The army left Beijing and headed to the northwest, planning to advance southwest after exiting Juyong Pass, passing through Tianzhen County and Yanggao County and finally arriving at Datong. The reason why Yang Hongzhang did not choose to go directly through Xuanfu was also to let the soldiers of the Yang family army see the hardships of the border town, and he also inspected the guard post that suffered from the military disaster by the way.

It's just that before the army reached Juyong Pass, the scouts in front came to report that they had encountered a large number of fleeing Ming troops in front, numbering no less than 1,000 people. Yang Hongzhang's heart tightened, could it be that Juyong Pass had been occupied by the Mongols, if so, it would be troublesome, and the next target of the Mongols must be Gyeonggi.

As a result, when the scouts brought a few fleeing Ming troops to see Yang Hongzhang, and after listening to the accounts of these people, Yang Hongzhang's nose was almost crooked. The Mongols did come, but more than 10,000 people stormed Juyong Pass, which was garrisoned by 3,000 men, withdrew two days ago.

Then the guards were negligent, and actually let the spies come in and open the gate, and then thousands of enemy cavalry rushed in, and no one can say how much, because most of the people fled from the wind, and the enemy did not see what he looked like and abandoned this important border town of Xiongguan.

was so angry that Yang Hongzhang almost clicked the waste directly on the spot. However, it was useless to be angry, so he had to order the army to slow down, and immediately sent scouts and cavalry battalions to Juyong Pass to inquire about the news. Along the way, there were constantly scattered Ming troops heading in the direction of the city of Beijing.

Soon the scouts brought back accurate news, it turned out that it was not the Mongolian cavalry who occupied Juyong Pass, but a group of horse thieves nearby, they dismounted for the people, mounted for the thieves, and took advantage of the Mongolian cavalry to beat the defenders of Juyong Pass to exhaustion, and when they were negligent in taking precautions, they came to a combination of inside and outside, and there was no battle at all when the door was opened, and the Ming army broke and fled, which is exactly what the horse thieves wanted to occupy Juyong Pass, they did not come to kill people or fight a tough battle, but for the mountain of goods in the pass.

When Xia Dongwei came to Juyong Pass, he launched the first wave of attacks from the inside, and those horse thieves found that they were regular Ming cavalry, with strong combat effectiveness, and then inquired about tens of thousands of people behind them, but they also scattered in a hurry, and the goods in the customs were scattered.

The scout who came back to report the news also quietly told Yang Hongzhang that General Xia had ordered the city gate to be closed and the spies and treasury in the pass were cleaned up.

The smile that couldn't be hidden at the corner of the scout's mouth when he said it let Yang Hongzhang know that Xia Dongwei, this kid, had learned something bad with Yang Sheng, and this was taking advantage of the fire to rob him. However, Yang Hongzhang had no intention of stopping it, but instead issued a military order, so the troops immediately entered Juyong Pass to garrison, in order to prevent the Mongol cavalry from attacking and harassing and the spies inside the pass, from now on, all non-members of the Yang family army were strictly forbidden to approach Juyong Pass, otherwise there would be no forgiveness!

The scout looked at Yang Hongzhang in astonishment, and then asked in a low voice, "Does the marshal also include those soldiers who fled?" ”

Yang Hongzhang glared at him and scolded angrily: "Do you know who is a spy among these people who have fled?" How did Juyong Pass be opened so quickly by horse thieves and forgotten, and when was the scout so verbose that he dared to question Ben Shuai's military orders? Who is your chief? ”

The scout cowered his neck in fear.

"Get out!" Yang Hongzhang said a word to the scout angrily, this kid doesn't know who trained him, he doesn't have any eyesight, Xia Dongwei has begun to feel the treasury, how can he let the defenders of Juyong Pass get close, how can he count it. Yang Hongzhang muttered in his mouth, and also urged the pro-military camp to speed up.

When Yang Hongzhang came to Juyong Pass, he found that Xia Dongwei was leading people to confront a group of Ming troops, and sent someone to ask these people if they were really the Ming army that had fled before, probably because they saw the arrival of their own army, and pretended to have the courage to come back to see, but the Daxian horse thieves had fled, and they wanted to enter Juyong Pass, after all, Yang Hongzhang's murderous name had spread near the capital, and these defenders also wanted to return to the Ming Pass before Yang Hongzhang arrived, so at least it would be a little less to hold him responsible.

The leader turned out to be a general, no wonder Xia Dongwei couldn't figure it out, Yang Hongzhang beckoned, Yang Sheng came over: "Pass the order, the officer headed by the leader is tied up, and the rest will be dispersed first!" ”

"Okay!" Yang Sheng rushed out with a horse whip, and the pro-military camp immediately began to act, those defenders originally saw Shuai Qi, knowing that Yang Hongzhang had arrived, and would definitely administer justice for them, but what was waiting for them was all the generals, guerrillas, garrisons, and thousands of generals were all tied up by Yang Sheng, and then summoned a hundred flintlock pistols to shoot a volley into the air, and when the scene was quiet, Yang Sheng shouted loudly: "Pass the military order of the commander, now we take over Juyong Pass, and the guards of Juyong Pass will be derelict in their duties, resulting in Juyong Pass being captured by horse thieves, Now arrest and bring to justice, wait for the court to announce the verdict, and the rest of the soldiers should not approach the pass for the time being, otherwise there will be no mercy! ”

It doesn't matter who is a soldier, they are originally acting according to orders, before the Mongols attacked Juyong Pass, they were ordered to defend, and then the horse thieves opened the gate, and the generals were the first to run, and they naturally ran away. Now what Yang Dashuai takes over Juyong Pass, anyway, it is still the generals and troops of the Ming Dynasty, and they don't need to be stationed at Juyong Pass immediately, which requires people above to negotiate.

