The eunuch who was sent to the imperial eunuch had been away for a long time, but Hong Chengchou still knelt in the hall with a blank expression and had no intention of getting up. The confidant general Tang Shijie quickly rushed forward to help Hong Chengchou up.

"well."

Hong Chengchou gently broke free from Tang Shijie's support and sighed deeply.

"Master, you can't go to Tianshou Mountain." Tang Shijie frowned and advised, "There must be a fraud in this."

Who is Hong Chengchou? How can I use Tang Shijie's reminder?

If Jiannu really wanted to dig some imperial tombs in Tianshou Mountain, he would definitely go there secretly. He would only publicize it when the imperial tombs was really dug up and broke the dragon veins of the Ming Dynasty. But now it is abnormal and it has started to promote it before the action. Of course, there are other articles here.

The matter is obvious. This must be a trap set by Jiannu. His intention is nothing more than to deal with Hong Chengchou and his nine thousand cavalrymen in Beijing.

The nine thousand cavalrymen in the Beijing camp could hold their troops without moving, but Emperor Chongzhen did not say how many soldiers they brought to protect the tomb.

But can Hong Chengchou not go?

No, Emperor Chongzhen has issued an imperial edict. Even if he knows that he will die in this way, Hong Chengchou can only go. If the king wants his minister to die, he cannot die...

"Okay, stop talking about anything." Hong Chengchou waved his hand and whispered, "Go and invite General Sun and Jun Lu."

"yes."

Tang Shijie responded and took the order.

Soon, Sun Yingyuan, the general of the Beijing camp, and Lu Jiude, the general of the army, arrived at Hong Chengchou's headquarters.

On the way to the headquarters, the two of them had already known the will of Emperor Chongzhen. Sun Yingyuan, the general of the Beijing camp, shouted: "Master, you can't go to Tianshou Mountain."

The military supervisor Lu Jiude frowned and said, "Our family also thought it was inappropriate to go to Tianshou Mountain, but this was the will of the Lord Long live."

Hong Chengchou waved his hand and said, "You must go to Tianshou Mountain, but I only brought five hundred personal cavalry to go there, and nine thousand elite cavalry in the Jing camp were still stationed in Wanping. Before Cao Bianjiao, Bai Guangen and Liu Zeqing's army arrived, you must not act rashly! I hope General Sun and Eunuch Lu should take state affairs first and go to the national crisis together."

"Master!" Sun Yingyuan said anxiously, "You are in the Ming Dynasty, so you can't take any risk."

"Yes." Lu Jiude also said, "I only brought five hundred relatives to Tianshou Mountain to protect the tomb. Is it too risky for Lord Hong?"

"I have decided to do it." Hong Chengchou said decisively, "General Sun and Eunuch Lu don't need to persuade him anymore."

Sun Yingyuan said anxiously: "Master..."

"Sun Yingyuan!" Hong Chengchou stood up suddenly and shouted, "Do you want to trap me in a place of unfaithfulness and filial piety and leave a reputation for being infatuated for generations?"

"this……"

Sun Yingyuan and Lu Jiude looked at each other and dared not persuade him again.

Datong, Leigong Mountain.

Li Yan waved his hand and stepped back from Jing Maocheng, Li Hu, Li Xuan and others, and said to Liu Zongmin sincerely: "General, you just came to Datong and don't know what happened here. If you know the whole story, you will firmly believe that with General, your wisdom, you will never attack Datong again."

"Oh?" Liu Zongmin said, "What happened here?"

Li Yanran said: "Just half a month ago, nearly 200,000 Jiannu destroyed the pass and entered a large-scale attack on Datong!"

"What?" Liu Zongmin was shocked and said in a lost voice, "Two hundred thousand Jiannu?"

Liu Zongmin, a familiar person with Jiannu, was not unfamiliar with Jiannu. His deep impression of Jiannu came from his common enemy, the Ming Border Army.

The rebel army led by Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin suffered a lot from the Ming border army, but it was this Ming border army that defeated the rebel army. However, it was the rebel army that was defeated by Jiannu outside the pass.

From this we can see that the Jiannu outside the pass is quite powerful, far more powerful than the Ming border army.

"Yes." Li Yan said solemnly, "Two hundred thousand Jiannu."

"You are lying." Liu Zongmin said unbelievablely, "If 200,000 Jiannu really attacked Datong, where is Jiannu? Why is Datong City still in the hands of the official army?"

