It turned out that this battle report was sent back by Lan Yu after his victory in the fishing sea, and he ordered the sergeant to send it back quickly, but he had not yet encountered the Yuan army of the Northern Yuan Prime Minister Harazhang, and he did not know that Togus Timur died at the hands of Yesudil after escaping.

Jiang Xian rarely saw the emperor so happy, and heard that His Majesty, who had commanded thousands of troops and horses, did not hesitate to praise Lan Yu to Wei Qing in the Han Dynasty and Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty, his heart couldn't help but sink slightly, and he sighed secretly and said It seems that the arrogant and domineering Lan Yu left me a whip in the past, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to repay it in this life.

About a moment after the incense, Qi Tai, the squire of the military department who was summoned by the crown prince Zhu Biao to the East Palace, had already been ordered to come to the imperial study of the Wuying Palace, and was carefully looking at the report presented by Jiang Xian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, from Mobei Lanyu and Jinyiwei.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this important minister of the military department who had always been valued by himself and regarded as his assistant to his son Zhu Biao in the future, and said in a deep voice, "Spread my will, and the military department issued a document overnight, and ordered Lan Yu, Wang Bi led the Northern Expedition army to move to Qingzhou, Liaodong. In addition, from Shaanxi and Gansu, 50,000 soldiers and horses were dispatched, together with 30,000 horses under Ma Yun, the governor of Liaodong in Qingzhou, all of which were under the command of Lan Yu. If Goryeo dared to raise an army to invade the territory, he would lead an army to meet it. ”

Qi Tai heard His Majesty's will like this, and forcibly suppressed his excitement after seeing Lan Yujie's report, bowed down and hurried out of the hall after receiving the decree. The Northern Expeditionary Army, together with the 80,000 garrisons of the Guards, totaled more than 200,000 horses, which probably exceeded all the military horses of the Goryeo Kingdom. With His Majesty's mobilization today, Lan Yu's unruly temperament, if Li Chenggui dared to lead the army to attack the Tieling Guard, I am afraid that this battle would not only be fought in Liaodong.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at the back of Qi Tai leaving, and was quite interested. For him, who had gone through countless battles and personally commanded 200,000 horses and horses to defeat Chen Youliang's 600,000 horses at Poyang Lake, and for the Ming Dynasty, who currently garrisoned more than 2 million troops in various places, this leader of the army to coerce Li Chenggui of the Tieling Guard Station is tantamount to jumping off the beam ugly. At present, he has been the emperor for more than 20 years, and the southern provinces are densely populated, which is far from being comparable to the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Whether it is for moving the capital to Beiping in the future or vigorously reclaiming the land in the northern provinces, the fertile land of Liaodong is bound to be obtained. Helplessly, since last year, after the three tribes of Wuliangha returned to the imperial court, he had promised the leaders of the three tribes to allow his own tribesmen to graze in Liaodong, and if they suddenly sent a large army to build a guard in a dangerous place in Liaodong for no reason, I was afraid that these nomadic tribes would be afraid. Therefore, after Nahachu led the army to Shun, he only dispatched 5,000 troops and horses to build a garrison in Tieling, a strategic place adjacent to the Goryeo Kingdom. If this small country, which has always surrendered to the Northern Yuan Dynasty and is hostile to the Ming Dynasty, dares to raise troops to invade the territory, then he will have an excellent opportunity to mobilize his army to enter the heart of Liaodong.

It was already dusk, and in an open field dozens of miles east of the Tieling Guard in Liaodong, there was a continuous camp, which was ordered by the king of Goryeo to go to capture the military horses of Tieling.

Although it was already May, there was still a slight chill in the night breeze.

A general over forty years old, tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a thin face, led several of his guards around the camp, and his face showed a little anxiety, it was the commander of this army and horses, Li Chenggui, who was known as a prestige in Goryeo.

When the night completely covered the continuous barracks, Li Chenggui had already returned to his wide tent.

With the sound of footsteps, a man in armor came to the tent.

Li Chenggui, who was bowing his head and thinking, raised his head and saw that it was his deputy general Cao Minxiu, so he immediately raised his hand to signal him to enter the account, and waved his hand to let the guards in front of the tent retreat.

Cao Minxiu saw that the coach didn't want others to know, and he was inevitably a little apprehensive in his heart, and after seeing the salute, he bowed solemnly and was silent. It turned out that since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Goryeo Kingdom was quite influenced by the culture of the Central Plains. Although they have been afraid of the Mongol cavalry for nearly a hundred years and have always been vassals to the Yuan Dynasty, since the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty fled from the capital, the prestige of the former Great Yuan Dynasty has greatly diminished in this vassal country. Over the years, although the government of Goryeo has still been controlled by the queen and concubine from the Northern Yuan, there are still some officials who admire the culture of Middle-earth and covet the commercial goods of the Central Plains. Cao Minxiu was originally a general of the pro-Yuan faction, and this time he was ordered by the king to serve as the deputy general of the army, but he had the intention of supervising Li Chenggui's army. Today, I was summoned by the coach alone, and I was inevitably a little uncertain about what he meant.

