At the beginning of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Jingnan Bo Cao Bianjiao and Ning Nan Bo Wang courtiers were transferred to Liaodong, when the two were only 3,500 cavalry in the main barracks, 500 new troops, and a total of 4,000 horses. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, the two were stationed in Yiju, but they were on the front line of the fight against the Tatars.

Of course, they were very concerned about the movements of the Qing State, and on the 17th, when the Qing State mobilized the whole country, the two of them noticed it, and immediately sent a sharp sentry to the sentry at night. On the 19th, the two of them thought that the Tatars might invade the border on a large scale again, so they immediately made a decision and immediately sent Tangma to warn the governor of Liaodong, the general army of Liaodong, and the governor of Jiliao.

On the 20th, the Qing Kingdom poured out of the country, and of course such a big movement could not be concealed from them, and they once again issued an urgent report, and estimated their judgment in the Tang newspaper.

They believed that the number of soldiers and horses dispatched by the thieves this time would not be less than the number of soldiers and horses during the Battle of Jinzhou.

After Tangma left, the two counts ordered the city of Uiju to be under martial law, and they carefully patrolled the city defenses, and when they returned to the mansion they shared, a guest came to the lobby to visit suddenly.

"Two generals, my intelligence department has accurate information, this time the Tartars poured out of the nest, Yizhou is far behind, if you are trapped here, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck. The eldest husband should be useful, and when the situation changes, he does not have to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place. The general even said that if the two generals were willing to go to Monan, he would definitely greet each other. ”

It was an agent from the Intelligence Department of the Metropolitan Protectorate who spoke, his appearance was not good, and he was easily ignored in the crowd, but his expression was resolute and his tone was firm, as if the landslide did not change in front of him. Those of them who went out to spy in the Ministry of Intelligence all had an iron will.

After listening to what the agent said, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen both had smiles on their faces.

Cao Bianjiao smiled at Wang Tingchen and said, "Brother Wang, what do you think?" ”

Wang Tingchen smiled heartily: "General Xiao Cao, a certain sentence is still the same sentence, as long as the eldest husband dies well, what about the horse leather shroud?" ”

Cao Bianjiao smiled and said, "I think the same way." ”

He said to the detective: "This strong man, please tell the Marquis of Yongning that Cao and others will live and die together with Yizhou City, and they will live up to his expectations." ”

Speaking of this, he looked a little guilty and said softly: "Hope...... There will be a day when I can say goodbye to Brother Wang......"

The detective sighed secretly, this result was expected by him, his heart swelled with respect, and said solemnly: "In this case, the villain retires, and the two generals cherish it!" ”

He bowed deeply, turned away, and when he came to the street, many soldiers patrolled in the snow in the cold, rain, and snow, and all of them were resolute, and an indescribable feeling surged in his heart, and he bowed his head to them, and got on his horse.

As an elite agent of the intelligence department, he has three war horses, he got on the horse, and hurried out of the city, he looked at the weather, the clouds were as thick as lead, and it seemed that the snow was going to fall for a while.

When he went up to the western mountain, he suddenly saw dozens of horsemen roaring from the south side of the city, and there was a howl like a beast in the distance.

Looking at their superb riding skills and shining armor, the agent muttered, "Bayara." He looked at the long horseshoe prints in the snow, and did not dare to stay any longer, and took one last look at the city of Uiju in the snow, and hurried away, and soon disappeared in the wind and snow.

Soon, more and more elite cavalry of the Qing army arrived, all of them were the kind of horse armor soldiers and Bayala, and they searched the suburbs, especially the scouts.

The Ming army's failure to collect at night was their key target.

After this report on the 20th, the city of Yiju was cut off from other places.

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In particular, after the city of Yizhou sent a report from Tangbao on the 20th, all cities in western Liaoning were under martial law one after another, and Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan, and other places closed their city gates one after another to strictly guard the frontier. Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, and Fan Zhiwan, the governor of Jiliao, reported several times a day and urgently reported to the Beijing division.

