Early the next morning, the city wall of Shanhaiguan Beiguan was full of soldiers with bows and arrows in their hands, and surrounded by all the generals, Xue Yi stood on the city gate tower with an expressionless face, quietly waiting for what would happen next.

Although Xue Yi looked calm and calm on the surface, he was actually very nervous, if the person who came was really Li Yuntian, then it would indicate that the situation that the Ming Dynasty was in in this battle with the Mongol army would be reversed by one hundred and eighty degrees, and the Mongol army would be hit hard next.

There is no doubt that in addition to the Xiaowu army in Jiaozhi, the most capable army in the Ming territory is the Liaodong Ming army, to be exact, the troops led by Li Yuntian, otherwise it would not be Li Yuntian who led the army into the pass.

Li Yuntian had already given enough glory to the soldiers of the Liaodong Ming Army such as Yiguo Gong, and shared the credit for the destruction of the Liaodong Ming Army with him, so no one was embarrassed to compete with Li Yuntian for the power of leading the army into the pass.

Moreover, in addition to the Duke of Yiguo, Li Yuntian has the highest rank and status among the generals in Liaodong, and it is naturally impossible for the Duke of Yiguo, as the chief soldier of Liaodong, to leave Liaodong at the beginning of the war, so Li Yuntian is the best choice.

Even if someone has more qualifications than Li Yuntian, it is not suitable to lead the troops, even if they can command the Xiaowu army and the Liaodong Ming army that was reorganized by Li Yuntian, but those Jurchen soldiers and Mongol soldiers who were incorporated by Li Yuntian will not be so obedient, and no one can suppress those Mongol generals and Jurchen generals except Li Yuntian.

For some reason, Xue Yi had an indescribable feeling in his heart, vaguely feeling that the letter he received yesterday was true, otherwise how could he come under the banner of Li Yuntian? In this case, as soon as he meets Li Yuntian, the matter will be exposed.

As questioned by a general in the council hall yesterday, it was not impossible for Li Yuntian to surrender to those Uliangha soldiers, after all, Li Yuntian had already created a miracle on the battlefield in Liaodong, and he could not guarantee that the commander of the Wuliangha Sanwei would surrender to the Ming army under pressure.

But if he guessed wrong, and the person who came was pretending to be the Mongol army, then the situation would be bad, and there would be a big battle between the two sides nine times out of ten.

Therefore, Xue Yi's mood was very complicated, anxiously waiting for the outcome of the matter, and his heart was full of hope and extremely worried.

"It's coming!" Just as Xue Yi was thinking nonsense there, a voice sounded on the city wall, and a mighty team appeared at the foot of the mountain in the distance, slowly marching in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

At the forefront of the team is a group of cavalry troops, with a scale of more than 1,000 people, some of the cavalry inside are wearing the military uniforms of the Liaodong Ming Army, some are wearing the military uniforms of the Xiaowu Army, and some are wearing the military uniforms of the Jurchen soldiers and Mongolian soldiers, rushing towards Shanhaiguan.

"Archers prepare." Because they were too far away, Xue Yi couldn't see the appearance of the knights on horseback, but their mixed clothes alone were suspicious enough, so his brows furrowed, and he slowly raised his right hand, and a military attache beside him immediately shouted loudly when he saw this.

Hearing the order, the archers on the city wall drew their bows and arrows and mounted them on the bowstrings, posing for shooting.

As those cavalry approached, Xue Yi noticed that the leading knight was riding a black high-headed military horse, wearing a crisp black Xiaowu military uniform, with a golden star on each shoulder, and he was running in the front.

"Drop the arrows." Xue Yi's face involuntarily showed a look of excitement, and he hurriedly shouted at the archers around him, he knew the black military uniform, and knew better that the golden star on his shoulder was a general star representing a major general, and no Li Yuntian had this rank in the Xiaowu Army.

Hearing this, the archers put down the arrows in their hands and looked at Xue Yi suspiciously, not knowing why Xue Yi did this.

Xue Yi's eyes were firmly fixed on the man riding a black horse who was getting closer and closer, his fists couldn't help but clench tightly, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, if the Mongolian army pretended to be Li Yuntian, there was no need to imitate Li Yuntian's military uniform, could it be that Li Yuntian really swept away the Mongolian army in Liaodong?

"Uncle Xue, don't come to harm?" Li Yuntian rode his horse to the gate tower of Shanhaiguan City, looked up at Xue Yi who was looking down on the high city wall, and asked loudly with a smile.

