In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, on the sixth day of the third month, at noon.

March is actually spring, which is the time when all things are born.

But at this time, it was still very cold between Taipingzhai and Qingshan Pass, and the snow had not disappeared.

The good news is that there has been no snow or wind for a few days, and the weather is quite clear.

Under the cold sun, the inside and outside of the Taiping Village were around, and countless fiery red flags were waving in the strong wind.

The wind and snow have subsided, the clouds have dispersed and the fog has disappeared, and the sky and the earth are clear and unhindered.

In just one day, countless barracks have been erected.

At this moment, the area around Taiping Village is full of scattered barracks.

Countless fiery red flags were displayed on the barracks, indicating the identity of the defenders in the barracks.

The sun and moon flags are displayed, and the dragon flags are fluttering.

The beast flag swayed, the big dragon stood, and the statues of the gods of Liuding and Liujia swayed and danced in the strong wind, as if they had really descended to the mortal world.

Countless fiery red flags tossed in the strong wind, like a fire on the plain.

On the other hand, it is composed of four-color flags, which are arranged in layers of fortresses according to the mountains on both sides of Qingshan Pass.

Tens of thousands of Qing troops were scattered in all directions like stars in the sky, guarding Qingshan Pass.

On the mountain road of Qingshan Pass, it was crowded with cars and cattle and sheep preparing to leave the pass, as well as people who had been plundered.

The people bound together by ropes, men and women, old and young, were driven blindly forward like walking corpses.

Sun Chuanting slowly put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and all the scenes of the mountain road in the distance were all in his eyes, and his expression was gloomy and terrifying.

Sun Chuanting's eyes were dark, his tone was cold, there was no anger, and there was no color.

Only those who are familiar with Sun Chuanting know that this is the external manifestation of Sun Chuanting's anger after he has reached the extreme, and the killing intent has filled Sun Chuanting's heart.

Chen Wang stood beside Sun Chuanting and stood by the knife.

Standing with Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Zu Kuan, He Renlong, and Liu Guangzuo.

The low sound of horns and horns slowly rose from afar, and Sun Chuanting also slowly turned around at this time.

Chen Wang lowered his head slightly, and he followed Zu Kuan and Liu Guangzuo to stand on the right side of Sun Chuanting.

When relieving the siege of Jinan, Zu Kuan was recruited and transferred to the army by Sun Chuanting, and then he has been following in the army and has not joined the sequence of the Guanning army.

Liu Guangzuo was the chief soldier of the former Baoding, and Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the cabinet, has been controlled by Liu Yuliang since he became the governor of Beijing.

But Liu Yuliang didn't know about the army, and he didn't have the courage, so he didn't dare to chase after Wuqing when he led the army.

Sun Chuanting couldn't look down on Liu Yuliang's behavior and ability, so he asked Liu Yuliang to stay in Wuqing and no longer participate in the subsequent war.

However, the generals and elite soldiers under Liu Yuliang were naturally transferred away by Sun Chuanting.

Liu Guangzuo, as the chief soldier of Baoding, was naturally transferred to the army.

Since the Qing army entered the customs, it has been rampant in Baoding, but Liu Guangzuo, as the chief soldier of Baoding, did not dare to invite the attack, and the few battles ended in defeat.

But to be honest, Liu Guangzuo can't be blamed for such a situation.

The military towns in the interior can have the courage to go out of the city and fight in the field of Jiannu, in fact, it is already good.

After all, everyone knows how much money they get, how much they have in armament, and how many soldiers they have.

Sun Chuanting turned around, and Chen Wang also turned back with Sun Chuanting.

At this time, they were not the only ones on the Taipingzhai Lookout.

On the lookout, Chen Xinjia and Gao Qiqian sat opposite each other, one left and one right.

Chen Xinjia is on the left, and Gao Qi is on the right.

Behind the two, a group of generals stood in columns.

Chen Xinjia wore a black gauze hat and a crimson civil official robe, and in the center of the robe, a bright peacock was embroidered, showing his identity as a third-grade civil official.

Chen Xinjia sat upright on the chair, his hands on the armrests, and his eyes swam from time to time.

Behind Chen Xinjia, Hu Dawei and Zuo Guangxian were dressed in robes and belts, holding swords and standing upright, and then the generals of the four towns of Shaanxi, Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi.

Many of them are old faces that Chen Wang is familiar with.

Zhang Yingchang, Deng Xi, Chen Guofu and others are all veterans under Hong Chengchou, and Chen Wang has already dealt with them earlier.

Gao Jie surrendered early in the morning, and he also gave Gao Jie thousands of elite horsemen, so that Gao Jie had the ability to jump to guerrilla when he surrendered.

Others are Li Yougong, Liu Shijue, Liu Qin and others in Xuanda and other towns.

The reason why I knew the soldiers of Xuanda and other towns was actually because of the Battle of Jiazhuang, when he led the cavalry to forcibly charge into battle and saved Lu Xiangsheng, who was almost hanging by a thread.

