It is not just the side wall that has beacon towers. At every checkpoint in Datong border town, there are beacon towers in every high ground near the garrison and town. When Mongolian cavalry breaks through the pass and robs along the way, every beacon tower will be lit, allowing beacon and beacon to warn everyone who can see it, and let everyone prepare for battle and resistance. Of course, most of the time, they tell the people to escape quickly, escape to the mountains, escape to the city, wait for the government troops to gather and drive away, and more often they wait for the Mongolian horse team to rob them enough and retreat.

The beacon smoke seen in Huairen County is often caused by enemy activities or disturbances outside the walls. The beacon smoke informs everyone to prepare and become nervous. A few months ago, the beacon smoke did not warn in time, but this reason is more because of the paralysis caused by more than ten years of peace. After this bloody lesson, everyone will not forget it so quickly. Many beacon warning systems have been abandoned and rebuilt. The beacon towers have a certain sense of responsibility and vigilance. So the current beacon signal is accurate enough.

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun both have the ability to distinguish and interpret these signals. When the smoke of war rises from far to near, it only means one thing. The enemy has broken the border wall level and rushed into Datong Town!

"...The Tartars have entered..."

“…Tartars…Tartars…”

There were murmuring comments in the yard, and there were already children crying loudly. Children often didn't know how terrible the Mongolian horse team was, but the nervous and fearful atmosphere instinctively felt it. Not to mention that the children were out of control, even the voices of the servants who were staring at the sky were trembling.

There are 100,000 border troops stationed in Datong Border Town, and the main roads of the checkpoints are often thousands of soldiers. The Mongolian horse team with less than a thousand cavalry broke in and blocked or expelled. The strange invasion of collusion between inside and outside a few months ago was an exception. If it were a small border trouble, the war would never be ignited so densely and deeply. The scene you can see in front of you can only tell one situation. A large number of Mongolian cavalry rushed in!

"Everyone goes back to each team, make fire and make meals, everything goes as usual, breaking the rules and expert rules!" Just as the atmosphere became increasingly tense, Zhu Da's voice sounded.

Several months of training have caused the new and old Ding and young police to react mechanically. The order was issued and immediately knew what to do. Although they were afraid, they still carried out instinctively.

"Ji Xiaodong, you take five old servants and twenty new servants to patrol around your residence. Wang Jing, go to another place to pass on my orders so that they can do things with peace of mind and not be in trouble." Zhu Da issued the order calmly.

How many large Mongolian cavalry are there? Thousands or tens of thousands? After all, there has been no such invasion in Datong for more than ten years. In this era, more than ten years are often a generation, and many of the previous memories have been forgotten, but some people tell Zhu Da that Zhu Da still has the knowledge and experiences of more than twenty years of life.

There is no danger of mountains and rivers between the various Mongolian controlled areas on the grassland and the Ming Empire, and it is even worse than the terrain between Shanxi and neighboring provinces. What can be called a barrier is the defense line built with side walls. Rather than saying that the border wall is based on the terrain, it is better to say that the border wall level can barely be established after the construction of the border wall level. This defense line is too thin and too easy to be broken through. Once it is broken through, only various cities and mountains in Datong border town can be regarded as hiding places.

But the core area of ​​Datong is full of flat horses. Once the Mongolian cavalry breaks in, they will advance quickly along the official roads and even fields, enter Shanxi and Northern Zhili. Once they are broken in, there is no danger in Datong everywhere and there is no way to stop the enemy.

Thinking of this, Zhu Da couldn't help looking to the north and east. There was a Xiongcheng Datong city there, with all troops, sufficient food and supplies, and a majestic city. It can be said that it was safe enough. But except for that, other cities in Datong border town are not worth mentioning, including this small Huairen County.

Zhu Da took a deep breath, but he couldn't do anything calm. He was far superior to his peers' strength and martial arts, and his knowledge and information beyond the times. The hundreds of people who had gathered together now were all in the surging wave of cavalry. On that day, he saw the hundreds of cavalry roaring on the mountain and felt like they were crushed. If thousands of cavalry really arrived, it would be a mountain collapse and a tsunami, and people would be in front of him.

After the small situation in Baibao Village and Hebian New Village was destroyed, will the business he had finally started in the county be destroyed? Can he and his remaining relatives escape death this time? Zhu Da was not sure, because with the memory of more than 20 years, he had thought that he might be the choice of heaven, but now he has completely abandoned these delusions. If it were the choice of heaven, how could he be so powerless in the face of fate and general trend?

Zhu Da seemed to be looking at the sky in the distance, but in fact he was stunned. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

"West, west!" someone suddenly shouted, and the shout also interrupted Zhu Da's contemplation.

