dream of red mansion

Chapter 717 The Great War Begins ([-])
Niangziguan is a relatively famous pass in the Nine Borders, and the standing garrison is 3000 people.

It's a pity that under the enemy's premeditated heavy attack, especially when the battle started less than half an hour ago, hundreds of cavalry suddenly came from behind, which caught the guard of Niangzi's gate by surprise. broken.

Overnight, tens of thousands of cavalry rushed directly into the territory of Dachu from this checkpoint.
But what is strange is that the cavalry who succeeded in the raid did not turn around and attack the Zhenbei army, and even the rout of Niangziguan did not chase and kill them, but went eastward with the momentum of tens of thousands of horses galloping.

Their purpose seems clear.

The former general yamen of the Xuan Mansion has now become Qin Guanliang's temporary commander-in-chief.

When he learned that a cavalry suddenly appeared behind his buttocks, his first sentence was: "This prince Teng of the balloon, let me say that he is useless. There are more than 20 elite frontier soldiers under his command, but he still has a lot of soldiers. The Cossacks were let in. What an incompetent idiot!"

The general under him had no choice but to remind him in a friendly way: "General, according to the report from the spies, this cavalry came in from the territory of Datong Mansion."

Uh.
Qin Guanliang raised his head and asked suspiciously, "Is that so?"

For the time being, the forces of Xuan Mansion and Datong are under his control.
The communications officer beside him suppressed his face and nodded.

"It turns out that these little bastards can't even look down on a door. When you tell me which one is useless and lost it, I peeled his skin myself!
Now, I will take people to kill these little bastards first."

As Qin Guanliang said, he wanted to order the generals to lead troops to block and kill the enemy's cavalry.

"Wait a minute, general. Our task is to guard the gate of the capital. What if the general goes away and Niegus, Kazhe and other troops come to attack?"

A general persuaded.

"You know what a fart, these small tribes are all cowardly like idiots. If it weren't for the prince Teng of the balloon not letting me send troops, I would have led the troops into the royal court of Nigus long ago. Have them dangle under my nose?
However, he won't let me send troops, so I can't resist.But there is an enemy army behind here, he can't have a reason to stop me, right? "

"But."

"But what? Can't you see that they are going to sneak attack on our capital? If the capital is lost, how many heads do you have enough to lose?
Well, the big deal is that I don’t need to bring some soldiers.
I will take [-] soldiers and horses, and the remaining soldiers and horses are enough to guard Xuanfu and Datong, right? "

Hearing this, the other generals breathed a sigh of relief.What they were afraid of was that the old man Qin had fallen for someone else's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

If he just took 3 people to chase the cavalry, it would not have much impact on the overall situation.

"Since you don't have any objections, it's decided like this. After I leave, all matters in the army, big or small, will be obeyed by Zongbing Xia."

"Yes."

Seeing that Qin Guanliang had made up his mind, the generals had nothing to say.

Compared with the swearing-mouthed boss Qin who came by airborne, they are more supportive of Mr. Xia who has been guarding the border for decades
They didn't know that Qin Guanliang's little girl was also playing very well:

This Prince Teng is afraid that I will take credit with him, so he deliberately left Lao Tzu here. He hasn't even seen a ghost of the enemy for more than half a year. Isn't this deliberately teasing people?
Now that the enemy's cavalry has finally passed under my nose, how can I let this opportunity go?

Hmm, although [-] soldiers and horses may be a little less, but when we go to Taiyuan and Chang'an City and other places to deploy some local garrison troops, the strength will not be enough.

As long as these little bastards are wiped out, let's see what Prince Teng of his balloon has to say.
Not only Qin Guanliang aimed at the cavalry.

Wang Ziteng didn't fully obey Jia Qing's wishes, he dispatched a total of [-] cavalrymen under his command to follow where the cavalrymen had passed.

His purpose is very simple, even if he can't completely wipe out this group of cavalry, he must make them restless, and there is no way to fight around casually.

These cavalrymen who entered the Great Chu have lived for a long time, and all their supplies depend on "beating the autumn wind" and looting the common people.
This is not allowed by Wang Ziteng.

But for the sake of the overall situation, he can only do this.

What Jia Qing said was right, Yulin must not make mistakes.Otherwise, if the main cavalry of the Cossacks were put in, then Wang Ziteng would become a sinner through the ages, and he would never have a chance to stand up again.

Even Dachu will soon fall
Therefore, he sent an order to Qin Guanliang, ordering him to send a large army to raid the formation and wipe out these bandits.

If he knew that Qin Guanliang had set off with [-] elite troops before he received his order, and he personally led the soldiers, he might be very relieved. This old man finally thought of going with the old man. up.
At the time of the war, private caravans were not allowed to pass through the main official roads of Dachu, and those who violated them would be arrested and punished.

Officially, at this time, it can only be used to transport military supplies, grain, grass and communications.

