With great reluctance, Chen Rui led more than 3,000 soldiers and horses to gallop to Ningxia.

For Chen Rui, this was simply an errand to death, so he didn't plan to arrive quickly, as for the place across the Hetao...... Don't even think about it, Chen Rui adheres to the principle of "will be outside", and he didn't listen to Qin Hong's dispatch, but still took the way of the gate.

At the same time, in Zhu Hui's army, Li Yan, the Bo of Xiangcheng, and Zheng Ying, the Hou of Wu'an, each led 2,000 troops, as the vanguard, and advanced in the direction of Shigou City.

And Zhu Hui's department traveled less than 30 miles a day, slowly waiting for the follow-up people from all walks of life to arrive.

The first to come...... Zhu Hui was also a little surprised, it was actually Jianchangbo Zhang Yanling's men, and Zhang Yanling also heard that after the Ming border army won a great victory in Huamachi, he was busy bringing his men and horses over, in order to "seize the opportunity".

"Uncle Jianchang, you really can't afford to be early."

When Zhu Hui saw Zhang Yanling coming from the dust at the gate of the barracks, his tone was like a gun with a stick, and ordinary people were very uncomfortable listening to it.

But Zhang Yanling is like a heartless person, and he doesn't take it seriously when he hears it.

Zhang Yanling jumped down from the horse and hurriedly said, "Where is ***, it's still too late, right?" The road to the north is really hard, there is not even a road, is that a human walk? Have the Tatars been driven into the alleys?"

There was a flattering general on the side and said, "Uncle Guo, *** has now gone to the direction of Shigou City, which is already the hinterland of the Daming Pass."

"Damn, you turtle sons didn't defeat ***? What a shame. Didn't you say that *** has been blown up all over the ground looking for teeth? Won't that wipe them all out in one fell swoop? Are you waiting for Lao Tzu to come and give Lao Tzu the opportunity to make meritorious contributions? Hahaha......"

Zhang Yanling is called a man full of pride.

The generals who followed behind Zhu Hui were also wondering, it seemed that they really couldn't listen to the rumors outside, this Jianchangbo was a "hero" who had been on the battlefield, he had actual combat experience, and he heard that he had killed *** with his own hands, and his tone of voice was different from that of ordinary people.

Again, the coach...... Is it really one in heaven and one in the ground?

Wait a minute.

When did this Jian Changbo also become a positive figure?

The generals were still wondering, and Zhu Hui also spoke: "Uncle Jianchang, you came at the right time, and the commander is still worried about which way to attack, since the four thousand soldiers and horses you brought have arrived, then it is up to you to reinforce them."

Zhang Yanling frowned when he heard this, "You don't want Lao Tzu to rush to the front to die, right?"

"How could that be?" Zhu Hui is now trying to deceive the fool and take the bait, of course he can't say it explicitly, he turned to say in a gentle tone, "Ben Shuai has sent two roads of men and horses as the vanguard, you are already the third way, but reinforcements are up, just when the first two roads of men and horses and the local defenders of Ningxia are encircling ***, you take the opportunity to lead the troops to kill, it can be said that you can attack and retreat."

"Really?"

When Zhang Yanling heard this, his heart blossomed.

I'm still wondering in my heart, it's still this Baoguo Gong who takes care of me, listen to what he said, you can attack and retreat, and you can defend, it is really the number of roads I like.

Zhu Hui said, "Why don't you build Changbo stationed outside the camp first, and then send troops early tomorrow morning after resting?"

Zhang Yanling asked, "How long does it take to get from here to Shigou City?"

Someone replied, "If you send troops here, you can reach it in one day and one night, and you will have to travel less than one hundred and twenty miles."

"So what are you waiting for?" Zhang Yanling seems to be already making meritorious contributions, not caring about what it means to be tired and afraid, it seems that he has led the troops over, and there is a monstrous credit waiting for him, "Lao Tzu will not do ***, and he will have no face to walk in the army in the future!" Rabbit cubs, cheer up Lao Tzu, bury your stomach in the stove, fill your stomach and fight with Lao Tzu!"

Wait for Zhang Yanling to take people back to his military camp.

The look on Zhu Hui's face was a little stiff, and he was also wondering, is this Jianchangbo really so brave and fearless? Or is it obscured by one-sided news, thinking that if you go, you will get credit?

