This early dynasty lasted for two hours.

In the end, three opinions were reached:

First, the major towns closest to the Liaojiang River were ordered to quickly organize troops to prepare for defense, and the surrounding guards were on standby to maintain a state of readiness.

Second, because there are too many doubts about the Liaojiang River, the imperial court will send a thousand-strong reconnaissance cavalry to quickly go to the Liaojiang River to collect all kinds of intelligence, and it is necessary to let the capital get the first-hand military information as soon as possible. This task was handed over to Yu Bohong, who quickly organized a thousand-strong forbidden army, and ordered Yan Peng, the deputy commander of the forbidden army he trusted, to lead the troops and set off that night.

Third, the emperor began to exert pressure on Yan'an.

From the emperor to the courtiers, although they were worried about the situation in Liaojiang, they did not want to send troops. Since Liaojiang has prevented the disaster for Yan'an, it is natural for Yan'an to go to help share his worries. The Tartars could quickly cross the grassland and go around Liaodong, and Yan'an, who was closer to them, was naturally easier to move.

Dealing with the Tartars is the meaning of the existence of King Yan'an and Yan'an Army. Therefore, the wool that should have been produced was still out of the sheep, and the court could save a lot of money.

As soon as this good idea came out, it aroused the affirmation of all the courtiers.

Yes, Yan An has no Tartar trap, and he will be idle. They have no worries about sending troops, and they no longer have to be tied, they can be pressed by the army, and they can even cooperate with Liaodong. With the right strategy, maybe you can drive the Tartars out of the country thousands of miles away in one fell swoop?

Besides, Yan Anjun and Tartar are old rivals, and they know Tartar well. The reason why Liaojiang is losing and retreating may be due to the unfamiliarity and lack of understanding of the Tatar routine. So as soon as Yan'an's troops came out, maybe the Tartars took the initiative to withdraw as soon as they were afraid?

With such a mentality, the holy will was sent to Yan'an as quickly as possible.

The emperor asked Yan An to do his best to quickly organize troops to support Liaojiang with speed, cooperate with Liaojiang to recover the lost territory, and drive the Tartars out of the border.

At the same time, the emperor also appointed his trusted military general Yin Yuan and the secret guard Luffy, each with a light and a dark leader, to Yan'an to exert pressure, and be sure to pressure Yan'an to carry out the military order.

At this time, it was March 12.

On March 13, Beijing received another letter from Liaojiang.

Asking for help: In addition to the need for troops, you also need a lot of food, grass and weapons. The more the merrier. Ask the imperial court to quickly organize military and war funds.

No matter how reluctant the court was, it had to start digging out the silver. Who calls it urgent?

Raising money and food has become a top priority.

The granaries of the treasury began to be dug out, and the former and harem, the nobles and wealthy families, and the common people also began to raise funds.

One after another, government decrees began to be issued to the granaries of Jiangnan and Lianghu to transfer grain.

The imperial court knew that Yan An was providing emergency support, and the grain and grass would definitely not be able to keep up. Since it is to be thorough, there must be plenty of grain and grass......

And as grain was called in batches, food prices also began to rise unconsciously.

On March 16, the 10,000 troops mobilized by the king of Liaojiang from the central region had not yet arrived at the support site, but they were beaten by the Tartars who were circling again. The reinforcements were scattered, and the support was not successful.

It is said that unlike previous years, which were barbaric and more than strong, without any layout and foresight, this year's Tartar is like a divine soldier possessed, not only super strong in combat and full of tenacity, but also because of repeated successes, magnificent momentum and long-term vision. Almost a dozen accurate.

March 22, the latest military situation: three days ago, Fengcheng was lost.

There was an uproar. This means that the Tartars are eighty miles closer to the capital.

Two hours later, he led a thousand cavalry to Liaojiang to investigate the battle situation, and Yan Peng, the deputy commander of the forbidden army who transmitted the military information, came back with a lame leg.

He described him as embarrassed, scarred and covered in blood.

The thousand men he brought with him were all wiped out, and he was the only one left.

The Manchu Dynasty was shocked.

Yan Peng said that he took the reconnaissance cavalry to Fengcheng first, which was the harshest in the battle, according to the orders of the imperial court. At that time, the torrential rain greatly affected their judgment.

Seeing that they were almost at the place, they galloped with all their might, sprinting as fast as they could. But then they were ambushed. At this time, they realized that Fengcheng had been defeated by the Tartars the night before, and the Liaojiang troops had retreated elsewhere.

In order to facilitate Ma Xing, they deliberately avoided the mountainous area and borrowed the road to the north, and because the heavy rain covered up the fireworks and evacuation traces, they did not find that the Liaojiang River was defeated and withdrawn, nor did they receive the Liaojiang information, and they were extremely unlucky to throw themselves into the net.

They were exhausted and exhausted, and in the face of the rain of Tartar arrows, all of them had no way out, so they had to fight hard.