Because of this level of relationship, when Dong'an and Wuqing gathered later, many generals from the three towns of Xuanda came to visit them, so they became familiar with each other.

However, what attracted Chen Wang's attention was not Xuanda and the generals of Shaanxi.

What made Chen Wang really pay attention was the two old acquaintances standing behind them - Guo Tianxing Hui Dengxiang, mixed 100,000 Ma Jinzhong, Yidougu Huanglong, and Qianqian Rooster Zhang Er.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Hui Dengxiang was defeated by Zuo Guang first in Pingliang Mansion, and his generals were defeated and defeated, and they had no choice but to surrender after being captured.

Mixed 100,000 Ma Jinzhong was in Chongzhen ten years, attacking Hanzhong was unfavorable, and was defeated by Sun Chuanting and led the people to surrender, and it was Chen Wang who was guarding Hanzhong at that time.

The corners of Hui Dengxiang's mouth twitched slightly, and when he saw Chen Wang casting his gaze, his gaze was slightly evasive.

Ma Jinzhong's face was extremely unnatural, and he directly shifted his gaze and pretended to look away.

Both of them had suffered a lot of losses at the hands of Chen Wang.

Yidougu Huanglong and Qianrooster Zhang Er behaved completely differently from Hui Dengxiang and Ma Jinzhong, although the two were panicked, they had flattering expressions on their faces.

Unlike other rogues who surrendered, they had no possibility of surrendering and rejuvenating, and completely stood on the opposite side of the rogues.

Because Gao Yingxiang suffered a heavy blow because of the betrayal of the two of them, he lost the last chance to win.

Now the leader of the 72nd Battalion, I'm afraid that no one wants to kill him quickly.

Among the rogues from all over the country, there are those who really want to avenge Gao Yingxiang, and there are also those who want to use the heads of the two of them to establish prestige.

But whatever the cause, they were cut off from the way to rebellion.

They can only follow the Ming army to the dark now, and it is impossible for them to join the ranks of the rogues again.

Faced with the fawning of Yidougu Huanglong and Qianrooster Zhang Er, Chen Wang did not ignore it but nodded lightly in response.

A hint of surprise flashed on the faces of Yidougu Huanglong and Qianji Zhang Er, and then they hurriedly changed their faces and smiled.

Chen Wang was not surprised by such a change.

Yidougu Huanglong and Qianrooster Zhang Er did not have a good time.

The two relied on their combat exploits anyway, as well as the surrendered troops, although they sat in the position of guerrillas.

But there has been no chance of rising, the two have been on the road to attack, and the continuous loss of soldiers and horses under their command is difficult to replenish.

The situation of the two of them is the same as the situation that Gao Jie encountered at the beginning.

It's just that Gao Jie brought more than 1,000 elite horsemen anyway, and his ability is much stronger than that of Yidougu Huanglong and Qianrooster Zhang Er.

Moreover, Gao Jie and He Renlong have a sense of fellow villagers, and He Renlong will give some care to them in the official face.

But Yidougu Huanglong and Qianrooster Zhang Er have no fellow villagers and no friendships.

It turned out that the life of the two under Sun Chuanting was quite passable, but after they were transferred to Hong Chengchou's control, it became more and more difficult.

Hong Chengchou has always been a cadre and an arbitrary, and he can't rub the slightest sand in his eyes, and he doesn't allow the military schools under him to have the slightest practice of forming gangs.

Yidou Gu Huanglong and Qianrooster Zhang Er became more and more isolated.

Chen Wang didn't pay much attention to the two of them in Yidou Valley, Huanglong and Qianrooster Zhang Er, but turned his eyes to look at Gao Qiqian who was sitting on the other side.

Chen Wang had never seen Gao Qiqian before, and Chen Wang did not have the slightest good impression of this internal official with a bad record in history.

But due to the scene and career, he is just going with the flow at the moment.

Gao Qiqian sat on Chen Xinjia's right, but the image he had thought was completely different from what Chen Wang had thought at the beginning.

Chen Wang originally felt that the image of the internal officials should be roughly the same as that of civil officials, with no hands and chickens, pampered and pampered, with a feminine temperament.

In the memory of the old master, the internal officer who supervised the army in the army was such an image, and he rode on a carriage when he marched.

But when he saw Gao Qiqian, Chen Wang knew that his opinion was wrong.

Gao Qiqian has a dark complexion, a burly body, thick eyebrows and deep eyes, and is extremely capable in his gestures.

In terms of image aura, Gao Qiqian is not like a eunuch, but more like a general.

It's just that the face without a beard reveals the identity of Gao Qiqian.

As an internal official, Gao Qiqian's dress is very different from Chen Xinjia's.

Gao Qiqian wore a three-mountain hat made of real green crepe and a red python robe.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were four classes of service, from top to bottom, which were divided into pythons, flying fish, bullfights, and unicorns.

