Chapter Seventy-Four: Emergency Military Situation

Thank you for the tips from Time Newcomer and Dragon Soul 17 book friends!

----------------

"General Cao Bing, now the situation is critical, and the Liukou in Henan and Shaanxi are taking advantage of the situation to get bigger and bigger, Long Live Lord is anxious and wants to put down the chaos as soon as possible, so the old man, a sinner who was supposed to stay in prison for the rest of his life, was also released and went over there to make meritorious contributions." Sun Chuanting was fascinated by a pair of small eyes, stroked the short beard under his forehead, and said with a smile: "Although the Datong Army has not been built for a long time, its combat power is already good. Presumably Mr. Cao also knows that there are not many soldiers available in the imperial court now, and there are even fewer soldiers and horses who can fight tough battles. ”

Sun Chuanting's words, so that Cao Yue didn't know how to refute for a while, after thinking about it, he also knew that he couldn't blatantly refuse the imperial court's requisition, otherwise he would have to tell the truth, so that Sun Chuanting thought that he had the intention of rebellion, and said slowly and logically: "What Lord Sun said is true, if there is a crisis today, calming down the chaos is the first thing, but it's always impossible to eat hot porridge when you're in a hurry, and today's Datong Army has not been fully trained, if you rush these 50,000 people to Henan, Maybe they'll all die in a foreign country. Today's most powerful Ming army should still be Zuo Liangyu in Hubei, Liu Zeqing in Shandong, and other troops. And Datong is an important gateway to resist the southern invasion of Jiannu, if all the Datong army is transferred to Henan, then how to deal with the southern invasion of Jiannu? ”

"The last time Jiannu invaded the south, they were defeated by Cao Zongbing under Datong City, and in the Battle of Songshan last year, Jiannu was destroyed by Cao Zongbing, and they will not be in a hurry to go south now, busy recovering their vitality. After discussing with Long Live Lord, Lao Yu and Wan Sui Ye believed that at least for two years, Jiannu would not be able to invade the south on a large scale, and there was Inspector Hong in Liaodong, and what Jiannu could do in the past two years was only passive defense. Therefore, Long Live Lord is ready to raise superior forces to level the Liukou in Henan and Shaanxi in one fell swoop. Not only the Datong army must be recruited, but also the men and horses of Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing must be recruited, and the rebellion of the Liukou must be completely extinguished in one battle, otherwise the Liukou will resurge, "Sun Chuanting said, and played the sad card, "General Cao, the father of General Cao, died in battle with the Liukou back then, and let the Datong army enter Henan to fight, so it should be regarded as revenge for Ling Zun!" Cao Bianjiao, the cousin of Cao Zongbing, will also lead the army into the customs and follow the old man to fight in Henan. ”

"Then why didn't the imperial court let the lowly Datong army enter Henan to fight and personally avenge his father?" Cao Yue already understood a little that the imperial court or Sun Chuanting had taken a fancy to the Datong Army and wanted to squeeze him, the chief military officer, out of his hands, and take away this elite army of more than 50,000 men from his hands, so he spoke directly: "Master Sun thinks that if the Datong Army does not have a lowly leader, how much of their combat power can be exerted?" ”

"In order to Jiacao Zongbing's merits, the imperial court is ready to marry Princess Kunxing, this time it is to let Cao Zongbing return to Beijing to complete the marriage, and then supervise the Beijing camp as the captain of the horse, and the long-lived master is also afraid that Cao Zongbing will have an accident and make the princess sad," Sun Chuanting said, showing a little smile, "Long live Lord greatly appreciates Cao Zongbing's ability to train the army, and hopes that under Cao's leadership, the Beijing camp can also be trained into a strong force." ”

"Master Sun thinks that Jingying can become a strong team?" Because there have been rumors before, Emperor Chongzhen wants him to take charge of the Beijing camp, so Cao Yue also investigated the situation of the Beijing camp in detail, and after the situation was clear, he sadly found that the so-called Beijing camp is just a hodgepodge of rabble, the situation inside is very complicated, and the forces of all parties are also complicated. I couldn't help but show a sarcastic look.