When the rain stopped, ten miles away, in the direction of Fengcheng, the fire soared into the sky, the cry was deafening, and the Tartars burned Fengcheng, killing countless people.

They did their best, and all of them died.

Only one of them lived.

The reason why he was able to live was because the Tartars deliberately humiliated him and spared him his life. He was picked off and put after breaking the hamstring of one of his legs. He wanted to kill himself on the spot, but in order to bring back the military information, he still endured the humiliation. At this moment, the news came that he was willing to apologize with death......

The house was silent.

Not long ago, I just received the military information from Liaojiang!

Time, right!

The people led by Yan Peng were only one day away from the evacuated Liaojiang Army. The news of the defeat of the King of Liaojiang had not yet spread, so Yan Peng's army was completely annihilated without receiving the news.

Exactly, it's just a little bit off.

A little bit!

Can...... Always feel a little coincidental?

Even though it was pouring rain, Yan Peng and his men didn't notice that Fengcheng had been lost, so how did the Tartars know that there would be a cavalry approaching and arranging in advance to ambush them?

Doesn't make sense!

Is there a spy?

If so, it seems to explain the easy annihilation of this thousand-strong army, and why they could not receive the news that the Liaojiang army had withdrawn.

But when it comes to military intelligence and response, not many people know about it, and all of them are in the inner circle.

Is the spy in the court? Is it in the thousand-man forbidden army?

Originally, because Fengcheng was a medium-sized town, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the imperial court felt that the Liaojiang army could hold out for at least ten more days, so it asked Yan Peng to lead people to Fengcheng first.

But Fengcheng was lost so easily......

This day is the right time, the right place and the right people, why doesn't it seem to be on your side?

And these things are obviously not clear for a while.

It's not all bad news, of course.

That night, Yan'an 800 miles of urgent performance was reported.

King Yan'an has begun to organize troops, and Liu He, the commander of the Yan'an army, will lead 30,000 people to take the lead, and within ten days, King Yan'an will personally organize 50,000 people to go to Liaojiang to support. He said that he would do everything in his power to drive the Tartar army out of the Great Zhou.

Counting the time, this letter was written three days ago. At this moment, Liu He's 30,000 people should have walked at least a hundred miles.

The Emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In this way, the nerve-wracking things can be left to Yan An for the time being.

With Yan An's ability to fight against the Tartars in the past, it is difficult for the Tartars to bargain in their hands, not to mention that this time Yan An is desperate and has already surrendered eighty percent......

That night, Rong An also learned about it.

She couldn't do anything but sigh.

The war in this life came earlier than in the previous life. From time to time, she wondered if all this had developed little by little because of the situation she had changed. She hated her own incompetence. But when natural disasters, man-made disasters and wars came, she couldn't change anything.

Recently, Zhu Chengyi has no news, but only one bad news can be received, which makes her feel breathless.

Rong An wanted to blow the wind, so he carefully went to his favorite place before, the rockery pavilion.

I don't want to, someone came earlier than her.

It's Twilight.

He was drinking.

It turned out that Ah Du was worried about Yan An, so she secretly found Yan An's brother who came to deliver the letter today and chatted. After chatting, I felt suffocated and out of breath.

"Are you worried about Yan Anjun?" Rong An sat down.

"The prince is there, this time he has no choice but to use his troops. The subordinates are really worried. And there are a lot of things to worry about. ”

"Your master is not here, no one can relieve you of your worries, why don't you tell me? Yan'an is also my home, and the princess and princess are my parents, and this is also my family affair. I'm upset and want to find someone to solve it. "What Rong An said is true. She was upset. But most of her uneasiness stemmed from her ignorance of everything, and she wanted to know more.

Twilight didn't know where to start for a while.

"General Yu is the emperor's most trusted and favored general, even at the moment of the war, General Yu still sits firmly by the emperor's side. But our princes, our old princes, worked hard for the Great Zhou, and after death, generation after generation, loyalty, spent their lives in the frontier. What can be obtained, but still doubtful. ……”

As she spoke, Twilight's eyes lit up.

"The prince entered Beijing, surrendered to the emperor's side, worked as a stableman, mixed up, and married you, but he still failed to completely dispel the emperor's suspicions. In recent years, I thought it was better. But he didn't promise you and his master to go back to Yan'an, and even transferred his master to the front line in order to stop it. Who doesn't know his purpose? At this moment, he is persecuting our prince......"

Ah Du never said that he hated Zhu Yonghao, who had been pandering to the emperor to attack Yan An, and he also hated the current emperor, who had always been dirty about Yan An.

"How?" Rong An bit his lip.

"The holy decree has gone, and the prince naturally does not dare to disobey. The prince is a kind person, and he will not sit idly by when Liaojiang is in trouble. Not to mention that this time it was the old rival Tartar who was dealing with it. The meaning of the prince is to send 20,000 troops first, and then 20,000 troops later...... "40,000 people are already half of the troops that Yan An can use at the moment."

King Yan An felt that he was already interesting enough.

