Han ride

Chapter 417 Lurking
"What the three generals said is very true. After all, Li Xin still has an army of 10,000+, it is reasonable for us to gather more soldiers and horses." Yang Zhenwei's eyes lit up, and he said quickly.

"No, soldiers and horses are very important in that place, they are to defend against the enemies on the grassland." Jiang Yu was a little moved at first, but then he thought of something, and shook his head and said: "Although my Jiang family is the first family in Datong, but There are Cao and Wang families in Datong, and they are waiting for us to make mistakes! The mobilization of soldiers and horses to besiege Li Xin is based on the emperor's secret decree. The prerequisite for this is that the territory of the imperial court cannot be lost. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. These soldiers and horses are used to defend the Great Wall. Don't forget that Li Xin is a treacherous man. If he pretends to attack and kill Hukou, he gathers soldiers and horses, attacks from the Great Wall, and enters the hinterland of Datong. The horses are all gathered in the left cloud and the right jade, and if we cannot defend Datong in time and allow Li Xin to break through Datong, then we will be punished with death." Jiang Guan is still very rational, even though he knows that if he invests the main force on the western front, Attacking Li Xin with the power of Mount Tai may be able to wipe out and defeat Li Xin's army more easily, but if Li Xin's attack from east to west, it is not the main force of the northern army that is killing Hukou, the main force will instead enter from the Great Wall. Jiang Guan was sad.So he decided to keep the forts, piers and other troops on the front line of the Great Wall in place to resist possible encounters from the front line of the Great Wall on the grassland.

"The general is still thoughtful." After Yang Zhenwei heard this, the disappointment in his eyes flashed past, and a trace of shame appeared, and he said, "It's the general who didn't think carefully."

"No, what you're thinking is still reasonable, but until you find Li Xin's main force, and you can't be sure whether Li Xin is killing Hukou, the troops on the front line of the grassland can't move." Jiang Yan shook his head and said: "Li Xin is this person Treacherous, I can't tell where he will enter the customs. The soldiers and horses in that place must not move until the last moment, and they can be used as the best force to launch the final general attack and attack Yunzhong."

After hearing this, Yang Zhenwei breathed a sigh of relief, and a gleam of joy appeared on his face.It turns out that this Jiang Guan is not not in use, this part of the soldiers and horses, but that the time has not yet come.

"Soldiers and horses should be moved carefully, Zhenwei. This time you want Zuo Yun, you must be careful. The war has not yet started, and Li Xin must not let Li Xin know about the movement of soldiers and horses, otherwise our plan will be very difficult to succeed." Jiang Jiang Guan ordered again earnestly.

"Don't worry, general, the final general will make arrangements." Yang Zhenwei bowed his hands to the two with a serious face, and then retreated.

"Third brother, this war with Li Xin is related to the future of our Jiang family. There cannot be any losses. You have to watch over everything. Strangers in the city must be thoroughly checked. Shops and so on, you have to be careful, Shahukou is allowed to enter and not allowed to leave, and wait until Li Xin's army arrives." Jiang Guan thought for a while, and then said: "Forget it, if there is any movement in Shahukou, Li Xin will definitely Suspicious, mainly Datong! These Shanxi merchants should pay attention."

"Second brother, don't worry, I'll make arrangements right away, and I promise that no news will come out of Datong." Jiang Xuan patted his chest and said.

Only then did Jiang Yu nodded in satisfaction. Defeating Li Xin was not only a matter of achieving success and fame, but more importantly, the Jiang family's position in Datong became more stable. ?
What the two brothers didn't know was that when Jiang Xuan was dispatching troops, two carrier pigeons soared into the sky in a courtyard of Datong Mansion, one flew northwest, while the other flew towards the northwest. It's heading northeast.

