Bad news came one after another, and the envoys of the imperial court almost used a tone close to crying, and before Li Xin read the military orders issued by the imperial court, he shouted loudly: "The Tartar army has attacked Jinzhou and Ningyuan, and it has approached Shanhaiguan. The emperor ordered all the soldiers and horses in Zhili Shanxi to immediately rush to Beijing to deal with the upcoming big battle! ”

Li Xin's mind suddenly boomed, and his first reaction was, this is impossible, although the Guanning Jin defense line is operated like an iron bucket, it will not let the Tartar army drive straight into it so quickly, right? This did not exist at all in the original history, how could it be even more sinister in this life?

Before the messenger's crying words fell, Li Xin stepped forward in a few steps that were almost out of shape, grabbed him by the collar, and asked sharply: "This, is this true?" Li Xin had no intention of reading the military orders in his hand anymore, because he clearly realized the severity of the problem after the Tartar army approached Shanhaiguan.

Li Xin has even prepared for the worst, if Jinzhou and Ningyuan are lost, then the entire Guanningjin defense line will be equivalent to existing in name only, and the last remaining Shanhaiguan is almost the same as a layer of window paper, as long as you poke it, maybe it will be broken! The envoy nodded repeatedly, and added: "The slave chief Emperor Taiji is leading his division to fight in person this time, and the momentum along the way is like a broken bamboo, Yang, Yang Xiangye's army is defeated like a mountain, and six or seven out of ten of the Guanning army are afraid that they have been lost!" ”

This envoy is a member of the court, and he has some skills, whether it is the internal response of the Ming Dynasty or the offensive deployment of the Qing court, it is all true, but all in all, it is a sentence, Yang Sichang is defeated, and Shanhaiguan is in danger!

This made Li Xin even more shocked, and he seemed to have found a clue in his chaotic thoughts. Whether it is Baiyintu or Turg, Li Xin unconsciously ignores the fact that the army they lead is not the main force of the Manchu Eight Banners, either the Mongol coalition army of the Mobei steppe, or the men and horses of the Han Army Banner. The real purpose of Huang Taiji was to attract the attention of the Ming Dynasty to Xuanda, and then launch a sudden and fatal blow to the Guanningjin defense line in Liaodong.

But this also seems illogical, how can the Guanningjin defense line be so sudden that it can be like a bamboo? I remember that in the previous life, Songjin vs. Huang Taiji also took a lot of effort, and it took a lot of effort to completely defeat the Ming army after repeated battles, and even captured the coach Hong Chengchou.

Now that Sun Chengzong is not dead, Yang Sichang is in charge, although it is not Hong Chengchou's turn to play, the entire Guanningjin defense line will not collapse quickly in these short ten days, right?

However, Li Xin immediately remembered that Sun Chengzong had suffered a stroke and could not take care of things a few days ago, and Huang Taiji's rash attack was definitely not a coincidence, so what did Yang Sichang do to destroy the Guanning Jin Defense Line that Sun Chengzong had worked hard for more than half a year?

Li Xin inquired carefully, and the messenger obviously didn't know much about it, but he said a piece of news that worried Li Xin even more.

"Yang Xiangye couldn't hold it anymore, and the Holy Admiral sent Hongbutang, who was supposed to repent, Xuanda, in the name of Inspector Shanhaiguan......"

So much information made Li Xin a little dazzled for a while, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this time Jiannu's active attack was a strengthened version of the Songjin War in the previous life, and the results achieved by Jiannu should be even more brilliant.

Since the emperor ordered the general troops of the nine sides to go north to deal with the Qing soldiers, it is conceivable that this is definitely not an ordinary invasion, if the Shanhaiguan Pass is lost, then the Ming Dynasty Beijing Division will face the Tartar soldiers, and the rule of the entire north of the Yellow River will be in jeopardy.

This is not the strictest zhòng, the worst thing is that the leaky house happened to rain overnight, and at this moment of fucking, the thieves actually began to join in the fun, and the black smoke miasma of Huguang and Henan was tossed again. Li Xin was worried that if all the general troops of the Nine Sides went north to fight against the Qing army, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving these ghosts a chance to rise up? He was even more worried that the imperial court would not understand the rampant process of the resurgence of the thieves at this moment.

Sure enough, Li Xin got confirmation of this from the mouth of the envoy, "Can the imperial court now know that the thieves in Huguang and Henan have risen, and Xiong Wencan's army has retreated to the bank of the Yellow River after being defeated like a mountain?" When the messenger heard this, he was so frightened that he opened his mouth.

"This, this, this, when the lower officials set off, the court only heard that the thieves in Huguang had repeated again, but it never came to this point!"

He patted his thigh, looking distressed. This is really not a muddy person, soberly aware that the situation in Huguang and Henan is erosive at this time, and the blow to the Ming Dynasty is so big, but after all, he is only a low-grade person, and he has no right to be arbitrary in danger, in fact, he thinks that it has reached this critical moment. It is important to resist the Qing army's attack, but it can prevent the thieves from becoming bigger.

