After all the soldiers got up, Li Yan called the commander:

"What's your name, step forward and speak."

The commander hurriedly walked a few steps to Li Yan and bowed:

"Report to the general, villain Zhu Changfu, please instruct the general."

Li Yan laughed:

"Yes, you actually have the same surname as our saint, how could you oppose your own court in the first place."

Zhu Changfu hurriedly lowered his head with a guilty face:

"The villain deserves death, please punish the general."

Li Yan knew that he couldn't help himself, so he reached out to help Zhu Changfu:

"Just kidding, don't worry, from today on, Zhu Changfu will temporarily act as the chief soldier of Juyongguan, and you will be fully responsible for commanding these horses, so you must keep an eye on the door of the Beijing Division."

"This ...... Thank you for the general's trust, Zhu Changfu swore to defend the Yong Pass. ”

Moved, Zhu Changfu was not only moved but also moved at this time.

Zhu Changfu was the first to express his allegiance to Daming, of course, Li Yan wanted to reuse him, and at that time Li Yan saw that he really wanted to return.

Li Yan did not have the authority to appoint a general soldier.

Zhu Changfu was only acting temporarily, and when the imperial court sent a new chief soldier, his appointment would end.

After Li Yan appointed Zhu Changfu, he remembered that he did not ask Yan Yingyuan's opinion.

"Oh, I'm sorry Lord Prison Army, I forgot to discuss it with you just now, Li Yan is also the first time to lead troops, I have no experience in this area, I hope Lord Prison Army will forgive me."

Yan Yingyuan laughed:

"General Li Yan filtered, Yan is just fighting with the army, and he will not interfere with General Li's decision, so you don't have to be polite."

Yan Yingyuan was telling the truth, the emperor specially explained to him when he was leaving, don't interfere with Li Yan and his wife's decision at will, he mainly follows Li Yan to accumulate fame.

You must know that Li Yan has a heavy responsibility, and this expedition, he and his wife are shouldering the task of recovering the entire northern area occupied by the rogues, and the task is very arduous.

After explaining Zhu Changfu, the army rested in Juyong Pass for a whole morning, and in the afternoon, Li Yan waved his army to Ningwu Pass again.

The Ningwu Pass guard will be the Ming Dynasty rebel general Bai Guangen, who was originally under the command of Sun Chuanting, who surrendered to the Liukou during the decisive battle between Tongguan and Liukou, resulting in the defeat and death of Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi.

Ningwuguan is also the place where Zhou Yuji, a fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, died in battle, and Zhou Yuji stuck to Daizhou.

When the rogue army invaded, the battle lasted for more than ten days. In the end, due to the lack of soldiers and food, he retreated to Ningwu Pass.

Zhou Yuji did his best in Ningwu Pass, and finally ran out of gunpowder, went out of the city to fight the Liukou, and finally was hit by countless arrows and died heroically.

After Zhou Yuji died in battle, his wife Liu led the whole family to climb to the roof of the house and shoot the rogue with a fire gun, which was set on fire by the rogue and the house was burned to death.

On March 7, Liukou broke through Ningwu Pass, killing and wounding more than 70,000 people, Li Zicheng slaughtered the city in anger, and the city of Ningwu Pass was full of blood.

Due to the influence of the Ningwuguan massacre, the general army of Datong surrendered that night, and Wang Chengyin, the general soldier of Xuancheng, also led his troops to surrender.

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This attack on the Ming army was almost all cavalry, although they were pulling cannons and military supplies.

But the speed was not slow, and it took less than a day for the army to quietly approach Ningwu Pass.

Bai Guangen was originally a military general, far from being comparable to Du Zhi's rank, Li Yan knew that this battle was a little difficult.

At a distance of ten kilometers from Ningwu Pass, the army stopped advancing, and the three of Li Yanhong's wife, Yan Yingyuan, began to formulate tactics for capturing Ningwu Pass.

