Chapter 287 Winter Snow Waves
Wang Xiong, who made the same move, lost his calmness, his face turned pale and said hoarsely: "Why are there such a squad, why are there such a squad..."
Wang Xiong, who has more experience, can judge more information. His experience is much richer than Zhu Da, and the judgmental information still exceeds his concept.
The huge scale of the Mongolian horse team that invaded this time was inferred long ago. When the facts were truly in front of us, the shock that Zhu Da and Wang Xiong was still not weakened at all.
In those twenty years of memory, Zhu Da once went to the beach to visit when the autumn wind was strong. A long way from the beach could hear the waves coming from afar. Although there was nothing at that distance, everyone knew what kind of turbulence and grandness it represented, and the same was true at this moment.
The whole city was already in chaos. There were not many people like Zhu Da and Wang Xiong who could judge that the enemy was attacking, but most people were aware of these strange phenomena. Even if they didn't know what it meant, they knew that it was not a good omen.
But people are panicked but will not collapse. Zhu Da’s servants and officials are patrolling and inspecting. Although they are also panicked, they will also beat or arrest people who run around on the street, and there is still order on the street.
Zhu Da and Wang Xiong did not care about the original plan. The two of them quickly walked up to the city and ran north along the trail. The enemy of the brigade would definitely come from the north, nothing more than the northwest or northeast...
"Beijing! Beijing!"
Someone shouted at the top of the city. Beacon fires and smoke were not rare at the sky even closer. What could make the guards shout like this was because beacon smoke began to ignite in the direction of Datong City. A distance of dozens of miles, there were many beacon fires and smokes. It was particularly clear that the pressure was put on people. The enemy had already arrived in Datong.
The city began to stir. Although the guards crossed the battlements of the city wall, they could only see the vast snow-white and the beacon smoke from Datong. Everyone subconsciously avoided and curled up. If it weren't for the patrol servants and young soldiers who were still determined, everyone would collapse and run down the city wall. But even so, everyone still hugged behind the city wall as much as possible, as if there were already enemies outside the city.
"Original Master, defending the city like this is not a solution. If the Tartars come to attack, they will definitely only make efforts to attack from one direction. That side is what we have to defend with all our strength. Now we are deploying defenses on all sides, but we actually don't care about all sides!"
Wang Xiong's calmness has disappeared. Perhaps he is regretting why he did not escape from the city early, or perhaps because of this regret and the upcoming enemy brigade, he is anxious.
"If such a large team attacks, even if our people are concentrated on one side, and if we bet on the right direction of the Tartars' main attack, we will not be able to defend ourselves." Zhu Da was calm at this moment.
"and you!"
"We must always be careful, even if we act like this, otherwise the city will collapse completely, people will run around and collapse, and nothing will be left, and then it will be a dead end. Our vitality lies in the fact that the enemy will not attack the city, and we are betting on this!"
"You...you are not panicked..." Wang Xiong regained his calmness and shook his head and looked at Zhu Da and said.
"If you don't win the bet, you will die, and if you get the bet, you can live, let alone this is not a bet, it is planning and inference." Zhu Da replied in a muffled voice.
Wang Xiong stared at Zhu Da for a while, slowly exhaled, shook his head and said, "Shame."
Zhu Da waved his hand and asked back, "You Wang brothers were all on the battlefield back then. Are you afraid when you were in battle?"
"I'm afraid, but it's useless to be afraid." After saying this, Wang Xiong smiled, shook his head while laughing, "I never thought that the boss would have to be enlightened. The boss is like my elders when talking and doing things."
The atmosphere was not that stiff, and because the two of them started to talk and laugh, the servants, officers, Min Zhuang and others on duty were also relaxed a lot. After all, they had not seen the enemy yet, and some of them were bold and even joked about themselves.
Zhu Da looked at the beacon smoke in the direction of Datong City. Smoke pillars rose over there. They were the fireworks of the beacons at the entrance of Datong City and nearby fortresses, and perhaps the smoke and dust burning from the manor villages outside the city.
"Take the food up to the city, and make a fire on the top of the city. Don't let everyone have a cold meal!" Zhu Da shouted to the people around him. The servants hurried down to the city to pass the order.
"Owner, are you still eating at the moment?"
"The cold wind blew, and I felt panicked again. If I didn't eat enough, I'm afraid I couldn't stand even if I stood up."
This explanation made Wang Xiong not continue to ask. He must have seen similar situations, but the inside reason may not be clear. He just nodded there and said, "The man who taught the method of defending the city by the boss is really amazing. You can know the details of this."
Cold will aggravate the consumption of calories, panic and fear will accelerate the consumption of blood sugar. People will indeed become weak quickly in this situation. This is why Zhu Da started a meal early.
The food was delivered quickly, and the city made special preparations. The fire in the furnace was burning, and it would be prepared immediately when there was a need.
Sometimes the emotional changes are irregular, but the body is very honest. After the panicked young man on the city wall, he became much more courageous after eating the hot meals. More people stood up and looked out.