The best response at the moment should actually be to send a capable man to cross the Yellow River to delay the rapid momentum of the thieves. If left unchecked and all the troops of the Nine Sides are transferred to Shanhaiguan, then Shaanxi, Henan and even Shanxi will have no power to fight back in the face of the thieves, and the court will be equivalent to temporarily giving up these places.

However, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, in case Shanhaiguan can't hold it, the Ming Jingshi is not far from the end, and if you hold the area of Henan and Shaanxi, how can the distant water quench your thirst? In other words, the Ming Dynasty has reached the embarrassing situation where it is difficult to take care of the head today, and neither side can choose between the two evils. Because, no matter how you choose, the result of losing anything is fatal.

"General Li, General Li, the shape is changing rapidly, please make a decision early!"

The messenger was no longer verbose, but called Li Xin repeatedly, urging him to decide whether to go south or north as soon as possible, and he could see through the contradictions and entanglements in Li Xin's heart. That is, the kung fu before and behind the feet, someone came from the direction of Jingshi again, but this time it was a eunuch.

"General, let our family find this meal, the emperor ordered the general to lead his men and horses into Beijing immediately, and defend the Beijing division without delay!"

This eunuch Li Xin has a good face, but he can't be named, but he is always the number one person in the celebrant eunuch. Looking at his dusty appearance, he knew that the road must be fast and non-stop, otherwise it would be impossible to arrive with the court envoy who set off first. It should be that the situation of the imperial court has changed greatly after the departure of the matter, so he was sent to carry the emperor's will to urge Beijing again.

The two envoys from Beijing were anxious to urge Li Xin to immediately raise troops into Beijing, but Li Xin could not leave Datong, Shanxi immediately. First, although the Turg division was defeated, it was an organized breakthrough, and if he was not given the final fatal blow, it was difficult to ensure that they would not resurge after the Three Guards left. The second is that he is also hesitating to leave Shanxi by himself, whether Tian Fuzhen can block the possible attack of the thieves.

The thieves are no longer the main purpose of wandering, and the destruction of the Ming Dynasty has probably become one of their ultimate goals. Nowadays, this kind of great opportunity, anyone with a little vision can not let it go, then Shanxi is the only way to enter Beijing. As long as Shanxi is taken, the thieves will be available, retreat and defend, looking at the entire Yellow River Valley, the Ming army has almost no army that can organize them to continue to grow. Although King Shen and Zuo Liangyu in Guanzhong are still encouraging support, without the clamping of Yang Sichang and Xiong Wencan's army, I am afraid that they will soon fall into an unprecedented desperate situation.

These matters were not discussed in front of the two envoys of the court, so they invited the two envoys to rest. It was also at this time that Huang Sheng, Li Xin's big housekeeper in the money bag, returned from Taiyuan.

At the same time, Huang Sheng also brought Tian Fuzhen's handwritten letter, and Li Xin was immediately shocked, at this critical moment he wanted to see what his right-hand man's judgment was.

"General, please rest assured that the new army of the Three Guards in Taiyuan Mansion is armed with more than 10,000 people, and it is more than enough for self-protection......"

Tian Fuzhen's letter is basically the same as what Huang Sheng said, but Li Xin is still worried, if there is a new army of 10,000 in the peaceful years, it will not be too much of a problem to maintain the situation in Shanxi, but there is a more strict problem at the moment. That is the famine, Taiyuan Prefecture has collected a large number of displaced people from all over the country in this half a year, and the food supply is not available, once the thieves invade the country, there may be a large number of people to respond, and at that time, the situation is likely to deteriorate irreversibly.

Huang Shengxing rushed over, but when he saw Li Xin's worried look, he couldn't help asking, "What is the general worried about?" Seeing the chaos in the world, it is a good time for our Three Guards to take advantage of the rise of the situation, no matter how you choose, it will be a gamble that will win and not lose! ”

The implication is that Li Xin should be excited and happy. Li Xin suddenly asked: "How sure is Plan B successful?" ”

Huang Sheng was stunned when he heard this, "There are still many deficiencies in preparation, but there is always more than fifty percent of the certainty of success!" ”

This so-called "necessary plan" Li Xin had already given him the responsibility for planning when Jiannu borrowed a lot, and now eighty percent of the layouts of all parties have been basically in place, and the problem is that once it is activated, the entire intelligence system resources in Liaodong will be exhausted.

Li Xin shook his head, obviously he was not satisfied with the success rate of fifty percent, and Huang Sheng thought he regretted it. This "must plan" Li Xin had already ordered the start of the plan as early as when he was in the Monan Grassland, and now he must have started the plan smoothly, even if he wanted to stop it, it was impossible.

Who knew that Li Xin seemed to have made up his mind, pacing back and forth in the yurt for dozens of steps before he said: "Gamble and gamble, I don't believe that Jiannu's luck has always been so good!" ”

Huang Sheng was still thinking about what decision Li Xin had made, and asked anxiously: "Whether the general wants to go south or north, but he has revealed a thing or two, but Huang Sheng is in a hurry!" ”