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"I would like to inform you that 150,000 recruits have been recruited and are now being trained in the Recruit Division, which has removed more than 3,000 officers from various guards to take charge of specific training matters. I have been staring at it for the past few days, and the quality of this batch of recruits is very good, strong and strong, and honest and hardworking, and they are good seedlings. ”

"Tell your lordship, after these days of mobilization, there are now 1 million stone of grain stored in the city, which is enough for the needs of 300,000 soldiers and civilians in the city for a year. There were a million bundles of grass, a million buckshot bullets, and 5,000 pairs of cotton armor that had been allocated by the imperial court and transported by the great cities of Zhubang over the past few days. In addition, there are 20,000 spears and 15,000 halberds purchased from Liu's workshop, and according to recent statistics, the whole army now has a total of 200 bed crossbows, 3,000 sample Fulong machine guns, and 2,500 tiger squat cannons, and sufficient ammunition, according to Lao Gang, 20 cardinal points. ”

"I would like to inform you, my lord, after all these days, with the joint efforts of all colleagues in the Ordnance Bureau, we have completed the task you have assigned. Now 10,000 flintlock pistols have been made, and the cavalry guards have achieved one gun per man. In addition, more than 350 Franc cannons have been stored during this period. ”

"Tell your lordship, the mark has told the soldiers below the news that the Jurchen army is about to march to the city, and under the drive of the veterans who have gone through last year's Xishenwei defense battle, the army's spirit is very stable, and the soldiers are eager to fight, and there is no fear of the slightest."

This is the main hall of the Xishen Acropolis City Lord's Mansion in Zhenyuan Mansion, and the military meeting of the whole army of Wu Yijun is being held.

Influenced by the news of the imminent arrival of the Jurchen army. The atmosphere in the whole hall was solemn, but it was only solemn. And not timidity and fear. On the contrary, the faces of many officers were excited, excited, and mixed with anticipation, for them, Wu Yijun's successive battles and victories these days had given them great confidence. In their hearts, Wu Yibo and Wu Yijun have always been invincible and invincible, no matter whether they are rebels or horse bandits in front of them. Or the Mongols and Jurchens!

They are even looking forward to the war starting as soon as possible. Especially for those who are younger, war is the best ladder to glory and power.

The vast majority of them have also experienced the tragic battle of defense last year. But everyone also knows that Wu Yijun is different from last year, and he is stronger than last year, I don't know how many times! War, it won't be the same as last year!

solemn and high-spirited.

Lian Zi quietly observed the expressions of the officers, and a flash of relief flashed on his face.

From them, you can see the temperament and spirit of the entire Wu Yi Army. The strength of Wu Yijun lies not only in its advanced equipment and arduous training, but also in its indomitable direction. Fierce and invincible fighting spirit!

Xie Deqing, who was in charge of the recruit department, Wang Dachun, who was in charge of logistics, and Gonzalez and Xiong Tingbi stood up respectively and told Lian Zining about the preparations for this period of time.

Reserves, food, weapons, muskets, and the will to fight basically encompass all the factors of victory or defeat in a war.

After they finished reporting in turn, Lian Zining nodded. "Order, all muskets, all issued to the combat troops, as are weapons. The five thousand pairs of cotton armor are mainly equipped with the first and second guards, and if there is any remaining after the first and second guards are equipped, they will be issued to the fourth guard! ”

"Yes, sir!"

Wang Dachun and others responded one by one.

Lian Zining looked at Hong Chaojiao again, Hong Chaojiao understood, got up and said: "So that your Excellency will know that these days, the Yamen of the General Office has been mobilizing the people to relocate, and now more than 100,000 people in the villages around Zhenyuan Mansion have all moved to Qileniwei and other places, and the farthest one even went to the ground of Kemu Mountain." ”…,

Lian Zining nodded: "You did a good job on this errand." ”

Normally, when the army came to the city, the people were moved into the city to avoid casualties, but then the pressure on the city was too great - not enough food to eat, not enough place to live, chaos caused by large crowds, and even plague due to sanitation.

If there is really a plague, then there is no need to fight this battle, just hang the white flag and admit defeat!

Therefore, according to Lian Zining's intentions, all the people should be moved to the south, at least to Qileniwei, hundreds of miles away from Zhenyuanfu, in this case, the soldiers should not be able to affect them.

