In the early morning, with the sound of trumpets, soldiers from various battalions gathered.

After the officers took a look, they found that there were many fewer people. This was true for all battalions and divisions. Some even ran away from the entire battalion and company, and even the soldiers and officers.

Count the number of people and report upwards.

After having a simple but insufficient breakfast, the troops continued to advance and marched towards the distant southwest direction.

The large-scale escape of the Liao army and the lack of food military information were sent back to the capital one by one and passed to Liu Jun.

The intelligence officers of the Chu army reported various adverse situations of the coalition forces. They lacked food and equipment, had insufficient artillery fire, and even less food and grass. The coalition forces gave up the frontal attack on Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, but instead took Mongolia and came to Miyun and Xuanfu.

The intention of the rebel army was already very obvious. They wanted to imitate Huang Taiji's tactics back then, try to bypass the Guanning defense line, detour through Mongolia, attack the Yanbei Great Wall defense line, and even detour through Zhangjiakou, break through the entrance from there.

Liu Jun was very happy to see that Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou's army had already lost 30,000 troops before he reached the Great Wall.

War is the logistics of fighting.

Moreover, the war must be famous.

Wu Sangui had no logistics and had no leadership, so why did he let his 100,000 people work for him? It is normal for the servants of Wu Zu's family to work for them. These people are treated the best in normal times, and they even have a lot of land in western Liaoning. They can understand that they are fighting for western Liaoning.

But most of the other soldiers were natives of western Liaoning, but they were just ordinary soldiers. Many of them were even just cannon fodder, and there were even many people. In fact, they were incorporated by Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou after the defeat of various towns in aid to Liao.

If there is food and salary, then they may also work hard for food and salary.

But now Wu Sangui has neither food nor salary, and his future is still dark. In addition, the hundreds of soldiers Wu Sangui killed in the Mongols completely disappointed the hearts of these people.

"Let me go to Miyun in person to take charge. Wu Ni is most likely to break the gap from Miyun." Fu Shan, the Chief of Staff of the Privy Council, who just married Liu Jun's fourth sister after the New Year, volunteered.

His marriage with the Liu family made Fu Shan truly Liu Jun’s most reliable brother.

Not long ago, Fu Shan was just promoted to the rank of general and became one of the highest rank owners of the Ming officers.

"There is no need, just sit in the Privy Council. Wu Ni's troops lack food and equipment. They traveled a long distance, and the army was disintegrating and the soldiers fled continuously. What can they do if they arrived at the Great Wall? We have not only the Great Wall, but also many newly built ridges and forts."

"You said you don't have to worry about that. In recent years, the officers and non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers who have been continuously trained in the martial arts hall and teaching team are all elites in the army. You are still worried? You are now the chief of staff. You should plan the overall situation instead of going to the front line to command a division or a town."

The Great Wall of Yanbei.

The Great Wall Fortress between Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan is the throat of the Liaodong Plain and Mongolia to the Central Plains. It has always been a place where military strategists must fight. The battles between the Liao, Jin, Yuan, and Ming dynasties have never stopped for Gubeikou.

Since Chongzhen, the Qing army has broken through several times and entered the pass, and most of them have entered the pass through this section.

The Yanbei Great Wall is located in the southeast of Gubeikou Town, Miyun County, and consists of the Wohu Mountain Great Wall, the Panlong Mountain Great Wall, the Jinshanling Great Wall and the Simatai Great Wall.

The earliest Great Wall construction here can be traced back to the sixth year of Tianbao, Beiqi during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. More than a thousand years ago, Beiqi built a Great Wall that started from Yulin, Shaanxi in the west and ended at Shanhaiguan in the east. Among them, the section of Gubeikou is the key defense gate.

Both Jin and Yuan dynasties have been added and reinforced here for defense.

Starting from the 11th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the city of Guancheng, large and large passes and beacon towers and other barrier facilities were added, and two gates were repaired, one gate was set up at the Great Wall Pass. It is called Tiemen Pass, which only allows one rider and one vehicle to pass through.

One gate is set up above Chaohe River and is called Shuimen Pass.

During the Longqing period, Qi Jiguang and Tan Lun began to renovate the Great Wall from Shanhaiguan to Juyongguan to strengthen defense.

After Liu Jun entered Beijing and took control of the troops in the capital, he immediately strengthened the defense of the Great Wall in Yanbei.

During the Tianqi to Chongzhen dynasties, the court's defense center was always in western Liaoning. The Great Wall defense line in Yanbei belonged to Xuanfu and Jizhen, but it was always short of food and salary. The city gate was disrepair for a long time, which led to the important defense line that guarded the capital, but was repeatedly attacked by the Qing army.

