Pingluo City of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Pingluo County, Ningxia in later generations, has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. There are ancient books that contain: "If you lose peace, there will be no Ningxia, and if there is no Ningxia, there will be no Ping (Pingliang) and Gu (Guyuan)." If there is no peace and solidity, there will be turmoil in Guanzhong, and gradually it will spread to the mainland, and the trouble will be immeasurable. It is actually the gateway to the northern border of Ningxia, "the moat of Shuofang".

Each dynasty set up an important military establishment here, which was heavily guarded by troops. Historically, there have been many wars in the territory of Pinglu, the Han Dynasty against Xianbei, the Tang Dynasty against the invasion of the Turks, Tibetans, and Dangxiang, the Song Dynasty Dangxiang broke Weiyuan, the war between the Western Xia and the Liao and Song Dynasties, Genghis Khan's destruction of the Western Xia, until the Ming Dynasty resisted the Tatars, and even the wars in the northwest during the Republic of China, such as the "Three Horses Reject Sun" and other wars, were all fought in this hot land.

Helan Mountain is like a cloud, and the feathers are heard day and night. The scene of this subway Majingo, swords and swords was almost gradually dissipated after the establishment of the Red Dynasty.

The current guard of Pingyu City is named Xiao Ruxun, the word Ji Xin, a Yan'an guard, and he was born in a family of military generals. His grandfather, Xiao Han, was the deputy chief soldier of Liangzhou and the governor of Liangzhou. His father, Xiao Wenkui, was the deputy general of the Beijing camp and the governor of the capital. His brother Rulan, the current deputy chief soldier of Shaanxi, is the governor of the city; Ruhui, in history, has been the chief military officer of Ningxia, and the governor is the same as the governor; Ruzhi, in history, has been the governor of the Nanjing Church, and the governor of affairs.

Such a family of military generals, the family is naturally not bad, at least in Yan'an, it is a real master. To what extent is the "name"? to the point where he is qualified to marry a top civil official.

Xiao Ruxun's wife, Yang, is the daughter of the former Shangshu Yang Zhao, who understands the righteousness and supports her husband to defend it, preparing beef and wine every day to reward the sergeant.

There is a very important point here, Yang Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was still in office not long ago, and he had just been begging for rest, and everyone was still in Beijing and had not left, Ningxia had this matter, he was very anxious, and it was not until a few days ago that Gao Pragmatic took command of the Western Expedition, he was a little relieved, and visited Gao Pragmatic overnight.

In fact, Yang Zhao was briefly introduced in the previous article (see Chapter 003 of this volume, New Cabinet, New Qiqing). This duke himself is a native of Yan'an, Shaanxi, and is the gold list of Jiajing for 35 years, and has served as the governor of Jiliao and the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.

Originally, he was not from the Shixue faction, but more similar to a person without party affiliation, but later the high-level leaders of the two parties in Shaanxi and Shanxi united, and he gradually became friendly with Zhang Siwei, so his Nanjing Military Department Shangshu was later won by Zhang Siwei during Guo Pu's administration. In the future, he once retired from Ding Wei, and his Ministry of Industry Shangshu was also restored to him by Zhang Siwei, so it is no problem to count at least half of the real school.

During his tenure as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he also cooperated with Gao Pragmatism, mainly in the Ministry of Industry, etc., and fully advocated the use of various cements in Jinghua to replace the ancient means such as rammed earth and glutinous rice commonly used in the past.

Of course, this in itself is a benefit for both parties, because although rammed earth is cheap, it needs to be maintained every year, and it is not cost-effective to include the follow-up costs; Using glutinous rice as a binder is directly costly – more expensive than building a city with cement. After all, glutinous rice itself is not a staple food, and the yield is not high, so it needs to be purchased at a high price.

In addition, when Yang Zhao was in control of the Ministry of Industry, he also cooperated with the highly pragmatic Beijing camp restructuring. As mentioned earlier, the Ministry of Industry used to employ soldiers from the Beijing camp without compensation, and one of the two key points of the high-level pragmatic restructuring was that the Production and Construction Corps had to charge a fee for "taking over the work".