It was almost dawn, and the dark night quickly faded into the sky. The sky to the west was also clearly visible. There were also bead smokes there, from far to near, and black smoke that soared straight into the sky!

A Mongolian horse team broke in from the west! Datong border town was not a point, but a line. Datong border town supported the border wall guards from Xuanfu to Yulin. Unexpectedly, the enemy was not only from the east, but also from the west. Only then did Zhu Da truly understand the signal of beacon, and the enemy broke in from various levels in Datong at the same time!

"Boss, boss, what should I do now?" someone walked up to me and asked. Those who could use this title were nothing more than Wang Hu and Wang Xiong, who were regarded as the coach.

I don't know when they came here and stared at Zhu Da with doubts. Zhu Da took a breath. He didn't know if his trembling and loss of composure were seen by the other party.

Wang Hu and Wang Xiong looked at each other, Wang Xiong shook his head with a smile on his face, Wang Hu sighed and said, "This time there will be a disaster. At least ten thousand cavalry this time, the Tartars have arrived, and there are still several passes to break through the pass at the same time. I am afraid that the fight will start at dawn, otherwise the fire of the beacon tower will be warned last night... After the fight more than ten years ago, everyone felt that it was too peaceful. Ma Fang Nanshan was afraid that everyone is busy everywhere now. They say that the grandfather is ridiculous, but at least it is still... "

As he spoke, Wang Hu's voice became much higher, obviously with anger, but Wang Xiong was pulled silently, and he just shook his head and panted but stopped talking.

Zhu Da heard Yuan Biao say that during the Zhengde period, the little prince led his troops south several times. At that time, when the beacon fires on the frontier were almost extinguished, sometimes there were police at night, and the beacon fires from the border wall to the heart of the border town were burning, and half of the sky would be reflected red. The soldiers and civilians of Datong who could see these were all sleepless all night.

There was Ding Zhuang on duty on the city wall at night. Even if these people were lazy, Zhu Da still had a patrol team here. If they saw abnormal movements and warning messages last night, they would inform him no matter what. Zhu Da would not sleep until just now. In other words, the attack and invasion of the Mongolian horse team on the border will not last more than two hours. The power to break through the border must be extraordinary. It can still be so low-key and can also launch it together at about the same time...

Those who understand border affairs will feel chilled if they think about it a little more deeply. The Mongolian horse team has made such a great determination to make such meticulous actions. What exactly do they want to do? Thinking about Datong’s military preparations will make people even more afraid. More than ten years of peace have made people everywhere think that peace is the norm. If they are unintentional, they will be even more unbearable. This is what Wang Hu said about the "great disaster". It is not exaggeration to say.

Zhu Da's expression gradually became cautious, and Wang Xiong's expression was quite subtle. He cleared his throat and whispered: "Master, what should I do now?"

"What should I do? What else can I do besides staying in the city?" Zhu Da asked back a few times, then realized that Wang Xiong's inquiry was joking. He frowned and looked over, and Wang Xiong just smiled and lowered his head.

Since the first time I met Wang Xiong, Zhu Da felt it was a bit strange. Wang Xiong was indeed a warrior and his skills would not be bad, but this person does not seem to be a pure warrior. Such relaxed and casualness regardless of the occasion is not something that the family generals should have.

There were actually not many choices in the inquiry just now. In addition to being in the city, there was also a safer place to escape, but now there was nowhere to escape. The Mongolian horse team was not very fast on the grassland, but once they entered the Ming Dynasty, they would immediately advance at full speed, and hold all the robberies within the range of marching as soon as possible. Mongolian cavalry often had two horses or even three horses. If they advanced at full speed, they would not reach Datong from the side wall for more than two days, and they would not reach Huairen County for more than three days.

Nowadays, the nearest safe city is Datong, but in this situation, Datong will definitely close the city gate. If you cannot enter the city, the consequences can be imagined when the brigade of Mongolian cavalry arrives. You can also enter the mountain or go south to Shanxi. However, you cannot bring too many people into the mountain. It takes a long time to go to Shanxi. If you want to move quickly, you cannot bring too many people. No matter what, you will lose the power you gather now and start from scratch again. But once you abandon and flee in this way, will someone follow you next?

Is this testing his own character? Zhu Da glanced at Wang Xiong coldly, and Wang Xiong smiled and lowered his head without targeting him.

"All servants gather here, and the supplies are also gathered. I will pass my orders. If you don't obey the orders, you will not let go immediately!" Zhu Da issued the order loudly, and his tone was stern, but after saying this, the atmosphere in the yard became more stable.
Chapter completed!