After leaving the antechamber of the Secret Academy, you enter a rather spacious lobby, with many round stone pillars standing in the lobby, dividing the entire lobby into several relatively independent spaces.

The passage between the stone pillars turned and finally led to five gates, which were the headquarters of the four halls and the room where Jiang Yugang was located.

The lobby is poorly lit, with only a few openings in the walls at the edges for sunlight to enter. On the stone pillars, torches are hung for lighting.

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When the young man heard the woman's words, he untied Tayu, who opened his eyes and saw that the room in front of him was exceptionally bright.

"Commander, this person is the secretary of the Indoji branch of the Observation Hall, and I have urgent information to report to you." The female receiver reported.

This room has no side windows, but there are large skylights in the ceiling, and the window paper is very thin, and the clear sky light shines into the room freely.

The room is not big, but it is not narrow either, and behind a rather grand long table sits Jiang Yu, the current controller of Manggu Castle and even ————the entire Manggu Mountain Range.

Duoyu thought to himself that Jiang Yugang should not be as old as himself, but he also had to admire Jiang Yugang's ability was indeed not comparable to ordinary people, so his age lost its original meaning.

"Warlord." Duoyu said hello first, and the first time he talked to Jiang Yu in this environment, he felt very unnatural.

Jiang Yuyan waved his hand lightly, and the female guide and the young man who came with Duoyu nodded, the female guide retreated to the entrance of the room, and the young man walked out of the door and gently closed the door as he left.

Seeing that the two of them strictly abided by the confidentiality agreement, the female guide of the Divine Imperial Agency had the right to know the emergency information, while the Heavenly Agency did not. Jiang Yu smiled slightly with satisfaction, it seems that the reward and punishment education over the past few months has had an effect.

"You are... Tatama is right? Jiang Yuyan felt that this person was a little familiar, and he had been trying to make himself remember more people, and at this time, he was also trying to remember Duoyu's name.

Duoyu was extremely excited for a while when she heard Jiang Yu's words, but she didn't expect that it was just one side, and the military master still remembered herself: "Yes!" I am a native of Nansangzhai, and after joining the Secret Academy, I entered the Observation Hall, and then I was sent to the Indoki Lake District, where I was promoted to secretary because I saved the trade team of the Yuan Court. ”

"Okay," Jiang Yu looked at Duoyu approvingly, these people will be his right-hand men in the future, "Do you have any urgent information?" ”

Tatama hurriedly took out a few pieces of paper in his arms, and what seemed to be a map was drawn on them: "The Luchuan army is converging near the Indoki Great Lake!" ”

"Oh?" Jiang Yu ignored Duoyu's map: "Analyze it carefully!" ”

He was not very surprised by this information, in the past week, the news of the Luchuan army gathering in various places near Mengyang has been endless, and this news is only one of them.

"Three days ago, my subordinates discovered that a large number of Luchuan troops were moving from the northeast to Namangzhai, and after I took people to the lake area north of Namangzhai to ambush and reconnoitre, I found that the Luchuan army with a larger number of people was converging in Longdong Tunzhai in the west of the Indoji Lake area." Duoyu pointed to several places on the map that were highlighted: "Between Longdong Village and Namang Village, there are constantly people coming and going, with Longdong Village going to Namang Village as the most, and Namang Village going to Longdong Village as few. ”

"That Mangzhai, this place is very crucial." Jiang Yuyan couldn't help frowning when he saw where Duoyu was pointing.

has to serve the identity of the head snake of the Luchuan army, if it is to gather troops in Namangzhai as a stronghold to attack, it is the most difficult for your own side to defend.

Namangzhai is a big village in the north of Mengyang City, the original number of people is much more than the Nansang Zhai such a cottage, but it was also subjected to the more cruel means of the Luchuan army, the whole cottage was requisitioned, and the people with a little power and family background were basically emptied of the details, and a large number of young and middle-aged people were enslaved, either joined the Luchuan army, or were wantonly called as a people's husband.

And what makes Jiang Yu even more troubled is its geographical location, that Mangzhai is across Mengyang City and Manggu Mountain, which is the most unattainable place for the power of Manggu Castle.

There was only a branch of the Observation Hall stationed nearby, a total of seven people, and because the Luchuan Army in Namangzhai was too powerful and his own side was too far away, Jiang Yugang had long been ready to give up these seven people at any time.

However, these seven people were quite competitive, and when they were patrolling, they rescued the Yuan Court caravan that was attacked by a small group of Luchuan troops, and they were able to retreat with their whole body.

The original secretary was transferred back to the headquarters to focus on training, and it was the Tayu in front of him who wanted to replace him.

The troops stationed in Mengyang City also knew the importance of Namangzhai, and the Yuezhou Wei commander had sent his cronies Qianhu to lead 500 soldiers to attack Namangzhai two months earlier, hoping to seize this key stronghold.

I didn't expect a bloody battle under that Mangzhai, but the thousands of households of Yuezhou Wei suffered a fiasco, the terrain of Mangzhai is complex, and the degree of easy defense and difficult attack is no less than too much Manggu Mountain defense line, maybe only the current Manggu Castle has a stronger defensive capability.

Not to mention the death of most of the 500 soldiers, even the cronie Qianhu was seriously wounded and had died a month earlier.

But in order not to shake the morale of the army, like some of the thousand households and hundreds of households who died of miasma and injuries before, this thousand households were also buried secretly.

The entire burial process was carried out by the henchmen of the dead thousand households, and even the people who were responsible for handling the corpses in the past were careful not to use it, trying to cover up the news.