"Jian Changbo really doesn't have many brains, he got the credit, and in the end, the credit doesn't go to you, the boss?"

When Zhu Hui walked in the direction of his camp, the flattering staff around him were analyzing the situation with Zhu Hui in a low voice.

When Zhu Hui heard it, it really made sense.

I'm the manager, and whoever gets the credit has it, it must be mine.

As for the deviation, I nodded to people one by one and asked them to carry the black pot.

"Mao Ren ......"

"Grandpa, you forgot? You let him go with Wu Anhou's passers-by."

"yes, how did I forget about it. He shouldn't have been allowed to go."

Zhu Hui suddenly regretted that he had sent Cui Yuan to go out with the vanguards.

The staff asked, "Grandpa, don't you dislike the eldest princess of Yongkang and the horse who is always nagging around you, how can you ......?"

Zhu Hui said: "You still haven't seen the situation clearly, Jian Changbo is the queen's younger brother in the end, if he gets the credit, even if it is only the size of a sesame mung bean, it will be written about it, and it is not easy to take it." At a critical time, does Your Majesty listen to Ben Shuai, or to Jian Changbo?"

"This ......," the staff didn't know how to answer.

It's easy to rob others of their credit, but it's easy to rob Zhang Yanling's ...... Who gave you Zhu Hui's courage?

Having said that, who really thought that Zhang Yanling could make great contributions on the battlefield? Is there something worth grabbing for his credit?

"But Your Majesty still respects Cui Maoren very much, if Maoren is still in the army, His Majesty asks about anything, he can still help talk, leading the troops outside, there is always a need for someone who can deliver the words." Zhu Hui sighed.

The staff said, "Is that to call back the eldest princess of Yongkang?"

"It's too late." Zhu Hui said, "There are a few people left, it's almost time to arrive tonight, send them all out, after the commander sits in the three armies, let the local defenders in Ningxia do it." The coach will make a transfer depending on the situation."

"Yes, yes, grandpa, you are wise, this is what you call it...... Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended."

"Exactly."

Lingzhou Institute.

Yang Yiqing, the governor of Ningxia, Guo Jun, the chief soldier of Ningxia, and Zhang Yu, the eunuch of the town, led the troops to withdraw after completing the battle of Huamachi.

When he arrived at the Lingzhou Institute, he learned that the Tatars did not chase after him from the back road, but went in the direction of Shigou City, and Yang Yiqing had already warned Zhu Hui along the way, but when Yang Yiqing's troops arrived at the Lingzhou Institute, he learned that Zhu Hui was not fighting the Tatars head-on.

「…… According to Lord Yang's instructions, he mentioned the current situation to Bao Guogong, but Bao Guogong was only willing to send a few thousand light horsemen to Shigou City, according to this situation, they wanted to wait for us to finish the battle and then come over to reap the results."

When his subordinates reported the news, the nose of Zhang Yan, the eunuch guarding the town, was crooked.

Zhang Yu said angrily: "He is a missed fighter to protect the country, look at how our family participates in his impeachment, so that he can't eat and walk around!"

Guo Jun pleaded, "Lord Yang, the last general is willing to lead his troops to Shigou City to intercept the enemy who is coming from the Tatars."

There are many generals present, all of whom can be regarded as Yang Yiqing's "descendants", Yang Yiqing has been in Ningxia for more than a year, in the eyes of the government and the opposition, he has not made an inch, and he was almost held accountable by the emperor for losing his official position because of the battle with the little Tatar prince in the first year.

But in fact, he is doing a good job in Ningxia, at least from military food and materials, to the army's military heart, etc., he can take care of it in an orderly manner, and he has also won the respect of the army.

Without these prerequisites, he would not be able to gain a foothold in Ningxia, and this battle would not allow him to dominate.

Yang Yiqing said: "With the men and horses that can be dispatched at present, the number of cavalry is less than 6,000, even if you add the infantry cavalry, it is only about 13,000, and the enemy of the little prince of Tatar is at least 30,000. In the previous battle of Huamachi, the Tatars had not yet figured out the situation of our army, and now if they want to make a surprise attack, they must cooperate with the men and horses of the Baoguo Gong."

