0190 The Battle of Zhenqiang
Datong City built tall and majestic, solid and steep, all kinds of city defense facilities are complete, can be called the Ming Dynasty in peace and be prepared for danger, of course, it is safe, still to be discussed.
Datong city wall is all based on neat stone strips, stone slabs, stone squares, stone pillars, etc., and the wall is rammed with "Sanhe soil" section by section, and the periphery is then built with green bricks. A medium-sized city brick weighs 35 catties, which shows the solidity of the city wall and the arduousness of the building.
Yang Ling came to the city, looked up, and couldn't help sighing: "Xiongguan, it's really Xiongguan!" I really don't know how the Tartars almost attacked such a big city the year before last, so that the acting king ran back to the capital to cry to the Emperor Hongzhi.
The main wall of Datong city wall is three zhang high, there is a female wall on the main wall, the female wall lays a brick buttress again, the battlement between the brick stacks is the lookout hole and the shooting port of the guarded soldiers, there are also majestic city towers, corner towers, watchtowers are built on the city wall, and stand at intervals. The roof of the building is a heavy eaves and nine ridges rest mountain type, surrounded by corridor columns, and the road is adjacent to the road.
These high and low buildings build a three-dimensional defense line on the city wall, which can be observed, concealed, maneuvered, shot, received, commanded, and commanded by generals.
Yesterday, Yang Ling had sent someone to inform Hu Zhan, the governor of Datong who was looking for death and life at every turn, and the general guarding the city saw that it was the army of Qincha, so he hurriedly opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge, and Yang Ling's iron cavalry burst out. Yang Ling was in the center of the fire camp.
The former army in the army out of the Datong city gate, the rear army is following out of the steady stream, Yang Ling Le Ma flashed on the side of the road, looking back at the tall and majestic city wall, the special gear-shaped convex and concave city wall, there are also four lonely lookout platforms, there is no passage and stairs below, only at the top of the platform with a wooden plank with the city wall to match, it can attack behind the enemy army who climbs the city wall, respond to and look at the enemy's situation.
Yang Ling couldn't help but sigh in admiration, the so-called copper wall and iron wall are probably nothing more than that. In the city, 300 Ouchi guards wearing long-handled steel-clad swords and sharp arrows and longbows rushed to the city gate.
Since the Song Dynasty, the division of arms in the army is not like the army in the Tang Dynasty, whether it is a spearman or a short knife hand, everyone wears a bow and arrow, and the soldiers selected by Yang Ling can fight on the ground on a horse, far and near, and it is a bow for each person, and the guards are not only superb in martial arts, but also cavalry and archery, not only wearing a bow, but also wearing a three-stone bow.
The rear wing of Yang Ling's army carried the items transported from Beijing and locally procured to reward the three armies, and dozens of carts were endless and slow, so they had just walked out of the city gate at this time.
Before the general defending the city had given the order to close the city, he saw another well-armored cavalry rushing in, and some of the cavalry shouted: "Don't close the city gates, the rear army is not finished."
Before the general could ask, three hundred iron horsemen had already whizzed past, and the horses' hooves thundered on the suspension bridge. These three hundred guards and the rest of the officers and soldiers came all the way to Datong, and they were already familiar with each other, and those hard crossbowmen who were at the end did not know the emperor's inside story in the army, and they didn't know that Yang Ling ordered these three hundred people to stay.
When the defenders saw that they were dressed in the same equipment and clothing, and that the soldiers on both sides were familiar with each other, they asked no more questions, and when the cavalry had rushed out of the city, they raised the drawbridge and closed the gates again.
Yang Ling didn't know that there were quietly three hundred more elite soldiers in the rear formation, and the news was too secretive, and the result was that it sometimes caused greater omissions. The army marched all the way, and after more than an hour, they came to the vicinity of Zhenqiang Fort.
The former army probe handed back the news, the Tatar Boyan Khan personally led the iron cavalry to fight against the army of the Yang general system outside the pass at this time, and the Yang general system has no time to review now, please go to the pass first to watch the enemy's battle.
Yang Ling listened to the spirits, immediately commanded the army to speed up, Zhenqiang Fort is also a pass built by the mountain, the left and right is the Great Wall winding like a dragon, two miles away from the pass There is a reinforcement mouth to the beacon tower on the mountain.
