After more than three years of highway facilities construction, the starting point city has completed the Beijing Ring Highway, Mentougou - Starting Point City - Shijingshan Industrial Zone - Miyun Highway, the starting point city to Tianjin highway, Tianjin to Dezhou (Ming Dynasty called Dexian County) highway, Jingshi to Baoding highway.

There are two directions for the Tiance army to march into Shanxi and Xuanda, one is the direction of Zhangjiakou and Datong; The other is in the direction of Taiyuan. There are three directions to choose from attacking Taiyuan, one is to attack Taiyuan from Datong through Yanmen Pass and Pingxing Pass from the north; One is from Laoxian (i.e., Yuanping) into Shanxi; The other is to break through the Niangzi Pass from east to west and go straight to Taiyuan.

The Tiance Army was a quasi-mechanized force that relied heavily on roads, so the Taiyuan direction chose to attack from the two directions of Niangzi Pass and Pingxing Pass.

In order to communicate the coal resources in the Datong area, the highway from Jingshi to Datong has been built to Huailai, reaching half of the total mileage. The same highway from Beijing to Baoding also extends to the south to reach Shimen (Shijiazhuang of later generations) in Zhengding County, not far from Shimen to the west is the famous Jingcheng mining area in later generations, and continues to the west for dozens of kilometers is Niangzi Pass, and it is not far from Henan to the south.

The Tiance Army was about to set off, and Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly ran to the starting point city.

"Wang Sihua, what are you going to do?" Lu Xiangsheng roared angrily. He is the governor of Xuanda, and now Wang Yuebing has entered Shanxi and Xuanda, and he is slapping him in the face.

Wang Yue asked, "Duke Lu doesn't know why I sent troops?" ”

"What if you know? The whole court is arguing about your affairs, and it is boiling, but do you care about the face of the court and the face of the governor? Lu Xiangsheng said loudly.

"Face?" Wang Yue smiled and said: "Duke Lu is a pure person, an upright court official, but it doesn't mean that everyone else is." Perhaps Lu Du was diligent in his official duties and did not know much about the flies and dogs in his jurisdiction, or rather, neglected it. ”

He said and took out the love materials of the Xuanda region, threw them to Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Lu Dugong take a look, maybe after you read it, you will approve of my move to send troops." ”

Lu Xiangsheng flipped through the love materials, and his hands couldn't help but tremble. What is the situation in Daming officialdom? What is the situation with the border army? What did the smugglers do? Lu Xiangsheng is not ignorant.

But this love material is too detailed and appalling! In particular, the smuggling scale of the Jin merchants was not only huge, but also the behavior of providing military intelligence for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even leading the way for the Manchu Qing to enter the customs and loot and sell the stolen goods, which is outrageous.

In the intelligence, each border town, down to the name of the guards at each pass, the number of soldiers, the specific equipment are described, and there are even a considerable number of military intelligence reports. Looking at the above deeds and reprinting his own experience, Lu Xiangsheng knew that this information could not be fake.

After reading it, he slammed his palm on the desk, made a loud bang, and roared angrily: "These bastards, do you still have a dynasty in your eyes?" Do you have the slightest heart for the country and the people? ”

The Ming court is corrupt, the border army is erosive, Lu Xiangsheng sees it in his eyes, but he can't change much, he can only ensure that his Tianxiong army is not corroded, but seeing that the truth is so serious, he is still indignant.

Wang Yue said: "Duke Lu, they are digging the corners of the Ming Dynasty, it is their existence that makes this country crumble, my Tiance army is fighting with a way and no way, shouldn't it?" ”

"You...!" Lu Xiangsheng looked at Wang Yue in a daze, if the border army had a chronic terminal illness, then Wang Yue's Tiance army was even more threatening in Lu Xiangsheng's eyes.

Now that Wang Yue's starting point city has surpassed the Guanning army and become the largest warlord in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court is no longer able to control it, and his power is spreading everywhere.

Wang Yue looked at him in a daze, smiled and asked, "Duke Lu, what do you think of the starting point city under my rule?" How are the people living? ”

Lu Xiangsheng blinked, he had to admit a fact: "Prosperity, wealth, stability, Jiangnan is not as good!" ”

Wang Yue clapped his hands and said: "Everything is for the people, the people are rich and happy, this is my pursuit, and our nation is strong is my pursuit." Is anything else important? ”

The people are noble, the community is secondary, and the king is light! Wang Yue is actually this argument, if Lu Xiangsheng is a corrupt Confucian, die-hard, ignoring the people and choosing the monarchy, Wang Yue has nothing to say.

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a long time, then exhaled a long breath and said: "Others say that you are a capable minister who rules the world and a traitor in troubled times, but they are really not wrong. ”

Wang Yue saw that Lu Xiangsheng did not answer his question directly, and he didn't care, after all, people have been in the system for too long, and the change will not be so fast.

He laughed and said, "I'm neither a traitor nor a capable minister, anyone who has my chances can do this." ”

It is true that Wang Yue is not proud, any modern person, with his current conditions, can do this, or even better. It's just that he is a person who seeks stability, and his heart is not in a hurry, after all, time is in me!

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"The strength of the Ming army in Xuanda and Shanxi and other places exceeded 160,000, and the establishment was complex and different."

Gu Xiuquan introduced the situation of the Ming army in Xuanda and other places: "Among them, the new army directly under Lu Xiangsheng, that is, the new Tianxiong army of 20,000 people, from the perspective of intelligence analysis, the relationship between the Tianxiong army and the Jin merchants is not deep.

The other three big soldiers are the soldiers and horses of the three towns of Xuanda. Including 9,000 troops in Datong Town, 12,000 troops in Shanxi Town, and 8,000 troops in Xuanfu Town. Among them, Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong Town, has surrendered, and Zhou Yuji, the chief soldier of Shanxi Town, has a great relationship with Jin Shang, and Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, is said to be upright and resolute. ”

Yang Guozhu was one of the eight general soldiers who accompanied Hong Chengchou and the Qing army in the Songjin War in history.

Zhou Yuji fought against Li Zicheng alone when Li Zicheng attacked Shanxi and the third general army of Xuanda had been reduced to the second, and was defeated by Ningwuguan and died.

Speaking of which, these two generals who can be considered to be able to fight, and they have left their names in history.

Gu Xiuquan continued: "In addition to these regular soldiers, the largest force in the Xuanda region is the Weisuo army, which is different from other regions of the Ming Dynasty, the Weisuo army in the Xuanda region is much stronger, after all, this is a border town.

Especially in the Datong and Zhangjiakou areas, there are military forts, border forts, and road piers everywhere.

Taking Fan Tianmin, the commander of the Wanquan Division of Zhangjiakou, as an example, it has two acropolis, six military forts, 8,900 officers and soldiers, and more than 2,000 internal reinforcements.

His younger brother Fan Tianning was the commander of the Dushi Battalion on the East Road of Xuanfu, and had three acropolis, eight military forts, 7,800 officers and soldiers, and more than 1,900 internal reinforcements.