Whether it is Taiji or a general, or a soldier or a herdsman, everyone has a sense of fear, and even more a sense of powerlessness.

Attacking such a small military platform would have such serious casualties, what if it was much larger than the military platform and the garrison was more than 1,000 people in Jining Fort?

Ah Cheng muttered, "When did the Ming people become so brave? ”

Someone even ridiculed: "Now I feel that the people of the Ming Kingdom are more worthy of the word warrior than us!" ”

After the explosion, the cavalry scattered and fled, some of them ran to a dungeon in the southwest, and were beaten by the angry guards in the dungeon, and then ran around like flies, the herdsmen ran even more chaotically, Ah Cheng's strict military discipline was completely useless at this time, and after such an explosion, Ah Cheng had no heart to continue to drag those who fled to death.

"Ah Cheng Taiji," Bu Shitu Khan also rushed to hear the news, and he said with a pale face: "According to this situation, how many people will die if we want to uproot these fort and post army platform piers?" ”

Ah Cheng said with a gloomy face: "The Great Khan can't say that, if there are many dead people and we don't fight, then we can only surrender to the Ming Kingdom." ”

Bu Shitu said: "The point is that I feel that there are many dead people who can't attack this fort!" ”

Ah Cheng said: "How can the Great Khan be so unconfident? ”

Ah Cheng looked around, when he used to say that the Great Khan was cowardly, there would always be many people who came out to help, but this time there was silence all around, and even Geng Ge, who had always been tough and had always looked down on the Han people, was silent.

One or two thousand people died in a military platform, and there are still hundreds of military forts and military platforms to be pulled out, if these military forts and piers are not uprooted, with the strong combat power of the Yusheng merchant group, how dare the Mongols go south?

A Taiji muttered: "No wonder Zhang Han dared to come over to build a fort, his soldiers and horses are much stronger than the border army of the Ming Kingdom." ”

"It's come to this," Ah Cheng said weakly: "You can't give up halfway?" ”

"I think it's enough to trap this fort." Another Taiji said: "I feel that 10,000 people will die to capture this fort, we can't bear it, so we just graze around here, accumulate grain and grass for the winter, no matter how much grain they have, can they still eat for a year or two?" ”

Ah Cheng wanted to say "ridiculous", but he looked around, and almost everyone showed an expression of approval...... Xi Lingse, Bai Hongda, Geng Ge, and of course the Taiji from Mobei, Bu Shitu Khan nodded again and again, and praised: "This is very good, the Han people don't have a saying that they will surrender without a fight, let's do it." ”

Ah Cheng's eyes were dark, his mouth was sweet, and he felt a mouthful of blood spurting out.

……

"So the adults are really surrounded?"

Sun Jingting and Li Laibin, Li Shouye and others are in Xiaoheihe Fort, Wang Changfu and Wang Yikui and others are in Daheihe Fort, the two forts are separated by more than 100 people, and they can be reached in a day by galloping horses, even if the army can arrive in two days, the main force of the army is not only stationed in the two forts, but also a large number of soldiers are stationed in the military platforms and border piers along the way, and the main cavalry led by Zhu Dayong and Zhou Yao and others are here, Zhang Han only has two flag teams in Jining Fort, and Li Shenming's Xinghe Fort There are not many cavalry, The cavalry led by Duo'er is less than a division, mainly to ensure the safety of the trade road.

Here in Xiaoheihe Fort, there are more than 1,300 cavalry, as well as a large number of infantry soldiers, and it can be said that more than half of the main force of He Yusheng is under the control of Sun Jingting.

"Mr. Sun?" Li Laibin said: "Wang Changfu sent Tang Ma over, what they mean is that a small number of soldiers and soldiers are left here in Xiaohehe Fort to garrison, and then make an appointment with Mr. Li of Xinghe Fort, where Liang Xing and Yang Sisun and Duoer and others are there, and the two roads will make an appointment to attack together to relieve the siege of Jining Fort." ”

Sun Jingting listened silently, his face was very ugly, Zhang Han was surrounded, and he was naturally very anxious, Sun Jingting's feelings for Zhang Han were deeper than ordinary subordinates, others were loyal to Zhang Han, and he was still a friend to Zhang Han, and he was also a relative of Uncle Lang, all kinds of factors added up, Sun Jingting has almost been able to sleep recently.

Sun Jingting said: "What did Mr. Li say over there? ”

"There are no Tang horses from Xinghe Fort yet." Li Laibin said: "Many places are isolated by the Beiyu, Tangma has to take a detour, Xinghe Fort is the farthest away from us, it is estimated that it will take at least a few days before Tangma comes." ”

"Then wait." Sun Jingting said: "If you don't discuss it with Mr. Li, you can't send troops." ”

All the generals present were a little relieved, they didn't know the enemy's situation, and they didn't prepare properly, so they rushed to send troops, and everyone was not sure in their hearts, but it was not someone else who was surrounded but Zhang Han, if someone said that they would rescue later, they were afraid that they would be said to have ulterior motives, or they were cowardly and afraid of war, and once Zhang Han was rescued in the future, he would settle accounts after the autumn, and no one would be able to stand it.

Of course, everyone is also anxious, with Zhang Han's sincerity in treating his subordinates, it is also false to say that everyone is not in a hurry, but from a purely military point of view, it is indeed not a good opportunity to send troops.

This pot can only be carried by Sun Jingting.

