Changping is a very important topography here, located in the northwest of the capital, the terrain from northwest to southeast gradually formed a gentle slope slope zone. The western and northern parts of the country are mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, bounded by Nankou and Juyongguan, and the western mountainous areas are collectively referred to as the West Mountains, which belong to the Taihang Mountains; The northern mountainous area is called Jundu Mountain, which belongs to the Yanshan Mountain Range. The altitude of the mountainous area is 400 to 800 meters, and the highest peak, Gaoloufeng, is more than 1,000 meters above sea level. The most famous mountain ranges are Tianshou Mountain, Yinshan Mountain, Longquan Mountain, Diecui Mountain, Zhuji Mountain, Huyu Mountain, etc., which are intertwined with each other, with high mountains, canyons, cliffs, and steep walls continuously, which can be described as the gateway of Beijing.

If the enemy takes this place, the capital will be in no danger.

Moreover, this place is the ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu family.

Therefore, after Ming Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, the county was abolished as a state, and there were many troops guarding the tomb.

This time, the two armies of the Qing army converged and began to sweep the Jingnan area.

Lu Xiangsheng's task was to hold this point, cut off the north-south communication of the Qing troops, and look for a suitable opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the enemy.

Sun Yuan walked on the city wall with sonorous steps, and a thin and short figure stood at the battlement in the distance, he was dressed in a linen shirt, his head was wrapped in a white scarf, and he was holding the wall with his hands, looking intently to the southeast.

The snow was still falling, and the sky and the earth were white.

The wind blew, the wind roared, and the light linen shirt danced as if it were about to fly.

The plain white old man was not covered by this piece of snow white, but became more and more eye-catching.

Sun Yuan strode over and bowed his hand: "Subordinate Sun Yuan, I have seen the supervisor." ”

That's right, this person is Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, the crown prince and the young guard, who has not seen him for more than a year, Sun Yuan remembered the grievances he had suffered in the past two years, his heart was hot, and his voice couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"Get up, Taichu, I haven't seen you for two years, and you seem to be much stronger again." Lu Xiangsheng saw that it was Sun Yuan, and he was overjoyed, so he suddenly helped him up and looked him up, up and down, left and right.

Sun Yuan's heart was hot: "The superintendent has been cleared." ”

Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "Time is not forgiving, and a certain person is also an old man."

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Sun Yuan: "As soon as the superintendent returned to Changping Prefecture, he urgently recruited the last general to speak, but I don't know what instructions the superintendent has?" He was also strange in his heart, always feeling that something was wrong with this, and there was a faint trace of unease.

Lu Xiangsheng: "When I went back to the capital to see the Son of Heaven this time, .cc [Marshmallow] had a traitor in the court, and I wanted to make peace with Houjin Jiannu. I heard someone say that you are also quite impressed with the matter of peace. In the beginning, is this really true? ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng's gaze sharpened, as if he was about to pierce Sun Yuan's eyes.

Historically, Lu Xiangsheng was a staunch war-fighting faction and never compromised in the war against Jianzhou. As soon as I returned to Changping this time, I heard that Sun Yuan was saying strange things below, saying that the imperial court should not have fought with Jiannu this time. Not only can they not fight, but they should be given gold, silver and jewelry to the favor of the tartars, and send them out of the country.

For Sun Yuan, Lu Xiangsheng attaches great importance to him. This time, Emperor Chongzhen went to Beijing to convene his ministers and Lu Xiangsheng in the Wuying Hall to discuss the strategy of defending against the enemy, and he clearly proposed to Emperor Chongzhen the basic policy of the main battle.

Lu Xiangsheng cited the harms and difficulties of passively avoiding war, and believed that it was better to take the initiative to attack than to be passive at every turn. Emperor Chongzhen felt that Lu Xiangsheng's words were reasonable, so he ordered him to discuss specific strategies with Yang Sichang, an assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and Gao Qiqian, a lieutenant of the governor. But Yang and Gao did not agree with Lu Xiangsheng's opinion, so everyone quarreled and broke up unhappily.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng is also very clear about the situation of Jiannu. If you want to compete with the enemy on the battlefield with an upright division, to be honest, the chances of winning are not very big. The art of war has clouds, with the right fit, with the odd victory. If you want to win an unprecedented battle this time, you will have to win by surprise.

As a result, a bold plan gradually took shape in his chest, that is, a few days later, on the day when the moon and snow stopped, the army would be divided into four ways to attack the Qing army camp at night.

