This night passed quietly, and early in the morning of the second day, Han Shimeng's general order was transmitted to all departments and set out for camp. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Han Shimeng's pacesetters arrived at the Yongan military camp, they found that it was already a busy scene.

At this time, under Xiao Yi's order, the soldiers of the Yong'an Army were packing up and filling the stove, and the pacesetter looked at the busy Yong'an Army camp in a daze, and did not go in, but turned his head and went to the silent Meng Xiping camp.

It didn't take long for the army to pull out, riding on foot, and striding towards the direction of Liaodong, and Xiao Yijun listed the army as the basic exercise.

Unlike the general Ming army, the sergeants generally walk together, and there is no difference between marching troops, even if it is a march, the Yongan army also has several basic queues.

Before the start of the march, the Yong'an army was scattered ten to twenty miles away by Wang Dayong at night, and the sentinels were reconnoitred in advance at the places where the army was going to pass.

During the march, the baggage battalion and the firearms battalion were in the center, with the sword card holding a huge shield at the outermost, and the pikemen holding the tiger spear in four columns interspersed in the middle.

In this way, in the event of an enemy attack, the outer soldiers can form a formation as quickly as possible to defend against the enemy, and the gunners and ornisons are protected in the most central safety zone and quickly counterattack.

Even if there are no enemies, it can have the effect of uniformity and increase military might.

Out of Datong into the territory of Xuanzhen, there is a flat road leading directly to the Beijing Division, the rapid march speed to August 12 the army also rushed to the Beijing Division.

Han Shimeng pleaded with the army to enter the city for repairs many times, but was sternly rejected by the eunuchs defending the city.

In addition, the herald of Jiliao Governor Sun Chengzong frequently came, urging Datong's reinforcements to go to Jizhen as soon as possible to converge, and as a last resort, Han Shimeng had to order no rest, and the army continued to advance.

Although it is not far from Jingshi to Jizhen, there are mostly rural dirt roads on the road, and there are no smooth official roads.

In fact, it is not to blame that they are slowing down, this kind of dirt road is simply a special passage for cavalry, and the cavalry galloping here does not slow down.

On the other hand, the infantry army and the baggage sergeants have become very laborious and hard to push the wooden cart, and many of the subordinates of Han Shimeng and Meng Xiping have fainted due to overwork, and due to lack of proper placement, there are occasional deaths.

Before engaging in battle with the Houjin people, their own side was already exhausted, the fighting spirit subsided, and there were even minor casualties.

This made Xiao Yi, who heard the news, worried at the same time, and also sent the doctors accompanying him in the army to help as much as possible, and with the full treatment of these doctors, the casualties gradually decreased.

Walking on this kind of dirt road, even in the Yong'an army, the non-commissioned officers are seriously physically exhausted, and the sergeants of the baggage battalion frequently rotate the carts, almost every half an hour.

At the end, there were already soldiers wearing armor, shouting in groups of three or two, and took the initiative to help push the cart to transport.

The Yong'an Army, which is training day and night, is like this, and one can imagine the extent to which those officers and soldiers who have neglected training have reached.

After paying the price of more than a dozen deaths and more than 20 people being overworked and injured, the army finally arrived in Jizhen City on August 15 in the third year of Chongzhen.

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At this time, the flags outside Jizhen were dense, and the dense tents were all garrison camps, but somehow, Xiao Yi found that there were few people walking in the camp.

Shaking his head, it seemed that he was thinking nonsense again.

If it weren't for the tens of thousands of people gathered, how could Sun Chengzong camp outside the city and look up at the city wall of Jizhen behind the camp.

Because there are very few people in Datong Town, and Han Shimeng, the chief military officer at the time, repairs it diligently, it is still a strong city.

Compared with the glamour of Datong Town, Jizhen City is going to be described as dilapidated, riding on a horse and looking at this city, Xiao Yi sighed, this former 'strong city', at this time it is like a copy of the Ming Dynasty that has entered the twilight years.

Han Shimeng also sighed: "When Qi Shaobao was the governor of Jizhen, what a stormy city it was, and the strongest person in Zhuwei was the strongest, and Jizhen was also." ”

Jizhen has been in a slump since Qi Jiguang took charge of the Wanli period, the city outline has been abandoned, the armament has been slack, and the war has been in place for many years.

In fact, in the second year of Chongzhen, Ji Town almost did not play any role, and there was no strong city cannon.

The Tartars almost easily occupied the city of Jizhen, and then went straight to the land of Gyeonggi without any resistance, burning and looting along the way, and the soldiers and civilians suffered greatly.

Although Jizhen City was later recaptured by Sun Chengzong's official army, it was already a ruined city in Xiao Yi's eyes.

The shortage of pay and food in the official army is serious, although it is rare to kill people casually, but it is inevitable to rob it again, and the city is dilapidated and undefendable, and now it is already empty.

However, when Yang Guozhu is appointed as the chief soldier of Jizhen a few years later, the situation should improve, and Jizhen will really begin to play its value.

Meng Xiping nodded and said: "It's a pity that now people go to the city to destroy it, and the glory is no longer there..."

Ge Fuquan and Ren Quan looked at the broken city wall, although they didn't speak, they seemed to be thoughtful in their deep groaning.

Xiao Yi suddenly laughed and said, "I'm afraid that the governor is in a hurry in the big tent, and the military situation is like fire, so let's enter the account." ”

Han Shimeng was taken aback, and he almost forgot what was going on with emotion, so he immediately ordered the whole army to enter the camp.

When Han Shimeng's army arrived, Sun Chengzong, who was the official to the military department, was the governor of Jiliao at the time, and was given the sword of Shangfang by Emperor Chongzhen, was walking and talking with several generals in the tent.

Looking at these empty tents, Sun Chengzong's face was full of sadness, others didn't know that this seemed to be enough to accommodate more than 50,000 people, but there were only more than 10,000 people stationed.

Even so, more than 10,000 people still counted the thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of the chief military officer Qiu Hejia and the brave and fleeing sergeants recruited for several days.

Although it has spread to various places, now that half a month has passed, except for Hou Shilu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, there is no one in the towns on the nine sides to help.

At the time of the crisis, Sun Chengzong thought of Han Shimeng, who was guarding Datong, but after sending the official document, Sun Chengzong immediately regretted it, maybe it was the right policy to leave Han Shimeng in Datong?

As soon as he thought of the Tartars burning, killing, and plundering in Liaodong, Sun Chengzong felt a burst of heartache.

While pondering, Sun Chengzong suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and a group of men and horses was getting closer and closer, although it was still impossible to see the banner of that group of people and horses from a distance, but he could also feel that the number of people and horses would not be less than 20,000.

Sun Chengzong had already dispersed his sentry horses, and did not receive the alarm of the enemy's attack, and he came from the direction of Jingshi, Sun Chengzong was suddenly a little surprised.

After the surprise, there were some doubts, just... What kind of reinforcements have arrived?

Soon, the army marched into the camp and lined up, and the generals on horseback galloped towards them.

I saw that after the general who took the lead and talked with the gatekeeper for a few words, the gatekeeper ran over and said loudly: "Tell the governor, Han Shimeng, the chief military officer of Datong Town, has been ordered to come to the rescue, and now he is leading an army of 30,000 and has arrived outside the camp, and he is waiting for the governor's orders to dispatch." ”