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What's even more fatal is that the fall of the border fort meant the loss of the defense line. Liaodong was already vast and sparsely populated, relying on the acropolis on the Northeast Plain to lead the mobility of the nomadic cavalry.

Now the Mongolian army comes and goes freely, and the remaining border axes have become isolated islands. Faced with the enemy's concentrated superior forces to attack, there is no more effort to fight back!

"Brother, the scouts will return the Gaizhou Guard, Yizhou Guard, Ningyuan Guard, 30,000 Guards, Dingliao Zuo Guards were all captured by the Tartars. Our Liaohai Guards are about to be surrounded. General Cao has allowed to retreat to Guangning City, and withdraw their troops!"

The fat white man Zhang Qi, who was once following Li Da, has now become a military officer in the Qianhu House of Liaodong Dusi.

He and a group of brothers from Yingtian Mansion came to the Bianbao Liaohai Guard to garrison under the order of Li Da. But he never expected that the Tartars' offensive was so fierce. They captured five acropolis in just a few days, tearing a huge hole in the Liaodong defense line.

Now the Liaohai Guard has become the next target of the Tartars. Relying on the more than a thousand soldiers in the Acropolis alone will inevitably be unable to stop the attack of 30,000 Mongolian iron hooves!

"If we abandon the city and withdraw our troops, there will be no Ming army fortress on the western front, and the Mongolian army will enter the uninhabited land!"

Li Da's eyes were red. He had already anticipated the attack of the Mongolian Tartars, and even violated Cao Yi's warning, and led his brothers to the Liaohai Sea to guard the border to prepare for war.

But it still doesn't help. The Liaodong Dushi and the general underestimated the enemy by dereliction of duty. Li Da led one or two thousand people to guard the border and could change the situation!

"But we can't hold on!"

Another younger brother, Wu Rong, also roared anxiously.

What's the use of relying on one or two thousand people from Liaohaiwei in front of tens of thousands of Mongolian troops? It's just a place to be buried here.

"If you can't defend it, you have to defend it. The city is there and the people are there!"

"When we leave, more other border castles will die!"

Li Da also roared and replied, "As long as the Liaohai Guard does not retreat, it will be a nail that is stuck in the eastern and western Liaoning defense lines. It will become a delusion if the Mongolian army wants to rush forward at will."

Moreover, at this time, the Ming army was not as strong as the one in the late Ming Dynasty that could only defend the city, and there were also a large number of cavalry troops who dared to fight in the field.

In addition, the supply line of the Tatar army, which was expeditioned from the northwest to Liaodong, would inevitably become a heavy burden. The existence of the Liaohai Guards was a huge threat to the Tatar cavalry logistics, making them unable to attack border forts in various places with all their strength.

Combining the pros and cons, Li Da believes that he cannot give up!

Looking at Li Da's blood-filled eyes, Zhang Qi and Wu Rong were persuaded to swallow it.

After many years in the army, they are no longer the children in Yingtian Mansion who only know how to eat, drink and have fun. Don’t you understand the situation on the battlefield?

It’s nothing more than saving yourself or saving more brothers in robe!

It is easy to say that it is easy to wrap a body in the horse. When you know that there is a dead end ahead, how many people can do it without hesitation?

"We are brothers who worship the boss. We said we don't want to be born on the same day, but we want to die on the same day. Since the eldest brother decided to defend the Liaohai Guard to the death, I will sacrifice my orders to accompany you to the end!"

The fat white man Zhang Qi gritted his teeth and made a decision to stick to it.

Just like when he and Shen Yichen attended the "blind date meeting", he was furious and faced the siege of the young masters from various families, he resolutely stood in front of him and asked Shen Yichen to run away from his own palace first.

The children of military generals have a bloody nature in their bones.

"And me!"

Wu Rong responded without hesitation at this moment, "If you want to retreat, you will fight together!"

The Tartars are just a little more people, so it is not certain who will take whoever lives.

"Good brother!"

Li Da patted Zhang Qi and Wu Rong on the shoulders with great force, and everything was said to be silent!

At this moment, a sentry standing on the city tower roared below: "The Tartars are coming!"

"Fight preparation!"

Without any hesitation, Li Da began to call on the soldiers of the Liaohai Guard to go to the city wall to let go. At the same time, he drew out his sword from his waist and prepared to fight against the Tatar cavalry who were sieging the city.

Although there was already the concept of a nine-sided important town during the Zhengyi Dynasty, in fact, even an absolute strategic location like Xuanfu and Datong did not establish a complete fortress and Great Wall system.

The Nine-Border Defense Line, which was truly well-known in later generations, was truly completed during the Jiajing period.

This is true in Xuanfu and Datong, and the state of Liaodong Fortress is not even more important. It is not the kind of high city and deep pond that fight against the Jurchens in the late Ming Dynasty, but more like small earthen cities. After all, since the Ming Dynasty’s founding ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty has always maintained an offensive posture against Mongolia. How could it be possible to build cities and defend with all its heart?

This is why, in the face of the attack of the Tatar tribe, the Liaodong Fort Acropolis would be lost so quickly. In addition to the absolute gap in number, insufficient defensive facilities also occupy a very important part of the factors.

