Although I really want to see Xu Miaojin, it's a pity that I don't have time to care about family affairs at this time, and now that the imperial army is pressing, the most important thing is to save the lives of the whole family.

Since the start of the army in July, the biggest weakness of the officers and troops is the poor command, which has never made the Yan army difficult to take care of, and when they lose sight of one or the other, it is like a blind and deaf man who completely gave the initiative on the battlefield to Zhu Di.

The officers and armies of all walks of life have never fought in concert with each other, and they have lost the characteristics of the Ming army since the Hongwu Dynasty.

The root is from the local palaces, the paralysis of the palaces made it impossible for the military department to replace it for a while, so the imperial court, which was bent on cutting the feudal domain, personally destroyed the most effective combat system at this stage.

On the other hand, as the highest military power in the north, the Yan Wangfu has completely preserved its way of commanding operations, no matter where the generals and soldiers are, they will receive military orders in time, which requires the joint efforts of many experienced officials and captains, otherwise even if the Yan Wang is eloquent, he will not be able to do everything in detail.

In order to prevent the vassal kings from all over the country from taking refuge in the king of Yan, the imperial court ordered the king of Liao, King Ning, to enter Beijing, and the king of Liao, Zhu Zhi, immediately returned to the capital by sea, and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, refused to return to Beijing, and then was cut off the three guards of the palace, which greatly reduced Zhu Quan's influence on civil and military officials, and the king of Qin was immediately ordered to remove the guards and empty the military power.

Wu Gao and Yang Wen, the top generals of the Liaodong Army, who had lost the seat of the King of Liao, fought among themselves and cowered in Shanhaiguan. And King Ning, who was holding a grudge, simply didn't care about anything, let the guards do nothing, and threatened Beiping without a single soldier leaving the pass.

The 150,000 officers and troops in the northwest have also become like a plate of scattered sand, most of the generals are from the palace of the king of Jin and Qin, not only did not enter the Juyong Pass, but even Kaiping Longmen and other cities were besieged but not attacked, as the weather became colder, they withdrew their troops for repair on the grounds that it was difficult to hold on, and the Daning army became a spectator.

Yao Guangxiao and Xu Hao went to Yongping, and Zhu Di hurriedly finished telling Xu Hao. Left 20,000 soldiers and horses to resist the Liaodong army, and personally led 20,000 people to Daning Mansion.

Xu Hao was ordered to assist Zhu Gaochi in defending Beiping, first took 3,000 men and horses to Baihegou, urged the rear prefecture and county to open a large granary, half of the grain was transported to Beiping, half to the important towns, and ordered to mobilize the people to go with him.

Fate is always coincidental in the dark, a few years ago Xu Hao and Zhu Gaochi played against Li Jinglong on the battlefield together, at that time they were evenly divided, and a few years later, the former brothers met again. And this time it is a life-and-death contest with real knives and real guns, and I don't know who will die in the end.

On the green hills outside the city of Zhending, Xu Hao held a clairglass mirror, several military camps will be added every day inside and outside the city, and there are countless heads of black pressure, and the scale of hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be described in words, although Zhending is one of the important towns in the north, but the total population is only more than 100,000 people, and now the ratio of military and civilian is more than three to one.

The weather cooled down in late September. The woods outside the city were cut down almost overnight, and the bare wilderness made it impossible for any animal to escape the appetite of humans, and the huge military camp seemed to be able to swallow up a single thing, no matter how many things were sent in. In the blink of an eye, it will be wiped out.

In order to support the army, the imperial court mobilized millions of servants to continuously transport various materials such as grain and grass, but even so, Xu Hao noticed that the lowly officers and soldiers were still wearing the single clothes of summer and autumn. He was wrapped in all kinds of animal skins or the clothes of ordinary people.

Xu Hao exhaled a white breath and said, "Li Jinglong won't wait any longer, the news that King Yan is not in Beiping Mansion should have come over." ”

Mu Hui said with some palpitations: "I never thought that one day I would fight against hundreds of thousands of troops." If we don't die this time, the prince will definitely be the true dragon emperor. ”

Li Qiumuyi and others around him all nodded, Xu Hao admitted that this battle would definitely be a turning point, if he could defeat hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, he would definitely plant the impression that King Yan was invincible in the hearts of the northern army and people, and even affect the aspirations of the people in the whole world, which was very important for the future southward competition.

Xu Hao took one last look at the city, and he didn't know if his friend Li Jinglong was standing on the city tower at the moment and looking over here.

In order to win the hearts and minds of the people, the Yanwang Mansion must know the benefits of the people under its rule, and take in the people who want to flee their homes as much as possible, and cannot ignore it.

Many people have already moved north with their families, and those who do not want to leave are not reluctant. At the time of this catastrophe, too many people were worried about being settled by the imperial court, and the officials who took office were forced to unite as one like never before, and the efficiency was amazing.

Xu Hao personally escorted the last group of nearly 10,000 people slowly towards Beiping, and nearly half of the people in the city chose to stay. Along the way, everyone was silent and dazed, and some women and children couldn't help but shed tears, after all, no one knew what the future would look like.

Infected by this, Xu Hao found that Mu Hui and the others were very depressed, and walked on the road with their heads shrugged one by one.

