No one thought that Houjin would spend so much money this time, even if it was Su Tiancheng, what he thought of was only the founding of Houjin, thinking that he could prove himself, harass the Ming Dynasty at most, and after getting some benefits, he would leave the Guannai and return to the nest.

Azig is the son of Nurhachi, the younger brother of Huang Taiji, after the founding of the Jin Dynasty, was named the king of Dorowuying, because of the influence of Nurhachi, Azig is brave and good at fighting, and there is a certain strategy, Huang Taiji sent Azig to crusade against the Ming, of course, it has its profound ideas.

Azig went deep into the realm of the Ming Dynasty many times, led troops to conquer, and his reputation was not small, and the border troops of the Ming Dynasty were very afraid of this desperate San Lang.

Most of the Houjin troops led by Azig were cavalry, and these soldiers were brave and good at fighting, and they fought with the Ming army several times, and they basically returned with great victories, so they couldn't ask for it when they followed Azig to conquer the Ming Dynasty.

After receiving the order, Azig made a little preparation and led the army to set off, he would not attack the Ningjin defense line, that was a thankless thing, and it may not have any effect, Daming has heavy troops in the Ningjin defense line,

Chongzhen's siege of Beijing in the second year, Azig participated, has a deep impression, this time, he is also ready to follow the example of Huang Taiji, take the Xifeng Pass, enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and sweep hard, Huang Taiji granted him full authority to deal with related matters, because of this reason, Azig is even more excited.

The imperial court did not have such ideological preparations, although Su Tiancheng accurately predicted that the Houjin would take advantage of the founding of the country to harass the Ming Dynasty in order to show their own strength, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, and Zhang Fengyi, the head of the Liaodong Economic Strategy, both agreed with this view. But they did not directly play the emperor and did not discuss this matter in the court, which led to the lack of preparation of the court.

It is very sad that he saw that Houjin was about to attack, but because of the lack of preparation, he let the opponent ravage. It was also something that made Zhu Youzhen angry afterwards.

Zhang Fengyi rushed to Changping Mansion, and the preparations he made were only to mobilize more than 20,000 soldiers, of which 7,000 were in Juyong Pass to block the Houjin army, and he still had the delusion that he could not put down the pocket formation and hit the arrogance of Houjin fiercely.

On May 30, the army led by Azig suddenly appeared at Xifengkou.

The vanguard was 20,000 men. The cavalry of the Eight Banners are all brave and good soldiers.

In the face of such a formation, the guard sergeants at Xifengkou were unable to resist at all, and even gave up resistance, dodged to the side, and watched the Houjin army enter Xifengkou.

The scout rushed to Juyong Pass with a bloodless face, and Lu Xiangsheng was waiting for news here.

"Newspaper. My lord, the Houjin army raided Xifengkou. It has broken through the Xifeng Pass and entered the Guannai. ”

Lu Xiangsheng stood up violently.

"Tell me in detail, what's going on."

"The commander of the Houjin is Azig, who claims to lead an army of 200,000, and according to information from all sides, the vanguard of the Houjin is as many as 50,000 people. It has already broken through the Xifeng Pass and is coming in the direction of the Xifeng Pass, and the vanguard is led by Azig himself. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's body shook and sat on the chair.

Wang Pu beside him, his face also changed.

Houjin is so aggressive. They really didn't expect that everything that was expected before was accurate, but what they didn't expect was that Houjin actually sent a large army, directly from Xifengkou, 200,000 troops are a bit exaggerated, it may be the need for Houjin propaganda, but such propaganda, Houjin's sergeants have reached at least 100,000, according to the strategic arrangement, 100,000 troops have penetrated deep into the territory of Daming, and the vanguard will not be less than 20,000.

Lu Xiangsheng suddenly felt that the 7,000 soldiers were waiting at Juyong Pass, how ridiculous it looked, facing the 20,000 cavalry and 7,000 soldiers of Houjin, it was not enough to stuff his teeth, and he still thought about setting up an ambush outside Juyong Pass, which was tantamount to suicide.

Wang Pu's face turned pale, and he didn't say anything, at this time, his heart was already afraid, in the face of such a huge lineup of Houjin, what role could the five thousand people led by himself play, and if he really met the Eight Banners of Manmeng, I am afraid that there is no chance to fight, and the whole army will be wiped out.

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand weakly.

"Probe again, there is information to report quickly."

The scout exited, and there was a deathly silence in the room, and no one spoke.

After a long while, Wang Pu cautiously spoke.

"My lord, the military situation is urgent, is it a report to the imperial court, after the invasion of the Jin Tartars after 200,000, Juyongguan and Changping Mansion will not be able to resist, according to the opinions of subordinates, it is necessary to mobilize the armies of Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou, and Ningyuan."

"Nonsense, if the army of the Ningjin defense line is mobilized, won't it give Houjin a chance, if they send another army to attack the Ningjin defense line, what should they do?"

Wang Pu was a little unconvinced.

"My lord, the Tartars are making a big move this time, and there are only 7,000 soldiers in Juyongguan, and they can't resist."

This time, Lu Xiangsheng was really angry, stared at Wang Pu, and spoke word by word.