If it was in the customs, Lian Zining's order would inevitably be attacked by the civilian officials again - immoral, harsh, harsh, and so on, but outside the customs, this practical and operational order was unanimously recognized by the officials at all levels. And the process is also very smooth, the people who have experienced the pain of war understand which is more important, life and property, and they will not worry about running out of firewood if they stay in the green mountains, not to mention that the government promises that if there is any loss of crops, the government will be responsible for all the winter food this winter.

So after ten days of hard work, the people in those villages were all moved away in a planned way, and there were no more people in the surrounding area of Zhenyuan Mansion for more than 100 miles, except in the city.

Hong Chao was praised by Lian Zining, but his face was not a little pale, and he was a little worried: "My lord, the people have moved away, but those crops can't be saved." If the Jurchens and Mongols ......"

"I see what you mean." Lian Zining smiled slightly: "Relax, this official concludes that the Jurchens and Mongols will definitely not destroy these crops!" ”

"My lord......" Hong Chaojiao was about to say more, Lian Zining had already interrupted him, tilted his head sideways, and said to Li Tie: "Li Tie, read it to everyone, the latest military report!" ”

"Yes!" Li Tiedao: "According to the military report that just arrived this morning, the Jurchen and Fuyuwei coalition forces have begun to cross the Naowen River yesterday and march towards this side. According to the estimates of our spies and scouts in the army, the Jurchen army is about 100,000, and the Fuyuwei army is also about 50,000. Almost all of the Fu Yu guards were cavalry, two percent of the Jurchens were cavalry, and the rest were foot soldiers. Our spies are far away from them, and they have already fought a few battles, but they have also figured out some truths. According to observations, the Mongol cavalry was very elite. Most of them are young and strong. And in the Jurchen army, the old man over forty years old. Teenage children can be seen everywhere, and even many healthy women can be seen. At their speed, they will be there in five days! ”

As soon as Li Tie's words fell, the audience was in an uproar.

**Jin's face twisted horizontally, and a temperament of splashing skin and breaking down came to his face, and he sneered: "His grandmother's, these grandsons look down on people!" Last year, 70,000 or 80,000 elites couldn't help us, and this year they got a bunch of old and weak captives to blow up their hair here? Lao Tzu died of the resolute son of a bitch! ”

Xiong Tingbi laughed: "Old Zhao." Why use you for the horse? ”

Xia Zikai said coldly and faintly on the side: "Don't rob the younger brother, big brother." The corpses of these Jurchens, I have to peel the skin and cramp, and stick their human skins on the city wall! ”

Chen Dakang learned that he was knighted by Lian Zining, and some time ago he was swept away because he didn't catch the war. Before the war, the crowd was excited, and he also had a rare old man who talked about the madness of a teenager, and laughed: "You are not allowed to rob the old man, you made a big profit some time ago, and the old man didn't catch anything, and the first merit of fighting with the Jurchens must be our second guard!" ”

Lian Zining smiled lightly and looked at the gossiping crowd, but he didn't stop it.

Military Heart is available. That's it.

After a while, he knocked on the table, and the generals fell silent. …,

Lian Zining said: "Everyone heard it just now, within five days, the coalition of Jurchen and Fuyuwei will come." They had an army of 150,000 and 70,000 cavalry! But our Wu Yijun! ”

Lian Zining's voice suddenly rose: "Our Wu Yijun." Up to now, there are three cavalry guards, seven infantry guards, and we have 80,000 elite soldiers and 35,000 guns! Our Wu Yijun is no longer the same as last year! Ladies and gentlemen, do you remember that last year, also here, we beat the Jurchen army, which was ten times our size, with only 8,000 troops, and fled in a hurry! And now, we are ten times stronger than before! Behind us, there are 150,000 more recruits! They are our solid backing! ”

Lian Zining's passionate voice echoed in the hall: "So this time, our goal is not to hold Zhenyuan Mansion, Zhenyuan Mansion must be defended!" Our goal is to keep these Jurchen mongrels and Mongolian Tatars here forever, so that they know that we, the Wuyi Army, are not easy to mess with! has repeatedly violated the border and killed countless of our soldiers and civilians, and it is time for them to pay the price! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen! Can you have faith? ”

Lian Zining Huoran got up and shouted!

"Yes!" The crowd was excited by Lian Zining's enthusiasm and shouted in unison.

