Under the autumn coolness, Zhu Qiming said goodbye to the leader of the three guards of Jianzhou on the side of the terrace, planning to lead the army back.

On the terrace, Duoer Zhensuo bowed down and gave a salute for a long time. The Yehenara clan on the side looked at Zhu Qiming with strange eyes like a shaman who was good at mind reading, anyway, Zhu Qiming didn't want to give himself goosebumps, so he kept avoiding those bright eyes.

Wang Lie's gaze never left the Yehenara clan, but he was afraid that every pore on his body was shaking. For Wang Lie, a guy who was still alive before leaving, at first everyone was still quite troubled when discussing punishment measures.

Tang Ji gritted his teeth and was angry, "If you violate the order in battle, you will be severely punished!" ”

Shi Feng scratched his head, suspecting his injustice, "Forget your friends when you see it, and punish it with a small punishment." ”

Fan Cha sighed and lamented his indiscretion, "Young and frivolous, just reprimand." ”

These steps slipped down, and the nature of Wang Lie's violation of discipline was diluted to the point that it was not worth mentioning, and the means of punishment were also decreasing layer by layer.

Don't even waste your saliva!

Zhu Qiming seemed to have to slide down the ladder, so he brought the old man's tone: "That's it, the hero is short of breath!" ”

"Rack!"

Zhu Qiming took the lead, galloped down, and the winding cavalry disappeared into the yellow-dyed autumn forest.

It was not until the early morning of the next day that the group returned to the territory of Liaodong through the Yahu Pass.

Wang Ao led the army to greet him on the side of the road, and when he saw Zhu Qiming's figure, he hurriedly beckoned the generals to turn over and dismount, and made a grand salute.

"See His Royal Highness King Yue."

Zhu Qiming jumped off the horse, helped Wang Ao with his own hands, and immediately beckoned the generals to stand up.

Leng Wuya quietly said goodbye to Zhu Qiming, and led Changshengbao Minzhuang to leave first.

"Your Highness, as Your Highness expected, Totok Buhua led the army to invade Liaodong, and the chief military officer Cao Yi has led the army to resist the enemy a few days ago. Fortunately, the offensive of the captives has slowed down, and the inferior people can protect Liaodong without losing. Wang Ao glanced at Zhu Qiming, his face was extremely kind, "Your Highness, North Korea has sent troops to garrison the first line of the Yalu River, and the three guards of Jianzhou have sent envoys to discuss and make an appointment." The detachment of the cavalry side was hit hard by His Royal Highness, and the vitality was greatly damaged, and now Liaodong, North Korea, and Jianzhou Jurchen are in the same breath, and our chances of winning are very great! ”

Wang Ao did not say thank you, but he still expressed his gratitude tactfully through etiquette and tone.

Facing the autumn wind, Zhu Qiming stretched out his hand to hold a yellow leaf, "The overall situation in Liaodong has been decided, no matter how much you toss it off, it's just a show!" ”

Ouyang Tong and Tang Ji stepped forward to salute the officials of Liaodong, and then retreated to stand a few feet behind Zhu Qiming.

The generals of Liaodong were unwilling to retreat and followed closely by Wang Ao's side.

Wang Ao had no intention of expelling everyone, glanced at his subordinates lightly, and then looked at Zhu Qiming with a smile, "The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, being invincible in a hundred battles, and being good at taking advantage of the enemy's internal suspicions to make a big fuss, this can be called the best policy!" Your Royal Highness, Tokhoff Buhua suffered a big loss here, presumably Ba Wangye also lost troops in Xuanfu and Datong first, if so, the two sides can still check and balance each other, maybe Tokhoff Buhua also hopes to take advantage of this to gain the upper hand and get rid of the dilemma of being controlled by others. ”

Zhu Qiming replied with a smile.

Over there, Feng Ying said loudly: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue, it is rumored that he also entered Datong not long ago, and tens of thousands of border troops of my Ming Dynasty were defeated, and the emperor drove in person, and hundreds of thousands of troops were on their way to Datong. Dare to ask Your Highness, what do you think about this? ”

Feng Ying's voice was loud, and his words made many people in the Yuefu Guards listen to it sincerely, and everyone looked blank.