At noon on the second day, he turned a corner, and suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing in the distance, Xu Hao looked up, a group of people were scattering and fleeing on the empty flat ground, chasing nearly 100 soldiers behind, slashing with horses, killing and captive the people, and the cry shook the sky.

Xu Hao was immediately furious, rode his horse to meet him, raised his hand and raised his musket to shoot forward, and Mu Hui and the others chased after him when they saw this.

"Kill all these brutes, and leave not one behind."

Enraged, Xu Hao raised his sword and killed the soldiers behind the crowd, nearly a thousand cavalry were loud, and the sound of hooves was like thunder, making those who did evil turn around and flee in all directions.

Xu Hao rode a horse to catch up with a man who ran last, the man still fled desperately, there was no intention of resisting at all, Xu Hao raised his knife and slashed at his neck, and cut the person down without much effort by inertia, and then raised his crossbow and shot an arrow at the chest of the struggling man.

Looking at the dead body, Xu Hao, who finally broke the killing ring, didn't have any idea at the moment, and continued to ride his horse towards the next target. In less than half a pillar of incense, more than 100 people were killed by a thousand elite cavalry.

Frightened people cried and gathered around, some went to look for their relatives who had been killed, and cried with the corpses.

Someone shouted: "Last night, there were officials and soldiers who burned and looted in the county, and we took advantage of the chaos to escape, but who knew that the thieves who had been killed these days were still chasing after them." ”

In the face of the surging emotions, Xu Hao frowned and hid, Mu Hui came over and whispered: "It's all recruited, it's our people who did the evil thing, and the leader is Tongzhou Wei Baihu Ying'an, and there are about four or five hundred people under him." ”

Xu Hao sneered: "These inhuman things think that the defeat is decided, and they start to rob them while they are angry, and they can't let them go." I'm afraid that this is not the only one nearby, you immediately sent someone to Tongzhou to pass on my military order, and ordered Zhu Neng to send troops to clean the place to maintain law and order, you take 500 cavalry to escort the people, and I will take 500 people to destroy Ying'an. ”

Mu Hui said: "No, I'm going to kill someone, it's up to you to decide." ”

Xu Hao thought for a while and said: "Then you bring 800 cavalry, leaving more than 2,000 people to deal with the unexpected, after killing Ying An, you have to go to the vicinity for a walk, you must not be soft when encountering similar things, you must eliminate the evil." ”

Mu Hui smiled cruelly: "Don't worry, I'm the best at killing people." ”

After sending Mu Hui and eight hundred brothers away, Xu Hao ordered Li Qiu to take fifty flying horses to Tongzhou to deliver the news, and sent the remaining cavalry to search for evil.

Yan Jun and the people worked together to bury the body in a hurry, Mu Yi arranged for the old and weak women and children to sit on the ox cart, and the team continued to move forward crying.

That night, he heard that there were also strongmen in the county dozens of miles away who took the opportunity to kill officials and rebel, Xu Hao ignored Mu Yi's hard dissuasion, and left with 200 people overnight.

On the road outside the county seat, thousands of people dragged men and women out of ten miles away, from time to time people looked for a place to hide, chasing behind the same civilian bandits, some took people's burdens, and some took revenge and killed each other, life and death are close at hand, and some people can't change their greed and viciousness.

Without saying a word, Xu Hao commanded his subordinates to rush forward, turned over and dismounted, and slashed the man who wanted to commit indecent acts on the side of the road, and the guard immediately raised his foot and pressed it the man's chest, and the knife fell and cut off his head.

In the dark night, I don't know how many evildoers were slashed and killed by the guards, killing dozens of people who were fighting and killing, and some thieves disappeared into the dry grass when they saw this.

Xu Hao picked up the disheveled woman, instructed the guards to light the torches, and said in a loud voice: "Don't panic, big guy, I am Xu Hao, the governor of Beiping Mansion." ”

The surrounding people saw that everyone was wearing Yan military uniforms, and gradually settled down, and some men had the courage to look at the number of officers and soldiers, shook their heads and said: "Those scoundrels in the county have all left, so they came out to rob us, and they killed women when they met people, and they were forced to be thieves when they were young and strong, and there were no less than 1,000 thieves in the city." ”

Xu Hao sighed and said, "It's getting late, let's find a place to rest first." ”

At that moment he gathered all the people together and escorted them to a small village where they had passed, and brought out the food they had brought with them, and the people of the village kindly brought some pots and bowls and ready-made food.

Many people cried that their relatives were separated, and begged Xu Hao to help find them back, and some old people cried: "When I came out, there were thieves who killed women for women, and the old man let the daughters-in-law and daughters of each family run away first, but now I don't know the news, I beg the adults to do well and save them back." ”

In order to calm his heart, Xu Hao said: "I know, but let's talk about the ugly things in front, if someone takes the opportunity to have bad intentions, it will be self-inflicted and cannot live." ”

In fact, now that there is nothing to care about, it is impossible to send the Yan army to quell the chaos, speaking of which, the imperial army that was killed later is the only savior to solve the chaos, and the army with no matter how much military discipline is in question is 10,000 times stronger than the current anarchy.

Leaving fifty people to guard the people, a man volunteered to lead the way, and Xu Hao took the rest of the guards out of the small village.

By this time it was already dawn. (To be continued......)