Zhenzhen Hewei is located in the northwest of Nuer Gandusi, about a thousand miles away from Manjingwei, which was originally just an ordinary guardhouse, and it was also abandoned for a long time after the change of the civil fort.

However, since last fall, this place has changed dramatically, because the Ming Empire has built the railway here.

According to Sun Chengzong's plan, Zhenzhen Hewei would be a transit station between Liaodong and Manjingwei, so since the railway was built here before the ice last year, he ordered a city to be built around the original guard.

This city is not very large, only four or five hundred thousand people, at this time, the city walls around the city have been built, but there are no buildings in the city.

As far as the eye can see, the walls are full of dense military camps and piles of supplies.

Early that morning, Sun Chengzong summoned the accompanying civil and military officials to the residence of the former commander of the guard to discuss the promotion plan of northern Xinjiang and the construction of the railway.

He didn't have Zhu Cijiong's habit of letting people sit for meetings, so he was the only one in the lobby of the guard's commanding mansion, and everyone else was standing.

On the left is a row of civil officials, headed by the new Nuer Gancheng announced that the political envoy Si Zuobu political envoy Yuan Chonghuan, this Yuan Chonghuan has gone through ups and downs several times, and his arrogance has been almost wiped out, so Zhu Cijiong handed over the newly established Nuer Ganxing Province to him to take care of, of course, he will be able to be a civil official in his life, the military general should not think about it, and it is even more impossible to grasp the military and government.

Next is Liu Ruozai, the right-hand political envoy;

Hu Zhonglin, the procurator of the sentence;

Yan Peisi in the Ministry of Labor;

These are all newly promoted Chongzheng Dynasty Jinshi, who belong to the line of Emperor Zhu Cijiong.

On the right are the generals of the Liaodong First Department, the first is Cao Wenzhao, the deputy marshal of the army and the chief general of the Guanning Army;

Next is the Liaodong Army commander Man Gui;

Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army;

Wu Sangui, the chief general of the Henan Reserve Army.

Sun Chengzong glanced at everyone and was about to speak, but suddenly coughed violently.

After coughing for a while, he gasped and said, "Okay, now that the ice and snow in the north have begun to melt, let's discuss the next promotion plan and the construction of the railway." “

Cao Wenzhao said with a worried face: "Taifu, you should listen to the emperor go to Jinling to recuperate for a while, and leave the matter here to me and the elements." “

Yuan Chonghuan also persuaded: "Yes, Taifu, now we have a telegram, in case something happens, can we still send a telegram to you." “

As soon as they spoke, everyone on the left and right also followed suit, and for a while, the entire lobby was full of voices of hard persuasion.

Sun Chengzong shook his hand stubbornly and said: "Okay, isn't it just an occasional cold, it's nothing, the emperor has sent a royal doctor, I'll be fine after a few days of medicine, but this railway, if those mountains can't be crossed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to repair to Manjingwei this year, do you have any good solutions?" “

Cao Wenzhao and Yuan Chonghuan glanced at each other, sighed helplessly, and stopped talking.

The others didn't seem to have much to do, but Yan Peisi, who was standing at the end of the civil official, was the new official of the Ministry of Works, and Yan Peisi arched his hand and said: "Taifu Qi, this matter has been asked by Lord Bi, and Lord Bi just replied to the telegram yesterday, saying that the emperor has come up with a good solution. “

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Oh, what is a good way? “

Yan Peisi said embarrassedly: "It seems that he wants to build a bridge over the valley, and the specific way to do it is not very clear, Lord Bi has already sent the officials of the Ministry of Engineering to build the bridge, maybe it will be there today and tomorrow." “

Just as everyone was discussing in the lobby, dozens of miles north of Zhenzhen Hewei, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and a sentry in the northernmost part was about to put a horse in the middle of the road to intercept it, but saw that several cavalrymen coming from afar were all Ming soldiers dressed in Chongzheng uniforms, and the one who took the lead also had a command flag on his back.

The small squad leader in charge of the sentry took a closer look, and the five big characters "Eight Hundred Miles Expedited" were written in the middle of the Ling Qi, and then took a closer look, and the upper left corner of the Ling Qi turned out to be "The First Cavalry Division of the Guanning Army"!

He hurriedly waved away his men who were carrying the horse, flashed to the side of the road, and shouted: "Quick, quick, get out of the way, get out of the way." “

Soon, the cavalry galloped through the sentry post like a whirlwind and went straight to Zhenzhen Hewei New Town.

The sudden sound of horses' hooves almost alarmed the entire Zhenzhen Hewei, who dared to rush over like this, there were nearly 400,000 troops stationed here!

However, everyone thinks that the possibility of an enemy attack should not be great, because listening to the sound of horses' hooves is only a few dozen horses at most, and it may be some kind of emergency drill.

Almost everyone who heard the sound of hooves couldn't help but look at the nearby sentry on a high place to see what the flag was waving.

The slogan of the sentry is simple: "Get out of the way".

Get out of the way? All the soldiers on the road, whether they are practicing or standing guard, or they have nothing to do to wander around, they all subconsciously flash to both sides of the road, this guy, if you can't understand the flag, you will die in vain if you are trampled to death by the horse!

The dozen or so cavalry and more than 20 war horses went straight to the north city gate, and everyone who saw the Lingqi understood that this should not be a drill, everyone knew that the first cavalry division of the Guanning Army was stationed in Manjingwei.

The dozen or so horsemen galloped to the city gate without slowing down, but a loud shout came faintly from the wind: "Emergency military situation, where is Deputy Marshal Cao?" “

The squad leader who was in charge of guarding the city gate hurriedly pointed his finger at the Zhenzhenhe Guard Station in the center of the city, Zhao Yinglong didn't care if he entered the city, and he didn't care if there was anyone on the road, so he whipped the horse and rushed directly towards the center of the city, he just wanted to hurry, faster.

He rushed all the way to the guard, and under the guidance of the guards, he turned a few corners, and finally came to the lobby of the palace of the commander of the guard.

Now he finally restrained the horse, he still wouldn't do such a stupid thing as hitting the horse and rushing straight into the lobby, he turned over and dismounted directly, then took out his military card, raised it and said loudly: "The First Cavalry Division of the Guanning Army has an urgent military situation report to Deputy Marshal Cao." “

He wanted to report to Cao Wenzhao first, and then go with Cao Wenzhao to report to Taifu, but he never thought that Taifu was also inside, and it was Sun Chengzong's personal guard who was guarding at the door. “

At this time, everyone in the lobby stopped discussing, because the sound of horses' hooves was too strange, and they rushed directly to the door without being stopped, which was absolutely abnormal, so everyone looked at the door and wanted to see what was going on.

Soon, a strong man with a dark face and a command flag on his back rushed in, knelt on one knee, and roared: "Taifu Qi, Deputy Marshal Cao, Manjingwei has been attacked by Tsarist Russia, and the number of enemy troops is about 100,000, all equipped with muskets!" “

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he jumped up directly from the chair and said in shock: "Yang Zhong sent you?" 100,000 Tsarist Russian troops, also equipped with muskets, this, did he say a strategy against the enemy? “

When Zhao Yinglong heard this, he cried bitterly: "General Yang asked me to tell Taifu and Vice Marshal Lu that Wei Han swears to live and die with Manjingwei!" “

What kind of strategy is this against the enemy, it is obvious that he is ready to sacrifice his life for the country, Sun Chengzong asked anxiously: "When did this happen?" “

Zhao Yinglong choked up and said, "Back to Taifu, the morning before yesterday." “

At midnight the day before yesterday, that is, less than two days away, there was still hope!