Of course, this plan requires Sun Yuanbu to play forward in front.

Now, the only thing that can compete face-to-face with Jiannu on the battlefield is probably the Ningxiang Army. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Ningxiang Army was not weaker than that of Jiannu. Good steel should be used on the blade, and the key to the success or failure of this night attack lies in Sun Yuan.

If he starts well and causes confusion in the enemy camp, the battle of the other troops will be easy to fight.

But as soon as he returned to Changping, Lu Xiangsheng heard that Sun Yuan seemed to be inclined to negotiate peace with the DPRK and China, which made him extremely annoyed. Immediately, he did not return to the Chinese army first, and asked Sun Yuan to talk alone on the city wall.

Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's question, Sun Yuan realized that it was not good, and he also regretted his unintentional gaffe

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As he knew before, it was the national will of the Ming Dynasty to never negotiate peacefully with foreign countries and never compromise with foreign countries, which was the political correctness of the Ming Dynasty. If you make a mistake in this, you can easily be ruined by the world's long mouths.

Moreover, Lu Xiangsheng is from a Jiangnan family and a standard Donglin Party member. The Donglin Party has always been extreme, if he angered Lu Xiangsheng because of this matter and made him prejudiced, things would be in trouble. He is Sun Yuan's only big backer in the imperial court, and for now, his ups and downs of honor and disgrace are really tied to Lu Xiangsheng alone.

But if he denies it, he is afraid that it will make him even more despised.

With a move in his heart, Sun Yuan still decided to tell the truth and nodded: "Tell the superintendent, Sun Yuan thinks that the southern thieves have not been destroyed, and it is not a good thing for the court to start a war on both sides." ”

"What do you think, what do you think? Could it be that we still have to send New Year's coins to Jiannu, and let His Majesty be the ear emperor of Huang Taiji, the chief of Nanu? If you don't move forward in the face of the enemy, aren't you afraid of the military law of this governor? This is already a very serious accusation, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes are full of anger and regret. He never expected that Sun Yuan, who he had always valued, was now thinking about making peace with Jiannu, and he was about to attack.

"A gentleman must say nothing to others, the superintendent asks, and the general will answer truthfully." Sun Yuan hurriedly said: "This is just a little opinion of the last general on the current situation, and it is not Sun Yuan's turn to worry about the affairs of the country." However, whether it is war or peace, it is also a matter of the future, and it is up to His Majesty and the government to decide. Now, Jiannu has hit the capital and hit the Son of Heaven. Now to negotiate peace, that is the alliance under the city, it is a great shame. As soldiers, we can only fight bravely to kill the enemy, and the horse leather is shrouded. ”

Hearing Sun Yuan's words, Lu Xiangsheng's face looked good, and he sighed: "Taichu, you can hide nothing in front of this governor, you are really a gentleman." yes, it's useless to say anything now. Jiannu has hit the capital, and they are burning and looting in front of us, how can we still make peace? It can only be a tooth for a tooth, and blood for blood. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and patted Sun Yuan's shoulder: "In a few days, the governor wants to divide his troops to attack the Jiannu camp at night. You are the first brave general under a certain man, and when the time comes, you can open the way for the army in front with Wang Yuncheng, the second road is presided over by Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of a certain and Xuanfu, the third road is Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, and the fourth road is the Guan Ning army. Can you be confident? ”

Wang Yuncheng is not to say it, he is the general of the Sichuan Army with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Tianxiong Army, with the rank of commander-in-chief, plus Sun Yuan's Ningxiang Army, which can be described as the two trump cards in Lu Xiangsheng's hands. Now, being sent to the front line, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to this battle

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Of course, the forces of Sun Yuan and Wang Yuncheng were weak. The soldiers and horses in the two towns of Xuanda are also insufficient, and the key to this battle is still on the Guanning army.

Sun Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, that's right, in front of a gentleman like Lu Xiangsheng, lying obviously couldn't deceive him, but made him have a prejudice against himself. So, it's better to simply admit it. As expected, he let himself pass the test smoothly: "The last general dares to disobey his fate, but he ......"

"Just what?"

Sun Yuan lowered his voice: "I'm afraid that attacking the enemy camp at night may not be able to do its best." ”

"How?"

