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Lu Xiangsheng is still very cautious, he has always thought that it is safer to keep Houjin's army out of the gate, and if it is not possible to fight the dog, it will be troublesome.

But Zhang Fengyi is the governor of Liaodong, in charge of military and political affairs in Liaodong, although he is the governor of Liaodong, but he was Zhang Fengyi's subordinate before, and it was Zhang Fengyi who recommended himself to be the governor of Liaodong.

It is said that there is not much problem for him, the governor of Liaodong, to command Wang Pu, the general army of Datong, and the governor of Liaodong can also control the border troops in Xuanfu, Datong, Yulin, Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou, and Ningyuan, and the main task of these border armies is to resist the army of Houjin, but Lu Xiangsheng is still a little worried.

The border army of the Ming Dynasty, after years of evolution, has changed in essence, nominally it is the army of the imperial court, but in the actual process of fighting, it is only subject to the dispatch of officers, and most of the time the orders issued by the imperial court are disobeyed.

After all, the imperial court was not able to come up with enough military salaries.

At the very moment, he couldn't think of so much, and after accepting the task, he didn't delay in Changping Mansion, and rushed directly to Juyong Pass with a few sergeants.

Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Pu arrived at Juyong Pass at about the same time.

Juyongguan is part of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, and there is a small city built here, which is mainly used to garrison the army, but on weekdays, it is not a key area for defense, so there are not many soldiers stationed there.

Wang Pu arrived with 5,000 soldiers, which soon aroused the curiosity of the garrison sergeants, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Liaodong, came, even a fool knew the way. It may be that the sergeants of Houjin are going to attack this area.

The air in Juyongguan became tense.

At this time, there were some small contradictions between Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Pu, and before the war, there were contradictions between the main generals. This is a deadly thing.

The main reason is the difference in operational thinking.

Lu Xiangsheng believes that no matter how many sergeants sent out by Houjin, it will take a while to rush all the way from Xifengkou to Juyong Pass, and there will be many border troops along the way, so the 5,000 sergeants from Datong can be divided into 2,000 people. Along the road from Xifengkou to Juyong Pass, find a good ambush location and give the Houjin sergeant a surprise attack, even if you can't get a big victory, you can also deter the morale of the Houjun sergeant.

These two thousand sergeants, not in love, quickly withdrew from the battlefield after a successful sneak attack. Go back to Juyong Pass and defend well. I believe that with the joint efforts of many soldiers, we will be able to hold the Juyong Pass.

I can't imagine Wang Pu's thoughts, this is not the case at all.

Wang Pu led 5,000 soldiers to Juyong Pass day and night, and the first problem mentioned was food.

Wang Pu thinks. The sergeant worked hard to get to Juyong Pass, originally thought it was a matter of temporary defense, but who knew that Lu Dao was actually a sergeant who fought against Houjin, who knew how many Sergeants there were in Houjin Dao, these five thousand sergeants. Is it too bold to be able to resist the invasion of Houjin, besides, the sergeant is not prepared and rashly attacked, I am afraid it will backfire.

Speaking of the most reluctant, Wang Pu unceremoniously spoke, since he wants to fight against the Houjin sergeants, it is necessary to solve the problem of food and salary, the imperial court mobilized the army to fight against the Houjin, and every time the problem of food and salary is solved, the soldiers work hard to fight, and the silver still has to be fully guaranteed.

As for dispatching 2,000 sergeants to ambush Houjin sergeants on the way, Wang Pu unceremoniously refused, thinking that this practice was tantamount to suicide, there were not many sergeants, and after forming a group, it was possible to resist Houjin's attack, and if they took the initiative to separate, they would not be able to meet the enemy.

Wang Pu insisted on his opinion, all the sergeants should stay at Juyong Pass and occupy a favorable terrain, so that they can always resist for a while.

Lu Xiang blew his beard and glared angrily.

If it were according to his previous character, he would have lost his temper a long time ago, as the governor of Liaodong, he could mobilize the border army to fight against Houjin, but at this time, Lu Xiangsheng was not angry, he knew that even if he lost his temper, it may not be able to have an effect, many border troops, to a certain extent, have become the private soldiers of the general soldiers of all walks of life, and will not obey the dispatch of others.

The key is to deal with the current situation.

In fact, where Lu Xiangsheng really has a short board, he still doubts whether Houjin will attack, whether he will choose Xifengkou as the real place to attack, these are all from Zhang Fengyi's arrangement, if it is not so, the hard work of transferring troops and the hard work of arrangement, there will be no results.

The so-called five hearts are uncertain, and the losses are clean.

Wang Pu insisted on his opinion, but Lu Xiangsheng did not continue to insist.

The last coordination meeting was held in the barracks of Juyongguan.

There were only three people attending the meeting, Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Pu and the officer in charge of Juyongguan.

Lu Xiangsheng changed his strategy and asked Wang Pu to lead 5,000 Datong soldiers to guard Juyong Pass, not to make the slightest mistake, and he took 1,000 soldiers to guard Juyong Pass to set up an ambush halfway.

