Are there still tickets? The end of the month arrived, and Luo Luo begged for all kinds of tickets

On the edge of the Horqin grassland in Inner Mongolia, a "gossip-shaped" Western-style castle has risen from the ground, each side of the city is about 40 zhang wide, and each of the eight corners has a corner tower sticking out of the city. The city wall is about three zhang high, and the corner tower is four zhang high. There is also a square watchtower in the center of the city, with a face of eight zhang and a height of ten zhang. The outside of the city is surrounded by a ditch, two zhang deep and three zhang wide. As long as people who know a little about military affairs look at it, they will know that the defense capability of this castle is extremely strong, and this should be a military fortress. On the compilation table of the General Military Office of Liaodong Town and the Bohai State Supervision Office, the name of this city is "Bagua Fort".

Bagua Fort is a military fort that the Ming army has penetrated deep into the Mongolian steppe, and has been built on the territory of the Zalut Banner in the Six Banners of Horqin Mongolia. Another 150 miles to the northwest is the Great Khing'an Mountains Mountains, over the Great Khing'an Mountains is the junction of Khalkha Mongolia and Horqin Mongolia, and then 2000 miles to the west, is the city of Kulun. Therefore, this Bagua Fort is the bridgehead for the Ming army to develop to the grassland and Mongolia.

At the beginning of the day, before the dawn appeared, Zeng Guoquan came out of a house next to the watchtower - this is a temporary residence prepared for him by Jiao Liang, a Hunan Ming army division commander stationed in Bagua Fort, in addition to this house, Jiao Liang also prepared a Mongolian girl with a warm bed for him, the appearance is a little rough, but it is still satisfactory to go to bed, but it is a pity that it is not a chick.

The early morning of the spring in the Horqin grassland is very cold, and it can catch up with the winter in Hunan, Zeng Guoquan shrunk his neck, exhaled mist, and walked a few steps against the cold wind, completely dispelling the sleepiness. At that moment, a group of soldiers dressed in gray trotted past him. Carrying a rifle with a bayonet. Shouting the one-two-one password. The standard-bearer at the end of the line also carried a blood-red military flag. The golden sun and moon on the flag are eye-catching.

"Started training so early......"

Zeng Guoquan also led the troops, and some of the Ming troops stationed in Changchun, Huining, Songyuan and other places are adapted from the original Xiangyong. Zeng Guofan asked Emperor Zhu for his consent to move these Xiangyong family members out of Hunan and settle them in southern Liaoning, and divided the land according to the standards of military households. These armies continue to be commanded by Zeng Guoquan, and in his own opinion, they can be regarded as strict training, and they can do one exercise a day. But if you don't get up so early to train, you always have to come out to practice after lunch.

"Yuan Fu!"

The commander of the 32nd Division of the 11th Army of the Ming Army, Jiao Liang, a black-looking Hunan man, was walking towards the watchtower, and when he saw Zeng Guoquan, he stepped forward and greeted: "The woman last night was quite satisfied, right?" Do you want another one tonight? ”

Zeng Guoquan continued: "It's the same when you blow the lamp, and besides, how can you have a mind now." Did you hear from Cullen last night? ”

Bagua Fort is the closest Ming army outpost to Kulun, and if there is any news from Kulun, it will definitely be transmitted here first. That's why Zeng Guoquan came from Changchun, in order to grasp the first-hand news.

Jiao Liang didn't care much: "Yixin can't make many waves, just look at how the Horqin Mongol prince outside the city is talking to us, what is the Manmeng family." It's a complete joke, Yi Xin really wants to raise troops. What can be relied on is his hundreds of thousands of full eight banners, and I don't know if there are 30,000 people who can fight? ”

Zeng Guoquan shook his head and didn't speak, of course he was not afraid of going to war with Yi Xin, but the problem was that his brother Zeng Guofan was probably trapped in Kulen, if he was killed...... That's still good, but if they surrender in fear of death, their Zeng family's wealth will come to an end!

Jiao Liang seemed to see Zeng Guoquan's thoughts, and just wanted to say a few words of comfort, the bell suddenly rang, Jiao Liang and Zeng Guofan glanced at each other, and ran up the watchtower anxiously.

When I got up to the watchtower, I saw Colonel Liu Lichuan, chief of staff of the 32nd Division of the Army, holding a telescope, muttering while observing.

"It's a Mongol, but why are there only a dozen horsemen? The leader seems to be a girl...... What's going on? Who are they? ”

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"Grandpa, a telegram from Baoding Mansion!"

A subordinate brought out by Miao Peilin from his hometown stood at the door of the Shanxi Governor's Yamen Signing Room with low eyebrows and a low voice.

