Wang Shiyang had never considered that Taiyuan City would fall. He had never imagined that the impregnable Taiyuan City would fall one day. The Daming Empire had been founded for more than two hundred years. Taiyuan City had its share of crises, but it had never fallen. Ever since the Daming Empire was founded, it had never fallen.
But now, thick smoke was rising from Taiyuan City, and there was the sound of an explosion!
Was this an accident?
"Hurry up and find out what's going on for this old man! Why is there smoke in Taiyuan City? Why is this happening?! "
Wang Shiyang was a bit angry. After shouting, he couldn't stand still. He swayed as if he was about to fall. Xiao Ruxun hurriedly stood up to support Wang Shiyang.
"Call the doctor over immediately!"
Xiao Ruxun ordered a few servants in the Governor Manor, and they quickly rushed out. Xiao Ruxun then helped Wang Shiyang to sit on a chair, but just as he sat down, Wang Shiyang cried out in pain and vomited a mouthful of blood.
"Supervisor! Supervisor! Supervisor! "
Xiao Ruxun and Li Rusong looked nervously at Wang Shiyang.
Now that chaos had broken out, Wang Shiyang vomiting blood. This was not a good sign.
"Ji Xin! Ji Xin! "
After vomiting blood, Wang Shiyang took a few deep breaths and immediately grabbed Xiao Ruxun's hand.
"Supervisor, I'm here."
"Ji Xin, Taiyuan cannot be lost! We cannot lose it! If Taiyuan City falls and is destroyed, we will be in big trouble. Ji Xin, I can't command you, but I can temporarily pass the seal to you. Until my body recovers, you can take my place and command the situation. Now, we can only rely on you! We cannot let Taiyuan fall! "
Xiao Ruxun didn't refuse.
"I will obey!"
When the governor's doctor hurried over to help Wang Shiyang settle down, Xiao Ruxun took the seal that represented the governor's authority and rushed out of the governor's manor without another word.
"Commander, isn't this a little inappropriate? Without the Emperor's order and the Ministry of War's official document, taking over the Governor's seal without authorization, if this were to spread out, I'm afraid it would become a source of gossip. Moreover, we are military generals, the position of Governor is too important! There has never been a case of a military general serving as a governor! "
Li Rusong caught up with Xiao Ruxun and hurriedly said.
"The position of commander is also very important. I will also take it! Commander Li, right now, we can only mobilize less than twenty thousand soldiers. If the fire in Taiyuan City was started by the Northern Barbarians, then there are at least thirty thousand Northern Barbarians. How can we face them head-on?
If we don't get the governor-general's seal to control the troops of Shaanxi's Yulin Garrison, you, me, Supervisor Wang, and all the generals participating in the battle will all be at risk of losing their heads if Taiyuan City is destroyed. This is an urgent matter, and we can't care about so much! Commander Li, go and gather the troops at once. I will go and gather the troops from Xinzhou. "
Xiao Ruxun immediately began to give orders. Li Rusong froze for a moment, stamped his feet, and charged in the direction of the Liaodong garrison.
Very quickly, Xiao Ruxun used the governor-general's seal to represent Wang Shiyang and pacify the Xinzhou troops, who were on tenterhooks because of the incident in Taiyuan. He immediately decided to leave five thousand soldiers to defend the city. The rest of the troops would follow him south to Taiyuan and prepare for a tough battle.
The Xinzhou troops were intimidated by Xiao Ruxun's illustrious reputation and the governor-general's seal, so they didn't dare disobey. However, the Xinzhou Zhizhou Zhizhou was anxious. He also knew of the incident in Taiyuan City and immediately rushed to the barracks to have the troops set up defenses in Xinzhou to prevent the Northern Barbarians from coming to Xinzhou after the disaster in Taiyuan. If that happened, he wouldn't be able to find a scapegoat.
Now that he saw that Xiao Ruxun wanted to mobilize troops south, he was instantly enraged and immediately stopped him.
"You are the admiral, but you have no right to mobilize the troops of Xinzhou!"
Xiao Ruxun glared at this person and showed the governor-general's seal. "This was given to me by Supervisor Wang. He ordered me to act as the governor-general on his behalf before he recovers. In other words, right now, I, Xiao Ruxun, have the power of the governor-general! Summon the troops of Shanxi's Yulin's four towns to listen to my orders! How dare you stop me?! "
The Xinzhou Zhizhou was shocked.
"How is this possible! You are only a general. Even if you act as the governor-general, you don't have the power of the governor-general! Supervisor Wang must have lost his mind! "
Xiao Ruxun was enraged. He immediately pulled out his saber and placed it on the Zhizhou's neck. "You dare doubt Supervisor Wang?! The governor-general's seal is here. I will act as the governor-general. This is what Supervisor Wang ordered! If you have any questions, go ask him. But I am going to lead the troops away. If you dare to stop me, I will first kill you, then the Northern Barbarians, and finally kill myself! "
The Xinzhou Zhizhou had never encountered a general who dared to hold a saber to his neck. He was not the governor of Zhili Province. His status was the same as that of a county magistrate. His rank was not high, and he did not have any backing. He did not dare to go against Xiao Ruxun, a super rank marquis.
He decisively left after saying these harsh words.
"Xinzhou Army, listen to my orders!"
The generals of the Xinzhou army saw the scene just now and did not dare to doubt it. They immediately decided to obey Xiao Ruxun's orders.
"Yes, Sir!"
From this moment onwards, Xiao Ruxun officially took over Wang Shiyang's command and began to take charge of the overall situation.
He first used Wang Shiyang's name to write a few urgent military orders. He had the cavalry of Yulin Town and Taiyuan Town move back from the south. With the cavalry he currently had, even if he could defeat the Northern Barbarians, he would probably have to pay a great price. That was not safe.
Right now, the threat of the Northern Barbarians was not in Datong, but in Taiyuan. If this threat was not immediately eliminated, no matter how fierce the counterattack was, it would be useless.
It was at this time that Xiao Ruxun finally understood all the problems that he could not understand.
Why did Wang Shiyang say that the Northern Barbarians' defeat was too strange and too fast? It was because this was a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. By moving the main force of the Ming Army away from Taiyuan, the defensive capabilities of Taiyuan would be greatly reduced, and they would not be able to threaten the Northern Barbarians. And this group of Northern Barbarians was clearly the group that had quietly withdrawn from Zijing Pass.
After they withdrew, they went all the way south. No one knew where they were hiding. In short, they were hiding. It was very likely that their location was in Taihang Mountains.
Using the deaths of more than 10,000 people in exchange for an opportunity to disrupt the overall plan of the Ming Army, why were these Northern Barbarians so decisive? Was that Prince of Shunyi, Tariq, really so scheming?
Xiao Ruxun did not dare confirm or believe it. But everything in front of him told him that Tariq was a very difficult character to deal with. He had been so ruthless to use so many people's lives in exchange for an opportunity to attack Taiyuan, and he did not even know the reason.
Since they had paid such a high price, then their goal must have been something in Taiyuan that could make up for their losses.
Food? Wealth? Population?
But why Taiyuan?
Even now, Xiao Ruxun still did not know the reason why the Northern Barbarians had chosen to attack Taiyuan.
Very quickly, the soldiers and horses in Xinzhou began to move quickly. All the horses that could be used were used. All those who could ride were asked to get on horses instead of walking. The Liaodong cavalry and Jurchen cavalry were in the lead. Xiao Ruxun and Li Rusong personally led the cavalry.
The remaining infantrymen without horses were handed over to Xiao Ruxun's personal general, Wang Hui, who arrived shortly after.
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