"The old man believes in the ability of Cao Zongbing, with the support of Long Live Lord, and Cao Zongbing carries the Shang Fang Sword given by Long Live Lord, no one dares to disobey you, and the combat power of the Beijing camp will definitely improve!" As Sun Chuanting spoke, he showed a mysterious smile.

"It turns out that Lord Sun also understands the situation in Jingying," Cao Yue showed a knowing smile, and directly said clearly, "The lowly position knows, it is Your Majesty, or Lord Sun has taken a fancy to the Datong Army led by the lowly position, and knows that although the Datong Army is a recruit who has just been recruited, it is very powerful, so he wants to take over this army and pick up the lowly pick, is this so?" ”

"Cao Zongbing is really fast-talking, Lao Yu likes your temperament," Cao Yue directly picked out the words, but Sun Chuanting didn't care at all, and laughed, "It's not a secret, Lao Yu took a fancy to the combat power of the Datong Army, as well as your cousin Cao Bianjiao's people, Lao Yu thinks that the two teams led by your brothers are the most elite divisions in the Ming Army, and with these nearly 100,000 people, it is not difficult to level the Liukou." Long Live Lord also agreed with what Lao Yu mentioned, so he asked Lao Yu to come to Datong in person to discuss the matter with Cao Zongbing. Lao Yu will not remove any generals in the Datong Army, except for Cao Zongbing, who wants to return to Beijing, other generals can stay in their original positions......"

Before Sun Chuanting's words were finished, the sergeant's urgent voice shouted outside. Before Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting discussed the matter secretly, they had already ordered that no one should disturb unless there was a major military situation. After listening to Sun Chuanting's words, he completely understood what the court and Sun Chuanting meant, and he was angry, listening to the report from the sergeant outside, he cheered angrily, and let the sergeant who reported the military situation come in.

The one who came in was the general of the special training team wearing a special training uniform designed by Cao Yue himself, and after the general saluted, he attached it to Cao Yue's ear, whispered a few words, and then presented a secret letter to Cao Yue.

After Cao Yue heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he couldn't wait to open the secret letter and read it. Sun Chuanting, who was drinking tea slowly, looked at Cao Yue's expression very curiously, and probed his brain to come over to see the secret letter in Cao Yue's hand. After Cao Yue read it carefully, his expression had returned to normal, and he handed the letter in his hand to Sun Chuanting, who happened to have his head leaning over: "Lord Sun, look at this letter!"

Sun Chuanting stretched out his hand and snatched the secret letter from Cao Yue's hand, looked at it quickly, and at a glance, his face also changed: "What, Jiannu actually went on a large-scale southern expedition? ! ”

"There will never be a fake, this is the lowly sent to the horse, from Shengjing back to the information, Dolgon has received Liu Zongmin and Li Yan led more than 100,000 troops to attack the army, they want to take advantage of the fire to rob, take advantage of the defeat of our Datong army and the Liukou fight, all their strength to attack Datong, vain to capture Datong in one fell swoop, destroy our Ming Jinggi defense line, and mess up my north. Lord Sun, the result of your discussion with Lord Banzai is wrong, Jiannu is not as fragile as you think, they are very powerful," Cao Yue said, picked up the teacup, took a sip slowly, and then said jokingly: "Now Lord Sun still wants to recruit the Datong army into Henan?" ”

"If Jiannu really invades the south on a large scale, then the most important thing is to recruit all the officers and troops who can be recruited and resist the invasion of Jiannu!"

"Does Lord Sun think this is just a lowly play?"

"I don't think so anymore!" Sun Chuanting looked at Cao Yue seriously and shook his head, "Today, we will not discuss the matter of the southern expedition to Henan, let's first discuss how to resist the large-scale southern attack of Jiannu!"