They first sent the Overlord Iron Cavalry Elite, divided into several squads, each team of fifteen people, and quietly set up an ambush around Ningwu Pass.

This ambush was not an ambush for the troops, their main purpose was to intercept and kill the people who came out of Ningwu Pass, and they resolutely did not let the news of the army approaching Ning Wu Pass spread.

At night, fifty red-coated cannons were quietly installed on the slopes on both sides of Ningwu Pass.

And covered with branches and leaves, and the cavalry also ambushed with this.

Because there is a cover of trees, it is not easy to spot without paying attention.

The next day

Early in the morning, Yan Yingyuan led two thousand infantry and appeared under the city of Ningwu Pass, and they did not get too close to the city gate, because the other party also had firearms.

At this time, Bai Guangen was still sleeping with Xiaomi in his arms, and suddenly a soldier came to report:

"The general is about to get up, and there is a Ming army in the city, which seems to have three or four thousand men and horses."

Bai Guangen jumped out of the quilt, quickly put on his clothes and armor, and followed the soldiers who reported the news to the head of Ningwu Pass.

Seeing Bai Guangen coming, the deputy general on duty hurriedly stepped forward to salute:

"General, look, the Ming army is not many in number under the city, should we go and destroy them?"

"Don't worry, General Ben will see the situation."

Bai Guangen said, and immediately lay on the battlement to look at the Ming army team under the city.

Five or six hundred cavalry, more than a thousand infantry, but the horses, armor and firearms looked good.

"Give me the binoculars!"

Since the Ming army came to attack the city, it was impossible to order such a number of men, and Bai Guangen wanted to take a good look.

Taking the single-barreled telescope handed over by the adjutant general, Bai Guangen first took a closer look at the woods behind the Ming army.

Then a smile appeared on his lips, and he saw more than a dozen carts full of grain and grass, lined up in the woods.

Now there is a general shortage of grain and grass, whether it is the Liukou or the Ming army or the Eastern Invasion Army, they all have a very large demand for grain and grass.

It can also be said that an army cannot win a war without the support of military rations.

If you can't eat enough to eat, which soldier will die for you.

Bai Guangen, as a surrendered general of the Ming army, of course, had a greater demand for grain and grass.

Li Zicheng never gave him a penny, let alone military rations.

The Liukou themselves ate by robbing the people, robbing the rich businessmen and beating the gentry, where would there be surplus food for the Ming Dynasty to surrender troops.

In order to protect himself after surrendering to the rogue, Bai Guangen also learned the skill of the rogue's housekeeper.

If it weren't for robbing the common people, rich merchants and gentry, Bai Guangen's 30,000 troops would have been disbanded long ago.

In order to test the reality of the Ming army, Bai Guangen immediately ordered the adjutant general:

"Li Ming, you take three thousand cavalry out to have a look, and if you have the opportunity, you will destroy the Ming army under the city."

"Yes, the general can rest assured, only two or three thousand men and horses dare to come to attack my Ningwu Pass, and see how the last general will completely annihilate them."

Deputy General Li Ming ordered 3,000 men and horses and rushed out of Ningwu Pass, he didn't pay attention to the Ming army in front of him at all.

Now everyone knows the combat strength of the Ming army, and the cavalry will disperse with one impact, and instantly become lambs to be slaughtered.

But Bai Guangen had completely different ideas from his lieutenant.

What are you kidding, no matter how stupid the Ming army is, two or three thousand men and horses will come to attack Ningwu Pass.

There are 30,000 defenders in Ningwu Pass, don't their lords know that this is an egg hitting a stone.

Also, how are they doing now, and have they won the Jingshi?

It stands to reason that these horses should go to Jingshi Qinwang, how can they run three times to Ningwu Pass.

These problems, as the main general, it is impossible for Bai Guangen not to consider them.

He raised his single-barreled telescope and looked at the three thousand Ming troops outside the city again.

is the first young general about twenty years old, and the machete in the hand of the white horse under his crotch is full of spirit, and he is even more vivid.