In front of everyone's eyes, Lin Yi slashed Zu Kuan and Li Mingfu, not only for himself to get rid of the evil spirit in his chest, but also to get rid of two traitors for the Ming Dynasty.

The 800 Tianxiong Army and the 2,000 Ning Yuan Army present were originally two major military and military groups that were each their own general, but now they have all become spectators.

They were shocked not only by Lin Yi's dual identity, but also by his unique killing methods and superhuman courage.

The dignified deputy chief soldier and the army officer, the official of the imperial court, was stabbed by an inconspicuous subordinate in this way, and the power of the factory guard was too terrifying, and for a while everyone had only awe in their hearts.

Especially those soldiers of the Ning Yuan Army, who were afraid that this matter would implicate themselves, wanted to stay away, avoided it, and kept silent.

Zu Kuan and Li Mingfu's personal guards, as well as several of their cronies and generals, were afraid that Lin Yi would take them next, so they had already smeared oil under their feet and sneaked away.

Of course, Lin Yi knew the hearts of these Ning Yuan Army, so he hurriedly lost no time and said: "These two rebellious ministers and thieves have already been punished, and this matter is all done by the two of them, and it has nothing to do with you soldiers of Ning Yuan Army. As long as you are loyal to your duties, loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and kill a few more Tartars, Lin Yi dares to guarantee that nothing will happen this time. ”

"Lord Lin is wise. We will abide by the teachings of Lord Lin, and we will do our best to go to the soup for the Ming Dynasty and die. When the soldiers of Ning Yuanjun heard this, they were really wise adults, and immediately shouted out their hearts.

Lin Yi's heart moved, and he hurriedly nodded and said, "Before the will of the imperial court and the order of the governor arrives, you will be temporarily led by the guerrilla commander Zu Keyong."

This is a very strong army, the main general and deputy generals have been punished, Lin Yi wants to catch this army in his hands, but it is not easy to announce that it is directly under his command, so he remembered his right-hand man.

Of course, Zu Keyong is the most suitable candidate for the commander of this army, because Zu Keyong used to be the guerrilla commander of their Ningyuan army, and now the general soldier and the army are gone, and the guerrilla commander is in charge, which is justifiable, and Zu Keyong knows the situation of this army best.

The 2000 Ning Yuan generals replied in unison: "We will strictly follow Lord Lin's instructions and are willing to obey the dispatch of Commander Zu Keyong." ”

Lin Yi was secretly happy in his heart, not only did he clean up the two scum of Zu Kuan and Li Mingfu, but he could also incorporate his 2,000 Ningyuan soldiers at zero cost, two thousand Ning Yuan were willing to listen to Zu Keyong, and Zu Keyong had to listen to Lin Yi, and the relationship between him and the main general and deputy general of Zu Ke Warriors was equivalent to these two thousand people having to listen to Lin Yi.

This is not an ordinary army, but the famous Ning Yuan Army, and it is also a cavalry, a veritable Guanning Iron Cavalry!

With such an army firmly in hand, in this chaotic era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, why worry about not doing anything? Even if it is a break with this broken court that is about to die in the future, there is nothing to fear.

With such an army, it is the capital of its own foothold in troubled times, and warlords from all walks of life, any thieves, Tartars, red-haired Tsarist Russia and other invaders, can bargain with them, and the power comes out of the barrel of the gun, and if it doesn't work, it will be fought!

Lin Yi thought of this, passionate, and then asked Zu Keyong to reorganize this army, the so-called reorganization is just to purge the influence of Zu Kuan and Li Mingfu, remove their henchmen, and cultivate his own henchmen.

Zu Keyong was the old guerrilla commander of the Ning Yuan Army, and as soon as Lin Yi instructed him, he understood what to do. Specifically, the defense of the East Battalion was still handed over to Zu Keyong's 2,000 men and horses to defend.

After Lin Yi finished speaking, he returned to the western camp with the 800 Tianxiong army, and Wang Jian led the soldiers of the 800 Tianxiong army to greet him at the gate of the camp.

The two camps are ten miles apart, and Wang Jian was ordered by Lin Yi I came to invite Zu Keyong to the East Camp to eat and drink, Wang Jian guessed Lin Yi's plan, he came to the West Camp to see Zu Keyong, after Zu Keyong left with his relatives, Wang Jian sent spies, always paying attention to the situation in the East Camp, in case Lin Yi and they lost, he and the hundreds of people were ready to rescue at any time, and later reported that Lin Yi controlled the situation, not only stabbed Zu Kuan and Li Mingfu, but also incorporated the two thousand Ning Yuan army, There was no large-scale fighting between the two sides.

Wang Jian secretly praised in his heart, their Lord Lin is really a handsome talent. Not only brave, but also strategic. Charging into battle and strategizing is not a problem, and the future of such a person must be limitless.

Lin Yi returned to the West Battalion, the Tianxiong Army increased to 1,600 people, and the Ning Yuan Army of Zu Keyong in the East Battalion was 2,000 people, and now there are more than 3,000 people in the two battalions, and all of them are elites, and the situation of discord between the generals and commanders does not exist, all of them are under Lin Yi's command and dispatch, and they have become an iron plate.

