Xiong Tingbi also felt a lot of emotion when he saw Pingyubao, but this also strengthened his determination to "raise the side by the side".

The eastern Liaodong border land must not be abandoned like this!

It seems that it is still under the leadership of the government that it is possible to realize the restoration of these border lands.

After discussing with Yuan Yingtai, he felt that the policy incentives were still necessary, and Zhou Yongchun's previous policy of "tax exemption in the first year and tax in the second three and a half years" was still good.

It is planned to try out the promotion in the border areas, especially the Qinghe Road, which was most seriously damaged by the Jianlu.

However, this will have to wait until the border wall of Liaodong is repaired, otherwise I am afraid that not many people are willing to go to resume farming.

Heading north from Pingyubao, after crossing the Chai River, we entered the territory of Kaiyuan Road.

The situation here is much better, because the side wall has been repaired, and the Ming army has increased the number of sentinels and sent troops to garrison the beacon tower, which has greatly improved the sense of security.

There are also some brave people who try to cultivate here, and although there are not as many patches of farmland as Pingyubao, there are still some scattered green wheat seedlings!

Mao Wenlong said: "In front is Songshan Fort, and after here, 30 miles to the north is Kaiyuan City." ”

However, Xiong Tingbi said: "Let's not enter Kaiyuan first, let's go east directly to Nanguan." ”

Kaiyuan Nanguan is Guangshun Pass.

Outside the Guanxi is the territory of the former Haixi Jurchen Hada Department, and now it is directly bordering Jianzhou.

The horse market in Guangshun Pass is a relatively large horse market in eastern Liaodong, and it was once an important trading point between the Jurchens and the Ming Dynasty. Now, with the war between Jianzhou and the Ming army, the horse market here has been completely abandoned.

Guangshun Pass is the heaviest defensive task among the three levels of Kaiyuan.

Gao Zhen, the general of Kaiyuan, heard that Xiong Tingbi and others from Liaodong were coming, and hurried out of the customs to greet them.

Xiong Tingbi carried out this surprise attack to see the real situation in Nanguan, and after greeting him a few words, he went up to Nanguan with everyone to check.

The situation in Nanguan is somewhat similar to that of Fushun Pass, and a lot of artillery is concentrated in the city.

The difference is that although there are trenches outside the pass, there are only two of them, and they are not dug criss-crossed.

Xiong Tingbi asked, "Why didn't Nanguan make the enemy who dug the trench impassable?" ”

Gao Zhen said: "This is General Li's request, first, I dig too much, I am afraid that it will be difficult to attack the city, and second, it is not convenient for my army to go out!" ”

Everyone was also surprised, did anyone else take the initiative to hope that others would break through?

Gao Zhen continued to explain: "According to General Li Bing, if I don't want to make the enemy's head come and bleed if I don't want to make the enemy's head bleed, wouldn't it be a waste of silver? ”

"Jianzhou is mostly a mountain city, and it is extremely difficult for us to attack. If the Ming Dynasty organized a large-scale attack, it would cost hundreds of thousands of taels at least and millions of taels at most, and it would be a rare victory to kill thousands of enemy soldiers. ”

"It's so costly for soldiers and horses, why don't you let Jianyu take the initiative to come over and send a wave of heads?"

If you think about it, that's really true.

Daming's so-called ploughing and sweeping the cave is to let them stop for a few years, and it won't be long before they come back.

Xiong Tingbi said: "It seems that this Li Zongbing's thinking is really different from ordinary people, no wonder he can do things that ordinary people can't do." ”

Yuan Yingtai on the side was a little disapproving, and said: "The battle out of the customs costs two silver taels, but this silver tael can't fall into the hands of Jianlu, if Jianlu is called to attack in, I rob the wealth of my Ming people, we have suffered heavy losses, and this silver has fallen into the hands of Jianlu." ”

Gao Zhen said: "What Governor Yuan said is very true, but as long as we have strong troops in hand, even if the enemy breaks through the pass, it will not pose much threat to us. ”

"A few days ago, didn't the fried flower department also attack the West Pass, but we didn't catch anything, and let us block the pass and kill 1,800 people; A few days later, General Li directly led a large army to sweep his camp, and inflicted another heavy blow on them, and now the sentinels of the Mongols outside Xiguan are nowhere to be seen. ”

This Gao Zhen's kung fu is very good, Nanguan does seem to be heavily guarded, and the soldiers are also well-trained.