However, General Yin Yuan, who was sent by the emperor, felt that it was far from enough.

"The emperor said that he wanted Yan An to do his best."

After hesitating, King Yan'an said that he could add another 10,000 troops. 20,000 first, 30,000 later. The total is fifty thousand.

Na Yin Yuan continued to shake his head.

"King Yan An thinks that this is a matter of buying vegetables in the vegetable market and bargaining?"

King Yan'an explained Yan'an's current situation, but Yin Yuan said: "Didn't Yan'an's army use to call 100,000, 150,000, and 200,000 at every turn?" The Tartars claim to have 100,000 troops, if Yan'an's troops are less than this number, is there a suspicion of preserving strength for their own selfishness? ”

King Yan'an shouted that he was wronged.

"General Yin is also a military general, so he naturally understands how much water is in the word 'claimed' in the battle between the two armies. Sometimes, 30,000 people dare to call themselves 100,000, and 100,000 people can claim to be millions. How can this be counted? When the number of Yan'an troops was the largest, there were 100,000 people, and the world can learn from it! ”

"Okay! Then you will pay 100,000! ”

Yin Yuan picked it up too quickly, so that King Yan'an, who was showing his loyalty, almost plucked out his ears. What does it mean, the emperor wants Yan An to leave no soldiers?

"No!" He can only talk bitterly. "In the first two years, the Tartars were beaten to retreat to the far north. In the past two years, they have not dared to disturb. Yan'an is not rich, and he also has to reduce military spending, and it is impossible to maintain a large number of soldiers all year round. In the past two years, almost 20,000 soldiers have been discharged, and the total number of Yan'an troops at this moment is only 80,000. ”

Yin Yuan threw the teacup in his hand on the table, and two drops of the tea burst onto King Yan'an's face.

"The emperor asked you to do your best, it is an order, not a suggestion! The reason why I was sent by the emperor is to supervise your efforts. Please don't embarrass me! ”

Over there, Luffy led people around to inquire and brought news that the Yan Anjun was about 85,000 people at the moment.

Yin Yuan: "I look at the past merits of King Yan'an, take a step back, 80,000 people!" Yan'an must send 80,000 people! ”

King Yan'an shook his head, if he took out 80,000 troops, Yan'an would be empty. The only ones left are civilians.

Yin Yuan: "Again, this is not asking for your nod. ”

"Otherwise?"

"Your son is still in Gyeongnam, and your daughter-in-law, daughter, and grandson are all in the capital." Yin Yuan sneered.

"The emperor is threatening this king?"

"How could the emperor? The emperor just hopes that King Yan'an can really be a loyal word, after all, the enemy is at present, everything is still focused on the overall situation, and the emperor hopes that the prince can understand.

If this battle can be won in one fell swoop, the prince should be the first to take the lead! If you can drive the Tartars out of the country, the prince will go down in history! If they can be beaten until they hurt their vitality, it will be a big trouble for Yan An.

I am united in the Great Zhou and joined forces to fight the enemy, which is a good story, isn't it? When the time comes, it is not only the people of Yan'an who are grateful to the prince, but also the people of Liaojiang and Dazhou, that is the real hero! ”

Yin Yuan's words are good, but if Yan An can go all out, wouldn't there be another purpose?

King Yan'an laughed along, the righteousness of the festival arched up, the emperor's military order was put out, and his wife and son Sun pulled out, what right did he have to say no?

He can only respond!

Yin Yuan nodded, and poured tea for King Yan'an with his own hands: "There is another one, the prince has to personally lead the troops." ”

“……”

"Long ambition and military heart! It is also more convenient to command the Yan Anjun and give orders! You're right? ”

……

The more Twilight spoke, the more angry she became:

"The prince has no choice. When this conversation was going on, outside the palace of King Yan'an, there were a thousand people brought by Yin Yuan, and outside the house, Luffy was teaching his men a lesson. There are many people under the eaves, not so much an order as a persecution.

Among the 30,000 people led by Liu He, nearly 100 secret guards were formed, and Yin Yuan and Luffy will send troops with the prince. They will stay with the prince and participate in the whole process from the formation of troops to the collection of troops. They, this is above board infiltrated into the Yan An army. ”

"I see." Rong An's brows furrowed. "What you're worried about is that the emperor has made a calculation and tried to weaken the strength of Yan'an, Liaojiang and Tartar in the fight. If there is something to do, the opportunity will come out.

Yan'an's troops are empty......"

If the emperor had that mind and directly organized troops to attack, Yan'an would be completely destroyed. And Yan Anjun was pinned down in the Liaojiang River, and there was no way to quickly retract. In other words, the emperor could directly use those two forces to strangle the Yan'an army in the Liaojiang River.

After this battle, the strength of Liaojiang and the Tartars was damaged, and perhaps this was the emperor's best chance to easily withdraw and pacify the northern grasslands to drive out the Tartars. If he wins, he will become famous, an emperor through the ages!

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