"As an official of the imperial court, no matter how many people there are on the other side, we will swear to defend Juyong Pass, if we flee without a fight, there is still a shame to live in the world, don't say other reasons, order all the sergeants, make all preparations, although 7,000 people can't resist the army of the Tartars, but they can delay time, and it is also for Lord Zhang to win the opportunity to arrange the arrangement, okay, Wang Zongbing, you hurry up and arrange it."

After Wang Pu left, Lu Xiangsheng quickly began to write the recital.

Such a big thing must be reported to Zhang Fengyi as soon as possible, and it must be reported to the imperial court.

Lu Xiangsheng knew very well that according to the imperial court's troop allocation in the Changping area, it was impossible to compete with the Houjin army, but if it did not resist, the Houjin army could threaten the Beijing division at any time, even if the Houjin army did not plan to attack the Beijing division, but bypassing the Beijing division, the Beizhili area would suffer heavy losses, such a situation, the imperial court could not afford it.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, at this time, Lu Xiangsheng thought of the Jiangning camp, but unfortunately he didn't have that kind of power, if it was possible, he would mobilize the Jiangning camp in the shortest possible time, and rush to Beijing to fight against the Houjin Tartars.

Two days later, the news began to clear.

The soldiers of the Houjin invasion of the Ming Dynasty, a total of hundreds of thousands of people, ninety percent of them are cavalry, their advance speed is very fast, after entering the Ming realm from Xifengkou, they will first meet and meet in Yanqing, and then the soldiers are divided into two roads, all the way to Juyong Pass, the speed is not very fast, all the way around Juyong Pass, directly to Changping Mansion.

The Houjin army did not hide its whereabouts, swaggering on the official road, the Ming army along the way, did not dare to resist at all, it was too late to dodge, watching the Houjin army loot everywhere, just one day, all kinds of tragedies appeared, the Houjin army passed, almost no grass, a large number of houses were burned, the population was looted, the people who did not obey were mercilessly killed, and some girls were insulted.

The intelligence continued to gather to Lu Xiangsheng, and he felt that all the preparations discussed by Zhang Fengyi and himself were all in vain, and the Houjin Tartars didn't care about the Ming Dynasty's army at all, if it was according to the previous deployment, more than 20,000 Ming soldiers might suffer the fate of being annihilated.

In such a situation, Lu Xiangsheng has no other choice, he must hold on to Juyong Pass, even if he is the last one to fight to the bottom, he must stick to it, buy time for the rear, he believes that the imperial court must get the information, and will make arrangements for deployment, choosing to mobilize the border army from Datong, or from Henan Mansion to mobilize the Jiangning battalion, is one of the ways, of course, he thought in his heart, it is best to mobilize the Jiangning battalion and rush to the Changping area, it will definitely be able to stop the Houjin Tartars from plundering.

As for what Lord Zhang Fengyi of Changping Mansion planned, he couldn't think of so much.

Zhang Fengyi also got the information.

When he got the information, Zhang Fengyi's face turned pale, he sat down on the chair, he still wanted to make meritorious contributions, and through this battle, he gathered credit, but he didn't expect to see such a situation.

Among the many officers around him, none of them had good faces, and there were even two officers whose bodies trembled.

The sergeants of Yanqingwei do not have strong combat effectiveness, and they are very afraid of the Houjin Tartars, thinking of relying on these sergeants to protect Changping Mansion is tantamount to a fool's dream.

But after losing the Changping Mansion, letting the Tartars plunder in Beizhili, and even directly threatening the Jingshi, he, the Liaodong Governor, was waiting to commit suicide to apologize.

Zhang Fengyi didn't know what kind of mood he was in, he had just taken office, and he met such an unlucky thing.

No one spoke, and no one could think of a good solution.

Seeing the emotions in the room, Zhang Fengyi suddenly thought of something.

"Quick, quickly send someone to Juyong Pass, and ask all the sergeants guarding Juyong Pass to withdraw to Changping Mansion, so that there are more troops, they can resist the Houjin Tartars, and they can't divide their troops."

"My lord, if you give up Juyong Pass, there will be no danger to defend."

Zhang Fengyi glared, wanting to see who said such words, there were many officers in the room.

After a while, he gave up this idea, too, if he directly gave up Juyong Pass, relying on Changping Mansion, it would be impossible to curb Houjin Tartar.

Zhang Fengyi, who was panicked, arranged for many officers to prepare, and immediately gave the court a fold.

He couldn't think of a good way, mobilizing the border army of Datong, it didn't have much effect, the border army of Datong was also unable to resist the Houjin Tartars, let alone 100,000 Tartars, and it was impossible to mobilize the army of the Ningjin defense line, if the Ningjin defense line was lost, I am afraid it would lead to disastrous consequences.

Thinking about it, there is only Jiangning Ying.

But Jiangning Camp is far away in Henan Mansion, nearly two thousand miles away from the capital, even if it is rushed to the area of Changping Mansion, it will be ten days and a half months later, at that time, I don't know what the situation is in Ludao.

Of course, if the soldiers from all over the country can barely resist, they can still delay the time of the Houjin Tartar attack.

Zhang Fengyi finally gritted his teeth and wrote a recital, suggesting that the imperial court mobilize the Jiangning camp and go north to fight against the Houjin Tartars. (To be continued......)