Zhang Yu sneered, "But if people don't cooperate with you, what can they do?"

"I have reported to the imperial court before, someone will go to Yulinwei to ask the old Qin department to send troops to help, I believe that in a few days, reinforcements from all walks of life will arrive." Yang Yiqing's words were loud, as if he was inspiring the army.

Sure enough, these will be at the meeting

The collar also cheered up.

"The Tatars dare to commit crimes in my Ming territory, and they have suffered a great defeat, and we must have killed all kinds of people! Who doesn't want to take credit?"

"Isn't that so? We have the lion's share of the merits, and they don't mind at all!"

A group of people have already discussed how to use several other groups of people to help the local defenders of Ningxia gain military merits.

Yang Yiqing raised his hand to interrupt the discussion of the generals present, and sighed: "After all, it is the little prince of Tatar who personally leads the troops, and they are all the elite of Tatar, it is not easy to swallow them at once, although they have not withdrawn yet, but if they retreat north after sweeping the border, it will not be easy for us to resist alone."

Zhang Yu said: "*** knows the power of our firearms, and will not fight us head-on again, but I don't know if Cai Guogong has mentioned it, *** from which way to withdraw?"

"It doesn't count." Yang Yiqing said, "We have the advantage of knowing where we came from, if we even know their movements, wouldn't it be ......?"

Yang Yiqing wanted to say, wouldn't this group of people become marionettes? How to fight, it's all up to him to open his mouth? So what's the need to fight? Just use a spell to destroy them.

Zhang Yu muttered, "But I don't know, how did Cai Guogong know that the Tatars would go in the direction of Shigou City? Is it true that after encountering a new defeat, I don't want to withdraw my troops, but I want to go deep into my Ming territory?"

Yang Yiqing said: "This is the judgment of the situation, not the heavens. The Tatars raised troops to attack, and our army set up an ambush for the Tatar rear army in Huamachi, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Baoguo Duke in the land of the Hetao, and it would be unwise for the Tatars to withdraw their troops at this time, and if the little Tatar prince withdrew to the grassland, his reputation would be ruined, and he must want to withdraw his troops after being captured at the border pass of the Ming Dynasty."

"Makes sense." Zhang Yu said.

"And the Tatars did not know the movement of our army in the early days, and they fell behind in a hurry, but after all, they did not hurt their bones, after they knew that our Ningxia defenders were only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they must have thought of going along the river ditch to the direction of Shigou City, because in the past two years, a large area of tuntian has developed there, and even if the people know about the withdrawal, it is not timely to evacuate. Shigou City is located in a lonely fortress, in disrepair, and the open terrain is the most conducive to the Tatars to see the opportunity to retreat north."

When Yang Yiqing said this, his hand also clicked on the map is the location of Shigou City.

The generals looked over, and sure enough, they saw that Shigou City was standing alone, and the surrounding fortresses were relatively far away.

Yang Yiqing continued: "If the Ming Dynasty does not send troops to fight against it, it will definitely move south in the direction of Xiaoyanchi, and it can plunder Pingliang, Guyuan, and even Guanzhong. That's what they're all about...... Cai Guogong just took advantage of the situation and created a condition for them, and they marched as planned...... This shows that everything was expected by Cai Guogong."

Previously, Yang Yiqing was still saying that Zhang Zhou was not omnipotent.

But at this time, he began to help Zhang Zhou tout again.

Zhang Yi can naturally hear that Yang Yiqing wants morale in the army now, and if Daming has a "heavenly master" who can pinch and calculate to command this battle, the soldiers will naturally be shocked, so Yang Yiqing has to brag about Zhang Zhou's ability.

Don't worry, you guys, everything is within Cai Guogong's calculations, and it's really trivial to defeat the Tatars.

Zhang Yu said: "Now we want to intercept ***, and we can't let it go south from Shigou City, but now what should I do if the Baoguo Gong is not allowed to move in Ningxia?"

"Then we'll do it." Yang Yiqing clenched his fists and slapped on the map, saying, "The majesty of the Ming soldiers is not continued by timid and cowardly generals like Baoguo Gong, but by generations of soldiers of our border army. He will not enter the army, as long as we fight and push the Tatars into a corner, then he will fight if he does not fight."

"More than 10,000 horses, more than 30,000 ......"

