The thirteenth day of the winter month, night.

Juyong Guancheng.

It was a very cold day, and the temperature was almost below zero, but the soldiers in the city were gearing up and their hearts were hot.

At noon on the same day, Tang Yin was the governor of Neisanguan for the first time after taking office, and with 20,000 taels of silver, he directly distributed it to the five defenders in the city plus 3,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion.

In the northwest, where there is no way to make ends meet and the treasury is empty, many soldiers have not received a salary for half a year or even a year.

After all, many middle- and lower-class soldiers can only receive Lu rice and Lu silver from the imperial court, which is only one or two taels of silver in a year.

The main income of the military households in the northwest is to rely on tuntian, that is, self-sufficiency, and most of the money and grain allocated by the imperial court are used for the construction and reinforcement of the city fortress.

Tang Yin made it clear that if he could win the battle, the reward issued by the imperial court would not be less than 50,000 taels.

Changing the ......

No one will believe this nonsense!

How much does the Northwest spend a year? Just Juyongguan, 50,000 taels of silver is enough to support two years of operation, and 50,000 taels will be issued to the soldiers?

However, the promise was made by Tang Yin, and it is a different matter, and the hearts of all officers and soldiers were full of desire for military exploits.

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After nightfall, the military camps in the city are making the final pre-war mobilization.

Tang Yin's goal is very clear, that is, to expand the results of the battle, which is the strategy that Zhu Hao formulated for him.

If you want to win, win big!

If it is just a small fight, such as "Yingzhou Dajie", killing the enemy is not painful, and the Chinese officials of the DPRK have various methods to hide your military merits, and then Tang Yin will not only have no merit after you return to the capital, but will also have the fault of transferring troops without authorization, and you will have to bear the infamy.

The point is that the people still don't understand you, and in the history books, you will also be defined as a female cadre by a civil official with the power of public opinion.

But if your exploits make civil officials unable to hide even if they want to, then it is called raising eyebrows.

If you want to be a hero or a bear, choose for yourself.

Zhu Si's original intention was to let Tang Yin depend on the situation, but in fact, Tang Yin had already made preparations before the battle, as long as the night attack was successful, he would inevitably attack to expand the results of the battle, regardless of what the military order of the Beijing Division was, and in the afternoon of the same day, no less than four emergency orders came over, ordering Tang Yin to strictly guard the city and not attack.

The group of people in the court did not see Zhu Si himself that day, so they could not let the emperor give a direct order, so they had to give an order in the name of the Ministry of War.

But this is like a "suggestion" for Tang Yin, who is a layman supervising things, and I can choose to accept it or not, and I don't want me to obey your orders.

I'll just collect my troops and defend the city without a fight, then I will be a sinner when I go back, just wait to be condemned and punished.

But luring the enemy deep was originally a strategic intention I formulated, and now that it has been achieved, let me not send troops? Don't you people in the military department want to eat fart?

At the end of the high-level mobilization meeting, it was time to go on the shift.

In November, it was already very dark when I walked out of the command post, and the cold wind outside was very biting.

Different from the previous fear that there would be internal disputes, Tang Yin thought that Zhang Yanling would jump out and make trouble, who knew that when he heard that he was going to fight with the Tartars, Zhang Yanling's eyes were actually shining......

Zhang Yong was actually very helpless.

Tang Yin wanted to send troops, he was the most rational and wanted to oppose the most, but this was a move by Tang Yin under the emperor's orders, Zhang Yong wanted to block it but didn't have the guts, and in the end he could only choose to acquiesce.

Death to death, everyone dies together!

Anyway, this time, he Zhang Yong can't escape from it, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent.

"Gong Zhang, the Marquis of Jianchang thinks it's a good strategy, is it really good?"

There is still a person in the army who opposes this matter, naturally it is Li Bo, who is guarding at Juyongguan, and in Li Bo's view, Zhang Yanling is a typical example of not knowing how to soldier.

Often this kind of person who does not understand the military can be used as a "beacon".

Similar to gambling, as long as this kind of person bets on which side he bets on, betting on him to win, a layman on the battlefield thinks it is a good thing, and the designation is on paper, and there is no good result...... But now Zhang Yanling is actually a person from Tang Yin, the supreme commander of this war?

Zhang Yong looked up at the sky and said, "It's a pity that it's cloudy today and you can't see the moonlight...... It's almost a full moon, isn't it?"

Li was stunned.

What does Zhang Yong mean by this?

We're going to sink into the sand tonight, and we'll never see the full moon again?

Can't even see tomorrow's sun?

At this moment, a person who looked like a small guy ran over and leaned into Zhang Yong's ear to say something, and Zhang Yong's face changed immediately.

Li asked, "Gong Zhang, what's the matter?"

"Whew..."

Zhang Yong exhaled, his breath was thick, "What are you afraid of...... Someone from the capital has come, and he is in front of the Nanguan Gate...... Go, send someone to bring people in, don't let Lord Tang see it, just come to our house to meet you! 「

"Yes!"

Li Bo didn't know who it was, but he felt that it was likely to be someone sent by the emperor's opposing camp.

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Li Bo did not miscalculate.

It was Yang Tinghe's son Yang Shen who came.

After learning the news early in the morning, Yang Shen was instructed by his father, took Yang Tinghe's letter, and came to Juyong Pass non-stop, walking more than 100 miles in less than a day, and finally arrived after nightfall.

