Under the moon, a group of horse infantry was marching rapidly. This group of horse infantry www.biquge.info consisted of 1,500 cavalry and 2,500 infantry, and the whole team was lightly armed and simple, and the line was very long, stretching for a mile or two.

Whether it was cavalry or infantry, everyone's face was full of exhaustion, but not one of them was left behind. Among these soldiers, some were thirty or forty years old, while others were only sixteen or seventeen years old, but there was a strong killing intent in everyone's eyes.

The Guanning Army, the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty, did not have one. It was their presence in Liaodong that allowed Nurhachi's troops to defeat Ningjin, so that Huang Taiji had to divert to Mongolia and break through the wall from Jizhen.

Behind the outpost of the sixty horse army, there is a brown tall horse, the man on the horse is dressed in fish scale armor, the shoulder and belly guards of the beast poured in copper, a brass amulet on the front and back of the back, a brocade lining, and a painted cowhide amulet, and a majestic general. The man was about fifty or sixty years old, and his long career as a horse not only made him look not at all sluggish, but on the contrary, he was upright and energetic, and he was indeed more masculine than ordinary men in the prime of life.

Zhao Shujiao, the word Xilong, the name Mingshan, Wanli Nian Wujinshi was born, and is currently the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, the general of Pingliao, and the governor of Zuodu. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, he was an undisputed good general, but at the same time a true scoundrel - at least at some stage

For example, when Nurhachi attacked Liaoyang, Zhao led the Chinese army (chief of staff) of the commander-in-chief Yuan Yingtai, but he did not fulfill his responsibilities as chief of staff and commanded this battle in a mess. The Qing army broke through Liaoyang, Yuan Yingtai was martyred, and Zhao Shujiao slipped away without saying a word. It stands to reason that the law should be killed, but after some activities up and down, he magically escaped a catastrophe, which shows that he is lively and slippery. After that, he who wanted to make a comeback, saw that after Wang Huazhen's defeat, all the cities outside the gate became a place that no one cared for, so he calculated speculation and trading, and took more than 30 family members to say unashamedly to recover the former guards. What's more, when he was about to arrive at the front guard, he found that it had been occupied by the Mongols, so he did not dare to enter again, and only after the guerrilla Lu Zhijia worked hard to drive away the Mongols, he was cheeky and swaggered into the city to receive it.

In short, in the first half of his life, this person was a scoundrel who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and speculated and drilled, but since he joined Yuan Chonghuan's door, he suddenly changed as a person. In the Battle of Jinzhou, tens of thousands of troops from the Later Jin Dynasty besieged Jinzhou for 24 days. He refused to surrender five times, led the lone army to fight with Huang Taiji three times, and fought more than 20 small battles, winning almost every battle. From May 11 to the fourth day of June, the fierce battle was fought almost every day, forcing Huang Taiji to increase troops from Shenyang, but still could not capture Jinzhou, and finally grinded Huang Taiji, who had just ascended the throne, completely lost his temper and had to retreat, so as to hold the important town of Jinzhou outside the Guan.

This is a general with a great personality, he understands market speculation, so he is not dogmatic and rigid in decision-making, and he knows how to march and fight, so he has the basic quality of commanding a large army. What's even more rare is that he is nearly sixty years old, and now he has already washed away the frivolity and unruliness of his youth, and all that remains is a sense of devotion to Daming in the storm.

The brigade sped forward in silence, with only the sound of horses' hooves and soldiers' footsteps along the entire road.

Suddenly, dozens of torches suddenly appeared in front of them, and they seemed to be galloping towards the brigade.

When the outpost team noticed the situation, they blew their horns and stopped and spread out in a cone.

The brigade was immediately in orderly combat readiness, and the spearmen quickly entered the conical area set up by the outpost horse team, and behind them, there was another group of cavalry, and behind the cavalry were the archers, who had drawn their bows and arrows in the blink of an eye.

After the formation was completed, Qin Shuhuai was still nearly 100 meters away from the horse whistle at the front.

Seeing that the other party was waiting for him, in order to avoid misunderstanding, Qin Shuhuai hurriedly shouted, "Qin Shuhuai, a thousand households in Jinyi Weitongzhou, is here to meet General Zhao!"

The first general in the horse whistle signaled the whole team not to move, and then shouted at Qin Shuhuai, "Qin Qianhu, order your horse team to stop in place!"

