generals took the orders with stern eyes and went on their own missions.

Ma Yuan was the commander of Zuoyeying. Xu Jin assigned him the task to drizzle tincture on the main buildings in the city. Although Yuan Shangdu is not large in scale, there are many buildings in the city. Time is tight and the task is heavy, so Commander Ma dared not neglect. After getting off the city, he immediately summoned his subordinates to assign tasks and collect tincture oil and other flammable items everywhere.

A thousand household under Ma Yuan could not help but whisper: "Commander Ma, is the Grand Marshal going to set fire to the city? This is the Tatars' Khan Court. If it is burned by a fire, it would be a pity."

Ma Yuan said disapprovingly: "The general had burned Tongzhou City with a torch. He didn't even blink a 500,000 stone of grain. What is a mere Yuan?"

The Qianhu couldn't help but stick out his tongue and said, "That's right. I heard that the general burned Tongzhou City and burned tens of thousands of Tartars to death. Could it be that this time I wanted to use the same trick again?"

Ma Yuan glared at the guy and cursed: "Stop talking nonsense, do whatever the coach asked him to do." After that, he kicked him up.
Chapter completed!