"Mr. Yang Qian, do they have any news?" Yu Qian asked a crony standing aside.

"Your Excellency," the cronie replied, "There was a message from the back team just now, and there is no news from President Yang Qian and President Mo for the time being. ”

"Then send a lot of people to meet them." Yu Qian commanded.

"Yes, sir." The cronie hurried away.

......

"Feng Guozhong, the commander of the lowly Kaiping Guard, has seen Lord Yu." A personal soldier led a general who was draped all over his body to Yu Qian, and after the introduction, the general was busy saluting Yu Qian.

Yu Qian looked at this Feng commander and saw that he was only in his early forties, not tall, with thin cheeks and rolling eyes, and he looked extremely shrewd and capable.

"Well, Commander Feng," Yu Qian smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and helped him, "No need to be polite. ”

"Thank you, Lord Yu." Feng Guozhong stood up.

"Maybe in a few hours, the cavalry of the Tartars will arrive at the mouth of the Dushi," Yu Qian said, "Commander Feng still needs to prepare early." ”

"Oh?" Feng Guozhong's body shook slightly, and his eyes widened, "Do you want to enter the customs through my monolith?" ”

Yu Qian was noncommittal, and said lightly: "It is reported that there are forty or fifty thousand people in the Tartars, and Commander Feng will arrange defense from now on!" ”

"Forty or fifty thousand, so many?" Feng Guozhong's eyes widened, since Kaipingwei moved to the Monolith Fort, although he had also encountered Tartar attacks, but it was only a few thousand people, and it was the first time that tens of thousands of Tartars had opened here. I couldn't help but feel worried, how could the poor and remote place of Monolith Fort, not a rich place in Gyeonggi, attract so many Tartars?

Yu Qian saw that his face was cloudy, so he asked, "What's the matter, is Commander Feng in trouble?" ”

"Back to Lord Yu," Feng Guozhong forced a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "I have a total of 6,114 officers and soldiers in Kaipingwei, in addition to the monolith fort, I am also stationed in Zhen'an Fort, Junzi Fort, Pine Fort and other ten forts, the nearest forty or fifty miles away from here, and the far two hundred miles away, if you want to concentrate here in a few hours, I am afraid that it will ...... I'm afraid ......" will become slurred.

"And how many people can you concentrate in Monolith?" Yu Qian frowned and asked.

"I have more garrisons in the monolithic fort, but there are only more than a thousand people." Feng Guozhong lowered his head and said.

Yu Qian's face became solemn, and he ordered left and right, "Come here, please ask General Yang to come to this official's place." ”

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The winter sky always darkens early, and as there is still snow in the sky, the sky gradually darkens as if it were a thick layer of lead gray.

Yang Muyun could faintly see the city gate tower of Dushikou on the horse, and the tense heartstrings could finally be relaxed.

"My lord, look, the monolith mouth has arrived." Mo Buyu shouted excitedly. The officers and men of the Ming army were excited, and a feeling of escaping death swelled in their hearts.

"Hmm." Yang Muyun turned around and looked back, but fortunately, the Tartar cavalry did not catch up.

"It seems that you didn't let the Tartar county lord go in vain." Lin Meier said with a smile beside him.

"What are you doing with her?" Yang Muyun glanced at her, "Even if you enter the customs, everything will really be fine." ”

"Really?" Lin Mei'er's eyes flickered, "It's better than being tired on this grassland." ”

"Perhaps!" Yang Muyun smiled faintly, and then said to Mo Buyu: "Restrain your subordinates, don't make any mess when you enter the pass." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I can save it." Mo Buyu patted his chest, turned his face to the group of Ming cavalry and shouted, "Line up for me, damn, Erzhu, where have you gone?" Give me trouble again, be careful that I kick your ass......"

Lin Mei'er couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and glanced at Yang Muyun, "Do you think this rammer can really be a general?" ”

"Why not?" Yang Muyun's eyes blinked, "Don't you think it's appropriate to take care of a group of big bosses and rough people?" Could it be that you have called a master to tell them something like a poem, a cloud, a cloud, and a cloud? ”

"If he becomes a general, what will you do?" Lin Meier said with a smile.

"Me," Yang Muyun smiled,

"If I'm lucky, I wish I was still alive."

