"Wang Shangshu, how many soldiers and horses are there?" When the Emperor of the Apocalypse heard this, he hurriedly asked the one who was sitting under Zhao Nanxing.

"Originally, there were only 5,000, but after Governor Wang was defeated, I urgently ordered someone to transfer another 60,000 people from other places, plus the stragglers who were originally defeated from Liaodong, it should be no less than 100,000." Wang Shangshu stood up and said.

Yu Ren nodded. "With 100,000 against 5,000, as well as the natural barrier of Shanhaiguan, the Jurchens will definitely not be able to defeat it."

"But as the old saying goes, the Jurchen is not satisfied with ten thousand, and the world is invincible! Yu Yuma must not underestimate these five thousand Jurchens! The military department Shangshu said with a worried face.

Zhu Youxiao originally listened to Yu Ren's words, and the expression on his face had relaxed a lot, but when he heard the words of the military department, his expression became nervous again. Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but turn his gaze to his teacher Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong glanced at Yu Ren, "Although Yu Juma is young, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is the first general of my new dynasty. These five thousand Jurchens naturally don't take it seriously. In my opinion, it is better to let Yu Yuma take 50,000 elites and go north out of Shanhaiguan to stop these Jurchens. I wonder what the emperor thinks? ”

As soon as Zhu Youxiao heard the teacher say this idea, he quickly nodded. "So good! I just don't know what Yu Yu wants? ”

Yu Ren glanced at Sun Chengzong, and said in his heart, I know that it is not good for your old boy to come to the door in person. Sure enough, they pushed me into the fire pit! I only said that with 100,000 against 5,000, it is easy to defend by the pass, but I did not say that it is easy to meet the pass. These Jurchen cavalry are all brave, and it is not easy to fight them in the field!

Yu Ren was about to push the committee, but turned his head and saw Zhao Nanxing. At this time, Zhao Nanxing was looking at him expectantly. This made Yu Ren suddenly think that he had appointed this errand, and the emperor naturally couldn't do anything to him, and he would have no official position after all. But Zhao Nanxing is a secretary of the ministry. If he is appointed, he, the old man, will inevitably be reprimanded by the emperor, and maybe he will be removed from his post because of this.

And in Zhao Nanxing's heart, he also thought that only Yu Ren had the ability to resist the Jurchens. Therefore, from the bottom of his heart, he also hopes that Yu Ren can take over this task. You know, although this matter is risky, if you win, it is also a rare achievement.

Yu Ren lowered his head and pondered for a moment. "Alright! But my Ming army has never been good at horse warfare, and it is very difficult to fight against the Jurchens on horseback. This kind of war, throughout the century-old history of the Ming Dynasty, only General Qi has won a few times.

And at present, Yu Ren has not brought any soldiers and horses around Shanhaiguan, if Yu Ren is allowed to lead troops to guard the pass, I have a ninety percent chance of winning to stop the Jurchens. But if I want to lead the troops out of the customs and take the initiative to fight the Jurchens in the field, I am only 30% sure that I can defeat them. And the Jurchen cavalry is fast and flexible in tactics, even if they are defeated, if we can't inflict heavy damage on them, they will still not withdraw easily.

It is almost impossible to inflict heavy damage on the Jurchen cavalry with these troops of ours at the moment. ”

When Emperor Zhu Youxiao heard this, he couldn't help but look at the teacher Sun Chengzong on the side with an inquiring gaze. In fact, when he heard that the Jurchen soldiers and horses were approaching Shanhaiguan, he had already lost his bearings, and in this matter, everything was actually Sun Chengzong helping him make up his mind. Therefore, when he heard Yu Ren's words, Emperor Tianqi naturally set his sights on Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong glanced at Yu Ren, and he knew very well that what Yu Ren said was the truth. Therefore, he is also a little embarrassed. He also knew that it was not much difficult to guard the Shanhai Pass, after all, the Jurchen cavalry was only 5,000. At this time, guarding the Shanhaiguan was Zhang Heming, the former secretary of the Ministry of War. After Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi were defeated, no one dared to guard the pass in Shanhaiguan, and Zhang Heming was impatient, so he had to guard the pass in person.

At present, the imperial court has agreed to remove Zhang Heming from the post of secretary of the military department and replace it with Wang Zaijin. This Wang Shangshu is the military department Shangshu sitting at the scene. Since Wang Zaijin was appointed as the secretary of the military department, he is of course duty-bound to defend Shanhaiguan next. Therefore, whether to use Yu Ren to guard the mountain customs, or send him to send troops outside the gate to defend the enemy outside the gate, Sun Chengzong also had to listen to the opinion of this Wang Shangshu.

"Wang Shangshu, what do you think?"

Wang Zaijin glanced at Yu Ren, and then said to Emperor Tianqi, "Your Majesty, since Yu Yu's horse is not 100% sure that he will be able to defend Shanhaiguan, in my opinion, it is better for the lower officials to take charge in person!" As for Yu's horses, the lower officials could allocate another 20,000 horses to be under the control of the horses, send troops outside the pass, and wait for the opportunity to fight the Jurchens. It's best if you can win, and it doesn't matter if you can't win. Although Yu Yuma is known as the first general of our new dynasty, this time he must face the Jurchens.

