As the snow melts, the snow moistens the earth, and as the air warms, the grass sprouts on the ground.

Just when the whole Jiankang court was busy preparing to move the capital, an urgent letter of 800 miles broke the hot situation.

Li Jingfu received this urgent report and hurriedly summoned important ministers to the palace to discuss.

The first to arrive at the palace was the left servant Yuan Qian, whom he personally promoted.

As soon as he arrived, Li Jingfu handed him the urgent report, and then asked eagerly: "Yuan Aiqing, the tribes of Beidi united with the Jurchens in the northeast, and they launched an attack on the Jiliao border defense at the beginning of spring, what do they mean by this?" ”

Yuan Qian couldn't help frowning after reading the emergency report, who would have thought that the spring was coming, Beidi and Jurchen did not graze, fish and hunt, but combined forces to commit the border together, "Could it be that they don't know how to farm and are idle?" ”

When Li Jingfu heard this, he really wanted to roll his eyes at him, a barbaric foreigner who didn't understand farming culture, they knew what to plow and sow seeds at the beginning of spring!

"Yuan Aiqing, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

What else can they do in this situation, of course, it is a passive defense, thinking so, Yuan Qian said to Li Jingfu: "According to the minister, the enemy army has already approached the city, what we have to do now is to do a good job of defense, to prevent the enemy from crossing the pass along the Great Wall and entering the pass, it is the time of spring ploughing, and we must not let the enemy affect the spring ploughing of our people!" ”

At this time, Zhang Shijiao walked in from outside, and Li Jingfu told him the result of the discussion between the two, "What does Mr. think of this proposal?" ”

Zhang Shishu gave the emperor a courtesy, bowed his head and said: "The emperor's policy is very suitable for today's situation for the sake of safety, but you may wish to write to inform Niangniang before you make a decision, Niangniang likes to make strange moves, maybe she already has other plans there, in order not to make the two of you make a decision-making conflict, talking to each other is a sign of rejuvenating the country!" ”

Yuan Qian, who was standing next to him, listened to his words, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, the harmony between the husband and wife is the image of rejuvenating the country?

It seems right to think about it, the harmony of the emperor and queen is not a sign of rejuvenation.

Li Jingfu had already developed a habit, and he had no objection to Xia Jing's letter, he bowed his head: "I want to come to the queen's side and receive an urgent report earlier than me, and I will send a letter to the messenger later." ”

At the same time, I was also curious, what would Xia Jing do when she received an urgent report?

And Xia Jing, who was worried about Jiankang, received an urgent report from the border as early as two days ago.

At that time, she summoned several generals of the Gyeonggi battalion in the capital to discuss the enemy's strategy.

The veterans of the Gyeonggi battalion were all in favor of holding the pass, so that the enemy could not attack for a long time, and they would automatically retreat.

The young general felt so aggrieved, but there was no better countermeasure for the time being, and the meeting fell silent for a while.

Xia Jing didn't care why Beidi and Jurchen in the grassland wanted to send troops together this time, but she knew that if she dared to take the initiative to invade the border pass of Dayu, she would always retaliate and go back, so that they would know that they would have to pay a heavy price for violating Dayu.

"The pass on the Jiliao line has been attacked by the combined enemy army, but there is no enemy army on the west line of Bingzhou, so I think their combined army will concentrate all its forces on the Jiliao line."

Saying that, Xia Jing glanced at everyone, pointed to the map hanging on the wall, and rowed from Yanmen Pass in Bingzhou to the depths of the grassland, "There are border troops on the Jiliao front line to resist the enemy army, and it is safe for the time being." In this way, we can take advantage of the emptiness of the grassland, send a few cavalry out of the pass, and kill the Beidi tribe in the area west of the grassland.

And if we can't get the cattle back, then they will be destroyed. This time we have to retaliate fiercely, and let them know how much the price of violating Dayu is! ”

This revenge is to make Beidi understand that Dayu is no longer the Dayu who let them bully at will before, and if you want to invade Dayu, you must first consider whether you can afford Dayu's revenge?

"Good!" Li Chengmu agreed very much, "The queen mother and I have the same idea, since this is the case, then let's decide!" ”

Xia Jing looked at Long Yutian and the others with a smile, "Uncle, what is a better way to do this?" ”

“.” Long Yutian was speechless, your mother and son have already decided, what's the use of asking him?

Which decision is either decided by the queen mother or decided, where is there room for others to put their beaks, that is to say, the queen mother's decision is the final decision.

And Li Chengmu, the crown prince, is the biggest echo worm around the queen, so there is no one in Dayu for such a mother and son.

