From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 632

For two days and two nights, the battle in Datong Town never stopped. 80,000 Mongolian soldiers took turns to attack the city, and Dajin gathered a total of 100,000 troops from Datong and Sanguan to take turns to defend the city.

The corpses under the tower had piled up into a mountain, and the blood had dyed the city wall red.

Even in this foggy morning, the air was full of the smell of blood.

The shouts and screams continued. The gate of Datong Town was finally broken after repeated collisions, but countless soldiers crowded in the doorway and fought a desperate battle with the Mongolian army.

The opponent rushed in several times and was forced out again. Both sides continued to fight for the vital lifeline.

Zhou Yuan climbed up the tower and looked at this tragic scene, and his scalp tingled.

Zhuang Xuansu followed him closely and said anxiously: "You'd better go back to the general's tent. It's too dangerous here. If the giant stone cannon hits you, it will be over."

Zhou Yuan glanced down and said slowly: "They only have the last two giant stone cannons left. The others were blown up by the Portuguese cannon."

"As a marshal, I can't help but set an example, otherwise their military morale will be easily shaken."

Zhuang Xuansu knew that this could not be persuaded, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "No matter what, I can't leave you half a step. I have to protect you. You are the hope of Dajin."

It was not until now that she realized what Zhou Yuan's existence meant to Dajin.

"Marshal! Go down quickly! It's dangerous here!"

Min Tianrui was holding an axe, covered in blood, and panting: "Come on! Protect the marshal!"

Zhou Yuan was wearing armor, drew his sword, rushed over in a few steps, and quickly killed two Mongolian soldiers who climbed up the tower.

He sneered, "I am not a weakling!"

Seeing his skillful moves, Min Tianrui was stunned for a moment and said in shock, "Isn't the Marshal a scholar?"

"Nonsense!"

Zhou Yuan raised his sword and killed again, shouting, "It's true that I am a scholar, but I am also a martial arts master! Let's see who kills more!"

He rushed towards the enemy with his sword, slashing all the way.

This scene shocked Min Tianrui and the surrounding defenders.

Min Tianrui shouted, "Brothers! The Marshal killed the enemy himself! We fight side by side with the Marshal! Kill these Mongolian dogs!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Countless men in the northwest burst out with unprecedented fighting power at this moment, fighting to the death with the Mongolian army.

And below the tower, in the tent in the distance, Sabdan looked solemn and looked at the map carefully.

He said slowly: "Four days, at most four more days, we should withdraw, otherwise the price we pay will be too high."

"Let the soldiers in front continue to attack until dark, then surround but not attack, and beat drums to cheer."

Datong Town is more difficult to fight than he imagined. The most critical point is that the enemy did not fight to the death in the middle section of Hetao, but defended the city and retreated to Yulin, preserving a lot of combat power.

Zhou Yuan's move did change the direction of the war to a certain extent.

How could such a young hero suddenly emerge in Dajin? Could it be that Dajin's fate is still there and God will not let it go?

Thinking of this, Sabdan shook his head again. In the era of competing for hegemony, the general trend is unstoppable, and Zhou Yuan alone cannot save it.

He is just fighting a trapped beast!

...

The siege is still going on, but the Mongolian offensive is far less intense than the first two days. Calculating the time, this has been the ninth day since the siege on September 28th.

On the tenth day of the siege, which was October 7, the Mongolian army finally stopped the attack.

In these ten days of fierce fighting, both sides suffered huge losses.

"We lost more than 38,000 people in the battle and more than 10,000 people were injured. The other side was sieging the city and lost their horses. They will not be better than us!"

Min Tianrui gritted his teeth and was not very excited. Although this battle was barely won, he was only sad because so many brothers died.

By comparing the number of deaths and the number of injuries, we can see the cruelty of this battle, because normally, the number of injured should be much higher than the number of deaths, but now it is the opposite, which means that many injured are fighting desperately and finally sacrificed.

"But we defended Datong!"

Min Tianrui quickly got over his emotions and grinned: "Although it doesn't wash away the shame of thirteen years ago, but at least... Mongolia has nothing to do. They are left with at most 40,000 people and rolled back in disgrace."

Zhou Yuan said: "I don't plan to let them go back."

"What?"

Min Tianrui was startled and looked at Zhou Yuan in horror, and hurriedly said: "Marshal, do you want to chase? Absolutely not, the Mongols on horseback are completely different. Even if they only have 40,000 people left, they are almost invincible on the grassland."

"Our Northwest Army is good enough to fight, but it is not enough to chase them., 100,000 people are not enough to fight against 40,000 people. There is no hope at all. "

Zhou Yuan said: "The Mongolian army has left. The northwest defense line is currently in the safest period. I will transfer 30,000 troops from Ningxia Town and Yulin Town, gather 60,000 troops, and go north to pursue Mongolia. "

"No! Absolutely not!"

Min Tianrui shouted: "Marshal! We can't fight a wilderness pursuit battle with the Mongols on the grassland. 60,000 people may seem a lot, but their light cavalry is too fast and their heavy cavalry is too good. "

"Don't say 10,000 heavy cavalry, even 5,000 heavy cavalry can disperse our 60,000 troops. "

Zhou Yuan said lightly: "I'm not a fool. I know how to fight this battle. The 60,000 troops of the five military camps have cut off their supply lines. "

"They keep harassing and ambushing at the designated location. Sabdan can't retreat quickly at all, not to mention that I have other helpers. ”

“I want to let the remaining Mongolian army be walked to death on the grassland.”

Speaking of this, he looked at the miserable blood-red wall and sighed: “Blood debts must be paid with blood. They can come at any time, but they cannot leave at any time, otherwise the Great Jin will never have peace.”

Zhuang Xuansu hurried up and said excitedly: “News! News! It’s your Shenque people!”

A young man ran up and handed the letter to Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan opened it and saw that it was a familiar handwriting with the fragrance of the Virgin Sister.

“Bartu agreed to send troops, not 30,000 cavalry, but 40,000, which is almost the entire force of Western Mongolia.”

“He is very ambitious and determined to win. We have already arrived in Yijinai and stationed near the Juyan Sea.”

“Just wait for your order, we will kill eastward and give Sabdan a fatal blow.”

“Little nephew, I have accomplished such a big thing, how are you going to reward me! ”

“I know you will say some nonsense, then say some sweet words to me, and finally draw some cakes for me to eat.”

“What a pity, women in love are so stupid. I just like to listen to your nonsensical sweet words and eat the cakes you draw.”

“Of course, I understand you. You are not deliberately not helping me. You are waiting for the battleship of Fuzhou Baochuan Factory to be launched.”

“When the battleship is launched, you will revitalize the Fujian and Guangdong Navy, regain control of the sea, and then lead the army to Goryeo to help me restore my country.”

“After staying with you for a long time, I have slowly learned these tricks. I have made a lot of progress compared to before.”

“But I am not proud of this. I don’t care about this. I just miss you so much.”

“Little nephew, do you see the evidence that I miss you? Fighting is bitter, but I hope to bring you a little sweetness, even if it is insignificant. "

At the end of the letter, there was a faint, red lip print.

That was when Li Yu'an kissed him affectionately after the ink dried.

Zhou Yuan put the letter to his chest and murmured, "The offensive and defensive situation has changed."