Chapter 70 Entering Pinglu Fort

At this time, Sun Shoulian, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shenyang City, was frowning at the enemy situation sent by the scouts. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info according to the detective cavalry report that Mengnu has assembled the soldiers and horses, in addition to the brain hair, Bai Hongda, Changang three people, fried flowers, rabbits and others also led troops to arrive these days, no less than 40,000 soldiers look like they will attack on the same day.

Although Sun Shoulian had ordered his soldiers and horses to assemble and prepare for battle, he had no choice but to start the border wall under the jurisdiction of Shenyang Wei from the boundary of Jingyuan Fort in the west, and to the north of Yulin Fort and the boundary of Shifang Temple Fort, a total of 9,750 zhang, a 65-mile defense line, and his troops were really unable to defend everywhere.

In the past few days, a small group of Mengnu have been infiltrating the perimeter of Shenyang Wei to harass, Sun Shoulian and these two younger brothers Sun Shouli, Sun Shoujing led the troops separately, and finally repelled them. The number of heads captured was only more than ten, but the soldiers and horses under his command lost nearly 100 people, more than half of which were private placements by themselves, which made the deputy chief soldier who had not been in office for a long time feel distressed.

In order to reduce losses, Sun Shoulian ordered all the soldiers and horses in the piers on the north bank of the Puhe River to shrink to the three big forts of Jingyuan Fort, Pingyu Fort, and Shangyulin Fort, and waited for reinforcements to arrive.

Although Sun Shoulian had already sent people to Liaoyang, Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places to ask for help, there had been no movement of reinforcements so far. Thinking that if this continues, the army will be lost, and then the position of his deputy general soldier will come to an end, and when he was disheartened, the second brother Sun Shouli ran in quickly and said loudly: "Brother, that kid from Jinguan has moved from Liaoyang to rescue the soldiers, and now he is outside the south gate." ”

Hearing that the reinforcements had arrived, Sun Shoulian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he replied: "Go to Shouli, come with me and open the door to greet you." Seeing that the long-awaited reinforcements finally arrived, Sun Shoulian took three steps and made two steps, and it didn't take long to come to the south gate. When he saw the situation of the reinforcements under the city, his heart suddenly cooled by half.

According to Sun Shoulian's estimate, if this battle wants to protect the integrity of the forts around Shenyang, at least more than 10,000 men and horses are needed. Seeing that there were only about a thousand reinforcements under the city, after sighing, he opened the door with strong spirits to greet him.

As the city gate slowly opened, Ziren and Jinguan rode in side by side, and after seeing Sun Shoulian, Ziren clasped his hands into fists and said: "Ding Shouming, the commander of the Chinese army under the tent of the last general's pacesetter, came to help on the orders of Hao Jie and Hao Xun. At this time, Ziren paused intentionally, and saw Sun Shoulian's slightly disappointed expression, and said: "Hao Xunji is gathering people from all over the place, and the army will be pulled out in a few days. ”

Sun Shoulian just wanted to reply after listening, but was robbed by Jin Guan and said: "Brother-in-law, General Ding, he can fight well, he just defeated the Mongolian Tartars in Baitapu yesterday, and beheaded nearly 60 enemies. ”

Hearing that Ziren had won so much, Sun Shoulian couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, and carefully looked at the people and horses who were following Ziren.

I saw that although there were not many soldiers and horses brought by Ziren on this trip, they were full of spirit, and the armor on their bodies was also a good product, and there were dozens of artillery, as long as they were properly commanded, it should be okay to defeat a small group of Mengnu. Thinking of this, Sun Shoulian smiled and said: "General Ding, less than half a year after Guangning's farewell that day, you have been promoted to the middle army of the pacesetter camp, you can really be described as a young hero." ”

"Mr. Sun has won the award, everyone is an old acquaintance and calls me Ziren, I will dare to call you Brother Sun." Ziren replied politely, turned over and dismounted, and took the crutches handed by his subordinates. Sun Shoulian found that Ziren had an injury on his leg, and asked with concern: "Ziren, what's wrong with your leg?" ”