After Li Chenggui waved his hand and motioned for Jin Zhixuan to sit down beside him, he asked lightly, "Brother Cao, have you heard any news recently?" ”

Cao Minxiu recalled the words of the merchants he met in the past few days who went to Liaodong and Wuliangha to trade goods, and smiled slightly bitterly in his heart, but he still pretended not to know, "What does the general mean, but please say it clearly, my subordinates don't know." ”

Since Li Chenggui led the army to the expedition, he has been in a dilemma and has dragged out the march. No matter how far the road is, there is always such a day to arrive, today the scout has to report, the Ming Dynasty set up in Tieling is only more than 40 miles, tomorrow, at most the day after tomorrow will meet with the Ming saber soldiers. Although he had already heard that the Ming army was stationed in Tieling with only a few thousand men and horses, he might be able to overcome it in one fell swoop by surprise and cover up his unpreparedness, but it was a trivial matter whether he could defend Tieling, which his king had coveted for a long time. What will be the consequences of raising troops to invade the territory and rashly starting a war, but it is difficult to think about it. Recalling the beginning of the expedition, Cao Minxiu politely urged himself to march, and in the past few days, since he met some business travelers returning from Liaodong, he had no words for the slow march of the army, so he secretly gritted his teeth and made up his mind and asked, "The former commander of the 200,000 army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Nahachu, and the three tribes of Wuliangha all surrendered to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Where should I wait for these 38,000 men and horses? ”

Cao Minxiu heard that the commander had already opened the skylight and said bright words, and he couldn't help but smile wryly and was silent. Although he has always been a general of the pro-Yuan faction, he is not a stupid person who does not know the times. Since the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty fled from the capital, the soldiers and civilians of the Goryeo Kingdom were not so much afraid of the Togus Timur who was thousands of miles away on the grassland, but more afraid of the Nahachu and the brave and warlike Wuliangha tribe with 200,000 troops under his command. And those queens of the Yuan Dynasty in the palace, where the concubines are backers, it is also these 200,000 yuan army, but unfortunately their reliance has disappeared and no longer exists. Today, even if he kills Li Chenggui, who does not obey the king's orders, and wins military power, what can he do? Do you want to be at the mercy of those Tartar women to attack the Ming Dynasty?

Thinking of this, Cao Minxiu Huo Ran stood up, bowed down, gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "Since there is no way out, my subordinates are willing to fight a bloody way with the general." ”

Seeing that the other party had finally made up his mind, Li Chenggui immediately stood up and said coldly, "There are traitors in there who bewitch the king, and want to put my Goryeo people in the midst of the war. ”

Outside Gyeongju City, the sun is shining. Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, rode the "dark clouds and covered the snow" to hunt hares on the already grassy plains, and his heart was very happy under the wind.

Standing on a slope of the horse, looking at the Ming cavalry galloping drill like a torrent in the distance, Zhu Quan stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and thought in his heart that our army has been stationed in Gyeongju for several days, and the grain and grass have been transported from Daning, only waiting for the follow-up 80,000 foot soldiers to arrive, even if the Goryeo country raises troops to attack, it will not be good.

A few days later, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhu Di and Zhu Quan, the kings of Yan, sat on one side, and Wang Bi, Guo Ying and other generals of the army all stood on both sides.

Lan Yu frowned and said in a deep voice, "According to Ma Yun, who led the army to reinforce the Tieling Guard, Li Chenggui of Goryeo has not attacked Tieling, and has already led the army to retreat. The commander had already sent the news to the day as soon as possible, and the army temporarily stayed outside the city of Gyeongju until His Majesty's decree arrived. After saying that, he turned around and went back to the back account.

Zhu Quan and Zhu Di had already learned the news from Cao Wenbin, who was also known to Jinyiwei, and they were not surprised to hear it, and after glancing at each other, they slowly walked out of the handsome tent.

Zhu Quan recalled that he had just seen a lonely look on Lan Yu's face, and he was no longer as high-spirited as he was in the past when he single-handedly pursued and killed the Northern Yuan Emperor, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, Lan Yu was afraid that this person could only live the most real life when he was crisscrossing the battlefield and chasing the barbarians for thousands of miles.

About half a month later, Zhu Yuanzhang's will arrived, and he ordered Guo Ying, Chang Mao, Chang Sheng and other generals to lead their troops back to the important town of Jiubian. The military and civilian prisoners of the Northern Yuan were placed in the vicinity of Gyeongju and Danyong. Yongchang Marquis Lanyu, Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi led the army to escort the Northern Yuan royal family, and the high-ranking officials returned to Yingtian. The men and horses of Feng Tieling's department stayed in Gyeongju and were controlled by Ma Yun, the governor of Liaodong.