Xiao Qi stood up and said: "Niangniang is wise and brave, this strategy is the most beneficial to our Dayu's current situation, and Weichen seconded it!" ”

“.” Long Yutian rolled his eyes speechlessly this time, this old boy has now learned to flatter his mother, and he didn't wait for him to open his mouth before he knew to open his mouth first.

Xia Jing looked at Long Yutian, "Uncle is choked, why did you roll your eyes?" ”

“.” Long Yutian wanted to cover his face, so he bowed his head helplessly: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Several bigwigs nodded in agreement, and no one in their official position dared to raise objections, so they nodded in agreement.

When Xia Jing saw this, she said happily: "So it's decided." ”

Next, the cavalry took advantage of the emptiness of the grassland to go deep into the grassland, and the cavalry of Cong Guanglei, the general soldier of the three passes of Guangyanmen, was not enough.

In this way, Xia Jing ordered the Gyeonggi battalion to send 30,000 cavalry, led by Sha Yuliang, and cooperated with Cong Guanglei, the general soldier of the three passes of Yanmen, to go out of the pass to raid Beidi.

It was not the first time that the cavalry had gone deep into the grassland to raid the Beidi tribe, and they had already gained experience.

This time, like last time, you don't need to bring much grain and grass, mainly enough grain and grass to go deep into the grassland, and when you enter the grassland, you can fight and raise the war.

The 30,000 cavalry of the Gyeonggi battalion set off two days later and went straight to Yanmen Pass.

At the same time, along with the cavalry, there was also a letter and military order from Xia Jing to Cong Guanglei, the chief soldier of the three passes of Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass and Bihe Pass.

The cavalry of the Gyeonggi battalion on the capital side went straight to Yanmen Pass, and at the same time, on the Jiliao line, the Dayu border army was inseparably separated from the united enemy army, and the battle situation was so deadlocked.

After an offensive and defensive battle two days ago, now the two armies are resting, Meng Shaokui, the general soldier of Jiliao, looked at the combined enemy troops stationed outside the pass, and said to Du Bi, the guard of the Huangya Pass beside him: "This time the enemy army has stayed outside the pass for a long time, how much grain and grass do you say they brought this time?" ”

Du Bi looked at the camp in the distance, frowned and said: "In my opinion, it is estimated that there is at least half a month's worth of grain and grass, otherwise, it is impossible for the joint team of Beidi and Jurchen to be stationed so calmly." ”

In the past, these barbarians came to the border pass to fight to feed the war, and when did they bring so much grain and grass, but now it seems that they attacked the border pass with the determination to win.

Thinking of this, he said with a somewhat solemn expression: "Now it seems that they will not retreat easily, we have to think of a strategy to beat them and be afraid of them, otherwise they will not retreat if they don't hurt their muscles and bones this time!" ”

Meng Shaokui listened to his words and thought deeply, "We are different from their long-distance raids, we are waiting for work, even so, they still bite the bullet, it seems that we have to build the fortifications stronger when we go back, and the next time they come to tackle the key problems, our artillery will increase the firepower!" ”

Only when they are beaten more times and hurt will they have any scruples. Otherwise, like a leech, they would not be able to stop bleeding, and they would have to be on guard from time to time.

When it comes to shelling, it is actually your own side that takes advantage.

Beidi and Jurchen were mainly cavalry, and the cavalry rushed in, and it was impossible to bring heavy artillery over.

In such a situation of scimitars and war horses, it means that this combined enemy army can only be beaten passively.

Chen Shaokui turned around and swept the great rivers and mountains in the pass, and asked Du Bi: "You said that this time the united enemy army will come to attack the border as soon as the ice and snow melt, why are you so impatient?" ”

This question is difficult for anyone to judge without knowing the internal situation of Beidi and the Jurchen tribe, Du Bi listened to his question and shook his head: "Maybe it's for food, grass and materials." ”

Chen Shaokui listened to his words and shook his head helplessly: "If you want to say that for the sake of grain, grass and materials, they came to invade the border this time, and they spent countless amounts of grain, grass and materials, could it be that they really want to come to the customs to snatch it because of the lack of materials, grain and grass?" ”

Look at the traps and trenches they dug outside the pass, these fortifications can make it difficult for them to walk, but the coalition forces do not flinch, if there is no reason for this he does not believe it.

In fact, if he knew the weather, maybe he wouldn't be so entangled.

This period was during the Xiaoice period, and the grasslands and Jurchen tribes were in extreme cold in recent years, and the white disaster caused them to freeze to death countless livestock and herders every winter.

In such a harsh environment, it is understandable that Beidi and Jurchen wanted to seize the lands further south of Guannai for their tribes.

Over the next half month, the opposing sides fought several more times, with losses on both sides.

