Chapter two hundred and eighty eight island
The yamen and gentry in the city were not useless. After all, Huairen County was maintained by them until now. The sound of gongs had sounded in the city. The servants and wealthy families began to be warned and steadily. The civil servants in the houses and workshops began to count the supplies, while the officials in the soldier and the punishment rooms were organized.
Now, it is a critical moment of life and death, and Qin Chuan and Zhu Da, who cannot get sand in their eyes, stare at them. No one will hide their own personalities, and the entire Huairen County has begun to do their best.
Huairen County is even smaller and is still a county town. Zhu Da spent a lot of time walking around the city walls on all sides. Moreover, he had to remind and supervise along the road, and constantly give feedback and orders. When he returned to the north wall, the cavalry brigade in the north was already close enough.
The sound of horse hooves as thunder seemed to be in everyone's ears. The guards on the city wall could hear the neighing of horses in the distance. In fact, it was impossible to hear them. Everyone on the city wall talked unconsciously and turned into roars, as if others would not hear them if they did not do so.
"Hold the weapons in your hand tightly. Let's be together, I'll be with you!" Zhu Da yelled loudly as he walked.
No matter how calmly judged and inspiring people before this, when a real team of people arrives, it is impossible for people to not be panicked, nervous and impatient, or even to be forced and numb.
Finally, he could see the horse team passing by clearly. Zhu Da, who pretended to be calm and walked around the trail, did not consciously stop. At this time, he really couldn't hear the people around him talking clearly.
The first team of people appeared in sight was not a large group of people, or two or three riders, galloping in the snow. They ran one by one, two horses or even three horses, and they ran very quickly. After arriving at Huairen County, they began to circle around, even approached the city wall, and looked at the guards on the top of the city, but they were very careful not to shoot outside the range of the bow and arrow.
At this distance, you can already see the appearance of these small teams of cavalrymen, and there are many other details.
For some reason, Zhu Da subconsciously believed that the Mongolians on the grassland were taller and stronger than the Han people in Daming Border Town. The Mongolian vendors who appeared in Zhengjiaji and elsewhere seemed to be no different from the Han people, which made him feel that it was not an example. Now that he saw the Mongolian herdsmen and cavalry coming from the grassland, he realized that this subconscious impression was wrong. The Mongolian cavalry scouts on the horse looked much darker and thinner than the people of Huairen County. They did have sword bow equipment, but they were not wearing armor, but they were just leather robes.
These small teams of cavalry approached the city, and after a brief observation, they whistled and left. Although they could not see too detailed expressions at this distance, Zhu Da could clearly feel the other party's disdain.
Some teams of cavalry turned back to the nearest brigade, while others continued to rush south. This is what is called horse-sleeping and cavalry reconnaissance.
The momentum of the Mongolian horse team moving forward in the distance was like a mountain collapse and a tsunami. There was nothing between the world that could stop it from moving forward. After really approaching the visual distance, the crowd on the city realized that the Mongolian horse team was not moving fast, just trotting.
Although I had enough mental preparation and even had the determination to go all out, when I really saw this surging trend appearing nearby, everyone on the city was shocked.
Someone has judged that "more than ten thousand cavalry" and when standing on the city wall, the cavalry tide is like endless. Although Huairen's city is not big, it can only be said to be small compared to the city wall. But at this moment, the huge city is like a reef in the turbulent wave under the trend of the cavalry brigade, and is at risk of being submerged at any time.
The cavalry and armor passing by the city are all very simple. The only thing that can be said is that most people have two horses, and there are even three horses. In Datong border town, only the personal guards and family soldiers of generals or above.
Most Mongolian cavalry dressed in dresses and dressed in grazing life, but you can also see armored cavalry. These people are thicker and more powerful than others. Their banners are often in the hands of armored cavalry, and most of the cavalry act according to these banners.
The Mongolian cavalry passing through was indifferent to Huairen County. The cavalry outside the brigade just turned their heads and looked at it. There was no curiosity. There was such a small city there, and I took a casual look. Each cavalry continued to go south under the guidance of the flag.
When the brigade was operating, hundreds of cyclists were moving slower. They often stopped at the edge of the brigade near the city, and then followed the brigade to continue southward. Zhu Da understood this intention. Although Xiao Xiao Huairen did not have any threat to this army, he still had to beware of taking risks here and any army should avoid being attacked by others on the flanks.
There are endless torrents of cavalry in the field of vision, and the sound of roaring horse hooves are filled with the sound of roaring horses. When people stand on the city, they will feel that the towering and heavy city walls under their feet are not worth relying on. Instead, they shake in such a torrent of tide and will collapse and collapse at any time.
