In the camp of Wendeng camp in Zhaoyuan County, the firefighters are killing pigs and slaughtering sheep, Wendeng camp set off from Laiyang on the 25th, arrived at Zhaoyuan four days later, and defeated Xu Tang's Wenxiang Sect in one day, Xu Tang fled, Chen Xin advanced to the border between Zhaoyuan and Huang County in the name of pursuing the remnants of the bandits, which is less than 100 miles away from Dengzhou, and the Wendeng camp has rested here for a few days. After they defeated Xu Tang, they swept the nearby villages inhabited by chaotic people, got dozens of pigs and sheep, and the local gentry in Zhaoyuan also provided some supplies to comfort them, plus the ones brought by Laiyang, their recent food was good.

Zhou Hongmo sent someone to Dengzhou to report the victory, and at the same time sent Dong Dacheng's head, Chen Xin did not hand over Li Shengming for the time being, only said that he was still being pursued.

Denglai Dao Wang Tingqian and the general soldier Zhang Keda received the good news, Zhou Hongmo's good news said that there were still bandit activities in Laiyang, they did not recall the regular barracks sent out, and Wang Tingqian's Fubiao camp had not yet set off, he soon received the good news from Zhaoyuan, which made him breathe a long sigh of relief, the riot of the Wenxiang Sect was quickly suppressed, there was no big chaos, Wang Tingqian had a good impression of Wendeng Camp.

Wang Tingqian was more clear about the situation of the Wendeng camp, and knew that they were all Chen Xin's soldiers, and Chen Xin's gift this year far exceeded Zhou Hongmo's, and the table of the Wendeng camp this time also made him look at Chen Xingao, after all, he was considered to have secured his official position. This time to suppress the Wenxiang Sect, he planned to let Chen Xin be promoted to the next level, and after testing Dong Da's adult head, he sent someone to recruit other people to test the other heads. He himself also plans to go to Zhaoyuan to get closer to Chen Xin.

Wang Tingqian has always hoped that the governor of Denglai can be restored, he is definitely the most likely person to be appointed, and he himself is also active in the court, hoping to achieve this, and this suppression of the Wenxiang Sect is nothing less than a heavy weight. If he can really serve as the governor of Denglai, the strong army of Wendeng Camp will be an important help for him.

Chen Xin arranged for the reception of Wang Tingxian in the camp, and Huang Side was in charge, originally Song Wenxian was the most suitable for these things, but now he is not here. This time, the royal court tried to come over, and the dirty silver seized must be spit out.

He opened the document book brought back by Dong Yu, and the two teams of cavalry took Zhao Xuan to copy the dirty silver from Waist Mountain and Liujiazhuang, as well as the military judge and quartermaster accompanying the supervision, a total of more than 7,000 taels, all of which were abducted and deceived by Li Shengming and Dong Dacheng for many years. Zhaoyuan's Xu Tang has more dirty silver, Zhaoyuan is rich in gold, many gentry and officials have mines in the local area, and they don't pay taxes. Xu Tang naturally wouldn't let them go, and robbed all the way, and most of them were robbed by Chen Xin again. More than a thousand taels of gold were copied from Xu Tang's camp alone.

Wang Ting tried to be in Denglai for a long time, and he also used to manage the money and grain of the Dongjiang River, knowing that after every battle, there must be captures, at least a thousand taels of silver, and his military exploits are stable, and Zhang Keda and the first level of the inspector also have to be counted, but Chen Xin also asked Dong Yu to list the damaged weapons and lost grain and grass, ready for Wang Ting to try to replenish, anyway, he also uses the things of the imperial court, and always has to exchange some benefits to come back.

At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside, Chen Xin's brows moved slightly, in addition to the officers above the thousand generals riding horses in the barracks, there were only Tang horses and whistle horses to report news. He immediately stood up, and the fur dog who was on duty outside brought in a letter.

Chen Xin opened it and saw that it was sent by Qin Lufang from Tianjin, and only one line was written, "Jiannu conquered Longjing Pass on the 27th, and the strength is unknown", this line of words is now enough for Chen Xin, so that he can decide the right time to arrive in Dengzhou, and the moment he has been waiting for for more than a year has finally arrived.

"Dog, we're going to kill the Tartars."

The sea dog looked at Chen Xin with a smirk, "I'll go and kill with the adults." ”

Chen Xin looked at him and said with a smile: "Are you not afraid at all?" ”

"What are you afraid of Tartars, I'm not a child anymore."

Chen Xin took a closer look at this little follower, after two years of military discipline training, he had grown five big and three thick, except for the smirk on his face, he couldn't see the shadow of the original little beggar.