Didn't rush to Zhenqiang Pass, then heard the shouting outside the mountain to kill the earth, there was a reinforcement mouth next to it, climb up to the beacon tower, here is built on the dangerous peak, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the Tartars did not attack here, but from here you can already hear the deafening sound of fighting.
Yang Ling immediately dismounted, ordered the army to stand by, he only brought two hundred guards to the pass, and when he arrived at the beacon tower, a defender general hurriedly stepped forward and hurriedly saw Qin Cha. Yang Ling asked anxiously, "How is the war?" ”
He was also tired of fighting, although he was very in awe of Qincha, although the sound of killing in his ears shook the sky, and when he mentioned the war, he replied casually: "Lord Qincha, please be relieved, the Tartars will always come to fight every two days, the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, and they can't attack it."
Yang Ling and Zhang Yong were relieved, and hurriedly came to the battlement to look down, at this time the sun was rising, the sun was shining down, the snow was covered between the mountains, and the flat canyon in front of the Zhenqiangbao Pass was reflected clearly and clearly, and it was clear from this mountain peak to look down.
There were endless shouts of killing echoing in the empty mountains and valleys, Yang Ling and Zhang Yong couldn't help but be intimidated by the scene in front of them, not only them, but the two hundred pro-soldiers were also soldiers who were not afraid of death, but some of them had never fought in the border pass, and Zhengde, who quietly took twenty pro-soldiers to climb the mountain, were all stunned when they lay on their stomachs.
This is the battle of thunder and rain?
The Great Wall is built along the mountain in winding and twisting, there is a low mountain in front of this dangerous peak, and then there is a valley across the bottom, and the Zhenqiang Pass is two miles away in front, and the Great Wall is folded out relative to here, so here you can clearly see everything in front of the pass.
The sound of shouting and killing and weapons and horses blended into an infinite loud sound that thundered the sky, and the sound of waves of people and weapons rolling against each other was clearly injected into the ear drums, and everything that was close at hand, due to the mountainous situation, could not even be thrown by rolling stones on this top to smash into those tartars, and they could only watch them rush to the city pass on the right.
Densely packed, thousands of men and horses attacked the pass one after another, the cold glow of the weapon pierced into his eyes from time to time, Yang Ling held his breath, watched all this, couldn't say a word for a long time, and even Zhang Yong, who had always been accustomed to leaning over and smiling with a smile on his face, also looked solemn.
Zhengde clenched his fists, his heart almost jumped out, and he muttered, "This is war? ”
This scene obviously made him, who had only seen such majestic words as waving millions of troops in the military book, and his simple psychology was shaken very violently.
It was a glorious paving with blood and life, how cruel. Tens of thousands of horses fought in the ice and snow wilderness and canyon passes outside the pass.
In this world, only human beings, who are the spirits of all things, have the ability to organize so many lives and destroy so many lives.
The black-pressed cavalry galloped on horseback, using their superb archery skills to continuously fire at the head of the city, covering the tide of the people and horses who set up ladders and siege chariots to move forward.
Above and below the city, flags were flying, and the Tatar army threw huge stones and burning fireballs at the city with stone throwers, crossbow machines and other siege equipment, hitting the city wall with a piercing bang.
The city also returned color to the city, using throwing stones, crossbow arrows, and artillery from afar, and using rolling logs and rocks at close range, and looking from afar, there were constantly half-climbed human bodies screaming and falling from the top of the city, falling into a bloody corpse, and broken ladders and burning siege chariots were scattered everywhere.
On the pass, the soldiers kept walking back and forth, carrying equipment, wandering and archery, pushing the ladder with hooks and sickles, and constantly throwing rolling logs and stones to the city. In such a dense attack and defense, there are still a bunch of fierce Tartars who are not afraid of death constantly going up to the city, turning into a pile of meat sauce after a round of counterattacks.
A huge and sturdy door car rushed to the gate with the support of dozens of soldiers, and the sharp end of the front end was more than a foot long to hit the thick and strong city gate, and the door car was equipped with a fan-shaped roof protection, and the stones and arrows could not hurt the tartars below.
