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Zhao Junchen still has a vigorous and resolute style, and after arriving at Xuanhua Mansion, he immediately gathered all the major civil and military officials of Xuanfu Military Town to discuss the defense arrangement of Xuanfu Military Town.

When Zhao Junchen was on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, he could be described as a man of his own words and arbitrary, but now in Xuanfu Military Town, it is different, just playing the role of a meeting host, showing a good appearance, fully considering the opinions of local officials when making decisions, and everything is done through consultation.

This is because Xuanfu Military Town is too close to the capital and is closely watched by Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen can infiltrate secretly, but he does not dare to make any big moves on the surface, otherwise it will attract further suppression and suspicion from Emperor Deqing.

The disadvantage of this approach is that it is too slow, and many things will be mired in endless quarrels and debates for the sake of their own interests, and many arrangements will gradually become mediocre between each other.

In this way, many things remained inconclusive from this day until the afternoon.

Just when Zhao Junchen gradually felt impatient, it was a sudden change!

Just as several high-ranking military attachés were arguing over a batch of ordnance, a thousand households from the Xuanfu military town hurried over with a panicked expression.

After rushing into the room, the Qianhu reported loudly: "My lords, there was a sudden change on the side of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and they sent two detachments, each with about 3,000 soldiers and horses, bypassing the Great White Fort and Junzi Fort respectively, and coming towards Xuanhua Mansion and Juyong Pass...... At present, I don't know what the real intentions of the Jianzhou Jurchen are, after they invaded our town defense area, they did not take the initiative to provoke a war, and the front-line soldiers did not know how to deal with it for a while, and I would like to ask you to show it! ”

After hearing this Qianhu's report, all the civil and military officials in the room changed their faces drastically!

They didn't expect that the Jianzhou Jurchens would choose to raise troops at this time and wantonly provoke!

Moreover, the scale of the Jianzhou Jurchen's troops and the selected targets this time also exceeded everyone's expectations.

During this period of time, the Jianzhou Jurchens occasionally sent small teams of soldiers and horses to invade the defense area of Xuanfu Military Town, harass and probe them, but each time it was the scale of three or five hundred people, and at most it was about a thousand people.

The saying that "the Jurchens are less than 10,000 and 10,000 are invincible" is certainly a cowhide blowing to the sky, but the army of the Jurchens in Jianzhou is indeed one of the most elite armies in the Far East in this era.

Completely different from the Mongol tribes, which have been completely degraded, and actually need to use animal bones as arrows, the Jianzhou Jurchen's forging armor technology is very perfect, the army is not only well-equipped, many Jianzhou Jurchen warriors can even wear three layers of armor; It is also completely different from the Ming Dynasty army's uneven good and bad, weak fighting spirit, their combat style is also extremely fierce and brutal, proud of dying on the battlefield, ashamed of being cowardly in battle, and being regarded by the vast majority of Ming Dynasty soldiers as a charge to death, but it is just ordinary for the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Now that the Jianzhou Jurchens have sent six or seven thousand troops in one go, the Xuanfu military town is naturally under great pressure.

The most important thing is that the target of the Jianzhou Jurchens to send troops to attack this time is also extremely sensitive, Xuanhua Mansion is the core of Xuanfu Military Town, which is where Zhao Junchen and others are currently located, which puts everyone present in danger; Juyong Pass is the northern barrier of the capital, once it is broken through, it can be driven straight into the territory of Beizhili, and no one can afford to be responsible at that time!

So, after receiving the news, everyone was in a mess.

Zhao Zicheng immediately ordered loudly: "Pass the order, all cities and forts must close their doors and defend them strictly, and they must not let the Jianzhou Jurchens break through the defense line......"

However, before Zhao Zicheng could finish the order, Zhao Junchen suddenly asked with a cold face: "In the shortest possible time, how many available troops can Xuanhua Mansion mobilize?" ”

Zhao Zicheng was slightly stunned, he didn't know what Zhao Junchen was asking for, but he still replied: "Xuanfu Military Town is the northern barrier of the capital, and the number of troops is the largest among the nine sides, with more than 150,000 troops......

Zhao Junchen completely disappeared from the old peacemaker just now, but said in a deep voice: "Since the available troops of our side are five times that of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and under the transmission of the military order, there are garrisons from all walks of life rushing to help, and there is the advantage of the main battle, what is it to close the door and wait for reinforcements?" According to this pavilion, this time it must be fought! Beat them back! ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, everyone was dumbfounded.

They had long heard about Zhao Junchen's deeds on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, and they had long known that Zhao Junchen was a main battle faction with a tough attitude, but now they knew that Zhao Junchen was not just a tough attitude? It's just crazy attitude!