"This is exactly what the last general is going to say." Li Yan took a breath and said in a deep voice, "Twenty-hundred thousand Jiannu launched a large-scale attack on Datong. However, Wang Pu defeated him and wiped out nearly 50,000 enemies! Jiannu then divided his troops into two groups, leaving 30,000 people to continue to siege Datong. The remaining army had already rushed to Beijing."

Liu Zongmin still disbelief: "What about the 30,000 Jiannu who stayed there?"

Li Yan said: "Just before the general arrived, the 30,000 Jiannu had been killed by the Du General and Wang Pu. If the general didn't believe it, he could ask every soldier on the mountain, the armor, weapons in his hands, and the eight thousand war horses. They were all seized from Jiannu."

Liu Zongmin looked at Li Yan with a faint look and asked in a deep voice: "Li Yan, are you working with the government army?"

Li Yan said: "It is to cooperate with Wang Pu, not with the government army."

Liu Zongmin said: "Wang Pu is an official army."

"No." Li Yan shook his head and said, "Wang Pu's army is different from other government troops. Other government troops are hawks of the court, but Wang Pu is not. Wang Pu wants to be king on the ground and be a prince who controls one side! Therefore, the last general advises the general not to rush to attack Wang Pu. Having Wang Pu in Datong will only benefit our Shaanxi rebel army development and growth."

Liu Zongmin looked at Li Yan in surprise, and suddenly felt that the little face in front of him looked a little unfamiliar.

Although Liu Zongmin is a rough man, this does not mean that he is not scheming. Li Yan blatantly cooperated with Wang Pu, but no one stood up to oppose it. What does this mean? This shows that Li Yan has completely controlled this army, and the generals of the Fifth Battalion of the Left have been completely cleaned up.

Before coming here, Liu Zongmin never thought that Li Yan, a young man, would have such courage.

Liu Zongmin suddenly realized that it would not be so easy to take over this army from Li Yan. If he was too hasty, the result would be counterproductive. If Li Yan really turned his face, with the 5,000 people brought by Liu Zongmin, he would not be able to defeat Li Yandi in any case.

"Hahaha..." Liu Zongmin laughed and hugged Li Yan's shoulder and said loudly, "Brother Li Yan, you are right. Since Wang Pu wants to be a vassal of the separatist areas, we will not move him first. Let's go back to Shaanxi first, conquer the three prefectures of Pingliang, Qingyang, and Yan'an, and then conquer Xi'an. How about it?"

Li Yan said: "Pingliang, Qingyang, Yan'an and Xi'an must be fought, but not now. Now the military rations have been raised, and the food on the mountain is enough to survive this wasteland. Therefore, the most urgent thing now is to seize the time to train troops and train an elite army as soon as possible."

"Yes, the most urgent thing is to train troops." Liu Zongmin agreed loudly, and then asked tentatively, "Why don't you go to Henan, brother Li Yan, stay in Shaanxi to help this general train troops?"

"How can that be done?" Li Yan shook his head and said, "Since the king saw the summons, how can the Imperial General not return to Henan?"

Liu Zongmin said: "Then... Brother Li Yan, when are you going to leave?"

Li Yan said: "When the military service is completed after returning to Mizhi, the last general will leave."

Datong. General Headquarters.

While Wang Puzheng and Zhen Youcai were talking, Monk Zhang entered the headquarters and bowed to Wang Pu, "General, are you looking for a low position?"

"Sit." Wang Pu waved his hand, signaled Monk Zhang to sit down, and asked. "Monk, is Jing Maocheng coming to you?"

"That's right." Zhang Monk said, "Jing Maocheng said they were going to take the camp back to Shaanxi tomorrow, and came to the other side of the Beizhidao."

Wang Pu said: "Did Jing Maocheng talk about the robbers outside the city?"

"Oh, I said it." said Zhang, "Jing Maocheng said that someone named Liu Zongmin came. It seemed that he would seize Li Yan's military power. The robbery outside the city was done by Liu Zongmin's local people."

"Liu Zongmin?" Zhen Youcai said, "General, this guy seems to be the number one general under Li Zicheng. It seems that the thief has become suspicious of Li Yan. If this is true, wouldn't we give all the benefits we gave Li Yan before? Liu Zongmin may not recognize us well."

"It doesn't matter." Wang Pu said calmly, "Since you are raising a thief, who is not raising a thief?"