"Good! Our Wu Yijun must have a kind of arrogance that Lao Tzu is the best in the world! Lian Zining laughed: "The dynasty has been bullied by Duoyan Sanwei and Jurchen for decades, and now, let me fight a shocking battle with you!" ”

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Riding on his horse resolutely, looking at the undulating mountains not far away, his heart was like the trend of this mountain, undulating.

The mountain is not too high, just the remnants of those mountains in the south, but it is dozens of miles long, more than 100 zhang high, spreading from the southwest to the northeast, when there are more than ten miles away from the Songhua River, it is abruptly stopped, as if it was cut off by someone, leaving only a mountain wall more than 100 zhang high, facing the mighty Songhua River.

It is like a strong and powerful arm, encircling Xishenwei and the surrounding land for more than 100 miles. From the topography point of view, Xishenwei is undoubtedly extremely superior, the north is the Songhua River, the east is the Asu River, the south is the endless dense forests and mountains, the west is this mountain range, the water and soil are fertile, if it is placed in the Central Plains, this is called the land of the emperor.

This mountain has little value, the distance from the Songhua River is too far, so that there is no value to guard, and there are only some pine trees growing on the mountain, such as birch, which are common in the Northeast, and the scenery in the mountain is not beautiful.

But for here, Fortitude has a special affection - here represents that the Haixi Nuzhen has expanded the territory, and these glory and glory belong to him!

He was familiar with the place. In fact, when he once led the army to be stationed here for more than a month, commanding the Jianzhou Iron Cavalry to fight everywhere, his favorite thing was to climb the top of the high cliff every evening, alone, looking at the Songjiang River in the north, pointing to the Central Plains, and flying in Yixing, so happy!

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Gangyi's mouth, during that time, it could only exist in memories, and it was impossible to come back.

Hercynian Jurchen Division. This is the second-ranked majority of the three surnamed Jurchens, and it used to be a name that terrified the slave cadres of the border army. There is no longer the glory of the past. Last year's fierce battle under the Xishen Acropolis had consumed most of the young and strong people in the clan, leaving only the old and weak women and children.

The population of the Jurchens is too small, if it is a Han Chinese, they have lost 300,000 this year, and they can still levy 300,000 next year, but the Jurchens are different, and they are already a big loss of vitality! It can even be said to be a nerve-wracking!

However, I still came back with someone!

Fortitude glanced behind him. The 100,000-strong army marched in silence. It was like a stream of iron, which made it reassuring that the Jurchens were born warriors, although there were quite a few old people and children in the ranks, and even women. But after a short period of training, they still maintained the military discipline of a warrior. …,

And immediately after him, there were three young men, who were constantly leading people through the procession, maintaining order, and giving orders one after another, without him personally worrying about them.

A faint smile flashed in Resolute's eyes.

For this expedition, the opinions of the clan are not unified, and it can even be said. Opposition was overwhelming. Since the independence of the three Jurchen tribes, the Jurchen Great Khan, who is also the patriarch of the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe, Wanyan Chen, in order to strengthen his control over the Jurchen tribes, abolished the position of the patriarchs of the Haixi Jurchen and Beishan Jurchen tribes, and directly subordinated the following tribes. Fortitude is the patriarch of the Yehnara tribe, and the Yehnara tribe. It has always been the elder of the Haixi Jurchens, that is to say, the patriarchs of the Haixi Jurchens are all from the Yehnara tribe. But after the restructuring of Monk Yan Chen, they stood on the same starting line with other ministries.

Because he used to be the patriarch of the Haixi Jurchen, Gangyi was named the general of the southern expedition, and his status was transcendent, but aside from this identity, he was just the patriarch of the Yehenala tribe, and the status of the patriarch of other major tribes of the Haixi Jurchen was the same.

In addition to him, the patriarchs of the other dozen or so major tribes in the Haixi Jurchens, even most of them were against this southern expedition.

Thinking of those old things that can't be eaten, Fortitude is a burst of hatred that itches the root of the teeth, these rat-eyed bastards, why didn't they object when they followed the back of their ass to reap the benefits of Daming? Now that I have lost the battle and have losses, I immediately dare not do it.

It was not interesting to talk to them, Gangyi personally went to the Jurchen Great Khan's station, obtained the support of the Jurchen Great Khan Wanyan Chen, and then returned to the tribe with a piece of edict from Monk Chen and the former kidnapping horse allocated to him.

