"How is it, can you find out the details of those Ming troops in Zhenyitai?" Inside the Shanhai Pass, the guard general Gao Basi Timur looked anxious and asked.

"In the hands of those Ming dogs, there is an extremely powerful cavalry. Our sentinels can't get close to the Beacon Detectives. "The object of Gao Basi Timur's inquiry, another guard of Shanhaiguan Hong Boyan Timur, put his helmet on the table, and a pair of thin eyes that were shining dangerously narrowed slightly. Their banner is Qin Wangwei, an ordinary Ming army, and they will not be elite to such an extent. I think those people are really the sons of the Emperor of the Zhu family. ”

"Damn it." Gao Basi Timur slammed the wine bowl in his hand on the table. "Where did this Ming army come from? How did it suddenly appear here? ”

"Prime Minister Zuo (Naha's official position in the Yuan Court at this time) asked us to hold the Shanhai Pass and sweep away the Ming forces in Liaodong...... Seeing that the Ming army was about to be swept away by us, these sons of the emperors of the Zhu family appeared out of nowhere. ”

"It's a mess, it's really depressing! Why don't we mobilize a large army out of the customs tomorrow, whether it is a mule or a horse, and force them to pull it out and slip! ”

"Don't be reckless!" Hong Boyan Timur waved his hand. "We don't know what they're really or not. We got out of the customs ourselves, what if we were wiped out by them? ”

"Moreover, the group of Ming soldiers surnamed Ye has also joined them. It is clear that the Ming army has regained a foothold in Liaodong and is planning to seize this Shanhaiguan. At this time, we cannot act rashly. ”

"Could it be that we just do this and wait?" Gao Basi Timur was dissatisfied.

"It's okay, I can't wait long." Hong Boyan Timur's eyes narrowed slightly. "Emperor Zhu's son can come to Liaodong unknowingly, but it is impossible to bring tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass unknowingly!"

"Tens of thousands of stones, grain and grass! How many people's carriages and horses have to be moved! How much money you have to spend along the way! If Da Ming can have such confidence and ability, you and my brother might as well vote for the Ming Court as soon as possible. Therefore, although we do not know how many of them there are, one thing is certain: they must still be short of food in the army at this time. ”

"Well, yes!" Gao Basi Timur's eyes lit up.

Don't look at Zhu Su when he was in the south of the Yangtze River, he easily raised tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass by looting merchants. You must know that the grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River are completely different from those in the northern Xinjiang region.

First of all, there is the issue of production, which has been in turmoil for hundreds of years, especially in the north. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was not established for a long time, and in the northern region of this great country, although the scene of "white bones exposed in the wild" has been reduced, the five words of "no rooster crow for thousands of miles" are not exaggerated at all.

The people in the north are sparse and the productivity is scarce, and because of the difference in time and geography, the fertility of the land is not as good as that in the south. From time to time, the Yuan people in the north will also go south to fight a grass valley, although the Ming Dynasty has established the country, and the people will not be allowed to fish and meat in the Yuan Court, but the people in the north are every household, and it is already very reluctant to grow rations to support their own family. It is simply impossible to have a large amount of surplus grain to be paid to the imperial court for the imperial court to raise troops to fight.

Based on this fact, Lao Zhu also implemented a large-scale policy of lightly punishing and meager taxes in the north, hoping that the northern regions could recuperate well, and did not expect them to be able to support the imperial army.

But Yuan Ting was still eyeing the gates, and most of the Ming army was still stationed in the north. Where will the food and grass for these armies come from? That is naturally the "south-to-north grain transfer". Every year, the imperial court organizes a large number of grain transport teams to transport grain to and from northern Xinjiang.

In order to reach the soldiers in the north, the grain grown in the south must bear a very large amount of loss. First of all, the imperial court needed to levy a large number of people, and the heavy "conscription" that the people had to bear in ancient times referred to more than half of them referred to this kind of grain transportation task. At that time, the roads were inconvenient, and the time for a round trip was often calculated in months. And the people also have to eat grain on the way to transport grain, and they eat while walking, and the natural loss of grain is extremely fast. In addition, it is not easy to store food on the road, in case of rain and snow, or damp and moldy, rats and thieves, these are all losses.

Even if a grain transport team has tens of thousands of stone of grain at the beginning, when it reaches the hands of the northern border army, it is often less than 100 stone left.

Such a huge amount of loss has led to every attack on grain and grass in northern Xinjiang, which is enough to hurt the national strength of the Ming Dynasty. The 100,000 stone grain and grass burned by Naha have been hoarded by the Ming Dynasty for several years in order to counterattack Liaodong, and now they have all been destroyed. How capable is the Ming court, which can scrape together a million stones of grain in a short period of time, and can also make a group of people who are serving in conscription unknowingly bypass the front-line battlefield and quickly transport it to these Dingliao guards who are short of food?

When pigs fly.

"Since the Ming army is short of food, then we just need to close the door and clear the wilderness, and the Ming army naturally can't continue to hold still." Hong Boyan Timur is full of bamboo. "Whether they want to loot grain and grass in Liaodong, or storm our Shanhaiguan to get in touch with the Ming army, they must be in these days. I've had them watched. ”

"And a Ming army with no food and grass, whether it is fighting or fleeing, is it not at our disposal?"

"Good! That's great! "Gao Basi Timur was overjoyed." It's got to be big brother! ”

"If you take Emperor Zhu's son, it will be a great achievement! Even if the marquis pays homage to the prime minister, it is not impossible! Looking back, you and I are like Prime Minister Zuo, supporting the army and being the head of a section on the grassland......"

The two looked at each other and smiled, quite embarrassed and traitorous, the style of the Han idiom.

"My lord! My lord! While drinking hot wine in a large bowl, a small group outside broke into the temple gate screaming all the way, and a night wind blew directly on the faces of the two Timurs. The two of them were in unison, and Gao Basi scolded: "A thief, what is the name of the ghost in the middle of the night?" Do you want to kill the two grandfathers in the cold? ”

The little guy hurriedly closed the door of the palace and continued to say in a hurry: "Two adults, the villain has a major military situation. ”

"The Ming army in Zhenyitai suddenly took advantage of the night to pull out the camp!"

"What?" The two Timur were not surprised, Hong Boyan glanced at Gao Basi, "Look at what I said?" This Ming army is really out of food! Gao Basi slammed the wine bowl in his hand, "Quick, blow the trumpet!" Let people give Ben the armor! As he spoke, he kicked open the table and strode out of the hall.

Military merit is coming, what does it matter if he is windy at night? It matters if you capture the son of the emperor of the Zhu family!

……

As the little guy said, the Ming army, which had been silent around Zhenyitai for several days, was unusually stupid tonight. Even on the Shanhaiguan, you can also see the hill where Zhenyitai is located, which is illuminated by countless torches.

"Woo...... Woo! Three low horns blew, and under the stage, countless Ming troops rushed out, and everyone looked anxious. Even in the night, you can see the flags covering the sky.

War, on the verge of breaking out!

However, what the Ming army did not find was that among the surrounding dark jungle shrubs, there were many Yuan army sentry scouts.

"Quick! Quickly move the Ming army and report to the two generals in the customs! A Yuan Court leader scolded his subordinates in a low voice, and then continued to keep his eyes wide open, watching the restless Ming army in the dark.

(End of chapter)