Seeing Sun Shoulian asking, Ziren said casually: "A few days ago, I was ordered by Hao Xun to go into the mountains to suppress bandits, and was injured by the falling rocks. ”

"Brother-in-law, what Ziren said is the truth." Jin Guan immediately answered, and then walked quickly to Sun Shoulian, and whispered: "After arriving in Liaoyang, I went to Li Xing and Li Qingqing's mansion to ask for help. Even Li Dashuai's fifth son, Li Rumei and Young Master Li, suddenly fell ill. If Liaoyang City is large, only Ziren is the only one who asks for help. ”

When Sun Shoulian heard this, he nodded slightly and said, "Ziren, I have written down your affectionate brother." Speaking of this, he squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of Liaoyang, and said dissatisfiedly: "In vain, I still call Li Xing and Li Qingqing brothers and sisters on weekdays, but I didn't expect that at this critical moment, these two people actually didn't care about the feelings of their early companions, hi ......" After that, he sighed helplessly.

Seeing the scene, Ziren was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Brother Sun, on the way I came, I have been discussing with Jin Guan on the strategy of defending against the enemy, you are a long-renowned fierce general in Liaodong, I don't know if there is a good strategy." ”

Seeing that Ziren was asking about business, Sun Shoulian reined in his thoughts and sent someone to convene the generals in the city to discuss the matter. At the same time, he first arranged a barracks for Ziren's soldiers and horses to rest for a while, and took out twenty stones of grain and two big fat pigs as a reward, and told his subordinates to take good care of the reinforcements.

Then he personally took Ziren and others to the hall of the Wei Command Embassy, and after all the generals in the city arrived, he pointed to the topographic map around Shenyang placed in the center of the hall and said: "The Mongolian Tatars are menacing this time, and my Shenyang guards are outnumbered. ”

When Sun Shoulian spoke, Ziren carefully observed the generals and officials around him. I saw that most of the generals had dull faces, but only a tall general in his thirties next to Sun Shoulian had bright eyes, which attracted Ziren's attention.

However, at this time, there was no time to think about it, Ziren and the generals gave a fist salute, pointed to the Pu River north of Shenyang City and said: "Listen to what Jin Guanjin said, this Pu River is the barrier of my Shenyang, if you want to defend Shenyang, you must guard the Pu River, and if you want to guard the Pu River, this Pingyu Fort is naturally the top priority." ”

Sun Shoulian said happily at this time: "Ziren said well, I am preparing to increase my troops to level the fort. After finishing speaking, he glanced at his generals, and saw that most of them did not dare to look at him, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "I don't know who is willing to lead the troops into battle?" ”

At this time, the tall general suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Big brother's defense of Pingyu Fort is a tough battle, let me come!" ”

Seeing that someone took the initiative to ask for battle, Ziren cast an inquiring glance at Jin Guan beside him, and Jin Guan whispered: "This person is my brother-in-law's third brother Sun Shoujing, and now he is the head of the Qianzong in the official camp, and he has always been good at fighting on weekdays. ”

Ziren pondered for a moment and said, "I, Ding Shouming, am not talented, and I am willing to come to the aid of General Sun Shoujing Sun." ”

Sun Shoulian knew that this battle was dangerous, and he didn't want his younger brother to fight, but when he saw Ziren asking for battle together, he felt that after the two troops joined forces, there were about 2,000 people, plus the old soldiers in the fort, and it was not a problem to stick to Pingyu Fort with a circumference of less than two miles. One agreed, and sent Jin Guan to carry two generals and one cannon, and stationed in Pingyu Fort together.

At the same time, he sent his second brother Sun Shouli and Shenyang Wei to command Cao Xiyuan to lead 500 men and horses each, and stationed in Jingyuan Fort and Shangyulin Fort to respond to each other, and Sun Shoulian led troops to garrison in Shenyang in case of accidents.

(Cao Xiyuan: The fifth ancestor of Cao Xueqin, the author of "Dream of Red Mansions", was the first person in the Cao family to change from a Ming Dynasty official to a Manchurian Baoyi, and the books written by the descendants of Baoyi were resolutely resisted.) The next chapter will be updated by 8 p.m. on Monday)