The cold land of Mobei is naturally far less fertile than the Hetao grassland, and now it is because the Ming Dynasty vigorously developed the Hetao, making it a granary integrating planting and grazing. This territory is a temptation for any Mongolian tribe.

The establishment of a naturalized governor in the Hetao and the stationing of heavy troops is to prevent the Hetao from being coveted by others. Originally, the focus of prevention was to flee to the west of Bu Shitu, after he was destroyed, the western Mongolia surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the focus of defense shifted to the Khalkha Mongolian side of Mobei. Although it is separated by the Daqing Mountain Range, Hong Chengchou still sent out the night to supervise the movements in Khalkha.

If it weren't for the fact that Hetao was in ruins, everything was in the process of being created, and he even had plans to send troops to Mobei, after all, replacing defense with offense is the best defense.

Of course, having said that, although Western Mongolia surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, it could not be unguarded. However, this was the main responsibility of Yang Sichang, the governor of Baotou, and he also sent to the western Mongolian side at night, so he could quickly know the news that Gushi Khan had led his troops away.

After everything was explained, Hong Chengchou led nearly 20,000 cavalry troops and marched towards the eastern Mongolian steppe. His army is all cavalry, this is the confidence of the Hetao, war horses, there are!

On the Shanhai Pass, Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao and the auxiliary minister of the cabinet, led the civil and military generals on the front line of Guanning, standing on the head of the city and overlooking the direction of the Beijing Division.

The sun gradually rose, and the military preparation road to participate in politics Zuo Yingxuan played to Sun Chengzong: "If you don't receive the future announcement tonight, the emperor should be far away from Shanhaiguan, so the elder of the pavilion might as well go to the arrow tower to rest first!" ”

"Yes, Elder Ge, go and rest for a while!" When the other officials heard this, they also followed suit.

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he retracted his gaze, turned his head to look at them, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, do you think the old man is old?" Let me tell you, the old man is much stronger than Lian Po! Some of you don't even eat as much as your old man! ”

After saying it with a smile, he turned his head and looked at the distance of the official road again, his smile slowly faded, revealing an incomparably solemn expression, and said slowly: "Jianyu is raging in Liaodong, but my Ming can only retreat to the Ningjin line, and the entire Liaodong is lost. Unexpectedly, now it is time for the emperor to drive his own expedition and completely recover Liaodong! ”

Hearing his emotion, Sun Chengzong's subordinates also fell silent, turned their heads to look at the distance of the official road, and their hearts were full of emotion.

When they faced the ravages of Jianyu, they felt really stressed. Sometimes, I even wonder, can Guan Ning be saved? After the elder governor of Liaodong, he came up with a way to deal with Jianyu, which was to take advantage of the strength of the Ming Dynasty to defend the city, and repair the city all the way from the Daling River, wanting to use this fortress tactic to fight against the ravages of Jianyu.

But they don't know that this method of repairing the city can be successful, after all, Jianyu is not a fool, and how can you calmly repair the city; Second, the cost of repairing the city is very large, and no one can think that the imperial court can really afford to build a city.

However, if this method of repairing the city was not used, the Ming Dynasty would not be an opponent of Jianyu in the wilderness. If you are passively beaten, you will only lose one city after another. It is more likely that Jianyu once again bypassed the natural danger of Shanhaiguan and went to loot the pass. At that time, these officials stationed at Shanhaiguan, mainly to prevent the construction of prisoners, had to be held accountable for this.

In the past, who would have expected that such an unsolvable situation was beaten arrogantly by the emperor through a series of means, and now there is only passive defense, just like the Guanning army back then. Unlike the Jianyu back then, the Ming Dynasty held a siege weapon in his hands, that is, the Hongyi cannon. If Jianyu wanted to defend the city like the Guanning army before, it would only be the end of the city being broken and the whole army destroyed.

Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, it is precisely because these civil officials and military generals on the head of Shanhaiguan City have felt the ravages of Jianyu, and now compared with it, they are full of emotion. It is also for this reason that Sun Chengzong is willing to stand on the head of the city, thinking about the scene when he sees the imperial car appear in his field of vision. Otherwise, with his identity as a patriarch of the Four Dynasties and the Emperor of the Apocalypse, it was enough for him to wait for the emperor to come out to greet him when he arrived at Shanhaiguan City, and no one would say anything gossipy.

