Chapter 575: Baoan Prefecture
The next day, Gu Rushan waited for less than four watches to light up the horse lantern to illuminate the night road, and in the afternoon of the same day, more than 1,500 "Red Banner Army" men and horses appeared in time outside the urn city of the West Gate of the Fallen Horse Gate.
The circumference of the city is about five miles, the city wall is three steps wide, three feet high, and the wall is rammed with loess and lays masonry outside. The design of the gate is unique, it is close to the cliff and the deep stream, half in the valley and half on the mountain, the whole gate is built according to the topography, and there are city gates in the east, west and north.
At this time, Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion have gathered many civil and military generals, with more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and thousands of people and heroes have been urgently requisitioned to participate in the guard.
Everyone knows that Gyeonggi is critical, and after losing the city, the emperor will settle accounts after the autumn, and I don't know how many people will fall to the ground.
There is now a five-grade civil official in Jingjing Beidao, and of course he refuses to let a guest soldier of unknown origin enter the city.
This pass is one of the only ways for the "Sifang Express" to enter Shanxi, and there have long been flag guards infiltrating.
A garrison general who often dealt with the "Sifang Express" learned that these horses were part of the "Red Banner Army" and were ready to help defend against the fall of Maguan and look for fighters to attack and kill Jiannu, and he was happy to befriend the Marquis of Dongping.
The general found the military preparation road to negotiate, this civil official was well-informed, and he had already learned that the Marquis of Dongping was about to rush to the capital to face the saint, and the emperor would be entrusted with a heavy task at that time, and the commander-in-chief of the next fight against Jiannu should be the Marquis of Dongping.
There were garrison staff generals who proved the identities of more than 1,000 people, and the soldiers agreed to be accommodating.
The final result was that the people and horses of Fang Gu Rushan and Ma Fulin could not stay in the pass through the Reverse Horse Pass, and Bing Beidao believed that there was no suspense in guarding the pass with more than 10,000 mobilized soldiers and civilians, and there was no need to make extraneous branches.
The assistant defense is worried that Jiannu will break through here and enter the land of Gyeonggi, Gu Rushan and a few people will not deliberately stay when they see that there are many people and horses participating in the guarding, and they are all eager to fight with Jiannu.
In order to prevent Jiannu from mixing out of the city through the network, Ma Fulin left a small flag cavalry to cooperate with two flag guards and more than a dozen "Quartet Express" dart divisions to closely monitor the west gate of the Guan, as long as someone comes out to arrest them first.
That night, the Biao people who passed through the Reverse Horse Pass camped outside the west gate of the Guancheng City according to the wall, preparing to continue on the road to Zhubokou the next day.
Who knew that the plan could not keep up with the changes, and that night the two flag guards connected with Gu Rushan, the flag guard of the Biao Mali, and learned that Baoan Prefecture, which was 400 miles away, was in danger.
There is a branch of the "Sifang Express" and the "Sifang Qianzhuang" that has just been opened for less than half a year, and if Jiannu breaks through there, not only will the Ming Dynasty suffer heavy losses, but the families of the "Red Banner Army" will probably suffer one or two hundred casualties.
In order to be able to connect the world as soon as possible, Shanxi, a populous province close to Beijing, "Sifang Qianzhuang" has covered all the state capitals, fortunately, the county has not yet developed, otherwise the casualties and losses caused by the construction of slaves this time will not be small.
The employees of the "Sifang Qianzhuang" are all from the families of the soldiers of the "Red Banner Army", and the vast majority of the security personnel are veterans who have not been selected as flag guards after retiring, and they are now participating in the defense of the city organized by Yan Shengdou in Zhizhou in Baozhou.
It is a pity that less than 80 of the staff members of the "Sifang Express" and the "Sifang Qianzhuang" who remained in Baoan Prefecture had combat effectiveness, and their salaries were of little avail.
The flag guard knew that Zhongyi Fort, Houjiazhuang, and Sun Liuzhuang had the "Red Banner Army" left behind, and these troops could maneuver, so they came to contact, and who knew that they were surprised to see the red flag fluttering outside the West Gate of the Fallen Horse Gate.
The head of the family often warned his subordinates that they were not fighting alone, and that behind them was the huge collective of the "Red Banner Army", even if it was to save a soldier and civilian who was working for the system, the soldiers must do their best not to be afraid of sacrifice.
There is a possibility that there may be danger to the robes and their families who are on business in Baoan Prefecture, and Gu Rushan and Ma Fulin, who have been notified, must act.
After a brief discussion, they decided to divide their troops, gathered all the cavalry of 460 people, brought two spare horses, led by Ma Fulin and Shen Sixiao, galloped to Baozhou to assist in the defense, and Gu Rushan led 1,000 infantry to Zhubokou, 200 miles away.
The location of Baoan Prefecture is 400 miles north of the Guan, and the cavalry will be able to arrive in less than two days with two spare horses, and there will be a flag guard who has just walked this road as a guide, and there will be a flag guard along the way to provide information, and the possibility of falling into the encirclement of Jiannu is very small.
Originally, the historical Baoan Prefecture had been broken by Jiannu for several days at this time, and Yan Shengdou of Zhizhou struggled to resist to no avail, and after being captured, he still scolded Jiannu, and finally died generously.
Now because the slave chieftain has made history unrecognizable because of the calculation of Wu Xiang's father and son, Baoan Prefecture has temporarily survived, Wu Sangui became a traitor ten years in advance, Wu Xiang had never been a traitor, and now he has also been a traitor.
Since there is an industry of the "Red Banner Army" in Baoan Prefecture, there are two or three hundred more staff members who will not easily give in under the leadership of retired veterans of the "Red Banner Army" to participate in screening and killing spies.
With these people participating in strengthening law and order, although there were few soldiers in the security city, they did not fall into chaos, and Jiannu could not do it at their fingertips.
All the good horses were handed over to Ma Fulin's cavalry galloping to assist in the defense, and it took Gu Rushan to lead the infantry to ride horses and pack horses to Zhubokou, which was 200 miles away.
To the north of Zhubokou is a long and narrow basin leading to Datong, and to the south is a small undulating river valley leading to Cigouying, Wuwangkou and Baodingfu.
Stationed here is a thousand general name named Zhang Xiushen, this person has responsibility, although there are only more than 300 people and more than 20 families, but still stick to the pass did not abandon the pass and escape, he died in history and left a name in history.
The business of "Sifang Express" in Shanxi is booming, and the "Sifang Qianzhuang" has covered all the state capitals in Shanxi, and there are often long-distance trafficking horse convoys and wheelbarrow convoys in and out of the passes not far from Beijing, and it is inevitable to deal with the guards of the passes.
Zhang Xiushen knows that the "Quartet Express" is the industry of Dongping Hou, knows the achievements of the "Red Flag Army", and every time there is a "Quartet Express" customs clearance, he will chat with the dart masters, so he knows a lot of dart masters.
He didn't know that relying on more than 300 people under his command to stick to the bamboo silk mouth was nine times out of ten to find death, but he thought that the matter of being loyal to the king of the food king, he couldn't do such a shameful thing as running away, and was ready to fight to the death until he died.
Who knew that the willows were bright and bright, and a "Red Flag Army" actually came.
Zhang Xiu was vulgar and a martial artist, and he was overjoyed to see the familiar "Quartet Express" dart master who took the initiative to help defend the bamboo silk, and immediately opened the door in person and asked Gu Rushan to lead the people into the customs.
Huang Han led more than 2,800 horsemen when he set out from Kuizhou, and after seven days of galloping to Luoyang City, there were still 2,500 horses, and only more than 10% of the horses were left behind better than expected.