Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 694: Thousands of Miles of Racing Attacks Datong (Part )
Horses whistled in the wind, and an endless stream of people marching southward in dense masses were the cavalry of the Kingdom of David's Southern Expedition. Among the many fishing poles, Diaozi flags and Sulu ingot military flags, a large dragon and lion banner stood out. The great banner stands on the chariot drawn by eight white divine horses. The Great Khan of Lotus stands upright in the wind, with a resolute look and head held high. He did this on purpose. In an expedition of thousands of miles, morale is very important and must be maintained by the soldiers. They saw that the Great Khan was with them. Sure enough, seeing the majestic body on top of the chariot, the morale of the warriors was greatly boosted, and their marching speed unconsciously became much faster.

"Send orders to Mandu Latu and Urigendalai to speed up their march, and they must capture the Rejection Fort for me before dark," Suletan ordered calmly. This time he was determined to destroy the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop, so he appointed two famous brave generals in the Guards, Su He, the head of ten thousand households in Huite, and Urigendalai, the head of ten thousand households in Junggar, to serve as the first and deputy vanguards.

"Yes", the Chinese troops on horseback followed by the troops on the left and right took the order and left.

"Chaolemen (meaning: Morning Star), what are you thinking about?" The Great Khan suddenly looked at a guard beside him who was about eighteen or nineteen years old and asked in a deep voice.

The guard turned around suddenly and hurriedly knelt down on the car, "This slave saw the might of our army and was in a daze for a moment. Please forgive me, the Great Khan."

"Be safe, this is unavoidable for the first time I go on an expedition. When I led the army for the first time, I felt relaxed and happy when I saw the military power at its peak." Suletan forgave him for his sin of disrespecting the king and asked with a smile. : "Have you written a letter to your grandfather? Is his body and bones okay?"

Chaolemen's grandfather was none other than Barsi, the elder of David and the second-class Duke of Liang. At that time, Balsi ignored the order of the Great Khan of Lotus not to initiate border provocations and took the initiative to attack the Qing army and unify Mobei. Although he achieved great success, he offended the Great Khan. After the war, other people who had made meritorious services were rewarded, but Balsi was not rewarded and instead was scolded. However, in order to appease the old minister, the Great Khan wrote a private letter explaining that he did not want to fight with the Qing Dynasty for the time being, so he reprimanded him and conscripted his eldest grandson Chaolemen into the palace as an imperial guard as compensation. But don't underestimate this position. It's easy to stay with the emperor all day long. It's easy to rise to the top. Many generals in the guard are former imperial guards.

"When I got back to the Great Khan, I wrote several letters home to my grandfather. My grandfather was in good health, but he was always thinking about the Great Khan," Chaolemen said respectfully.

"Well, the tigers in Oirat have not been able to fight. Are they depressed these days? Does your grandfather blame me?" Sultan made a joke about his courtiers.

This frightened Chaolemen, and he hurriedly knelt down again, "Thunder, rain, and dew are all your kindness. Grandfather never dares to complain. I ask the Great Khan for a clear lesson."

"Quickly, I just made a mistake. This kid is quite sensible." Sultan sighed, "To destroy the Qing Dynasty, we must devote all our efforts to destroying the Qing Dynasty. I have ordered your grandfather to lead 30,000 households from Huite, Kazakh and Khiva." The 50,000 troops mobilized by the government are coming, and your grandfather and grandson will meet soon! Hahaha~ How could I let my Oirat Tigers be useless?"

"Thank you, Khan, for your kindness." Chaolemen was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked his grandfather for his kindness.

"Yeah," Sultan hummed, looking deeply south, south, and south again, across the grassland, beyond the Great Wall, and straight to Datong, the important city on nine sides.
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Datong, the capital of three dynasties and an important town in two dynasties, has been the political center of the northern nomads for more than 400 years. The Northern Wei, Liao and Jin all used Datong as their capital or companion capital. In the second year after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Chang Yuchun regained the city from the Yuan army. As an important town on nine sides, a fiefdom for the king, the key to the north that screened the Jin Dynasty and crowned the sacred capital, this city was forged into an impregnable city after more than a hundred years of painstaking construction by the Ming Dynasty.