At this time, Sun Chengzong had white hair and white beard, and the wind on the city was a little strong, blowing so that the white beard under his forehead was fluttering. Now he is more than seventy years old, if in the original history, he has been disarmed because of the defeat of the Daling River and returned to the field, soon after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs and attacked Gaoyang, he led his family and the people in the city to resist. After the city was broken, the whole family was martyred together. Of course, in this plane, his fate has been completely changed.

Suddenly, Zuo Yingxuan pointed to the official road and said loudly: "Hey, it seems that the royal car is coming!" ”

Sun Chengzong was old after all, and after looking at it for a while, he saw that on the official road, a fast horse was galloping. So fast, it must have been the royal driver who was not far away and rushed back to say goodbye.

Sure enough, the fast horse galloped to the city, and before he reached the Shanhaiguan City, he straightened up on the horseback and shouted loudly: "The army led by the emperor is less than five miles away from Shanhaiguan!" The Emperor's Army......"

Hearing this, the civil officials and military generals at the head of the city couldn't help but get excited. Your Majesty, it's finally time to Shanhaiguan! Many of them, under normal circumstances, would not have had the opportunity to meet the emperor, and now they are finally going to meet. Thinking like this, they were even more eager to see the emperor as soon as possible.

This is not to say that when they see the emperor, they will be promoted and rich. But the current emperor is too impressed with them. They really wanted to see what this young emperor who single-handedly reversed the situation in Liaodong and suppressed Jianyu without the power to resist, what did he look like?

Even Sun Chengzong, who had already met the emperor, had the same thoughts. The position is different, and he knows far more things than his subordinates. is also the same, even if he has gone through four dynasties and is well-read, he still admires this young genius very much.

The most critical move in the situation in Liaodong was actually to cut off the military supplies and intelligence sources for the construction of Liaodong. This is easy to say, but if it is really done, only the emperor with great courage and wisdom can do it. Even with Sun Chengzong's own old qualifications, he can't do this.

Thinking that the emperor did not move, he moved, from the top of the court to the Shanxi place, the honorable such as the first assistant and the left capital of the imperial history, and the lowly to those Jin merchants and border guards, secretly mobilized the white pole army thousands of miles away, and uprooted them all together. This means is so high that no previous dynasty or dynasty has ever done so.

You must know that if such a big matter is not handled well, the counterattack of these people will be very powerful, even if it is the emperor, he may not be able to withstand the desperate counterattack of these people.

However, in the end, the emperor did it, not only harvested countless money, temporarily solved the problems of the border army's arrears, and Jianlu also became blind, deaf, and lacked food, and the emperor's eyes were like a torch, so he grasped this point.

Sun Chengzong was reminiscing about the past, when he heard the people around him say in surprise: "Come, come, do you see?" ”

Hearing the sound, he came back to his senses, looked fixedly, and sure enough, he saw an army in the distance of the official road, which was coming this way. The big flag currently fluttering in the wind, although it is far away, can be seen clearly, it is the Ming national flag appointed by the emperor. Behind the national flag, there is the emperor's imperial canopy. The bright yellow color can be seen from afar.

"Let's go, let's go down with the old man to greet you!" After Sun Chengzong said without hesitation, he took a big stride, and at this speed of walking, even some young civil officials behind him had to take small steps to keep up. At this time, Sun Chengzong is no worse than any young man!

Since leaving the Beijing Division, Emperor Chongzhen's imperial car has always been at the forefront of the army. Of course, in front of him, there was naturally a night without a vigilant march. However, it was also because of this that the cities along the way all knew about the emperor's personal conquest.

The land of Gyeonggi was brutally plagued by Jianyu once, and because of this, the people of Gyeonggi land hated Jianyu deeply. I heard that the emperor drove to Liaodong in person, and all of a sudden, thousands of people were empty, and almost all the people ran to both sides of the official road to wait, they wanted to see the army of the emperor with their own eyes, and they wanted to see their emperor!

Originally, the magistrate was afraid, afraid that there would be an uncontrollable scene when there were too many people. However, Emperor Chongzhen would not allow them to prohibit the people from watching, and finally the local army and officials maintained order.

Although Emperor Chongzhen did not take out the emperor's guard of honor, a canopy can already explain his identity. And he is wearing a golden helmet and gold armor, and at first glance, he is as majestic as a god, and compared with the others around him, it looks extraordinarily dazzling. As long as the common people are not blind, they should be able to know who their emperor is!