However, by this time, the branch of the Observation Hall in Mengyang City had already been established, and with the purchase of some property, the henchmen and soldiers, who were originally physically and mentally exhausted by the death of a thousand households, quickly confided the truth.

In addition to the news of Qianhu's death being covered up, even the outcome of this battle was covered up by the command center of the defenders of Mengyang City.

Several commanders and envoys were aware of the situation on the front line of Jiangtou City, there were many cottages along the way, the terrain was complicated, and it was difficult for the army to advance.

And the ambushes of the Luchuan army everywhere made the army fall into a bitter battle, although the large and small battles were the absolute advantage of the army, but also paid a heavy price.

With such a tragic battle at the front, no one dared to report the defeat in the battle near Mengyang. The current Mengyang City is the center of material transshipment, and it is the key point on the lifeline to ensure the front-line army, and there is no room for the slightest mistake.

It would be an unforgivable sin to be known that there were 500 elite soldiers and a thousand households that had been lost, and that a cottage had not been able to be taken.

What made the commanders even more frightened was that they were caught in a dead circle of defeat, and the defeat in the battle with the Luchuan army around Mengyangcheng would cause Mengyangcheng to fall into greater danger, and because of the defeat in the battle, they did not dare to report to the top, which would lead to the situation not being alleviated.

Eventually, this danger intensified, and eventually Meng Yangcheng fell into a situation where it was surrounded by enemies on all sides and its defenses were precarious.

Jiang Yugang, who developed in the Manggu Mountains, became more and more famous in Mengyang City, and gradually, everyone knew that Jiang Yugang controlled the situation in the Manggu Mountains and expelled the Luchuan Army that was originally active in the Manggu Mountains.

This was originally a good thing, and the commander and the garrison stationed in Mengyang City trusted Jiang Yu more because of this, and allocated more food.

But what made Jiang Yu helpless was that bad news came from the Mengyangcheng branch of the Observation Hall, and the main force of Mengyangcheng was moving to the south, that is, in the direction of Mang Castle.

From this news, it can be seen that the garrison of Mengyangcheng is extremely pessimistic about the future war, and has begun to try to preserve its strength, and has transferred the main cronies to the northern battlefield of Mengyangcheng, which is probably the most dangerous, to the south, which is supported by the Mang Castle, and is ready for evacuation.

These cronies were not only the henchmen of the high-ranking officers stationed in Mengyang City, but they were also the most well-equipped and combat-ready troops. If they can't be used on the frontal battlefield, the rest of the troops will be almost wiped out.

Is the trajectory of history immutable? In the current world line, Jiang Yugang controlled Manggu Mountain, but the Luchuan army gathered in Namangzhai in the north.

And on the one hand, because of the sense of security provided by Jiang Yugang's Mang Castle, and on the other hand, because of the fear of the military strength of the Luchuan army, the main force of Mengyangcheng began to gradually give up the defense of the north of Mengyangcheng, so in the end, wouldn't Mengyangcheng still be lost?

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Jiang Yuyan took a deep breath, tried to calm his mood, and asked again, "Is there a specific number of people to calculate?" ”

Duoyu shook his head: "It's not very accurate, now from Longdong Village to Namang Village, there are Luchuan troops everywhere, I sent my subordinates to estimate according to the method taught by the Xuanjing Academy before, and in the end the total amount is about··· One or two thousand people. ”

"One or two thousand!" Hearing the news, although Jiang Yugang had been prepared, he was still shocked.

Prior to this, he also learned the news of the assembly of the Luchuan army in other places around Mengyang City, and the maximum number was only five or six thousand, and the total was no more than 20,000, and the mixed people and families in the Luchuan army were far more than the proportion of people in the Ming army.

In this way, the soldiers in the Luchuan Army assembled in other places before should be about 5,000 people, and no more than 8,000 people at most. Although the error is not small, it is not easy to do this with the primitive intelligence agency at present.

Jiang Yugang once guessed that the Luchuan Army in various places would have collapsed in a few months due to the difficult war, and the actual remaining troops were only these, and there was no so-called "main force".

Although Jiang Yugang saw with his own eyes the tight control that the Luchuan army had established in various villages, that kind of control was unimaginable to the Ming army that came from afar, and only Jiang Yugang could rely on the establishment of Mang Castle and the relocation of the aborigines to form a similar control.

However, in fact, Jiang Yugang's income from the residents of Manggu Castle was extremely small in proportion to the plundering of the Luchuan army in the past, and a large amount of grain and money flowed to the residents of Mang Castle, and only by relying on the overdeveloped handicraft manufacturing and organizational management capabilities of the fifteenth century, Jiang Yugang was able to obtain resources and benefits that surpassed those obtained by the Luchuan army, so as to support the personnel of the various courtyards and a stronger army.

However, the news brought by Duoyu completely shattered Jiang Yugang's illusions, the main force of the Luchuan army was actually there, and they had assembled on the south side of the Indoji Great Lake, directly threatening Mengyang City, the key place in the entire Luchuan battle.

The troops of the four guards have been stationed here for several months, but they have also reached the point of running out of oil, but the front line has not broken through, they can only defend to the death, but the defeat has been revealed.

Jiang Yu thought of this, almost a spirit, the words in the historical documents in his memory overlapped with the reality at this time, "Indoji Lake", he vaguely remembered the description in the "History of Liuli Palace", "Indoji Great Lake" is the name of the Luchuan place where the Ming army last passed through in the history related to the Battle of Luchuan.