Chapter 149: Man Jun

Just when the entire northern and southern Xinjiang was in flames, and the Ming Dynasty's power in the Western Regions was shrinking in Yili, Luntai, Gaochang, Yizhou, and the four cities, there were still some affiliated cities.

Manjun's good life has also come to an end.

Within two months, the situation in the Western Regions had changed dramatically. And Wu Jin led the army and also traveled lightly, thousands of miles in a day, but in a few days, he came to the city of Juyan.

It's just that although Juyan City is not big, it is very strong.

After all, this is also a strategic stronghold for the Ming Dynasty's control of Western Mongolia. It's like Dong Shengwei. Moreover, Wu Jin marched quickly and did not carry artillery.

In the face of the fortified city, it can only be attacked by primitive methods.

It will take some time.

At this moment, Manjun is south of the Great Wall.

From Juyan to the south, break the Great Wall, and go straight to the city of Ganzhou, although the town of Gansu now has only more than 10,000 soldiers, under the management of Ren Shou, the chief military officer of Gansu.

Ren Shou is the son of Ren Li, a general in the early stage of orthodoxy.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to live up to the fame. This is also inevitable, not that Ren Shou is useless, but compared with his father, he has a little damage to the name of General Ren Li.

Although the incident happened suddenly, Ren Shou did not have many troops in his hands, and all he did was one thing, that is, to order all cities to avoid the city and defend themselves. And so it goes.

Although it was necessary to avoid Manjun's conquest, none of these big cities in Gansu were captured by Manjun.

After all, the city walls in Gansu are still very strong, and there are a large number of firearms, Wu Jin does not have many siege firearms, and Man Jun also does not have either.

But in this way, it gave Man Jun the scope of his own activities.

You know, today's Northwest is not the Northwest of the past.

At that time, Gansu Town, in fact, was also some health centers, except for the health centers, there were not too many people, and even if there were people, they were dependent on these health centers.

But today's Gansu is different, as the most important road to the Western Regions.

There are countless businessmen who have passed through this and recovered the vitality of the northwest little by little. The re-established government offices in Ganzhou and Suzhou were also returned. Even Zhu Qizhen had proposed in the imperial court that Gansu should be separated from Shaanxi and divided into Gansu Province, and the seat of governance would be in Lanzhou.

This is a process of transforming military management into civilian management.

In the face of such a situation, even if Man Jun did not capture the city, he had already obtained a lot of materials and coerced a large number of people.

Man Jun's strength has been further expanded.

Therefore, when Wu Jin attacked Yancheng, although Man Jun was worried, he was already full of confidence and said to the leaders of the tribes on the left and right: "You also know that the imperial court has been transferring troops from the northwest to the outside over the years. Moreover, the war in the Western Regions is endless, we only need to get stuck in the Hexi Corridor, what we can't stand is the imperial court, and at that time, we can go to negotiate conditions with the imperial court. ”

"As for that place in Juyan, I'll never go again, do any of you want to go back?"

Man Jun's gaze swept over everyone, and there was quite a taste in his eyes, and these generals all understood, and said, "There is no point in me waiting?" ”

"Well, why is the eldest husband without a wife. The money and silk of the women in the camp belong to you, and I will not take a penny. ”

For many outlaws, wives are nothing at all, they can even be said to be part of their property, and even many people have to change their wives to kill them before they want to do big things.

It is to do great things wholeheartedly in order to be at a dead end.

Human ruthlessness is sometimes difficult to explain in words.

Some of the old and weak people in Juyan City were easily given up by Man Jun.

After pacifying the subordinates, Man Jun smashed the horsewhip on the left and right of Lanzhou and said, "Let's go here." ”

When Yu Qian was there, he was stationed in Lanzhou, and the focus of a series of water conservancy construction was inclined to the vicinity of Lanzhou, which is certainly Lanzhou's natural resources, after all, the Yellow River passing through Lanzhou is not the way it is downstream. Then there's political influence.

Therefore, Yu Qian's years in Lanzhou are the years of Lanzhou's rise.

In the past few years, the newly established Lanzhou Prefecture has become the first province in the northwest, and its grain production is second only to the Guanzhong region. Even some places in Gannan are much worse than Lanzhou Prefecture.

It is precisely because of Lanzhou's wealth that Man Jun chose his purpose here.

