"Beidi is a nomadic people, living with water and grass, and has no fixed place, what can we do but defend? You can't send cavalry to raid the Beidi tribe like Jizhou Dajingmen, right? ”

At this time, it was the loudest voice in the army, Hu Daxi, the deputy general of Cong Guanglei, who spoke.

According to his will, if he does not obey, he will fight.

It's just that the defense can kill the enemy at will, and if you want to go out of the pass and take the initiative to kill the enemy, you have to allow it.

Just like the last time Dajingmen went deep into the grassland to sneak attack, it was with the consent of the queen mother that they dared to go out of the customs and run rampant in the grassland, otherwise they would have to nest in the pass like quails and be aggrieved.

The staff also echoed Hu Daxi's words, "My lord, instead of going to the boundless grassland to find the Beidi cavalry, it is better for us to strengthen our defense, wait for work, and wait for the Beidi soldiers and horses to rush through the pass." Or we can use the tiger's mouth as a bait to lure the Beidi soldiers and horses into the pass, and then surround it and annihilate it in one fell swoop! ”

Cong Guanglei listened to everyone's opinions, thought for a while and said: "Killing the tiger's mouth is the most cutting-edge pass, the mountains on both sides are facing each other, the terrain is very steep, it is the only way to Beidi, and it is also suitable to use it as bait." ”

As he spoke, his face became solemn, and he reminded everyone solemnly: "On the premise of using the tiger's mouth as bait, that kid Hong Laogao can only listen to our orders.

In Bingzhou, Lord Ben is only the chief soldier of the three passes of Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass, and Bihe Pass, and he can't control the tiger's mouth, and he can't control Hong Laogao's kid! ”

Cong Guanglei attaches great importance to everyone's opinions, but he also has to speak out about the difficulties in front of him.

The staff member pondered for a while and said: "Your Excellency's worries are not unreasonable, didn't it be said that the army will be sent over for a while, and then we will discuss with the commander sent by the imperial court to see if we can let him coordinate it and achieve the goal." Of course, we don't have exclusive credit for it. ”

Cong Guanglei nodded unwillingly, no matter how anxious he was, he could only wait patiently.

However, although you can't go out of the customs to kill the enemy, but.

"This matter will wait for the arrival of the imperial court soldiers and horses, but in the next period of time, I hope that the passes will be prepared for defense, don't let the Beidi soldiers and horses take advantage of the loopholes, and the responsibility for breaking the pass will not be borne by you! Everyone wants to die, don't affect your colleagues and families! ”

When the staff heard this, they stood up and suggested: "Urge the passes to strengthen their defenses, let me go to this matter, and pass on the order to check their defenses by the way, whether they have been implemented or dealt with." ”

This time it's really sloppy!

Cong Guanglei nodded with a headache, he had been at war with Beidi for many years, and he really didn't know what they were capable of.

He sometimes thought about when the queen would come to his Yanmen Pass to take up the town, send cavalry deep into the grassland to raid the Beidi tribe, and then seize countless cattle, horses and sheep to improve the food for the soldiers.

It's just that last time, although the queen mother came to Bingzhou, she didn't come to Yanmen Pass, but went back to Gyeonggi directly.

He was thinking about these things when suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside.

Then his own soldiers trotted in to report: "My lord, there is an urgent report from the mouth of the tiger, about 20,000 cavalry of Beidi have gathered outside the pass, and it seems that they are ready to storm and kill the tiger's mouth!" ”

The staff was overjoyed when they heard this, and said with a straight face: "My lord, how can I say this, we have just discussed using the tiger's mouth as a lure to lure the Beidi cavalry into the hinterland of the mountains and then enter the annihilation, and they will automatically send it to the door." ”

Cong Guanglei raised his hand to signal him not to say it yet, and then took the letter handed over by his own soldiers, quickly skimmed it, and said: "Hong Laogao wrote that the Beidi cavalry was outside the Hukou Pass, and they didn't see them rushing through the pass. Based on the movements of the Beidi cavalry, he deduced that the Beidi cavalry might be waiting for the Beidi follow-up team. There are signs of a large-scale attack, and Hong Laogao sent a letter asking for support from us! ”

The other generals were shocked when they heard this, and wanted to listen to what Guanglei had arranged.

When the staff heard this, they were not surprised, "My lord."

Cong Guanglei raised his hand again to interrupt him and continue, "This matter is very important, I won't consider your strategy until I find out how many soldiers and horses are coming from Beidi Tartars!" ”

The staff stiffened, smiled wryly, and sat back in their chairs.

Cong Guanglei asked the soldiers, "The messenger is helping him down to rest now?" ”

The soldier nodded: "Yes, my lord." ”

Cong Guanglei bowed slightly, and said to several generals: "I will reply to Hong Laogao later, and let him hold on for a few days." There are a number of soldiers and horses at each pass, and if the enemy attacks from the east to the west, it will not be worth the loss. As long as he holds on, when the soldiers and horses of the court arrive, he will immediately send troops to kill them! ”

This time the staff did not refute it, because it was the most appropriate arrangement.