However, Yang Zhao agreed, and almost did not mention any conditions, but said that the Beijing camp was tired and unsuccessful, and those who were ministers should do their best for this, and did not dare to think that they were going to blackmail Yunyun. In short, the result was that the emperor was very happy, not only issued a decree to praise and comfort, but also wrote Chenhan in his own hand, "Gong Zhong Guo" to give a pair. Gao pragmatic also reciprocated, saying that the Production and Construction Corps will always accept projects from the Ministry of Industry at a preferential price of 10% in the future, and the preferential range is second only to the repair of the Emperor's Mausoleum.

All in all, the relationship between the two sides is very harmonious and the friendship is quite good.

After the chaos in Ningxia, Yang Zhao heard that the whole town of Ningxia was lost, but his daughter and son-in-law were alone in the lonely city, and he was proud and worried. He didn't care that he had stepped down, and it stands to reason that he had already "gone away", so he personally visited Gao Pragmatic and asked him to rescue his daughter and son-in-law if conditions permitted, and Gao Pragmatic agreed without thinking about it.

Because this couple, in Gao Shishi's view, it is completely necessary to save each other with all their might.

Xiao Ruxun himself is a leader in the Northwest Generals, and it stands to reason that he is also a military general of his real school, and he is considered his own person, so there is no reason not to save him. What's more, he himself is still young, and his performance this time is also eye-catching enough, and he can be regarded as a key training target in the "Northwest Military Region" in the future.

And Yang Zhao's daughter is even more famous this time, if it weren't for her support, the morale of the soldiers in Pingyu City would not be so high, and they would still be as safe as a rock in the face of all enemies. Therefore, Gao pragmatic not only agreed to save him, but also personally asked Yang for a holy decree and gave her a decree.

Gao Pragmatic himself led a large army, although he was not slow, but after all, it was not as fast as the horse flying news, and the news that the emperor had praised Xiao Ruxun and his wife in Pingyu City had just not seen the holy decree - because Pingyu City was still surrounded by rebels, and only from the distant Lingwu Horse Post Flying Pigeon could we know some news.

Xiao Ruxun and his wife in Pingyu City didn't know where Gao Pragmatic's army had gone, but Xiao Ruxun thought about it, and estimated that Gao Pragmatic could only save him from three directions: Yan'an, Qingyang or Guyuan.

However, all three are located south of Ningxia and are distributed from east to west, while Pingyu City is north of Ningxia. In other words, the pragmatic army must conquer Ningxia first, and the siege of Pingyu City can be regarded as incomprehensible. In other words, he can only continue to hold on to Pingyu, until Gao Shishi quells the rebellion and recaptures Ningxia City, and he is safe.

But Xiao Ruxun was a little unwilling.

Although he was a military general, he would definitely not dare to fight to the death with the future leader of the Shixue School, but he always felt that he still had a chance to gain greater merit and fame in this war, especially when he received that the emperor had promoted him to be the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningxia - he was already the deputy commander-in-chief, and this commander-in-chief must not fight?

You must know that the new general soldier Li Rusong is a native of Liaodong, according to the rules and habits of the Ming Dynasty, he will have to return to Liaodong sooner or later, and his father Li Chengliang is not too young, and he will retire in a few years, and Li Rusong will definitely go back to succeed the Liaodong General Army, so is the candidate for the Ningxia General Army very promising? If you want to have a greater hope, the simplest and most reliable way is to continue to make meritorious contributions.

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun actively prepared, just waiting for Gao Pragmatic's army to launch a general offensive in southern Ningxia, he planned to break the encirclement, kill out of the city, and go straight to Ningxia to meet Gao Pragmatic, striving not only to be an iron wall, but also to be indestructible.

