Thousands of miles away, a gray eagle broke through the night and landed on a majestic tower with great precision.

This is the famous Shanhaiguan, and the city tower is the first gate tower in the world.

Shanhaiguan was founded in the 14th year of Hongwu, when the Ming court in order to strengthen the defense of the capital, sent the generals Xu Da and Liu Bowen to the border fortress to build the city, and it took more than a year to build the Shanhaiguan.

The whole city is about 4,000 meters long in total around it, there are four city gates in total, the east gate is "the first pass in the world", the west gate is "Ying'en gate", the north gate is "Weiyuan gate", the south gate is "Wangyang gate", and there is a bell and drum tower built in the center of the city.

Because the terrain here is close to the mountains and the sea, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang gave it the name "Shanhaiguan".

A soldier hurried inside with a small bamboo tube tied to the bare feet of the eagle, and met the middle-aged man who was working under the lamp.

At this moment, the pressure of this war fell on Zhang Jin, the governor of Liaodong.

Zhang Jin was born in the frontier, because he is self-taught, and he does not have such a strong teacher-student bond in Shilin, so he has always had the people in his heart and has a strong desire to serve the country.

This time, he was unusually promoted by the emperor to the governor of Liaodong, and he was also shouldering the mission of conquering the Alchuka Ministry, which caused him to shoulder too many things.

If the Northern Yuan crusaded against the Alchuka Department for the Ming Dynasty as agreed, then he, the governor of Liaodong, would almost not have to intervene in the war, but things suddenly had an accident, and the army led by Zhao Chengqing, the chief soldier of Jianzhou, the main person in charge of the war, was still trapped in the Long Snake Rift.

"Dong Weng, what is the military situation ahead?" An old man who looked like a master looked up at Zhang Jin, who was full of solemnity, and asked with great concern.

Zhang Jin put down the information he had just gotten, and said with a flash of hatred in his eyes: "The Jurchen army that attacked the grain transportation army this time is really the Huifa Department!" Just got the news that their three major tribes have joined forces! ”

"Sure enough, as we guessed, I'm afraid this battle is really hard to fight!" When the master heard this very bad military situation, he looked very depressed and sighed.

In fact, this war was destined to be difficult to fight from the beginning.

After all, the initial target of the crusade was the Alchukha tribe in the northwestern part of the sea, but if you want to conquer the Alchuka tribe, you need to pass through the central and southern parts of the western part of the sea, which will be a long-distance campaign.

Originally, the best plan was for the Northern Yuan to take action and let the Northern Yuan attack the Alchukha Department from the west from the territory where it was located, but the Northern Yuan turned out to be a rebel.

After the burden of conquest fell on Liaodong and Jianzhou Wei, the worst situation occurred.

They traveled north from the Huifa and Emu tribes, but were raided by these two Jurchen tribes, causing the Zhao Chengqing tribe to be trapped in the Long Snake Rift, and now the Jinzhou Wei and Ning Yuanwei, who were hiding in the grain transport army, could not assemble.

"If they are not of my race, their hearts will be different! My men are ready, Lord Governor, and now they are ready to go! Wang Zhendong, deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong and garrison of Shanhaiguan, strode out and said in a voice like a bell.

In the eighth year of orthodoxy, Yingzong accepted the invitation of the governor of Liaodong to set up a garrison in Shanhaiguan, and Wang Zhendong's grandfather Wang Cheng was the first Shanhaiguan garrison.

Wang Zhendong was born in Jiangmen, and now he sees Zhao Chengqing doing well in Jianzhou, and his heart is already ready to move.

Now that I know that the Ming Dynasty's expedition against the Alchuka tribe was actually backstabbed by the two Jurchen tribes, and he has also made preparations to go on the expedition, and he is bound to kill those Jurchens without leaving a single piece of armor.

Zhang Jin looked at the murderous Wang Zhendong and said very seriously: "Deputy Chief Wang, you have to figure it out!" Once you go, there will be no room for maneuver between us and the three departments of Haixi, and this battle can only be won and not defeated! ”

"I never wanted to talk to these villains, but now he is either his kind of extermination by my Wang Zhendong, or my Wang Zhendong is in the wild!" Wang Zhendong's gaze was unusually firm, and he seemed to regard death as if he were at home.

Zhang Jin felt the high fighting spirit of the middle-aged general in front of him, and said decisively: "Since Deputy General Wang has this determination, then the only way to do it is to make a big move!" This is a secret decree, you will go to Jianzhou tomorrow to rest, and then read this decree to the sergeant! ”

Hey?

The master next to him found that Zhang Jin was still hiding the secret purpose, and his eyes couldn't help but flash a touch of surprise, but suddenly he wanted to think that Dong Weng had indeed brought back seven mysterious things from Xiyuan.