Liu Jun did not expect the court to pay for the protection of the pass. He took out 20 million silver dollars and comprehensively renovated and reinforced the entire 800-mile Yanbei Great Wall, built a fort, repaired the fort, deployed many cannons, and stationed heavy troops.

The imperial court did not know much about these. They knew that Liu Jun strengthened the Great Wall defense line, but they did not know that Liu Jun had put so much effort into this defense line and invested so much money, grain and materials, and they did not know how many soldiers and horses were stationed in the entire Great Wall defense line.

On the surface, now there are now layoffs in various places, and only the two towns of Zhili's security and garrison are left in the capital. With the imperial guards and personal guards, only the two towns of Lushun and Ningyuan are left outside the pass. Even the two armies of the imperial guards and the guards are combined, but only the six towns of troops are left.

But in fact, of course, it is not just these. These are just registered by the Ministry of War, and many have not been registered. From the original Chu army such as Zhenjiang, Beiyang, etc., which have been nominally laid off, and the original soldiers such as Shanxi and Ningyuan, the Chu army has three Shadow Army towns in the Jingji area.

Therefore, even if the Imperial Guards and Guards were removed, Liu Jun still had five reorganized towns, namely guards, garrisons, Lushun, Ningyuan, and Beiyang, and three shadow military towns that were not on the list.

These three shadow military towns are basically all deployed on the front line of the Yanbei Great Wall.

On the defense map seen by the court ministers, the troops stationed in many places are actually two associations, and one town is two towns.

Although Liu Jun was not in a hurry to fight against Manchu and Mongolia outside the pass, in fact he was always guarding against them. No matter what, only by being prepared can one be free of trouble. He must first stand firmly before he can stand invincible and talk about long-term plans.

Outside the Gubeikou, Chaohe.

Chaohe originates from Fengning, and passes through Luanping to Gubeikou and enters Miyun.

It is famous for its rapid and turbulent water flowing and its sound is like a tide.

Zhang Wannian, the company commander of the Light Cavalry Company under the garrison army, was patrolling with 200 light cavalry in the company. As the counter-armed army approached, the various troops sent back one after another, and they brought back a large number of Mongolian herdersmen. What they left was a hundred miles north of the Great Wall and a scorched earth.

Some time ago, Zhang Wannian also led his subordinates to act with the division's cavalry standards. He moved several Mongolian tribes back in succession.

However, the relocation operation has now ended, and there is a Great Wall Fortress that is strictly prohibited from leaving the defense. Zhang Wannian is just conducting a routine patrol. His route is to patrol along the south bank of Chaohe River, and it is strictly forbidden to cross the Chaohe River.

As the rebel army approached day by day, the atmosphere on the Great Wall defense line was also a little nervous.

However, Zhang Wannian was not afraid. He was in his early fifties. He was promoted by the prince himself during the last time the Beijing Army was reorganized. He had been a young man who had been in charge of more than 30 years. When he was old, he was promoted to the company commander.

Even his two grandsons have become Beijing troops and cavalry now. Zhang Wannian is very grateful, and he also hopes to make military achievements in this upcoming battle.

Zhang Wannian is very familiar with the Gubeikou area. He has been here several times in the past.

Zhang Wannian's patrol team did not want to intercept the rebel army. Their mission was actually more to intercept people inside the pass and not be allowed to go out. Especially to prevent merchants. The Ming merchants had close contacts with the Mongolians outside the pass. Even after the Qing army conquered Mongolia, many merchants still had private orders regardless of the ban.

It is a war period, and it is strictly forbidden for these illegal merchants to collude with the enemy to prevent them from sneaking out of the barriers and sending intelligence or even food to the counterattacks.

March.

This is not a good season for military use. At this time, people and horses have cats all winter long, and people are thin and horses are weak. Even horses are fat, so they can easily die when they go out to fight.

The best season for attack should be after autumn, when the autumn is high and the horses are fat, and the weather begins to get cold. The rivers are frozen, and it no longer become an obstacle but become a smooth road. The Tatars' several breaks through the pass are invading in autumn and winter, and retreat in winter or at the latest in spring.

Now the Tartars are invading in March. At this time, the rivers begin to thaw, the food and grass in winter are almost gone, and the horses are all fat. Before the grass has grown, and when we march at this time, we will not only have difficulty supplying our own food and grass, but also lack combat power. It is also difficult to loot on the spot to support the war.

What he couldn't understand the most was why Wu Sangui wanted to rebel?