Killing the North Ditun soldiers outside the Hukou Pass in front, and other passes in the state learned the news, if facing a great enemy, everyone was in danger, and they strengthened their defenses one by one.

Although the passage of the Jinghe Highway shortened the distance from the capital to Bingzhou, by the time the soldiers and horses from the Gyeonggi battalion arrived at Yanmen Pass, it was already five days after the Beiditun soldiers killed Hukou Pass.

The Beidi Iron Cavalry was stationed outside the pass, and the soldiers who killed the tiger's mouth could be said to be fearful, sleepless at night, and did not know the taste of food, looking forward to the early reinforcement of the imperial court soldiers and horses.

The three sides of the rush to be unparalleled, and the nine stops respect the first level.

This is the first pass in the world, if the Yanmen Pass is broken by the enemy, the Central Plains will be in no danger to defend, and the Gyeonggi region will be in danger again!

The imperial court soldiers and horses arrived at Yanmen Pass, and Long Yutian was invited into the general military palace on the same day.

After the two sides greeted him, Cong Guanglei told him in detail about the current situation of the passes along the Great Wall, "I received the latest news yesterday that nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses have been stationed outside the Hukou Pass, and they have been stationed for six days, and they have not rushed through the pass. ”

Subsequently, Cong Guanglei said the strategy that the staff had come up with.

Long Yutian is known as Sai Zhuge , not in vain, after listening to what he said, he got up and stood in front of the map, pondered for a while, pointed to the mouth of the killer tiger and said: "The enemy army is stationed outside the pass, there is still a possibility." ”

Cong Guanglei chuckled in his heart, "Uncle, please speak, the last general would like to hear the details!" ”

Long Yutian stared at the map, stroked his beard, raised his hand and pointed to several other important passes on the map: "Maybe they came this time with more than tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and other important Great Wall passes have been divided into soldiers and horses, what kind of situation do you say?" ”

Cong Guanglei was so frightened that he almost couldn't hold the tea cup steadily, "Uncle means that Beidi's attack this time is not a simple attack on the grass valley, but a comprehensive declaration of war on Dayu?" ”

Long Yutian nodded: "I haven't received any letter from other passes yet, what is the specific situation, to be determined!" ”

"Regardless of the enemy's conspiracy, our current target is tens of thousands of enemy troops outside the gates."

"Since they don't take the initiative to attack, then we can provoke them, or we can take advantage of the time period when they are not attacking, do a good job of internal defense, and just wait for them to fall into the trap."

Cong Guanglei looked at him in a little surprise, "Uncle means to agree with Mr.'s plan and lure you into the urn?" ”

Although this strategy is wonderful, it also has a certain danger, if Yanmen Pass can not withstand the enemy's offensive, it will lead to the killing of the tiger's mouth, the people outside the Yanmen Pass suffered, and maybe it will also implicate a large area in the Yanmen Pass.

The two discussed some details of this strategy, checked and filled in the gaps, improved this strategy, and tried to let the Beidi soldiers and horses suffocate to death when they entered the mouth of the cloth bag, and don't let them go out and harm the world.

With Long Yutian in Yanmen Pass, he sent troops and sent generals to let Zhu Wei and Zhenghe lead a team of 10,000 people to kill Hukou to support Hong Gao.

The rest of the soldiers acted according to the plan.

The border pass is different from the Gyeonggi area, and when you go here, you can't see the bustling and busy scene, and all you can see is desolation, which may be the reason for the season.

The cold wind is bitter, and what can't be blown is the Jin Ge Iron Horse, and the wolf smoke is everywhere, and most of them are Heng Ge horses.

Within two days, the enemy army outside the Killing Tiger Pass launched a battle to rush the pass, and at the same time, the passes such as Yatou Pass, Gubei Pass, and Bauhinia Pass were attacked by Beidi soldiers and horses at the same time as the Killing Tiger Pass.

At the same time, the four passes are urgent, and the northern border encounters a crisis that is rare in a century, and the Dayu Dynasty has never encountered this situation since the establishment of the dynasty.

This was the revenge of the Beidi for their raid on their tribe, which brought down both of their tribes.

This is the Beidi organization to enter the pass and loot after the autumn, only to find that the Chahar tribe and another small tribe had been wiped out by Dayu's soldiers and horses a few months ago.

When the news reached Jiankang, the courtiers were almost scared.

The palace of diligence is solemn.

Li Jingfu's imperial case had four battle reports on them, which were clearly written, and on the same day, Beidi launched an attack on Siguan at the same time.

This is a long time that has been agreed for a long time.

"The heart of the Beidi wolf is not dead, they are starting to provoke us again."

The left servant shot out a column and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is not a provocation by Beidi, but a revenge!" ”

Li Jingfu was stunned when he heard this, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zuo Servant said calmly: "According to our army line report, Beidi dispatched 200,000 soldiers and horses, and divided his troops to counterattack, in order to avenge my Dayu for destroying his two tribes a few months ago. If it hadn't been for the raid a few months ago, there wouldn't be today! ”

Li Jingfu listened to this soft bone's words, and was furious: "I know that those who offend me Dayu will be punished even if they are far away, and you, who are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, the Mean and the University, etc., did your husband not teach you to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, or did he not teach you that you can be killed and not humiliated?" ”

"Or maybe your husband forgot to teach you what the Three Principles and the Five Constants are? If that's the case, I'll immediately issue an order to punish your husband's nine clans, and don't let it be! ”

When the left servant heard this, his face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground as soon as his legs became weak.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu stood up at this time, "The emperor is angry."

