Hong Chengchou thinks that the marching speed of the Houjin Tartars is very fast, of course, he thinks more about the courage of the Houjin Tartars in the field, so in this case, he will make the decision to stick to the city of Yanqingzhou, because the Houjin Tartars are not good at attacking the city and pulling out the village, and he has an army of 110,000 under his command, if he chooses to evacuate, it is very likely to encounter the encirclement and interception of the Houjin Tartars, resulting in heavy losses.

Hong Chengchou is very sober, he knows that the army under his command can't win the Houjin Tartars, the Houjin Tartars are all cavalry, and when they rush to kill, they are like torrents, which are difficult to resist, and the armies of the imperial court are more or less gold-phobic, not to mention face-to-face fighting, even if they see the imposing Houjin Tartars, what comes to mind is to escape.

Gao Qiqian's letter was also sent to Yanqing Prefecture, and Hong Chengchou's operational deployment was supported by the prison army, of course, he understood that Gao Qiqian's support meant the emperor's support.

It's just that Houjin Tartar has not launched an attack on Yanqing Prefecture City for a long time, which makes Hong Chengchou a little strange, and he also sent a lot of scouts, but the helpless thing is that the scope of these scouts is not very wide, and they are often scouting near Yanqing Prefecture City, and they are unwilling to go farther, so in this case, Hong Chengchou is not easy to force.

The combat effectiveness and morale of the army under his command made Hong Chengchou very worried, the 50,000 Hong army he led should be said to have a certain combat effectiveness, and there was basically no much fear of gold, but with the addition of the three guards of Xuanfu and the sergeant of the Longmen Guard, the rumors of how brave the golden tartars spread among the army, and even became more and more outrageous.

In desperation, Hong Chengchou could only send the scouts in the Hong army to go out to investigate, which should not be in line with the rules, the scouts of the Hong army were not familiar with the terrain of Gyeonggi, and Hong Chengchou's battle plan to stick to Yanqing City was also temporarily changed. This means that when the scouts of the Hong army go out to investigate, they also need to understand the surrounding terrain and routes, and do a good job of self-protection. This is a great delay in time, and a big war could break out at any time. If the scouts are not able to understand a lot of information, the army will inevitably fall into passivity.

Finally, in mid-October, Hong Chengchou got the news that the Houjin Tartars had occupied Changping Prefecture City and temporarily stationed in Changping Prefecture City.

Hong Chengchou began to get nervous, whether the Houjin Tartars would attack Yanqing Prefecture City, and when would the army led by Gao Qiqian implement reinforcements. Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, has already made peace with Gao Qiqian, will he become the vanguard, if the Houjin Tartars do not plan to attack Yanqing Prefecture City, but instead attack other places, then what methods should be used to resist the Houjin Tartars.

Although there were many problems on his mind, the first thing Hong Chengchou did was to strengthen the defense of Yanqing Prefecture City and continuously strengthen the city walls in a limited time.

Most of the Xuanfu Sanwei, Longmen Guard, and Hongjun were stationed outside Yanqing City, after all, the battle had not yet begun, and it was impossible for so many sergeants to live directly in Yanqing City. There were not many people left in the state city, and many chose to flee, not believing that the imperial army would be able to resist the attack of the Houjin Tartars. Only by leaving here and leaving Beizhili is the safest.

After learning the information that the Houjin Tartars were stationed in Changping Prefecture City, the large army outside the city began to enter the state city one after another.

It is undoubtedly stupid to choose to fight with the Houjin Tartars outside the state city, even the Hong army is not sure to defeat the Houjin Tartars, not to mention that in terms of numbers, the Houjin Tartars have an absolute advantage.

Stationed in Yanqing Prefecture for nearly ten days, the consumption of grain and grass is a lot, it is unrealistic to transport grain and grass from the direction of the capital, and you can only choose to raise grain and grass from Xuanfu and other places. Hong Chengchou understands the importance of grain and grass and wants to defend Yanqing City. The first thing is to ensure that there is enough grain and grass, so that it can resist the attack of the Houjin Tartar for a long time.

All preparations are being made in an orderly manner. The only thing that made Hong Chengchou feel uncomfortable was the battle he was responsible for, and the army under his command had always been in a passive state and could not take the initiative to attack.

After learning the news that Houjin Tatars were stationed in Changping Prefecture, Hong Chengchou wrote a letter to Gao Qiqian again, this time in the letter, he clearly put forward the requirements, once the Houjin Tartars launched an attack, the army led by Gao Qiqian must be reinforced as quickly as possible, at least to pose a threat to the Houjin Tartars, Hong Chengchou also put forward a suggestion to take the army led by Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, as the vanguard of the army, and take the lead in the attack.

On October 22, Hong Chengchou again received accurate information, and the Houjin Tartars had already marched in the direction of Yanqing Prefecture, and it seemed that they were preparing to attack.

It's been a month since the Golden Tartars entered the customs, and the climate is slowly getting colder.