General Gao Yang immediately admonished: "Zhao Ge Lao, you only fought against the Mongolian Tatars in the past, but you didn't know that the combat power of the Jianzhou Jurchens far exceeded that of the Mongolian tribes. If our army attacks rashly, I am afraid that it will be extremely risky! ”

On the other side, Liu Heng, the prefect of Xuanhua, also hurriedly persuaded: "Elder Zhao Ge, now that the negotiations between the imperial court and the Jianzhou Jurchens are imminent, I'm afraid that I will make a big move like this, right?" Although the Jianzhou Jurchens invaded the territory of our dynasty this time, they did not attack the fortress or provoke a war, it should be just a temptation and pressure, if we overreact, I am afraid that the consequences will be difficult to control, or hold on to the ......top."

Hearing everyone's advice, Zhao Junchen laughed angrily and said, "It was Allah of Jianzhou who invaded the territory of my dynasty, and you still want to be patient?" It's just because the Jianzhou Nuzhen is so strong that they don't dare to take the initiative? In this case, the court still supports you soldiers!

Governor Liu has a sentence that is right! The Jianzhou Jurchen chose to send troops at this time, just to test and exert pressure, and wanted to take the initiative in the follow-up negotiations through this means! It is precisely because of this that we must fight back with a tougher attitude! Even if you can't beat it, you must show that you will never show weakness! What's more, it may not be impossible to beat!

The negotiations between the two armies were originally about talking while fighting and promoting talks by fighting! If one side does not dare to fight, then what he loses in the negotiation is only afraid that what he loses on the battlefield will far exceed what he loses on the battlefield! This cabinet is the negotiation of the imperial court, but it is unwilling to do the kind of thing that humiliates the country and leaves a stench for thousands of years, so the attitude of this cabinet is very clear, that is, to fight! Must fight! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen turned his head to look at Zhao Zicheng, the chief soldier of Xuanfu who had a cloudy expression, and sneered: "After the cabinet met with Zhao Zongbing, the first sentence was that the Xuanfu military town was the confidence of this negotiation of this cabinet...... How? When the matter came to an end, Mr. Zhao was actually timid? ”

Zhao Zicheng certainly has all kinds of shortcomings, but he has always regarded himself very highly, but he has never lacked arrogance, after hearing Zhao Junchen's words, he immediately blushed, and immediately said: "It's just a Jianzhou Jurchen, I have beaten them less over the years?" It's the grandson who is scared! How about fighting them like this? ”

After speaking, Zhao Zicheng stood up, looked around at the generals present, and said loudly: "Fellow soldiers, this general soldier intends to personally lead the army to the battlefield to drive away the Jianzhou Jurchens, which of you is willing to go to war with me?" ”

After Zhao Zicheng's words fell, General Zhang Jie immediately got up and said, "The last general is willing to follow General Zhao to fight!" ”

Gao Yang hesitated for a moment, then also got up and clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to go to my humble position!" ”

With Zhang Jie and Gao Yang taking the lead, several military attachés from thousands of households came out one after another to ask for battle.

After Zhao Zicheng nodded lightly, he didn't say much, but took the lead in leading all the military attaches to leave the room and go to transfer troops and send generals to meet the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Seeing Zhao Zicheng's performance, Zhao Junchen first nodded with satisfaction, then shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "It's commendable, but it's too reckless...... As the commander-in-chief, it is enough to personally lead the army to the battle, but before the battle, you should always arrange the defense arrangement of Xuanhua Mansion and the assistance of the nearby garrison, right? ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen also stood up, but he personally came forward to command several military attachés left in the room, first rearranged the defense of Xuanhua Mansion, and then ordered several garrisons around Xuanhua Mansion to be ready to support Zhao Zicheng at any time.

After the war between Shaanxi and Gansu, coupled with Zhao Junchen's knowledge of the situation in Xuanfu Military Town, he was also handy at this time, so everyone was convinced.

After doing all this, Zhao Junchen returned to his place and sat down, no longer saying anything, just closing his eyes and quietly waiting for the battle report from the front line.

The civil and military officials who stayed in Xuanhua Mansion could not predict the victory or defeat of the front-line battle at all, and they were all a little flustered at first, but after seeing Zhao Junchen's performance, they gradually settled down.

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In fact, Zhao Junchen's calm performance is just a disguise.

He used the method of agitation to let Zhao Zicheng and others lead troops to meet the Jianzhou Jurchens, only out of political considerations, not military considerations.

From a political point of view, in order to gain a negotiating advantage for the imperial court, this battle must be fought! Moreover, the party that is most anxious to negotiate now is the Jianzhou Jurchen, and they may be raising troops to attack this time for pressure and temptation, and they may not really have the determination to go to war, so after the Jianzhou Jurchens see the Xuanfu border army's tough attitude and take the initiative to face the war, nine times out of ten they will take the initiative to withdraw their troops, and they may not have the courage to dare to destroy the current situation of peace talks.

Zhao Junchen's insistence on taking the initiative to meet the battle was precisely out of this consideration.

But Zhao Junchen also knows that the battlefield is always full of unpredictable factors, if the Jianzhou Jurchen leading generals are also a tough madman, this battle may really be fought, and at that time, from the military aspect, Xuanfu Military Town is indeed not dominant.