Qin Shuhuai immediately signaled everyone to stay where they were, and then took Li Jingting, Meng Wei, and Meng Hu to step forward.

said to the general, "In the Qianhu of Tongzhou in Xia Jinyi Wei, there is something important to ask to see General Zhao, please report to the general." ”

The general frowned and said, "Jinyiwei?"

Qin Shuhuai touched his body, and then remembered that his token did not come back after Zunhua threw it to the captain who guarded the city, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, although he always looked like he was in front of Li Jingting and others in the past two days, in fact, he couldn't help but lose his mind.

There is so much meaning in this battle.

Seeing this, Li Jingting immediately took out the token on his body and handed it over.

The general picked up the token and looked at it again and again, but could not determine the authenticity of the token for a long time.

At this time, a bearded man in the back row walked up and said to Li Jingting in a shrill voice, "Yo, isn't this General Li? ”

Li Jingting took a closer look, and arched his hand, "It turned out to be Gonggong Li." I haven't seen you for a long time, is Grandpa Li okay?"

It turned out that this person was Li Decheng, the eunuch of the prison army. The Ming Dynasty has always had the practice of eunuchs supervising the army on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and Li Decheng is the supervisor of Shanhaiguan, so it stands to reason that he can not follow him on this expedition, but he also knows that it is a big matter to rush to help Zunhua, and if he goes on a business trip, it is difficult to protect his own head, so he also followed.

Li Decheng was also serving Chongzhen, and Li Jingting was originally a Han general in Chengqian Palace, and the two naturally knew each other.

When Meng Wei saw Li Decheng, he also stepped forward and said, "Gonggong Li, do you remember me?"

Li Decheng took a closer look, and said with a smile, "It turned out to be the two brothers Meng Wei and Meng Hu! Ouch, what kind of wind is this now, all the old friends are blowing." ”

After that, he said to the general, "General Wang, these are all acquaintances in the palace, you should go and inform General Zhao." ”

At this time, I only heard a neutral voice from behind.

"Who's looking for the general?"

The front team of horse infantry made a detour, and Qin Shuhuai looked up, but it was a heroic veteran who stepped forward.

He immediately bowed his hand and said, "In Qin Shuhuai, a thousand households in Tongzhou, Xia Jinyi, I have seen General Zhao. ”

Zhao Shujiao glanced at Qin Shuhuai and was slightly surprised, this person was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he was already a thousand households in Jinyi?

However, he didn't think about it carefully, and said neatly, "This general is in urgent military affairs, what is the matter with Qin Qianhu, say quickly." ”

Qin Shuhuai immediately said, "General Zhao is here, but he is going to rescue Zunhua?"

Zhao Shujiao was slightly stunned, how did the people of the Heart Dao Jinyi Guard know about the army's actions?

However, his face was impassive, and he said nonchalantly, "This will have nothing to say." Qin Qianhu, if you have nothing to do, get out of the way. Delay the army's trip, you and I can't afford to be guilty. ”

Qin Shuhuai said again, "General Zhao, I came down to tell the general that the army of Azig and Mang Gurtai has set up an ambush on the road to Zunhua, and is waiting for General Zhao to drill into his pocket!"

Zhao Shujiao was first shocked, and then turned suspicious.

The rescue operation of Zunhua was extremely secret, and no one knew about it except for himself, Yuan Inspector, the secretary of the military department, and several generals and supervisors who accompanied the army this time. Why did not only Jinyiwei know about it all of a sudden, but even Jiannu's side?

In addition, Jiannu's army arrived in Zunhua so quickly, and he galloped more than 300 miles in three days and nights to enter Zunhua City before them. There are more than a dozen border cities on the periphery of Zunhua, and there are reinforcements from Santun battalions, can Jiannu really capture them all in just a few days?

Rong Ma has been on the horse for decades, and Zhao Shujiao is naturally not the kind of person who believes in the alarmism of others.

However, doubts are doubts, and he still wants to ask clearly, after all, this is a matter of life and death for 4,000 brothers.

So he asked, "How did Qin Qianhu learn about this?"

Qin Shuhuai had long known that Zhao Shujiao would not believe his words, but fortunately, he had made preparations before, so he shouted to the Jinyi guard behind him, "Pull those two Tartars up!"

The two brocade guards immediately lifted the two out and threw them to the ground.

Zhao Shujiao used the light of the torch to see the Houjin soldiers with two rat tails kneeling on the ground. After fighting with Houjin for more than ten years, he could see at a glance that one of them was a real Jurchen.

I couldn't help but immediately ask, "Where did you meet Jiannu, and how many troops did you have?"

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