"Master Hou, let me get out of the side wall! Kill the Tartars outside the mouth of the clean Yang, and the Tartars over there in Xuanfu will be afraid! I'm going to take the back road and kill all the cattle and sheep behind them! ”

Guo Xun arrived at Yanghe Acropolis, and Li Jin asked for battle again.

"What about killing all the cattle and sheep that have been driven in?" Guo Xun shook his head, "Didn't they each bring dry food for several days or even a month first?" One person, two horses or even three horses have already established themselves in Zhangbei again. ”

"At least I'm worried that the back road will be cut off!" Li Jin lamented, "I replied that it is in the east, and the tartars here in Yanghekou are near the drying platform." Stop, stop, this is obviously protecting the grain road around the Dongyang River! Are we just being led by the nose by them? ”

"If you want to fight, I'm here for you to fight. Li Jin listens to the order! ”

"The last general!" Li Jin was in good spirits.

"Wang Dutai has sent an order from Huai'an, and then transfer 3,000 elite soldiers from Datong, and you go to reinforce Chaigou Fort!" Guo Xun's eyes looked at the north, "Yanghekou, hand it over to my pacesetters to guard!" ”

"To Xuanfu?" Li Jin was stunned and asked, "What about Datong?" ”

"The town guards are still grinding, and they quickly handed over the defense with my generals, and took Zheng Minghui's men and horses through Yongjia Fort in the past." Guo Xun slapped him on the shoulder, "Remember, when you go to Xuanfu, you must listen to Wang Dutai's order!" ”

"Good!" Li Jin just wanted to fight, "Let the last general and Wang Dutai encircle the Tartars like they did in Shuozhou last year!" ”

After that, he went out to arrange the handover, and muttered: "What's going on this year?" Wang Dutai's transfer to Shangxi Road and Zhenyuwei are all idiots! ”

Guo Xun looked at his back, and then said to Hou Anyong on the side: "Datong leads to Yanghe and Tiancheng to Zhangjiakou, you have paid attention to it." As for Yang Hekou to resist the enemy, don't point fingers. ”

Hou Anyong only felt aggrieved in this battle: "I know the severity of the battle." ”

"Now that the army of Dada has appeared in Xuanfu, there can be no more problems on the north road of Datong, and the grain road must be foolproof!" Guo Xun said solemnly, "I patrolled Yanghekou, and I have let go of my heart here, and I want to return to Datong as soon as possible." ”

It has been four days since I captured Yutai Ridge, and in these four days, except for the Acropolis of the right guard, the Acropolis has also been lost, but the Xuanfu side has not received the enemy.

However, this situation has brought to the fore a more difficult problem: the food route.

In ordinary seasons, in addition to the local grain and the people's grain, the outside grain mainly goes to Datong through two paths.

A line is from Taiyuan Town through Ningwu Pass, through Shuozhou, Mayi, Huairen to Datong.

The other line is from Xuanfu through Zhangjiakou South, from Chaigou Fort through Yongjiabao, and then through Yanghe Acropolis to Datong.

As for the road from Bauhinia Pass to Lingqiu on the southwest side of Datong through Shimen Gorge, it will be difficult for grain from Lingqiu and Ulzhou to be transported to Datong, and there is no broad road that has been built.

And the Sanggan River, although it flows all the way through the hinterland of Datong and Xuanfu, there are a few places along the way, especially the area of Xuanfu Heilong Bay, which is relatively steep, and the water is a little shallow. It's okay to cross a dinghy, but you can't transport food.

Guo Xun hurried to Yanghekou, in addition to letting Li Jin, the deputy commander of the left, go over to urge Zheng Minghui, who was guarding the town, to set off as soon as possible, but also to ensure that Yanghekou was not lost, and there were no problems with this section of the grain road leading to Xuanfu from here.

I have already appeared in Xuanfu, and Yanghekou is no longer "able to abide by the rules, but not to be rigid".

But the appearance of Alta also shows that the war has entered the second stage—at present, the other passes in the towns are probably in good spirits.

