The Xiaoice period was characterized by cold and drought on the other. Drought means less rain, and in this harsh winter, snow is infrequent.

This winter of the sixth year of Chongzhen is less than a month and is about to reach the seventh year of Chongzhen, and there is still no snow. It is also because of this that the speed of action of the heavenly army is considered to be rapid.

The boundless grasslands of the central and eastern regions have long been the sphere of influence of the Heavenly Army. For the steppe tribes that are unfriendly to the Heavenly Army, they either fled to the depths of Mobei early with Lin Dan Khan, or they have already returned to the east and attached to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In this way, it is even more rare to see people on the vast grassland where people are not seen in the first place.

However, in the grasslands of the past few days, countless horses' hooves have stepped on from time to time, braving the cold wind from west to east. These all belong to the field cavalry army called the Heavenly Army, one man and two horses.

The sky was bright, and Hu Guang, who was also in the galloping cavalry army, finally saw the traces left by the Jianyu army according to the previous report.

This should be the place where Jianyu stayed for a long time, corresponding to the Qingshui Mingyue Pass of the Great Wall defense line. When the vanguard of the Heavenly Army arrived here, judging by the signs, the army of Jianyu had just left and entered the pass.

This situation is very ideal for Hu Guang, otherwise, not only will the army have to make a detour, but also need to consider the question of whether Jianyu will suddenly return to the army, and the troops who must be left behind to monitor will make things very troublesome. After all, the purpose of this military operation is not to fight a decisive battle with Jianyu.

After receiving the information in Yulin City on the same day and analyzing the previous information and the intelligence sent from other places, Hu Guang and others determined that the Jianyu was preparing to raid the land of Gyeonggi in a premeditated manner, and there was a very high probability that it was a raid on the Jingshi. This can be comprehensively judged from the scale of the troops dispatched by Jianguo, as well as the fact that there is no abnormality in Jianyu in the direction of Shanhaiguan, and the elite of the Ming Guoqin Wang Army leaving Funing to the west in the past few days.

When Hu Guang was 80 percent sure, he immediately decided to take a risk. Fighting a war is never 100% sure before it starts.

If it is in another place, such as the Ming Kingdom, I am afraid that after this kind of decision is made, there will be a lot of people who oppose it, and then fight for a while, even if it is finally done, it will inevitably make the enemy ready, just like the most influential battle between Ming and Jin.

Fortunately, Hu Guang's prestige in the Heavenly Army is in full swing, and once he has a decision, no one will oppose it anymore, and will only put forward supplementary opinions from the perspective of his decision to improve the action plan.

Because of this, the efficiency of calling the heavenly army is very high. It just so happened that Hu Guang originally planned to lure the snake out of the hole, and sent troops to beat the Ming State on the Lu Xiangsheng incident, and gathered the field armies of Yulin and Guihua City respectively.

Hu Guang's order was quickly issued under the passing of the flying pigeon, and the field army, which had already been assembled, marched eastward with one man and two horses at the first time.

In addition, the ****** of war was carried out immediately. All local troops, reservists were mobilized. The sphere of influence of the Heavenly Army, which was originally deserted because of the harsh winter, suddenly became in full swing.

On the grassland side, after the departure of the first wave of field armies, the follow-up troops gathered and set off again, and they set off as much as they could at one time; Gather a batch of follow-up and set off again.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Army was never short of war horses, and the speed of one man and two horses was very fast, so they rushed to the east first, and then assembled according to the information left by the forward troops.

As a result, only a part of the local troops remained in the base area, and some reserve protection was left, with Tana as the commander-in-chief.

On the side of Yulin City, most of the field troops were taken away by Hu Guang, and they went out of the grassland all the way to the east, and went to the east to join the field armies that had passed on the grassland.

As for the Guannai side, the forces of the Heavenly Army were reduced, leaving only the most basic early warning soldiers at the passes in other control areas along the Great Wall, and all the other soldiers were transferred to Yulin as the main force.

Although this military operation was very important, Hu Kuan, the highest military commander of the field army, did not move forward, but was left by Hu Guang to sit in Yulin City and monitor the Ming army in the south. After all, he is the most familiar with this side and is also Hu Guang's most trusted general.

Of course, the Ming army troops in Qindi were not threatening to the Heavenly Army. The reason why Hu Guang arranged it this way was to be cautious, in case there was no problem on the Jingshi side in the end, or if the problem was too late, so that the elite of Hong Chengchou's Qinwang army arrived in Qindi, then it would put pressure on the heavenly army. If the situation is serious, it is very likely to threaten the base area of the Heavenly Army and cause heavy losses, which Hu Guang does not allow.

However, Hu Guang also instructed his eldest brother that if the situation in Qin was extremely favorable to the Heavenly Army, it could also be decided by Hu Kuan to recruit more reservists to expand the army and take the initiative to attack the Ming Kingdom. Anyway, a copy of the information sent to the base area from all over the country will be copied to Hu Kuan, and he will adapt accordingly.

"The Forward Reconnaissance Company said that there are nearly 100,000 horses?" Hu Guang observed for a while and then suddenly asked.

He was surrounded by high-ranking generals of the Southern Front, such as Hu Hansan, Liu Daneng and others. Hearing the chief's question, Hu Hansan was the first to reply: "Yes, this is the number after the kid from Dingguo came out first, and the commander of the reconnaissance company affirmed it." ”

At this time, Li Dingguo was only fourteen years old, but his early acquaintances were also big, and he didn't know that he thought he was seventeen or eighteen. Sun Kewang is sixteen years old, and he looks a little older.

As long as they are not new to the Heavenly Army, they all know that the two of them are actually Hu Guang's apprentices, and they are one of the people who have been taught the most by Hu Guang himself. In this military operation, both of them participated as platoon commanders of the forward reconnaissance company.

Don't look at the young age of the two of them, if you want to count the comprehensive quality in the Heavenly Army, they are definitely among the best. The two of them are also studious, not only learning all kinds of knowledge from Hu Guang, but also listening to Hu Guang's teachings, putting their attitudes very right, and humbly learning from all those who have strengths in the Heavenly Army. Such as herders, hunters, farmers, merchants, and so on.

Therefore, as soon as Hu Guang heard that Li Dingguo had obtained the data first, combined with the information from Liaodong before, he nodded and said: "Very good, pass on my order and implement it according to the first set of plans!" ”

"Yes!" The herald who followed Hu Guang immediately agreed, and was about to disperse to give the order, when he suddenly heard Hu Guang give a new instruction.

"A word of warning: We are going deep into the enemy territory this time, and we cannot have the kindness of a woman. First of all, we must ensure the safety of the soldiers, and if there are any signs of danger, they must be removed! ”

When Hu Guang said this, he looked very serious. Because he clearly remembered an example in later generations, after fighting back to the enemy's territory, he used mercy to the enemy's country, and suffered a great loss. At this end of the Ming Dynasty, we must not make such a mistake again. (To be continued.) )