Since the army entered the Shanxi territory, everyone's hearts have been cold, not because of the ever-changing ghost weather, but because of the terrifying scene seen in Yanghekou.
Dead bodies and blood everywhere, a disgusting stench, mutilated limbs, scattered armor, worn flags......
All of them tell the tragic scene here a few days ago: tens of thousands of people abandoned their lives in this place, and all the people who used to be Ming athletes could be seen, and maybe some of them were friends and brothers of someone in this army......
Ji Ling still remembers the scene when he saw the corpse of the first Ming army: he still held a long knife tightly in his hand, but his face was frozen and blue, and there were no mosquitoes and flies, but the dirty blood and dirt on the armor really made people want to vomit, not disgusted, but he couldn't face such a dead person calmly, he still had his eyes open, as if he could come back to life at any time, and even jump, but in fact it was impossible.
He could only lie there forever, and then be buried by this land, forgotten by all people.
When Zhu Qizhen saw this, he was also full of emotion in his heart, and even contradictory, he didn't know whether to order all the dead soldiers to be cremated and burned, or to avoid selective forgetting.
The whole army passed through Yanghekou silently, and despite everyone's caution, there would still be cases of inadvertently stepping on the corpses of dead people, and their spirits were about to collapse, because they were afraid that this would be their own tomorrow.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much, although Song Ying and them were defeated miserably in Yanghekou, but the battle situation in Datong is stable."
Wang Zhen looked at Zhu Qizhen's unkind face, so he hurriedly relieved himself, "Now that Your Majesty is coming with a large army, presumably those Warat people will come to an end." ” "Avenge the dead soldiers!"
Zhu Qizhen sighed deeply, his face was rather gloomy, "I must not let them go!"
” "Your Majesty is right."
At this time, the closer he got to Datong, the more restless Wang Zhen became, as if a drum was beating up and down, and even he couldn't tell what it was like, "When you get to Datong, the old slave will do his best to plan the battle with His Majesty, just hoping to kill Warat without leaving a piece of armor!"
” "Wait until Datong ......"
Zhu Qizhen kept tapping his fingers on the corner table, and his eyebrows tightened more and more, "Sir, now has a good way to destroy the enemy?"
I......
I'm a little confused right now......"
"It may be the broken weather in the past few days, or it may be ......
It may be that this yang and mouth have stimulated me......"
Zhu Qizhen put his arm on the desk and kept rubbing his eyebrows with his thumb, "I am very tired now, and I ...... for a while I don't know what to do......"
This is the heart of retreat!
Wang Zhen secretly clenched his fists, but he didn't know what to do, because his mind was also blank now.
Speaking of Zhu Qizhen's personal expedition to this point, it largely relied on Wang Zhen and him to cheer each other on, but now Zhu Qizhen has wavered, and what is even more terrifying is that Wang Zhen, who was originally full of confidence, also felt inexplicable fear in his heart after seeing the real battlefield.
However, when things came to this point, Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen couldn't help but retreat, not because they were not good at explaining to the ministers, but because they couldn't get over the hurdle in their hearts.
Of course, it is not only Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen who are entangled now, but also Guo Jing, the eunuch of the prison army, and Guo Deng and Liu An, the garrison generals in Datong.
Guo Jing had been serving Wang Zhen in the capital before, and because he won his trust and became one of his confidants, he was appointed to Datong as a supervisor.
It's a pity that Guo Jing was unlucky, and he happened to encounter Wara's southward attack, and in the recent battle of Yanghekou, he also accompanied the expedition as a supervisor.
As a result, the Ming army was defeated, Song Ying and Zhu Mian also died in the battle, and only Shi Heng escaped back to Datong with his good skills among the senior generals, but amazingly, Guo Jing survived!
Of course, Guo Jing survived, not because he could also do kung fu, and no one fought to protect this eunuch, in fact, it was only because Guo Jing was shameless: he pretended to be a dead man and lay in the grass, which escaped the catastrophe.
Most martial artists disdain this, but Guo Jing pretended to be dead but pretended to be very calm.
However, although Guo Jing survived, and relied on the protection of his master Wang Zhen to escape the blame, leaving Shi Heng alone to bear the blame, but the dangerous situation of Datong could not be escaped for the time being, in fact, the Wara army was eyeing not far from Datong at this time.
Guo Deng, Liu An, and Shi Heng, as fierce generals with rich combat experience, could all see that Wara was trying to set up an ambush to lure the enemy: the Warat people had already arranged all the areas north of Datong according to their own wishes, and the Ming army was not very familiar with it, in this case, it was likely to fall into their trap.
But they also knew Zhu Qizhen's determination to lead the army to conquer this time, if the emperor was going to fight with Wara north of Datong with 200,000 Beijing battalions, then no one would dare to say no.
But if it fails, not only Zhu Qizhen will be in danger, but the entire Datong will also suffer, after all, as soon as the emperor arrives, the enemy policy of the Datong defenders will have to change: even if they don't want to take the initiative to attack, they will have to be forced to defend and attack.
So after thinking about it, Guo Deng and the others could only put their ideas on Guo Jing: he was Wang Zhen's confidant, so let Guo Deng persuade Wang Zhen, and Wang Zhen's words had a pivotal position in Zhu Qizhen, so as long as Wang Zhen was moved, maybe the emperor would really change his mind.
As long as the emperor leads an army of 200,000 to leave, and then Guo Deng and others adopt the method of clearing the wall, then Warat will inevitably collapse without a fight, because they are good at field battles, but they are not good at attacking cities.
In fact, Guo Deng and the others had already communicated with Yang Hong and others in Xuanfu, and the way they adopted for this attack on Warat was to shrink their forces, concentrate on important fortresses, and then form a strong defense line to consume the Warat people.
Although this method of warfare is not very glorious, it is undoubtedly effective, because this time the offensive of Warat is indeed very strong, and after a few field battles, they have already figured out the strength of the other party: it is a group of soldiers who have experienced blood and fire, and it is not something that these soldiers under their own who are busy farming and training in their leisure time can fight.
However, Zhu Qizhen will definitely not admit this, let alone agree to this way of facing the enemy: How can I not fight with the mere Wara?
They must be defeated openly on the battlefield!
No one can change Zhu Qizhen's proud mentality, because he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so everyone can only look at Guo Jing for help: Gonggong Guo, you are the confidant of Gonggong Wang, just send compassion and say goodbye to his old man!
In fact, Guo Jing had long been afraid of death in his heart, and after he escaped the catastrophe last time, he never wanted to go to the battlefield again, so at this time, in the face of everyone's earnest looks, Guo Jing nodded and said, "Okay!"
I'll go tell my ancestors!
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