Looking at all this in front of him, all Zhu Da's previous confidence and determination began to shake, and the only trace of luck disappeared. Don't say that the hundreds of unreliable forces in his hands, what can I do if I mobilize all the population in Huairen County, regardless of gender, age and young......
He stood there blankly, everyone looked similar, even Wang Xiong was just like this. In this situation, everyone would only feel despair and could not do anything.
I don’t know how long it took, but the endless cavalry finally changed. A large cart dragged by cattle and horses began to appear. Some of the carts looked completely different from those used by the Ming Dynasty. Others were in the style of the Ming Dynasty. There were supplies on the carts, some were piled up, and some were empty.
It seems that large trucks in the form of Daming are piled up even more full. In addition to pulling cattle and horses, people also need to push the car around them. If they move a little slower, they will be beaten by the supervisor.
Someone among the coolies who were pushing the cart looked at the direction of the city. The movement slowed down and was immediately hit by the supervisor. Perhaps some people thought this was not enough. A passing cavalry directly chopped down with a knife. Even though the people and horses were noisy and the sound of hooves roared, the scream still reached the top of the city. Zhu Da could see the man struggling in a pool of blood, but no one of the people passing by was paying attention.
The people who beat and chop people were dressed in Mongolia, and the people who were beaten and killed were dressed in Han people. The Han people were slaves of Mongolians, and even prisoners who were robbed from Datong.
Zhu Da was shocked when he saw this scene. With the memory of more than twenty years, he always felt that the Mongols on the grassland and the Han people in the Ming Dynasty were originally a family, but he didn't expect that hundreds of years later, it was not the case now. He had heard the cruelty of the Mongolian invasion that he had been telling since childhood, and the witness of the Mongolian cavalry sweeping over Baibao Village on the mountain, were not as shocking as he saw in front of him.
Zhu Da suddenly realized that this was the enemy that was alive and dead. When the Ming Dynasty looked at the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, he probably wouldn't think that the other party was the same as him. When the Mongolian tribes looked at the Ming Dynasty, he probably wouldn't think that the other party was the same.
This is the marching of a large army, not just the cavalry galloping forward unscrupulously. The Mongolian horse team that invaded Baibao Village a few months ago was at best a horse thief, and they just wanted to go in and out quickly. If the cavalry brigade wanted to fight for a long time, it must have a huge amount of material support. The large convoy in front of them was no less than the cavalry.
In this way, the Grain Taiwan Brigade is very troublesome whether it is leaving or stopping. Since the other party is not stationed on the north wall, the most likely one is to the east. Zhu Da reacted, and many people reacted.
"They are not in the north, they go east!"
"The Zhu family's ministers go east with me!"
When he saw that the brigade of cavalry had no intention of staying in the north, but continued south along the road on the east side of the city, Zhu Da did not waste time and immediately checked the power he could use to rush to the east.
It is still impossible to determine whether the Mongolian team will attack Huairen County, but not in the north, so we must focus on defending the most likely east, and dare not neglect any possibility. Any possibility should be treated as real. It may be unintentional to yawn, but it is a catastrophe for the mosquitoes nearby.
The other people on the city were in a much worse condition than Zhu Da. There were only a few who could hold weapons and hide behind the squadron to observe. More people knelt behind the city wall or even lay there, feeling that they could not see the large group of people outside the city, which meant that the enemy outside the city no longer existed.
People encounter excessive pressure beyond the limit, or collapse or escape, and this is what most people on the city wall are like.
Datong border town has been peaceful for more than ten years. Huairen County has never encountered harassment as the hinterland of the border town. The only disaster in these years is the pillage of the Tartars several months ago. When the border wars were raging in the Zhengde period, most of the young and strong on the city were ignorant children. Today is the first time they have seen a real Tartar army, and this shock is inevitable.
Zhu Da made meticulous preparation and merciless strong execution, which made the young and strong people in the city who were apart from the servants and young men have some preparation and confidence, otherwise they would be able to collapse and go crazy directly. Of course, it was also possible that the scene in front of him was too shocking and even forgot to escape.
As for Zhu Da’s own new and old family and the young policemen who were training together, it was different. They were also afraid of shock, but they were used to obeying orders during training, and orders were given priority.
So when the shouting here, the backbone subconsciously followed the action, and the others also moved. The city walls seemed to have not completely collapsed, and the general order was still maintained.
When he first started running, Zhu Da ran wildly with his sword, and the people behind him were all helpless. The whole city was in chaos. After running a few steps, Zhu Da slowed down and slowed down behind him in a hurry. Fortunately, he adjusted quickly. Zhu Da used the marching rhythm he trained on weekdays, and the others also kept up with the rhythm and the formation was much more neat.
When Zhu Da was running, he looked at the other walls, and there was no flag shaking. It was the warning that the enemy began to attack the city, which made him feel a little more at ease.
Chapter completed!