Li Xin originally planned to enter the territory of Daming through the destroyed side wall of Baiyangkou, but due to too much wind and snow, he lost the road and accidentally hit Wayaokou Fort. Wayaokou Fort, as one of the few forts that has not been abandoned, still has hundreds of people stationed in it.

Strange to say, once inside the side wall, even the blizzard seems to be blocked out of the side wall. Lu Jiu's cavalry and the front, middle and rear infantry turned outside the mouth of the tile kiln, and the difficult and rapid march had consumed most of their bodies. Therefore, Li Xin ordered to enter Wayaokou Fort for a temporary rest, and then rush back to Zhenyuwei.

There are only more than 100 soldiers in Wayaokou Fort, and the biggest official is only a general who is ranked more than seven ranks, and the three guards of the dignified and upright three grades personally lead the troops to come, and they are sincerely afraid. Li Xin entered the fortress and almost shed tears when he saw the inside.

The conditions of the border army guarding the border wall fortress of the Ming Dynasty were unbelievably difficult, the clothes of the so-called border army were shabby as if they had been unearthed, and the soldiers who lined up to welcome them were even more unkempt and unkempt.

A large cauldron was propped up in the open space, and the charcoal fire under it had already cooled, and in the pot was a kind of mushy food that could not tell what it was. There is a stack of stoneware bowls placed next to it, which is filthy and stained with some food residues, and the eyes of the soldiers are a little curious and mixed with a few traces of wood, is this my dignified border army? This was the first time Li Xin came into contact with the Zhenyu Guard, who was also a border guard of the Ming Dynasty, and he could not have expected that the border wall fortress of the Ming army would be so dilapidated.

Finally, a soldier couldn't help but shout.

"Do you have anything to eat? We're hungry! ”

“…… Give it to the stutterers......"

Where is this still the Ming Border Army, it is clearly a group of hungry beggars!

The dilapidated guards of this town were far beyond Li Xin's imagination, and it was not until this moment that he finally understood why Emperor Chongzhen had tried his best to appoint him as a general soldier of the three guards of the three ranks, and to manage the three guards within the wall with a high-grade rank. It should have been that he had known about the dilapidated and withered guards of this town, but it was a pity that it was difficult for the Qiao woman to cook without rice, and there was no one to use in the bag, so he planned to use his own strange alien to make it flourish again.

This is Emperor Chongzhen's gamble, or a quiz question from Emperor Chongzhen to Li Xin, but in any case, throwing him into this place where birds don't still uses himself as a pole for beating dates.

Heisenberg looked at the various facilities in the fortress curiously, which was very different from the golden country introduced in the book in his hand, these beggar-like people seemed to be the soldiers of the Eastern general, but they didn't seem to be able to eat......

Li Xin suddenly came back to his senses, and immediately ordered someone to take out all the dried meat he was carrying with him and distribute it. When the soldiers of Wayaokou Fort saw the meat, their eyes immediately lit up, like hungry wolves, and they chewed and gnawed violently. Looking at the appearance of these soldiers, Li Xin said apologetically:

"I'm late, if there's any difficulty, just mention it! The General Military Mansion must have solved it for you. ”

The boss grabbed a piece of meat in his hand and chewed a piece of meat in his mouth, and replied vaguely: "We, we just want to be full...... No more hunger is a ......"

Suddenly, the sound of a bell rang on the wall of the fort. Lu Jiu was originally sitting on the ground, jumped up, and immediately beckoned the cavalry under his command. The general rule threw away the dried meat in his hand, and spit out the unchewed piece in his mouth.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Get ready for battle! ”

I saw that the soldiers who were still like beggars just now immediately rushed to the wall of the wall, and put on a posture of being ready to meet the enemy at any time. Li Xin also went up to the wall and looked into the distance. A few black shadows were moving from far to near, and they were only recognized when they were close, and they were a few fast horses galloping south.

After seeing the flag bearer clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly his feet were as if they had been burned by a red-hot soldering iron, and he jumped up, went straight to the lower wall, and picked up the two pieces of dried meat that had been thrown on the snow.

"It should be the soldiers of Xinpingbao who reported the news, don't worry about them."

With the general words, everyone's nervous feelings just now suddenly disappeared into invisibility. Li Xin was nervous, the news soldier of Xinpingbao? What is the message to be sent by several expedited horses? As all kinds of questions popped up in my mind, a heart gradually sank.

"Lu Jiu, go and stop the soldier who reported the news."

Lu Jiu immediately understood what Li Xin meant, Xinping Fort was a fortress in the jurisdiction of Zhenyuwei, and it was under the jurisdiction of Li Xin like this Wayaokou Fort, and Li Xin certainly wanted to know what was going on in Xinping Fort. He also had a faint sense of uneasiness, maybe something had happened to this Xinping Castle.

The gate of Wayaokou Fort was opened, and several horsemen rushed out of the fort, stopping the riders who were galloping south, and then led them into the fort.

The few soldiers who reported the news obviously didn't expect that the chief soldier would be in Wayaokou Fort, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Mongolian Tartars have surrounded Xinping Fort, please send troops to rescue the general army quickly, I'm afraid it will be ...... later."

