Zhu Su's idea was to go to Jizhen to find the Ming army of Jizhen before Naha reacted. If Nahachu still wants to break Jizhen, then help the Ming army of Jizhen to fight against Nahachu; If Naha led the army back to recapture Shanhaiguan, then his own people should leave first, and they can also avoid the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy.

However, the Shanhaiguan Pass, which was finally taken down, of course, cannot be easily handed over. There is still a need for someone to leave a detachment here to defend in order to cut off Naha's retreat. This candidate is undoubtedly Ye Wang's most suitable, after all, Shanhaiguan is his defense area, and now that Xiongguan has been recaptured, he naturally does not want to abandon the pass easily.

"Commander Ye really doesn't keep more people?" Zhu Su said. "There are only 3,000 people, if the defenders of Jinshan really send people to attack, how can you hold it?"

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry." Ye Wang smiled heroically: "I decided that Liaowei had been entangled with Naha in Liaodong for a long time, and he was just accidentally broken up before, how could he not have the slightest background?" ”

"This time, we will recapture Shanhaiguan, just need to hang the flag of our Ming army, and naturally there will be a gathering of soldiers from my Dingliao Guard. Besides, if we quickly recapture Shanhaiguan, how can we not let the many walls in Liaodong be frightened? I think when they get the news, they will change their ways again and send someone to help me determine Liaowei. ”

Ye Wang was talking about the various small warlords scattered all over Liaodong. In the past, when the Ming Dynasty conquered the capital of the Yuan Dynasty in the north, many generals of the Yuan army were afraid of the Ming Soldier Peak and ran to Liaodong to take refuge. Some of these people defected to the Yuan army forces entrenched in Liaodong, and the other part was delusional about the left and right, and started a wall in Liaodong, supporting the army and respecting themselves.

Previously, Naha suddenly struck a thunderous blow, and Dingliaowei was immediately defeated, and these wall grasses immediately threw themselves under the command of Naha, which made the country easier, and in an instant, Nahachu seemed to directly occupy the entire territory of Liaodong. At this time, Dingliaowei has a tendency to raise its head again, and Naha's main force is not in Liaodong, and some of these wall-head grass forces will inevitably show goodwill to Dingliaowei again and provide help to Ye Wang, who intends to reorganize Dingliaowei.

"Since this is the case, this king wishes Commander Ye a hundred victories. May one day, you and I be able to drink on the mountain of gold. Zhu Su said with a smile. Ye Wang also smiled and hugged his fists, and after the two groups of people said goodbye, the Shanhaiguan gate was opened, and Zhu Su and his entourage led more than 7,000 people, with more than 20,000 Yuan army prisoners, out of the customs and in the direction of Jizhen.

It was already very difficult for Ye Wang to guard Xiongguan with 3,000 people, so naturally he could no longer take on the arduous task of guarding the prisoners and getting grain and grass for the prisoners.

Jizhen is an important town of the imperial court, which was under the rule of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the past, and it is also the key national center. Although the north is withering now, there should still be some prosperity here. But Zhu Su and others traveled all the way, and the people were mostly ragged and hurried. When they saw the army, they all changed their faces and left. finally invited back to an old man's house, and when he saw Zhu Su and others, he was also cowering, for fear that he would be eaten alive by Zhu Su and others.

"Don't be afraid, I'm waiting for the Ming Army." Zhu Su dismounted and helped the old man up. "This place is close to the left, it should be Changli County, right? Why are so many people so scattered like you? ”

"Nobleman...... The nobles don't know anything. The old man heard that Zhu Su personally said that it was the army of the Ming Dynasty, and saw that it was a little nobleman with bright eyes and bright teeth and kind eyes, and the fear in his heart finally went to such a point or two, and he explained: "A month ago, a Tartar came from Shanhaiguan and washed Changli County, where we were waiting. I waited until they could hide in the mountains before they came, and then I was spared death. ”

"But now there is no intake, so I can only wander around begging for food!"

Changli County was ransacked. This is unexpected but reasonable. Zhu Su and the people behind him glanced at each other, knowing that it must be a good thing done by the main force of Naha's department. After thinking about it, he asked the old man again: "The Tartars washed Changli, where did the Ming officers and soldiers of Jizhen go?" ”

"The officers and soldiers did not stop the Tartars, so they all gathered in the north of Yongping Mansion. Now on Yongping's side, the Tartars are still surrounding the city. The old man said.

Zhu Su gave the old man a bag of grain as a thank you gift, and the old man left with a thousand thanks. Zhu Di came to Zhu Su's side: "Fifth brother, do you want to save Yongping immediately, or?" ”

"There's no hurry. The displacement of people in Jizhen is everywhere, which shows that Naha is doing great harm everywhere. Zhu Su said. He plundered the surrounding towns, and it is likely that he had already obtained enough food and grass through this means. In this way, whether the back road of Shanhaiguan has been cut off will not be so critical for him. ”

Now that Shanhaiguan has been seized, he has learned the news, and he must be even more unwilling to retreat without robbing Yongping's resources. But more than a month has passed since he captured Shanhaiguan, and my Ming must be mobilizing an army to Jizhen. If the withdrawal is slow, his family will be in danger of destruction in an instant, and now he is already a chicken rib to Yongping Mansion, and he can't eat it. It's a pity to abandon it. ”

"In such a situation, if we go rashly, maybe Naha will directly choose to encircle the point to send reinforcements, and turn the gun to deal with us first."

Zhu Di nodded, he was also worried, so he wanted to remind him. But now that his fifth brother has thought of this layer himself, he won't say anything more.

"So where do I go from here?" Ru Taisu looked at the back of the old man leaving and asked.

"Find a place to settle down first, and gather the nearby troops who want to go to the rescue of Yongping Mansion." Zhu Su said. "Now Nahachu is in a hurry than we are. He had come to thrash the grass valley, but now he was stuck in the quagmire. ”

"We can wait until we have enough troops to confront him."

"But how to solve the problem of grain and grass?" Zhu Fan asked.

"I've already had a problem with that...... General Zhang! Zhu Su said, and Zhang He, who was carrying two double knives, immediately stepped out of the crowd: "The last general, what do the Fifth Highnesses command?" ”

"As you said before, take your men and go to Qian'an quickly to collect ships in the name of our brothers. However, it is not to ensure the retreat, but to need you to go to sea from there and transport military rations by sea from Suzhou. Can you successfully open up this maritime grain route? Zhu Su asked Zhang Hedao.

"The last general commands! If you can't do that, behead me! As soon as he said that he was going to sea, Zhang He confidently hugged his fists.

"Don't be shipwrecked." Zhu Su winked at him.

Zhang He also smiled: "Even if you are in trouble, the last general can also transport the grain to His Highness ashore first." He said it categorically, indeed, even in such a desperate situation before, Zhang He still commanded the fleet to successfully send the group to a safe shore.

If the sea grain route can be opened, then the situation in Liaodong will not be passively caused by the burning of 100,000 stone of military rations. It's better to be late than early, not to mention that if this matter is successful, it can also make Lao Zhu and those ministers in the court see the benefits of shipping more intuitively...... Zhu Su thought to himself.

(End of chapter)