More than ten days later, when Lan Yu led the army into the realm of Hebei, there were only 3,000 soldiers with him.

In the afternoon of this day, Zhu Quan rode his horse slowly, looking at a dangerous fortress in the distance between the two mountains on the left and right, the situation was steep and abnormal, there was a lot of momentum when the pass was not opened, and he couldn't help but smile at Ma Sanbao on the side, "Here the pass we have also passed by when we went on the expedition, and we have rested here for a night, it seems to be called Xifengkou." ”

Ma Sanbao nodded and said with a smile: "When the villain passed by this pass that day, he heard that the name of this pass was strange, and he also asked the people in Xifeng City, and it is said that the name of this pass has a rather unique origin. Seeing the curiosity of His Royal Highness King Ning, he slowly continued, "Legend has it that when someone did not return for a long time, his father searched in all directions, and it happened to be at the foot of the mountain. The father and son died of joy at the foot of the mountain and were buried here, from which the pass got its name. ”

Zhu Quan heard this story, looked at the Ming soldiers who saw that Xifeng Pass was in sight, and couldn't help but show joy on their faces, and suddenly took a long breath and said lightly, "This story may not be true, but for these ordinary soldiers, stepping out of this pass and going on an expedition outside the fortress is nine deaths and one life." For them and their families, being able to come back alive and reunite with their loved ones is more important than anything else. ”

The so-called lookout mountain runs a dead horse. Although the mountains and passes are already far away, in fact, the distance is still far away. When Lan Yu led the army to the Xifeng Pass, it was already dusk, and under the drizzle, I saw that the city gate was closed, and the pass was actually closed.

Lan Yu was displeased, so he stepped forward and came to the place where the gate was closed, and shouted to the sergeant on the city gate, "Open the gate, and the commander will lead the army into the gate." ”

At this time, it was a thousand households who were in charge of guarding the pass, and I saw him look at it for a while, and then asked loudly, "Who is called Guan?" ”

"Ben Shuai is a general of the conquest, Yongchang Marquis Lanyu has returned from an expedition to Mobei, and then he has to make noise, beware of Ben Shuai whipping you with a whip after entering the customs." Lan Yu wiped the rain from her cheeks and scolded angrily.

At this time, the light was already quite dim, although the thousand households could see that the military horses under the pass were all dressed in the Ming army, and they could hear the ups and downs in their ears, and the foul words and scolding were all in a Chinese accent, but they couldn't see clearly what the face of the general riding the war horse was.

Although he had also witnessed Lan Yu majesticly leading the army out of the pass in the past, he was not Lan Yu's subordinates, and he could only tell who this person was from the accent? I couldn't help but be in a dilemma, and said loudly, "Even if the Hou Ye returns with the army, you should know the rules of this pass, once the retreat must be opened tomorrow morning, the small one can't be the master, only return to my house to command the Lord Tongzhi to decide." After that, he ordered a soldier beside him to quickly inform his boss of the decision, but he still couldn't open and close the door to let Lan Yu and his party enter.

It's not that this small Qianhu dares to offend Lan Yu, but since His Majesty the current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty agreed, and the Duke of Wei presided over the rest of Juyong Pass, after the Shanhai Pass, the Great Wall has formed an overall defense system. In order to prevent the sudden attack of the nomadic tribes outside the fortress, these pass fortresses on the Great Wall not only have extremely strict entry and exit checks, but also have extremely strict rules on the time of opening and closing.

Although the Xifeng Pass is not big, it is the throat of the main road from Liaodong to Hebei, and it is naturally no exception, not only is it guarded by a commander named Song Zhong with heavy troops, but also after the lock and retreat every day, the key is also taken away by this Tongzhi. Even if these thousands of households have the courage to risk disobeying military law and killing their heads, they can't help it.

In the drizzle, Lan Yu patiently waited for about a cup of tea, looking at the soldiers on his side with indignant expressions, he secretly became angry in his heart, and secretly wondered that the brothers followed me on an expedition to the desert and returned from nine deaths. Sleeping in the wilderness? Thinking of this, he turned around and said angrily to Wang Erhu of the hundred households beside him, "Go and cut a tree for Ben Shuai and break this broken door." ”

Wang Erhu followed Lan Yu to fight on the battlefield, for him, Lan Yu's words were orders that must not be disobeyed, and when he heard this, he no longer hesitated, and led his thirty or forty personal soldiers under the scolding, ran to the bottom of the hillside not far away, and after a wave of knives, he cut off the branches and leaves, and carried a thigh-thick tree over.

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