When Yue Xiang returned to Qinghe again, he obviously felt different from before.

Even he took a lot of effort to enter the city, and when he passed through the path guarded by Dong Mingchuan, Dong Mingchuan sent a small flag man with a pass token to lead them over the mountain, and on the way he encountered an ambush of men and horses, which was also ambushed in a dangerous place, which shows that the strict defense is by no means perfunctory like usual.

And after going down the mountain, the dark dragon went first, and when he came back, he brought a team of patrol horses, changed Yue Xiang and the others into the clothes and armor of ordinary Ming soldiers, and even Xiaowan had to change their clothes, and then mixed in the brigade and brought them back to the city.

And the atmosphere in the city is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, from the outside, the soldiers patrolling and standing guard on the head of the city are still walking around idle, the sentry posts around the gate are still loose and sloppy against the city wall as usual, but the access control inside is much stricter, and there is a post, and the street can see groups of Ming soldiers patrolling back and forth in full armor every once in a while, all of them are in good spirits, and the time has not yet reached the curfew, and even a civilian person can not be seen on the street.

The appearance of the entire Qinghe City is the same, but from the inside, it can be seen that the whole city has been firmly blocked.

After entering the city, Yue Xiang didn't even return home, and was directly taken to the yamen of the Imperial Office.

"You wait here." The dragon only said that, then closed the door and left. This is an empty room in the yamen, Yue Xiang is not too nervous, he has grown up in this city since he was a child, and when he arrives here, it is like arriving at his house. Xiao Wan was taken to another room by them to be taken into custody, but he was not too worried about what would happen to her here.

It's useless to be nervous, listening to the footsteps outside the door, there are about twenty people guarding near this house, such a tight defense, whether you can't run, or hurry up to recover your vitality.

So he began to meditate again, luckily and fell into meditation.

In the city, Zou Chuxian was neatly draped, and he was personally sitting on the gate of Dongguan, looking at the Crowhu Pass on the Great Wall in the east, and kept praying to God and Buddha in his heart, hoping that there would be no situation he didn't want to see.

At this moment, almost all the generals in the city are distributed in various points on the head of the city, and it is impossible to stay in a comfortable official office. Almost everyone wondered what kind of nerves were happening to Zou Chuxian, and the Jianzhou soldiers didn't fight, so they were full of food?

Of course, Zou Chuxian can't say it, as the lord of a city, and he is on the front line, now the Mingjin confrontation is about to break out, and there are too many things to worry about in ordinary times, and the pressure is already very great. Moreover, a few days ago, the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers sent troops to plunder the north bank of the Hunhe River, and the beacon fire battle report of Sanchaer, Huabaochong, Fu'an, and Chaihe Forts has been transmitted, and I don't know if it is another ** attack by Nurhachi since the Battle of Fushun.

Although the war is spreading in Hebei, who knows if it will affect Qinghe, after all, Qinghe is currently the largest Ming army stronghold closest to Hetuala, the old nest of Jianzhou. Theoretically speaking, Qinghe is currently the biggest threat to the Jurchens, and maybe Nurhachi has enough of it in Hebei, and he will turn his attention to Qinghe. In the past two days, he couldn't sleep well every day, and he couldn't even eat, because he was afraid that one day the Jurchen soldiers would suddenly come to the city.

But at this damn juncture, there is a great big man in Qinghe City, not to mention the golden branches and jade leaves. It is now the highest military and political commander-in-chief of Liaodong, Yang Hao, the economic strategy of Liaodong. This great god didn't stay well in Shanhaiguan, so he only brought a dozen followers, rode out of the customs overnight, and ran directly to his Qinghe Fort.

In normal times, such an important minister of the imperial court, whom he has almost never had the opportunity to see in his life, can come to this small broken place of his own, then Zou Chuxian doesn't know how happy he can be. But now, his mind is full of don't have an accident, if this Yang Shuai has a little accident in his defense area, it is estimated that the best end will be lost and resigned.

What's even worse is that this Master Jinglu actually came here on a light horse, with only a dozen guards by his side. Moreover, the news of his stationing in Jieqinghe was strictly ordered not to be leaked, so for the sake of insurance, Zou Chuxian had to take charge of the city's city defense in person.