On the 23rd, the Ming troops stationed at the Great Wall at the mouth of the border did not accept it at night and found that there seemed to be an abnormal movement in the Karaqin Department outside the pass, and soon they found that there were elite sentinels with blue flags inlaid with Tartars at the boundary of the original Yingzhou.

On the 24th, the Ming army stationed on the Lengkou Great Wall found that Bayala, who was under the blue flag of the Tartars, was active outside at night.

On the same day, their sentry cavalry horses also appeared outside the Great Wall at Xifengkou.

On the 25th, Jinzhou, Ningyuan and other places reported that the Tartar army was approaching, but the strange thing was that they only camped outside the cities, but did not attack the city, but more to monitor the defenders inside. However, they rode out in all directions, and constantly slaughtered the pond horses that went out at night, making it difficult to convey news to the cities.

On the same day, the general army of Jizhen, Yang Guozhu, the Marquis of Jibei, received a sentry that the Tartar army of no less than 100,000 people was marching west from Jinzhou, Yizhou and other places.

On the 26th, the sentry did not receive the report at night, and the Tartar Abatai, Zierharang and others were stationed at the boundary of Zhongtunwei in Yingzhou, outside the Tunyuan Pass, and they were densely packed with sentry riders, from the west to Xinchengwei, and the northwest to Hongyazi Mountain, their sentry riders were found.

In particular, they also have fine cavalry on the banks of the Yixun River, which seems to be specially monitoring Zhenhu Village, the most cutting-edge fortress of the Jingbian Army outside the Saiwai, which is more than 200 miles away from Hongyazi Mountain.

The slaves and thieves were coming, Yang Guozhu did not dare to slack off, he personally led the army to the side wall, especially the cold mouth of the Great Wall where he judged the main part of the breach.

He must not let these beastly things enter the pass.

The Qing soldiers have entered the fortress many times, the second year of Chongzhen, the ninth year of Chongzhen, and the eleventh year of Chongzhen, each time it is bloody, and the people are miserable. And in addition to these large-scale invasions, which are approaching the city of Jingshi, in fact, there are two times in the seventh year of Chongzhen and the eighth year of Chongzhen.

They invaded Xuanfu, Datong, Xinzhou, Dingxiang and other places, looting on a large scale, especially in the seventh year of Chongzhen, because Cao Wenzhao was transferred to Datong, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves took the opportunity to break through, and finally caused a catastrophe later.

At this time, Yang Guozhu had 15,000 soldiers and horses, 5,000 cavalry in the Neizheng barracks, and 10,000 new troops. As the chief soldier of Jizhen, he also believes that he has the responsibility to protect the people of Guan Nei from poison.

It's just that......

His main force was dragged down in this way.

Of course the thieves knew that they would soon go north depending on the situation, and when the Beijing division was in danger, he was afraid that he would not be able to help.

Yang Guozhu got the news that the princes of the court and the central government intended to spread the word that they were defending the Jingshi, but now they ......

The state affairs are so critical, which makes Yang Guozhu worried, he doesn't understand what the princes of the court and the central government think, the strength of the Jingbian army is famous all over the world. They are also nearby, taking advantage of the thieves gathering under the city, just a pot is served, after all, there are no thieves gathering, only thieves scattering.

The most terrible thing about the thieves is that they are too good at running, and this is a good opportunity, if the thieves go north, they will be wiped out, and the henchmen of the Ming Dynasty will be completely solved.

Yang Guozhu thought that there would always be people with brains in the court, and the Jingshi was strong, and they should be able to hold out for a few months, and when the situation was urgent, they should summon the Marquis of Yongning to join the guard.

That's it, these major national affairs are not something he can consider, what he can do is to guard the border for the country.

One thing he was sure of was that he would never let a Tartar enter the customs unless he died in battle.

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The movement of the thieves, the people of Xuanfu, Shanxi, and Anbei are very concerned about the movement of the thieves, compared with the ups and downs in Shandong and Beizhi, the people are vying to open the city, looking forward to the arrival of the righteous army, and the people here react coldly, after all, their lives are still going on.

