Just when Li Rumei divided his troops to help various battlefields, Xiubao was also in full swing repairing the walled city and destroying the main transportation routes. On the one hand, he ordered Junju and Yiqing to lead his troops to dig pits and rocks on the official road three miles north of Yunling, and cut down trees as a barrier to block and delay possible reinforcements; On the other hand, pay close attention to repairing the watchtowers on Yunshan and Yangshan, send ninjas to reconnoiter within a radius of five miles, and establish the most basic intelligence network; In the end, the only few Furlong planes transported from Sacheon were placed in Yunshanzhai to deal with the artillery phalanx that the Ming army might carry.

Xiubao believes that the Yunling where he is located seems to be dangerous but is actually safe, and in the face of the four-way army that appeared at the same time, the Ming army will never divide its troops to respond to the battle, but shrink its forces and withdraw from the siege and flee north, so as long as you can bluff here and let the Ming army know that you are ready for battle, it will be enough to sit back and relax and wait for triumph.

But this is not the case, on the fourth day of the second month of February, the third day of Xiubao's capture of Yunling, the Ming army of the brigade advanced towards Yunling from the southeast and southeast respectively, for a time, the mountain roads on both sides were black and pressed, the fiery red "Ming" word flag was particularly conspicuous in this snowfield, facing the cold wind and making a shivering sound, the cavalry walked in the front of the queue, the Mongolian horses were thick and passionate neighing, with the neat and powerful steps of the infantry, so that this barren land could not help but tremble. Among the many military flags, the largest handsome flag is particularly eye-catching, the huge "Li" character is gilded on the red flag, shining in the sunlight, before the handsome flag, a black-armored young general rides on a jujube red horse, his eyes are blazing, he walks forward with his head held high, although he is only seventeen years old, he is already childish, and his body exudes the majesty and domineering that is unique to the general.

"What? Three thousand?! Hearing the ninja's report, Hideho Huo Ran got up and choked up in surprise.

"How is this possible, is it wrong, go down and investigate carefully!" Junju and the generals also didn't believe that Rumei would send 3,000 people to attack Yunling, and hurriedly ordered the ninjas to reconnoiter again.

However, the ninja shook his head firmly and continued: "In order to detect the enemy, we have killed eight brothers, and two are missing, and the villain vouched for his life, and it is indeed three thousand. ”

"Okay," Jun Ju wanted to say something, but was stopped by Xiubo, who was relieved, and he lowered his head and asked softly to the ninja, "As far as you know, how is the Ming army's lineup equipped this time?" ”

The ninja thought about it carefully and said: "Lord Qiqi, the Ming army is divided into two roads to Yunling, the southeast road is divided into two ways to kill Yunling, of which the south road is from Xingli along the Han River to the north, and has now arrived at Guanghuaping, with two thousand troops, including five hundred cavalry, one thousand and fifteen ashigaru are equipped with iron cannons, and the number of large cylinders is unknown, but it is not less than five; The east road to Fengjiang, Shenlin, has now arrived at Fengqigou, the army of 1,000, including 300 cavalry, 700 ashigaru, it is observed that the large barrel is not carried, as for the number of iron cannons... Forgive the villain for being incompetent. ”

"Why, didn't find out?" Jun Ju asked angrily.

The ninja hurriedly knelt on his knees, leaned over and pleaded guilty: "The whereabouts of this Ming army are erratic, the vigilance is extremely high, and the ninjas sent except for the villain have all died under the gun, in order to ensure that the news is conveyed in time, the villain has only lived secretly until now, and asked the lord to give the villain the death penalty." ”

"It's not your fault," Hideho waved his hand to the ninja's feet, "Do you remember the commanders of these two armies?" ”

"Both are young generals," the ninja paused and continued, "but from their banners, both of them have the surname Li. ”

"Surname Li?!" The hall suddenly exploded, and the generals speculated that it was the Li brothers who came to ask for it in person, and even Xiubao was a little nervous, if it was really like Mei Rubai brothers, it would be a big disaster.