And the bad habits of those subordinates on weekdays must also be reined in, otherwise if they are seen by Lord Jinglu, they will definitely leave a bad impression. Therefore, all the militiamen of the Volunteer Brigade who had strong combat effectiveness but were concerned about causing trouble were sent to the outside of the city to set up guards, while those officers and soldiers who were useless remained in the city.

He didn't know what this Yang Jingluo had to come to inspect so secretly, in fact, he didn't know Yang Hao at all, and even suspected the identity of this person at first. But he still knows the imperial court's Guan Fang Yinxin, and the guards who accompany him all have the waist cards of the brocade guards, and their martial arts are obviously not weak, which is enough to prove that they are all genuine.

So he decided not to care about anything, not to think about anything, just to do his part. This Yang Da is in charge of thousands of troops, and who knows what secret military affairs make him act like this. And it was he who went out in person, which shows that it must be a top-secret military affair in top secret, and it is better not to know about it, in short, he is out of sight and out of mind, and he just needs to cheer up and obey orders during this time.

As for the news that the current Liaodong Jingluo is in the city, he didn't dare to say it even if he was killed. just sent his own family Ding Biao battalion to firmly guard all parts of the yamen, for fear that the spy would hear the news.

So when he heard that there was a strange team of people and horses coming from the West Gate, led by two people holding brocade waist cards, he instinctively felt that it might be related to Yang Hao's trip, and then a guard from the line came to pass Yang Hao's password to let him go. He himself went to the West Gate Pass to maintain it.

On the castle tower, when he watched the horse team below enter the city, the general's unique intuition made him feel that the figure of one of the horse team seemed to be somewhat familiar. The man looked a little like ...... Yue Xiang?

Yue Xiang, hasn't this guy already left the city? Zou Chuxian was a little confused. Years of battlefield experience made him break a set of steel and iron bones, and gave him a pair of sharp eyes. Besides, Yue Xiang was a person he was familiar with, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt it.

Didn't he organize a caravan to Liaoyang? Zou Chuxian wanted to take a closer look, but the people had already gone away. Thinking of Yue Xiang, he was really a little worried. To be honest, Yue Xiang is the young man he likes the most in Qinghe City, brave and strategic, and the combat effectiveness of his Jiading Yi Brigade can be said to be the crown of Qinghe, and it is rare to be more disciplined, which is the object he is ready to promote and reuse.

Helplessly, his luck was too bad, but he went out of the city to suppress the bandits but encountered the Jurchen criminals, and only a dozen of the more than 300 elite soldiers came back alive. This can only be said to be providential, for a leader who has lost his troops, there is no need for him to continue to cultivate him. After all, this is Liaodong, everything speaks with strength, and without strength there is nothing, this is the cruel reality of Liaodong.

The man's back...... Isn't it Yue Xiang? Why did he come back with these people? Don't...... There is still some ...... between him and Master Jingliu Impossible, right...... When will he be able to climb such a high threshold?

Eight days have passed......

During these eight days, Yue Xiang did not leave the room for a single step, eating, drinking, and Lazar were all inside, but there were people who waited in shifts throughout the day. His body has almost recovered after a few days of recuperation, but he hasn't seen Yang Hao yet.

What the hell is this old guy doing? Yue Xiang was puzzled, since this person was not afraid of trouble and sent a master to mobilize the army to get himself back, he must have been determined to get Gao Huai Zangjin. Now I don't care about him, except for sending people to deliver food every day, there is no other movement, as if he has forgotten himself.

I don't know if Wang Yining is working for Yang Hao, with him taking care of him, Xiaowan should be in no danger for the time being. She is a descendant of the White Yang Sect's traitorous party, and if this identity is exposed, it will be a big trouble.

However, the only person who knows Xiaowan's true identity is Wang Yining except himself, and I don't know if the two brocade guards can see it. Xiao Wan didn't make her magic, it should be no problem, as long as Wang Yining doesn't say it, it doesn't matter. Yang Hao is also a scholar, so he shouldn't embarrass a woman, right?

Wait, could it be that Yang Hao's original target was Xiaowan? Just like smelling incense? No, the two brocade guards clearly said that the person Yang Hao wanted to see was himself.

So what the hell is he up to? Have you really forgotten yourself? No way. Yue Xiang later figured out that this old guy probably did this on purpose, wanting to see if he could calm down. Perhaps he had learned from two of his men that he was a hard and soft guy, and wanted to take this opportunity to see if he could find a flaw in himself.