"Town...... Zhenwu Hou! Xue Yi saw Li Yuntian's appearance clearly, first stunned slightly, and then shouted to the generals on the side in surprise, "Quick, open the city gate and welcome the Zhenwu Marquis to enter the customs!" ”

"Zhenwu Hou?" The surrounding generals were taken aback, and looked at Xue Yi in disbelief, unable to believe what he said for a while, wouldn't this mean that the Ming army had won a big victory in Liaodong, but how could this be?

Xue Yi didn't have the heart to explain to them, got up and hurriedly went down the city gate, preparing to go out to meet Li Yuntian.

Seeing this, the generals at the scene hurriedly followed behind him, talking with each other, with excited looks on their faces, although they thought it was incredible, it was obvious that Xue Yi would not joke.

"Marquis Zhenwu, if you are not welcome, please atone for your sins." When the two heavy city gates of Shanhaiguan opened, Xue Yi walked quickly in front of Li Yuntian, smiled and said, his face flushed with excitement, he now very much wants to know how Li Yuntian eliminated the Mongol army in Xining Fort, if it is attacked, it will lose a lot of Ming troops.

"Uncle Xue is serious, Shanhaiguan is an important barrier to entry, and it should be cautious." Li Yuntian waved his hand disapprovingly, and said in a cordial tone.

Although Li Yuntian is now a marquis, he still has to treat each other honestly as a nephew when facing those nobles in the court who are the same as Zhou Zheng, and he does not put a marquis on the shelf, which also makes him have a good popularity among the nobles.

"I haven't seen Zhenwu Marquis yet." Xue Yi smiled when he heard this, and said to the generals who followed behind him.

"Meet Master Hou!" The generals bowed to Li Yuntian in unison, because Li Yuntian was busy with official business, he had never seen Li Yuntian, and they were extremely excited to see the famous Zhenwu Marquis this time.

"No courtesy." Li Yuntian smiled and raised his hand upward, let those generals get up, and said to Xue Yi with a smile, "Xingping Hou and Yongping Bo are behind, let's take a step forward and wait for them in the pass." ”

"Please!" Xue Yi nodded, smiled sideways and made a gesture of please, Zhao Yong and Yang Wei can be said to have hit the luck this time, they met Li Yuntian in Liaodong, and when Daming won this battle, I am afraid that the two will not only not be held accountable for the defeat of the Yinmahe, but will also be promoted because of the accumulated military exploits.

Li Yuntian and Xue Yi chatted and laughed into the city gate, and the generals of the Ming army and the generals of the Xiaowu army in Liaodong that he brought also chatted in groups with the generals of the Ming army in Shanhaiguan, and the generals of the Ming army in Shanhaiguan were very curious about how Li Yuntian won the battle in Liaodong, just a few months ago, the situation of the Ming army in Liaodong was still very dangerous.

In the crowd surrounding Li Yuntian and Xue Yi, those Jurchen generals and Mongol generals were particularly conspicuous, and the defenders of Shanhaiguan along the way looked at them in surprise, wondering why the Jurchens and Mongols appeared here, and it seemed that they had a good relationship with the generals of the Xiaowu Army and the Ming Army of Liaodong, talking and laughing with each other, laughing loudly from time to time.

At noon, Xue Yi set up a banquet for Li Yuntian and his party to wash the wind and dust, and those Jurchen generals and Mongolian generals also attended, everyone talked and laughed, and the atmosphere of the banquet was very warm.

Since it was now a period of war, Li Yuntian did not let Xue Yi drink, not to mention that he had to convene all the generals to discuss combat matters in the afternoon, so naturally he could not drink, so as not to make a mistake after drinking.

After the reception banquet, Li Yuntian went to the meeting hall of Shanhaiguan surrounded by everyone, and sat at the head of the hall due to the north

To people's surprise, sitting on the left and right of Li Yuntian were Xingping Hou Zhao Yong and Bald Polo, Xue Yi and Yang Wei and others lined up behind the two.

Zhao Yong is the marquis of the Ming Dynasty, and it is natural to sit in the lower left hand position of Li Yuntian, but the vulture Polo is the general of Warat is regarded as a surrendered general of the Ming Dynasty, although Emperor Yongle named him the king of Anle, but the Ming generals present did not put the vulture Polo as the vassal king in their eyes.

Although everyone was a little puzzled, no one dared to express their objections in front of Li Yuntian, the reason was very simple, Li Yuntian must have his intentions in doing this, and no one dared to question Li Yuntian's approach.