"It's hard work, go down and rest." Xiu Baoqiang squeezed out a smile.

The ninja thanked him and left the main hall, but the military information he brought with him was still echoing in the room like the aftermath of a bomb. Xiubao sat on the chair slowly, although his expression was a little sluggish, but his heart was as anxious as fire, in the face of the Ming army three times his size, how could Yunling hold it.

"My lord, the minister has something to say." To everyone's surprise, Komiyayama Harukatsu, who had just left the family, suddenly stood up, came to Hideho and said, "I just listened to the introduction of the ninja, but I don't think these two are the Li brothers. ”

"Oh, tell me?" Xiubao was slightly stunned, and looked up at Qingsheng.

"The minister remembers that during the battle of the Biho Pavilion, Li Rusong had such an iron artillery team next to him, and the ninja said the same as Li Rusong arrived at the Biho Pavilion, and the ninjas sent to investigate were injured nine times out of ten, all of which were done by this reserve, therefore, according to the minister's guess, the iron artillery team in the East Route Army this time was the one four years ago."

"What does that mean?" Junju said on the side.

"The lord may not know that the leader of the reserve team died at the hands of his ministers, and it just so happened that he was also surnamed Li, called '**** Sheng'." Qing Sheng said respectfully.

"Do you want to say that this time it is the descendants of the **** sheng who are leading the team, not the Li brothers?" Hideho seemed to understand what Harukatsu meant.

"Exactly," Qingsheng bowed and signaled: "The son avenges his father, it is justified, besides, even if he is not a descendant of **** Sheng, it can never be the Li brothers." After all, it is an enemy on all sides, Li Rumei will not support the front line with his younger brother no matter how reckless he is, the biggest possibility is that Rumei is sitting in Kowloon and continues to besiege His Royal Highness the Xiu family, and Rubai led his troops to withdraw from the siege to support the embankment of the city defense that has been destroyed, according to this analysis, this 'Li' flag cannot be the Li brothers. ”

"That makes sense!" Xiubao thought it was so, and said with relief: "Sure enough, it's behind the gate... Uh, no, after being a famous general, if it is really like you say, then I will be a little relieved, but the other party is an army of 3,000 people, and there is a sharpshooter team, it seems that this battle is not easy to fight, everyone, what do you think? ”

"My lord, except to hold on, the minister feels that there is no other way out." Ogasawara Takakiyo stood up and replied in a dull voice.

"Hold on? It's easy to say, one thousand against three thousand, how can you hold on to this broken fortification? The old general's thinking is too unrealistic. Junju was chattering again.

"Oh, could it be that Aoki-sama has another plan?" Ogasawara Tadakiyo asked disdainfully, it can be regarded as angry for his father.

"It's not a good strategy," Junju said with a smug face: "Everyone has more or less learned the power of the Ming army's firearms, do you think that such a small cottage halfway up the mountain can withstand the repeated bombardment of the big cylinder?" Therefore, it was imperative to find a larger city to rely on, so that it could withstand the artillery attack, and second, it could be delayed for a longer period of time to buy time for the prime minister and Settsu to break through. ”

"Hmph, I thought it was a good idea, dare to ask Lord Aoki, how can there be a big castle around here for you to rely on?" Chungcheong scoffed at Junju's over-idealism, and the nearby big cities were Jecheon and Chungju, both of which were now in the hands of the Ming army, so did he think that there were not enough Ming troops to provoke, and he had to go there to die?

"Why not?!" Jun Ju glanced at Chungcheong, strode behind Xiubao, pointed to the map on the wall and said, "Look, isn't this the place." ”

"Wonju?!" His Highness's eyes widened, and some even shouted. Junju was very satisfied with everyone's performance, smiled at Xiubao and continued: "As the so-called 'put the place of death and then live', now the main force of the Ming army has been attracted to Chungcheong-do, and the rear must be empty. I don't know what the lord and the adults think? ”

(There are a lot of place names mentioned recently, so you can find a map of North Korea, and when I have time, I will also pass on a map to Toyotomi, so you can also go there and have a look.) ）