For a military general or a messenger, riding a horse for a hundred miles a day is not a problem.

But for a literati like Yang Shen, at the end of this day, the bones are about to shake apart.

Yang Shen's purpose in coming to Juyongguan was naturally not to see Tang Yin, even Yang Tinghe knew that it was almost impossible to get Tang Yin to stop this matter, the emperor avoided the court that day, in fact, the intention he showed was obvious, that is, to wait until the war was over, and then talk about merit.

But Yang Tinghe could not allow this to happen.

Once the battle is fought, no matter whether he wins or loses, it is a consequence that Yang Tinghe does not want to bear.

Tang Yin lost, and the Ming Juyong Pass was likely to be in danger, even if it could hit the blind confidence of the little emperor, but the price to bear was too great, which Yang Tinghe did not want to see.

If Tang Yin wins......

Yang Tinghe would not feel much honored, which would seriously reduce his prestige in the court...... What you objected to, as a result, the new emperor and Tang Yin joined forces to do it, what kind of face do you Yang Tinghe have in the future to give orders?

Therefore, for Yang Tinghe, victory or defeat is unacceptable, and the best result is "no fight".

In other words, at this step, it is announced that all strategies are over, and Yang Tinghe's income is the highest.

Tang Yin's previous so-called "luring the enemy deep", we don't admit it, let's just say that you want to get involved in the military power of Xuanfu, and sent three cadres, but you were attacked by Tartars on the road, and you lost your troops, and you rashly sent troops to damage the Ming soldiers, which is a great mistake, and you will be directly punished for it, and the reputation of the little emperor will not be guaranteed......

If you don't fight, it will be difficult for the Tartars to capture Juyong Pass, and if Juyong Pass is defended, then the Jingshi will be very stable, and this result is very acceptable to Yang Tinghe.

After Yang Shen entered the city, the person he was looking for was naturally Zhang Yong.

His goal was very clear, to use Zhang Yong's prestige in the army to prevent Tang Yin from sending troops.

Although nominally, Tang Yin is the commander, but everyone knows that this is an old scholar with little experience in leading troops. Without the support of the eunuchs and the commanders who led the troops, even if your order to send troops was given, the people below would not carry it out.

In fact, Yang Tinghe did not make a wrong choice, after Zhang Yong entered Juyong Guancheng, even the chief soldier Li Bo actually only listened to Zhang Yong and not Tang Yin, which also shows that Zhang Yong does have this influence.

But Zhang Yongken refuses to obey orders, that's another matter.

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Zhang Yong was in his temporary residence in the city, and Yang Shen was wearing a heavy body, and he couldn't sit still, pacing back and forth.

Zhang Yong pushed the door in and greeted with a smile: "Ouch, isn't this Xiaoge Lao? What is the wind that brought you here? Doesn't it mean that the road from Juyong Pass to Jingshi has been closed? Are you ...... How did you get here? 「

Yang Shen said, "The students are here to stop Juyong Pass from sending troops.

"Heh......

The smile on Zhang Yong's face froze.

This Yang Yongxiu speaks really directly.

Zhang Yong pretended to be confused and said: "The soldiers and horses have returned, and now the Tartars have deployed troops under the city of Juyong Pass, and they didn't say that they would send troops, I don't know where Yang Hanlin heard the news?" It's ridiculous. 「

Yang Shen said: "Gonggong Zhang doesn't have to hide it, my father has learned from His Majesty that the purpose of Tang Zhitai's troops is to lure the enemy, and since the purpose of luring the enemy has been achieved, the next step must be to send troops to fight with him in Guancheng...... Gonggong Zhang should be a person who knows the soldiers, if there is such a battle, then the Ming Guancheng may not be guaranteed, and the Beijing division is in danger!"

Yang Shen came up and was still reasoning.

"Oh, we don't know what Yang Hanlin is talking about."

Zhang Yong continued to pretend to be confused.

If you come, you will find our family and ask our family to stop the army?

I never thought about what benefit our family would do to prevent the dispatch of troops?

If the war is stopped like this, our family, like that Tang Bohu, will have to bear the responsibility of recklessly sending troops, and there may be a chance to succeed if you gamble, but if you don't gamble...... Could it be that after our family returns to the capital, your father will trust our family again?

We're not all the way!

Yang Shen saw that reasoning was useless, so he said, "This is a letter from your father, please read it."

Yang Shen handed a letter from Yang Tinghe to Zhang Yong.

After Zhang Yong saw it, his face was not very good-looking.

In the letter, although Yang Tinghe did not directly promise benefits or intimidation, he had already made some "hints", such as letting Zhang Yong's two younger brothers, the former Tai'an Bo Zhang Fu and An Dingbo Zhang Rong, be hereditary Jinyi Guards, and arranged for the two to be vacancies, and had asked the Empress Dowager Zhang.

"Father-in-law Zhang, this is my father's sincerity, if you don't want to, I'm just afraid...... If something happens, no one can take care of it, right?"

Yang Shen saw Zhang Yong's expression change, thinking that the other party had been moved and was feeling at ease, but Zhang Yong tore up the letter in his hand in front of Yang Shen, and said with a smile: "Our family doesn't have the blessing of the Hou Worship General, just a little person who obeys orders, and today's events should have never happened to our family...... Yang Hanlin, please go back."