Zhang Fengyi's self-feeling is very good, this time as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, he will soon be able to fight with the Manchu and Mongolian army, and he is still fully anticipating the whereabouts of the Manchu and Mongolian army, of course, he also has something to worry about, that is, whether Houjin will launch such an attack, how many sergeants will be sent, and what is the scale of the sneak attack.

Anyway, he had already arrived at Changping Mansion, which was not very far from Jingshi, and it was only more than a hundred miles away from the official road, which was a day's time, and there was no need to rush away.

The Datong border army has received the order, the general soldier Wang Pu with 5,000 soldiers, the starry night and rush to Juyong Pass, as for the direction of Shanhaiguan, Zhang Fengyi believes that there is no need to dispatch so many sergeants, since Houjin is for show, he will not attack on a large scale, at most it is just to show off his majesty.

The sergeants of the inspection department of Changping Mansion have already received an order, and more than 10,000 sergeants of Yanqingwei and Yanqing Zuowei have gone to Changping Mansion to accept dispatch in a unified manner, and the ambush location has been selected, and it is more than 30 miles away from the city of Changping Prefecture, where the terrain is dangerous, the mountain peaks are numerous, and the official roads run through the mountains.

In addition, Zhang Fengyi also has two right-hand men, Lu Xiangsheng, the former right attendant of the military department and the current governor of Liaodong, and Xiong Wencan, the former governor of Fujian and the current left attendant of the military department.

When Lu Xiangsheng was in the Ministry of War, he won the trust of Zhang Fengyi, this time, Zhang Fengyi left the Ministry of War and served as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and he didn't want to take Lu Xiangsheng away, but the relationship between the new Secretary of the Ministry of War Yang Sichang and Lu Xiangsheng is general, Yang Sichang has just taken office, and he is at odds with Lu Xiangsheng in some opinions. recommended Lu Xiangsheng to be the governor of Liaodong and went with him to fight against the Houjin.

Liaodong Economic Strategy and Liaodong Governor, the two positions should have been mutually restrictive, in the sense of the Ming Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on military force, the authority of the Liaodong Governor is even greater, but over the years. After repeated defeats in the fight against the Houjin, the military role in dealing with the Houjin became more and more important, so the importance of the Liaodong economic strategy has surpassed that of the Liaodong governor.

As for Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, he was recommended by Yang Sichang.

Xiong Wencan has been transferred to the Ministry of War and served as the right attendant, and this time he followed Zhang Fengyi, actually supervising the battle on behalf of the Ministry of War.

It is said that this campaign. The supervisor of the military department should be the right attendant Xu Eryi, but Xu Eryi is Su Tiancheng's mentor, because Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion and won successive victories in the battle, Xu Eryi naturally rose and his position in the military department was very solid.

Xu Eryi has one of the biggest benefits. is right about things and not people, no matter who is the secretary of the military department. They are all conscientious and do things to the best of their ability, which is of course appreciated by Yang Sichang, and at the same time, through Xu Eryi, he can also improve the relationship with Su Tiancheng. Therefore, the matter of the superintendent fell on Xiong Wencan, who had just been promoted to the left attendant of the military department.

Zhang Fengyi naturally trusts Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng's ability, he is clear, brave and strategic.

The important military generals of the Ming Dynasty were almost all civilian officials. For example, Liaodong Jingluo, Jiliao Governor, and the Trilateral Governor are all positions, and the civil officials who hold these positions must be from Jinshi, until the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the situation in the Ming Dynasty is in danger, and then the military generals are used to hold important positions.

Civilian officials born in Jinshi, when they were young, were all written in Baguwen, and they did not necessarily have comprehensive military qualities, or even did not have much military quality, such civilian officials, suddenly sent to serve as important military commanders, may not be able to command operations very well, but have a strong knowledge base, after a period of tempering, most of them are competent.

Many famous generals in the Ming Dynasty were also civil officials.

Lu Xiangsheng is one of the representatives, when he was a teenager, Lu Xiangsheng not only read the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, but also studied military books and practiced martial arts, which made him lay a good military quality.

It is precisely because of this incident that there was a direct contradiction between Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang's opinion, and the Houjin negotiated peace, and made every effort to deal with the Liukou, and after the elimination of the Liukou and the internal stability, he went all out to fight against the Houjin, and there were many such precedents. But Lu Xiangsheng's understanding is different, especially after the founding of the Later Jin Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng believes that the strategy of the Later Jin Dynasty has completely changed, they will not be satisfied with a corner of the house, and the plot is the world of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this situation that Zhang Fengyi trusts Lu Xiangsheng even more, and he believes that Lu Xiangsheng will do his best to fight against Houjin.

As for Xiong Wencan, Zhang Fengyi didn't have much interest.

