"Your Majesty, 500 trucks of grain and grass from Tongzhou have arrived in the capital, and are now under strict supervision by the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"Nanjing arsenal equipment has also been transported to the capital and received by the Ministry of War. At present, except for war horses, there are still shortages of various armaments, especially the arrows, muskets and ammunition needed to defend the city..."

"Your Majesty, I have something to report..."

In the blink of an eye, it has been almost a month since Zhou Yu ascended the throne. With his accession to the throne, the originally closed capital city opened its doors again, but unlike when the Tumu Fortress just happened, the capital city was shaken. There was sufficient food entering the city, and

The 300,000-strong army surrounding the capital was ready, which made the people of the capital gradually calm down.

Zhou Yu also made some personnel adjustments to the army and passes. The 300,000 troops currently gathered in the capital are partly from the original three battalions of soldiers, and some are from the preparation army and Japanese army. The last part is

The capital's garrison troops gathered all the forces that could be mobilized from the surrounding areas under the capital to form such a defense force, which can be said to be well prepared.

There are also some personnel adjustments. Yu Qian originally wanted to recommend Shi Heng as the current commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp. This position is equivalent to the highest military officer in the capital today, and it is equivalent to handing the general power into the hands of others. This is not a problem for Zhou Yu.

This was an acceptable thing, not to mention that Zhou Yu had already planned to lead the troops personally from the beginning, and was also preparing to turn the future Beijing camp into a private army personally controlled by the emperor. There was no need for general troops.

On the first day of October, the spies sent out came to report, and they also summoned 200,000 troops in three groups to attack the Ming Dynasty territory again. For a time, there was an undercurrent of storm coming.

After Zhou Yu learned that Wala had begun to attack, he summoned his ministers and generals to the palace immediately for detailed discussion. At the same time, he issued an order to once again impose martial law on the capital and enter a state of war preparation.

In just a few days, the army on Wala Middle Road had already reached Juyongguan.

On the eighth day of October, Ye Xian's 100,000 troops were divided into two groups again, one to attack Baiyangkou, the Great Wall pass, and the other to attack Zijingguan.

All the soldiers defending the city at Aiyangkou Pass were outnumbered and died in battle. They refused to surrender.

On the ninth day of October, the Zijing Pass was attacked. Although the defenders fought fiercely for a day and blocked the enemy outside the pass, the defenders of Zijing Pass also suffered heavy losses. After receiving the memorial, Zhou Yu sent 10,000 troops to reinforce.

Nowadays, all the troops that can be mobilized are not elite soldiers. Even if there are elite soldiers, they have basically been scattered to various places. Among the soldiers at Zijingguan, there are very few elite soldiers and lack of experience. Zhou Yu is quite satisfied with the result if they can survive.

But to put it cruelly, if you can go to the battlefield and survive, even a novice will turn into a ruthless elite soldier after going back and forth several times. Elite soldiers are not only cultivated, but they also need to be killed on the battlefield with open swords and spears.

Yu Qian looked at the situation on the sand table, and then looked at Zhou Yu, who was standing in front of the sand table wearing a dragon robe, cupping his hands and saying, "As expected, His Majesty, he led the main force to attack Zijingguan in person."

"Are you going to flatter me?" Zhou Yu glanced at Yu Qian and focused his attention on the sand table again, as if he saw the flames of war everywhere: "Everyone thinks that he will join forces to attack Juyong Pass, but first

But after taking down Aiyangkou, Binggui quickly set his sights on Bauhinia Pass, which had not been taken seriously for a long time."

Zhou Yu's eyes rested on the location of the Zijin Pass on the sand table. It is also a dangerous place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is also an important pass to defend the capital. If any one of Juyong and Bauhinia is breached, it will be destroyed.

The capital faced the threat of Wala.

Yu Qian thought for a while and raised his hand again: "Your Majesty, I would like to request more support for Zijingguan. At least 20,000 additional infantry and 5,000 cavalry need to be sent."

Zhou Yu immediately understood what Yu Qian meant: "You want to block the road for the advanced army and set the battlefield outside the Great Wall?"

Yu Qian said: "Yes, Your Majesty, if you fight on our Ming Dynasty's territory, no matter what, the one who gets hurt will be our Ming Dynasty."

The situation in the north today can be said to be quite bad. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the attitude towards the north has been to fight more than to defend. It was only to prevent the people from being plundered that the Ming Great Wall began to be built. Today's Ming Great Wall has not been repaired at all.

Datong and Xuanfu are more like a sieve leaking air everywhere, and they are still very barren now.

Datong was stuck on Ye Xian's march route and just watched Ye Xian divide his troops and do nothing? It's really not that he doesn't want to do anything, but that he can't do anything.

The huge turning point that really began to completely change the attitude towards the north was the failure of the Battle of Tumubao. It can be said that it broke the backbone of the Ming Dynasty. In history, Zhu Qiyu succeeded in forcibly renewing his life with the cooperation of Yu Qian and others.

, was also slowly reshaping a new backbone, but a sudden change in winning the title wasted all the hard work of Zhu Qiyu, Yu Qian and others.