The distance between the border and the capital is very long, and ordinary caravans often have to travel for ten days and a half months or even a month.Under the [-]-mile rushing horse, the news from the border can reach the capital in just two or three days.

Another urgent letter was sent to Daming Palace.

In the South Study Room, Emperor Zhengqing sleeps with his ears pointed these days.The heads of several yamen in the two pavilions and six departments are also on call around the clock, and dare not slack off in the slightest.

Are you kidding, these days, there are already several ministers who have been sent to death row for the crime of delaying
Although many people privately discussed that Emperor Zhengqing was taking the opportunity to eradicate He Shanbao's henchmen, but no one dared to say anything.

The Supreme Emperor has not shown his face so far, and He Shanbao's party, which was originally extremely united, has long been lost.Even He Shanbao himself has been taciturn in court these days.

People in any party will know that their "building is about to collapse".

It's not that none of them want to resist and announce the "crimes" of Emperor Zhengqing to the world.But even the queen mother said that the emperor was just frightened in the paddock on the outskirts of Beijing, and the dragon was not in good health. She took care of it herself these days
In addition, the Russians suddenly changed their face and invaded Dachu. At this time, all the people who came out to provoke trouble were arrested by Emperor Zhengqing on charges of ulterior motives without hesitation.

In this way, how dare other people act rashly?
"According to Li Xianlai, the guard of Longcheng Pass, the tens of thousands of cavalry from the enemy's surprise attack, including 1 vanguard troops, have arrived at Longcheng Pass and launched a fierce attack on Longcheng Pass.
How do you Aiqing view this matter, do you need to increase troops to Longchengguan again? "

Emperor Zhengqing sat behind the case and said calmly.

No one came forward to impeach Prince Teng.Because Wang Ziteng had already made a petition to Emperor Zhengqing before, explaining the facts to Emperor Zhengqing and clarifying the serious relationship.

At the South Study Room that night, Wang Ziteng's political opponents advised him to escort the "negligent" Wang Ziteng to Beijing for interrogation, but was thrown into death row by Emperor Zhengqing in a rage.
From then on, everyone could see Emperor Zhengqing's trust in Wang Ziteng and his determination for this battle.

Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to increase the number of troops. The capital's northern and southern battalions originally had a total of [-] soldiers and horses, but now only [-] are left. one hundred thousand
The soldiers and horses in the capital can't move anymore.

Besides, Longcheng Pass originally had more than [-] defenders.Earlier, His Majesty sent General Mo to lead [-] elite troops from the Peking University Battalion to support them, and it was time to arrive now.

In this way, the strength of one pass at Longcheng Pass has reached more than [-] people, enough to guard the pass! "

In Liu Shangshu's eyes, the Jinyi Army is a bunch of "bandits" and "thugs", so he didn't count the Jinyi Army's troops at all.

Some people also objected: "But no one knows how many soldiers and horses the enemy has waiting behind. If the Longcheng Pass is lost, the capital will be exposed to the enemy.

Besides, if we can't send troops to wipe out this cavalry, not only the people in Guanzhong, but also the food road we transport will be cut off by the other party.If things go on like this, if the frontier army runs out of food, wouldn't it be a crushing defeat? "

Yu Shuyang, Minister of the Household Department, also came out and said: "Sanyu Zhao is right, our army's food supply cannot be cut off. Originally, the Ministry of Household Affairs planned to send a batch of [-] shi of military rations to Datong to leave on the fifth day of the first month of next month. Now the official If the roads are not safe, the household department dare not allocate this batch of military rations, otherwise it will easily become the enemy’s military rations.”

Speaking of military rations, Emperor Zhengqing said to Shuyang, "How much rations are there in the treasury?"

"There are more than [-] stones left."

Emperor Zhengqing calculated in his mind, although there are quite a few, but he doesn't know how long this battle will last, so he can't just sit and eat.

It's time to raise military rations from the people.

There was no delay on the matter of food, and the topic returned to Longcheng Pass.

"Since the soldiers in the capital can no longer be transferred, let's transfer them from other places. Since the Tartars suffered a disastrous defeat a few years ago and retreated between the white mountains and the black waters, they have long since dared not show their faces.

However, Liaodong still maintains tens of thousands of troops all year round, so it is better to transfer them all back for use. "

"Are you kidding? Call them all back. What if the Tatars take the opportunity to attack?"

"Then adjust it in half."

"Half is also dangerous, at most one-third."

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Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Zhao Shenyi of the Military Machine Pavilion argued with each other, and finally Emperor Zhengqing made a decision and dispatched [-] cavalry from Liaodong to support the capital.Another [-] troops were dispatched from Liangzhe and Liangjiang to the north to prevent accidents.

The small council just gave up.

Because Emperor Zhengqing temporarily subdued the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty with strong means, when facing the brutal enemy of the Cossacks, the entire state machine began to activate, and the resulting strength was really amazing.

If there is no accident, the Cossack cavalry who came in this surprise attack are destined to be bloody.

(End of this chapter)