East Factory Governor

Chapter 132 Zhao Lijiao

Under the moon, a group of horse infantry was advancing rapidly.This team of horse infantry consists of 1500 cavalry and 2500 infantry. The whole team is lightly armed, and the team is very long, stretching for one or two miles.

Whether it was cavalry or infantry, everyone's face was full of exhaustion, but no one left behind without authorization.Among these soldiers, some looked about 40 or [-] years old, while some were only about [-] or [-] years old, but there was a strong murderous intent in everyone's eyes.

The Guan Ning Army, the strongest army in Ming Dynasty, is not one of them.It was their presence in Liaodong that allowed Nurhachi to defeat Ningjin, and forced Huang Taiji to divert to Mongolia and break through the wall from Jizhen.

Behind the outpost of the Sixty Horse Army, there is a tall brown horse. The man on the horse is wearing fish scale armor, copper shoulder pads, belly pads, brass body mirrors on the front and back, brocade lining, and painted cowhide pads. On the side is a majestic general.The man is about five or sixty years old. His long military career not only makes him not look old at all, but also makes him tall and energetic, and he is indeed more masculine than ordinary middle-aged men.

Zhao Lengjiao, courtesy name Xilong and nickname Mingshan, was born as a Jinshi in the Wanli period. He is currently the general of Shanhaiguan, general of Pingliao, and governor of Zuo.In the history of the Ming Dynasty, he was an undisputed good general, but also a real scoundrel-at least at a certain stage
For example, when Nurhachi attacked Liaoyang, Zhao led the Chinese army (chief of staff) who was the commander-in-chief Yuan Yingtai, but he failed to fulfill the responsibility of the chief of staff and commanded the battle in a mess.The Qing army broke through Liaoyang, Yuan Yingtai was martyred, Zhao led the teaching and slipped away without saying a word.Logically speaking, it should be cut, but after he moved up and down, he miraculously escaped the catastrophe, which shows his agility and slickness.After that, he wanted to make a comeback, and saw that after Wang Huazhen's defeat, all the cities outside the pass had become ungoverned places, so he started to speculate again, and took thirty servants with him to take back the former Tunwei. , This kind of bragging actually convinced Jinglue Wang Zaijin, which shows his outstanding ability to fool.What's more, when he was about to reach Qiantunwei, he found that it had been occupied by the Mongols, so he didn't dare to enter again. He didn't have the cheek until the guerrilla Lu Zhijia had worked so hard to drive away the Mongols. , Swaggering into the city to receive.

In short, in the first half of his life, this person was a market rogue who was greedy for life and afraid of death, speculative and profiteering, but since he joined Yuan Chonghuan's family, he suddenly changed himself.During the Jinzhou War, tens of thousands of Houjin troops besieged Jinzhou for 24 days.He refused to persuade him to surrender five times, and led his lone army to fight Huang Taiji three times, more than [-] small battles, and won almost every battle.From the [-]th of May to the [-]th of June, fierce battles were fought almost every day, forcing Huang Taiji to increase troops from Shenyang, but still unable to capture Jinzhou. In the end, Huang Taiji, who had just taken office, lost his temper completely and had to retreat. Thus defending Jinzhou City, an important town outside the pass.

This is a general with great personality. He knows how to speculate in the market, so he is not dogmatic and rigid in his decision-making. He also knows how to march and fight, so he has the basic qualities to lead an army.What's even more rare is that at the age of nearly sixty, he has already washed away the frivolity and unrulyness of his youth, and all that remains is his devotion to the precarious Daming.

The brigade rushed forward silently, the only sound on the road was the sound of horses' hoofs and soldiers' footsteps.

Suddenly, dozens of torches appeared in front of them, seeming to be galloping towards the brigade.

The outpost cavalry found the situation, and immediately blew the police horn, and at the same time stopped and spread out in a cone shape.

The brigade immediately entered into an orderly battle preparation. The spearmen quickly entered the cone-shaped area set up by the outpost cavalry. Behind them, another team of cavalry lined up. Behind the cavalry were archers. The arrow is on the bow.

After finishing the formation, Qin Shuhuai was still nearly [-] meters away from the horse post at the front.

Seeing that the other party was waiting in formation, Qin Shuhuai hurriedly shouted to avoid misunderstanding, "Qin Shuhuai, a thousand households in Jinyiwei Tongzhou, is here to pay a visit to General Zhao!"

A general in the horse post signaled the whole team not to move, and then shouted at Qin Shuhuai, "Qin Qianhu, stop your horse team in place!"

Qin Shuhuai immediately signaled everyone to stay where they were, and then led Li Jingting, Meng Wei, and Meng Hu to pat the horse forward.

