Wu Sangui? Li Xin was very strange, shouldn't this product be in Shanhaiguan? It's a family of Jiangmen again, how did he get mixed up with the thieves? He was puzzled by this.

Zhu Mei, the chief soldier of Baoding, knew that Li Xin must be strange, so he explained one by one: "Although Zhu Mei was in the Shaanxi army back then, the imperial court had soldiers from all over the country go to Shanhaiguan every year to rotate on the border, and he also worked with this person. This person was also a teenager at the beginning, in his early twenties, and became a general soldier at a young age, but it's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity......"

Zhu Mei shook her head, a gloom flashed in her eyes, and she didn't know if she was sorry for Wu Sangui for becoming a thief at a young age, or if she was sad about her fate.

"Until the Manchu Qing Tartars entered the Kou last year, Gao Qiqian, the director of the Guanning Army, took all the Guanning troops into the customs to block the Tartar army, but unexpectedly, Gao Gelding was incompetent and exhausted the Guanning army, and the iron army trained by the imperial court for more than ten years was wiped out in the small Lixian County!"

Li Xin knew about the defeat of the Guan Ning army in Lixian, but he didn't know that Wu Sangui was also in the army, so he only heard Zhu Mei continue:

At the beginning, the imperial court thought that Gao Qiqian had died in battle, so he did not pursue his responsibility, but a few days later, he was reported and exposed, and this guy tried to hide his name for fear of crime. Later, after this guy was escorted to Beijing, he claimed that Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the Ningyuan regiment, injured himself and his allies at a time of crisis, escaped alone, and led the entire army to rout. At that time, everyone thought that he was shirking responsibility, because after the first battle in Lixian, Wu Sangui was nowhere to be found for several months, and everyone speculated that most of him died in the chaos. Now it seems that what Gao Qiqian said may not be true, but he never imagined that he had been a thief for generations......"

In this way, there is no doubt that the person who calls himself Wu Shan among the thieves should be Wu Sangui. Since he came to the Ming Dynasty, in addition to saving a few celebrities who should have died, he has not changed the trend of history, and even many disasters have happened in advance, such as Li Zicheng digging the Yellow River embankment to flood the city.

Wu Sangui is a person with good ability, if he is in the thief army, Zhu Mei's defeat is understandable.

As if she had guessed Li Xin's thoughts, Zhu Mei argued with a red neck: "Zhu Mei's defeat is not a defeat to Wu Sangui!" ”

"Oh?"

Li Xin's eyes narrowed.

"Yes, it's a defeat, a defeat to the court! Defeated by the chaos of the imperial court! ”

Zhu Mei's voice suddenly raised when she said this, and her excitement was red from her neck to her face.

"Although the army is gathered in the Bauhinia Pass, the generals are all noble and private, intriguing, refusing to obey orders, and restricting in many ways. But the imperial court has urged troops to suppress it several times, alas! ”

This sigh seemed to sigh out Zhu Mei's helplessness.

"The general also knows that Zhu Mei is also because of a coincidence, so he has to give this Baoding general army, and there is no one behind him, how can he withstand the pressure of the DPRK and the central government, so he sent troops. As a result, the result ...... It's such a field now, even Jingshi has suffered! ”

Zhu Mei's explanation is not unreasonable, but in Li Xinxin's impression, his impression is discounted. Who is not facing a lot of resistance after taking office, the so-called restriction of life, and how many of them are shirking responsibility for their own failures?

Li Xin looked at Zhu Mei who was explaining to himself in front of him, but in his heart he had already made a comment that this person was more capable than responsible. In other words, Zhu Mei is not qualified for the ability to take charge alone, if he acts as a deputy general, he will always get twice the result with half the effort.

But now it is meaningless to say this, Zhu Mei, as the chief soldier of Baoding, lost his division and lost his land, even if he returns to Beijing alive, what awaits him will be a severe punishment, and it is unknown if his head falls to the ground!

"How about the front square shì now? It is said that there are 100,000 thieves, and there is water among them? ”

Zhu Mei thought for a while and replied: "If it is said that there are 100,000 thieves, it is still credible, how much will the general come to lead the troops this time?" Zhu Mei is willing to be a guide! ”

Zhengchou did not have anyone who was familiar with the terrain, since Zhu Mei still had fighting spirit, he took the initiative to ask Ying to be the guide of the Three Guards, and Li Xin gladly accepted.

"So there is a general soldier of Lao Zhu!"

But the next shape was not as Li Xin expected, first encountered the resistance of sporadic thieves one after another, and then encountered a large number of thieves in ambush after entering Puyin. Although the Three Guards relied on their strong combat strength to disperse them one by one, Li Xin's heart sank uncontrollably.

Sure enough, after arriving at Bauhinia Pass, I saw the banner of the Chuang army planted on the Guancheng.

The dangerous path is not comparable to a rammed earth city, even if there is a cannon to cooperate, with only 10,000 people, how easy is it to take it?

Zhu Mei was still gearing up for the plotters to attack the city, but Li Xin already had the idea of going elsewhere, if he attacked the Xiongguan of Dacheng head-on, it would be a typical war of attrition, and the Three Guards would never be able to withstand the war of attrition.

When Zhu Mei heard that Li Xin was going to change her mind, she couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but she still said that she was willing to advance and retreat with Li Xin, and after defeating the thieves, she would ask the court for her guilt!