Therefore, under the surface of Zhao Junchen's composure, he is actually also worried.

When Zhao Junchen was on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, he secretly counted the real strength of the major military towns, and the numbers were shocking, Guyuan Military Town should have 130,000 troops on the books, but the actual strength was only 80,000; There should have been 80,000 troops on the accounts of the Ningxia military town, but in fact there were only 50,000 troops; The paper strength of the Gansu military town should have been 100,000, but the actual strength was only 60,000; The army town of Yansui should have 110,000 troops on its books, but in fact it was only 70,000...... The difference between the accounts and the actual amount was all deserters and empty salaries - until Zhao Junchen left the Shaanxi-Gansu Tripart, he did not dare to lift the lid on this matter.

Xuanfu military town is close to the capital, not as erosive as the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, but the situation is not much better, the actual strength of the army also has to be a seven-fold, Zhao Zicheng this time led 15,000 border troops to fight, but the actual number can be 10,000 is good, and then considering the difference in combat power between the enemy and us, this battle is indeed unpredictable, and the possibility of defeat is even greater, even if it wins, it is a disastrous victory.

But for the sake of follow-up negotiations, Zhao Junchen must take risks at this time, the military must serve politics, and military considerations must also give way to political factors, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign!

In order to dispel his worries, Zhao Junchen began to think about another problem, trying to divert his attention.

"According to Zhao Zicheng, before I arrived in Xuanhua Mansion, although the Jianzhou Jurchens often sent small teams of soldiers and horses to invade the territory to harass and tempt, but each time it was the scale of three or five hundred people, why did the Jianzhou Jurchens suddenly send ten times the usual size of the army to attack? Is this just a coincidence? Or did the Jianzhou Jurchens receive the news of my arrival in Xuanhua Mansion in advance, so they wanted to give me a dismissal?

If it is the latter, does it mean that there is an eyeliner hidden in the Xuanfu military town? Well, this is not a surprising thing, since there are people on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu who secretly collude with Mongolia, and the Jin merchants in Shanxi also made their fortunes through border smuggling, it is only natural that someone here in Xuanfu Military Town will be bought by the Jianzhou Jurchens...... Alas! The nine sides of the imperial court are really completely rotten......

But since I came to Xuanfu Town in person, I can't be indifferent, I have to find out all these eyeliners! Kindness! This matter cannot be handled by the local officials of Xuanhua Prefecture, otherwise there will be no result, and maybe the good people will be wronged...... But fortunately, I have a lot of arrangements in the Xuanfu Military Town, so I can do it alone! ”

In this way, when Zhao Junchen was secretly planning, time also flew by.

In the blink of an eye, it was already evening, and seeing that the sky was getting dark, there was good news from the front line, saying that Zhao Zicheng led the army to successfully repel the Jianzhou Jurchens and ushered in a great victory!

Of course, the so-called "great victory" is just an official invitation, because Zhao Zicheng did not kill any enemy in this battle, the situation is just as Zhao Junchen expected, Jianzhou Jurchen saw that after the Xuanfu border army sent troops to meet the battle, they quickly took the initiative to retreat, and the two sides did not actually contact.

However, this did not prevent Zhao Zicheng from treating this battle as his own great military exploits, and thought that the Jianzhou Nuzhen took the initiative to withdraw because he was afraid of his prestige.

Therefore, when Zhao Zicheng led the troops back to Xuanhua Mansion that night, his attitude was also very proud, and he only regarded himself as a famous general in the world, and he was afraid that only Wu Yuan could be with him for a long time.

Seeing Zhao Zicheng's proud appearance, Zhao Junchen naturally deliberately complimented him a few words, and said that he would definitely ask the court for Zhao Zicheng, which made Zhao Zicheng more and more proud.

In this way, Zhao Zicheng listened to the praise on the one hand, boasted and praised himself on the other, and after getting carried away for a while, he suddenly thought of something, so he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhao Junchen, saying: "Zhao Ge Lao, this is the Jianzhou Jurchen retreat...... Oh, I mean that when the Jianzhou Jurchen was repelled by my troops, he still left a letter, just looking at the words on the envelope, but it needs to be read by Zhao Ge in person! ”

Zhao Junchen was slightly stunned, then reached out to take the letter and opened it to check.

But when I saw this letter, there were only a few words written.

"The battle of Shaanxi and Gansu deters Yunei, and the heart yearns for it; Wen Jun came in person, and he was overjoyed to see the hero; Three days later, under the mountain, I was looking forward to it, waiting for you to come; ”

The payment is Aixin Jueluo. Xuan Ye.

After seeing the content of the letter, Zhao Junchen seemed to smile and said: "The calligraphy attainments are really good, and they are also vassal...... But for the current situation of the Jianzhou Nuzhen, such a leader may not be a good thing! Different times and different environments, we don't know how people have changed! ”

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In the last chapter, the general Gao Yang was written as Gao Shun, and he made a big joke, which has been revised so far, please forgive me.

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