"It's really rare. One piece of information costs 1000 taels of silver, and one piece of information costs 3000 taels of silver. Generally speaking, it is better to be a slave." A middle-aged man in the mansion said with a smile.If Jiang Guan was here, he would definitely be able to recognize that this person was not someone else, but his confidant general Yang Zhenwei, and what he didn't expect was that this confidant general was actually a traitor, and he served two families at the same time. At the end of Ming Dynasty, there were quite a few of them, but there were very few serving two families.

"What is Li Xin doing? Has he already noticed something?" As for Li Xin's situation, not only Jiang Yu wanted to know, but Yang Sichang was also paying attention to the movement in the cloud. Yang Sichang dare not be careless about Yang Sichang's future future.It's a pity that the army of the Xuan Mansion is ready, but there is still no news about Li Xin's army. Tens of thousands of troops are gathered under the Yunzhong City, and they are not triggered.This in itself was a very surprising thing, but what made Yang Sichang even more curious was Li Xin's approach.

"Is there no major event on the grassland? A dignified Duke of Liao actually moved mountains and worked with those warriors just to build this Heroes Cemetery?" Yang Sichang looked at the information in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face. Show a little curiosity.Li Xin's news is public in the cloud, even Li Xin's army is public, how many people will appear on the way to the south, and Li Xin's daily itinerary is not secret at all. They also used Jinyiwei, Dongchang and other yamen to go deep into the cloud and spy on the intelligence of the Northern Army. Things went smoothly beyond expectations. Except for some core secrets, as long as they could be found out, they had already been found out. The heavily guarded intelligence organization of the Northern Army seems to have disappeared overnight.

This made Yang Sichang even more surprised and even more suspicious.Li Xin's treachery is almost well known to everyone. Such a treacherous person has opened up his intelligence department to the enemy and focused himself under the eyes of everyone. Everything seems to be true, but this kind of The situation made Yang Sichang feel even more panicked.

In the dark, Li Xin must have other means, waiting for us to be fooled.Yang Sichang frowned and walked around in the hall. In his mind, countless years passed in an instant. He knew that there must be a problem, but he couldn't find the problem.

"My lord, there has been a rumor in the army recently." At this time, Huang Degong walked in slowly with a solemn expression.

"What's the wind?" Yang Sichang raised his head and asked slightly dissatisfied.He handed over all matters in the army to Huang Degong. What he asked for was that when he led the army in battle, an elite soldier would appear in front of him.

"The officers and men are all discussing the Heroes' Cemetery of the Northern Army, and there is something in the words, some envy." Huang Degong hesitated for a moment, then Fang said softly.

"Well, what's there to envy?" After hearing this, Yang Sichang looked nonchalant, but soon, his complexion changed drastically, his eyes were red, and he roared angrily: "What a treacherous Li Xin. So the war has already begun. "Yang Sichang is a smart man. Originally, he didn't understand why Li Xin wanted to build a hero cemetery, and he even worked on it himself. Now, after a little reminder from Huang Degong, he immediately understood Li Xin's thoughts.

Civil officials love names, and they desire to leave a name in history. For this reason, they did not hesitate to be hostile to the emperor, causing a sensation in the government and the public. In this way, they will be recorded in the future history books.But it's not just civil servants who want to leave a name in history, as long as everyone has such an idea, military generals are the same.

It's a pity that in the imperial court, the status of generals is low, especially those soldiers.In war, these soldiers are pawns in the hands of the commander, and they die when they die.And these soldiers are also conscious of being pawns, and they are going to die in battle.But now it is different, the chess pieces of Zhengbei Army look better than other chess pieces, not only because the military pay is higher than that of the imperial army, but more importantly, respect and no worries.Yang Sichang also heard that in the North Army, all soldiers who died in battle will not only receive generous pensions, but if there are old, weak, widowed or widowed family members, they will be taken care of by the North Army, either until they reach adulthood or die.This allows the soldiers to have no worries and be able to fight the enemy bravely.Now it's all right, Li Xin still thinks it's not good enough, and even created a hero cemetery, working on it himself, not only the souls of the dead soldiers return to Daqingshan, but also let people pay homage all year round, this is the status, to the soldiers With respect, the soldiers must serve Li Xin.More importantly, it has shaken the morale of the enemy's army, especially the imperial army that came out of the same line. The soldiers all want to become a member of the Northern Army, just like the Northern Army.If the Northern Army were to fight, would these soldiers contribute?