Zhang Yu first doubted himself.

Yang Yiqing said with a confident smile on his face: "When the ambush was set up before, our three armies were only tens of thousands of men and horses, and they still beat Di Yi to the point where they couldn't find the north? When we harvested the *** head, tens of thousands of Tatars were more than ten miles away, did anyone dare to step forward?"

"That time, this time ......" Zhang Yu still played the style of the eunuch who was afraid of death.

He wanted to remind that at that time it was the Tatars

People are stunned, they don't dare to come, now you try again.

Yang Yiqing said with a smile: "Now that all the men and horses of our Ming Dynasty are gathering, and we still have artillery and firecrackers as sharp blades, as long as the main officers and soldiers of our three armies go, they will definitely not dare to meet the enemy head-on. Even if it's just a few hundred soldiers with guns and cannons, they will have to take a detour."

"Then we ......" Zhang Yu looked at the surrounding soldiers and found that this group of people seemed to be fearless, all of them were red-eyed, and they seemed to be excited by Yang Yiqing, and they all wanted to make contributions.

Zhang Yi was also impressed by Yang Yiqing's demagogic methods.

Guo Jun asked again: "Please lead the troops to the last general."

"It's not you who lead the troops, but our three armies marching together, desperate to leave no way back, only when the Tatars are defeated in Shigou City, they will not dare to invade the border to fight in the future! Ladies and gentlemen, the face of the Ming soldiers and the face of the officials all depend on you."

"I am willing to follow Yang Zhongcheng!"

Jingshi, Qianqing Palace.

It's another long night, Zhu Youzhu has been insomnia lately, and then he ran to the Qianqing Palace when he had nothing to do, and called the celebrant over a few people, originally the ceremonial supervisor was still on duty in batches, but in the end they found that the emperor would come every night, and they could only choose to rest in batches during the day.

And then......

At night, the four celebrants will be on duty.

This is okay for Xiao Jing and the others, but Li Rong, who is in his seventies and nearly eighty, is a little unbearable.

However, on this night, an urgent news from the northwest inspired several monarchs and ministers in the entire Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty...... Good news."

Li Rong went out for a while, and when he came back, he walked briskly and ran into the temple gate.

When Zhu Youzhu heard the news, he swept away his slightly confused look before, and almost jumped up from his chair.

"Quick ......"

Zhu Youzhu asked Xiao Jing to go over to help someone to receive the good news, but in fact, he said that he also got up, and he greeted him faster than Xiao Jing.

Li Rong stepped forward, didn't even care about the number of courtesies, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, Huamachi is a good news!"

"Whew!"

When Zhu Youzhu heard this, he had already breathed a long sigh of relief.

Li Rong said: "It was just presented from the upper listening office, Huamachi set up an ambush, killed more than 1,000 enemies, and got nearly 900 heads, the Tatars really entered the pass from Huamachi, and now Baoguo Gong has cut off his retreat from the back road, and it is already a posture of closing the door and beating the dog."

"Really?"

When Zhu Youzhu heard that he had only killed more than 1,000 people, his mood was a little not very beautiful.

The main reason is that the threshold of expectation is too high, in the past, as long as you kill dozens of people, it was an absolute victory, but now, ...... If you don't kill thousands of people, you will feel that you have failed Bingkuan's scheme.

Xiao Jing immediately took the good news and sent it to Zhu Youji, Zhu Youzhu waved his hand and said, "Somehow, I have been seeing things a little blurry recently.

Xiao Jing and the others were still puzzled.

Just now, Your Majesty, you watched the music or something, and you didn't mention this, and the feelings just now were all guesses, anyway, you don't care, and in the end we deal with it, right? You're not here to work, you're here to be an overseer, to supervise our group of people to review and review the music.

The list of good news is very detailed.

After Yang Yiqing's victory in Huamachi, he hurriedly played a meritorious service, but also because of the lack of its defensive strength, coupled with the menacing Tatars, Yang Yiqing finally retreated in the direction of Lingzhou according to the instructions, which also brought convenience to the Tatars to continue to invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Youzhu was pleased, a big problem came to light.

