Jiannu fled, the two armies met victoriously, and the soldiers thundered.

A burly and good-looking young military general came to Wang Pu surrounded by dozens of cavalry soldiers, and said with a fist: "Your Excellency must be Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, right?" ”

Wang Pu hurriedly clenched his fists and saluted back: "Don't dare, it's down." ”

The military general smiled happily and said: "In Xia Yutian, Cao Bianjiao, I came to answer the order of Lord Hong, the Liao Governor of Ji, but I am too late." ”

"Where, where." Wang Pu hurriedly said, "Mr. Cao came at the right time, and I would like to thank Mr. Cao for his help." ”

"Whoa." Cao Bianjiao said casually, "You and I are both the chief soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and it is appropriate to help each other, so why should General Soldier Wang say thank you?" ”

Wang Pu said solemnly: "Anyway, this time, thanks to the rescue of General Cao, my Datong army was not wiped out. ”

"Mr. Wang said so, and he was out of sight."

Cao Bianjiao said this, and then said: "Jiannu may make a comeback at any time, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, General Soldier Wang should hurry up and clean up the people and follow me to Songshan, the Inspector is still waiting for news in Songshan City." ”

Wang Pu turned around and said to Zhao Wuzhu, the deputy chief soldier behind him: "Zhao Wuzhu, go and straighten out the men and horses and march towards Songshan." ”

"Yes."

Zhao Wuzhu agreed and took the order.

Wang Pu said to Cao Bianjiao again: "General Cao, have all the armies arrived?" ”

Cao Bianjiao nodded and said: "With the addition of your Wang General Soldiers, the General Soldiers of the Eight Towns will all be here, and now we are waiting for a decisive battle with Jiannu." ”

"All here?"

"Well, more than 100,000 troops have all gathered outside Songshan City."

Wang Pu's brows couldn't help frowning.

Wang Pu was a history buff in his previous life, and he was particularly fascinated by the history of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

[Based on Wang Pu's understanding of the history of the Ming and Qing wars, Hong Chengchou originally had a good chance to win the Battle of Songshan, but due to the wrong command of Emperor Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou was forced to give up the protracted war plan step by step, rashly marched into Songshan and fought a decisive battle with Jiannu, and finally lost this strategic decisive battle related to the national fortunes of the Ming Empire.

At that time, Jiannu had the mobility advantage of cavalry, Hong Chengchou learned the lesson of Yang Hao's joint attack and defeat of Salhu, and ordered the 130,000 Ming army to be firmly held together, not to give Jiannu a chance to break through, but too much, Hong Chengchou made another mistake, he gathered all the main forces outside Songshan City, and did not leave enough troops to protect the grain and grass in the rear.

Jiannu bypassed the main force of more than 100,000 Ming troops and captured Bijia Mountain, where the Ming army was stocked with grain, and the Ming army's grain road was cut off and suddenly fell into a desperate situation.

Hong Chengchou was unwilling to withdraw his troops, and wanted to fight with Jiannu quickly, but six of the eight general soldiers under his command had their own ghosts, and that night, Wang Pu, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, took the lead in escaping, Shanhaiguan General Soldier Ma Ke, Miyun General Soldier Tang Tong, and Ningyuan General Soldier Wu Sangui were not willing to lag behind, and also led the army to flee one after another, Jiannu took advantage of the situation to pursue, and the Ming army was defeated like a mountain. 】

Thinking of this, Wang Pu couldn't hold back any longer, turned back to his cronies, and shouted to Xiao Qi: "Xiao Qi, prepare the horse." ”

Xiao Qi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly led Wang Pu's white horse over.

Cao Bianjiao was stunned and said, "Mr. Wang, who are you?" ”

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "General Cao, more than 100,000 troops have gathered outside Songshan City, but the Xingshan, Tashan and Bijia Mountain, which are important places in the rear, lack heavy military protection. I want to rush to Matsuyama as soon as possible to report to the Inspector. ”

"Oh, yes, if Jiannu cuts off our army's food route, it will be a big trouble." Cao Bianjiao's face changed drastically, "This matter is not trivial, I will go with you." ”

At that moment, the two of them each arranged for the deputy commander-in-chief to lead the army to Songshan, and then abandoned the army and only brought more than ten cavalry soldiers to Songshan in a hurry.

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Songshan Castle, the governor of Jiliao.

Hong Chengchou was pacing back and forth restlessly, looking back at the door from time to time, and his cronies Tang Shijie had heated a bowl of ginseng soup and made it cold and cold several times, but Hong Chengchou didn't take a sip.

A rush of footsteps suddenly sounded from outside the door, Hong Chengchou hurriedly turned around and asked, "Is it that General Cao is back?" ”

"It's the last general."

In the loud voice, Cao Bianjiao hurried in.