However, he still didn't believe that the soldiers under his command were fully staffed, so he asked, "I heard that the Kaiyuan departments are now fully staffed?" ”

Gao Zhen said: "That's true, now I am full of knitting everywhere in Kaiyuan, and there is no time to knit it. There are a total of 2,600 people in Nanguan, who can be reviewed at any time. ”

Seeing that Gao Zhen was so confident, Xiong Tingbi also believed it, so he said: "There is no need to review, the senior staff general who is slightly believed in this scripture, and besides, Yan Jianjun didn't just come to review it a few days ago." ”

Previously, Kaiyuan caused a spy case due to the theft of the arsenal, so Yuan Yingtai still did some homework.

In addition, Gao Zhen made him a little unhappy, so he said: "No, Ben Fu remembers that General Gao should have an establishment of 3,000 people, why is there only 2,600 people?" ”

Gao Zhen hurriedly explained: "Although there are still 400 people under the banner of the last general, they are now organized into the assault battalion and are on standby in Kaiyuan. ”

Yan Mingtai said: "This 'assault battalion' is a light cavalry unit formed by General Li in order to cooperate with the 'Liaodong Iron Cavalry' and select elite soldiers from the two departments of Kaiyuan and Tieling, with a total of 2,500 people. ”

"Although it is called 'light cavalry' by General Li Zongbing, it is also equipped with heavy cloth armor."

As soon as Yan Mingtai said this, Xiong Tingbi and the others were directly stunned.

Although cloth armor such as "green armor" is lighter than solid iron armor such as "piercing armor" and "fish scale armor", in fact, the protection of the two has its own merits, and the overall protection is only slightly inferior.

In the Ming army, such equipment was usually only equipped by elite families, and cloth armor was also called "iron armor".

But when he arrived at Li Xianzhong, he was actually called "light cavalry", how annoying is this?

Mao Wenlong was even more envious and was about to drool, of the five hundred people under his command, only he and one of the two were wearing fish scale armor and less than 30 people were equipped with cloth face armor.

Xiong Tingbi said: "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." It seems that it is reasonable for General Li to repeatedly inflict heavy losses on the enemy army. ”

This is also where he is very helpless, except for the strong family background like the Li family, who can raise the "Liaodong Iron Horse"?

Li Xianzhong now holds two ironclad cavalry in his hands, and it seems that the cavalry equipment of Kaiyuan Road is already the crown of Liaozhen, even if it is the crown of the nine sides, it is not an exaggeration.

Of course, equipment doesn't exactly determine combat power. The cavalry that Yang Hao left to himself was not badly equipped, at least one-third of them were equipped with cloth armor, and the combat power was really indescribable.

The three hundred escort cavalry could not cope with the surprise attack of thirty Tartars.

Originally, such a big thing happened on Kaiyuan Road, Xiong Tingbi was still a little apprehensive in his heart, afraid that the armament here would be lax, and Jianyu would take advantage of the loophole.

After all, this has always been Marin's territory before, and this "second ancestor" still knows how many catties and two Xiong Tingbi have.

He didn't expect Li Xianzhong to recover these border generals so quickly.

Judging from Gao Zhen's performance just now, it is obvious that Li Xianzhong is convinced from the bottom of his heart, rather than being praised on the surface.

Xiong Tingbi had previously impeached Li Chengliang, so he did not have a good impression of the Li family. However, it seems that not all the people behind the gate are gentlemen, and this Li Xianzhong is really not simple.

Originally, after a few people finished their inspection, they were ready to go to Kaiyuan City.

Unexpectedly, seeing the dust and smoke billowing in the pass, a large number of cavalry rushed from the direction of Kaiyuan.

Yan Mingtai said with a smile: "I'm afraid that General Li knows that we are coming to Nanguan to inspect, so he came to greet us!" ”

But he heard Yuan Yingtai on the side snort coldly, and said: "Our General Li is really a big pomp, looking at the number of this cavalry is not less than a few thousand, is he here to greet or demonstrate?" ”

Even Xiong Tingbi on the side had a look of displeasure on his face, and said: "It really deserves to be the 'young general' of the Li family in Liaodong, and it has the style of Ning Yuanbo and Li Chengliang back then." ”

Yan Mingtai said secretly: Oops, Xiong Tingbi has an old grudge with Li Chengliang, and it is estimated that the impression of Li Xianzhong will not be too good.

