Chapter 53 Divide the troops to the west

As the chief of general staff, Li Xin has actually analyzed the war situation in the Shanhaiguan area and specized some problems of building slaves on the way here, so he has also expected Lu Xiangsheng's worries.

"So that's it! So, as Lord Lu saw, where are the slaves on the road led by Abatai most likely to enter from? Li Xin asked Lu Xiangsheng.

After listening to this, Lu Xiangsheng immediately waved his hand and asked a bodyguard to come over. He untied a long cowhide tube from his back. After opening it, he took out a map from it and spread it in front of everyone. It turned out that this was a detailed map of Jingji drawn by the Ming Dynasty army, with clear and perfect annotations on it. The Great Wall and the main points such as passes, roads and Tunbao everywhere have been drawn, and even some mountain trends have been drawn.

"This picture is the map in Wu Xiang's hand. Wu Xiang has given it to us. It can be seen that Wu Xiang is quite sincere to us this time!

Please take a look. If Jiannu wants to break through the customs and enter, they can go west to the Yiyuan entrance closest to the west of Shanhaiguan! But we have sent a battalion here, and we are well prepared! At present, although there are slave soldiers who want to enter the customs from the entrance of Yiyuan, these slaves are still slaves under Dorcong, not the people led by Abatai!

So I judge that Jiannu must go west and find the gate to enter the gate! Now, the most likely to bear the brunt is Xifengkou! Once they don't choose Xifengkou or can't conquer Xifengkou, then Jiannu is likely to choose Malan Pass, Huangyakou, Gubeikou and other customs further west.

At present, we have asked Wu Junmen to send people to Xifengkou to report the letter, and ask the guards there to be prepared to deal with it. At present, there are Ming fierce generals led by Zhou Yuji in Xifengkou, but the troops are insufficient. There are only more than 2,000 soldiers under his command, plus the officers and soldiers stationed in Xifengkou, the number of troops will not exceed 4,000, so once Abatai If the Jiannu army is led to attack Xifengkou, then I'm afraid they will be very dangerous!"

Hearing Lu Xiangsheng mention Zhou Yuji, Diao Zhengke was an "acquaintance" with him. The last time Fu Zonglong led his troops to try to cross the Yellow River and raid Luoyang and raid Huaiqing Mansion, Zhou Yuji worked under Fu Zonglong, but this guy was fierce and successfully attacked the Yellow River ferry around Huaiqing Mansion. If it weren't for Diao Zheng's day and night. Cheng Chi helped Huaiqing Mansion and blocked the main force of the army led by Fu Zonglong. Zhou Yuji almost successfully crossed the river and attacked Luoyang City.

Therefore, Diao Zheng can be said to have a fresh memory of that battle. He also paid special attention to Zhou Yuji, a bright general. When the middle army fought in Baoding Mansion this time, Diao Zheng thought that he would meet Yuji last week, but he didn't expect that the court temporarily transferred Zhou Yuji to Juyongguan, which made him and Zhou Yuji wrong. He lost his arm and failed to avenge the arrow of Huaiqing Mansion at the beginning. Unexpectedly, he later heard that Lu Xiangsheng went to the meeting to enter Juyong Pass alone. He persuaded Zhou Yuji to let the left army go, let him go of Juyong Pass, and let Yan Chongxi lead the troops into the customs and reached Shanhaiguan one step in advance. If not the case, Zhou Yuji only needed to live. Yongguan has been delayed for a few days, so I'm afraid the situation in Shanhaiguan is not like this now!

It is very likely that Wu Xiang has defected to the Jiannu army, so that the Jiannu army has poured into the land of Beijing. I'm afraid that he has already surrounded the capital by now! They won't be so easy now.

Therefore, Diao Zheng, who originally wanted to kill Zhou Yuji to vent his anger, had to look at this old opponent with new eyes. At least in Dayi, it shows that Zhou Yuji is not a fool. This alone has helped them a lot!

Moreover, Diao Zheng has fought with Zhou Yuji. He knows that Zhou Yuji is probably a fierce general of the Ming army that they have encountered in recent years. This person is good at leading troops and is extremely fierce. The last time Diao Zheng fought with him in Huaiqing Mansion, he felt quite difficult. If the Dazhong weapons did not have a great advantage, who will die? Not necessarily!

Now when I hear that this guy is running to guard Xifengkou, Diao Zheng is a little relieved. This guy is a fierce general, not the kind of person who is greedy for life and death. Compared with him sitting in Xifengkou, it makes people feel much more secure than the ordinary Ming general sitting in Xifengkou.

"Listen to Lord Lu, I'm still a little slow to wait! So what Lord Lu saw, what should we do next? Li Xin asked Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng saw that several of their generals had understood the situation he had analyzed, so he continued to answer, "General Li, I and Mr. Yan have discussed it in the past few days. I have an idea to say to General Li!

At present, the emperor is still on the way here. With our current military strength, it is not enough to completely defeat the Jiannu army outside Shanhaiguan, so I thought that for the time being, we still have to deal with Jiannu with a defensive posture, and wait for the emperor to lead the follow-up soldiers and horses to come. Before the emperor leads the army to come, we must first stop Jiannu from entering the customs. Heavy!