After the Manjun army marched eastward, it was only a few days.

Wu Jin came from Juyan with 40,000 cavalry. Ren Shou immediately came out to greet him.

Wu Jin asked him, "Where are the thieves?" ”

Ren Shou said: "Manjun thief, he has gone east. ”

Wu Jin said: "Where were you when he went east? ”

Ren Shou's face turned pale and said: "The last general is incompetent, and he is really short of troops, once he comes out." I'm afraid Ganzhou City can't be protected. ”

Wu Jin listened to Ren Shou's words, but he didn't believe it at all. just sighed secretly in his heart: "The erection is not enough and the plan." ”

Generals who dare to fight, even if they have thousands of people in their hands, can still fight, plus Gansu is not somewhere else. To put it mildly, the nine-border region has been tempered for nearly a hundred years, and almost every strong man can be said to be a qualified source of soldiers.

In such an emergency, many generals can pull out far more troops than their quota.

It's like after the battle of Maoerzhuang, the tile spur army went south to Xuanda, really according to the number of troops, there are no soldiers in many counties, but isn't it still defended?

Wu Jin didn't bother to talk to Ren Shou, he knew that Ren Shou was over. After this war, the best result is to return to Beijing to live idly and inherit the title of Ren Li.

Henceforth he was nothing more than an idle earl. I hope that there will be a talented person among the children and grandchildren in the future. Able to revive the Ren family's courtyard. If the court is angry, the earl who has worked hard all his life will take the title.

Wu Jin said: "How many cavalry can your department draw?" ”

Ren Shou said: "Five thousand." ”

Wu Jin said: "Let them follow the army and act together." ”

Ren Shou wanted to say something, but Wu Jin had already whipped away. From the beginning to the end, Wu Jin did not dismount, and the cavalry behind him was rolling and moving, and one person counted the horses, whether they were eating, drinking, or Lazar, they were on the horse.

Although these people are dusty, their faces are as resolute as iron.

Wu Jin and the newly joined 5,000 cavalry have already rolled eastward.

Wu Jin knows exactly how dangerous the current situation is, so he is typing a quick word, five hundred today, one thousand tomorrow. Be sure to catch Manjun's tail.

At this moment, Man Jun also met strong resistance.

Not in Lanzhou, just near Songshan Fort north of Lanzhou.

As the name suggests, Matsuyama Fort is a castle in the middle of Matsuyama, and the mountains in this area are called Matsuyama. It is not too far from the irrigation canal built by the prince.

It's just that Man Jun didn't expect that there would be resistance here.

Because there are not too many garrisons in Lanzhou. There are only more than 20,000 people in Lanzhou, but many people have been transferred, and now there are only more than 10,000.

He felt that these people would probably fight like Ren Shou.

It's just that it was Jiang Wan, the chief military officer of Ningxia, who stood in his way.

Jiang Wan is the second generation of Dingxibo, that is, the grandson of Jiang Gui, Jiang Gui's son died too early, so this position was passed to his grandson, and when Jiang Gui died in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Jiang Wan was only a teenager, and he was first enshadowed into the main hall, which is considered the prince's senior.

Although he didn't have much contact with the crown prince, he didn't show anything beyond ordinary people in his studies. Therefore, the prince did not attach much importance to this senior.

But in the subsequent promotion, the prince still exerted some influence. Jiang Wan has enough qualifications to have the official position of Ningxia General Soldier.

Although it is not as good as leading troops in Beijing, but in the Ming army, he can be regarded as a middle-level general.

However, Jiang Wan is an honest man.

He didn't have much other thoughts, after the news of the Manjun Rebellion came, Jiang Wan was shocked to gather all the troops, and got 15,000 border troops, and when he heard that Manjun was coming from the east, he crossed the border with his own men and horses to attack it.

Yes, about one or two hundred miles east of here, it is the jurisdiction of Ningxia Town.

It was Jiang Wan's cross-border attack that surprised Man Jun.

After all, most of the time, everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door and doesn't care about the frost on the tiles of others, this is the norm in officialdom, and Man Jun has also mixed in the Ming officialdom.

This is counterintuitive.

Of course, no matter what Man Jun thinks in his heart, now Jiang Wan has a big problem for him. Let him stop in the pine mountains.