Zhen Youcai said: "General, do you think Li Yan will hand over the military power obediently?"

"It's really hard to say." Wang Pu shook his head, "But as long as they return to Shaanxi, it doesn't matter who takes over military power in the end. What I worry most now is the safety of the capital. What will happen to the capital? If there is any mistake in Long Sui, our Ming Dynasty will be in chaos immediately."

Zhen Youcai said in a voice: "The general's meaning... is to send troops to break the siege of the capital?"

Wang Pu sighed a long sigh and said irresponsible: "It's not yet the time for chaos in the world..."

"this……"

Zhen Youcai was confused when he heard this.

He vaguely heard that Wang Pu seemed to have the idea of ​​sending troops to remove the siege of the capital, but he didn't know why Wang Pu did this? He didn't know what Wang Pu said just now, "It's not the time for chaos in the world" meant?

Zhen Youcai couldn't understand that Wang Pu's foundation is still too shallow now. If the Ming Dynasty was now in chaos and chaotic situation, it would be difficult for Wang Pu to do anything with his strength. In the end, he would either be eaten by Jiannu or destroyed by Li Zicheng. If he wanted to survive in the cracks, the possibility was slim.

Wang Pu thought for a while and said suddenly: "You are talented, now there are two things that must be done immediately."

Zhen Youcai said: "Please give orders to the general."

Wang Pu said: "The first thing is that all the guards, offices and forts in Datong Town are abolished, and the troops stationed in the garrisons are also abolished on the spot. These garbage cannot defend against the enemy outside the country, but will only harm the local people internally. If the abolition is abolished, it will be worry-free. All the military households affiliated with each guard will be converted into local people and are under the jurisdiction of Datong Prefecture!"

Zhen Youcai said: "It is not difficult to dismantle the garrison troops. How should the Qian Zonghe Zhuang be resettled?"

Wang Pu said: "Let them go back to Datong first and stay with Zhao Liujin."

Zhen Youcai nodded and asked, "Where are the guest soldiers and recruiters?"

Wang Pu said: "This is exactly the second thing this general wants to say. Those who want to go back will pay the travel expenses to send them back. If you are willing to stay, you will select the strong and brave men from the Datong people's heroic spirit, and then recruit 8,000 people to form a long spear camp and a baggage camp as auxiliary troops as firearm camps."

"Yes." Zhen Youcai responded and asked again, "I will do it now."

"well."

Looking at Zhen Youcai's thin figure leaving in a hurry, Wang Pu couldn't help but shook his head and sighed. An increasingly prominent problem was trapping him, that is, there were too few talents under his command. Zhen Youcai had to manage the weapons workshop and the Gunpowder Bureau, and the layoffs of the military and recruiting civilians. It was really difficult for him.

But in a hurry, Wang Pu didn't know where to recruit talents, because Datong was originally a barren land for literati.

On the banks of the Yu River, Hong Chengchou was leading five hundred personal cavalry to gallop forward like lightning.

It can be said that it was a forced choice to go to Tianshou Mountain. Because Emperor Chongzhen issued an imperial edict, Hong Chengchou, as a minister, could only obey the order. Otherwise, it would be a great rebellion and a contrary to the courtesy of his ministers. However, Hong Chengchou was not a fool. He knew that this was the trap of Jiannu, so he only flew to him with five hundred personal cavalry, but nine thousand elite cavalry in the Jing camp did not move in Wanping.

In fact, Hong Chengchou also has a lucky mentality.

Five hundred light cavalry has a small target and a fast speed. Even if Jiannu buried a net of heaven and earth on the road to Tianshou Mountain, he might not be able to stop him. As long as he travels around Tianshou Mountain and returns to Wanping, even if Jiannu really destroys the imperial tomb in the end, Hong Chengchou can explain to Emperor Chongzhen.

But Hong Chengchou still underestimated Fan Wencheng, a hardcore traitor, and even underestimated his own weight in Jiannu's heart!

Not long after Hong Chengchou left Wanping, the spies of Jiannu had already spread the news to the Jiannu camp outside Guangqu Gate. Dorgon immediately flew to send an edict to ask the Jiannu tribes who were abducted in Qinghedian, Dayuhe, Xiaoyuhe and Yuquanshan to prepare for the plundering of Jiannu tribes in Qinghedian, Dayuhe, Xiaoyuhe and Yuquanshan to prepare for the Internet.
Chapter completed!