Sun Yuan: "Have you ever thought about it, this time against Jiannu, although the supervisor said that he commanded the soldiers and horses of the world and presided over the war against Jiannu. However, the composition of our army is complex, with three routes of soldiers and horses in Xuan, Da and Tianxiong, as well as Jingying and Jizhen, Guan and Ningzhu towns. The two towns of Xuanda may also be able to listen to the dispatch of the superintendent, and other soldiers and horses...... Moreover, there are too many constraints between the DPRK and China. I'm afraid that when the time comes, the army will not be even, and I will cook a pot of raw rice. ”

Indeed, in real history. Lu Xiangsheng's night attack seemed to have suffered a big defeat.

As for how he lost this battle, Sun Yuan didn't read carefully back then, and he didn't know much. It seems that because Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian had a conflict because of the night attack in advance, Yang Sichang even ran out of the city in person and came to Lu Xiangsheng's old camp to mediate. In the end, the two sides said that they were deadlocked, and Gao Qiqian took away half of Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers and horses.

Moreover, what he pulled away was the Guanning Army, which had the largest number of troops and the strongest combat effectiveness.

Because of the lack of troops, Lu Xiangsheng's night attack ended in failure.

Lu Xiangsheng was such a shrewd person, he immediately heard what Sun Yuan said, interrupted him, and said, "Taichu, your concerns are understandable, but a certain hand holds His Majesty's Shang Fang Sword. If the soldiers of the other military towns do not listen to the dispatch, they will be killed. ”

Speaking of this, his face was awe-inspiring.

Sun Yuan asked cautiously again: "What if Gonggong Gao doesn't agree with the battle plan of the superintendent?" "Gao Qiqian is a prison army, similar to the political commissar in the army in later generations, and has the final decision. Even Lu Xiangsheng sometimes has to be restrained by him.

Shang Fang Sword, what's the use of this thing? I think that back then, when Yuan Chonghuan sacrificed Shang Fang's sword to kill Mao Wenlong, Mao Wenlong also had Shang Fang's sword in hand. How important it is to fight against the Qing Dynasty this time, I think that Gao Qiqian also has a handful

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Everyone has magic weapons in their hands, and they are all given by the emperor. It is difficult to say who has the most power and who should listen to the officers and men in the army. In front, you Lu Xiangsheng wanted to kill the disobedient general, but in the back, he didn't agree, and there was no way to bring this soldier.

"You don't have to worry about the thief." Lu Xiangsheng snorted: "How can a thief meddle in a certain military affairs?" ”

Seeing the confidence on his face, Sun Yuan didn't have anything to say. In real history, Lu Xiangsheng should divide his troops with Gao Qiqian next. After the division of troops, Lu Xiangsheng still had more than 10,000 and nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and they were all elites of Xuan, Da and Tianxiong.

However, what kind of goods the Ming army is, Sun Yuan knows very well. Jiannu is too strong, and now, only the Ningxiang Army can compete with it. If you attack at night, you can't say that as soon as you see Jiannu, you will collapse.

At the beginning, when he entered the first battle in Beijing, his battle seemed to be very easy on the surface. That's because there are only a hundred real Jiannu in that team. Moreover, the enemy's cavalry was also wiped out by Zhu Ting. But now, the Ming army is facing a 100,000-strong Manchu army. What use did the two thousand Ningxiang army have on the battlefield?

But the division of troops was proposed by Lu Xiangsheng himself, and Sun Yuan was not good at reminding him not to do what he didn't do.

Thinking of this, he could only remain silent, pondering how to persuade them not to divide the troops once Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian had a conflict. Of course, he is just a small general, and he has no confidence in whether he can convince Lu and Gao, two big people at the level of Zaifu.

"By the way, Taichu, the matter of military pay you mentioned last time at Juyong Pass has already been settled."

Sun Yuan was pleasantly surprised: "This relationship is good, the last general is very poor." By the way, how much food can the Governor allocate to the last general. The last general is going to play the striker, and this salary supervisor can't be too much of a loss to me! ”

Seeing the exaggerated expression on Sun Yuan's face, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help laughing. In his mind, Sun Yuan seemed to be his nephew: "When he first entered the capital, His Majesty gave a military salary of 20,000 taels of silver. When he went out of the city and returned to the camp, the Son of Heaven gave him 30,000 taels of silver, and gave him 100 horses and 500 silver and iron whips. I came down to check, and for more than a year, the imperial court owes you a total of 15,000 taels of military expenses from the Bohai Institute, and this time I will make up for it for you. ”

Sun Yuan was pleasantly surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Thank you, Inspector, and if you have grain and grass, you can also allocate some of it." ”

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