At noon, the sun is shining, if it is the height of summer, it will definitely make people very hot, but in early spring, such sunlight is just right, shining on people, warm, indescribably comfortable.

If you move a stool, sit under the eaves, or in the courtyard, feel the warm sunshine, and squint lazily for an hour, it is definitely a very high enjoyment.

However, the Ming army in the Hami Guard did not have a trace of lazy posture, whether it was standing guard on the city wall or resting in the barracks, all of them were heroic and full of spirit, even if they were sitting, they were also standing upright, like green pines.

This is the result of Hou Gongji's strict training, and it is also the general spiritual outlook of the Qin army, the Qin army is a first-class army of the Ming Dynasty, and it is absolutely not allowed to be free and loose, even when there is nothing to do in peacetime.

After lunch, Hou Gongji did not rest, he was checking the reserve of grain and grass.

In a remote guard station like Hamiwei, grain and grass are the top priority, because there is no railway here, and it is not easy to transport grain and grass, and the consumption of 15,000 soldiers and horses is not a little.

Because the climate here is too dry, the grain produced by the 10,000 households is not enough to supply the needs of the 15,000 regular legions, so every few months, Hamiwei must apply to the Ganzhou Wei headquarters for a batch of grain and grass.

He checked the account books, checked the inventory accompanied by the quartermaster, and was considering whether to apply to the headquarters for the next batch of grain and grass, when a signal soldier suddenly ran over, knelt on one knee, held a telegram and said loudly: "General Qiyu, Jinyi Wei is urgent." “

He took the message and scanned it, his brow furrowed immediately.

This time, I'm afraid that the Tile Spur Department is really going to attack Hamiwei, because it is not a secret that the Ming Dynasty has invested millions of troops in Siberia to attack wildly, and it is very likely that the enemy in other directions will take advantage of it.

Therefore, last year, the Ministry of War issued a circular to the garrisons in various places, strictly ordering them to pay close attention to the movements of the surrounding enemy forces, and the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, or Hamiwei, is the place that is most likely to be attacked by the enemy.

Hou Gongji thought about it for a while, and then strode to the telegraph room, he had to report such a big matter to the headquarters to see what instructions the main general Sun Chuanting had.

Although the wind and sand in the northwest are very large, it does not affect the laying of telegraph lines, because the current telegraph lines are buried in the ground, no matter how big the wind and sand are, it has no effect, so Hamiwei has been connected to the telegraph as early as two years ago, and even the sentry posts sent out by Hamiwei to guard have been connected to the telegraph line.

The spies of the Jinyi Guard do not need to go to Hami City, they usually find a nearby outpost to transmit the information, which is not only convenient and fast, but also avoids the danger of exposure.

Hamiwei was not very large, and the telegraph room was not far from the warehouse, and soon, Hou Gongji came to the telegraph room.

He directly ordered: "Send a report, the headquarters of the Ganzhou Wei Qin Army, the last general Hou Gongji Qiqi Sun, received the report from the Jinyi Guard, the Tile Spur Department issued a convening order three days ago, and 300,000 troops have been assembled, and another 100,000 cavalry of the Kazakh Khanate will go south to join it four days ago, and the last general believes that its target is very likely to be Hamiwei, please make a decision." “

The communications soldier skillfully compiled his words into a message and sent it quickly.

Hou Gongji did not leave, but stood there straight, waiting for the reply from the Ganzhou Wei headquarters.

About a quarter of an hour later, the radio machine clanged, and the two correspondents immediately picked up their brushes and began to record at the same time.

Soon, after the telegram was sent, the two of them each translated the telegram they received into Chinese characters, compared it again, and then handed over a well-written telegram to Hou Gongji.

Hou Gongji glanced at it quickly, and the telegram was very simple: immediately order all the families of the guards and the common people to prepare to withdraw to the Guannei, Sun Chuanting.

He knew that this meant that he was going to prepare for war, and in the face of the invasion of the nomadic tribes in the north, the first thing to do was to clear the wilderness, because of the lack of materials in the grassland, they generally did not prepare too much grain and grass, and most of them were fighting and grabbing to feed the war.

Since it was concluded that the Tile Spur Department was going to attack Hamiwei, why did Sun Chuanting only give such a simple order?

Naturally, his reaction can't be just so little, but, at present, what Ha Miwei can really do is only prepare for the fortified wall, and Hou Gongji really can't do other things, just with the 15,000 people under his command to resist the 400,000 army, it is absolutely impossible.

There are 200,000 cavalry, and they received a secret report from the Jinyi guards in the first two months, and they still have muskets, and there are a lot of them!

Sun Chuanting even felt that even if the 100,000 Qin troops were all on the line, they might not be able to withstand the 400,000 coalition troops of the tile spurs, not to mention that the Qin army could not all go to Hamiwei at this time, because the mobility of the Mengyuan cavalry was too strong, if they found that the Qin army was all assembled in Hamiwei, it was likely that the infantry would be left to besiege Hamiwei, and the cavalry would go straight to Jiayu Pass.

Therefore, after he gave the order to Hou Gongji, he did not leave Ganzhouwei's telegraph room immediately, but stood there and thought for a long time.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Send a report, the palace of the capital, the last general Sun Chuanting will play the emperor, and receive the report from the Jinyi Guard, the Tile Spur Department has gathered 300,000 troops, and another 100,000 cavalry of the Kazakh Khanate will go south to join it, the last general believes that its target is very likely to be Hamiwei, such as the 400,000 coalition troops of the Tile Spur Department to attack, the Qin army is difficult to resist, please send reinforcements as soon as possible." “

This kind of retribution can take a huge risk, if the tile spur department does not attack, then he is guilty of bullying the king, the emperor wants to start a fire, and it is possible to cut him directly!

Of course, Zhu Cijiong couldn't have cut him down, even if the Tile Spur Department didn't attack, he was a rare handsome talent, and it was a brain disease to cut him down for such a trivial matter.

Sun Chuanting was anxiously waiting for the emperor's reply in Ganzhouwei, so would Zhu Cijiong send reinforcements?

Such a major decision naturally could not be made quickly, Zhu Cijiong happened to be in the study to check the map of Siberia when he received the telegram, seeing that the ice and snow were about to melt and the war was about to begin, he naturally would not slack off.

What's next? Where do you end the fight? Just as he was thinking about these questions, Wang Chengen sent a telegram from Sun Chuanting.

He glanced at the telegram, and his brows immediately furrowed, just as Wang Chengen was there bowing down and waiting for his instructions, he immediately spoke: "Take the latest map of Shaanxi Xingdu Division." “

When Wang Chengen heard this, he hurriedly ran to the map shelf to find the latest map of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and unfolded it directly in front of Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong looked at the map, and his brows furrowed even more.

Hamiwei, Handongwei, Shazhouwei, Chijin Mongolian Guard, Andingwei, etc., so many guards outside Jiayu Pass are facing the threat of 200,000 cavalry, how many troops have to be sent to support!