Chapter 369: The Wind and Clouds Are Turbulent, and the Mountains Are Shaken II

The governor of Jiliao, the minister of the Qin Mission, the left deputy imperial envoy and the right attendant of the military department, Chen Yan, is patrolling the border defense in Shanhaiguan at the moment.

The chief soldier Hei Yunlong and the chief soldier Zhu Mei accompanied the left and right.

"Lord Chen, the Tartars have been exercising in the past few days, and the last general is worried that they will come back to fight the grass valley before the winter of this year."

Chen Yan looked at the armament seriously, and then turned his head to look at Zhu Mei who was speaking: "The two commanders are Yuan Chonghuan's subordinates?" ”

Black Cloud Dragon's face turned red: "Yes..."

"Hmm..."

It feels very bad to be ignored, but the two have become accustomed to it, since Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi, although the two of them were not questioned, but because of the loss of the Guangning defense line, they were also taken back to Beijing, but they were rescued by Zhao Nanxing, the boss of the Forestry Party in the east of Beijing, and even Sun Chengzong played a request to Zhu Youzhen to order the two to make meritorious contributions.

Perhaps because of the sequelae of the Yuan Chonghuan incident, Zhu Youzhen transferred Sun Chengzong, who was at home at home, from Gaoyang back to Beijing when he was in Chongzhen, and still used him as the governor of Liaodong.

It's just that the superintendent Xingyuan has now moved to Shanhaiguan, Sun Chengzong is old, and he doesn't dare to go out of Shanhaiguan, and the Ming court is now limited to Ning Yuanwei in Liaodong's hometown outside Shanhaiguan, and further east, it is all the territory of Jiannu Tartars.

"Open the city gate, this official will inspect Ning Yuan."

Heiyunlong and Zhu Mei were shocked, although the Ningyuan Acropolis was still in the hands of the Ming army, but the cavalry of the Jiannu Tartars did not take the Ningyuan Acropolis in their eyes at all, and they would appear outside the Shanhaiguan anytime and anywhere, showing off their might to the Ming army on the Guancheng.

"Lord Chen, out of Shanhaiguan, the safety of the Qincha team..."

Chen Yan snorted coldly, and then looked at the two people behind him: "This official has a heroic and righteous spirit, and besides, he is ordered to patrol the border, if he only patrols to Shanhaiguan, wouldn't he deal with the saint?" ”

Chen Yan said a lot seriously, and Heiyunlong pulled Zhu Mei aside: "Forget it, I can't afford to provoke him, we can't care if he wants to die, report this matter to the Inspector, and let the Inspector have a headache." ”

Sun Chengzong was about to stop him after receiving the news, but he had already been sent out of the customs by Chen Yan with three hundred guards and the guard of honor of the Qincha, for which Sun Chengzong scolded Chen Yan, but he also had to send Zhu Mei to escort him along the way.

After all, he is the minister of the Qin Mission, if something happens to Chen, he also has a responsibility that cannot be shirked as the governor of Liaodong.

Cao Zhuangyi was behind the Ningyuan Acropolis, less than thirty miles away from the Acropolis, and at this moment, in the post fort, all the original post station soldiers had been sent to the periphery, and only Chen Yan's Qincha team was among them.

In the inn inn, a middle-aged man with a hat sat opposite Chen Yan, and the two were talking.

"Can you count?"

Chen Yan nodded: "This official came all the way after leaving Beijing, and he acted secretly, your envoy thinks that this official is here to entertain you?" ”

"Can your emperor agree?"

The envoy's Chinese language was a little bad, but if you listened carefully, you could still understand it.

Chen Yan took a deep breath and said: "You go back and tell your family Khan, my family prince has done his own thing according to the promise of the year, and the opportunity has been placed in front of you, take it or not, let your family Khan decide for himself, if you don't take it, when the imperial army comes to Liaodong again in the future, there will be no chance for peace talks." ”

The envoy's eyelids jumped, and then he was a little angry, but seeing Chen Yan's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, he couldn't hold the situation, so he asked again: "What if you regret it?" ”

"Hahaha..."Chen Yan laughed three times: "This official is an official of the court at any time, but he is the person of the prince, what is the combat effectiveness of the official army of the Northern Dynasty, I believe you are clear, when you entered Hebei as if you were in a no-man's land, if it weren't for my prince waving troops in Shandong, you wouldn't have retreated in a hurry, right?" ”

The messenger took a deep breath, then nodded, got up and clenched his fists, and left without saying a word.

Chen Yan also breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Shujiao was in the Ningyuan Acropolis, if he knew that he was secretly meeting the Jiannu envoy here, he would definitely be taken down on the spot.

After calming down for a while, Chen Yan stood up, regained his serious expression here, and walked out of the lobby and shouted, "Get ready, let's go back to Shanhaiguan." ”

.........

In the middle hall of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in Nanjing, preparations for the pre-war meeting were in full swing at this moment, and even Huang Chunyao, who was sitting in Suzhou, was transferred to Nanjing.

"When Tu is in the direction, I still suggest that the Longwu army should be defended first, and the sentry posts should be arranged along the river, Yang He of the Qin army is not there, and he has lost his backbone, Yang Qi cannot mobilize others, so he can only hold the mouth of the Xijiang River, as for Zhu Yujian, he will not move him for the time being, I believe that Li Yan is not the kind of person who is reckless."

Chen Cao set a tone first, the southwest direction defense is the focus, but his idea was opposed by Huang Chunyao and Xu Fuyuan, the reason given by the two is very simple, the internal is unclear, and the external is unstable.