At this time, clay pots were thrown down on the top of the city, smashed on the roof of the crashing car, and then a torch was thrown, and the entire crashing car burned to the ground, and several tartars splashed with oil were wearing thick cotton clothes and beast robes, and instantly turned into a fire man, roaring and rolling on the ground, trying to extinguish the fire.
Yang Ling was thrilled to see at the city pass, and at this moment, another army covered up the Tatar army that was fiercely attacking the city. The mountains here are heavy, the peaks and peaks are undulating, there are two canyons in the mountains leading to the Zhenqiang Pass, one is spacious, there are 30 zhang wide, it is the road that the Tatar army attacks to the pass, the other is only more than 10 zhang wide, winding to the depths of the mountains, the Great Wall rises and falls on the distant mountains, this road should be the only passage leading to another pass from outside.
The Kannai troops could move directly on the Great Wall, and they didn't have to pass through snow-covered valleys, but at this moment, a large army was rushing in there, and quickly formed an acute attack formation.
It was the banner of the Ming army, this army was mostly infantry, there were only a few knights in front, and in the face of Tatar warriors who everyone fought on horseback, they were obviously fighting to disturb the enemy's idea. A general in the formation, the drummer, the trumpeter, the gold hand, and the flag bearer are all arrayed in front of him, and there is a handsome flag behind him, and a king character is written on it.
The general guarding the beacon tower said happily: "Vice General Wang has come to help from Qingniuling."
Yang Ling's heart moved when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Which deputy general Wang?" ”
The general said: "Back to my lord, it is Wang Shouren, the deputy general under the account of General Yang, who is guarding Qingniu Pass, and this is only a three-mile mountain road."
Yang Ling let out an "oh", and hurriedly held the battlement to look at the flag, only to see a general in armor, dressed in light cyan doufeng, calmly standing in the army, but he couldn't see his appearance clearly from a distance.
Under the cover of the giant shield, the archers put the long arrows on the longbows, and the rows of wolf teeth poked out from the gaps in the giant shields.
Spotting the Ming army coming from the flank, the Tartars howled and turned their horses' heads around and charged at them, while they opened their bows and arrows and rode at them.
The general on the horse stood calmly under the banner of the commander, the first batch of arrows arrived, and they were shot on the big shield one person high, this group of Ming army riders were not many, and the foot cavalry was hidden under such a high giant shield, it was difficult to be attacked by arrows, but if the cavalry approached, it would be almost a one-sided battle.
The Tartar cavalry galloped fast, when the first row of knights was less than two arrows away from the Ming army, the general suddenly waved his arm fiercely, and seemed to shout lightly, the dense arrow rain of the Ming army rushed like a flying locust, the arrows shot fast, the horses galloped, the two competed, when the cavalry galloped close to an arrow, just to meet the first round of arrow rain, for a while people shouted that the horses neighed, and the Tatar cavalry who lacked good protection was like a stumbling horse under their feet, and suddenly fell down.
At this time, the second round of arrow rain arrived
There were only 5,000 Ming troops in the valley, but the Tatar army attacking Zhenqiang Fort had at least 30,000 people, although they had the upper hand for the time being, but once the Tatars approached, it was a one-sided slaughter, Yang Ling did not find that there were pikemen in the army with huge spears several meters long, and they rushed over, obviously it was impossible to arrange horse rejection piles, horse pits, and tripping ropes in the valley.
The ridge overlooks the four fields are white, the wind is strong and strong, the canyon and the mountain plain are covered with a layer of snow, it looks like the refreshing mountain dance silver snake is the original galloping elephant, but in the valley is the neighing of the war horse, shouting to kill the sky.
A Tatar leader spear obliquely pointed, the crotch of the war horse has galloped out, a horse rushed to the Ming army, this man will be in the hand of the gun whirlwind, will shoot the sharp arrows one by one, the Tartar army behind is like a prairie fire swept wildly, the horse's hooves roared, the earthquake trembled, the charging knight let out a terrifying roar, the sound was extremely terrifying.
The Tartar siege formation was chaotic, and more and more soldiers began to pour towards the narrow valley mouth, and the Ming archers retreated, "Bang! Bang! Bang! A burst of smoke enveloped the entire valley mouth, the shield hands separated, and the dense fire boomed loudly, and the cannon of Dalian Zhu sent out dense firepower, forming a terrifying wave of dense blows.