This time, Lin Yi had a bottom in his heart. These 3,600 people, including the Ning Yuan Army and the Tianxiong Army, are all one as ten, and the Tartars are dogs jumping over the wall in a hurry, and if they attack these two big camps again, they can also kill them on their backs.

Under the leadership of Lin, thousands of soldiers from the two large battalions in Qianxi were on standby, and then they trained their men and horses every day, and sent spies to keep an eye on the movements of the Tartars.

Lin Yi calculated this time, Zhang Hua and they had been away for three or four days, Zunhua is not too far from here, there should be news, how is the battle over there in Zunhua? The Governor has received a letter from himself, but why hasn't he responded yet?

Afraid that Zhang Hua and the others had made a mistake, Lin Yi immediately sent someone to Zunhua to inquire about the situation......

The great camp of the Tartars a few miles away.

Azig and Amin successively put 30,000 horses into extinguishing the fire, and when it was almost dark, the fire was extinguished, but only a few thousand quintals of 100,000 quintals of grain and grass remained, and the rest were all reduced to ashes. More than 1,000 people and horses were killed and wounded in the six cattle and Tartars guarding the grain depot.

More than 30,000 horses, plus more than 20,000 horses and more than 60,000 horses led by Tan Tai, who attacked Zunhua, how much grain and grass do people have to consume a day to eat and feed horses?

But now there are less than 10,000 loads of grain and grass left, and they can eat for three days at most, and after three days, if there is no grain and grass, they will have to drink the northwest wind. If there is no food and grass, within three days, these tens of thousands of horses will be in chaos without a fight, and even mutiny will disappear.

Not to mention that Zunhua is still fighting fiercely, and they got the news that on the battlefield of Zunhua, the Tartars have completely gained the upper hand, and all the strongholds on the periphery of Zunhua City have been uprooted, and Tan Tai is commanding a large number of Tartars to storm Zunhua City, and victory is just around the corner. However, if the grain and grass in the rear cannot be helped, the hearts of the 20,000 horse army will be shaken, and they will become a tree without roots and water without a source. Not to mention that if you can't win Zunhua, you will definitely have to lose the battle.

The consequences are too severe......

Therefore, Azig had nowhere to be angry, and in a fit of anger beheaded the chief general of the grain depot, Buzar, this Tartar's Jia Lae Zhen, who was more or less a middle-level officer of the Qing Dynasty, became a scapegoat, and had to go to the Lord of Yama to cry out for grievances.

But the next problem they have to face, although he and Amin mentioned Lin Yi gritted his teeth, the enemy was in front of him, but he couldn't take revenge with his eyes.

Because they had to find a way to solve the problem of feeding tens of thousands of horses, they did not dare to rashly attack the Ming army's Qianxi camp.

In the vicinity of Changping, Shunyi, and Xifengkou, although they occupied many cities, they had been looted by them, except for the people and property they captured, the rest of the people fled to death, and there was no oil or water to bomb.

When Azig led more than 70,000 people to march eastward, he took a large part of the grain and grass looted by the Tartars, and a small part was left, which could only be used for a few days by the more than 10,000 Tartars stationed in Changping, Shunyi and Xifengkou, and there was not much room for them.

In other words, it is now impossible to transport grain from the rear.

The three days were basically the time when their brigade withdrew from this area to Changping. In other words, if they can't raise food and grass, they must now pull their men and horses to withdraw, otherwise the army may run out of food!

Azig and Amin were in a hurry. In this way, he pulled the large group of men and horses away, and this battle was too poor, and after Azig and Amin discussed, he immediately ordered his subordinates to raise food on the spot.

But how easy is it to raise food locally? It is now after autumn, and the destruction and looting of the war, the meager harvest of grain is long gone, and the common people in this area have long run out, and they have long robbed this area. Therefore, the men and horses sent out for a day have gained very little.

In desperation, they decided to put the men and horses farther away, and the next day, they sent 10,000 Tartar iron horsemen, but when they came back in the evening, they got the pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, and grain and grass piled up together to calculate, which was not enough for their consumption of 10,000 Tartars for a day, which was called making ends meet.

In this way, it was barely delayed for two days, Azig and Amin felt that they couldn't drag it out anymore and had to withdraw their troops, but the battle on the Zunhua side was still not over, they only issued an order to retreat on the whole line, and the time was set for tomorrow morning at the latest......

Look back at Zunhua.

Governor Lu Xiangsheng sent Lin Yi and Zu Keyong with 2,000 Tianxiong troops to aid Zukuan, who moved west, and after Lin Yi and they left, Lu Xiangsheng led 5,000 Tartars to defend Zunhua.

The ancient city of Zunhua is an important military town, which can be called the high city and deep pool. However, Lu Xiangsheng's men were too limited, and he only had 5,000 days left in the army, and after facing five times the enemy, after investigation, he decided to defend together inside and outside the city.

As a result, two strongholds were set up outside Zunhua City, namely the left city and the right city platform outside Zunhua City.