The Liaodong soldiers all opened their eyes wide and focused their eyes on Zhu Qiming, even Wang Ao, who had no intention of reprimanding Feng Ying for being abrupt.

Zhu Qiming smiled, just looking at the distant mountains and being distracted.

"Expected!" He came back to his senses, and his deep gaze slowly swept towards everyone, "In this way, the elite of the capital is exhausted, and this kind of battle can be described as rare!" But this is not to fight the Luchuan thieves like Sijifa, nor to attack the remnants of the Uliangha, but to compete with the heavy troops of Wara, so ······" After hesitating for a moment, he still pressed the true thoughts in his heart, and only said an ambiguous sentence: "The outcome is unpredictable." ”

"According to the theory, the chance of our army winning is not less than seventy percent!" Wang Ao stroked his beard, "Our army's strength far exceeds that of Wara, and they are all well-trained elites of the three major battalions in Beijing!" And the weapons are better than the captives, and it is said that they also brought a large number of firearms such as bowl cannons and letter cannons, and they also occupied the geographical advantage, so the odds of victory are very great! ”

Convenient location? Not necessarily! The people of Liuwara have already explored the mountains and rivers in the north clearly, and I am afraid that they know the geographical advantages better than the Beijing army, Zhu Qiming couldn't help but shake his head. However, he had no intention of dwelling on the matter.

"Warat people have experienced a hundred battles, and whether my well-trained Beijing army is good at fighting still needs to be tested in actual combat, and actual combat and talking on paper are two different things! If our army wants to win, it must pass two levels: first, the initial contact with the heavy troops of Warat, the strength of the troops at that moment is quite fierce, once the battle is engaged, the battle situation is bound to be very tragic, which requires enough resourcefulness and courage to support, otherwise, the side that has experienced the war at the beginning is very easy to rout. Second, if you can't hit the Tartars hard in one fell swoop, but just resist the attack of the Tartars, and form a stalemate with them, the war will probably be protracted. I am afraid that the monarchs and ministers of the court have not thought deeply about this, so the variables are extremely uncertain. ”

Although Zhu Qiming did not say the worst outcome, Wang Ao's face had turned solemn. "Why don't Your Highness hurry to Datong?"

Zhu Qiming's eyes moved, and his expression was full of helplessness, "Rush to Datong?" No, that's useless, this king is only allowed to stay in Liaodong! ”

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The emperor led more than 200,000 Beijing troops, as well as a large number of internal and external officials and servants of officials at all levels, through Tangjialing and Longhutai, out of Yongguan. At this time, the ministers asked to be stationed on the spot, but the emperor did not allow it.

A group of nobles and senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee were all old, the British were 76 years old at the time, and their movements were already inconvenient, and the younger Kwong and Wang Zuo were both 66 years old. These old ministers couldn't withstand the long journey at all, but the military situation was urgent, and the emperor was anxious, so as soon as the army left Juyong Pass, the leading honors and high-ranking civil officials were already tired.

The army then passed through Yulin Station, Huailai City, and Leijia Station, and came to Xuanfu, catching up with the ghost weather of wind and rain, and the ministers again asked to be stationed on the spot, and Wang Zhen was furious. When the emperor's car arrived at Jiming Mountain, the ministers were already afraid, and they asked the emperor to lead the army back, and Peng Deqing, the supervisor of Qintian, even said something about the celestial phenomenon: "Tiger momentum, so irreversible, if there is a mistake, I am afraid that the Son of Heaven will be reckless!" ”

Wang Zhen's will to war is firm, but the relatives and the accompanying hundred officials are not, regardless of whether this trip should put the Son of Heaven in danger, just say that the ministers have made a fuss, and the morale of more than 200,000 troops must have been greatly affected, which is by no means a good sign for the Ming army that has just experienced the battle array!

When the army reached the south of Yanghe City, the weakness of the Taiping army was immediately exposed!

I saw that the corpses on the ground were all over the field, and the remains left by the Datong border army were not collected, so they lay there and let the beasts devour them, rotting and growing maggots, and the scene was simply miserable!

Having had enough of the quarrels and quarrels between the high-level and seeing this terrifying scene, the will of some soldiers collapsed at this moment, and the rest probably also tasted fear.