The two followers sent by Ma Shilong came news one after another.

The first is the cavalry.

After 500 cavalry bypassed Zunhua City, they found that no one came out to intercept it, and it seemed that the city was really empty. After that, the cavalry was blocked by the Houjin cavalry at the mountain pass to the east.

Shuoto had been in battle for a long time, and naturally it was impossible to allow his tail to hang behind in such a situation, so he left 300 cavalry to block the pass.

Neither side had the will to fight, so a confrontation ensued. Although the Ming army did not go up to kill, they immediately sent a number of sentry horses into the foothills on the north and south sides, intending to continue to follow Shuotuo to see what was going on.

After the cavalry stalemate along the way, 5,000 infantry received the military order, set off from the later Shimen Town Guard City early in the morning, hurriedly walked 40 miles, and arrived at the city of Zunhua at noon, and then were scattered......

This situation is normal. The combat effectiveness of the miscellaneous army that came from all over the country was extremely scattered, and the soldiers rushed to Zunhua in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to catch their breath before they were killed by the white-armored soldiers who came out of the city.

However, this is enough.

Ma Shilong, who had an army of 200,000 in his hands, didn't care about the killing of those people at all. What Ma Shilong cares about is real information: Is the main force of the Tartars really gone? Is there an ambush in Zunhua?

After the two cavalry infantry tested, the exact information came: the number of Tartars who left the city was very small, and after killing the incomers, they hurried back to the city without even cleaning the battlefield.

This information, coupled with the reconnaissance news from the direction of the cavalry, Ma Shilong can now be sure that Shuo Tuo is really gone, with a large army.

If that's the case, what are you waiting for?

So Ma Huihui immediately ordered Zu Dashou to lead the headquarters of 3,000 elite horsemen to "chase and kill...... It is necessary to call the whole army of Shuoto...... Remain...... Something, you can't just run away in vain.

And Lao Ma himself personally led an army of 100,000 troops, led by Cao Wenzhao, a brave general under his command, starting from Jimen (now Jixian County), preparing to attack Zunhua City in all directions with the momentum of hungry tigers, and must teach the Tartars (300 people) in the city not to take care of each other, and win the first victory of the great cause of recovery! A mouthful of 200,000 people being blocked by 2,000 people for so long!

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As the saying goes, one hair moves the whole body. What the crossing did in these two days was really big enough, so on April 2, 1630, the situation of the Ming and Qing wars in North China underwent earth-shaking qualitative changes, breaking the previous silent situation in one fell swoop, and all forces responded one after another.

At noon on this day, the traversal set off from Yongping City to Santun Camp; At the same time, the Shuotuo Department began to attack the Santun camp; In the direction of Zunhua, a small number of white armor out of the city dispersed the tentative troops sent by Ma Shilong.

At the same time that the various ministries mobilized to fight, there was also a force that reacted to the war situation in a timely manner, and sat in Shanhaiguan in the military department of Shangshushu, the prime minister of military affairs, gave Shang Fang the sword, sat on the python robe, and the old man Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Wuyingdian University.

Lao Sun Tou actually received the news yesterday: there was wolf smoke in the direction of Qian'an.

The Ming army entrenched in the area of Shanhaiguan, these days, its main combat target is the three cities of Yongping led by Amin.

Shanhaiguan is only 100 miles away from Yongping, and before that, the two sides maintained small-scale contact with each other, just like Ma Shilong's confrontation with Shuotuo.

After receiving the letter yesterday, Sun Chengzong immediately stepped up his investigation and sent a large number of sentries to find out the reason for the wolf smoke rising from the Tartars.

Lao Sun Tou's current situation is actually very embarrassing The Houjin troops occupied the line from Yongping to Zunhua, which made it difficult for him to contact Ma Shilong, and the old man was now trapped in Shanhaiguan.

In real history, Sun Chengzong and Ma Shilong did not complete the communication until May, formulated a general attack plan, and made an appointment to launch it at the same time, and finally drove all the Houjin troops away in one fell swoop.

Therefore, after learning that there was wolf smoke yesterday, Sun Chengzong did not dare to pin his hopes on the Ming army to attack Qian'an City.

After all, he and Ma Shilong have not yet discussed, Jizhen will definitely not risk launching a large army attack, and it has also hit Qian'an, which means that Zunhua and Santun Camp have been taken, and Lao Suntou, who knows the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, thinks that this is impossible.

In fact, the wolf smoke in Qian'an County, in the opinion of Lao Sun Tou, the most reasonable explanation is that the Tartar was accidentally misplaced.

I didn't want to do it after nightfall, and a sentry came back to report an important news: there was a battle in Yongping City in the afternoon, and there was a huge cannon sound outside the city, and from a distance, it seemed that someone was attacking the city, and there was a flash of gunpowder.

The old grandson is not calm now.

A single wolf smoke can't explain anything, but since even Yongping City has a situation, then he has to consider the possibility of Ma Shilong dividing his troops to bypass from the direction of Tangshan in the south.

However, in the seventeenth century, it was so anxious that the old grandson was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, but the fast horse journey of 200 miles back and forth made the transmission of information not only slow, but also misjudged and omitted, which caused the old grandson to be unable to make a decision for a long time.