The smile on Lin Meier's face froze, "Why do you say that?" ”

"The career is dangerous," Yang Muyun sighed: "If you are not careful, you will never recover." I had no foundation in the capital, and I suddenly ascended to a high position, all thanks to the emperor's favor. Now that the saint is no longer there, he can only be a small chief flag officer when he returns to the vanguard of the government army," he lowered his voice and said in her ear: "The commander Shen Rong and Qianhu Zhu Yi both want to kill me and send a master to assassinate me......"

Lin Mei'er let out a soft "ah" and said in astonishment: "Why? ”

"They slaughtered a tribe on the steppe to take the lead in the army," Yang Muyun said softly, "and I didn't have blood on my hands like them...... What would you do if you were them? ”

Lin Meier was silent, as a member of the Xuanniao Guard, she had carried out many secret missions, and she had also seen many ugly acts in officialdom. A boss covered in dirt will not allow his subordinates to be innocent, which will make him feel like a man, and even sleep restlessly. As a subordinate, they will either be in the same stream, or they will be excluded, or even ...... She glanced at Yang Muyun.

"The court is not as good as the battlefield," Yang Muyun's gaze became deeper, "On the grassland, you know who your enemies are, and you can do your best to fight them, these dangers are predictable." Unlike in the court, sometimes you don't even know where the dark arrow is coming from......" Looking at Mo Buyu, who commanded the formation, "I hope his luck will be better than mine." ”

"That'...... What are your plans when you return to Beijing? Lin Meier asked. This is what Yang Muyun asked her before.

"Me?" Yang Muyun pretended to be relaxed, "It's up to me, just take one step at a time." ”

"Wouldn't it be very dangerous if you returned to the vanguard of the army?" Lin Meier was worried about him.

"Not necessarily," Yang Muyun thought for a moment and said: "This time in the grassland, the avant-garde of the government army was almost wiped out, and even the Xuanda reinforcements were also lost by more than half, and now Shen Rong urgently needs to consider how to explain to the emperor, and he can't take care of my side for the time being, let's talk about it when I return to Beijing!" ”

"Mu Yun ......" Lin Mei'er looked at him deeply with a pair of clear eyes.

"Huh?"

"I want to go back to Beijing with you."

"What about after you return to Beijing?"

"I ......"

"Miss Lin," Yang Muyun smiled indifferently, "Your kindness Yang has received it, the inside of the gate is not as good as the grassland outside the Saiwai, people are terrible, you and I go together, it is inevitable that people will be criticized......"

"Who said you were the only one with me?" Lin Mei'er glanced at him with disgust, "Don't forget, Senior Brother Leng is also with me, if you bully me, be careful of my Senior Brother Leng's ......."

"Kill me?" Yang Muyun exclaimed.

"Make you a eunuch." Lin Mei'er said viciously.

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"I've seen Lord Yu, General Yang." As soon as he entered the city, Yang Muyun followed the stone steps to the gate tower under the guidance of a personal soldier, and when he saw that Yang Hong was also beside him, he also saluted him.

"Mr. Yang Qian, you've finally arrived," Yu Qian smiled when he saw him: "This official is really worried about you!" ”

"It's too late, please punish your lord!" Yang Muyun wanted to bow down and bow.

"Yang Qian's words are serious, it's good that you can enter the customs safely." Yu Qian flicked his sleeves, "Get up and talk." ”

"Thank you, Lord Yu." Yang Muyun stood up and stood aside.

"General Yang," Yu Qian turned to Yang Hong, "When will reinforcements arrive at the earliest?" ”

"The reinforcements from Longmen, Wanquan, and Yanqing will arrive in two days at the earliest," Yang Hong frowned, "but the elite soldiers of Xuanfu are all here at the end of the general, and the soldiers and horses requisitioned to defend the city are acceptable, and the field battle can be ......" He shook his head when he said this.

"One more person is one more chance of winning," Yu Qian said firmly, "No matter what, you can't let the Tartars break in." ”

"I will do my best." Yang Hong hesitated and clenched his fists and said, obviously not sure about blocking the tartar in his heart.

"Mr. Yang Qian," Yu Qian said to Yang Muyun again: "This official has something I want to ask. ”

"Don't dare, Lord Yu, please speak."

Yu Qian's gaze looked at Beibei

The endless grassland, the withered yellow grass covered with a thin layer of snow, shimmered under the gradually darkening sky.

