The Tatar tribe was attacked by an unknown Ming army, and the news was transmitted to Huang Taiji as quickly as possible, and the whole army was shaken. Huang Taiji, who has never been easy to get angry, is even more furious, since he took power in Houjin, only when Houjin attacked the Ming Dynasty, when was there a time when the Ming army attacked!

This is definitely a great shame, Huang Taiji can't swallow this breath. Not only could he not swallow it, but all his subordinates couldn't swallow it, so there was nothing to hesitate, and on the day of receiving the news, the Houjin army hurriedly withdrew its troops and went to Tatar to prepare for a massacre.

Jiayuguan finally escaped by luck due to the sudden withdrawal of the Houjin army. After Lu Xiangsheng learned that Huang Taiji had suddenly withdrawn his troops, he really couldn't believe it, and it wasn't until he saw with his own eyes that the Houjin army left in a hurry that he had to accept such a reality.

But Lu Xiangsheng's doubts in his heart were even greater, and Jin Ming was about to attack Xiajiayu Pass, but when the situation was very good, he gave up his hard work for nearly a month. Seeing that the fruits of victory were about to be taken into his arms, but suddenly gave up so inexplicably?

"The news of Houjin's withdrawal immediately sent someone to inform the emperor. In addition, he immediately sent a scout horse to find out what happened to Houjin and why Huang Taiji withdrew his troops in such a hurry? Lu Xiangsheng commanded the lieutenant general beside him.

"Yes!" After the two lieutenants gave up, they left in a hurry.

Jiayuguan held out for more than a month, and clashed with the Houjin army more than 20 times. Relying on the dangerous terrain of Jiayuguan, Lu Xiangsheng held on with difficulty.

If it weren't for the sudden withdrawal of Houjin's troops, Lu Xiangsheng didn't dare to guarantee that he could hold on for a few more days.

This time it was his luck that survived!

"Alas! Daming is already so weak......" Lu Xiangsheng looked at the devastated Jiayuguan, couldn't help but look up at the sky, and let out a helpless sigh!

The Imperial City of the Imperial Division.

Chongzhen listened to Wu Chengen report on the matter of Jiayuguan, and when he learned that Houjin Dajun left suddenly, his heart that had been hanging these days finally fell back into his stomach.

"Do you know why the Houjin army suddenly withdrew?" Chongzhen also had such a question in his heart.

Wu Chengen shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is said that Lord Lu doesn't know, but he said in his letter that it is likely that there was a civil strife in Houjin, which caused Huang Taiji to withdraw his troops in a hurry. As for the real situation, it remains to be investigated. In the end, the lord implored the emperor to raise grain and grass as soon as possible and send it to Jiayuguan, otherwise there might be a mutiny. ”

In his letter, Lu Xiangsheng devoted a lot of space to complaining about his grievances and made the current situation in Jiayuguan as serious as possible. In fact, he didn't say anything about it, the current Jiayuguan is indeed in danger, if the grain, grass, and medicine cannot be delivered in time, the mutiny he said is not impossible.

Originally, Chongzhen was very glad that he escaped again this time, but when he mentioned this damn grain, grass and supplies, his face immediately turned long: "This Lu Xiangsheng actually doesn't understand me at all, knowing that I can't raise these now, he still asks for this, what kind of heart is he?" ”

After Wu Chengen heard this, he became mute again, he stood silently aside, not daring to talk.

Chongzhen didn't wait for a response, his cold gaze was projected on Wu Chengen's body, and he said coldly: "What, don't you have anything to say?" ”

Wu Chengen's face was embarrassed, and in the end he couldn't dodge, so he had no choice but to take a step forward and propose to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, there is no grain and grass in the treasury at present, but there is still a little silver in the treasury, so it is better for us to use this little money to buy some grain and grass from Mao Wenlong, and get through this difficulty first." ”

Wu Chengen would not have said this kind of thing when he was killed, but at present, he can't say it. After finishing speaking, he waited for Chongzhen's decision even more anxiously.

The room was so quiet that it could be heard that a needle was falling, and Chongzhen did not immediately express his opinion, but frowned and pondered.

After a long time, I heard him say: "Will Mao Wenlong agree to sell us grain and grass?" ”

Wu Chengen didn't wait for the expected anger, his heart calmed down a little, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the people who go to buy grain don't need us to come forward, you can find a grain merchant and hand over the task to him." ”

Chongzhen's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he nodded and chuckled: "This move is very good, okay, I have decided to do what you say, now go and take out all the treasury silver, and go to this matter immediately." ”

"Yes!" Wu Chengen also showed a smile on his face.

He took his leave, and then hurried away, and before he could decide who he would find to do it, he had already begun to calculate in his heart how much profit he would make from it.

Chongzhen will be in a much more relaxed mood, as long as Jiayuguan sends some food to stabilize the morale of the army, there will be nothing to worry about for the time being. Now that the situation in Shanxi has also stabilized, if nothing else, it is only necessary to transfer troops from the border pass again, and the crisis in Shanxi can be resolved.

Two days later, a caravan of several hundred people set out from Beijing, bypassing Shanxi, which was still in the midst of war, and went to Yexian from Shandong, with the goal of finding Mao Wenlong and buying grain and grass from him.

At this moment, Mao Wenlong has arrived in Yunzhou Mansion, and all the firearms and gunpowder sent with the army have been sent to the hands of the three brothers of the Lijia family.

The three warships that were previously ordered to be built by the three brothers of the Lijia family have also been completed. At the same time, a small wharf is being built for the cement to be transported from Xuzhou to Anton Wei.

Today is the day when the three warships were launched, and Mao Wenlong, with the support of the three brothers of the Lijia family, came to the dock early in the morning.

The three medium-sized warships were already floating on the sea surface of the pier, and from a distance, these three warships were still very new, but once they got closer, they knew that these three warships were all old ships refurbished, and the new and old planks on them could be seen at a glance, although they had been painted new, but the old places were still very obvious.

Mao Wenlong was quite helpless in his heart, and he wanted to build three new warships in just one month, but it was obviously impossible to complete it. Therefore, it can only be refurbished with old ships, but such warships have to withstand strong winds and waves at sea, and Mao Wenlong feels that some are not very reliable.

"Can these warships really go to sea, is there no problem?" Mao Wenlong's eyes looked at the boss of the Li family beside him.

Li Hui chuckled, and he confidently assured: "The chief soldier doesn't need to worry, in the past, our ancestral merchant ships could sail on the sea." These carefully refurbished ships are more than ten times better than our previous merchant ships, and when sailing at sea, there is no problem at all. ”

Mao Wenlong saw that he was so sure, and he was immediately relieved.