There were already people riding horses under the city. There was a policeman in that direction. He shouted downwards from the city and immediately sent a message to Zhu Da and the corresponding places.
After going to the city this time, Zhu Da did not go down. The servants brought his weapons and protective gear. There were also piles of fires rising on the top of the city. Some simply made fires, while others burned snow water in a big pot. Of course, these fires were not ignited for heating, but the fire brought warmth and made people feel more at ease.
What should come will always come. In the vast snowy wilderness, there are small beasts running wildly, including hares, foxes and wild dogs. There shouldn't be so many birds in the sky during the day, but you can also see that the predated sparrows and predators are flying towards the south.
There was a low roar in the north, as if someone was beating a drum in the distance, and countless people beat countless drums, beating on people's hearts.
"Here..." someone murmured, the white fog that could already be seen churning in the sky. Of course, there would be no white fog in such cold weather. It was the broken snow caused by horses galloping.
The roar was getting louder and louder. At this time, the sound of hooves was not a description, but a realistic description. You can see that the vast snow-white in your vision was replaced by another color. The colorful colors of the five colors, the Mongolian brigade on the grassland could not achieve the unity of patron color and horse color.
As the matter is approaching, the enemy is facing the enemy. The young and strong people in Huairen County have not collapsed. Fear and panic are inevitable. Now they have nowhere to escape. Just such a small city, they can escape there. They can't escape from the snow and ice, and they can't survive the cold. They are not dead.
The atmosphere at the top of the city was very depressing. Except for Zhou Qingyun and the head of the servants who were guarding the other three sides, other people close to Zhu Da came over. They were Zhu Da's confidants and the most effective force in Zhu Da's hands. They must be placed in the north, the most likely direction to be attacked.
Zhu Da wanted to say a few words to make everyone less nervous, but he didn't say anything after all. What's the point of making everyone relaxed in such a scene?
"...I've kept a close eye on my position, I'm going to escape in the last battle and I'm going to be a coward. I don't have the shame to meet my family. It's better to fight with the Tartars and be a man and stand up to the top..."
Finally, after Zhu Da and his servants gave advice, everyone went to the city wall to shout. The voices were hoarse when the callers spoke, and they shouted for a few words before they recovered. Although these words were not auspicious words, they finally diluted the dull and desperate atmosphere on the city wall.
Hearing this shout, Wang Xiong, who was standing next to Zhu Da, couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "It's really unexpected for the boss to do things. Shouldn't he say something exciting to enlighten me at this time?"
"No one is a fool, you can't deceive others, so you should tell the truth."
Although the gang of cavalry in the distance appeared in sight for a long time, their speed was not as fast as they imagined. The sound of hooves roaring like thunder became louder and louder, and even on the top of the city, you could feel the faint vibration from your feet, although it might be an illusion.
Everyone stared in the direction of Datong, staring blankly at the cavalry brigade approaching. They did nothing and could do nothing.
"Look at the west side, west side!" Suddenly someone shouted at the top of the city wall. Everyone subconsciously looked towards the west, and suddenly there was a scream on the top of the city wall.
There is also snow fog rising in the west, and mottled colors eroding the snow fields, but there are mountains as backgrounds, so it is not so clear to see.
The Mongolian horse team is not only in the direction of Datong, but also in the west! Although I had long expected that the Mongolian horse team would break through from two directions and advance in both directions, I still felt shocked after seeing it with my own eyes.
"Not only ten thousand cavalry, not only ten thousand cavalry, what exactly should the Tartars do?" Wang Xiong murmured, and he couldn't maintain his calmness.
Zhu Da, who was "looking left and right", was also dry and tongue-in-law at this time. Hearing Wang Xiong's words, he couldn't help but look back.
"Owner, this size is almost the same as the Tartars here. In the Battle of Yingzhou, the little prince mobilized forces from all over the grassland, and there were only 40,000 cavalry, but today I am afraid that more than ten thousand cavalry can be seen..."
"Ten thousand or ten thousand is the same for us."
After saying this, Zhu Da stopped looking outside the city. He began to patrol the defense at the city. With his actions, everyone finally reacted from the shock outside the city and began to prepare according to the plan. Is the firewood and coal enough on the city still enough, is there enough stones to smash people? How is the food preparation in the city? Should Ding Zhuang, who should be ready to wait, take his place?
If you want to be busy, you are always too busy to do things. Zhu Da slowly walked on the trail at the city gate, said a few words when he saw what he needed to say, and when he saw someone panic, he went to punch the chest, kicked the butt, and scolded a few words. Then all kinds of people under the city kept coming to the city to ask for instructions, and Zhu Da made arrangements one by one.
Zhu Da walked hard and his face was not good-looking, but everyone who saw him felt much more at ease. Zhu Da's attitude made everyone know that although a disaster was coming, it was limited. If Zhu Da had not appeared, many people would be crushed by the pressure brought by unlimited imagination.
Chapter completed!