In the last two days of the ninth lunar month, the news of Alta's attack on Xuanfu Shangxi Road finally spread to the east and west directions on the grassland beyond the border wall.

"Good! Worthy of my dear brother! To the west of the tiger's mouth, the nominal No. 2 person in the Northern Yuan Khan's Court and the commander of the 30,000 households on the right wing, Jinong Gunbilik, laughed, "He can really cut off the grain route to Datong from the east at any time, and if he cuts off the grain route from the south to Datong, Datong will be at his fingertips!" Pass the order down, kill the tiger's mouth and deviate the head pass more vigorously, and nail the soldiers there. We went directly to Shuozhou from Ying'enbao, which was attacked by Manchu Bald last year! The prestige he lost in Shuozhou, his brother helped him get it back! ”

On the Gubei Pass, an important pass in Jizhou Town, northeast of Miyun, Wang Shouren has arrived here, with both Zhu Qi and the original chief military officer of Jizhou Town.

To the north of them is a river valley between the lofty mountains, and at present, the military tents are arranged along the river valley all the way to the northwest, and there is no end in sight, but I am afraid that it will reach Fengning City.

After many days of confrontation, Wang Shouren came here, and the total strength of the two sides in the Gubeikou area may have exceeded 50,000.

So Wang Shouren frowned: "The mountains are stacked, the autumn is high and dry, the little prince personally led the army to Chen Bing Gubeikou like this, what is the idea?" ”

This is not a good terrain for cavalry charges, and a small-scale surprise attack breaking through the Gubei Pass will indeed greatly threaten the capital. But at present, Jizhou Town has been heavily fortified here.

The reason why the Great Wall is the Great Wall is because it is built in a dangerous place. Now that the Tartars have given up the advantage of quickly sneaking through the wall, what good can they get by confronting the Ming army?

"There are many trails in the mountains, and the sentry army can touch them. On the other side of Yunwu Mountain, ascending to the north and looking north, the little prince Khan banner is indeed in Fengning City. ”

Wang Shouren pondered for a moment, and then said solemnly: "This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the general's grain and grass have been prepared. Marquis of Funing, you go back to Santun camp with me. If they transfer the tiger away from the mountain, in fact, there are other strange soldiers from Chengde to the south to break through the Xifeng Pass, then they can go to the capital with Pingchuan! ”

Although the army here cannot be ignored, the battle situation is so strange, Wang Shouren needs to ensure that Jizhou Town is foolproof.

"Da Sima, the Tartars are all soldiers. It's just that just outside the Gubei Mouth, it is not necessarily a good soldier. The sweat banner in Fengning City is not necessarily the little prince there. The soldiers are not tired of cheating, if the Tartars sent some herdsmen here to nail the heavy troops of Jizhou and not act rashly, it will be a joke. Zhu Qi had a different opinion, "How about I go and rob the camp?" ”

"No!" Wang Shouren shook his head resolutely, "Jizhou Town, as long as the Tartars are guarded outside the side wall." ”

Thinking back to the topography of the Xuanfu area of Jizhou, Wang Shouren said solemnly: "Virtuality and reality can only be braked by static. If so many people were just feinting, it would be too big. Xuanfu has His Majesty and General Counselor Yang here, and there is no need to worry about Juyongguan and Mutianyu. It is the gateway on the east side of Shuntianfu, and there is no room for error. Funing Hou must know that if the mouth of Xifeng is broken, I am afraid that the entire Liaodong will be lost! The Tartars are in such a big battle, and they are only afraid that they may have something to worry about going south. What else can make Duoyan Sanwei more tempting than the whole of Liaodong? ”

Wang Shouren's judgment was so, but now Bodi is not in the Yanshan Mountains, but in the Bashang grassland in the upper reaches of the Luan River on the bank of Chengde City.

He only leads less than 10,000 people now, but he is the elite of some of the elite of the 10,000 households in the name of the Xue army and the central Chahar center.

Now the location of the Khanting army is northeast of Guyuan, and it is marching to the southwest.