"Yes!" Wang Zhendong now just wants to go to the battlefield as soon as possible, even if he is the one who receives the order.

That night, Wang Zhendong, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong and the garrison of Shanhaiguan, who was already ready to go, went out of the first gate in the world and went to the battlefield in a mighty way.

Although the territory of the Haixi Jurchens is in the north, if they want to conquer it, they must first enter the territory of Jianzhou and then go north.

Jianzhou, since the millions of people from Henan Province have moved here one after another, it is slowly changing.

Forests and grasslands have been carved out, and some high-quality black soil is planted with rice and barley, while ordinary land is planted with cash crops such as ginger and cotton.

Although it is far from being a granary, the economic value has been highlighted.

Especially under the cover of the city, no Jurchens here dared to come here to harass at all, so that the title deed here has reached the level of one acre and one silver tael from the initial worthlessness.

The soldiers and horses led by Wang Zhendong traveled starry night, because the Ming Dynasty had already built a city in Jianzhou, so this cavalry of only 5,000 did not need to worry about logistics.

At noon the next day, the army came to the outside of Jianzhou.

When Wang Zhendong was waiting for supplies, he took out the secret decree and read it out: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: The Huifa Department is the Ming Hui Guard, and its land is protected by the Ming Dynasty, and its official food is the Lu of the Ming Dynasty...... In the future, Huifa Wei will be included in the autonomy of Daming Jianzhou and set up Huifa City. The newly expanded land is all for the military tun, and the title deed is granted to those who have military merits in the Huifa Department! ”

"The imperial court wants us to directly recover Hui Fawei, but is this the case?"

"Not only that, as long as we take back the land there, we will be rewarded with the title deed!"

"Haha...... Even if we don't use it for our own farming, these title deeds can be sold! ”

……

When the 5,000 soldiers present heard this sudden decree, they immediately began to talk about it.

No one thought that after the Huifa Department betrayed the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would make such a drastic response, and it was to include the Huifa Department in the Ming version.

Under the conditions of the Radiori Division, once they can be rewarded with the land here, then they will receive a piece of land that can be passed on to their children and grandchildren.

"Whoever stands in my way is rich, die!"

"I don't want too much, just a hundred acres of reward!"

"You're not afraid of dying of exhaustion, I have fifty acres to be worthy of my wife and children!"

……

In the face of this very tempting reward given by the imperial court, the soldiers present immediately cheered up, and even wanted to put on their wings and fly to the battlefield at this moment.

The successful case of Jianzhou's development has been placed in front of us, and now the Ming court is unprecedentedly fair, at least it really distributed fertile fields to the victims.

The imperial court did not even deceive the millions of victims, if they were really able to defeat the Huifa Department, what reason was there for them to rebel against their group of soldiers who worked hard for the imperial court?

It is precisely because of this that they should be most concerned now about how to seize more military merits on the battlefield, rather than wasting energy worrying about the imperial court saying nothing.

"As far as I know! There is a plain in the eastern part of the Huifa Department, which is not only enough for each of us to get more than 500 acres, but most of it is black soil! Wusheng Li Yuanjia is a native of Liaodong, so he revealed a piece of news.

"Don't say it, death to those who stand in my way!"

"Whoever dares to retreat this time, I will kill him!"

"This time, you have to catch it no matter what!"

……

After learning about the specific situation of the Huifa Department, everyone was more like a chicken blood, and they couldn't even accept defeat, let alone someone who dared to be a rout.

The next morning, the battle began.

Because the night intelligence of the military department was very good, it was very accurate to transmit back the news that the army of the Huifa Department was stationed at the junction of Jianzhou, resulting in a direct encounter between the two sides.

"Kill!"

"Kill one person to get ten acres of land deed, fight!"

"Lao Tzu wants thousands of acres of fertile land, and those who stand in my way will die!"

……

The 5,000 cavalry led by Wang Zhendong no longer had the slightest fear in their eyes when they were trying to cut off the grain army, but seemed to have seen gold.

After all, a soldier is still a mortal in the flesh, and the most important thing is actually interests.

As long as the interests are in place, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is still very strong. What's more, now that the weapons of the Ming Dynasty are advanced, the food in the rear is sufficient, and the number of people now exceeds that of the other party, so there is not much suspense in this war.

"Which army is this, how can it be so strong, withdraw!" Lang Teng's task was to cut off the Ming army's grain army, and he decisively chose to evacuate in the face of the Ming army, which was like a tiger descending from the mountain.