Chen Cao thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense, so he asked the two.

Huang Chunyao replied: "The strength of our army's five divisions is stationed on the front line in Yangzhou, and after Shao Bozhen belongs to our army, whether it is defense or initiative, the choice is in our hands, Zhu Chunchen was defeated one after another, and many nobles and generals were captured, if it is delayed, maybe he will be called back to Beijing, if Zhu Chunchen leaves, the military spirit of the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command will be unstable, so the northern army in Gaoyou is not worried." ”

Xu Fuyuan nodded and agreed: "The student agrees with Brother Yunsheng's suggestion, now that the Qin army has been defeated by us, most of them have retreated to Jiangbei, only Zhu Yujian's Tang Army is still in the army, and now our navy's inland water division has set off from Shanghai, just wait for the sailor warship to arrive, and you can block all waterways along the river, even if Zhu Yujian has a ship, it is not our army's opponent." ”

Elbow and armpit troubles...

Chen Cao was moved by the two of them, after all, the combined IQ of the two must be above his IQ alone.

"In this way, according to what you said, hoarding supplies in Yangzhou, just waiting for news from the north, let's start to clear Zhu Yujian first, and then turn to attack Yang Qi."

Huang Chunyao nodded: "Lord Wang, the great cause is close at hand, but in the southern provinces, especially in Huguang and Jiangxi, the students think it's time to do it." ”

Chen Cao pondered for a moment and asked, "Can Shanghai's military quartermasters keep up?" ”

"The military rations hoarded by the foreign trade group are enough for a million people to use for three years..."

The strength of Songjiang Province should not be underestimated, especially in trade with foreign countries, and the fact that Ryukyu became an actual vassal of Chen Cao, the spices and other products produced in Ryukyu were sold to other countries, and the profits increased greatly.

"Okay..."Chen Cao nodded: "Order Hong Chengchou to stop enjoying happiness in Hangzhou, and the Shence Army should also move." ”

"Lord Wang..."Zhao Xin trotted into the lobby: "The latest news from the brothers in the north, after Yang He returned to Beijing, Chongzhen dismissed him from his post and put him in Jinyiwei's edict for conniving at the rebellion of the vassal king and the unfavorable military action in Nanjing. ”

"Yuanzhou..."

Chen Cao didn't know where it was, so Huang Chunyao on the side said, "But Yuanzhou, Jiangxi?" ”

"Exactly..."

Huang Chunyao saw Chen Cao's solemn face, so he said: "Governor Yang He has been on three sides for many years, and he has a lot of old habits in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia..."

A few words woke up Chen Cao, Yang He, a person who is dozens of years old, will definitely not survive if he is in the army, so he said: "Zhao Xin, send Jinyi Wei to suppress the enemy's masters, all the way to detect the route of Yang He's escort, as long as he goes out of the territory of Beizhili, intercept and bring it, and in addition, send someone to monitor Yang He's son Yang Sichang." ”

"Yes..."

said that Chen Cao bowed his head and whispered: "Yang Sichang is an official in Beijing, if Yang He is taken away by us, their family will also have to leave, otherwise that old guy will definitely die with his will, do you know what I mean?" ”

Zhao Xin nodded knowingly: "The subordinates all understand, everything is done properly." ”

...

When Tu Cheng, Zhu Yujian's mood was not very good, although there were 100,000 people under his command, but the people ate and chewed down, and the logistics could not keep up at all.

Li Yan had just returned from appeasing the army, and when he saw this, he said, "The prince..."

"Changxin, you're back, what's the situation?"

Li Yan frowned, and then said: "The original subordinates of our department can still be restrained, and many of the remaining people are soldiers and horses under the original command of Inspector Yang, and some of them are disobedient. ”

"How about abandoning it?"

Li Yan shook his head: "If the prince wants to be self-motivated, he must not abandon these horses." ”

Self-motivated, as the prince of Tang Wang, if he is self-motivated, he can only be the throne of the Ninety-Five.

Zhu Yujian's heart trembled a little, and then it dimmed.

Li Yan observed carefully, and then continued: "Shizi, I suggest that you give up Dangtu and withdraw the whole army to Jiangxi. ”

"Just withdraw?"

Li Yan said earnestly: "The Liang army has no less than 100,000 people gathered outside Dangtu City, and there are sentry posts along the coast, we now have to take advantage of the Liang army to react and rush to Anqing immediately by boat, if we can gain a firm foothold in Anqing and hold the waterway of the river, advance and retreat are in our hands." ”

Zhu Yujian nodded: "I have a long letter, if Kong Ming is the same." ”

Li Yan's image of a white-clothed showman penetrated deep into the Tang Domain, and Zhu Yujian would ask him about everything.

"Since the prince doesn't object, the student will arrange it."

What Li Yan can think of, Huang Chunyao and Xu Fuyuan can also think of, after so many years under Chen Cao, Huang Chunyao's military ability has been very prominent.

The actions of the Longwu army were arranged according to the Nanjing side, and when the Tang army was packing up and preparing that night, the two divisions of the Longwu army had used war horses to quickly move to the south of Dangtu, and surrounded the land on three sides of Dangtu, leaving only the west gate facing the Yangtze River.

That night, the gunfire was loud, and the morale of the Tang Domain's army, which had been disturbed all night, was low, and the next day at dawn, the Longwu army launched a fierce offensive against Dangtu from three directions.

The artillery outside the city roared, and although both sides were firing artillery, it was clear that the Tang Domain's army that held on to Dangtu was no opponent.

The commanders under his command were all persuading them to retreat from the river, and Li Yan was also worried...