"It turns out that the purple and red are all over the place, and they all seem to be paid to the broken wells."

This is the tenth play of "The Peony Pavilion": Dream.

Hong Chengchou sat in the front row, listening to the peony pavilion sung with the water mill with the soldiers.

He really didn't expect that one day he would have to stay with a group of soldiers and listen to elegant dramas.

The culture of the soldiers is high and low, and they may not all understand it, "You are like a beautiful flower, like a flowing year, and you are answering the child to be idle and self-pitying." What is the meaning.

But that doesn't stop them from listening with interest.

Just as he was listening with great interest, he suddenly saw a signal soldier bending down in front of Hong Chengchou:

"My lord, the big dish is here."

This is a code word, which means that a very important secret order has arrived.

Hong Chengchou nodded, pulled Meng Qiaofang, and Meng Qiaofang pulled Ma Guangyuan again.

Soon, a string of people bent down and left the scene of the play.

Huo Weihua, the chief of staff who stayed behind in the staff headquarters, saw that they were all coming, and said with a smile:

"Sorry to disturb your Yaxing."

"Don't make fun of us." Meng Qiaofang said, "Where is the secret order?"

"Here." Huo Weihua took out a translated and transcribed secret order on paper and handed it to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou only glanced at it, and then said, "Your Highness's determination is very great."

He handed the secret order to Meng Qiaofang.

Huo Weihua nodded: "Yes, His Highness ordered the troops to be divided into five routes, with the purpose of destroying the enemy."

"Our goal, huh...... Attack Yulin, this is an important town."

Ma Guangyuan said, "I guess Li Zicheng must have taken precautions and is not easy to deal with."

"If it is difficult to deal with, it means that it is the main force of the intruding army, and eliminating them is conducive to the development of the overall situation." Meng Qiaofang said confidently.

Yulinwei was one of the most important frontier guards of the Ming Dynasty, which gave birth to many talents and has always been a treasure of soldiers.

The source of Meng Qiaofang's self-confidence is precisely the soldiers under him.

The more wars you fight, the better, and an army that has not received formal and systematic military training is still a straggler.

What's more, he also has a sharp weapon for attacking fortifications - Shenwei General Cannon.

"Then it is decided, and in two days the army will march west along the Great Wall." Hong Chengchou clapped his hands.

"What should Jiang Hao and the others do?" Shen Chaoji asked.

"Your Highness said in your letter that Jiang Xuan will go on the expedition with us, and Jiang Xuan will be left to assist you in governing Datong Mansion. After Yan Yechen conquers Taiyuan, you take Jiang Xuan to Taiyuan."

Shen Chaoji hurriedly flipped through the secret letter again and again, but did not write this paragraph, he thought he was dazzled at first.

Hong Chengchou smiled: "You didn't see it, the letter said that all military and political affairs are at my disposal."

Shen Chaoji smiled at this time.

August 22nd.

Hong Chengchou sorted out the army and divided the army into two routes.

One was led by himself and Meng Qiaofang, and the other was led by Zhang Hongmo, separated and marched towards Fugu.

Zhang Hongmo originally guarded Fushun, led the Yongjian battalion into the customs with the army, and arrived at Zhending Mansion. Later, he was transferred to Datong and temporarily commanded by Hong Chengchou.

However, Zhang Hongmo not only had to lead the battalion of his headquarters, but also led 2,000 Mongolian cavalry to serve as the flank of the main army and capture the border forts of the Dashun army, including Baliushu Fort.

The main army, led by Meng Qiaofang, advanced westward to Fugu and captured the border forts along the way.

Fugu is the only way to Yulin.

Within two days, the urgent report was transmitted along the horse post to Hequ, Baode, Yansui, Mizhi and other places, which alarmed Chang'an City, which was thousands of miles away.

Li Guo, the general of the Shun army who guarded the north, immediately led his army in person and prepared to resist Hong Chengchou's army in Fugu.

Like Hong Chengchou, who marched quickly, there were also Shuosai's Sixth Army and the 56th Regiment led by Wanyan Yechen.

Shuo Sai is the son of Huang Taiji, nominally commanding the Sixth Army, but the actual commander of the Sixth Army is the deputy commander Du Du.

The army had already been prepared, and it was the day after Yang Chengying issued the order, that is, on August 19, he led the army to march.

Under the banner of Wanyan Yechen, he set out from Beijing, took the northern section of Taihang Eight Roads, and attacked Shanxi unimpeded.

When Hong Chengchou arrived in Fugu, Wanyan Yechen had already arrived at the city of Taiyuan.

It was only at this time that Chen Yongfu, who was guarding Taiyuan, reacted, and it turned out that the Liaodong Army of Yue's Department that attacked Jingcheng turned out to be a suspicious soldier.

Wanyan Yechen led the army to besiege Taiyuan and began to deploy artillery positions on the periphery to prepare for the bombardment of Taiyuan City.

Du Du, who was in charge of the Chinese army, soon received reconnaissance information from the south: "The enemy has sent troops from Lu'an and Huaiqing to attack Zhangde and Daimyo."

"Both the Zhangde Mansion and the Daimyo Mansion are guarded by the guards led by General Wu, and the situation is not as serious as imagined."

Li Yangeng, the chief of staff of the army, calmly analyzed, "On the contrary, the army is in such a hurry to attack, obviously trying to encircle Wei and save Zhao."

"Then we will only besiege Taiyuan, let them mistakenly think that our army cannot capture Taiyuan, and let them continue to attack."

Du Du suddenly thought of a little and said with a smile: "When Kong Youde and the Azig army arrive, they can attack the demoralized Chuang army from the flank and capture Huaiqing Mansion in one fell swoop."

"That's a good plan." Li Yangeng said, "However, we must send someone to inform the Southern Road Army so that they know our intentions."

"Hmm." Du Du nodded, "It's a long way to come and go, or explain the situation, just half a month, what do you think."

This is to ask Chen Xuance, who is the supervisor of the Sixth Army.

The decision-making power of the military also has a share of Chen Xuance.

"Yes." Chen Xuance nodded.

Their judgment was based on the time difference, because they were directly from the Jingshi, saving the time to send orders.

Coupled with the fact that you are prepared in advance, you basically just go.

Kong Youde and Azig received orders, and then the troops were divided into two routes, one shorter and one longer way.

On August 28, the day after the Sixth Army besieged Taiyuan, Hong Chengchou commanded the army and Li Guo in a fierce battle at Fugu.

The vegetation in Fugu is scarce, the soil erosion is serious, the land is barren, the terrain is fragmented, and the ravines are vertical and horizontal, forming a unique semi-arid loess wind-sand landform.

This terrain is the most suitable for artillery.

The artillerymen, who occupied an advantageous position, faced Li Guo, who came to block the attack, round after round of shelling.

Blown up to the loess.

Li Guo was also injured in the shelling.

What's more, due to the uneven terrain, it gave Meng Qiaofang an excellent terrain for arranging crossfire.

The soldier held a Type 09 rifle and arranged one dynamic intersection after another on the terrain crisscrossed the ravines, making it useless for the Dashun army to charge several times.

Eventually forced to withdraw troops to Tsuy Duc.

Hong Chengchou commanded the army, followed Li Guo's army, and successively conquered the border forts along the Great Wall, including Yulinwei.

Arrived in Mizhi County on the 4th day of September, only one day's journey from Suide.

Li Guo was forced to retreat south and went to Yan'an Mansion for a short rest in order to fight again.

He originally hoped that the emperor would lead an army to support, but the news he received was that the emperor himself had encountered great trouble during this period.