It's just that the war is not over, Wang Zhendong knows that the current mission is to include the Huifa Department into the territory, and immediately led his troops to kill the sweat tent of the Huifa Department.

"How did the Ming army kill the sweat tent?"

"I don't know, but now our people have been sent out!"

"Khan, don't hesitate, let's run away!"

……

Badu, the leader of the Huifa Department, faced the Ming army that did not play cards according to common sense, especially his own sweat tent was empty, and finally chose to flee here.

Things on the battlefield often affect the whole body.

With the leader of the Huifa Ministry, Badu, the sweat tent of the Huifa Department fell into the hands of the Ming army, and the earlier plan to encircle and intercept the grain army was affected, and Ning Yuanwei and Jinzhou Wei began to assemble.

Although the Huifa tribe is one of the seven major tribes of the Haixi Jurchens, it has maintained friendly trade relations with the Ming Dynasty over the years, resulting in many pro-Ming elements within the tribe.

Now the practice of the Huifa Department is unbenevolent, and now the Ming Dynasty has decided to conquer the Huifa Ministry, so that many nobles of the Huifa Department who have the way to surrender or go to Jianzhou.

When the Huifa Department was fighting, it finally realized the existence of provoking terror, and began to reassess the combat power of the Ming army. While they chose to retreat to the north, they also chose to ask for help from the Emu Department in the north, so that Bao Lidao could send someone to help him repel the Ming army.

An eagle arrives in a pasture behind the Snake Rift, which has become the military camp of the Emube.

"Attack the Long Snake Rift immediately, and kill them all without surrendering!" After receiving the letter for help, Bao Lidao decided not to wait any longer, but gave the order to attack Dao.

Although the best course of action is to wait, it is up to Zhao Chengqing to exhaust the last of the food and thus obediently surrender to them. It's just that now the situation of the Huifa Department is critical, but the Ming side doesn't seem to have any intention of talking about the conditions, so it was decided to directly wash the Long Snake Rift.

Although Zhao Chengqing's troops have chosen to kill horses to survive, this is a large army of 10,000 people, and the consumption can be solved by killing some horses.

It is precisely because of this, even if Zhao Chengqing's troops have not reached the point of begging for mercy, but in this situation of running out of ammunition and food, their combat power has already been greatly reduced.

Kill!

The Jurchens of the Emu tribe took the initiative to abandon the fortifications and killed them from the hillside, forcing the Ming army to retreat again and again.

After being trapped for so long, they are not only facing hunger and thirst, but also psychological problems. After all, there has been no rescue army for many days, and the idea of being trapped here inevitably arises.

Zhao Chengqing originally insisted on sending people to break out from the southern road, but in the face of the triple defense card set up by the Emu Department, he did not move at all.

Unexpectedly, the Emu tribe suddenly sent a large force into this only narrow road and launched a fierce attack on them, so that they had to retreat.

Zhao admitted that at first, he also took advantage of the geographical advantage to defend, but the Emu tribe did not hesitate to sacrifice to kill them, and their morale had dropped to the extreme, and they were forced into the Long Snake Rift.

After the army entered the rift valley, the situation became even worse, and now it was more difficult to obtain food and water, and there was no grass to feed their horses.

"Are we going to finish?"

Zhao Chengqing's troops were trapped in a barren rift, and a sluggish mood quickly spread.

"Marquis Zhao, come out and talk about the conditions!" Bao Lidao realized that the price he paid for wanting to eat Zhao Chengqing's department was not small, but he took the initiative to show up.

As the two sides confronted each other, an eagle flew into the depths of the rift.

Zhao Chengqing didn't know how to shoot the horse out too much, and said ten meters away: "What conditions?" ”

"Surrender to Ben Khan immediately, and I will protect you from death!" Bao Lidao promised earnestly.

The corners of Zhao Chengqing's mouth rose slightly, and he said very hardly: "The reason why Ben Hou retreated in is because it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if you want to take it forcibly, it is difficult, not to mention ......"

"Besides, you still have reinforcements, but so?" Bao Lidao thought that he had seen Zhao Chengqing's hole cards, so he said confidently.

Zhao Chengqing was immediately stunned, and asked in confusion: "How do you know about this?" ”

"There is nothing in the world that we don't know, you shouldn't transport grain from the Huifa Department, the Huifa Department and our Emu Department are of the same origin!" Bao Lidao was very satisfied with Zhao Chengqing's reaction, and shook his head lightly with regret.

Zhao Chengqing found that he was thinking too much, so he smiled again and said: "It turns out that you still don't know that the reinforcements I am waiting for are not in the south, you are really unjustly killed this time!" ”

It was at this time that an army with the banner of the Ming Army appeared in the Emu military camp outside, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. (End of chapter)