The ominous premonition really came true, and Li Xin's heart immediately rose to his throat, confirming the news obtained in the Xiyang River valley that the Mongolian Tatars besieging Xinpingbao should be the headquarters of the Mongolian Han Division.

"Don't worry, let's talk about it carefully, how much are the Mongolian Tartars soldiers and horses?"

The soldier said excitedly: "There are enough people of one or two thousand, and there are only more than five hundred soldiers in Xinping Fort, so I'm afraid it won't last long." ”

This news was really a bolt from the blue, not only for Li Xin, but also for Nawa Yaokou Fort, once Xinping Fort was captured, Wayaokou Fort would bear the brunt of the Mongol Tatar soldiers.

"How is this good, how is this good......"

The general anxious turned around in circles, saw that Li Xin was also pondering, and came to Li Xin again.

"The general soldier, the villain has the courage to say, Xinping Fort must be saved, Xinping Fort to the west and north is the Ming border wall, it is a great place, once it falls into the hands of the Mongolian Tartars, the west side of Wanquanwei is exposed, not to mention, our town guards are not in addition to the Acropolis in addition to the pass that can block the Mongolian Tartars."

This is also a bit insightful, it is really a pity to throw it in this tile kiln mouth fort, if he can return to the town guard this time, he will definitely be transferred to the new army of the town guard.

"That's right, Xinpingbao will definitely be saved, but the current question is how can we save it?"

This was said by Lu Jiu, which was ostensibly in support of saving Xinpingbao, but in fact he was looking for an excuse for not saving Xinpingbao to preserve his strength. Li Xin has been with him for a long time, so he naturally understands the meaning of his words, which is to find a step for himself.

However, as the general manager of Nawa Yaokou Fort said, Xinping Fort must be saved, in addition to the several factors he listed, there is another important factor, that is, Zhenyu Weitai needs a big victory to stabilize the hearts of the people and deter opposition from within the Shanxi Xingdu Division. If you don't save it, then it's not just the addition and subtraction of two minus one equals one.

Allowing Xinpingbao to be captured by the Mongol Tatars, they could attack Zhenyuwei to the south and Wanquan Zuowei to the east. When the time comes, a charge of inaction will not be able to run away, if the Mongol Tartars come to attack the town and the guard, it is better to say, if it is to attack the left guard, the commander of the Wanquan guard will definitely point the finger at himself in order to clear the blame.

When the time comes, the lawsuit will be fought to the court. Those ministers who originally regarded him as Li Xinru were a thorn in the flesh, and it would be strange if they didn't take the opportunity to fall into the well, even if Emperor Chongzhen wanted to protect him, he couldn't protect him. I'm afraid that the lightest punishment will have to be a demotion, which is not the result he wants. In this case, there is only one way left in front of us, and that is to face the difficulties.

"Don't talk about it, Ben has already decided to go to Xinping Fort immediately!"

Then he asked the boss, "Haven't asked for a name yet?" ”

The general hurriedly said embarrassedly: "The chief soldier has tormented the villain, and he will never dare to ask for advice, the villain's name is Zhao Mingjiu." ”

"Good! Mr. Zhao. I order you to immediately take the handwritten letter to the town guard to find Governor Qian Tai to transfer materials, there must be no mistake! ”

Wayaokou Fort brought the general Zhao Mingjiu to tears of excitement, but he didn't expect the general soldier to really do what he said, he just knocked his head on the ground, and Li Xin hurriedly helped him up, the most uncomfortable thing for him to come to the Ming Dynasty was that others kowtowed to him at every turn, or he had to kowtow to others at every turn.

"There is also a task, bring the general's oral message, and make Governor Qian Tai immediately organize all the military men who can fight in the town to go to Xinping Fort to help in the war! Sue him, success or failure should be done in this move! ”

Li Xinzhong was a little worried, although Qian Tai was afraid of ambition and ideals, but whenever he encountered difficulties and difficulties, he was easy to retreat, and even vulnerable in the face of cruel struggles. However, the matter was urgent, and Li Xin was incapable of doing so, so it was impossible to rescue Xinpingbao and go back to organize manpower. I had to hope that Qian Tai could overcome his demons and finally complete his real transformation.

In addition, there was one thing he didn't have time to do before entering Xinping Fort, and he originally planned to go back to the town guard, but now he had to do it in advance.

"Where are the officers?"

"In"

……

Five firm responses immediately came to mind.

"When the captives are fighting to meet the enemy, what should those who leave the team and flee without permission do?"

Li Xin's voice fell, and the faces of the officers of the Fifth Horizontal Team immediately changed greatly, and the chief soldier was naturally referring to his subordinates. When fighting against the Mongolian Tatar cavalry, his subordinate Yang Dayi was the first to run first, and then finally came back to find the team, so he was not lost outside the side wall.

"Whoever is the first to be killed! Conformity is punished! ”

A cold voice responded, it was Gu Shishi who spoke, it was because of the desertion of the fifth horizontal team, the entire phalanx almost collapsed, and therefore his first horizontal team suffered the heaviest losses.

The officer of the fifth horizontal team immediately knelt on the ground, "The chief soldier reads that Yang Dayi is still a first-time offender, spare him this time, if he commits it again, it is not a pity to die!" ”