"Don't persuade me, I can't be angry at this time!" Li Jingfu's eyes flashed, pointed to the left servant who was kneeling on the ground at this time, and scolded angrily: "The enemy bullied your parents, wife and children, you don't want to resist and go back, but you want to grovel and bend your brows to please the enemy, I wonder if you are Beidi's spy in Dayu at this time!" ”

Chrysostom Yuyan, as soon as these words came out, the faces of all the ministers in the court changed.

The charge of treason and collaboration with the enemy was so rashly pressed on the head of the first assistant, what safety would they have in standing in the court in the future?

"Your Majesty, the left servant can never be a spy of the enemy country, he is worried about the country and the people, so he will not choose to say anything today, I hope the emperor is magnanimous, forgive him this time."

At this moment, Tobe Shangshu couldn't stay still.

Even the first assistant of a supreme minister can be easily convicted, and they are not as good as him, and they will inevitably have the feeling of sadness for the rabbit and the fox.

"Presumptuous!"

Li Jingfu sat in this supreme position, and what he was best at was messing around, "Zhang Aiqing knows so well, could it be that you and he are accomplices?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Tobe Shangshu almost knelt down in fright.

Li Jingfu didn't care about his frightened heart, his anger did not subside, and he said sharply: "If Chengping is today, Haiyan River is clear, and Beidi disturbing the pass is just a disease of scabies and a disease of mustard." I have countless elite soldiers, how can I be afraid that he is a little nomad, and those wild Tartars are so scared that you even forget your ancestors? Have you even forgotten about the Three Principles and the Five Constants? ”

"Your Majesty, please don't listen to the words of traitors, and never doubt the loyalty of the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Dayu and your loyalty! The minister asked the emperor to take off the official hat of this traitor, and his words of causing trouble to the world proved that this person was not worthy of being a great minister! ”

Finally, he heard a different voice in the court, which made Li Jingfu a little surprised.

He looked at the person who made righteous statements, it was Jiankang's Fu Yin, who wanted to take refuge in him and betray the civilian clique?

"Zhu Aiqing's words are extremely correct! Someone, take these traitors and villains to me, put them in prison and wait for them to be released! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister's loyalty can be seen from the sun and the moon, and the minister is wronged! Your Majesty."

When Zhi Jinwu came up, he covered the mouth of the left servant and dragged the person out like a dead dog.

The rest of the courtiers were concerned, and they didn't dare to breathe, and for a while, the needles in the Qinzheng Hall could be heard.

Li Jingfu successfully picked up the official hat of the first assistant, and the news reached the capital.

Xia Jing just smiled at Li Chengmu and teased: "Your father is now more and more adept at playing with power, and he didn't care about anything before, and he also knows the official position of an official." ”

Li Chengmu pursed his lips and smiled: "My father's progress is all due to my mother's training. ”

Xia Jing bared her teeth at him, and her son dared to ridicule the old mother, it was unreasonable!

"Recently, the young lady of the Cui family has not pestered you anymore? Didn't have an occasional chance encounter with you? ”

Li Chengmu showed a helpless smile to Xia Jing, "Listening to the meaning of the queen mother, it seems that I really want my son and Miss Cui Jia to get together?" ”

Xia Jing rolled her eyes, snatched the small wooden hammer in Bai Mei's hand, and handed it to Li Chengmu, "You said that you were making a couple, since you didn't look at each other, how much hatred I have for you will force you to make a pair!" ”

Li Chengmu took the small wooden hammer handed over by Xia Jing, sat next to Xia Jing and helped her slowly beat her shoulders.

After listening to Xia Jing's words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling, and he sighed: "Only the queen mother loves me the most in the world!" ”

Xia Jing laughed when she heard this: "Don't let your father hear what you say, otherwise he won't be able to eat my vinegar, I don't like to smell sour!" ”

After the mother and son joked, Li Chengmu straightened his attitude and asked, "Queen Mother, what do you think of Beidi's attack on the four major passes at the same time?" ”

"The whip is out of reach, I have already set up the border in advance, if this still can't be defended, then it's time to change the guard."

Xia Jing doesn't raise useless people, and the border guards can't defend the border in advance, if you can't defend the pass in advance, what's the use?

It's better to go to the wilderness and grow sweet potatoes!

Li Chengmu actually heard the news, and his heart has been hanging in the air.

At this time, after listening to Xia Jing's words, the hanging heart fell into place, and indeed as Xia Jing said, all the border passes have been deployed in advance, and the grain, grass, ordnance and salary have been made up for them.

The fact that he can still lose to the enemy under such favorable conditions can only show that the defender is really not suitable to be a defender, and is only suitable for growing sweet potatoes with brute force.