However, what he never expected was that on this day, he suddenly received a report from Xizuo, saying that the main force of Boshoketu, which had been wandering east of Pingyu City outside the Guanguan and serving as the response force, suddenly withdrew to the southeast with the whole army, and he was in an extremely hurry.

This news made Xiao Ruxun fall into suspicion.

The strength of Pingyu City is not small, there are 3,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 3,000 generals, six generals, in addition to his own family of about 500 people, the combat effectiveness is quite good. However, his 3,500 people faced the 5,000 troops sent by Bibai outside the city, and the leading general was Liu Chuanbai at first, and it seemed that he had been replaced by Tu Wenxiu two days ago.

The strength of these 5,000 troops is not weak, it was originally the main force of Ningxia Wei, Tu Wenxiu seems to have brought his own family when he came this time, the number is not clear, but after all, the strength has been strengthened again.

It is indeed a bit difficult for more than 5,000 people to take Xiao Ruxun, the unanimous Pingyu City, but Tu Wenxiu is the wiser person in the Bibai army, and he is not as reckless as Biyun at the beginning, he wants to besiege Pingyu City for a long time and prevent Xiao Ruxun's main force from breaking through, which is basically competent.

At this time, at first glance, it really didn't seem that the main force of Bo Shuo Ketu was nearby - they also had a task that once Xiao Ruxun really broke through, they could easily catch up and kill him. However, the main force of Bosoktu has another more important task, which is to act as a reinforcement for the entire Ningxia and reinforce everywhere.

So, why did Bosoketu leave suddenly at this time? Write a book

Standing in Xiao Ruxun's position, the first thing he thought of was, of course, "turning the tiger away from the mountain". In other words, it is to deceive him Xiao from the impregnable Pingyu City, ambush him in the wild, or directly defeat and kill him.

This is very possible, because as far as he knows, the main force of Bo Shuo Ketu originally had more than 30,000 people, and later stationed in part of the vicinity of Huamachi, and now he should still have 20,000 or more with him. There is no doubt that the 20,000 Mongolian cavalry plus Tuwenxiu's 5,000 main forces of Ningxia will definitely be able to defeat him in the field.

After all, the main force under his command is roughly the same as the combat power of Ningxia Wei, and his family is only about 500 people, as long as Bo Shuoketu is willing to pay the capital, it is impossible to lose. Is Boshok Tu willing to pay for it? For the sake of the promised flower horse pool, he must be willing to give up.

Not only is there good pasture near Huamachi, but the land is fertile, even if it follows the example of Tumut to cultivate farmland. Not to mention that Huamachi itself is still a salt lake, rich in high-quality salt, so it is even more of a cornucopia, and it is impossible for Boshoketu not to take the bait.

However, even so, Xiao Ruxun still felt that something was wrong: why didn't Bo Shuoketu leave early or late, and just heard that Gao Jingluo led the troops from Shanxi to help, so he left immediately?

Did he go to snipe Gao Jingliu, or did he run away in fear of Gao Jingliu's soldiers? Xiao Ruxun didn't dare to conclude for a while.

It is possible to snipe Gao Jinglu's reinforcements, although Gao Jinglu's fame moves the world, but after all, Boshuoktu's command is a Mongolian cavalry, and he can still run if he can't beat it. He can ignore 3721 first, go up and harass it, and try the quality of this batch of Shanxi reinforcements, which is not impossible.

But it is not impossible to run away in fear of Gao Jinglu's soldiers, after all, Xiao Ruxun is also clear about Bo Shuo Ketu's situation, and Huang Taiji will definitely not agree with him to come so messy. Previously, Boshoketu took advantage of Che Quan's serious illness to kill, it may be that Che Quan's reaction was relatively slow during his illness, who knows if he has reacted now, and what means did he use to ask Bo Shuoketu to return to Ijin Holo immediately?

As long as he is not dead, he should have the ability and prestige to do this.

After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Ruxun couldn't make a decision, so he simply returned to the mansion after a hasty inspection, and asked his wife Yang to come out for him to take a closer look.

