In Datong City, the guard Guo Deng faced the fierce Mongolian army with an extremely solemn expression on his face. With the current strength of the defenders, if the Tartars really attack with all their might, there is little hope of defending them.

When Datong falls, it means that the gateway to the northwest will be opened, and the capital of the Ming Empire is directly exposed to the Mongolian army!

Guo Deng stood on the city wall and looked at the Mongolian military formations densely packed in the distance, like dark clouds pressing against each other, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

I remember that the Ming Iron Cavalry conquered the northern part of the Mo, and was as powerful as a tiger!

Nowadays, the offensive and defensive momentum is different. At this time, the Tartars are no longer the grassland tribes that surrender to the Ming Dynasty on the grassland. They are showing their sharp claws and fangs and developing towards the direction of the Yuan Empire.

Similarly, the Tai Shi Yesen, who was at the center of the military formation, looked at the majestic Datong City in front of him, and his face showed a kind of yearning.

After succeeding as the leader of the Wasai tribe, he also looked at Datong City more than once, hoping to capture the important towns of Jiubian one day. But every time he felt the height and thickness of the city wall, he could only "sigh" and sigh.

The indestructible military town.

As time goes by, I can finally lead the Mongolian army to the city, and Datong City is no longer an insurmountable barrier!

"Your Majesty, Datong City is right in front of you, but the city gate is closed and it doesn't seem that you are very welcome to return to Beijing."

Yesen's tone was a little ridiculous. Since Zhu Qizhen did not ask to open Xuanfu Gate, his respect for the Emperor Ming Dynasty has been "decreasing" day by day.

After all, a worthless emperor may not be as good as a strong slave.

Even on the way to Datong Prefecture, Yexian planned to teach him a lesson about Zhu Qizhen's "incompetence". Fortunately, after getting along these days, the guardian Boyan Timur was actually Zhu Qizhen's Han culture.

The knowledge was impressed and a kind of sincere respect was inspired, and he advised his brother not to be rude to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

However, Yesen's attitude changed, which put Zhu Qizhen in great psychological pressure, worried that after the other party was exhausted, he would take a knife to check himself.

The Mongolian Tartars did not have the Central Plains dynasty's treatment of the enemy's emperors. The tradition of the two kings and three charities, and even the etiquette of the Central Plains dynasty began to collapse from the Jin Dynasty. Driven by the desire to survive, Zhu Qizhen's psychology suffered a huge distortion.

, has reached the point where everything is used.

"The Grand Master is calm and do not be impatient. When I send the letters, Datong will calm down and open the city to attack the city."

After the words were finished, Zhu Qizhen was impatient to say to Yuan Bin who was serving behind him: "Give me this handwritten letter to Guo Deng, and order them to prepare money, wine and meat to reward the Mongolian warriors who went to the expedition.

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When Zhu Qizhen heard this, a strange thing flashed through Yuan Bin's heart.

He was once a member of the Emperor's personal army. He had a bloody battle with the Mongolian Tartars at Tumu Fort, and countless brothers in robberies buried their bones in a foreign land.

Now the Mongolian army is going to attack Datong Town, but in the end they have to raise money and delicious food to reward the enemy. This is simply a big deal!

But this strange thing only passed in a flash, and loyalty to the emperor was better than everything. Yuan Bin took Zhu Qizhen's handwritten letter and went to Datong City to deliver the message without hesitation.

Compared with Yang Hong, the governor of Xuanfu, who was in charge of guilt, he needed an absolute position to offset the blame. Guo Deng, the governor of Datong, has always been famous, and is still the in-laws of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. The situation between the two parties cannot be compared.

In addition, there was a precedent for being shot in Xuanfu, Yuan Bin sent a message directly holding a dragon flag representing the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

No matter how greedy Zhu Qizhen was, no matter how greedy Zhu Qizhen was, no matter how tyrannical he was, as long as the court did not explicitly abolish his throne, this dragon flag represented the supreme status, and no one in the Datong defenders dared to face each other.

