After Yanqing, go straight to Dushi Pass.

When Xu Hui's ancestors arrived one day, they heard that Dusk and others had arrived, and immediately went out of the city with Li Yuan, the Dushi guard, to greet them.

Li Yuan is not an ordinary guard.

Anpinghou.

In the first month of the fourth year of Jianwen, the Yan army was stationed in Lixian, Li Yuan was outpost to Gaocheng, and Ge Jin, the defender of Dezhou, led more than 10,000 people to ride more than 10,000 people, and crossed the Hutuo River by ice.

Li Yuan attacked, Ge Jin actually gave up the advantage of the cavalry, tied the war horse in the forest, and engaged the infantry in the battle, Li Yuan pretended to retreat, sneaked out of the army, let go of the southern army's war horse, and then fought with the other party.

When Ge Jin retreated, he found that there was no war horse, so he was defeated by Li Yuan.

In this battle, Li Yuan beheaded 4,000 and won 1,000 horses.

He also sent a large army to Huaishang, defeated the soldiers of the southern army guarding Huainan, and cut more than 1,000 ranks.

These two great feats laid the foundation for Li Yuanjing's martyrdom.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, Li Yuan sealed the Marquis of Anping, Lu Qianshi, gave Shibo coupons, and made great contributions to the governor, and in the first year of Yongle, he guarded the important town of Xuanfu in the north with Zheng Heng, Marquis of Wu'an.

Previously, because of the formation of the Shenji Battalion, Zheng Heng returned to Gyeonggi, and Li Yuan was still stationed in Xuanfu.

After Princess Baoqing was captured, Li Yuan learned of the secret report, and did not dare to slack off, so he immediately came to Dushi Pass with his own soldiers and waited for His Majesty's will, but unexpectedly waited for Xu Huizu and 10,000 elite iron horsemen, which made Li Yuan inexplicable.

Immediately, he waited for the holy decree to come, saying that General Anbei was solely responsible for this matter.

Li Yuan was very bitter in his heart.

I feel that His Majesty must be blaming himself for not protecting the princess, but he can't blame himself for this, the princess was in Xuanfu when she left the customs, how did she know that the princess would encounter Tatars.

When he saw dusk, Li Yuan didn't have a good face.

At dusk, I saw that Li Yuan didn't have a good face for himself, and he didn't go to the closer, anyway, most of the generals in Jingnan supported Zhu Gaoxu, and it was strange to see that he had a good face.

After a brief greeting, Li Yuan went straight to the point, "What is Your Majesty's arrangement?" ”

Dusk said slowly: "What arrangements does Your Majesty have, how do I know as a courtier, I only know one thing, Your Majesty asked me to come to Dushi Pass, and lead the overall situation, including the newly transferred 10,000 iron cavalry, including the original guards of Dushi Pass." ”

Li Yuan was stunned, "You? ”

Dusk smiled: "Don't believe it? ”

Li Yuan hesitated, not because he didn't believe it, but because he thought that it was a bit of a joke to let a person who had just reached the crown do it, you must know that if this matter is not done well, it will lead to a big battle between the Tatars and the Ming Xingshi.

Dusk took out the talisman, "This is the talisman." ”

Li Yuan took the talisman, he was too familiar with this talisman.

More importantly, his gaze followed one thing: the sword at Dusk's waist.

As a martyr, it was difficult for him to remember this sword.

His Majesty's saber.

Dusk actually came with the sword of the Son of Heaven, and His Majesty's intention is self-evident: the matter here is indeed to be handed over to Dusk. So he smiled and said: "Since there is a talisman, everything is easy to say, after I enter the city to check, I will give the talisman to General Huang." ”

After saying that, he turned around and went into the city.

The Dushi Pass is not big, it is purely a garrison gate.

Dusk and Xu Huizu entered the city side by side.

"How?"

When he came to Dushi Pass, although Xu Huizu did not carry a gun, he wore a sword at his waist at all times: this is also a habit he developed when he came to the north, because you can't tell when you will have to face the Mobei Iron Cavalry going south.

What's more, in the vast land of the north, there are still many Mobei spies and fine works that have not been pulled out by Jinyiwei.