Li Rong said: "Your Majesty, tomorrow morning, the government and the opposition will definitely raise the issue of withdrawing troops in the event of the enemy, which will be detrimental to the national prestige, and the Tatars will attack because of this, and it is a big taboo to retreat in the face of the enemy. If the local garrisons of Ningxia are guarding the key points such as the Ningxia guards, it will not be a few days before the men and horses of the Baoguo Gong will be killed, and they will not be inferior to the situation at that time."

Zhu Youzhu said with an indifferent attitude: "The Ningxia Guard and other fortresses are all in passes

Has it been lost?"

"This ...... Not really." Li Rong said, "It's just very passive, the soldiers who stayed behind can only stay in the pass fortress, how the Tatars have entered and plundered in the past few days, and ...... There is no detailed report. It's just that Cai Guogong has warned that the Tatars may advance in the direction of Shigou City without attacking the city."

"Isn't that the end of it? Concentrating forces and fighting the Tatars head-on is the difficulty of fighting the Tatars in the future, and only by putting the Tatars in the pass can we have a chance to fight them head-on, and only then can we have a chance to form an encirclement, otherwise we can expect to catch the wolves in the wilderness?"

Zhu Youzhu doesn't seem to care too much about the situation of the battle, as long as he can win, even if the situation is not very good.

What I want is a flat grassland, and under this premise, it is not unacceptable to lose the interests of the point of defense.

But what Li Rong wants to remind is that Your Majesty accepts something, and he does not accept the traditional ministers, they will think that this is an encroachment on the interests of the Ming military and civilians.

Zhu Youzhu asked, "Who is on night duty at the listening office today?"

Li Rong said, "It's Wang Qiong, the servant of the household department."

"It's him again." Zhu Youzhu nodded and said, "Since the beginning of the war, he has been conscientious, and even if there is a major event, someone can do the affairs of the council, and he is no worse than those three pavilion elders in terms of efficiency and ability."

Li Rong and the others were thinking that the establishment of the Shangting Office was actually to share the errand of the cabinet, isn't this just an internal minister?

Moreover, the upper authorities are in charge of major military and political affairs, and the major affairs of the country are in the worship and rong, and whoever holds the military and political power is equivalent to mastering the foundation of the country, and the prestige of the cabinet is compared.

"Tomorrow morning, let Bingkuan come too." Zhu Youzhu suddenly said with a smile.

When he speaks, he is content and intoxicated.

Li Rong said: "Your Majesty, Cai Guogong seems to be testing new cannons these days, and it is said that now the cannons can be shot three or four miles away, and they have begun to be manufactured in batches, and they can already be used in the city defense of the Beijing Division. Later, it can be transported to the northwest border town......

"It's not bad for a day or two, when there is good news, Bingkuan is not there, how can it be good? I want those courtiers to see that as long as the Ming Dynasty has Bingkuan in charge of military affairs, even if others are in the capital, they can reap miraculous results, and see who dares to make irresponsible remarks about my use of Bingkuan!"

Zhu Youzhu seemed to be still angry with the minister.

It is also because the court now mainly respects Wang Shouren, the generals of the border towns, and opens a topic, which means that only when the border towns lead the troops and achieve merit are the pillars of the Ming Dynasty.

Indirectly, it is said that those who only know how to move their mouths in Beijing are cowards who occupy the pit and don't.

In fact, this trend of discussion is directly aimed at Zhang Zhou, which can be described as a side attack to hit Zhang Zhou's prestige in the court.

Now the Emperor is going to fight back against this bad atmosphere.

Who said that the absolute pillars and beams of the Ming Dynasty should stand on the side plug? Standing in the middle of the Beijing Division, you can still put the Ming Dynasty on top.

"Wang Qiong is also hard." Zhu Youzhu was already preparing to rest, and by the way, he was going to share the joy with the women around him, but he hadn't figured out whether to find the queen or his "concubine", he said, "I gave him a little less reward, so I sent some things over." Just give him the jade ruyi that I usually have in my hand."

Xiao Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this reward is rich enough."

Zhu Youzhu said, "If I hadn't rewarded Bingkuan with several jade ruyi, I would have planned to give it to Bingkuan. If you give too much, it should not be rare."

Now Xiao Jing and the others understood again.

The emperor is buying people's hearts, he wanted to win Zhang Zhou more before, but now together with Wang Qiong and others, the emperor is also ready to use some "small favors".