To say it is impregnable is no exaggeration. The entire city is actually a cluster of city gates that are closely integrated with one city and three gates. It is known as the "Phoenix spreading its wings", that is, with the town city in the middle, the three city gates of Playground City, Dongxiaocheng, and Nanxiaocheng guard the north, east, and south sides respectively. The town has a circumference of more than 2,400 feet and has four city gates: Heyang in the east, Yongtai in the south, Qingyuan in the west, and Wuding in the north. They all have Wengcheng, and beyond the Wengcheng there is Yuecheng. Playchangcheng and Dongxiaocheng are independent towns, but Nanxiaocheng is connected with Yuecheng at the south gate. There are four turrets built on the four walls of the city. Outside the turrets, there is an independent pier on each side, called the Control Tower (also known as Wangjun Tower). The piers are connected to the turrets with pedals, and the turrets are strengthened by strengthening side shots and eliminating dead corners. defensive capabilities. In short, this kind of strong defense is very rare in the country. The Ming Dynasty also paid special attention to the defense around Datong. Among the nine important towns, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, and Shanxi Town were collectively called the Central Three Sides. Datong was in the middle. The three towns were closely related to each other, making the city extremely difficult to defeat.

In addition, this is a city with a strong cultural atmosphere. For example, the northwest corner tower in Datong is called Qian Tower. According to Chinese tradition, the northwest corner of the Qian position is at the top of the Bagua direction, so the specifications of the Qian Tower are significantly higher than those of other corner towers, both in terms of the height of the towers and the octagonal appearance. , all demonstrate its status, so it is known as the town tower of Datong, also known as the town tower; for another example, the octagonal seven-level brick pagoda in the east of the south city wall is called the Wild Goose Pagoda. On the stone slab at the bottom of the Wild Goose Pagoda is engraved The names of the city’s leading sons

Datong City is prosperous, bustling with traffic, and the cross streets intersecting at the four archways divide the city into four areas. The Imperial Palace in the northeast symbolizes the authority of the royal family. Although it has been damaged by the war, it is still the largest building in the city and has the largest screen wall in the country: the Nine Dragon Wall; the Huayan Temple in the southwest, with fireworks curling up, and the smoke temple facing each other, compassionate and solemn; the Confucian Temple in the southeast It is majestic and elegant; the Datong General Town Office in the northwest corner is the center of power in the city. The reason for this is that Governor Xuanda has been dismissed by Emperor Shunzhi, and there is no admiral in Shanxi Province. Among the only three remaining officials, Shanxi Governor Bai Rumei is stationed in Taiyuan, Taiyuan Town Commander-in-Chief Li Haoxian is stationed in Pingyang Mansion, and the remaining three officials are stationed in Taiyuan. There is only one general in Datong Town, Peng Youde.

At this moment, Peng Youde, the backbone of the city and the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, was pacing back and forth in the general town office with a frown on his face. This Peng Youde is virtuous. He was originally a Han. Because he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty early, he joined the Han army of Zhenghuang Banner. In the first year of Shunzhi (1644), he entered the Pass from Conglong. In the second year of Shunzhi, he was granted the title of Dusi of Datong, Shanxi Province, seeking to move guerrillas. Seeing that he was also a Han nationality, when Jiang Guan started an uprising, he sent someone with a letter to recruit him to join him. Unexpectedly, he not only refused, but instead imprisoned Jiang Guan's envoy. In anger, Jiang Quan sent troops to attack, and his wife, concubines, children and more than 1654 family members were killed. Because of this blood feud, he became a trustworthy person in the eyes of the Manchurian dignitaries. After that, he was promoted to general and deputy general due to his military exploits. In November of the th year of Shunzhi (), the Qing government established the Datong General Army. The great loyal minister Peng Youde, who had more than ten people killed, was supplemented by an edict from Youde, and was appointed as the governor of Qianshi.

(End of this chapter)