(Recommended reading: In the afternoon, in a large school field in Liaoyang City, Li Hongyu, accompanied by Yang Hao, Zhou Yongchun and others, inspected more than 1,000 cavalry on the school field.

In order to attack Houjin, the cavalry of the Ming army was basically sent to the front line, so there were not many cavalry left in Liaoyang City.

"Lord Yang, how many cavalry are there in Shenyang?" During the march, Li Hongyu's brows furrowed, and he quietly asked Yang Hao, who was following behind.

In Li Hongyu's opinion, only half of the more than 1,000 cavalry can be used at most, and the number of troops is too small.

"Your Excellency, there are 3,000 cavalry in Shenyang." Yang Hao knew that Li Hongyu wanted to understand the strength of the Ming army in Liaodong, so he answered truthfully.

"Three thousand!"

A thoughtful look appeared on Li Hongyu's face, Shenyang was the base of the Jin army under Yang Hao's command, so the cavalry must be elite, and the three thousand cavalry should be able to use it.

"You're a Mongol?" At this time, the corner of Li Hongyu's eyes swept over a tall and burly knight who was leading a horse and standing in front of the queue, and then stopped, glanced at the knight, and asked.

"Lord Hui Governor, the lowly position is the Mongols, the Xuanfu people." The knight puffed out his chest and replied in a loud voice.

"What's your name?" Li Hongyu bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and asked, when it comes to riding and archery, the Mongolians are still more skilled, even if some Mongolians have moved to Guannei, but they usually have horses, so they like bow horses since childhood.

"Lord Hui Governor, his humble name is Man Gui." The knight replied loudly.

"Man Gui?" Li Hongyu thought the name was quite strange, but then he was relieved, after all, the name of the Mongolian is different from that of the Han Chinese.

It's a pity that Li Hongyu has a limited understanding of the history of the late Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would definitely be shocked by this rather strange-sounding name, because this is the Liaodong Tiger General who will be as famous as Yuan Chonghuan in the future.

"Man Gui, do you speak Mongolian?" Under the gaze of everyone, Li Hongyu looked at Man Gui and asked.

The reason why he stopped in front of Man Gui was because when he was dealing with the Chahar tribe and other Mongolian tribes in the future, it would be easier for him to communicate with each other if he had a Mongol by his side.

"Your Excellency, the Governor can speak Mongolian." Man Gui nodded when he heard this, and replied seriously.

"What is your position now?" Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and asked.

"Lord Governor, the humble position is a hundred households, and the current position is the general manager." Man Gui did not hesitate at all, and replied in a deep voice.

Among them, Baihu is the military attache official position of Mangui, and the "general" is the military position he held in the Liaodong war, which is a position when he is leaving, and the military position of "general" will be canceled after the war.

"Man Gui, are you willing to be the official's guard?" Li Hongyu was very satisfied with Man Gui, looked him up and down again, and then asked in a deep voice.

Man Gui couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, his face showed a look of surprise, he didn't react for a while, he didn't expect Li Hongyu to accept him as a personal guard for the first time.

"Don't thank you yet." Yang Hao was also surprised when he saw this, and then said to Man Gui, who was stunned, "It is your honor that the Governor has taken a fancy to you, and you can carefully protect the safety of the Governor in the future." ”

"Willing to do it." Man Gui came back to his senses at this time, and replied excitedly after bowing his hand to Li Hongyu, after all, not everyone has the opportunity to become the governor's personal guard, which means that he will have a backer in the court in the future, and his career will undoubtedly rise faster.

"Lord Governor, Man Gui is brave and good at fighting, and he will definitely be able to help your lordship." After hearing this, Yang Hao said to Li Hongyu with a smile, praising Man Gui.

"Pack your bags and gather your men to report to General Chai." Li Hongyu smiled and nodded, pointing to a young general who followed behind him, and explained to Man Gui in a deep voice.

The "Chai General" in his mouth refers to Chai Shixiu, the son of Chai Guozhu, who is a guerrilla general, and the 2,000 cavalry sent by Chai Guozhu this time is under his command.

"Obedience." Man Gui hurriedly bowed down and answered, feeling an inexplicable excitement in his heart, you must know that there are very few court officials who dare to use him, a Mongol, as a personal guard, and more generals just want him to fight the battlefield.

Li Hongyu bowed slightly, and continued to inspect the cavalry on the school field, perhaps the biggest difference between him and the officials in the imperial court in military personnel appointment is that he has no ethnic prejudice, and does not despise the soldiers of ethnic minorities such as the Mongols and the Jurchens.

Early the next morning, Li Hongyu led more than 2,500 cavalry to Qinghe Fort at a gallop to meet Li Rubai's troops stationed there.

The Korean side did not go with Li Hongyu, and then followed Zhou Yongchun to Shenyang, where he went to convey Li Hongyu's order to the garrison in Shenyang.

"Lord Yang, Lord Governor is going here, but it's unpredictable!" Outside Liaoyang City, among the crowd of people who saw them off, looking at Li Hongyu and his party who had left in the dust, Zhou Yongchun couldn't help but say to Yang Hao beside him with some worry.

"The governor must have a reason for doing this, and I hope that the governor will be able to turn the tide and solve the crisis in Liaodong." Yang Hao replied with a solemn expression, as the former supreme commander of Liaodong, he naturally hoped that Li Hongyu could help him clean up the current mess.

