Zhong Jinwei frowned and thought for a while, then asked Yu Haijing: "When will Jianlu escape?"
"The guilty people thought that they would escape tonight at the latest, otherwise they would be bitten by the main force of the Ming army and they would not be able to escape." Yu Haijing thought for a while before replying.
"Brother-in-law, where are we now, and where are the other armies probably?" Zhong Jinwei turned around and asked Yan Yingyuan.
Yu Haijing was stunned for a moment as she listened. She didn't expect that this person was actually the brother-in-law of Marquis Zhongxing. No wonder he kept asking questions to himself on Marquis Zhongxing's behalf.
"We are probably in the northwest of Yongping, almost to Qian'an. The main force of our army has probably just captured Luanzhou at this time, and I don't know where the Northern Route Army is." Yan Yingyuan thought for a moment and answered Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei's brows furrowed even more tightly. According to the current situation, wouldn't it be possible for Jianlu to just slap his butt and run away?
He only has 1,100 men in his hands, and 800 of them are just newly trained. If he wants to block more than 7,000 captives with his own strength, it is doubtful that he will hit an egg with a stone.
So what should we do? Zhong Jinwei thought for a long time but still couldn't think of a way.
Suddenly, Yu Haijing reminded: "Master Hou, it is expected by the public that the Jianlu in Yongping will probably massacre the city before they escape." [
"What, Massacre, that's a city with a population of hundreds of thousands!" Zhong Jinwei said in loss of voice.
"Yes, the Jianlu were cruel and cruel. Since they wanted to escape, they would never leave an intact city to the Ming Dynasty." Yu Haijing explained.
The nature of Jianlu is actually to destroy. They destroyed all the way from Liaodong to the pass. Any example can prove that Yu Haijing's prediction is basically correct.
"Damn, fuck their eighteenth generation ancestors." Zhong Jinwei cursed fiercely, and then he asked Yan Yingyuan, who was familiar with the terrain: "Is there a suitable place to stop these bastards and keep them in the pass?"
Yan Yingyuan thought for a while, and with the thousand or so people in front of him, there was no suitable terrain to stop the more than seven thousand Jianlu, who had a reputation of being so vicious that even the regular Ming army was afraid of them. This was really impossible.
He looked at Zhong Jinwei and shook his head regretfully.
Zhong Jinwei looked at Yan Yingyuan and shook his head and punched his left palm. Could he just let them run away like that?
At this time, Yu Haijing suddenly said: "Master Hou, there is a place where we may be able to stop these captives."
"Say it quickly!" Zhong Jinwei heard this and asked hurriedly.
"Qingshui Mingyue Pass. This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we launch a large force attack at the same time, we may be able to block these captives fleeing north." Yu Haijing replied.
"Qingshui Mingyue Pass is an important pass for guarding the inside and outside of the pass. Are there no Jianlu guarding it?" Yan Yingyuan asked.
He had thought about this place before, but considering that this place must be guarded by Jianlu, it was simply impossible to seize it first and then defend the incoming Jianlu, so he did not mention Qingshui.
Mingyueguan is this place.
Yu Haijing looked at Zhong Jinwei's brother-in-law, not daring to neglect, and explained: "Qingshui Mingyue Pass is guarded by Jianlu, but there are not many of them. As long as they are unprepared, there is still hope of taking it."
"Why did you sneak into the lock in the middle of the night or early in the morning when someone wasn't prepared?" Zhong Jinwei asked hurriedly upon hearing this.
Yu Haijing shook her head and said: "I'm afraid the Jianlu from Yongping had already arrived before we could sneak through the pass in the middle of the night. Moreover, the terrain of Qingshui Mingyue Pass makes it difficult to sneak through. As long as there are a few Jianlu at the pass who are awake, it will be difficult to succeed.
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"How can you take advantage of someone's unpreparedness?" Zhong Jinwei was confused.
"Master Hou, the guilty people are escorting the slave chief's side Fujin through Qingshui Mingyue Pass. They will definitely leave an explanation when they pass the customs, saying that the guilty people will catch up after they finish their work. Therefore, as long as the guilty people lead the way,
Maybe we can deceive the gate. As long as we work hard to keep the city gate from closing, and wait for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive, the gate can be taken." Yu Haijing calmly stated his plan.
In fact, the requirements of this plan are still very high. First, Bai Yulian and the others must arrive at Qingshui Mingyue Pass first and leave a message saying that others will arrive later.
Second, the number of people pretending to be ambush must not exceed the original number of people left, which means that it cannot exceed ten people. These few people must stand guard at the city gate to prevent the Jianlu from retaking the city gate before reinforcements arrive.
It is also a difficulty.