"So, I have really entered Yutai Ridge?"

He asked with a smile, and the person next to him only said: "That's the case, the people sent to investigate have also reported back, and the Tumut Department has killed and injured at least 1,78 sons and daughters in Yutailing." ”

"That's not enough." Bodi's eyes were full of anticipation, "It also takes time for the Han people to deploy troops to counterattack, so pass the order down and march slowly." Tell me that it will take me five days to get to the Longmen River, and it will take time to make sure that there are no Han people in ambush north of Gubeikou. To put it nicely, after all, the road here is not easy to walk. ”

In five days, I'm going to eat half of the dried beef that so many people bring with them, right? The border towns of the Han people are closest to the Great Wall, and there is not much to grab for a long time.

The wounded soldiers need to be resettled, and the Han people will not be willing to lose Yutailing and Zhangjiakou.

The emperor of the Han people, who did not know the height of the sky, came out of Juyong Pass, and there was already a lot of rumors in Xuanfu Town, but did he really dare to stay in Xuanfu? I'm afraid I'll still stay in my arms.

I hope that I can really be willing to be the vanguard as he said, and contain the heavy troops of Xuanfu in the northwest of Xuanfu.

And where the Khan banner came, he took the Longmen guard in the northeast of Xuanfu and the lone army of the castles of Longmen, and then went to Huailai, but there was no Great Wall to block it!

……

The Xuanfu front entered a brief lull, but everyone knew that a real big war had begun to brew.

"What are you waiting for?"

In front of Zhu Houxi, in front of many generals and ministers in Xuanfu Town, Yang Yiqing had a headache: "Your Majesty, why did you leave the heavy escort of the Beijing camp and come lightly?" It is safer for His Majesty to stay in his arms. ”

"Nearly half of the Upper West Road has been lost, and I am coming to the front line to boost morale!"

Zhu Houxi seemed to be young and vigorous to explain, and then looked at Yutu, his face was not very good-looking: "So, now it is from Chaigoubao, along the Yanghe River to Xuanfu, and then connected to Zhangjiakou, taking the river as a risk?" I'm going to send reinforcements at the encirclement point! If Zhangjiakou is lost, and he invades Xuanfu again, how can the generals on the south bank of the Yanghe River cross the river to come to the aid as soon as possible? ”

Fu Duo, who rushed to see His Majesty, felt a chill in his heart: It's broken, I'm afraid that the emperor will point fingers.

He looked at Yang Yiqing, and the general staff member seemed to be able to explain patiently: "Wang Xian has arrived at Wanquan Zuowei, and Huai Anwei has also crossed the mountain to the south bank of the Yanghe River. The terrain on the north bank of the Yanghe River is flat, and although I am encircling the point to send reinforcements, it is extremely difficult to deal with the Tartar cavalry charging and killing when crossing the river to counterattack. Now that Yutailing and Wanquan Right Guard have been lost, they should be defended safely, after all, they came from afar, and the grain and grass will become a problem sooner or later. ”

"The north bank of the Yanghe River is the main road for Xuanfu to transport grain to Datong. In this way, hasn't Datong's grain and grass also become a problem? If I was in the middle of the plan, I would have answered that only some people would be left here to consume the Xuanfu army, and in fact, I would lead the main force out of Yutailing and go to Datong? ”

"Wang Xian is in the west, precisely to act at the opportunity, not only to respond to the Xuanfu, but also to respond to Datong." Yang Yiqing couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, the Xuanfu generals know that Your Majesty is in the Xuanfu, and their morale has been greatly boosted. Your Majesty, don't worry, although Yutailing is lost, and there are many casualties in the department of the Answering Office, where can you spend a few more days leading the tired troops to attack Datong? His Majesty chose the Marquis of Wuding in Datong, so he should believe that he can keep Datong. ”

Fu Duo saw that the emperor stopped talking, as if he was choked by Yang Yiqing's words.