No matter what happened to the Baozong Emperor now, Zhou Yu felt that Zhu Qizhen deserved to die and must die from a consequentialist perspective.

Zhou Yu also knew that the reason why Zijingguan Pass was breached was because of some villain. He led the Wala army to the back of Zijingguan Pass through a detour, and launched a front and rear pincer attack on the pass. This led to the breach of Zijingguan Pass, and this also illustrates the defense system of Zijingguan Pass.

There is a serious problem.

Knowing this, Zhou Yu would naturally not act indifferent to the development of his term as if he did not know. Therefore, Zhou Yu was very concerned about the defense of Zijingguan from the beginning. He had sent three missions to Zijingguan in a short period of time since he had not ascended the throne.

More troops, but the only effect it can achieve is to turn Zijingguan into a meat grinding ground.

There are naturally many ways to stop the Oara army, but what Zhou Yu wants now is more than that. He wants to use this battle to completely cripple all the Oara tribes, so that they will not dare to invade the Ming Dynasty again for at least ten years.

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What Zhou Yu wants is greater results, so he has been thinking about how to expand the results. Simply treating Zijin Pass as a meat grinding ground is definitely not enough. What is happening now is not enough for Zhou Yu.

Yu was satisfied, but for many ministers in the court, it was a result that they could approve of.

The question Zhou Yu was thinking about was definitely something Yu Qian couldn't guess. What Yu Qian was thinking about was what to do next. The 10,000 reinforcements at Zijingguan were not enough and more reinforcements were needed. The war at Juyongguan was also tense and needed more cannons.

The enemy is kept at bay. If they really break through the two levels first, how should the capital side respond?

Zhou Yu thought for a while and patted the table gently: "Yu Qian, how many war horses do we have available now?"

The sound caused by the slap on the table made the surrounding generals turn their heads to look over. Shi Heng, a guy who was originally not even ranked in the army, has now become the new leader of the generals, eager for a battle.

To establish his own foundation, after hearing Zhou Yu's question, he opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Yu expectantly.

Yu Qian thought for a while: "There are still tens of thousands."

"Shiheng."

"I'm here!" Shi Heng quickly knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists with both hands.

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "I order you to lead an army of 50,000 to the rescue of Zijingguan. I have no other requirements. You must defend Zijingguan and kill as many as you can. It must be held for at least seven days."

"Follow your orders." Shi Heng took a deep breath and said loudly: "Guard to death for seven days, as long as the person is alive, the person will die if you are locked up!"

Zhou Yu said calmly: "Be careful on the trails in the mountains, and remember to send more scouts to avoid being dumped first."

"I understand."

"Fan Guang."

Another general knelt on one knee and clasped his fists: "I am here."

"You lead 50,000 troops and station them at a certain place behind Zijingguan Pass. You must set up many traps to prevent the intruders from returning. Once Zijingguan Pass is broken, you will lead your troops to cover our defeated army and retreat quickly, using the defeated army as a

The bait is laid in ambush on the road. If you find that there are enemy troops from behind to attack Zijing Pass, and you want to attack from both sides, you can also attack them. Your task is to reinforce Zijing Pass at any time depending on the situation."

"I accept the decree."

"Everyone." Zhou Yu raised his hand and pointed to the sand table: "What can you see from this sand table?"

Everyone shook their heads. Yu Qian looked at the sand table and then at Zhou Yu, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Once you pass through Zijingguan, there is no obstruction, and once you walk through Zijingguan, the sea and sky are also vast." Zhou Yu squinted his eyes and said: "But as long as Zijingguan is locked up, it will be the first place where the bones are buried.

There is no way to heaven or earth. He is crazy to get in now but will soon regret his madness."

"I will lead the cavalry to Juyongguan. At that time, the Xuanfu will attack with the whole army to cooperate with me to attack the army on the middle road of Wala. Once we win, we can completely leave tens of thousands of Wala army behind, and then we can completely block it with the combined army.

In front of Bauhinia Pass."

Yu Qian quickly postponed Zhou Yu's plan in his mind, and suddenly realized that if Zijingguan could really hold on for seven days, the probability of success of this strategy would become very, very high. Even if only half of it was completed, Wala's vitality would be seriously damaged, and other aspects would be lost.

Even if he can win a temporary victory after being restrained, how many elites will be left after the bloody battle at Zijin Pass? Only then will Ming be better able to deal with him.

Yu Qian nodded: "This plan is feasible. If Zijingguan can really resist for seven days, it will definitely be defeated and we will not be able to eat. However, your Majesty does not need to go out personally. You can just choose a good general to lead the army."

Zhou Yu shook his head: "No, I promised the soldiers that once the war starts, I will fight with them on the front line. If I die in front of the battle, my uncle will be the emperor. If I am captured, I also hope that you will

The general can kill me with one arrow, and the emperor of Ming Dynasty will never be captured."

"My generals, I say it again, anyone who pretends to be the late emperor under the banner of the late emperor can be killed! Never let any villain shake the morale of the army!"

"I (the last general) accept the order."

Zhou Yu looked at Yu Qian and said solemnly: "Yu Qian, I will leave the capital in your hands. Don't let me down."
Chapter completed!