Thinking back to the beginning, Wu Sangui was also a young hero who was known as the two heroes as the prince. He was the double walls of the military and was promoted to general at the same time. However, the prince became general because of his achievements in suppressing bandits and killing bandits. Wu Sangui relied more on the glory of his family.

What was Wu Sangui doing when the prince killed the Tartar emperor in Liaodong, defeated Liaoyang, and surrounded Shenyang?

He commanded 120,000 troops to attack Yizhou, but was defeated by tens of thousands of Qing troops and fled back to Songshan. He then abandoned the city and fled. He lost Songshan and lost tens of thousands of troops, and even lost Jinzhou.

Where did Wu Sangui get the confidence that he dared to rebel?

It's so stupid to do such a move just for the sake of the position of general.

Just like when the Beijing army was incited to make money, the result was that the prince was put down immediately. Zhang Wannian believed that Wu Sangui's rebellion was just a joke.

One hundred thousand rebels, before they could reach the end of the gate, they had already run away 30,000 to 40,000 people.

Zhang Wannian sat under the tree and was stunning, smoking the cigarette pole in a slight manner.

At this time, his deputy company commander had already come over with a smile. The deputy company commander was very young, similar to his eldest grandson. He was less than twenty years old this year, but he was the deputy company commander. It is said that he was a Miao Manwa from the mountains of Hunan. He sent troops to Liaodong with the prince. As a result, he fought bravely and made many contributions. He won the medal and promoted the title. Later, he was selected to study in the martial arts lecture hall for a year.

When he came out, he immediately became the deputy company commander and became his deputy.

"Company Commander, see what we got. What fresh fish, let's stew the fish soup for a while."

Zhang Wannian looked up and saw the deputy company commander Ma Bao walking over with a big green fish, at least four or five kilograms. Behind him were a few cavalry, and the two of them were carrying a net of fish.

"The water in the Chaohe River was a little anxious, but I didn't expect there were still a lot of fish. I threw a few nets and immediately got so many nets."

"The ice melted in the river, and the fish became alive." Zhang Wannian smiled and called Lao Liang. This was a veteran in their company. He was in his forties and cooked a good dish. No matter what ingredients, he could make a pot of delicious food.

"These fish are fresh, just clean them up and stew them, and throw them into them. They are the most delicious." Lao Liang said with a smile.

"Then let's eat the fish stew. After we finish eating, we patrol and go back."

The deputy company commander nodded and said, "In the future, when you go out to patrol, you must remember to get the fish in the river. Otherwise, you will be so tired of eating fried noodles and jerky every day."

"You still hate fried noodles and dried meat every day. Oh, you have no salary to be a soldier. You have lived a good life with the prince." Zhang Wannian couldn't help but say that he would eat fried noodles every day when he was a soldier. He never dared to believe that this was the dry food for patrol. If you were in the fortress camp stationed, you would eat better. You would have hot meals every day, at least three dishes and one soup.

Zhang Wannian felt that he had gained a little weight in the past six months.

Three riders rushed to the scene.

"Company Commander, Wu Ni is here!"

When Zhang Wannian heard this, he quickly stood up, "How far are they from here?"

"Wu Ni's forward whistle cavalry is less than five miles away from us."

“How many of them have?”

“We saw about a hundred people.”

Zhang Wannian pondered for a moment, then shouted loudly, "Everything is up!"

"Part 1, please take a few brothers back and notify them to close them, ask them to light the beacon, and the others will follow me."

Deputy Company Commander Ma Bao was dissatisfied when he heard this.

"Company Commander, go back and report first. I'll take my brothers to do this."

"I'm the company commander."

"Company Commander, you are so old, let us young people go."

Zhang Wannian, who has always had a very good temper, was angry, "I am not old enough to go to the battlefield. The gun in my hand can still hit the birds with hundreds of steps. Damn, I am the company commander."

"Yes, yes, yes, you are the company commander. I'm worried that if you make a mistake."

The two argued for several times, but Ma Bao refused to go back. In the end, Zhang Wannian had to ask the three brothers who had returned earlier to go back first, "Don't argue with me, you have been running for a long time, and there are too many people, let alone someone will report the news. Don't worry, after the battle is over, you will have a contribution."

Zhang Wannian stepped on his horse and glanced at his surrounding subordinates.

"Brothers, Wu Sanguizu's great rebellion was a rebellious person, colluding with the Qing Dynasty to rebel, and now he is looking for death to come to his door. Since they have met them, that is our luck. How can we miss the meat delivered to him? He cheered up all of me, checked his equipment, and prepared to fuck him."

"Fuck it."

ps: I have been feeling uncomfortable these days, and I have also saved the original manuscript. When my health is better, I will restore the update amount. Thank you for your continued support! (To be continued.)
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