He knew the grand strategy of this battle, but now the battle situation did not develop in the expected direction - the Tartars, who were accustomed to relying on speed to rush around and plunder, actually attacked Fort Keke, and stopped after taking a small corner in the northwest of Xuanfu.

This was to lure reinforcements out of the city for a counteroffensive, and then to defeat the Ming army in an open field battle.

He was only afraid and guessed His Majesty's thoughts: The young emperor, who had been defeated for a while, could he endure this breath and watch the enemy army gain a firm foothold in the land of the Ming Dynasty and show off his might?

The Ming army went out of the city to fight the steppe cavalry, and the odds of victory immediately dropped sharply.

"It will be according to the strategy of General Staff Yang. Since there is no counteroffensive at the moment, General Staff Yang and General Fu will analyze the battle situation on all sides to me. ”

It's just that after a small range, the emperor's expression changed, and Lu Bing felt very excited and confused.

What do you do when you behave like that in front of your own people?

"There's no movement from Body's side. I replied that since I didn't move, I was afraid that it would not be easy to be gullible this time. If I see that the situation is not good and I am persuaded by you to turn back to my arms, but I answer that I will accept it when I see it, and only stay in Xuanfu Town? If Xuanfu Town is still left, unless the army is really defeated, I will be tempted by me, and bet that you can't pursue me and capture me first. ”

"So now wait." Yang Yiqing said calmly, "I must wait until Bodi's main force also appears, so that I can order the redeployment of the periphery of Xuanfu because His Majesty insisted on going to Xuanfu." Zhangjiakou must not be abandoned for no reason. ”

Zhu Houxi pondered for a moment and looked at Fu Duo: "General Fu, over there at Longmen, the ambush soldiers in the mountains are all hidden." ”

"Your Majesty is reassured. Since the beginning of the year, he has to guard the west and south roads with heavy troops, and has transferred 5,000 elite soldiers on the pretext. From Longmen River all the way to the south, the elite soldiers in the mountains have been dormant for half a year. The castles of Longmen are all trustworthy people of the last general, and they have already issued orders, and when they see the enemy, they will retreat to Longmen Guard first, and surround the enemy in the mountains with the army of Yanqing Prefecture, and the east of Baoxuan Mansion will not be lost. If the east is not the road for the Tartar army to invade, then go south and encircle Huailai. ”

"What about Huai Anwei?"

This time it was Lu Bing who answered: "Commander He and Yan Yanshi have sent someone to deliver a message, and the special service station and the special operations battalion have set off as recruits to temporarily transfer grain and grass from Huai'an to support Yingchaigou Fort. ”

Zhu Houxi looked at the map in front of him.

The place where Huai'an is located is a basin. Further south, is Ulju.

What needs to be judged now is what exactly is the strategic goal of Alta. Maybe it was from the current position to attack Datong along the bottom of the Yanghe valley, or maybe it was to cross the Yanghe River and cross the mountains to Huai'an and Ulzhou, breaking the connection between Xuanfu and Datong.

The big difference is usually steady and steady, which shows that creating a situation in which the defenders of Xuanda can only cower in the castle cannot be fooled, so that he dares to lead the army to go deeper into the southeast.

Unless it is really a big defeat, the Xuanfu army must escort him to flee south. Even so, there is a bet that he will not continue to play steadily.

As Zhu Houxi said before, what if he just captured Xuanfu, contentedly held that side and occupied both sides of the Yanghe River?

After breaking through the Xuanfu, only the Inner Great Wall can become a barrier. From a strategic point of view, it will be difficult for both Xuanfu and Datong to become threats in the future.

"Yutailing has been defeated for a while, and it can't be defeated again!" Zhu Houxi raised his head and stared at Yang Yiqing, "The morale of the Xuanda border army can't withstand another big defeat." Otherwise, if you fail to lure the enemy, you will really be defeated. ”

Yang Yiqing nodded in agreement: "Since the chief is very different from the usual, he should be on the verge of change. Therefore, now it is the preset battlefield on the north bank of the Yanghe River. Originally, it was necessary to encircle the enemy in a field battle, and in the west of Xuanfu or Huailai, he must always be able to go out of the city and defeat the enemy. ”

"The pocket is looser."