These two strongholds did not have favorable terrain, but they mobilized their own troops and horses, and built a new eight-foot high platform, and the building materials were local civil engineering and stones.

Thousands of men and horses rushed to work day and night, after the completion of the two high platforms, respectively, the chief military officer Liu Chongzhen and the deputy chief military officer Luo Dai, each led 1,500 men and horses to garrison, so that it is equivalent to the left and right sides of Zunhua City, each set up a small city to defend.

There are 2,000 people in Zunhua City, and Lu Xiangsheng personally commanded and defended the city.

The three strongholds are roughly in the shape of a pinzigzag, with Zunhua City as the main stronghold, supplemented by two strongholds on the left and right, and when they are attacked by the Tartars, they can respond to each other. to relieve their mutual pressure and disperse the forces of the Tartars.

Lu Xiangsheng's move was very clever, but as soon as they had already assigned their troops in three ways, the overseer, Gao Qiqian arrived.

Lu Xiangsheng hated this eunuch very much, he was really not a man, not only physically flawed, but also mentally distorted. Greedy, treacherous, selfish, and even somewhat perverted.

Ever since he was the prisoner of himself, he either came to ask for things from him, or he was hindering him everywhere. He meddles everywhere in the money and food of soldiers, horses, and even how to fight battles and how to dispatch troops, he has to point fingers, but he does not understand military affairs at all, and he is completely blind in command.

Of course Lu Xiangsheng can't listen to him, the two of them are in the same bed and have different dreams, Lu Xiangsheng sometimes is quite different, because a horse fell out with him, because a robe rewarded by the emperor also fell out with him, everything in Gao Qiqian's picture, Lu Xiangsheng would rather destroy it than give it to him. How many times did Gao Qiqian turn pale with anger and walked away.

Now that the big eunuch is here again, Lu Xiangsheng knows that he will not be good when he comes, but he has to greet him politely in the face of his face.

After sitting down, he said two things, one was the ambush outside Yuyang City, although he was defeated in the end, but the emperor was furious. The main reason is that the emperor did not approve of his troops going out of Yuyang, and pulled the main force to Zunhua, leaving only a few thousand people in Yuyang, which was completely disregarding the safety of the Beijing division and putting the cart before the horse. I hope that he will realize that he has lost his way, quickly withdraw his troops, give up Zunhua, and defend Yuyang with all his might.

Lu Xiangsheng argued on the basis of reason, Gao Qiqian's big white face became gloomy, saying that he was completely thinking about him, if he didn't listen to good advice, the saint would be angry, and he, Lu Xiangsheng, would be fully responsible.

Lu Xiangsheng ignored him, he knew that these surrender faction soft bones, and he made irresponsible remarks in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and he made a soft ear and a soft heart for what the emperor said.

Then Gao Qiqian said the second thing, Lu Ming's death has aroused the idea of Dongchang, and Gonggong Cao has already released a word to thoroughly investigate this matter, and the people of the factory guard and the cavalry of Jinyiwei are about to come to the army in the near future, hoping that he and Lin Yi will be ready.

After finishing speaking, Gao Qiqian brushed his sleeves away.

Lu Xiangsheng's brain was buzzing, and it was impossible for him to give up Zunhua and return to Yuyang. Now the main force of the Tartars is not in the Yuyang area, but in Zunhua, in Qianxi, with the intention of Yongping, their own withdrawal, the Tartars will inevitably drive straight in, Lin Yi and Zu Keyong They must also withdraw, otherwise thousands of soldiers will be wiped out, but if they all withdraw, what will happen to the people in the area of Zunhua Qianxi and Yongping?

What bothered him even more was the second thing Gao Qiqian said. Lu Ming was his personal guard, and his real identity was a spy of the factory guard, and Lin Yi killed him. Lu Xiangsheng hid the sky and the sea, and now it seems that he can't hide it.

When the people from the factory guard came, they must not be able to say anything, and they took him and Lin Yi away for review, they made a big fuss about this matter, and they would definitely condemn themselves and Lin Yi as edicts, and remove their stumbling blocks in this way.

It's not a pity to die by himself, to serve the court loyally, or to die in the temple, or to shroud in horse leather, nothing more than these two results, he didn't care for a long time, he just hoped that the emperor could understand him, he believed in him, and it was worth it to die to prove his loyalty.

It's just that Lin Yi, a rising star in the army, has made such a great contribution, but he has not received the slightest reward from the emperor, and now he is still being harmed by traitors and taking his life in vain, which is really a pity.

After thinking about it, Lu Xiangsheng made a bold decision: the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected!

Lu Xiangsheng went out, anyway, he couldn't fight Gao Qiqian, Yang Sichang, these surrender factions, he took the soldiers to fight with the Tartars outside, and these surrender factions just relied on intrigue, flattery, and lip service, but they could get the emperor's favor, woohoo, sad yes!

I'd rather die on the battlefield than in the West Market!

On the day Gao Qi absconded, Lu Xiangsheng's men and horses caught fire with the Tartars. The more than 20,000 horses that came were the Tartars led by Tan Tai, and they were fierce.