Although this virtuous brother of mine is young, he is very experienced in dealing with others, and he should not be this kind of domineering character, what is going on today?

Even Gao Zhen in the city felt that something was wrong, and the cavalry in the pass could not see the end all the way, not only the "Liaodong Iron Cavalry", but even the "assault battalion" was probably all dispatched.

Looks like something big is wrong!

Sure enough, not long after, Li Xianzhong, who was fully armored, appeared in Guangshun Pass.

Yan Mingtai hurriedly asked, "General Li, you have brought out all the elites of your generals, but what happened to you?" ”

Li Xianzhong said: "The last general will meet Xiong Jingluo and Governor Yuan. Yan Jianjun guessed well, it was indeed an accident, but it was not me who opened the original road, but Ye Hebu. ”

"The Mongolian fried flower department has just received news that Belemingan of Horqin Mongolia accepted Nurhachi's request and sent troops to attack Yehebu together, and at this time it should have already sent troops."

"The Yehe tribe has been containing Jianzhou for my Ming Dynasty, if even Yehe is annexed by Jianzhou, then Nurhachike will completely unify the Jurchen tribes. The situation in Liaodong will also be precarious, and I also ask Xiong Jingluo to allow the last general to send troops to help. ”

Li Xianzhong was also depressed, and he happened to be in time for Xiong Tingbi to come to inspect this juncture, and he had to come to report.

If he had already made his own decisions, he wouldn't have wasted time so much.

The importance of Ye He to Daming, Xiong Tingbi is naturally clear. If Yehe City is captured, the result will be no less than the capture of one of Daming's own road cities.

It's just that this happened too suddenly.

Xiong Tingbi said: "This matter is not trivial, is the news of the Mongols reliable? ”

Li Xianzhong said: "The news is true, and I have also received a request for help from Ye He's department, saying that there are signs of assembly in Jianzhou recently, and Ye He may be attacked at any time." ”

At this time, Yuan Yingtai on the side said: "The news that Your Majesty gave General Li and Yehegehazia to marry everyone knows, could it be Jianyu's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?" ”

Xiong Tingbi said: "Ye He is extremely important to my Daming, so naturally I have to save it, but Governor Yuan's words are not unreasonable. I also have to guard against this being a trick of Jianyu, I don't know how good people General Li is going to bring? ”

Li Xianzhong said: "Jianlu plus the Horqin Department has a large number of troops, and the last general is ready to take away all the 5,000 cavalry of the 'Liaodong Iron Cavalry' and the 'Assault Battalion'. ”

Xiong Tingbi is old in military affairs, and knows that Jianzhou and Horqin also have tens of thousands of horsemen, and if Li Xianzhong has fewer soldiers and horses, it will not help at all. However, in doing so, he is tantamount to taking away all the elites of Kaiyuan, which is too risky!

said: "What if Jianyu takes the opportunity to attack Nanguan? ”

Li Xianzhong said: "I have ordered the men and horses of the Tieling Guard to be ready to support Nanguan at any time, and the last general has ordered the 300 cavalry of the Pingyu Guard to come to Nanguan to stand by to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Yuan Yingtai said sarcastically: "Just the people in Pingyu Fort can be foolproof, and General Li is too big, right?" ”

This Yuan Yingtai will speak coldly all day long, and Li Xianzhong has long been unhappy with him.

However, he still held back his anger and said: "Although there are few people in Pingyuwei, there are 100 strokes of the latest Lu Mi gun. If they dare to come, they will be made to look good. ”

"In addition, the last general also has a reluctant request, the supervisor Yan Mingtai is good at defending the city, and has experience in fighting with the elite of Jianlu, the last general asked Yan Jianjun to supervise the army in Nanguan. At least two days, at most three days, he will return. ”

Although Xiong Tingbi still had some doubts, since Li Xianzhong was so confident, he agreed.

said: "Although General Li can go with confidence, I will let Yan Jianjun and Mao Wenlong stay to assist in guarding the pass." ”

When he heard the words "Mao Wenlong", Li Xianzhong was also stunned for a moment, such a bull actually let himself miss it.

But at this moment, he was not in the mood to think about how to dig people, and after thanking Xiong Tingbi, he led the army to Beiguan.

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