So he could only release a few more waves of sentry spies overnight to vigorously reconnoiter Yongping Qian'an.

At dawn the next day, the first group of sentinels who rushed back desperately brought a shocking news to Lao Sun Tou: the four gates of Yongping City were closed last night, and the city was noisy and noisy.

The first thing that the stunned old grandson thought of was: Could it be that Ma Shilong really laid down Yongping? Judging from this style, I'm afraid that Zu Dashou personally led the troops?

In the morning, the second wave of spies who risked their lives to approach Yongping returned, and this time the news was even more shocking: it was not the burning of the city or the slaughter of the city, but the natives of the city who were eating barbecue noisily all night.

In addition, Yongping has been the general of Zhenguo .... All command the same knowledge...... Cao xx took it! (In ancient times, the banner only had a surname but no name, and the sentry only saw a big Cao character)

Sun Chengzong sat back in the official hat chair with a "bang", the amount of information was too huge, and the old man needed to concentrate his blood on his brain to think, and his legs couldn't hold it.

In the huge chaos, it took a while for the old grandson to transfer the rich southern general soldier out of his head, and then recalled the previous letter and interaction between the two sides.

"Are you right? Not deceived by the natives? ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Sun Chengzong still felt that what the sentry rider said was too mysterious, and he couldn't believe it.

"My lord, it's true!" The sentry replied: "The southern soldier is wearing a green jacket, and the villain talked through the door and asked a few questions. ”

After a pause, the sentry said some details: "The head of Yongping City has been replaced by the banner of the general soldier, and there are natives outside the city digging pits to bury the corpses of Tartars. ”

"So, Amin's army has been wiped out? I'm afraid that the Tartars of Qian'an didn't please either! ”

Sun Chengzong clapped his hands when he said this: "Come on, quickly pass on Zhu Zongzhen, and Zhang Shenzheng and the two come to see me." ”

In a moment, the former general seal of Ningyuan, Zhu Mei, the veteran general of Shanhaiguan Town, and Zhang Chun, the military staff of Yongping Road, hurriedly came to see Lao Sun.

These two people were the key figures stationed by the imperial court in Shanhaiguan to assist Lao Sun in controlling the local army of nearly 50,000.

After listening to the intelligence of the sentry again, the two were also dumbfounded: "Is there really something?" ”

Sentinel: "......".

At this moment, the sentinel sent a little farther away from Qian'an City also returned. The arrival of this group of sentinels ended the debate between truth and falsehood: the county seat of Qian'an has been recovered, and the city is now self-governing, just waiting for the county magistrate to take office!

After a brief discussion with the two civil and military officers, Sun Chengzong finally decided that the veteran Zhu Mei personally led the cavalry to set off immediately to Yongping City to find out.

Sun Chengzong and Zhang Chun were preparing troops at Shanhaiguan, and once the news of Yongping came, they would send additional foot soldiers here.

So the veteran Zhu Mei immediately ordered 3,000 elite horses, set off from Shanhaiguan, and went straight to Yongping City.

Zhu Mei, a veteran who is over fifty years old, is also relatively handy. In his long military career serving the Ming Emperor, this person once "hung the general's seal five times" and participated in the battle against Houjin many times, and he can be regarded as an old soldier like Lian Po and Yan Yan.

This time the seal of the former general of Ning was the last time the old man went into battle, and the old man had retired and gone home on temporary errands, but after Jin entered the palace, the court recruited him again.

Running wildly with three thousand elite horsemen, Zhu Mei arrived at Yongping City in the afternoon. Then the troops came to the only intact West Gate Suspension Bridge, and after communicating clearly with the officials and Minzhuang who defended the city, Yongping opened the city.

After that, Zhu Mei learned everything about crossing the crowd in Yongping. Sun Chengzong, who learned the news, rushed all the way to Yongping despite his age.

After confirming that all the legends were true, the extremely shocked old grandson immediately planned to light his troops and horses, and followed the footsteps of the traversal to the direction of Santun Camp.

But at this moment, it was already dark, and it was already the night of April 2, and after the crossing people left the city at noon, they had already pulled the old grandson far behind. So the old grandson had no choice but to make up his mind and set off again tomorrow.

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Yongping is 150 miles away from Santun Camp, so after crossing the city in the afternoon, they did not rush to Santun Camp in half a day, so there was no need to be tired and tired.

In addition, according to the telegram from the Santun camp, it can be said that it is as stable as Mount Tai, so there is no need for emergency rescue by crossing the crowd.

Qian Tieshan did not do anything except send a report to Zhang Dongdong, who was sitting in Tianjin, asking him to rush to the Santun camp and prepare to deal with the old Sun Tou and Ma Rulong and other bigwigs. The troops that set out from Yongping rested that night on the river beach north of Qian'an City, where they had been stationed before.

Early the next morning, the whole team set off and returned to the Yanshan Corridor along the old road that came out of Santun Camp. By noon, the traversers could already hear the unique gunfire of Erba Dagai on the mountain road.

And at this time, Aixinjue Luo Shuotuo and his soldiers and horses have also reached the final juncture.