In front of the Jurchens, our Ming Dynasty has lost a lot of famous generals. ”

The meaning of Wang Zaijin's words is obvious: Aren't you kid known as the number one general? Then you can't say that you can't beat the Jurchens. And the most important purpose of letting Yu Ren go out of the customs to stop the Jurchens, Wang Zaijin actually wanted to borrow Yu Ren's hands to consume the Jurchens, so that his Shanhaiguan would be easier to guard. As for whether Yu Ren wins or not, whether he will die or not, he doesn't care. At the moment, his task is to hold Yu Ren with words and make him have to go.

Emperor Tianqi looked at Sun Chengzong and saw that the teacher nodded to him, so he stood up. "Okay, then follow Wang Shangshu's method! You will get up with Yu Yuma tomorrow and go to Shanhaiguan. Yu is responsible for defending the enemy outside the pass, and you are responsible for holding the Shanhaiguan.

Don't forget. Shanhaiguan is already the last barrier of my Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. It is something that must not be lost. If you lose it, I will destroy your nine clans. ”

Wang Zaijin was frightened by Emperor Apocalypse's cruel words, and quickly stood up and bowed to Emperor Apocalypse. "The lower officials swear to guard Shanhaiguan to the death, and never disappoint the expectations of the saint for me."

Only then did Emperor Tianqi nod to Wang Zaijin with satisfaction, and turned his gaze to Yu Ren again.

Yu Ren felt this bitterness in his heart, he had already greeted Wang Zaijin's whole family in his stomach. Wang Zaijin, an old slippery head, snatched away the easy-to-do task of guarding the pass, and handed over the almost impossible task of attacking to himself. He's now riding a tiger. Don't go! Others will laugh at him for his timidity. What's more, it will also affect his father-in-law Zhao Nanxing. Go ahead! He knew better than anyone that if this group of Jurchens really came to Shanhaiguan, it would be almost impossible for him to drive them away with the 20,000 people who had already been frightened in Shanhaiguan.

If he could bring his 10,000 horses on a tour of Zhenjiang, he believed that he could compete with these 5,000 Jurchens, but this was obviously impossible. Mo said that Zhenjiang Fort was in need of men and horses to defend at this time, even if there were no men and horses, and the troops were transferred from Zhenjiang to Shanhaiguan, so many people would take at least half a month. When the time arrived, the battle of Shanhaiguan had already ended.

But because of the relationship between Zhu Yueyue and Zhao Rui, he can't afford to accept this task. In the end, Yu Ren had no choice but to take it. However, he also made a request, that is, let Wang Zaijin allocate a 3,000-strong Shenji battalion plus a 2,000-strong cavalry anyway.

Wang Zaijin had a bitter face, "There is absolutely no problem with the Shenji Battalion. But cavalry, you also know Yu Yu, our Ming Dynasty has always been not good at horse warfare, and the number of war horses is originally small. We have just suffered another defeat in Liaodong, and almost all of the cavalry have been defeated in the Battle of Quang Ninh. At present, around Shanhaiguan, it is not known whether there are 2,000 cavalry in total. Where can I go to get 2,000 cavalry for the horse master! ”

After hearing such an answer, Yu Ren had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and first get the divine edge.

Under Wang Zaijin's repeated assurances, the two set off overnight that night and headed for Shanhaiguan.

After Wang Zaijin arrived at Shanhaiguan and replaced Zhang Heming, he did not lose his word, and immediately allocated 20,000 soldiers and horses to Yu Ren.

Yu Ren did not immediately go to rectify the troops and horses, because he had to understand the enemy situation first. On the battlefield, intelligence is crucial. Yu Ren has more experience in this point than anyone else. A few days ago, Nurhachi was misled by one of his misinformation and missed a good opportunity to capture Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop.

However, the detailed information of the report made Yu Ren and Wang Zaijin very confused.

According to the detailed report, this group of about 5,000 Jurchen cavalry came three days ago, but they did not approach the Shanhai Pass, but set up camp dozens of miles outside the Shanhai Pass. Judging from the summary obtained from other details, this group of 5,000 Jurchen cavalry should have come from Quang Ninh City.

"Do you know what they did after they set up camp?" Yu Ren has always been meticulous in his intelligence, because he believes that only by analyzing the details can he correctly judge his opponent's intentions.

"Are you preparing to build a tool?" Wang Zaijin asked.

Hosaku shook his head.

"According to what we have observed in the past few days. After the group of Jurchens set up camp, they did not make any big moves, let alone build siege equipment, but sent several teams of men and horses into the mountains every day. Each team has between 10 and 20 people. When I come back, I will bring back a few mountain people. ”

"Catch the mountain people? What the hell are they trying to do? Wang Zaijin turned his head to look at Yu Ren.