Of course, the combined enemy army belongs to the besieging side, and their losses are greater, and there are casualties on the side of the Dayu border army.

On the other side, the cavalry of the Gyeonggi battalion and the cavalry of Yanmen Pass quickly left the pass, and when they set foot on the grassland, they marched as fast as they could to the depths of the grassland.

In order to be surprised, the two cavalry led by Sha Yuliang went out day and night, sweeping away on the grassland.

Starting from the border pass, all the way deep into the grassland, but whenever they met the grazing tribes, they swept over, the cattle and sheep were killed, the men were killed, and the remaining old and young women were rushed to one place, and all the horses were snatched away.

Nearly 60,000 cavalry swept through the grassland, which was very smooth, and the reason why it was smooth was entirely because the Khan of Beidi recruited warriors from all tribes to attack the pass on the Jiliao line.

This is to give Dayu a chance, and Beidi Khan may never have dreamed that he led troops to attack Dayu's border passes, and Dayu was not idle, but sent troops to copy his backyard.

If the consequences were known in advance, I wonder if Beidi Khan would dare to be so unscrupulous?

Therefore, sometimes the strength of what you think is an honest person, once you resist, is also terrifying, sometimes enough to kill.

At the same time, at the pass of the Jiliao line, the generals also received a secret letter from the imperial court.

The content of the secret letter was simple, informing them of the imperial court's plan for the use of troops, and asking them to keep the pass at the lowest cost.

As for the annihilation of the enemy army, it is not yet time.

After seeing the strength of Dayu's defenders, Beidi and the Jurchens began to try to tackle key problems after resting.

And this time, Beidi Khan found an abnormality, "Why are they just guarding this time and not taking the initiative to provoke us?" ”

The defense is in the most conservative way, is it that the ordnance of the Dayu border army is about to run out?

Beidi Khan's mood jumped up, thinking that he organized the cavalry to attack the fortified with all his might, and the Dayu people abandoned the pass and fled. And he led the army to occupy a large area of territory in Guannai, and his own people could survive the winter with peace of mind, Beidi Khan couldn't help laughing!

Thinking that he had seen through the secret of the Dayu defenders, Beidi Khan organized two more attacks in the next few days, which further confirmed that the Dayu defenders did not want to be hard-hitting, and were conservatively resisting the enemy's attack.

After two trials, the next step was to rest the entire coalition for two days in preparation for the final sprint.

The Beidi Iron Cavalry was invincible, and the Beidi Khan wanted to strike with all his might, but the Dayu border army was unable to resist this offensive.

When they occupy the Guannei, their Beidi nobles can have a large area of land and a team of Han slaves, and the clansmen will live further under his leadership, and they will be excited when they think about it!

In fact, the Beidi people have attacked the pass more than once, but countless times before, they have not had a clear goal this time.

In the past, the advance was only for plunder, but this time it was purely for the purpose of occupying the land, and the purpose was clear.

Thinking that this time is different

Hahaha, Beidi Khan wants to look up to the sky and laugh.

Under his leadership, Beidi always wants to go further, and he will become a god in the hearts of his people!

It was only a general offensive scheduled for three days later, and it was not yet the third day. In the early morning of the second day, the Beidi and Jurchen soldiers and horses stationed in a plain ten miles away from the Guan, when the sky had just turned white, many people were woken up by the vibration of the earth.

"What's going on?"

For the steppe people, they are most sensitive to the sound of horses' hooves, just now they were not wrong, there are thousands of horses galloping in the distance!

"Khan, listen to the vibrations, I think there are a lot of horses coming, could it be that there are other tribes to support us?"

There was a moment of confusion in Beidi Khan's eyes, "It shouldn't be, I didn't ask them for help, they didn't dare to send troops to support without authorization"

Before the words fell, the leader of the Jurchen tribe changed his face and asked in disbelief: "Could it be that Dayu's cavalry is coming?" ”

When Beidi Khan heard this, he was so frightened that his face changed again and again, and he was slightly stunned, and shouted loudly outside the tent: "Someone! Come! ”

The warrior guarding outside the tent was startled when he heard such a hurried shout, and he opened the curtain of the door: "Does the khan have something to order?" ”

"Hurry up and give the order, let the leaders of the Jurchen tribe and our own generals quickly gather and prepare for battle!" Beidi Khan's face was unusually ugly.

When the warrior heard this, his face changed, and he turned his head and ran out of the middle tent, shouting as he ran: "The enemy is coming, assemble, prepare for battle!" ”

With his hoarse shout, the Beidi military camp, which had not yet fully awakened, instantly turned people on their backs.

Before the soldiers and horses were assembled, Dayu's cavalry galloped like lightning.

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