"The minister has ordered Guo Hou to send Li Jin to reinforce Chaigou Fort. He was thirsty and frenzied, so he could lead his troops from Yehu Ridge to the north of Yutai Ridge. ”

Li Jin...... How many people can he bring? ”

"Fifteen at most."

"Even if he has the courage to defend Lotus Mountain for a few days, he can't stop so many captives and horsemen from fleeing north, and there is a horse north of Yutai Ridge, and there is no pass to block people."

Yang Yiqing pointed to the mountains north of Zhangjiakou: "Then the only way to abandon the fortresses north of the east of Longmenwei and lead their respective armies to venture around to the north of Zhangjiakou." It can be done, but it is also impossible to transport grain and grass. Xuanfu defeated the enemy, the two wings were encircled, and there could be no difference in timing. ”

"Grain and grass ......" Zhu Houxi turned his head to look at Zhang Bo on the other side, "Is there a way?" ”

"If this is the plan, the ministers will go to Kaiping."

"Are you sure?"

Zhang Bo just said very firmly: "Three thousand generals, one person has two liters a day." The minister ordered all efforts to prepare 300 stone grain and transport it to Baimiaotan in the east of Zhangbei. ”

Zhu Houxi's eyes lit up: "Is there anyone there?" ”

"In the past, under the command of Si Xinghe, the parallel capital of the north, a few families stayed in Zhangbei."

Zhu Houxi looked at Yang Yiqing: "Think carefully!" ”

In the past, outside the Great Wall in the north of the capital, there was a northern parallel capital that only existed for 12 years.

Now that Zhang Bo is showing the limited force he can use outside the Ming Dynasty, several people in Xuanfu Town have reformulated their strategies according to the changes in the battle situation.

In Huailai, Tang Shunzhi began to supervise the food and salary again - Wang Xian had too many military affairs to deal with, and the Yanghe grain route was threatened by the army of Alda, and it was no longer safe. In addition to the 2,000 people escorting the rapid march to Xuanfu, the rest of the people were also piling up to Xuanfu.

The grain and grass that was constantly being transported from the capital were huge in scale, and they were all preparing for a big war.

"Three days later, you will arrive at Longmen River?" I replied that he was still in the right guard, and laughed when he heard the news, "In three days, Kenche should also arrive." ”

Is it true that there are only more than 10,000 capable soldiers in the Tumut Division?

Storming Yutailing, there were indeed many casualties. A sudden change of performance will catch your opponent off guard. If you play it again...... Now that the Ming people are heavily armed in the northwest of Xuanfu Town, there should be a steady stream of grain and grass being transported over, right?

The banks of the wide and flat Yanghe River are more suitable for the grassland to ride and gallop. The small forts on the north bank that still have to be kept, and Zhangjiakou, which is still heavily guarded, shouldn't the people inside eat food?

It will all belong to the Tumut Ministry.

He was also waiting, waiting for the news that his brother had also invaded Datong.

Only against the Xuanfu Ming army, which has been defeated for a while, can I be absolutely sure!

In the southwest of Jingping, the beacon fire was finally ignited.

Yu Dayou saw the captive horse.

It did not come from the Biguan River, but from the direction of Naihe Fort.

What happened to Nagawa Fort?

Seeing the cottage that was obviously built temporarily, Gunbirik asked to the side again: "The martial champion chosen by the Han emperor?" ”

"Yes, Jinong, didn't the prisoners you captured before say? The officials in Shuozhou all hate him. ”

Gunbirick smiled funny: "Do you want to emulate the Li Jin who made him suffer from baldness last year?" The recruits who have just trained for more than half a year don't know how thick the sky is, so they will run over first! That's the Jingping where the guards of the West Road are hiding over there, right? ”

"Exactly."