The python pattern resembles a dragon pattern, the so-called "five claws for the dragon, four claws for the python".

The python is the first class of the Ming Dynasty, except for the internal officials, the people who can get the python robe as a service are all loyal ministers and important officials.

It has long been considered a great honor to receive such grants.

During the Hongzhi period, although Ming Xiaozong intended to restrain the eunuchs, he repeatedly declared that he should not abuse python clothes, although it was effective for a while, but the accumulation of habits was along, and it could not be banned after all.

After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, there were few rewards for python clothes, and there were not many internal officials.

Gao Qiqian was able to wear a python robe, and he was entrusted with the important task of controlling Guan Ning's elite, which is enough to show how much trust he has in Chongzhen's heart.

Leaning back in his chair, his gaze had been fixed on the rolling mountains in the distance.

Yu Guang glanced at Sun Chuanting's movements, and his gaze also turned.

Behind Gao Qiqian was Zu Dashou, who was standing lightly on the handle of the Yanling knife.

Then there were a group of Jiliao generals who were standing, and they all kept a certain distance from Zu Dashou.

Zu Dashou's status in the Jiliao Group does not need to be said.

The rest of the generals, Chen Wang basically knew him, and many of them could be named, but few of those people knew him.

After all, when he was in Liaodong, he was just a family member who followed Cao Wenzhao.

"The military situation is like fire, so I won't say much else."

Sun Chuanting walked resolutely, walked closer, flicked his sleeves, and spoke.

"The situation of Jiannu's defense has been investigated clearly, and the news reported in the past few days is all on this sand table."

With Sun Chuanting's words, everyone's eyes also fell on the sand table placed in the center of the stands.

Everyone in the central sand table had already noticed it earlier, and they all looked at it more or less to check the situation.

"Chen Wang."

Sun Chuanting's voice sounded, and Chen Wang immediately stepped forward.

As a pioneer, it is naturally his task to collect this information, and many things in the sand table are also marked by him personally.

Sun Chuanting had already passed the gas with him before the military meeting was held, and asked him to be responsible for explaining the deployment situation.

Sun Chuanting's voice fell, and the eyes of all the generals on the lookout, including Chen Xinjia and Gao Qiqian, also fell on Chen Wang.

Invisible pressures come suddenly.

Chen Wang's expression has not changed, he can still keep his face unchanged in the rain of swords, guns and arrows, how can such an occasion make him afraid in his heart now?

Sun Chuanting asked him to explain the deployment, and the first purpose was to train him for strategic command.

And another reason is to make him conspicuous in front of everyone and famous in the court.

This time, King Qin, for Chen Wang, the biggest gain is not the achievements accumulated all the way.

The biggest gain is actually to win Sun Chuanting's trust.

After the Battle of Jinan, Chen Wang clearly noticed the change in Sun Chuanting's attitude.

The current Sun Chuanting completely treats him as a descendant.

Chen Wang was not frightened, walked to the side of the sand table, and then picked up the command whip placed aside, and gently touched the sand table.

According to the report, "within 20 miles of Qingshan Pass, there are more than 60,000 soldiers garrisoned. ”

"Jiannu set up a total of 49 barracks around Daqingshan to block the way for our army to enter the mountain road."

The forty-nine camps deployed by Jiannu on the sand table are all clearly marked, and even the approximate number of people is written on the banner of the small flag.

"There are three large camps, nine middle camps, and the remaining thirty-seven camps are all small camps, which are guarded on the main road passes between the mountains."

Chen Wang held the command whip in his hand and passed over the black flags scattered on the sand table.

"The number of people in the small camp ranged from one cow to three cows, the largest was a thousand, and the smallest was only a hundred."

"The middle camp is generally guarded by a single Jiala, and the number of people is about 1,500."

"There are three large battalions, except for one large battalion in the center of the mountain road, and the other two battalions are set up in the mountains on the left and right sides of the mountain road, passing through the important pass of Qingshan Pass......"

Chen Wang's words were a little uncomfortable at first, but as time went by, he became more and more handy.

“…… The number of Jiannu guarding the central camp of the mountain road exceeded 10,000, and the income from the Jiannu entering the customs and plundering was basically concentrated here, and it was being transported out of the customs in a steady stream. ”

"The camp at the intersection of the two mountains, the number of guards is more than 6,000, the left mountain Jiannu camp is full of blue flags, it should be the two blue flags of Jiannu, and the right mountain Jiannu camp is full of white flags, it should be the two white flags of Jiannu."

It is not difficult to estimate the number of Qing troops, you only need to count how many Niulu Banners and Jiala Banners there are, and then roughly observe the situation of the camp, you can estimate it.

On the sand table, the camps of the Qing army were stacked on top of each other, arranged around the Daqing Mountain Range, firmly guarding the central mountain road and protecting the safety of the transportation channel.

The 60,000 Qing troops took the mountain as the momentum, formed a formation to defend it, and waited for it with a net.

The Qing army is ready......

(End of chapter)