Xiong Wencan is a person trusted by Yang Sichang, which first violated Zhang Fengyi's taboo, he thinks that Yang Sichang is not calm in doing things, or he may have gained the trust of the emperor, and he is a little carried away, how can he send someone he trusts to supervise the former military department Shangshu to fight it, what kind of consequences will it cause in doing so, Yang Sichang should know what kind of way.

Zhang Fengyi was very polite to Xiong Wencan on the surface, but when it came to the arrangement of troops, he didn't ask Xiong Wencan at all, as if Xiong Wencan came with him, just to see if the sergeant was fighting, so don't ask about the specific arrangements.

Zhang Fengyi and Lu Xiangsheng have talked and discussed many times about this time to resist the attack of the Houjin army.

Contrary to Zhang Fengyi's expectations, Lu Xiangsheng's opinion was very different from his, and Lu Xiangsheng was very stubborn and insisted on his own point of view, in desperation, after coming to Changping Mansion, Zhang Fengyi specially discussed with Lu Xiangsheng, if he could not agree on it this time, he was even ready to find Xiong Wencan and help him on the side. so that we can unify our understanding.

Zhang Fengyi was very cautious in the matter of facing Houjin, for so many years, almost none of the officials who served as the economic strategy of Liaodong had a good end, and he didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng enter the room, Zhang Fengyi closed the door and poured tea for Lu Xiangsheng in person.

"Lord Lu, I came to you for our discussion, you see, we have arrived in Changping, Wang Pu led the sergeants of Datong, starry night, two days after tomorrow, you can reach Juyong Pass, more than 10,000 soldiers of Yanqing Wei and Yanqing Zuowei, tomorrow will also reach Changping Mansion, the opinions between you and me should be unified."

"My lord, the lower official is still the previous opinion, my Ming border army, combat effectiveness is not strong, this is well known, so we should guard the dangerous territory, Xifengkou, Juyongguan two places, you can ambush heavy troops, first in Xifengkou to block the Manchurian army into my Ming territory, the Manchurian army saw that my Ming border army is waiting, will definitely retreat, they need the success of the surprise attack, if you know that my Ming has been prepared, there must be some concerns."

Zhang Fengyi had a headache.

"Lord Lu, my Ming border army, for many years, afraid of the horror of the Manchurian and Mongolian army, what is this for, if I say that my Ming border army is weak in combat, I will never admit it, one person can not deal with the Manchurian Eight Banners sergeant, two can, three people can, this time the opportunity is very good, we have predicted the invasion of Houjin, and accurately grasp the place, all the favorable conditions are on our side, at such a time, if you can skillfully arrange, fight a big victory, it is not impossible, It would be a pity to lose such an opportunity. ”

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was still frowning, Zhang Fengyi spoke again.

"Think about it, if my Ming border army can hit the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners, this is a morale-boosting thing, the Houjin has just been founded, and originally wanted to show off their strength, and they suffered such a heavy blow, it was a heavy blow to them, this is a lot of things to kill one stone."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zhang Fengyi and still spoke.

"My lord, the strength of the border army of the Ming Dynasty, the lower officials know, if it is in terms of troops, occupy an absolute advantage, and it is possible to resist the Houjin sergeant, which also requires our side to occupy enough geographical advantage, the border army is afraid of the Manchurian and Mongolian army, it is not something that can be solved overnight, the sergeant is a little afraid in his heart, this is also the actual situation, this time after the founding of the Jin Dynasty, if it is to attack my Ming Dynasty, it will definitely send elite sergeants, compared with the two, the strategy determined by the adult, to realize, some difficulty."

Lu Xiangsheng said very tactfully, this kind of controversy, not the first time, but Lu Xiangsheng has always insisted on his own point of view, disagreeing with the establishment of pocket arrays, he believes that the Ming border army lacks such strength, sticking to the city, holding on to the dangerous area, can compete with the soldiers of the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners, if it is directly with the Houjin soldiers, the situation is very hanging.

In his heart, Lu Xiangsheng also wanted to support Zhang Fengyi's opinion, after all, if the Ming border army could be arranged, in the face of the Houjin sergeant, it would be of great significance to win a battle. But reason told him that such an idea could not exist, and that commanding operations needed to be based on the actual situation, and that he could not be hot-headed.

Seeing such a situation, Zhang Fengyi knew that it was no longer necessary to continue arguing, and it was too late in time, so he made up his mind and insisted on his understanding.

"Lord Lu, I have made up my mind, I will proceed according to the deployment of the pocket array, you and I will divide the labor, you will immediately go to Juyong Pass, directly command Wang Pu, set up an ambush in Juyong Pass, and deal with the arrogance of the Houjin sergeant to the greatest extent, remember, do not fall in love with the war, evacuate as quickly as possible, and guide the Houjin sergeant into the ambush circle, no matter how many sergeants Houjin sends, the vanguard cannot have many people, and it can reach two thousand sergeants, even if it is good, I am close to 20,000 sergeants, and I must find a way to annihilate the vanguard of Houjin." (To be continued......)