Even in the early days, some border guards saw Tatar cavalry coming to attack, and they bravely chose to go out of the city to fight in the field to show the majesty of the Ming cavalry.

Shields were erected on the low city wall, and bright spears were pushed out from the gap. The archers on the city tower had already held the feather arrow in their hands, ready to pull the strings and shoot arrows at any time.

Even though the number of people on the enemy and us is very different, even if an isolated city hangs on the vast plains in the northeast, the soldiers of Liaohaiwei still cannot see any fear on their faces.

In the peak dynasty, the most powerful thing is not only national strength and financial resources, but also the unstoppable fighting spirit and aura.

The Han Dynasty was the Five Barbarians, and the Ming soldiers never took the Mongolian Tartars seriously. After nearly a hundred years of founding, only the Ming army drank the horses and the pursuit of the Mongolian Khan and fled thousands of miles away. How could they have room for arrogance?

The dust trampled on horse hooves in the distance was getting heavier and heavier, and even had a sense of oppression that covered the sky and the sun. Even with absolute psychological advantages, some new recruits who had never experienced the war still subconsciously held the handle of the gun in their hands.

The force is so strong that the veins on the back of the hand storm rise.

"Relax, don't be like a young man. A battle takes a long time, don't consume too much energy.

The veteran standing beside him looked at the new recruits' nervous appearance and comforted him in a teasing tone.

"Brother Wang, there are many soldiers in the Mongolian Tartars this time. Can we win?"

The recruit let go of the gun handle on his hand and asked the question that the recruits generally asked.

However, the veteran spat and replied with disdain, "Does the winning or losing of the war depend on a large number of people?"

"If you don't want to say that it is far away, I will follow Duke Cheng to fight in the ninth year of Zheng's reign. Fighting the Mongols is as simple as killing a chicken."

"As long as you keep it steady, you can beat three!"

Hearing the veteran's arrogant words, the recruit was a little doubtful whether he could beat three.

However, the effect was very obvious. At least the nervousness in the hearts of the recruits on the city walls was greatly reduced after hearing these words.

The Mongols did not seem to be a powerful enemy under the attack of the Ming Dynasty over the years.

Compared with the ridicule between the soldiers, Li Da on the city tower stared at the Mongolian army in the distance with a serious face, and soon discovered something unusual.

Their direction of progress was not towards the Liaohai Guard, but more like passing by. Could it be that the Mongols were so arrogant that they gave up capturing the Liaohai Guard and chose to plunder directly in the hinterland of Liaodong?

"Zhang Qi, I feel something is wrong. You have a good eye for seeing what the Mongols want to do."

Li Da asked Zhang Qi beside him, and the private school in the outer courtyard of Duke Chengguo's mansion was the least read and retained a good eye.

"Brother, the situation is indeed wrong. The Mongols did not form Hui Hui cannons to attack the city. They didn't seem to plan to attack the Liaohai Guard."

Many people have a stereotype about Mongolian cavalry, that is, they only know how to ride and shoot, and do not have enough siege skills.

In fact, during the expansion of the Mongolian Empire, the Mongolian army, through the help of prisoners from all over the country, had siege vehicles, siege towers, ladders, collision cars, crossbows, and even the most famous catapult "Hui Hui Cannon".

Countless castles that were once called "indestructible" were conquered by the Mongols one by one.

By the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Mongolia's engineering equipment technology began to decline significantly, from the initial "technology" to siege cities, to the use of ants and poaching tactics, and even the most primitive way to rely on human lives to build hard!

Of course, with the Wastu Taishi Yesen, integrating the power of the three Mongolian divisions, they re-lit some siege technology trees, and at least basic siege equipment such as trenchers and cloud ladders would be built.

Although the Liaohai Acropolis is just a earthen castle, there are no siege equipment that wants to rely on human life to pile up. If you want to capture the casualties, the number of Tatar cavalry is not as luxurious as it can be consumed at will.

Without transportation or on-site siege equipment, the actions of the Mongolian cavalry did not seem to have the intention to siege the city.

"What do they want to do if the Mongols don't attack the Liaohaiwei?"

Wu Rong also asked with confusion on his face.

There will be evil when things happen abnormally. The Ming army of the orthodox dynasty has 100% courage to fight in the field, even if it is surrounded.

If Tutuobuhua dared to lead the Tatar cavalry around the Liaohai Guard, then Wu Rong would dare to lead the cavalry out of the city to attack his rear supply line!

"Will this be a trap that lures us out of the city to attack?"

Zhang Qi thought of another possibility, but then he felt it was unlikely. Was he so stupid and fooled? Less than two thousand people went to attack the Tatar army inexplicably.

With this doubt, the Liaohai Guards on the city wall watched the Tatar cavalry running past from the front of them, and even lasted for several hours until the arrival of darkness, and there were still a small group of cavalry rushing on their way.

"Things are wrong, brother, I always feel that the Mongols didn't think about attacking the Liaohai Acropolis."

When Li Da heard Zhang Qi's words, he did not answer, and he was also thinking about this question in his mind.

"Guangning City!"

Suddenly, Li Da shouted out the name of a city, which was the important place guarded by the Liaodong General, and the core of the entire Liaodong Dushi!
Chapter completed!