After Li Zhiye returned to his residence, his soldiers brought broth and wheat cakes.

Because of its close proximity to Qingcheng, in addition to the eastward movement of the main forces such as Bu Shitu Khan, the main force of Ordos and the remaining forces of Tumut are mainly placed here, only a small number of cavalry are placed in the area of Xinghebao, and the entire left wing and Mobei Mongolia have mobilized more than 150,000 troops, 100,000 in Jining Fort, about 20,000 in Xinghe Fort, about 30,000 in Qingcheng to Xiaohehe Fort, and thousands of cavalry roaming around, the Mongols have no strength to harass the border, or to deal with Zhou Yao's harassment before.

Because the encirclement is not tight, and even the Qingcheng side is only mainly guarded and guarded, the number of cavalry seen in the Dunbao military platform along the way is very limited, so the supply has not stopped, the grain reserves in the forts are very rich, the war has lasted for ten months, not only is there no shortage of food in the forts, but even the meat reserves are also very rich.

Li Zhiye nibbled on wheat cakes and drank the soup unhurriedly until Li Gui and others ran over.

"General," Li Gui said, "Have you discussed it above, when will you send troops?" ”

Behind Li Gui, there are a group of young officers, there are several staff officers, and there are also people from the Military Command Department and the Military and Political Department, all of whom are in their early twenties, looking young and vigorous, and their positions are mainly middle-level, and the average age in the system of He Yusheng is not very old, and these young officers in front of them are gradually growing up, and gradually becoming the mainstream of the officer corps.

Some of the dart masters and Lahu were born, but some of them are quite old and are already middle-aged.

"No troops for the time being." Li Zhiye said: "The enemy situation is unknown, how can you mobilize rashly. ”

Zhang Shixiong, who was next to Li Gui, stepped forward and said with an angry face: "How can you be so decisive? Isn't that the case of the enemy unclear? There are more than 100,000 captives in the north, and the adults are trapped in Jining Fort, how can this enemy situation be clear? ”

Zhang Shixiong is a rare beggar, when he was a teenager begging in Xinpingbao, he was seen by Zhang Han passing by, Zhang Han saw that although this kid was a beggar, he was as tall as a man, and his height far exceeded his peers.

As soon as Zhang Shixiong fired the cannon, the group below naturally followed, Li Zhiye sat silent, but he was a little surprised in his heart...... Only then did it become clear that from Xinpingbao School to Lizhuang School, the number of these boys was really a lot!

After these young officers had said nonsense, Li Zhiye said with a serious face: "Of course, opinions can be raised, and the army can allow any opinions to be put forward before the formal decision, but once a resolution is formed, the soldiers can only obey unconditionally, this is also a statute set by adults, you won't disobey it, right?" ”

Zhang Shixiong and the others were silent, their breath was very short, Li Zhiye used Zhang Han's words to pressure them, and everyone was not easy to refute, but they were definitely not convinced in their hearts.

"Alright, let's all go down." Li Zhiye said: "Before there is news about the next step, we can only wait. ”

"Of course we will obey the military order!" Zhang Shixiong was stunned word by word, although he suppressed his voice, everyone could still hear his anger and unwillingness: "But if you sit back and watch Lord Zhang being trapped and ignore it, what should we do?" Please think deeply! ”

"Get out!" Li Zhiye scolded: "If a soldier is domineering and does not obey military orders, it is better not to be such a soldier, Zhang Shixiong, no matter what others do to you, you don't want to come up with any tricks in my place." ”

Li Zhiye is a rare southerner general in the army, his temper has always been mild, but at this time it was a rare tantrum, Zhang Shixiong was choked by him speechless, but his face was still unruly, he made a military salute, turned around and left.

A large group of young officers turned around together, and the spurs made a screeching sound on the blue brick floor...... The officers, of course, did it on purpose, and they were venting their frustration in this way.

Li Zhiye's face was pale, he sat upright, and his soldiers also looked weird...... In the situation just now, it stands to reason that the officers are rude to their superiors, and they should be angry with Li Zhiye as pro-soldiers, and the general's pro-soldiers are sent by the Attendant Division, and their main responsibility is to protect the safety of the superior officers and maintain the authority of the officers. Zhang Shixiong and others were very rude, but the words of Zhang Shixiong and others spoke their hearts...... The pro-soldiers are not selected by the generals themselves, and what they do is also to protect the personal safety of the generals, and they are not like the generals of the Ming army, who have a strong dependency relationship with the generals, and even the officers understand that these personal soldiers sent by the squire department may have people from the field service or the internal intelligence bureau, or people from the military justice department.

Li Gui didn't leave, he said to Li Zhiye: "Don't blame Zhang Shixiong and ...... them."

Li Zhiye was silent, but after half a ring, a smile appeared on his face, and he said: "Shixiong They are also loyal to adults, what do I have to be angry about." It's just that his mother's attitude is very arrogant, and Lao Tzu can't get down in one breath by them. ”

Li Guidao: "It's also that everyone is in a hurry, and they usually have a lot of respect for the general." ”

Li Zhiye said: "I don't care what they think? Anyway, the military order is as big as a mountain, I only listen to the military order! ”

Li Gui's lips twitched, he wanted to say that Sun Jingting was a literati after all, and sometimes he might be cowardly and lack decisiveness, but thinking about Sun Jingting's decisiveness in the past few months, he acted resolutely, with clear rewards and punishments, and he was all convinced, and he couldn't say it.