However, Yang Hao will not be able to see this scene, due to the holy decree of the Wanli Emperor, he will soon be escorted back to Beijing to be interrogated by the imperial court for the defeat in the battle of Sarhu, and what awaits him will be the lowest period of his life.

Qinghe Fort is located in the four mountains, in a narrow canyon, the mountain is steep, the situation is dangerous, there is a barrier of Yahu Pass in the east, it is the strategic point of Jianzhou to enter the hinterland of Liaodong.

In the 46th year of Wanli, Nurhachi issued the "Seven Hatreds" rebellion, and the first thing to launch was the Battle of Fuqing, which successively conquered Fushun and Qinghe Fort, causing the Ming court to shake.

Unlike the Houjin after the surrender of Fushun defender and guerrilla Li Yongfang, Zou Chuxian, the commander-in-chief of Qinghe Fort, led the army to rely on the dangerous city defense of Qinghe Fort, and once severely damaged the Houjin army.

It wasn't until later that Nurhachi changed his tactics and sent people to build a simple shelter under the city to dig down a corner of the northern city wall, which was able to attack the city, and more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians under the general soldier Zou Chuxian rose up to resist and fought with Houjin in street battles, and almost all of them were killed.

After the city was broken, Nurhachi ordered all the Qinghe city walls to be demolished, and ordered the houses in the area from Sancha Fort to Gushan Fort to be burned, and also demolished the two cities of "one wall" and "alkali field", so that the Ming army had no place to live from Qinghe to Fushun City.

Then, Houjin collected the grain from the cellar, and the green seedlings in the field were grazing on horseback, causing the Qinghebao area to be cut off from population within fifty or sixty miles.

On the way to Qinghe Fort, Li Hongyu met the people who fled with their families, the closer they got to Qinghe Fort, the more people fled to Qinghe Fort, the defeat of the Ming army in the battle of Salhu made the local people lose their sense of security, so they fled to the rear city for refuge, and the barbaric Houjin soldiers were afraid of them like tigers.

Li Hongyu did not stop those refugees, not only that, but also ordered the Ming army castles along the way to provide food for those refugees, in his opinion, to withdraw as many people as possible to the rear so that they would not be enslaved by the Later Jin is an important way to weaken the power of the Later Jin, and reduce the source of soldiers for the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Han Army.

Qinghe Fort, a well-preserved courtyard in the backyard.

Because of the urgency of time, the city wall of Qinghe Fort has not had time to repair, the city is ruined, many buildings that were burned by fire are scorched black, although it has been almost a year, but you can still experience the tragedy of the battle of Qinghebao last year.

At this moment, the Ming army stationed in Qinghe Fort can be described as panicked, and the defeat of Juniper and Ma Lin and others made the Ming army on the southwest road under the command of Li Rubai demoralized, if it was not for Yang Hao's order to hold on to Qinghe Fort, I am afraid it would have withdrawn long ago.

It is worth mentioning that although Li Rubai is in Qinghe Fort, his task is to hold the Yaque Pass, after all, the city defense of Qinghe Fort has been destroyed by the Houjin army, and the only way to stop the advance of the Houjin army is to rely on the Yaque Pass.

Qinghe Fort had become a huge barracks at this time, and since the people in the fort had either been slaughtered or taken captive by the Houjin last year, there were not many people in the city now.

A gray-haired old man paced back and forth in the courtyard of the backyard, his brows furrowed tightly, and he looked uneasy.

He is Li Rubai, who is now 67 years old, and originally recuperated at home for nearly 20 years, because the Li family is famous in Liaodong, and Li Rubai was reactivated when the imperial court prepared to quell the rebellion last year.

Speaking of Li Rubai, we have to mention his famous father Li Chengliang and brother Li Rusong, Li Chengliang created the Liaodong Iron Cavalry that galloped in Liaodong, and was invincible in Liaodong, and Li Rusong was a famous general who aided Korea and resisted the Japanese in Wanli years, and his military talent was better than the blue.

It is worth mentioning that Nurhachi was captured when Li Chengliang defeated the Jianzhou Jurchens and became a servant of the Li family, and later fled.

Therefore, Nurhachi and the Jianzhou Jurchens are also called "Jiannu", which is not a casual contempt, but has such a historical allusion.

As the commander of the Ming Army on the Southwest Road, Li Rubai is now restless, after all, the Ming Army on the Southwest Road withdrew back before making contact with the Houjin Army on the battlefield, so it will definitely be regarded by the outside world as fearing and avoiding war.

"My lord, the new Inspector is here." Suddenly, a soldier hurried to report in a deep voice.

"The new Inspector?" Li Rubai suddenly stopped, a look of surprise appeared on his face, he never expected that the imperial court would send a new governor so soon, let alone that the new governor would take the risk of coming to Qinghe Fort.

Therefore, Li Rubai did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked to the front yard hall to meet the new governor, and he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.

In the hall in the front yard, Li Hongyu sat on a chair and sipped tea slowly, while Man Gui and Chai Shixiu stood behind him left and right.

Obviously, Li Hongyu was waiting for Li Rubai's arrival, and the reason why he came to Qinghe Fort first was not for no reason, his purpose was naturally to rush at Li Rubai's Liaodong Iron Cavalry, which was the most capable unit of the Ming army in Liaodong, fortunately it was not buried in the Battle of Sarhu, otherwise Li Hongyu would have no troops available in Liaodong.

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