Yang Sichang suddenly felt a burst of fear. He had discovered Li Xin's intention to do this, but what can he do if he found out? It started to go downhill, and their voices were no longer heard in the court.Military generals are not good, let alone those warriors. The court’s finances are short of money, and the military salaries of those troops are all obtained by the emperor’s patchwork. This is almost impossible. Yang Sichang could predict that if he made this suggestion, even his old man Yang He would jump out and slap Yang Sichang hard, and those civil servants would spit on him. drowned.Yang Sichang let out a long sigh, this is basically a dead end, an unsolvable problem.

"This person is too scheming. If he is allowed to develop in the future, he must be the enemy of the imperial court." Yang Sichang thought for a while, but he didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly wrote his guess into a memorial, and asked people to send it to the capital immediately and present it to Chongzhen. Emperor, no matter what decision Emperor Chongzhen will make, Li Xin must not stay.

Huang Degong on the side looked at Yang Sichang with a ferocious face, and said after a long while, "My lord, it's better to let the emperor order Li Xin to set off immediately. If this delay continues, the soldiers will probably be even more in the mood to fight." Huang Degong said To be honest, he is also envious of Li Xin's army. Whether it is a general or a soldier, the treatment is good, the key is status. Although Huang Degong is now mixed with five people and six people, but outside, After leaving Yang Sichang, seeing those civil servants, he was another little bastard.It's just that he has taken refuge in Yang Sichang now, and this Yang Sichang has treated him very well, so he can only stay here.

"You're right, but it's a little difficult to ask the emperor to issue an imperial edict. I can only try." Yang Sichang sighed deeply. All the theatergoers were ready, but at this time, the performers hadn't come yet, and Yang Sichang and others were asked to wait. The army had already assembled, and they waited for Li Xin to send out troops, and then used the force to move mountains and overwhelm seas. Li Xin was defeated in one fell swoop.Yang Sichang was also very anxious, but the more anxious he was, the more he had no choice but to let Emperor Chongzhen make an order, not to mention whether the officials would agree, or whether Chongzhen would agree was a problem.The only best way is to let the ministers know the danger of Li Xin and the importance of this battle.Is this really going to be made public?Yang Sichang suddenly thought of something, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and immediately, at the end of the memorial, he added a few more sentences.This was sent to the capital.

"Hushan, we can just wait here for a few days. Li Xin will definitely send troops, and he will soon." Yang Sichang said with a smile: "These days, the soldiers can eat something good, not in the city. Are there many wealthy households? Turning around, you take my post, go to their houses, and ask them to support a little, and send some wine and meat to the camp. After all, the soldiers worked so hard to protect the people in the city, and to Defending the wealthy?"

"What your lord said is that the last general will go here." Huang Degong nodded quickly, since the salary cannot be raised, it is also possible to get some food, which can barely subdue those whores in the army!Huang Degong is still very confident in himself.

"Hey, Li Xin, if this person takes action now, I won't be afraid of anything. What's hateful is that it's the most powerful thing if you don't do it until now. It's a pity that such a person is not serving the court, Zhou Yan. Confucianism, you are really a sinner of the Ming Dynasty." Yang Sichang looked gloomy and looked into the distance coldly, at this moment, he had to admit that Li Xin had a strong deterrent effect on the court.

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is very lively recently!" Inside the Phoenix Tower, Huang Taiji was leaning on a soft couch, holding a book in his hand. Ever since he returned from the Southern Expedition, Huang Taiji seldom brought up the issue of the expedition. In order to recover the loss of the Southern Expedition, Dorgon led the army to North Korea, and returned with a lot of food and grass, which barely improved Huang Taiji's reputation.As for the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji seemed to have done nothing on the surface, and the spies seemed to have never appeared near Jinzhou. It seemed that Huang Taiji would not do anything to the Ming Dynasty for a while.