The Tartars fell down again, the smoke had not yet dissipated, and I saw that the thousands of men and horses in the valley had turned around and fled to the depths of the valley under the leadership of the horse general, and the Tatars were so angry that they drove their horses into the mountain pass, and the Ming army, which seemed to be fleeing in a panic, fell to the ground.
"Boom, boom, boom!!" The deafening sound of artillery sounded, and each of the twenty guns shot out a hundred grains of iron sand, this kind of short-range blow was very terrifying, and the rain of bullets covered the sky, and nearly 400 Tartars in the forward, including the extremely brave gun-wielding general, were completely disappeared after this burst of artillery rain, only a few horses mixed with blood and not yet dead, struggling with sorrow, swaying on the battlefield covered with corpses.
Zhenqiang closed the war drums and thundered, the gate was opened, the burning ramming car was pushed aside, the cavalry was in front, like a flood out of the gate, the light armored cavalry a round of arrow rain, each shot three arrows and then slowly rode aside, the heavy cavalry then pounced, and the iron flow of the Tartars converged together.
Looking from the gate, it is like the moment when the two huge waves of the Qiantang tide converge, galloping, instantaneously condensing, and then people turn over on their backs, flesh and blood flying, from time to time someone is picked off, cut down, stabbed down, flesh and blood battlefield, everyone is struggling to extinguish their lives, just now they are still sacrificing their lives to slaughter others, may now be a pile of meat under the horse's hooves.
The main tent of Wang Khan was enough to accommodate fifty or sixty people sitting cross-legged, but at this time there were only seven or eight people inside, and these seven or eight people were already the supreme rulers of the entire desert and steppe. On a thick carpet of camel hair, eight blazing braziers were set up in the corners of the tent, but the place where everyone was sitting in the middle of the tent was still a little dim.
Boyan Khan's eyes turned blood-red because of anger, he sat on the main seat, his hands pressed his knees, he wore a roe deer fur hat and a leather coat, and a pair of angry eyes glared at the people in front of him fiercely and shouted: "Don't say it anymore, our warriors came to hunt in the place of the Han people, drank all the strong wine in the family, ate all the cattle and sheep in the family, and now they have not caught a single prey, if they retreat, how can they meet our people?" ”
Boyan Khan swept over with a pair of tiger eyes, and the people in front of him all lowered their heads slightly, not daring to look at him, only a strong man in his forties with a weathered face and eagle eyes sat cross-legged, faintly silent.
Boyan Khan was in his thirties, when he was in the prime of life, his burly body stretched impatiently, glanced at the man who was silent on his knees with dissatisfaction, and said: "The Ming army and horses are comparable to us, they want to divide the troops to guard, but we only need to attack one point, they have dangerous passes to defend, but we have many people and horses to attack the city, and the place and time of the siege are our choice, but we are now fighting dozens of battles, but we have not taken advantage of it!" ”
The eagle-eyed man who looked a little unruly turned his head slightly, swept his eyes, and snorted coldly: "Fire sieve, what do you think?" ”
The eagle-eyed man said lightly: "Great Khan, my people lack clothes and clothing, and even the war horses have no strength, how can they exert their combat power?" ”
A man who bowed his head and was silent immediately raised his head and sneered: "The Ming army is at war with us, and the tribes have suffered heavy losses, but only your men and horses have not suffered heavy setbacks, as if the Ming army is afraid of your name of fire and bravery, and avoids you everywhere to fight." The fire sieve is a hero with clear grievances, so he naturally wants to repay the favor."
Huo Sieve was furious and said: "Menglik, what do you mean by this, this alliance fought against the Ming army and never fell behind, how could you have any selfish intentions?" ”
Boyan glared at him viciously for a long time, but burst out into laughter, and said with a smile: "Menglik, don't talk nonsense, the fire sieve is the hero of our steppe, and the most trusted general of Ben Khan, how can he have selfish intentions and compromise with the Ming army in order to protect his own strength?" ”
The leader named Monlik just sneered and said nothing, his face was pale, and at this moment, a big man in a leather robe opened the curtain and strode in. ”
When he looked around the tent and saw that they were all the leaders of the Tatar tribes, he said with confidence: "Yes, the Great Khan, I have already met their protectors."