Said to the general, "Qianhu in Xiajinyiwei Tongzhou, if you have something important to see General Zhao, please let the general know."

The general frowned and said, "Jin Yiwei? Do you have a certificate?"

Qin Shuhuai rubbed his body, and then remembered that he didn't want to return his token after throwing it to the captain guarding the city in Zunhua, he couldn't help but smiled wryly in his heart, although he always looked confident in front of Li Jingting and others these two days , but in fact, it is inevitable that there will be moments of panic.

This battle carries too many meanings.

Seeing this, Li Jingting immediately took out his token and handed it over.

The general took up the token and looked at it again and again, but for a long time he couldn't confirm the authenticity of the token.

At this time, a beardless man in the back row came up and said to Li Jingting in a thin voice, "Hey, isn't this General Li? Our family thought who it was."

Li Jingting took a closer look, then cupped his hands and said, "So it's Eunuch Li. I haven't seen you for a long time, how is Eunuch Li?"

It turned out that this person was Li Decheng, the eunuch who supervised the army.The Ming Dynasty has always had the practice of eunuchs supervising the army on behalf of the emperor. Li Decheng is the supervising army at Shanhaiguan. It stands to reason that he can not follow this expedition, but he also knows that it is a big deal to rush to Zunhua. Also followed.

Li Decheng was originally serving Chongzhen, and Li Jingting was originally a Han general in Chengqian Palace, so the two naturally knew each other.

Seeing Li Decheng, Meng Wei stepped forward and cupped his hands, "Eunuch Li, do you still remember me?"

Li Decheng took a closer look, then laughed again, "So it's two brothers Meng Wei and Meng Hu! Oh, what kind of wind is it today, it's bringing old friends here."

After all, he said to the general, "General Wang, these are all acquaintances in the palace, you should report to General Zhao."

At this moment, I only heard an angry voice coming from behind.

"Who is looking for this general?"

The cavalry and infantry in the front team detoured one after another, Qin Shuhuai looked up, but it was a heroic veteran who came forward.

He immediately cupped his hands and said, "Qin Shuhuai, a thousand households in Tongzhou, Xiajinyiwei, met General Zhao."

Zhao Ratejiao glanced at Qin Shuhuai and was slightly surprised. This person is only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he is already a thousand households of Jinyiwei?

However, he didn't think about it carefully, and said simply and neatly, "The general is on urgent military affairs, what's the matter with Qin Qianhu, please tell me quickly."

Qin Shuhuai immediately said, "General Zhao is going here, but to rescue Zunhua?"

Zhao Ratejiao was slightly taken aback, thinking how did the Jinyiwei know about the army's actions?

But his face remained calm, and he said flatly, "I have nothing to say about this general. Qin Qianhu, if you have nothing to do, let's get out of the way. You and I can't afford to delay the army's itinerary."

Qin Shuhuai said again, "General Zhao, I came here just to tell the general that Azig and Mang Gurtai's army has set up an ambush on the road leading to Zunhua, and they are waiting for General Zhao to sneak into their pockets! "

Zhao Ledjiao was startled at first, and then turned suspicious.

The rescue operation of Zunhua was extremely confidential, except for myself, Governor Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, and several generals and supervisors who accompanied the army this time, no one else knew about it.Why all of a sudden not only Jinyiwei knew, but even Jiannu knew about it?
In addition, the Jiannu army arrived in Zunhua so soon?I galloped for more than 300 miles in three days and nights, just to enter Zunhua City before them.There are more than a dozen border cities on the outskirts of Zunhua, and there are three camps for reinforcements. Can Jiannu really capture them all in just a few days?
Having been in the army for dozens of years, Zhao Lijiao is naturally not the kind of person who trusts others' warning words.

But doubts are doubts, he still wants to ask clearly, after all, this is related to the life and death of four thousand brothers.

So he asked, "How did Qin Qianhu know about this?"

Qin Shuhuai knew for a long time that Zhao Lijiao would not believe his own words, but fortunately he had prepared beforehand, so he shouted to Jin Yiwei behind him, "Pull those two tartars up!"

The two brocade guards immediately lifted them out and threw them to the ground.

By the light of the torch, Zhao Liaojiao saw Hou Jinbing with two rattails kneeling on the ground.After more than ten years of fighting with Hou Jin, he could tell at a glance that one of them was the real Jurchen.

He couldn't help but immediately asked, "Did you meet Jiannu? Where did you meet, and how many troops?"

(From next week there will be three updates a day~then there may be more updates in a few weeks in a row~~Rong Chengzhu has saved a few days of drafts, or it is too much. In addition, I still ask for a recommendation ticket~~)

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