What he didn't expect was that last year's losses were too heavy, and they had completely frightened those patriarchs, so that they didn't even have the idea of raising troops again, and they actually violated the edict of the Great Khan. Resolute had no choice but to use extraordinary means, he won the support of a large number of young officers and magnates led by Haixi Sanjie, and took advantage of the ambition of these young Zhuang factions to invade and conquer, and set up the patriarchs, and then directly controlled the army, with an army of 100,000, and immediately marched south.

Of course, there is a lot of blood in this process, and it is inevitable that those who don't know each other will be cleared.

The reason why he started the war in such a hurry was because of a touch of worry and even fear in his heart.

"Amin, do you understand me?" Resolute asked Amin beside him lightly.

Amin nodded: "I know the general's concerns very well, because in my heart, I think the same." Lian Zining, if he doesn't get rid of him, it will be a big disaster! It's ridiculous that those patriarchs still think that we can be safe without sending troops! ”

"Yes, Lian Zining is the dragon among people!" Gangyi sighed, although he was his enemy, he was not stingy with praise words: "Last year, with less than 10,000 troops, he put us dead under the city, and even tempted us with money and goods, bought off Fuyuwei, and killed us from behind, so that we finally fell short." has the ability to train soldiers, the cunning of a fox, and the tenacity and patience of a wolf, this person, if he is not removed, we Jurchen, I am afraid that it will be finished in his hands! During this period of time, do you know the situation of Wu Yijun? ”

"I know some, they are very guarded against our spies, and they can't get in at all, they can only hear about some from horse thieves, so I don't know very well." Amin said: "I only know that during this period of time, the Wuyi Army has swept away all the resistance forces in the territory, and the scale has been expanding. Even Dong Laohu, a horse thief who can count in the territory, has also submitted to them. According to my estimates, their current strength is probably more than 30,000. ”…,

"That's about the same number I estimated." Gangyi glanced at Amin approvingly. said: "The territory of the Songhua River has always been a place of four wars, and it has been fought over and over. It is already very poor, in such a poor place, raising 30,000 soldiers is already the limit, and it is impossible to have more. All kinds of signs show that Lian Zining is not a reckless soldier, he is very reasonable. ”

Amin said with a smile: "To be honest, I still hope that Lian Zining will be ruthless, people can say, just pull tens of thousands of people out, but those guns will definitely not be able to solve it." So. On the contrary, the combat power has decreased. Harmful but not beneficial. ”

"It's unlikely." Gangyi said lightly: "30,000 people, that's enough!" With such a rapid development speed, if we can't destroy him this year, then wait another two years, I'm afraid that he will go north. It's time to destroy us. Therefore, I did my best to build up the army of my clan, and even did not hesitate to spend the wealth accumulated in our clan for decades to buy off Fu Yuwei, in order to destroy him! Even if he can't be destroyed, he must be crippled, beaten badly, and his vitality will be greatly damaged! ”

There was a hint of fierceness on his face: "As long as we do this, the rest of them." Those people in the Ming court were happy to do it for them, and according to the custom of the Ming Kingdom, once the battle was lost on the border, no matter what the reason, the generals would be punished. ”

He let out a long sigh: "I heard that the Beishan side has not stopped all these years, and a very strong ethnic group has come. What is it called? Russia, right? Compared to the Beishan side, our Haixi Jurchen is lucky enough, although the Ming facing is huge, but weak. We Jurchens, there are enemies in the north and the south, so we must seize the opportunity! As long as we are given ten years of time for the Haixi Jurchens, the children will grow up and a new generation will be born, and they will become strong again! ”

Amin turned around and glanced at the team, in the iron-like team, there were countless black pressed things, these things were pulled by strong horses, which looked very heavy, and those horses let out a difficult neighing from time to time, and slowly moved forward. He whispered: "We lost last year, and we lost the attack of crossing the river. Countless casualties were immense; The second was defeated in a fierce battle under the city, and there was no siege machinery, so he had to fill it with human lives; Defeated three times, Fu Yuwei suddenly came out from the left back, and we were caught off guard. And this year, we crossed the river in the Naowen River, and we could directly attack the city, and the advantage of the terrain, Wu Yi's army has disappeared. In terms of troops, they are 30,000, we are 150,000, and Fuyuwei is also on our side, they will definitely not be able to wait for reinforcements. What's more, we have been preparing for a year, and we have driven those Han people to build countless siege machinery, so we have a great victory! ”

Resolute nodded: "I hope so!" It's just that those Mongolians are not very reliable! ”

Amin glanced at it, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

To the left of the Jurchen ranks were the cavalry of the Fuyuwei, or ratherdsmen.