"Your Majesty has written by himself and ordered Liu An, the Guangning Body of Datong General Administration, to take the orders of Guo Deng!"

When he arrived in front of the city gate, Yuan Bin shouted at the top of the city gate with his voice. He knew that with Guo Deng's personality, he would definitely come to the front line to command the battle.

"General Guo, how should we deal with it?"

Datong Prefect Huo Xuan stood beside Guo Deng at this moment and asked nervously.

The deeds of Zhu Qizhen, the Xuanfu Prefecture, had already been passed down to Datong, which made the nine-sided guards of the Ming Dynasty face a dilemma.

Loyal to the emperor or the country?

Yang Hong made a quick decision to pretend to be dead and ordered the defenders to shoot and force Yuan Bin to retreat. He didn't even look at the imperial edict conveyed by Zhu Qizhen, so naturally there was no such thing as disobeying.

As a result, Yuan Bin is now holding the dragon flag and sending a message. It is impossible to imitate the Xuanfu actions. If you want to follow the trust of Emperor Zhu Qizhen, you will refuse the conditions listed therein, which is equivalent to resisting the order and not following it.

"Stay closed!"

Guo Deng gritted his teeth and spitted out these four words, his face full of determination.

Even if he was the emperor's in-laws, as a border guard, he knew the consequences of opening the door and offering the city.

Loyalty to the emperor means that Datong City will be stabbed, burned, killed, looted, and countless people will be slaves and servants, or become slaughtered lambs.

Although loyalty to the country can protect the important towns on the nine sides and close the gateway to the capital. But if one day the emperor returns to the Ming Dynasty, then the ending of his family being destroyed.

With a dilemma between the country and the country, Guo Deng still chose to be loyal to the world and the country!

"Your Majesty wrote a handwritten letter to the emperor. The Datong Guardian ignored it. Could it be that he wanted to disobey his order?"

Yuan Bin, standing under the city wall, was also a little anxious. He was always waiting by Zhu Qizhen, and could also feel Yesen's attitude change.

If Datong City does not open the city to welcome it, it means that the emperor completely loses the value of opening the capital portal, and the consequences are unimaginable!

Listening to Yuan Bin's shouting at the city, Guo Deng held the hilt of the knife tightly, without any sign of change. But at this moment, a feminine voice came from behind.

"General Guo, Your Majesty is suffering at the hands of the Tartars. Even if you don't open the city to welcome him, you must at least see what you wrote in your own handwriting."

"The dynasty has not changed yet, can't wait?"

The person who said this was not someone else, but Guo Jing, the eunuch at Datong.

Many things in the world are full of magic. Guo Jing, an iron-insider who colluded with Wats, not only did not receive punishment from the court after the Tumubao Incident, but instead received the court for reporting the news that the Mongolian army wanted to encircle the army in person. The awards and reuse of the situation have surpassed the past.

If nothing unexpected happens, it is a foregone conclusion that Guo Jing will be the 12th supervisor after the crisis in the capital has been lifted.

If someone else Guo Deng might have ignored it, but if he offended the eunuch in custody, even if Zhu Qizhen could not return to the capital, he would definitely be retaliated afterwards.

Under control, I had to bow my head.

"Eunuch Guo, after reading His Majesty's order, you must obey the emperor's order."

"I will have the responsibility to defend the city, I hope I will forgive you!"

Guo Deng’s words have already been very obvious. At least he has to receive the order for resisting the order and not following the order. He has not even seen the order. Where does he not follow the order?

But once the decree is received, there is no excuse to excuse me again, and the charge of not following the decree is confirmed.

"Could General Guo not be loyal to the emperor?"

After saying that, Guo Jing did not wait for Guo Deng to explain, and snorted coldly at the city gate soldiers and shouted: "Open the door and receive the order!"

Hearing the order of the eunuch guarding the city gate, the soldiers looked at each other, not knowing what they should do.