Qi Kenong stepped forward and bowed, and then told the news of Maitreya Teaching Yu Protector in detail, everyone present was refreshed when they heard it, Boyan took a long breath, Huo Di stood up, and said coldly: "No matter what, we have to persevere, and now our goal is to be righteous and not to win or lose!" ”
"The Son of Heaven of the Han people is like a chicken, when he sees the shadow of the eagle flying, he will tremble with fright and hide in the arms of the mother chicken", Boyan Yangtian let out a burst of laughter, waved his hand and said: "Order the army to retreat, make the illusion that you are war-weary and want to gradually withdraw from the battlefield and return to the grassland." ”。
"Huadang is not a fool, he will not drill into the pocket of the Ming Court, we must leave them a safe place for the Ming League, abandon Zhenqiang Fort, and move troops to the area of Pingshun and Huguan"
He said with a smile, and said to the fire sieve: "Fire sieve, after the people of your alliance are broken, on the one hand, they will stop the pursuit of the Ming army, and at the same time, after the Maitreya sect sends the news, they will send a small group of elite soldiers to loot the grain and grass to contain the Ming army stationed here, so as not to suffer the enemy on both sides!" ”
Huo Sieve secretly sneered, what Boyan said was high-sounding, it was obvious that he didn't trust him very much, but it seemed that he was just suspicious that he had a tacit understanding with the Ming army in order to preserve his strength, but he didn't suspect that he had defected to the Ming court, so he left him alone against the main force of the Ming army and forced him to fight with the Ming army, otherwise he would not have left him in his rear flank.
In this battle, he didn't want to run to Boyan to be the vanguard, and the fire sieve gave up his orders while secretly thinking about how to avoid a decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army, just taking the opportunity to plunder some grain and grass to feed the stomachs of his soldiers.
Boyan said again: "Order the men and horses attacking the pass to withdraw immediately, and let the Ming army be proud for a few more days."
When the leaders of the other tribes heard that they could avoid the headache of Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren, and go to the counties that had not yet been plundered to have a full meal, they also smiled and stood up one after another.
After everyone said goodbye, the smile on Boyan's face slowly disappeared, and he gently sat back on the plush chair and sighed tiredly. The curtain on the side of the tent was lifted, and a fair girl dressed in white walked quietly, the tent was a little dark, she tiptoed to the two butter lamps hanging from the tent in front of the throne, took out a small scimitar from her waist, and gently picked up the lanterns.
The fire head is higher, the sweat tent is much brighter, most of the Mongolians are tall and strong, but her delicate body is much more slender and slender, the bright light reflects her cheeks, the smooth and delicate jaw meets the light, the cheek curve is bright on one side, dark on the other, and the contour is beautiful and delicate.
The two guards beside Boyan hurriedly put their hands to their chests and said respectfully: "Chabi Kedun!" ”
The world knows that Boyan married his distant uncle and grandmother Mandu Haisiqin when he was seven years old, and became the king of the steppe under her assistance and the direct descendant of the golden family.
However, the delicate girl in front of her looks less than twenty, and it is impossible to be the sixty-year-old Queen of Mandu now, in fact, Mandu Haisiqin gradually disappeared from people's sight after Boyan became an adult, and people avoided her whereabouts.
"Go down", Boyan waved his hand to let the two companions retreat, and said to the girl in white affectionately: "My Selim Zhuoer, come to my arms."
The girl in white smiled, walked lightly to his side, was hugged by him, and jumped on his knees. The young queen smiled and said, "My Great Khan, the war is not going well, we just retreat to the grassland, why bother?" Aren't the Han people too scared by you to go out? ”
Boyan smiled, hugged her slender waist and said: "Zhuo'er, what I'm worried about has never been the Ming Court, but the tribes below me, when they won the battle, when they brought cattle, sheep and slaves, they all smiled, and now that they have lost the battle, each chief is calculating their own interests, and those who have different intentions are not just a fire sieve?" ”
Wrapping her arms around his neck tenderly, she kissed him on his rugged cheek and chuckled, "Don't worry, my king, who would dare to do anything unruly under the gaze of your eagle?" ”
Boyan laughed, a big hand reached into her arms, grasped the rich softness, and said in her ear: "That's right, so no matter how many men and horses are lost now, and those despicable guys are talking behind their backs, I will do what I want." ”
The young queen was like a dying fish under his caresses, struggling weakly in his arms, panting and speechless. The two of them have rolled all the way from the big chair to the thick pile carpet, the clothes are untied, and the clothes are thrown on the ground one by one.