Wang Pu agreed, and he was eager to do so.

As for the officer who was waiting for Juyong Pass, of course he didn't dare to refute it, and in the face of the governor of Liaodong, he was not qualified to refute it.

Such an arrangement is in line with the intentions of both parties, Wang Pu will not mention the matter of food and salary for the time being, and he can't do things too much, not to mention that Lu Xiangsheng is the governor of Liaodong, and he will also be his top boss in the future, he is really offended, and his life is not easy.

Considering that there were too few sergeants led by Lu Xiangsheng and their combat effectiveness was not very good, Wang Pu also transferred 500 sergeants for Lu Xiangsheng's dispatch, which was also to lay a foundation for himself in the future.

This meeting, on the surface, was very good, but the fatal flaw was also exposed, that is, Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Pu and others did not really believe that Houjin would attack Daming from Xifengkou, and would choose Juyongguan as the real attack location, it was precisely because of this idea that when arranging the combat mission, everyone's mood was relaxed, and there was no tension among the sergeants below.

Having said that, if it was really Houjin who had already come from Xifengkou towards Juyong Pass, the defenders of Juyong Pass would never dare to leave the fortress to meet the Houjin army.

The sergeants that Lu Xiangsheng can command include the 5,000 Datong sergeants brought by Wang Pu, and the combat effectiveness of these sergeants is slightly stronger, after all, they have been at the border for a long time and are always shrouded in the shadow of war, so at least their psychological quality is stronger. In addition, there are the 2,000 sergeants guarding the Juyong Pass, these people belong to the squad army, that is, the army that takes turns to perform duties at the border pass, and after a period of time, they will leave here and go to other places to perform military affairs, and they are in a state of flux at any time.

The four major arms of the army of the Ming Dynasty, the garrison army, the tun army, the transport army, and the squad army, among which the combat effectiveness of the squad army is the worst.

Lu Xiangsheng led a group of squad troops to ambush, I have to say that this choice is stupid, but there is no way.

Twelve miles away from Juyong Pass, there is a canyon, the mountains on both sides are not high, but it is very steep, the middle of the canyon is the official road, if the soldiers of Houjin raid Juyong Pass, they must pass through here, so it is said that there is an ambush here, the terrain is still good, there is almost no hesitation, Lu Xiang was promoted to this place.

This is not far from Juyong Pass, that is, it cannot completely limit the attack of the Houjin army, and it can also quickly return to Juyong Pass to help defend the fortress, besides, the guards of Juyong Pass have the Datong border army led by Wang Pu, and the combat effectiveness is okay.

Lu Xiangsheng personally went up the mountain and looked at the surrounding situation.

Wang Pu also accompanied him to see here.

"Chief soldier Wang, this officer sees, he ambushed Sergeant Houjin here, what do you think?"

"My lord, my subordinates think that this place is good, but my subordinates have a suggestion, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Oh, if you have any suggestions, just say it."

"Adults don't have to wait here, it's better to be in command at Juyong Pass."

This sentence is very useful, Lu Xiangsheng originally had some opinions about Wang Pu, and when he heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

"General Wang has bothered, but this battle is not trivial, the officer still has to wait here, and command the sergeants to fight against the Houjin army."

"The demeanor of the adult is worth learning from his subordinates, the five hundred sergeants sent by his subordinates are all brave and good at fighting, and these sergeants will definitely protect the safety of the adults."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and stopped talking.

Wang Pu's face, there is still no look, but his heart is happy, Lu Xiangsheng has just taken office, he has stammered, he will definitely be able to get benefits in the future, this time to Juyong Pass, it is really earned, as for the matter of Houjin's attack on Juyong Pass, the eight characters have not been skimmed, and there are so many places not to attack, but they choose Juyong Pass, how to say that Juyong Pass is also a fortress, is it that the commander of Houjin has something wrong with his head.

However, these are all things considered above, as long as you are responsible for the battle, you really meet the elite soldiers of Houjin, such an arrangement is tantamount to paper paste, and it will definitely not work.

Wang Pu even thought that the Houjin sergeant chose the direction of the attack, and it was very likely that it would be in the Datong and Xuanfu areas, and maybe he would come to Juyong Pass, and it would be a blessing in disguise.

After choosing the location of the ambush, Lu Xiangsheng sent Lu to scouts and began to reconnoiter intelligence, the scouts who were sent to Lu before did not get the slightest news, the area around Xifengkou seems to be calm, Xifengkou and Juyong Pass are important passes of the Great Wall.

Two days have passed, and there is still no news, Lu Xiangsheng is a little skeptical, is there something wrong in Zhang Fengyi's judgment, could it be that the Houjin army will not invade the Ming Dynasty at all.

The sergeants waiting at Juyong Pass also slowly relaxed, and the main generals were not nervous anymore, they were even more relaxed. (To be continued......)