"Dog, you're nineteen."

"It was Zhang Dahui who helped me calculate, the year before last was seventeen, this year, this year is nineteen."

The sea dog made a painstaking calculation, his qualifications in this area are very poor, learning is very difficult, the literacy is less than a hundred, and now he is only a junior instructor, Chen Xin's own military discipline, the original literacy is five hundred to be promoted, and then the number of people increased too much, the teacher is not enough, changed to two hundred, are some numbers, troops and colors, etc., so the sea dog still can't reach. Chen Xin couldn't promote him, so he had to keep him by his side as a personal soldier.

"Did you tell you a daughter-in-law?"

Hai Gouzi grabbed his head and said, "Yes, there are several Liao people, I don't want to get married." ”

Chen Xin patted him on the head, "It's almost time to start a family at the age of nineteen, leave a legacy for your family." After speaking, he asked him again: "What has Zhou Hongmo been busy with in the past two days?" ”

"He took his family to the homes of those riotous people to torture the gold, and I heard his family say that they had searched dozens of taels of gold."

"You go and inform him, just say that Xu Tang has fled into Huang County, and we will pursue him immediately."

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After the Jin soldiers sneaked thousands of miles and launched a surprise attack on Jizhen, the Eight Banners of Houjin Manchuria and the left and right flanks of Mongolia were all dispatched, and along the way they converged with the soldiers and horses of the Mongolian surrendering tribes, plus the accompanying clothed minions, with a total strength of more than 30,000 people. With more than half of the state revenue, the Guanning Army in Liaoxi, which was in front of them, was ignorant of such a large-scale troop movement of the enemy.

The Houjin attack line did not enter from the Luanhe valley as Chen Xin and others expected, but concentrated on the side wall west of Xifengkou, with Hongshankou as the center, from Da'ankou in the west to Longjingguan in the east, and attacked Zunhua in three directions.

In the early morning of October 27, the Left Wing Army took the lead in attacking, Azig led the army to attack Longjing Pass, and after breaking the city, he killed the guerrilla Wang Chunchen and General Zhang Ande who rushed to the rescue.

Under the leadership of Zierharang and Yue Tuo, the three banners of the right-wing army were red, red, and blue, and they also attacked Daankou in the early morning of the 27th. The Middle Route Army led by Huang Taiji launched a little later, and captured Hongshankou City in a battle during the day on the 27th.

The Great Wall Pass on the attack line was lost within a day, the losses of the Houjin army were very small, the Ming army from all walks of life was invincible, Panjiakou, Luowenyu, Malanyu, Malankou, Hanerzhuang, Shahe, Xifengkou were all surrendered without a fight, the Lord will lead all the people of the city to shave their heads, and the Great Wall defense line that was once very prosperous is almost as if it is not defended.

Jizhen Lai Duoyan Mongolia for the fence, a long time without war, the defense line has long been broken, this year after another elimination of troops, not only not strengthened, but more weakened, coupled with arrears of military salaries, the border army is like beggars, simply powerless and unwilling to fight, not so much that the Houjin combat power is strong, it is better to say that the Ming army is too weak.

The morale of the Houjin army that participated in the war was greatly boosted, and the Mongols, who were still a little hesitant, also doubled their confidence, Huang Taiji out of extreme contempt for the combat power of the Ming army, he believed that the Houjin army could easily conquer any border wall passes, so even these already conquered passes did not send people to stay, and directly appointed the original Ming Dynasty to continue to stay, but they shaved their hair, and then changed an official title, he completed the construction of local power within two days, and continued his self-guided tour.

After October 30, the Jin army came to Zunhua City, Yuan Chonghuan heard the alarm, hurriedly sent Zhao Shujiao to help, Zhao Shujiao led 4,000 cavalry to gallop more than 300 miles in three days, and rushed to the Santun camp, Zhu Guoyan, the general soldier of Jizhen Town, did not allow him to enter the city to rest, Zhao Shujiao learned that Zunhua had not fallen, and rushed to Zunhua to rescue, the Houjin army had already prepared for the reinforcements in the direction of Shanhaiguan, and was ready for battle, Zhao Shujiao was annihilated in Zunhua City by Houjin on November 4. This famous general who grinded Huang Taiji into no temper in the battle of Ningjin became the first heavy result of Huang Taiji's entry into the Kou, and then he attacked Zunhua, and some of the border troops in Zunhua City who were eliminated were resentful, took the opportunity to loot, and set fire to the city, and it was conquered in one day, and the governor Wang Yuanya went back to the official office to hang himself, or maintained the last integrity.