Except for a very small standing army, the Mongol cavalry was originally herdsmen on weekdays.

These people, without armor, wore long cotton robes or robes of other materials, and held a variety of weapons in their hands, and their ranks were scattered, not at all in formation, in stark contrast to the Jurchens next to them. If the Jurchen procession was an iron stream, the Mongol procession was like a river with countless garbage floating, and the herdsmen laughed loudly, laughed and laughed, and from time to time they went out to hunt small beasts. And those officers are not restrained.

The only thing they had in common was that they all had a bow on their backs.

Is this the son of Genghis Khan? Resolute frowned.

In order to allow Fuyuwei to send troops, the Haixi Jurchens paid a great price, tens of thousands of gold and silver, tea, war horses, Han slaves, etc., collected in the past few decades, it is difficult to count! It can be said that the Yehenara Ministry has almost exhausted all their private wealth for this, and even the high-ranking officials and magnates such as Fortitude have also shed a lot of blood! …,

Forces like Fu Yuwei are relying on the left and right between themselves and Wu Yijun, and when they are free, they must be uprooted!

Resolute was secretly ruthless in his heart, but his face was full of smiles, and he beat his horse to the side, because on the other side, Fu Yuwei's Ha Bu Khan had already come over with the guards.

"Don't sweat profusely!" Gangyi laughed and said, "Why are you free?" ”

He couldn't help but smile, and said with a smile: "General Resolute, seeing that Xi Shenwei is about to arrive, this time Ben Khan came over to discuss with you, how should we fight Xi Shenwei, who will fight first, and how to command?" Also, how is the loot distributed after entering the city? These things must be explained clearly first, otherwise, when the time comes, there will be a conflict, but it will not be beautiful! ”

Resolute sneered secretly in his heart, this hasn't arrived yet, so he wants to distribute the spoils? It's really arrogant, I don't know whether I live or die!

There was a bright smile on his face: "This is natural, or don't sweat profusely, you think about the long term, let's discuss it well?" ”

Ha Bu nodded, and as he spoke, several people rode forward, and they had already crossed the hundred-zhang high cliff at the end of the mountain.

The front suddenly opened up!

Fortitude grew his mouth, shocked, and his face was incredible.

Look at Amin, Ha Bu and the others, it is also a general expression.

Shocked, incredible, and even faintly frightened, these expressions were all written on his face.

Turning this cliff, there is an open field, Resolute is very impressed by this place, when the troops were withdrawn last year, it was still a barren land, and now, it is overgrown with countless strange crops. The crops were about three or four feet tall, green, like wheat magnified many times over, and the stems were the thickness of a man's thumb, and swayed gently as a gust of wind blew.

This green crop spreads all over the fields, everywhere, and spreads to the farthest point of sight, it is like a sea of green!

Vibrant green.

This is not what shocked them, what shocked them was that at the end of their sight, in the direction of Xi Shenwei, an extremely long black line appeared!

Fortitude and Ha can't dare to conclude that this black line, at this time last year, was absolutely none!

With their experience, how can they not see that there is only one possibility for that black line - the city wall!

And there is at least a distance of dozens of miles from there, and you can see it from such a distance, how tall is that city wall?

Fortitude and Ha couldn't look at each other, and there was a chill in their hearts. It seems that this war is far from being as easy as I thought.

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When Ha Bu and Gang approached the west of Zhenyuan Mansion, they really realized how majestic and magnificent the black line that appeared in the field of vision just now.

The wilderness of those days is now a mighty city rising from the ground.

There are more than ten zhang high city walls, extremely thick, it seems, the whole body is built with big bluestone. On the city wall, the pheasant moat stands in a forest, endlessly, and on the city wall, there are countless piers protruding beyond the wall. Facing Gangyi and the others, there is an urn city, tall and heavy, with a semicircular appearance, without any flaws. And beyond the city wall, there is a lower city wall, outside this city wall, is the water is turbulent, wide moat!

And what cannot be ignored is the countless guards of the Wuyi Army standing on the city wall, wearing big red cotton armor and standing mightily and solemnly.

On their heads, countless banners of the 'Wuyi Army Company' were flying. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )