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Chapter 255 More than [-] troops 【order】

Luguanling, Yulin Town, Shaanxi Province
Luguanling is an important pass in the defense line of Yulin Township. It is hundreds of miles away from Xidu City, but it is an important way to enter Yan'an Mansion in Shaanxi.

If the Tatars cross the side wall and enter the Guanzhong, they can go straight to Ningxia in the southwest direction and attack Qingyang Mansion, and if they go southeast, they can choose to break through the Luguanling defense line and go straight to Yan'an Mansion.

Compared with Qingyang Mansion, Yan'an Mansion is obviously much more prosperous, and now Yang Yiqing, who is the governor of the three sides, has moved the Xingyuan from Yulin Town to Luguanling, a crucial place.

In a lobby in Luguanling, Yang Yiqing, who was dressed in an official uniform, was sitting in the lobby with a dignified look between his brows, while the generals from the Three Sides and the Yan'an Mansion sat on the left and right below. officials of all sizes.

The atmosphere in the lobby is quite dignified.

Can't help but these people are not serious, they just got the news not long ago, Dayan Khan took the Sudeer department as the vanguard, broke through Wuning Fort, crossed the border and went south, and rushed directly into Ningxia.

The news of the Tatar invasion spread extremely fast, but even so, when Yang Yiqing and the others received the news, it was already a few days later.

Now Yang Yiqing is full of worries. Although he has long expected that the Tatars might choose to go south to Qingyang Mansion as their target, Yang Yiqing dare not be careless. After all, Yan'an Mansion is more important in comparison, because he dare not Guarantee whether Dayan Khan went south to Qingyang Mansion or invaded Yan'an Mansion and then rushed to Shanxi, threatening the land of Gyeonggi.

In contrast, Yang Yiqing would rather the Tatars fill Ningxia. After all, in the barren land of Ningxia, even if the Tatars can enter Ningxia, they will not get much benefit. On the contrary, it is convenient for the imperial court to send a large army to expel and suppress the Tatars .

If it is true that the Tatars are allowed to enter the mountains and Shaanxi, or even fill the land of Gyeonggi, even if the Tatars are finally expelled, the loss of Ming Dynasty will be extremely great.

It wasn't that Yang Yiqing wanted to give up Ningxia, but that he, as the governor of the three sides and in a high position, had to consider the overall situation, so Yang Yiqing paid more attention to the safety of Shaanxi.

Of course, since Yang Yiqing guessed that the Tatars were very likely to go south to meet King Anhua, Yang Yiqing also mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses to gather in Yan'an Mansion.

At this moment, [-] soldiers and horses have gathered in Yan'an Mansion. These [-] soldiers and horses can be said to be the maximum number of troops that Yang Yiqing can mobilize without the need to stay and garrison various passes.

As Yang Yiqing's confidant, Yang Tai glanced at Yang Yiqing who was sitting there and said, "Master, everyone is here."

Yang Yiqing came back to his senses, his eyes swept over the group of people, and the group of people cheered up and looked at Yang Yiqing.

Only Yang Yiqing said slowly: "Everyone, I think everyone already knows the news that Fort Wuning was breached. The Tatar vanguard went straight to Qingyang Mansion. If there is no accident, it should be as the governor said before." It is expected that the Tatars want to join Anhua King and support Anhua King in plotting rebellion."

Lin Fangyuan, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, stroked his beard and said to Yang Yiqing: "Your Excellency has far-sightedness and foresight, and he has already understood the purpose of the Tatars. Nadayan Khan, in vain, claims to be a hero on the grassland, but he doesn't know that his every move is behind him. It is within the expectations of the governor.”

Lin Fangyuan flattered Yang Yiqing indiscriminately, and many other civil servants also nodded one after another, with smiles on their faces, echoing Lin Fangyuan's words and flattering Yang Yiqing.

I heard Lin Fangyuan say again: "How unwise Dayan Khan is, to leave the land of Shanshan and Shanxi inaccessible, but to go to the barren land of Ningxia, what a short-sighted one."

Yang Yiqing frowned slightly and glanced at the crowd, and saw that many officials in the hall showed a bit of contempt, as if they looked down on Dayan Khan's decision very much.

With a light cough, Yang Yiqing looked at the crowd and said, "You really think that Dayan Khan is a fool. He can dominate the Tatar tribe in the grassland, and he can order hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry to go south with one order. Such a heroic figure Can't you see through this?"

Everyone heard Yang Yiqing's words and couldn't help but look at each other, Lin Fangyuan subconsciously said: "In my opinion, there are no heroes at the time to make Zhuzi famous, Dayan Khan is just a vain name."

Yang Yiqing slowly shook his head and said, "You only saw the disadvantages of the Tatars entering Ningxia, but you never thought about the consequences once King Anhua got the support of the Tatars. ?"

A general said in an angry voice: "What consequences can there be? How can a mere King Anhua cause some disturbance?"

As he said that, the general said again: "If you want me to say it, with the order of the governor, the last general can lead the army directly to Ping'an Huacheng, capture King Anhua alive, and present it to His Majesty."

The generals of the Bianzhen around him really didn't take such an anti-king king as King Anhua seriously, because they knew very well how powerful the frontier army was. It's vulnerable.

Seeing this, the rest of the generals nodded and said: "What General Lu said is true, the last general is also willing to lead the army, the governor only needs to give the last general 1 horses, and he will surely capture King Anhua."

Yang Yiqing glanced at the crowd and slowly shook his head, "If it wasn't for the imperial court's strict order not to move without permission, the governor would have sent someone to put down the Anhua King's rebellion long ago. It's a pity that we have a heavier duty, but we can only temporarily suspend the rebellion." Put the matter of King Anhua aside."

As a general, Lu Ming can be regarded as the number one person in the hall. Hearing this, he couldn't help saying: "The emperor has sent the mighty general Li Huan to lead the army to suppress the rebellion. With some ability, can you put down the Anhua King's rebellion?"

Different from generals like Li Wu who had conquered the Huli and Heihe tribes with Li Huan, border town generals like Lu Ming actually looked down on Li Huan from the bottom of their hearts.

Even Li Wu and other generals praised Li Huan, but Lu Ming and others did not believe that Li Huan was as powerful as Li Wu and others said. They only believed what they saw with their own eyes. believable.

Therefore, when Lu Ming mentioned Li Huanping's rebellion, his words were somewhat contemptuous.

Li Wu coughed lightly and said: "General Lu, the mighty general will go out in person, there is no need to worry about King Anhua's rebellion. It is expected that after the arrival of the mighty general, the rebellion will be settled sooner or later."

After glancing at Li Wu, Lu Ming said calmly, "I hope it's as General Li said."

At this time, Lin Fangyuan, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, just glanced at Li Wu, Lu Ming and other generals, stroked his beard and said to Yang Yiqing: "Your Excellency seems to be quite worried that the Tatars will enter Qingyang Prefecture to meet King Anhua! "

Yang Yiqing sighed softly: "The governor never worried about the Tatars entering Ningxia. Ningxia is barren and the Tatars will not get any benefits. As long as the court slows down and mobilizes troops, it will be enough to kill the Tatars." The Tartars were driven out."

Speaking of which, Yang Yiqing glanced at the crowd and said: "It is precisely because of this that Tatars have never chosen to use the Ningxia frontier as a breakthrough point when they invaded. But this time Dayan Khan gathered more than [-] troops to The purpose of analyzing the capital is obvious, that is to enter the Qingyang Mansion and join King Anhua."

Lin Fangyuan's eyes widened suddenly, his face was full of horror and he said in a trembling voice, "Your Excellency, you mean that the Tatars will support King Anhua to proclaim himself emperor?"

As soon as the word proclaiming the emperor was uttered, everyone in the hall was in an uproar, with expressions of horror on their faces.

The Ming Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years. Over the past hundred years, the rule of the Ming Dynasty has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Not many people have thought about changing the dynasty, especially those officials who are attached to the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, Lin Fangyuan suddenly said that the Tatars would support King Anhua as emperor, but the nature of this was quite different.

You must know that King Anhua's rebellion was only under the banner of the Qing emperor. Although it was a rebellion, he did not dare to proclaim himself emperor.

But if King Anhua really got the support of the Tatars, then he might not dare to proclaim himself emperor. Once he proclaimed himself emperor, the nature would change.

It is said that the sky has no two, the people have no two masters, and the Ming Dynasty has only one emperor. However, once Anhua King rebels and proclaims himself emperor, it will inevitably cause extremely bad influence, and even shake the hearts of the people.

King Anhua alone would never dare to proclaim himself emperor, but if the Tatars supported him, King Anhua would most likely proclaim himself emperor.

Thinking of this, all the people present are from the officialdom, and they know better than anyone else what will happen if King Anhua proclaims himself emperor.

Li Wu, Lu Ming and other generals all showed anger on their faces, and they all looked up at Yang Yiqing.

As for the civil servants headed by Lin Fangyuan, they also looked at Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing said with a solemn expression on his face: "This is what the governor is most worried about. Whether it is King Anhua's rebellion or the Tatars' invasion, it is actually not a big problem. The rebellion can be put down, and the Tatars' invasion can Expulsion, but once the two merge, whether it is to pacify King Anhua or expel Tatar, the difficulty will increase tenfold."

Lu Ming frowned and said, "Damn it, King Anhua won't really collude with the Tatars..."

Even Lu Ming himself didn't believe this, otherwise he wouldn't be so unconfident when he spoke.

Li Wu suddenly said: "Didn't the imperial court send the mighty general to quell the rebellion? If there is no accident at this time, the mighty general should have brought people into Ningxia."

As he spoke, Li Wu looked at Yang Yiqing and said, "Don't you have any news about the mighty general, Governor?"

Yang Yiqing slowly shook his head and said: "I did receive news from the general a few days ago, but there has been no news for a few days."

As a civil servant, Lin Fangyuan had his predecessor beheaded by Li Huan during the previous purge led by Li Huan, and he was also dispatched by the central government to guard the side.

Since Lin Fangyuan came from the capital, he didn't have much affection for Li Huan, especially when he learned that the emperor had entrusted such an important task of countering the rebellion to Li Huan, who had little experience in commanding troops. He hated Li Huan even more.

Therefore, after listening to the conversation between Li Wu and Yang Yiqing, Lin Fangyuan snorted coldly and said: "In Lin's opinion, His Majesty should not entrust such a heavy responsibility to Li Huan. If King Hua rebels and proclaims himself emperor, if the situation becomes too difficult to rule, I will definitely impeach him severely."

Regarding Lin Fangyuan's words, everyone present did not find it strange. If Lin Fangyuan said something nice for Li Huan, that would be a strange thing.

After glancing at Lin Fangyuan, Yang Yiqing couldn't help saying, "Even if the prefect Lin doesn't have confidence in the mighty general, he should have confidence in the court princes."

Lin Fangyuan sneered and said, "If His Majesty hadn't insisted on going his own way, how could the princes of the court have agreed to let Li Huan command the army to put down the rebellion."

While speaking, Lin Fangyuan sneered and said, "It's not that I look down on this mighty general. If he can quell the rebellion, Lin will personally apologize to him."

"Yes, what Master Lin said is true. The important affairs of the country are at the mercy of the soldiers. Li Huan is only from a small military family, so how can he..."

An official immediately agreed with Lin Fangyuan, but before he finished speaking, Yang Yiqing said coldly: "Enough, the mighty general is an important minister of the court no matter how you say it, how can he be a gentleman if he criticizes important officials of the court behind his back?" for."

Seeing Yang Yiqing's angry face, the official couldn't help shutting up resentfully, but judging from his expression, it was obvious that he was very upset.

Seeing this, Yang Yiqing also sighed in his heart, why he didn't know, it was because Li Huan had killed too many corrupt officials, especially ransacking their homes and exterminating their families at every turn, which only made many officials have a very bad impression of Li Huan. More than once, I heard that many officials privately cursed Li Huan for a bad death.

With a light cough, Li Wu said at this moment: "My lord, now that the Tatars have made it clear that they want to go south to Qingyang Mansion, then shall we mobilize troops and try to block the Tatars in Qingyang Mansion."

Yang Yiqing was about to speak, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside.

Everyone couldn't help looking up towards the entrance of the hall, and saw a messenger rushing towards him, covered in dust and dust, before he arrived, he said, "Eight hundred li urgently reports to the army."

Yang Yiqing got up suddenly, stared at the messenger and said in a deep voice: "Quickly submit the letter."

Li Wu strode forward to take the letter from the messenger, checked it and quickly presented it to Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing took a deep breath and opened the wax-sealed letter, his eyes swept over and his face immediately revealed a look of astonishment.

When Yang Yiqing opened the letter, everyone's eyes fell on the letter in Yang Yiqing's hand. Although they couldn't see the contents of the letter, the change in Yang Yiqing's expression was seen by everyone.

Yang Yiqing was startled at first, and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly to reveal a smile, which made everyone secretly guess what was in the letter, which made Yang Yiqing, who had never smiled before, smile. meaning.

Needless to say, this letter was a good news sent by Li Huan, even Yang Yiqing did not expect that Li Huan's speed would be so fast.

In just a few days, King Anhua's rebellion was put down, and thousands of Tatar vanguards were even wiped out. If he didn't know that Li Huan couldn't make fun of such things, Yang Yiqing would have doubted the content of this letter of authenticity.

Thinking of King Anhua's rebellion being quelled, King Anhua's death, and his lineage being escorted to the capital, this made Yang Yiqing, who was worried that the Tatars would support King Anhua's rebellion and proclaim himself emperor to split Ming Dynasty, heaved a sigh of relief.

After all, Yang Yiqing was born as a civil servant, and he knows better than many people the importance of a righteous name sometimes, even if the righteous name is not obtained properly, it can cause extremely bad effects.

Well now, King Anhua died, and the lineage of King Anhua was escorted to the capital, which completely cut off the possibility of the Tatars pushing King Anhua out to cause trouble for Daming.

"Hahahaha, well, it's really great! The mighty general really didn't disappoint."

As soon as Yang Yiqing said this, the whole audience was stunned, especially Lin Fangyuan and other civil officials looked at the happy Yang Yiqing in astonishment. They wondered if they heard it wrong.

Some of the generals including Li Wu who had dealt with Li Huan were smiling. Although they didn't know the content of the letter, they could more or less guess from Yang Yiqing's reaction that Li Huan might be in the letter. News of victory.

Thinking about all this, Li Wu said to Lu Ming who was beside him: "General Lu, I dare say, this must be the victory of the mighty general."

Lu Ming was slightly stunned and said: "It's just a rebel army, but if they perform normally, they can defeat the rebel army."

Li Wu just smiled when he heard the words, and looked at Yang Yiqing expectantly, curious about what it was about.

At this moment, a civil official said to Yang Yiqing: "Your Excellency is so happy, what happened?"

After calming down his happy mood, Yang Yiqing laughed and said: "The news about the mighty general, a few days ago, the mighty general has already broken through Anhua City, shot and killed Anhua King Zhu Zhixie, beheaded Anhua City and supported Anhua King The rebellious rebels led more than [-] fine cavalry and wiped out thousands of Tatar vanguard Suder tribe, is this a great victory?"

Hearing what Yang Yiqing said, everyone was stunned.

Li Wu exclaimed subconsciously: "So fast?"

In Li Wu's mind, Li Huan must have no problem dealing with King Anhua, but he never thought that Li Huan would put down the rebellion so cleanly, and even wiped out the Tatar vanguard.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, Li Huan must have lied about the military situation..."

Lin Fangyuan shouted almost reflexively.

But soon Lin Fangyuan shut his mouth, because Yang Yiqing stared at him unkindly.

Although Lin Fangyuan was not afraid of Yang Yiqing, he still felt some pressure from being stared at by Yang Yiqing. He took a deep breath and said to Yang Yiqing, "My lord governor, I don't have any other intentions from being an official, just curious. Why is it so fast? King Anhua has tens of thousands of rebels under his command, and with Anhua City as his reliance, how could it be suppressed in such a short period of time? This is unrealistic."

Even Li Wu felt that Li Huanping's rebellion was astonishingly fast, let alone Lin Fangyuan and other civil servants.

From Lin Fangyuan's point of view, even though King Anhua's subordinates are all mobs, there are still tens of thousands of people. It will take a month or two for Li Huan to lead the army to suppress the rebellion.

But how long has it been? From the imperial decree to Li Huantongbing's entry into Ningxia, it took only more than a month, and most of the time was spent on the march. Just a few days.

Yang Yiqing handed the letter to Lin Fangyuan and said: "Prefect Lin may as well take a look, this good news has been sent to the capital, do you think Li Huan dares to use this kind of thing to deceive the king?"

Lin Fangyuan shook his head subconsciously. Given how favored Li Huan was, even if he failed to suppress the rebellion, he would only be punished, and the emperor could completely keep him.

But if he dared to joke about such a military matter, even the emperor would not be able to keep him. Unless Li Huan's head was broken, he would definitely not dare to do anything with this military newspaper.

Thinking of these changes in Lin Fangyuan's complexion, holding the letter tightly with one hand, waves rose in his heart.

If the content of this letter is completely true, even he knows what kind of credit it will be.

Putting down the Anhua King's rebellion and wiped out thousands of Tatar vanguards, these two points alone are enough for Li Huan to become a marquis.

The Ming Dynasty cannot be named a Marquis unless it has military merits, and it is not a change of dynasty at the moment, so now the most important military merits of the Ming Dynasty are to put down the rebellion and annihilate the alien race.

Li Huan was favored by the emperor in the past, because he had nothing to show for it, he was often regarded as a lucky minister. It can be said that many officials looked down on Li Huan from the bottom of their hearts.

It's like he has never looked up to Li Huan before, because Li Huan has no meritorious service.

But this time Li Huan quelled the rebellion of King Anhua. He believed that with the degree of favor the emperor had for Li Huan, he would definitely take the opportunity to add officials to Li Huan.

Not to mention the official position, the title will definitely be rewarded. By then, Li Huan will no longer be a rootless duckweed, but will become a real meritorious figure.

Thinking of these, Lin Fangyuan can almost imagine what kind of sensation and waves this news will cause once it reaches the capital.

Lin Fangyuan's complexion fluctuated, but Yang Yiqing didn't care about Lin Fangyuan at all at the moment, so Yang Yiqing stood up with a solemn expression on his face and said, "Everyone, the mighty general invites me to meet with you. What do you think of hunting Tartars?"

The civil servants were still immersed in the news just now, but at the moment they heard the words, they looked at a loss, but Li Wu, Lu Ming and other military generals looked very happy and shouted excitedly: "My lord governor! , I am no worse than the brothers in the Beijing camp, and I am no weaker than the Tatars.

"The last general waits for a fight!"

"Please fight!"

All of a sudden, all the generals shouted in unison.

Seeing this situation, Yang Yiqing was in a good mood, stroked his beard and nodded slightly: "Okay, since that's the case, pass on the order of the governor, and gather [-] soldiers and horses, join forces with the mighty general, and fight the Tatars happily. field."

According to what Li Huan said, he had previously ordered Guan Zheng, who was training in Xi'an Prefecture, to lead [-] soldiers who had been training for more than half a year to Qingyang Prefecture. It is convenient to have more than [-] soldiers and horses.

What Yang Yiqing didn't know was that when Li Huan left Beijing, Li Huan had already exercised his power of governor of the world's soldiers and horses, and ordered [-] soldiers and horses to be dispatched from Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan and other places to Ningxia.

Calculating the time, by the time Yang Yiqing led the elite from the three sides to Qingyang Mansion, these soldiers and horses dispatched from various places would have arrived at Qingyang Mansion.

At that time, there will be more than one hundred thousand troops waiting for the Tatars, and more than two hundred thousand troops will gather the power of several Ming provinces.

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