On the 29th, the Jingshi heard the alarm, and on the first day of November, the Jingshi was under martial law, and rumors spread in the Gyeonggi area. Chongzhen ordered the military department Shangshu Wang Qia must hold the pass, let a horse into Jifu to punish the crime, Wang Qia has just taken office, involving his head, but also can not care about a lot, urgently recruit Xuanda, Changping, Baoding and other places of the army Qinwang, more distant Shaanxi trianga, Ningxia Town, Shandong and Sichuan Shizhu soldiers, also in the requisition, but they are far away, a while and a half can not be counted, even Xuanda was almost held back by Chahar, or risky to come.

There are not many soldiers in the other provinces of Beizhili, and the officials have nothing to do, and even build yì to recruit the Tianjin governor's pacesetter barracks, the authority of the Tianjin governor has always been very low, only equivalent to supervising the grain road, and the number of pacesetter camps is only a few hundred, and they really regard flies as meat, these adults have never looked down on Qiu Ba on weekdays, but now they urgently need the army.

When the Wendeng battalion arrived 20 miles away from Dengzhou on 4 November, Chen Xin lied that he had found traces of Xu Tang there, and Chen Xin himself went to Dengzhou to visit Wang Tingqian and Zhang Keda, saying that his army had suffered heavy losses and needed them to replenish some armor, and that he hoped that the Dengzhou Navy Division could help transport the army back to Wendeng.

This time, he sent Wang Tingtry 1,000 taels, Zhang Keda 500 taels, Wang Tingtry was full of joy, and immediately transferred a batch of cold weapons from the arsenal to the camp of Wendeng Camp, and promised to arrange boat transportation, he left Chen Xin to stay for a few more days, and Chen Xin also agreed to come down.

On November 7, Qin Wang Ling finally arrived in Dengzhou, Wang Tingqian looked at Qin Wang Ling at a loss, Wang Tingqian stayed in Dengzhou for a long time, and he was afraid of Jiannu from the bottom of his heart, his Fubiao battalion and Zhang Keda's main barracks were also in arrears, and their combat effectiveness was low. So he thought of Chen Xin, who happened to be in Dengzhou.

This time, the Qinwang order was more detailed than that of Qin Lufang, and the military officials who sent the letter said that the Manchu Eight Banners had been dispatched, as well as the left and right wings of the Mongols, plus some tribes of Horqin and Karaqin, but the strength of the troops was unknown, some said 100,000 and some said 20,000.

Chen Xin pretended to hesitate after hearing this, and Wang Tingtry tried his best to persuade Chen Xin to go to King Qin, because for him, a civil official, King Qinwang is a political issue, and he must have an attitude, but Gyeonggi is not his defense area after all, whether Chen Xin can really fight well or not has little to do with him, and it doesn't matter if he can even come back alive, as long as Wang Tingtry sends troops, he will be able to pass the political test.

Chen Xin hung Wang Ting's appetite, and took the opportunity to ask for some weapons, armor and bows and arrows, these cold weapons wear out faster than firearms, especially waist knives, which are unbearable to use after a few cuts, and they need more to prepare for replacement, and bows and arrows are even more so, he doesn't produce this thing himself, so he has a chance to ask for more. After Wang Tingtry agreed, and promised to make up Chen Xin's military salary for three months, Chen Xin reluctantly agreed

Chen Xin quickly returned to the Wendeng camp station, immediately found Zhou Hongmo, and invited Zhou Hongmo to the tent to talk. After talking for about a quarter of an hour, Zhou Hongmo hurriedly left the camp with his family.

Nie Hong looked at Zhou Hongmo's figure, and said behind Chen Xin: "My lord, he knows each other." ”

"Isn't this good, I gave him Li Shengming's head, he also has a military merit, and he himself is afraid of going to fight the Tartars, so he will go for a few days on the grounds of chasing and killing Li Shengming, and it will be convenient for two times."

"What the lord said is that when he hesitated slightly, the villain's dagger was already half drawn."

Chen Xin smiled lightly: "If he doesn't know how to lift, he can't blame me, it's best now." ”

On 8 November, all the Wendeng battalions arrived in Dengzhou, and the Dengzhou sailors mobilized by Wang Ting arrived on the 9th, and some of the Wendeng battalions began to board the ships. At this time, Hou Jin had been in Zunhua for a few days, sweeping the surroundings, Huang Taiji had even sent the people of the Karaqin tribes home, and proudly sent people back to Shenyang to report the victory, the weakness of the Ming army made him make up his mind to detain the Beijing division.

On 10 November, Wang Tingqian finally gathered enough ships, more than 60 military ships and merchant ships, carrying more than 2,000 troops, to open the water gate and set sail for Tianjin.

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