Even if you can't get by, you can immigrate to the capital, where immigrants are very welcome, not to mention the people of Xuanfu Town, who live a prosperous life.

In February, after the thieves were in Dashun for the founding of the People's Republic of China in Shandong, Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi, stepped up the defense of the passes in the east of Shanxi, and dispatched the general soldier Zhou Yuji, the deputy general soldier Li Yunshu and others to defend Guguan, Huangyu Pass, Hongti Pass and other places, and strengthened the defensive force in these places.

Therefore, when the thieves attacked the city and plundered the land in Zhangde Mansion and Shunde Mansion, and planned to sweep Shanxi in the west, they ran into a bloody battle in front of these strong passes.

Of course, it is not that there are no people's hearts towards the righteous army, for example, near Shanxi, in the Yuanshi county town controlled by Xu Yue'e, the general of the Zanhuang Counselor, there is a forger surnamed Sun, who privately hit hundreds of arrows and wrote a hand-fold, calling the thief "the master of the heavenly soldiers", and planned to secretly go out of the city to join the Shun army.

When he unfortunately went out of the city, he was searched for a fold by the sergeant who guarded the door, and was ordered by Xu Yue'e to make an example, and brutally nailed his limbs to the city gate with long nails, and died heroically.

But at least since then, no one in the several cities in her sphere of influence has dared to talk about surrendering thieves to take refuge.

At the end of February, some soldiers and civilians in Huangyuguan wanted to switch and surrender, but they were brutally suppressed by the guard general Li Yunshu.

Also because of the peace in Shanxi, the more vassal kings fled into the country, in addition to the original Fu King Zhu Yousong, there were Lu King Zhu Changshu and others who fled in one after another.

On the first day of the first month of March, the thieves poured their nests north, and when the news came to Shanxi, Ji Shiwei, the governor of Xuanda, urgently sent Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu, Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong, and Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi.

In particular, those who want to enter Xuanfu Town will be the first to be admitted to the shelter and strictly review it.

Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, was also invited by Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi, to order the general Wang Zheng to lead the barracks to assist Zhou Yuji, the general of the defense of Guguan.

For the thieves going north, in fact, the folk reactions of Xuanfu, Shanxi, and Anbei are very indifferent, because in the hearts of these people, they have the Optimus Pillar, the general of the conquest, and the Marquis of Yongning.

Anyway, with the powerful Jingbian army here, they are unlikely to be harmed.

They only argued about how long the Jingshi could be defended, and it was a hot topic in the teahouses and restaurants in each city and town.

Some people say that because of the plague, the Beijing camp suffered great losses, and the capital was afraid that it would only be able to defend for three months at most.

Most people think that this statement is conservative, the capital division is strong, the city wall is high and thick, and the circumference of the city is sixty or seventy miles, it is difficult to say whether it can be defended for a year, but it is still possible to defend for half a year.

And they think that as long as the princes of the court and the central government are not blind and summon the Marquis of Yongning to go out, thieves will not be a problem at all.

The Xuanfu Times is also advocating that as long as the imperial court recruits the general Wang Dou to come out, the thieves will definitely be calmed down with one blow, and they will be served in a pot under the city of Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty will be peaceful.

Not to mention the discussion of the newspaper and the people, for some gentry and officials, their emotions are much more complicated, looking at the momentum of the thieves, claiming that millions of people are approaching the Beijing Division, can the capital be held by then? If the Jingshi falls and the Ming Dynasty falls, where should they go?

Some people privately discussed whether the Ming Dynasty had run out of energy, and whether they should follow the trend and welcome the new master.

However, some human thieves are not credible, for example, they do not pay grain, but after the founding of the People's Republic of Shandong, they ordered each county to send 300 mules and levy thousands of stones. And every time they go to a place, they also plunder the huge room to help them, which may be unfavorable to the gentry in the future.

But some people also retorted that after Shunguo captured Jingshi and established a new dynasty, it would definitely be different, and the new dynasty would have a new atmosphere.

Overall, they have a mixed mind and a wait-and-see attitude. (To be continued.) )