Because the formation of the Shenji Battalion needed to be kept secret, Zhu Di sent Ji Gang to Yingtian in person at that time to command the entire northern Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi's guard station, and wantonly hunted down and executed Mobei's fine works and spies in the pass.

But after all, there are fish that slip through the net.

The brother-in-law asked, and it was not easy to sell Guanzi at dusk, and said: "Six or seven days have passed, and the specific situation still needs to ask the guards on the side of Dushi Pass to see if their scouts control the dynamics of the Tatar soldiers and horses that captured Princess Baoqing." ”

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles.

Xu Huizu: "The specific situation, Anping Hou Li Yuan has already told me a lot, according to the latest information, wandering in the Yumu River area to capture Princess Baoqing is indeed a Tatar soldier and horse, about 30,000 people, according to the analysis of its whereabouts and trajectory, it is likely that before the winter, find an opportunity to cross the Great Wall to rob the pass to prepare for the winter, generally speaking, it will be done a month before the snow, so at this time of year, the border is relatively tight, but it stands to reason that there is still a month or two before the snow, So this time the Tatars appeared earlier than before, and the Dushi Guan guards didn't expect this change, so they let Princess Baoqing out of the city, otherwise he would not dare to let Princess Baoqing out of the city. ”

Dusk groaned and said: "It is estimated that it was the Beizhen Fusi who captured Mobei's fine work and spies, so that the Tatar side felt abnormal, thinking that His Majesty would use troops against them this year, so he has been sending a small number of people to wander around the Yumu River, seeing that it is about to be autumn, so he added manpower to prepare to do the last vote before the snow, who knew that he met Princess Baoqing." ”

Xu Huizu bowed, "I think so too." ”

Then he asked, "So what should we do, send a large army to pursue the 30,000 Tatars in the Elm River?" I'm afraid that I will startle the snake, and if I escape in advance, it will be difficult to find a trace. ”

Dusk smiled, he was really not very good at military affairs, but he was okay in terms of strategy, and said: "My plan is to pretend to be a rich merchant and negotiate with the Tatars, just say that Xiao Baoqing is my sister, and then pretend to exchange money and food for her back, and then you lead 10,000 iron horsemen to follow me, waiting for the opportunity to do it." ”

Xu Huizu immediately shook his head, "No." ”

Alone and deep, I will be in prison at dusk, in case something happens, I will go back to Yingtian how to face the third sister, and in the future, soybean sprouts and soybean seedlings will grow up, and ask myself this uncle, where did their father go, and what face did I have.

Dusk smiled: "You must try this method first, if you don't believe it, then the next way is to cut off the route of the 30,000 people from the Yumu River back to Tatar, and then use the cavalry to bite them behind their buttocks and force them to hand over Xiao Baoqing." ”

Xu Huizu thought for a while, "This method is feasible. ”

Actually, there are problems.

It is likely that the 30,000 Tatars were all cavalry, because robbery originally required mobility, so it was impossible for the Tatars to let foot soldiers enter the pass and plunder, but to use more mobile infantry troops.

However, in order to enter the pass, it is necessary to break through the pass, which means that the Tatars also arranged foot soldiers near the Yumu River, waiting for the actual capture of the pass, so the matter of cutting off the route is not easy to operate, and it is likely to form a confrontation situation with dogs and teeth.

The biggest problem is that 10,000 cavalry troops have to bite 30,000 people, especially these 30,000 people are basically Mobei iron cavalry, the difficulty is not ordinary, and if you don't do it well, you will be annihilated.

Dusk was not worried at all, "Don't worry, the Tatars don't know who they captured now, so I didn't expect that my Da Ming Xiong Division would encircle them, the current situation, you have to lead the 10,000 cavalry as a surprise soldier, the defenders of the four passes of Juyong Pass, Shanhaiguan, Dushi Pass, and Dingbian will also make a comprehensive attack after the conclusive situation, and be sure to form an encirclement situation, and then choose the opportunity to act." ”

A specific analysis of the specific situation, how to regain Baoqing, should be based on the current situation, anyway, a principle: catch turtles in the urn, and absolutely not let those 30,000 people retreat from the Yumu River to the depths of the grassland.

Otherwise, don't try to save Baoqing.