As a soldier, he naturally has to obey the orders of the chief general, but it is not an exaggeration to call the eunuch a local emperor. If an ordinary soldier does not obey his orders, he will probably end up in an extremely miserable way.

Looking at Guo Jing's decent style, blue veins swelled up on the back of Guo Deng's hand holding the hilt, and it was obvious that his mood was extremely intense.

But after the blink of an eye, Guo Deng let go of his hand holding the hilt, and ordered the soldiers in a low voice to the city gate: "Open the city gate."

Accompanied by the "creaking" sound, the heavy city gate slowly opened. Whether it was Yuan Bin who was close to Chi Chi or Zhu Qizhen who was watching from afar behind, an excited smile appeared on his face.

At least he can still command the general with the emperor status, and he is still the noble emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

But the Grand Tutor Yesen, who was standing next to Zhu Qizhen, looked a little disdainful. He knew very well that the Datong City Gate could open in a hurry, and it was not entirely due to the contribution of the emperor Zhu Qizhen, but

Means used by oneself!

Why did Guo Jing suddenly appear on the city tower?

It is because this good inner demon of Washu got the order of the Grand Tutor Yeshen, and he had to force the Datong guard to open the switch to offer the city. Otherwise, he had secretly colluded with the Washu tribe and privately reselling the military's food, grass and equipment,

It will be made public.

One side was a rising star and went to the capital to serve as the eunuch in charge of the twelve supervisors, while the other side was dismissed from office and punished, and glory and wealth became a passing cloud.

Do you still have any questions about which party Guo Jing will choose?

In this world, the most people who are sophisticated and self-interested are.

Yuan Bin led Zhu Qizhen's handwriting into Datong Prefecture. The contents inside were actually very simple, which was to offer the city, give grain, and give money.

Guo Deng originally thought that such a handwritten order that could be called a loss of power and humiliation of the country would not have been solemn, even if the eunuch in charge chose to follow the emperor's order, Liu An, the general of Datong, would have chosen to stand in the same camp as him and refuse.

But what Guo Deng never expected was that Liu An, the Guang'an Bo, hesitantly agreed, which was a huge joke!

At this moment, Guo Deng was a little suspicious of life. Is the life of a king really comparable to the country and the country?

Facing the avatars of Liu An and Guo Jing, Guo Deng finally did not choose to continue appeasement at this moment, but instead patted the case and said: "I am ordered to defend the city, but I don't know anything else. It is absolutely impossible to open and open the city!"

"General Guo, you are obeying the emperor's order, and the switch is also welcomed by the emperor!"

Guo Jing replied in confrontation, Guo Deng, the third in charge of Datong Town, was not his turn to say what he was ordered to defend the city!

"Eunuch Guo is right, eating the king's fortune and being loyal to the king. As ministers, we cannot watch His Majesty suffer. Maybe the Mongolian Tartars were sincerely escorting back to Beijing and just want some money.

Woolen cloth?"

Guang'an Bo Liu An also persuaded Guo Deng to know that the eunuchs in the garrison could resell military equipment and food, and it would be impossible without the cooperation of senior military generals.

Liu An is the accomplice!

With the death of the governor of Datong, Song Ying, the Marquis of Xining, Liu An, now Guang'an, is the de facto supreme general of Datong Military Town.

General Xunqi and the eunuchs in charge put pressure on the same time. If any general in charge could not withstand it, it would be likely that he would compromise and offer the city.

But Guo Deng, a small soldier, followed the Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, five expeditions to the north of Mo, and gradually reached his current position with military merits. How could such a veteran who fought on the battlefield surrender without fighting?

"I swear to live and die with this city. Those who open and sell the city to the city have been convicted and sentenced to be executed!"

Guo Deng, who had held the hilt of the knife several times, pulled out the steel knife at his waist and looked at Liu An and Guo Jing with a wide eyes wide open.
To be continued...