Therefore, I think that since we can defend Shanhaiguan, now after you arrive with your troops, we will have a certain strength to divide the troops to help the customs in the west and assist the guarding Ming army to resist the entry of the construction slaves. Even if there is no time to stop them from breaking through the customs, at least we can at least drag the construction slave army in Abatai. It makes it impossible to easily go deep into the customs, or threatens Shuntianfu, so I think that you can not go to Shanhaiguan for the time being, but need to go to the customs in the west to stop another way to build a slave army!

I don't know what General Li is doing?"

The reason why Lu Xiangsheng discussed with Li Xin in this regard is that Li Xin's current status in the Dazhong army. Although Li Xin does not lead a man directly like other generals, his identity is the chief of staff of the Dazhong army, and his status is extremely high in the army. It can be said that in the Dazhong and Korean military, his status Next to Xiao Tianjian, all the town owners will listen to his instructions. Before Xiao Tianjian came here, he was the commander-in-chief here, and Li Xin was very discerning in the command of large-scale battles. There was a large group of staff officers under his command, such as Pan Duao and Xu Yixian, who surrendered to Xiao Tian. After Jian, they are also staff officers now, but they are all under Li Xin's command, so the ability of these staff officers should not be underestimated. Xiao Tianjian ordered him to lead the troops and horses here first. He also needed Li Xin to replace him, control the soldiers and horses in the north first, and be responsible for the overall command and mobilization in the early stage.

Therefore, although Lu Xiangsheng has a detached position in the Dazhong Dynasty, he also knows that Xiao Tianjian does not like Wenchen to dictate military affairs. He often says that whether it is a civil servant or a military general, he should be purer. His own duties can make the world last for a long time, and he does not like to follow Song Ming. Although Li Xin was also a literati, he was in charge of military positions. Therefore, it was not convenient for Lu Xiangsheng to seize power in this kind of command, so he discussed this matter with Li Xin about this matter.

After hearing this, Li Xin nodded repeatedly. The opinion mentioned by Lu Xiangsheng is very close to one of the several combat plans he considered on his way. They can be said to have a consensus on this point, so the next step is much easier.

"Lord Lu is a veteran after all! I am extremely worried, and the last general is deeply impressed! In this way, it will be much clearer what I should do next! ..." Li Xin straightened his chest and saluted Lu Xiangsheng.

Then the generals were not talkative, so they gathered around the map given by Wu Xiang and began to discuss the next action plan. At this time, Li Xin also found several of the main staff officers, including Xu Yixian, the chief of staff of the Guards Division, Pan Duao, the chief of staff of the Central Route Army, and Lu Xiangsheng, a temporary and part-time left. The military chief of staff and others gathered around the map and carried out a detailed plan, including Luo Li and Diao Zheng, who also listened and put forward their opinions from time to time.

"Well! I led the soldiers and horses in the second town and immediately turned to the area around Xifengkou and went to help Zhou Yuji in Xifengkou first. If that guy can't stop the Jiannu army, I will lead the army to stop Jiannu in the area of Jizhou Town. With our troops, I guess there is no problem in blocking them! If you do a good job, if you can't get rid of me, you can knock Jiannu out of the barrier again!" Diao Zheng took the initiative to put forward his suggestion, and he looked full of confidence.

"It's okay to do this! We really can't delay now! General Diao is the best to help Xifengkou! However, I'm afraid the situation over there is very complicated. The Ming army may not be kind to your soldiers and horses under your command. Be careful!

In addition, if Zhou Yuji blocked Jiannu at Xifengkou, General Diao might as well cooperate with him to fight with Jiannu at Xifengkou! It's better to consume a large number of Jiannu's troops so that they can no longer enter the customs!

But there is another situation that General Diao needs to consider in advance. Jiannu is eager to enter the customs. Once they can't break through at Xifengkou, they are likely to give up Xifengkou and find another way to enter the customs. Therefore, once General Diao rushes to Xifengkou and finds that Jiannu has retreated, he must continue to go west as soon as possible and go to Malanguan and Huangyakou. Or the joint garrison in the area around Gubeikou! In that case, the situation you face will be very complicated, so don't take it lightly. If you don't have a conflict with the Ming army, try not to have too many conflicts with them! Now our main purpose is to delay Jiannu and force them not to enter the customs! I hope General Diao can remember this!" Li Xin immediately agreed to Diao Zheng's suggestion, but reminded him of something.

Diao Zheng immediately nodded and said, "Dao knows! I will abide by the order. Please rest assured!"

"Lu has an idea! Although the guard division under General Luo's command is brave, General Luo's guard division escorted a lot of grain on this trip, and most of them are marching troops. Once they continue to help, I'm afraid the speed will not be fast enough! Now we are going to seize the time, so Lu thinks that since the situation in the Shanhaiguan area has been stabilized by General Yan, and this is mostly the battle to defend the city, in General Yan's first town army, the cavalry under the command of Vice President Wang basically can't play a role. Instead of letting their cavalry defend the city, it is better to transfer out. They are marching to the west. Once we don't have time to stop Jiannu from entering the customs, their cavalry can also drag the Jiannu army entering the customs. After all, there are more cavalry in the Jiannu army, and the cavalry under the command of Vice President Wang is faster and can delay them! Why don't you ask General Luo's guard to go to Shanhaiguan to take over the defense first and replace the cavalry under the command of Vice President Wang! I don't know if General Luo can agree!" After Li Xin agreed with Diao Zheng to help Xifengkou, Lu Xiangsheng immediately put forward another suggestion.