After all the soldiers stood up, Li Yan called the commander of the thousand-man:

"What's your name? Go ahead and speak."

The commander of the thousand-man hurriedly walked a few steps to Li Yan and bowed and bowed:

"Report to the general, the villain Zhu Changfu, please give me instructions."

Li Yan laughed:

"Yes, I actually have the same surname as our emperor. How could you turn against your own court?"

Zhu Changfu hurriedly lowered his head and looked guilty:

"The villain deserves to be killed by death, please punish the general."

Li Yan knew that he couldn't help but stretched out his hand to help Zhu Changfu up:

"Just kidding, don't worry. From today on, Zhu Changfu will temporarily act as General Juyongguan. You are fully responsible for these troops and will definitely keep the gates of the capital tight."

"This... thank the general for his trust. Zhu Changfu swears to guard Juyong Pass to the death."

I was moved, and Zhu Changfu was moved at this time, either in addition to being moved.

Zhu Changfu was the first to express his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. Of course, Li Yan wanted to use him more. At that time, Li Yan saw that he really wanted to return.

Li Yan did not have the right to appoint a general.

Zhu Changfu was only a temporary agent. When the court sent a new general, his appointment would end.

Only after Li Yan appointed Zhu Changfu, did he remember that he did not seek Yan Yingyuan's opinions.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Lord Supervisor, I forgot to discuss with you just now. It's the first time Li Yan led his troops. He has no experience in this area. I hope Lord Supervisor will forgive me."

Yan Yingyuan laughed:

"General Li Yan has filtered it. Yan is just fighting with the army and will not interfere with General Li's decisions. You have to be polite."

Yan Yingyuan said the truth. When the emperor was about to leave, he specifically told him not to interfere with Li Yan and his wife's decisions at will. He mainly accumulated fame and fame with Li Yan.

You should know that Li Yan is responsible for heavy responsibilities. This time he went on the expedition, his husband and his wife were responsible for regaining the entire northern area occupied by bandits. The task was very arduous.

After explaining to Zhu Changfu, the army rested in Juyong Pass for the whole morning, and in the afternoon, Li Yan led his troops to Ningwu Pass again.

The commander of Ningwu Pass was Bai Guangen, a rebel general of the Ming Dynasty. This guy was originally under Sun Chuanting's command. He surrendered to the bandits during the decisive battle with the bandits in Tongguan, resulting in the defeat and death of the Shaanxi governor Sun Chuanting.

Ningwu Pass was also the place where Zhou Yuji, a powerful general of the Ming Dynasty, died in battle. Zhou Yuji defended Daizhou.

When the bandit army invaded for more than ten days, they retreated to Ningwu Pass because they were short of soldiers and insufficient food.

Zhou Yuji gave all his strength at Ningwu Pass, and finally used up all the gunpowder and went out of the city to fight the bandits. In the end, he was caught in countless arrows and died heroically.

After Zhou Yuji died in battle, his wife Liu led the whole family of women to the roof and shot bandits with muskets. The bandits ignited the houses and were all burned to death.

On March 7, the bandits broke through Ningwu Pass, killing and injured more than 70,000 people. Li Zicheng was furious and slaughtered the city, and blood flowed into a river of Ningwu Pass.

Due to the influence of the Ningwu Pass massacre, Datong General Jiang Xiang surrendered that night, and Xuancheng General Wang Chengyin also led his troops to surrender.

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This time the Ming army attacked was almost all cavalry, although they were pulling cannons and military supplies.

But the speed is not slow either. In less than a day, the army quietly approached Ningwu Pass.

Bai Guangen was originally a military general, far from comparable to Du Zhizhi. Li Yan knew that this battle was a bit difficult.

Ten kilometers away from Ningwu Pass, the army stopped advancing, and Li Yanhong's wife Yan Yingyuan and the other two began to formulate tactics to capture Ningwu Pass.