But the generals and guerrilla generals of Juyong Pass knew that something was wrong, and they went back as soon as Xia Dongwei and others successfully drove away the horse thieves, but it was still a step late, according to some soldiers who were driven out later, these people immediately closed the two-way gate after entering the pass, and then began to count all the materials in the pass, these people are old fritters, of course, they know what the result will be if these materials fall into the hands of these people, and originally wanted to take advantage of the vacancy when the other party's commander did not arrive, and use the identity of the general to scare the other party, As a result, the other party's troop leader was also a general, but he was very domineering, and he ignored their request to enter the customs at all.

finally waited for Yang Hongzhang to arrive at the place where he thought it was reasonable, but Yang Hongzhang was even more ruthless than the previous general, directly tied them up, and drove their subordinates away.

General Hu Weinan was the first to shout: "Yang Dashuai, everyone is the border army of the imperial court, thank you very much for your help, but you can't treat us like this, and your subordinates are destroying military supplies in the Guannei, please immediately order to stop this behavior, otherwise I will not be able to explain to Dashuai in the future." ”

Yang Hongzhang glanced at the man with a smile, and then glanced at Yang Sheng very dissatisfied, Yang Sheng understood, groped around his body for a while, and then found a rag and stuffed it into the other party's mouth. Seeing this, the surrounding guerrilla generals hurriedly shut up.

After seeing that these people were no longer noisy, Yang Hongzhang hit the horse and entered the customs, and Xiaodong followed behind him like a treasure: "Dashuai, this time we are developed, these turtle grandsons have such good materials and equipment in their hands and have been broken through by more than a thousand horse thieves, it is really laughable." ”

"Let your men move faster, leave them a thousand stone of food and some knives and arrows, and let the brothers change the rest, and give the replacement to the auxiliary battalion. We couldn't stay overnight here. ”

Hearing that Xia Dong was overjoyed, he thought that Yang Hongzhang would preach a righteous speech, but he didn't think he would be so simple, clean and urgent, these people usually have well-trained calendars, and now they pack up grain and grass very quickly, and when the infantry battalion arrived, most of the weapons had been cleaned up, Xia Dongwei stood proudly next to the mountains of bows and crossbows and swords and smiled at Luo Kedi, Zhang Hu and Sun Fei and others who caught up: "You're welcome, take everything you like, and hand over the replaced ones to Zhang Linfeng, Littering is not allowed. The marshal said that the speed must be fast, orderly, and speedy, and it must reflect the training quality of our army. ”

Luo Kedi originally wanted to count a few words about Xia Dongwei, but when he saw that Zhang Hu, Sun Fei and others had already led people to start selecting weapons, they didn't care about Sven, and immediately greeted their belovers.

Zhang Linfeng was originally a garbage collector, starting from Tianjin, and finally passing through Beijing originally thought that the imperial court would equip everyone completely, but the result was just some spicy copper and rotten iron left in the infantry battalion barely made do, but today Zhang Linfeng finally smiled, because the marshal said that he was greedy and couldn't chew it, so the cavalry battalion and the three infantry battalions just changed into the best weapons and equipment and then went to assemble outside the pass, leaving a large pile of uneven weapons and equipment, and then Yang Sheng came to his mouth and said a few words, Zhang Linfeng was immediately overjoyed, Beckoned his men to start loading.

Yang Jiajun stayed in Juyong Pass for about three hours, when Hu Weinan was loosened and tied back to Juyong Pass, he saw that he was in a mess and almost turned his back on the ground, and then he was anxious for his subordinates to count the materials and equipment, but Hu Weinan really didn't come over in one breath, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and said indistinctly: "It's too ruthless, this is too ruthless, I want the Shangshu court to impeach him, this bastard." ”

No wonder Hu Weinan was angry, there were 3,000 people stationed in the huge Juyong Pass, the weapons and equipment were doubled, and the grain and grass were hoarded a lot, and there were many goods of merchants who were ready to go out of the customs and trade temporarily piled up here, all of which were scavenged by Yang Hongzhang, leaving him only 2,000 stone of grain and 1,000 swords and 500 bows and some feather arrows. It's better to talk about attacking fortifications, those knives are basically rusty, and it is estimated that the enemy is really useless, and can only be used to scare people.

That is to say, Yang Hongzhang at least took it from Juyong Pass, no, he robbed 20,000 stone of grain and 5,000 pieces of weapons and equipment, and even the personal belongings of the guards and soldiers, such as temporary cotton coats and some private money, were looted!

Hu Weinan would rather be the Juyong Pass captured by the Mongols, so that at least those merchants will not trouble him, and it is reasonable for him and the court to be equipped again, what is going on now. No, I must impeach him, he said to the guerrilla generals and garrisons who were as sad as himself: "Everyone, you have also seen that this red chapter is too much, I am going to play and write a chapter to impeach him Yang Hongzhang to the imperial court, and you please join me in co-signing!" ”