As a result, along the way, Emperor Chongzhen gained countless achievement points, and even he had doubts that the display of achievement points would overflow due to insufficient digits. Looking at the massive achievement points in the lower left corner of the chat group, Emperor Chongzhen was relieved, this battle, the achievement points can be used casually.

Seeing the first pass in the world from afar, Emperor Chongzhen rode on horseback, and couldn't help but sigh: What if it is the first pass in the world? Defending against enemy invasion and defending the country has never been something that can be solved by defense alone. In the original history, the Manchu Qing Dynasty eventually entered the Central Plains from this gate, and finally poisoned the world. As a result, China fell for nearly three hundred years, whether it was science and technology, military or others, it was abandoned by the whole world, and in the end, even a small island country like the Wa Kingdom could ride on the head of China as a blessing, which is really sad and sad!

Thinking so, when he got closer, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes looked at the civil and military generals standing there on the side of the official road under the Shanhaiguan City, the head of the man, his hair was all white, but he was in good spirits, and he was wearing a red scarlet robe, which was the most eye-catching. He naturally recognized that this old man was Sun Chengzong.

At the same time, Sun Chengzong also led the civil and military generals of Liaodong, and they were all looking at Emperor Chongzhen. Their first impression is one word: wise and powerful! Especially the emperor is young, wearing golden helmets and golden armor, riding on a tall horse, he is really a dragon among people!

"Old minister Sun Chengzong, long live, long live, long live!" Sun Chengzong took the lead and greeted the emperor.

"Weichen Liaodong Soldier Preparation Road to participate in politics should be elected, welcome ......"

"The last general Ning Yuan, the general He Kegang, greetings to ......"

“……”

Sun Chengzong did not need to report his official name, and the others reported their official positions and saluted the emperor together.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he jumped off the horse with a smile, walked quickly in front of Sun Chengzong, stretched out his hands and said, "Sun Qing, please get up!" ”

After helping Sun Chengzong up, he instructed the others: "All the Qing are flat!" ”

Sun Chengzong didn't expect the emperor to get off the horse and come to help him personally, so he naturally didn't dare to be hypocritical, and hurriedly got up with the emperor's gesture, and then played again: "Your Majesty's military horses are tired, the old minister has arranged the camp, please rest Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body!" ”

"I'm in good health, it's okay!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he looked at Sun Chengzong with a smile and said, "It's Sun Qing, I want to know, Lian Po is old, can he still eat?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Sun Chengzong also laughed, and immediately raised his head and replied: "Your Majesty, but if you have an order, the old ministers can pick up their knives and get on their horses, kill into Shenyang City, and ask for the head of the slave chief!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen laughed, and the other courtiers also laughed. Unconsciously, a few words of dialogue between the monarch and the minister melted away the strangeness of these courtiers when they first met the king.

Emperor Chongzhen then looked at Zuo Yingxuan, smiled and said: "Although Zuo Qing is from a high background, I often hear about Zuo Qing's talent, and I am very relieved!" The imperial examination is only a means of selecting talents, but it cannot determine the pillars of the country. Zuo Qing is an example, when this war is over, I will definitely be rewarded for my merits and deeds. ”

Seriously, the background of the person makes Zuo Yingxuan feel inferior when he usually meets his colleagues from Jinshi. At the same time, those who were born as jinshi, although their official positions may be lower than him, also have their pride and circles.

Although he was promoted to the military and participated in politics because of his contribution to the defense of Changli, and he also felt the grace of God and worked diligently and fulfilled his duties, but the identity of a person is a pain in his heart after all. But what he didn't expect was that the emperor would find him to talk to him in full view of everyone, after Sun Ge Lao, and between the words, he didn't care whether he raised people or not, and even encouraged him so much, suddenly, he felt that his efforts were worth it, what do you do with your background, with the emperor's grace, this life is enough!

Thinking like this, he wanted to be grateful again, but was stopped by Emperor Chongzhen, so he asked with a smile: "I sent a group of people to come over before to learn the local governance of Liaodong with Qing. Now, I want to ask Qingqing, is it possible? ”

In these words, there is a strong confidence that this battle will definitely be able to recover Liaodong, and these officials will be used.