Hong Chengchou began the final deployment, Yanqing Prefecture City fully entered the state of martial law, all the sergeants entered the city, the city gate was only opened for an hour every day, the personnel entering and leaving the city gate were strictly checked, and there was no guidance from the government at all levels, all of them were detained and put in prison.

It was already dark, and Hong Chengchou was sitting in the wing of the state office.

It has become a temporary command post, from which all orders for operations are transmitted.

When a pale scout entered the wing, Hong Chengchou was still looking at the map carefully, the marching speed of the Houjin Tartar was not very fast, although there were doubts in his heart, but he couldn't think of so much, the most important task now was to consider how to resist the Houjin Tartar, hold Yanqing City, and wait for the arrival of the rescue army led by Gao Qiqian.

Seeing the pale face of the scout, Hong Chengchou frowned slightly.

"Marshal, my subordinates have discovered the Han army."

Hong Chengchou's hand trembled slightly, this news is too unexpected, such a long time has passed, and there have been several letters with Gao Qiqian, how come he has never heard of this information.

"Well, what the hell is going on."

Hong Chengchou's tone was obviously not very good, such a major piece of information was actually known when the Houjin Tartars were about to attack, which was the most important mistake.

"There are Han soldiers in the Houjin Tartar team, and there are quite a few of them, and their subordinates have just detected the news, and the Han army is carrying Hongyi cannons......"

Sweat drops appeared on Hong Chengchou's forehead, he thought of Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming and others, after the three surrendered, Jin Tartar, was canonized as the prince by Huang Taiji, the Han army under their command, the combat effectiveness is good, and these Han troops are mainly based on the Liaodong Han people of the year, the battle is fierce, the most terrifying thing is that these Han troops are familiar with the operation of firearms, if the battle of attacking Yanqing City, there are a large number of Hongyi cannons, and there is a Han army that is familiar with the battle of attacking the city, what kind of situation will occur, it is difficult to predict.

Hong Chengchou punched the table, and the scout's face turned whiter in fright.

"Go to investigate immediately, and you must find out the situation of the Han army, how many Hongyi cannons they have, how many firearms, and how many troops."

The scout didn't dare to speak, turned around and withdrew, it was already dark, at this time he went out to investigate, the murder was more auspicious, and the Houjin Tartar was already driving in the direction of Yanqing Prefecture, if the scout met the scout of the rogue, the fight between the two anti-dumpers must be extremely tragic, and besides, it was necessary to know such detailed information, and the only way was to capture the prisoners, so it was possible to ask why, otherwise it would be impossible to know.

After the scout left, Hong Chengchou, who had always been a little calm, became impatient, he didn't expect that the situation would change so much, and there was actually a Han army in the Houjin Tartar team.

There is no doubt that the battle against Yanqing City, the Han army is the main force, relying on the Hongyi cannon, Yanqing City may not be able to defend for so long, if in a short period of time, the city will be breached, the next situation, Hong Chengchou is not daring to imagine, there is a general fear of gold among the army, once the city is breached, whether the battle in the city can be maintained, no one dares to guarantee.

Half an hour later, the captain of the pro-soldiers entered the house.

Hong Chengchou's face was unusually cold, and he opened his mouth with two letters in his hand.

"There are two letters here, we must do everything possible to send the letters out, one letter is sent to the prison army Gao Qiqian, and the other letter is sent to the Huai'an Caoyun Governor's Mansion, especially the second letter, it must not be exposed, but it must be sent to the hands of Lord Zheng Xunrui, if you meet Houjin Tartar halfway, even if you give up your life, you must destroy the letter."

The captain of the pro-soldier body trembled, and took the two letters, Hong Chengchou arranged the task so seriously, this is something that has never been done before, it can be seen that the two letters are extremely important.

After the soldiers left, Hong Chengchou did not feel sleepy, at this time, he finally understood, why the speed of the Houjin Tartar has not been very fast, and the previous invasion of the pass can not be compared, it turned out that the Han army participated in the battle, this is an extremely dangerous signal, Hong Chengchou is even more angry that there are so many troops around the capital, and there are even more personnel sent by the imperial court to investigate intelligence, including a lot of Jinyi guards, what are these people doing, such a major intelligence can not be detected, is the Houjin Tartar really a demon, makes everyone so scared?

"It's more auspicious and less auspicious, it depends on whether the Zheng family army can attack, otherwise the big thing will be over......"

Hong Chengchou, who muttered to himself, didn't know what he thought, the emperor and the military department had not dispatched the Zheng family, he understood the mystery, but at such a moment of crisis, let the most powerful Zheng family army not use, this can only say that there is a problem with the heads of some adults in the court, if the city of Yanqing Prefecture is broken by the Houjin Tartars, if the army of more than 100,000 is lost, at that time, what can the imperial court rely on, is it difficult to give up the Guanningjin defense line and mobilize the army of Shanhaiguan to come to the rescue. (To be continued)