Taihang Mountain has eight provinces connecting Shanxi, North Zhili and Henan. Among them, this Bauhinia Pass is Puyin, and further north can only be from the military capital out of Shanxi to enter the north Zhili. And the Guancheng, which is located in the military capital, is the famous Juyong Pass.

Since the route has been changed, it has to be changed to take the road from Ulzhou in Shanxi, go to Changping through Huailai, and go straight to Beijing from north to south. Although this road is far away, it is the only path that is the most suitable except for Bauhinia Pass.

Unexpectedly, the big river near Huailai flooded due to the peach blossom flood, and the Three Guards had to go north to the security guard, and the security was only a few dozen miles away from Xuanfu Town. When the Three Guards passed the security guard, they encountered the transfer of the Xuanfu army.

Zhu Mei wondered, "There are police in the Beijing Division, and the Xuanfu Army should go from the north to the south, why are they going from the south to the north?" ”

Li Xin also noticed this problem, and the two armies collided head-on, and the territory under the jurisdiction of the protector and the general of the army parted ways. Unexpectedly, after a while, the Xuanfu army actually sent an adjutant general to come, and the intention was that the governor had been invited.

There is only one governor in Xuanfu, and that is Hong Chengchou, the governor of Xuanda.

Li Xin was surprised inexplicably, and what surprised him was not that the famous traitor in history wanted to see him, but that the Xuanfu and the Beijing Division were close at hand, and Hong Chengchou, who was the governor of Xuanda, did not lead the army to the king!

Li Xin went to see Hong Chengchou with this kind of doubt, he had absolutely no good impression of this big traitor, but Hong Chengchou was extremely enthusiastic, and he actually greeted him from afar, holding Li Xin's arm and walking with him, without half of the hypocrisy of a civil official.

Of course, Li Xin also has his own explanation for this kind of extremely friendly behavior, all those who commit great treachery and evil must have an extraordinary city, which is nothing more than a great traitor who seems to be loyal and a big hypocrisy that seems to be true.

Hong Chengchou was also a simple person, without a word of politeness, and said that he came in time.

"The tens of thousands of troops of the Outer Mongolian Tartars of Xuanfu are frequently moving, and the Xuanfu soldiers can't get out, and General Li is here at the right time!"

Li Xin looked at Hong Chengchou and tried to judge the truth of this statement from his face, but he found nothing. But Li Xin could feel that Hong Chengchou was not very worried about the siege of Jingshi, and there seemed to be a sense of helplessness.

"Hong Butang, please forgive Li Xin for saying bluntly, 100,000 thieves have besieged the Beijing Division, but the Mongolian Tartars are going to be ......."

Li Xin had a preconceived idea of the big traitor, and he spoke with a rare sharpness. Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"General Li is quick to speak, and he is really terrifying. But you only know one thing, you don't know the other. The Mongolian Tatars have been trapped for a winter, and they have long been short of materials, and this time they suddenly gathered more than 20,000 people. ”

Hong Chengchou then let out a faint sigh of relief.

"Xuanda's Shaanxi soldiers were almost transferred by the imperial court, and now there are only more than 20,000 people in their hands, and the local soldiers of Xuanfu were wiped out last year, and the newly recruited ones are unusable. The headquarters is worried that as long as the front foot of the army leaves, the Mongolian Tartars will have to destroy the wall and enter the army! ”

Li Xin narrowed his eyes, if what Hong Chengchou said was true, it really made some sense for him to stay and contain the Mongols, but the court and the emperor would blame him sooner or later. I only heard Hong Chengchou say again: "There are 100,000 thieves on the surface, but in fact, they are strong on the outside and cadres in the middle, and the headquarters called General Li to inform them of this matter." Previously, Xuanda had sent 10,000 Shaanxi soldiers to Beijing Division, and after General Li arrived, he only had to cooperate with Xuanda's 10,000 Shaanxi soldiers to delay with the thieves, and there was no need for a decisive battle, so that the thieves would be dispersed in less than ten days! ”

No civil official in this world has taken the initiative to help, even Sun Chengzong, although he is his favor, to be honest, he is far away from him in his bones. But this Hong Chengchou, to him seemed to be old at first sight, and he was told a thousand times, what kind of thoughts did he have?

After talking about serious things, Hong Chengchou didn't say anything more, and led the army north to the dust.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, on April 24, Li Xin finally arrived after the thieves besieged Beijing for more than ten days. When the soldiers of the Beijing camp guarding the city found the banner of the Three Guards from the north, they immediately reported to the palace.

After Zhu Youzhen, the son of the Great Tomorrow, learned the news, he was overjoyed in his heart, and said again and again: "My Xiao will come, what else to fear?" ”

After hearing this, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were also thunderous, and the previous pessimistic haze was swept away. Although these Beijing officials despised Li Xin's people, after several major battles, they were actually full of confidence in Li Xin's Three Guards.

In fact, since Li Xin was born, he has indeed won every battle, and he has never been defeated! This is still a conclusion that after breaking his fingers and counting them one by one, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military suddenly realized.

Zhu Youzhen, the son of the Great Tomorrow, was in high spirits for a while, and his spirit was high, and he actually issued an unprecedented edict that made the ministers unbelievable and raised the palace in an uproar.

"Hundreds of officials will follow me to Deshengmen, cheer for my generals, and see how he defeats the traitor!"