Boyan's hot breath sprayed on her full and towering chest, he looked down at the soft and plump tower, and said in a low voice: "Kill Zhengde, get Liaodong, Gansu, Qinghai, and then seize the whole world and return to Dadu!" My queen, accompany me and kill all the way back! ”
With a snort, two plump and soft thighs clamped his waist, and Boyan killed him fiercely with a muffled snort
On the Great Wall, Yang Yiqing walked side by side with Yang Ling and Zhang Yong with a smile, and the officers and soldiers stood solemnly on the pass of the Great Wall, far from the end. The smoke of gunfire has not yet cleared, and the bloody smell is still clearly audible, but the morale of the soldiers is high, and for them, it is the happiest thing to be able to win the battle and be alive.
Yang Ling said to Yang Yiqing: "General Yang system, the emperor heard that the army had won the battle, he was very pleased, first issued a holy decree to order Lord Yang to control the three sides, and then ordered the official to personally escort some items to the army, rice and noodles, meat and vegetables, fruits and vegetables, fish and eggs, clothing, prevention and treatment of frostbite, plague symptoms, diarrhea and stomach pain, pills and ointments, grease gloves for cold and warmth, firewood, charcoal and other things, we have transported some, now it is closed, please send someone to collect."
Zhang Yongye said with a smile: "There are also silver taels for rewarding the three armies, and silver for compensating the disabled soldiers, how much is needed, please also draw up a roster as soon as possible, and ask the clerk to verify and report it, the emperor is very happy about this great victory, and the strategy of consuming Tatars and making them steal chickens, by the way, why don't you see Grandpa Miao?" ”
Zhang Yong is a good soldier, Miao Kui is also a good soldier, one of these two is in charge of the horse prison and the other is in charge of the barracks, but they also have similar surnames, Miao Kui was unfavorable in the first battle, and he made meritorious service for his crimes, and he still served as the supervisor of the three passes.
Unexpectedly, Yang Yiqing was also stunned when he heard this, and said: "This official has already handed over the news to Beijing through the military post, presumably at the speed of the military post, the emperor should have received it a long time ago, didn't the emperor inform the two Qincha?" ”
Zhang Yong and Yang Ling looked at each other, Yang Ling shook his head and said: "This is thought to be delayed on the road, we have not received the report from the Beijing Palace", he said a little weak-hearted, the emperor is in the army, and only the three bachelors can see it when he enters Beijing, and Zhengde is a secret, I am afraid that unless it is a 100,000 urgent event, the three bachelors will not dare to send someone to send the song to the emperor, so as not to leak the news.
Yang Yiqing said: "Oh, Gonggong Miao and the chief soldier Xu Tai together", he suddenly shut up when he said this, lowered his voice and said: "Wait until you enter the Guan Lou, the military affairs carried out by Gonggong Miao and Xu Tai are extremely secret, and it is not appropriate for too many people to know."
Yang Ling nodded knowingly, the soldiers who helped the wounded soldiers and cleaned up the battlefield under the pass were still busy, Yang Ling said again: "General Yang system, divide Boyan, fire sieve, and consume their grain and grass The purpose has been achieved, we should step up the offensive in the near future and drive them back, seeing that in another month, the spring is warm and the snow is melting, and the people should also farm, and they should not be dragged to fight here."
Yang Yiqing said: "What Yang Qincha said is that the official is also considering this matter, but for the time being, it will drag them for a few days, the reason, hehe, it is also related to the incident just now, I think the news should also be transmitted back." I can't afford to drag it out any longer.
There are millions of people in Sanguan, and there are more than 100,000 troops, as for the war horses to consume more grain and grass, if the reserve army is delayed because of the war, the court can not afford it only by relying on the heavy grain and grass of the imperial court, and the army and the people will also go hungry, which is a big deal."