"The enemy chief Sain Polo is still in our hands," Yu Qian said, "according to the agreement, as long as we enter the customs safely, we will release him." The army of the Tartars will soon arrive, what do you think we should do? ”

"Lord Yu," Yang Muyun thought for a moment and said, "The Tartars have never been faithful, such as you let Sain Polo go. They have no scruples and still insist on tackling key problems. Then our army will be completely passive. ”

"But if you want to hold on, the Tartar army is about to pass, if you ask questions, how should we reply?" Yu Qian said: "If we refuse to let go, the Tartars can accuse me of not paying attention to faith and righteousness, and arson attacking and plundering." Not to mention the misery of the living beings, at that time, it will have to be included in the imperial history of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and it will be impossible to get rid of the dismissal of officials and punishments. ”

"This Sain Polo is not put away, and it is not if you don't put it, it really becomes a hot potato in your hand." Yang Muyun sighed in his heart. He hijacked Sain Polo at that time to get Yu's army out of trouble, who knows that after entering the pass, how to deal with Sain Polo is still a headache.

"This is really difficult...... Yang Muyun fell into deep thought, whether to let go of Sain Polo, it seems that the army of the Tartars is going to attack the fortifications and plunder them to vent their anger. The key to this is whether the Ming army can block the attack of the Tartar army, and his eyes looked at Yang Hong.

"Our army is now only about 14,000 people, and many of them are wounded, and those who can go to the city to fight should be in their early 10,000s. Now the only people who can fight with us are more than 1,000 people under the command of Commander Feng...... "Yang Hong is like a few treasures."

"It's not appropriate to concentrate it," Yang Muyun said: "There are many passes on the border of my Ming Dynasty, if all the guards of it are transferred to the monolith, and the Tartars abandon the monolithic mouth and focus on other places, then what should I do?" Once a pass is breached, the Tartar army can drive straight into the hinterland of our Ming Dynasty, which is really not good. ”

Yu Qian and Yang Hong glanced at each other.

"What Mr. Yang Qian said is very true," Yu Qian said: "This is also the concern of this official, how can I make the Tartars give up attacking my Daming border pass, and send the enemy chief Sain Polo back with dignity, this must be discussed to come up with a perfect strategy." ”

Yang Muyun sighed in his heart: Is there any perfect strategy in this world? Sain Polo was taken hostage all the way to save the retreating Ming army from the Tartars. It has long lost its dignity, and once it is released, it will be shamed to bring troops to it. As the saying goes, only when you can fight can you make peace, and the Ming army suffered heavy losses, and even the normal garrison could not be organized. The Tartars are not fools, how can they not take this opportunity to plunder, knowing that forty or fifty thousand men are not so easy to withdraw here.

The three of them were helpless, when suddenly the soldiers on the platform pointed their fingers in front and shouted, "Tartars, it's the cavalry of the Tartars, they are rushing over." The three of them were busy lying on the battlements and looking north.

A long black line faintly appeared in the sky, and the black line gradually thickened, and then converged into a black pressure to vent here.

"Quick, light the beacon fire, warn!" Yang Hong shouted at the soldiers on the platform.

A bunch of flames burst out on the platform, and then the beacon tower on the hill on the east side of the pass was also lit, and the raging fire jumped. The city walls, which stretched far and far into the depths of the mountain forest, also shone with a few fires.

At the same time, the beacon tower on the hill on the west side of the pass also burst into flames, and the fire was fierce, and then the beacon tower on the ridge farther west was also lit, passing farther away.

Yang Hong's face became heavy, and he hugged his fist to Yu Qian, "Lord Yu, this battle seems to be inevitable, and the last general will go and let the soldiers start to prepare, and never let the Tartar cavalry rush through this pass." With that, he turned and strode away, and a gust of evening wind blew, and the big red cloak behind him flew to the hunt, setting off the heroic spirit of this battle-hardened veteran.

"Lord Yu," Yang Muyun looked at him and said, "The Tartars are now under the border, and Sain Polo must not let go, otherwise it will only increase the arrogance of the Tartars, and only by blocking them will they sit down and talk to you honestly." ”

"The official has his own measure." Yu Qian said solemnly: "You can guard the pass with General Yang!" ”

"Lord Yu," Yang Muyun arched his hand, "There is a reluctant request from the humble position, please be sure to agree!" ”