Chapter 65: Defeat

At the end of April, the weather is completely warmer, and it is the busy season for farming, and the fields are full of farmers who are working hard.

A huge contingent of officers and soldiers appeared in the field of vision of the people outside the city of Datong Prefecture, the team was advancing in the direction of the city of Datong Prefecture, this team was loose and stretched for a long time, the soldiers were dusty, ragged, listless, and showed no spirit at all.

In fact, the sedan chair is very ordinary, the blue satin sedan chair is slightly old, the sedan curtain is lifted, and the old man's face in the sedan chair is as lifeless as this army, and his ravine-strewn old face is like a rotten wood that is about to be weathered.

The governor of Shanxi, Cai Maode, has returned.

This time it was a big defeat, and Cai Maode's face naturally would not be much better. At the end of March, the six superintendents of the imperial court and the eight divisions of the general army of more than 200,000 people would snipe at the Jiannu who had returned to the division on the front line of Hongluo Mountain, and the strength was more than twice that of the enemy.

Cai Maode couldn't understand how it could be that twice the strength of Jiannu could be like this, and it would collapse directly before the battle was engaged.

It's not that he Cai Maode doesn't want to fight, but his soldiers don't want to fight, he Cai Maode doesn't want to fight, and he won't personally supervise the division to go to King Qin, the northern capital, but those friendly troops disappointed him too much, and his own subordinates are not like this?

Without any contact with Jiannu, all the soldiers collapsed, but fortunately, Cai Maode did not supervise the battle in front, and before he could react, the crowd of soldiers who broke up like a sea of people swept him out for more than twenty miles. In this way, they were defeated in a daze, and Cai Maode's men did not put an arrow, did not wave their weapons at the enemy, lost nearly a thousand soldiers, and then returned.

Cai Maode completely understood that almost all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had no hope, and the imperial court must have strong troops, otherwise, the country would be in danger. Of course, Cai Maode is not arrogant enough to influence the bigwigs in the court, but as the governor of a province's military administration, he can completely influence Shanxi's military and make Shanxi's military strong.

You must be strong, and time will not wait for me! Cai Maode thought of the famous Zhou Yuji, who was able to fight, and came to Shanxi to take office, but he, an old civil official, went to Beijing to fight in King Qin, no matter how he thought about it, Cai Maode felt that this matter was a little weird.

Originally, Cai Maode should have returned to Taiyuan to continue to exercise his duties as governor, but unfortunately, the battle of Hongluoshan put Cai Maode under too much pressure. He doesn't want to eat anymore, in his lifetime, he always has to do something for the imperial court, this is the reason why Cai Maode went to Datong, to put it bluntly, Cai Maode came to Datong specifically to meet Zhou Yuji. It is not important to return to Taiyuan Mansion, the important thing is that he needs Zhou Yuji, and he needs Zhou Yuji to train and strengthen his troops. This Shanxi guard soldier disappointed him too much, he wanted to exercise his unsurpassed right as governor, and he hoped that Zhou Yuji would carry out a thorough reorganization of Shanxi's military.

The team was still spiritless, and Cai Maode, who was moving loosely and was falling into thought, suddenly felt something strange, and the team stopped a little unexpectedly, and his sedan chair also stopped.

Soon after, the sound of horses' hooves came, and the Chinese officer galloped on horseback: "Report ~ Master Inspector, the scout of our army appeared in front of him is the scout of Marshal Zhou of Datong, and we are required to accept the inspection and show the customs clearance documents." ”

"Accept the inspection and clear the paperwork!" Cai Maode was a little dazed, and then, Cai Maode remembered, as if he didn't send someone to inform Zhou Yuji, which he could understand.

"Then let the scouts come over."