"Every year, I send people to the account to deliver gifts, hahahaha." Having broken through the three forts along the way, Gunbirick is now complacent, "Hurry up!" Pull out these two nails, and there will be a Sangan valley ahead. Catch this martial champion first, and then pick his head to Shuozhou, which has reclaimed a lot of land in recent years! ”

For many years, the situation in Datong is known a lot in Gunberik in the Hetao.

He didn't look at the cottage with a smile, but looked at Jingping: The guard who is afraid of war should also like to enjoy it, right? What kind of beauty does he hide?

Yu Dayou had already replaced his weapon with a Mo knife, and stood there looking in the direction of the northwest.

After his fingers tightened, he commanded, "Old bag." ”

"Mark it in!"

"Mandarin duck camp, go out of the village with Ben!"

"Mark and command!"

One of the knots with Yu Dayou was the personal guard of the other martial artists who had left the same department and were appointed to the Jinyi Guard.

Now they looked at Yu Dayou, who walked steadily to the front of the village, and couldn't help but become solemn.

As the first general, do you have to go out of the village to meet the enemy in the first battle?

Zhao Benxue's heart was also raised, but he didn't stop it.

Whether the mandarin duck array is a piece of tofu or an iron stone that cannot be washed away, this is not the point.

But the nearly 10,000 cavalry riders who appeared here had to be stopped.

Yu Dayou was personally arranged by the emperor on the Datong West Road, he was defeated here, and he sat back and watched the captives ride eastward, and his career was cut off here.

In this case, there must be blood and courage first, and the first battle will stabilize the morale of so many newly trained soldiers and let them see hope.

Only if this place is not defeated by a blow, Liu Kai on the other side of Jingping may come out to make an immortal achievement like last year.

"Only about the southeast." Zhao Benxue walked to the wall, preparing to command the defenders in the wall.

He also has some prestige in this Shuozhou Guarding Thousand Households.

"Students obey!"

Not long after coming here, Yang Bo was in a stirring mood.

Wu Zhuangyuan is worthy of his name, and his literary talent is not inferior to him. The cottage here, there is no worry about encirclement, and there is a mountain grain road in the southeast.

It seems that this village will be guarded for a long time, and the master and apprentice are also confident that they will keep it for a long time.

The heavy door of the village sounded, and Yu Dayou went out with a knife and walked ahead.

The hillside ahead, which had been cleared, had been dug into layers of earth during this time.

It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it has to be attacked, otherwise the road at the foot of the mountain, the Tartars will not be able to easily pass - the tiger squat artillery on the mountain can carry the cannon to the earthen platform and bombard it from a high position.

Yu Dayou chose a good location among the mountains and mountains on the bank of the Yellow River. On the side of Jingping City, it is naturally another good location.

The pass forts of the Ming Dynasty are all in a good position, as long as you dare to meet the enemy and block the enemy, it is not easy to bypass. If you really get around, what about the way back?

But there are too few who dare to come out to meet the enemy and block the enemy, so that the captives feel more relaxed and happy.

Now, after Li Jin, there is another such guard on the West Road.

Yu Dayou steadied his horse's steps, quietly watching the cavalry that began to start in the distance and rushed along the valley.

"Daming Wansheng!"

After he finished roaring, it was the sound of cheering up his people one after another from here to the mountain.

There was also a voice in front of him that responded to him, and the voice was louder.

"Heat!"

It was as if a river had risen in the valley, and the dust raised by the horses' hooves rushed straight to the twenty or so regiments of soldiers in front of them.

The first to roar was the Tiger Squat Cannon on the hillside platform, and Tartar arrows were also thrown up from below.

There will be some artillery bombardment first, but the captives don't care: in an instant, the 300 or so people blocking the road in front of them and the Ming troops who have left the village will flee back behind the wall in a panic.

"Rack the knife! Turn to kill! ”

"Kill!"

The torrent of iron riders that rushed to the forefront was the first to burst into a cloud of blood.

The immortal general of the Jiajing Dynasty slashed his first knife on the bank of a tributary of the Yellow River.

(End of chapter)