They first sent out the Overlord Iron Cavalry elites, divided into several teams, each with fifteen people, and quietly set up ambush around Ningwu Pass.

This ambush was not an ambush. Their main purpose was to intercept the complaints from Ningwu Pass. We must not let the news that the army approached Ningwu Pass would be spread.

At night, fifty red-clothed cannons were quietly installed on the hillsides on both sides of Ningwu Pass.

And covered with branches and leaves, the cavalry also ambushed.

Because of the concealment of trees, it is not easy to find without paying attention.

the next day

Early in the morning, Yan Yingyuan led two thousand infantry soldiers to appear under Ningwu Pass. They did not get too close to the city gate because the other party also had firearms.

At this time, Bai Guangen was still sleeping with Xiaomi in his arms, and suddenly a military soldier came to report:

"The general is about to get up, and a Ming army has been buried in the city. It seems that there are three or four thousand troops."

Bai Guangen suddenly rushed out of the quilt, quickly put on his clothes and armor, and followed the soldiers who reported the news to the head of Ningwu Pass.

Seeing Bai Guangen arrive, the deputy general on duty hurried forward to salute:

"Look at the general, look at the Ming army coming down from the city. There are not many people. Should we destroy them?"

"No hurry, let me see the situation."

Bai Guangen said, immediately lay on the chassis and looked at the Ming army under the city.

Five or six hundred cavalry and more than one thousand infantry, but the war horse armor and firearms look good.

"Give me the telescope!"

Since the Ming army came to attack the city, it was impossible to have just a few troops. Bai Guangen wanted to observe it carefully.

After taking the single-tube telescope handed over by the deputy general, Bai Guangen first took a closer look at the woods behind Ming Jun.

Then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He saw more than a dozen cars full of food and grass, lined up in the woods.

Nowadays, food and grass are generally in short supply. Whether it is the bandits, the Ming army or the encroachment army in the east, they all have a very high demand for food and grass.

It can also be said that if an army soldier does not have the support of military rations, he will not be able to win a battle at all.

If you can't even eat enough, which army will work hard for you?

As the surrendered general of the Ming army, Bai Guangen certainly had a greater demand for food and grass.

Li Zicheng had never given him a penny, and it was even more impossible for him to give him military rations.

The bandits relied on robbing the people and robbing the rich businessmen to fight against the gentry. How could there be any excess food for the Ming Dynasty surrendered troops?

In order to protect himself, Bai Guangen also learned the skills of bandits to be the best in the bandits.

If it weren't for the robbery of the rich businessmen and gentry, Bai Guangen's 30,000 troops would have been disbanded long ago.

In order to test the truth of the army, Bai Guangen immediately ordered the deputy general:

"Li Ming, take three thousand cavalry out to see it. If you have the chance, you will destroy the Ming army under the city."

"Yes, the general can rest assured that he dares to come to attack our Ningwu Pass. Let's see how the last general will wipe out them all."

Deputy General Li Ming pointed out three thousand troops and rushed out of Ningwu Pass. He did not take the Ming army seriously at all.

Now everyone knows the little combat power of the Ming army. The cavalry dispersed with one impact and instantly turned into a lamb to be slaughtered.

But Bai Guangen had a completely different idea than his deputy general.

What a joke, no matter how stupid the Ming army is, it will not be two or three thousand troops to attack Ningwu Pass.

There are 30,000 defenders in Ningwu Pass. Don’t their chief general know that this is an egg hitting a stone?

Also, how are the King of Rebellion Li Zicheng and others now? Have they taken the capital?

Logically, these people should go to the capital to serve the king, so how could they run three times to Ningwu Pass?

As the main general, Bai Guangen could not ignore these issues.

He raised his single-tube telescope and looked at the three thousand Ming troops in a square formation outside the city again.

The leader is a young general in his twenties. The white horse under his crotch is full of energy and looks very impressed.
Chapter completed!