They have been with Master Miao for a long time, and they have been a little moody recently, and it has become more and more difficult to serve. Looking at him like that, he either lost his holy favor or offended the important ministers of the court, and the more well-informed subordinates all knew that the gentry in Shanxi were jointly suing the emperor and wanted to drive the Miao Party away from Shanxi. Looking at Lord Miao's current performance, it seems that the general trend is not good.

If the subordinates of the Miao Mansion only vaguely feel that something is not good, then Miao Peilin's staff all know that what their master is doing now is by no means the way to preserve wealth and nobility. Supporting the army and respecting himself and holding the power of a province, in the current Ming Dynasty, Miao Peilin is the only one. And Miao Peilin is neither a party of Xianghu, nor a line of heaven and earth, nor a figure of the queen's mother's family, the Grand Duchy of Lanfang, although he is a Huai person, but the two rivers and one party have little to do with it, and the only backer in the DPRK is the military division Luo Zenan. But how could an old fox like Luo Zenan protect Miao Peilin as the No. 1 feudal town? Now you might be trying to pluck yourself clean!

Therefore, Miao Peilin's staff, these days, they all persuade the master to take a step back and try to open the sky. No matter how the military power regime has to hand over a traitor, today's saint is not a small-bellied chicken intestine that cannot accommodate meritorious heroes. No matter how great Miao Peilin's credit is, it is greater than that of Prince Zheng and greater than that of the Xianghu Party? Now that Prince Zheng is comfortably the prime minister in Yingtian, he is still running a gold mine, and his family wealth has long been in the tens of millions. The Xianghu Party is even in charge of the cabinet, and there are also a bunch of Hunanese-speaking governors and commanders in the local area. Even if Emperor Zhu wants to kill any heroes, it won't be Miao Peilin's turn to worry, right? What kind of reputation is he having 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers?

If you want to rebel, these 70,000 or 80,000 troops who have not had much fighting spirit can fight with hundreds of thousands of Ming troops?

If you want to be an official, he is already the governor of a province, and if he is promoted to the prime minister, he can't hold on to the military power, right? Can't you still bring the army into Yingtianfu?

Protect yourself...... Can you protect yourself by keeping these armies?

I really don't know what the Miao governor of Lu Dao is holding seventy or eighty thousand troops in his hands, what is the bottom of his picture?

Just when the big guy was slandering, Miao Peilin waited for a telegram that he didn't know how many days he had been waiting for, and finally came. I saw that the governor, who had always been magnificent, suddenly jumped up from the chair, his two old eyes were as wide as a brass bell, his hands stretched out, trembling violently, and he said in a loud voice: "Coming?" Here it comes...... Give it to me, show me! God, it's finally here, no matter what it is, it's really ...... waiting."

The servant handed him an envelope sealed with wax, and then bowed out. In the yamen of the eight southeastern provinces, there is no family involvement, and even sending and receiving telegrams is the errand of the secretary. But here in Miao Peilin, he still follows the bad habits of the former Qing Dynasty, and the distinction between public and private is not very clear.

Miao Peilin hurriedly opened the envelope, stood and took out a few letterrafts, bent over and looked eagerly at the copy of the newspaper like an old shrimp, he read it very slowly, once was not enough, and read it again carefully with all his heart. A room full of staff members all stared at him intently, their ears pricked up, and they waited to hear the news with their breath.

Miao Peilin's hand shook, and the copy of the newspaper fell to the ground, he looked up blankly, and he didn't know where Lu Dao was looking: "The emperor wants me to clean up the old pit in Shanxi?" He's going to ...... Let me make enough money in Shanxi, and then go home to retire? But I, Miao Peilin, am not short of silver...... I want to do something for the people of the world. ”

Several of Miao Peilin's staff couldn't help but sigh in their hearts when they heard this, their master said that he was brave enough to do things, and if he didn't say it well, he didn't know much about current affairs, and he loved power like his life. Just when everyone was thinking about how to persuade Miao Peilin to retreat bravely, the family member just now hurriedly ran back again, and pinched another envelope in his hand: "Master, I received a telegram from Baoding Mansion again, or an urgent military report!" ”

"Urgent military report?" Miao Peilin was stunned, "Where did it come from?" ”

"It was sent by Liaodong Town and the Liaodong Army." The family handed the envelope to Miao Peilin with both hands.

"...... from Liaodong Military intelligence briefing? Why did you send it to me? Could it be...... Has Mongolia changed? A burst of surprise suddenly flashed on Miao Peilin's face, and he grabbed the envelope and took out the envelope and immediately read it. (To be continued......)