Perhaps he was observing his weaknesses and then exploiting them.

I only know that Yang Hao is a famous general of the defeated army in history, but I don't know who this person is. Originally, he thought that he was just a representative of the bureaucratic system, but when he met, he must have given away the secret of Gao Huai's gold collection by himself in a high-minded manner, as if it was natural for others to serve him for free. Yue Xiang really thought so at first, but since he knew that this person had the courage to come to Qinghe, he found that his impression of him was slightly better.

Maybe he is not an ordinary feudal bureaucrat, after all, his opponent in history is once the Japanese and the Jurchen, which can be said to be the strongest infantry enemy and cavalry enemy in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and he was able to defeat the battle twice when the Ming army was dominant, and this kind of skill is not possessed by ordinary people.

If you are so expert in defeating battles, you must also have something you don't know about.

Since Yue Xiang figured out this verse, he didn't continue to worry. Anyway, the soldiers will block the water and flood the earth, since you are not in a hurry, there is no need for Lao Tzu to be in a hurry. Anyway, you give food and vegetables, eat and drink enough first.

And there have also been some changes in Tianqinghe City these days, Zou Chuxian convened the generals to officially announce the change of strategy, those city wall projects that are being repaired, and the new forts will be stopped first. Following the last transfer of troops out of the city, men were sent out of the city again.

At this point, about four-fifths of the city's soldiers and horses were transferred out of the city to build field camps and fortifications relying on the surrounding mountains. Moreover, most of the firearms such as guns, shotguns, tiger squat cannons, exterminators and other small and medium-sized gunpowder cannons were also pulled out of the city, leaving only the heavy Furlong and the general in the city, and more than 2,000 soldiers guarded the city.

This made the crowd even more noisy. I didn't dare to say it, but I felt that Zou Chuxian had taken the wrong medicine recently. The order under this order changed every day, so that the people below were at a loss at all.

This depends on the city to hold on, and the tactic of fortifying the wall and clearing the field was originally planned, and now every day there are people working overtime at the head of the city to repair the city wall and build a barrage. It's good now, as soon as the upper lip touches the lower lip, say change it, then the projects that Fei Na worked hard to drive out were not all in vain, if you want to change it, you should say it earlier, you didn't talk to anyone in advance, and suddenly made this kind of decision, and you were tired half to death before saying: Oh, I'm sorry, I changed my mind.

Even if you are the main general, you can't say anything in the army, you can't be so obvious. You must know that the composition of the officers and soldiers in this Qinghe City is complex, and they have their own factions, so it is very possible to provoke others to give you a yang and yin violation.

Second, it is not easy to go out of the city to fight in the field, without the protection of the city wall, whether the steepness of the mountain pass can stop the attack of the Jurchen soldiers, no one has a bottom in their hearts. The Jurchen soldiers were not born riders who grew up in the vast steppes like the Mongols, and the Changbai Mountains where they lived were authentic mountainous areas, and if they said mountain warfare, they were only afraid that the other side was more familiar with them than the Ming army.

Moreover, in the garrison mountain, the supply is naturally not as convenient as in the city, and it must be a hard day of eating and sleeping in the open at that time, and the typical effort is thankless. The courage of the Jurchens is not afraid of death, and when the fight really starts, whether those steep mountain passes will be effectively used is really two words.

The original garrison in Qinghe City was unreliable in combat effectiveness, and those who had retreated had been frightened, and let them go out and probably flee at the slightest disturbance. The only thing that can be counted on is the militia organized by the local big families, but their lives are in the mansions in the city, and it is estimated that they will not really work hard if they go out of the city.

With all these drawbacks, Zou Chuxian would never have thought of it, but he still ordered to go out of the city to set up defenses. His generals really couldn't understand it, but the military orders were like a mountain, even if they didn't want to, they couldn't help it, and those who were named had to look like, and dragged the troops out of the city like a dead dad to the defense area.

It's not that Zou Chuxian doesn't know, it's just that this is what Lord Jingliu meant, how dare he, a small lieutenant general, disobey military orders. had to endure the unhappy eyes of his subordinates, and cheered them up one by one, but he was scolding Yang Hao in his heart, hoping that this hot potato would disappear from his city soon......