In addition to the Bald Polo, Tai Ningwei's command envoy Azashri was also very forward, sitting at the head of Yang Wei, although his current identity is only a commander, but this time he brought 30,000 Wuliang soldiers to enter the customs with Li Yuntian, plus he dedicated Xining Fort, he should be treated preferentially.

Li Yuntian led a total of 180,000 troops, including 25,000 Xiaowu troops, 20,000 Liaodong Ming troops, 30,000 Korean soldiers, 30,000 Jurchen soldiers, 25,000 Mongolian Dayan troops, 30,000 Mongolian Uliangha troops, and 20,000 Mongolian Huite troops.

Among them, the 25,000 men of the Mongolian Dayan Division were the elite of the captured Mongolian army that was reorganized after the First World War by Li Yuntian's Tiger Skin Battalion, and its combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the Uliangha and Huite Divisions.

Azashri, Hasa Nan Taxi, and Tru Kuchar of Uliangha wanted to confirm their merits, so they selected 30,000 elite soldiers led by Azashri to enter the pass to assist Li Yuntian in the battle.

And the general of the Warhuite Department Vulture Polo needed to use his military exploits to offset his guilt in attacking the Ming Dynasty, so he personally led 20,000 soldiers of the Hui Special Department to obey Li Yuntian's dispatch.

As for the 30,000 Korean soldiers, Li Daniu naturally led them, and Li Yuntian needed these Korean soldiers to go through the baptism of war, only in this way did they transform into qualified soldiers.

If you really calculate the amount, there are only 45,000 soldiers belonging to the Ming army, that is, the Xiaowu Army and the Liaodong Ming Army, and the remaining 135,000 people are all Li Yuntian's self-made team in Liaodong for more than a year.

In other words, Li Yuntian was actually using Jurchen soldiers and Mongol soldiers to deal with the Mongol army of Arutai and the Seven Guards of Kansai, in the words of the Korean Chinese courtiers, "razing and conquering Yi", I am afraid that no one could have imagined such a situation before Li Yuntian arrived in Liaodong.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the latest information obtained by Benhou, there are 20,000 Mongolian troops and 10,000 rebels stationed in Juyong Pass, 70,000 Mongolian troops and 10,000 rebels stationed in Tongzhou City, and 20,000 Mongolian troops and 20,000 rebels in front of Shanhaiguan."

After a few guards hung a huge picture of the Ming army and the Tatars, Warats, and Guanxi Seven Guards facing each other in Beizhili on the wall on Li Yuntian's side, Li Yuntian glanced at the red arrows and blue arrows on it, and said to the generals in the room in a deep voice, "Although the Mongol army attacking the capitals of Beizhili is only about 20,000, they have engulfed 100,000 rebels!" ”

The rebels in Li Yuntian's mouth naturally refer to the servant army, and Arutai knew that it was impossible to rely on the Mongol army to conquer the Ming Dynasty, so he had to rely on those servant troops, so he not only recruited many rebels and rebel generals, but also forcibly recruited a lot of strong men from the people to strengthen his momentum.

The red arrow on the map represents the Ming army, the blue arrow represents the Mongolian army, although Yang Yungui was trapped in the capital, but his intelligence agency in Beizhili is still operating, every few days someone will rush to Liaodong by boat from the sea, the latest military information to Li Yuntian's hands, Li Yuntian's staff officers and military attachés from the martial arts hall made this picture in front of him according to the summary of various intelligence.

As the stall under Li Yuntian's management became bigger and bigger, even with Lei Ting, it was impossible to do everything in person, so after Li Yuntian returned from Jiaozhi, he selected some diligent and intelligent people from the first and second phases of the lecture martial arts hall to be staff officers, and became the staff officers and military attachés who assisted him and Lei Ting in handling military affairs, and played an increasingly important role in the Xiaowu Army.

For that map, including the Jurchen generals and the Mongol generals, they were already accustomed to it, and Li Yuntian explained to his generals the situation of the Ming army, the Arutai army and the Guanxi Qiwei before entering the customs, using this kind of drawing marked with red arrows and blue arrows.

The generals of the Shanhaiguan garrison, including Xue Yi, were amazed, and looked at the things on the map with great interest, it was the first time they had seen such a strange thing, but it was indeed very useful, clear at a glance, clear and easy to understand, even the illiterate people could understand the meaning of the drawing.