In July, it is the hottest time of summer, first a small volt, then a large volt, the day is really hot.

Although I heard from the older generation, this day is not hot now, compared to Wanli Ye's meeting, this day is very cold. But it was the hottest time of the year, and with no rain for a month, it was a very hot day.

The construction of Dalinghe City is nearing the end of the period, except for a gap in the north city that has not been completed, the rest of the work has been completed.

I don't know if Zu Dashou also felt that something was wrong with the three banners of the Houjin Army appearing in Daling River at the same time, or he was eager to ask Sun Chengzong for credit, and after entering Xiaofu, he ignored the heat and urged the people to build the north city day and night, so that more than a dozen people died of exhaustion.

Several batches of fast horses from the north were also sent, some in the direction of Uiju and some in the direction of Quang Ninh, but no news came. The day before yesterday, there was a fast horse newspaper in the direction of the old Liao River, saying that after the discovery of the old Liao River, the Jin army gathered, not only the eastern captives Jiannu, but also the cavalry of the northern Mongols.

The old Liao River is 200 miles away from the Daling River, but it is very close to the Mongolian Harashen Division, if it detours to the Harashen Division, the Houjin army does not need to enter the Kou from the western part of Liao, but can raid the Da'ankou, Longjingguan, Malanyu, etc., the border passes of the Great Wall west of Xifengkou, and re-enter the interior as it did two years ago.

Two years ago, Zu Dashou remembered the "change of his own life" vividly, and his boss Yuan Chonghuan was chopped alive on the charge of "collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country", and he was almost scared to death that day, so when he heard that the Jin army might enter the customs again, Zu Dashou's eyelids jumped, and in panic, he quickly sent someone to report the situation of the appearance of the Jin army in the old Liaohe River to Sun Chengzong.

The deputy general He Kegang reminded Zu Dashou that there were seven or eight probes sent to the north, but only the old Liaohe River 200 miles away had probes and horses, but there was no news from Yizhou, dozens of miles away, and there were no probes from Guangning, so things were a little strange. On the surface, it seems that Jiannu deliberately put the old Liaohe River to explore the horse and return.

Deputy General Zhang Cunren also said: "Now that the weather is hot, Jiannu is not resistant to heat, and the usual large-scale use of troops is in autumn and winter, why is it that at this time, he suddenly gathered troops in the old Liaohe?" Whether Jiannu will really attack the Guannei is not certain now, but Zu Shuai wants to report to the scripture, which seems to be a little inappropriate. ”

Zu Dashou waved his hand and said: "The so-called intolerance is nothing, and it is easy to overcome. Two years ago, he led his troops thousands of miles to attack the Beijing Division, plundered a huge amount, and tasted the sweetness. It is always appropriate to report the strategy, and if Hong Taizhen enters the customs again, the court should take precautions as soon as possible. If we don't report it, Jiannu will enter the customs again, and we will not report it if we know about it, and we will be able to escape the blame. ”

Hearing this, He Kegang, Zhang Cunren and other generals also felt reasonable, no matter whether Jiannu really wanted to enter the customs or not, it was always good to report it so that the imperial court could take precautions, and it was much better than being caught off guard by Jiannu again.

After the news of the main force of the old Liaohe cash army reached Sun Chengzong, he was also surprised, and hurriedly ordered the guards of the Great Wall in Yanbei, Xuanzhou, and Datong to take strict precautions to prevent the Jin soldiers from attacking again. At the same time, the court was played, which caused a shock in Beijing, and some dignitaries and nobles were even ready to go south to avoid trouble, until Jiannu really broke the Great Wall and fled south.

For a while, the people of Jingshi were panicked, the "Songshan Great Victory" from Liaodong a few days ago was already pressed by the cabinet, and there were not many people who knew the Tao, and this time it was quickly forgotten by the insiders, after all, one or two hundred Tartar heads were really not worth mentioning compared with tens of thousands of Jiannu troops.

Even Emperor Chongzhen in the palace was very nervous, in addition to ordering Liaodong to find out the movements of Jiannu, he also drew some soldiers and horses from all over the country to enrich the Great Wall Pass, in case the Great Wall was broken through again. In addition, he also sent an edict to Sun Chengzong, asking him to draw some elite border soldiers from the Guanmen army as a reserve team, once Jiannu broke through the pass, he would quickly intercept it, and he would never make Jiannu drive straight into the Yiweijing Division.

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Jinzhou.

In order for the wolf cavalry army to form an army as soon as possible, Shi Dayong racked his brains and tried all the methods, Qiu Hejia asked him to transport grain and grass to Dalinghe City again, but he pushed it away with various excuses, and he really couldn't push it off, so he dragged it. In short, Shi Dayong is now dead and refuses to go to Dalinghe City. He didn't dare to take the risk of meeting the main force of the Eight Banners or being trapped in Dalinghe City, because that would mean that he Shi Dayong would have no chance to turn the tables - how could a dead man change history.

Shi Dayong was not so arrogant that he thought that with his own head, he could lead hundreds of remnants to stage a big battle against the sky and the miracle of tens of thousands of Eight Banner Army.

People have to be self-aware. Fear is sometimes not cowardice, but a strategy, a choice, in order not to be afraid in the future.

Fortunately, the military rations in Dalinghe City can still be eaten for half a month, Shi Dayong said that he would organize soldiers and horses to escort the transportation in a few days, and Qiu Hejia did not insist that he go now. After all, Shi Bu lost more than half of the battle of the Daling River, and there were no soldiers to replenish, although he was promoted to a general, but the men and horses under his command were afraid that they were not as good as the garrison.

The truth of the battle of Dalinghe has been rumored to come, Qiu Hejia also faintly heard some, and he couldn't help but hate Zu Dashou for not saving him when he saw death, and wanted to play him, but after seeing that Zu Dashou sent five hundred cavalry to Shi Dayong's share, plus he had already co-signed with Zu Dashou on the good news, it was not good to hit himself in the mouth, so he also acquiesced in the matter.

Qiu Hejia once asked Shi Dayong why he wanted to hide the truth from him, Shi Dayong smiled bitterly at the time, and replied: "If you don't agree, does Lord Futai think that the last general will come back alive?" ”

Hearing this, Qiu Hejia sighed and couldn't say anything.

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Xia Desheng and Li Yizhong heard that Shi Dayong was going to dismantle the chain mail of their subordinates to make heavy armor, and they did not agree at first, but after Shi Dayong said that the two generals had no choice but to agree and did not refuse, which made Shi Dayong have a good impression of the two of them.

After Lao Qin's chain mail can be removed, the armor-making speed is really much faster, and by July, 100 armor has been made one after another.

Cao Bianjiao selected 300 cavalry from the cavalry battalion and Xia Li's 2,000 Liaodong soldiers as the wolf cavalry, and during the time he waited for the armor, he devoted himself to the training of the wolf cavalry.

In fact, it is not difficult to train heavy armor to charge into battle, the difficult thing is how to keep the people together. The iron floaters of the Jin Kingdom rode into a team of three, but Cao Bianjiao changed to a team of six horses, which was naturally much more difficult in terms of coordination.

Shi Dayong chose a flat terrain in the southwest of Jinzhou as the training ground for the wolf cavalry, but when he had time, he went out of the city to watch Xiaocao's training.