Although the Yang family is a woman, she has a family history and is very unique in looking at problems, Xiao Ruxun often discusses these things with her, and the Yang family can always give him the right advice.

At this time, the Yang family listened to his words, thought about it carefully, and asked: "The concubine heard that the Shanxi reinforcements were divided into two routes, the north and south routes to aid Shaanxi, the southern route was led by Li Zongrong (Li Rusong), and the northern route was personally commanded by Gao Shutai, I don't know if it is true?" ”

Xiao Ruxun said: "Indeed, the husband has received a flying report on this matter, and Li Zongrong's Taiyuan Zhuwei reinforcements came from Fenzhou Mansion, and they should go to Yan'an Mansion first; The main force of Gao Shutai came from Datong...... Presumably, you should go to Yulin (Wei) first. ”

"Gao Shutai is powerful and shocking Monan, why does Xun Lang think that he only goes through the pass?" Yang thought about it and said, "The concubine thinks that Gao Shutai may go straight through the river loop!" ”

Xiao Ruxun's eyes widened: "Straight through the river loop? Impossible, Ordos is not Tumut, without his Anda, how dangerous is it to go straight through? If a person accidentally loses his food and grass by Bo Shuoketu, and he can't get more than 20,000 troops, he will have to confess, and with the caution of Gao Shutai's use of troops, I don't think he will take such a risk. ”

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Yang still said: "What the husband said is true, but at this time and that time, the concubine thinks that Gao Shutai may have a last resort reason to do this time." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Ruxun frowned and said, "What is the reason for him to take such a big risk?" ”

"The court has no money." As the daughter of Yang Zhao, although Yang Zhao may not know the extent of the lack of money in the imperial court, she must be aware of the situation of the imperial court's "lack of money", so she analyzed: "It is precisely because of the lack of money that the emperor has no choice but to let Gao Shutai temporarily lead the troops to ......the expedition without leaving his position."

"Wait, what's the point of that?" Xiao Ruxun, as a young military general who is only in his twenties, is obviously not as clear as the Yang family about the curves and detours of these high-level officialdoms, so he has some doubts.

Yang knew that this matter could not be explained in a few words, so he said simply: "It means that the emperor needs Gao Shutai to personally go out and finish this battle as quickly as possible, because only the faster you fight, the more you will save money." After a short pause, he added: "From the emperor's point of view, although there are princes in the court at this time, who is more likely to successfully complete this errand than Gao Shutai?" ”

Xiao Ruxun roughly understood now, thought about it for a while, and suddenly said: "So Gao Shutai is very tight now, and he doesn't have time to make a detour to the south, and go all the way north from Weizhou and Lingzhou to Ningxia, he can only cross the Hetao and go straight to Ningxia, and come to Huanglong and Black Tiger to dig out his heart?" ”

Yang said happily: "The concubine thinks that's exactly the case. ”

But Xiao Ruxun became nervous and said: "That's bad, the more than 20,000 horsemen in Boshuoktu are all elite horses, which is the foundation for Ji Nang and Ji Neng father and son to be able to sit firmly in the Jinong position in the past, and now he is leaving suddenly with these elite horses, I'm afraid he is going to intercept Gao Shutai!" No, I have to think of a way to break out and catch up with Bosoktu......"

Yang's red lips opened lightly, and he stopped talking.

Xiao Ruxun immediately noticed her reaction, stopped, and asked, "What, doesn't Madam think so?" ”

Yang hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Bo Shuoketu may indeed want to do this, but the concubine thinks that all this should be expected by Gao Shutai. ”

Xiao Ruxun was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "You mean that you don't have to save your husband?" ”

Who knew that Yang shook his head and said: "No, if the husband can ensure his own safety, then the concubine thinks that the husband should go, not only should go, but must go." ”

Xiao Ruxun was surprised: "Why is this? ”

Yang looked at him gently, and said faintly: "If the Xiao family wants to be as famous as Dongli Xima, the only person in the world can rely on is Gao Shutai." ”

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