"Your plan doesn't work. Some people have escaped just now. After they escape, they must be on guard and cannot pretend to be fake." Gu Baichuan, who had been silent for a long time, stood beside Yu Haijing and suddenly rejected his plan.
Yu Haijing turned to look at the Dongchang officer, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, those people can't escape. I have already fed their horses with croton before taking action."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from ahead.
When Zhong Jinwei looked up, he found Zhang Fengyi leading her 300 white-gun troops back. The difference between them and before they chased them was that they were holding several white-handed guns with several heads attached to them.
Not long after, the white-poled cavalry came to Zhong Jinwei. Zhang Fengyi sat on the horse and clasped her fists at Zhong Jinwei and reported: "The general chased to five miles away, killed five captives and returned, without letting anyone escape."
Zhong Jinwei nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, General Zhang. Where is Magistrate Lu? Have you seen it?"
Zhang Fengyi turned around, pointed to a place on the mountain and said, "Prefect Lu is right there."
Zhong Jinwei looked in the direction pointed by Zhang Fengyi and found that Lu Xiangsheng was indeed on the mountain and heading this way.
Beside him were the servants who were already following him, one of whom was carrying his Black Iron Yanyue Sword, and another one was also carrying a head.
Zhong Jinwei withdrew his gaze and said to Li Laosi: "Clean up a place and hold a military meeting."
As soon as Li Laosi heard this, he quickly called the other followers, found a place nearby, and arranged it a little. In fact, it just meant moving some flatter stones, placing them according to their status, and setting up a cordon to prevent them from being allowed to leave.
The crowds of idlers approached and affected the military discussion.
After Lu Xiangsheng arrived, he briefly explained the situation on his side to Zhong Jinwei, and threw the head that the servant had handed him in advance into the pile of heads that had been put together.
The head thrown by Lu Xiangsheng was face up. Yu Haijing recognized it as Mang Mu, the leader of Amin's bodyguard. She couldn't help but be secretly shocked. It was incredible that a person who was a prefect had such high courage.
Zhong Jinwei asked Yan Yingyuan to tell Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Fengyi about the situation here. After letting them understand the basic situation, Zhong Jinwei said: "These seven thousand captives are stained with the blood of the people in the pass. They cannot just let them go so easily."
Let them escape back. Therefore, I decided to adopt Yu Haijing's plan. No matter whether it succeeds or not, we must do our part for the people of Ming Dynasty who died in vain. Do you have any opinions?"
As soon as Lu Xiangsheng sat down, when he heard Zhong Jinwei's words, he stood up with a "Huo" sound and uttered one word with all his strength: "War!"
"The general will definitely obey the order of the supervisor." Zhang Fengyi immediately stood up and answered with clasped fists.
Not only had Qin Liangyu told her that she must obey the orders of Marquis Zhongxing, but the miserable situation she saw along the way also filled her with indignation. Therefore, when she answered Zhong Jinwei, her tone was firm and forceful, without any hesitation.
Zhong Jinwei reached a consensus among the generals and was very satisfied, so he began to discuss the details with them.
Since Yu Haijing's strategy has been adopted, this army will change its purpose and go straight to Qingshui Mingyue Pass instead of looking for the Northern Route Army.
Because we don’t know where the Northern Route Army is now, Jianlu may escape immediately. If we go to find the Northern Route Army first and then stop Jianlu, we will obviously not have enough time.
But the Northern Route Army had to look for them. They needed to provide support from the west of Qingshui Mingyue Pass and encircle and build captives in the Qingshui Mingyue Pass area.
The result of discussion among several people was to have the most skilled white-pole cavalrymen form a group of ten to search the North Route Army to the west.
These messengers carried Zhong Jinwei's seal and asked the Northern Route Army to quickly occupy Zunhua and the three camp lines and move eastward. If the Jianlu were unable to capture Qingshui Mingyue Pass and should escape from the west, they were not required to kill the enemy. As long as they could
Just drag Jianlu down.
Zhong Jinwei's words in the letter were very harsh. If several generals of the Northern Route Army dared to delay the war again, they would be prosecuted under military law.
At Lu Xiangsheng's reminder, another group of messengers were sent to Shanhaiguan, asking the Ming army in Shanhaiguan to move westward after leaving enough defenders, with Qingshui Mingyue Pass as the goal, to intimidate and surround Jianlu.
The next step is to speed up the main force of the Ming army in Luanzhou, cover it from south to north, and quickly rescue Yongping. If the Jianlu have escaped, bite their tail and support the battle of Qingshui Mingyueguan.
The main force of the Ming army was led by Sun Chengzong himself. If he were to change his plan, abandon what he was doing, and attack Yongping, he would have to have a heavyweight to report it.
Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan both agreed to let Zhong Jinwei go in person, because they guessed that Zhong Jinwei wanted to follow him to Qingshui Mingyue Pass.