Yang Yiqing, as the general system of the three passes, was not only responsible for the war, but also for matters related to military affairs and Tuntian, and the officers and men of Tuntian could solve a large amount of rations on the spot every year, and his important surname was no less than that of combat.
Yang Yiqing couldn't help sighing when he said this, he was the general system of the three passes, and his soldiers and horses were composed of the general soldiers of Datong, Taiyuan, and Xuanfu towns.
A few years ago, the general army of Datong treated the soldiers harshly, and this group of officers and soldiers who were not afraid of death when they started a battle, but did not fear the authority very much, made a mess and slaughtered the chief military officer.
Yang Yiqing was born as a civilian official, but he has been in the army for a long time, and he has long known that the army is a relatively reading organization, and he pays the most attention to prestige, seniority, and status in the army.
In the process of leading, commanding, dispatching, and fighting, more attention is paid to the relationship between officers and soldiers, trust, and support, and blindly being harsh and strict cannot suppress these people who have rolled in the pile of dead bodies, and if there is no food to eat, it is really a major event that will discourage the army more than losing the battle.
This war took too long, although it hurt Boyan more, but it was not a big problem for the consumption of money and food for the Ming Dynasty?
Yang Yiqing sighed lightly: "There are many mountains here, there is little land, the fields are barren, if there is another drought and locust plague, the harvest will be greatly affected, so many soldiers and civilians in Sanguan, war horses and livestock, once there is a shortage of food, their hearts are unstable, I am thinking about letting the officers and soldiers split the mountains and open more mountain fields during the spring famine, it is just a drop in the bucket, and it is better than nothing."
Yang Ling's heart moved, and he said happily: "Since these poor lands are like chicken ribs, they don't have much impact on grain preparation, I have several new crops with extremely high yields, can General Yang give it a try?" Try planting in the Tuntian Military Institute first, and next year's harvest will be a bumper harvest, and the seeds can be given to the people, and Sanguan can also become the granary of the northwest."
Yang Yiqing said movingly: "There is this kind of crop? ”
Yang Ling said: "Yes, Ben Qincha can guarantee, I introduced several crops from the West, sweet potatoes, potatoes, maize, and now an acre of sandy and barren land grows millet wheat, the wind and rain are smooth God to give face, break the sky and go to three or five hundred catties of output, planting this kind of sweet potato can reach more than three thousand catties, although it is some coarse grains, but it is an excellent crop for hunger and hunger, and it does not compete with millet for good land, how about Yang's general system?" ”
Yang Yiqing was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Three thousand catties per mu? I don't dare to think about it, I don't dare to think about it, if I don't fight for good land and don't look at God's eyes, I will yield 1,000 catties per mu, and I am grateful for the convenience of this land. As for coarse grains, damn it, people are hungry and gnawing on tree bark, who cares about those? ”
Yang Ling heard that this famous general in the army who was born as a jinshi actually came out with a foul word, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, at this time the three of them had walked to the side of the city tower above the gate of Zhenqiang Fort, Yang Yiqing stopped and smiled: "It's very simple here, but it can finally shelter the wind and snow, the two Qincha please come in."
Yang Ling smiled and said, "The Lord of the General System is polite", he turned his head and said to the two hundred pro-army guards: "You don't have to wait here, Xiaguan Pass assists the defenders to eat rice, noodles and meat."
A figure at the back of the crowd hurriedly hid behind several guards the moment he turned around, but this person he was really familiar with, and after just one glance, his eyes widened in shock, and he refused to stagger his eyes again.
Yang Ling's strange appearance made all the soldiers turn their heads to look, and the city was silent for a while. The lieutenant stood behind a tall guard for a moment, and then slowly came out again.
Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong saw it, and their faces suddenly turned snow-white, and the three of them looked at it directly, and they couldn't believe their eyes for a while. When the guards saw the gazes of the three adults, they brushed the ground and flashed to both sides, leaving the handsome little lieutenant there.
Although Zhengde is in the spotlight wherever he goes, there have never been so many people who dare to stare at him with round eyes and so deadly, which makes him uncomfortable.
Zhengde smiled at them very shyly and embarrassedly, and walked over slowly, like a big girl, almost walking into a crutch.
(To be continued)