In fact, only Huang Taiji's confidants know that Huang Taiji is always thinking about how to deal with the Ming Dynasty and how to deal with Li Xin.The spies around Huang Taiji had already gone deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains, either spying on military planes, or buying internal traitors.

"What? What's wrong with the imperial court and Li Xin?" Huang Taiji put down the book in his hand, looked at Fan Wencheng who walked in and said, "Or, that farmer named Gao Yingxiang has already fought in Beijing?"

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is going to take action against Li Xin." Fan Wencheng raised the information in his hand and said: "This is the news from the thirteen yamen that they bought the traitors of the Ming Dynasty. Eliminate between Shahukou and Zuoyun Youyu counties. This is a good opportunity!"

"Sir, are you sure it's not Li Xin's trick?" Huang Taiji put down the book in his hand and said nonchalantly.He has been played by Li Xin several times, and he has suffered a lot every time. This time he has to be careful.He shook his head and said: "Sir, according to reason, the possibility of the Ming Dynasty turning against Li Xin at this time is very small. First of all, Li Xin wants to deal with us, and the Ming Dynasty does not have the strength to deal with us for the time being; more importantly, the Central Plains , There are countless rebels in the Central Plains, and the Ming Dynasty will use most of its troops to deal with these rebels. How can they still have the strength to deal with Li Xin now? Sir, did the people in the thirteen yamen make a mistake?"

"I think this matter is still possible." Fan Wencheng quickly presented the note and said, "This is the news from the people over there. Yang Sichang is going to lead three armies to attack Li Xin in three ways. In the Xuanfu, one part came from Shahukou, while the other part came from Shaanxi. I thought that if Li Xin didn't know about this, Li Xin would suffer a big loss this time."

"What is Li Xin doing now?" Huang Taiji was taken aback when he heard the words, sat up from the couch, straightened his face, and asked Fan Wencheng, he was more interested in this matter now.

"This? I heard that the Heroes Cemetery is being built. It is to bury the soldiers who died in battle." Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said.There was a hint of seriousness on his face.

"Bury the soldiers who died in battle?" After hearing this, Huang Taiji's face turned strange, and he jumped off the couch with a solemn expression. He walked up and down the hall, and finally looked at Fan Wencheng and said, "What do you think about this matter, sir?" ?”

"This? Li Xin is my great enemy." Fan Wencheng thought for a while, and finally spoke in a more cryptic manner. He said, "According to the news we received from the cloud, Li Xin has not only built The Cemetery of Heroes, and personally excavated mountains and picked rocks." Speaking of this, Fan Wencheng glanced at Huang Taiji, with a complicated look in his eyes.

"I used to value him very much and thought he would be my biggest enemy, but now it seems that I am still not as good as him." Huang Taiji said leisurely: "As soon as this move is made, tens of thousands of northern troops will be recruited." I am afraid that the soldiers and more than a million troops would like to die for Li Xin. To be an enemy of such a force, this Yang Sichang is really out of his mind."

"Weichen thinks so too." Fan Wencheng also said: "The three-way attack seems to be very sure that it can defeat Li Xin and capture Yunzhong, but this Yang Sichang or Emperor Chongzhen underestimated Li Xin. If it was said that Li Xin's foundation was shallow before, but now he has completely established himself on the grassland, and all the warriors on the grassland would like to become Li Xin's soldiers. Yang Sichang's three-way army attacked Yunzhong, and in the end it would only go deep into the quagmire of the Yanhuang tribe. You know, these people are born warriors, even if Yang Sichang has cavalry in his hands, if he wants to reach the Yunzhong City, he will suffer countless casualties."

"Then does our Dajin have a chance?" Huang Taiji asked nervously.

(End of this chapter)