Wang Pu followed Cao Bianjiao into the line, and hugged his fist to Hong Chengchou and said, "The last general, Wang Pu, see the Inspector." ”

"Hurry up and excuse me." Hong Chengchou repeatedly shook his hands and asked Wang Pudao, "General Wang, how are the casualties of your department?" ”

Wang Pu said: "Fortunately, because the reinforcements of General Cao's troops arrived in time, the casualties were not very large. ”

"That's good, that's good." Hong Chengchou let out a sigh of relief and said happily, "Now that the total troops of the eight towns have arrived, our army has a slight advantage in terms of strength, it is time for Jiannu to taste the power of our Daming border army." ”

Wang Pu looked at Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao understood and said, "My lord, there is a sentence in the end that I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Cao Bianjiao said: "Our army's grain and grass are piled up on Beacon Mountain, and there is no heavy protection of troops, if Jiannu sends a light cavalry to bypass Songshan and suddenly attack Beacon Mountain, our army's grain road may be cut off by Jiannu, if this is the case, the problem will be serious, so the last general feels that heavy troops should be sent to protect the grain and grass of Beacon Mountain." ”

"Huh?" Hong Chengchou was taken aback when he heard this, "If it weren't for General Cao's reminder, the governor would have almost missed a big event, come here, come quickly." ”

Tang Shijie hurriedly walked into the study and asked, "What do you have to say?" ”

"Hurry." Hong Chengchou said in a loud voice, "Hurry up and inform Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Jizhou, and ask him to lead five thousand elite soldiers to rush to Bijia Mountain." ”

"My lord, it's not good!"

As soon as Hong Chengchou finished speaking, the adjutant general Xia Chengde had already taken a bloodied soldier into the study, and the soldier knelt down in front of Hong Chengchou, howling and crying: "My lord, Bijia Mountain has been lost, all the grain, grass and baggage on the mountain have been taken away by Jiannu, and Zhang Jianjun and the brothers guarding the mountain have all been killed, woo woo woo woo ......"

"Huh?"

Hong Chengchou sat down on the chair and didn't stand up for a long time.

Wang Pu also sighed, but he didn't expect it to be a step too late, the weight of grain and grass on the mountain was still taken away by Jiannu, and if he lost the weight of grain and grass, the Ming army had only one way to go, that is, to fight with Jiannu quickly, of course this idea is good, but the question is how many of the general soldiers in each town dare to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu?

It took a long time for Hong Chengchou to come back to his senses and said to Tang Shijie: "Go, immediately send someone to invite a few chief soldiers." ”

Tang Shijie took the order and left.

About half an hour later, the general soldiers of each town arrived one after another, Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Jizhou stationed not far outside Songshan City, arrived first, then Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, Wang Tingchen, the general soldier of Ningqian, and Ma Ke, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, and finally Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, who was camped far away, and Li Fuming, the general soldier of Xuanfu, plus Wang Pu and Cao Bianjiao, all the eight general soldiers under the command of Hong Chengchou have arrived.

Several general soldiers had already heard about the loss of Beacon Hill on the way to Songshan City, and all of them had depressed and heavy expressions on their faces, and the atmosphere in the study was also a little depressing, Hong Chengchou's gaze swept over the eight generals one by one, and said in a low tone: "The loss of Beacon Mountain, the loss of grain and grass, you already know, now this inspector wants to hear your opinions, what should I do next?" ”

Cao Bianjiao said: "Although the grain and grass on Bijia Mountain have been lost, there are still seven days of dry food in the army, as long as our army can defeat Jiannu within seven days, it will not be a big deal." ”

Although Cao Bianjiao is young, he is already a veteran of the battlefield, and when he was in the northwest, he did not disarm for 27 days and nights, and defeated the thief Li Zicheng, and almost died. Cao Bianjiao is the head of the Eight Great Soldiers and Hong Chengchou's confidant, and his words represent Hong Chengchou's meaning to a large extent.

Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Jizhou, echoed: "General Cao is right, there is only one way for us to go now, and that is to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu!" ”

Wang Tingchen, the chief soldier of Ningqian, Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, and Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, were silent.

Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Miyun, couldn't help it at first, and said to Hong Chengchou: "Inspector Hong, as the old saying goes, the army has not moved, and the grain and grass go first, it can be seen that this grain and grass is very important to the army, and now that the grain and grass have been lost, the last general thinks that he should retreat first and withdraw to the pass, and then go out of the customs to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu after re-raising the grain and grass, what do you say?" ”

Li Fuming, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, nodded and said: "General Tang is right, it is the safest thing to do." ”

After Li Fuming finished speaking, he also signaled Wang Pu with his eyes, and asked him to say a few words, Li Fuming is the chief soldier of Xuanfu, Wang Pu is the general soldier of Datong, and the two are not Hong Chengchou's descendants, Li Fuming feels that Wang Pu should advance and retreat with him, but unfortunately he thought wrong, if Wang Pu is still the original young master general soldier who is greedy for life and afraid of death, he will definitely strongly agree with Tang Tong's proposal, but the current Wang Pu is no longer the original Wang Pu.