The middle officer didn't move, and he squirmed helplessly and said: "Zhou Dashuai, those scouts asked the superintendent that you must show the customs clearance documents." ”

"Oh" Cai Maode was stunned for a moment, and then, he waved his arm: "Good soldier!" is worthy of Zhou Yuji's subordinates, the old man went to see it in person! ”

The old man is going to be angry! The lieutenant officer shook his head slightly, he sweated for those scouts, the warriors can't be compared with the civilian officials, the status difference is huge, not to mention, those scouts are just ordinary soldiers, can they withstand the wrath of the governor of a province?

Cai Maode got out of the sedan chair, and he walked all the way to the front of his team, and not far from the front of the team he saw the dozen or so scouts. These soldiers were riding proudly on their horses with weapons in their hands, their armor was bright, and the red tassels on Fan Yang's hat were very pleasing to the eye, and they were looking coldly at these Ming allies called Huazi.

"This official Shanxi Governor Cai Maode, may I ask, are you Zhou Shuai's subordinates?"

Very unexpectedly, unlike the people imagined to worship the head, the soldiers on the opposite side were unmoved, but one person pointed to the front of the war horse: "Please forgive the boss, where the duty is, the subordinates don't know the boss, and ask the boss to show the customs clearance documents, if it is really the Lord Fuyuan, the subordinates will make amends to the boss!" ”

Cai Maode's official uniform is a customs clearance document, in his life, he has never experienced such a thing, and today it seems to be very shameless.

But this should be regarded as a real army, Cai Maode's wrinkled old face showed a smile in surprise.

"Zhou Cui'an is really Zhou Cui'an! This guy is a well-trained soldier! The old man is convinced! All right! Today, the old man will open a customs clearance document for himself! "Cai Maode is so satisfied, this is it

It was the army in his mind, although these scouts blocked his way, but Cai Maode was extremely relieved, this Zhou Yuji really lived up to his reputation, and he managed the army rigorously, which did not disappoint him.

At the same time that the scouts were stopping Cai Maode on the official road, Zhou Yuji had already received the news of Cai Maode's arrival, which seemed unlikely to be fake, so Zhou Yuji began to summon the generals to gather, and at the same time, he also sent people to inform Yan Su, the prefect of Datong.

Before Zhou Yuji could greet the people, several knights had already roared out of the barracks, and the direction of the war horse galloping was the official road in the east of Datong Mansion, which was also the direction in which Cai Maode came to Datong Mansion City.

Zhou Huchen was a little curious about this Cai Maode, in his memory, this old master-style Cai Maode did not lack steel spirit, did not lack love for the country, a person who dared to commit suicide would definitely not be a coward, Zhou Huchen decided to take the first step to see this old man who committed suicide after losing Taiyuan because of his inability to resist in history.

This military camp out of Datong is more than ten miles, and there are scouts constantly appearing along the road, these scouts saw that it was Zhou Huchen and his party, they raised their weapons to signal, and Zhou Huchen and others were speeding all the way without stopping.

Now Datong Mansion is shaped like an iron wall, in order to let the soldiers meet their own requirements, Zhou Huchen's requirements are very high, and they are also very strict, within dozens of miles around the city of Datong Mansion, no matter day and night, there will be scouts who patrol back and forth. This is Zhou Huchen is cultivating a habit for them, whether there is a police or not, soldiers and scouts must be 100% committed, because; War is not far away.

The weather was very good, the line of sight was good, and when he could see the figure in front of him from a distance, Zhou Huchen slowly stopped his war horse.

took out the copper pipe that had just been made in his arms, and Zhou Huchen put it in front of him.

The effect is not bad, the figure in the distance becomes clear, although not particularly clear, but it works well.

What Zhou Huchen held in his hand was the clairvoyant mirror he had made.

There are a lot of people in front, and Zhou Huchen can't see Cai Maode, nor can he see the troops he leads, because, in order to prevent accidents, the scouts who got the news are gathering more and more on this official road, and the current official road has been occupied by those scouts sent by Zhou Huchen, and it is estimated that there are at least two or three hundred people now.

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