In desperation, Yang Qi had no choice but to continue the siege, and then sent a horse to report Yang Hong.
He really had no way and no confidence that he could defeat this Yulin army, which had already prepared everything and was ready.
But this time, it has already taken a lot of time.
This gave Zhu Youxiao enough time to make a roundabout way and outflank him.
The cavalrymen in the Xiaoqi Battalion all have two horses each, and they can march at extremely fast speeds that even ordinary Mongolian tribes cannot match.
Hu Dawei and Meng Ruhu have already arrived at the two predetermined positions of due south and southwest, and are currently resting and waiting.
As soon as Li Wensheng was in position, they launched the attack.
Li Wensheng's intended location was northeast of the battlefield, more than twenty miles away from the battlefield.
The marching distance was long, and the horses had to maintain their physical strength, so they did not dare to march in a hurry, but they were already in position at this time.
Cao Wenzhao's intended position was due north, behind the Tartars.
Although he had marched the farthest distance and was not yet in position, he made a shocking discovery.
Because it had rained a few days ago, the official road was still relatively humid.
Therefore, a large number of footprints and horse hoof prints were found during the march, which were very dense.
After careful analysis, he felt that it was not Mongolian.
Because the Mongolians all rode horses, there could be no footprints, and there were obviously more footprints than horse hoof prints.
Since they do not belong to the Mongols, there is only one possibility. These footprints were left by the march of Datong's army.
Could it be that Yang Hong also led his troops out of the city? If Yang Hong also came, the situation would be different.
He immediately sent out all Ye Bushou and issued a death order to find Yang Hong's location.
After waiting for a full hour, Cao Wenzhao finally found out Yang Hong's whereabouts and location, and immediately sent a horse to quickly report back to the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao has been paying attention to the battle on the front line. There are more than twenty observers using telescopes to observe the situation on the battlefield.
The Ming army appeared in the Mongolian army formation, so he naturally knew about it.
At this time, he was studying the sand table and map carefully, analyzing and guessing.
If Yang Hong came, which way would he take and where would he station his troops?
Judging from the current situation, Yang Hong must have arrived nearby, but he was just not exposed.
In fact, Zhu Youxiao didn't care much about Yang Hong's arrival, because he still had a mobile force of 15,000 troops in his hands.
Enough to cope with any emergency situation.
He just didn't want a war to break out between his army and Datong's army.
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The changes in the war situation are unpredictable and unpredictable for either party.
At this time, Yang Hong was also one of the top two, because Yang Qi's messenger brought him very bad news.
He had absolute trust in his nephew, but the current situation really made him extremely uncomfortable.
In the camp, he cursed the Mongols for being dishonest villains.
Now he really wanted to take these tens of thousands of troops and charge forward and kill all the Mongols, but his remaining sense gradually made him wake up.
In the end, he decided to take the gamble. Anyway, Datong City was still in his hands, and he had many ways.
He could ask those soldiers to sacrifice their lives for him, even if there was a risk of rebelling in the face of battle, but he couldn't care so much at this time.
He beat drums outside the camp to gather the generals, including the garrison, the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief, and the lower-ranking generals all gathered here.
As long as these low-level generals can be used by him, half the problem will be solved.
Until now, these grassroots generals thought they were here to fight the Mongols. When they gathered them together, they presumably discovered traces of the Mongols and were preparing to attack.
But when their weapons were confiscated and they saw the general guards and servants with their swords unsheathed around them, they got a hint of danger.
"Everyone is gathered together today not for anything else but for one thing. Are you willing to follow me, the general, to kill that tyrant?"
As soon as Yang Hong finished speaking, General Guo Deng immediately continued:
"Those who are willing to follow us are our own people and will have inexhaustible wealth and glory in the future. Those who are unwilling to follow us are our enemies."
A guard immediately cursed:
"Yang Hong, your family has been blessed by the country, and thanks to the trust of the past emperors, you, the Yang family, can be a general in the Xuanda generation. I didn't expect that you are such a treacherous and ungrateful traitor."
Facing the insults from the guard, Yang Hong did not show any emotion and just said calmly:
"killed."
Two personal guards immediately rushed forward, dragged him out of the crowd, and chopped off his neck with a single blow.
The others looked horrified, but Yang Hong was determined to rebel.
"You are all smart people, and you should know that those who understand current affairs are heroes."
"Your family is still waiting for you to return, but if a loyal minister dies here, I will be kind and try my best to reunite your family."
Threatening the lives of family members is indeed very deadly.
Especially since Yang Hong's methods are so cruel, few of these people are not afraid.
Seeing that they were still unmoved, Yang Hong waved his hand again. The servant immediately understood and rushed forward to chop them indiscriminately.
These unarmed generals could not endure the suffering. After the death of a governor and two generals, these people finally became frightened and knelt on the ground on the spot to express their willingness to follow.
Yang Hong slowly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he did not dare to kill all these people.
He also made a risky move. He really had no choice but to use this method to drive their troops.
"I hope you all can give me your wholehearted attention and don't have other ideas. I don't want you to find your home empty when you return home."
"Go and tell your soldiers and flag officers that there are Tartars wearing the armor of our Ming army who have sneaked in. Follow my general to annihilate this group of Tartars and report back to the court."
The reason why Yang Hong dared to do this was because he had more than 700 servants by his side.
Several people are placed around everyone to monitor them, and if they dare to make any unusual moves or have other ideas, they will be killed on the spot.
In this way, Yang Hong briefly took control of Datong's more than 20,000 troops through the simplest, crudest and most practical method.
Even if Zhu Youxiao was beaten to death, he would never have imagined that his border patrol would actually drive Yang Hong to such a crazy state.
But no matter how crazy Yang Hong is, he is still struggling to his death.
Because the encirclement of the Yulin Army has basically taken shape, both the Mongols and Yang Hong are already the turtles in the urn.
After getting the information from Cao Wenzhao, Zhu Youxiao realized that he could not leave Yang Hong alone.
If he dares to lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses out of the city, he must have someone to rely on.
He has been operating in Datong for more than 20 years, and his control over the army can be imagined.