Wang Pu turned his back and pretended not to see anything.

As soon as Li Fuming finished speaking, Cao Bianjiao retorted: "Retreat? It's easy to say, what if Jiannu chases and beats his ass? Besides, if the army retreats to Guannei, what will happen to Jinzhou City? ”

Tang Tong said disapprerovingly: "Jiannu chased his ass and beat him, it's good to send an elite army hall, as for Jinzhou City, now that we ourselves are mud bodhisattvas crossing the river, where can we take care of anything else?" ”

"No way!" Cao Bianjiao said categorically, "You can't withdraw your troops." ”

Tang Tong snorted and stopped talking.

Hong Chengchou's gaze fell on Wu Sangui and asked, "What does General Wu mean?" ”

Although this Wu Sangui is young, he is brave and good at fighting, and the Wu family is also a wealthy family in western Liaoning, and the power is intertwined, Jinzhou General Soldier Zu Dashou is still his uncle, Shanhaiguan General Soldier Ma Ke and Ningqian General Soldier Wu Tingchen are Wu Sangui's life and death brothers, as long as Wu Sangui supports the decisive battle, then Ma Ke and Wang Tingchen will also support the decisive battle, so that Tang Tong and Li Fuming can only follow the crowd.

Wu Sangui hugged his fists and said: "The last general will be sent by the Inspector. ”

Hong Chengchou said happily: "That's good, all the general soldiers quickly return to the garrison to reorganize their military horses, and fight to the death with Jiannu tomorrow!" ”

"Yes."

The eight commanders agreed with a bang, and Yuguan withdrew.

As soon as he left the governor's office, Ma Ke and Wang Tingchen pulled Wu Sangui to a secluded place, and Ma Ke asked: "Uncle Chang (Wu Sangui's cousin), do you think that our army can win the decisive battle tomorrow?" ”

Wu Sangui shook his head and responded, "You can't win." ”

Wang Tingchen said: "You know that our army can't win, why do you still favor a decisive battle?" ”

Wu Sangui sighed: "Haven't the two brothers seen it yet? If the army withdraws to the pass like this, Inspector Hong, the Governor of Jiliao, will be considered to be the end, do you think he will approve of withdrawing from the army? Since Inspector Hong is already determined to fight to the death with Jiannu, what is the use of a few of our general soldiers opposing it? ”

"Ugh." Ma Ke sighed, "It seems that you and my brothers, as well as the fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses, have to be handed over to Songshan." ”

"Not necessarily." Wu Sangui looked at no one around, and said in a low voice, "According to the younger brother, if you don't wait for tomorrow's decisive battle, Tang Tong and Li Fuming will slip away, and as soon as they run, we will also raise troops and retreat, even if the court investigates it afterwards, we can also say that we have pursued Li Fuming and Tang Tong, the two fleeing generals, on the military orders of Inspector Hong." ”

Ma Ke said: "This is not good, as soon as Inspector Hong returns to Beijing and talks to Long Live Lord, don't you know everything?" ”

A cold smile appeared on Wu Sangui's face, and he said, "Second brother, do you think that Inspector Hong can still return to Beijing alive?" ”

"Huh? Oh. ”

Ma Ke and Wang Tingchen were startled at first, and then suddenly realized.

Today's long live the lord of the royal majesty has always been severe, the courtiers who have lost the battle are often punished with capital punishment, since there is a war in Liaodong, there are not a few ministers above the governor who were killed, Xiong Tingbi passed the first nine sides, Yuan Chonghuan was even more tragically punished by Ling Chi, this time Hong Chengchou was defeated in Songshan, and died in the chaos of the army, maybe he could also win a reputation of loyalty to the country, if he fled back to the Guannei, he would not only be ruined but also would die.

Let's go back and talk about Wang Pu.

Before leaving the governor's line, Wang Pu wanted to go back several times to remind Hong Chengchou and ask him to beware of Tang Tong, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, and Wang Tingchen, and beware of them leading the army to escape without authorization, but in the end, Wang Pu still didn't dare to make a mistake, because he had no credentials, and no credentials was a false accusation, why did Hong Chengchou believe him?

What's more, Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, is still Hong Chengchou's sworn enemy, and a cronie promoted by Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, but Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, and Wang Tingchen are Hong Chengchou's cronies. If you don't get it right, you will be beaten by Wu Sangui and them.

As soon as he left the house, Xiao Qi, a close confidant, led the horse to meet him, and asked in a low voice: "General, I heard that Beacon Mountain has been lost?" ”

Wang Pu turned over and said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about it when we go back to the camp." ”

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